Pixar's The-Incredibles 001/Transcript/Script

THE INCREDIBLES
Seated in front of a colored backing is a magnificent masked man in a Superhero suit: early thirties, 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.
MR. INCREDIBLE Is this on? (muttering to himself) I can break through walls but I can't get one of these things on ...
He finally gets the clip secured and settles in.
INTERVIEWER (O.S.) So, Mr. Incredible, do you have a secret identity?
Incredible stops tinkering with the mic and looks toward CAMERA. He flashes his patented megawatt smile.
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?
TITLE CARD: WALT DISNEY PICTURES PRESENTS
RESUME DOCUMENTARY: Another striking, masked Superhero, a woman this time. A TITLE identifies her as ELASTIGIRL.
ELASTIGIRL Of course I have a secret identity. Who'd want to go shopping as ELASTIGIRL, you know what I mean?
TITLE CARD: A PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS FILM
RESUME DOCUMENTARY: Yet another Superhero, sleek, black, dressed in an ice-blue suit. SUPER TITLE: FROZONE.
FROZONE Super ladies always want to tell you their secret identity; think it'll strengthen the relationship or something. I say, "Girl, I don't want to know about your mild-mannered alter ego or anything like that. You tell me you're "Super Mega Ultra Lightning Babe" ... that's awright with me. I'm good, I'm good.
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 for a little bit. I feel like the maid: "I just cleaned up this mess, can we keep it clean for ten minutes?? Please. (laughs, then sighs) Sometimes I think I'd just like the simple life, you know? Relax a little, raise a family ...
ELASTIGIRL Settle down? Are you kidding? I'm at the top of my game, I'm right up there with the big dogs. I mean ca'mon! Leave saving the world to the men? I don't think so. (laughs, pause) I don't think so •..
FADE TO BLACK
TITLE: THE INCREDIBLES
MUNICIBERG - STREETS - MOVING - LATE AFTERNOON
SIRENS WAIL. Lights FLASH. We're in the middle of a classic CAR CHASE: A police car in HOT PURSUIT OF anothe car driven by armed BANK ROBBERS. The robber riding shotgun primes his SUBMACHINE GUN and unloads on the cop car, which SWERVES into oncoming traffic to avoid the hail of bullets.
INSIDE ANOTHER CAR - NOT FAR AWAY BOB PARR, a dashing, golden-haired man in his late twenties listens to his radio. If he looks familiar, it' because he is the same man we saw earlier: MR. INCREDIBLE sans mask and Supersuit. Suddenly the music is interrupted by an ANNOUNCER
RADIO We interrupt for an important bulletin: a deadly high-speed pursuit between Police and armed gunmen is underway, traveling northbound on San Pablo Boulevard.
Bob presses a button. The RADIO flips: converting to a screen filled with a moving aerial map of the city streets. He types in "ISOLATE PURSUIT". 2 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 2 red dots. He checks his WATCH--
BOB I've got time.
--and presses another button: "AUTODRIVE" and types in "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 SUPERSUIT underneath ... 
He presses another button: the car's exterior CONVERTS into the coolest retro-futuristic vehicle ever seen: The INCREDIBILE. MR. INCREDIBLE looks up:
THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD
we see an OLD LADY waving us down.
OLD LADY Mr. Incredible! Oh-- MR, INCREDIBLE!
RESIDENTIAL STREET
Mr. Incredible pulls up. His window WHOOSHES open.
MR. INCREDIBLE What is it, Ma'am?
OLD LADY (pointing to tree) My cat Squeaker won't come down.
Incredible glances at his screen: the pursuit is headed his way. He thinks, making some quick calculations, then--
MR. INCREDIBLE Certainly, Ma'am. But I suggest you stand clear, there could be trouble.
OLD LADY Oh no, he's quite tame--
RESUME PURSUIT - SAME MOMENT •• The COP CAR pulls back in behind the robbers' car. The cops are firing now and closing in.
INCREDIBLE & THE CAT TREE • Nervously checking the pursuit on his video screen, Incredible rips the tree out of the ground. He tips it, leaning it across to the lady just as the CAR CHASE squeals into view at the end of the block. Incredible sees this and hastily SHAKES the tree, trying to dislodge the cat.
INTERCUT • The CAR CHASE. The cars swerve into view now, bordering the park that Incredible is in. Incredible SEES them and shakes the cat harder. Chase cars close in. Incredible. Car chase. The cat. Chase. Cat--
One final SHAKE: Squeaker drops into the OLD LADY'S hands. Incredible raises the tree up and SLAMS it down on the hood of the crooks' car, squashing it like a bug.
LATER Incredible TAMPS down the loose dirt at the base of the freshly replanted tree and smiles at his admirers.
COP #1 Thank you, Mr. Incredible, you've done it again.
