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Tropes applying to characters from Empathy and its sequel, Unity (Finmonster). For their respective original series, click here for Big Hero 6, here for Inside Out, here for Home, here for Monsters Vs. Aliens, here for The Incredibles, here for Megamind, and here for Despicable Me.

Warning! Late-arrival spoilers for Empathy.

Big Hero 9

General

Adaptational Badass: Besides there being more of them compared to only ever maintaining the canonical six members, their first outing as heroes is much more impressive, as they stop an alien invasion rather than a madman obsessed with revenge.
Adaptational Name Change: Because of the increase in members, they go from Big Hero 6 to Big Hero 9. They are referred to by the former as a Mythology Gag once in Unity though.
Empowered Badass Normal: With the exception of Riley (a super) and Baymax (a robot), they're all normal humans who use super-suits, intelligence, and advanced technology to win the day.
Named by the Adaptation: The individual members (outside of Hiro, Riley, Tip, Oh, and Fred) are given actual names rather than simply going by their nicknames. They're also given authentic hero code-names rather than occasionally using the names Carmie's fanfiction gave them.

Hiro Hamada

Hiro Hamada/Excelsior II

A fourteen year old genius and the leader of Big Hero 9 who becomes the successor to the Golden Age hero, Excelsior.

Affectionate Nickname: Averted. It's noted that he's the only member of the team without a nickname. He even asks Fred why he was never given one, to which Fred responds that he just never thought of one.
Annoying Younger Sibling: Downplayed in that he and Tadashi get along well, but his illegal bot-fighting gets on his brother's nerves.
Battle Couple: With Riley after they form Big Hero 9.
Big Brother Worship: He clearly adores his older brother and was devastated by his death.
Legacy Character: He's granted the mantle of Excelsior by Stanley Lieber, the previous Excelsior.
"Not So Different" Remark:
- Megamind sees a lot of himself in Hiro, which worries him considering he used to be a super-villain.
- After learning of Nefario's Start of Darkness where he lost his son, Hiro feels that the biggest difference between the two is that he had his friends to keep him from going off the deep end.
Teen Genius: Graduated high school at thirteen, is attending classes at SFIT (a very prestigious school), and has skills in robotics and engineering that manage to impress super-geniuses like Megamind and Dr. Cockroach.
Worthy Opponent: Enigma views him as one, openly admiring his intellect and even offering him the chance to join the Syndicate.

Baymax

Baymax/Big Guy

Tadashi's healthcare robot. He was refitted for combative purposes to help Hiro track down Tadashi's killer. He later goes on to become the muscle of Big Hero 9.

Adaptational Badass: Besides the upgrades he gets over the course of the movie, he's also equipped with force-fields for better defense, something he didn't have in either the film or the series.
A.I. Is a Crapshoot: While typically an aversion, he becomes this when he was given a program to grant him emotions to empathize with his patients. While realistic enough for Riley's empathic abilities to detect, they're so primitive and simplistic that he goes from one extreme end of the spectrum to the next.
All-Loving Hero: It's in his programming to save anyone who needs help. At the end of Empathy, he sacrifices himself (or at least his physical body) to save the Gorg and his children, despite him having launched an invasion of Earth. He even rejects Hiro putting a Trojan Horse in him that would destroy Phantasma if she tried to hack him again, arguing that she has as much a right to exist as he does.
Benevolent A.I.: He's a kind robot that doesn't have a single mean (metaphorical) bone in his body.
The Big Guy: He's the biggest and strongest of the team and is the only one strong enough to take on the Gorg. This trope is even his hero code-name.
Deflector Shields: He's equipped with force-fields for added defense, and puts them to good use against the likes of Yokai and the Gorg.
Flying Brick: After his upgrades, he's super strong, has impressive durability thanks to his armor and force-fields, and the ability to fly at speeds faster than sound.
Literal-Minded: Being a robot, he doesn't understand metaphors and sarcasm and frequently goes with what's literally being said.
Super-Strength: Part of his design even before his upgrade was to be able to lift over 1000 lbs without issue to aid in rescues. After his upgrades, he's strong enough to take on the likes of the Gorg by himself.
The Worf Effect: To showcase the difference in abilities between him and Phantasma (who's actually an AI inhabiting a collective of micro-bots), he gets nearly reduced to scrap-metal.
Tranquil Fury: While he can't actually get mad, he gives this off in his tai-chi battle with the Gorg when he says that he won't allow the alien to destroy the Earth.

Riley Anderson

Riley "Fargo" Anderson/Kitsune

A girl from Minnesota who originally struggled with living in San Fransokyo. She became one of Hiro's closest friends and eventual girlfriend while helping him with his micro-bots. Contact with a Boov neural-interface has given her the ability to communicate with her emotions and control the emotions of others, making her the only super-powered member of Big Hero 9.

Adaptational Badass: In Inside Out, she's only your average human. In Empathy, she gains empathic abilities after contact with a Boov neural-interface and is later given her own micro-bots to use in combat. She's also highly adept at unarmed combat thanks to her Tai Chi training.
Battle Couple: With Hiro after Big Hero 9 is formed.
Blessed with Suck: Hiro's tampered neural interface gave her the ability to hear her own emotions converse in her head as well as feel the emotion of others and push her own feelings on other people. Unfortunately she had to learn to calm her mind because she can't really turn it off, and she can be overwhelmed to the point of blowing a fuse and leaving her in a near-catatonic state when those emotion reach extreme levels. Not to mention that her powers also make her incredibly vulnerable to psychic attacks.
The Empath: Her main power is both sensing and controlling the emotional states of others.
Full-Contact Magic: She incorporates her Tai Chi training into her control of the micro-bots.
Hearing Voices: The activation of her powers allows her to communicate with her emotions. They frequently tend to talk in her head and there isn't really a mute button, so this ensues.
Lady of War: She uses her micro-bots in an elegant combat style that incorporates Tai Chi martial arts and dance-like movement.
Light Is Good: Contrasting Yokai, her micro-bots and hero costume are white in color, signifying her heroic alignment.
The Muse: Many of Hiro's best ideas, directly and indirectly, come from her, a fact that Fred lampshades more than once.
Nanomachines: She uses micro-bots like Yokai does, but she uses them in a manner similar to Katara's waterbending and her neurotransmitter is more advanced.
Offhand Backhand: When defending Margo against a group of bullies, the lead bully, Ashley, tries to punch her in the face, which Riley deflects instinctively.
Power Incontinence: After Mezzmerella's Mind Rape, her powers become harder for her to control. After she used them to scare away the bullies, she struggled to turn them off. From her emotions perspective, it's like the console is severely damaged and isn't responding properly.
There Are No Therapists: Averted, hard. Right after Tadashi's death, Riley started seeing a grief counselor (paid for by Fred). When she's Mind Raped by Mezmerella and begins showing signs of PTSD, she begins seeing a therapist to work through her trauma. Her powers also allow her to be a bit of a therapist for her friends (as she's the one who helps Hiro finally come to terms with Tadashi's death), and she helps Margo see that going to see a therapist doesn't mean someone's crazy.
Token Super: She's the only member of the team who's a legitimate super while the rest include empowered badass normals, an alien, a normal human, and a robot.
Touched by Vorlons: She gained her powers thanks to direct contact with a Boov neural-interface.
Troubled Fetal Position: Riley curls up into one at the AVL base after Mezzmerella's Mind Rape.

GoGo

Yuri "GoGo" Park/Torque

A tomboy and mechanical engineer who's kind of a loner.

