History Trivia / TheIncredibles

* BreakthroughHit: While both director Creator/BradBird and composer Creator/MichaelGiacchino had several well known productions under their belt, it was ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' that launched both of their careers into the stratosphere, with Giacchino in particular getting to compose many more films after this one (indeed this first major film, the film he did before this a DirectToVideo thriller with Creator/GaryOldman and Creator/VingRhames).
* CelebrityVoiceActor:
** In Japan, Syndrome is voiced by Hiroyuki Miyasako (the ''boke'' of [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Ameagari Kesshitai]], who would later voice [[Franchise/UltramanZero Ultraman Belial]] and [[Anime/MazingerZInfinity Baron Ashura]]), while Underminer is voiced by ProfessionalWrestling legend Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada.
** In the Hindi dub, Mr. Incredible is voiced by none other than Creator/ShahRukhKhan himself.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Russian title is ''Суперсемейка'', which means "Superfamily."
* CreatorBreakdown: Personal issues had percolated into the story as they weighed on Creator/BradBird in life. Approaching middle age and having high aspirations for his filmmaking, Bird pondered whether his career goals were attainable only at the price of his family life. He stated, "Consciously, this was just a funny movie about superheroes. But I think that what was going on in my life definitely filtered into the movie.".
* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/BradBird cast Sarah Vowell as Violet after hearing her voice on ''Radio/ThisAmericanLife''. He stated that she was "perfect" for the part and immediately called her to offer her the role. [[note]]Even though Disney/Pixar considered having an actual teenager voice Violet, had Vowell turned it down.[[/note]]
** Bird cast Creator/SamuelLJackson as Frozone because he wanted the character to have the coolest voice.
* CrossDressingVoices: [[CreatorCameo Brad Bird]] as Edna (they brought in Lily Tomlin to voice Edna, but when she heard Brad demonstrate the kind of voice he wanted, she immediately declared Brad needed to do the voice himself). While the same thing is done in many of the dubs, this is averted in others, such as the French, European Spanish and Italian dubs.
* DawsonCasting: Sarah Vowell was 34 when she first voiced 14-year-old Violet, and '''48''' the second time. Of course, she was cast in the first place because her natural voice just happens to sound squeaky and adolescent. No doubt she could play the character indefinitely. [[note]] Assuming that there is no TimeSkip in any future films where Violet is an adult.[[/note]]
* DescendedCreator:
** Brad Bird, the director and writer of the film, is also the voice of Edna Mode.
** Production designer Lou Romano is the voice of Bernie Kropp, Dash's hapless teacher.
* DevelopmentGag:
** When Buddy is showing off his homemade rocket boots to Mr. Incredible, Buddy asks if ''he'' can fly. An early idea was to have Bob being the only member of the Parr family that couldn't fly (and being a bit self-conscious about it).
** In early drafts, Syndrome (then just a OneSceneWonder) called retired superheroes back into action to battle the Omnidroids to the death.
* DiagnosisOfGod: In the DVDCommentary, the creators confirmed that Syndrome had schizophrenia.
* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/BradBird was uncompromising in his vision and this forced Pixar to take several leaps forward technologically due to the human characters, natural locations, and the extreme detail put into even the simplest scenes. It took two months of heated arguments to convince Bird to drop a shapeshifting effect so that the resources could be used on getting the rest of the movie completed.
* DubNameChange: The family is called "Les Indestructibles" in France, and Bomb Voyage is called "Folamour" ("[[Film/DrStrangelove Strangelove]]"), presumably because the original name doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily when said in French (it's more like "bomba voyage").
* DuelingDubs: There are two Brazilian Portuguese dubs, the theatrical one last featured on the DVD. The changed dubbers in the second one were retained in the sequel.
