I Mr. Incredible
[First lines; The movie begins with a colored backing. A magnificent, masked man in a black-and-blue superhero suit is sitting in a chair: mid-twenties, ruggedly handsome and powerfully built, he fiddles with a clip-on microphone. We're watching a faded documentary, shot in 16mm. A title fades in, identifying the man as Mr. Incredible]
Is this on?
I Interviewer
[off-screen]
That's fine.
I Mr. Incredible
[muttering to himself]
I can break through walls, I just can't...
I Interviewer
[off-screen]
That's fine.
I Mr. Incredible
I can't get this on.
I Interviewer
[off-screen]
So, Mr. Incredible, do you have a secret identity?
I Mr. Incredible
Every superhero has a secret identity. I don't know a single one who doesn't. Who wants the pressure of being super all the time?
E Elastigirl
[Resume documentary: Another striking, masked superhero, a woman this time. A title identifies her as Elastigirl] [On-screen text: Walt Disney Pictures Presents]
Of course I have a secret identity. Can you see me in this at the supermarket? Come on. Who'd wanna go shopping as Elastigirl, y'know what I mean?
F Frozone
[Resume documentary: Another striking, superhero with a visor, a man. A title identifies him as Frozone] [On-screen text: A Pixar Animation Studios Film]
Super Ladies, they're always tryna tell you their secret identity. Think it'll strengthen the relationship or somethin' like that. I said, "Girl, I don't wanna know about your mild-mannered alter ego." or anything like that. I mean, you tell me you're a super-mega-ultra-lightnin'-babe, that's alright with me. I'm good. I'm good.
I Mr. Incredible
No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again. Sometimes I just want it to stay saved, you know? For a little bit. I feel like the maid. I just cleaned up this mess. Can we keep it clean for ten minutes?
I Interviewer
I could get to that point.
I Interviewer
Wait, no, don't get up. We're not finished.
I Mr. Incredible
Sometimes I think I'd just like the simple life, you know? Relax a little and raise a family.
E Elastigirl
Settle down? Are you kidding? I'm at the top of my game! I'm right up there with the big dogs! Girls, come on. Leave the saving of the world to the men? I don't think so. I don't think so. [fades to black. On-screen Text: The Incredibles. Sirens wail as lights flash, we're in the middle of a classic car chase: A police car in hot pursuit of another car driven by armed bank robbers. The robber riding shotgun primes his sub-machine gun and unloads on the cop car, which swerves into oncoming traffic to avoid the hail of bullets. Bob Parr, a dashing, golden-haired man in his thirties listens to his radio. If he looks familiar, it's because he is the same man we saw earlier: Mr. Incredible, minus the mask and super-suit. Suddenly the music is interrupted by an announcement]
PR Police Radio
We interrupt for an important bulletin. A deadly high-speed pursuit between police and armed gunmen is underway, traveling northbound on San Pablo Avenue.
[Bob presses a button. The radio flips: converting to a screen filled with a moving aerial map of the city streets. He selects "Isolate Pursuit". Two red dots appear, moving quickly over the map. He makes a hard right turn. Looks at the screen. A tiny "i" icon (Mr. Incredible's logo) closes in on the two red dots. He checks his watch]
Yeah, I've got time.
[He presses another button: "Auto-drive" and selects "Merge Pursuit". Bob takes his hands off the wheel and a rapid series of automated actions begin: the seat back drops flat; the passenger seat folds against the window as the driver's seat slides to the center. Bob raises his arms as metal bands lock around his waist, then separate, sliding apart toward his head and his toes, removing his clothes to reveal his slick, brightly colored Mr. Incredible super-suit underneath. He presses another button: the car's exterior converts into the coolest retro-futuristic vehicle ever seen: The Incredi-Bile. Mr. Incredible looks up: Through the windshield we see an old lady waving him down]
OL Old Lady
Mr. Incredible. Um, Mr. Incredible...
[Mr. Incredible pulls up. His window whooshes open]
What is it, ma'am?
OL Old Lady
[pointing to tree]
My cat, Squeaker, won't come down.
[Mr. Incredible glances at his screen: the pursuit is headed his way. He thinks, making some quick calculations, then]
Certainly, ma'am! But I suggest you stand clear. There could be trouble.
OL Old Lady
No, no. He's quite tame.
