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117-556: The idea for this short came from an idea for a scene originally considered for inclusion in The Incredibles ; it was cut from the feature and subsequently expanded into this short. The short revolves around the situations between Jack-Jack and his babysitter Kari McKeen (who was hired by Violet and Dash to watch Jack-Jack) during the events of the main film. Rick Dicker , a government agent assigned to aid "supers" in maintaining their anonymity, interviews Kari McKeen about

234-430: A June record, topping Jurassic World ($ 24.3 million in 2015). By Thursday, its seventh day of release, the film had grossed $ 269.4 million, topping the entire lifetime domestic gross of the original, not accounting for inflation ($ 261.4 million). In its second weekend the film dropped 56% to $ 80.9 million, finishing second behind newcomer Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($ 148 million), marking

351-505: A chase (1/6) variant of Violet in her invisible form, and several retail exclusives to Target and Hot Topic . There was a Jack-Jack as Edna Mode Pop! figure that released exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2018. In addition, Funko released several blind box mystery minis of characters from the film. Figpin released a boxed set of 5 characters (Edna "E" Mode, Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Dash, and Violet) limited to 1000 pieces, which

468-461: A close friend who flew her around the world when she was a Super. Her sharp wit and superb espionage skills, as well as her experience as a superhero, make her an excellent tactician and leader. The filmmakers drew inspiration from actresses Mary Tyler Moore , Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn for Helen's role and appearance in the sequel. Her red superheroine suit, designed by Edna Mode, can stretch as far as she can and still retain its shape. It

585-413: A combination of brute strength and features such as claws, rockets, and laser guns to target and destroy their enemies. They are also equipped with artificial intelligence , and can quickly analyze enemies during battle, instantly adapting their fighting strategies to their enemies' weaknesses. Syndrome has his assistant Mirage lure dozens of retired supers to come fight the prototype Omnidroids. Most of

702-513: A complicated monorail system and a large staff of guards. Vowing revenge on Bob and all other superheroes, Syndrome invents the Omnidroid robot, perfecting it by having his assistant Mirage lure a large number of retired superheroes to be killed while fighting its various prototypes. Bob is the last superhero called to fight the Omnidroid, and manages to destroy it. Syndrome rebuilds it so it

819-629: A deep supply of wit, Incredibles 2 certainly proves worth the wait, even if it hits the target but not the bull's-eye in quite the way the first one did." Many disability advocates, including the Epilepsy Foundation , have raised concerns that movie scenes with flashing lights, including that in Incredibles 2 of Elastigirl's fight with the Screenslaver, can trigger seizures in viewers affected by photosensitive epilepsy . As

936-483: A fireproof and bulletproof blanket sleeper -like jumpsuit . Creator Brad Bird explains on the DVD that Jack-Jack's varied abilities are a metaphor for how young children have infinite possibilities ahead of them in life. He begins to manifest a broader range of powers during Incredibles 2 , inspiring Edna to upgrade his suit with sensors that allow his family to track him or rein in his powers via remote control. Jack-Jack

1053-577: A full appearance at the end of the second film. Mr. Incredible was ranked number 5 in IGN 's list of the Top 10 Pixar Characters. Readers of Empire magazine also voted Mr. Incredible number 8 in that magazine's list of The Top 20 Pixar Characters. Helen Parr (a.k.a. Elastigirl or Mrs. Incredible ) ( Holly Hunter ) is Mr. Incredible's wife. Helen can stretch any part of her body up to 300 feet and can be 1 mm thin. She can also reshape her body in

1170-554: A fully grown man who was about to kill his sister. His red superhero suit, designed by Edna Mode, is resistant to air friction, wear and heat when Dash is running at super speed. John Jackson "Jack-Jack" Parr (Eli Fucile and Maeve Andrews in the first film, Fucile and Nicholas Bird in the second film) is the Parrs' infant son, the youngest of the Parr children. Initially believed to be the only family member without any powers and shown as

1287-505: A global debut of $ 231.5 million. This made it the biggest international opening weekend for an animated film, surpassing Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs . Mexico was the largest debut with $ 12.3 million, followed by Australia ($ 7.7 million) and Russia ($ 5.4 million). In its second weekend of release the film made $ 58.6 million from 28 countries, bringing its two-week total to $ 134.7 million. Its largest market

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1404-486: A government mandate. The film series consists of two films, The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018), and revolves around Bob Parr's fight against villainous threats despite his quiet family life. Bob's desire to relive his glory days as a Super leads him to a series of conflicts against a fan-turned-supervillain and his mechanical robots. Bob's struggle is the main plot of the original series. This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in

1521-499: A magical second outing for the superhero family." John Nugent of Empire magazine also gave the film four out of five stars, saying, "There's some quibbles to be had in an over-familiar setup, and an under-served villain, but overall this is a gloriously fun family parable, and as entertaining as any superhero movie you'll see this year." Brian Tellerico of Rogerebert.com , gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars and said, "... Incredibles 2 understands something that most family sequels, even

1638-659: A minor character (as he did not join the family in the first film), he manifests a multitude of superhuman abilities at the end of the first film, most of which are types of shapeshifting , when Syndrome tries to kidnap him. More powers are seen in the short film Jack-Jack Attack on the Incredibles DVD, making his powers the most versatile of the family, and according to a collectible poster included with some Incredibles toys, still more powers are undisclosed. Although Edna Mode did not know what powers Jack-Jack might develop, she covered various possibilities by making him

1755-454: A party celebrating Helen's success, Winston announces a summit of world leaders to legalize the "supers" on live television, hosted aboard his luxury hydrofoil yacht , the Everjust , and attended by all "supers" coming out of hiding. Helen realizes Screenslaver lured her to a decoy double, and the pizza delivery driver was under the control of hypnotic goggles. Evelyn reveals herself to be

