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Incredibles 2/Transcript

• 1.1 Scene 1- The Underminer Fight
• 1.2 Scene 2- Interrogation
• 1.3 Scene 3- Bad News
• 1.4 Scene 4- Dinner Argument
• 1.5 Scene 5- What's Next?
• 1.6 Scene 6- Meeting the Deavors
• 1.7 Scene 7- Hard Decision
• 1.8 Scene 8- New House
• 1.9 Scene 9- New Elasticycle
• 1.10 Scene 10- The Bus is Here!
• 1.11 Scene 11- Waiting for Crime
• 1.12 Scene 12- Taking Care of the Kids
• 1.13 Scene 13- Runaway Train
• 1.14 Scene 14- Jack-Jack's Powers
• 1.15 Scene 15- Helen calls Bob
• 1.16 Scene 16- Do I Know You?
• 1.17 Scene 17- Ambassador Ambush
• 1.18 Scene 18- Violet Figures it Out
• 1.19 Scene 19- The Wannabe Supers
• 1.20 Scene 20- The Happy Platter
• 1.21 Scene 21- Screenslaver Fight
• 1.22 Scene 22- Out of Control Powers
• 1.23 Scene 23- Auntie Edna
• 1.24 Scene 24- The Defeat of Screenslaver
• 1.25 Scene 25- Bob Apologizes
• 1.26 Scene 26- Elastigirl gets Hypnotized
• 1.27 Scene 27- Jack-Jack's New Suit
• 1.28 Scene 28- Evelyn's Monologue
• 1.29 Scene 29- Escaping the House
• 1.30 Scene 30- Mr. Incredible gets Hypnotized
• 1.31 Scene 31- Getting on the Ship
• 1.32 Scene 32- Violet Vs. Voyd
• 1.33 Scene 33- Finding Jack-Jack
• 1.34 Scene 34- Turning the Ship
• 1.35 Scene 35- Freeing the Supers
• 1.36 Scene 36- Stopping the Ship and Evelyn
• 1.37 Scene 37- Going to the Movies

Transcript [ ]

Scene 1- the underminer fight [ ].

[The film begins with the Disney and Pixar logos.]

Rick Dicker: File 82-712. Agent Rick Dicker interrogating. State your name, please.

Tony Rydinger: Uh... Tony... Tony Rydinger?

Rick: Tell me about the incident.

Tony: Well, there's this girl, um, in my class. [off screen] I saw her at the track meet.

[The flashback starts on "The Incredibles".]

Tony: You're, uh, Violet, right?

Violet: That's me.

Tony: [o.s.] I sort of knew her, but she'd changed. Relaxed. She was more sure of herself. Cool, cute. I asked her out to a movie.

Tony: So, Friday?

Violet: Friday.

Tony: Friday.

Tony: [o.s.] And I went to watch the track meet. Not long after, this thing happened in the parking lot.

[Suddenly, crashing and screaming as a gigantic mining drill with two blades comes out of the ground.]

Underminer: BEHOLD, THE UNDERMINER!!! I am always beneath you, but nothing is beneath me!

Tony: [o.s.] As if things aren't weird enough, I look over and I see these boots.

Underminer: [voice fades] I hereby declare war on peace and happiness! Soon all will tremble BEFORE ME!

Mr. Incredible: You two, stay here.

Elastigirl: Wait. Should we be doing this? It is still illegal.

Tony: [o.s.] They looked like superheroes.

Mr. Incredible: We're gonna lose him.

Elastigirl: Oh, all right. One of you patrol the perimeter, keep the crowds back and safe. The other, watch after Jack-Jack.

Violet: But I thought we were gonna go with...

Mr. Incredible: [to Violet] You heard your mother. [to Elastigirl] Trampoline me!

[Elastigirl turns into a trampoline. Mr. Incredible jumps on her to get to the drill.]

Dash: I call perimeter!

Violet: You're not going anywhere, you little maggoty creep! [creates force fields around Dash]

Tony: [o.s.] I see my chance to get out of there. But there's something familiar about one of the kids' voices. [Violet speaks indistinctly] The girl, she's upset and she throws down her mask... and it's her!

Violet: Oh. Tony! Hi. Uh, this isn't what you think it is.

Tony: [o.s.] It was just getting too freaky. I couldn't handle it and ran off. [back onscreen] I feel kinda bad about it. Maybe I should've said "hi" or something? It's not her fault superheroes are illegal. And it's not like I don't like strong girls. I'm pretty secure... manhood-wise... What is that?

Rick: Have you told anyone else about this? Your parents?

Tony: No, they'd only think I was hiding something. You know what I mean?

Rick: Sure, kid.

Tony: I like this girl, Mr. Dicker, I'm supposed to go out with her Friday night. Now, things are just gonna be weird. [sighs] I wish I could forget I ever saw her in that suit.

Rick: You will, kid. You will.

[The Incredibles 2 title card is shown]

Mr. Incredible: [grunts] COME ON!

[Mr. Incredible falls off the gigantic miner drill. The gigantic miner drill appears away, as the Underminer appears.]

Underminer: CONSIDER YOURSELF UNDERMINED!!!

[The explosions destroys the whole city apart while the Underminer continues to laugh.]

Underminer: Ooh. [laughs]

[The Underminer tries to remove the money away to the agenda.]

Mr. Incredible: Underminer! We meet again-- HUH!?!

[The Underminer tries to remove Mr. Incredible away.]

Underminer: Oh, great! Now, he's on the agenda.

[The Underminer runs. The gigantic miner drill drives away. Mr. Incredible gets out and appears to the Underminer.]

Underminer: Incredible! Meet Jack Hammer!

[Mr. Incredible and the Underminer start fighting each other. Mr. Incredible throws the Underminer onto the controls, making them break. The drill starts going up and the Underminer gets into the container holding the money and escapes.]

Underminer: BUH-BYE! [chuckles]

[The alarm blares. Mr. Incredible grunts and snatches the hook.]

Mr. Incredible: No no no no NO NO NO!

[The drill reaches the surface and people panic.]

Dash: Everybody, stay back! Okay? Stay back! [runs away]

Violet: You're not sticking me with babysitting!

[Elastigirl swings to the gigantic mining drill.]

Mr. Incredible: I can't steer it or stop it. And the Underminer's escaped!

Elastigirl: We'll have to stop it before-- BOB! The monorail!

[The monorail falls off. Frozone appears and uses ice to keep the monorail from completely falling off.]

Mr. Incredible: Frozone! Yeah!

Elastigirl: We have to stop this thing before it gets to the overpass!

Mr. Incredible: I'll try to keep it away from the buildings!

[People continue to scream. Mr. Incredible pushes the drill to turn it. One of the blades pick up a car and throw it into the air.]

Dash: Hey, lady!

[The car crashes after Dash moves the old lady.]

Old Lady: Thank you so much, young man. [Dash fixes her glasses]

[Jack-Jack cooing while being rolled in his stroller. He is then handed off to Dash]

Dash: What? VIOLET!

[While invisible, Violet goes through some steam before becoming visible. Mr. Incredible tries to stop the wheel from turning, but gets run over.]

Mr. Incredible: [grunting] AH!

[Then, he tries to hold on to the wheel while dragging his feet. Elastigirl jumps on the road to stop traffic.]

Elastigirl: Stop! [The cars stop.] Everybody, stop! [The other cars stop.]

[The gigantic miner drill destroys the road. Mr. Incredible tries to stop the gigantic miner drill. Violet then uses her force field to save people from fall debris. While Mr. Incredible tries to stop the drill, a lamppost attached to some concrete falls right next to him. He picks it up and tries to use it to stop the drill. It ends up breaking.]

Dash: Heads up, Dad! [gives Jack-Jack to Mr. Incredible.]

Mr. Incredible: Dash!

Elastigirl: VIOLET! Who's watching Jack-Jack?!

Violet: Dash is watching him!

Mr. Incredible: Violet, here, you take him! [hands Jack-Jack to Violet]

[Elastigirl lands inside the gigantic miner drill and spots the boiler.]

Mr. Incredible: It's headed for City Hall!

Dash: Mom needs help!

[The Parr’s climb into the drill.]

Winston: They're out in public again! This is our chance! Follow them, follow Frozone!

[Frozone tries to freeze the gigantic miner drill. Elastigirl stretches herself out.]

Elastigirl: [straining] BOB! HELP ME WITH THE BOILER!

[Mr. Incredible pushes the boiler out. Frozone tries to put an ice wall in front of the gigantic miner drill to buy time. Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl push the boiler out of place.]

Elastigirl: That should do it! [gasps] WHAT ARE YOU KIDS DOING?! GET OUTTA HERE! THIS THING'S GONNA BLOW!

Violet: There's no time!

[Violet creates a giant force field around the Parr Family. The blade is just barely touching the top of city hall and then the police show up. Knowing he’d get in trouble, Frozone ran off.]

The Parr family: [laughs]

Dash: We did it!

[The top door opens and the Parr family look up.]

Officer: FREEZE, SUPERS!

Mr. Incredible: Oh, what did we do?

[People exclaiming about the Parr Family getting arrested. Frozone goes to an ally way.]

Tommy: Excuse me! Mr...Zone?

[Frozone freezes his Tommy’s feet in place.]

Frozone: Sorry, but I'm not really supposed to be here.

Tommy: Which seems wrong... doesn't it? Perhaps you'd be interested in...changing that law?

Scene 2- Interrogation [ ]

Reporter: Superheroes including Frozone, Mr. Incredible, and Elastigirl caused further damage to the city. The Underminer remains at large.

Mr. Incredible: WE DIDN'T start this fight!

Detective #1: Well, you didn't finish it either!

Detective #2: Did you stop the Underminer from inflicting more damage?

Mr. Incredible: No.

Detective #2: Did you stop him from robbing the banks?!

Detective #2: Did you CATCH HIM?!

Mr. Incredible: NO!

Detective #1: The banks were insured. We have infrastructure that placed a deal with these matters. If you had simply done NOTHING, everything would now be proceeding in an orderly fashion!

Mr. Incredible: You'd have prefer we'd do NOTHING?!

Detective #2: Without a doubt!

[The detectives leave. Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl then stare at Rick.]

Mr. Incredible: You weren't much help.

Rick: You want out of the hole? First, you gotta put down the shovel.

[Later that day, the Parrs are riding to the motel in a black van.]

Bob: Well, that went poorly.

Violet: Dad, this is probably not the best time to tell you about this...but something else happened today with a kid...and my mask.

Scene 3- Bad News [ ]

[They stop at the motel and the Parrs get out. Bob goes over to Rick]

Bob: Oh, hey, Rick. Violet thinks a friend of hers, a kid named Tony...might have seen her in the outfit, without her mask.

Rick: Talkative type?

Bob: Don't know. Last name is Rydinger.

Rick: Tony Rydinger. I'll check it out. [Bob starts to walk away] Bob, Helen...a word if you don't mind. Uh, the program's been shut down.

Rick: Politicians don't understand people who do good simply because it's right. It makes 'em nervous. They've been gunning for Supers for years. Today was all they needed. Anyway, I'm done. I'm afraid two more weeks in the motel is the best I can do for ya. It ain't much.

Helen: You've done plenty, Rick. [Helen hugs Rick]

Bob: We won't forget.

Rick: Well, it has been a great honor working with you good people.

Bob: Thanks for everything, and good luck. [Bob and Rick shake hands]

Rick: Yeah. You, too.

[Rick leaves]

Scene 4- Dinner Argument [ ]

[Helen carries Jack-Jack to the dinner table.]

Violet: (to Dash) Did you wash your hands?

[Dash runs to the sink.]

Violet: With... soap?

[Dash runs to the sink again.]

Violet: Did you dry them?

[Dash shakes his hands to dry them and then eats. Then Helen puts some food next to Dash.]

Dash: WHAT?! Is this all vegetables? Who ORDERED all vegetables?!

Helen: I did. They're good and you're going to have some. [She puts some vegetables on Dash’s plate.]

Violet: Are we going to talk about it?

Violet: The elephant in the room.

Bob: What elephant?

Violet: I guess not then.

Helen: You're referring to today.

Dash: Yeah, what's the deal with today?

Helen: We all made mistakes. For example: you kids were supposed to watch Jack-Jack.

Violet: Babysitting, while you guys did the important stuff.

Helen: We talked about this. You're not old enough to decide about these things.

Violet: We are old enough to help out.

Dash: Yeah!!

Violet: Isn't that what you tell us, Dad?

Bob: Yeah, well, "help out" can mean many different things.

Violet: But we're supposed to help, if there's trouble.

Bob: Well, yeah, but...

Violet: Aren't you glad we helped today?

Bob: Yeah, I know but...

Violet: You said that you were proud of us.

Bob: Well, yeah, I was—AM!

Dash: We wanna fight bad guys!

Jack-Jack: [babbles mockingly]

Helen: No, you don't!

Violet: You said things were different now.

Helen: And they were...on the island. But I didn't mean that from now on...

Violet: So now, we've gotta go back to "never using our powers!"

Dash: It defines who I am!

Bob: We're not saying you have...What?

Dash: Someone on TV said it.

Helen: Can we just eat the dinner, while it's hot?

Dash: Did we do something wrong?

Helen: Yes./ Bob: No.

Bob: We didn't do anything wrong.

Helen: Superheroes are illegal. Whether it's fair or not, that's the law.

Bob: The law should be fair. What are we teaching our kids?

Helen: To respect the law!

Bob: Even when the law is disrespectful?!

Helen: If laws are unjust, there are laws to change them! OTHERWISE, it's CHAOS!

Bob: Which is EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE!

[Helen slams the table. Bob takes a bite from an egg roll.]

Violet: I just thought it was kinda cool.

Helen: What was?

Violet: Fighting crime, as a family.

Helen: [sighs] It was cool. But it's over. The world is what it is. We have to...adapt.

Dash: Are things...bad?

Helen: Things are fine.

Dash: [eats faster] May I be excused? [runs over; and watches TV]

Violet: How much longer in the motel, Dad?

Helen: Not much longer, honey.

Scene 5- What's Next? [ ]

[Helen and Bob are sitting at the pool.]

Helen: What are we gonna do?

Bob: I don't know. Maybe Dicker will find something?

Helen: Dicker is done, Bob. Any thought we had about being Supers again is fantasy. One of us has gotta get a job.

Bob: “One of us"?

Helen: You did a long stint at Insuricare.

Bob: Hated every minute of it.

Helen: I know it was hard on you. Maybe it's my turn at in the private sector and you take care of the kids...

Bob: No, I'm doing this. I need to do this. You know where my suit and ties are?

Helen: Burned up when...

Both: The jet destroyed our house.

Helen: (chuckles) Yeah. We can't count on anyone else now, Bob. It's just us. We can't wait for—

(Helen and Bob hear a door bang. They look around for a bit and see someone coming.)

Lucius: No lifeguard on duty! Swim at your own risk.

Bob: Oh, where'd you go today? I noticed you missed all the "fun".

Lucius: Don't be mad because I know when to leave a party. I'm just as illegal as you guys. Besides, I knew the cops would let you go.

Helen: Yeah, in spite of Bob's best efforts.

Bob: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Lucius: I heard the program shut down. How much longer are you in this motel?

Bob: Two weeks.

Lucius: Now, you know the offer still stands.

Helen: You're very generous, but there are five of us. We wouldn't do that to you and Honey.

Lucius: Well, door's always open. You know, the news isn't all bad. While you guys were being...detained, I was approached by a dude who represents this tycoon. (gives Bob and Helen a business card)

Bob: Winston Deavor.

Lucius: Wants to talk with me, with you two, about hero stuff. I checked him out. He's legit. Trained under Dicker. He wants to meet.

Helen: Ah, jeez! More superhero trouble. We just came from the police station, Lucius.

Lucius: Tonight. I'm going there now. [opens his jacket to reveal his supersuit underneath]

Helen: You enjoy, I'm sitting this one out. (gives the business card back to Lucius)

Lucius: He wants all three of us.

Bob: Honey, let's just at least hear what he has to say.

Lucius: You got the address, I'll meet you guys there.

Helen: Go in our Supersuits?

Lucius: Yeah. Might wanna wear the old Supersuits. Got a feeling he's nostalgic.

[Helen and Bob are ready to leave and say bye to their kids.]

Violet: Where are you going?

Bob: (as he opens the door) The fresh air is especially good tonight.

Helen: If Jack-Jack wakes up...

Violet: I know the drill.

(As Bob and Helen walk out the door, Violet notices Helen’s boots before they close the door.)

Scene 6- Meeting the Deavors [ ]

(Elastigirl, Mr. Incredible, and Frozone get out of the car with their supersuits.)

Man: (opens the door to let everyone out) Your security badges. Please, this way. (Stops Frozone) Hey, listen, you're my biggest fan.

Frozone: Good to see you.

Man: (Stammering) I’m-I'm your biggest fan. Shoot!

(They all go up in an elevator and then go into a room.)

Winston: I LOVE superheroes! The powers, the costumes, the mythic struggles. Winston Deavor. You can call me Win. Genuine pleasure to meet you. Frozone!

Frozone: It's good to see you.

Winston: Elastigirl.

Elastigirl: Nice to meet you.

Winston: Mr. Incredible!

Mr. Incredible: Hello.

Winston: (starts singing Mr. Incredible’s theme song) 🎶 Mr. Incredible, Incredible, 🎶

Mr. Incredible and Winston: 🎶 Incredible. Catching the bad guys. Pow, pow, pow! 🎶 (both laugh)

Winston: (turns to Frozone and starts singing his theme song) 🎶'Who's the cat Who's always chill, (off screen while Evelyn comes in) when survival odds Are close to nil? 🎶

Frozone and Winston: 🎶 Frozone, Frozone, Frozone! 🎶

Frozone: Yeah!

(Everyone laughs)

Winston: Can't tell you what a thrill this is. And this...

Evelyn: Oh, hello there, superheroes. I'm so sorry I'm late.

Winston: ...is my tardy sister, Evelyn.

Evelyn: And I'm scolding myself so you don't have to, Winston!

Winston: Spectacular. My father was so proud that I was even remotely connected to you guys. He used to call you the last line of defense. He was your top supporter. (Cuts to flashback of Winston’s father) He donated to superhero causes. He raised money for the Dynaguy statue in Avery Park. He got to know many Supers personally. Even installed a phone with direct lines to Gazerbeam and Fironic in case of emergencies. He loved that, showed it off to everyone. (Back to present) He was heartbroken when you were all forced to go underground.

Evelyn: Father believed the world would become more dangerous without you.

Winston: He didn't know how right he was. (Cuts back to flash back) There was a break-in. (Both parents gasp) My father called Gazerbeam. The direct line. No answer. He called Fironic, no answer. Superheroes had just been made illegal. The robbers discovered him on the phone, and shot him. (Gunshot) (back to present) So...

Elastigirl: It must've been hard.

Evelyn: Especially for Mother. She died a few months later. Heartbreak.

Winston: If superheroes had not been forced underground it never would've happened.

Evelyn: Or Dad could've taken mom to the safe room as soon as he knew there was trouble.

Winston: I disagree strongly!! But we're not going into it right now. The point is nobody expected us to be able to actually run Dad's company. But with Evelyn as designer, and myself as operator uh, we threw ourselves into building Devtech into what it is today.

Frozone: A world-class telecommunications company.

Winston: Bigger than ever. Perfectly positioned to make some wrong things right. Hence, this meeting. Let me ask you something: What is the main reason you were all forced underground?

Mr. Incredible: Ignorance.

Winston: Perception. Take today for example, with the Underminer. Difficult situation. You were faced with a lot of hard decisions.

Mr. Incredible: Oh, tell me about it.

Winston: I can't. Because I didn't see it. Neither did anyone else. So, when you fight bad guys like today, people don't see the fight or what led up to it. They see what politicians tell them to see. They see destruction and they see you. So, if we wanna change people's perceptions about superheroes, we need you to share your perceptions with the world.

Elastigirl: How do we do that?

Evelyn: With cameras. (Turns on recording)

Winston: “We need you to share your perceptions with the world.”

Elastigirl: “How do we do that?”

Evelyn: We embed tiny cameras, like those, into your supersuits.

Elastigirl: Wow, so small. And the picture is outstanding.

Evelyn: Thanks! Designed 'em myself.

Winston: We've got resources, lobbyists, worldwide connections and very important, insurance.

Mr. Incredible: Insurance is key.

Winston: All we need now are the super-est superheroes. It needs you three. Come on! Help me make all Supers legal again!

Mr. Incredible: This sounds great! Let's get this going. What's my first assignment?

