The Incredibles was a breath of fresh hair for the superhero genre. It reminded us all that heroes didn't always need to be dark and brooding, they could be fun and satirical too!
There's a lot embedded into The Incredibles; if you blink you could have missed it without even realizing. To illustrate my point, here are 10+ little details from The Incredibles fans didn't notice.
If you look in the pews during Bob and Helen's wedding, you'll see Dynaguy, Stratogale, Thunderhead, and Meta Man.
These are the examples she uses when she explains why all capes are dangerous.
Yes, Mr. Incredible's office is cramped in part because he's a massive man.
But if you pay close attention, he also has a giant pillar in the middle of his cubicle.
For the courtroom sketches of Mr. Incredible, you can see a faint signature in the bottom right-hand corner.
The signature belongs to Peter Sohn, who worked on such Pixar films as Ratatouille.
If you pay careful attention to the street names on Bob's GPS, you'll be able to see that a number of them are the real streets that surround Pixar Animation Studio.
Buddy is voiced by Jason Lee. When Mr. Incredible mistakenly calls him Brodie, this is a nod to a character Lee played in Kevin Smith's '90s cult classic, Mallrats.
During the scene where a thief empties the contents of a woman's purse, there's a very noticeable Mr. Incredible Pez dispenser that falls out.
Remember Pez? Do they still make those?
While it's true that an exact date is never mentioned by any character in the film, if you examine Bob's newspaper you can clearly see that the date reads May 16, 1962.
Yes, I understand it's hard to read. But if you look right at the bottom, it says "Last active: 13/11/55."
While listening to the police scanner, Bob and Lucius are parked between a deli called Luxo's and a restaurant known as Andy's.
This is a dual reference to Toy Story as well as the Pixar lamp.
Bob has a lot of clutter on his desk. But one interesting piece of memorabilia comes in the form of his Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots.
This is an allusion to Toy Story 2 and the office at Al's Toy Barn.
If there was still such a thing as a touchtone phone this one would be a lot easier to spot.
But if you punch the numbers into the dial pad, minus the area code, it spells out "SUPRHRO".
When Bob is scrolling through the list of terminated superheroes, you can see that one of the powers of Downburst was "Gaseous Expulsion."
So farting and burping, to put it bluntly?
Mr. Incredible is incarcerated on Level A1, cell block 13. Together, this forms the number A113, which is the classroom for the animators at the California Institute of the Arts.
A113 is in every single Pixar movie.
Did you ever wonder who the two old men admiring Frozone and The Incredibles were? Their names are Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.
They are the original Disney animators from films like Pinocchio and Peter Pan.
If the scene between Lucius and the police officer looked familiar, that's because it was supposed to.
It's a clever nod to another Samuel L. Jackson film, Die Hard With A Vengeance.
You might need to break out the old magnifying glass for this one. But if you look at the jar on Bob's desk, the label reads "Bullets that bounced off my chest."
Pretty cool keepsake if you ask me.
Take a moment to notice the stained glass that adorns the church door. Does it look familiar? It should.
That's Mr. Incredible's logo!
When Bob (Mr. Incredible) receives the encrypted message from Mirage, he rushes to his desk to write it all down.
Look close and you'll see a scrap piece of paper where he's doodled his logo.
It looks like Insuricare is doing all they can to run a lean office.
"Employees will have to self-expense all office supplies. All parking will now be metered by the hour. Electricity and telephone charges will be deducted from paychecks."
The memo states that Insuricare "had the highest profit in years." Clearly, Bob didn't like being squeezed by the higher-ups.
If you take a look at the framed picture of the shark on Bob's desk, you'll see a nice little Easter Egg.
The shark is supposed to be Bruce from Finding Nemo
Lou Romano is the voice of Linguini in Ratatouille. He was born on April 15th. Lou also voices Dash's teacher in The Incredibles.
The license plate reads LR0415.
When Helen and the kids crash land into the ocean, she escapes the falling debris in time because she looks down and sees the reflection in the water.
When Bob backs out of the driveway after saying goodbye to Helen, the car turns even though his hand on the wheel remains completely in place.
If you look at the cars parked on the street, you'll see a 1951 Hudson Hornet.
The same make and model as Doc from Cars.
As Edna walks Helen through her laboratory, you can see that the threads she used to make the family's uniforms are still on the table.
As the family sits eating dinner, you can see that Dash has 3 pieces of broccoli beside his steak.
After Bob leaves with Frozone, the camera pans to Dash and there is somehow broccoli on his steak.
When Frozone and Mr. Incredible are in the jewelry store, Frozone presses the vertical lever on the water jug to a horizontal position.
When he takes his finger away, it remains horizontal but the water stays put.
On the airplane, when Helen unzips her bag of luggage, the placement of the zipper keeps on switching from end to end.
During the scene where Dash and Elastigirl are in the principal's office, Dash's t-shirt changes multiple times.
The logo keeps vanishing and reappearing.