1872-684: A prospective sidekick. Sometime after marrying Elastigirl, Bob is sued for damages by Oliver Sansweet, and later by the injured passengers of a train Bob had been forced to abruptly halt for its own safety. These lawsuits are the first in a string of expensive lawsuits against supers, forcing the government to initiate the Superhero Relocation Program. Finding forced retirement difficult, Bob often sneaks out at night with his friend Lucius Best (a.k.a. Frozone) to continue their now-illegal superheroics. Eventually, Bob realizes that his family

1989-417: A rest." Manohla Dargis of The New York Times , wrote a positive review of the film, saying, "The family that fights together remains the steadily throbbing, unbreakable heart of Incredibles 2 , even when Bob and Helen swap traditional roles. There's something too self-conscious—overcompensating much?" Variety 's Owen Gleiberman called the film "fun but far from incredible" and wrote "It's true that

2106-404: A result, several theaters posted warnings for audiences. Disney told USA Today that it appreciated those efforts, and then, in a memo, asked all theaters exhibiting the movie to warn audiences: " Incredibles 2 contains a sequence of flashing lights, which may affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or other photosensitivities." In response to this, a re-edited version

2223-417: A single graphic novel by Dark Horse Comics on October 1, 2019. In May 2018, a prose novel was released entitled Incredibles 2: A Real Stretch: An Elastigirl Prequel Story , which focuses on the life of the character Elastigirl before the events of the first film. A Lego video game adaptation of both films was released on the same day as Incredibles 2 . Funko released several Pop! figures including

2340-410: A variety of ways. In the film she becomes a parachute and a rubber boat, and has used her arms for swings and a slingshot. In her early years she seemed to be a feminist and had no desire to "settle down". Since her marriage to Bob, Helen has become a dedicated spouse and mother, although she is frustrated with her husband's continuing dreams of glory. Helen is also an experienced jet pilot, from having

2457-423: Is aware of his superhero past, but is unsupportive of his public-minded ideals. Lucius is best friends with Bob, and a close friend of Helen and the kids, who are the only supers he socializes with following the banning of superheroes. Whenever Lucius and Bob go out on Wednesdays to engage in superheroics, they have to cover from their respective wives by claiming to be going bowling , but they stop going out when Bob

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2574-490: Is caught by Helen. Lucius's super suit is designed to keep him warm in the cold, but he must wear a special set of refraction goggles not only to protect his identity, but also to protect his eyes from the glare of the sunlight that bounces off his ice crystals . The soles of Frozone's snow boots can change into ice skates, alpine ice skis, and a concave disc he uses as a snowboard. These forms of transport, combined with chutes of ice, result in particularly speedy travel. Frozone

2691-449: Is costing the company. Bob attempts to help a mugging victim, but Huph threatens to dismiss him if he does so. A frustrated Bob throws Huph through several walls, and Huph is subsequently hospitalized. In a deleted scene, Rick Dicker erases Huph's memories of the incident. Bernard " Bernie " Kropp ( Lou Romano ) is a teacher at Dash Parr's elementary school. Dash frequently uses his super-speed to prank Kropp, making it difficult for

2808-557: Is cut off by Helen's jet being fired upon. Thinking nothing is wrong, and that they were simply cut-off, Kari turns her attention to Jack-Jack. She asks him if he is ready for some "neurological stimulation" and plays the third movement, the Rondo alla turca, of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 for him, which results in Jack-Jack having an epiphany about his latent superpowers. When Kari's back is turned, Jack-Jack disappears then reappears in

2925-547: Is forced to start from scratch with Tony, asking him out to the movies again. However, she is forced to leave him at the cinema (with the promise of returning quickly) when the Incredibles are dispatched to attack a new threat. Kari McKeen (Bret Parker) is a friend of the Parrs, whom Violet calls upon to babysit Jack-Jack while the rest of the family are flying to save Mr. Incredible (in The Incredibles ). She has taken numerous babysitting classes, and assures Helen that she

3042-398: Is freed from her control, he aids in foiling Evelyn's plan to collide his cruise ship into the city by reboarding the runaway ship and freeing the delegates to then ensure their safety, while the supers attempt to regain control of the ship. He later presumably explains the truth of his sister's scheme to the delegates and to the authorities to legalize the superheroes again. Oliver Sansweet

3159-476: Is his "greatest adventure". His red superhero suit, designed by Edna Mode, appears to have the same level of durability as Mr. Incredible himself. In his prime, Mr. Incredible rides a gadget-laden car, the Incredibile, reminiscent of those driven by James Bond or Batman . The silhouette of a newer version of the Incredibile for the Parrs is seen in the end credits of the first film, and the new car makes

3276-402: Is his hatred of people with superpowers, and his desire to be known as a hero despite having no powers himself. Like Bob Parr, his character was also physically modeled after Brad Bird. In the film, Buddy is introduced as a precocious child who calls himself Mr. Incredible's "number 1 fan". Desiring to become Bob's sidekick "Incrediboy", Buddy uses gadgets of his own invention to compensate for

3393-407: Is knocked unconscious when his invention's artificial intelligence recognizes him and his remote control as a threat. Syndrome awakens just in time to see the Parrs and Frozone being applauded for destroying the newest Omnidroid together. Syndrome retaliates by kidnapping Jack-Jack and attempts to fly away in his jet plane, but Jack-Jack's superpowers manifest and he fights back. After Helen rescues

3510-536: Is more than adequately prepared to care for Jack-Jack in any capacity. She is heard later on Mrs. Parr's voice mail, complaining that some "very weird things" are happening and that Jack-Jack has "special needs". Her eventful night with the baby is detailed in the Jack-Jack Attack short included on the DVD release; Kari is indeed shown to be a competent babysitter, as she quickly learns to anticipate and prevent damage caused by Jack-Jack's powers. Her memory of