Action Girl: She's one of the team's best, most hardcore fighters.
Adaptational Name Change: Her canon name, while never In-Universe, was stated by Word of God to be Ethel. Here, it's Yuri.
All Girls Want Bad Boys: She admits to Violet that she originally dated several guys who were bigger assholes than she was as a teenager. Averted with Wasabi, who's a Nice Guy.
Battle Couple: Forms one with Wasabi later in Empathy that carries over to Unity.
Big Sister Mentor: Has this dynamic with Riley, as she looks up to GoGo like a big sister.
Brutal Honesty: She's not one to hold her tongue when she has something on her mind.
Combat Parkour: She uses some impressive parkour with her wheels while fighting Yokai and the Gorg.
Everyone Has Standards: She's perfectly okay with bringing an eighteen-year-old to a club despite being underage, but draws the line at bringing Riley and Tip, who are both twelve.
Fangirl: She looks up to Elastigirl and sees her as sort of an idol.
Sexy Shirt Switch: When Fred goes to Wasabi's house, she answers wearing one of his large shirts and clearly nothing else.

Wasabi

Darron "Wasabi" Waylons/Laserblade

A plasma engineer who's also a neurotic worry-wort.

Absurdly Sharp Blade: His plasma blades can cut through pretty much anything. The Gorg's armor is an exception though.
Actor Allusion: His real name, Darron Waylans, sounds similar to the name of his voice actor from the film, Damon Wayans Jr..
Arbitrary Skepticism: He doesn't believe in the existence of Gru or that the moon was ever stolen, even though the existence of superheroes, aliens, monsters, and advanced tech that could achieve such phenomena is pretty prevalent.
Battle Couple: Forms one with GoGo later in Empathy that carries over to Unity.
Embarrassing Nickname: He's not fond of his nickname since he only spilled wasabi on his shirt once.
Not So Above It All: Despite being one of the more serious and task-oriented members of the team, he has a moment during the battle at Krei Tech where he quotes Yoda and makes lightsaber sounds with his mouth while destroying droids.
Obsessively Organized: He tends to be very conscious about things being orderly and neat.
Opposites Attract: Despite her hardcore, fearless personality contrasting heavily with his neatness and cautiousness, it's stated by Fred that Wasabi's had a crush on Gogo for a while before the story started.

Honey Lemon

Pamela "Honey Lemon" Rodriguez/Miss Chemistry

A perky chemist and Tadashi's girlfriend.

Actor Allusion: She shares her last name with her voice actor, Genesis Rodriguez.
Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Since she and Tadashi were a couple, his death hits her much harder here.
Adaptational Jerkass: She's more prone to aggressive actions and outbursts following Tadashi's death. Case and point, she was perfectly willing to go through with killing Callaghan and even tried to stab him with an ice dagger.
Beware the Nice Ones: She's the most kindhearted of Big Hero 9, but when enraged, she's outright murderous. She was fully on-board with Hiro's desire to kill Callaghan and tried to help Baymax (with his healthcare protocol removed) in murdering him.
Closet Key: Is apparently the first woman that Susan has ever consciously been attracted to.
Dark and Troubled Past: In her talk with Jill, it's implied that she's not on good terms with her parents and that she was an unwanted pregnancy.
Leg Focus: She's both very tall and has very attractive legs, something that Susan takes notice of and enjoys.
Male Gaze: Same-sex example. Susan comments that she couldn't stop staring at her legs.
Statuesque Stunner: She's around 6'0 without heels and is highly attractive.
Workaholic: In Unity, she's still not completely over Tadashi's death and constantly works at the lab to distract herself, which is something her friends have all called her out on it. She even lampshades how she's this trope.

Fred

Fredrick "Fred" Lieber/Kaiju

The SFIT mascot with a wealth of knowledge on superheroes, as well as the son of the retired hero, Excelsior.

Adaptational Name Change: His last name is Lieber (as his father is Stan Lee) rather than Frederickson.
Ascended Fanboy: A major fan of superheroes (especially ones from the Golden Age), and now he's a member of a superhero team.
Cannot Spit It Out: When he meets Violet, the normally chatty Fred is so tongue-tied that he can't form a sentence.
The Cuckoolander Was Right: Some of his interests and theories raise a couple of eyebrows (such as his belief that Gru stole the moon), but his theories are correct surprisingly often.
Genre Savvy: Thanks to being a major comic-book nerd, he's well aware of the tropes and conventions associated with superheroes and their enemies. He was able to rightfully see the Gorg as a Galactic Conqueror when he first saw him. It can enter Wrong Genre Savvy at points since he thought Krei was Tadashi's killer due to him being a shady corporate owner, but he was innocent.
Heroic Lineage: His father was the Golden Age hero known as Excelsior.
Nice Guy: His generosity and willingness to help people make him this, one hundred percent.
The Nicknamer: He's the one who gave everyone on the team their nicknames (with the exception of Tip, as he concluded that her existing nickname was already perfect when he learned her full name, and Hiro, since he never thought to come up with one for him).

Tip Tucci

Gratuity "Tip" Tucci/The Driver

A teenager who befriends Hiro and Riley. She later becomes the driver of Big Hero 9's car.

Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Inverted. In Home, she was separated from her mother after the Boov took over the planet. Here, there is no invasion until near the very end and it doesn't separate her from anyone. Played straight in the sequel, when a near-death experience at the hands of the Underminer leaves her doubting her usefulness to the team, as well as anxious about facing the Syndicate again.
Autobots, Rock Out!: She has a habit of picking fight music for the group during battles or escapes. No one complains because she has a great taste in music.
Badass Driver: Justified since the car controls were based on the controls for one of her video games, so she's the only one who can drive it when it turns into Slushious.
Brutal Honesty: She's not one to hold back her opinions.
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Invoked when she's shown around Gru's lab, Tip musing that it says a lot about how strange her life has become that none of this is strange to her.
The Team Normal: She's the only member of Big Hero 9 with no tech or powers to back her up. Her main contribution is being a really good driver for their high-tech car. While this doesn't bother her at first, she starts to feel less important to the team in Unity.

Oh/The Strange Visitor

A lost member of the Boov who ends up being found by Hiro, Riley, and Tip after he escapes captivity. He becomes one of the technicians for Big Hero 9's equipment.

Adaptational Angst Upgrade: He and his race were enslaved by the Gorg and he spent most of his life in captivity.
Alien Arts Are Appreciated: Oh seems curious about Earth culture, often asking questions or trying new things. By the sequel, he's become fond of video games and junk food (such as nachos).
Aliens Speaking English: Like the other Boov, Oh speaks a broken but understandable form of English.
Beware the Nice Ones: He's generally very friendly (albeit cowardly). But if someone threatens his friends or his people, he's willing to face his fears and fight for them.
Bizarre Alien Biology: Like other Boov, Oh's normally purple skin changes color to reflect his emotions: yellow for fear, red for anger, green for sickness (or when he's lying), blue for sadness, orange for joy, and pink for affection. What's more, Boov brainwaves are apparently very different than human brainwaves, seeing as how Riley putting on a transmitter fit for a Boov brain was what led to her gaining her powers. Riley's Fear also asks at one point if Oh actually has a heart or if he's full of candy inside.
Cowardly Lion: He scares easily, but he will give it everything he's got when his back is against the wall, such as in his fight against Captain Smek.
Gadgeteer Genius: More so than anyone else on the team since he knows how to modify advanced alien technology, turn Wasabi's car into Slushious, and even make a more advanced version of Hiro's neurotransmitter for the micro-bots that can override the old neurotransmitter.
Insistent Terminology: He insists that Baymax's force-field is "a hard-light barrier created with resonant frequency that-" except that's a mouthful and force-fields sound better.
Monster Roommate: Right after deciding to hide him, Oh is this to Hiro when he's staying in his garage/lab. After Tadashi's death, he goes to stay with Wasabi. By the sequel, he's moved in with Fred (to Wasabi's relief).
Token Non-Human: He's the only alien member of Big Hero 9.
Use Your Head: He tries this on Smek. It was more painful than he thought it would be.

