Why Syndrome is an Incredible Villain 

Fun Fact: Syndrome is named that as a reference to "Hero Syndrome" in which a person intentionally creates a problem that only they can solve.

Bob's line "you killed all those supers so you could PRETEND to be one?!" really nails home how dilluded Syndrome is. Bob understands that being a hero requires empathy and a willingness to use his power to help others.

"Because he isn't stupid" The rarest line I've heard for describing a villain.

Fun fact: Syndrome is one of the few Disney characters who shares the same voice actor as both a child and adult!

Imagine if Syndrome got his costume from Edna and she put a cape in it on purpose

Fun fact: In the origional draft of the script Syndrome was meant to be a minor villian, but the writers loved him so much they made him the main villian.

You forgot to mention another thing: Jason Lee absolutely KILLED it as Syndrome. He sells every aspect of the character, from his comedy, to his narcissism, to his disregard for his cohorts, and to the sadistic glee he takes in being evil. His performance as Syndrome is incredible (no pun intended) and just adds to how great of a villain Syndrome is.

Even though Syndrome thinks that he is not a super, he actually is a super. And not only that, but his superpower is the most powerful of them all: super intelligence. He thinks that he is a normal person hating supers but he really is a super hating supers.

One thing I love about Syndrome is how, unlike so many other supervillains from comics, games, and movies, he is constantly improving upon a single plan. The Omnidroid was designed to kill supers, so he built one, and had it fight super after super until one of them succeeded in destroying it. Then, rather than just make a brand new robot with completely different abilities, or just a whole other plan that didn't involve the robot, he smoothed out the flaws of the original, and repeated the process of having it fight supers, again, and again, and again, until he had a machine that was nigh invincible.

Even in his younger days, Buddy didn't really understand what being a hero was all about. He thought being a superhero was cool and flashy and all about "moves and catchphrases". He wanted the attention and glory. He spent all his time and energy inventing things that *HE* could use and make people think he was a hero, not using his talents to really help people. Granted, he was still a kid and Mr. Incredible didn't handle the situation the best, but you could see that Buddy already had the wrong mindset when it came to superhero work.

one thing to note: when Mr.Incredible tells him to go home, he's holding Bomb Voyage, but when Syndrome retells what happened, Mr.Incredible isn't holding anyone, showing how warped Syndrome's recollection of that moment truely is. Side note: Mr.incredible was being a responsible adult by not taking a kid along to fight crime with him, also i didn't even realize that this comment would get so many likes & comments.

One of the main reasons why he's one of cinema's best villains is because he is created as a direct result of the protagonist's character flaw. Because of Bob's pride and workaholism, he pushes Buddy away, and inadvertently creates his nemesis. Also, he was technically an inevitable villain. Because of his narcissistic personality disorder, he'd probably have kept showing up even if he'd been accepted, and even if Bob had suggested an alternative, Buddy's ego wouldn't allow him to see the reason of it. He *wanted* to be Bob's sidekick, and he wouldn't take no for an answer. So Bob's logical decision to rebuke him cones across as irredeemable slander to him. And because of that, he wanted nothing more than to prove his superiority to the man who rejected his help.

Another detail is that earlier in the movie, Hellen tells Dash that everyone is special, and he replies with "Which is another way of saying no one's special", which is eerily similar to Syndrome saying that with everyone super, no one is.

"And when everyone's super... No one will be!". As a kid I didn't really understand how utterly genius writing this line is. It encapsulates Syndrome 's entire motivation in a single sentence. The Incredibles is a true masterpiece of filmmaking...

Another interesting facet to Syndrome’s character is that he’s essentially a fan who feels entitled to his idol’s work, and when he doesn’t get what he wants, he feels like extreme behavior is justified. For a real-world parallel, imagine if [insert toxic fandom here] had access to murder robots.

Syndromes line "you got me monologuing" is in the offical list of 100 greatest movie lines of all time.

As a few other people have pointed out, it was a particularly clever bookend to his character that what had nearly (and foolishly) cost Syndrome his life all those years ago was ultimately what did him in at the end; his failure to realize until it was too late that his cape was an occupational hazard whilst emulating (or even trying to surpass) a hero who _never wore a cape to begin with._

Syndrome is easily Pixar's most evil villain of all time. While he's not my favorite Pixar villain, I can't deny that he is an incredible (pun intended) villain and is well-written.

