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{{quote|'''Helen:''' Everyone's special, Dash.

'''Dash:''' Which is another way of saying no one is. }}

When Bob gets an offer from a mysterious woman named Mirage to relive his [[Glory Days]] and help out a high-tech facility gone wrong, he [[Jumped At the Call|Jumps at the Call]] without telling his family. Soon, though, he gets in trouble, and finds he needs all the help his family can offer to help him save the day from a [[Diabolical Mastermind]] with an [[Evil Plan]] and a [[Killer Robot]].

 

 

Like other Pixar movies, there was a [[The Incredibles (comics)|comic book series]] being published by Boom! Studios written by [[Mark Waid]] that has the continued adventures of the family. With the Superhero ban lifted, the Incredibles have to deal with a lot of old villains crawling out of the woodwork and after taking out a decaying villain team, a new one rises out of the ashes gathering power and planning on turning the citizens of Metroville against the supers using hypnosis and mecha, led by Xerek, the villain of early scripts for the film. The ending to this ongoing villain conspiracy arc however has been delayed from various internal problems at Boom. However, with Marvel picking up the Pixar licenses in February, there is the possibility the story will be finished there.

 

For information on the DVD shorts ''Jack-Jack Attack'' and ''Mr. Incredible and Pals'', see the [[Pixar Shorts]] page.

 

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* [[Action Mom]]: Elastigirl in the second half.

* [[Actor Allusion]]:

** A twitchy cop holds Frozone at gunpoint in a homage to ''[[Die Hard With a Vengeance]]''.

** Frozone was already an [[Ink Suit Actor]], but the [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|WHERE. IS. MY. SUPER. SUIT.]] scene was pretty much there to give [[Samuel L. Jackson]] one of his signature moments.

* [[Adrenaline Makeover]]: Violet.

* [[Advertised Extra]]: Jack-Jack doesn't feature nearly as much in the film as you'd be inclined to think by the promotional material. In fact, he doesn't even wear his full Incredible outfit until literally the last fifteen seconds of the film.

* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: The Omnidroid which Syndrome has built with a thinking A.I. This comes back to bite him in the ass when he set his plan in motion.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: Detailed profiles of other Supers that are only briefly mentioned in the movie (if at all) in the Extras section of the DVD. The comic book also fills in some holes the movie may have left open.

* [[Beneath the Earth]]: Taken literally at the end of the movie with a new villain.

* [[Best for Last]]: {{spoiler|Jack-Jack's superpowers.}}

* [[Big Red Button]]: Syndrome gets to press several over the course of the film. One of the DVD [[Easter Egg|Easter Eggs]] is a compilation sequence showing "every door, button and explosion in the movie". The fact that it has nearly the whole of the ''Anvil Chorus'' as its soundtrack shows just how ''many'' there [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbdqjkJ7ooo are].

* [[Black Best Friend]]: Lucius.

* [[Expressive Mask]]

* [[Expy]]:

** If a place can be an expy, than the middle school that Violet attends is one for Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon, where Brad Bird went to high school. This is down to them having the same mascot (the Spartans). However, since the high school building was torn down in 2005 and rebuilt, it's a little hard to see it now.

** Syndrome has a lot of similarities to [http://i32.tinypic.com/seq735.jpg Purge] from ''[[Space Channel 5]] Part 2''. Also, he somehow resembles [[Freakazoid!]].

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Buddy.}}

* [[Faceless Goons]]: Though not voiceless. "Okay, every time one of them runs, take a shot." Not entirely faceless, either: Dash knocks the visor off of one in a fight. We even get a [[Reaction Shot]] of his face before he hits a cliff wall.

* [[Fastball Special]]: Bob with Helen towards the end.

* [[Femme Fatale]]: Mirage.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: The entire "NO CAPES" sequence, which demonstrates the dangers of having a cape as part of the costume, specifically "''Stratogale!'' April 23rd, '57! Cape caught in a jet turbine!"

** Helen's supersuit being able to withstand missiles being fired upon it.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: "Every time they run, take a shot."

