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* [[Applicability]]: Some have argued that the movie is an argument for [[Ayn Rand|Objectivism]], with its theme of the characters being discouraged from living up to their full potential by society. Others counter that the message is "be true to yourself", and point out that if the movie were Objectivist, the Parrs wouldn't be using their powers for altruism. Not to mention that Syndrome the self-made engineering genius and millionaire capitalist is pretty much the sort of person Rand most admired. [[Word of God]] says that no higher philosophical meaning was intended.
* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]]: The "no school like the old school" scene is this for anyone not aware of that they are Frank and Ollie of the [[wikipedia:Nine Old Men|Nine Old Men]]. Even after that, the cameo's still pretty out of nowhere.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Buddy Pine, better known as Syndrome, is a genocidal superhero wannabe and a true [[Nobody to Nightmare]]. Early in the film, Buddy interrupts Mr. Incredible, or Bob Parr while fighting the supervillain Bomb Voyage in an attempt to become his sidekick. His careless actions nearly get himself killed and allow Bomb Voyage to escape, leading to Mr. Incredible rightfully turning him down and crushing Buddy's dreams. However, Buddy instead subverts his potential FreudianExcuse by holding on to his petty grudge into adulthood, and initiates the mass murder of retired superheroes by luring them to his island. Once Bob finds out, Syndrome beats him down with his Omnidroid and has him tortured, spitefully launching a missile at a plane that he knows has his family on it. Showing callous indifference to Mirage once her life is under threat by Bob, Syndrome plans to release the Omnidroid on the populace once he's disposed of Bob, then painting himself as a hero by falsely defeating the Omnidroid. Once foiled, Syndrome kidnaps the infant Incredible Jack-Jack with the intent to corrupt him into becoming like him. Selfish, petty, and all-around murderous, Syndrome stood out as one of Pixar's darkest villains. ** It says something about how sick he is that his murders of several supers with the Omnidroid already put him over the Horizon, but it's the extra little things (detailed in [[Moral Event Horizon]] below) that really push him into [[Complete Monster]] territory.
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: See [[Film/Awesome Music|here.]]
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: With gun violence, [[Electric Torture]], [[Interrupted Suicide|suicide attempts]], large-scale destruction, bad guys who [[Would Hurt a Child]], and "[[Anti-Hero|good guys]]" who run from the police and lie to their own families, all in the same film, [[The Incredibles]] may very well be the darkest [[Pixar]] movie yet. [[Brad Bird|Brad]]'s history of working on [[The Simpsons]] really comes through here.
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