Winston: That enthusiasm is golden. (chuckling) Now hold on to it. But for our first move, well, Elastigirl is our best play.

Mr. Incredible: Better than me?

(Annoyed, Elastigirl clears her throat)

Mr. Incredible: I mean, she's good. (stammering) She-uh-Really, a credit to her...but uh, You know. (chuckles nervously) You know.

Winston: With great respect let's not test the whole "insurance-will-pay-for-everything" idea on the first go 'round, okay?

(Frozone and Elastigirl try not to laugh.)

Mr. Incredible: Wait a minute. You're saying what? I'm messy?

Winston: Well, Evelyn did a cost-benefit analysis comparing all your last five years of crime fighting before going underground, and Elastigirl's numbers are self-explanatory.

Mr. Incredible: Well, it's not a fair comparison! Heavyweight problems need heavyweight solutions.

Winston: Of course! We're gonna solve all kinds of problems together. After the perfect launch with Elastigirl!

Evelyn: So, what do you say?

Elastigirl: What do I say? (chuckles) I...don't know.

Scene 7- Hard Decision [ ]

(In the motel with Bob in the bed and Helen brushing her teeth.)

Bob: What do you mean, you don't know? A few hours ago, you were saying it was over and being a superhero was a fantasy. (Cuts to Helen) Now, you get the offer of a lifetime and you don't know?

Helen: It's not that simple, Bob. I wanna protect the kids!

Bob: So, do, I.

Helen: From jail, Bob! (Spits out toothpaste)

Bob: And how do you do that? By turning down a chance to change the law that forces them to hide what they are?

Helen: They haven't decided what they are. They're still kids.

Bob: Kids with powers, which makes them Supers whether they decide to use those powers or not. This will benefit them.

Helen: Look, it’s not a good time to be away. Dash is having trouble with homework, Vi is worried about her first date with that boy she likes, Tony, and Jack-Jack...

Bob: Jack-Jack? What's wrong with him?

Helen: Okay, nothing's wrong with Jack-Jack. But even a normal baby needs a lot of attention. I'm just not sure I can leave.

Bob: Of course you can leave. You've got to. So that I—we can be Supers again, so our kids can have that choice.

Helen: (scoffs) So you can have that choice.

Bob: All right, yes! So I can have that choice. And I would do a Great JOB! Regardless of what Deavor's pie charts say or whatever...But they want you. (strained) And you'll do a great...job...too.

Helen: (inhales sharply) Well, that was excruciating to watch. (Bob chuckles) I can't lie to you. It's nice to be wanted. Flattering, you know, but...

Bob: But what's the choice? One, do this right, get well paid, we're out of the motel and things get better for all Supers, including our kids. Or two...I find a job in two weeks or we're homeless.

Helen: You know it's crazy, right? To help my family, I gotta leave it. To fix the law, I gotta break it.

Bob: You'll be great.

Helen: I know I will. But what about you? We have kids.

Bob: I'll watch the kids, no problem. Easy.

Helen: Easy, huh? You're adorable. Well, if there is a problem, I'll drop this thing and come right back.

Bob: You won't need to. (Lays on his side) I got it, you go do this thing. Do it so...I can do it better. (Helen hits him with a pillow.)

(At Devtech, the phone rings)

Winston: Deavor here.

Helen: This is Elastigirl. I'm in.

Scene 8- New House [ ]

(The Parr family is in a black car going to their new house.)

Helen: (on the phone) Mr. Deavor, it's wonderful but (cuts to Winston) it's too generous.

Winston: Nonsense! That's the least we can do. We're partners now! Can't have my partners living in a motel.

Helen: (stammers) But w-whose house? Is it a house?

Winston: (off screen) It's my house. I have several. I'm not using that one. Stay as long as you need.

Helen: I don't know what to say.

Bob: How about "thanks"?

(They enter the giant mansion.)

Dash: This is our new house?!

Helen: (chuckles) Okay, easy, tiger. It's being loaned to us.

Violet: (groans) This is homey.

Bob: Look at this place. Deavor bought it from an eccentric billionaire who liked to come and go without being seen so the house has multiple hidden exits.

(Dash starts using his super speed to explore the mansion.)

Violet: Good thing we won't stand out. Wouldn't want to attract any unnecessary attention.

Dash: It's got a big yard!

Helen: Isn't this a bit much?

Dash: Near a forest!

Bob: Would you rather be at the motel?

Dash: AND A POOL! (Dash jumps into the pool)

Violet: What exactly is Mom's new job?

Bob: The important thing is we're out of the motel.

Dash: I LIKE MOM'S NEW JOB! (Dash shakes some of the water off. Dash spots the remote and presses some buttons.) (gasps) Wah oh, ho, ho!

(A river opens up in front of Helen and Bob)

Bob: Whoa! (Helen and Bob chuckle)

Dash: Whoa!

(Dash presses another button making waterfalls)

Bob: Well, check out the water features.

(Helen chuckles)

Bob: (chuckles) Oh!

Helen: Wow.

(A small pathway opens up in the middle of the waterfall and Helen and Bob walk across.)

Dash: Wicked cool!

(Dash presses another button making a couch rise and the fire place lit. He presses another button making the TV go up. He presses yet another button but opens another river under the couches, making them fall in.)

Bob: Hey! Dash! Stop it!

Dash: (groans) (He keeps pressing buttons to try to fix it but makes things worse.)

Helen: Not the couch! Stop it!

Bob: No! Dash! Stop! Don't touch the buttons!

Dash: The couch!

Helen: Dash!

Bob: No! No, NO!

(Dash quickly puts back the remote and runs off.)

Scene 9- New Elasticycle [ ]

Helen: (offscreen) Oh, no. Oh, boy. This isn't me. (stammering) W-what is thi- (comes onscreen) I'm Elastigirl. I'm, you know, flexible. I mean, look at the-the...

Bob: E designed this?

Helen: No, some guy named Alexander Galbaki.

Bob: (chuckling) Glad it's you and not me, 'cause you're gonna hear from her. This note came with it.

Helen: What?

(Helen reads the note from Evelyn and it says "Elastigirl, There's an accessory in the garage... -Evelyn".)

(Cuts to Helen and Bob in the garage.)

Helen: (gasps) A new Elasticycle.

Bob: Elasticycle? I didn't know you had a bike.

Helen: (Helen gets onto the Elasticycle) Hey, I had a mohawk. There's a lot about me you don't know.

Bob: Yeah, but...a mohawk?

Helen: Ah, you didn't miss anything. (Elasticycle powering up) Oh, yeah! This one's electric.

Bob: Wh-what's that mean?

Helen: (the Elasticycle starts to get a bit of a power boost) Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Oh! (Helen bumps into the wall) Means it's torque-y. I'll get the hang of it.

Bob: You will be great.

Helen: I will be great. And you will, too.

Bob: We will both be great. (Bob pushes a button and the waterfall at the exit opens up)

Helen: Bye, sweetie. (She races off out of the garage and onto a secret passageway) WHOOO!!! (Laughs in delight) (She gets onto the highway) WHOOO!!!

(Helen passes a bunch of cars and soon is right next to one with 3 people.)

Woman: Wait a minute! Is that Elastigirl?

Man: I think that's Elastigirl. (Honks horn) HEY! ELASTIGIRL! (Everyone cheers for her)

(Elastigirl drives ahead)

Man: Marry me, Elastigirl!

Winston: (starts singing Elastigirl’s theme song) 🎶 Here comes Elastigirl, stretching her... 🎶

Elastigirl: Ha-ha! No theme songs or I'll turn this bus right around!

(They are all flying on a jet to fight crime.)

Winston: Look at that. New Urbem. You wanna make a big crime fighting statement you go where the crime is big.

Elastigirl: Strange thing to be excited about, Winston.

Winston: It's like a superhero's playground!

Scene 10- The Bus is Here! [ ]

(Dash runs to the table to eat breakfast and spots some Sugar Bombs cereal and tries to pour it into his bowl.)

Bob: No Sugar Bombs on my watch. (Bob takes away the Sugar Bombs and pours some Fiber-o’s in Dash’s bowl.)

Dash: Where's Mom?

Bob: She's up and out. She's at her new job doing hero work.

Violet: But I thought superheroes were still illegal.

Bob: They are, for now.

Violet: So Mom is getting paid to break the law?

Bob: She's not breaking...she’s an advocate for superheroes. It's a new job.

Violet: So, Mom is going out illegally to explain why she shouldn't be illegal.

Bob: (as the school bus arrives) Hey...HEEEEY! THE BUS IS HERE! (The School bus honks) Whoa! Grab your stuff quickly! Go on, get on the...

(Dash and Violet run to the bus. Bob catches up to put in Dash’s homework in his backpack.)

Bob: Put your homework in your pack! Bye-bye! (He comes back inside and picks up Jack-Jack) We're gonna get along just fine 'cause you don't ask any hard questions.

(Jack-Jack then defecates in his diaper and Bob sighs.)

Scene 11- Waiting for Crime [ ]

(Cuts to Elastigirl in an ally waiting for a crime to happen)

Officer 1: (through speaker) All right. All locations, we need to know where you want us.

Officer 2: (through speaker) Stand by.

Elastigirl: Seems strange to wait for crime.

Winston: (shows Winston and Evelyn in a van) Relax. You're smack in the middle of the worst crime area in the city. It's perfect. It's a superhero's playground.

Elastigirl: “It’s a superhero’s playground.” Right. You know, after we went underground my husband used to listen to a police scanner waiting for something to happen. And I got mad at him for it. (Winston and Evelyn laughing) Oh, I'm such a hypocrite.

Dispatcher: All units.

Elastigirl: Something's up.

Dispatcher: We've been picking up some chatter about potential disruptions to the hovertrain's opening ceremony.

Officer: Disruption or threat?

Dispatcher: Both. Station's at Fifty-Fourth and Nottingham.

Winston: (Gasps) A potential threat! Perfect! Fifty-fourth and Nottingham. Go, go, go! (Elastigirl races off)

Scene 12- Taking Care of the Kids [ ]

Bob: Hey, Vi! I want you back here by 10:30.

Violet: 11-ish?

Bob: 10-ish, heading for 9:30-ish.

Violet: 10:30-ish it is. (sighs)

Bob: Enjoy the movie. (Cuts to Bob reading a bedtime story for Jack-Jack) “In the county of Noddoff the Frubbers of Freep are all giving in to the sweet succor of sleep.”

(Jack-Jack falls asleep and Bob tucks him in bed. Bob sits down and tries to watch TV but Dash walks in front of it showing his math book, in other words, he needs help with homework. Then, it cuts to Bob trying to understand Dash’s homework.)

Dash: That's not the way you're supposed to do it, Dad. They want us to do it this way. (Shows his math book)

Bob: I don't know that way! Why would they change math?

Dash: It's okay, Dad.

Bob: Math is math! MATH! IS! MATH!

Dash: I'll just wait for Mom to get back.

Bob: What?! She won't understand it any better than I do...

(Bob hears the TV running and goes to see why it’s on. He sees Jack-Jack watching it. Bob read the bedtime story again.)

Bob: "All over Doozle-Dorf, the Fribbers of Frupp are going to sleep ‘cause they just can't keep up. All over Doozle-Dorf, are dozing. Eyelids so heavy, they're drooping...” (Bob starts to fall asleep but Jack-Jack wakes him up again.) “Closing! The point is: Everyone, everyone's hitting the sack! Everyone's getting the sleep that they lack.”

Scene 13- Runaway Train [ ]

(Elastigirl is waiting at the train station while they open the hovertrain.)

Mayor: Mayors often brag about their cities (chuckles) and I'm no exception. And I'm willing to admit that New Urbem is not the only city...

Elastigirl: Are you sure the police are gonna be okay with this?

Evelyn: (through speaker) Sure. You're making life easy for them.

Elastigirl: They still haven't forgiven us for the last time we made life easy for them.

Winston: I know the Chief of Police. There won't be a problem.

Evelyn: With all due respect, if you alone had handled the Underminer things would have been different. I'm just saying.

Mayor: ...on budget and ahead of schedule to launch our magnificent new hovertrain. It can get you where you need to go at ridiculous speeds. The future is open for business! (Cuts ribbon)

(The hovertrain starts to leave but then stops.)

Elastigirl: Wait. The train has stopped. (The train starts going backwards.) It's going the wrong direction.

Mayor: It's going the wrong way.

Elastigirl: I'm going after it. (She races off to catch up with the train) This thing's really moving. 100 and climbing. How much track is built?

Evelyn: About 25 miles.

(Elastigirl continues to race down the road passing cars but soon slightly hits a car but little damage is caused.)

Elastigirl: No one can shut this thing down?

Evelyn: They've tried. No-go.

Man: Is that Elastigirl?

(The police try to follow the train but is stuck in traffic.)

Elastigirl: Overrides!?

Evelyn: They're locked out of the system.

Elastigirl: (she separates her Elasticycle and stretches her body and hops over traffic, using back part of her bike as momentum.) What about a fail-safe?

Evelyn: Not enough time!

Elastigirl: (The Elasticycle starts ringing) Someone's calling! Switching over!

(Call switch to Bob and Dash)

Dash: Hey, Mom. I can't find my high-tops and Dad can't find them either. But he won't call you and ask, so I am.

Bob: (in background) Do NOT call your mother!

Elastigirl: Dash, honey. Can't talk right now, but look under your bed, okay.

(Call switches back to Evelyn)

Elastigirl: How much time?!

Evelyn: Less than two minutes! There's a shortcut. Cut through the culvert up ahead!

(Elastigirl cuts across the road and goes through the culvert. She then goes through a window and rides through a building.)

Elastigirl: I don't know if I can stay with it!

(She separates her bike again and hops to another building. She keeps hopping from building to building until she sees another way to catch up to the train. She hops onto a building frame and then gets onto a crane. She drives off of the crane and then onto the side of a building, and then onto a billboard. Then she hops on the train but almost falls off. She tries to get to the front but spots the tunnel, then she separates her bike and one part of it is on one side of the tunnel, and the other part of the bike on the other side. Soon, Elastigirl gets to the front of the train and turns into a parachute to get on the top. She gets on her side but she sees another tunnel and didn't have time to avoid it, so she through the Elasticycle into the air and it exploded on the top of the tunnel. Elastigirl laid flat until the train passed the tunnel. She quickly gets to where the driver is and knocks on the glass but fails to get his attention. Then she uncouples the car with the driver in it from the other cars. The emergency brakes come on. She hops onto the passenger cars and makes a parachute to slow it down. The train stops with the first car half-on half-off the rails. The car with the driver is still going backwards and bumps into the other cars. The train moves a little more but stays on the rails. Elastigirl goes into the car and confront the driver.)

Passenger: What the heck was that?

Elastigirl: Is everybody all right? Is anybody injured? Are you all right? (talks to the driver) Your story better be good. (tries to get him to focus) Hey. Hey!

Driver: What happened?

(Elastigirl turns around to see a message on the screen. The screen says: "Welcome back, Elastigirl. -The Screenslaver")

Scene 14- Jack-Jack's Powers [ ]

(At the house, Bob tucks Jack-Jack in bed again, but he puts a table and some books on top of his crib to keep him from escaping. Then he sees Violet sitting on the floor sadly.)

Bob: Honey, why are y-

Violet: Don't say anything. (goes upstairs to her room)

Bob: (knocks on Violet's door) It's Dad. Are you okay?

Violet: (through the door) I'm fine. I don't wanna talk about it.

Bob: Tony didn't even call?

Violet: I don't wanna talk about it.

Bob: Oh, honey...

Violet: Dad! If you want me to feel better, then leave me alone. Please?

(Bob then hears the TV running and goes to check it out. He sees Jack-Jack on the couch again watching TV. Bob then sits with him and soon falls asleep with Jack-Jack still watching. Jack-Jack watches a movie where someone is robbing a jewelry store. Jack-Jack then sees a raccoon (named Rocky) outside eating in the garbage and notices Rocky's black part of fur that looks like a mask. Jack-Jack noticed that the robber had a mask, so he mistakes Rocky as a criminal.)

(He goes through the glass door that leads to the back yard and takes the food and throws it in the garbage and then he puts the lid on with his mind. Rocky and Jack-Jack start fighting without Bob noticing because he's asleep. Jack-Jack kicks Rocky and he gets tangled in one of the outside chairs. Jack-Jack then turns into fire and goes to Rocky. Jack-Jack throws a flaming table to where Rocky was. Jack-Jack checks to see if he got Rocky but Rocky isn't there.)

(Rocky knocks down a grill and puts coal dust everywhere. Jack-Jack then gets laser eyes and follows Rocky who's trying to avoid the lasers. Rocky climbs onto an umbrella but Jack-Jack breaks it, causing it to fall.)

(Rocky then leaps onto Jack-Jack but he turns into soft slimy material. Bob wakes up from the noise and sees Jack-Jack fighting Rocky. Bob picks up Jack-Jack but Jack-Jack duplicates and hops on top of Rocky. Bob picks up Jack-Jack and his duplicates and Jack-Jack is back into one. Rocky then leaves.)

Bob: You have... POWERS!!! YEAH, BABY! And there's not a scratch on you! Did you go through the locked door? Are those your powers? (chuckles) Who can multiply like rabbits and go right through any...solid...(Jack-Jack sneezes and briefly turns into fire, gets electrical, and shoots laser eyes.) Oh, my God...

Scene 15- Helen calls Bob [ ]

(Bob hears the phone ring.)

Bob: Hello?

Helen: Hey, honey. You weren't gonna call me?

Bob: Oh, hey! (stammering) No. I mean, yes, yeah...I just didn't wanna wake you. (he puts Jack-Jack down) The strangest thing just happened out in the yard.

Helen: Sounds like I just woke you up.

Bob: No, no. It's just, Jack-Jack...

Helen: He had an injury! I knew it! I'm coming home right now! I never should hav-

Bob: No, no, no injury. Stay there and finish your mission. You never should-should have...what? You don't think I can do this?

Helen: No, no. Sorry. I misspoke. Do you need me to come back?

Bob: No, no. No, I've got this. Everything's great.

Helen: What happened with Jack-Jack?

Bob: Nothing. He's in excellent health.

(Violet’s in the background crying while getting ice cream from the freezer.)

Helen: Well, that's good. How was Violet's date?

Helen: That was tonight, right?

Bob: Yes. Good. All fine and...good.

Helen: And Jack-Jack went down with no trouble?

Bob: (sees Jack-Jack looking at Rocky through the window) Fine, yes, no trouble.

Helen: And Dash got his homework done?

Bob: (turns to see Dash sleeping with unfinished homework) All done.

Helen: So, things haven't spiraled out of control the moment I left?

Bob: Amazing as it may seem, it has been quite uneventful in fact. How about you?

Helen: I SAVED A RUNAWAY TRAIN!!! (Laughing in utter joy) It WAS so GREAT! The mayor was there to cut the ribbon on this new train.

(Bob quickly turns on the TV to see the news)

Reporter 1: Elastigirl pursued the train and was able to successfully activate...

Helen: Blah, blah, blah. He says a few words, cuts the ribbon and the train starts pulling out of the station BACKWARDS!

Reporter 2: ...track of its brand new hovertrain...

(Bob keeps switching channels to see many of them talking about Elastigirl stopping the train.)

Helen: BOOM!!! NO, CASUALTIES!!!!!! (squeals)

(Bob turns off the TV)

Helen: One thing leads to another and suddenly, I go after it! I'm telling you, honey, it was a saga!!!

Bob: (through his teeth) That's fantastic, honey! And on your first night! I am so proud of you, really. (Slams head onto the counter)

Helen: I'm proud of you, honey. I know you want to get out there and you will soon. And you'll be amazing. I couldn't have done this if you hadn't taken over so well. Thanks for handling everything.

Bob: It's nothing.

Helen: (Sighs) I love you, honey. I'll be back soon. Sweet dreams.

Bob: Sweet dreams, honey. (They hang up)

(Bob tucks Dash and Jack-Jack in bed.)

Scene 16- Do I Know You? [ ]

(Bob's in bed having trouble falling asleep)

Bob: (mumbling while Imitating Dash) "Hey, Dad, it's okay. I'll just wait for Mom to get home." As if she could...I know how to...I can do math. Oh, brother...(Imitates Dash again) "Wait for Mom!" (gets up from bed) What am I, a substitute parent? It's not my fault they changed math. (goes to wake up Dash) Come on, buddy. Come on. I think I understand your math assignment. We still have some time to finish it before your test. (cuts to Bob and Dash at the table) So first, you wanna put all the numbers by themselves on one side.

