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Query: Who played the voice of Violet Parr in The Incredibles?
Screenwriter and director Brad Bird conceived Violet as "a teenage girl who just wants to be invisible".[2] In early drafts of the screenplay, Violet is depicted as an infant as opposed to a teenager, since parents Bob and Helen Parr were originally intended to be introduced as retired superheroes who have just begun to attempt to live normal lives much earlier during the film.[3][4] Violet is voiced by American author and actress Sarah Vowell, who related that she was offered the role unexpectedly.[5] While beginning to cast the film's main characters, Bird had been listening to the National Public Radio program This American Life, to which Vowell is a frequent contributor.[2][6][7] During one of Vowell's regular appearances on the show,[2] Bird heard her contribute an anecdote about a cannon she had helped her father, a gunsmith, build.[8][5] Bird wanted to cast Vowell based on her description of the event,[5] deciding that she was "perfect" for the part and immediately calling her to offer her the role.[2] Vowell had already earned a reputation for declining several voice acting jobs prior to The Incredibles, to the point at which her agent warned Bird, "She's a serious writer and she wouldn't do this, so don't waste your time!"[6] However, Vowell states that she simply avoided pursuing animated roles in general because she was content being a writer and found few animated projects particularly interesting prior to The Incredibles.[9]
Vowell's performance and character have proven to be particularly popular among young women and teenager girls, from whom she continues to receive positive feedback.[77] Cosmic Book News crowned Violet "the teen-queen of sarcasm",[23] while Michelle Lima of Oh My Disney wrote that the character boasts "some seriously amazing sarcasm skills."[139] Ana Luisa Suarez of Hollywood.com considers Violet's sarcasm to be among "15 Reasons Why 'The Incredibles' Is The Best Superhero Movie".[140] Rolling Stone ranked Violet the 20th "Best Pixar Movie Character", ahead of Mr. Incredible (24th), with author Alissa Wilkinson calling her "super-smart ... which makes the moment when she finally transforms into a confident superheroine ... that much more delightful."[32] Hypable ranked Violet the third best Incredibles 2 superhero, with author Aaron Locke writing, "It would be great to see Violet take on an investigation of her own."[84]
Vowell stars in a documentary about her work in the film, Vowellet: An Essay by Sarah Vowell,[14] which is included as a bonus feature on The Incredibles' 2004 DVD release.[12] In the "video essay",[15] Vowell discusses the various differences between voicing a superhero and becoming an action figure while she was writing about presidential assassinations,[14][16] contrasting the two distinct careers. The animators also animated Violet to some of Vowell's dialogue from the documentary.[17] Bird, who voices costume designer Edna Mode, was the only other actor Vowell recorded with while working on both films. The director would sometimes temporarily provide the voices of other characters for Vowell to act opposite of, such as Elastigirl in lieu of actress Holly Hunter. For Incredibles 2, Vowell had not been allowed to read to entire script while recording her dialogue, having only been allowed to preview small excerpts in which Violet is speaking or having conversations with other characters. Until watching the film for the first time, Vowell had been under the impression that Incredibles 2 would mostly be about Violet's anger at her father until experiencing the film's other storylines and characters.[8] Despite 14 years separating the releases of the first and second films, Vowell did not find resuming the role to be difficult, identifying Violet as a character to whom she feels "closely tied", having played her for approximately one-third of her life. Syfy Wire's Heather Mason observed that Vowell shares her dry sense of humor with Violet. To-date, the Incredibles films remain Vowell's only animated film roles.[11]
Furthermore, Profitlich is the producer of the programme "Weibsbilder", as well as "Deutschland ist schön" (Germany is nice).
The name "Profitlich" is not a stage name, but is probably derived from "a person who acts profitably" (source: Udolph, Jürgen: "Professor Udolphs Buch der Namen", Munich, 2005, P. 78-81). Profitlich also voiced Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible in the German dub of the Pixar films The Incredibles and Incredibles 2. 
Robert Parr (a.k.a. Mr. Incredible) (voiced by Craig T. Nelson in the films, Richard McGonagle in "", and Jeff Bergman in "Lego The Incredibles") possesses superhuman strength, stamina, and durability. He is married to Helen Parr, the superheroine known as Elastigirl, and they have three children together: Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack.