Allies

Family members

Stanley Lieber

Stanley Lieber/Excelsior I

Fred's father and the owner of the Lieber Technology Group, as well as a retired superhero known as Excelsior. He should look familiar.

Adaptational Name Change: A two-fold example.
- In The Series, his name was Fredrick Fredrickson III. His name is changed to Stanley Lieber here.
- His superhero name was revealed to be Boss Awesome. Here, it's changed to Excelsior in reference to Stan Lee's iconic catchphrase.
Badass Normal: Unlike other supers, he didn't have any powers and relied more on gadgets and equipment, even against other superhuman threats. Bob considered him kinda crazy for this.
Generation Xerox: Much like his father, Fred is a kind-hearted guy who wants to help people, and relies on technology to fight crime as a powerless superhero.
Good Parents: Fred is not shy about showing how much he loves and respects his father...even before he found out that his dad was the crime-fighter Excelsior. Likewise, Stan makes it clear that he's very proud of his son and always has his back. Joan is no different, supporting her son no matter what and being there to patch up his friends when they get hurt.
Happily Married: With his wife, Joan.
My Greatest Failure: The fight with Dr. Nefario that ended up accidentally destroying a pier is this to him. In fact, he makes it a point to remember everyone he's failed, and hints that he somehow failed Mirage a second time. It's later revealed that the pier fight happened because he failed to save Nefario's son from Xerek.
Open-Minded Parent: He's perfectly okay with his son being a superhero. Considering his past line of work, he actually thought he'd become one eventually.
Retired Badass: He was a superhero and Badass Normal during the Golden Age prior to his retirement. Though he still aids in fighting crime as Big Hero 9's Mission Control and is still highly respected by heroes like Mr. Incredible.
The Team Benefactor: He's an old hero with a great deal of knowledge on villains and finances Big Hero 9, providing them with resources and letting them use his mansion as a home-base. He's also ready to call for backup when he sees that the Big Hero 9 is in over their heads.

Cass

Aunt Cass

Hiro and Tadashi's loving aunt.

Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In the film, Hiro's grief at Tadashi's death is given focus. Here, Cass' grieving process is shown as well.
Freudian Slip: When talking about Hiro's and Riley's relationship troubles, Cass (when saying that she knows Hiro cares about Riley) almost accidentally calls him her son, before backtracking and calling him her nephew.
Good Parents: While Tadashi and Hiro aren't her biological sons, she takes care of them to the best of her ability. She's even willing to give the other kids (or twenty-year-olds) help and advice if they need it...or the occasional free pastry.
Locked Out of the Loop: Averted. She's fully aware of her nephew's secret identity as well as his friends' careers as heroes, and she both supports them and helps maintains the secret.
Supreme Chef: Both Riley and Tip believe that her baked goods are the best in the city. No one denies it.
Nephewism: She raises both of her nephews after the passing of their parents.

Tadashi Hamada

Tadashi "Magic Man" Hamada

Hiro's older brother and star pupil of Robert Callaghan. He died trying to save his teacher from a fire.

The Ace: He's Callaghan's star pupil and was widely considered to be the best student at SFIT prior to his death.
Big Brother Instinct: He's 100% there for Hiro, and does everything he can to help his little brother. He also acts as this to Riley (especially after she and Hiro start dating) and even Tip.
Death by Origin Story: Like the movie, his death and the odd circumstances surrounding it spur Hiro and later the others into becoming superheroes.
Named by the Adaptation: In a way. In canon, Tadashi was the only one in his friend group not given a nickname by Fred. Here, he was called Magic Man, allegedly because his name is "Ta-da"-shi.
Shipper on Deck: He was supportive of Riley and Hiro's developing feelings for each other.

Riley's Parents

Bill and Jill Anderson

Riley's parents.

Accidental Hero: Bill inadvertently saved Oh from Krei Tech, as he didn't know that the alien was hiding in his car when he drove home.
Dating What Daddy Hates: Bill has expressed some concerns over Riley dating Hiro, who was arrested for partaking in illegal bot-fighting. He's dropped this attitude by the end of the fic.
Happily Married: Despite occasional spats, they are clearly united in caring for Riley and have a strong marriage.
Parents as People: Bill and Jill aren't thrilled about their daughter fighting crime, and make it very clear that they worry for her safety. Still, despite the fact that she can (and does) get hurt, they know that she's doing a lot of good, and let her know how proud they are of her.
Secret-Keeper: They know about their daughter's powers/superhero identity, as well as the identities of the rest of the Big Hero 9.

Lucy Tucci

Tip's mother

Good Parents: While she doesn't get as much time to shine as some of the other parents, she clearly has a strong relationship with Tip, supporting her friendship with Riley, Hiro, and the team. Despite her unease at seeing her daughter endangering herself, she still allows her to be a part of Big Hero 9. Tip makes it clear that she loves and admires her mother just as much as she does in canon.
Fantastically Indifferent: She got used to the existence of superheroes and aliens (among other things) surprisingly quickly.
Secret-Keeper: Lucy is fully aware of what her daughter is doing, and not only supports her (so long as she keeps herself safe as much as possible) but keeps her double life a secret.

Parr Family

Mr. Incredible

Robert "Bob" Parr/Mr. Incredible

A Golden Age hero who was inadvertently responsible for the Supers Ban and the patriarch of the Parr family. He is the leader of their family superhero team, the Incredibles. Having returned to the superhero game in the five years since he and his family defeated the super-villain Syndrome, Bob is ecstatic to join the AVL in their crusade against Enigma, but finds himself chafing against some of their recruits — particularly, the newly reformed Megamind.

Comes Great Responsibility:
- One of his core beliefs, which is why he was infuriated that Wayne essentially abandoned Metro City because of a Hollywood Midlife Crisis, leading to Megamind creating Titan. Then, after Titan started destroying the city and killing people, Wayne left Megamind to clean it up instead of intervening himself.
- It's also one of the reasons why he softens on Megamind after learning the truth — Megamind encapsulated this trope completely when he went to stop Titan despite the seemingly insurmountable odds. Unlike Wayne, he took responsibility for the problems his actions caused and fixed those issues himself.
Dating What Daddy Hates: Implied, but ultimately subverted. Fred is terrified of what Bob will think of he and Violet dating, as he's a few years older than her and doesn't consider himself that impressive a superhero. Bob, however, is completely supportive of the two's relationship, and seems amused by how much Fred wants his approval.
Defrosting Ice King: He begins to warm up to Megamind after learning the truth about Metro Man. Part of it is due to seeing that Megamind really has changed for the better, and part of it is because most of his anger has been transferred to Metro Man for being so irresponsible.
Happily Married: After their relationship struggles in the first film, Bob and Helen's relationship is stronger than ever.
Immune to Bullets: Bullets are incapable of hurting him. At best, they just cause a minor itching sensation.
Jerkass to One: He's only really rude towards Megamind, which is rooted in the fact that he doesn't believe that the former criminal should be so Easily Forgiven for his actions, especially the "death" of Metro Man. After learning that Metro Man faked his death so he could become a singer, that hatred transfers from Megamind to him.
The Mentor: Discussed; his family notices how he's been training with Ginormica a lot, and he all but admits that she reminds him of himself when he was her age (partially due to their similar power set).
One-Steve Limit: Discussed, as he indirectly 'shares' a name with 'B.O.B.' of the Monsters, although other characters acknowledge the difference in the two names.
Papa Bear: Don't mess with his kids. Dicker, Monger, and Ramsbottom learn this the hard way.
Super-Soldier: He gained his powers from an army program to use a gene sequencer to enhance soldiers. It worked, but the machine was destroyed in the process.
Super-Strength: His main power is his superhuman strength, which lets him lift giant robots like the Omnidroid and stop trains. He also dukes it out with, and easily defeats Oni, who's The Brute of the Syndicate.
Super-Toughness: He naturally has superhuman durability that lets him ignore gunfire and trade blows with the Omnidroid and Oni.

