Buddy Pine

**Syndrome** (real name **Buddy Pine** and formally referred as **Incrediboy**) is the main antagonist of The Incredibles and a cameo antagonist in Jack-Jack Attack.

He is Mr. Incredible's former fan and currently his arch-nemesis and Mirage and the Omnidroids' former boss. He's short-tempered, rude, nasty, wicked, murderous, ruthless, evil, cheerful, dangerous, bad-natured, happy-go-lucky, silly, and maniacal.

## Appearance

Syndrome stands 5'7" (not including the height of his hair). He is barrel-chested and weighs 185 lb (83 kg). His red hair extends straight up with a widow's peak in a manner reminiscent of flames. He has fair skin, light freckles, blue eyes, and a barrel chest. The animators had intended Syndrome to be a caricature of director Brad Bird, but it had been debated as to whether they should spoof Bird in their drawing of Mr. Incredible. Ultimately, both Mr. Incredible and Syndrome are pastiches of Brad Bird.

## Personality

As a child, he was eager and cheerful, if naive, having great respect and admiration for superheroes, particularly Mr. Incredible, who he claimed was his number one fan. However, after Mr. Incredible rejected his offer to be his sidekick, he stopped idolizing Mr. Incredible and became embittered, eventually descending into megalomania. He developed a personality into adulthood that was sociopathic, sadistic, cruel vengeful, arrogant, ruthless, power-hungry, short-tempered, hateful, and cowardly. Nevertheless, he retained some traits such as charisma and resourcefulness and appeared to still enjoy supers performing impressive feats.

Syndrome is considered to be one of the best Pixar villains in the film for his childish and fanboy sadism, and his need for attention. At some points in the film, he seemed to enjoy having Mr. Incredible and his family performing heroic acts, but that only happens when things are in his control. If something unexpected happens, he cowers and attempts to flee.

## Powers and Abilities

Syndrome doesn’t have any superpowers, but compensates for it thanks to his intellect and technology.

* **Intelligence:** At a young age during Mr. Incredibles glory years, Buddy showed his amazing abilities with machines by inventing rocket boots. Years went by, and “Syndrome” used his knowledge that countries and armies will pay big money for weapons. Using his mass wealth in purchasing a secret island, security force, and rocket science.

Though, he hasn’t gone over his fanboy obsession and revenge scheme. This makes him an unpredictable villain, as well as an entertaining bad boy.

* **Weapons and Gadgets:** Since Syndrome doesn't have powers, he makes up for them by inventing weapons for countries, or for himself.

* **Zero Point Energy Gloves -** One of his best tools for fighting, the Zero Point Energy gloves literally freezes the targets and removes the gravity making them easy to throw around.
* **Rocket Boots -** Giving Syndrome the power of flight in order to outpace heroes or look awesome.
* **Explosions -** Like all mad geniuses, Syndrome has wrist size explosives that act as mines from the first film. As the bomb was beeping in the waterfall, it detonated by touching the bottom. The same way a landmine does after interacting with a vehicle.
* **Hovering Wrist Robot -** On the field, Syndrome carries a wrist-size hovering robot that can operate underwater and scan for lifeforms. However, it can be deceived through scanning the wrong source.
* **Energy Shot -** Syndrome shoots a bolt of electric energy that is different from the usual zero-point energy when chasing Mr. Incredible
* **Omnidroids -** Syndromes best and successful inventions, the Omnidroids were intelligent, multi-armed killing machines specifically designed to kill supers. Learn more about the machine here.