Craig T. Nelson as Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible, who possesses super strength and limited invulnerability.[4] Holly Hunter as Helen Parr / Elastigirl, who has the ability to stretch her body into many shapes and forms.[5] Sarah Vowell as Violet Parr, the family's daughter and first child, who can become invisible and project force fields for limited lengths of time.[4] Huckleberry Milner as Dashiell "Dash" Parr, the family's troublemaker first son, who has superhuman speed. He was previously voiced by Spencer Fox in the first film.[4] Eli Fucile as Jack-Jack Parr, the infant son of Bob and Helen who has a large assortment of powers. Nick Bird provides the vocal effects of Jack-Jack's monster form. Samuel L. Jackson as Lucius Best / Frozone, Bob's best friend, who has the ability to form ice from humidity.[6] Bob Odenkirk as Winston Deavor, a superhero fan who leads a telecommunications company with his sister Evelyn, and wants to bring back superheroes by revamping the public's perception of them.[7][8][9] Catherine Keener as Evelyn Deavor, Winston's younger sister, the mastermind behind the "Screenslaver", and a technological genius who has never encountered a problem she could not solve.[7][8][9] Bill Wise as a pizza delivery man hypnotized to pose as the "Screenslaver", a villain who hijacks screens and uses them to hypnotize people.[10][11] Brad Bird as Edna "E" Mode, a fashion designer for superheroes and a close friend of the Parrs.[4] Jonathan Banks as Rick Dicker, a government agent responsible for helping the Parrs stay undercover and unremarkable. When his department is shut down, the Parrs are left to their own devices. He was previously voiced by Bud Luckey in the first film; Luckey died in 2018, and the film is dedicated to his memory.[8][9] Michael Bird as Tony Rydinger, Violet's love interest.[11] Sophia Bush as Karen / Voyd, an aspiring superhero with the power to create portals.[8][9] Phil LaMarr as Krushauer and He-Lectrix, aspiring superheroes with the power to telekinetically crush objects and control electricity, respectively.[12] Paul Eiding as Gus Burns / Reflux, an elderly aspiring superhero who can vomit hot lava.[12] Isabella Rossellini as The Ambassador, a foreign official committed to the support and legalization of superheroes.[8][13] John Ratzenberger as The Underminer, a mole-like supervillain who seeks to bring war and destruction to the world.[12] Barry Bostwick as Mayor Jere Burns as Detective No. 1 Adam Rodriguez as Detective No. 2 Kimberly Adair Clark as Honey Best, Frozone's wife.[11] Usher as Lucius Best's valet[14]
John Jackson "Jack-Jack" Parr (voiced by Eli Fucile and Maeve Andrews in the first film, Fucile and Nicholas Bird in the second film) is the Parrs' infant son, the youngest of the Parr children. Initially believed to be the only family member without any powers, he manifests a multitude of superhuman abilities at the end of the first film, most of which are types of shapeshifting. More powers are seen in the short film "Jack-Jack Attack" on the "Incredibles" DVD, making his powers the most versatile of the family, and according to a collectible poster included with some Incredibles toys, still more powers are undisclosed.
In 2004, Vowell provided the voice of Violet Parr, a shy teenager, in the Pixar animated film "The Incredibles", and returned to her role for the film's sequel, "Incredibles 2", in 2018. Additionally, Vowell has also lent her voice to the character for various related video games and "Disney on Ice" presentations in the years following the film's release. The makers of "The Incredibles" discovered Vowell from episode 81 – "Guns" "This American Life", where she and her father fire a homemade cannon. Pixar made a test animation for Violet using audio from that sequence, which was included on the DVD of "The Incredibles". She also wrote and was featured in a documentary included on the same DVD entitled "Vowellett - An Essay by Sarah Vowell", where she reflects on the differences between being superhero Violet and being an author of history books on the subject of assassinated presidents, and what it means to her nephew Owen. Vowell also played Fernanda, Theacher "Aunt" Deborah and Mary Kelly in "The School Future".
Violet has garnered positive reviews from film critics. The Washington Post's Jennifer Frey described Violet as "instantly familiar as the teenage girl who pines for the cute boy, fights with her little brother and is so uncertain of herself".[72] In addition to praising Pixar's decision to cast the lesser-known Vowell as Violet, Joshua Tyler of CinemaBlend dubbed Violet his "favorite character" in The Incredibles, praising her many "goose-bump worthy moments as she starts to accept who she is."[58] Commending the multidimensionality of the film's characters in general, Hollywood.com's Julia Emmanuele observed that, through Violet, audiences "understand how awkward and insecure being a teenager can be, even without the addition of superpowers."[71] Vulture.com's Abraham Riesman described Vowell's voice acting as "terrific".[130] In addition to praising Vowell's performance, Carla Meyer of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote that the character ultimately "emerges as the most sympathetic member of the family".[60] In a retrospective review, Jonathon Dornbush of IGN cited "Violet’s sense of isolation and misunderstanding" among the main reasons why The Incredibles remains "a deeply relatable, enduring film" and "one of Pixar's best".[131] Slate film critic David Edelstein acknowledged the difficulty of animating Violet's hair while calling her ability to create force fields as "to die for".[7]
Later, Tony, after getting reconnected to Violet, accompanies her to a movie with the family. Outside the theater, the Parrs spot a high-speed pursuit between police and gunmen. Violet leaves Tony at the theater and promises to return in time for the film, before the Parrs give chase in a refurbished Incredibile.