Elastigirl

Helen Parr/Elastigirl

Bob's wife, the mother of Dash, Violet, and Jack-Jack, and a fellow Golden Age hero known as Elastigirl.

'80s Hair: Went through a mohawk phase back in the day. She admits to Gogo that it was more trouble than it was worth.
Casual Danger Dialogue: While fighting El Macho, she tries starting up a conversation on if the luchador mask makes him sweaty. Averted, as El Macho isn't one for conversation.
Former Teen Rebel: She was a teen punk that snuck into a lab, only to be exposed to dark matter as a miniature black hole stretched her body. Once she recovered and got back at her so-called friends for abandoning her to die, she found that she liked being a hero.
Good Feels Good: She used to be a bit of a crook as a teenager, but after she got her powers and got back at her old gang, learning in the process that she enjoyed crime fighting.
Good Parents: She's a caring mother, and is more than willing to act as a mentor to some of her new teammates.
Happily Married: To Bob.
Mama Bear: You do not want to hurt her kids...or any kid...in front of her.
The Mentor: It's hinted that she'll start acting like this to Gogo, who admits that she was an Elastigirl fan as a kid.
Rubber Woman: Her powers allow her limited shape-shifting and the ability to stretch in various ways.
Skyward Scream: Lets one out in Chapter 27 of Unity when Jack-Jack is kidnapped by Gru's Minions and she's unable to save him.
Women Are Wiser: She's more level-headed and open-minded than her husband, since she tries to reign in his dislike for Megamind and reminds him that he's reformed.

Ultraviolet

Violet Parr/Ultraviolet

A new student at SFIT and the oldest child of Bob and Helen. While originally part of a superhero family, she's been coming into her own recently and is branching out as an independent hero called Ultraviolet.

Affectionate Nickname: Yuri likes to call her "Freshman", both as a nickname and because she's a freshman student at SFIT.
Battle Couple: Her first "date" with Fred involved breaking up a hostage situation as Ultraviolet and Kaiju. The two become a couple afterword.
Badass Longcoat: Her new outfit as an independent hero features a long-coat.
Kid Hero All Grown-Up: Downplayed. She was fourteen back when she first started as a hero with the rest of her family. Now she's an eighteen year old college student and an independent hero.
Innocently Insensitive: When Hiro casually brings up Tadashi after Violet learns about Big Hero 9, she asks who he is, not knowing that he passed away only a few months ago and that the group is still sensitive about it. She quickly apologizes.
Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Her force-fields are her chief method of defense and offense.
Purple Is Powerful: Her independent hero costume features purple as the primary color.
Shooting Superman: Finds it funny that the bad guys keep shooting at her force-fields despite the futility.
Ultraviolet (in response to thugs firing on her continuously): They never learn.
Squishy Wizard: While her force-field generation and invisibility powers grant her a good balance of offence, defense, and stealth, she's a normal human when it comes to durability if an opponent gets past the aforementioned force-fields.

The Dash

Dashiell "Dash" Parr/The Dash

The oldest son in the Parr family. Fitting his speedster nature, he's a fairly impulsive teenager.

Big Brother Instinct: The second his little brother is in trouble, Dash gives everything he's got to try and save him.
Casanova Wannabe: He flirts with Torque when he saves her from Rollergrrl. She's completely unfazed, not to mention much older than him and already in a relationship with Laserblade.
Spell My Name with a "The": His hero code-name is just his nickname with "The" in front of it. Everyone calls him out on how poor a hero name this is. His parents tried to talk him out of using it.
Super-Speed: His main power, which he's first seen using when he runs into his home, and he typically appears as a blur to anyone who can track his movements. His father also has full confidence that he can catch up to the escaping villains while the rest of the AVL heroes can't, although uses this as a reason for his son not to do it.

Kid Incredible

John Jackson "Jack-Jack" Parr/Kid Incredible

The youngest child in the Parr family, as well as the most powerful.

Badass in Distress: Is captured by Gru and Lucy on Enigma's orders.
Big Brother Instinct: Inverted. He was downright furious when he saw Yokai hurt his big sister.
Cheerful Child: He's very chirpy and upbeat, seeing as he's a five-year-old. Subverted when he goes into his "Demon Baby" form, which is terrifying and incredibly violent.
Loved by All: When the Parrs introduce themselves to the new AVL team, everyone is impressed by the kid's power range. It doesn't hurt that he's adorable.
MacGuffin Super-Person: Chapter 26 reveals that he's key to the Syndicate's plans for some reason.
Superpower Lottery: He has a wide array of powers such as Super-Toughness, teleportation, Wreathed in Flames mixed with Playing with Fire, turning into a monster...the list goes on.
Super-Toughness: B.O.B. is acidic in his constitution, but the most it does is tickle Jack-Jack until he teleports out.

Frozone

Lucius Best/Frozone

The best friend of Bob, a close friend of the Parr family, and a super with the ability to create ice and snow.

Actor Allusion: This isn't the first time a character played by Samuel L. Jackson worked with a crime-fighting organization...
An Ice Person: His powers are creating ice or snow from the water in the air.
Best Friend: To Bob. The first thing Bob asks when offered a spot on the AVL's team is whether or not Lucius will be asked to join as well.
Curb-Stomp Battle: When facing B.O.B. in the team's first sparring match, Frozone freezes the monster, instantly incapacitating him. It doesn't hurt him, though.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Frozone managed to convince his wife to let him join the AVL team. Considering how she reacted to him crime-fighting in the first film, this must have taken a lot of convincing.
The Unseen: We still never see his wife...but she's still not on board with him resuming hero work.

Area 51

Ginormica

Susan Murphy/Ginormica

One of the monsters working with General Monger. She's normally 49 feet and 11 inches tall, but Dr. Cockroach created a watch to help her shift between normal and super-sized.

Adaptational Sexuality: She was straight in both her film and animated series. Here, she starts to realize that she's bisexual after developing feelings for Pamela.
The Big Gal: Her size altering abilities and superhuman strength make her this to the monsters.
Blessed with Suck: Mild. While she no longer has the angst she had when she first became Ginormica (partially due to her Sizeshifter watch), she still has issues due to her powers. Namely, she can't sit on normal furniture even if she's normal-sized, as the weight of her compacted molecules would make her break it in seconds.
Beware the Nice Ones: Susan is typically a very nice, thoughtful woman. But if you threaten her friends or innocent people in front of her...well, she's called a monster for a reason.
Clark Kenting: Justified. She puts no effort in putting a disguise on when out in public, but people expect her to be the size of a building, so no one suspects her.
Has a Type: Ironically for an (almost) 50 foot woman, she prefers her partners to be tall.
Immune to Bullets: Her hyper-dense skin means that bullets cannot harm her. According to her, they only tickle.
Ship Tease: With Honey Lemon.
Sizeshifter: Thanks to an invention of Doctor Cockroach's, she can alter between her normal human size and her super-powered huge size.
Super-Strength: Thanks to Square-Cube Law contracting the empty space of her molecules, she's as strong shrunken down as she is at over 49 feet, allowing her to spar with Mr. Incredible.

