Violet "Vi" Parr is one of the two tritagonists of the 2004 Disney/Pixar film, The Incredibles, and its 2018 sequel, Incredibles 2. She is the eldest child and only daughter of Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl and the older sister of Dash Parr and Jack-Jack Parr. As an offspring of supers, she has superhuman powers herself; she can turn herself invisible and create protective force fields of varying sizes around herself and/or others.
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The Incredibles
Violet is first introduced as shy, withdrawn, and lacking confidence, often hiding behind her hair and struggling with self-esteem. Her powers reflect this nature: the ability to turn invisible and create force fields. She secretly has a crush on her classmate Tony Rydinger but avoids his attention by vanishing whenever he notices her. At home, Violet clashes with her younger brother Dash, while her mother Helen forbids the children from using their powers publicly due to supers being outlawed. Combined with the family’s constant moving and Violet’s adolescence, this leaves her with few friends and a tendency toward frustration.
When Bob begins secretly working as a superhero again, family life improves. However, Violet and Dash soon discover Helen preparing for action and, curious about their new supersuits designed by Edna Mode, they stow away on her jet. When the plane comes under attack, Helen orders Violet to protect them with a force field. Violet’s lack of confidence prevents her from succeeding, forcing Helen to shield the children herself. Afterward, Helen reassures Violet, telling her she is more powerful than she realizes and that doubt is no longer an option. This boosts Violet’s confidence, and she gradually begins improving her powers.
On Syndrome’s island, Violet and Dash fight off henchmen together, developing teamwork through moves like the “IncrediBall,” where Violet’s force field combines with Dash’s speed to create a powerful rolling attack. Her courage grows as she protects her family from gunfire, escapes imprisonment by breaking her bonds with a force field, and even takes part in the battle against the Omnidroid in Metroville. Despite being briefly knocked unconscious, she recovers quickly and continues to fight alongside her family, helping stop the robot. Later, she also saves them from falling wreckage during Syndrome’s attempted kidnapping of Jack-Jack.
By the film’s conclusion, Violet undergoes a noticeable transformation. No longer timid, she embraces her identity, gains friends, and confidently agrees to go on a date with Tony. Her shift from shy and uncertain to bold and self-assured completes her growth arc. Violet is last seen preparing to join her family in facing the Underminer, setting the stage for the sequel.
The Incredibles 2
At the beginning of the sequel, Violet wants to fight alongside her parents against the Underminer, but Helen and Bob insist she stay back with Dash and Jack-Jack. When Dash runs off, Violet tries to stop him with her force fields but fails. Frustrated, she tosses away her mask, accidentally exposing her identity to Tony Rydinger, who flees in shock. During the battle, Violet helps save civilians with her powers and protects her family inside the Underminer’s drill. Despite their efforts, the family is arrested, though Rick Dicker later releases them.
After Helen accepts Winston Deavor’s job to help legalize Supers, the family moves into a luxurious new home. Violet eagerly awaits a date with Tony, but he fails to show up. When she confronts him at school, Tony no longer remembers her, leaving Violet humiliated and heartbroken. She discovers that Bob had asked Dicker to erase Tony’s memory of her secret identity, which also erased their date. Furious, Violet rejects her life as a Super and even attempts to destroy her suit in anger.
Later, Violet accidentally embarrasses herself when the family visits the restaurant where Tony works. Soon after, she learns Jack-Jack has powers and, despite her initial shock at Bob hiding this fact, she comes to understand how overwhelmed he has been. Their relationship improves after she comforts him, realizing he truly cares for his children.
When Evelyn Deavor’s mind-controlled Supers attack, Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack manage to escape with Frozone’s help. They sneak aboard DevTech’s ship to rescue their parents. Violet battles Voyd, narrowly avoiding being hypnotized before defeating her with a force field blast. She reunites with her mother and earns Helen’s praise for her bravery. Together with her family, Violet helps stop the ship from crashing, and Evelyn is arrested. Supers are finally legalized again.
In the film’s conclusion, Violet confidently approaches Tony and secures another date. Though embarrassed when her family drives them to the theater, she shows her growth when she immediately springs into action with them after spotting criminals, promising Tony she’ll be back in time for their movie.
Personality
Shy and Reserved: At the start of The Incredibles, Violet hides behind her long hair as a way to avoid attention and uses her invisibility powers as another means of retreating from the world. Her behavior reflects her insecurity and struggle with self-confidence.
Growth and Confidence: By the end of the first film, Violet becomes more self-assured, even working up the courage to approach her crush, Tony Rydinger, at Dash’s track meet. This marks a turning point in her development.
Curiosity and Experimentation: Violet has a natural eagerness to explore her powers once allowed to use them freely, showing creativity and adaptability when learning how to apply them.
Humor and Kindness: She demonstrates a witty sense of humor, coupled with a caring personality. Despite her frequent sibling rivalry with Dash, she is highly protective of him and deeply devoted to Jack-Jack, often acting as his guardian and marveling at his abilities.
Emotional Range: In Incredibles 2, Violet keeps her newfound confidence but also expresses a wide variety of emotions typical of adolescence, from anger and awkwardness to sadness and frustration.
Maturity and Responsibility: Over time, she grows into a more responsible figure, even taking initiative to suggest that she and her brothers should step up when their parents and Lucius are in danger.
Appearance
General Description:
Violet is a 14-year-old girl with a lean, slender frame, a narrow waist, and long legs. She has a youthful look that emphasizes her shy, reserved demeanor.
Facial Features:
She has a round face with fair skin, rosy cheeks, pink lips, and bluish-purple eyes. Her long, straight black hair has a subtle purple sheen, and in the first half of her debut film, it usually covers the right side of her face. Later on, she begins using purple and pink headbands to hold it back.
Clothing/Outfit:
Her supersuit is a red unitard with black bottoms and a bold "I" insignia on the chest, paired with an orange belt, long black gloves, thigh-high black heeled boots, and a black eye mask. When in costume, she also wears an orange headband to complement her suit.
Special Features:
Violet’s most distinctive visual traits are her hair that conceals part of her face early on and the purple hue that highlights her otherwise dark hair.
Alternate Forms/Disguises:
Outside of her superhero identity, Violet dresses casually as a normal teenager, often wearing everyday clothing like T-shirts, sweaters, and jeans.
Alignment:Chaotic Good (While at first wanting nothing to do with becoming a superhero, Violet rapidly came around to the idea because she liked the idea of fighting crime as a family)
Protection Level:Metropolitan Protector (The Incredibles are protectors of their city)
Description: Supers can adapt and learn to use their powers for different ways, whether it's saving lives or for practical uses, their powers only grow as they age[4].
Violet's supersuit which was specially designed for her by Edna Mode. It can withstand up to over 1000 degrees and is completely bulletproof and virtually indestructible to all methods of explosives, cutting, stabbing, etcetera. Violet's suit is made to be able to turn invisible with her.
The remote of the Incredibile which allows Violet to call for it from anywhere, with the Incredibile automatically tracking and reaching the location of the person with the remote.
The Incredibile
The closest thing to a sidekick for Mr. Incredible, he utilized it during the Golden Age of superheroes. His family by extension also have access to the remote and can use it.
Other
Standard Tactics: Violet will typically turn invisible before attacking her opponents with her forcefields. If she sees an incoming attack, she will not hesitate to defend herself with her forcefields.
The Incredibles comics may not be in the same continuity as the movies as they are based off the Rise of the Underminer game, directly referring to events from the game[56], which was the official sequel until The Incredibles 2 removed it from official continuity, but statements regarding abilities or physiology should be usable as there shouldn't be any reason they cannot be replicated in the movies.
