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  • Crossover Ship: Violet Parr is a massive magnet for this since her film debut, especially in The New '20s:
    • The first true crossover pairing featuring Violet within the Disney fandom was with Wilbur Robinson, known commonly as Willet due to both films being known for a retro futuristic setting and are both 14. note 
    • She was somewhat shipped with Hiro Hamada during the heyday of his film, especially with both being playable in Disney Infinity and Disney Mirrorverse. Unlike the massively popular Willet pairing, this pairing has largely dropped off in recent years outside of the popular fanfic crossover The Futuristic Four that they're both in (with Penny from Bolt now being shipped with Hiro).
    • Violet's first true crossover ship has been with Raven from day 1 with bonus points of her show debuting a year before the release of the first film and being a teenage superhero who is also a Goth that matches with the Emo Teen Violet.
    • She's been shipped with Gwen Tennyson, sometimes in tandem with Raven for similar reasons (as all 3 of them have superpowers), usually as the third wheel whenever the Gwen-Raven ship is the main focus.
    • Violet's also been shipped with Mavis Dracula, also in tandem with the former two ships, especially if Gwen-Mavis takes center stage.
    • A ship that has been growing in recent months is none other than Violet with the original generation Goth girl herself Wednesday Addams.
  • Ensemble Dark Horse:
    • Edna Mode became a very popular character due to her eccentric personality and being responsible for some of the film's funniest and most memorable quotes.
    • The kid on the tricycle used to have his own fanpage.
    • Rick Dicker, whose shared history as Bob's apparent Friend on the Force practically screams Fanfic Fuel.
    • Gilbert Huph, despite being an obvious Hate Sink, is rather popular among fans likely due to Wallace Shawn's over-the-top performance.
    • Frozone's wife Honey, likely due to her part in one of the best scenes in the film. Not bad for a character we never saw on screen.
    • Stratogale gets discussed a lot and even has fanworks despite being on-screen for less than ten seconds in the "No Capes" speech. Her being a Kid Heroine who died young combined with the violent nature of her death makes her a frequent source of Tearjerkers.
    • The Underminer is also well-liked, due to making the absolute most out of his one scene in the movie. The fact that he is the main antagonist of the video game, which was an example of No Problem with Licensed Games, also helps, though his reputation took a slight hit when Incredibles 2 revealed him to be nothing more than a simple supervillain bank robber, basically making him the Bomb-Voyage of the 2nd film.
    • There's also Kari, the babysitter from the "Jack-Jack Attack" short that ended up a Badly Battered Babysitter, likely for the fact that she managed to handle a baby dealing with Power Incontinence without serious injury. She was set to return for a small cameo scene in Incredibles 2 (with her parents even appearing), only for her scene to get cut.
    • Bomb-Voyage has gained quite a bit of popularity for his gimmick and Gratuitous French dialogue.
    • Many of the heroes who were listed as fighting the Omnidroids have a decent amount of fan fiction and/or fan art. Some standouts are Blazestone (a Motor Mouth Boxed Crook once in a Fire/Ice Duo with Frozone), Macroburst (for being the first to defeat an Omnidroid and their androgynous appearance, along with lacking a gender specification in their NSA file. note ), Hypershock (for his name, costume, and powers), and Stormicide (for some interesting powers, a good design, and some of the humor in her NSA file).
    • From the Boom Comics run, Mezmerella was arguably the most popular villain the comic had, with her ability to hypnotize people and Supers alike with her powerful psychic goggles making her a powerful opponent that gave the Parrs major fits whenever she appeared. She was such a popular villain that her entire gimmick of hypnosis via goggles would get repurposed for Evelyn Deavor in the second film.
    • From the short Dark Horse comics run, Secret Identities. Rose proved herself to be quite popular with fans, primarily for her having superpowers of her own (on top of sharing a Floral Theme Naming with Violet) and her powerful chemistry with Violet and their friendship had strong Les Yay implications, with many hoping Rose becomes a Canon Foreigner for the third film and supplants Tony as Violet's new Love Interest, or have her in a threesome pairing.
