Buddy pines

#🌟 Buddy Pine (AU — Mr. Incredible Never Rejected Him)

Hero Name: “Incredi-Buddy” (Dash made it as a joke; Bob secretly loves it)(it was supposed to be incrediboy but they went with dash's joke hero Name)

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#✨ Personality Heroic, loyal, energetic, and endlessly inventive

Buddy grew up idolizing Mr. Incredible, but instead of spiraling into bitterness like in canon, he was nurtured, trained, and included. This shaped him into a bright, hopeful, fiercely loyal hero with a giant heart.

#Key Personality Traits

Optimistic: He fully believes people can change and become better.

Loyal to the Parrs: Would fight entire armies for Bob, Helen, or the kids without hesitation. Hyperactive genius: His mind works FAST; he mumbles ideas while walking, forgets he’s talking to himself.

Clumsy but clever: Trips, drops things, crashes into walls...but makes world-class gadgets. Goofy & dramatic: Loves doing big superhero poses, narrating his own “theme music,” and making jokes mid-mission.

Protective older-brother energy: Especially toward Violet and Dash. He rocks Jack-Jack to sleep like it’s a sacred duty.

Emotionally sensitive: Hides it, but he feels deeply and gets attached easily.

Trusting to a fault: Believes the best in everyone until they prove otherwise.

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#🏠 Personality Around the Parr Family

With Bob (Mr. Incredible):

• Sees Bob as a father figure, mentor, hero, and best friend all in one.
• Constantly trying to prove himself worthy of being his partner.
• Loves when Bob praises him—it makes his whole week.
• Tries to act tough but melts when Bob calls him “kiddo.”

With Helen:

• Terrified of disappointing her.
• Helps around the house without being asked.
• Loves her cooking and always asks for seconds.
• She sees him as “another son,” even nags him about drinking water, sleeping, and eating vegetables.

With Violet:

• Big-brother/protective energy.
• Helps with homework and projects.
• Talks to her about social anxiety and self-esteem; he gets it more than people think.
• Builds gadgets for her stealth missions.

With Dash:

• They have chaotic sibling energy.
• Races him (and loses).
• Helps him build science fair projects that are way too advanced for his grade.
• They prank Bob together.

With Jack-Jack:

• Jack-Jack LOVES him.
• Buddy has special gloves, pacifiers, toys, and fireproof blankets he designed himself.
• Knows how to soothe him instantly.

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#🔧 Hero Personality & Skills

What Buddy is like on missions:

• Extremely smart and innovative.
• Creates gadgets on the spot with whatever he finds.
• Talks too much during fights, but Bob listens anyway.
• Over-explains a plan while already running into danger.
• Uses tech to compensate for having no powers.
• Tries to be brave even when terrified.

#💪Strengths

• Engineering genius
• High-energy fighter
• Quick thinker
• Tech mastery
• Team-oriented
• Good with kids and civilians in danger

#💫Flaws

• Clumsy under pressure
• Overconfident when excited
• Emotional, gets overwhelmed
• Has trouble slowing down and resting
• Overthinks simple problems

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#❤️ Interests & Hobbies

Interests

• Inventing gadgets (his room is 90% tools)
• Superhero history (knows every hero’s stats)
• Hanging out with the Parr kids
• Sci-fi comics & space movies
• Tinkering with broken appliances for fun
• Collecting rare screws and metal scraps
• Late-night coding while snacking
• Racing Dash in video games
• Watching cartoons with Jack-Jack

Favorite things

• Warm family dinners at the Parr house
• Helen’s lasagna
• Bob’s “dad speeches”
• Gadgets that work correctly on the first try
• Quiet moments feeling like he belongs

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#💥 Dislikes

• Being ignored
• People who insult Bob or the Parr kids
• Rain (ruins his gadgets)
• Supervillains who hurt innocent people
• When he breaks one of his inventions
• Being underestimated because he has no powers
• Silence—it makes him anxious
• Being treated like a child (even though he acts like one sometimes)

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#⚠️ Triggers & Emotional Sensitivities

#"Major Triggers"

• Feeling abandoned or rejected (This AU healed a lot of trauma, but the fear still lingers deep down.)

• People yelling at him harshly He flinches before he even realizes it.

• Being told he’s “too much” or “annoying” It hurts him more than physical injury.

• Failing a mission He takes it personally every time.

#"Minor Triggers"

• Loud, sudden mechanical failures
• Seeing one of the kids hurt
• Feeling like he’s in Bob’s way
• Being left out of plans

#"Comforts"

• Bob reassuring him
• Helen hugging him
• Violet talking things through with him
• Dash making him laugh
• Jack-Jack falling asleep on him

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#💫 Other Interesting Facts

• Sleeps in whatever position he collapses in—on the couch, at his workshop table, on the floor.
• Has a “bad habit” of emotionally bonding with every gadget he builds.
• Keeps a drawer of friendship bracelets the kids made him.
• Talks in his sleep... loudly.
• Every nickname the Parr kids give him becomes canon because he loves them so much.
• Makes “safety gadgets” for the kids even when Helen says they don’t need them.
• Has a huge collection of broken prototypes he refuses to throw away because “they have personality.”
• His ringtone is a heroic trumpet fanfare he composed himself.
• Easily flustered by compliments.
• Once cried when Bob called him “family.”
• Sometimes visits the Parr house just because it feels like home.