3627-404: Is strong enough to defeat Bob, finally revealing himself to his former idol. After later capturing Bob and his family, Syndrome reveals his plan to unleash the Omnidroid and use remote controls to publicly "defeat" it, becoming a hero himself. He then plans to sell his superpower-imitating inventions to the public, making superheroes irrelevant. During the staged battle with the Omnidroid, Syndrome

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3744-488: Is the sequel to The Incredibles (2004) and the second full-length installment of the franchise . The story follows the Incredibles as they try to restore the public's trust in superheroes while balancing family life. Craig T. Nelson , Holly Hunter , Sarah Vowell , and Samuel L. Jackson reprise their roles from the first film. Newcomers to the cast include Huckleberry Milner, Bob Odenkirk , Catherine Keener , and Jonathan Banks . Michael Giacchino returned to compose

3861-460: Is the new babysitter come to relieve her, but wonders what the "S" on his costume stands for. Syndrome claims that it stands for "Sitter" because if he calls himself "Babysitter", his uniform will have to say "BS" on it, something that would make it impossible for parents to take him seriously as a result. Back at the interrogation, Dicker is incredulous that Kari believed Syndrome and left the baby in his care, to which Kari defensively shouts that she

3978-481: Is the president of a bank in Municiberg, who attempts suicide by jumping from the top of a large building. Mr. Incredible saves him, but Sansweet's neck is injured in the process. He sues Mr. Incredible for damages, citing that he did not want to be saved and that the neck injury causes him daily pain. The lawsuit against Mr. Incredible becomes the first in a string of anti-Superhero lawsuits, which eventually force

4095-454: Is virtually indestructible yet it breathes like Egyptian cotton . Gina Bennett , interviewed by Maureen Dowd as part of a group of current and former CIA professionals, said " the Band of Sisters had a favorite crime fighter .... Just think of us as a work force of Elastigirls." Violet Parr ( Sarah Vowell ) is the Parrs' daughter and a 14-year-old junior high school teenager stuck at

4212-532: The 15th-highest-grossing film of all time during its theatrical run, along with being Pixar’s third film to gross $ 1 billion after Finding Dory and Toy Story 3 . It also became the highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada as well as the highest grossing Pixar film until the release of Inside Out 2 in 2024. Incredibles 2 was named by the National Board of Review as

4329-569: The Best Animated Film of 2018. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 76th Golden Globe Awards and 91st Academy Awards , but lost both awards to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse . The film was also the winner of the 2019 Kids Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie. A sequel, Incredibles 3 , is being developed by Bird. The Parr family (alias The Incredibles) and Lucius Best (alias Frozone ) battle

4446-432: The Everjust into port. Evelyn escapes in the yacht's parasite jet , but is caught by Helen and arrested. With another disaster averted and the positive publicity surrounding this, "supers" around the world regain their legal, respected status just as Winston hoped. Sometime later, Tony is picked up by Violet and her family in the Incredibile for their reinstated movie date. They spot a police chase ; Violet leaves Tony at

4563-399: The Everjust . Onboard, Helen, Bob, and Lucius are forced to broadcast themselves, giving villainous speeches, subduing the ship’s crew, and locking its course in reverse. They close in on New Urbem at a disastrous pace. The children arrive; Jack-Jack removes the goggles on Helen, who in turn frees Bob and Lucius. They work together to release the other mind-controlled supers and safely maneuver

4680-459: The Toy Story films, all three of which are fantastic, did variations on the same theme of a toy's obsolescence, but as movies they kept the emotions close to the surface. In Incredibles 2 , we never get that rush of feeling." Mark Kermode of The Guardian gave the film four out of five stars and said, "Slapstick genius, profound social comment and a monstrously funny infant combine to conjure

4797-539: The $ 1 billion mark on July 30, 2018, becoming the seventh animated film and the 36th film of all time to reach the milestone. It was also the fifth animated Disney film, the third Pixar film, and Disney's 18th film overall to gross $ 1 billion worldwide, as well as the fastest animated film to gross $ 1 billion, doing so in 46 days, surpassing Minions (49 days), but later being surpassed by The Lion King in 2019 (21 days), also made by Disney, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (25 days) in 2023. On August 12,

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4914-511: The Disney shareholder meeting in March 2014, Disney CEO and chairman Bob Iger confirmed that Pixar was working on an Incredibles sequel, and that Bird would return as both director and screenwriter. Bird started the script around April 2015, and said that the Incredibles sequel would be his next film after Tomorrowland (2015). One challenge in writing Incredibles 2 was how to deal with

5031-465: The Parr children from them, and is put under Evelyn's mind control via goggles. However, he is freed by Helen and her children and aids in foiling Evelyn's plan. Edna " E " Mode ( Brad Bird ) is an eccentric fashion designer who designs the costumes for many members of the superhero community. To that end, not only does she take the aesthetics of the clothes into account, but also their practical uses such as protective qualities and accommodation to

5148-466: The Parr family in a luxurious mansion. His sister, however, places him under her control via hypnotic signals transmitted by television screens, as part of her scheme to permanently undermine the legal status of supers. She intends to do this by sabotaging a summit of supers and similarly hypnotized political delegates taking place on the Deavors' cruise ship by crashing the ship into the city. When Winston

5265-613: The Pixar ones, fail to comprehend—we don't just want to repeat something we loved before. We want to love it all over again. You will with Incredibles 2 ." Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune , gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars and said, " Incredibles 2 is content to punch the clock and stick to straight, bombastic action mode. In that mode, composer Giacchino's music is the most successful element, running nimble, beautifully orchestrated variations on themes that feel familiar in

