Buddy Pine

Buddy Pine, best known by his alias Syndrome and formally known as IncrediBoy, is a fictional character who serves as the main antagonist in Disney/Pixar's 6th animated film The Incredibles (2004).

Buddy Pine
The Incredibles character
Buddy Pine as his supervillain alias Syndrome
First appearanceThe Incredibles
Created byBrad Bird
Voiced byJason Lee
In-universe information
AliasSyndrome, IncrediBoy (formally)

Appearances

The Incredibles (2004)

Syndrome first appears as a 10-year-old child named Buddy Pine who professes to be the "Number 1 fan" of the superhero Mr. Incredible. In an attempt to earn his hero's respect, Buddy tries to aid him in fighting crime as "IncrediBoy", using gadgets of his own invention. Mr. Incredible declines Buddy's offer, and during a subsequent conflict between Mr. Incredible and the supervillain Bomb Voyage, Buddy interferes, and ends up with a bomb attached to his cape. Mr. Incredible's removal of it leads to the destruction of a section of elevated train tracks, which requires him to save the approaching train. Mr. Incredible then hands Buddy over to the police to have them take him home and inform his mother of his actions, bluntly telling Buddy that he works alone, leaving Buddy feeling rejected and disillusioned. Fifteen years later, Buddy has recreated himself as an evil genius called Syndrome who plans to exact revenge on his former idol, whom he now regards as his nemesis. He starts by having his assistant Mirage lure a series of Supers to his lair on Nomanisan Island under the cover of a job offer so that his Omnidroids can be improved by killing each one. After capturing the Parrs, Syndrome unleashes a massive Omnidroid upon Metroville, so that he can portray himself as a superhero who destroys it, when in fact, he is in control of it himself. However, the Omnidroid's adaptive intelligence leads it to turn against Syndrome. After freeing themselves and journeying to Metroville, the Parr family and Frozone destroy the Omnidroid. The authorities freeze Syndrome's assets and issue a warrant for his arrest. Syndrome abducts Jack-Jack with the intention of raising him as a sidekick, but he fails due to the sudden emergence of Jack-Jack's powers, and is killed when his cape is caught in his jet's intake.

Jack-Jack Attack (2005)

Syndrome appears in the short film Jack-Jack Attack, which is set concurrent to The Incredibles. He appears near the end, deceiving an agitated Kari McKeen into thinking he is the replacement babysitter, which allows him to abduct Jack-Jack.

Characterization

Syndrome has no superhuman powers, but he is incredibly intelligent, having invented numerous weapons and high-tech vehicles that use such principles as robotics, anti-gravity, and zero-point energy, which he sold to black market buyers to make himself rich. He owns his own island, complete with a mansion, a sophisticated monorail system, missiles, and a staff of guards equipped with exotic vehicles of Syndrome's design. His primary motivation as a villain is his hatred of superheroes, stemming from his experience with Mr Incredible.[1]

Like Mr. Incredible, his character was physically modeled after Brad Bird.[2]

Reception

Syndrome was chosen as the 64th Greatest Villain Ever by Wizard Magazine.[3] Screen Rant have described his characterisation as “a geeky kid” as being humorous despite his prowess as a villain.[4] Looper named Syndrome as the best Pixar villain,[5] while Rolling Stone ranked him as the 22nd best Pixar character.[6]

References
  1. "The Incredibles' Syndrome Is Even More Tragic in This Pixar Fan Theory". CBR. 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  2. The Incredibles DVD commentary
  3. Staff (July 2006). "Top 100 Greatest Villains". Wizard Magazine. 1 (177).
  4. "10 Intentionally Funny Disney Villains". ScreenRant. 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  5. Kaye, Ben (2021-02-05). "Pixar Villains Ranked Worst To Best - Looper". Looper.com. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  6. Wilkinson, Sam Adams,Charles Bramesco,Tim Grierson,Noel Murray,Scott Tobias,Alissa; Adams, Sam; Bramesco, Charles; Grierson, Tim; Murray, Noel; Tobias, Scott; Wilkinson, Alissa (2020-11-18). "25 Best Pixar Movie Characters". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
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