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The Incredibles

Brad Bird · 2004 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

Lawsuits drive the costumed heroes into a relocation scheme, and fifteen years later the strongest of them sits at an insurance desk, sneaking out at night with an old friend to listen to police scanners. A message from an unnamed island offers him work fighting a robot, and his wife finds the repaired suit before she finds the flight plan. Bird gave Pixar its first fully human cast and its case against mediocrity.

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Attributes

Genre
AdventureScience FictionSatire
Theme
Identity & SelfIndividual vs SocietyFame & GloryAmbition & Hubris
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
HeroShadowVillain / TyrantCaregiver
Plot structure
Ironic ReversalOvercoming the MonsterRebirth
Symbol / motif
The MaskThe IslandThe Machine
Conflict
vs Personvs Self
Mode / tone
AdventureSatirical
Culture / tradition
Modern / American

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