The Missing Link

A several thousand year old fish-mutant who was thawed out years ago.

Benevolent Monsters: Like the rest of his team, Link's a decent guy who works for the government to protect the world from dangerous threats.
Commonality Connection: He gets along well with Minion, as the former is a fish-ape and the other is a fish piloting a gorilla-robot body.
Deadpan Snarker: He has a few moments of this.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's far from the nicest member of the Monster team, but he's also more than willing to protect his friends and clearly cares about them.
Really 700 Years Old: He was frozen for thousands of years before being thawed out.

Dr. Cockroach

Dr Cockroach

A scientist who mutated himself into a cockroach monster.

Adaptational Sexuality: Comes out as gay to Susan in chapter 26. His first love George's death was actually what led him to his genetic experiments.
Benevolent Monsters: Like the rest of his team, Doc works to protect the world from dangerous threats, with many of his inventions helping to protect his teammates and others.
Faking the Dead: When Area 51 scooped him up, they gave a cover story claiming that the accident that transformed him killed him.
Famed In-Story: Was considered one of the greatest minds in the field of genetics. Megamind spends their first meeting completely fanboying over him, and Honey Lemon is floored when she learns who he used to be.
Named by the Adaptation: Before becoming Dr. Cockroach, he was Vincent Delambre.
Nigh-Invulnerable: Due to his experiments granting him a cockroach's survivability, he can withstand practically anything (it's implied that this includes aging).
Sizeshifter: He has his own size alteration watch that lets him shrink down to the size of an actual cockroach and back.
That Man Is Dead: Originally, Dr. Cockroach's real name was Dr. Vincent Delambre. After he became a monster, the government faked his death. As such, he doesn't go by his old name anymore.
The Smart Guy: Of the five Monsters, he's the most intelligent and creates numerous gadgets such as the Sizeshifter watch for use in combat. It's implied that his intellect is on par with Megamind's, Nefario's, and possibly Hiro's.

B.O.B.

A sentient gelatinous mass and The Ditz of the Area 51 heroes.

Benevolent Monsters: He doesn't have a mean bone in his body (or any bones, really).
Cloud Cuckoolander: He's this for the Monster team due to his brainlessness.
Comically Missing the Point: Multiple times. During the fight at the prison, Link has to remind him to attack the supervillains.
The Ditz: He literally doesn't have a brain, which actually comes in handy against telepathic opponents.
Harmless Freezing: During the spar match against the Incredibles and Frozone, he's frozen by the latter (twice). He comes out of it totally fine.
No-Sell: Mezmerella's psionic abilities have no effect on him, presumably because of his lack of a brain. He's also completely indestructible, and can withstand any attack.
One-Steve Limit: Averted and played with. While he shares the same name as Mr. Incredible, his name is really an acronym for Benzoate Ostylezene Bicarbonate, or B.O.B. for short.

Metro City

Megamind

Former supervillain, now superhero and protector of Metro City. His genuine turn to good caused the AVL to recruit him, much to the unhappiness of the more traditional heroes on the team, especially Mr. Incredible.

All of the Other Reindeer:
- Was this among the villain community for his refusal to kill, with only Gru being willing to work with him (due to sharing that conviction).
- Averted when he joins the AVL's hero team, as except for Lucy and Mr. Incredible (who still believe he killed Metro Man) everyone is very accepting of him.
The Atoner: Part of his motivation for being a hero is to make up for all the destruction Titan caused after he gave him powers.
Big Damn Heroes: While the entire AVL team does this to save Big Hero 9 from the Syndicate, he's the one who starts it off by blasting Enigma before he can laser-blade Hiro.
Big Entrance: He's still very fond of these.
Catchphrase: "Ollo", which is his way of saying "hello".
Fan Boy: He's a big fan of Dr. Cockroach, as the doctor's research in genetic re-sequencing helped change his life.
Gadgeteer Genius: His main specialty is using various high-tech gadgets, all of which he invented.
Hidden Depths: While he does enjoy his new role as Metro City's hero, he is also painfully aware that he shouldn't have had to fill in that void, and so is still a little angry with Metro Man for abandoning their home.
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: The reason the AVL left him alone was because, when it came down to it, he wasn't really a threat to the public. The only serious crime he's ever successfully committed is "killing" Metro Man — a crime he didn't actually commit. This is a large part of why Metro City accepted his Heel–Face Turn so easily.
Only Sane Man: Yes. During Bob's confrontation with Metro Man, Megamind is the only one to remember they're in the middle of a public bar and try to defuse the situation before they cause a scene and make the other patrons suspicious. Unfortunately, his efforts are fruitless because Bob is too angry at Metro Man to care about where they are.
The Mentor: He wants to be one to Hiro, as the teen reminds him of himself. Considering that Megamind used to be a villain, he doesn't want Hiro to go down the same path.
My Greatest Failure: Megamind deeply regrets the part he played in creating Titan and holds no grudge against Margo (whose parents were killed in Titan's rampage) for her hostility towards him over the incident. He still keeps the Defuser gun he used to empower Titan as a reminder of the cost of his arrogance, and a large part of why he's a hero now is to atone for what happened.
Punch-Clock Villain: He ends up deconstructing this trope. He was never truly evil and only became a villain out of societal obligation and for the thrill of the fight. However, this made him something of an outcast among the villains of the world and also caused Metro Man to forget that not all villains are like Megamind. This contributed to Metro Man having few qualms about faking his death and leaving Metro City at Megamind's mercy.
Thou Shall Not Kill: Despite being a super-villain, he heavily adhered to this and refused to kill anyone, as the very thought of murder disgusted him. In hindsight, this was one of the first signs that he wasn't truly evil.
Villain Team-Up: Occasionally worked with Gru, who was one of the few other villains who shared his stance on killing.
You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Bob of all people gives this speech to Megamind when the latter admits he feels guilt for all the deaths Titan caused, pointing out that all Megamind did was give Titan his powers while it was Titan himself who chose to do all those things.

Minion

Megamind's best friend and "minion".

The Apprentice: Megamind refers to him as his sidekick.
Cincinnatus: Part of why Megamind thinks him to be a good sidekick is that he doesn't want the mantle of the hero should Megamind fall in battle.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: While Megamind is dating Roxanne, he and Minion have been friends all their lives, and Minion goes wherever Megamind does.
Minion with an F in Evil: Megamind himself was never truly evil, and thus neither was Minion. Upon meeting Hiro, Megamind tells him that Minion wouldn't hurt a fly.
One-Steve Limit: Margo, Edith, and Agnes ask him if things ever got confusing when Megamind and Gru teamed up, as Gru has an army of Minions and Minion is named...well, Minion. He says that, actually, they didn't, as Gru's minions all had individual names (i.e. Tim, Bob, Phil) and it was easy to tell who was talking about who.
The Straight Man: He's the more serious and down-to-Earth one compared to Megamind's zaniness.

AVL

Mirage

A former assistant of Syndrome. She now works for the AVL to make up for helping her former boss wipe out the other supers.

The Atoner: She works for the AVL to atone for all the work she did with Syndrome in helping him kill off supers.
Dark and Troubled Past: Her parents died during a fight between Excelsior and Dr. Nefario, leading to her going through the Department of Child Disservices and eventually falling into a life of crime as she grew up.
Freudian Excuse: She initially despised supers because her father insisted that Excelsior would be able to save them from Dr. Nefario when they fought, only for him and her mother to be killed as collateral damage in their fight.
Named by the Adaptation: Stan refers to her as Ms. Li, while canon only gave us her alias.
Opposites Attract: She's serious, quiet, and has a troubled past, while her best friend is the bubbly and energetic Lucy Wilde.
White Hair, Black Heart: Originally she was this when she served Syndrome. Nowadays she averts this as she's shifted into The Atoner.