{{quote|'''Syndrome:''' Elastigirl? You married ''Elastigirl''? ''[Sees Violet and Dash]'' ...and got ''busy''!}}

* [[Glory Days]]: There's even a magazine cover in Bob's memory room with this as the title.

* [[Glory Hound]]: Syndrome's plan is certainly -- reckless with people and property.

* [[Grenade Tag]]

* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]: During the family's first fight as a team.

* [[Happily Married]]: Bob and Helen.

* [[Harmless Freezing]]: During the jewelry store scene, Frozone encases a cop in a shroud of ice after the officer mistakes him and Mr. Incredible for burglars. When the cop's friends come in to check on him, he is frozen in place, but his eyes can still be seen moving around freely within the ice.

* [[Hero Insurance]]: See [[Sued for Superheroics]], below.

* [[Hero Syndrome]]: Er, Syndrome.

* [[He's a Friend]]: To a gun.

** Probably because pretty much all of it was caused by the Omnidroid itself. The only damages that could be reasonably pinned on the heroes were the office building Mr. Incredible was thrown through, the car Frozone was chucked onto, and the manhole cover Elastigirl pulled up.

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Bob {{spoiler|knocks Syndrome into his jet's intake by hurling a car at him -- the one he bought when he was on Syndrome's payroll}}. {{spoiler|1=Syndrome also got hoisted by making the OmniDroid smart enough to [[Gone Horribly Right|outwit him by destroying his controls]].}}

** Elastigirl telling Dash the quote on the top of this page. Syndrome says the same thing when telling Mr. Incredible of his plan to sell his tech to the people.

* [[Ironic Name]]: Parr means "average". Something the Parrs definitely are not.

* [[Island Base]]: [[Punny Name|Nomanisan Island]].

* [[I Work Alone]]: Bob, before raising a family.

* [[Jaded Washout]]: Bob Parr, after being forced into retirement.

* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Mr. Incredible just can't give up superheroing, even when he's supposed to be retired.

* [[Just Between You and Me]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]]. Both the heroes and villains dub it "monologuing".

* [[Killer Robot|Killer Robots]]

* [[Kubrick Stare]]: Attempted a few times by Syndrome, but it's nothing compared to Bob ''maintaining the look'' for the entire sequence with Mr. Huph and the robbery outside the building.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]

* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]: There's nothing we can say about Mr. Incredible's chin that the picture at the top of the page doesn't. Syndrome has one as well, but he's evil.

** Nomanisan Island ([http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/no-man-is-an-island.html No man is an island]), which ties into the film's themes of teamwork and family. Attempted in the Spanish translation, where the island is known as Isla Palos Locos ("Crazy Sticks Island", but can also be read as ''Isla Pa'los Locos'', "Island For The Crazy").

* [[The Men in Black]]/[[Memory-Wiping Crew]]. Rick Dicker of the National Supers Agency is a world-weary version.

* [[A Million Is a Statistic]]: ''Averted''. {{spoiler|The scene when Mr. Incredible learns that Syndrome has killed ''dozens'' of supers. None of them are established characters, but the scene is treated as appropriately horrific}}.

* [[Misfit Mobilization Moment]]: When the Parrs fight together against Syndrome's [[Mooks]].

* [[Mundane Utility]]: The Parr's homelife in a nutshell -- especially Helen, who finds a way to apply her superpowers to nearly every household chore despite her oft-expressed desire to live a normal life. And, related to [[Power Perversion Potential]], having an elastic body probably came in very handy during the pregnancies. (For that matter, a rubbery woman is the least likely for Bob to accidentally crush with his strength).

** Inverted in one brief scene, when Helen realizes (much to her chagrin) that in spite all the cool stuff that she can do with her stretching powers...[[Weight Woe|she can't seem to control the size of her butt]].

* [[Neck Lift]]: Bob uses it often.

* [[Never Heard That One Before]]:

{{quote|'''Bob''': [[Incredibly Lame Pun|ICE of you to drop by!]]