Bob: ...you change the sign. That means a plus becomes a minus and a minus... You got it? Yeah, baby!

(At Violet's school, Tony gets his stuff from his locker and then closes it to see Violet behind it.)

Tony: Oh. Uh, hello.

Violet: We're in a new house. I did write my address on your locker in permanent ink.

Tony: Oh, is that what that is?

Violet: Did you forget?

Tony: Forget...what?

Violet: (chuckles) That's funny. Points for funny. Oh, was it the weird outfit? (chuckles) Because there's a reason. I'm in a drama class and they just wanna do Shakespeare but they're like, "Try to make it relevant for the kids." So, like, "Oh, superheroes! Kids love superheroes."

Tony: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Violet: You wanna wear one kind of tights and then they're like, "No, wear these other kind of tights."

Tony: (stammers) D-do I know you?

(Violet angrily walks out.)

Scene 17- Ambassador Ambush [ ]

Chad: (on the TV) Many say your speech today is critical.

Ambassador: Both sides just want the best for their people. We are so close to finally getting peace in the region.

Elastigirl: I haven't done this in a while.

Winston: This is good. The train gives us momentum. Just go out there and be your charming self and capitalize on it.

Producer: Ms. Elastigirl, they're ready for you.

Evelyn: Hey, stretch a leg.

Ambassador: Thank you, Chad. It was fun.

Bodyguard: Ambassador, your documents. we're moving to the rooftop.

Elastigirl: Oh, Madame Ambassador, hello!

Ambassador: Oh, you are Elastigirl! (shakes her hand) This is why now I'm shaking your hand. It was so sad when you went underground. I am glad to see you back in your shiny outfit.

Elastigirl: That means so much coming from you. Good luck with your speech.

Bodyguard: This way, Ambassador.

Elastigirl: (stammers) Bring...lasting peace!

Ambassador: I will, when you defeat evil.

Elastigirl: (chuckles) Okay.

Cameraman: Three, two...

Chad: For over 15 years, superheroes have been in hiding. Forced into it by a society no longer willing to support them. That may soon be changing due to a growing movement to bring the Supers back. Here, fresh on the heels of her own heroic save of a runaway train and sporting a new look, is the superhero, Elastigirl. Welcome!

Elastigirl: Hello, Chad.

Chad: All the polls are going in your direction.

Elastigirl: That's true. Things are good--

Chad: Hello.

Elastigirl: Uh, hello?

Chad: Do I have your attention?

Elastigirl: Yes, Chad. (notices something reflecting in Chad's eyes)

Chad: Of course I do. I'm appearing on your screen. Reading the words I'm saying off of another screen. (Elastigirl turns around but blocks the screen to keep from getting hypnotized) Screens are everywhere. We are controlled my screens. (Elastigirl runs into another room.) And screens are controlled by me, Screenslaver.

Elastigirl: Hey! (runs back)

Screenslaver: I control this broadcast and this...

Chad: ...idiotic anchorman you see before you.

Producer: What's wrong with him?

Evelyn: The signal's been hijacked. I'll check it out.

Elastigirl: Don't look at any monitors. (puts clipboard over the producer's face. Then she runs to Chad and slaps him.)

Chad: I could hijack the ambassador's aerocade while it's still airborne. Right, Elastigirl?

(Elastigirl runs to the hallway.)

Elastigirl: Nearest window! Where's the nearest window?!

Employee: Here! (points to a room)

(Elastigirl throws a chair and breaks the window. She sees that the helicopter has already taken off and she climbs up to the roof. The monitors are shut off and everyone's back to normal.)

Man 1: Oh, what's going on?

Man 2: Where's Elastigirl?

(Elastigirl's on the roof and sees 3 helicopters.)

Elastigirl: (groans) Which one?

(Elastigirl slingshots herself to one of the helicopters. She breaks the window and gets in.)

Pilot: Elastigirl! What are you doing here?

Elastigirl: The ambassador is in danger. Which chopper is she--LOOK OUT!

(She pushes the pilot's heads down and ducks before another helicopter breaks the front window.)

Elastigirl: Follow them and get me close! Get out of the sky, and touch down safely! (Jumps off and gets on the other helicopter. She's about to break in but almost gets shot.)

Ambassador: Stand down! (pushes her bodyguard's gun down) It's Elastigirl.

(Elastigirl breaks in)

Elastigirl: Stay in your seat, ma'am! (she can't open the door to the cockpit and sees the bodyguard's gun. She grabs it and shoots the door handle. She sees the pilots are hypnotized and punches the monitors.) We're under attack! Quick, go! Protect the ambassador! (she takes control of the helicopter) Open the door!

Ambassador: Do as she says!

Elastigirl: Can you all swim?

Pilots and bodyguard: Yeah!

Ambassador: No!

(Elastigirl kicks the Pilots and bodyguard out and they land in the river. She sees that the Ambassador is still in the helicopter. Then the other helicopter bumped into one of the jets, making it uncontrollable. She grabs the Ambassador and goes to the open door.)

Elastigirl: We're gonna have to slingshot! Hang on!

(Elastigirl slingshots them out. She turns into a parachute as they both land.)

Elastigirl: Are you all right, ma'am?

Ambassador: I'm perfectly fine...(The Ambassador faints but Elastigirl catches her.)

Scene 18- Violet Figures it Out [ ]

(In the Parr's mansion in the morning, Bob is making waffles)

Violet: (comes down stairs for breakfast in a very bad mood) Boys are jerks and superheroes suck.

Bob: Good morning!

Violet: He takes one look at me in that suit and decides to pretend he doesn't even know me.

Bob: Well, he's protecting himself. If he really did see you, it's best that he forget. It's better for you, too. (opens the fridge) I can't tell you how many memories Dicker's had to erase over the years when...someone figured out your mother's or my identity-- (Bob closes the fridge door and Violet appears behind it in anger.)

Violet: [shouting angrily] It was DICKER!!! You told him about Tony!!!

Bob: Honey...

Violet: You had me erased from Tony's mind!!!

(Violet goes upstairs to her room. Then, Jack-Jack spills his cereal and while Bob picks it up, she goes behind him to the sink with her supersuit.)

Violet: I HATE superheroes, and I RENOUNCE THEM!!! (Violet puts her supersuit in the sink and she turns on the disposal, but the suit is still intact when she takes it out.) I RENOUNCE THEM--...AARGH!!! (Violet throws the supersuit on the wall and she goes back upstairs into her room.)

Dash: Is she having adolescence?

(Then Violet slams the door.)

Scene 19- The Wannabe Supers [ ]

(Elastigirl's in a limo reading a newspaper in front of a crowd.)

Reporter: A new report out today shows that, when it comes to decision-making people have more trust in a monkey throwing darts than Congress.

Elastigirl: What's going on, Tommy? A protest?

Tommy: They're here in support.

Elastigirl: Support? Support of what?

Tommy: Well, in support of you.

(Elastigirl moves over and lowers her window)

Elastigirl: Wow. Oh, hey. Thanks for coming out. Hi. Oh, my goodness. Thanks so much. (sees a little girl with a sign that's turned around) Oh, hello. What does your sign say?

(The little girl turns the sign and it says "Screenslaver is still out there". Elastigirl's smile starts to fade after she read it.)

(Elastigirl goes into Winston's office.)

Winston: Talk to ya. Oh, what do ya know! Ellenwood. Oh, now you wanna return my calls about superheroes, huh? (sees Elastigirl come in) Oh. I'll have to call you back. (hangs up) Oh, that felt good. Felicia, hold my calls, please.

Winston: (to Elastigirl) He-hey! It's working! Hey, the ambassador made a big speech about superheroes today. Turns out saving someone's life makes a good impression on them. Who knew, huh? I'm getting calls from all over the world. Media awareness is up 72%. The push for superhero legalization is becoming a worldwide movement! I have big plans for our next move. We're gonna have a summit at sea. (shows Elastigirl the cruse ship) We'll use our ship, we'll gather leaders and Supers from all over the world-

Elastigirl: (cutting Winston off) That's great. I'm happy. I'm happy the numbers are up. I'm happy the ambassador is pro-superhero aaaannnd I'm happy you're happy.

Winston: I'm hearing that you're happy, but why am I not feeling it?

Elastigirl: Because I didn't get him! Screenslaver is still out there. All I did was play his game and win this round. He's gonna want more and as long as he gets to play, he wins.

Winston: One thing I've learned in business? Smell the flowers. They don't bloom that often. What do you want on your tombstone? "She worried a lot"?

Evelyn: All right, stop talking. Show her.

(Winston opens a door leading to the wannabe Supers. Everyone was talking until they see Elastigirl.)

Voyd: Oh, wow. Uh...Wow! Elastigirl, there you are.

Elastigirl: Hello.

Voyd: (stammers) I-I didn't. Wow! (to herself) Come on, get yourself together, Karen! (to Elastigirl) Hi, my superhero name is Voyd. I just wanna thank you, for, like, for being you! (stammering) And I ju-uh I just like-ugh. Okay, what I can do, um, is this.

(She picks up a mug and throws it in the air. Then she uses her portal power to transport it across the room. Then, Evelyn catches it.)

Voyd: (chuckles nervously) Yeah.

Elastigirl: That is impressive. Very...interdimensional.

Voyd: I felt like an outcast...before. But now, with you being you, I feel like...Yay, me. (hugs Elastigirl)

Winston: I flew them in from all over. They've all been in hiding. They have powers, secret identities and names they've given themselves.

Screech: I'm Screech. It's a pleasure. I've always considered you the gold standard for superheroes. (holds his hand out to shake)

Elastigirl: Well, thanks. You're too nice.

Brick: I am called Brick.

Elastigirl: Nice to meet you, B-brick. Uh, where are you from?

Brick: Wisconsin.

(Cuts to Elastigirl sitting with He-Lectrix and Screech.)

Elastigirl: Oh. Elastigirl. I assume your powers are...

He-Lectrix: You know, zapping things electrically, charging things, bolts of lightning, that kind of stuff.

Reflux: Name's Reflux. Medical condition or superpower, you decide. (chuckles) That's a little line I say just to put people at ease. Hope I don't offend.

Elastigirl: Oh, no, no, no. Reflux. Love it.

(Later, Krushauer is drinking soda and crushes the can without touching it.)

Winston: Yes, that is impressive. Keep practicing.

(Then Winston touches He-Lectrix's shoulder and his hand gets shocked. Then he passes Reflux who's sleeping.)

Winston: Well, I'm beat. Congratulations. Big day. Good night, ladies. I will see you tomorrow.

Evelyn: Good night. (to Elastigirl) Must be nice for you, being out front after all this time.

Elastigirl: Out front?

Evelyn: Well, it's been a while since your superhero days and even then, you were kind of in Mr. Incredible's shadow.

Elastigirl: Nah, I beg to differ.

Evelyn: I'm not-I'm not saying you weren't big. No, you were-and are, a superstar but you have the stage to yourself now. And people have to pay attention.

Elastigirl: Oh, you mean, "It's a man's world" and all that? Well, what world do you live in? Your brother runs DevTech.

Evelyn: I don't want his job. I invent, he sells. I ask you, which of us has the greater influence?

Elastigirl: Which side of me are you asking? The believer or the cynic?

Evelyn: The cynic...

Elastigirl: Would say selling is more important because the best sellers have the most buyers. Doesn't matter what you're selling. It only matters what people buy.

Evelyn: This is true. If I discovered the origin of the universe, my brother would find a way to market it as a, uh, foot massager. (both laugh) So, what would the believer say?

Elastigirl: The believer would tell you to make your mark. Don't wait for permission, assert yourself and impose your will on the status quo.

Evelyn: Sounds like my brother.

Elastigirl: What?

Evelyn: You sound like my brother.

Elastigirl : Well, he's not wrong. There is an art to getting a reaction--Oh! I know how to get him!

Evelyn: My brother?

Elastigirl: Winst- ah No! Screenslaver! You're tech-savvy. I need to lock onto a signal and trace its origin. How fast can you slap something together and meet me at the airport?

Evelyn: Airport?

Elastigirl: Need to go out of town, pronto.

Evelyn: I can get your contraption together by 5:00 a.m.

Elastigirl: I need to get on TV. Chad!

Evelyn: I'll get my brother to set up an exclusive with him tonight on the newscast.

Elastigirl: Finish our interview by phone!

Evelyn: Promote the hell out of it!

Elastigirl: Independence from Screenslavery!

Evelyn: Chad tonight!

Both: Boom! (laughing)

Scene 20- The Happy Platter [ ]

(Rick is packing his stuff when his phone rings.)

Rick: Dicker.

Bob: Yeah, hey, Rick. You remember that kid I mentioned to you? Tony Rydinger.

Rick: Mind wipe? Yeah, nice kid.

Bob: Well, you also wiped out the Friday night date my daughter had with him. In fact, you wiped out my daughter.

Rick: Oops. Not an exact science, Bob.

Bob: Rick, you gotta help me here. Violet hates me, and you, and superheroes. I gotta fix this. What do you know about Tony?

Rick: Um...Not much. Seems like a good kid. Popular, plays sports, music. Parents own The Happy Platter, kid works there part time.

Bob: Happy Platter?

(cuts to The Happy Platter)

Violet: Why did we drive all the way across town for The Happy Platter?

Bob: (to hostess) We'd like a booth over there, near the philodendron. (to Dash and Violet) Good, right? Near the philodendron.

(They sit down at their table)

Violet: Well, this platter doesn't look all that happy to me. It looks bored.

Dash: Ha-ha! "The Bored Platter!"

Bob: I thought Vi would want a change of pace from drive-in food.

Violet: I like drive-in food.

(The waiter gives them cups and pours water)

Dash: Does this mean vegetables?

Bob: A balanced diet means vegetables, kiddo. Get used to it.

(Violet grabs her cup and drinks)

Tony: Good evening, everyone.

(Violet is so surprised that it's Tony that water comes out of her nose)

Dash: (excitedly) Eww! Gross!

Bob: Oh, no!

Tony: Is she all right?

Bob: Violet, are you okay?

Violet: (coughing) Nothing to see here.

Bob: Yeah, more napkins would be good.

Violet: I'm fine, I'm fine. It happens all the time here.

Tony: Mops it right up.

Bob: Normally, she doesn't ever drip like this.

Tony: Would you like water, sir?

Bob: Yes. Yes, I would. This is my daughter...who you must know, right?

Violet: God. Stop.

Tony: Hello.

Bob: (whispers) Violet.

Tony: Hello, Violet.

Bob: Hey, Vi, say hi to...

Violet: (teeth gritting in anger) Don't push it, Dad!

Dash: I'm Dash, her little brother. (holds his hand to shake)

Bob: Mmm. This is really good water. It's very refreshing. Spring water, is it?

Tony: I don't know, sir. I think it's tap.

Bob: Well, it is very good.

Dash: Excellent tap.

Violet: Excuse me! (she gets up, and goes to the restroom)

Tony: Well, nice to meet you.

Bob: Where'd she go?

Dash: Mmm. To find a good place to be angry?

Scene 21- Screenslaver Fight [ ]

Chad: Tonight, we go now to a special remote interview with Elastigirl.

Elastigirl: (offscreen) How you feeling, Chad? You doing all right?

Chad: I'm fine. The doctors checked me out. (stammers) I-I have no memory of the event. I gotta tell you, it's pretty strange to see a recording (screen goes up to the roof to see Elastigirl on the antenna) of yourself the night before and have no recollection. I don't think anyone needs to worry. We've taken many precautions tonight though. Where are you right now?

Elastigirl: On a case, in a secure undisclosed location.

Chad: I wanna talk about you, starting with your save of a runaway train. Here's an exclusive unedited clip from your own suit cam. Roll the clip.

Elastigirl: (on the video) This thing's really moving. (cuts to people watching in front of a TV store) 100 and climbing. How much track is built?

Evelyn: (on the video) About 25 miles.

(The Screenslaver appears on the TV)

Screenslaver: The Screenslaver interrupts this program. for an important announcement.

(Shows Evelyn and Winston watching)

Evelyn: I'll be damned. She knew.

Winston: Let's see if your gadget works.

(Switches to Elastigirl tracking down the Screenslaver and then going towards him.)

Screenslaver: Don't bother watching the rest.

Elastigirl: Gotcha!

Screenslaver: Elastigirl doesn't save the day. She only postpones her defeat. And while she postpones her defeat you eat chips and watch her confront problems that you are too lazy to deal with. Superheroes are part of your brainless desire to replace true experience with simulation. You don't talk, you watch talk shows. You don't play games, you watch game shows.

Screenslaver: Travel, relationships, risk every meaningful experience must be packaged and delivered to you to watch at a distance. So that you can remain ever sheltered ever passive ever ravenous consumers who can't bring themselves to rise from their couches break a sweat and participate in life. You want superheroes to protect you and make yourselves ever more powerless in the process.

Screenslaver: While you tell yourselves you're being looked after. That your interests are being served. And your rights are being upheld. So that the system can keep stealing from you smiling at you all the while. Go ahead, send your Supers to stop me. Grab your snacks, watch your screens, and see what happens. You are no longer in control. I am.

(While the Screenslaver was doing his monologue, Elastigirl was able to find him. She ran and swing from building to building. Then, she slingshot herself and was gliding between buildings and landed. She climbed a building and noticed a bunch of wires. The wires led to a window that was glowing green. She slipped through a window with bars to avoid being seen.)

(Now the monologue ended.)

(After she got in, she tried to open the door but it was locked, so she put her hand under the door crack and unlocked the locks. She went in and saw many machines. She also saw models of eyes and hypnotic stuff. Then, she got a bit startled by a clock chiming. She went towards a pocket watch that was moving left and right. She soon discovered some blueprints. She turned on the lights to see them. Elastigirl spots a mannequin head on a table with a cloth on it. She uncovers it to see it has goggles on it.)

Screenslaver: Find anything?

(The Screenslaver turns on the cage lights that are able to hypnotize people, so Elastigirl has to fight him with her eyes closed. The Screenslaver turns on a taser and pins Elastigirl down on the table and tases her left arm, making it unusable for a bit. Elastigirl pulls the taser away and punches and throws stuff at the Screenslaver. He then tases her left leg. Elastigirl holds onto the wall and tries to hit the Screenslaver.)

(The Screenslaver tases Elastigirl's right arm, making her fall off. Then he tases her body, and then her left arm again. Elastigirl was able to get the taser out of the Screenslaver's hands. Then the Screenslaver gets out of the cage. Elastigirl tackles him and bangs him into the shelves, with her eyes still closed not knowing she was out of the cage. The Screenslaver grabs an axe and swings it at Elastigirl. Elastigirl realized she was out of the cage and opened her eyes right before the Screenslaver swung the axe and dodged it.)

(Elastigirl pins him on the floor and was about to punch him until he shines the light on her and then gets away. He also pushes a button to a bomb. Elastigirl follows him but can only limp because of the taser. The Screenslaver runs down the stairs with Elastigirl behind him, by now she was able to run normally. The Screenslaver turns on the fire alarm making everyone come out of the apartments. Elastigirl ends up bumping into someone.)

Elastigirl: Sorry!

(The Screenslaver goes down some more stairs and then down an elevator shaft. Elastigirl comes down too but gets punched. The Screenslaver runs through people while Elastigirl goes over everyone. The Screenslaver went through a door and it took a few seconds for Elastigirl to figure out where he went. They both ran through a long hallway. Then, the Screenslaver opened a door to a balcony. Elastigirl pushes him off with herself and makes a parachute. Then, the top of the apartments exploded. The Screenslaver shined another light on Elastigirl which made her go back to normal. She then unmasks the Screenslaver.)

Pizza Delivery Guy: (stammers) W-what happened?

Elastigirl: What happened is you destroyed my evidence!

Pizza Delivery Guy: (as he's being shoved into the police car) What's going on? What did I do? What did you guys do to me?

Cop: That's right, punk. Blame the system.

Elastigirl: Your tracker worked like a charm, Evelyn. (cuts to Evelyn) You're a genius.

Evelyn: Aw, shucks! I'm just the genius behind the genius.

Scene 22- Out of Control Powers [ ]

(Bob is sitting on the couch with the TV on and is very sleep deprived.)

Dash: (offscreen) Hey, Dad. (onscreen) We're doing fractions and denismals and percentages and I don't get 'em.

Bob: Aren't you...Didn't we get all caught up?

Dash: Yeah, we were caught up and now we're doing fractions and percentages and demicels.

Bob: Decimals.

News anchor: (on TV) ...the addition of the Incredibile, the supercar once driven by superhero, Mr. Incredible.