Lucy Wilde

Lucy Wilde/Scarlet Overkill II

A more quirky and energetic AVL agent and Mirage's self-proclaimed best friend.

Bunny-Ears Lawyer: She's perky, energetic, and can be unpredictable. She's also one of the best agents in the AVL (as Gru quickly learns).
Legacy Character: Takes on Scarlet Overkill's name when she goes undercover with Gru, pointing out that since the original is dead, the name is up for grabs.
Locked Out of the Loop: Unintentionally. She doesn't know that Megamind didn't kill Metro Man, and both Dicker and Mirage are surprised that she doesn't know this, assuming that she never got the memo.
The Mole: Similar to Gru, she goes undercover with him to infiltrate the Syndicate using Scarlet Overkill's identity.

The Gru Family

Felonious Gru

A former villain who occasionally teamed up with Megamind who is now retired and raising his three adoptive daughters, Margo, Edith, and Agnes. The AVL approaches him in the hopes of having him go undercover among the Syndicate.

Badass Normal: Gru has no inherent powers and escaped from Metro Man at least once.
Funetik Aksent: He speaks with a...vaguely Eastern European accent, as per canon.
Instantly Proven Wrong: He doubts Riley's and Tip's abilities to protect his girls from the bullies, and doubts that the girls would be on board with him going undercover for the AVL. Cue the girls coming in, shouting about how Riley beat back the bullies with ease and how cool they think it is that he's going undercover.
Last-Name Basis: Even his adopted daughters call him by his last name.
Papa Wolf: He becomes downright furious when he hears Margo is being attacked by bullies.
The Mole: He's recruited by the AVL to infiltrate the Syndicate and report back to them.
Thou Shall Not Kill: He got along with Megamind in part because he was one of the few villains that had a firm moral stance against killing like he did.
Villain Team-Up: Teamed up with Megamind a few times in the past. They're still pretty good friends.

Margo Gru

The oldest of Gru's adopted daughters, orphaned when Titan's rampage killed her biological parents.

Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Her parents were killed during Titan's rampage, and she suffers from nightmares about it. In canon, nothing is known about her biological parents.
Big Sister Instinct: Stands up to Ashley and her gang of bullies to protect her sisters long enough for them to bring Gru as backup.
Jerkass to One: She's generally a nice girl (unless she's dealing with school bullies), but is instantly hostile to Megamind due to the Titan incident.
There Are No Therapists: She has avoided therapy as a result of not wanting to seem crazy.

Edith Gru

The second oldest of Gru's adopted daughters.

Fantastically Indifferent: After having spent an unstated amount of time living with two former supervillains and the minions, the AVL base (which is full of supers, robots, aliens, and monsters) doesn't really phase her.
Mythology Gag: Her theory that that the minions come from mutated corn was their official origin story (until it was retconned in the Minions movie).

Agnes Gru

The youngest of Gru's adopted daughters.

Cloud Cuckoolander: Her obsession with unicorns and occasional non-sequiters make her one.
Cheerful Child: Her optimism makes her one of these.
Girls Love Stuffed Animals: While she and her sisters are staying at the Home Base, she is shown playing with her fluffy unicorn plush.

Dr. Nefario

Dr. Joseph Nefario

A retired and hard of hearing supervillain who used to fight the original Excelsior (and used to work for him as a civilian), who currently works as Gru's gadget guy.

Absent-Minded Professor: Still rather hard-of-hearing.
Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Stan mentions that he suffered a "tragedy", implied to have something to do with his family, that led to him snapping and becoming a Mad Scientist villain. It's later revealed that Xerek kidnapped his son and he died.
Adaptational Origin Connection: He used to work for Fred's father Stan, and his fight with Excelsior inadvertently led to the death or Mirage's parents, which caused her to end up working for Syndrome.
Likes Clark Kent, Hates Superman: He used to work for Stan before he became a supervillain, and is happy to see him at Home Base, completely unaware that he was Excelsior, a hero that he fought against.
Outliving One's Offspring: He went evil because Xerek kidnapped his son and Excelsior wasn't able to save his life, making Nefario lose his faith in superheroes and justice.
Shadow Archetype: He's Hiro had he not had his friends to pull him out of his Roaring Rampage of Revenge after he found out Callaghan killed Tadashi. Hiro is frightened by this revelation.
Start of Darkness: He was originally just a regular scientist, even inventing the first laser gun. Unfortunately, Xerek had his son kidnapped in an attempt to force Nefario to work for him. Excelsior tried to rescue the boy, but he ended up dying. He then went on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge, killing Xerek and making his way through most of his organization before Excelsior caught up to him at the pier, which ended up causing civilian casualties.
Then Let Me Be Evil: In a clip Hiro pulls up of Nefario's trial following the pier incident, the latter gives a spiel to this effect, proclaiming that since villains seem to be the only ones able to wield any true power, he might as well throw his lot in with them.
Villainous Legacy: It's revealed in Chapter 25 that (aside from having played a role in the death of Mirage's parents, setting her on the path against supers that led to her aiding Syndrome) he pioneered the zero point energy technology that Syndrome would later make use of in his quest to kill all other supers.

Other

Takahito

The owner of the sushi restaurant that Wasabi works at. He's also a master and practitioner of karate and tai chi.

Ascended Extra: He happens to be the old man from the martial arts video that Hiro uses to teach Baymax martial arts, although in the story he's middle aged in the video.
Chef of Iron: Sushi chef and martial artist who taught karate to Wasabi and Tai chi to Riley.
Cool Old Guy: He's a pretty nice old man and an understandable boss. He even starred in a couple of karate movies when he was younger.
The Mentor: First to Wasabi and later to Riley and even Baymax to a lesser degree.
Old Master: He's old, but remains incredibly capable in both karate and tai chi, he even schools Baymax.
Secret-Keeper: He knows about Big Hero 9's true identities.

Metro Man

Wayne Scott/Metro Man

Former superhero, former Arch-Enemy of Megamind and former protector Metro City. After faking his death and passing on the duty of Metro City's protector to Megamind, Wayne has retired to pursue his true passion: music. Not everyone, however, is happy with his decision.

Broken Pedestal: He's this to Mr. Incredible. Bob always thought Wayne was the best of them, so learning that he faked his death and effectively abandoned Metro City to Megamind and later to Titan is quite disappointing.
Hollywood Midlife Crisis: What Bob accuses his current attempts to be a singer as. He knows because he's been through one himself, no doubt referring to The Incredibles.
Jerkass Realization: Seems to have one when Bob spells out to him how screwed up his actions have been.
My God, What Have I Done?: Has an understated moment of this when Bob makes it clear that people died because of his decision to fake his death.
Named by the Adaptation: His civilian name wasn't revealed in Megamind (assuming he even has one). Here, he's named Wayne Scott.
Oh, Crap!: He has this reaction when he notices Bob and Megamind in the bar and realizes who they are. Immediately followed by This Is Gonna Suck, as he's aware that the whole Supers community thinks he's dead.
Story-Breaker Power: He's undoubtedly the most powerful hero in the setting, having Super-Strength, Super-Speed, Nigh-Invulnerability, Eye Beams, flight, and so forth. Him being retired and no longer fighting pretty much keeps him from ending the plot in a few minutes.
What the Hell, Hero?: When Bob learns the truth from Megamind about Metro Man's death, he delivers an epic one to Metro Man, calling him out for his selfishness and for simply abandoning a city of innocent people when they needed him most.