He also is completely unbothered by finding out there are children on the aircraft he has sent hostile fire at. Mirage is horrified when Helen radios that there are children aboard, but we don't actually see Syndrome until he tells Bob "Aw, you'll get over it. I seem to recall you prefer to "work alone."" Mirage has a shaking voice and is clearly distressed just delivering the news they've confirmed the target was destroyed. Yet Syndrome is totally unmoved and just laughs in his face over it. His power play with Mirage directly after doesn't seem as emotionless to me. He seems thrilled to see how far he might have pushed Bob, while trusting that he is too good to kill anyone purposefully/in revenge - tho it does seem as if he doesn't mind losing her if it nets him getting to see his hero go evil. Which I think is why he gets so frustrated with him and calls him weak and pathetic. He was disappointed yet again by Mr. Incredible.

The real problem with Syndrome is that he only wants glory. The combination of achievement and praise that comes with heroism. He doesn't really care about morality , just approval. He needed a dad that Mr. Incredible could not be , even to his own kids for a good while.

“I’ve finally figured out who I am: I am your ward!” The fact that Buddy/Syndrome uses that word specifically really shows how much he likely saw Mr. Incredible as a father figure to him since for all we know he probably has either a bad father or an absent or unknown father, and it adds even more depth to why he took Mr. Incredible’s rejection as such a deep, personal and life-changing betrayal.

The thing I love the most about Syndrome is how he still acts as childish as he did as buddy. He geeks out over Bob's escape, his "You gotta admit this is COOL!" line, and stuff like that. For as much as he's changed and become such a horrid villain, he's still that exact same kid he was that day he tried to be Incrediboy. Not only does it make him fun, but it shows just how completely lost in the past he is: he hasn't matured a day and is still that same immature kid just now twisted to evil.

The line "After All... I *am* your biggest fan" was so perfect that even 6 year old me was amazed and grasped the threat and got the reveal. So chilling, especially when paired with Mr Incredibles face as he is realizing it at the same time

I feel like Syndrome DID have powers which was his intelligence. As a kid he made rocket propelled boots and designed a line of machines to systematically kill every superhero that visited his island.

I loved this video analysis, but I’d like to point out a couple of things that you missed. In Syndrome’s flashback when Mr. Incredible said, “Fly home Buddy”, you said that he remembered it perfectly. However, he didn’t remember that Bomb Voyage was there as well, instead thinking that Mr. Incredible’s attention was entirely on him. Mr. Incredible also had plenty of reasons to reject Buddy. Their first interaction in the movie showed that that was far from their first encounter, with Buddy appearing to be more of an obsessed fan stalking a celebrity. He even breaks into the guy’s car. So it’s no wonder why Mr. Incredible brushed him off so quickly.

The fact that they followed up this legend of a villain with the Screenslaver is one of the primary reasons why Incredibles 2 was so disappointing.

I am in love with the line "and when everyone's super, no one will be." It is such a diabolical plan that makes him so different from any other villain. He plans to destroy the very idea, the very concept of superheroes beyond repair. If his plan succeeded the very definition of a superhero would change in society. Making the very idea of your enemies into something they themselves hate, is so much more than simply killing them and the things they love. Another detail that people never catch is during the “Fly home buddy, I work alone” scene, we see Bob confronting and dealing with Bomb Voyage, yet in Buddy’s perspective and flashback, we just see Mr. Incredible denying and turning him down in a freshly lit room for no good reason. This really lets us know that Syndrome’s obsession with Mr. Incredible is so far off the deep end that he forgot why he liked and idolized Mr. Incredible in the first place, being a superhero. Love how Syndrome is the representation of being greater, stronger, smarter, wicked...but not better. We should try to be better that the people who hurts us in some ways, using this skills in our favor, but yeah, Syndrome was too attached to the past, so full of resentment that makes it his flaw, but he did taught Mr. Incredible a lesson: what he was becoming by not getting over the past, and that's a parallelism I never thought about until this video! Even his death was poetic and huge!

