- “The Screenslaver interrupts this program for an important announcement.”
- ―The Screenslaver
The Screenslaver is the secondary antagonist of Disney/Pixar's 2018 animated film Incredibles 2, created by Evelyn Deavor. The goggles he wears serve as the face of her plan to get rid of Supers and to unwillingly place other people in a hypnotic trance on her behalf so no suspicion would be placed on her.
Role in the film[]
During the grand opening of the New Urbem monorail, the conductor of the train is mesmerized by patterns appearing on his monitor to set the train in reverse. Elastigirl successfully saves the passengers and confronts the driver, but finds the latter has no memory of his actions, and what is left on the monitor is a cryptic message to Elastigirl written by someone called "The Screenslaver". When Elastigirl is invited to an interview, the Screenslaver hijacks all of the station's monitors, where he speaks through the interviewer to Elastigirl, taunting her of his plan to assassinate the visiting ambassador. Rushing outside, Elastigirl finds out the Screenslaver has brainwashed the pilots on the helicopters accompanying the ambassador, as attack Omnidroid v.11 they start firing on each other. Fortunately, Elastigirl rescues the ambassador in time to foil Screenslaver's plan.
The next day, Elastigirl and Evelyn devise a plan to track Screenslaver through the signal he uses while broadcasting. Elastigirl sets up another interview to lure Screenslaver, this time waiting outside for Screenslaver's signal to appear. As predicted, Screenslaver's broadcast takes control of Omnidroid v.11 the viewers, allowing Elastigirl to follow the signal to his hideout. Elastigirl tracks Screenslaver down to an apartment complex, where she finds his home riddled with materials and devices related to hypnotism. Screenslaver suddenly confronts Elastigirl and traps the two of them in a light-distorting box to attack her. When Elastigirl proves to be too much, however, Screenslaver sets a bomb rigged to explode as he makes his escape. After chasing him outside, Elastigirl catches and unmasks Screenslaver, but finds a disoriented pizza delivery man with no memory of what happened. Ignoring the man's insistence he is innocent, Elastigirl hands him to the police to be arrested.
The Screenslaver's hood is claimed by DevTech as another victory for Elastigirl, although Elastigirl decides to examine footage from their encounter, sensing something was not right. Elastigirl then notices the Screenslaver owned a television set in his apartment, in which one of the monitors showed the image of Elastigirl's camera that Evelyn had implanted in her supersuit. She wonders why Screenslaver would have one if he was controlling through monitors and how he could access her camera; reaching inside the Screenslaver's mask, Elastigirl discovers a pair of Hypno-goggles, figuring out that Screenslaver was in turn being controlled, but she is suppressed when Evelyn (the true mastermind behind Screenslaver) forces the goggles on her face.
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Trivia[]
- His name is a play on the words "screensaver" and "slave".
- Screenslaver/Evelyn Deavor's gimmick of using hypnotic goggles to control people was previously employed in the comic book series by the villain Mezmerella.
- Essentially, Evelyn is the authentic Screenslaver, being the mastermind behind the Screenslaver. Evelyn even comments on this factor, when asked by Elastigirl if she is the Screenslaver, saying she is and isn't since she never dons the costume but is the one controlling the person who does and is the one behind the messages. Basically, Screenslaver is two separate people except one of the two is actually named Screenslaver but is actually the false one while Evelyn is the real one and is controlling him to do her bidding.
- The hypnotizing research and notes that Helen came across in the Screenslaver's "lair" is most likely Evelyn's. Placing her research and plans of attack there is mostly likely part of her plan, as it creates the illusion of her puppet being the "true" villain and lowers the risk of her being discovered as the puppeteer.
- Several scenes that he appears in from all the rapid flashing lights have caused seizures for many viewers that the film has to have warning messages throughout every movie theater. The flashing lights were heavily toned down for the home video release.
- In a reference to Screenslaver, Silico is just as familiar to Screenslaver, In The Powerpuff Girls (2016 Series) in "Lights Out" Episode of the Season three. He created Bugleys to turn everyone against the supers. Especially the Hypno Goggles that Screenslaver use to wear after he gets arrested.
- It is unknown what happened to him after being arrested, but it is possible Elastigirl bailed him out of jail or the police let him go after it was discovered Evelyn controlled him.
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