The Underminer

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The Underminer


The Underminer

Publisher Dark Horse Comics/Pixar Animation Studios
First appearance The Incredibles (cameo), The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer (full appearance)
Created by Brad Bird
Characteristics
Alter ego Unknown

The Underminer is a fictional villain in The Incredibles saga who looks like a human mole. His cameo at the end of The Incredibles created a cliffhanger leading in to his appearance in The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer video game. In the film and the game, he is voiced by John Ratzenberger, making his regular Pixar movie appearance. This is Ratzenberger's first villainous Pixar role.

The Underminer, like many elements of the Incredibles' world, appears to be inspired by the Fantastic Four comics. In this case, the Underminer appeared to be inspired by the villain Mole Man.

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The Underminer first made his appearance at the end of The Incredibles where the Parr family are leaving Dashiell Robert Parr's finished race (Dash himself finished second) and the villain, about a block away from them, drills out of the ground with a giant drilling machine and announces in a speaker to the citizens of Metroville, "Behold, the Underminer! I am always beneath you, but nothing is beneath me! I hereby declare war on peace and happiness! Soon, ALL will tremble before me!"

As he monologued, the Parrs eventually dressed up in their Incredibles uniforms and prepared for battle against the villain, thus leading a cliffhanger which made the Underminer's first full appearance in the video game sequel, The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer.

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