5382-628: The Underminer . The superheroes prevent the villain from destroying city hall , but are unable to stop him from robbing a bank and making his escape. The lukewarm success and massive property damage prompt the government to shut down the Superhero Relocation Program, ending financial assistance for the "supers." Violet 's classmate and love interest, Tony Rydinger , discovers her superhero identity; Agent Rick Dicker accidentally erases Tony's entire knowledge of Violet instead of just this incident. Wealthy siblings Winston and Evelyn Deavor , who run

5499-448: The United States and Canada, and $ 634.2 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $ 1.242 billion. On July 1, 2018, the film passed $ 648 million at the worldwide box office, surpassing the $ 633 million the original film made in its entire theatrical run. It ended its run as the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time domestically and the highest-grossing animated film domestically. The film crossed

5616-424: The United States and Canada. In May 2018, a month before the film's release, tracking revised to an opening weekend of $ 140 million or more. A week prior to the film's opening, Fandango reported that pre-sale of tickets for the film had exceeded that of previous mid-year blockbusters Finding Dory , Wonder Woman , Spider-Man: Homecoming and Suicide Squad at the same point in their release cycles. By

5733-447: The United States on June 15, 2018. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its animation, humor, voice acting, action sequences, writing, and musical score. The film made $ 182.7 million in its opening weekend, setting the record for best debut for an animated film , and grossed over $ 1.2 billion worldwide, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2018 , the second-highest-grossing animated film , and

5850-507: The amount of water available, either in liquid form, or in the air. It is also indicated that he can use the moisture of his own body, and that dehydration weakens his abilities as a result. During the first film, it is suggested that he has adapted to civilian life much more easily than his long-time friend, Bob Parr, though he still possesses a hidden cache containing his costume and all of his old gadgets in working condition. Lucius married an unseen woman named Honey (Kimberly Adair Clark), who

5967-511: The average 10-year-old boy, the film's official website lists "enhanced durability" amongst Dash's powers, which is implied in the film by the amount of incidental high-speed collisions and crashes Dash endures without apparent injury. Dash also discovers throughout the course of the movie that his speed allows him to be able to run over water without submerging. Dash would like to go out for sports, but his mother Helen will not allow it because she thinks that he would show off his superspeed and blow

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6084-576: The baby, Bob kills Syndrome by sending him into one of the plane's engines. Syndrome was named the 64th Greatest Villain Ever by Wizard magazine , Screen Rant have described his characterisation as “a geeky kid” as being humorous despite his prowess as a villain. while Rolling Stone ranked him as the 22nd best Pixar character. The Omnidroids are a series of dangerous battle robots developed by Syndrome specifically to fight and kill Supers. The Omnidroids are large and heavy constructions, and use

6201-439: The best ways while retaining their spark. The animation is bright and visually dynamic. The script, well ... if the title were Satisfactories 2 , it'd be about right." Ty Burr for The Boston Globe called it a "clattery, unfocused affair that at times is more irritating than fun." Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter , gave the film a positive review, saying: "Boosted by central characters that remain vastly engaging and

6318-415: The character's original voice actor Bud Luckey retired in 2014; after his death in 2018, the film was dedicated to Luckey's memory. One advantage that Pixar had with Incredibles 2 was the advancement of technology the company had seen since the original film and a team of much more experienced animators. Producer John Walker said, "I think that one of the things that excited Brad and Ralph Eggleston ,

6435-548: The cinema, promising a quick return, before the Parrs enthusiastically don their old superhero masks and join the pursuit. While publicizing The Incredibles (2004), Brad Bird had already conceptualized the eventual approach of a sequel where Bob and Helen Parr would switch roles and Jack-Jack would develop multiple powers unknown to the family. Following The Incredibles , Bird directed Ratatouille (2007), his next film for Pixar . Near its premiere in June 2007, Bird said he

6552-518: The city of Metroville, planning to fight it in a staged battle while controlling it via a secret wristband remote, hoping to earn hero status himself. Unfortunately for Syndrome, the machine's artificial intelligence recognizes his remote control as a threat, and blasts it off his wrist before knocking him unconscious. Incredibles 2 Incredibles 2 is a 2018 American animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures . Written and directed by Brad Bird , it

6669-480: The city of New Urbem, Helen encounters the supervillain Screenslaver , a hacker who can perform hypnosis through any screen. After preventing him from destroying a crowded hovertrain and thwarting his assassination attempt on an ambassador, she tracks his signals and infiltrates his base. Defeating him, she unmasks him only to discover a disoriented pizza delivery driver, who is bewildered at his detainment. At

6786-450: The crossroads between girl and woman. Violet desperately wants to be like everyone else, to blend in with normal people, and not to stand out. Her superpowers allow her to turn instantly invisible , and to generate spherical force fields to protect herself and also to levitate extremely heavy objects; the interiors of the force fields have an anti-gravitational effect, allowing Violet to levitate inside, but she can be stunned temporarily if

6903-452: The date was moved forward to 2018 as it was ahead of schedule, and Pixar handed the 2019 release date over to Toy Story 4 . Incredibles 2 was released digitally on October 23, 2018, and on DVD , Blu-ray , and Ultra HD Blu-ray on November 6, 2018. The film made a revenue of $ 66.7 million from home video sales with 3.4 million units sold, making it the sixth best-selling title of 2018. Incredibles 2 grossed $ 608.6 million in

7020-411: The end, Violet sheds her shyness and ends up at the confident side when her crush Tony Rydinger asks her for a date. Unlike her normal clothes, her red superheroine suit, designed by Edna Mode, also turns invisible when Violet does. Dashiell " Dash " Robert Parr ( Spencer Fox in the first film, Huck Milner in the second film) is the Parrs' older son and a speedster . While he is only as strong as