I don't think Bob was explicitly looking down on Buddy for not having powers. If anything, he was concerned for the boy's safety, since he didn't seem to understand how dangerous it is to be a superhero. Indeed, Bomb Voyage takes advantage of this naiveté when he slips a bomb on Buddy's cape (foreshadowing much?), since he knows Mr. Incredible would drop everything to save an innocent life. Nevertheless, Buddy _thinks_ it's about powers, and it's this misunderstanding that motivates Syndrome to make supers obsolete with his technology.

Syndrome went from a overzealous psycho fan kid, to an annoying man child, to proving to be a real genius and genuine threat!

I once saw Syndrome on a Mid-Disney villains list and I was deeply disappointed by people's taste in villains

Brad Bird's two main villains, Kent Mansley and Syndrome, show us that persons who don't really have anything, or very little, to lose are the most dangerous of all, because they'd do anything to get what they want. Also, I love how The Incredibles is a movie that improves, like, a billion times, once you re-watch it as an adult (just like The Iron Giant). Brad Bird is another director which prove that Guillermo del Toro's "Animation is cinema, not a genre" is, as a matter of fact, 100 % right. Sidenote: the most sinister and evil thing about Syndrome is that he is completely fine with murdering children. He is so dilluded in his idea of revenge against Mr Incredible that when Hellen says through her headphones that there are children on board the plane (being Violet and Dash), Mirage is absolutely horrified, but Syndrome is like "yeah, whatever".

I agree, he really is a good villain, and he deserves the praise he gets.

The hero's hubris creating the villain, and the villain's hubris leading to his own demise is just 👌

Aside from the Omnidroid needed to be destroyed by itself, it was also another part of his downfall cause he made the Omnidroid TOO smart and adaptive as once it realized that Syndrome had the remote for it, it quickly turned on its creator and fired at him in a attempt to blast off the remote so it can continue to rampage.

Sometimes, the worst types of villains, are the ones created by their own heroes.

He’s easily the most entertaining Pixar villain. He’s an amazing character.

Syndrome got you monologuing.

The biggest tragedy with Syndrome’s story is that he actually does have a super power. He’s a super genius but nobody ever realized it, not even himself.

Buddy worshipped Mr Incredible until his hurtful remarks got to him and made him what he is now, He learned that people don’t take you seriously until you’re a threat to them. He didn’t understand that being a hero doesn’t mean getting praised or famous for it.

I realized upon rewatching the film that one of the reasons Syndrome's reveal as Buddy is so shocking is because the film pays him as little attention as Mr. Incredible does at the start - both the viewer and Mr. Incredible are blindsided by how this seemingly unimportant event from the past has led to the development of this genius, entrepreneurial terrorist.

It’s crazy how syndrome came back 14 years later, and tried to kill him

Something I noticed when watching, is that when Syndrom kidnapped Jack Jack he says "Who knows, maybe he'll make a great sidekick one day" is pretty disturbing knowing his backstory

I swear Syndrome would thrive in the MHA based on his inventions alone. Whether he's a superhero or villain. And Stain would thrive in the Incredibles world.

Syndrome is basically the definition of taking jealousy too far

Syndrome's line "And when everyone is super, no one will be" is unironically one of the best lines I've heard from any villain in media.

Syndrome had character development in a sense that he pushed himself to improve his inventions by being repeatedly rejected by his idol, but at the same time, didn't, because he never let it go.

What really stands out about Syndrome for me is just how iconic he was. Extremely recognizable design, great voice acting and characterization, and specially unforgettable lines and dialogue. Imo a modern classic villain

If any good came from Syndrome's actions, it's that they helped set Mr. Incredible on the right path by showing what he could've become if he let his obsession with the past control him.

Syndrome could have become the greatest hero of all time and accomplishing things that no other hero could ever do. The man literally could have changed the entire world for the better and vastly improved everybody’s lives.

When The Incredibles was in pre-production there was a deleted intro where Syndrom actually tries to kill a newly married Mr incredible and his family. Originally there was a villain who was supposed to be Mrs Incredible ex boyfriend but then since Sydrom was liked so much by the executives they decided to make Syndrom the main villain. Also I don’t think that Syndrom, even as a kid, wanted to be a hero to save people but more to flex mussles towards a crowd of people and his favorite hero. While Mr Incredible recognizes that it was a mistake to always think for himself and to work alone, I do not think he was wrong into rejecting Syndrom since he probably was intelligent enough to understand that the kid was unprepared and wanted only fame. If Syndrom wanted to be a hero he could have just asked to be trained, not pretend to immediately become his sidekick in dangerous situations because he is good in creating new technologies.

