Incredibles 2: Is THIS a major plot hole? Director responds to ‘mistake’ accusation

Brad Bird replied on Twitter to one viewer’s claim that the final scenes of the sequel just don’t make sense for one particular reason.

WARNING: Spoilers for Incredibles 2 ahead.

Wyatt Wu had written: “So, when all the supers are on the boat the last thing everyone in the city sees on TV is mind-controlled Mr. and Mrs. Incredible making that whole speech that Superheroes are a threat.

“Then, the TV broadcast ends and the next thing people see is that the ship is headed straight for the city.

“We as the audience knows that Mr and Mrs. Incredible were being hypnotized by Evelyn and eventually they save the ship from really damaging anything in the city.

“The ending shows them painted as the heroes who just saved the day again. But like, all the people in the city have no clarification on everything that happened after that original broadcast.”

He added: “To the citizens, the supers saved everyone from a potential boat destruction that the Supers themselves created.

“Everyone in town had no idea who Evelyn is so why are people cheering when the Incredibles stopped the boat? Shouldn’t they be confused?”

Bird explained why he doesn’t see that sequence of events as a mistake.

“I don’t agree that it’s a ‘plot hole’,” he said.

“I assumed the audience would figure out that, once the boat was stopped, normal exchanges of information would happen between that crash and the villain being taken away.

“I didn’t need to SHOW it. Nothing worse than explaining the obvious.”

Incredibles 2 had a hugely successful box office run; making $1.2 billion globally – against an estimated budget of $200 million.

As things stand, it is the fourth highest-grossing film of 2018 and the 16th highest-grossing film of all time.

It is also the second highest-grossing animated film of all time, behind only Frozen on $1.3 billion.

Its phenomenal performance allowed it to overtake the likes of Minions, Toy Story 3, Despicable Me 3, Finding Dory and Zootopia – all of which also made over $1 billion globally.