Buyer: It's the kind of thing you buy when you have everything else.

Bob: They said it was beyond repair.

Victor Catchet: Hey, it was in perfect condition.

Dash: You used to drive that?

Bob: They said it was destroyed.

News anchor: Long thought lost or destroyed, the famous car turned up at private auction.

Bob: They said it was...bu...THAT'S MY CAR!!!

(Bob runs off but accidentally falls in one of the indoor rivers. He gets out and then runs into his office)

Bob: Stupid water feature! (he grabs the remote that controls the Incredibile.)

Interviewer: This car is just loaded with amazing gadgets. Care to demonstrate?

Buyer: I'd love to, but we haven't figured out how to make them work yet.

(Bob runs up and turns on the jet boost)

Dash: Wow! It works?!

(Dash quickly grabs the remote from Bob)

(Dash takes out the rocket launcher)

Bob: What are you doing? This is not a toy! That's a rocket launcher! (turns off the rocket launcher)

Dash: Sweet! Which one launches the rocket?

(Dash grabs the remote again)

Bob: Hey! This is not your car!

Dash: It's not your car, either!

Bob: It is so! It's the Incredibile.

Dash: Well why's that guy have it?

Bob: Well, he shouldn't!

Dash: Launch the rockets! Launch the rockets! Launch the rockets!

Bob: I'm not launching anything!

Dash: I wanna blow it up!

Bob: Do you think I want an angry rich guy coming after me right now when I'm trying not to...distract your mother. (turns off everything) Rich guy got my car.

Dash: So, you're not gonna steal your car back from the rich guy?

(Bob sits back down until Jack-Jack sneezes and flies into Violet's room. Violet comes running downstairs, screaming.)

Violet: What the heck is that?!

(Jack-Jack's in his monster form, blowing raspberries at Violet and then goes back to normal, laughing. Bob sighs and goes to pick up Jack-Jack.)

Dash: Jack-Jack has powers?!

Violet: You knew about this?

Violet: Why didn't you tell us?

Bob: I don't know.

Dash: We're your kids! We need to know these things!

Violet: Did you tell Mom?

Violet: Why not?!

Bob: Your mother is not...

Dash: You'd want us to tell you, wouldn't you?!

Violet: Why would you not tell Mom?

Bob: Because I didn't wanna...

Violet: What?

Dash: Come on, man!

Bob: Because it's not the time.

Violet: Why?!

Bob: Because...

Dash: So uncool!

Bob: (Outraged) BECAUSE I'M FORMULATING, OKAY?!?!

(Violet and Dash are taken aback from Bob's sudden tone.)

Bob: I'm taking in information, I'm processing! I'm doing the math, I'm fixing the boyfriend and keeping the baby from turning into a flaming monster! (Smiling unintentionally while in anger) How do I do it?! By rolling with the punches, BABY! (Back to his anger) I eat thunder and CRAP lightning, OKAY?! 'Cause I'm Mr. Incredible! Not "Mr. So-So" or "Mr. Mediocre-Guy". MR. INCREDIBLE!

(Violet and Dash are speechless, while Jack-Jack giggles a bit.)

Violet: ...We should call Lucius.

Bob: NO! I can handle it! There's no way I'm gonna...

(Jack-Jack sneezes and flies out of the house. Bob quickly runs outside, breaking a glass door and catches him while also falling in the pool.)

Jack-Jack: Dada.

Violet: I'm calling Lucius.

(cuts to Jack-Jack biting onto his teddy bear, while Parrs and Lucius watch him.)

Lucius: Looks normal to me. When did this start happening?

Bob: Since Helen got the job.

Lucius: I assume she knows?

Bob: Are you kidding? I can't tell her about this, not while she's doing hero work!

(Jack-Jack sees Elastigirl on the TV)

Jack-Jack: Mama!

Elastigirl: (on TV) Girls, come on. Leave the saving the world to the men? I don't think so.

Bob: I've got to succeed! So she can succeed. So we can succeed!

Lucius: I get it, Bob! I get it. When was the last time you slept?

Bob: Who keeps track of that? Besides, he's a baby. I can handle it, I got this handled.

Lucius: So, you good then? You got everything under control, right? (they turn around to see Jack-Jack go to the other dimension.) What the--?!

Bob: Cookie! Cha Cha want a cookie? Num-num cookie? Cha Cha wanna num-num? Num-num cookie! Cookie! Cookie!

Lucius: You're not...Oh my God!

Bob: Cookie!

Jack-Jack: (comes back from the other dimension and gets a cookie) Dada! Dada. Dada.

Lucius : Whoa! Okay! Okay. So, he can still hear you from the...

Bob: ...from the other dimension, yeah.

Lucius: That is freaky. I mean, that's not like...

Bob: ...not like our other kids. No, it is not. Full powers, totally random.

Lucius: So, now he's what? Is he good?

Bob: Yeah, you'd think so, right? Obviously, I can't keep giving him cookies!!!

Jack-Jack: Uh-uh?

Bob: -- But if I stop.

(Jack-Jack turns into his monster form and leaps on Bob.)

Lucius: Ahhh! He is freaking! Again, he is freaking!

Bob: No! No biting the daddy! No biting!

Lucius: What the--?!

(Cuts to Bob, Lucius, and Jack-Jack sitting on the couch and Jack-Jack is eating an ice ball. He finishes it and starts to ask for another one.)

Lucius: Okay. (makes another ice ball)

Bob: I think I just need a little bit of me time. Then I'll be good to go.

Lucius: Oh, you need more than me time, Bob. You need major life realignment on a number of levels. Starting with baby superfreak here! You need some solid outside-the-box thinking.

Scene 23- Auntie Edna [ ]

(Bob drives up to Edna's place)

Edna: Galbaki? Elastigirl's supersuit is by Galbaki?! Explain yourself!

(Jack-Jack is crying in the background)

Edna: Oh, my God. You're worse than I thought.

Bob: It's the baby. I brought the baby.

Edna: Oh, highly unusual. (Bob pulls up to the driveway and then cuts to him and Edna walking down the hall) You look ghastly, Robert.

Bob: I haven't been sleeping. I broke my daughter, they keep changing math we needed double-A batteries, but I got triple-A's and now we still need double-A batteries. I put one red thing in a load of whites and now everything's pink. And I think we need eggs.

Edna: Done properly, parenting is a heroic act. Done properly. I am fortunate that it has never afflicted me. But you do not come to me for eggs and batteries, Robert. I design hero-wear and Elastigirl must have a new suit.

Bob: (Sighs) Actually, it's Jack-Jack.

Edna: You also wish a new suit for the baby? I would hardly classify this as an emergency.

Bob: Well, he's a special case. Worth studying. If I could just leave him with you for a while...

Edna: Leave him?! Here?! (sees Jack-Jack chewing on her dress. She pulls it away from him. Jack-Jack starts following Edna.) I am not a baby person, Robert. I have no baby facilities. I do not involve myself in the prosaic day-to-day...to...day. (Jack-Jack then changes his face and hair to look like Edna.) Fascinating! Are you seeing this, Robert?

(Jack-Jack then sneezes causing him to fly up into the air. As he falls, Edna tries to catch him, but Jack-Jack floats above the floor.)

Edna: Oh, my God. Yes! (cuts to her rushing Bob outside) Of course you can leave the baby overnight. I'm sure filling in for Helen is challenging, and you are very tired and the other children need you and miss you, and you must go to them. Auntie Edna will take care of everything so, drive safely and goodbye. I enjoy our visits.

Bob: "Auntie Edna"?

Scene 24- The Defeat of Screenslaver [ ]

(Now, guests are at a celebration for the defeat of Screenslaver. Winston clinks his glass to get everyone's attention.)

Winston: (offscreen) Attention. Attention. (onscreen) I wanna thank everyone that came out tonight in support of superheroes and bringing them back into society! You all made it happen. The need for this has been made crystal clear in recent days with bad actors like the self-proclaimed Screenslaver (pulls Screenslaver's mask out) threatening our peace. His reign was short, huh? And thanks to this woman, a great super. You love her. You missed her. Welcome back, Elastigirl. (a spotlight shines on Elastigirl.) Come on up here. Don't be bashful. Come on. Get up here. (Elastigirl walks to where Winston is)

Winston: (to Elastigirl) I want you to have this. (gives Elastigirl the mask) A memento.

Elastigirl: Thanks, Winston, Evelyn, and everyone at DevTech. I am forever in your debt. And thanks to all of you, your pressure changed all the right minds.

Winston: We've made amazing headway in a very short time which leads me to an important announcement. Just now, at a worldwide summit leaders from more than a hundred of the world's top countries have agreed to make superheroes legal again! We'll gather superheroes and leaders from all over the planet on our boat, the Everjust for a televised signing ceremony at sea!

Elastigirl: Now if you'll excuse us, we got a ship to catch!

(Voyd walks over to Elastigirl)

Voyd: Hey. Hi, it's me, again. Um, there's, uh, something I've always wanted to ask you. Yeah, how do you balance the superhero stuff with the life stuff? I know I can handle the superhero stuff...

(Elastigirl notices something strange with the video from her suit cam.)

Elastigirl: Uh-huh, uh-huh. Oh. Would you please excuse me a moment?

Voyd: Oh. Yeah, okay, see you later! Good talk!

(Elastigirl goes into a room with a computer and starts to investigate.)

Scene 25- Bob Apologizes [ ]

(Violet's reading while Bob comes back and approaches her.)

Bob: Hey, Vi.

Violet: Hey. Where's Jack-Jack?

Bob: E's taking him for a little bit.

Violet: Edna is babysitting?

Bob: Yeah. (sits on the couch exhausted; the couch shifts an inch and Violet grabs the cushion where she's sitting to brace herself)

Violet: And you're okay with this?

Bob: Yeah. I don't know why, but yeah. (Violet is about to leave but Bob tells her something) I wanted to say something to you. Sorry about Tony. I didn't think about Dicker erasing his memory or about you having to pay the price for a choice you never made. It's not fair, I know. And then, I made it worse at the restaurant by trying to... Anyway. Anyway... I'm sorry. I'm used to knowing what the right thing to do is but now, I'm not sure anymore. I just wanna be... (sighs)... a good dad.

Violet: You're not good. You're super.

(Violet hugs Bob as Bob falls asleep.)

Scene 26- Elastigirl gets Hypnotized [ ]

(Evelyn comes in where Elastigirl is)

Evelyn: Are superheroes allowed to drink on duty?

Elastigirl: I'm definitely not on duty. Ignore the costume. I know I should be up there but I had to step away from the grip and grins, you know?

Evelyn: Gotta get away to keep it pure. I know I do.

Elastigirl: What are you getting away from?

Evelyn: Eh, you know, company stuff. My brother, mostly.

Elastigirl: But you love him, you two are this company. Yin and yang.

Evelyn: Yeah, I invent the stuff, he's good at people. Pleasing them, engaging them, figuring out what they want. I never know what people want.

Elastigirl: What do you think they want?

Evelyn: Ease. People will trade quality for ease every time. It may be crap, but hey, it's convenient.

Elastigirl: Yeah. Kind of like this case.

Evelyn: What? The Screenslaver?

Elastigirl: Yeah, something's not sitting right. It was too easy.

Evelyn: That was too easy? (chuckles) Wow.

Elastigirl: Funny.

Evelyn: What?

Elastigirl: Look at that. One of Screenslaver's monitors is tuned into my suit cam.

Elastigirl: Isn't the suit cam closed circuit?

Evelyn: It is.

Elastigirl: Then how come Screenslaver has it?

Evelyn: Maybe he hacked it?

Elastigirl: So, he's sophisticated enough to do that but he has simple locks on his doors?

Evelyn: Maybe he wanted you to find him.

Elastigirl: He wanted to get caught?

Evelyn: He wanted you to win.

Elastigirl: That makes no sense. He's a brilliant guy. If he's smart enough to conceive of technology like this he's smart enough to think of something to do with it. The guy we put in jail delivered pizzas.

Evelyn: So? Einstein was a patent clerk. Look, you won. You got the guy who...

Elastigirl: Wait. All Screenslaver needs to do to hypnotize someone is get a screen in front of their eyes. But what if the screen doesn't look like a screen? What if the pizza guy is really a pizza guy but he was controlled by the screens built into his glasses-!

(Evelyn quickly puts the goggles on Elastigirl.)

Evelyn: You are good.

Scene 27- Jack-Jack's New Suit [ ]

(Bob is about to wake up and Dash is watching Jonny Quest on the TV)

Jonny Quest: (on TV) Look, the robot! It's taking off.

Dr. Quest: I'm not getting a reading yet.

Race: Press "fire"?

Dr. Quest: Now! More power.

Jonny Quest: Oh, I hope this works, Dad.

Violet: I thought it was best to just let you sleep. Seventeen hours. How do you feel?

Bob: (chuckles) Super.

Jonny Quest: You got it, Dad. Hurray!

(Cuts to Edna's house)

Bob: I can't tell you how much I appreciate you watching Jack-Jack for me, E.

Edna: Yes, I'm sure your gratitude is quite inexpressible. Don't ask me to do it again, darling. My rates are far too high.

Bob: Oh, uh...

Edna: I am joking, Robert. I enjoyed the assignment. He is bright and I am stimulating. We deserve each other. Your child is a polymorph. Like all babies, he has enormous potential. It is not unknown for Supers to have more than one power when young but this little one has many. Yes, you have many powers! (Edna types in her code while Jack-Jack puts his hand on the scanner, another scanner checks his eyes and he also does the voice identification.) I understand your lack of sleep and coherency, Robert. Babies can be anything, and your child is no exception. He has pure, unlimited potential, Robert. He slept while I worked in a creative fever. Auntie Edna stayed up all night making sure you look fabulous in your many forms.

Bob: What are you... You're putting him in the...

Edna: ...In the chamber, Robert. He is part of the demonstration and will be fine. Your challenge is to manage a baby who has multiple powers and no control over them, yes?

Bob: Huh. That sums it up.

Edna: I often work to music and I noticed the baby responds to it as well. Specifically, Mozart. (starts playing music and Jack-Jack dances to it) I blended Kevlar with carbyne for durability under duress and cotton for comfort. Interwoven with these fabrics are a mesh of tiny sensors that monitor the baby's physical properties.

Bob: (Jack-Jack starts duplicating) Oh, Lord! (stammers) W-w-what is he doing?

Edna: Well, it's Mozart, Robert. Can you blame him? The important thing is that the suit and tracker anticipated the change and alerted you.

Bob: Oh, no. Cookies. I gotta get cookies!

Edna: You do not need cookies. (A giant cookie goes across the chamber and Jack-Jack and all of the clones follow it.) As I learned quite painfully last night any solution involving cookies will inevitably result in the demon baby. (the door closes without Jack-Jack being able to eat the cookie)

(Jack-Jack turns into the monster version of himself.)

Bob: "Combustion imminent"? What does that mean? (Jack-Jack turns into flames) Ahhh!!!

Edna: It means fire, Robert, for which the suit has countermeasures. I suggest you extinguish the baby's flames before he trips the sprinkler system.

(Bob presses the button making the fire extinguish with flame retardant)

Edna: The flame retardant is blackberry lavender, darling. Effective, edible, and delicious.

Bob: Well, what do you know? That is useful.

Edna: Although, I have doubtlessly exceeded your expectations for a single night's work the suit and device contain a few more features we need to discuss.

(Edna, Jack-Jack, and Bob go outside and into the car.)

Bob: Thanks again, E, for everything. How much do I owe you for?

Edna: Pish-posh, darling. Your bill will be covered by my fee for being Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, and Frozone's exclusive designer throughout the known universe and until the end of time. But babysitting this one I do for free, darling.

Scene 28- Evelyn's Monologue [ ]

(Cuts to Elastigirl in a freezing room.)

(Elastigirl sees that she's tied to a chair and then she tries to take the goggles off but she can barely reach them.)

Evelyn: I would resist the temptation to stretch. The temperature around you is well below freezing. Try to stretch and...you'll break.

Elastigirl: So, you're the Screenslaver.

Evelyn: Yes and no. Let's say, I created the character and pre-recorded the messages.

Elastigirl: Does Winston know?

Evelyn: That I'm the Screenslaver? Of course not. Can you imagine what Mr. "Free Enterprise" would do with my hypnosis technology?

Elastigirl: Worse than what you're doing?

Evelyn: Hey, I'm using the technology to destroy people's trust in it. Like I'm using superheroes.

Elastigirl: Who did I put in jail?

Evelyn: Pizza delivery guy. Seemed the right height, build. He gave you a pretty good fight. I should say I gave you a pretty good fight through him.

Elastigirl: (shivering) But it doesn't bother you that an innocent man is in jail?

Evelyn: Eh, he was surly...and the pizza was cold.

Elastigirl: I counted on you.

Evelyn: That's why you failed.

Evelyn: Why would you count on me? Because I built you a bike? Because my brother knows the words to your theme song? We don't know each other!

Elastigirl: But you can count on me anyway.

Evelyn: I am supposed to, aren't I? Because you have some strange abilities and a shiny costume the rest of us are supposed to put our lives into your gloved hands. That's what my father believed. When our home was broken into, my mother wanted to hide. Begged my father to use the safe room. But father insisted they call his superhero friends. He died, pointlessly, stupidly...waiting for heroes to save the day.

Elastigirl: But why would you...your brother...

Evelyn: Is a child! He remembers the time when we had parents and superheroes. So, like a child, Winston conflates the two. "Mommy and Daddy went away because Supers went away." Our sweet parents were fools to put their lives in anybody else's hands. Superheroes keep us weak!

Elastigirl: Are you gonna kill me?

Evelyn: Nah. Using you is better. You're gonna help me make Supers illegal, forever.

(She turns on Elastigirl's goggles again. Elastigirl tries to resist it but gets hypnotized.)

Scene 29- Escaping the House [ ]

(Bob and the kids are in the backyard getting ready to test Jack-Jack's powers)

Jack-Jack: Dada. Dada.

Bob: Ready? Laser eyes. (Jack-Jack shoots his lasers) Stop. (he stops)

Violet: Yeah! Yay, Jack-Jack!

Dash: Yeah, baby!

Bob: And that's not all. Watch this. (he picks up Jack-Jack) Jack-Jack, blaster ready?

(Bob holds Jack-Jack like he's aiming and Jack-Jack shoots his lasers like a gun)

Bob: Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew.

Dash: No way.

Violet: That is crazy cool.

Dash: My turn. I get to blast him first!

Violet: Let me try. I want him.

Dash: Give him to me.

Bob: Hey, I'm just demonstrating. No firing the baby around the house, you understand? This is potentially dangerous and we're trying to teach him to control his powers, okay? (the screen that Violet's holding is beeping) Stop. See the screen.

(Jack-Jack goes into the other dimension)

Violet: He vanished! That's really cool! (she uses the screen to find Jack-Jack)

Bob: Okay, good. Use the thing. (Dash grabs a cookie) That's the current readout. Click it. See the readout? Dimension four. See the shape? That's the room. See where he is in relation? So, where is he?

Dash: He's...there!

Bob: Okay. Come out. Num-num cookie?

(Jack-Jack comes back and Dash gives him a cookie)

Violet and Dash: Yay, Jack-Jack!

Bob: Yeah, Jack-Jack!

Violet: That's really cool.

(Bob hears his Incrediphone beeping. He to it and picks it up.)

Evelyn: Elastigirl's in trouble.

Bob: What? What happened to her?

Evelyn: Sorry to tell you on the phone. Meet me on our ship at DevTech.

Bob: The ship at Devtech. I'll be there in 15 minutes.

Violet: (offscreen) What's at the ship at DevTech?

(Bob switches lines to Lucius)

Bob: Lucius? Bob. Helen's in trouble. I need someone to watch the kids. (cuts to Lucius) Suit up. It might get weird.

Lucius: I'll be there. ASAP. Fifteen tops. (goes to grab his suit)

Honey: (offscreen) Where are you going ASAP?! You better be back ASAP! And leaving that suit!

(Bob comes out with his suit on)

Bob: I gotta go. I'll be home soon. Lucius will be here sooner. No firing the baby around the house, okay?

Violet: What's at the ship at DevTech? And why are you in your supersuit?!

(Bob drives to the ship at DevTech)

(Cuts to Dash in Bob's room taking the Incredibile remote. Violet comes in and Dash quickly hides the remote behind his back. Violet opens the dresser and grabs Dash, Helen, and her suits.)

Dash: Is that Mom's supersuit?

Violet: She may need it. You never know.

