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15. Syndrome In The Incredibles Was Based On Brad Bird
Speaking of Brad Bird unexpectedly making his way into The Incredibles, the character of Syndrome is actually somewhat based on him. If you didn't realize that, well, neither did Brad Bird.
Apparently, as a bit of an inside joke, the Pixar animators based the likeness of the movie's villain on the director. In fact, the same can be said of Mr. Incredible.
But this all happened without the director's knowledge; Bird himself had absolutely no idea this was going on, and by the time he found out that the film's villain looked just like him it was way too late to go back and redesign the character.
It's totally like that episode of The Office where Pam has Dwight pass out police sketches of a guy who looks exactly like Dwight. Poor Brad Bird.