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The Incredibles (2004)
In Pixar's Oscar-winning CGI animated film written
and directed by Brad Bird, with the storyline premise of super-heroes
being forced by the government into retirement and living out their
quiet and private lives as a suburban family in a protection program:
- the opening description of the exploits and demise
of superheroes (or "Supers") - including Mr. Incredible
- who had all fallen from grace due to the collateral damage they
had caused, highlighted by newspaper headlines that described the
revolt against them: ("$UPER DAMAGE$", "DYNAGUY
SUED," and "GOVERNMENT HIDES HEROES") - the Incredibles
were part of the government's effort to hide their identities as
superheroes (the Superhero Relocation Program), force them to retire
from public life, and take on new personas as a suburban family
in Metroville
- Bob Parr's remembrance of various exploits of his
past illustrated in magazine covers and articles (posted on his study
wall), and his moonlighting as a vigilante with his buddy-best friend,
the ice-themed Frozone/Lucius Best (voice of Samuel L. Jackson);
the humorous scene of Frozone/Lucius Best calling out to his off-screen
wife Honey (Kimberly Adair Clark): "Where's my Super-Suit?...The
public is in danger...We are talking about the greater good!"
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Overweight Bob Parr (formerly Mr. Incredible)
in Suburban Dead-End Job
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Display of Magazine Covers
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Bob Parr Remembering Past Exploits
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- the family's characters fifteen years later: superstrong,
red-suited and slobbish Mr. Incredible/Bob Parr (voice of Craig
T. Nelson) and his stretchy, feminist-minded wife ElastiGirl/Helen
Parr (voice of Holly Hunter) with three children, including the
speedy Dash (voice of Spencer Fox), the shy, invisible, force-field
making teen Violet (voice of Sarah Vowell), and baby Jack-Jack
- the scene of Bob's angry outburst directed at his
work supervisor, causing injury and the loss of his mundane office
job
- his life-changing revelation - the reception of a
video-tablet message from Mirage (voice of Elizabeth Peña)
("We have a new assignment for you"), that he must return
to crime-fighting as Mr. Incredible
- the kinetic action sequence in which Mr. Incredible
battled an out-of-control, savage tripod-like robot called the Omnidroid
on the remote tropical jungle island of Nomanisan, and tricked it
into ripping out its own power source
- the role of sassy super-hero costume fashion-designer
Edna Mode (voice of Brad Bird) who created an indestructible outfit
for the entire family of Incredibles superheroes
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Lucius Best/Frozone: "Honey? Where's my Super-Suit?"
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Fashionista Designer Edna Mode
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Transformed Arch-Nemesis Syndrome ("You sly
dog, you got me monologuing")
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- the character of Buddy Pine - originally Mr. Incredible's
number one super-fan - who later adopted the new name of Syndrome
(voice of Jason Lee) ("My name is not Buddy! I'm Syndrome,
your nemesis...") when he became an extremely-irritating arch-nemesis,
because of Mr. Incredible's earlier brush-off and rejection (Mr.
Incredible:
"Fly home, Buddy, I work alone")
- the scene of Syndrome's imprisonment of the entire
family of Incredibles on the island, before they were able to escape,
to follow Syndrome to Metroville, where Syndrome had transported
his much-improved Omnidroid robot in a rocket, to destroy the city
and Mr. Incredible forever
- the revelation of baby Jack-Jack's shape-shifting
powers when the vengeful Syndrome tried to kidnap him (with future
plans to raise him as his own sidekick), resulting in Syndrome's
death when he (and his cape) were sucked into his own plane's turbine
engine
- in the concluding epilogue, three months later, the
arrival of a new villain named The Underminer (voice of John Ratzenberger),
and the revival of the Incredibles Family to combat the new threat
The Ending
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Three Months Later
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The Underminer
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The Newly-Masked Family
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Outburst at Bob's Mundane, White-Collar Job - Causing
His Firing
Mirage's Mission for Bob
Super-Fan Buddy Pine to Mr. Incredible: "I'm
your Number One Fan!"
Rejected Sidekick Buddy
The New Super-Hero Family
The New and Improved Omnidroid on Nomanisan Island
Syndrome's Imprisonment of the Superhero Family
The Omnidroid Attacking Metroville
Jack-Jack's Powers Revealed During Kidnap by Syndrome
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