Between The Incredibles and its sequel, there is Babysitting Jack-Jack: “It’s a real gem, this short!”

Dorothée Pousseo, who voices the heroine, Kari, tells us about the making of this film taking place in parallel with The Incredibles.

M6 will rebroadcast this evening The Incredibles 2of Brad Bird. An action-packed animated film that starts just a few seconds after the plot of the first part, released in 2004 in theaters, while 14 years separated the release of these two opuses. In between, the director also released a short film titled Babysitting Jack-Jack (Jack-Jack Attack in original version), the principle of which is to tell what is happening in parallel with a key scene from the first part, but without the spectator witnessing it. This film is currently viewable on Disney+.

We hear young Kari making phone calls to Helen Parr, increasingly panicked by the surprising reactions of Jack-Jack, the latest addition to the superhero family. It is then assumed that he uses his powers for the first time before his eyes, but the viewer sees nothing, until Jack-Jack uses them against Syndrome at the very end of the film.

On the occasion of the rebroadcast of Incredibles 2, This evening on M6, we share an interview with Kari’s VF, Dorothée Pousseooriginally interviewed to talk about barbie because she has been the French voice of Margot Robbie for ten years. She gives us her memories of dubbing this funny animated character, to whom she loved lending her voice.

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“I could have told the behind the scenes Wreck-It Ralph (2012) or its excellent sequel (2018), as Vanellope is one of my favorite characters. I love it. As much as his friendship with this big guy. She’s really in my top 3 for all dubs combined. But there is another animated film that I really had a blast with, it’s the short film derived from Incredibles, by Brad Bird. On the original, I was already able to have fun playing the nanny, Kari (McKeen, dubbed in original version by Bret Parker, editor’s note). I gave her a little lisp when I saw her braces and I played her very lively and playful. Except it was very short, I only had two loops to record. When the artistic director told me I was finished, I was frustrated. So what was my surprise when she called me back to tell me that I was going to be the heroine of a short spin-off of this film, that almost only me would be heard during its 5 minutes. I was thrilled. You imagine ? I was in my early twenties and I was offered “My” Pixar, incredible! (laughs)

In addition, the idea is as brilliant as its staging, this short is a real gem: in the film, we just hear the voice messages that Kari leaves for Madame Parr, we perceive her more and more panicked facing to Jack-Jack’s unexplained reactions. But since we don’t yet know his powers, we can only imagine what’s going on. And there, finally, before our eyes, it explodes: it can pass through walls, launch destructive rays, set fire! I don’t know if they had the idea for this short from the start, if this scene was originally made to be included in the Incrediblesbut discovering everything the baby can do afterwards is excellent.

Just like this concept of interrogating the nanny to find out what really happened at that moment, of playing with this cliché of the cops asking her questions, shining a light on her… I love everything about this short, it’s extraordinary to have designed it as a ‘behind-the-scenes’ and at the same time to have scripted it so well, to be so clever in the way it plays with the public’s expectations.”

The video above is an extract from the bonuses of Incredibles precisely dedicated to Jack-Jack Attack. We see Kari’s original voice and we hear the screenwriter and director explain his funny concept.

In The Incredibles 2Jack-Jack’s powers are finally fully exploited, notably during a memorable scene where he faces… a raccoon.

Here is its trailer:

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