276. The Incredibles

Title: The Incredibles
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Year: 2004

Summary: "Supers"—humans gifted with superpowers—help fight crime and are idolized by the public. On his way to marry Helen (also known as Elastigirl), Robert "Bob" Parr, better known as Mr. Incredible, saves a suicidal man, and stops an el train from a potential accident when saving his intrusive biggest fan, Buddy Pine, from being blown up by a bomb planted on him by criminal Bomb Voyage. After marrying Helen, countless lawsuits filed against Mr. Incredible and the other Supers for collateral damage and civil unrest from their good deeds results in the creation of a relocation program, forcing the Supers to fit in among the civilians without using their superpowers.

Fifteen years later, Bob and Helen have three children – Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack, and live as a suburban family. Bob, who is unsatisfied with the suburban life and his frustrating white-collar job, longs for the glory days. On some nights, Bob and his old friend Lucius Best, formerly Frozone, perform vigilante work, unbeknownst to Helen. One day, Bob loses his temper at his supervisor, who refuses to let him stop a mugging, resulting in him losing his job. Returning home, Bob finds a message from a woman named Mirage, who convinces him to become Mr. Incredible again and gives him a mission to destroy a malfunctioning robot called the Omnidroid, promising a substantial reward. Arriving on Nomanisan Island, Bob is able to defeat the robot by tricking it into ripping out its own power source.

Rejuvenated, Bob's relationship with his family improves, and he begins rigorous training. Discovering a tear in his suit (from battling the Omnidroid), Bob visits superhero costume designer Edna Mode who decides to make him and his whole family suits, unbeknownst to Helen and the children. Leaving for Nomanisan once again, Bob discovers that Mirage is working for Buddy, now an amoral super villain called Syndrome. Syndrome intends to perfect the Omnidroid (which gets more intelligent each time it battles) and defeat it while manipulating its controls to become a hero himself, and then sell his inventions to the public so everyone will become equally "super", making the term meaningless. Bob sneaks into Syndrome's base, finding a big-screen computer where he uses the password "Kronos" left scrawled on a wall by a dead Super, Gazerbeam. He discovers Syndrome murdered countless retired superheroes with previous Omnidroid prototypes. Meanwhile, Helen visits Edna, finds out what Bob has been up to, and activates a homing beacon to find him, inadvertently causing Bob to be discovered and captured.

Helen borrows a jet to head for Nomanisan, but finds Violet and Dash have stowed away wearing their own costumes, leaving Jack-Jack in the care of a teenage babysitter. Syndrome picks up Helen’s radio transmissions and destroys the jet, but Helen along with the children survive and make it to the island, though Bob thinks they are dead. Helen proceeds to the base to find Bob, discovering Syndrome's intentions to send the Omnidroid to Municiberg in a rocket. Later, Mirage, annoyed with Syndrome's selfishness, releases Bob and informs him that his family is alive. Helen appears and races off with Bob to find the children when they are spotted by security. Dash and Violet use their powers to escape their captors and are joined by their parents, only to be captured by Syndrome, who then heads off to initiate his plan.

With Mirage's help, the Parrs escape, and use a security van and a rocket booster to pursue Syndrome. In Municiberg, the Omnidroid proves to be too intelligent, and knocks the remote that controls it out of Syndrome's grasp, knocking him unconscious and rampaging through the city. The Parrs and Lucius team up to fight the robot, until Bob uses Syndrome's remote control and one of the Omnidroid’s detached pincers to make it tear its power source out, destroying it. Returning home, the Parrs find Syndrome has Jack-Jack and intends on raising him as his own sidekick to seek revenge on the family, only for Jack-Jack's own superpowers to manifest. Helen rescues Jack-Jack, and Bob kills Syndrome by throwing his car at his jet, causing Syndrome’s cape to get caught in the turbines, and pulling him in.

Three months later, the Parrs have readjusted to normal life, but the city is attacked by a villain called the Underminer. The family dons their superhero outfits, preparing to face the new threat.