| The Incredibles
At the start of the film, Elastigirl aids Mr. Incredible to stop a robber. She playfully teases him when he offers to help, insisting she can handle it herself, before reminding him not to be late for their wedding. Despite Bob arriving late to the altar, the two marry. During the ceremony, Helen expresses concern about his superhero activities, but Bob reassures her that, as heroes, they can face whatever comes. Soon after, superheroes are outlawed and forced into hiding under civilian identities.
Fifteen years later, Helen has become a housewife, focusing on raising the family while occasionally using her powers privately to manage their children. Bob, however, struggles with civilian life and secretly resumes crime-fighting with Frozone, telling Helen he is "going bowling." This deception causes conflict between them.
Bob is eventually tricked by Syndrome into traveling to Nomanisan Island under the pretense of a mission. When Helen finds a strand of blonde hair on his suit and overhears him speaking to Mirage, she grows suspicious. Calling Insuricare, she learns Bob was fired months ago and realizes he is in danger. Using a tracking device placed by Edna, she locates him and borrows a jet from her friend Snug. However, Violet and Dash secretly stow away, leaving Jack-Jack with babysitter Kari McKeen. Mid-flight, their jet is targeted by missiles. Helen manages to destroy some, but the plane is ultimately blown up. She saves her children by parachuting them to safety, and they take refuge in a cave. There, she urges Violet and Dash to practice their abilities, warns them about their dangerous enemies, and insists they protect their identities. Helen comforts Violet after she blames herself for failing to stop the missiles, assuring her that she has more potential than she realizes and just needs to trust her instincts.
Helen then infiltrates Syndrome’s base to rescue Bob, though she is briefly caught in a comedic struggle when her elastic body gets stuck in security doors. She defeats the guards, obtains a keycard, and frees herself. Meanwhile, Mirage, disillusioned by Syndrome’s cruelty, frees Mr. Incredible and reveals his family is alive. When Helen arrives, she misinterprets Bob’s gratitude toward Mirage as an affair and punches her, but Bob explains the truth. Despite initial awkwardness, the couple reconciles and escapes together. Violet and Dash also prove themselves by fighting off Syndrome’s security forces.
The family is eventually recaptured, and Syndrome reveals his plan to unleash an advanced Omnidroid on Metroville, planning to "defeat" it himself to become a hero. The Parrs escape once more, return to Metroville, and—along with Frozone—defeat the Omnidroid v.10.
Afterward, Helen listens to frantic messages from Kari about Jack-Jack displaying strange abilities, along with a claim that a "replacement babysitter" arrived, which Helen denies arranging. The Parrs rush home, only to find Syndrome attempting to kidnap Jack-Jack. Working together, Bob and Helen save their son, ultimately causing Syndrome to be sucked into his jet’s turbine, killing him and destroying their home.
Three months later, Helen is seen cheering for Dash at his school track meet with the family. When the villain Underminer emerges, Helen dons her mask once more and joins her family in preparing for battle.
The Incredibles 2
The sequel begins immediately with the battle against the Underminer. Although the Incredibles stop his drill, the villain escapes, and the family is arrested for the destruction caused. Rick Dicker secures their release and relocates them to a motel, explaining that the Super Relocation Program has been shut down and they only have two weeks before losing their temporary housing. That night, after an argument with Bob about supers being illegal, Frozone arrives and takes the family to DevTech. There, they meet Winston and Evelyn Deavor, wealthy siblings who want to launch a campaign to legalize superheroes again. Winston proposes Elastigirl as the face of the movement, believing her careful approach minimizes collateral damage. Though hesitant, Helen agrees at Bob’s urging, as it is their best chance to regain legality.
After moving into a new home, Helen leaves the children in Bob’s care and begins missions as Elastigirl, riding her new Elasticycle. She successfully stops a runaway train and soon encounters the Screenslaver, a villain who uses screens to hypnotize victims. With Evelyn’s guidance, she tracks and apprehends a supposed Screenslaver, only to discover he was a pawn. Before she can act, Evelyn reveals herself as the true mastermind and subdues Helen with hypno-goggles.
Helen awakens restrained aboard the DevTech ship. Evelyn explains her hatred for superheroes, stemming from her father’s death, and her plan to sabotage them permanently by framing supers as dangerous threats. She then manipulates Elastigirl, placing her under mind control, and uses her as bait to capture Bob when he comes to rescue her. Bob is quickly overpowered and hypnotized as well, along with Frozone.
Meanwhile, Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack come to the rescue. Jack-Jack’s powers allow him to remove the goggles from Helen, freeing her to break Bob and Frozone out of Evelyn’s control. Together, they rally the aspiring supers who were also brainwashed and stop the DevTech ship from crashing into the city. Evelyn attempts to escape in a jet, but Helen pursues her, ultimately saving her life as the plane is destroyed.
With Evelyn defeated and arrested, superheroes are finally made legal again. The film ends with the Incredibles united as a family of heroes, ready to embrace their future.
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