History WesternAnimation / MrIncredibleAndPals

''Mr. Incredible and Pals'' is a 2005 animated short film (4 minutes), one of the WesternAnimation/PixarShorts. It was released as an extra on the DVD of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.

It is a cartoon parodying the low-budget [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday morning cartoons]] of the [[TheFifties 50s]] and [[TheSixties 60s]] that used SynchroVox techniques such as ''WesternAnimation/ClutchCargo''. The [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis background story]] is that Mr. Incredible and Frozone licensed their names and images to a TV animation company, before the banning of Supers. They [[{{MST}} provide commentary]] as they watch the unaired pilot for the first time. HilarityEnsues.

* RaceLift: While it's dubious as to whether cartoon Frozone is a white guy or just a very pale black guy, his voice and mouth actor is ''definitely'' white.

* TotallyRadical: The cartoon Frozone is written as a 60s version of a JiveTurkey. The real Frozone, commentating, complains that they made him sound like a beatnik.

The short is also available without the commentary. Watching it without the commentary means you'll miss out on Frozone and Mr. Incredible's reactions, but you will get to hear the dialogue, which [[SoBadItsGood really must be seen to be believed]].

* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics: Lady Lightbug's radioactive silk.
* BadBadActing: The cartoon Frozone stumbles over his TotallyRadical dialogue fairly often.

* ILoveNuclearPower: Lady Lightbug's signature abilities are suggested to be the result of radiation--more specifically, "blue radioactivity" (which, needless to say, isn't a thing). The characters also aren't remotely perturbed by being in contact with objects so radioactive they glow in broad daylight.

* CaptainPatriotic: The cartoon Mr. Incredible is portrayed as one of these.

* FailedASpotCheck: Neither cartoon!Frozone nor cartoon!Mr. Incredible notice the missing piece of bridge before Mr. Skipperdoo points it out, despite it being right in front of them.

* AdaptationalWimp: Cartoon!Frozone is Mr. Incredible's sidekick and is quickly taken out of action by Lady Lightbug. The cartoon can't even [[CoconutSuperpowers depict his superpower properly]]. Real!Frozone participated in the final battle against [[spoiler: the Omnidroid]] and helped out quite a lot.

* IdiotBall: Cartoon!Mr. Incredible and Frozone could have found both Lady Lightbug and the Bridge in minutes had they actually ''searched'' the buildings (instead of searching under them) and had the presence of mind to notice the large and ''incredibly obvious'' bridge fragment without Mr. Skipperdoo having to point it out to them.

There is a recap of the short [[Recap/PixarShorts here]].

* InsaneTrollLogic: How does Mr. Incredible know an abandoned amusement park is Lady Lightbug's lair? Because "evil lurks in dark remote places. And this abandoned fairground is certainly dark and remote".

* FightSceneFailure: [[invoked]] The final fight with Lady Lightbug goes like this: Lady Lightbug traps Frozone with radioactive silk. Mr. Incredible throws ferris wheel at her, but misses. Mr. Incredible leaps off a roller coaster at a crest to tackle Lady Lightbug, who just stands still and screams instead of dodging. Lady Lightbug down for the count.

* ClicheStorm: [[invoked]] It's a parody of cartoons from UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation, and includes all their cliches (still shots instead of frame-by-frame animation, sidekick is immediately taken out of action to focus on the main hero, a vaguely communist villain, UnfortunateImplications, and a cute animal sidekick [[KidAppealCharacter only there to appeal to the kids]]).

* CaptainObvious: Everyone in the cartoon itself, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools which adds to the hilarity]].

* CaptainObvious: Everyone in the cartoon itself, [[TropesAreTools which adds to the hilarity]].

* ClicheStorm: [[invoked]] It's a parody of early cartoons, and includes all their cliches (still shots instead of frame-by-frame animation, sidekick is immediately taken out of action to focus on the main hero, a vaguely communist villain, UnfortunateImplications, and a cute animal sidekick [[KidAppealCharacter only there to appeal to the kids]]).

''Mr. Incredible and Pals'' is a 2005 animated short film (4 minutes), one of the Recap/PixarShorts. It was released as an extra on the DVD of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.

''Mr. Incredible and Pals'' is a follow-up to ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. It is a cartoon parodying the low-budget [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday morning cartoons]] of the [[TheFifties 50s]] and [[TheSixties 60s]] that used SynchroVox techniques such as ''WesternAnimation/ClutchCargo''. The [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis background story]] is that Mr. Incredible and Frozone licensed their names and images to a TV animation company, before the banning of Supers. They [[{{MST}} provide commentary]] as they watch the unaired pilot for the first time. HilarityEnsues.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Mr. Incredible tries to play devil's advocate to the short, but even he eventually has to admit that "the rabbit bites".

