2. As with other Pixar productions, the original trailer for this film featured animation made specially for the trailer and not appearing in the final film. It was directed by Brad Bird 18 months before the release of the movie.
3. To record the Henry Mancini and John Barry-inspired jazz-orchestra score, composer Michael Giacchino eschewed modern digital multi-track recording and returned to the analogue recording methods used for jazz-orchestra recordings in the 1960s. "We were just like, 'Forget that, let's throw everyone in the room, let's pretend we only have three microphones, and let's get it right. Let's just do it.'"
4. Mirage tells Mr. Incredible that he'll be briefed on his second mission in conference room A-113. The number A-113 is a frequent Pixar in-joke based on one of the room numbers for the animation program at Cal Arts.
5. In order to give Dash a realistic out-of-breath voice, Brad Bird made Spencer Fox run laps around the studio.
6. Syndrome's facial features are based on those of the film's director, Brad Bird.
7. During Mr. Incredible's second plane ride to the island, the automatic captain reveals that the name of the island is Nomanisan (Nomanisan Island).
8. In the beginning of the film, when a robber is going through a woman's purse on the roof of a building, a Mr. Incredible Pez dispenser can be seen among the items scattered on the ground.
9. The little boy on the tricycle is named Rusty, this is never revealed in the film except for the credits and a comic in Disney Adventures Magazine.
10. During the chase scene in the jungle you can hear the same sound effects used for the spinning blade vehicles that was used for the speeder bike chase scene in Return of the Jedi.
11. Inside Robert Parr's cubicle is a "danger" sign. The image is the lightning bolt of Captain Marvel (SHAZAM!) using the red of his uniform instead of the gold. It is in the distinctive shape of the Marvel family (Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., and Black Adam), not that of the various Flash costumes. When Mr. Incredible gets his new fancy car, the emblem on the hood is in the triangular shape of the Golden Age Superman's symbol. The black ray-like vehicle that delivers Mr. Incredible to the island is a reference to the Black Manta, an enemy of Aquaman and member of the Legion of Doom. And Gazer-Beam is a direct reference to Cyclops of the X-Men.
12. The story takes place in a city called "Municiberg".
13. First Pixar film to have an aspect ratio of 2.35:1
14. The ending scene, with the enemy coming from the Earth is a homage to Fantastic Four first enemy, Mole Man. The scene seems to be based on the cover of the first Fantastic Four comic book cover, released in 1961.
15. Mirage's toll-free phone number on her calling card is 866-787-7476, a currently unregistered phone number. However, when compared to the letters on a typical phone pad, the last seven digits spell out the word "SUPRHRO".
16. This is the first time Pixar has used only human characters in a film.
17. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, two of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men" (his master team of nine supervising animators from the "classic" era of animation), provide voices for their own caricatures near the end of the film. They also appeared in and provided the voices for the train engineers in The Iron Giant (1999) (also directed by Brad Bird. This is not the first time Pixar Animation Studios have included references to famous animators in their films (see the trivia for Monsters, Inc. (2001)).
18. The family mirrors the Fantastic Four both in their powers and in the story.
19. Violet attends Western View Junior High, which shares its name with Brad Bird high school in Corvallis, Oregon. Also at the very end of the film the stadium which Dash races displays signs saying it is the "Home of the Spartans". The Spartans are the mascot of Corvallis High School.
20. In the Singaporean version of the film, the company "Insuricare" is translated into "Black hearted insurance company" in the Chinese subtitles if read literally.
21. Among the superheroes shown listed in the Kronos database are Universal Man, Psycwave, Everseer, Macroburst, Phylange, Blazestone, Downburst, Hyper Shock, Apogee, Blitzerman, Tradewind, Vectress, Gazerbeam, Gamma Jack, ElastiGirl, Frozone, and Mr. Incredible.
22. In the early part of the film there is a repeated theme of pencils being knocked over. Dropping pencils is a standard demo feature of dynamics programming in 3D design applications.
23. One of the background buildings has a sign for "Lozano Records", a reference to cast member Albert Lozano.
24. Syndrom's jet plane is modelled on the manta ray, a filter-feeding flatfish with two lobed mandibles that hang below its mouth, and a series of gill arches inside, referenced by the plane's windows.
25. John Barry was originally hired to score the film, but left the project after recording only a few demo themes.
26. The scene in which Frozone (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) goes for a drink of water while the cop is holding a gun on him parodies a scene in Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), in which Samuel L. Jackson's character Zeus goes for the ringing telephone while a police officer holds a gun on him.
27. Brad Bird's son Nicholas is the voice for the Little Boy on the Tricycle.
28. Syndrome's unusual way of walking was supposedly inspired by a Pixar employee who someone had noticed had a very strange walk and commented on it. His or her attempts to curb the strange walk were the basis of Syndrome and his "purposeful" walking style.
29. Dash's principal's name is John Walker (as seen on the plaques on his office wall), a reference to producer John Walker.
30. During the police chase at the beginning of the movie, the license plate for the squad car reads KR 54. As in Car 54 from the old television series Car 54, Where Are You? (1961).
31. Elastigirl's pilot call sign is "India-Golf-Niner-Niner", or IG99. This is a reference to Brad Bird's The Iron Giant (1999): [I]ron [G]iant released in 19[99].
32. When Mr. Incredible first meets Buddy he struggles to remember his name, calling him Brodie at first. Jason Lee, who voices Syndrome, made his big screen debut playing comic book obsessed character Brodie Bruce in Mallrats (1995).
33. The theme from the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) composed by John Barry is used in the previews for this film. The version used in the first trailer is from the CD Bond: Back in Action (Escape From Piz Gloria and Ski Chase). The second trailer uses the remix by David Arnold featuring The Propellerheads as it appears on the 1997 albums "Shaken and Stirred - The David Arnold James Bond Project" and "Decksanddrumsandrockandroll".
34. The superheroine Elastigirl isn't the first one to use that name. Elasti-Girl is a member of the Doom Patrol, a DC Comics team whose adventures were published from 1963 to 1968, as well as in a new series that started in June 2004. The comic Elasti-Girl cannot stretch her body; she possesses the ability to alter her size. DC Comics allowed Pixar to use the "Elastigirl" name only within the movie itself. In all related promotions (toys, games, advertising), she is named "Mrs. Incredible".
35. Edna, the costume lady, is based on Edith Head, who worked as a studio costume designer on hundreds of movies over more than fifty years.
36. First movie by Pixar to receive a rating higher than G in the USA, this one being PG.
37. At 120 minutes, the longest CG animated film to date.
38. Brad Bird originally conceived this as a conventional cel-animated film when he pitched it. The cel-animated sequences seen in the End Credits are a representation of his original concept.
39. In the opening chase scene, the radio announcer says that the bank robbers are fleeing on San Pablo Avenue. San Pablo Avenue is a real street in Emeryville, California, close to where the Pixar Studios is located. Most of the streets in the map indicator in Mr. Incredible's car are also real streets in Emeryville.
40. Brad Bird got the idea for the film in the early 1990s, basing the story on his own experiences trying to balance a career with family.
41. Jack-Jack, the baby boy, is also the nickname Brad Bird and his wife had for one of their sons.
42. In the theatrical release, the reel markers are The Incredibles logo
