Edna Mode

Do-Gooder
Full Name	Edna Marie Mode
Alias(es)	E Auntie Edna (in the sequel)
Origin	The Incredibles
Occupation	Fashion designer for superheroes and conventional fashion
Powers / Skills	Genius-level intellect
Hobby	Designing outfits for superheroes
Goals	To make only the best in superhero outfits
Family	Doc Sunbright (brother)
Friends / Allies	Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Dash Parr, Violet Parr, Jack-Jack Parr, Frozone, Gazerbeam, Rick Dicker, Mirage
Enemies	No information
Type of Hero	Wise Inventor

“	I never look back dahling, it distracts from the now.	„
	~ Edna Mode

“	NO CAPES!!!!	„
	~ Edna refusing to give Bob a cape for his supersuit–for totally justified safety reasons

“	Bob: You're the best, E. Edna: Yeah, I know, Darling. I know.	„
	~ Bob Parr and Edna

Edna "E" Mode is a supporting character in The Incredibles and it's sequel Incredibles 2. She is Mr. Incredible's mentor and the costume designer for the superhero community in the franchise, though she refuses to include capes to the costumes because of the number of superheroes that were killed when their capes were caught in assorted gadgets like airplane turbines and elevators. She has a little bit of screen-time in the first film, but more screen-time in the second film.

Edna is a half-Japanese, half-German, short fashion designer and auteur. She is known for calling everyone "Dahling" ("darling").

She was voiced by the film's director Brad Bird.

Biography

Edna has created custom-made original outfits for superheroes since the "glory days", saying that she used to design for gods. It is apparent that she feels infinitely superior to all other designers in the world and shows much disregard toward runway boutiques and modern fashion models, claiming that she had gone to Milan to design clothing for the supermodels, and called them "spoiled, stupid little stick-figures with poofy lips who think only about themselves".

Edna is called out of a 15-year period of imposed retirement to repair damage to Bob's supersuit, and ends up producing a series of completely new, matching outfits for the entire Parr family. For safety reasons, she is very insistent on not including capes in the new design, mainly because any superhero who had a cape ended up killed or trapped. This proves to be a foreshadowing as to the final fate of the villain.

Later, when Bob's wife Helen discovers that a rip of his super-suit has been mended, she suspects Edna. She contacts Edna, wanting to talk about the suit, and Edna insists that she come see her almost immediately. Helen goes to Edna's mansion, where Edna reveals that she has designed super-suits for the entire family, adding that each suit is equipped with a homing device. As Helen desperately wants to find out her husband's whereabouts, Edna hands her a device that gives her his exact location. When Helen finds out that Bob is on a faraway island, she breaks down in tears, in fear that she is losing the man she loves. Edna then whacks Helen on her head with a newspaper, demanding that she pull herself together, go confront the troubles he is facing, fight, and win, now that she knows where he is.

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Edna Mode

Edna Mode in a promotional image for The Incredibles

Trivia

• Edna Mode's explanation about her policy of "no capes" and why capes are dangerous to superheroes foreshadows Syndrome's death, as his cape got tangled in a plane's engine, killing him.
• In spite of Edna being a female she is voiced by man.
• She bears a resemblance to Despicable Me antagonist Vector Perkins and The Lorax antagonist Aloysius O'Hare.
• Lily Tomlin was offered the role of Edna Mode but turned it down.

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