Frozone

**Lucius Best** (alias **Frozone**) is a major character in the 2004 Disney/Pixar animated film, *The Incredibles* and its 2018 sequel. He is the best friend and a close ally of Mr. Incredible and the Parr family. He has the ability to create ice and freeze surfaces by manipulating moisture. / **Lucius Best**, also known as **Frozone**, is one of the supporting characters in *The Incredibles* and *Incredibles 2.* He is the best friend and a close ally of Mr. Incredible. He has the ability to create ice and freeze surfaces with his hands. **He is a long time friend of Mr. Incredible (Bob Parr) and therefore, the Parr family as a whole. He served as the best man in the wedding of Bob Parr and Helen Truax. Although it is believed he is the godfather of Bob's three children, this has not been confirmed in the film. In *Incredibles 2* he is referred to as "Uncle Lucius" by Dash Parr, but it is unclear whether he is a biological uncle of Dash, Violet Parr, and Jack-Jack or if this is simply a title of affection. Frozone is able to manipulate water molecules in the air and freeze them, but in some circumstancces there may not be enough water to work with. According to the National Supers Agency, Frozone had attempted to represent the United States in the Winter Olympics, but was rejected on account of his Super abilities granting him a tremendously unfair advantage. He was also in a relationship with the doomed superheroine Blazestone, whom he initially competed over with another super, Downburst.**

## Frozone

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### Early Life

Best discovered his powers when he was "one-and-a-half" or "two years old" when he froze a glass of Kool-Aid to make a popsicle. At some point after this, he adopted the persona of Frozone.

### The Golden Age

Throughout the Golden Age, Frozone had strong ties with Mr. Incredible though had no official affiliation with him. He was also linked with the Super Blazestone in both a professional and romantic sense, though their relationship would not last. He competed with Downburst for Blazestone's affections. **During his Super career, he was engaged in a skirmish with Baron von Ruthless who was armed with a "death ray". During the confrontation, Baron von Ruthless began monologuing, a fact which Frozone and Mr. Incredible would later laugh about. Before the banning of Supers, Frozone was denied entry into the Winter Olympics by the IOC due to the nature of his powers.**

### *The Incredibles*

*"Super-ladies, they're always trying to tell you their secret identity. Think it'll strengthen the relationship or something like that. I said,* Girl, I don't want to know about your mild-mannered alter ego, *or anything like that. I mean, you tell me you're a super-mega-ultra-lightning-babe, that's all right with me. I'm good. I'm good."*
—Frozone being interviewed
On the night of Mr. Incredible's wedding, he can be seen boarding a helicopter (with a hostage on board). Later, he is seen as the best man for Mr. Incredible's marriage to Elastigirl. **After Mr. Incredible is sued by people whom he had rescued and loses the cases, the Supers are outlawed. Apparently, Lucius has had an easier time adapting to civilian life than Bob—he even marries an apparently human woman named Honey. However, Bob asks Lucius to go out with him on Wednesdays to save lives (covering from their respective wives by telling them that they are going bowling). Although Lucius does not at first approve of clandestine superhero work, he later relents, admitting that although he has adjusted to civilian life, he does miss being a Super. However, after a very close call with the local police and Helen catching Bob after the act one day, they stop going out.** Frozone was Syndrome's original target to be murdered in Operation Kronos (before Syndrome changed targets and decided to go for Mr. Incredible), as Mirage was seen watching the two friends rescue people in the burning building and hearing a radio transmission asking if she was sure if she wanted to change targets, to which she responded by saying Mr. Incredible is the one they were looking for. When Mr. Incredible infiltrates Syndrome's base after being presumed dead, he learns about Operation Kronos and reacts in horror to the long list of Supers who had been murdered by Syndrome, including Frozone's former lover Blazestone. Bob's horror is magnified when he sees that Frozone's status is "known", realizing that Syndrome knows Lucius' whereabouts and may plan to target him next. **Apparently, Honey has also learned of Lucius' clandestine superhero work; when the Omnidroid v.10 battle robot sent by Pine (now known as Syndrome) attacks Metroville (where the two families are residing), Lucius has a hard time finding his Super suit; his wife has hidden it somewhere else in the house and does not want him going out to perform any "derring-do" because of a dinner they have been planning for two months that she does not want him to skip out on. He eventually finds the suit, however, and comes to aid the Incredibles in battling the Omnidroid. Presumably he returned to his wife in time so as not to miss the dinner reservation.**

### *Incredibles 2*

During the Incredibles' battle with the Underminer, the supervillain escapes, leaving his out-of-control drill rampaging the city. Frozone comes to assist his friends, generating ice to save the lives of monorail passengers after the monorail track is destroyed by the drill. He manages to escape being incarcerated. He has help from Winston Deavor, a fan of the supers. Later, Lucius goes to the motel where Bob and Helen are staying and tells them about Winston Deavor. The three of them head to Deavor's office where he tells them about his scheme to bring supers back. They decide to go with Elastagirl as the face of the operation. Lucius is later called by Bob to come check on the children while he goes after Helen, who's in danger. Frozone arrives just in time to save the kids from a group of supers who are being mind-controlled by Evelyn Deavor aka the Screenslaver. Unfortunately, he ends up being captured and forced to wear goggles that put him under Evelyn's control as well. He begins to attack the children but they escape with the help of the Incredimobile. Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack manage to sneak onto the boat where Frozone, Mr. Incredible, and Elastagirl are being kept. They manage to free the three superheroes from Eveyln's control and together stop the boat from causing more destruction.

