Thread:Balthus Dire/@comment-24945605-20140712043935/@comment-1969141-20140713111520

Well it seems most was said before I could answer... Allow me to add my grain of salt.

One must keep in mind that while a Freudian Excuse is meant to induce sympathy, it is meant to explain why a villain became evil but not to excuse their actions afterwards. As it was justly said, though Loony Fans would disagree, it is not the Freudian Excuse who redeems the villain but whether of not they act according to it, and especially how they try to atone for their crimes should they be redeemed.

Syndrome is the poster boy of the Evil is Petty trope/ His Freudian Excuse isn't worth a carrot slice. He was a Loony Fan and a Stalker Without a Crush, absolutely not prepared for heroism, whose antics almost got his idol and himself killed, along with many other. If you ask me, Mr Incredible sould not have apologized. A Reality Check is not a Freudian Excuse, and certainly does not excuse killings people in the thousands and endangering the lives of many civillians just for an ego stroke. Besides, he would not even bat an eyelid when his girlriend's life was threatened for crying out loud! RobinsonBecky is right, his "Freudian Excuse" falls flat on his face.

Charles Muntz's Freudian Excuse does justify his bitterness, obsession and paranoia, but not his murders. Cracked.com made an interesting article about needlessly evil villains' plot that includes him, stating that whomever would have discovered the bird, it would have proved that his skeleton was not a hoax. However, he does not actively tries to murder people and greet them warmly... until his paranoia kicks in that is.