Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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#theincredibles #science #alternatehistory

Many people don't realize The Incredibles takes place in a retrofuturistic version of the mid-to-late 20th century. But how could their world, with all its social and technological differences from ours, have arisen?

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Written by OrangeRiver
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Edited by KinzieK & OrangeRiver

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- CHAPTERS -
00:00 Intro
01:14 Sponsored Segment
02:20 Production Background
09:19 Where Powers Come From
11:27 The Matter of the Films' Setting
14:51 Anachronistic Technologies
25:21 Final Thoughts & Outro