* EnforcedMethodActing: To give Dash a more realistic sounding out-of-breath voice, Brad Bird would make Spencer Fox run laps around the studio.
* IKnewIt: Many people guessed Syndrome's downfall as soon as they saw his costume.
* KidsMealToy: UsefulNotes/McDonalds released a set of eight action figures of the Parr family, Frozone, Syndrome, and the Incredibile in their Happy Meals.
* LicensedGame: There are three: The [[VideoGame/TheIncredibles action-adventure adaptation]] of the movie suitably stretched out on Nomanisan Island and starring the whole family, a sequel beat-em-up game called ''[[VideoGame/TheIncrediblesRiseOfTheUnderminer Rise of the Underminer]]'' starring Mr. Incredible and Frozone, and ''VideoGame/LEGOTheIncredibles''.
* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor:
** In most dubbings, Dominique Louis's performance of Bomb Voyage remains unchanged.
** Amanda Lear dubs Edna Mode in the France and Italian versions.
* NoExportForYou:
** The DVD bonus feature "Vowellet" is included only on the Region 1 DVD -- not Region 2 or Region 4. Presumably, because Sarah Vowell is fairly unknown outside the US.
** The film wasn't released in China.
* TheOtherDarrin: In the tie-in game, Mr. Incredible is voiced by Creator/RichardMcGonagle (replacing Creator/CraigTNelson) and Elastigirl is voiced by Creator/ElizabethDaily (replacing Creator/HollyHunter).
* PermanentPlaceholder: Creator/BradBird's voice for Edna was just something he did to give potential actresses an idea of what he was looking for. He only decided to do it himself when Creator/LilyTomlin, his first choice, told him that it was perfect the way it was.
* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/JasonLee, known primarily for comedic roles, as the psychopathic Syndrome.
* RegionalBonus: In European versions, several inscriptions during Mr. Incredible's search on the villain's main computer have been replaced with generic graphical symbols. For instance, "Location: Unknown" is replaced by a question mark in front of a globe, "Location: Known" is replaced by a highlighted map section, and "Terminated" is replaced by a red diagonal line.
* SequelInAnotherMedium: [[ComicBook/TheIncredibles The comic book]] is an attempted one. At the time, Brad Bird hadn't settled on a sequel for the movie quite yet, so the comic was made in the interim with the theory if the sequel would come, some time would've passed in-universe. No one could've guessed when the sequel was finally developed that it would [[ImmediateSequel directly pick up after the first film.]]
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The whole "no capes" rule - and the resulting monologue from Edna - was added so the animators wouldn't have to [[NoFlowInCGI animate the cape physics.]]
* ShrugOfGod:
** No one who worked on ''The Incredibles'', not even Brad Bird, knows why the [[RunningGag Pizza Planet truck gag]] wasn't included in the film.
** When talking about the comics, Creator/MarkWaid said that Syndrome might have survived the movie but refused to give a definite answer.
** [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2428480/brad-bird-hopes-hell-never-have-to-explain-how-the-incredibles-got-their-powers Brad doesn't know how The Incredibles got their powers]], as he hopes to never explain them.
* StarMakingRole: For Michael Giacchino, whose previous work had mostly been video games and TV shows. Thanks to this film, he's now one of Hollywood's most in-demand composers.
* TropeNamer:
** CaughtMonologuing
** CrackOhMyBack
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheIncredibles Has its own page]].
* WordOfGod:
** According to Creator/BradBird, [[https://twitter.com/#!/BradBirdA113/status/181513025981911040 Helen Parr's maiden name]] is Truax.
** The writer of the comic detailed Xerek's backstory on Twitter (since removed), revealing him as a man with an ability to continually achieve victory that has lived for over 200 years through various life-extension/eternal youth schemes, but has now become a DeathSeeker wanting to bring the world down with him.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: Quebecois dub: Creator/AlainZouvi (Bomb Voyage) and Creator/CatherineBrunet (Violet) later dubbed another Pixar film, ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', as Mr. Kieslowski and Priya, respectively.

