The Incredibles 2 hit the theaters this week,
14 years after the first Pixar movie came out.
Returning Mr. Incredible, Mrs. Incredible, AKA Elastigirl,
the Incredible's kids, and Frozone to the big screen.
In related superhero news,
April Bowlby has been cast as Rita Farr, AKA Elasti-Girl,
for the forthcoming live-action DC Comics TV show, Titans.
Wait a minute.
How is it that Pixar and DC Comics
can have two female characters
with similar names but slightly different punctuation?
Watch this video to find out.
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When The Incredibles came out in 2004,
I saw the movie three times and some of my friends
saw the movie at least five times.
We saw The Incredibles that many times,
not because it was a brilliantly done
computer-animated movie,
had a story that held up to repeated viewings,
and fun to watch over and over again.
The Incredibles turned the generic superhero movie
upside down with superheroes being outlawed by society,
forced to live unheroic lives at home and at work,
and having super kids who want to do so much more
than hide their powers.
And, of course,
starting the capes versus no capes debate
that still rages on today.
Mr. Incredible represented the capeless Superman,
big, strong and nearly indestructible.
Mrs. Incredible, AKA Elastigirl, represented...
For many years, I thought her character
was a female version of any male character
that can stretch his body beyond normal human endurance.
Mr. Fantastic from the Fantastic Four,
Plastic Man or even Stretch Armstrong.
Did you know that there is an Elastigirl stretch toy
that little boys can stretch the arms
and tie them into knots?
An affiliate link is in the description below
if you are interested.
Elastigirl, one word, was actually based
on a DC Comics character called Elasti-Girl,
two words with a dash, in June 1963.
Since both characters have similar sounding names,
I will call them Elastigirl Pixar
and Elasti-Girl DC going forward.
Both characters were teenaged girls
who have the ability to stretch themselves
beyond human endurance.
Both characters have similar last names.
Elastigirl Pixar is Parr with a P.
Of course.
And Elasti-Girl DC is Farr with an F.
While discussing my research for this topic with a friend,
he suggested that the dash got dropped from Elasti-Girl DC
to become the oldest son, Dash, for Elastigirl Pixar.
While looking at Wikipedia, which cannot be wrong,
for Elasti-Girl DC, I came across this line
regarding The Incredibles,
"Pixar received permission from DC Comics
to use the name in the film
as long as it was not used in the merchandising."
If you looked at The Incredibles merchandise from 2004,
Elastigirl Pixar was always called Mrs. Incredible.
Sometimes in the product description,
Mrs. Incredible was called Elastigirl, one word.
Since Disney bought Pixar in 2006,
I'm quite sure Disney and DC Comics
have a cross-licensing agreement in place.
With Mrs. Incredible being the central character
for Incredibles 2, I've been seeing Elastigirl
on a lot of Disney merchandise.
As I have announced at the beginning of this video,
April Bowlby has been cast as Elasti-Girl,
two words with a dash,
for the forthcoming DC Comics live-action TV show, Titans.
Since I haven't paid much attention
to the superheroes scene on the small screen,
I can't really comment on Elasti-Girl DC.
It's no coincidence that two multimedia empires
have female superheroes with similar names and powers.
Be sure that you're subscribed to my channel
as I will have a review video of The Incredibles 2
in a few weeks.
Let me know in the comments below
which character is your favorite,
Elastigirl Pixar or Elasti-Girl DC?
Thank you for watching.
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