Let go now! [cat yowls]
[The cop car pulls back in behind the robbers' car. The cops are firing now and closing in. Mr. Incredible and the cat tree. Nervously checking the pursuit on his video screen, Mr. Incredible rips the tree out of the ground. He tips it, leaning it across to the old lady just as the car chase squeals into view at the end of the block. Mr. Incredible sees this and hastily shakes the tree, trying to dislodge Squeaker. The car chase. The cars swerve into view now, bordering the park that Mr. Incredible is in. Mr. Incredible sees them and shakes Squeaker harder. Chase cars close in. Mr. Incredible. Car chase. Squeaker. Chase. Squeaker, one final shake: Squeaker drops into the Old Lady's hands. Mr. Incredible raises the tree up and slams it down on the hood of the crooks' car, squashing it like a bug. Mr. Incredible tamps down the loose dirt at the base of the freshly replanted tree and smiles at his admirers]
PO Police Officer #1
Thank you, Mr. Incredible. You've done it again.
PO Police Officer #2
Yeah, you're the best.
No, I'm just here to help.
PR Police Radio
Attention all units. We have a tour bus robbery...
[Mr. Incredible frowns and looks at his watch. He makes a calculation, muttering to himself]
Tour bus robbery. I've still got time. Officers. Ma'am. Squeaker.
BI Buddy (IncrediBoy)
[Mr. Incredible jumps into the Incredi-Bile and is startled to find a pudgy kid wearing a mask and a homemade superhero costume sitting in the passenger seat. This is Buddy Pine aka IncrediBoy] [first words]
Cool! Ready for take-off!
What the...? Who are you supposed to be?
BI Buddy (IncrediBoy)
Well, I'm lncrediBoy.
What? No. You're that kid from the fan club. [stammering] Brophy-Br-Brody-Bu-Buddy! [sternly] Buddy.
BI Buddy (IncrediBoy)
My name is IncrediBoy.
Look, I've been nice, I've stood for photos, signed every scrap of paper you pushed at me, but this is...
BI Buddy (IncrediBoy)
No, you don't have to worry about training me. I know all your moves, your crime fighting style, favorite catch phrases, everything! I'm your number one fan! [The passenger door whooshes open and IncrediBoy is ejected from the car. Mr. Incredible fires the afterburners and peels off, leaving Buddy standing alone] Hey! Hey, wait!
[A trail of stolen goods scattered across a rooftop leads us to a mugger. He mutters to himself as he roots through a stolen purse, disregarding some items, stuffing others into his pockets. A shadow looms on the wall behind him]
You know. [the snatcher looks up. He grins] you can tell a lot about a woman by the contents of her purse, but maybe that’s not what you had in mind.
[Mr. Incredible closes in on him. The snatcher drops the purse and pulls a gun. Suddenly, an arm stretches and punches the snatcher's jaw. Mr. Incredible looks up and sees a dazzling masked woman in an equally dazzling suit. She smiles. If she looks familiar, it's because she is the same woman we saw earlier: Elastigirl, aka the soon-to-be Helen Parr]
Elastigirl.
[Elastigirl moves to the snatcher, begins to pick him up]
No, it's all right. I've got him.
Sure, you've got him. I just took him out for you.
Sure, you took him out. His attention was on me.
A fact I exploited to do my job.
A simple thank you will suffice.
Thanks, but I don't need any help.
[Elastigirl assesses him. Slowly moves closer]
Whatever happened to "ladies first"?
Well, whatever happened to equal treatment?
S Snatcher
[regaining consciousness]
Hey, look, the lady got me first. [Elastigirl coldcocks the crook with one stretched punch]
Well, we could share, you know.
[Elastigirl smiles, moves very close to Mr. Incredible]
Well, I think you need to be more...
[In one fluid motion she loops around his body, suddenly behind him and before he can turn, back in front again]
...flexible.
[dazzled]
Are...you doin' anything later?
I have a previous engagement.
[She makes a little stutter step to the edge of the roof and jumps, flips, loops and stretches across the rooftops like a liquid cat, disappearing into the setting sun. Mr. Incredible lets out a low whistle. That. Is a woman] [Mr. Incredible handcuffs the snatcher to a pipe]
Now, you just stay here. They usually pick up the garbage in an hour.
F Frozone
Hey, Incredible!
[Mr. Incredible turns. A helicopter sweeps past, machine guns blazing back towards its pursuer. Frozone swoops down, hot on its tail, surfing a sheet of ice that materializes in his path]
Hey, Frozone!
F Frozone
[Frozone leaps, grabbing on to one of the chopper's skids]
Shouldn't you be getting ready?
[Mr. Incredible frowns, glancing at his watch. Mr. Incredible yells at the retreating copter]
I still got time.
W Woman
[Off-screen, a woman screams followed by the horrified cries of several gathered people] [off-screen]
He's gonna jump!
