Meanwhile, his wife's success caused him to hide his failings from her. However, his aggressive methods of doing so ironically only caused him to push them away. With Helen doing superhero work, Bob decided to try his best at being a good dad for his children. Also, despite his jealousies, Bob continued to deeply love Helen, immediately attempting to rescue her when he believed she was in danger. While initially jealous that Helen was chosen to be the face of the superhero legalization campaign over him, he swallowed his pride and was ultimately the one who convinced her to do it, even admitting that it was for his sake after claiming it was for their children. In the sequel, Bob has learned to keep his pride and ego somewhat in check.
However, he always spares an opponent if they appeared to have underlying goodness, such as Mirage. He always tries to reason with his opponents and appeal to their better nature to avoid unnecessary violence, but if a villain cannot be reasoned with and posed a threat to innocent lives, he tries to terminate them if their capture wasn't an option because he knows how many innocent lives could be lost if he allows them to live.
Huph through five walls, appearing to break several of his bones. Bob is also calm, collected, and polite, but occasionally he exhibits an intimidating and ferocious rage, and if sufficiently angered, he can be quite fearsome, such as when he threw Mr.
Huph by the neck and threw him through five walls, leaving him in a full body cast, which caused Bob to lose his job. These disagreements eventually came to a head, when Huph stopped Bob from helping a man being mugged, and was glad he didn't help the man. This is shown when while working for Insuricare, where he constantly found legal loopholes to help his customers, which often earned him the ire of his greedy and selfish boss, Gilbert Huph. Incredible.īob's commitment to doing what is right is so strong that he displays it even when not involved in heroics. He also treats other women with respect, which was picked up by Syndrome, who instructs Mirage to be appreciative, but not seductive, towards Mr. He loves his wife, even though he doesn't spend much time with his family and frequently goes off with Lucius for some crime fighting. These flaws combined nearly cost him his life and the lives of his family. Bob also has a tendency to try to solve the world's problems on his own, refusing and actively dismissing help from anyone, even from his loving wife and the sage counsel of his best friend Frozone. He grows weary of a world that cannot stay saved for more than five minutes and later, shows a streak of hubris and arrogant pride, seeking to relive his glory days at the expense of his family life. His NSA file described him as easily distracted and unable to prioritize. But as shown in newsreels, Bob is physically invulnerable but all too human in his flaws. He is nice, friendly, brave, heroic and pleasant.
Bob's personality is that of a classical hero.