COP #2 Yeah, you're the best.
MR. INCREDIBLE I'm just here to help . RADIO Attention! We have a tour bus robbery in the vicinity of Paradise and Solano--
Incredible FROWNS and looks at his watch. He makes a calculation, muttering to himself.
MR. INCREDIBLE I've still got time. (giving each admirer a nod) Officers, Ma'am ... "Squeaker." (
He jumps into the INCREDIBILE and is startled to find a pudgy kid wearing a mask and a homemade Superhero costume sitting in the passenger seat.) 
INCREDIBOY: Too cool! Ready for take-off!
MR. INCREDIBLE: Who are you supposed to be?
INCREDIBOY: Well ... I'm INCREDIBOY!
Mr. Incredible stares warily at the awkwardly costumed kid. He's starting to look familiar ...
MR. INCREDIBLE: No, no. You're that kid from the fan club. B... Bro-phy, Bud... BUDDY! Buddy??
INCREDIBOY: (frowning) My name is INCREDIBOY!
MR. INCREDIBLE: Look, I've been nice. I've stood for photos, signed every scrap of paper you've pushed at me, but this is a bit--
INCREDIBOY: You don't hafta worry about training me, I know all your moves, your crimefighting style, favorite catchphrases, everything! I'm your number one fan!
The passenger door WHOOSHES open and "IncrediBoy" is ejected from the car. Incredible fires the afterburners and peels off, leaving Buddy standing alone.
CITY ROOFTOPS - MINUTES LATER A trail of stolen goods scattered across a rooftop leads us to a THIEF. 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.
MR. INCREDIBLE (O.S.): You know--
The snatcher LOOKS UP. Incredible grins.
MR. INCREDIBLE: --you can tell a lot about a woman by the contents of her purse. But maybe that's not what you had in mind ...
Incredible closes in on him. The snatcher drops the purse, pulls a gun. An ARM suddenly STRETCHES into frame and delivers a right cross to the snatcher's jaw-- knocking him OUT COLD.
Incredible looks up and sees a dazzling MASKED WOMAN in an equally dazzling suit. She SMILES.
MR. INCREDIBLE: Elastigirl.
ELASTIGIRL: Mr. Incredible.
Elastigirl moves to the snatcher, begins to pick him up--
MR. INCREDIBLE It's alright. I've got him.
ELASTIGIRL Sure you've got him. I just took him out for you.
MR. INCREDIBLE Sure you took him out. His attention was on me.
ELASTIGIRL A fact I exploited in order to do my job.
MR. INCREDIBLE My job, you mean.
ELASTIGIRL A simple "thank you" will suffice.
MR. INCREDIBLE Thanks, but I don't need any help.
Elastigirl assesses him. Slowly moves closer.
ELASTIGIRL What ever happened to "ladies first"?
MR. INCREDIBLE: What ever happened to "equal treatment"?
CROOK (regaining consciousness) Hey, look ... the lady got me first.
Elastigirl coldcocks the crook with one stretched punch.
ELASTIGIRL We could share, you know.
MR. INCREDIBLE I work alone.
Elastigirl smiles, moves very close to Incredible.
ELASTIGIRL 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.
MR. INCREDIBLE (dazzled) You doing anything later?
ELASTIGIRL 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. MOMENTS LATER Incredible handcuffs the purse-snatcher to a pipe.
MR. INCREDIBLE Now you just stay right here. They usually pick up the garbage in an hour.
FROZONE (O.S.) Hey, Incredible!
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.
MR. INCREDIBLE Frozone!
Frozone LEAPS, grabbing on to one of the chopper's skids.
FROZONE Shouldn't you be getting ready?!
Incredible frowns, glancing at his watch. He yells at the retreating copter.
MR. INCREDIBLE I've still got time!
Offscreen a woman screams--
WOMAN (O.S.) HE'S GOING TO JUMP!!
Incredible runs to the edge of the building and looks down. A large crowd is gathered on the streets below. Incredible follows their upwards gaze to the roof of a skyscraper, where a man stands poised to jump--
--then DOES. Incredible quickly gages distances, and then dives off the edge, making a spectacular LEAP--
HIGH ABOVE THE STREET --and TACKLES the jumper in mid-air. They crash through an enormous window on the far side--
INSIDE BANK BUILDING - LOBBY AREA
--and tumble to the floor in a shower of glass. Safe.
JUMPER My collarbone-- I think you broke it...
MR. INCREDIBLE With counseling, I think you'll come to forgive me. (senses something) Wait a minute...
Mr. Incredible slides the jumper 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. INCREDIBLE locates a spot on the wall and presses one ear against it. The BEEPS ACCELERATE. Bob starts to push away and--
--BOOOOOOOM
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 carrying two stuffed duffle bags. He surveys the scene with a wicked smile.