[Mr. Incredible runs to the edge of the building and looks down. A large crowd is gathered on the streets below. Mr. Incredible follows their upwards gaze to the roof of a skyscraper with a man, Oliver Sansweet, who stands poised to jump, then does. Mr. Incredible quickly gauges distances, and then dives off the edge, making a spectacular leap, and tackles him in mid-air and then breaking through an enormous window on the far side, and tumbles to the floor in a shower of glass. Safe]
S Sansweet
[Off-screen: the people outside are now clapping in applause]
I think you broke something.
Well, with counseling, I think you'll come to forgive me. [senses something] Wait a minute...
[Mr. Incredible slides Sansweet over to a desk and props him up against it] [His acute senses turn his attention to the hallway, toward the elevators. As he follows his ears, we become aware of a sound: a tiny series of regular beeps. Mr. Incredible locates a spot on the wall and presses one ear against it. The beeps accelerate. Mr. Incredible starts to push away and... BOOM! The hallway is filled with smoke and debris. A silhouette emerges from the newly blown hole in the wall; a tall, rangy man in a mime costume carries two stuffed duffel bags. This is Bomb Voyage. He surveys the scene with a wicked smile. A vault door is embedded into the wall directly opposite the hole. It moves aside, revealing Mr. Incredible behind it, dazed but unharmed. He sees the mime and growls]
BV Bomb Voyage
[first words]
Monsieur Incroyable! [Translation: Mr. Incredible!]
I IncrediBoy
[off-screen]
And IncrediBoy!
BV Bomb Voyage
[Both Mr. Incredible and Voyage turn and stare in disbelief at the kid, who awkwardly flies over to them]
IncrediBoy?
I IncrediBoy
Hey, hey! Aren't you curious about how I get around so fast? See? I have these rocket boots.
BV Bomb Voyage
Petit mufe va! [Translation: Little oaf...]
I IncrediBoy
[he takes Bob aside]
Can we talk? You always, always say be true to yourself, but you never say which part of yourself to be true to. Well, I've finally figured out who I am. I am your ward...IncrediBoy!
And now, you have officially carried it too far, Buddy.
I IncrediBoy
[Mr. Incredible grabs Bomb Voyage before he could get away. There is an ugly flash in Buddy's eyes]
This is because I don't have powers, isn't it? Well not every superhero has powers, you know. You can be super without them. [re: his rocket boots] I built these. I can fly. Can you fly?
[warns IncrediBoy]
Fly home, Buddy. I work alone.
BV Bomb Voyage
[last words]
Et ton costume est complètement ridicule! [Translation: And your outfit is totally ridiculous!]
I IncrediBoy
Just give me one chance! [to Bomb Voyage] I'll show you. I'll go get the police.
[As Buddy jogs to the shattered window, Mr. Incredible sees that Voyage has sneakily clipped a small bomb onto Buddy's cape]
Buddy, don't!
I IncrediBoy
It'll only take a second, really.
[takes off after him]
NO, STOP! There's a bomb!
I IncrediBoy
[Mr. Incredible grabs Buddy's cape just as "IncrediBoy" takes off, taking Mr. Incredible with him. Mr. Incredible and the boy rocket wildly out of control, spraying sparks in every direction, Mr. Incredible grabbing at the cape desperately for the bomb]
Let go! You're wrecking my flight pattern! I can do this if you let go!
Will you just...?? I'm trying to help! Stop!
I IncrediBoy
Let go of my cape!
[Mr. Incredible finally grabs hold of the bomb and flings it free. Both he and the bomb fall onto the elevated train tracks below. The bomb explodes, blowing away a large section of track. Mr. Incredible groggily looks up; A train is coming. And heading straight for the section of track that is no longer there. Mr. Incredible sets his jaw and starts running toward the oncoming train, leaping the chasm to intercept the train before it gets there. Mr. Incredible pulls up and plants himself. The expression on his face says it all: this is going to hurt. The train hits; Mr. Incredible taking the full impact. Rail ties break behind Mr. Incredible's feet, spraying in all directions as Mr. Incredible, miraculously, wrestles the train to a stop]
[Finally, Police and paramedics have arrived, cordoning off the accident scene and treating the injured. At last, Mr. Incredible hands Buddy over to the police]
Take this one home. And make sure his mom knows what he's been doing.
I IncrediBoy
I can help you. You're making a mista---hey!
[The cops shove Buddy into the backseat of their car]
The injured jumper. You sent paramedics?
PO Police Officer
They've already picked him up.
The blast in that building was caused by Bomb Voyage who I caught in the act robbing the vault. Now, we might be able to nab him if we set up a perimeter.
PO Police Officer #2
You mean he got away?
Well, yeah. Skippy here made sure of that.
I IncrediBoy
[last words]
IncrediBoy!
