23 Facts About Buddy Pine

1.

Buddy Pine's face was physically modeled after director Brad Bird.

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2.

Buddy Pine was shocked to discover that his "Number 1 fan", Buddy, had recreated himself as the supervillain Syndrome after Mr Incredible had squelched Pine's wish to be his ward in an attempt to protect him.

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3.

Buddy Pine begins to manifest a broader range of powers during Incredibles 2, inspiring Edna to upgrade his suit with sensors that allow his family to track him or rein in his powers via remote control.

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4.

Buddy Pine is limited by the amount of water available, either in liquid form, or in the air.

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5.

Buddy Pine is later overwhelmed by other hypnotized Supers when he unsuccessfully attempts to protect the Parr children from them, and is put under Evelyn's mind control via goggles.

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6.

Buddy Pine's was a guest at Mr Incredible and Elastigirl's wedding.

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7.

Buddy Pine was one of the guests present at Mr Incredible and Elastigirl's wedding.

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8.

Buddy Pine informs the Parr family that his department's Super Relocation program is being shut down, forcing supers across the world to permanently adhere to their secret identities.

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9.

Buddy Pine then goes on to tell the family that they are on their own now and that he cannot help them any longer, althrough he manages to get them to live in a motel for two weeks after the destruction of their house in the first film, and informs them he is going into forced retirement.

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10.

Buddy Pine's intends to do this by sabotaging a summit of supers and similarly hypnotized political delegates taking place on the Deavors' cruise ship by crashing the ship into the city.

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11.

Buddy Pine is a stickler for bureaucracy, but prefers that customers should be unaware of any "loopholes" that would help secure an insurance claim.

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12.

Buddy Pine's has taken numerous babysitting classes and feels more than adequately prepared to care for Jack-Jack in any capacity, and assures Helen Parr to that effect.

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13.

Buddy Pine's has one scene in the film, and she is heard later on Mrs Parr's voice mail, complaining that some "very weird things" are happening; she does apparently learn all of Jack-Jack's powers as she has a defense for all of them after one day.

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14.

Buddy Pine's is rescued by Elastigirl in Incredibles 2, when Evelyn attempts to kill her in her helicopter through her hypnotic screens.

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15.

Buddy Pine has no superhuman powers, but he is highly 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.

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16.

Buddy Pine 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.

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17.

Mr Incredible declines Buddy Pine's offer, and during a subsequent conflict between Mr Incredible and the supervillain Bomb Voyage, Buddy Pine interferes, and ends up with a bomb attached to his cape.

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18.

Fifteen years later, Buddy Pine 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.

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19.

Buddy Pine 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.

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20.

Buddy Pine's has a change of heart when Syndrome shows callous disregard for Elastigirl and the children on board the plane, and after he takes a gamble on her life, daring an imprisoned Mr Incredible to kill her.

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21.

Buddy Pine's subsequently frees him, and helps his family escape the island.

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22.

Buddy Pine is first seen in The Incredibles confronting Mr Incredible when stealing money from a bank vault.

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23.

Buddy Pine's creates the masked villain persona Screenslaver in order to carry out her plans to hypnotize and control people undiscovered.

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