The animators animated a rough test sequence to some of Vowell's dialogue from the radio segment about her father's cannon, in which Violet is depicted being startled by a gun that repeatedly fires in her hands.[5] Despite experiencing some hesitation due having never voiced an animated character before,[2] Vowell accepted the role after receiving an e-mail from the film's producer, agreeing to participate in The Incredibles because she believes that Pixar is consistently "the best at what they do", comparing the offer to "if Nelson Mandela showed up asking for your help to fight racism".[5] Additionally, she had also been a long-time fan of Bird's work as a filmmaker.[9] Vowell ultimately decided to accept the role based on a sole image she had been sent of the character: a drawing of Violet surrounded by her schoolmates, all of whom appear to be happy and outgoing apart from Violet herself, who is instead hunched over and hiding behind her long hair. Vowell concluded, "I can be that kid. I was that kid. I love that archetype of the morose, shy, smart-alecky teenage girl."[5]
Violet has made several appearances in other media, with Vowell returning to voice the character in various spin-offs and merchandise,[110] including toys and cell phones.[12][11] Violet also appears in several video games inspired by The Incredibles. In the original 2004 video game based on the film, Violet appears mostly in stealth missions,[111] using her invisibility to maneuver past guards and enemies unnoticed.[112] The character's invisibility is limited by her Incredi-Meter,[113] which can become greatly depleted by the use of her powers.[112][114] In later levels, players can combine the powers of Violet and Dash to create the Incredi-Ball, in which Violet surrounds both herself and Dash using a force field, and Dash runs within it to propel it forward.[112] The Incred-Ball has been identified as virtually indestructible.[113] On some platforms, Violet is able to use force fields to levitate other objects.[115] In a negative review, Alex Navarro of GameSpot described Violet's levels as arguably "the worst the game has to offer" due to time limits that restrict her invisibility, making it "difficult to gauge when a guard will or won't notice you."[111] Similarly, Eurogamer's Patrick Garratt wrote that younger children will find playing as Violet increasingly difficult to due to the character's tendency to "run out of Incredible Power juice" quickly, limiting her ability to "sneak her way to the end of the level,"[114] while Duke Ferris of Game Revolution found the character's stealth levels to be "particularly weak".[116] The Incredibles: When Danger Calls (2004) features 10 minigames that revolve around Violet and the rest of her family,[117] particularly using Violet's powers to avoid difficult situations.[118] The characters are first played as their secret identifies before players unlock levels in which they can then be played as their superhuman alter egos.[117] There are two minigames that revolve around Violet and her abilities. In the first, "Violet's Diary Drama", she projects force fields to intercept Dash and prevent him from stealing her belongings, while "Violet Surrounded" features the character using a force field to protect herself from oncoming projectiles and deflect them back at Syndrome's henchmen.[119]
Violet appears in the film's sequel Incredibles 2 (2018),[95] in which she receives more screen time.[96] The film follows Violet as she struggles with being a teenager and a superhero simultaneously,[97] resuming shortly after Violet and Tony have agreed to go on their first date.[98] Tony witnesses Violet and her family battling The Underminer,[99] discovering that Violet is a superhero when she unknowingly removes her mask in his presence, prompting him to run away.[100] Violet protects her family from The Underminer by creating her most powerful force field to-date.[101] Despite limiting the destruction of the villain, superheroes remain illegal, and the Parrs remain prohibited to use their powers, which frustrates Violet.[102] Government agent Rick Dicker erases Tony's memories of the event and inadvertently wipes Tony's memory of Violet altogether,[103] forcing Violet to come to terms with the consequences.[96] Violet's storyline revolves around her struggling with teenage angst,[51] boys, dating and adolescence,[104] while mother Helen, who has been recruited by a pair of entrepreneurs in order to repair superheroes' public image in the hopes of legalizing them again,[52] leaves Violet and her siblings in Bob's charge,[52][105] who becomes challenged with parenting Violet, attempting to make her feel better as she explores her teenage romance.[102][106] Although initially resentful towards Bob for the fact that Dicker erased Tony's memories of her to the point of which she "renounces" her superhero heritage,[107][55] Violet eventually offers assistance upon realizing how much effort her father is putting into raising his children.[108] At the end of the film, Violet simply re-introduces herself to Tony. Just as the characters are about to begin their first date, Violet postpones their date so that she can help her family fight criminals instead, promising to rejoin him afterward.[109]
He provided the voice of Dash Parr in "The Incredibles", and again in the Disney on Ice show "Disney Presents Pixar's The Incredibles in a Magic Kingdom Adventure". He also provided the voices of Jim and Tim Possible for the fourth season of "Kim Possible", and he was the voice of Mudbud in the first "Air Buddies" movie.