You're not affiliated with me!!
[A tiny alarm sounds. Mr. Incredible checks his wristwatch]
Holy smokes, I'm late. Listen, I've gotta be somewhere.
PO Police Officer
[Mr. Incredible signals the Incredi-Bile with a remote. It roars into view, squeals to a stop next to him]
What about Bomb Voyage?
Any other night, I'd go after him myself, but I really gotta go. But don't worry. We'll get him! Eventually!
[Mr. Incredible fires the afterburners. The cops watch in dismay as the Incredi-Bile roars off] [He enters, dressed smartly in a tux, fumbling with his tie]
Hey, is the night still young?
[His best man named Lucius Best (aka Frozone) stops him before he...]
Oh, the mask! You still got the mask.
[Lucius reaches up and pulls off his Mr. Incredible mask. Bob takes a deep breath and pushes open the chapel doors]
Showtime.
M Minister
[Bob, the groom stands at the altar with his bride, Helen, who we quickly realize is also Elastigirl]
Robert Parr, will you have this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?
You're late. When you asked me if I was doing anything later, I didn't realize you'd actually forgotten. I thought it was playful banter.
Cutting it kinda close, don't ya think?
You need to be more...flexible.
I love you, but if we're gonna make this work, you've gotta be more than Mr. Incredible. You know that. Don't you?
M Minister
...so long as you both shall live?
M Minister
I pronounce this couple husband and wife.
[They kiss, as people are cheering and whistling. Gazerbeam, Stratogale, Dynaguy, Meta-Man, Thunderhead, E and Rick Dicker can be seen for a few seconds clapping.]
As long as we both shall live. No matter what happens.
Hey, come on. We’re superheroes. What could happen?
[Back in Nomanisan, Bob is hiding in brush at the top of a cliff. Along the waterline far below, a monopod streaks toward him along a track which curves around the coastline. Bob crouches... and dives — we fall with him, whistling through the air until we hit a palm tree. The palm bends, slowing Bob's drop before he expertly releases it and drops into another palm directly below it. Bob leaps onto the roof of the pod, quickly dispatching the guards inside, tossing them into the ocean. Bob seats himself at the controls, as the pod races toward Syndrome's base and a security checkpoint. Two guards look up as they hear the monopod approach. A sparking wheel carriage arrives at the gate, its cab completely torn off and missing. Suddenly alert, the guards **** their guns and aim into the dark. We hear a distant grunt. A moment later the cab falls from the sky, crashing on top of the guards. Bob runs through the wrecked gate, toward the base. Bob pulls up behind some trees. There are several guards; two at the vehicle entrance, another at the balcony above. Bob thinks a bit, looks down and finds a coconut. With expert precision, he throws it at the balcony guard, beaning him. He falls off the balcony and hits the ground.]
G1 Guard 1
[voice on radio]
Hey, hey. We got a man down!
G2 Guard 2
Come on, let’s go.
G2 Guard 2
Are you okay? What happened?
[over radio] Break surveillance and engage. Continuing sweep...
[The other guards rush to help him, leaving their post. Bob runs up to the vehicle entrance — it's locked tight. Bob sees shadows of guards approaching, he's out in the open and about to be caught when — the door suddenly sweeps up and opens, taking Bob with it. A medical transport comes out of the open bay, and as the door moves closed behind it, we see Bob drop into the garage. Elevator. Bob emerges in the dining hall and stares at the lava fall. He knows there is a secret passage behind it. He picks up a large stone sculpture in the shape of a Moai head and readies to run into the lava fall. One... two... thr— Bob is startled by a flash of light behind the fall; the passage is opening. He loses his balance, struggling to set the massive sculpture back into place before Mirage enters. Bob rushes into the closing passage. Jumps clear just as passage closes. A series of parallel floor lights click on. Bob follows them to an elaborate chair in the center of the room, lit from above. Bob sits down in the chair. A giant. curved screen lights up in front of him, with a blinking cursor in its center. Bob types in "KRONOS". The computer screen refreshes: Bob is in.]
W Woman
[Switch back to Helen and E] [over phone]
Insuricare.
Oh, hello. This is Helen Parr. Bob Parr is my husband. I was wondering if you could give me the number of the hotel he’s staying at. The number I have is, uh, no good.
W Woman
Mr. Parr no longer works at Insuricare.
[confused]
What do you mean? He’s on a business trip. A company retreat.
W Woman
My records say his employment was terminated almost two months ago.
