Jack-Jack Attack

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Jack-Jack Attack
Directed by Brad Bird
Produced by Roger Gould
John Lasseter
Osnat Shurer
Written by Brad Bird
Mark Andrews
Rob Gibbs
Teddy Newton
Bosco Ng
Music by Michael Giacchino
Editing by Stephen Schaffer
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release date(s) March 15, 2005
Running time 5 minutes
Language English
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Jack-Jack Attack is a 2005 short produced by Pixar based upon their film The Incredibles. Unlike many of their previous shorts, it was not given a theatrical release, but was included on the DVD release of the film. The idea for this short came from an idea for a scene originally considered for inclusion in The Incredibles film; it was cut from the feature and subsequently expanded into this short.

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[edit] Synopsis

The short is based on the youngest member of the superhero Parr family: the baby, Jack-Jack. From The Incredibles film, the audience knows that Jack-Jack's babysitter Kari McKean started experiencing difficulty with him shortly after hanging up the phone with his mother, Helen Parr (a.k.a. Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible).

This short film shows Rick Dicker giving Kari the third degree about what happened when she was babysitting.

After Mrs. Parr hangs up, Kari plans to watch Jack-Jack play while she plays Mozart music. Jack-Jack then teleports himself to the kitchen counter, and then the fridge. Kari tries to call Mrs. Parr again, but nobody answers. While she leaves a message, Jack-Jack sits on the celling. Kari then sees him teleporting himself from his crib to a high location. She goes downstairs and finds him floating around. Kari simply decides to show flash cards to Jack-Jack. When Kari holds up a card with a campfire on it, Jack-Jack bursts into flames, but Kari puts him out. The next day, Kari is utterly exhausted (but seems to have mastered anticipating his powers) when a man with a giant "S" on a black spandex suit comes to the door; Kari assumes he is a replacement babysitter, and eagerly places Jack-Jack in his care, not, of course, realizing that this man is a supervillain with the intent of training Jack-Jack against his family as stated in the film.

Kari then says, "I just wish I could forget the whole thing." Rick then replies, "You will, kid...you will," and proceeds to erase Kari's memory of the experience.

[edit] Powers

Jack-Jack's powers displayed in this short (as well as in The Incredibles feature film) resemble many comic book characters' powers potentially as follows:

As well as referring to many comic heroes, the short was referenced on The Colbert Report during Stephen Colbert's interview with Tony Hawk.

Jack-Jack's powers appear to be on a "need-to-use" basis (such as X-Man Lifeguard) and also mimic (albeit in an exaggerated form) the abilities of babies: disappearing, traveling quickly, hard to catch, differing levels of heaviness, destruction of the household, and turning into a monster (a.k.a. temper tantrum). Ironically, Jack-Jack never displayed superpowers until Kari exposed him to Mozart, which she claims "makes babies smarter".

[edit] Awards

  • 2006-Hugo Awards-Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form-Nominated (Post-production)

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