- "I'm not happy, Bob. Not. Happy."
- —Huph berating Bob for allowing his clients to get their insurance money.
Gilbert Huph is a minor antagonist in The Incredibles. He was Bob Parr's supervisor at his insurance company Insuricare, until Bob was fired for throwing him through several office walls. His main priority at Insuricare is its profits despite concerns from the company's staff or customers. He is a stickler for bureaucracy, but prefers that customers should be unaware of any loopholes that would help secure an insurance claim.
Personality[]
Gilbert Huph is best described as greedy, ill-tempered, uncaring, rude, mean, and self-centered. Despite being the boss of an insurance company, he is more focused on making profits than providing clients with the insurance they need, scamming them out of their insurance money. As such, it is heavily implied that he has no qualms about illegally denying his clients aid, no matter how legitimate their insurance claims are. He always seems to have an excuse for getting angry, and has a bad habit of yelling. Huph also seems to talk down to his employees, as evidenced by his conversation with Bob in his office, treating him and possibly everyone under his employ like children who don't know what they are doing. Despite his short stature, he more than makes up for it with his extremely authoritarian and aggressive methods of keeping his employees in line.
He has no concern for anybody's well-being other than his own, as shown when he stopped Bob from helping a man being mugged with the threat of being fired. He is obsessed with bureaucracy, and gets furious when his workers (mainly Bob) use loopholes to circumvent various technically legitimate methods of denying them claims of insurance.
Despite this, Huph is capable of listening to reason, as evidenced by his conversation with Rick Dicker, who persuaded him not to sue Bob for assaulting him. However, it is far more likely that Dicker had subjected Huph to a mind-wipe in order to be able to reach such an agreement with him.
Physical appearance[]
Huph is a very short man, not much more than half of Bob's height. He has a rectangular, ape-like face, brown combed-over hair, blue eyes that he wears glasses over, and a noticeably large gap between his nose and mouth. He is dressed in a business suit befitting of his job of a middle manager of an insurance company.
Biography[]
The Incredibles[]
When Huph finds out Bob has been authorizing payment on insurance policies to different clients, he reprimands Bob, angrily asking him how Insuricare can remain profitable when Bob writes checks to every "Harry Hardluck" and "Sally Sobstory" that gives him a phone call, before storming off.
Mr. Huph figures out that Bob has been guiding customers through the legal loopholes to get the insurance they need, and calls him down to his office. During this discussion, Bob sees a man being mugged just outside the window, and tries to alert Mr. Huph to this, but when Huph sees the man getting mugged, he doesn't care and nonchalantly remarks that he hopes that he isn't insured. Bob tries to go and save him, but Huph angrily threatens to fire him if he leaves his office. Bob then sees the mugger running away and succeeding. Mr. Huph then tries to tell Bob that he was close to losing his job, but Bob gets enraged that he failed to save the citizen who was mugged, and disgusted by his boss' callousness, snaps and loses his temper. He brutally grabs Huph by the throat, and in his rage, violently throws him through several walls, seriously injuring him.
Huph survives, but is in traction at hospital, and presumably mind-wiped by Agent Rick Dicker, but not before Huph tells Rick that Bob is fired. It is unknown what becomes of Mr. Huph after The Incredibles, but he most likely recovers from his injuries and goes back to work.
Incredibles 2[]
While Mr. Huph isn’t seen or mentioned in the sequel, Insuricare is mentioned by Bob and Helen Parr when discussing about finding a job or working with Winston Deavor. Bob also mentions how much he despised his previous job, alluding to Huph's abuse towards him and the customers.
Trivia[]
- He is the second Pixar character to be voiced by Wallace Shawn. The first is Rex in the Toy Story franchise.
- On the "October 2005 WDW Pin Releases" website, there is a pin called "Boss's 2005 Day", where Bob is in Mr. Huph's office giving a present to his boss (whose arm is in a sling, presumably after the freak accident he had in the movie) for Boss's Day 2005. The words said "Bob Parr is presenting a gift to Mr. Huph for Boss's Day 2005. Remember your boss in 2005 with this unique Limited Edition pin featuring characters from The Incredibles. Boss's Day is celebrated every October 16. The pin was designed by Disney Design Group Artist Bret Melvin".
- One of his lines, about a Walker policy, is a reference to producer John Walker.
- The business malpractice Huph is committing is called "Breach of Contract," and would have made Insuricare liable to a lawsuit by its mistreated customers. In doing so, in addition to monetary compensation in a settlement, the illegal business practices of Insuricare would be publicly exposed.
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