A VAULT DOOR is embedded into the wall directly opposite the hole. It moves aside, revealing Incredible behind it, dazed but unharmed. He sees the mime and GROWLS.
MR. INCREDIBLE: Bomb Voyage!
BOMB VOYAGE (in French, subtitled) Mr. Incredible!
INCREDIBOY'S VOICE: And-- INCREDIBOY!
Both Mr. Incredible and Voyage turn and stare in disbelief at the kid, who awkwardly flies over to them.
BOMB VOYAGE: "IncrediBoy" ... ?
INCREDIBOY: Aren't you curious about how I get around so fast? See, I have these rocket boots, they're made from--
MR. INCREDIBLE: Go home, Buddy.
INCREDIBOY: What?
MR. INCREDIBLE: Now.
BOMB VOYAGE (in French, subtitled) Little oaf! 
INCREDIBOY: Can we talk? (he takes Bob aside) You always ALWAYS tell people, "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 and I'm your ward. IncrediBoy!
MR. INCREDIBLE: And now you've officially carried it too far, Buddy.
There is an ugly flash in Buddy's eyes.
INCREDIBOY: It's because I don't have powers, isn't it? Not every hero has powers, you know! You can be Super without them-- (re: his rocket boots) I invented these. I can fly! Can YOU fly?
MR. INCREDIBLE Fly HOME, Buddy. I work alone.
BOMB VOYAGE (in French, subtitled) Yes! And your outfit is ridiculous!
INCREDIBOY: Just give me one chance. I'll show you, I'll go get the police--
As Buddy jogs to the shattered window, Incredible sees that Voyage has clipped a SMALL BOMB onto INCREDIBOY's cape.
MR. INCREDIBLE Buddy-- DON'T--!
INCREDIBOY It'll only take a second, really!
MR. INCREDIBLE (takes off after him) No-- STOP! THERE'S A BOMB--
He grabs Buddy's cape just as "INCREDIBOY" TAKES OFF, taking Incredible with him.
ABOVE MUNICIBERG - MOVING - NIGHT
INCREDIBLE & THE BOY rocket wildly out of control, spraying sparks in every direction, Mr. I grabbing at the cape desperately for the bomb.
INCREDIBOY: Let go! You're wrecking my flight pattern! Let go of my cape! You're gonna rip it!!
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. Incredible groggily LOOKS UP:
A TRAIN is coming. And heading straight for the section of track that is NO LONGER THERE
Incredible sets his jaw and starts running toward the oncoming train, leaping the chasm to intercept the train before it gets there.
He 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 Incredible's feet, spraying in all directions as Incredible --miraculously-- wrestles the train to a stop.
STREETS BELOW TRESTLE - LATER
Police and Paramedics have arrived, cordoning off the accident scene and treating the injured. Mr. Incredible hands Buddy over to the police.
MR. INCREDIBLE Take this one home, and make sure his mom knows what he's been doing...
INCREDIBOY I could help you! You're making a mistake--
The cops shove Buddy into the backseat of their car.
MR. INCREDIBLE The injured jumper-- you sent paramedics?
COP They've already picked him up.
MR. INCREDIBLE The blast in that building was caused by Bomb Voyage who I caught in the act of robbing the vault. We might be able to nab him if we set up a perimeter--
COP You mean he got away??
MR. INCREDIBLE Well, yeah. Skippy here made sure of that.
BUDDY IncrediBoy!
MR. INCREDIBLE (to Buddy) You're not affiliated with me! [A tiny ALARM sounds. Incredible checks his wristwatch.] Holy smokes ... I'm late. Listen, I've gotta be somewhere--
He signals the Incredibile with a remote. It roars into view, squeals to a stop next to him.
COP But ... what about Bomb Voyage--?
MR. INCREDIBLE (climbing into the car) Any other night I'd go after him myself but I've really gotta go. Don't worry-- we'll get him-- EVENTUALLY!!
He fires the afterburners.
The cops watch in dismay as the Incredibile roars off. A DOWNTOWN CATHEDRAL
The INCREDIBILE pulls up in front, CONVERTING back into a sedan.
INSIDE CATHEDRAL OBBY Mr. Incredible ENTERS, dressed smartly in a tux, fumbling with his tie.
LUCIUS BEST/FROZONE You're very late.
BOB/MR. INCREDIBLE Is the night still young? How do I look? Good?
His best man LUCIUS (aka FROZONE) stops him before he ...
LUCIUS/FROZONE The mask! You've still got the mask--
Best reaches up and pulls off his Mr. Incredible mask. Bob takes a deep breath and pushes open the chapel doors--
BOB Showtime--!
CHAPEL Bob the Groom stands at the altar with his Bride, HELEN, who we quickly realize is also ELASTIGIRL.
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