7137-487: The entire lifetime gross of Pixar's A Bug's Life ($ 162.8 million), Cars 3 ($ 152.9 million), and The Good Dinosaur ($ 123.1 million). The film set animated records for its Monday and Tuesday grosses, making $ 23.9 million (beating the $ 23.4 million made by Shrek 2 in May 2004) and $ 27.1 million (beating Finding Dory ' s $ 23.1 million), respectively. Its Tuesday gross also set

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7254-410: The events unfolded while she was babysitting Jack-Jack Parr , the youngest of a family of supers and son of Bob Parr , alias Mr. Incredible, and Helen Parr , alias Elastigirl. Kari begins by recalling that she received a call from Helen, who expresses reluctance about allowing Kari to babysit. Kari attempts to reassure her that she is more than capable of taking care of Jack-Jack, but the conversation

7371-484: The family to track him and curb his newly manifested powers via remote control. The time she spends looking after Jack-Jack is the focus of the short Auntie Edna . Rick Dicker (voiced by Pixar animator Bud Luckey in the first film & accompanying short, Jonathan Banks in the second film) is a government agent who was once part of the NSA ( National Supers Agency ) and now belongs to the Superhero Relocation Program. He

7488-409: The family's civilian cover. To vent his frustration, Dash uses his power to play pranks on his teacher, Bernie Kropp, which also threatens their cover. Dash's reckless and impulsive nature and one-track mind have put him at odds with Violet's gloomier and more sarcastic nature more often than their parents would like, but when Dash is in battle, he cares deeply about his family; he was willing to attack

7605-575: The field is struck by a sufficiently large force. She and Dash can combine their powers to create the IncrediBall (named in the video game), a tactic in which Violet generates a force field around herself, and Dash uses his speed power to use the ball like a cannonball or battering ram. Her struggle with her shyness and lack of confidence constitutes a major side story in the movie; she is spurred on by Helen's encouragement that she has more power than she realizes and that she just has to believe it. In

7722-558: The film a rare grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, the same score as the first film, making it the first and so far only film franchise to have received this grade for every installment. Those at PostTrak gave the film a 93% overall positive score and an 83% "definite recommend". Robert Abele of TheWrap , praised the film, saying, "Whatever the opposite of phoning in a sequel is, that's Brad Bird's progressive-minded, thunderously fun mix of super saves, throwback aesthetics and family comedy." A.A. Dowd, writing for The A.V. Club , felt it

7839-589: The film himself, which Bird did. Edna Mode was ranked number 8 in IGN 's list of the Top 10 Pixar Characters, and number 6 in Empire magazine's list of the Top 20 Pixar Characters. When Bob visits Edna to get his old super suit patched up in The Incredibles , she is inspired to create new suits for the entire family, including Jack-Jack even though he has not yet exhibited any powers. She returns in Incredibles 2 , offering to babysit Jack-Jack for an exhausted Bob, and upgrades Jack-Jack's suit with sensors that allow

7956-536: The film holds an approval rating of 93% based on 390 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, " Incredibles 2 reunites Pixar's family crimefighting team for a long-awaited follow-up that may not quite live up to the original, but comes close enough to earn its name." On Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave

8073-490: The film surpassed Toy Story 3 ($ 1.067 billion) to become the highest-grossing Pixar film worldwide, and held this record until being surpassed by Inside Out 2 in 2024. Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $ 447.4 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues, making it the third-most-profitable release of 2018. In April 2018, early box office projections had Incredibles 2 grossing $ 110 million in its opening weekend in

8190-864: The film's animators looked for inspiration in the 1995 fashion documentary Unzipped , which spotlighted a number of designers, including Isaac Mizrahi and Polly Mellen . Edna Mode also appeared with Pierce Brosnan to present the Academy Award for Costume Design at the 77th Academy Awards . Edna refuses to design super suits with capes in light of the number of supers having unfortunate accidents because their capes got caught in airliner turbines, elevators, missiles and other hazards. The film's creators originally could not find an appropriate actress to voice Edna. Finally, when asking actress Lily Tomlin to voice Edna, Brad Bird provided an example of what she should sound like. Tomlin told Bird that he successfully captured her voice so well that he should provide it in

8307-422: The films, but his voice can be heard on the phone when Helen calls him to acquire a jet to access Syndrome's island (in The Incredibles ). Snug can be seen in a photograph held by Helen that shows the two of them in aviation gear. In a deleted scene, Snug was intended to travel with them on the plane to the island and would be killed in the following crash with the missiles, but this was rewritten to have Helen pilot

8424-640: The first film, and that the new story would focus on Helen Parr / Elastigirl. Though the sequel was released fourteen years after the first, Bird did not want to use a narrative element like an ellipsis or to come up with new characters, and instead continued from where the first film left off. This allowed him to keep characters with the same superpowers and not have to develop new ones, nor did he need to figure out how to deal with Violet and Dash being adults. This also allowed him to keep Jack-Jack as an infant with an array of powers, which Bird likened to how infants are able to understand numerous languages . While

8541-410: The first film, all the characters had to be created from scratch on the computer again. The studio also used physically based human eye models for the characters for the first time, which possibly made the eyes larger and more stylized than that of real humans. In 2015, Bird confirmed that Michael Giacchino would return to compose the score. Giacchino began work around May 2017. The soundtrack album

8658-437: The first time two films opened to over $ 100 million in back-to-back weekends. It remained in second place in its third weekend, grossing $ 45.5 million and third in its fourth weekend with $ 29 million, respectively. On July 7, its 23rd day of release, the film crossed $ 495 million, passing Finding Dory to become the highest-grossing animated film and Pixar's highest-grossing film of all time domestically, and

