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mis-use: The trope is for when someone makes a conclusion based on what they perceive are facts. Their conclusion is correct but the assumed facts themselves are wrong. Kari believes the music stimulates neurological development which is very much seems to do with Jack-Jack. That it stimulates the use of his powers instead of flashcard recognition is a case of getting an unexpected result which is not the point of the trope.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Kari ends up being right that Mozart can stimulate babies. She just didn't realize that "Rondo Alla Turca" would awaken Jack-Jack's superpowers, rather than encourage him to do flashcards.
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* 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.
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* FramingDevice: Mr. Dicker is interrogating Kari about the rough night she had with Jack-Jack. She goes into detail about what exactly happened.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Kari ends up being right that Mozart can stimulate babies. She just didn't realize that "Rondo Alla Turca" would awaken Jack-Jack's superpowers, rather than encourage him to do flashcards.
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Felt that Kari should get some kudos for her actions. She ditzy but she never abandons Jack-Jack.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Kari's definitely ditzy and thinks that playing Mozart to babies makes them smarter (though she might have been right about that), but she can survive a whole day babysitting [[GooGooGodlike Jack-Jack]], which is no mean feat.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Kari's Kari is definitely ditzy and thinks that playing Mozart to babies makes them smarter (though a bad judgment call in her exhaustion, but throughout the night, she might have been right about that), actually behaves responsibly putting Jack-Jack's safety first. When things start going weird, she immediately calls Helen for instructions. When Jack-Jack bursts in flames, she's alarmed and frantic but she can survive does not panic and immediately grabs fire tongs to rush him towards water to put him out. She never leaves his side, potentially staying up all night to monitor him and comes up with ways to deal with his flame-bursts and laser eyes. She survives a whole day episode of babysitting [[GooGooGodlike Jack-Jack]], Jack-Jack, which is no mean feat.
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it's really more of a downplayed trope because the audience already knows the Hope Spot isn't going to last.
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* HopeSpot: Kari finally pins Jack-Jack down and ties him to one of his father's dumbbells, while she's stressed but not a NervousWreck yet. She then gets his attention by doing flashcards, and Jack-Jack starts using his hands to make shapes and imitate the pictures. No powers activate. Kari becomes relieved that the baby is finally being calm. Then she pulls out a card for "campfire"...
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* HopeSpot: Kari finally pins After Jack-Jack has his floaty, phasing episode, Kari gets him settled in the living room and hopes to calm things down by playing with the flashcards and ties him to one of his father's dumbbells, while she's stressed but not a NervousWreck yet. She then gets his attention by doing flashcards, and Jack-Jack the game starts using his hands out good enough. The trope is Downplayed since the short is showing us the context between Kari's phone calls to make shapes Helen and imitate the pictures. No powers activate. audience already knows there are still many frantic calls to come. Cue Kari becomes relieved that pulling out the baby is finally being calm. Then she pulls out a card for "campfire"..."campfire"...
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* NiceKitty: As she douses Jack-Jack in the bathtub, Kari whimpers, "Nice baby, nice baby."
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* NiceKitty: As she douses Jack-Jack in the bathtub, Kari yells then whimpers, "Nice baby, "GOOD BABY... nice baby."baby" as steam fills the room.
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An example should not argue against itself. You can't say Kari is an Unwitting Instigator Of Doom and then say Syndrome would have just incapacitated her so there's not much she could have done. One way says she is active, if clueless, the other says she's a victim. Plus given that we've seen Syndrome Would Hurt A Child, he'd likely have just killed Kari had she created a fuss.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Kari endangered Jack-Jack by mistaking Syndrome for her replacement and handing over the baby. Mr. Dicker is displeased on hearing she believed him about the S on his leotard standing for "Sitter". On the other hand, Syndrome could have easily incapacitated her with his gadgets, so there wasn't much she could have done if she had realized he wasn't a babysitter.
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* HopeSpot: Kari finally pins Jack-Jack down and ties him to one of his father's dumbbells, while she's stressed but not a NervousWreck yet. She then gets his attention by doing flashcards, and Jack-Jack starts using his hands to make shapes and imitate the pictures. No powers activate. Kari becomes relieved that the baby is finally being calm. Then she pulls out a card for "campfire"...
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* NiceKitty: As she douses Jack-Jack in the bathtub, Kari whimpers, "Nice baby, nice baby."