[Switch back to Bob. After apparently searching one of the information sectors, he proceeds to go to the Supers sector. He presses "return", and it's a slideshow of the superheroes and the older Omnidroids.] [The sequence is as follows:] [Universal Man - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X1] [Psycwave - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X1] [Everseer - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X1] [Macroburst - Terminated Omnidroid v.X1] [Macroburst - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X2] [Phylangue - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X2] [Blazestone - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X2] [Switch back to Helen and E. Helen's call ends, as she worries for Bob.] [Switch back again to Bob in the Computer room. The sequence continues.] [Downburst - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X3] [Hyper Shock - Terminated Omnidroid v.X3] [Hyper Shock - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4] [Apogee - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4] [Unknown Super - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4] [Blitzerman - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4] [Tradewind - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4] [Vectress - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4] [Unknown Super - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4] [Gazerbeam - Terminated Omnidroid v.X4] [Gazerbeam - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X5] [Stormicide - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X5] [Gamma Jack - Terminated Omnidroid v.X5] [Gamma Jack - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X6] [Unknown Super - Terminated Omnidroid v.X6] [Switch back to Helen and E.]
So, you don't know where he is.
[She shows a tracking device to Helen.]
Would you like to find out...?
[Switch back to Bob; the sequence has ended.] [He types "Elastigirl" into the search engine and the screen displays her location as "UNKNOWN". He gives a relieved sigh. Helen reluctantly takes the homing locator from E and stares at it; not sure she wants to know what it may tell her. He then types Frozone into the search engine and the screen displays his location as KNOWN. Shortly after, he types himself on the search engine. The screen displays him as TERMINATED by the Omnidroid v.X9. Cut back to E and Helen. E gives the tracker device to Helen. Cut back to Mr. Incredible in the Computer Room. He is now looking at Syndrome's master plan, which seems to indicate unleashing the Omnidroid on Municiberg, and then Operation Kronos's sequence begins. It shows the Omnidroid v.10. Then, Mr. Incredible goes through the phases]
[First Phase: Secure the Omnidroid into a Rocketship.] [Second Phase: Launch the Rocket towards Metroville.] [Third Phase: Destroy the city with the robot deployed.] [The countdown begins, showing 8 hours, 10 minutes and 39 seconds until the Omnidroid is launched. Mr. Incredible retreats. Cut Back to Helen. Helen presses the locator button on the homing tracker. On the viewscreen, the locator isolates a remote island. As the dot over the "i" on his chest-logo lights up. We hear a beeping noise. Mr. Incredible looks down in surprise. An alarm sounds as the room is awash in bright light. Unwittingly, Helen has exposed him. Mr. Incredible races for the exit but is hit by sticky, expanding and pressure absorbent orbs fired from guns lining the walls, which inflate, quickly making it impossible to run. Mr. Incredible falls to the floor, swallowed up by the expanding goo. From his POV: The expanding goo-balls fill up the POV but not before Bob makes out the recognizable figure approaching him: Mirage. Cut back to E and Helen in her kitchen. Coffee has been made and partially consumed. The morning paper, still rolled, rests on the table. Helen, eyes reddened from crying, blows her nose into a wadded length of toilet paper handed to her by a mildly disgusted E.]
M Man
[Cut back to the Omnidroid destroying the city. The driver of a gasoline tanker truck screeches to a halt, his eyes bugging out at the rampaging Omnidroid]
RUN!
W Woman
[He jumps from the truck just as the Omnidroid seizes the tanker in a giant claw and flings it down the street. A young mother sees it arcing toward her baby carriage.]
MY BABY!
M Man
[Syndrome holds the tanker in place just above the carriage and woman. The crowd is immediately electrified by the sight of the red-haired Superhero.]
The Supers have returned!
W Woman
No, Fironic has a different outfit!
No, no, I’m a new superhero! I’m SYNDROME!
[Syndrome carelessly flings the tanker truck behind him with a flourish. It explodes, frightening the crowd. The Omnidroid moves towards him.] All right, stand back. [The Omnidroid reaches a massive claw toward Syndrome, who presses a series of buttons on his power cuff. The robot freezes suddenly, idling. Syndrome smiles, pressing another series of buttons on his remote.] Someone needs to teach this hunk of metal a few manners. [Putting on a good show, Syndrome flies around the idling bot, and delivers a punch to one of its leg sockets.]
OMNIDROID'S P.O.V.: Technical readouts spray across its viewscreen as it confirms Syndrome's instructions: RESTRAIN BATTLE MODE. DETACH ARM AT SIGNAL.
Ha, ha!