Dash: What's going on?

Violet: I don't know, but Dad called Lucius, after getting a call about Mom, and then left.

Dash: I thought you renounced superheroes.

Violet: Yeah, well, I renounce my renunciation. (throws Dash's supersuit to him) Put that on.

(Dash quickly puts on his supersuit. He then hears the doorbell and answers the door. He sees the wannabe supers with goggles on.)

Voyd: Hello there, "little fella".

Dash: Hello.

Voyd: You kids aren't safe. The Deavors sent us to take you...

Frozone: Well, isn't that redundant? The Deavors just sent me here to guard the house. (goes into the house) Cause the kids aren't safe. I get it, managerial screw-up. Tell Winston I handled it. You understand, Ms...

Voyd: Voyd.

Frozone: Ms. Voyd. Drive safely. (tries to close the door but Voyd keeps it open with her foot.)

(Dash presses the button to the remote and the Incredibile comes.)

Voyd: The thing is, he wants us to bring you, too.

Frozone: Hey. (freezes the Supers and quickly closes the door) That isn't gonna hold them long! Dash, grab the baby!

(Violet and Dash quickly run to get Jack-Jack. The Supers break out of the ice.)

Voyd: Spread out!

(Dash comes out of Jack-Jack's room carrying him and runs out with Frozone and Violet. Then, He-Lectrix appears and they turn around. Brick appears on the other side so Frozone made an ice slide to get down to the first floor.)

Frozone: Dash! We gotta get to my car!

(Frozone pushes Krushauer back while Reflux put lava in front of Dash. Dash goes to a different direction but Screech breaks through the window. Dash turns around but instead of going upstairs, he goes through Voyd's portals making him go back to the other side of the room.)

Dash: What? What's going on?

Voyd: (gets out of her portal) Little fella!

(Frozone pushes her back in her portal and then freezes one of Screech's wings making him unable to fly for a bit. He-Lectrix tries to electrocute the kids. Violet makes a force field. Krushauer makes Violet's force field shrink. Frozone tries to stop Krushauer but gets grabbed by Brick. Soon, the Incredibile comes through the wall.)

Dash: It worked!

(Frozone escapes from Brick and freezes He-Lectrix to the wall.)

Frozone: Incredibile, windows down! (the windows go down) Dive in!

(The kids get in. Frozone avoids Brick but falls into one of Voyd's portals and Brick grabs him again. Frozone puts ice on her face.)

Frozone: Incredibile, set voice identification! (punches Krushauer) Loudly, say your names!

Violet: Violet Parr!

Dash: Dashiell Robert Parr!

(Once again, Brick grabs Frozone but Screech puts the goggles on him.)

Dash: Lucius!

(Frozone scares the kids.)

Violet: Incredibile, escape!

(Frozone tries to stop the Incredibile with ice but the kids escape.)

Scene 30- Mr. Incredible gets Hypnotized [ ]

Mr. Incredible: Fill me in!

Evelyn: Good news and bad news. We found her. She seems physically fine but she's had an encounter with Screenslaver and she's acting kind of strange. In here.

(Mr. Incredible walks in a dark room with glowing blue goggles in the background)

Mr. Incredible: Strange how?

(Elastigirl starts punching Mr. Incredible. Then she throws chairs at him, and then she kicks him multiple times. Then Mr. Incredible stops one of her kicks.)

Mr. Incredible: Helen! (Elastigirl backs off for a second) Helen, what are you...?

(He tries to grab her but she dodges it. Then she wraps her arms and legs around him and starts choking him. Evelyn watches as she grabs something out of her jacket. Mr. Incredible soon gets a bit of control on Elastigirl.)

Mr. Incredible: Helen, it's me!

(Elastigirl then kisses Mr. Incredible while she stretches her arm to grab the goggles Evelyn's holding. She grabs them and quickly puts them on Mr. Incredible.)

Scene 31- Getting on the Ship [ ]

Violet: Incredibile, pull over. (the Incredibile pulls over) (sighs) We can't go to E's. You saw those goggles they put on Lucius. They were wearing them, too. They're all under someone's control. They've probably done the same to Mom.

Dash: Okay. Bad guys after us. No Mom, no Dad. No Lucius. But we have our powers, this car and...what?

(Then, Jack-Jack slightly goes into the other dimension and then Dash and Violet realize they have Jack-Jack's powers. Dash gives them their masks and they put them on.)

Violet: Incredibile, take us to Devtech.

(Cuts to Voyd talking to Evelyn)

Voyd: The kids have escaped in a tricked-out car, but we got Frozone.

Evelyn: Bring him to the ship at Devtech immediately.

(Cuts to Incredibile)

Dash: Aw, we missed 'em! Oh, I wish the Incredibile could follow that boat.

(The Incredibile follows Dash's command)

Violet: What did you do?

Dash: I don't know.

(The Incredibile backs up)

Violet: What did you do?!

Dash: I didn't do anything!!

(Then, the Incredibile turns into a boat and goes into the ocean)

Dash: Wow, this car does anything I say.

Violet: We didn't plan this well.

Dash: What do you mean? We're here, aren't we?

Violet: Yes, we're here. We need to be up there.

(Points to the top of the ship)

Dash: Hey...what if the Incredibile has ejector seats?

(The Incredibile goes to the ejector seat setting)

Violet: Wait, what? No.

Violet: No, don't say anymore...

Dash: Max power! Launch!

(Dash presses the button and they all fly up onto the ship)

Violet: Come on.

Scene 32- Violet Vs. Voyd [ ]

(Winston is greeting everyone who came)

Winston: Hello! Glad you could come. Welcome to the conference.

(The camera goes down to see Elastigirl, Mr. Incredibles, and Frozone. Then, it cuts to the conference room.)

Winston: (to Evelyn) Our stars, where are they? (cuts to Evelyn) The event's about to start.

Evelyn: They didn't want to upstage the others. (cuts to Winston) They'll join for the signing.

Winston: Welcome, guests! You're in for a treat. This ship is the largest hydrofoil on the planet. So, hold onto something because we're going to open her up!

(The ship goes faster and the foils make it go higher)

Violet: We need to find Mom and Dad. Stay here. I'm gonna search for them. (she gives Jack-Jack to Dash and goes invisible)

Dash: Wait! Who's gonna watch Jack-Jack?

Violet: (goes back to being visible) Suck it up. I won't be long. (goes back invisible and is about to go out)

Dash: Wait. Wait, but, but wait!

Violet: This is important. They are in trouble. It's up to us! To us! Understand? Keep him amused but quiet! (walks out)

(Still invisible, Violet walks into the engine room and then into a hallway. She sees He-Lectrix and Krushauer with Elastigirl and Mr. Incredible.)

(Cuts to Dash who's having trouble stopping Jack-Jack from crying)

Dash: Shh! Quiet! (he picks Jack-Jack up but he teleports out of Dash's hands) Huh?

(Dash tries to get Jack-Jack be he walks through a wall)

Dash: Jack-Jack?

(Violet trips over a plant and Voyd and Screech notice. Violet quickly turns back invisible and runs away. Voyd goes over and sees footprints leading to Violet. Cuts to Dash trying to find Jack-Jack.)

Dash: Jack-Jack? Jack-Jack!

(Violet enters a hallway but then Voyd comes through a portal in front of her. Violet tries to run away but Voyd makes a portal under her to keep her from running. Violet goes invisible and kicks Voyd. Violet uses her force field to slam Voyd into the walls. Then, Voyd uses a fire extinguisher and sprays it on Violet so she can see her. Violet uses a force filed to protect herself but Voyd makes a portal to get inside the force field and punches Violet. Voyd is about to pounce on Violet but Violet makes a force field. Voyd makes a portal under Violet and Violet goes through. Voyd grabs Violet and pins her to the wall and tries to put the goggles on. Violet kicks Voyd back and then pushes off to the lower floor.)

Scene 33- Finding Jack-Jack [ ]

Dash: Jack-Jack!

Violet: The mesmerized Supers know we're here but I found Mom and Dad...where's Jack-Jack? (Dash shrugs his shoulders) You lost him?! I gave you one thing to do!

Dash: The tracker! Use the tracker!

(Violet takes the tracker out of Dash's backpack and sees the Jack-Jack's going up)

Dash: He's going up?

Violet: He's in an elevator.

Dash: Let's go!

(The elevator stops at the kitchen and a man spots Jack-Jack)

Man: Hey, little baby. Where are your parents?

(Jack-Jack turns into his monster form and scares the man. Cuts to the conference room and Winston sees Elastigirl, Mr. Incredible, and Frozone walk in.)

Winston: And here they are, folks! The Supers who started this whole thing.

Evelyn: I told you they'd be there in time.

Winston: Hey, did you make them new masks?

Evelyn: Yeah. Night vision, et cetera. They look good, right?

Woman: (on TV) So simple, even he can do it.

Evelyn: And we're back live in three, two, one...

Winston: This is a momentous occasion. We've all managed to accomplish something extraordinarily rare in today's world. We agree on something.

Winston: (on TV) We agree to undo a bad decision. To make sure a few extraordinarily gifted members of the world's many countries are treated fairly. To invite them once again to use their gifts to benefit the world. I thank all of you for representing your nation's commitment to superheroes. With special thanks to Ambassador Selick. Yeah, it's okay. Let her hear you.

Ambassador: Thank you. Thank you so much.

Winston: Thank you, Ambassador, for your early and very crucial support. I can't think of anyone more deserving than you to be the first signature on the International Superhero Accord.

(The Ambassador signs the International Superhero Accord.)

Ambassador: There it is!

(Cuts to Dash and Violet in the elevator. Then, the door opens to see Jack-Jack in his fire form.)

Dash: (gasps) HOLY COW!!

Violet: (to herself) I know he's on fire! Just put him out!

(Jack-Jack's fire is put out and he laughs but Screech hears him. Violet looks out the window to see him running to the kitchen)

Violet: (gasps) They're coming.

(Then, Screech, Voyd, and Krushauer come in. Then it cuts to the kids in the vents and Jack-Jack's holding the tracker.)

Dash: Is it okay to give him that?

Violet: I wasn't hearing any better ideas.

(Jack-Jack then laughs again causing the hypnotized Supers to know where they are.)

(Krushauer crushes one side of the vents, then the other side, and then he crushes the two sides together. Jack-Jack starts to grow then he come out of the vent, crushing the Supers. He plays with the tracker but then breaks it.)

(Jack-Jack starts crying)

Violet: Come on, Jack-Jack. We have to go. (Dash gives Violet a cookie and then she tries to give it to Jack-Jack) Cookie num-num?

(Jack-Jack refuses and runs through the walls, going back to his original size. Violet and Dash run to catch up with Jack-Jack. they see him in a hallway.)

Jack-Jack: Mama, Mama.

Dash: I see him. He's getting away!

Violet: Stand back!

(Violet uses a force field to make the hole bigger so Dash can fit through. Dash tries to run after Jack-Jack but Jack-Jack goes through a wall.)

Dash: Darn it!

Violet: He's heading for Mom!

Scene 34- Turning the Ship [ ]

Winston: It is done. The world is super again! (the audience watching and the Supers and ambassadors cheer) Group photo. Come on. Group photo, everyone. Squeeze in. That's it. Historic occasion. Everyone, smile. (everyone groups together to take a photo. Soon, the walls show the pattern and hypnotizes everyone. Elastigirl, Frozone, and Mr. Incredible go in front.)

Evelyn: Go on phase two.

Elastigirl: Years of mandated and hiding and silence have made us bitter! You bring us into the light only to clean up the messes your lack of discipline creates!

Mr. Incredible: Your bodies and your character are weak! Your promises are empty, and you will pay for it!

Frozone: We no longer serve you! We serve only us! May the fittest survive!

(Elastigirl stretches her arms and take down the camera.)

Chad: Well, we um...Some very alarming moments there before the, uh, technical difficulties. Please bear with us.

(Elastigirl, Frozone, and Mr. Incredible walk out and head to the bridge. Mr. Incredible throws the captain.)

Crew member: What? (picks up emergency line) Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

Evelyn: Hold! Let him talk.

Crew member: Superheroes have forcibly taken the bridge.

Evelyn: Now.

Crew member: Repeat. Superheroes have--AHH!

(Mr. Incredible throws him across the room causing him to knock out the other crew member. Mr. Incredible takes out the part of the controls where the emergency line is and throws it out of the bridge. Elastigirl keeps turning the ship until Evelyn tells her to stop.)

Evelyn: A little further. Little further. Stop.

(The ship is now going toward the city. Then Mr. Incredible crushes the steering wheel.)

Scene 35- Freeing the Supers [ ]

(Jack-Jack goes through the door.)

Evelyn: What the... a baby?

(Violet and Dash get in.)

Dash: Mom and Dad! Uncle Lucius?

(Elastigirl, Mr. Incredible and Frozone try attacking Dash, Violet and Jack-Jack but Violet puts up a force field.)

Jack-Jack: My mama. (goes through the force field)

Violet: Jack-Jack! No!

(Jack-Jack floats to Elastigirl and she holds him.)

Evelyn: A Super baby?

(Jack-Jack starts to take off Elastigirl's goggles with his mind)

Evelyn: No, no, no! Put him down!

(Jack-Jack completely takes off the goggles and Elastigirl is back to normal.)

Evelyn: Grab her!

Elastigirl: No! (ducks and goes to the kids) Hold Jack-Jack. (gives Jack-Jack to Violet)

(Elastigirl avoids Frozone's ice and takes his goggles off. She avoids Mr. Incredible's punches and takes his goggles off, while Mr. Incredible rips the supersuit. Elastigirl steps on the goggles to destroy them.)

Evelyn: No!

(Mr. Incredible goes into a fighting a position toward Elastigirl.)

Elastigirl: Hey, it's me!

Mr. Incredible: Yeah, that's what I thought last time.

Elastigirl: (Looks behind her) Kids, what are you...you came for us?

Violet: Don't be mad.

Elastigirl: Oh, sweetie, (she hugs them) how could I be mad? I'm proud.

Frozone: Not to break up a tender moment, but where are we? Is this DevTech's ship?

Elastigirl: Evelyn Deavor controls the Screenslaver and until a second ago, us. (rumbles) Where's the crew?

(Frozone and Mr. Incredible look behind them to see the crew unconscious.)

Mr. Incredible: Uh-oh. Did I do that?

Violet: Mom, the suit? (Elastigirl sees the tear) Try this. (throws her the Mrs. Incredible suit to her)

(Meanwhile, the other suits cams on the hynotzied wannabes all immediately came on, as things were being taken to the extreme with Evelyn.)

Evelyn: (to other Supers) Phase Three. Go on Phase Three!

(All wannabe Supers obey and head off to take down the other Supers.)

Mr. Incredible: Why are the kids here? You didn't go to the house?

Frozone: I went to the house. (to the kids) You didn't escape? How did you not escape?!

Violet and Dash: Hey! We just saved you!

(Elastigirl takes Jack-Jack)

Mr. Incredible: Escape?! Escape from who?!

(Brick opens the door while a portal from Voyd appears letting He-Lectrix and Voyd come in)

Frozone: Those guys! (he and Mr. Incredible avoids the electricity)

(Elastigirl tries to keep back protecting Jack-Jack until he turns into his monster form)

Elastigirl: What the--?! Jack-Jack has powers?!

Mr. Incredible: We know! Fight now, talk later!

(Mr. Incredible tries to punch Brick but she punches him first.)

(Then, Elastigirl tries to punch and kick Voyd but Voyd creates portals to keep the punches away. She puts one near Elastigirl which causes her to punch herself.)

(He-Lectrix tries to electrocute Dash but Dash is too fast. Then Violet puts a force field around He-Lectrix causing him to electrocute himself.)

(Elastigirl finally punches Voyd and takes her goggles off and steps on them. Jack-Jack then leaps on He-Lectrix and destroys his goggles. Screech comes in while carrying Reflux. He drops him off on inside the bridge. He shoots lava and Violet puts a force field around her and Dash.)

(Then, Frozone comes and fights the lava. He pushes Reflux off the controls and takes his goggles off. Then Screech comes in and takes Dash. Violet quickly takes Jack-Jack.)

Violet: Jack-Jack. Laser eyes! Pew, pew, pew, pew.

(Violet shoots Jack-Jack's laser eyes and one of them hit Screeches wing, causing him to fall. Screech screeches at Dash and Dash rapidly kicks him in the head. He gets up and runs around Screen, making Screech's head turn around in a circle. Then Dash punches the goggles making them break.)

Dash: Ah-ha!

(Mr. Incredible is about to punch Brick but Brick stops it and pins him to the wall and is about to punch him. Elastigirl quickly wraps her arms around Brick's neck and pulls her back, giving Mr. Incredible a change to punch her glasses off.)

Evelyn: Ugh. (walks out)

Scene 36- Stopping the Ship and Evelyn [ ]

(Evelyn walks into the room where everyone is hypnotized and takes Winston.)

Evelyn: Come with me, Winston. (she takes Winston to the elevator to the plane)

Winston: Did I faint?

Evelyn: You'll be safe here.

Winston: Safe?! Safe from what? (goes up the elevator and is in the plane) Where are the diplomats? Th-the Supers?

Evelyn: Still hypnotized.

Winston: What have you DONE?!

(Everyone in the bridge sees the plane is about to take off.)

Elastigirl: Evelyn, she's escaping!

Mr. Incredible: Well, go after her. Finish your mission.

Elastigirl: I can't just go! What about the kids? Jack-Jack, who's gonna...

Violet: Mom! Go. We've got this.

Elastigirl: Voyd, come with me.

(Voyd and Elastigirl run out)

Mr. Incredible: I'll go shut down the engine.

Frozone: I'll try to slow the ship from the bow.

Dash: Wait, someone's missing. W-w-where's the crusher guy?

Evelyn: (to Winston) Strap in now!

(Cuts to Voyd and Elastigirl climbing the stairs quickly. Then it cuts to Krushauer moving pipes to stop Mr. Incredible from getting into the engine room. Then it cuts to Frozone trying to slow down the ship. Then it cuts back to Winston and Evelyn.)

Evelyn: It's for your own good.

Winston: NO! (opens door) THIS IS! (jumps off the plane onto the ship)

(Mr. Incredibles then gets Krushauer's goggles off. Elastigirl and Voyd get to the top but Evelyn already took off.)

Voyd: We're too late!

Elastigirl: Get me up to the jet!

(Voyd makes a portal above the plane and Elastigirl jumps in, but Elastigirl misses the plane.)

Voyd: (to herself) No!

(Voyd makes another portal below Elastigirl and she falls in. She very roughly lands on top of the plane but there isn't anything to grab on to so she falls off. Voyd makes another portal and Elastigirl goes through. The other portal was below the plane, making Elastigirl go up and hit the bottom of it. Voyd makes another portal that that's inside the plane. Elastigirl stretches her arm to grab something and got inside.)

(Then cuts to Mr. Incredible trying to move the pipes)

Mr. Incredible: Hey, you did this. Can you undo it?

Krushauer: You want me to un-crush?

Mr. Incredible: What? No one's ever asked for that?

Krushauer: No. To un-crush is silly. Why un-crush?

Mr. Incredible: To get into the engine room--oh, forget it. We don't have enough time. (runs back outside)

Krushauer: What if I said to un-punch someone? What do you do?

(Evelyn notices the hatch door is open knowing that Elastigirl got on)

Evelyn: Welcome aboard, Elastigirl. (off screen) Although we haven't yet reached our cruising altitude... (Evelyn quickly goes down and makes Elastigirl hit the ceiling.) ...feel free to roam about the cabin! Or just relax and let the cabin roam about you! (She starts turning making Elastigirl roll around on the cabin. Then Evelyn goes up even higher and then Elastigirl tries to get to the front of the plane.)

(Cuts to Frozone and Violet looking at the city, then, Mr. Incredible and Dash run out with Dash holding Jack-Jack.)

Mr. Incredible: I can't get to the engine room!

Frozone: Well we gotta do something! Because trying to slow it down ain't working.

Dash: Hey! What about turning the boat?

Mr. Incredible and Frozone: The steering's been destroyed!

Violet: Dash means from the outside!

Dash: Yeah!

Violet: If we break off one of the foils and turn the rudder, we can veer the ship away from the city!

Mr. Incredible: That might work.

Frozone: I'll turn the front, you turn the rear.

Mr. Incredible: Using the rudder? That's underwater! How am I supposed to get--all right. Come on, kids.

Violet: Dad! I know this is going to work. But, if it doesn't, and we crash, my shields are probably better protection than the ship. I should stay here. With Jack-Jack. (takes Jack-Jack)

Mr. Incredible: That's my girl.