Rick returns in "Incredibles 2". He informs the Parr family that his department's Super Relocation program is being shut down, forcing supers across the world to permanently adhere to their secret identities. He then goes on to tell the family that they are on their own now and that he cannot help them any longer, because he is going into forced retirement. After Violet's classmate and crush Tony, who had recently agreed to go out on a date with Violet, witnesses Violet in her super-suit without her mask during the battle with the Underminer, Bob asks him to erase that memory in order to protect Violet's secret identity. However, Dicker erases Tony's "entire" memory of Violet, for which she is heartbroken.
Anthony "Tony" Rydinger (voiced by Michael Bird) is a junior high school teenager, attending the same school as Violet Parr. Violet harbors a secret crush on him. In the end of "The Incredibles", with boosted confidence, Violet manages to attract Tony's attention and he asks her out on a date, which she accepts. 
Pajiba ranked Violet Pixar's ninth best female character.[141] IndieWire ranked Vowell's work as Violet Pixar's 19th greatest performance, writing that her "quirky tones perfectly captures the kind of girl who wishes she could (and in this case actually can) fade into the background," continuing, "the way she eventually finds her own voice is one of the most moving aspects of the film."[10] Similarly, The Playlist also ranked Vowell's performance 19th.[142] The Cinemaholic ranked The Incredibles the third best film featuring invisible characters, with author Clarisse Tenreiro writing that Violet "possesses perhaps the coolest power of" the film's characters.[143] In 2017, Violet served as inspiration behind the BBC article "Can a 'superpower force field' protect us from hackers?", in which technology writer Matthew Wall likened cybersecurity firm Bromium anti-malware software to the character's abilities several times.[144]
New computer technology was developed to animate Violet's long black hair, which animators identified as the most difficult component of The Incredibles since such a large quantity of hair had never been featured in a computer-animated film before. The character's hair serves as an important aspect of Violet's character development, which demonstrates her steady increase in self-confidence as she gradually ceases to hide her face behind it.
Violet Parr is a fictional character who appears in Pixar's animated superhero film The Incredibles (2004) and its sequel Incredibles 2 (2018). The eldest child of Bob and Helen Parr (Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl), Violet is born with the superhuman ability to render herself invisible, as well as generate force fields. Voiced by Sarah Vowell, Violet is a shy junior high school student who longs to fit in among her peers, a task she believes is hindered by her superpowers. Throughout the course of the films, Violet gradually matures and becomes more confident in herself as both a young woman and superhero.
The filmmakers cast rising eleven-year-old Spencer Fox who made his feature film debut in "The Incredibles" to voice the diminutive and mischievous son of Bob and Helen Parr. Brad Bird wanted to give Dash a realistic out-of-breath voice in certain scenes such as the jungle scene so he made Fox run four laps around the Pixar studio until he got tired. Due to Fox's voice maturing he was replaced by 10-year-old newcomer Huckleberry Milner in the sequel.
Kari McKeen (voiced by Bret Parker) is a friend of the Parrs, whom Violet calls upon to babysit Jack-Jack while the rest of the family are flying to save Mr. Incredible (in "The Incredibles"). She has taken numerous babysitting classes and feels more than adequately prepared to care for Jack-Jack in any capacity, and assures Helen Parr to that effect. She has one scene in the film, and she is heard later on Mrs. Parr's voice mail, complaining that some "very weird things" are happening; she does apparently learn all of Jack-Jack's powers as she has a defense for all of them after one day. Her eventful night with the baby (see above) is documented in the "Jack-Jack Attack" short included on the DVD release, ending with Rick Dicker erasing her memory of the incident.
The Underminer (voiced by John Ratzenberger) is a mole-like supervillain who appears at the end of "The Incredibles" riding on a gigantic drill-tipped tank, where he announces his "war on peace and happiness", leading into the last shot of the Parr family putting their masks on for battle.
Violet Parr (voiced by Sarah Vowell) is a 14-year-old junior high school teenager stuck at the crossroads between girl and woman. Violet desperately wants to be like everyone else, to blend in with normal people, and not to stand out. Her superpowers allow her to turn instantly invisible, and to generate spherical force fields to protect herself and also to levitate extremely heavy objects; the interiors of the force fields have an anti-gravitational effect, allowing Violet to levitate inside, but she can be stunned temporarily if the field is struck by a sufficiently large force.
He provided the voice for Mr. Incredible/Bob Parr in the Cantonese version of Disney and Pixar's "The Incredibles".
In Amendola's film dubbing roles, she voiced Mikaela Banes in the "Transformers" film franchise, Violet Parr in "The Incredibles" and "Incredibles 2" and Gretchen Ross in "Donnie Darko".