Jack-Jack Parr

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Jack-Jack Incredible
Jack-Jack Parr/Jack-Jack Incredible
Publisher Dark Horse Comics/Pixar Animation Studios First appearance The Incredibles Created by Brad Bird
Characteristics Alter ego Jack-Jack Parr Affiliations Incredible Family (genetic member), National Supers Agency (ties), Edna Mode (receives costumes and gadgets from her), Frozone (long-time friend) Abilities See Superpowers

Jack-Jack Parr is a fictional character in the Disney & Pixar motion picture The Incredibles. He is the baby child of the superheroes Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, and the youngest of three siblings; the others are Dash and Violet.

Contents 1 Character information 2 Superpowers 3 Other appearances 3.1 Rise of The Underminer 3.2 Holiday Heroes 3.3 A Magic Kingdom Adventure 4 Trivia

[edit] Character information

At the beginning of the movie, the other characters believe that he doesn't have any powers. It is only at the ending of the movie when they're displayed: distraught at being forcibly taken away from his mother, an infant Jack-Jack lashes out at a surprised Syndrome, who had kidnapped him (Jack-Jack's mother rescues him through a fastball special and parachutes him to the ground, while his father apparently kills Syndrome by using his own very expensive gull-winged sports car, Syndrome's cape, and the engine of Syndrome's private jet). Pixar also created the short film, Jack-Jack Attack that shows Jack-Jack discovering his powers while unleashing horror on his babysitter, Kari McKeen.

As Jack-Jack was at home during both the "Battle of Nomanisan" and Operation Kronos, he is the only member of the family who did not have any contact with Mirage. He usually dribbles baby gibberish and can barely speak in human form—he only did so three times in the movie: first, when Lucius Best/Frozone rang the doorbell to the Parrs' home (he says "Hello?"), the second, during his confrontation with Syndrome; he threatened in his many transformations (most notably his monster form), to kill the villain, all while throwing a tantrum he cries "Jack-Jack down!" the infant fought and scrambled down Syndrome's leg. And third, at the end when Helen rescued Jack-Jack after being dropped by Syndrome (he coos, "Mama!").

Jack-Jack normally communicates with subtle gestures and facial expressions.

[edit] Superpowers

Jack-Jack's wide diversity of powers (from the movie, the bonus video, and a poster included with the toys) resemble many other superhero powers from comic books and other sources, including:

• levitation/flying
• shape-shifting
• either teleportation or superhuman speed
• intangibility
• bursting into flame
• optic powers such as optic blasts and X-ray vision
• metallic transmogrification
• feral transformation
• psychokinesis
• superhuman strength and agility
• possible invulnerability
• superhumanly acute senses
• acidic saliva
• higher intelligence/omnilingualism

His powers awakened during his time with the babysitter when she started playing Mozart music.

Most likely, as most of the Incredibles are modeled after the Fantastic Four, Jack-Jack has reality warping powers that mirrors those of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman's son Franklin Richards.

Edna Mode did not know what powers Jack-Jack would have, so she covered the basics by designing a fire- and bulletproof, blanket sleeper-like jumpsuit for Jack-Jack.

[edit] Other appearances

[edit] Rise of The Underminer

Helen, Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack are told to evacuate Metroville after they are surrounded by The Underminer's robots, but the four return just in time to watch as Mr. Incredible and Frozone presumably kill The Underminer by crashing his machine onto a bigger machine, which creates an explosion.

[edit] Holiday Heroes

In the short comic, The Incredibles in Holiday Heroes, Jack-Jack is briefly seen sleeping on Helen (acting as a hammock) when Mount Tiki Toki (where the family is vacationing) violently erupts. Violet is told to shield Jack-Jack from lava bombs while Bob, Helen, and Dash collect water to re-hydrate Lucius, who is being cooked by the extreme heat caused by the eruption. The episode forces the family to vacation someplace else.

[edit] A Magic Kingdom Adventure

They pick Walt Disney World instead. Jack-Jack's baby bag is found under the family van (Bob lifts the front end of the van and Helen stretches to pick it up) and Jack-Jack himself has to be taken out of his stroller when Helen finds out that he is not in his child safety seat. Upon arrival, the family is declared Grand Marshall for the Main Street Parade (against the wishes of both parents, who wanted the family to maintain a low profile). Jack-Jack is frightened by the sights that he sees in the Haunted Mansion. After Mickey and Minnie Mouse are captured by a Syndrome robot one minute into the Parade, Jack-Jack gets caught on a windmill in the "it's a small world" attraction, which forces Bob to tamper with it to free him. After the robot Syndrome is frozen in ice, Mickey and Minnie are liberated, and the Magic Kingdom is restored, the family goes to the Enchanted Tiki Room (Helen wanted to go there first, but the attraction is not very popular with the others).

[edit] Trivia

• Eli Fucile, the son of Pixar animator Tony Fucile, provides Jack-Jack's human voice in A Magic Kingdom Adventure and all language versions of the movie and the short. Maeve Andrews provided Jack-Jack's monster voice. In AMKA, Jack-Jack is represented by a plush doll.