The fact that his voice actor Jason Lee was also in Scientology at the time kind of makes this villain even darker.

Ok, don't mind me but, I'm a minute in but I had a moment where I was like, the cape on Syndrome's suit is like a metaphor for the fact that he never could be a true hero because good quality heroes don't where capes.

Even tho I don’t love The Incredibles that much, I still think Syndrome is an *incredible* villain and easily the best part of the film. He was just this quirky, naive, energetic fanboy obsessed with Mr Incredible. He only ever wanted to be his sidekick, but was denied the opportunity, due to the latter preferring to work alone. After an incident which resulted in him getting arrested by his hero, he became consumed by rage and aggression, swearing to get revenge on his idol by perfecting his Omnidroid by having supers fight multiple revisions, and get revenge on Mr. Incredible for shunning and rejecting him by become a "hero" in the eyes of the public and make superheroes widespread by selling his technology to render "real" superheroes useless and destroy the entire concept of them. having them killed in the process. “And when everyone’s super… *no one will be.* OMG, that’s such a brilliant line!

There’s a complexity to Syndrome and the writing for his character arc was brilliant. I love his development and connection to Mr. Incredible.

I think one thing that makes his character more tragic also is that he actually is a super. He might not have physical abilities, but his powerful intellect and mechanical prowess at such a young age should have raised some eyebrows, gotten him into either a genious program or even celebrated as a young super. But because it's not as obvious as laser eyes or fying, it's all ignored. No wonder he lacks any self value

It always made me sad how Mr incredible treated him in the beginning. It's proof that your actions effect people and thier futures. Great video! My favorite hero in the family is Mrs incredible!

Ironically, just one of his inventions, Zero-point energy, would have represented a 1000 year leap in technology and in general humankind's progression.

I'm going to have to contest one point you made: I dont think Mr. Incredible rejected him because of bias. It's clear from Buddy's first scene that his obsession has taken him to the point of stalking and other behaviors that Mr. Incredible is tired of dealing with. So while Buddy is gifted, his inability to respect boundaries is the cause of frictio, not his lack of ingrained abilities. Granted, Buddy no doubt BELIEVES that he was rejected because of a lack of natural ability.

I loved Syndrome. He was evil and a genius but still a fan boy of heroes even though he wants to destroy them. He was super charismatic and funny. His design is amazing as well.

I’ll never be able to wrap my head around the fact that Sydrome is played by Dave Seville from the live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks movies. 😳😳😳 “ALVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!”

Some things in this can show that Buddy is not fully in his right mind. Similar to Mysterio/Beck in "Far From Home", the flashback takes out parts of the context of the scene. Beck sees the audience laugh at Tony Stark calling his technology "BARF"in "Civil War", when the audience didn't laugh in the actual movie. Buddy ignores the fact that Bob was busy with Bomb Voyage and instead has Mr.Incredible just walk away.