8775-448: The floor into the laundry room. Running down to find him, Kari sees Jack-Jack passing through the walls and floating around, babbling happily, before she finally catches him. Kari takes Jack-Jack back upstairs to the playroom, ties him to a barbell and tries to show him flashcards to calm him down. This works well until she shows him a card of a campfire, at which point he suddenly burst into flames. Horrified, Kari picks up Jack-Jack with

8892-476: The following day became the first animated film to gross over $ 500 million domestically. On September 2, its 80th day of release, it became the first animated film to gross over $ 600 million domestically. Incredibles 2 ended its run at the box office as the third highest-grossing film of 2018 behind Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War . Outside the United States, the film made $ 51.5 million from 25 countries in its opening weekend, for

9009-429: The franchise. Robert " Bob " Parr (a.k.a. Mr. Incredible ) ( Craig T. Nelson ) possesses superhuman strength, stamina, and durability. He is married to Helen Parr, the superheroine known as Elastigirl, and they have three children together: Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack. His face was physically modeled after director Brad Bird . During his early career, Bob rejects Buddy Pine, his self-proclaimed "Number 1 Fan", as

9126-465: The government shutting down the Superhero Relocation Program in response to the Underminer incident, Rick is forced into retirement. Rick does two favors for the Parrs before his retirement; he erases Tony Rydinger's memory of the Underminer incident, and secures the Parrs a hotel room for two weeks, but he warns them they will be on their own after that. Snug is an old friend of Helen Parr, presumably from her super days as Elastigirl. He never appears in

9243-595: The government to initiate the Superhero Relocation Program. Gilbert Huph ( Wallace Shawn ) is Bob's diminutive, temperamental supervisor at the Insuricare insurance company . Huph's main priority at Insuricare is its stockholders and profit margins; this often leads to disagreements with Bob, who prioritizes helping people in need and will not deny any claims, secretly teaching customers how to exploit Insuricare's loopholes to ensure they obtain their money. Huph later lectures Bob for how much his philanthropic attitude

9360-434: The incident is later erased by Rick Dicker. Ambassador Henrietta Selick ( Isabella Rossellini ) is a dignified foreign official committed to the support and legalization of superheroes. She is rescued by Elastigirl in Incredibles 2 , when Evelyn attempts to kill her in her helicopter through her hypnotic screens. Buddy Pine, a.k.a. Syndrome ( Jason Lee ) is the main antagonist of The Incredibles . His primary motivation

9477-456: The kitchen drinking a baby bottle. Finding this odd, Kari tries to call Helen again. While she is leaving a message, Jack-Jack floats onto the ceiling and spills milk onto Kari's face. Kari puts him in his playpen, flipped upside-down so that he doesn't float away, and tries calling Helen again. Jack-Jack escapes the playpen and appears on a high bookshelf. Just as he falls, Kari dives in and tries to catch him, but fails when Jack-Jack passes through

9594-586: The large number of superhero films and television series that had been released since the first film, such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). To try to differentiate the sequel, Bird wanted to avoid tropes related to the superhero genre: "I don't think that kind of idea stays interesting for very long. For me, the interesting thing was never the superhero part of it. It was more the family dynamic, and how do superhero things play into that." He said he wanted to include some unused ideas from

9711-422: The law, Helen accepts after a talk with Bob. Winston rehouses the Parrs in a luxury mansion. Bob struggles in his new role as a stay-at-home parent, left to deal with Violet's dejection over Tony forgetting their first date, Dash 's math homework, and the chaos of baby Jack-Jack 's burgeoning superpowers. He suppresses envy for Helen and, at Lucius's advice, calls on Edna Mode to babysit Jack-Jack. Meanwhile, in

9828-454: The likes of fellow superhero films Spider-Man: Homecoming , Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League . It made $ 71.6 million on its first day, including previews, the best ever for an animated film (besting Dory ' s $ 54.7 million by 31%) and 14th-highest all time. It went on to debut to $ 182.7 million, the eighth-best opening of all time, far ahead of Finding Dory ' s animated record of $ 135.1 million and more than

9945-456: The most-viewed trailer for an animated film up until the release of the teaser trailer for Frozen II in February 2019, which surpassed it with 116.4 million views in its first 24 hours. It is also the 14th-most-viewed trailer overall. The studio spent a total of $ 150 million promoting the film. In the month of the release of the film, Elastigirl's new costume in Incredibles 2 was added in

10062-485: The movie blasts off and never looks back." Stephanie Zacharek from Time considered it "bold [and] rapturously entertaining," while David Sims at The Atlantic , dubbed it "dazzling, thought-provoking, and sometimes overwhelming in terms of plotting." Peter Travers of Rolling Stone , gave the film a 3.5 out of 4 stars and said, "Long-awaited follow-up brings back everyone's favorite superhero family—and suggests that we should give our caped-crusader pop obsessions

10179-509: The original voice of Dashiell "Dash" Parr, would be replaced by younger newcomer Huckleberry Milner. Later that month, Bird and John Ratzenberger were, also, confirmed as reprising their characters from the first film. In November 2017, Pixar announced that Bob Odenkirk and Catherine Keener had joined the cast. In January 2018, it was announced that Sophia Bush and Isabella Rossellini would voice new characters Voyd and The Ambassador, while Jonathan Banks would voice Rick Dicker after

10296-420: The pair of fireplace tongs and rushes into the bathroom, where she douses him in the bathtub filled with water. The next day, an exhausted Kari is teetering on the verge of madness, but has since learned to anticipate and counter the spontaneous outbursts of Jack-Jack's newly emerged powers. There is a knock at the door; Kari answers it and meets Syndrome , who asks if this is the Parrs' residence. Kari thinks he

10413-428: The plane solo instead. Winston Deavor ( Bob Odenkirk ) is an ardent superhero fan who leads a telecommunications company with his sister Evelyn. In Incredibles 2 , he wants to re-legalize supers, whose activities have been outlawed by the government, through a marketing campaign. Winston selects Helen Parr to carry out a publicity stunt as Elastigirl in order to regain the general public's support of supers, and houses

