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Saturday, September 7, 2013

Incredible plot theories: Are the 'you're adopted' jokes harsh in Violet's case?

Welcome again, dear reader to another installment of my blog. Today we’ll be discussing a theory I’ve heard from others...is Violet Parr, of The Incredibles, adopted?

Named as she is, I'm surprised she can't shrink.


Now then, how many people actually subscribe to this, I do not know but here’s what I make of it.
This didn’t really cross my mind the first time I saw the film, but in hindsight (a lot of it) I’m wondering why I didn’t think this sooner, I mean, Violet’s hair is a different color than either of her parents’ and that should have been a dead giveaway.
Of course, the hair could be a recurrent gene (it’s a dominant one for humans, but supers might have differently functioning genes) but since we know what neither of Bob or Helen’s (AKA Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl) parents look like, it good be anyone’s guess.
There’s also the possibility of Violet being the result of an affair, but I doubt they’ll take this plotline for the next movie due to the mature nature of the whole idea; but on the other hand, after Paranorman and some of the more…radar breaking plot twists, this might not actually be too impossible.
So then, if she was adopted, who were her parents? I have three possibilities here.
One (and this one was thought up by a guy on TV Tropes) is that she originally belonged to normal human parents who didn’t want a superpowered child in a world where superheroes weren’t wanted anymore. As tragic as that turn of events would be, it’d certainly be much better than this situation if it occurs in the X-Men, wherein the child would sadly have more chances of just getting killed instead.
These next two are ones I thought up.
Another theory is that her parents were both superheroes who died, while no less tragic this could be a just as good setup for the sequel. After all, why exactly do you put a young Super in the custody of other supers when their parents are dead, granted Bob and Helen might have shown interest in her (the dead heroes being friends of theirs) but another reason could be a second example of the Superhero Relocation Program being an extreme version of the Witness Protection Program…to protect her from still living enemies of her parents. Yep, that’d make an interesting sequel wouldn’t it?


 Or perhaps this version of Superman's the father, and people didn't want her taking after him.


But my preferred theory as to Violet’s parentage…is that her parents were supervillains.
Now that’s a shocker ain’t it? Superhero finds out her real parents were actually horrible people, of course this’d probably cause an interesting situation should the villains in question have never wanted to lose violet and she was forcefully taken away by the government.
Now as far as how this would go in a possible sequel of the Incredibles, I don’t know what the villains would look or act like but I personally think the father would be…an expy of the Joker mixed with Ladd Russo.

 'Cause every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man...when he isn't trying to kill everyone.

Yeah, that’s part of my idea for what the sequel would pertain. In addition to a misfit to team of superheroes appearing as supporting characters, but those ideas are for a different time.
Anyways, sorry about how short today’s installment is, but- Wait a sec, what’s landing on my lawn…
HOLY SHIT! The Space Marines are attacking…damn, I knew I should have paid the electric bills. 

 "Surrender your money, heretic!"


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