Frozone: Remember, Bob, we're both turning right! (starts putting ice in front of the right foil to break it)

(Cuts back to Evelyn and Elastigirl. Evelyn puts on an oxygen mask while Elastigirl tries to get to her, while barely being able to walk.)

Evelyn: You know what's sad? (she makes the plane go even higher making Elastigirl hit the wall, which causes the emergency supplies to fall off.) If it weren't for your core beliefs, I think we could've been good friends.

(Elastigirl attempts to get to Evelyn but keeps falling because there isn't enough oxygen)

Elastigirl: At least I ha...have core beliefs. (she tries to reach for Evelyn but falls to the ground again trying to breathe.)

(Cuts to the news)

Chad: We have breaking news. While there is still no radio contact, the ship has changed direction and is heading towards land at a high rate of speed.

(Cuts to Dash and Mr. Incredible)

Mr. Incredible: So, Dash. (pushes the anchor off and puts himself on the chain) I am going to the rudder. Once I turn the ship, you hit the pull up button.

Dash: Okay, Dad!

Mr. Incredible: Now lower me-- [screams] --DOWWWNN!!! (Dash presses the button and Mr. Incredible goes in the ocean.)

(Cuts back to Evelyn and Elastigirl.)

Evelyn: The reputations of superheroes are ruined. You will never become legal. Ever.

Elastigirl: (sounding a bit drunk) Never?

Evelyn: [laughs] No.

Elastigirl: Ever?

Evelyn: (more stern) No.

Elastigirl: (gets up and leans on Evelyn) Not even a little smidgee-widgee?

Evelyn: Oh, hypoxia. When you don't have enough oxygen, things seem really silly. (pushes Elastigirl back on the floor)

(Mr. Incredible is trying to get to the rudder and narrowly avoids the blades.)

Evelyn: Things get sillier and sillier and then you die.

Elastigirl: [laughs] I don't wanna die.

Evelyn: Ah, nobody does.

(She kicks Elastigirl farther away.)

Evelyn: Really. [chuckles wickedly] Not such a bad way to go.

(Elastigirl spots the flare gun and shoots Evelyn's oxygen tank with it, making her go through the window.)

Evelyn: (screams in horror)

(Elastigirl then gets back up and takes the oxygen mask. Then she turns the plane around. Winston comes in the room with the ambassadors and Supers. He stops everyone from being hypnotized)

Winston: Everyone, we need to get to the back of the ship! All Supers, protect your ambassadors!

Brick: Follow.

(Cuts to outside of the boat)

Dash: Dad's been underwater for too long!

(Cuts to Elastigirl trying to get close to where Evelyn was falling. She then puts the plane on auto pilot and then gets ready to launch herself. Then cuts back to Dash.)

Dash: We gotta pull him up!

Violet: Wait. It's too soon!

(Elastigirl launches herself and catches Evelyn and makes a parachute. Then cuts back to Dash.)

Dash: I'm gonna press the button!

Violet: Not yet!

(Mr. Incredible pushes the rudder. Elastigirl is trying to hold onto Evelyn but Evelyn kicks her in the face, causing her to let go. Then Mr. Incredible turns the rudder all the way.)

Violet: It's turning. It's working!

Frozone: (He's almost done breaking the foil.) Now!

Violet: Dash, now!

(Dash pushes the button making Mr. Incredible go back up. Elastigirl is trying to catch up to Evelyn so she can catch her again.)

Voyd: Save yourself. Make a chute. (Elastigirl grabs Evelyn last second and makes another parachute) Make a chute. Make a chute. (Voyd makes the portal to the ship) MAKE THE CHUTE!!

(Elastigirl and Evelyn goes through the portal and onto the ship.)

Frozone: HELEN! BRACE YOURSELVES!

(Frozone breaks the foil making the ship turn. Elastigirl catches Violet, Jack-Jack, and Dash.)

Mr. Incredible: CRASH POSITIONS!

(Frozone puts a bunch of snow to minimize damage to the city. The ship goes on top of the road on the snow.)

Elastigirl: I missed Jack-Jack's first power?!

Mr. Incredible: Actually, you missed the first 17.

(Jack-Jack then duplicates himself)

(Everyone is cheering for the Supers and then cuts to Evelyn getting arrested.)

Evelyn: (to Elastigirl) The fact that you saved me doesn't make you right.

Elastigirl: But it does make you alive.

Winston: And I'm grateful for that.

Elastigirl: I'm sorry, but she'll go to prison.

Violet: Well, I'm sorry she's rich and will probably get no more than a slap on the wrist.

Winston: First of all, Violet, I like you. And who knows what the future may bring, but I have a good feeling about all of you.

Frozone: Hmm. Good feeling. Should we be worried?

(Mr. Incredible chuckles)

Elastigirl: You guys got the next shift. I'm beat. (takes Jack-Jack)

Voyd: (to Violet) I saw what you did back there. That was incredible! No pun intended.

Violet: (off screen) Sorry, I had to punch you.

(Mr. Incredible turns around to see the Incredibile come and the remote in Dashes hand.)

Dash: Yeah, baby! My sweet ride! (turns around to see Mr. Incredible glaring at him. Mr. Incredible hold out his hand so Dash can give him the remote. He then chuckles.)

(Cuts to Frozone, Elastigirl, and Mr. Incredible walking into city hall.)

Judge: And in recognition of the extraordinary service they have demonstrated, the legal status of superheroes is hereby restored.

(The Supers are happy that Supers are legal again.)

Scene 37- Going to the Movies [ ]

(Violet's at school trying to reintroduce herself to Tony)

Violet: You don't know me, do you?

Tony: No, I don't...wait. Are you the girl with the water--?

Violet: (interrupting) I'm Violet Parr!! (holds her hand out to shake)

Tony: (shakes her hand) I'm Tony.

(Cuts to Tony running outside to get in the Parr's car.)

Violet: Tony, this is my mom.

Helen: Pleased to meet you.

Violet: This is my dad.

Bob: Oh, we've met.

Violet: And this...is embarrassing.

Dash: (In British accent) Charmed, I'm sure.

Violet: My little brother, Dash. (Jack-Jack throws a toy) And the baby is Jack-Jack. I tried to limit it to one parent.

Helen: We're all going to a movie, too, Tony. Don't mind us.

Bob: We'll be sitting on the other side of the theater. Not watching you. (winks)

Violet: (laughing) He's kidding. (annoyed) They are only dropping us off at the theater. They have other things to do!

Tony: So, you guys are close, I guess.

Violet: Yeah, I guess.

Bob: We can get closer!

Helen: (laughing) Bob!

(They stop in front of the theater but see criminals pass shooting guns. The Parrs look at each other and confuses Tony.)

Violet: STOP! Let us out! (pushes Tony out) Here, large popcorn, small soda. Save me a seat, center, about eight rows back. (she gets back in the car) I'll be back before the previews are over!

[The family puts on their masks and Bob's car reveals his Incredibile, as the Incredits 2 play.]

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School may have started already but do you really have everything you need in your backpack? We’ve prepared an easy checklist to help you get ready, no matter if you’re stepping into your last year at university of your first day at high school. Find everything you need to fill your backpack and tackle those upcoming […]

School may have started already but do you  really have everything you need in your backpack?

We’ve prepared an easy checklist to help you get ready, no matter if you’re stepping into your last year at university of your first day at high school. Find everything you need to fill your backpack and tackle those upcoming assignments, tests, presentations, and general life business.

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1. Backpack

So, you’re not going to keep a backpack in your backpack. However, it’s a new year and your backpack may have taken a beating from heavy textbooks last semester, so it might be time to invest in a new bag!

I cannot function properly without my planner . Not only do I use this tool to schedule appointments and important meetings (with friends, of course), but I pencil in any and ALL deadlines that are school-related, including group project meetings, professor office hours, and more! A planner can help you stay on-track and keep you organized enough so you don’t feel like you’re drowning under readings, assignments, projects, essays, and exams.

3. Notebooks

So I have a problem. I LOVE notebooks and buy way more than I need. The good thing is, I’m a list person. I make to-do lists, shopping lists, lists for my lists (okay, I’m not that nuts), but you get it. Notebooks go beyond simply taking notes. You don’t even realize the extent of their function until you suddenly need a pen and paper.  Notebooks are especially great because you retain more information when you write something down versus typing it on a laptop.

Keep loose papers and assignment sheets organized in binders , so you can stay on top of what’s due. Make finding what you need easier, so you can focus on achieving the grades you deserve.

5. Pens and Pencils

If you have notebooks, you’re obviously going to require something to write in them. I feel like pens are self-explanatory.

“But, Christine, why do we also need pencils?” One word: Scantron.

These nifty little devices can backup your assignments, projects, essays, and notes so you never lose them! Make sure to keep a USB on you at all times. If your laptop fails you, you don’t want to lose everything you’ve been working on.

7. Highlighters

An effective tool for studying. If you’re making notes by hand throughout the year, use a highlighter to spotlight important topics emphasized by your professor. Chances are they’ll be on the final exam.

8. Pencil Case

Where else do you expect to keep your pens, pencils USB, and highlighters? It’s better to have them sorted in the same place so you don’t lose everything you just bought. And a pencil case is NOT just for kids. I use multiple pencil cases to keep myself organized.

These days, every student requires a laptop to complete essays and group projects. Discover affordable options for the average student so you can contribute and complete mandatory assignments on time:

10. Laptop Case

If you’re going to be carrying around your laptop or tablet through campus, please protect it! I’ve heard so many horror stories of students bringing their laptop to school (without a case) and having the screen crack or shatter. That isn’t fun for anyone. Just invest in a case .

I feel like a mouse goes hand-in-hand with using a laptop on campus. The trackpad can become a nuisance and end up giving your hand cramps you’ll be squeezing out for the rest of the day. When you’re researching, writing an essay, taking notes, or browsing social media, try a portable mouse. It doesn’t need to be big or expensive, but something compact and travel-size can save your hand from a terrible cramp.

12. Textbooks

You can go to the school book store to purchase your textbooks, or you can order them online . It’s especially easy if you have an Amazon Prime Student account!

13. Lip Balm

This is a necessity. We live in Canada, people. When the temperature changes from super dry to hot and then to freezing cold, we need to keep our lips protected. Purchase lip balm with SPF and use it. Cracked bleeding lips are painful!

14. Hand Lotion

Like your lips, your skin may get cracked and dry during the winter months. Don’t forget to keep lotion in your bag to protect against it. When you’re running outside from one side of campus to the next, you may be grateful you have it.

This is for anyone who hasn’t already invested in a wallet yet OR those of you who really, really need a new one but are “happy with the one you have”. You may not realize it, but those falling-apart wallets threaten to lose your money, which as a student, is a terrifying thought. Protect your money by investing in a new wallet.

I’m always getting cold, so I have scarves that are so wide and long, they practically double as a blanket. If you’re like me, utilize these amazingly cozy items in classrooms that don’t have working heat or an AC that will not quit. It may save your fingers from freezing off.

Sometimes we don’t have time for breakfast, especially after hitting that snooze button longer than necessary. Keep snacks (i.e. granola bars ) in your bag so you can have something to eat. Otherwise, you may not be focusing on the class you’re sitting in, but the rumbling of your stomach.

18. Reusable Water Bottle

Most campuses and schools offer water-filling stations. Find yours and carry a reusable water bottle with you. Not only is this excellent for the environment, but it will save you money.

19. Hand Sanitizer

Need I say more?

20. Hair Ties

We’re always losing them. If you have long hair, you know what I’m talking about. Keep extras in your bag.

21. Sunglasses

For those days where the sun feels like it’s burning through your soul…or you’re hungover, sunglasses are the answer.

22. Phone Case

You probably already one but if you don’t, please consider a phone case . I’ve seen phones drop at the most inconvenient times in the cafeteria, running to class, at the library AND it’s always followed by one of two reactions:

• A relieving sigh
• A sharp intake of breath, followed by a groan

Don’t take a gamble on your phone.

23. Tissues

Whether it’s from the cold weather or the stress of exams, we all need tissues for a good cry now and then.

24. Deodorant

For those early morning classes (or later ones) where you forget to apply deodorant  and start to wonder if that smell you’re smelling is coming from yourself. At least you have one in your bag!

25. Mints / Gum

If you forget to brush your teeth (gross, right?) or you need to quickly freshen your breath, gum is crucial. Also worth noting that for studying purposes, the flavour of peppermint specifically can help you concentrate and boost your mental awareness. Food for thought!

In the end, your backpack might start to get a little crowded, so it’s up to you to decide which items are truly essential. Hopefully, this checklist will help you pick those must-have items out or help you remember something important that you forgot during your back to school shopping.

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Christine Rees

Christine is a teen fiction author (debut novel: The Hidden Legacy) who spends most of her time traveling, writing books and helping others pursue their passion. Christine is also an admitted TV junkie, content creator, inspirational blogger, and animal enthusiast. You can visit her website to learn more www.christinerees.com

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Backpack Essentials: 15 Things That Should Be in Every Student’s Bag

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When I was a kid, I hated packing my backpack. I’d always leave it until right before it was time to leave for school, which resulted in many a hectic morning. It also resulted in a number of forgotten homework assignments, textbooks, and writing implements.

These days, however, I love figuring out the optimal things to carry around in my backpack. Even though I don’t attend classes anymore, I still carry a backpack when I go out to run errands or work at coffee shops.

So in this article, I want to take a look at what should be in your backpack for college. In addition to what you should pack, I’ll also take a brief look at some of my favorite backpacks.

Wondering what else you should bring to college? Check out our full college packing list .

Best Backpacks for College

Before I get to the list of things to put in your backpack, I want to briefly address which backpack you should get.

To begin, if you already have a backpack that isn’t falling apart and holds the things you want to carry, then there’s no need to get a new one. I used the same Jansport bag through all of high school and college, even taking it on two backpacking trips through Europe.

But if your high school backpack is looking a bit ragged, I have a couple of suggestions for a replacement. My first recommendation is the Wenger Synergy . This bag has enough pockets to hold whatever you need to carry, and it can fit laptops up to 16” (40.64 cm).

Learn more about the Wenger Synergy backpack here .

If your budget is a bit higher, then you could also look into the eBags laptop backpack . This is the backpack that Thomas uses, and it offers a number of cool organizational features. These include a special pocket for headphones, as well as compartments that open from the side instead of the top.

Learn more about the eBags laptop backpack here .

But once you have your backpack, what should you put inside it? Read on to find out.

15 Things Every Student Should Have in Their Backpack

Here’s everything you should have in your backpack for a typical day of college. This way, you’ll never get to class and think, “Dang it, where’s my charger?”

I’ll start with what is no doubt the most important item. You can use your laptop to take notes , type papers, and do research (plus play the occasional video game or two). Just be sure to check if your professor allows laptops in class; not all do.

If you’re looking to buy a new laptop, here are three of our favorites:

• Acer Aspire E 15 Laptop
• Dell XPS 15
• Macbook Pro (if you’re Mac user)
• Asus Zephyrus GX701 (Thomas’ main laptop these days – expensive, but it’s as powerful as a gaming desktop computer)

Note: While I still prefer to use a regular laptop, you can totally use a tablet if you want.

Pens and Pencils

While a laptop can cover most of your note-taking needs, there are some times when writing by hand is better.

For instance, it’s much quicker to take notes in math and science classes with a pencil, as you can quickly transcribe equations and illustrations. Plus, writing by hand may help with information retention .

When it comes to pens and pencils, I have a few suggestions. For pens, I recommend Pilot G2 . They’re a bit more expensive than your typical ballpoint, but they offer a smooth, fluid writing experience.

As far as pencils, I strongly recommend mechanical. This set from Papermate is a classic, allowing you to write small enough to fit massive math equations onto one sheet of paper. But if you prefer wooden pencils, these AmazonBasics #2 pencils are a great pick.

Notebooks or Binders

The best writing utensils in the world are useless if you don’t have something to write on, which is why my next recommendation for your backpack is a set of quality notebooks or binders.

Notebooks are slim and come with all the paper you could need, making them a great choice for basic note-taking. These Five Star notebooks are a classic. But if you’re looking for something more high-tech, then check out the RocketBook (a notebook that you can reuse). Here’s Thomas’ review of the Rocketbook:

Now, while notebooks are convenient, they’re also limited. You can’t move around pages, and you have minimal space to store handouts and old assignments.

So for a greater level of organization, you can use a binder. This way, you have space for as many papers as you need, plus space to store class materials. The Five Star notebinder is our favorite.

Scientific Calculator

If you’re not in math or science courses, you can skip this one. But if you are taking STEM classes, then you’ll likely need a scientific calculator.

Your professor will specify which calculator you need (if a specific one is required). But if they don’t require a specific one, then you can’t go wrong with the TI-84 Plus .

If you have a class that requires you to bring your textbook, be sure to pack the books you need the night before. This way, you don’t forget them when it’s 7 AM and you haven’t had your coffee yet.

For help finding the cheapest textbooks possible, check out this guide .

Laptop Charger

You gotta keep that laptop or tablet charged; otherwise, it’s just an expensive brick of plastic, metal, and glass.

If you can afford it, I recommend having a separate charger for carrying around in your backpack, plus an extra one to keep in your dorm. This way, you’ll always have a backup if you lose one of the chargers.

Phone Charger

Same as your laptop, never leave the house without a phone charger. I usually keep a couple in my backpack so that I have an extra if one of my friends forgets theirs. For extra versatility, get one of these universal charging cables .

Headphones or Earbuds

Music was crucial to my study process during college, and I also needed a way to watch Netflix and YouTube without bugging my roommate. Enter headphones.

If you’ve never used over-the-ear headphones, then you’re missing out. They offer an audio experience that’s far superior to earbuds.

For a basic pair of over-the-ear headphones that sound great, get the Audio-Technica ATH-M20x . If you have some extra cash and want to eliminate all distractions, try these wireless, noise-canceling headphones .

While headphones tend to sound better, earbuds still have their place. They’re easy to throw in your pocket, and they’re better for using while you’re at the gym or on a bike ride. I recommend either the 1MORE Triple Driver earbuds or AirPods (if you have an iPhone).

It seems like a minor thing to carry, but I can’t count the number of times I’ve been out somewhere and wished I had a tissue.

Besides blowing your nose, you can use tissues to pick up gross things, clean up small messes, and use as a napkin in a pinch. Here’s an affordable, portable option .

Having attended college in Northeast Ohio and now living in Denver, I never leave the house without a tube of chapstick.

It’s a very personal choice, but I highly recommend Burt’s Bees if you’re looking for a pleasant, inoffensive flavor of lip balm.

First Aid Kit

One day, while I was riding my bike across town, I came across another cyclist who had taken a pretty nasty fall and scraped himself up. He was able to ride again, but he was still bleeding. Luckily, I happened to have a first aid kit in my bike’s saddle bag, and I gave him several band-aids and some anti-bacterial wipes.

That experience solidified my opinion: Carry a small first aid kit in your bag. It doesn’t take up much space, and you never know who might need it.

Mints or Gum

I like to carry either mints or gum to keep my breath fresh and teeth clean after meals while I’m out. Certainly not an essential item, but it doesn’t take up much space and can be a lifesaver after that salad with feta and eggs.

This is my favorite gum , though your preferences will likely differ.

Pocket Notebook

While I always carried notebooks for my classes, I also liked to carry a smaller notebook for jotting down ideas or just doodling while I was waiting for class to start. Now that I’m out of college, I continue to carry a pocket notebook for similar purposes.

My number one recommendation is this Moleskine , which is small enough to fit in a jacket pocket, purse, or backpack front pocket.

Reusable Water Bottle

I could have put some statistic here about how most people don’t drink enough water, but I think you know that by now. In order to stay hydrated throughout the day, I recommend carrying a reusable water bottle. Your backpack likely has a handy pocket for it, so you might as well use it.

Some people prefer plastic water bottles, while others like metal or even glass. So here are my 3 favorite bottles in each category:

• Plastic: Nalgene Tritan
• Metal: Klean Kanteen
• Glass: Lifefactory

Healthy Snacks

I tended to get hungry throughout the day when I was in college, and I didn’t always have time to run to the cafeteria. To counter this, I carried a variety of snacks in my backpack.

For optimum portable snacks, I recommend choosing items that are both durable and nutritious. Nuts of all kinds are great for this, as well as granola (just try to get one without too much added sugar).

Bananas and apples will also work, though be careful to keep them away from the bottom of your bag. I can say from experience that getting banana goop off your literary anthology is not a fun time.

