Recall if you will The Incredibles, a Pixar movie released in 2004. The stars of the movie are the Parr family: Bob and Helen and their children, Violet, Dash, and toddler Jack-Jack.
Bob and Helen aren't just ordinary suburban parents. Oh no. They're also superheroes: Mr Incredible (think Superman, but slightly less so) and Elastigirl (she's stretchy and bendy). Or rather, they were superheroes. Due to public backlash against superpowered people, superpowers have been effectively outlawed and those so blessed forced to lead ordinary lives.
In any case, as you might imagine, when two people with superpowers marry and have children, the children tend to have superpowers as well. (By the way, have I used the word "superpowers" enough yet?) Jack-Jack has (by the end of the movie) the ability to shape-shift, Dash has super speed, and Violet can turn invisible.
In the DVD extras (I think) the creators of the show discuss how they tried to assign powers to the characters based on the characters themselves. Dash's super speed fit him as an energetic hyper boy. Violet's invisibility fit her because she was timid and felt ignored or over looked by others.
Now that I've told you what you probably already know, here's why. One day my family and I were at the store and came across a large PEZ display with a variety of different dispensers of various licensed characters, including characters from The Incredibles. We let my youngest son get one, and I decided to get one to use as office flair. Mine was Mr Incredible.
I took it to work the next day and opened the package:
As I was enjoying some chalky PEZ candy, I looked a little more closely at the empty package:
Featured on the package are Mr Incredible (upper right of the four characters), Elastigirl (lower right), Jack-Jack (lower left), and Dash (upper left). But ...
Where's Violet?!? Is she invisible in the middle? Or was she right to feel ignored and over looked?
I really wonder if they did it on purpose. If they did, it is funny. If it was an oversight on their part, that makes it hilarious!
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