'''Lucius''': HAH! [[Deadpan Snarker|...Never heard that one before...]] }}

* [[Never Be a Hero]]: What Buddy thinks Mr. Incredible is telling him.

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: Like other trailers for Pixar films, the trailer is basically a sketch that doesn't appear in the film, but the trailer is also deliberately misleading in that it changes all the memorabilia in Bob's office to indicate that he has always worn the red Mr. Incredible suit, as opposed to the blue one.

* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: After Mr. Incredible throws out his back in his first fight against Syndrome's Omnidroid, the robot's attempt to pull him apart straightens his back right back out. [[Curb Stomp Battle]] ensues.

* [[Older Hero vs. Younger Villain]]

* [[Old Superhero]]: As a minor theme: Both Elastigirl and Mr. Incredible notice themselves getting out of shape, and Mr. Incredible puts himself through personal training to become physically fit again.

* [[Only One Female Mold]]: A subtle background example. Edna Mode's design studio has three body type mannequins to model her clothes on: huge buff dude, medium-sized buff dude, and woman.

* [[Our Demons Are Different]]: Okay, it's not really a demon, but at the end of the movie {{spoiler|Jack Jack's powers include setting himself on fire, turning into heavy brimstone, and transforming into ''the freaking baby devil''. It's probable they are homages to a famous superhero with similar powers, i.e., [[Fantastic Four|The Human Torch]], [[Silver Surfer]], and [[Etrigan|The Demon]]}}. Or he could just be an [[Expy]] of the Super-Skrull.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Done by the kid brother even.

{{quote|"DON'T! [ducks punch] TOUCH! [ducks another grab/punch] MY! SISTER!"}}

{{quote|'''Syndrome:''' You married ''Elastigirl?'' ... And got (shakes hips) BI-ZAY!}}

 

* [[Revenge SVP]]: Buddy.

* [[Rubber Man]]: Elastigirl, with some ''heavily'' implied [[Power Perversion Potential]]. How else do you think she can... *ahem* "HANDLE"... Mr. Incredible? (Makes for [[Fridge Brilliance]] when you consider [[Larry Niven]]'s "[[wikipedia:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex|Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex]] problem).

* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Frozone's wife.

* [[Scaled Up]]: The climax of the ''City of Incredibles'' arc of the comic has Shifty turn into a red dragon after being enhanced by the superpower virus, to take down the Incredibles and mutiny against his fellow supervillains.

* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Syndrome when {{spoiler|Jack-Jack goes demon-baby, pulls out his hair. Also, just as he's about to die}}. Foreshadowed when Syndrome is taunting Mr. Incredible at his island base.

* [[Self-Serving Memory]]: Syndrome guilts Mr. Incredible into thinking he was wrong to have rejected him as a sidekick.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: The Underminer rises from below the city streets at the end of the film; the Parr family reacts by all masking up. {{spoiler|Even Jack-Jack}}. Ultimately, ''The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer'' was made into a video game.

* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Violet to a T. She's even the page image.

* [[Short-Lived Aerial Escape]]: Jet explosion, actually.

* [[Shout-Out]]:

* [[Swallowed a Fly]]: When Dash runs into the swarm of bugs, one apparently gets in his mouth and he gags and spits it out.

* [[Syncro-Vox]]: The "Mr. Incredible and Pals" short, a parody of ''[[Clutch Cargo]]''.

* [[Take This Job and Shove It]]: Punching your boss through several walls definitely counts.

* [[Takes One to Kill One]]: Nothing can pierce the Omnidroid's hull except its own claws.

** How many houses have sprinkler systems built into them?

* [[Tempting Fate]]: "Hey, we're superheroes. What could happen?" (Twice this is said, and twice [[It Got Worse|they found out]]).

* [[That Man Is Dead]]: When Mr. Incredible identifies Syndrome as the grown-up Buddy Pine.

{{quote|'''Syndrome:''' My name is '''not Buddy'''! And it's not Incredi-boy, either! That ship has sailed!}}

 

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