The Incredibles

The Incredibles is a 2004 Academy Award-winning computer-animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution, centering around a family of superheroes. It was written and directed by Brad Bird, a former director of The Simpsons, previously best known for directing the 1999 animated movie The Iron Giant. The Incredibles was originally developed as a traditional animated movie for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros. Warner Bros.], but after Warner closed down its animation division, Bird moved to Pixar and took the story with him. It follows the story of Bob Parr and his wife Elastigirl forbidden to use their powers in public try to live normal lives but they discover that their children Dash Parr and Violet Parr have also developed super powers, meanwhile a villain named Syndrome is hunting down and killing super heroes.

Plot
On the night of his wedding to Elastigirl, superhero Mr. Incredible takes time to fight crime in the city of Metroville. While he is attempting to capture the villainous Bomb Voyage during a bank robbery, Buddy Pine, an obsessed fan of Mr. Incredible posing as Mr. Incredible's sidekick "IncrediBoy," attempts to help. Buddy's interference almost kills him, and Mr. Incredible is forced to allow Voyage to escape in order to save him. But lawsuits filed by people saved by Mr. Incredible that night produce a public backlash against those with superpowers. These "Supers" are forced to abandon their heroic roles and adapt to a normal, regular life. Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl settle down in suburbia as Bob and Helen Parr and raise a family.

15 years later, their children appear to have super powers as well - the hot-headed Dash possesses super speed, while timid Violet has the ability to turn invisible and create force fields. Their toddler, Jack-Jack Parr, has yet to show any special abilities.

Bob is miserable and frustrated in his insurance job; denied his life as a Super, his only sense of accomplishment comes from authorizing payouts to injured clients. He hates his job not only because he has trouble with clients, but because of his frustrating and heartless boss. As an outlet, he and his best friend, fellow former Super Lucius Best, aka Frozone, sneak off at night to fight petty crimes. Following one such night, he is told to see his boss Gilbert Huph. During the talk with Huph, Bob sees a man being mugged, but Huph prevents Bob from rescuing the victim. The mugger escapes and Bob is understandably furious, but Huph continues berating Bob. Before Huph can finish telling Bob how close he was to losing his job, Bob throws him through four walls. Bob later learns that he has lost his job when he visits Huph in the hospital. When Bob returns home, depressed, he discovers a mysterious message from a woman named Mirage, outlining an offer for Mr. Incredible: to stop a rogue robot, the Omnidroid 9000, on a distant island (named "Nomanisan" Island,) for a large sum of money. Bob accepts the job, and though the fight is difficult at first—Bob is badly out of shape—he is successful and his depression is lifted. On the promise of more work from Mirage, Bob keeps up the pretense of still having his insurance job while he spends the days working himself back up into shape. Bob visits his old friend Edna Mode, who has moved on to designing for supermodels, to get his torn suit repaired. She fashions a new supersuit for Bob, but refuses to add the cape he requested, noting that capes have caused the demise of many other Supers.

Bob soon receives Mirage's next offer and returns to the island where he is attacked by a newer, improved Omnidroid. Bob realizes Buddy Pine, who is now known as Syndrome, is controlling the Omnidroid to get his revenge on Bob for having snubbed him as a sidekick years ago. Bob is forced to flee from Syndrome and the robot. While in hiding, Bob discovers the skeleton of Gazerbeam, a former Super that gives him a clue about Syndrome's plans. Bob sneaks back into the island facilities and cracks Syndrome's supercomputer, from which he discovers to his horror that numerous Supers have lost their lives to the Omnidroids, with each engagement ultimately contributing to the development of less vulnerable Omnidroids.

Meanwhile, Helen has become suspicious of Bob's activities and discovers that he has visited Edna. She finds that Edna, in creating Bob's new suit, has created new suits for each member of the Parr family, including a homing device in each suit. Helen uses this to discover Bob's location on the remote island, but its signal alerts Syndrome and Bob is captured again. Helen, a licensed pilot, procures a jet to find Bob, but finds Dash and Violet have stowed away. When Syndrome sends missiles to shoot the jet down as it nears the island, the three are able to escape using Helen's fireproof suit.

Enraged at the apparent death of his family, Bob tries to grab Syndrome but Mirage puts herself in the way. He threatens to kill Mirage if Syndrome does not release him. Syndrome calls his bluff and Bob, unable to deny his moral code, is unable to kill her. Later, Helen frees Bob from the base while Dash and Violet avoid capture by Syndrome's forces. The four reunite but are re-captured by Syndrome, who reveals that he plans to launch the final Omnidroid to Metroville using a remote control and then act as if he was saving the city in order to deceive the public and earn credibility as a superhero. After the robot is launched, Mirage turns on her boss and helps the Parrs to escape and follow on a second rocket.