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Kari endangered Jack-Jack by mistaking Syndrome for her replacement and handing over the baby. Mr. Dicker is displeased on hearing she believed him about the S on his leotard standing for "Sitter". On the other hand, Syndrome could have easily incapacitated her with his gadgets, so there wasn't much she could have done if she had realized he wasn't a babysitter.
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Zigzagged is used when the example doesn't quite fit the trope. It's not quite played straight, not quite subverted, not quite inverted, deconstructed, etc. Was it really not obvious that this was a straight-forward example of No Sympathy and consistent to the way Dickers has always been portrayed?? Reworded to hopefully make that obvious and even give a slight justification to Agent Dicker's response.
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* NoSympathy: Zigzagged. While Mr. Dicker is pretty strait-laced with Kari and reassures her that she will forget about the awful night she had -- because he wipes her memory-- he also doesn't react to the fact that she was in a really bad situation with no adults around. As she puts it, ''anyone'' would be panicking if "the baby was exploding!" His response to her outburst that the baby was exploding is to ask if she told anyone else about Jack-Jack; granted, she ''did'' unknowingly hand over an infant to a fugitive supervillain, but still!
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* NoSympathy: Zigzagged. While Mr. Being his usual taciturn self, Agent Dicker is pretty strait-laced with quite unperturbed as Kari relates the frantic and reassures harrowing details of her that she will forget about the awful night she had -- because he wipes her memory-- he tending to Jack-Jack. While it's basically his usual personality on display, it's also doesn't react to a bit justified as he knows she soon won't be bothered by the fact that she was in a really bad situation with no adults around. As she puts it, ''anyone'' would be panicking if "the baby was exploding!" His response to her outburst that the baby was exploding is to ask if she told anyone else about Jack-Jack; granted, she ''did'' unknowingly hand over an infant to a fugitive supervillain, but still! experience anymore.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The first voicemail Helen heard was Kari hesitantly asking if there was anything she needed to know about Jack-Jack. We see the full context, where Jack-Jack managed to disappear from in front of Kari and reappeared behind her, opening the fridge for a milk bottle. The "Jack-Jack is fine but I am getting weirded out!" voicemail comes while Kari is trying to keep the baby locked inside an impromptu playpen.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The first voicemail Helen heard was Kari hesitantly asking if there was anything she needed to know about Jack-Jack. We see the full context, where Jack-Jack managed to disappear from in front of Kari and reappeared behind her, opening the fridge for a milk bottle. The "Jack-Jack is fine but I am getting weirded out!" weird things are happening!" voicemail comes while Kari is trying to keep the baby locked inside an impromptu playpen.
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* FailedASpotCheck: PlayedForLaughs. Kari didn't find it suspicious that a random guy in a leotard and cape came to "replace" her as Jack-Jack's babysitter. Justified in that she was exhausted from spending the whole night dealing with Jack-Jack's super-powers. Also, Helen did tell Kari she was gonna call for a replacement, even though she never got the chance after Syndrome sent missiles after the plane.
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* FailedASpotCheck: PlayedForLaughs. Kari didn't find it suspicious that a random guy in a leotard and cape came to "replace" her as Jack-Jack's babysitter. Justified in that she was exhausted from spending the whole night dealing with Jack-Jack's super-powers. superpowers. Also, Helen did tell Kari she was gonna call for a replacement, even though she never got the chance after Syndrome sent missiles after to blow up the plane.
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* NoSympathy: Zigzagged. While Mr. Dicker is pretty strait-laced with Kari and reassures her that she will forget about the awful night she had -- because he wipes her memory-- he also doesn't react to the fact that she was in a really bad situation with no adults around. As she puts it, ''anyone'' would be panicking if "the baby was exploding!" His response to her outburst that the baby was exploding is to ask if she told anyone else about Jack-Jack; granted, she ''did'' unknowingly hand over an infant to a fugitive supervillain, but still!
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* 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''.
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* OminousLatinChanting: When Jack-Jack bursts into flame the background music shifts to {{Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart}}'s Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's "Requiem" mass, specifically the "Dies Irae" section that refers to the ''Last Judgement''. Judgement''.
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* 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.
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* AdultFear: 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 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.
** 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 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.
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* OminousLatinChanting: The background music during Jack-Jack's rampage while on fire. Specifically, Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_YSEbAWA0Y Dies Irae]]". It's about the Apocalypse.
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* OminousLatinChanting: The When Jack-Jack bursts into flame the background music during Jack-Jack's rampage while on fire. Specifically, Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_YSEbAWA0Y Dies Irae]]". It's about shifts to {{Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart}}'s "Requiem" mass, specifically the Apocalypse."Dies Irae" section that refers to the ''Last Judgement''.
