Jack-Jack Attack is a 3D computer animated Pixar short, which shows the origin of Jack-Jack's powers.
Plot[]
This short film shows Rick Dicker, a government agent assigned to aid supers in maintaining their anonymity, interrogating Kari about what happened when she was babysitting Jack-Jack.
After Elastigirl hangs up the phone in her plane, Kari plans to watch Jack-Jack play while she plays Mozart music, purportedly to stimulate his mind. Then, Jack-Jack teleports himself to the kitchen counter, and then the refrigerator. Kari tries to call Elastigirl again, but nobody answers. While she leaves a message, Jack-Jack sits on the ceiling. 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 in the bathtub. The next day, Kari is utterly exhausted but seems to have mastered anticipating his powers (armed with a fire extinguisher, mirror, etc.), when Syndrome comes to the door; Kari assumes he is a replacement babysitter, which Syndrome feeds into by hastily making up a story in which he falsely identifies himself as "Sitter" (his story being that the "S" on his costume stands for "Sitter" and that a "BS" for "Babysitter" was not appropriate for taking care of children, as BS can stand for a curse word known for its abbreviation) 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 finale of The Incredibles), (Although Syndrome is a humongous help to Kari).
Rick Dicker asks Kari if she has told anyone, and she says that she has told her parents, but they thought she was joking. Kari then wishes she could forget the whole incident (she found it odd that Jack-Jack could "blow up", as she put it); to her fortune, and for the sake of the supers' anonymity, Rick proceeds to erase Kari's memory of it.
The short shows us that, adding to his lead, fire, and monster powers, Jack-Jack also has the ability to create portals in solid objects as he touches them, anti-gravity, and laser vision.
Jack-Jack Attack DVD, Blu-Ray, VHS
Trivia[]
- Among the toys that Jack-Jack plays with is the ball from Luxo Jr..
- The music that Kari puts on for Jack-Jack is the third movement of Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K331 (Rondo Alla Turca) by Mozart.
- When Jack-Jack is floating around and passing through walls, floors, and other solid objects with Kari trying to catch him, the fourth movement of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K525 (Finale: Allegro) plays in the background. When Jack-Jack bursts into flames and runs around, Dies Irae from Requiem, K626 plays in the background. The latter music also plays during the credits of the short.
- In Incredibles 2, Edna Mode also puts on the third movement of Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K331 for Jack-Jack when demonstrating his powers.
- This short was the first time where Syndrome doesn't wear his mask.
- During the scene where Kari finds out that Helen hung up the phone due to missiles attempting to track her jet, the plane alarm sound is heard when Kari turns to Jack-Jack. But in the actual film, it starts when Helen sees the missiles approaching the jet.
Awards[]
- 2005-Hugo Awards-Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form-Nominated (Post-production)