piece of criticism." He stated that a large portion of the audience understood the message as he intended whereas "two percent thought I was doing The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged." Tomorrowland plot line—a group of geniuses form a utopia to sequester themselves from the world—has been considered reminiscent of Atlas Shrugged and its Galt Gulch enclave. In The Incredibles, father Bob Parr complains of what he feels is society's increasing celebration of mediocrity, and later in the film, its villain Syndrome asserts that "when everyone's super, no one will be." Analysts suggested these lines a reflection of views shared by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. One writer distilled Ratatouille down to "if you don't have talent, you should get out of the way of people who do." David Sims at The Atlantic has suggested Bird's films are instead "stories about the frustrations of unbridled creativity [...] In each film, there's an indelible recurring image: the frustrated genius, locked away in a dusty closet, obsessing over the talents he has to hide." Likewise, IndieWire's Eric Kohn called Bird a "pivotal figure in exploring the American dream through the vernacular of popular culture." Personal life Bird and his wife Elizabeth (m. 1988) have three sons; Nicholas, who voiced Squirt in the Pixar film Finding Nemo, Rusty McAllister, who voiced Rusty the bike boy in The Incredibles and Michael, who voiced Tony Rydinger in The Incredibles and its sequel. Bird maintains properties in Tiburon, California, and Los Feliz, California. Upon criticism that The Incredibles exhibited a right-wing bias, Bird demurred, noting, "I'm definitely a centrist and feel like both parties can be absurd." Filmography Feature films Animator Animalympics (1980) The Fox and the Hound (1981) (Uncredited) The Plague Dogs (1982) The Black Cauldron (1985) (Uncredited) The Brave Little Toaster (1987) (Uncredited) The Iron Giant (1999) (Uncredited) Voice roles Pixar Senior Creative Team WALL-E (2008) Up (2009) Toy Story 3 (2010) Cars 2 (2011) Brave (2012) Monsters University (2013) Inside Out (2015) The Good Dinosaur (2015) Finding Dory (2016) Cars 3 (2017) Coco (2017) Incredibles 2 (2018) Toy Story 4 (2019) Uncredited brain trust Monsters, Inc. (2001) Finding Nemo (2003) The Incredibles (2004) Cars (2006) Ratatouille (2007) Short films Documentary featurettes Television Other credits Video games Voice role Special thanks An American Tail (1986) Technological Threat (1988) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) Corpse Bride (2005) Friz on Film (2006) Fog