10530-511: The plot of the 2005 follow-up video game to The Incredibles , The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer , begins at that same point of time, the film discards the game's continuity. The film was produced with a production budget of $ 200 million. In November 2016, Pixar announced that Holly Hunter and Samuel L. Jackson would reprise their roles. During the 2017 D23 Expo , it was confirmed that Craig T. Nelson and Sarah Vowell would also reprise their roles, and that Spencer Fox ,

10647-400: The powers of the wearer. She was a guest at Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl's wedding. Rick Dicker, who felt that Edna was "difficult" to work with, was the one who first referred Elastigirl to Edna. Edna was conceived as an amalgam between James Bond 's gadget supplier, Q , and Oscar-winning costume designer Edith Head . Pixar artist Teddy Newton , who co-designed the character, stated that

10764-402: The production designer, was that the technology existed now to finally realize the designs in the way that they had hoped to realize them in 2004. There were no notions of, 'Well, we don't know how to do long hair, we don't know how to do humans, we don't know how to do muscles.' Everybody knows how to do it. It's just now about doing it quickly." Because Pixar no longer used the same systems from

10881-495: The release dates of Toy Story 4 and Incredibles 2 , which meant that Bird's film lost a full year of production. Bird stated that the lingering plotlines could lead to a third installment, just as the plotlines of the first did with the second. "There were a lot of ideas that we had on this film that could be [used]... whether it's another Incredibles film, or something else." Cast members including Samuel L. Jackson and Sophia Bush have expressed interest in reprising their roles for

10998-476: The reputation of all "supers" once more and keep them outlawed in the hopes that the public will be safer with self-sufficient crimefighting. Evelyn lures Bob into a trap on the Everjust , goggling him, and sends a squadron of hypnotized supers to subdue Violet and Dash. Lucius arrives to protect them but is overwhelmed and goggled. They escape with Jack-Jack in a refurbished Incredibile, the supercar once owned by Bob, and, deducing their parents' peril, stow away on

11115-535: The same school as Violet Parr. Violet harbors a secret crush on him. With boosted confidence, Violet attracts Tony's attention and he asks her out on a date, which she accepts. In Incredibles 2 , Tony accidentally witnesses Violet in her supersuit unmasked during their battle with the Underminer, which results in Rick Dicker being forced to wipe Tony's memory of the day, including that of Violet and his planned date with her. Following Evelyn Deavor's defeat, Violet

11232-460: The score. Following the success of The Incredibles , Bird postponed development on a sequel to work on other films. He attempted to distinguish the script from superhero films and superhero television series released since the first film, focusing on the family dynamic rather than the superhero genre. Incredibles 2 premiered in Los Angeles on June 5, 2018, and was theatrically released in

11349-454: The short film Jack-Jack Attack , Rick interrogates Kari McKeen about the events that unfolded while she was babysitting Jack-Jack; afterwards, he erases her memory of the incident. In the DVD commentary, Brad Bird jokes that he had an idea to start Luckey's short film Boundin' with Rick coming into his office late at night, pulling out a bottle of "booze" and a banjo to begin telling the story. Rick also appears in Incredibles 2 ; with

11466-878: The superpowers he does not have. Despite Bob repeatedly stating that he does not need a sidekick, Buddy interferes with Bob's attempted arrest of supervillain Bomb Voyage. Voyage clips a bomb to Buddy's cloak, and Bob is forced to save Buddy, letting Voyage escape. After the bomb destroys an elevated train track, Bob turns Buddy over to the custody of the local police, blaming him for the incident. Buddy becomes humiliated and disillusioned by Bob's rejection. Eventually, Buddy recreates himself as an evil genius called Syndrome, having used his great intelligence to invent numerous weapons and high-tech vehicles that use such principles as robotics, anti-gravity, and zero-point energy . After selling many of his weapons to become rich, he now owns his own fortress on Nomanisan Island, complete with

11583-410: The supers are killed during their first encounter with the robot, but a few defeat it; each time a prototype is defeated, Syndrome analyzes the damage and rebuilds the machine with modifications to ensure the robot can slay the super in question during their second battle. Eventually, the machine is perfected to such a degree that no individual superhero can defeat it. Syndrome unleashes the Omnidroid on

11700-418: The teacher to prove his guilt. After Dash places a thumbtack on Kropp's stool, Kropp tells Helen that he hid a security camera inside the classroom. Since Dash moves so quickly that the low-quality camera cannot clearly record his motion blur , the principal allows Dash to leave the office, frustrating Kropp. Anthony " Tony " Rydinger (voiced by Michael Bird) is a junior high school teenager, attending

11817-407: The telecommunications company DevTech, propose secret missions to Helen (alias Elastigirl ), Bob (alias Mr. Incredible ), and Lucius. These are to be recorded and broadcast in a movement to regain public trust in superheroes. Winston chooses Helen for their initial missions as she has caused the least property damage. Initially reluctant to be away from her family and risking getting into trouble with

11934-461: The third film with Bush herself expressing the desires of a team up with Sarah Vowell's Violet for the third film. Producer John Walker would not "rule [a third film] out". In May 2024 (in the lead-up to the first film's 20th anniversary), an interview with Pixar CCO Pete Docter and Pixar president Jim Morris revealed that the studio is considering making more sequels to their popular franchises, among them being The Incredibles . Incredibles 3

12051-457: The true Screenslaver and captures Helen, restraining Helen using her goggles and a freezing cell that negates Helen's self-stretching superpower. Evelyn blames the society's overdependence on the "supers" for the deaths of her and Winston's parents, as their father was shot by burglars after the newly outlawed supers Fironic and Gazerbeam did not answer his calls for aid; their mother died of grief. Evelyn plans to sabotage her brother's summit to ruin