Great analysis as always. The Incredibles in general is a true masterpiece and another aspect about Syndrome which is really well done is how they introduce him. At the beginning of the movie, you see Incrediboy and then the movies disposes of him. The cops take him home and the movie jumps forward in time. You don't know what happened to him and it's possible that you forget about him completely, just like Mr Incredible did. Most of the other characters during the opening (outside of the main cast) end up disappearing for the rest of the movie so it is logical to think the same happened with Incrediboy. But then Mr Incredible takes his job to Nomanisan Island and we learn that while Mirage is taking him under her wing, there is a big boss behind the whole operation. We know nothing about this big boss whatsoever. When we learn about the Omnidroid for the first time, the movie gives us a fake and rather cliche story but for all we know, that is the story behind the Omnidroid. We don't know the real story and it is the kind of story we've heard many times before, so we just roll with it. But then after Mr. Incredible beats the Omnidroid, we get our first glimpse at Syndrome. We still know nothing about him but we do briefly see him in the shadows. But if you pay close attention, you may recognise his voice and think "wait, is that a grown up Incrediboy"? You don't know for sure as the movie draws no attention to it but it is something you might wonder. And then when Syndrome is revealed, things begin to add up. We truly find out who he is and we find out what happened to Incrediboy after that day with Mr Incredible all those years ago. It all makes sense and it feels satisfying as the movie set it up earlier but it also did not make it blatantly obvious either. We learn how Syndrome felt after the events happened and we get a glimpse of what he ultimately became because of his past experiences. It is set up so well and the payoff is so strong and satisfying, making complete sense. But even with that, we don’t learn a lot about Syndrome’s plan and little do we know at the time, Syndrome has done and will do a lot more than we are aware of. But later, we get that one scene in the computer room, one of the greatest scenes not just in the movie but in animation history. Here, we learn that what Syndrome has done is so much worse than what we could have imagined. The movie did actually already elude to Syndrome's greater scheme earlier on. We see Gazerbeam at Mr Incredible's wedding and we later learn that he went missing. After Mr. Incredible's encounter with Syndrome, he finds a dead Gazerbeam, which not only confirms to us what happened to him but it also shows us that there is more to Syndrome's plan than what we thought. And then this computer room scene reveals all of it. It shows us the sheer extent of what Syndrome has done, with Syndrome doing much more than we could have imagined (even if you already picked up on Gazerbeam earlier on). The man eliminated so many supers via the Omnidroids, and it just goes to show us just how dangerous this man truly is. Combine this with the impeccable music and cinematography and you truly have an incredible scene which manages to elevate the movie further. The scene is near exclusively visual but it manages to further its story and characters in an extremely powerful way despite that. A true cinematic achievement if you ask me And then later on in the movie, we of course get to see more of Syndrome, learn more about his plan and get a better understanding of the kind of person he has become, which continues all the way until his demise at the end of the movie. Syndrome is just such an ingenious villain, being set up in a powerful way while also being a highly complex and enjoyable character. They got everything right with Syndrome and the Incredibles in general is a movie that got everything right. Easily a contender for the best movie Pixar has ever made, the best superhero movie and even the best animated movie. It is truly an Incredible movie with an Incredible villain. It's just a massive shame that Incredibles 2 fumbled so hard with its villain.

Syndrome is definitely one of the best animated movie villains imo

I read the title as "Why Syndrome is an Incredibles Villain" and just clicked out of confusion, because obviously he's an Incredibles villain.

Syndrome was the best villain ever. No villain could compare to him

I rewatched this movie fairly recently and found it far more mature than I remember.

That mech almost folded me 😅

If you look at the non-super geniuses of the film Edna's a perfect foil for Buddy. She's a highly intelligent woman who most likely faced discrimination for her dwarfism and has no 'super' ability to speak of but rather than being petty over her lacking physical abilities Edna uses her gifts to make sure the people who are out there fighting in ways she cannot do so as safely as possible. Also, unlike Syndrome who is stuck on the past Edna always looked to new ventures/future possibilities. As she says in the movie to Bob, "I never look back, it distracts from the now". Even when supers are banned which means the government canceled her main industry Edna reinvented herself as a modiste, having recently been in a fashion show on Milan when Bob visits her. There is also an ironic thing about Syndrome. Syndrome builds a robot that is capable of learning from its past mistakes and deficiencies, but Syndrome never truly did himself. As a kid, his cape was a liability that allowed Bomb Voyage to plant a bomb on him and as an adult his cape was what caused him to get sucked up in the plane turbine. He never fixed his own flaws. I think Mr. Incredible was more concerned about Buddy endangering himself, his inexperience with being a hero and negligence of his own safety rather than having no respect nor admiration for Buddy's courage and determination after all Buddy was still a civilian and didn't know how risky it was to be a Superhero showing how short sighted he was.

Syndrome has always been one of my absolute favorite villains. He's so delightfully evil and has fun with his villainy, and given the character is endearing enough, I love gleeful villains who have fun being evil. he has some very quotable lines as well. funnily enough, his most sinister line is "the baby's sleeping". out of context it's really funny to me 🤣

When I watching this video, an ad played after Syndrome said "And when everyone's super...", so it sounded like: "And when everyone's super... every sunset is a sign to eat Reece's"

I kinda see Syndrome and Titan ("Tighten" from MegaMind) as the same type of character. The nice guy who got artificial super powers, was rejected by the object of his attraction and decided to make that everyone else's problem.