  • Fountain of Memes: The entire movie has spawned a lot of memes by itself, but Mr. Incredible, Frozone, and Syndrome are the most popular meme targets due to their hammy, over-the-top personalities.
  • Les Yay: The tie-in comic for Incredibles 2, Secret Identities has Violet become friends with a girl with Sonic powers named Rose and their interactions are filled with this. From their matching names, to the reveal of Rose's abilities and Violet revealing hers being played out like a Coming-Out Story, to the two sneaking out and going out at night together resembling a date, to their incredible closeness at points, to their temporary falling out playing out like a break up because of Rose's father's supervillainy that nearly causes Rose to pull a Faceā€“Heel Turn and almost lands Violet herself in jail due to being an unintentional accomplice in the father-daughter duo's crime spree, which forces Violet to fight Rose herself in the middle of the School Dance in order to save her from her father's evil bad influence. Even if it's clearly unintentional, it's not difficult to see something in their friendship, especially if one applies the popular interpretation that superheroes are an allegory for LGBT people to the story. Those who have read the comic have argued that Violet ended up having far more chemistry with Rose than she did with her canon love interest, Tony, with some holding out hope that Rose becomes a Canon Immigrant for a potential third film and even potentially hook up with Violet, despite her canon relationship with Tony.note 
  • Moe: All three of the Parr children are downright adorable. Violet for being a Shy, awkward but cute teen girl, Dash for being an energetic and goofy kid who loves pranks and is eager to compete in sports, and Jack-Jack because he is a cheerful baby. They get even more adorable come Incredibles 2 thanks to the 14 years of animation upgrades that further empathizes their cuteness.
  • More Interesting as a Villain: Fans like the idea of Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack becoming evil. When the second movie was announced, some fans (such as Andre the Black Nerd) hoped that the film would explore Violet and her siblings being tempted by evil. While this didn't happen since the sequel established that Jack-Jack will likely grow up to be like his siblings and parents if his fight with Rocky the Raccoon is any indication, Violet's cynical comment about how Evelyn Deavor wouldn't face justice and how she lost her Love Interest caused some fans to believe that future films might explore her Start of Darkness, which completely loses leverage due to Violet simply reintroducing herself at the end of the sequel to Tony to maintain the Status Quo Is God. Suddenly Super somewhat fixes this a little by showing an alternate timeline of the first film's events where Violet works with Syndrome, as his Agent of Evil, no thanks due to Dash actually listening to his mom instead of sneaking off like in canon.
  • They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Most of the colorful Supers who are lost to cape malfunctions or Omnidroid prototypes (Stratogale, Macroburst, Gamma Jack, Blazestone, Dynaguy, Hypershock, Splashdown, Psycwave, Everseer, Thunderhead, Apogee, etc.) feel greatly underused, given how not all of them needed to die to make those plot points and they are never shown fighting or dealing with their civilian lifestyles after the public turned on the Supers.
  • The Woobie:
    • Bob struggles to adapt to civilian life and has a corrupt and extremely strict boss in the first film. In the sequel, Bob loses a lot of sleep caring for his children while Elastigirl is crimefighting.
    • Violet is extremely introverted, being in a family where everyone else is much more vocal, and just wants to fit in with other kids her age. In the sequel, she is emotionally wrecked from the memory wipe of Tony Rydinger, with whom she was supposed to be going on a movie date.
  • Woobie Family: The Parr family has a hard time adjusting to a world where the use of superpowers is banned. They frequently have to move house, and family life was quite tense until they first fought as a family. In the sequel, the Superhero Relocation Program is shut down, meaning that they would have been homeless had Winston Deavor not offered them refuge. Thankfully, supers are made legal again at the end of the sequel.
  • Woolseyism: The European French localization translates the "Mr. Incredible" nickname as "Mr. Indestructible" (same meaning in both language), a better description of his superpowers than his original name.

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