10 Underrated Pixar Characters Who Were Feminist Heroines

One of the most rewarding Pixar character arcs deals with puberty and invisibility. While Mrs. Incredible manages her familial duties admirably, she's not a teenager. There's much to be said for a shy fourteen-year old who balances the everyday and the extraordinary things that happen to her.

Dual responsibilities fall on Violet Parr's shoulders from the film's onset. Violet is tasked with hiding her amazing superpowers and being the responsible eldest child. The pressure causes her to withdraw sometimes, so much that she disappears into thin air. This doesn't hinder her from throwing a force field up now and then but it does block her ability to verbalize certain emotions.

As soon as the ban on using her gifts gets lifted, Violet blossoms into a brazen powerhouse. The girl who once stammered in her speech and hid behind her hair faces enemies twice her size. Her disappearances thwart menacing henchmen and her youthful exuberance propels her to perfect her powers.

Violet winds up protecting her entire clan in one of the movie's most memorable scenes. When the audience witnesses the crucial creation of that force field, they witness a mature girl who broke the barriers around her by herself.

The reserved daughter of the Incredibles grows more visible with each action-packed moment thrown at her superhero family. She's not a minor heroine but a minor and a heroine.