History WesternAnimation / JackJackAttack

-->--'''Kari [-McKeen-]'''

-->--'''Kari McKeen'''

* CassandraTruth: Kari told her parents what happened but they thought she was just joking, saving Dicker from another interrogation and memory swipe.

* CassandraTruth: Kari told her parents what happened but they didn't believe her, saving Dicker from another interrogation and memory swipe.
* ChildCareAndBabysittingStories: The short film revolves around the airheaded but responsible Kari babysitting Jack-Jack who is hellbent on giving her trouble and displaying his various superpowers.

* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Dicker to Kari at the end. She did say she told her parents but they didn't believe her. Downplayed, however, since Dicker is just planning to wipe Kari's memory of the event (and by extension check how many other people he might have to do this for as well), not kill her as the trope normally involves.

* IdiotBall: Mr. Dicker is dumbfounded that Kari actually believed that Syndrome was a replacement babysitter. [[JustifiedTrope Kari immediately snaps at him that maybe]] ''[[JustifiedTrope he]]'' [[JustifiedTrope should babysit an exploding baby for more than twelve hours and see how]] ''[[JustifiedTrope his]]'' [[JustifiedTrope power of judgment holds up]].

* EurekaMoment: Jack-Jack seems to get one when Kari puts the Mozart CD on, seeing as he began using his powers immediately afterward. Interestingly enough, she did this because she believes that Mozart makes babies smarter.

!!Due to working off a spoileriffic plot development in the original ''Incredibles'', ''this short film has all its spoilers UNMARKED''.

* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Dicker to Kari at the end. She did say she told her parents but they didn't believe her.

* FramingDevice: The short opens in a darkened interrogation room where, Mr. Dicker is questioning Kari about the rough night she had with Jack-Jack. As she goes into into detail about what exactly happened, we flashback to the Parr residence. After completing her story, we return to the interrogation room as Agent Dicker applies the memory wipe.

* TemptingFate: After her ordeal and interrogation by the MenInBlack, Kari says she just wants to forget the whole thing.

''Jack-Jack Attack'' is a 2005 animated ShortFilm follow-up to ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', directed like the latter film by Creator/BradBird.

* MeanwhileScene: This short focuses on what happened with Jack-Jack and babysitter Kari at the Parr house during the events of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', with the other Parr family members fighting [[BigBad Syndrome]] and his {{Mooks}} on Nomanisan Island.

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Discussed; when Syndrome arrives at the Parr house, Kari assumes he's a more professional replacement sitter Jack-Jack's parents hired. [[SureLetsGoWithThat Syndrome goes along with it]], saying the "S" on his shirt actually stands for "sitter", adding that he wanted to use the initials for "babysitter" but decided against going around in public with a big "BS" on his chest.

* NoSympathy: Being his usual taciturn self, Agent Dicker is quite unperturbed as Kari relates the frantic and harrowing details of her night tending to Jack-Jack. While it's essentially his typical personality on display, it's also justified as he knows she soon won't be bothered by the experience anymore.

* OffScreenTeleportation: Jack-Jack starts appearing and disappearing after his powers activate. It's usually when Kari isn't looking at him or something obscures Jack-Jack for a brief second like Kari's head or the vase on the table.

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* TemptingFate: After her ordeal and interrogation by the MenInBlack, Kari just wants to forget the whole thing.

* OminousLatinChanting: When Jack-Jack bursts into flame the background music shifts to Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's "Requiem" mass, specifically the "Dies Irae" section that refers to the ''Last Judgement''.

* NoSympathy: Being his usual taciturn self, Agent Dicker is quite unperturbed as Kari relates the frantic and harrowing details of her night tending to Jack-Jack. While it's basically his usual personality on display, it's also justified as he knows she soon won't be bothered by the experience anymore.

[[caption-width-right:300:Pictured: The world's ''cutest baby.'' '''''Not''''' pictured: [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter the hell he puts his babysitter through]].]]

* NoSympathy: Being his usual taciturn self, Agent Dicker is quite unperturbed as Kari relates the frantic and harrowing details of her night tending to Jack-Jack. While it's basically his usual personality on display, it's also a bit justified as he knows she soon won't be bothered by the experience anymore.

* AdultFear:
** There's a brief moment where Jack-Jack vanishes the minute that Kari turns her back. She at first assumes that he's playing hide and seek after he reappears from behind a kitchen jar. Then she gets frantic as he ''keeps'' disappearing and chases him all over the house. Many a babysitter and parent can relate.
** Kari tries to be a sensible babysitter and call the emergency number Helen left for advice and then help when it seems she's in over her head. Helen never picks up, meaning Kari has to handle a real babysitting emergency alone, with no backup or adults nearby. You can't blame Kari for panicking in her later voicemails as she screams "This isn't fine!" because she is just a kid.

** Kari tries to be a sensible babysitter and call the emergency number Helen left for advice and then help when it seems she's in over her head. Helen never picks up, meaning Kari to handle a real babysitting emergency alone, with no backup or adults nearby. You can't blame Kari for panicking in her later voicemails as she screams "This isn't fine!" because she is just a kid.

* StealthHiBye: Jack-Jack starts appearing and disappearing after his powers activate. Kari, fortunately, gets wise to this power and solves the problem by tethering Jack-Jack to a dumbbell.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Kari moans, after telling her story to Mr. Dicker, that she wishes she could forget all about the awful night babysitting Jack-Jack. He reassures her that she will, as he wipes her memory.

* BreakTheCutie: Kari's initially cheerful demeanor breaks down over the course of the night. She goes from an enthusiastic teen to a BadlyBatteredBabysitter while trying to keep Jack-Jack out of danger. As she tells Mr. Dicker, it was not fun and she wishes she could forget about it. He proceeds to wipe her memory.

* FramingDevice: Mr. Dicker is interrogating Kari about the rough night she had with Jack-Jack. She goes into detail about what exactly happened.