* NamesTheSame: Since 1963, DC Comics has had an "'''Elasti-Girl'''" (real name Rita ''Farr''), a member of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol.

** In early drafts, Syndrome (then just a OneSceneWonder), was to call retired superheroes back to action to battle to death the Omnidroids.

** In early drafts, Synrome (then just a OneSceneWonder), was to call retired superheroes back to action to battle to death the Omnidroids.

* LicensedGame: There are three: The [[VideoGame/TheIncredibles action-adventure adaptation]] of the movie suitably stretched out on Nomanisan Island and starring the whole family, a sequel beat-em-up game called ''[[VideoGame/TheIncrediblesRiseOfTheUnderminer Rise of the Underminer]]'' starring Mr. Incredible and Frozone, and ''VideoGame/LEGOTheIncredibles''.

* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: In most dubbings, Dominique Louis's performance of Bomb Voyage remains unchanged.

** Creator/BradBird cast Sarah Vowell as Violet after hearing her voice on ''Radio/ThisAmericanLife''. He stated that she was "perfect" for the part and immediately called her to offer her the role.

* DawsonCasting: Sarah Vowell was 34 when she first voiced 14-year-old Violet, and '''48''' the second time. Of course, she was cast in the first place because her natural voice just happens to sound squeaky and adolescent. No doubt she could play the character indefinitely.

* CrossDressingVoices: [[CreatorCameo Brad Bird]] as Edna (they brought in Lily Tomlin to voice Edna, but when she heard Brad demonstrate the kind of voice he wanted, she immediately declared Brad needed to do the voice himself).

* BreakthroughHit: While both director Creator/BradBird and composer Creator/MichaelGiacchino had several well known productions under their belt, it was ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' that launched both of their careers into the stratosphere, with Giacchino in particular getting to compose many more films after this one (indeed this first major film, the film he did before this a DirectToVideo thriller with Creator/GaryOldman andCreator/VingRhames).

* BreakthroughHit: While both director Creator/BradBird and composer Creator/MichaelGiacchino had several well known productions under their belt, it was ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' that launched both of their careers into the stratosphere, with Giacchino in particular getting to compose many more films after this one (indeed this first major film).

* BreakthroughHit: While both director Creator/BradBird and composer Creator/MichaelGiacchino had several well known films under their belt, it was ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' that launched both of their careers into the stratosphere, with Giacchino in particular getting to compose many more films after this one.

** The DVD bonus feature "Vowellet" is included only on the Region 1 DVD -- not Region 2 or Region 4.

** The writer of the comic has recently detailed [[https://twitter.com/LandryQWalker/status/941096350338375680 Xerek's backstory on Twitter]], revealing him as a man with an ability to continually achieve victory that has lived for over 200 years through various life-extension/eternal youth schemes, but has now become a DeathSeeker wanting to bring the world down with him.