For more healthy eating tips, check out this guide .

Book or E-reader

This last recommendation is certainly optional, but it will improve your life immensely. With the rise of smartphones, it’s now possible to fill every moment of downtime throughout the day with mindless scrolling.

Besides doing little to enrich your mind, spending lots of time on your phone may also increase your stress levels and will certainly fragment your attention.

To give yourself a more productive thing to do during free moments, carry a book or an e-reader with you (preferably an e-reader without a web browser, such as the Kindle Paperwhite ).

If you’re looking for some books to start with, check out our list of the best books for students .

What You Carry in Your Backpack Is a Personal Choice

I hope this list has helped you decide what to carry in your backpack for college. Maybe you even found a few suggestions you hadn’t considered before.

Ultimately, however, what you put in your backpack is up to you. The key is to put some thought into the items instead of just throwing a bunch of junk into your bag and hoping for the best.

Image Credits: woman walking with backpack

65+ Time Management Tips for Students

As a student, you are likely juggling a lot of responsibilities. Between classes, homework, and extracurricular activities, it can be tough to find enough time in the day.

However, with some organization and planning, you can make the most of your time and get everything done.

According to experts, here are some tips for managing your time effectively.

Reza Khastou, M.Ed.

Advisor, College Director, and Education Consultant | Founder and COO, The Polytech

Three areas to apply time management strategies

Making time management a habit can help students throughout their whole lives. It is as fundamental as reading or writing, so it is important for us as educators to teach time management and other executive function skills.

I often talk about three areas for high school and college students to apply time management strategies:

Test-taking

Especially for multiple choice standardized tests, many are designed so that the first third of the questions are general topics that most students know the answer to.

The second third will only be familiar to some students, and for the final third, just a few will know the answer.

I recommend that students spend most of their time on the first two sections, where they have a higher probability of knowing the answer. If there’s no penalty for guessing and the student is running out of time, they can guess for any final questions instead of leaving them blank.

A student with disabilities can request extended time as an accommodation, and this will mitigate the impact of a disability that requires the student to take more processing time.

However, the student must still be aware of the time remaining and track whether they are halfway through the questions at the halfway point of time.

Keeping track of time by having a personal watch or making sure you can see the official clock in the testing room is highly recommended.

We have all seen the students running out of the house, half-dressed and without having eaten breakfast. This is the ultimate stress for both parents and students. To combat that, we try to help students learn ways to be organized by preparing anything they can in the evening before they go to bed.

Related: 50+ Good Examples of Organizational Skills for Students

For example, they can take a shower at night and set out the clothes they want to wear the next day.

The backpack can also be prepared in advance, so as soon as they wake up, all the student has to do is wake up, wash their face, brush their teeth, get dressed, have breakfast, and they are out of the house with the least amount of stress.

Getting sports equipment ready and in a separate bag can also help reduce morning stress.

Having a regular place to keep frequently needed items like socks, shoes, backpacks, and keys helps ensure that no time is wasted running around looking for these items.

If another adult other than the parent has access to the online homework tracking system (and in college, the website stores syllabus information, tests, and quizzes).

In that case, they can help the student manage the requirements they have to do to be successful in a class by teaching strategies that can help:

• Break large projects into smaller steps.
• Remind them about upcoming tests and quizzes.
• Regularly check in with the student to be sure they are current on assignments.

At first, some students are resistant to accepting help, but as soon as they see the outcome of the partnership and taste success, most are much more willing to move forward.

Using tools like a daily calendar or other online tools can help students be organized and can help them manage their time academically.

Jessica Schaid

Curriculum Specialist,  Ivy Camps USA

Develop a realistic picture of how to spend your time

Time Management for students can be challenging, but there are many strategies that can be applied to help students as they progress through their academic journey.

It is important to remember that time management is a skill that is governed by the prefrontal cortex of the brain and is considered one of the key executive functions.

However, the prefrontal cortex and executive functioning do not fully develop in most individuals until they are 25 years of age. Therefore, when we ask students to apply time management, we are literally asking them to do something their brain is not fully prepared to do.

Fortunately, there are many strategies that students can use to help them develop time management skills as their brains grow.

Before students can begin managing their time, it’s important that they develop a realistic picture of how they spend their time. Conducting a time inventory allows students to identify areas of their day over which they have control and can therefore manage.

Keep a time log

Younger students can divide the day into morning, afternoon, evening, and night, and older students can log their time in either 15 or 30-minute increments.

Have students record how they spend their time throughout the course of a week. After students have recorded how they are spending their time, they can then reflect on where they may be able to re-prioritize their activities.

It is helpful if students can color-code their time log by highlighting different categories of activities in different colors.

For example, they might highlight anything that has to do with school in yellow and anything that has to do with sports activities in green. This allows students to quickly gain a visual of how they are spending their time, especially for activities such as social media, which can sometimes dominate the daily schedule of adolescents.

Categorize the time into productive time or unproductive time

Once students have a clear picture of how they are spending their time, they can begin to prioritize by scheduling productive tasks during areas times that they have identified as unproductive.

This is also helpful for high school students who may be experiencing stress as they prepare for college, as they can identify appropriate times to plan a break for self-care.

Providing students with a tool to schedule their time is also essential

Depending on the age of the student, this may be a simple daily or weekly calendar that outlines events and activities. For older students, utilizing a digital calendar with reminders can help them meet their deadlines throughout high school and the college application process.

It is also important that students are directly taught how to use a calendar, how to pace their work, and have examples modeled for them so that they understand what a well-managed calendar should look like.

Establishing a routine with a specific time during the day to reflect on and adjust calendars is also important in assisting students in the development of time management skills.

Dedra Eatmon, Ph.D.

High School Teacher | Founder, Tassel to Tassel

Know yourself

Work on the most challenging tasks based on your peak mental productivity time. You do better work in less time when your brain is ready to do the job. In the vein of Eat That Frog!, do the thing that challenges you the most when you are best able to process it mentally.

For some, that’s the first thing in the morning. However, as a student, you may find you are sharper mid-day, afternoon, or even evening.

While I don’t suggest waiting until late at night, even if you call yourself a night owl, I do acknowledge that everyone isn’t capable of solving the world’s problems — or even chemistry — at 8 AM.

Make a plan

Using your class schedule as the foundation, create a time management plan (or weekly schedule) at the beginning of each semester.

Include those things you have to do (class, study, work, family obligations, etc.), then add in the things you’d like to do (student organizations, leisure activities, workouts, etc.).

Don’t forget the 2:1 study rule — studying 2 hours outside of class for every hour (50-minute block) in class. After a few weeks, tweak it based on what’s working and what’s not.

Track your time

That’s just what it means. Use your phone or a time-tracking app to keep track of how you spend your time. Do it for just one week and see how it compares to the way you think you’re spending your time. Use that to adjust your plan and to adjust your habits.

Get a study partner or group

Everybody needs somebody to get the job done! That’s true of life, and it’s true of school. Find someone who would be a good study partner. Not sure how to find one? Pay attention to who asks good questions in class and approach them.

Also, a study partner doesn’t have to be someone in your same class. There may be someone in your social circle which is often headed to the library or someone in the residence hall study lounge on a regular basis.

While having someone to study with is nice, sometimes you just need another person to keep you honest.

Create buffers

Often, it takes longer to do something than we think it will. (i.e., Have you been to campus IT for help?) While the “thing” may not take much time, you want to account for long lines, travel time, delays, etc.

By building in buffers, you won’t pack your schedule too full to make sense. You also give yourself time to breathe and decompress when you don’t have to rush from place to place and task to task.

We can’t do everything all the time. All you can do is all you can do.

While it’s very easy to put things off when there’s only one more episode of your favorite show left to stream —especially if you’re not on a deadline — do yourself a favor by not putting off until later what you can do right now.

Trust me, you’ll feel better having done the thing.

Procrastination is very real as well are various reasons for it. It’s also true that some people can work better under pressure, but you don’t really have a choice when it’s down to the wire.

Related: How to Avoid Procrastination and Laziness

Save yourself the anxiety and stress of waiting until the last minute by being very honest with yourself about why you aren’t doing the thing.

If it’s because of things you can control, take a deep breath and take (small) actions to control them.

If it’s deeper than simple procrastination or avoidance, reach out to the counseling center. Let someone trained in working through thoughts and feelings help get you on track to feel your feelings and know what to do next.

Give yourself some grace

It takes time to get good at something. If you’re at a new high school or new to college, you may find the change in the environment takes you off your game.

Honestly, you may not have had much time management game, to begin with. Either way, don’t beat yourself up if you’re not great at managing your time right away.

Incorporate one or two small changes at first, see how they work, then keep adding more. Too many changes at once can put you in a tailspin just as quickly as doing nothing.

Just keep doing something. You’ll get there.

Lynne Fuller

Admissions Coach and College Advisor | Founder, College Flight Path

Make use of calendars, timers, and color-coated post-it notes

Do you keep a calendar? Is it organized by subject, activity, family member, or season? Is yours handwritten in a beautiful leather-bound planner, or are you a technocrat and believe that a digital calendar is the only way to organize your day?

When asked how to offer time management tips to students across elementary, middle, and high school, hands down, my top three recommendations are calendars , timers , and color-coated post-it notes .

After twenty years of teaching, tutoring, and college planning, I have found that basic supplies and strict adherence to organizational processes support time management most effectively.

When I work with high school juniors and seniors throughout their college process, one technique is to organize their list by application type (early action, early decision, regular decision, and rolling) and then code their deadlines by color:

• Green are the first applications due typically for rolling admissions schools.
• Yellow are those due around the turn of the season (10/15).
• Orange are the applications due later in the fall (11/1).
• Red are those required by December and into the new year.

With every email I send, there are action items to be completed by our next meeting. Years ago, I began to employ my own strategies, which helped improve my workflow.

Modeling this behavior became the backbone of how my students take on their processes independently.

Not only does this practice take the stress out of what, when, and how work can be tackled, but it forms a routine that is adapted by each user to make any large task much more manageable.

For students across all grade levels, I always revert back to their planners. For students who struggle with day-to-day tasks, ensuring that they have color-coded post-it notes that span each weekday and one for the weekends can help further organize their workflow (think Green Monday, Yellow Tuesday, and so on).

Once a student has a white, cork, or chalkboard to line up their process, they can pull the tab to mark its completion. These notes can also be transported in a planner or journal, and the same color coding can be applied to digital calendars as well.

With that said, my best example of a digital model is what I personally use. My husband is a volunteer fireman, so any related events are denoted in a red calendar.

Our dog is dark brown, so his calendar helps us stay on top of his appointments, and I match the school I am working with to its related calendar.

If students were to adopt calendars that coincide with their history, English, math, science, foreign language, and elective courses, they could set up digital reminders with alerts about what task is due.

If they need a two-factor authentication system to ensure assignments will be completed, I recommend that students follow up with a written calendar and post-it notes to set physical reminders of what is already in their online calendars.

In terms of time spent on a singular task, I recommend the use of kitchen timers to set limits.

When I personally fall down the rabbit hole of research, writing, editing, or developing new materials, I must set time limits for myself or, at the very least, reminders to get up and move.

For students, time management can come in the form of:

• Setting limits on their social media use.
• Writing down a to-do list in half-hour increments.
• Setting timers to help complete tasks in targeted focused work.

Technology is obviously very helpful in completing work but makes it equally as distracting because of access to so many distractions.

With that said, what other supports can students use to remain on time? When having to tackle a great deal of novel reading, I recommend the use of audiobooks to help enrich reading and encourage students to move while they listen.

This practice helps support daily movement and fresh air but offers students the opportunity to absorb content in a new way to increase focus and processing. This discussion of time management skills and one’s overall organization are really just a component of one’s executive functioning.

The frontal lobe helps govern the workflow by managing time, paying attention, being able to switch focus, planning events, and remembering details.

These are skills that can be fostered over a lifetime, making those who struggle more prone to missed assignments, misfires in communication with teams, or unable to make all the events they intend.

By incorporating visual aids like post-it notes and calendars , using a step-by-step approach to break down assignments , planning out homework days before it is due , and setting time limits , students can grow their executive functioning skills and gain more success in managing their time.

Ziad Bentahar

Associate Professor of the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Towson University

Read course assignments carefully

Always read the prompt of an assignment carefully to avoid having to start over midway when you realize you have not been following the guidelines.

When pressed for time, it is perfectly natural to try to read as fast as possible.

However, assignment prompts, whether it is a paper, a question on a quiz, a reading report, or anything similar, are a place where you may want to slow down.

Professors often craft assignments with purpose, so reading them very closely is a great way to find out how to complete them efficiently. This saves time, as well as improves the chances of obtaining better grades.

Create a daily habit

The best way to save time by improving efficiency is to create regularity through a routine.

Set time aside every day for schoolwork. It matters less how much time and when than to set that time aside in the first place. So choose a time that does not conflict with work or other obligations, and stick to it.

One hour a day for five days will accomplish more than a five-hour streak in one day. Train yourself to become habituated to daily homework time.

Invest in a time-management app, but only if it works for you

There is a plethora of apps, programs, and websites offering time-management solutions. Some are even free.

However, none of them are magic. They will not create more time in the day or give you more energy. Therefore, do use one if you find it useful, but do not feel obligated to get one thinking it could solve all your problems.

If time-management apps do not respond to your needs, feel free to look for solutions elsewhere. Sometimes there are ultra-specialized apps that can better serve your specific needs.

For example, if checking references and bibliographies for your research papers is a time-consuming task for you, then software for managing citations may be what you need.

There are free options that you can download, such as EndNote , Mendeley , and Zotero .

Use campus resources

Most campuses will have resources such as Tutoring and Learning Centers. Make an appointment and use these resources, as they are designed to help you complete your assignments.

If a due date for a paper is getting near and you haven’t started yet because you can’t seem to get an idea for your thesis, then your Writing Center may offer brain-storming sessions were talking about your paper with a tutor could spark an idea and get you going before it’s too late.

Campus Libraries also offer wonderful resources, and taking the time to familiarize yourself with them is an investment that will pay off by saving you a lot of time in the long run.

Kirk Hazlett, APR, Fellow PRSA

Adjunct Professor and Faculty Adviser

The first day of classes when a new semester begins can often be stressful…new subject…new professor…new classmates.

Over the years as a college professor, I’ve had countless “talk off the ledge” meetings with students who were having some level of a panic attack as they tried to digest the amount of work…studying…remembering…that lies ahead.

My advice comes from my own (long-ago) years as an undergrad literature major:

Don’t overload yourself

There have been a few times when, as a faculty advisor, I’ve ordered a student to drop an extra course that they have signed up for. I know the student…I know their capabilities…I know that success with the original schedule is doomed from the start.

Read the syllabus for each class carefully

Take note of all reading…textbook and outside…that will be required. This means actually looking through each textbook to get an idea of just how long each chapter is and how complicated the reading appears to be.

Calculate how much time you will need

Calculate how much time it will take you to complete the assigned reading…i.e., how quickly do you read normally? Next, put your math skills to use and figure out how much time you need to set aside each day in order to read everything that’s assigned for all classes.

Take your calendar and block out a “reading time” time slot each day

I recall, for one particular semester, the time being 1:00 AM! My roommate was asleep; I didn’t start classes until 10:00 AM, and my first class was right across the parking lot from my dorm, so there was no problem with the “commute.”

Stick to your schedule

Yes, there will be days when things go kerflooey, and you don’t get your reading in. Don’t panic… it’ll all even out!

This organized planning enabled me to successfully read and remember for tests (without totally losing my mind!) everything required for all my courses.

It also made it possible for me—many years later as a public relations professional—to read and remember all the data required in order to take and successfully pass a professional accreditation course (combination oral and written exam) while holding down a senior-level position that itself averaged 45-50 hours a week.

As I reassure my students and others that it’s all about organization. Do your homework in advance.

Know what’s required for all your courses in order to pass. Know your own capabilities. Pace yourself and, most importantly, believe in yourself. You can do this!

Karen Southall Watts

Professor in Humanities | Founder, Ask Karen Coaching | Author, “ The Solo Workday “

Below are the tips I think are most useful for college students.

Start with a master schedule

Build yourself a master calendar at the beginning of the term. Put in all your “carved in stone” elements first, like your classes, commuting time, or recurring appointments you can’t miss.

Then add in your study time, meals and exercise. Put in your social events and empty leisure time last, as these items have the most flexibility.

Watch out for time and energy wasters

Pay attention to the way your days and weeks play out.

If you find you are always behind and are constantly turning in late work or trying to catch up, then you may have some time-wasting activities buried in your schedule.

Common time thieves are binge-watching shows and endless social media scrolling. These pursuits will drain time from your days and energy from your psyche.

Discover your best time of day

Are you a night owl or a morning lark? It’s important to know when you are at your physical and mental best. Then, whenever possible, schedule your most demanding tasks during these times.

For example, you might do math or chemistry homework when you are at your peak and save casual reading for other times.

It’s not always possible to make coursework fit your personal needs, but whenever possible, set up your week for the highest possibility for success by cooperating with your body’s natural rhythms.

Create start-up and shut-down routines

Avoid the wasted time and headaches that come from lost keys, missing socks, and disorganized class materials.

Have a staging area where you drop your stuff off each day when you come home and pack up each morning before you leave. Put things in the same place each day so you don’t ever have to wonder where to find what you need.

A nightly routine that prepares you for a good sleep and a morning routine that gets you energized will help too.

Conduct a weekly review

Sunday night is the traditional night for this task. Go back over the past week. What worked? Where did you find yourself behind or struggling?

Plan your next week. Whether you are using a to-do list, a traditional planner, or a calendar app, you need to set aside some time each week to be sure all your tasks and commitments are plugged into your schedule.

Evan Weinberger

Co-Founder, Illuminos Academic Coaching & Tutoring

If your student struggles with time management, take a look at the list of tips for effective time management for students.

Structure your days around non-work activities

School tasks can seem daunting without an academic schedule to provide structure to your student’s day. When days are unplanned, things often get put off until the last minute.

A useful tip that many of our academic coaches utilize while working from home is to structure their days around non-work activities. This organizes your student’s free time into small blocks of time and allows you to plan each block of time for a specific task.

So, try organizing your student’s schoolwork schedule around periods of exercise, short breaks, and small tasks. Make sure you set a time limit for each activity so that you don’t run into your work time.

Have a reward system in place

A simple self-imposed rewards system can help stir up the motivation your student may be missing. Whether it promises a small treat, 20 minutes of TV or screen time, or a bit of outside time, a reward system can help keep your student on task.

Designate a proper workspace

To minimize distraction and maximize productivity, our academic coaches always recommended designating a workspace specifically for homework.

Preferably, this workspace will be somewhere your student can work daily without interruption. An ideal workspace has plenty of desk/ table space, proper lighting, and even a little area for breaks.

Utilize airplane mode/snooze mode

Technology is both a blessing and a curse for the learning process.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has allowed offices and classrooms to be transported into the living rooms and home offices of millions of students and employees.

However, technology also can distract us from our goals and allow us to waste time that could be spent productively.

Social media, texting, Facetiming, and phone calls all require an internet connection or cell service, so while working, consider setting your students’ devices to either snooze mode or airplane mode for a set amount of time. This method can work in tandem with a rewards system.

For example, after 45 minutes of device-free concentration, reward your student with 10 minutes of device access.

Take breaks to recharge

Taking breaks allows your student to take a moment to recharge in the way that they choose and will ultimately lead to a more productive work period on either side of the break.

Like the airplane/snooze mode tip, taking a break from working can be incorporated into a reward system for your student.

Even in our hour-long academic coaching sessions, our academic coaches regularly implement the use of small breaks to keep our students focused and motivated.

Plan ahead and hit the ground running

Planning should start at the beginning of each week in your student’s academic planner and then be adjusted each night for the next day based on current productivity and new assignments.

Our academic coaches check our student’s planners regularly until we can ensure that our students are using their planners to the fullest extent of their potential.

Exercise regularly

Daily or weekly exercise is one of the most powerful weapons at our disposal for combating unproductiveness and procrastination.

Exercise raises our energy levels, helps fight stress, reduces fatigue, and improves general happiness and well-being.

If your student is restless and has trouble focusing, exercise will help reduce their unrest. If your student is lethargic and generally bored with academic work, exercise will help improve their energy levels.

Lindsey de los Santos

Elementary School Teacher | Owner, Migraine Road

Find what motivates you

Time management lessons are as essential as reading and writing.

Students are required to know more now than ever and often in a timeframe that seems challenging.