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As the final confrontation with the family and Syndrome occurs in a dimly lit house and primarily in the kitchen area, there's no evidence that Syndrome did anything to clean up the house.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome:
** Kari spent ''the whole night'' dealing with Jack-Jack, and we don't see what happens between her dousing him in the bathtub and when the sun rises the next day.
** To a lesser extent, Syndrome didn't trigger any of Jack-Jack's power while putting him to sleep and cleaning up the house. Considering the baby tore him apart a few hours later, that is impressive.
** Kari spent ''the whole night'' dealing with Jack-Jack, and we don't see what happens between her dousing him in the bathtub and when the sun rises the next day.
** To a lesser extent, Syndrome didn't trigger any of Jack-Jack's power while putting him to sleep and cleaning up the house. Considering the baby tore him apart a few hours later, that is impressive.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome:
**OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Kari spent ''the whole night'' dealing with Jack-Jack, and we don't see what happens between her dousing him in the bathtub and when the sun rises the next day.
** To a lesser extent, Syndrome didn't trigger any of Jack-Jack's power while putting him to sleep and cleaning up the house. Considering the baby tore him apart a few hours later, that is impressive.day.
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** To a lesser extent, Syndrome didn't trigger any of Jack-Jack's power while putting him to sleep and cleaning up the house. Considering the baby tore him apart a few hours later, that is impressive.
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* FailedASpotCheck: PlayedForLaughs for both Kari and Syndrome:
** Kari didn't find it suspicious that a random guy in a leotard and cape came to "replace" her as Jack-Jack's babysitter. Justified in that she was exhausted from spending the whole night putting out fires and lasers, and "The baby was ''exploding''! You ever sit an exploding baby before?!" Also, Helen did say she was gonna call a replacement, even though she ended up forgetting to do that, since Syndrome sent missiles after the plane.
** Kari didn't find it suspicious that a random guy in a leotard and cape came to "replace" her as Jack-Jack's babysitter. Justified in that she was exhausted from spending the whole night putting out fires and lasers, and "The baby was ''exploding''! You ever sit an exploding baby before?!" Also, Helen did say she was gonna call a replacement, even though she ended up forgetting to do that, since Syndrome sent missiles after the plane.
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* FailedASpotCheck: PlayedForLaughs for both Kari and Syndrome:
**PlayedForLaughs. Kari didn't find it suspicious that a random guy in a leotard and cape came to "replace" her as Jack-Jack's babysitter. Justified in that she was exhausted from spending the whole night putting out fires and lasers, and "The baby was ''exploding''! You ever sit an exploding baby before?!" dealing with Jack-Jack's super-powers. Also, Helen did say tell Kari she was gonna call for a replacement, even though she ended up forgetting to do that, since never got the chance after Syndrome sent missiles after the plane.
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Syndrome likely didn't care about the state of the house or Kari and there's no evidence to show that he cleaned up the house after she left.
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** Meanwhile, Syndrome didn't think to question Kari about ''why'' the house was in shambles or what caused her state of exhaustion. He just took the baby from her, cleaned up the house, and put Jack-Jack to sleep.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The first voicemail Helen heard was Kari hesitantly asking if there was anything she needed to know about Jack-Jack. We see the full context, where Jack-Jack managed to disappear from in front of Kari and reappeared behind her, opening the fridge for a milk bottle. The "Jack-Jack is fine but I am getting weirded out!" voicemail comes while Kari is trying to keep the baby locked inside an impromptu playpen.
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* 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.
* EntertaininglyWrong: When Jack-Jack first disappears, Kari assumes that he's playing hide and seek with her when he peeks from behind a kitchen jar, rather than that she awakened his powers inadvertently. She goes with it and playfully tries to find him. When he reappears behind her with a milk bottle from the fridge, she realizes that something is off and dials his mother.
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** Kari didn't find it suspicious that a random guy in a leotard and cape came to "replace" her as Jack-Jack's babysitter. Justified in that she was exhausted from spending the whole night putting out fires and lasers, and "The baby was ''exploding''! You ever sit an exploding baby before?!" Also, Helen did say she was gonna call a replacement, even though she ended up forgetting to.
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** Kari didn't find it suspicious that a random guy in a leotard and cape came to "replace" her as Jack-Jack's babysitter. Justified in that she was exhausted from spending the whole night putting out fires and lasers, and "The baby was ''exploding''! You ever sit an exploding baby before?!" Also, Helen did say she was gonna call a replacement, even though she ended up forgetting to.to do that, since Syndrome sent missiles after the plane.
