Syndrome

### Hobby

Testing the Omnidroid models on superheroes he tricks out of retirement.Taunting his enemies.
Plotting (Especially against Mr. Incredible)

### Goals

Become Mr. Incredible's sidekick, IncrediBoy (failed, abandoned).
Perfect his superweapon by having supers fight multiple revisions, and having them killed in the process (succeeded).
Kill every superhero (partially succeeded).
Have his revenge on Mr. Incredible for shunning and rejecting him.
Kill the Incredible family.
Become a "hero" in the eyes of the public.
Make superheroes widespread by selling his technology and thus both render "real" superheroes useless and destroy the entire concept of them.
Kidnap Jack-Jack Parr and raise him as his sidekick as revenge on the Incredibles to take something from them for taking everything away from him (all failed).

### Moral Event Horizon

Luring over a dozen superheroes to his island and killing them.
Shooting missiles at Elastigirl's plane with her children aboard.

### Kill Count

20
Numerous (attempted)

### Crimes

Serial murder
Mass property damage
Public endangerment
Breaking and entering
Kidnapping
Torture
Vandalism
Unlawful imprisonment
Attempted cultural genocide
Terrorism
Hate crimes
Child endangerment
Conspiracy
Stalking
Fraud
Crimes against humanity
Abuse
Assault
Smuggling
Bribery
Embezzlement
Sabotage
Treason
Theft

### Type of Villain

Vengeful Supervillain

**Buddy Pine**, formerly known as **IncrediBoy** and better known as **Syndrome**, is the main antagonist of Pixar's 6th full-length animated feature film *The Incredibles* and a cameo antagonist in the short film *Jack-Jack Attack*.

After being turned away by his idol, became a supervillain bent on destroying him and his family, as well as eradicating the very concept of Supers. He is the former wannabe sidekick and now archenemy of Mr. Incredible.

He was voiced by Jason Lee.

## What Makes Him Pure Evil?

* According to additional materials, he became wealthy by selling his technology to terrorists.
* He had been luring multiple superheroes for years in order to kill them and test the power of the Omnidroid, improving and modifying it every time.
	+ He has slain at least 20 this way.
	+ While he promises them money if they fight the Omnidroid, he does this in order to prey on his victims, similar to what he does to Mirage and his minions.
* When Mr. Incredible apologizes to him for how he treated him as a kid, Syndrome doesn't forgive him and just says that he only respects him in the present day because he is a threat, and then continues monologuing without even showing a shred of remorse for his actions.
	+ Also, when he recalled on how Mr. Incredible treated him as a kid, he omitted Bomb Voyage's presence from the flashback and made his quote ("Fly home, Buddy. I work alone.") in a far more condescending tone rather than for his own good.
* He interrogates Mr. Incredible by torturing him via electrocution.
* He sends missiles at a plane with Mr. Incredible’s family onboard, forcing him to listen as the missiles destroyed the plane as a way of trying to break his spirit while refusing to hear Mr. Incredible's pleas. To make it worse, even after hearing there were children on the plane, he still doesn’t care or try to call the missiles off.
* When Mr. Incredible threatens to kill Mirage if he isn't released, Syndrome tells him to go ahead and do it, showing how much disregard he has for other lives, something Mirage eventually calls him out on. He did this even though Mirage never once implied disloyalty and it was completely unnecessary for his agenda. He claims to Mirage that he knew Mr. Incredible wouldn't go through with it, but he shows no guilt for it and such an act was still risky nevertheless, due to the anguish that Mr. Incredible was feeling. This is made even worse because it happened just after Mirage risked her life to save Syndrome when Mr. Incredible lunged at him, showing just how ungrateful he is.
* Despite having minions, Syndrome is never shown caring for them or giving loyalty towards them or even paying them. This eventually leads to his lead minion, Mirage, redeeming herself because of this.
* He unleashes the Omnidroid 10 upon Metroville and deliberately had it destroy major parts of the city and endanger many people so that he can appear and act as a hero to stop it. While it's unknown how many people died, there's at least 6 kills on screen (4 soldiers were killed when the Omnidroid destroyed a tank, and presumably 2 more when the Omnidroid shot one helicopter down), not to mention the citizens crushed inside cars when the Omnidroid decided to curl into a ball in an attempt at reaching the remote control.
	+ While he does save a woman and her baby from being crushed by a truck, he only does it to make himself look good and after announcing his name, he carelessly throws the truck behind and causes it to explode, though there was no one behind him, save for the Omnidroid 10. He even pushes random citizens out of his way to escape from the Omnidroid once the machine outsmarts him.
* While he does save Kari from having a mental breakdown, he only does it so he could try to abduct the Parrs' infant son, Jack-Jack, with the intent of molding him into becoming a supervillain. It's entirely possible that if Kari wasn't already hysteric from taking care of the baby, he would have killed the teen at worst had he not been able to trick her.
* While he does get a gruesome death, it was his own fault because he taunted Mr. Incredible that he'd try to abduct Jack-Jack again, and also he deserved it for the murders he did on other Superheroes.
* While Mr. Incredible admitted he was at fault for what he did for rejecting Syndrome, it is a very lazy excuse for his actions. Even when he was a child, his anger at Mr. Incredible rejecting him becomes outweighed by his lack of regard for what a superhero means. This is especially true since:
	+ As a child, he was very reckless and ignorant; he went into Mr. Incredible's car without permission and even claimed that he didn't have to worry about training him because he, as Mr. Incredible's biggest fan, already knows his every move.
	+ He simply assumed that the reason he was told to go home was because he had no superpowers, even though it's evident that it's much more because he was interfering while Mr. Incredible was trying to stop Bomb Voyage, a dangerous supervillain, and that Mr. Incredible was worrying about his safety, which Bomb Voyage exploited.
	+ He believes that being a superhero is about wearing cool outfits and beating people up instead of saving other lives. This shows that he had no desire to help other people and only wanted to be a superhero just for the fame. Neither as a child or adult does he acknowledge that his recklessness nearly got himself and civilians on the train killed if it weren't for Mr. Incredible, leading to one of the lawsuits that got superheroes illegal.
	+ The heroes and citizens he indirectly killed and endangered with his Omnidroids had nothing to do with Mr. Incredible rejecting him at all.
	+ Mr. Incredible rejected him because it would have been irresponsible for him to take a child under his wing in a dangerous field of work. Although Mr. Incredible could have handled it better, Syndrome still went far beyond the excuse.
* In a way, he is committing genocide against the heroes by preventing people from being super.
* While he does have some comedic moments and Jason Lee gives a hammy performance, he's still taken completely seriously in-universe and they don't detract from his actions.