## Background

Lucius is a long time friend of Mr. Incredible (Bob Parr) and therefore, the Parr family as a whole. He served as the best man in the wedding of Bob Parr and Helen Truax. Although it is believed he is the godfather of Bob's three children, this has not been confirmed in any film. In *Incredibles 2* he is referred to as "Uncle Lucius" by Dash Parr, but this may simply be a title of affection. Frozone is able to manipulate the water molecules in the air and freeze them but is unable to utilize this ability when he suffers from dehydration. According to the National Supers Agency, Frozone had attempted to represent the United States in the Winter Olympics but was rejected on account of his Super abilities granting him a tremendously unfair advantage.

### Official Description

*Frozone keeps his cool when the action heats up. A hero with style, he puts villains on ice without breaking a sweat.*
### Physical appearance

Frozone is tall and slender and has dark skin. He is bald but has some stubble of facial hair. His supersuit is white-and-light-blue in color and can deploy a variety of gadgets. He always wears goggles to protect his eyes from the ice's harmful reflective rays.

### Powers and abilities

Frozone wields control over ice. He can generate ice from his fingertips but is limited by the amount of moisture in the air and his body. He has made water and milk solid and can freeze bullets in midair while congealing gun-wielding opponents. As a child, he was able to freeze a bowl of fruit punch merely through force of will, without the use of his usual ice blasts. He has limited airborne mobility, not necessarily complete levitation, but he can quickly maneuver along coasters of midair icicles (which deteriorate as he goes) which boost him in the air a good hundred or more feet. He can also take large bounds and leaps when in the air. In the movie, he skated across the air and hitchhiked onto a helicopter because of this. **His special boots have soles that materialize into either ice skates, skis, or a disc—the equivalent of a snowboard. Combined with chutes of ice, these make for particularly speedy travel. He must also wear special goggles (reminiscent of Cyclops' ruby-quartz visor) to protect his eyes from snow blindness and to best conceal his secret identity as Lucius Best, Bob Parr's best-life friend.** He can also create snow, soft enough to cushion falls and slides on rough surfaces.

## Appearances

### *The Incredibles*

**In the Golden Age of Superheroes, Frozone was a longtime friend of the world's most popular Super, Mr. Incredible. In the beginning of the movie, shortly after interview footage, he can be seen boarding a helicopter (with a hostage on board). Later, he is seen as the best man for Mr. Incredible's marriage to Elastigirl (Helen Truax) (Bob was late for the wedding because he was delayed by the villain Bomb Voyage, and the intervention of Buddy Pine made it even longer).** After Mr. Incredible is sued by people whom he had rescued and loses the cases, the Supers are outlawed. Apparently, Lucius has had an easier time adapting to civilian life than Bob—he even marries an apparently normal woman named Honey, and they live in a nice apartment. However, Bob asks Lucius to go out with him on Wednesdays to save lives (covering from their respective wives by telling them that they are going bowling). Although Lucius did not at first approve of clandestine superhero work (asking if they can actually go bowling one day instead), he later relented, admitting that although he adjusted to civilian life, he does miss being a Super. However, after a very close call with the local police and Helen catching Bob after the act one day, they stopped going out. Frozone was Syndrome's original target to be murdered in Operation Kronos (before Syndrome changed targets upon locating Mr. Incredible), as Mirage is seen watching the two friends rescue people in the burning building and hearing a radio transmission asking if she was sure if she wanted to change targets, and she responds saying Mr. Incredible is the one they were looking for. When Mr. Incredible infiltrated Syndrome's headquarters after being presumed dead, he learned about Operation Kronos and reacted in horror to the long list of Supers who had been murdered by Syndrome. Bob's horror is magnified when he sees that Frozone's status is "known", realizing that Syndrome knows Lucius' whereabouts and intended to target him. **Mrs. Best also knows of Frozone's clandestine superhero work. He later reappears in the second half of the film when the Omnidroid v.10 battle robot sent by Pine (now known as Syndrome) attacks Metroville (where the two families are residing), and it walks by the Bests' apartment. Lucius, who is getting ready to go out to a special dinner, tries to change into Frozone but discovers his supersuit is missing from his small superhero base. On asking his wife, he quickly realizes that she has hidden it somewhere else in the house and does not want him going out to perform any "derring-do" because they have been planning the dinner for two months. He eventually finds the suit, however, and manages to aid the Incredible family in battling and destroying the Omnidroid.**