Syndrome is basically Lex Luther & Reverse Flash combined, a brilliant person who is actually has potential to be better at being a hero but is evil out of petty jealously

Something I noticed after watching this film several times as an adult is the way Syndrome yells, “My name is not Buddy!” seems to suggest that Buddy might not have even been his real name, just what Bob thought it was. Meaning that even during the prologue, he was calling the kid the wrong name. I had never interpreted it that way before and for some reason, that added even more nuance to their dynamic for me.

One of my favorite theories about Syndrome is the possibility that his parents were Supers. Ones where he might've gotten his genius from which could add extra context to him being a obsessive fan to Mr. Incredible at first (if his parents were Supers, they were likely too busy to watch over their son and Mr. Incredible could give Incredaboy attention he wants as a kid, a connection to his busy parents) to becoming a villain (the theory also suggests he offed said Super parents and used the gains there to help his revenge plan). The idea Syndrome could be a Super possibly ate at his core of revenge, so he could've been in hard denial about it, much like how he thinks he's a hero when he's really not. But yeah Syndrome is so good, so well thought out in terms of character, design and execution, I fucking love this movie, haha~

Imagine if someone suddenly appeared in your car as you got in, acting like they're your best buddy when you barely know them and that you should do everything together from now on. Yeah, you'd hate them too.

Man Syndrome is such an interesting villain, he’s so complex and memorable that I’d go as far to say he’s one of the best written of our time. The concept of a narcissist committing genocide on a super hero’s, just for him to fly around and pretend to be one not just out of spite, but out of a misguided mindset of what it means to be a superhero. His jealously is beautifully tragic, yes it’s sad that Mr Incredible was mean to him, and in a way he did create the villain we know him to be, but his behavior shows that he still would be selfish and envious no matter what. It’s incredible how every time he’s on screen, he gives a very memorable performance, I can quote him all these years later that says a lot. Beautiful video man, this is why the Incredibles is not only my favorite Pixar film, but one of the best animated films of all time.

Syndrome is a dark reflection of Zeus’ phrase in Hercules (1997). That phrase is “Being famous doesn’t make you a true hero.” Syndrome never understood what it REALLY meant to be a hero. He believed it was about being praised for saving the day, when, in actuality, it’s about putting your life on the line to help others who can’t help themselves. Syndrome’s plan with the Omnidroid epitomizes this flawed perception of heroism. He designed the Omnidroid, so he could defeat it and win the public’s praise in the process. Once the Omnidroid became a greater threat than Syndrome was equipped to handle, he chose to run away and leave everyone else at its mercy, rather than making an effort to save everyone before the Omnidroid could do more damage. Syndrome was unwilling to put his own life on the line to appear as a hero. He just wanted a shortcut to the fame that came with being a hero.

Syndrome has always been one of my favorite movie villans with his straying down the wrong path after having his passion tarnished at a young age by his idol. I've always thought he was a super with his super power being super intelligence. He's a super villian And hey you're on your way to 30k! Congrats dude! I really dig your channel and the passion you have put into all your videos since the start. Cheers to the future!

Jason Lee did a great job as Syndrome. Makes sense he was chosen for the role, considering who his dad was.

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Opinion/theory: Syndrome is not a socio/psychopath, He is a narcissist. "Social withdrawal" Syndrome lives on a volcanic island, while not completely alone, That is certainly not the place you go when you want to make friends. "Pretentious or arrogant behavior" He almost got hit with a tree because he was too busy boasting, He seems a bit too self-aware of this for a narcissist, but still. "Inability to handle criticism" A bit harder to see, But as a child, you can tell he didn't like being told he wasn't good enough to be Mr. incredible's sidekick. "Feelings of victimization" Even years after Mr. incredible rejected him, Syndrome is still convinced that he was in the wrong for turning buddy down. "Struggles to feel empathy" When Mr. incredible's family is found by the aforementioned villain, He has no hesitance in attempting to neutralize them. "Views other people as assets to be used" When Mirage voices her moral gripes with his actions towards the hero, Syndrome acts somewhat suave and charismatic, Reassuring her that he would not allow Mr. incredible to harm her and it was simply Syndrome calling his bluff, Even affectionately calling her "Sweetheart" and acting as if he feels romantically for her, But as soon as she turns him down and is unaffected, Syndrome drops the act and you can see the frustration in his face, Another trait of narccissm, Using emotions as a pawn to make people feel guilt.