12168-462: The video game Disney Magic Kingdoms , along with a limited time Event to unlock Jack-Jack. An Incredibles 2 graphic novel and comic miniseries was published by Dark Horse Comics in 2018. The graphic novel, titled Incredibles 2: Heroes at Home , was written by Liz Marsham and illustrated by Nicoletta Baldari. A comic miniseries, titled Incredibles 2: Crisis in Mid-Life! & Other Stories ,

12285-491: The week of its release, opening weekend projections had reached upwards of $ 150 million. A day before release, it became Fandango's top pre-selling animated film of all time, outselling the previous record-holder, Finding Dory . The film grossed $ 18.5 million from Thursday night previews, increasing weekend projections to as high as $ 174 million. The previews set the record for an animated film, doubling Finding Dory ' s $ 9.2 million, and were higher than

12402-450: Was "A sparkling contraption of an animated comedy, funny and often wondrous in its midcentury-modern vision of an alternate America frozen in the amber of a bygone idealism." David Ehrlich of IndieWire , gave the film a "B+", saying, "When the Parrs are pushed out of their comfort zone, Bird settles into his... [after] inciting a Spielberg-level monorail chase that reaffirms Bird's lucid gift for kinetic and character-driven action filmmaking,

12519-721: Was China where it made $ 21.2 million, the best-ever opening for a Pixar film in the country. It was also released in India where it made $ 3.3 million. In the United Kingdom, the film grossed $ 12.6 million in its opening weekend, the second-biggest opening for Pixar after Toy Story 3 . As of November 18, 2018 , The biggest markets in terms of total earnings are the United Kingdom ($ 73.1 million), followed by China ($ 51.5 million), Japan ($ 43.9 million), France ($ 41.7 million), and Brazil ($ 37.6 million). On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes ,

12636-567: Was included in the DVD release of The Incredibles in 2005 and Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 in 2007. Jack-Jack The Incredibles , an American media franchise , tells the story of superheroes, also known as "Supers," co-existing with society. Set in a retro-futuristic version of the 1960s, the film series revolves around the Supers' struggles to live surburban lives as ordinary citizens while keeping their powers hidden due to

12753-449: Was not in a sound state of mind at the time and the baby was not acting normal. Dicker then asks Kari if she had told anyone else about the incident, to which she replies that she told her parents, who did not believe her and thought she was joking. As Kari expresses her wish to forget the whole event, Dicker promises that she will, and activates a device that erases her memory of the events. Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The short

12870-505: Was one of the guests present at Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl's wedding. Though appreciative of Bob's former work during the "Glory Days", Rick is exasperated by Bob's clinging on to the past; Bob's antics often force Rick to clean up expensive damages and erase memories. However, he congratulates the Parr Family after the Omnidroid's defeat, and assures them the government will happily take care of whatever needs to be done this time. In

12987-569: Was open to an idea of a sequel to The Incredibles , but only if it could be better than the original. He stated, "I have pieces that I think are good, but I don't have them all together." In a May 2013 interview, Bird reiterated his interest in a sequel: "I have been thinking about it. People think that I have not been, but I have—because I love those characters, and love that world ... I have many, many elements that I think would work really well in another Incredibles film, and if I can get 'em to click all together, I would probably wanna do that." At

13104-472: Was ranked number 15 in Empire magazine's list of the Top 20 Pixar Characters. Lucius Best (a.k.a. Frozone ) ( Samuel L. Jackson ) is a long-time friend of the Parr family. Frozone is Bob Parr's best friend, and was the best man at Bob and Helen's wedding. Similar to the Marvel Comics superhero Iceman , Frozone has the power to freeze water, or even ambient moisture in the air. He is limited by

13221-418: Was ranked number 16 in Empire magazine's list of the Top 20 Pixar Characters. Frozone returns in Incredibles 2 . He helps the Incredibles stop the Underminer's drill, and after the battle learns of Winston Deavor's offer to restore public trust in superheroes, bringing Helen and Bob with him to meet Deavor together. He is later overwhelmed by other hypnotized Supers when he unsuccessfully attempts to protect

13338-665: Was released exclusively at the D23 Expo in August 2019. Numerous attendees camped out overnight to purchase the box set at the Figpin booth, which sold out quickly. The official premiere of Incredibles 2 took place in Los Angeles on June 5, 2018. It was theatrically released in the United States on June 15, 2018. It was accompanied by Pixar's short film Bao . The film's release was originally scheduled for June 21, 2019, but

13455-521: Was released in the United Kingdom with all affected sequences altered so that any flashing lights and strobe effects now pass the Harding test . Following the release of Incredibles 2 , director Brad Bird acknowledged that the film's truncated production schedule resulted in many plotlines and ideas he had for the film being cut from the final version. He cited Pixar's decision in October 2016 to swap

13572-535: Was released on June 15, 2018 and on CD two weeks later. In addition to the film's score, it includes the vocalized theme songs for Mr. Incredible, Frozone, and Elastigirl heard in the credits, as well as bonus versions of the songs sung by Disney's a cappella group, DCappella , and the latter's version of the track "The Glory Days" from the first film. A 53-second teaser trailer premiered on November 18, 2017 during ESPN 's broadcast of College GameDay . It received 113.0 million views in its first 24 hours, becoming

13689-409: Was written by Christos Gage and Landry Walker , and illustrated by Gurihiru , J. Bone , Andrea Greppi and Roberta Zanotta. Christos Gage also wrote (with Jean Claudio-Vinci as illustrator) another series titled Incredibles 2: Secret Identities . The series, like his Crisis in Mid-Life! & Other Stories , focuses on what happens after the film. This particular series is about Violet, published in

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