Villains

Empathy Antagonists

Yokai

Robert Callaghan/Yokai

The headmaster of SFIT, who was originally presumed dead after a fire broke out during an expo. He actually faked his death and became Yokai to aid Captain Smek and the Gorg for his own reasons.

Adaptational Heroism: While he was still involved in Tadashi's death, it was completely unintentional. He even warns him to leave when Smek attacks him, showing that he at least tried to save his life. In addition, he was out for revenge in the film and tried to ruin Krei, while here he just wants to get his daughter back from the Gorg and spares Krei.
Adaptational Villainy: At the same time, in The Series, he's completely transitioned into The Atoner and remains in jail to make amends for his crimes. He ends up serving the Big Bad of the next story, but it's downplayed in that he's only doing so because Enigma is threatening to kill his daughter if he doesn't comply.
Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed. He's just as much a threat as he was in the movie, but he's Co-Dragons with Smek here where as, in the movie, he was the Big Bad.
Anti-Villain: He's only helping the Gorg because he has his daughter held hostage, and he only teams up with the Syndicate because Enigma is threatening his daughter.
Broken Pedestal: Needless to say, his students don't take the reveal that he's Yokai well. His own daughter wants nothing to do with him after she learned what he did.
Co-Dragons: He's this to the Gorg alongside Smek, albeit more reluctantly.
Heel–Face Door-Slam: Riley almost manages to get through to him, but the Gorg reminds him that he has his daughter and warns him of what he'll do to her, causing him to revert back to fighting the heroes.
My God, What Have I Done?: He technically has this twice; one triggered when Riley almost gets through to him, and one after he finally reunites with Abigail and fully realizes all of the crime's he's committed while trying to save her.
Never My Fault: In Unity, he blames Big Hero 9 for Abigail turning her back on him, which she only did because of his actions in Empathy.
Papa Wolf: Deconstructed. The love and devotion he has for his daughter and the lengths he'll go through to get her back cause him to commit many atrocities. By the time he does get her back, she's definitely not happy about what he did and cuts ties with him in the next story.
Then Let Me Be Evil: He has this moment in the prison, when he's given the choice between standing down and being defeated by his former students again, or getting revenge. He puts the Yokai mask on and joins the Syndicate.
Trapped in Villainy: He'd certainly like to just stay in jail and make up for the terrible things he's done, but Enigma has other plans for him (threatening to hurt Abigail if Callaghan doesn't comply).
"You!" Exclamation: Upon encountering Riley again in Unity.

Captain Smek

The leader of the Boov race and servant of the Gorg.

Co-Dragons: He's this to the Gorg alongside Yokai.
Defiant Captive: A villainous example. While not seen in Unity, Monger states that Smek has been annoying and uncooperative ever since he was locked in Area 51.
Dirty Coward: He talks a big game, but he cowers away when Oh shows him enough backbone.
The Gunslinger: He's surprisingly handy with a shotgun, which catches the heroes off-guard.
Laser-Guided Karma: He allowed his people to be enslaved because he was afraid of the Gorg, and used his position as the Boov leader to make himself The Dragon. Once the Gorg was defeated, he was locked up for his crimes against Earth while the rest of his people are given relative freedom in Area 51.

The Gorg

A Galactic Conqueror who comes to Earth to find something with Yokai's aid.

Adaptational Villainy: In Home, he was only trying to get his egg back to repopulate his species and meant no harm outside of that. In this story, he's an outright conqueror of worlds who lacks empathy for others...and is also trying to regain the egg to repopulate his species.
Aliens Speaking English: Averted. Unlike Oh and Smek, he starts out speaking in alien languages until his universal translator adjusts to let him speak English.
Big Bad: He's the main antagonist of Empathy.
The Dreaded: Yokai is subservient to him and he establishes himself as this upon introduction. Oh displays great fear of him, having lived his life under his rule.
Easily Forgiven: Subverted. While the heroes understand his motives, it doesn't change the fact that he tried to take over Earth without remorse, and he's sent to Area 51 for his actions.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: The entire reason the Gorg came to Earth was for his egg, and it's obvious how much he cares for the safety of his children. In Unity, Monger says that, once he knew that his children were being safely cared for, he became a model prisoner.
Galactic Conqueror: Fred correctly pegs him as such, and he's already conquered the Boov long ago.
No-Sell: His armor is durable enough that Wasabi's plasma blades can't phase it.
Power Armor: He wears an armored suit that makes him powerful enough to shrug off anything the heroes can throw at him.
Save the Villain: Baymax sacrifices himself at the end of Empathy to save the Gorg and his children. He clearly appreciates it, as he delivers on his promise to give Hiro Baymax's identity chip.

Unity Antagonists

The Syndicate

Enigma

A mysterious individual and the main antagonist of Unity.

All Your Powers Combined: Has reverse engineered Big Hero 9's gear and equipped himself with it.
Artificial Limbs: He has a robotic right arm.
Big Bad: Of Unity.
Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: He's pretty much shown so far to be the opposite of the Gorg. While the Gorg was a conqueror and physical threat who only relied on others to make ends meet, Enigma prefers to let others handle the situation after careful assessment and seems unimposing outside of his robotic limb.
Evil Counterpart: To Hiro, both being the leaders of their respective groups and mechanical geniuses with robotic companions.
Hidden Agenda Villain: His ultimate goals are shrouded in secrecy, but at least part of it is replicating Jack Jack's unique abilities.
Red Right Hand: His robotic arm and his glowing eye.
Villain Respect: He views Hiro as a Worthy Opponent, openly admiring his intellect, complimenting his technical achievements and offering him a chance to join the Syndicate.
We Can Rule Together: Offers Hiro a chance to join him, though once Hiro refuses he doesn't push the subject and goes back to fighting him.
Would Hurt a Child: Before Megamind, the Incredibles, Frozone, and the Monsters stepped in, he was about to cut Hiro's head off. Later, he orchestrates the kidnapping and implied torture of Jack-Jack.

Phantasma

Enigma's apparent chief lieutenant.

A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Although loyal to Enigma, she otherwise fits due to being a robotic entity who views helping people like Baymax does illogical, and is fully helping Enigma in his villainous actions.
The Dragon: To Enigma.
Evil Counterpart: She's ultimately this to Baymax as the team robot.
Mysterious Watcher: How she's first introduced, spying on Big Hero 9 from a distance.
Robot Girl: She's actually an AI with a microbot body which is disguised by image inducers.
The Worm That Walks: Her fight with Baymax reveals that she's actually a collective of microbots piloted by an AI and disguised via image inducers.

Oni

Yama/Oni

A brute and a criminal. Though technically introduced in Empathy, he didn't become a true antagonist until Unity. He works under Enigma and was tasked with breaking Callaghan out of jail.

Adaptational Badass: He makes use of better weaponry and takes the PX formula to become a hulking monster. This is well above how he was in the series, where he tended to be a Butt-Monkey and was pushed to the side by Season 2.
BFG: During his attack on Krei Tech, he uses a massive gun that's as long as he is tall. It has enough firepower to disrupt Ultraviolet's force-fields and hurt her through the sheer backlash of its blasts.
The Brute: He's a clear-cut muscle head, being mostly about brute force and is an imposing physical threat. After taking PX and becoming Oni, he further turns into this, being the physical brutality of the Syndicate.
Hulk Speak: After he takes the PX formula and mutates, he can only speak like this.

El Macho

Eduardo Perez/El Macho

A luchador villain.