The Parrs arrive in Metroville to find the Omnidroid rampaging through the city, having used its ability to learn and cope with opponents to separate Syndrome from his remote control. Assisted by Frozone, the Parrs seize the remote control and take advantage of its design to destroy the Omnidroid. They then return home, where Syndrome, having discovered the Parrs' identity, is attempting to kidnap Jack-Jack and bring him up himself as his sidekick. As Syndrome flies to his waiting jet, Jack-Jack's innate superhuman power manifests itself as the ability to shape-shift into a number of difficult-to-handle forms, causing Syndrome to drop him. Bob throws Helen into the air to safely catch Jack-Jack, then throws his new sports car at Syndrome's jet, which causes Syndrome's cape to get caught in one of his jet engines, dragging him to his death. The Parrs resume their normal life, albeit more contentedly with their status quo than before. But when the city is threatened by a new villain called The Underminer, the Parrs prepare to fight together anew.

Cast

 * Craig T. Nelson as Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible: Bob possesses tremendous strength, and heightened resistance to harm. He also has enhanced senses. Syndrome's Operations Kronos Database assigned him a threat rating of 9.1, the highest of any Super Hero. His powers are similar the Marvel Comics superhero The Thing or to the DC Comics superhero Superman in his earliest days in comic books, before he gained the ability to fly and total invulnerability.
 * Holly Hunter as Helen Parr/Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible: She has superhuman elasticity. Frequently worries for her family's safety. Her powers are similar to the Marvel Comics superhero Mister Fantastic or the DC characters Elongated Man, Elastic Lad, and Plastic Man also comparable to Stretch Armstrong.
 * Sarah Vowell as Violet Parr: She has invisibility and the creation of force fields. Frequently wishes she was "normal". Her powers are similar to the Marvel Comics superhero Invisible Woman.
 * Spencer Fox as Dash Parr: He has superhuman speed and can run on water. Is a competitive fourth grader and frequently wishes to prove that he's special. His name and powers are like the DC Comics superhero Flash or the Marvel character Quicksilver.
 * Eli Fucile and Maeve Andrews as Jack-Jack Parr: Jack-Jack is in all essence a shape-shifter, able to configure his molecules into various forms. In the film, he bursts into flames, turns into metal, and turns into a monster. Later revealed in Jack-Jack Attack (a Pixar short of The Incredibles) to also have the abilities to teleport, levitate, pass through walls, and fire optic blasts. Therefore, his powers are similar to Marvel characters Nightcrawler, Cyclops, Human Torch, Colossus, The Incredible Hulk, Kitty Pryde, among others.
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Lucius Best/Frozone: Best friend of Mr. Incredible. He can create ice and freeze objects by using the moisture in the air, similarly to the Marvel character Iceman except that his body is not constantly covered in ice. Frequently relives the "glory days" with Mr. Incredible, though he is reluctant to take more direct action. Samuel L. Jackson was cast as the voice of Frozone because the film's writer/director wanted Frozone to have "the coolest voice".[2]
 * Jason Lee as Buddy Pine/Syndrome: Mr. Incredible's number one fan, but he grows up to hate him due to the fact that Mr. Incredible wouldn't let him become his sidekick. He serves as the main antagonist of the film. He is the 2nd Pixar antagonist to die (the first being Hopper in A Bug's Life). Syndrome's facial features in the film were designed and based on Brad Bird's.
 * Elizabeth Peña as Mirage (The Incredibles): Assistant to Syndrome. She defects and aids the Incredibles shortly after Syndrome shows he has no compassion (when he blows up Helen's plane despite her saying Violet and Dash are on board) and a lack of concern for her life (when Mr. Incredible threatens to crush her to death immediately after she pushes Syndrome out of the way and is grabbed in his place, saving his life).
 * Brad Bird as Edna Mode: Famous designer of super-suits. A little obsessed with her work. During her forced retirement from hero work, Edna hosts modeling shows for supermodels. However, deep down, Edna has a great disdain for supermodels, citing them as "spoiled, stupid little stick figures with poofy lips who think only about themselves," when, as she says referring to supers, she used to design "for Gods!" Edna had established a "No Capes" rule in her superhero costume designs for safety reasons, which proved true in Syndrome's eventual demise.