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* OhCrap: Kari's reaction when Jack-Jack bursts into flames after seeing the "campfire" flash card. Thankfully, she has the presence of mind to grab Jack-Jack with some heatproof tongs and extinguish him in the bathtub.
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* OhCrap: Kari's reaction when Jack-Jack bursts into flames after seeing the "campfire" flash card.flashcard. Thankfully, she has the presence of mind to grab Jack-Jack with some heatproof tongs and extinguish him in the bathtub.
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** To a lesser extent, Syndrome didn't trigger any of Jack-Jack's power while putting him to sleep. Considering the baby tore him apart a few hours later, that is impressive.
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** To a lesser extent, Syndrome didn't trigger any of Jack-Jack's power while putting him to sleep.sleep and cleaning up the house. Considering the baby tore him apart a few hours later, that is impressive.
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** Kari didn't find it suspicious that a random guy in a leotard and cape came to "replace" her as Jack-Jack's babysitter. Justified in that she was exhausted from spending the whole night putting out fires and lasers, and "The baby was exploding! Have you ever seen an exploding baby?!" Also, Helen did say she was gonna call a replacement, even though she ended up forgetting to.
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** Kari didn't find it suspicious that a random guy in a leotard and cape came to "replace" her as Jack-Jack's babysitter. Justified in that she was exhausted from spending the whole night putting out fires and lasers, and "The baby was exploding! Have you ''exploding''! You ever seen sit an exploding baby?!" baby before?!" Also, Helen did say she was gonna call a replacement, even though she ended up forgetting to. to.
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* SanitySlippage: Kari is not too together on the second day, probably due to stress and sleep deprivation.
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* SanitySlippage: Kari is not too put together on the second day, probably due to stress and sleep deprivation.
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* {{Dissimile}}: When Agent Dicker asks Kari to state her name for the record, she does so, then clarifies that "it's like 'Carrie', but with a K instead of a C and an'' 'ah' ''instead of an'' 'a' ''and only one R and an I instead of an I-E."
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Adult Fears are about the things mature, well-adjusted adults generally are concerned about, as opposed to supernatural, petty, or far-fetched fears. The example has to include the caveat "Take out the superpowers and it becomes scary." which pretty much shows that this is not a normal case of Adult Fear.
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* AdultFear: Imagine you're a kid babysitter and you are hired to spend the night. Then your charge ends up vanishing whenever you do so much as turn away, and getting himself into dangerous situations. It culminates where he stays up all night because he's being obliviously mischievous, and all you can do is watch him constantly and keep him out of trouble. Take out the superpowers and it becomes scary.
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* GooGooGodlike: See ComboPlatterPowers.
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The trope is about an authority figure that is willing to listen to even the "crazy teenagers" and not reject them out of hand. It's not about the Man in Black who's about to mindwipe you but happens to be a little kind about it.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While Mr. Dicker is stern with Kari, and wipes her mind, he's also rather matter-of-fact and gentle when doing the latter. He gets all the facts down, and reassure her that yes, she will forget what happened.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While Mr. Dicker is stern with Kari, and wipes her mind, he's also rather matter-of-fact and gentle when doing the latter. He gets all the facts down, and reassure her that yes, she will forget what happened.
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* 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. Perhaps TheCuckoolanderWasRight.
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* 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. Perhaps TheCuckoolanderWasRight.
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* 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. Perhaps TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight.
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* 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. Perhaps TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight.TheCuckoolanderWasRight.
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* 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.
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mis-use: the trope is about a scene change that includes a transition mechanism that is some variation of "meanwhile back at...". This can be a audio only like a narrator saying "meanwhile" or "back at the XX" or a visual only mechanism like "meanwhile" or "location name" appearing on screen. While the story listed here is technically taking place in the "meanwhile" zone there's no transition mechanism between it and the main story so this trope doesn't apply.
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* MeanwhileBackAtThe Parr house with Kari and Jack-Jack.
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mis-use: Bookends is a visual trope where two matching scenes are shown at the beginning and end of a story, often to show how things have changed through the course of the story, or that they haven't changed at all. What happens in the short is we open on Rick/Kari in the interrogation room, we have a flashback showing Kari's encounters with Jack Jack and later Syndrome then we return to the exact same interrogation room scene. It's not bookends, it's a scene, flashback, return to scene.
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* {{Bookends}}: The first and last scene both feature Kari and Rick in a dark room, with the only light being used for PerpSweating.