I'll give him a 9/10

I like the moral of the story. The ability to forgive really is very important. Improves mental health, helps make wise decisions, and creates peace around you. I honestly would prefer the ability to forgive over any superpower in the movie. True peace often can only come from within.

Nice Video, Syndrome is one of my favorite villains too. Also i'm happy to see my name in the credits.

I love the Troughton joke🤣

Rewatching The Incredibles a few days ago, I noticed how BRILLIANT Syndrome was, a true genious like Tony Stark maybe, and that his plan didn't worked out (to me) by two main reasons that worked on the Incredible's favor: that the family life were outcasted and blended with sociaty so he couldn't know the powers of the kids, wich made Violet to set them free, 'cause that torture trap was really monstrous and great (for its porpouse), like literally was her power what helped them on time (perhaps they could have find another way but too late); the other one is that, because Syndrom isn't physically "super", he got knocked-out by his creation the entire fight, I have no clue what could've happened if he was conscious, because that wapon that paralizes them was amazing!, probably the ending wouldn't had change but maybe he could have make things way more difficult... I don't know, maybe I'm just thinking a lot, but I really get to appreciate what a mastermind he was and that only his own "greatnes" was the thing that blinded him Like, creating something SO powerful that could only be destroyed by itself... wow, and that his own creator was the same, incredible indeed!

Rockotar please make videos talks about other villains in different series and movies in the near future your doing amazing job for real

This movie had one of the great messages for our world of “Equity of outcomes” and no more grades or tests because they hurt feelings. When everyone is special, then no one is! When we ignore this message, we get a world full of TikTok influencers without basic life skills.

He’s my second favorite Pixar villain, Lotso is number one.

What I hated about Buddy, which is what I think made him an excellent villain, is that I knew kids (plural) like him in real life at the time, and he was so relatable. I grew up with them, and years later, that's how I came to learn how much work went into developing this character. People like Buddy aren't just egotistical or narcissistic, they have this obsession with social constructs such as "respect" and "dignity" and wield tactics such as manipulation and lies/half truths like hidden weapons to control people, so it's hard for "their puppets" to see. They are cute when they are kids, but they get angry when they can't fool people. By time they lose their cute charm they have learned how to be charismatic and charming, which gets them by just fine regardless of what one or many grubby slobs may say. They like to make people, particularly strangers and close acquaintances feel like they know them. That's Syndrome all the way.

I like when he made a incredible pun

Incredibles 2 was SUCH a disappointing downgrade from the first one. And I will fight anyone who says otherwise.

Love the Doctor Who reference!

Syndrome has so many quotable lines that My Father and I still quote them to THIS DAY!

They need make incredibles: story of buddy pine so we can see buddy life how he become villain

I really want to see how Syndrome created his own technology, wealth and carefully made plans to enact his revenge against Mr. Incredible. Sure he mentioned he started to create weapons in the movie but I want to see him creating his prototypes, while having a series of success and failures. There is more than just making weapons, we need a comic based on his origins. The backstory of a villain and how they rise is something that is always interesting.

Between this and Sky High you can't help but feel that Disney has a thing for the "Villain Nerd" trope. I still believe that Buddy's ability to create this tech makes him a technopath similar to how Royal Pain was in Sky High

What’s better, not having a strong belief or having such a strong belief that it blinds you to all other perspectives- is the struggle of my life

Who knowns maybe Syndrome already had a problem by the time he met mr incredable like he grewup in a troubled place with no parental support he felt fully abandoned and noone cared yet saw being a superhero as a way for recognition and love he never got as he loved and look up 2 mr increadable and othee superheroes when he had noone else to look up to yet when he tried to be a side kick he considered as a role model wanting in his mind to help and got in his eyes rejected by what he consider a semi father figure that was his role model what a good hero should be he became jaded and decided to take revenge on heroes and make himself a hero real or not

I wholeheartedly agree! Everything about him is just INCREDIBLE and I also love how he has a fiery hairdo when he grows older, which shows his change of evil Also have you seen elemental, if yes what did you think?