- "I'm not happy, Bob. NOT... happy."
- —Huph expressing his emotions to Bob
Gilbert Huph is Bob Parr's employer in The Incredibles. He is the tyrannical, short (in height, temper, and moral), and insensitive chairman of Insuricare.
Personality[]
Huph is cold-hearted, callous, cheap, entitled, and narcissistic. As the head of an insurance company, he is more focused on making more money than providing customers with the insurance they need. He always seems to have an excuse for getting angry, and only cares about his company's profit. He also implies that his methods of denying insurance, in addition to being unethical, were also illegal. When Bob Parr was called into Huph's office for a dressing down, Parr asked if Huph was saying Insuricare employees should not help their subscribers. Huph said no, citing the law required him to.
Huph has no concern for anybody's well-being other than his own, as shown when he angrily stopped Bob from helping a man getting mugged with the threat of being fired. He is obsessed with bureaucracy, furious when customers use loopholes to circumvent various technically legit methods of denying the claims of insurance. However, he was ultimately forced to admit this when calling Bob to his office and questioned about whether Bob's actions were illegal when they were ultimately legal.
The Incredibles[]
He is always infuriated that Bob keeps authorizing insurance policies to different clients (which are rightfully claimed) and angrily reprimands him for "writing checks to every Harry Hardluck and Sally Sobstory that gives [him] a phone call". One day, Mr. Huph furiously calls Bob to his office to lecture him about his conflicting ideals. Bob then sees a man being mugged through the window and tries to alert Mr. Huph to the crime, but when Huph sees what is going on the snidely remarks that he hopes the crime victim did not subscribe to Insuricare. A displeased Bob tries to go and save him, but Huph angrily threatens to fire him if he leaves his office. However, that is a moot point as the mugger gets away scot-free. Mr. Huph then tries to tell Bob that he was close to losing his job, but Bob (enraged that he failed to stop the crime and disgusted by Huph's selfish and callous attitude) brutally grabs him by the throat, angrily choking him, and throws him through five office walls that nearly killed him, shocking various workers who all look towards Bob in bewilderment.
Huph is then hospitalized and (presumably) mind-wiped by Agent Rick Dicker. Luckily for Mr. Huph, he survives and tells Rick that Bob is fired.
Quotes[]
- Mr. Huph: "PAAAARR! (Bob gets startled and stands up) You authorized payment on the Walker policy?!"
Bob: "Someone broke into their house, Mr. Huph. Their policy clearly states that...–"
Mr. Huph: "I– I– I– I don't wanna know about their coverage, Bob! Don't tell me about their coverage! Tell me how you're keeping Insuricare in the black! Tell me how that's possible, with you writing checks to every Harry Hardluck and Sally Sobstory THAT GIVES YOU A PHONE CALL! (angrily storms out of Bob's office in a huff)"
Voice: "Morning break is over. Morning break is over."
(Bob's pencils fall off his desk to the floor)
- —Huph, angered that Bob authorized payment on the Walker policy
Trivia[]
- A memo seen in Huph's office reveals that to reduce costs, he has also been charging employees for office supplies (including pencils, pens, paper, etc.), parking, use of electricty, and phone calls.
- 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 original The Incredibles website featured a deleted scene of Rick Dicker going through with erasing Huph's memory, only to have trouble fully completing it due to the depth of Huph's hatred of Parr. The scene only made it to the storyboard phase of animation, but was still in the movie late enough in production that Wallace Shawn and Bud Luckey recorded the dialogue.