# Inside jokes in The Incredibles you'd \*like\* to see.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796 "2004-11-15T01:12:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/1 "2004-11-15T01:12:55Z")
when M.I. is accessing Syndrome’s supercomputer (which bore more than a passing resemblence to Cerebro in the X-Men movies), i’d have liked to see one of the prototype OmniDroids look similar to the Iron Giant on the computer keyboards in Syndrome’s lair, i’d liked to have seen an Apple Command key logo (the little “cloverleaf” or “pinwheel” symbol) on the keyboard what inside jokes would you have liked to see that weren’t there… ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/2 "2004-11-15T02:16:41Z")
Two jokes regarding Violet and the resemblence of her powers to Sue Richards a.k.a. The Invisible Girl: FIrst, while explaing the costumes she’d made, Edna should have said something like “It wouldn’t do her any good to turn invisible if her suit didn’t turn invisible too, so there was no alternative: I had to use unstable molecules- and PLEASE don’t ask about the licensing fee I had to pay!” Second, Violet should have announced “I’m going to call myself… INVISIBLE GIRL!” To which her mother would reply “I’m sorry honey, that one’s taken already” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/3 "2004-11-15T02:25:17Z")
Some sort of comment from Mr. Incredible about having sex with such a flexible woman. I always figured that Sue Storm stayed with Reed Richards (considering her infatuations with the Sub-Mariner and others) because of his, er, “powers.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/4 "2004-11-15T02:35:24Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Two jokes regarding Violet and the resemblence of her powers to Sue Richards a.k.a. The Invisible Girl: > FIrst, while explaing the costumes she’d made, Edna should have said something like “It wouldn’t do her any good to turn invisible if her suit didn’t turn invisible too, so there was no alternative: I had to use unstable molecules- and PLEASE don’t ask about the licensing fee I had to pay!” > Second, Violet should have announced “I’m going to call myself… INVISIBLE GIRL!” To which her mother would reply “I’m sorry honey, that one’s taken already” Well, so is Elasti-Girl, for that matter. Wonder if that’s why DC let Byrne bring back the Doom Patrol in its original form? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/5 "2004-11-15T02:43:40Z")
I haven’t seen The Incredibles yet, so I’m not sure if they did do it or not, but it would amuse me if the mother’s maiden name was either Richards, Dibney or O’Brien. (O’Brian? Whichever spelling is used for Plas.) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/6 "2004-11-15T02:50:51Z")
A copy of _Under the Hood_ on someone’s coffee table. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/7 "2004-11-15T03:18:58Z")
Mr Incredible’s boss using the word “inconceivable”, just once. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/8 "2004-11-15T03:28:13Z")
Just once, I would have liked to see Mr. Incredible yell out, “It’s clobbering time!” ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/9 "2004-11-15T03:52:07Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > A copy of _Under the Hood_ on someone’s coffee table. You’re my hero. Well, you and Rorschach. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/10 "2004-11-15T04:15:35Z")
“And I’ll look down and whisper…No.” ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/11 "2004-11-15T05:39:54Z")
The Parrs live next door to the Simpsons. 😃 (Though I still think Bob’s boss is meant to be a subtle tribute…) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/12 "2004-11-15T08:09:18Z")
I was hoping that there would be some use of Jack-Jack Parr to give a nod to television pioneer Jack Paar, who died early this year. Also on the same page as **Ranchoth** , I kept expecting to see a red-spattered smiley-face in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-the-incredibles-youd-like-to-see/274796/13 "2004-11-15T14:49:43Z")
Two inside jokes for M.I.'s boss… “Bob, you’re forgetting the first rule of this company, once you have their money, you never give it back!” “…or their _INCONCIEVABLE_ knowledge of Insuri-Care insider policies”