Monday, November 26, 2012

Superhero 411: Mr. Incredible

Today we're featuring one of the superheroes on the American Superhero Team and delve deeper into their history. In this article, we'll be looking at the only superhero on the list who started in movies, Mr. Incredible. Warning! Some Spoilers Ahead!


Mr. Incredible

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2m9tU5SmaJ36bqty6ir1ARKSTO4FURpYuOLpI18PM090qkjLGR7Dzx8CEbRnnI0nRJTrcNjlCkpEldBajD3vUrAqiohBmI73rvT9DIINDX-Vc7GlkyVp9KqmwB5Vxv7Hzyyd6cjta880/s1600/page30_blog_entry56-453-mr-incredible.jpgReal name: Robert "Bob" Parr
First Appearance: The Incredibles (2004,
Pixar Animation Studios)
Creator: Brad Bird (writer, artist)
Occupation: Professional Superhero/Insurance Claims
Religion:
Episcopalian
Operates in: Metroville

Bob Parr was once Mr. Incredible, the most celebrated hero of Metroville, but after saving a man's life when he tried to commit suicide and subsequently being sued by the man for injuring him in the process, opening up the flood gates for other superheroes to be sued for personnel injury and collateral damage. This causes superheroing to be outlawed and forces all the superheroes into hiding through a government relocation program, including Bob and his new wife Helen, aka the superhero Elastigirl.
15 years later, Bob is working at an insurance company dealing with insurance claims and living a typical suburban life with his wife and three children, Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack. Bob however finds this life unfulfilling, as he has to secretly help his clients navigate his insurance company's roundabout system to ensure they aren't cheated and regularly goes out superheroing with his old superfriend Lucius, aka Frozone, despite Helen's desire that they just live a normal life without superpowers.
It all comes to a head one day when, while being lectured by his boss about his clients' strange ability to get their claims by his boss, he witnesses a mugging and is prevented from helping by his boss, causing Bob to punch his boss through several walls, exposing his superpowers and costing Bob his job. Bob returns home depressed, and while trying to figure out what to tell Helen finds a package for him from the mysterious Mirage, offering him a job requiring his superpowers. Eager to relive his glory days while being able to support his family, he quickly agrees, telling his family he's going a business trip. Bob is taken to a tropical island where a rogue robot has been on a rampage and quickly defeats it. Bob is handsomely rewarded for his efforts, and upon returning home pretends to go to work everyday while secretly spending the day working out and getting back into peak shape. Bob is soon called back by Mirage for another mission, and this time encounters an improved robot that he is unable to defeat. The robot's creator, Syndrome, reveals himself, and Bob realizes that 15 years ago Syndrome was the kid who tried to be his sidekick before being rebuffed by Bob. Syndrome had vowed revenge for this, setting out to prove that he was better than all the other superheroes, and had been inviting any superheroes he could find to fight his "rampaging" robot to the death, improving his robot any time it was defeated before having a rematch. Bob is taken hostage so he can watch Syndrome "defeat" the robot with his remote after he unleashes it on Metrocity. His family comes to his rescue, but when their plane is shot down Bob believes his family is dead, however they survive and are eventually captured as Syndrome launches his robot towards Metrocity. The Incredibles are eventually able to escape, return to Metrocity and work together to defeat the robot and Syndrome, saving the city from being destroyed.

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