* ClicheStorm: It's a parody of early cartoons, and includes all their cliches (still shots instead of frame-by-frame animation, sidekick is immediately taken out of action to focus on the main hero, a vaguely communist villain, UnfortunateImplications, and a cute animal sidekick [[KidAppealCharacter only there to appeal to the kids]]).

* FightSceneFailure: The final fight with Lady Lightbug goes like this: Lady Lightbug traps Frozone with radioactive silk. Mr. Incredible throws ferris wheel at her, but misses. Mr. Incredible leaps off a roller coaster at a crest to tackle Lady Lightbug, who just stands still and screams instead of dodging. Lady Lightbug down for the count.

* GratuitousAnimalSidekick: Mr. Incredible and Frozone suddenly have a cute rabbit sidekick named Mr. Skipperdoo.

* LimitedAnimation: Parodying the style of ''WesternAnimation/ClutchCargo''. Movement only happens when characters or objects slide across the frame, and actual moments of action (like Frozone creating a bridge with ice, or Frozone getting tied up with silk) are reduced to still pictures. SynchroVox is used to save the trouble of animating lip flaps.

* UnfortunateImplications: InUniverse. Frozone's complaints about the titular animated short include, along with the [[LimitedAnimation bad animation]], clunky plot, and [[TheScrappy the rabbit]], that they made him [[ButNotTooBlack white (or at least tan-ish)]], made him [[TotallyRadical talk like a beatnik]], and [[BlackDudeDiesFirst made him the]] BadassInDistress.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Frozone immediately gets captured by the villain in ''Mr. Incredible and Pals''. In the commentary, he complains about it.
* ButNotTooBlack: Watching ''Mr. Incredible and Pals'', Frozone complains about the apparent lightening of his character's skin. The fading of the in-universe prints only excuses it so much.
* CaptainPatriotic: In ''Mr. Incredible and Pals'', Mr. Incredible is portrayed as one of these.
* CaptainObvious: Everyone in ''Mr. Incredible and Pals''. [[TropesAreTools Not that that's a bad thing]], given how much it adds to the hilarity.
* GratuitousAnimalSidekick: Spoofed in ''Mr. Incredible and Pals'' with Mr. Skipperdoo.
* KidAppealCharacter: Parodied in ''Mr. Incredible and Pals'', where the superheroes are joined by a bunny named Mr. Skipperdoo. Frozone complains; Mr. Incredible tries to defend it on the grounds that kids love this stuff before admitting that "the rabbit bites."
* LampshadeHanging: ''Mr. Incredible and Pals'' '''oozes''' with it.
* LimitedAnimation: ''Mr. Incredible and Pals'', parodying the style of ''WesternAnimation/ClutchCargo''.
* {{Retraux}}: ''Mr. Incredible and Pals''.
* SmallAnnoyingCreature: A rabbit called Mr. Skipperdoo is added to the cast of ''Mr. Incredible and Pals'', to appeal to children.

* StylisticSuck: ''Mr. Incredible and Pals''.
* TotallyRadical: Parodied in ''Mr. Incredible and Pals'', where Frozone's dialogue is written as JiveTurkey and Frozone, commentating, complains that they made him sound like a beatnik.
--> "Well, it doesn't sound cool, and it doesn't sound like ''me''. ''I'' sound cool. And if it sounded like me, it would sound cool."
* UnfortunateImplications: InUniverse. Frozone's complaints about the titular animated short include, along with the [[LimitedAnimation bad animation]], clunky plot, and [[TheScrappy the rabbit]], that they made him [[ButNotTooBlack white (or at least tan-ish)]], made him [[TotallyRadical talk like a beatnik]], and [[BlackDudeDiesFirst made him the]] DamselInDistress.

* ''Mr. Incredible and Pals'' (follow-up to ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'') -- Cartoon parodying the low-budget [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday morning cartoons]] of the [[TheFifties 50s]] and [[TheSixties 60s]] that used SynchroVox techniques such as ''WesternAnimation/ClutchCargo''. The [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis background story]] is that Mr. Incredible and Frozone licensed their names and images to a TV animation company, before the banning of Supers. They [[{{MST}} provide commentary]] as they watch the unaired pilot for the first time. HilarityEnsues.

* UnfortunateImplications: InUniverse in ''Mr. Incredible and Pals''. Frozone's complaints about the titular animated short include, along with the [[LimitedAnimation bad animation]], clunky plot, and [[TheScrappy the rabbit]], that they made him [[ButNotTooBlack white (or at least tan-ish)]], made him [[TotallyRadical talk like a beatnik]], and [[BlackDudeDiesFirst made him the]] DamselInDistress.