** In the climax, Syndrome having barged into the Parr's home and holding Jack-Jack in the climax. An early version of the film began with Syndrome (then just a OneSceneWonder) break into their house and tried to take baby Violet while holding Bob and Helen hostage.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** While Brad Bird was working for Creator/WarnerBros, he pitched the film as a traditional 2D animated film. But the lackluster performance of ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' (due mainly to [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Warner's horrible promotion]] for that film) put the kibosh on that idea. While the project was SavedFromDevelopmentHell thanks to Pixar, animation fans can't help speculating on what a 2D version might have been like.
** Music/JohnBarry himself was originally approached to do the film's score, but wasn't interested in duplicating his earlier work and so turned it down. Creator/MichaelGiacchino was brought on as composer instead, but still used Barry's ''Film/JamesBond'' scores as a strong influence.
** There was also a significantly different opening where Syndrome (then a OneSceneWonder member of Mr. Incredible's RoguesGallery) was to have tried to ambush the Parrs (then referred to as the Smiths) at their house as revenge only to be killed, and the reason for adopting a secret identity as their only identity was also closer to that of WitnessProtection than as the result of a law created as a means of preventing damages to property from Superhero duty as a result of complaints by the public.
** The subtext about Helen worrying that Bob might be unfaithful was originally explicit- there was a scene where she confronted him about Mirage's hair, and she had a DreamSequence where Bob was being tended to by lovely ladies while she was in the background picking up laundry ([[RealDreamsAreWeirder and then being sucked into the washing machine]]).
** In general, in the early drafts Bob was a decent bit more of a jerk; he was a lot snippier with Helen when directly confronted with the idea of having an affair and was a bit more abrasive in the draft opening. This didn't read nearly as well, though (it made him far harder to sympathize with, ''especially'' the affair confrontation scene) and in the final script of the movie he's a much more reasonable guy who is simply desperate to get his glory days back and has a bit of a temper, and his love for his family is a lot more pronounced.
** Syndrome's original character design depicted him as being taller and more muscular while still having a certain Joker-like quality to his face; furthermore, he was part of an established "rogues gallery" for Bob in his original backstory. This design was used in test sketches for the abandoned opening but ultimately Syndrome was redesigned as being shorter and more paunchy, to match with the revised concept of him being a grown-up, embittered former fanboy.
** According to the director's commentary, Buddy Pine was originally going to appear in the interview segment at the very beginning of the film, but was cut because "it felt like it was giving something away".
** Snug was going to be a DisposablePilot who would fly the Incredibles to Nomanisan Island, chat with Helen, and then die to prove that Syndrome meant business (the reason for that long shot of Helen watching the plane sink is because his hat was going to float up). In the end, they wrote him out almost entirely for the sake of time and story flow (giving him two sentences over the phone and a framed picture of him and Helen by a plane), and had Helen fly the plane herself. Brad Bird went on to state that it was proving too challenging to model another independent character for the movie who would only be in a few scenes, and he eventually agreed with everyone else that it would be more awesome to see Helen flying the plane herself. It was also felt that the drama of his death would distract from what was the real point of the scene, to establish that Syndrome was more than willing to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] for the sake of his plans, as well as making Helen more directly responsible for trying to protect her children.
** Another villain called Xerek would be the original film's BigBad. Xerek would have turned out to be good at the end, but he was cut because this twist was too confusing and Syndrome made for a more enjoyable villain, although he does appear in the comics.
** All the members of the Incredible family were going to have flying powers… except Bob.
** Rumor has it that Creator/HarrisonFord and Creator/GeorgeClooney were considered for the role of Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible but it was felt their voices didn't have anything the animators could really work with and ultimately Craig T. Nelson of ''Coach'' and ''Poltergeist'' fame, who is said to have always been Brad Bird's ideal model for Mr. Incredible/Bob Parr took the role.
** Edna, or E, was also going to have super-powers, but writers couldn't decide what to go for so they decided to just have her be a standard genius.
** Brad Bird wanted Edna to have an actual female voice actress. He ended up doing the role himself because none of his selected actresses could do the accent he wanted her to have properly.
** Violet was going to plant a kiss on Tony at the end, but then Brad Bird figured it would be way too forward when they'd just started talking to each other. It sure would have made the events of the second movie even more awkward...
** The original opening scene featured the Parrs at a neighborhood barbecue when Bob accidentally dents a meat cleaver on his fingers, forcing him to cover his hand with ketchup and scream.

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* DoingItForTheArt:
** Creator/BradBird was uncompromising in his vision and this forced Pixar to take several leaps forward technologically due to the human characters, natural locations, and the extreme detail put into even the simplest scenes. It took two months of heated arguments to convince Bird to drop a shapeshifting effect so that the resources could be used on getting the rest of the movie completed.
** Creator/MichaelGiacchino's score was recorded on analog tape rather than digital media in order to properly replicate the 1960's feel the movie was going for and because brass instruments sound better on tape.

* DevelopmentGag: When Buddy is showing off his homemade rocket boots to Mr. Incredible, Buddy asks if ''he'' can fly. An early idea was to have Bob being the only member of the Parr family that couldn't fly (and being a bit self-conscious about it).

** Snug was going to be a DisposablePilot who would fly the Incredibles to Nomanisan Island, chat with Helen, and then die to prove that Syndrome meant business (the reason for that long shot of Helen watching the plane sink is because his hat was going to float up). In the end, they wrote him out almost entirely for the sake of time and story flow (giving him two sentences over the phone and a framed picture of him and Helen by a plane), and had Helen fly the plane herself. Brad Bird went on to state that it was proving too challenging to model another independent character for the movie who would only be in a few scenes, and he eventually agreed with everyone else that it would be more awesome to see Helen flying the plane herself. It was also felt that the drama of his death would distract from what was the real point of the scene, to establish that Syndrome was more than willing to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] for the sake of his plans.

* SequelInAnotherMedium: [[ComicBook/TheIncredibles The comic book]] is an attempted one. At the time, Brad Bird hadn't settled on a sequel for the movie quite yet, so the comic was made in the interim with the theory if the sequel would come, some time would've passed in-universe. No one could've guessed when the sequel was finally developed that it would directly pick up after the first film.