### *Incredibles 2*

In the sequel, Frozone first appears to help the Incredibles fight The Underminer. On his way out of the battle, he is approached by Winston Deavor, CEO of DevTech. Winston tells him they have a way to make Supers legal again and enlists him to recruit Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl for his cause. Intrigued, Frozone later goes to Bob and Helen's motel to offer them a place to stay at his appartment, to which they politely decline and also to bring them to DevTech. The trio are introduced to Winston and his sister, Evelyn Deavor, supporters of the superhero movement. Winston tells them they are going to do a campaign to make Supers legal again and that they want Elastigirl to be its public face since her heroics cause the least collateral damage. **Sometime after Helen leaves, Lucius gets a call from Violet saying they need him to come over to help Bob deal with Jack-Jack who has powers. When he gets there, he finds a sleep deprived Bob and a seemingly normal Jack-Jack. Lucius asks Bob when Jack Jack first revealed that he has powers and when he last slept. Bob tells him Jack-Jack started using them after Helen left and that he hasn't slept since then. Jack-Jack quickly reveals the reason why when he uses one of his powers to travel to another dimension, but Bob brings him back with a cookie. Lucius is flabbergasted since Jack-Jack's powers are nothing like his siblings's, to which Bob agrees. When Lucius asks if Jack-Jack is good now, Bob, irritated, closes the cookie jar to show Jack-Jack's other superpower: turning into a red monster when he's angry. Lucius is further shocked at the infant's power and calls it freaky. Later, Bob and Lucius have managed to calm Jack-Jack down by creating an ice ball for him. After conjuring yet another ice ball for Jack-Jack to gum down, Lucius, who has realized exactly why Bob is so bone-tired, advises Bob that he needs time to rethink how he can care for his kids.** Later, Bob calls Lucius and tells him to watch his kids while he goes to help Helen. Frozone agrees after receiving the call as he grabs his suit this time, ignoring the outcry of Honey. Frozone gets to the Parr's home in time to help Bob's kids to escape from the mind-controlled wannabe supers. However, the heroes tell him that he's a target too and he blasts them away. Battling the mind-controlled Supers, he is able to be able to handle himself until being grabbed by Brick. Fortunately, the Incredibile arrived and he breaks free long enough to activate its voice system and orders the kids to do the same before getting put under Evelyn's control. Frozone then tries to attack the kids but they escape. **Along with a mind-controlled Bob and Helen, Frozone attends the superhero conference to sabotage it by announcing the public that they won't protect people anymore and also by taking the crew and ambassadors hostage. However, the kids board the cruise and free their parents, and eventually Frozone, from the mind control. Since the ship is set course to crash into the city, Frozone generates ice on the water to slow it down while Bob manually stops the rudder, and they succeed in stopping the ship while Helen defeats Evelyn.** The day is saved, and Frozone and the Incredibles celebrate over Supers becoming legal again.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Cryokinesis**: Frozone wields control over ice. He can generate ice from his fingertips, but is limited by the amount of moisture in the air and his body. He has frozen water and milk solid, and can freeze bullets in midair while congealing gun-wielding opponents. As a child, he was able to freeze a bowl of fruit punch merely through force of will, without the use of his usual ice blasts. He has limited airborne mobility, but he can quickly maneuver along chutes of ice created by ice blasting the air in front of him (which deteriorate as he goes) which boost him in the air a good hundred or more feet. This technique is possibly inspired by Marvel Comic's Iceman. He can also take large bounds and leaps when in the air. In the movie, he skated across the air and hitchhiked onto a helicopter because of this. He can also create snow, soft enough to cushion falls and slides on rough surfaces.
* **Frozone's Costume**: His special boots have soles which materialize into either ice skates, skis, or a disc—the equivalent of a snowboard. Combined with chutes of ice, these make for particularly speedy travel. He must also wear special goggles (reminiscent of Cyclops' ruby-quartz visor) to protect his eyes from snow blindness, and to best conceal his secret identity.
* **Frozone's Headquarters:** Frozone maintained his costume and various equipment in his own residence, hidden behind retractable walls and shelves. It includes a computer, plotting map and audio/visual recording equipment. Despite being inactive for 15 years he kept his equipment in a ready state despite not using it.
* **Super Strength:** In the apartment fire scene, Lucius is seen running with several unconscious people on his back showing that he has some small degree of superhuman strength.

## Trivia

* According to official sources, Frozone is 40 years old, is 6'2" (187 cm) and weighs 180 pounds (81 kg).
* Originally, Frozone was supposed to be recruited to "stop" Omnidroid v.9, but Syndrome and Mirage decided that Mr. Incredible would have been a better choice, as evidenced by the conversation they had when Mirage was tailing them and thus they knew his location.
* He has the power to create ice like Elsa from *Frozen*.