Mr. Incredible Becoming Uncanny
The Mr. Incredible Uncanny meme started with the character Mr. Incredible from the Pixar movie in multiple phases, progressing from a normal smiling face to different levels of distorted and darkened versions of his face. The meme originated on YouTube in 2021, when creators started to use it to reference worsening stages of a situation. The meme connects with the social media trends of surreal or horror effects with humor. A lot of people liked the idea of this meme, with some of them making extended phases and remakes of the original meme.
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Image: The image of the meme consists of Mr. Incredible cartoon character smiling.
Distorted Progression: The image of Mr. Incredible starts to distort progressively ranking situations, depending on a positive or negative progression. In the first picture on the right side, you can identify the multiple variations of the progression. The first two lines rank situations from smiling to worsening, showing Mr. Incredible darkening progressively. The last two lines rank the smiling face neutral image as the best possibility using colorful positive images.
Sound Effects: The meme varies its sound for each stage of the progression. Originally, the first stages included good-vibing songs showing highlighting humor and positivity. After the picture starts to distort, the rhythm of the music varies, escalating the severity of the darkness using eerie or disturbing sounds.