Adaptational Badass: In Despicable Me 2, he went through Badass Decayinvoked over the years and became an overweight has-been who needed the PX formula to be a physical threat. Here, he never lost his luster and is as much a threat in the present as he was in the past.
Compensating for Something: Joked about, but averted, as Wasabi’s bruises can attest to.
Funetik Aksent: Mexican, in his case.
Macho Latino: As his name indicates. A luchador-themed Mexican supervillain who's unbelievably buff and manly.
My Grandma Can Do Better Than You: When trading blows with a superhero, he taunts, "My abuela hit harder than joo."
Super-Strength: Is able to throw Lazerblade around like a rag doll, and it's implied that he nearly broke his spine.

Bomb Voyage

An explosives wielding villain dressed like a mime and an old enemy of Mr. Incredible. His actions led to the creation of the Supers ban.

Demolitions Expert: His specialty is explosives.
Enemy Mime: His motif is that of a mime and he's one of the Syndicate.
Evil Counterpart: To Honey Lemon, being an evil chemistry expert.
French Jerk: He's french and he's evil.

The Underminer

A drill/mole themed villain.

Adaptational Jerkass: In Incredibles 2, he's basically an average bank robber, but here, he's more notably sadistic. He outright tries to choke out Tip, who is a twelve year old girl.
Animal Motifs: Moles, fitting his underground nature.
Evil Counterpart: To Tip, both of them piloting vehicles (his drill and Tip's car) and acting as the major means of transport for their group.
Large Ham: He very loudly introduces himself to Big Hero 9 and Ultraviolet when he's bringing the Syndicate to retrieve Yokai.
This Is a Drill: His equipment has lots of drills.
Would Hurt a Child: Has no problem trying with to slowly choke Tip. Later, he tries to kill an unconscious Jack-Jack as payback against the Parrs before Gru stops him.

Rollergrrl

A roller skater villain.

Color Motif: Both her friction-altering powers and her tattoo are green.
Evil Counterpart: To Gogo, both being themed around roller skating.
Rollerblade Good: Her main gimmick is that she's a skilled roller skater. In her introduction, she's described as gliding rather than walking. This is actually because she's a super whose powers seemingly allow her to manipulate friction, allowing her to skate along the ground without actual skates, as well as trip up her foes.
Tattooed Crook: She has a serpentine tattoo covering almost her entire body.

Mezmerella

A psychic villain.

Evil Counterpart: To Riley, due to both being psychics.
Man of Kryptonite: Violet theorizes that because of Riley's empathy abilities, she's more vulnerable to mental assaults than a normal person, making Mezmerella this for her.
Mind Rape: Does this to Riley in their first encounter. Her attempt to do the same to B.O.B. fails.
Would Hurt a Child: The fact that Riley is twelve doesn't stop Mezmerella from giving her horrifying hallucinations (leaving her traumatized after). If B.O.B. hadn't interfered, its possible she'd have been driven insane.

Balthazar Bratt

A former child actor turned supervillain.

Adaptational Early Appearance: In Despicable Me canon, he doesn't appear until the third film, after Gru has met and married Lucy Wilde. Here, he shows up as an antagonist before Lucy ever meets Gru.
Disco Dan: Obviously. He's a Former Child Star from the 80's, and he's never grown out of that decade. Link mocks him for it when they first meet one another, calling him Freddie Mercury.
Instrument of Murder: He uses musically-themed weaponry, like a sonic keytar.
Psychopathic Manchild: Obviously. He still dresses like he's living in the 80's, and his whole reason for going evil was when he got fired from the supervillain role he played on TV once he reached puberty.
Some of My Best Friends Are X: After the Syndicate shows up at their den, he addresses Yama/Oni as an "attack gorilla." When Oni growls at him, he then hastily adds, "some of my best friends are attack gorillas."

Past Antagonists

Titan

Hal Stewart/Titan | "Tighten"

Metro City's most dangerous supervillain. Formerly Roxanne Ritchi's deadbeat cameraman, he was accidentally infused with a copy of Metro Man's powers during a scuffle between Roxanne and Megamind at the latter's hideout. Believing this to be fate, Megamind decided to train him as Metro Man's replacement and his new nemesis — only for Hal to turn evil after Roxanne rejected him. His rampage throughout Metro City eventually prompted Megamind to finally take up heroism himself, defeating Titan and de-powering him.

Beware the Superman: Prior to his de-powering, he was a clear-cut example of how terrifying it would be if someone used Metro Man's powers for sinister reasons.
Brought Down to Normal: Megamind defeated him by de-powering him. He's currently in jail, in Megamind's old cell.
Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Even before he had powers, Hal was clearly a selfish man. Being granted powers didn't help him become a better person, and he destroyed a good chunk of Metro City (along with many of its people) when Roxanne rejected him.
Psychopathic Manchild: Yes. Even Mr. Incredible thinks he's a psychopath, and he has yet to even meet Titan.
Villainous Legacy: Even after his defeat and imprisonment a year or so prior, his actions reverberate throughout the story. Metro Man's abandonment of Metro City led to his creation, and his refusal to stop Titan's rampage is the crux of his estrangement with Mr. Incredible. Said rampage also killed Margo's parents, making him at least partially responsible for the events of Despicable Me. Most of all, Megamind's strong dedication to his Heel–Face Turn is motivated by his desire to atone for Titan's creation.

Gallaxhar

An evil alien overlord who desired to obtain quantonium to clone an army of himself for galactic conquest. He was defeated by a team of monsters years earlier.

The Dreaded: Oh reacts fearfully to his name and says that his race is terrified of him. Granted, the Boov are also stated to be cowards by nature, but this is the guy that destroyed his own planet for power.
Evil Overlord: He's a nefarious alien who destroyed his own home planet for the sake of power.
Noodle Incident: Along with destroying his own home world, it's implied he did a number of other villainous things throughout the galaxy, as the Boov, who were enslaved by a power-hungry warlord for who knows how long, don't want to talk about him, but seem relieved that he's gone.
Villainous Legacy: His actions ultimately set the stage for the events of Empathy, as the technology his invasion left behind caused a technological and economic boom that led to San Fransokyo being the beacon of technological advancement that it is today. Said technology would also unwittingly lead to the portal disaster that caused Abigail to be captured by the Gorg, causing Callaghan's Start of Darkness.

Scarlet Overkill

A villainess from the 1960's, she was considered a pioneer in the field of female villainy. She died under unknown causes at some point prior to the series, with her name being taken up by Lucy Wilde for her undercover assignment with Gru.

Villainous Legacy: Her identity is used by Lucy Wilde as a means of infiltrating the Syndicate. Scarlet also killed Lucy's parents by blowing up a restaurant to escape during a scheme.

Xerek

A villain who ended up causing Dr. Nefario’s Start of Darkness by kidnapping his son in an attempt to get him to make weapons for his criminal organization, but when the boy ended up dead, Nefario ended up killing him with a laser blast to the head.

Mythology Gag: Xerek was originally going to be the villain of the Incredibles, but was replaced with Syndrome (though he was in the (non-canon) Incredibles comics). Here, he was a villain that was active during the Golden Age of Supers, and killed Dr. Nefario's son.
Villainous Legacy: Though he's been dead for decades, his actions drove Nefario into villainy, which led the pier incident, which helped fuel the fires for the Supers Ban, and led to Nefario coming under Gru’s employ.

Vector

A young villain who stole the pyramid of Giza, only to end up dying on the moon after trying to steal it from Gru.

Death by Adaptation: Asphyxiated on the moon after the events of the first Despicable Me film.
Villainous Legacy: His death inspired his father to join Enigma for revenge on Gru.

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