[On cue, one of the Omnidroid's limbs suddenly falls out of its socket, thudding uselessly to the ground. As Syndrome revels in the cheers of the crowd, we push in on the Omnidroid. It's watching Syndrome. And thinking — OMNIDROID'S P.O.V.: Technical readouts spray across its viewscreen as it analyzes: CONTROL STOLEN BY EXTERNAL SIGNAL.] LOCATE SOURCE: EXTERNAL SIGNAL
Columns of numbers are crunched. The Omnidroid's lens-eye zooms in on the control bands around Syndrome's wrist — SIGNAL SOURCE: REMOTE CONTROL — and comes to a logical conclusion: OVERRIDE EXTERNAL CONTROL
DESTROY REMOTE CONTROL
[The Omnidroid fires a precise laser shot, blasting the remote right off Syndrome's wrist. It clatters to the street. Syndrome whirls around in horror as the bot goes after him. He flies out of control, and he crashes onto a building. He lands, tries to get up and falls unconscious soon after.] [Frozone appears on the scene. High above the earth — another rocket, identical to the first one, descends from the clouds. Again, it separates into quarters which fall away, revealing the landing craft inside — and only then do we notice what's different about it: in the center of the large, perfectly round hole designed to house the Omnidroid is — the command vehicle, precariously held in place by a very stretched, very stressed Helen. Inside the command vehicle Bob is at the wheel, Vi and Dash are seated at a small table in the back.]
[exasperated]
Are we nearly there yet?
We'll get there when we get there!
[opens the window; to Helen, who is suspended from the Omnidroid's lander, clutching its sides and holding the van in place as loose debris is scattered everywhere.]
How you doing, honey?
[The giant wing is descending, gliding closer to the water, as the city looms closer directly ahead.]
Kids, strap yourselves down like I told you!
[Violet and Dash move to the seats at the monitor panels, belting themselves in. Bob opens his window, yells up to Helen]
Here we go, honey! Ready, Violet? [Violet holds a hand over a giant, jerry-rigged release switch.] Ready? Now! [Violet slams the switch. The explosive bolts fire, separating the wing. Helen let's go with a pained shout, swings inside through the window. Bob steps on the gas. The command vehicle wheels spin. Bob tenses as he watches the speedometer move past 110, 120, 130.] This is gonna be rough! [The command vehicle sails over an overpass, clipping a light pole, and crashes to the pavement in a shower of sparks. It flies down the street at 200 MPH. Fighting to keep control, Bob hits the brakes. Smoke erupts from the wheel wells.] The robot’s in the financial district. Which exit do I take?
That'll take me downtown. I take 7th, don't I?
[Bob cranks the wheel and cuts across several lanes toward the Seventh Street exit.]
Don’t take 7th!
[Bob aborts the exit, swerving hard to avoid a collision.]
Great, we missed it!
You asked me how to get there, and I told you. Exit at Traction!
That’ll take me downtown!
It's coming up! Get in the right lane! Signal!
[changing lanes]
We don't exit at Traction!
YOU'RE GONNA MISS IT!!!!
[The command vehicle takes a violent swerve across six lanes, barely making the off-ramp! Sparks spray as the vehicle slams into the guardrail. The command vehicle careens off the railing and into traffic, narrowly missing a semi. Horns blare. Bob's teeth clench as he fights to slow the vehicle down. He stomps both feet on the brakes. Its tires smoking, the command vehicle pulls sideways and loses it, tumbling down the center of the street, spraying metal pieces in its wake. It rolls into an open parking space, and lands — miraculously upright, stripped like an ear of eaten corn. A more perfect parallel park couldn't have been executed. Bob and Helen sit up woozily. Bob turns to Dash and Violet.]
Is everybody okay back there?
[Violet and Dash pull themselves upright. They look as if they've emerged from an industrial tumble dryer]
Super-duper, Dad!
[laughing]
Let’s do that again.
[The Omnidroid comes into view through the cracked windshield. Bob releases his seat belt, turns to Helen.]
Wait here and stay hidden. I’m going in.
[Bob grimly starts after the Omnidroid. Helen stretches an arm out and grabs his shoulder, spinning him around.]
While what? I watch helplessly from the sidelines? I don’t think so.
I’m asking you to wait with the kids.
And I’m telling you, "not a chance". You’re my husband. I’m with you for better or worse.
What is this to you? Playtime?
So you can be Mr. Incredible AGAIN?!
Strong enough. And this will make you stronger?
That’s what this is? Some sort of workout!?
I CAN'T LOSE YOU AGAIN! [Helen is stunned. She stares at Bob, whose head is bowed like a child] I can’t. Not again. I’m not... strong enough.
[Helen searches Bob's eyes, deeply touched. She throws her arms around him, kissing him.]
If we work together, you won’t have to be.
I don’t know what’ll happen.
Hey. We’re superheroes. What can happen?