Schedules are packed with activities from a young age, and many times this only compounds as students get older. This calls for lessons in time management to be a priority.

These lessons can happen as intentional conversations, modeling by others in their lives, and learning through their experiences.

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How do we teach time management?

The how piece can be puzzling and frustrating at times. Sometimes in life, we learn best by doing things ourselves. This means having students keep track of due dates and expectations at an early age in a manageable way.

In my fourth-grade classroom, students have a monthly calendar where they do this. We also discuss keeping track of your out-of-school events, as this all takes our time.

Other students may stay on top of their assignments and events through a planner or online calendar. It is most important that students have a system that is going to be both purposeful and manageable.

If not, students will likely not follow through, and with that, they will fall behind.

Being transparent with students and your own children can be meaningful as well.

For example, I am a fourth-grade teacher and blogger, as well as the mom of two boys. This takes some serious time management, but I am motivated to do my best for all of these things.

I share my own success and challenges with kids so they can see I get it.

Finding what motivates students can also make a big difference. This is where relationships come in and not simply giving students a to-do list. When they feel cared about, they will be more likely to try out a system that could help them.

What to do when students struggle?

These skills do not come naturally for all and do require some teaching. Just as we provide interventions for reading and math, we must, at times, provide interventions for organization and time management.

At our level, this may mean a daily check-in, a student checklist, or even providing a student with a buddy or student leader to work with on these skills.

For older students having someone to hold them accountable and check in with them can be very powerful.

Related: Why Is Accountability Important?

The important thing is to help students realize they can do things on their own, and a setback does not have to mean giving up. Teaching can include grace and encouragement.

This can come from the people in students’ lives at school and home.

Nikki Bruno

Executive Director,  Student Coaching Services

Here are some of my thoughts on effective time management techniques.

Pomodoro technique

Do you struggle to sit down and get work done when you have so much to do? Do you find yourself getting started with one project only to get distracted by something unrelated that ends up wasting your whole day? If so, try the Pomodoro technique!

Related: Does the Pomodoro Technique Work?

Basically, it’s a way of blocking your time into small chunks so that you can chip away at your project bit by bit.

Find a task that needs to be done, and set a timer (say, for 25 minutes). Devote yourself fully to that task for the complete 25 minutes, but the moment your timer goes off, go ahead and take a short break (say, 10 minutes).

And after your 4th timer goes off (meaning you’ve worked for 2 hours), take a longer break — say, 15-30 minutes.

You can adjust this to fit your own schedule, but the point stands: if you block out your time in this manner, you will be so much more productive!

Block your days out in 15-minute chunks

Want to know a secret about wealthy people? They tend to “block” their days out in 15-minute chunks.

• At 9:00 am, they eat breakfast.
• At 9:15, they go for a walk.
• At 9:30, they prepare notes.
• At 9:45, they edit their notes and send out the invites for their weekly video meeting.
• At 10:00, they begin the meeting.

You get the drill — they already have planned out their entire day from start to finish, making sure to hold every 15-minute segment of time accountable. They even schedule downtime.

If you’re a highly structured person (or you feel you need a little more structure to be productive), try to plan out what you will do with each 15-minute segment of time for a whole day.

Get work done while hanging out with your friends

Last (but certainly not least), consider getting work done while also hanging out with your friends! This is especially helpful for social people.

If you struggle to hold yourself accountable to get work done, start a study group that meets on a consistent day and time. (E.g., Mondays and Wednesdays at 3:00 pm). Show up to each of those meetings, and get work done while also spending time around your friends!

A nice upside to this trick is that, while you are in the presence of others doing work, you’ll feel more obligated to be busy yourself. And thus, you’ll be a lot more productive.

Understand how your brain works

It’s also good to understand a thing or two about how your brain works.

For example, did you know that you will never feel motivated to do something until you’ve started actually doing it? This is because the neurotransmitters for motivation are only released in your brain after you’ve started doing something.

In other words, your body wants you to be lazy—and you have to fight it!

And make sure to be as free of distractions as possible. Work in a clean, clutter-free space (maybe not your room), and consider using website blockers to keep yourself on track.

And make sure to give yourself grace! You may not get everything done that you want to, but just focus on one piece at a time, and in no time, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much you’ve accomplished.

Education Specialist and Head of School, MUSE Academy

Nip procrastination in the bud

Once you start procrastinating, it can be very difficult to stop.

You become comfortable with the idea of putting off school responsibilities and leaving it until the last possible moment. And although this might give you more free time, it also increases your stress levels and makes school a very unenjoyable experience.

If you want to succeed at time management as a student, you need to get rid of procrastinating in all aspects of your life. It helps to use a day planner so you can write down all due dates and events coming up so you can physically keep track.

A big reason why students tend to procrastinate is because of the lack of organization, to begin with. If you don’t see what you have to complete, it will not be on your radar which makes it almost impossible to complete in a timely manner.

Using a day planner also helps you to write down specifics of when you plan to do school work and other extracurricular activities. When you plan this out, you will actually end up with more free time than you thought because you manage your time properly.

Beverly Gearreald

College Counselor and Community Manager,  Transizion

Prioritize tasks and find more time to get things done

As a student, it often feels like a million things are vying for your attention. It can be hard to know how to prioritize tasks and find more time to get things done.

How to prioritize tasks

I recommend starting by creating a list of everything you need to get done . Go as broad as possible.

Definitely include assignments like homework and projects, but also consider including regular things like taking out the trash on Tuesday nights or things without deadlines, like reaching out to a professor to see if she has any research opportunities for you.

Next, take that list and put it on a calendar or in a planner , using the assigned due dates.

For items that don’t have due dates, rank them by order of importance to you or necessity to get done and slot them in wherever you see space in your schedule.

Before you know it, you’ll have a list you can walk through and check items off of, already ordered, so you don’t have to spend time wondering what to work on next.

Finding more time to get things done

It’s easy to get lost in the moment and only do what needs to be done right now. However, in the long run, this takes up more time. As much as possible, you want to batch tasks together .

For instance, instead of waiting in line at Subway every day, it’s faster to make a few sandwiches all at once and simply grab one on your way to class every morning. (As a bonus, it’s generally healthier too!)

Similarly, it’s more productive if you can set aside three straight hours to work on a project rather than breaking it up into three one-hour slots.

As you learn how to dedicate time to specific tasks rather than doing them every day or piecemeal, you’ll find you have more time to get other things done. (Or to relax!)

Eileen Roth

Organizing Expert,  Everything in its Place®  | Author, “ Organizing For Dummies “

Organize your locker

There are very little time between classes to change books and binders, and/or notepads. So it’s a time saver to organize your locker. Tall locker organizers let you put binders underneath them and notepads or books on top of them.

However, if you live in a climate where you wear boots, you might want boots under the tall locker organizer in the winter and a second shelf for binders during that time. Boots must be on the bottom as they will be wet.

Keep a magnetic board on your locker door with a wipe-off pen/eraser combo so you can write notes to yourself as reminders- that there is a test, to take something home, or to bring something to school tomorrow.

Use a student planner

Use a student planner to schedule your assignments as well as quiz dates, test dates, and major project due dates.

You can also put notes in there about bringing something home or taking something to school. (i.e., A teacher requested a new school supply or a test is tomorrow, so take home a book/notepad to study.)

Plan your projects

If you know you have a paper to write, plan when you will do the research, draft, and final paper. Don’t leave it to the last minute when you have other homework to do or might even have a test or two—plan on doing it earlier and finishing before the due date.

If it’s a big project, break it down into smaller steps, so you have time to do research, make the project, and do a presentation, if needed. (i.e., science projects, book reports)

Get enough sleep

If you need 8 hours of sleep to be refreshed and not tired, be sure to get 8 hours of sleep. That means leaving enough time to do your homework, even if you have to start right after school.

If you don’t get enough sleep, you may be tired at school and not understand a concept the teacher is presenting, hearing that you have a test tomorrow or a project due in a week.

Don’t overschedule activities

If school is hard for you, that might mean giving up some or all extracurricular activities after school because you need to start doing homework before dinner in order to be done before bedtime.

Do at least take a snack break right after school. If you play video games or talk on the phone for a break, you might want a timer, or you can waste your time and have to stay up late to finish homework.

What homework to do first?

Start with the hardest homework, so you are doing the easiest homework later in the night.

If you struggle with a class, that homework is first. If you love a class, save that class for last when you are more tired and have less brain power the later it is in the evening.

Pack up your homework in your backpack before you go to bed, so you don’t waste time in the morning. Also, add any extra items you need to take to school, like clothes or items for after-school activities.

Save time by choosing your clothes the night before so you don’t waste time deciding in the morning.

Katja Sieling

Publicist, Tribe Builder Media

Time management techniques in academics can help provide the necessary structure students need to succeed in other parts of their life.

Without an effective time management strategy, college studies can quickly become overwhelming and take away from things like extracurriculars, hobbies, work, and the ability to be present with your family and loved ones.

Here are the time management tips that led me to success in my academics and beyond.

Take syllabus week to gather all coursework-related due dates in one place

Putting every due date in the same place can be daunting, but it is a time investment that gives back all semester.

Whether you put your due dates on a calendar, in a spreadsheet, or write them out in a notebook, having the due dates of all of your classes in one place can give you a clear picture of the semester course load from the get-go.

I designed my system by putting all of my due dates into my Google Calendar as tasks and used the description section of each task to input any details that would be important for me to know. Doing this meant I could pull up my due dates on my laptop, phone, or public library computer.

In addition, being able to access my due date schedule at any time gave me a sense of control over my schedule and plan for academic success.

I also took the extra step of creating a one-page “roadmap” document for each class, with a chart made of two columns.

The column on the left was labeled by week, and the column on the right contained a list of all the assignments, papers, presentations, or exams I had for that particular week.

Crossing each item as I went was satisfying, giving me a quick overview of the time commitment I had to set aside for each course every week.

But each student is different, and what works for them when it comes to deadlines is unique to their workflow and organization style.

Block schedule your non-negotiable time commitments

Marking off important times like your course meeting schedule, work schedule, religious activities, date nights, friend get-togethers, and dorm cleaning (yes, even that) can help students gain a better sense of the time that they have available to them for both coursework and personal time.

For my system, I made my block schedule directly on my Google Calendar, but this can also be done on a paper planner or using a different online program.

I used a different color for each category, which made it easy to glance at my calendar and understand what each day and week would look like in terms of my non-negotiable commitments.

Show up for yourself

Nobody can want success for you more than you want it for yourself. The key to time management is acknowledging that you are in control of your schedule and your commitments.

Part of that means you need to show up for yourself, whether it’s turning down social commitments that cut into your study times or taking breaks from that massive term paper to get some fresh air.

There are thousands of articles advising on how to manage your time, but in the end, those are just suggestions.

You are the only person who will know what will work for you, and you are the only person who can hold yourself accountable to the time management system you put in place.

Showing up for yourself and taking control of your time means you can continue showing up for important people in your life.

College is temporary, and once it’s over, the time management systems and discipline you build in college will prepare you for your future career and for the life that you want to live.

Anquisha Janea Crutcher

Author, Entrepreneur, Social Activist, and Writer

Prepare ahead

Preparing ahead is a way to help you master time management. Preparing for your weekly tasks can be done in one setting. You can prepare your week, or even your next task, by setting out one day of each week or by setting out an hour of each day.

When creating a plan for a successful time management skill, try to add the things that will take the most time to complete at the bottom of your to-do list. If things seem to take a huge amount of time to complete, split the time up in a sequence of days, preferably in 30 minutes increments for each task.

By doing this step, you will be able to focus on creating a plan to complete things in a timely manner.

Always arrive on time

Arriving on time for anything can help set you up for success. Arriving early for an event, class, or even for a task, in general, will help bring time management under control.

By doing so, you’ll have enough time to wrap your mind around the task at hand without being overwhelmed. You will also be able to relax and focus.

If you’re at a career fair or in a group setting, you will be able to walk around and socialize, meet new people, and network prior to the start.

Set time limits

Setting time limits for your busy schedule is another tip to help set you up for Time Management Success.

You can set time out of your day to complete many tasks, such as doing laundry, cooking dinner, completing homework assignments, or even hanging out with friends.

Setting a time frame for each task can help set you up for success, and at the end of the day, you will have a successful feeling of completing tasks and practicing time management skills.

Set enough time in between your tasks

Create enough time between your tasks. It is always good to have at least 30 to 45 minutes between each task if you are planning things that are across town. Set enough time based on travel time.

Always have enough time to travel, set up, socialize or network with people. This step will help reduce anxiety and can help create a smooth transition for you in preparation for your next task and for your overall Time Management Success.

Emilia Moskal

Parenting Content Specialist,  HiJunior

Make time for yourself

Time management is about being able to schedule and plan one’s day or month, depending on the deadlines and workload. However, oftentimes students will forget to include time off in their timetables, focusing only on being able to finish a project or assignment.

Managing time and juggling multiple tasks can be difficult, but it has to also be realistic. Not taking breaks or making time for hobbies, or just relaxing can lead to the schedule completely collapsing.

How? Well, humans, especially kids or teenagers, need fun and entertainment; it’s normal and to be expected.

Related: 40+ Self-Care Tips and Activities for College Students

When this need is not satisfied, then the mind will try to look for fun by itself, meaning that the student will be more prone to distractions and, therefore, procrastination.

It is much easier to focus on a task when the mind and body are taken care of, and with time management, procrastination should be avoided as much as possible.

Urges to do something else while working won’t be as strong or be there at all if the schedule includes breaks and time off.

Realistic goals and prioritizing

First, weighing the importance of each task, then also identifying the approximate time it would take to complete are the first two steps to good time management.

Doing these two things allows for an efficient allocation of time, i.e., Task A is more important than Task B, but Task B only takes two days to complete, whereas Task A takes two weeks.

Logically, Task B should be done beforehand, so the student can give more time and think about Task A without worrying about having to finish as fast as possible to have time for Task B still.

Moreover, knowing the importance and time needed for assignments leads to realistic goals, and realistic goals are necessary in order not only to be able to use a schedule effectively but also to not be overworked or overwhelmed.

Not only is a student’s motivation boosted, but also their self-confidence and self-esteem in completing their tasks due to how well they have maximized their time and resources to create an efficient timetable.

Have a clean, decluttered workspace

Having a workspace that is well organized, has everything needed, with nicely stacked papers or good lighting can really help a person with productivity. It also means that a neat and tidy desk keeps distractions at bay.

Moreover, enough desk space means that everything needed can be kept at arm’s reach, and decluttered spaces are proven to keep the mind de-stressed and productive.

Being able to start allocating and managing time with a clear head will aid in focusing and truly creating a schedule that works.

Ashley Rios, MS, CPSC

Certified Professional School Counselor | Partnership Manager, UPchieve

Break school projects into manageable steps

Receiving a big project can feel overwhelming for many students. Before starting a big project, I recommend that students take a few minutes to break their project down into more manageable baby steps.

For example, if you’re assigned a large research paper, a student can break the project down into four initial categories:

From there, they can break the project into smaller steps until the project no longer feels overwhelming.

Create a study schedule

In order to be successful in school, it’s important to be organized. One of the best ways to do this is by creating a study schedule!

All you have to do is break your assignments into baby steps and create a schedule. You can do this in a paper planner, a free planner app, or even in a plain notebook.

The most important thing is to break assignments up into manageable chunks so you feel less overwhelmed as the semester kicks into high gear.

Not only will this keep you on track with each step in a big project, but planning out regular study sessions before big tests can save you from cramming the night before.

Richard J. Brandenstein

Attorney and FBR Law partner,  Fusco, Brandenstein & Rada, P.C.

Do not chain yourself to your desk for hours at a time

It can be tempting to do it, given that you will feel like you’ve worked hard, but you can be significantly more productive if you study in bitesize chunks rather than for hours at a time.

I’m not talking about studying for half an hour 6 times a day, each separated by an hour or more (though that does work for some people). Rather, you ought to study for a short amount of time, take a short break, and return to your studies.

For example, I used to work for 45 minutes and take 15 minutes off; in those days, that was actually somewhat difficult since there weren’t the same number of distractions that there are nowadays.

It should be easier than ever now since you can browse the internet or social media during your breaks, and this has the added benefit of creating a reward cycle where for each 45-minute block you work, you can enjoy some leisure time.

While there’s nothing wrong with this, a complete break from your screen is perhaps best, with fresh air being best of all for enhancing your productivity.

If it’s a nice day, why not brew a coffee and sit outside to drink it? I promise you, it will do wonders for your productivity.

Do not try to multitask

While a large workload can be intimidating, the best way to work through it is to work through each task one at a time methodically.

Of course, you should prioritize your work based on its relative importance, as well as when the deadline or date of the exam is.

Jitesh Keswani

CEO, e intelligence

Setting realistic micro goals

Setting micro-goals can be an effective time management strategy. Ideally, they should be short-term and have a clear deadline. You should add these to your To Do list or calendar and try to complete them in the shortest time possible.

Setting goals will increase your productivity and help you reach your long-term goals. By setting micro-goals, you can see where you are about your big goals.

When you know your progress, you can make minor adjustments as needed. This method will help you stay on track and avoid burnout. In addition, you’ll be able to accomplish tasks much faster.

Using time management apps

Time management is an important life skill, and time management apps can help students to manage their time better. Using these applications, students can stay on top of their to-do lists, prioritize tasks and limit context switching.

They can also organize focused time into calendars. It is a good idea to choose a system that works for you.

Some of students’ more popular time management applications include Evernote and Todoist. These apps help you keep track of your daily tasks and events, such as homework, assignments, and projects.

They allow students to set timers to remind themselves about assignments and to take breaks. They also enable students to collaborate.

Minimizing distractions while studying

Distractions are everywhere, and it is essential to minimize them while studying. While many of us underestimate the importance of these distractions, they can significantly disrupt our concentration.

By following a few simple strategies, you can minimize the chances of interruptions while studying. These steps will help you focus more, learn harder, and will help you retain more information.

To reduce distractions:

• Start with removing external sources of noise.
• Turn off your phone or set it to do not disturb mode.
• Let your friends and family know that you are studying, so they can refrain from bothering you.
• You can even listen to classical or ambient music in the background to help you focus on your studies.

Dr. Michael K. Newman

CEO and Plastic Surgeon

Decide what’s most important to you at any moment and design your schedule around that

If you’re a student, the assumption would be that school is the top priority, but it’s much more complicated than that.

If you’re working part-time while studying, your job can also be a priority because you could be self-supporting. Or, at the very least, it gives you an opportunity to gain experience and build networks and relationships that will help you further down your career path.

Meanwhile, your personal life can also be a top priority because you’re young, and it’s simply the best time to live life.

So how do you balance the three effectively without sacrificing anything too much? My advice is to look realistically at your particular circumstances.

• Which is more flexible, your class schedule or your work schedule?
• What time of day are you most engaged in academic learning?
• Are there night classes available at your chosen university or college?
• Are there jobs available in the area that will happily accommodate your class schedule?

Gather as much information as you can about these things so you can make a decision as to which system works best for you.

And don’t forget to reserve ample time for yourself. Take a walk. Have fun.

Being dedicated to your studies doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy life. Giving yourself a share in your calendar makes it easier to handle the more serious parts of your schedule. Plus, it makes you more engaged and less vulnerable to burnout.

Lauren Schmidt, MSW

Social Entrepreneur | Founder, A Tree That Grows

Don’t try to do it all, overwhelm is never our friend

Oftentimes when we put 10+ things to get done on a list, it can feel overwhelming and not very much fun. Choose no more than three to tackle in a day.

If you find yourself procrastinating, forgive yourself and try again

If you have one day where your schedule feels like it’s become unmanageable, it’s okay. Recognize you’re trying your best, forgive yourself, put on some amazing music to get yourself pumped up, and try again tomorrow.

Find a journal you love and write it down

They say that if you don’t write it down, it’s not real! So find a fun journal, make it yours, get your favorite quotes on there, and write down your goals.

Imperfection is so much more fun than feeling stuck

Many times we don’t start work because we’re afraid people will judge us, or it won’t be good enough. Keep in mind that even the best in their fields started at the beginning, and doing something wrong is so much better than staying stuck.

Ask yourself what matters most to you

Ask yourself the question: “What matters most to me?”

Sometimes we can get caught up looking at what our friends are doing instead of taking the time to ask ourselves what matters the most.

Celebrate the small wins and find your people doing the same

Things become so much easier (and a lot more fun) when we share our goals and journeys with people who are also working towards their dreams! Find your people and watch everything else fall into place.

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