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* [[Alternate Aesop Interpretation]]: Behind the friendly family action film, some fans are suspicious of phrases like "celebrating mediocrity" and "everyone is special (so no one is)", as well as the general idea of superhumans being forced to hide their incredible talents for the sake of government regulation and the selfish, (mediocre) masses. Yes, they are indeed suggesting that ''The Incredibles'' is ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''.
* [[Applicability]]: Some have argued that the movie is an argument for [[Ayn Rand|Objectivism]], with its theme of the characters being discouraged from living up to their full potential by society. Others counter that the message is "be true to yourself", and point out that if the movie were Objectivist, the Parrs wouldn't be using their powers for altruism. Not to mention that Syndrome the self-made engineering genius and millionaire capitalist is pretty much the sort of person Rand most admired. [[Word of God]] says that no higher philosophical meaning was intended.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Buddy Pine, better known as Syndrome, is a a superhero wannabe and a true [[From Nobody to Nightmare|Nobody to Nightmare]]. Early in the film, Buddy interrupts Mr. Incredible, or Bob Parr while fighting the supervillain Bomb Voyage in an attempt to become his sidekick. His careless actions nearly get himself killed and allow Bomb Voyage to escape, leading to Mr. Incredible rightfully turning him down and crushing Buddy's dreams. Buddy then murders retired superheroes by luring them to his island to use as test subjects against the Omnidroid. Once Bob finds out, Syndrome beats him down with his Omnidroid and has him tortured to interrogate him, spitefully launching a missile at a plane that he knows has his family on it when he believes that he sent for reinforcements. Showing callous indifference to Mirage once her life is under threat by Bob, Syndrome plans to release the Omnidroid on the populace once he's disposed of Bob, then painting himself as a hero by falsely defeating the Omnidroid. Once foiled, Syndrome kidnaps the infant Incredible Jack-Jack with the intent to corrupt him into becoming like him. Selfish, petty, and all-around murderous, Syndrome stood out as one of Pixar's darkest villains.
** It says something about how sick he is that his murders of several supers with the Omnidroid already put him over the Horizon, but it's the extra little things (detailed in [[Moral Event Horizon]] below) that really push him into [[Complete Monster]] territory.
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: See [[Film/Awesome Music|here.]]
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