[Violet screams. She and Dash jump clear just as the command vehicle is crushed by the Omnidroid's metal foot. The Incredibles run. Another Omnidroid foot smashes into the street, blocking the kids' way. Bob and Helen stop, whirling]
Vi, Dash— NO!
[The Omnidroid is now fully focused on the kids, pounding Violet's force field relentlessly with its giant claws. The shield holds. The Omnidroid draws itself up and drops — the entirety of its massive bulk slams into the force field knocking Vi unconscious. Her force field flickers out]
Violet?
[Again, the Omnidroid draws itself up to deliver the crushing blow. Dash cringes and the bot drops — and hits an obstacle halfway down. Dash looks up]
Dad!
[Bob is underneath the bot, on his back, his arms and legs straining under the weight of it.]
Go, go!
[Violet comes to and is instantly yanked out from under the bot and into Helen's arms.]
I’m okay, mom. Really.
[Dash follows them around the corner. Straining, Bob lifts the Omnidroid enough to get his feet underneath him. The bot snatches Bob out from underneath and flings him at a building across the street. The windows of the nearby building shatter as Bob's body tumbles across the floor, scattering desks and chairs. Helen rounds a corner out of the Omnidroid's view and carefully sets Violet down. She looks at Dash and Vi.]
[Helen turns away, charging back toward the robot. Vi and Dash watch their fearless mother in amazement.] [as the Omnidroid pulls itself up the building to look for Bob. Bob charges the Omnidroid, hitting it with enough force to dislodge it from the building. It falls, crashing into the street with an earth-shattering boom. Bob falls with it but rolls and lands on his feet. The familiar sound of cracking ice causes Bob to look up]
Frozone! Yeah!
[A narrow sheet of ice streaks across the pavement and Frozone skates past, joining the fight. Following Frozone — He moves to the Omnidroid, expertly icing its joints as it tries to get up. The Omnidroid whines as its motors strain against the ice. Further down the street, Helen rushes up to Bob]
Bob!
[Just then Frozone sails into frame and crashes into the roof of a parked car. Bob turns angrily toward the Omnidroid and is immediately smacked by it. Bob flies into the side of a building and tumbles to the street. Frozone and Helen distract the Omnidroid, heckling it and spreading out. It goes after them like an enraged beast. Dazed, Bob looks up and sees a strange device on the ground in front of him. He examines it, his eyes widening when he realizes what it is. He holds it up, yelling excitedly to the others]
[The Omnidroid comes down on Bob like a ton of bricks, lifting him high above the ground. Miraculously, Bob has held on to the remote, and he quickly stabs at the buttons, hoping to get lucky. With a boom, one of the bot's limbs releases, sending it — and Bob — crashing to the ground] [Around the corner, Violet sees this. She turns to Dash]
The remote controls the robot!
[The Omnidroid knows this too, and it fires laser blasts at Bob to try to stop Bob from using the remote. Bob jumps clear, then hears Dash from down the street.]
Hey, Dad! Throw it, throw it!
[Bob gives the remote a monster throw, flinging it high into the air and across the river. Dash pivots and takes off after it. The Omnidroid sees Dash and starts firing after him. With Dash as he hits the water, jetting across the water's surface as the Omnidroid fires away. The water explodes around Dash, but he concentrates on the remote, following it into his hands like an NFL receiver.]
Got it!
[Dash crosses the river and hits the streets on the other side, seemingly home free. But the Omnidroid is still firing, and it hits some cars in Dash's path, igniting their gas tanks. Suddenly Dash is surrounded by a wall of flames! Bob runs toward Helen, who is closer to the Omnidroid.]
Honey, take out its guns!
[Helen hears him. She grabs a heavy manhole cover winding her elastic arm around a light pole to fling it — like an arrow — at the Omnidroid's gun. Bullseye. What follows amounts to a game of hot potato between the Supers and the Omnidroid over the remote: Frozone saves Dash from the circle of burning cars. Omnidroid sees this and goes after them. With Dash on his back, Frozone races across the river, freezing it in front of him as he goes.]
F Frozone
Dash! Gotcha!
[Omnidroid jumps — almost on top of them, creating a massive wave and throwing Dash and Frozone high into the air. Thinking fast, Frozone turns the wave into a wall of snow. It crashes over the streets, cushioning their fall. The remote clatters to the ground. Bob sees it and runs for it. The Omnidroid sees Bob and fires a claw — catching Bob just as he was reaching for the remote. The claw — with Bob inside — tumbles end over end down the street. With Bob out of the way, the Omnidroid heads for the remote. Frozone ices the Omnidroid's path, causing its metal feet to slip and slide. Helen runs ahead of the Omnidroid, stretching herself into a tripwire across the stumbling Omnidroid's path. It crashes to the street. The Omnidroid looks up. The remote lies on the street just in front of it, easily within its grasp. The Omnidroid reaches out with a claw to destroy the remote. The remote magically jumps clear. The Omnidroid tries again, and again the remote darts away. Riled now, it rears up and stabs wildly at the remote with all of its arms. We hear Violet shriek, as the remote repeatedly eludes the Omnidroid's grasp: finally tangling its legs so badly that it topples over. Violet reappears, running back to rejoin the group in the middle of the street.]
Mom, I’ve got it! I’ve got the remote!
F Frozone
A remote? A remote that controls what?
F Frozone
[Violet begins to fiddle with the remote's click-wheel, pressing its buttons to no effect. The Omnidroid has gotten to its feet and lunges toward them. Violet shrieks and presses the button one last time. Rockets fire underneath the Omnidroid's clawed feet, lifting the enormous machine into the air.]
THE ROBOT?!?'
[Everyone ducks as the Omnidroid rockets overhead, crashing into a building at the end of the street. Like a woozy prizefighter, the Omnidroid gets back on its feet.]
It's coming back!
[Dash snatches the remote from Violet, aims it at the Omnidroid, spins the click-wheel and presses a button. Behind Dash (and unseen by all) the claws on the Omnidroid's detached arm spring open — flinging Bob into the air.]
That wasn't right.
[snatching remote back]
Give me that!
DOWN THE STREET - WITH BOB
[He climbs to his feet, muttering to himself.]
We can’t stop it. The only thing hard enough to penetrate it is... [A thought hits him. Remembering the first fight he had with the Omnidroid in the jungle, lava and volcano, he turns, staring at the metal claw] itself.
[Helen has the remote now and is trying to figure it out. The Omnidroid has them all in its sights and is lumbering toward them. The kids are starting to panic.]
No, this'll work! This'll work! Lucius, try to buy us some time!
F Frozone
Try the one next to it.
[Lucius takes off, throwing ice and skating down the street toward the approaching Omnidroid. He jumps off an ice ramp, his skates converting into a circular ski-disc in mid-air. He lands, throwing a massive ice wall in front of the Omnidroid.] [With Bob as he closes the claw into a massive arrowhead and starts charging down the street. With Helen and the kids — Helen dials the click-wheel on the remote and presses one of the buttons. The back of the claw suddenly fires a rocket engine. Bob veers crazily, trying to control it. Helen presses the button again. Now close to the group, Bob's claw rocket switches off. Bob gets an idea] [Helen presses a button. The claw blades start to spin.]
Honey! [Frozone is putting up an ice wall to delay the Omnidroid's advancement toward them] Wait a minute. PRESS THAT BUTTON AGAIN!! NO, THE OTHER ONE!! T-THE FIRST ONE!
[The Omnidroid has broken through the first ice wall and pounding away at a second one. Though Frozone's giving it all he's got, the Omnidroid's starting to break through.] [Helen looks at the remote, gestures at her kids.]
It’s getting closer!
Get outta here, kids, find a safe spot!
We’re not going anywhere!
F Frozone
[apprehensively, as the Omnidroid advances toward Bob]
Helen...?
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
A closer target! Ya got one shot!
[The Omnidroid shatters the ice wall Frozone put up, it's almost on top of them. Elastigirl presses the button. The claw-rocket fires. Mr. Incredible aims it directly at the Omnidroid's metal underbelly—]
EVERYBODY DUCK!
[—and releases it. The giant metal claw roars overhead and drills clean through the Omnidroid's body, coming out the other side embedded in the CPU. For a long moment nothing happens. Then the gargantuan machine keels over and explodes. It's over. The family looks at each other, stunned]
Hey, Zone.
[Frozone starts laughing. Mr. Incredible smiles as he looks at his super family. It feels like his best memories... only better. The seemingly empty city begins to come to life, as people emerge from their hiding places, converging in the street. People begin to spontaneously cheer the heroes, welcoming the Supers' return. Syndrome comes to. Looks over the edge to the streets below to find the battle over and the masses cheering, not for him, but for the group of Supers. He darkens]
Huh? NO!
[Two elderly gentlemen stand together in the crowd. One nudges the other] Frank Thomas Hey, did you see that? That's the way to do it. That's old school.
OJ Ollie Johnston
Yeah. No school like the old school.
F Frozone
[They drink in the cheers as the adoring crowd gathers around them] [chuckles]
Just like old times.
Just like old times. [slaps Frozone on the back, a little too hard]
F Frozone
[shaking it off]
Oh! Yeah. Hurt then too.
