# Meet the Robinsons

Meet the Robinsons is a 2007 CGI-animated family film produced by Walt Disney Pictures about an inventive orphan boy named Lewis, whose world is changed when a boy named Wilbur takes him on a trip to the future to meet his family, the Robinsons. It was released in theaters on March 30, 2007, a month after Bridge to Terabithia, and three months before Pixar's Ratatouille.
    Directed by Stephen Anderson. Written by Don Hall and Nathan Greno.

## Dialogue

    [Lewis is being interviewed by the Harringtons for adoption]
    Lewis: I mean, there's so many things in the world that can be improved. Just think of it. Moving sidewalks, flying cars. The possibilities are endless.
    Mr. Harrington: Flying cars? Yeah, that's a good one.
    Lewis: All it takes is some imagination and a little science, and we can make the world a better place.
    Mr. Harrington: Well, these are all interesting ideas.
    [After Lewis' invention malfunctions and accidentally gives Mr. Harrington a peanut allergy before his wife saved him…]
    Lewis: Is he going to be okay?
    Mrs. Harrington: Breathe. Breathe.
    Lewis: I'm so sorry! I didn't know!
    Mrs. Harrington: It was really nice to meet you. We're gonna need some time to think about it. [closes the door as she and her husband leave the room]
    [Lewis peeks behind the door and watches]
    Mildred: Hi, folks. Everything all... [gasps in horrified shock] What happened?
    Mrs. Harrington: Miss Duffy, that boy is definitely not right for us. Now, if you'll excuse me.
    Mildred: [stammering] I'm so sorry about this. If you would just...
    [The door slams closed as Lewis looks down with guilt]
    Mr. Willerstein: Dr. Krunklehorn, I know you're very busy there at Inventco Labs, and we're just so excited to have you as a judge.
    Dr. Krunklehorn: It's my pleasure, Mr. Willerstein. Hey, you never know. One of your students may invent the next integrated circuit, microprocessor, or integrated circuit. [stops Mr. Willerstein, realizing something] Oh, wait! I said that already. Well, I just don't get out of that lab very much. [looks down at Mr. Willerstein's bow tie he's wearing] Is that a bow tie? I like bow ties. I haven't slept in 8 days!
    Mr. Willerstein: Well, can I offer you a cot or something?
    Dr. Krunklehorn: Nope. [places a sticker with a picture of a coffee mug on Mr. Willerstein's forehead] I've got the caffeine patch. I invented it myself. One patch is the equivalent to twelve cups of coffee. You can stay awake for days with no side effects. [screams, scaring Mr. Willerstein] Sorry. Who's this?
    Mr. Willerstein: This is one of our students, Stanley Pukowski.
    [Stanley Pukowski, waves hello to them with his project of a model of Mount Vesuvius while dressed in a Greek toga]
    Dr. Krucklehorn: Oh, so cute! I just want to bite his chubby little cheeks!
    Mr. Willerstein: Okay, next up is Lizzy and her fire ant farm.
    Lizzy: [monotone] That's right.
    Mr. Willerstein: Lizzy, we talked about the fire ants. You know that they have a tendency to bite people.
    Lizzy: [monotone] Only my enemies.
    Mr. Willerstein: Keep moving, shall we? Top-notch, Lizzy! Let's not anger her or make her jumpy in any way.
    Lewis: [clears throat] Have you ever forgotten something, and no matter how hard you tried, you couldn't remember it? Well, what happens to these forgotten memories? I propose they're stored somewhere in your brain, and I built a machine that can retrieve them. I call it… the Memory Scanner! [pulls off the blanket, revealing his invention]
    Dr. Krucklehorn: It's shiny!
    Mr. Willerstein: So, Lewis, how does the Memory Scanner work?
    Lewis: (Simple.) First, you input the desired period of time on this keypad. Then, a laser scans the cerebral cortex where memories are stored. The retrieved memory is then displayed on this monitor.
    Dr. Krucklehorn: Wrap him up. I'll take two.
    Lewis: Now, I'm going back twelve years, three months and eleven days. [inputs the desired time period on the keypad]
    Coach: Why that particular day? You didn't think I was paying attention, did you?
    Lewis: Well, that was the day… Let's just say that was a very important day of my life.
    Coach: Fair enough. Play ball.
    Lewis: [starting up his invention] It'll just take a second to get the turbines going.
    Lewis: Would you quit that, please? I know you're not a pigeon.
    Wilbur: [quickly covers Lewis' mouth] You're blowing my cover!
    Lewis: We're the only ones up here.
    Wilbur: That's just what they want you to think. Now, enough moping. Take this back to the science fair and fix that Memory Scanner.
    Lewis: Stop! Stop! Get away from me!
    Wilbur: Maybe you've forgotten, I'm a time cop from the future. It should be taken very seriously.
    Lewis: [swipes the "badge" out of Wilbur's hand] That's no badge. This is a coupon for a tanning salon! You're a fake.
    Wilbur: Okay, you got me. I'm not a cop, but I really am from the future, and there really is this Bowler Hat Guy!
    Lewis: [groans] Here we go again.
    Wilbur: He stole a time machine, came to the science fair, and ruined your project.
    Lewis: My project didn't work because I'm no good. There is no Bowler Hat Guy, there is no time machine, and you're not from the future! YOU'RE CRAZY!
    Wilbur: [exclaims] I am not crazy!
    Lewis: Oh, yeah, Captain Time Travel? Prove it.
    Wilbur: Uh… um…
    Lewis: Yeah, that's what I thought. I'm just gonna lock myself in my room and hide under the covers for a couple years.
    Wilbur: If I prove to you that I'm from the future, will you go back to the science fair?
    Lewis: [sarcastically] Yeah, sure, whatever you say. [Wilbur takes that as a "yes" and pushes him to the edge of the roof] Hey, let go of me! What are you doing? Let go of me!
    Wilbur: Okay! [pushes Lewis off the roof]
    Lewis: [screaming; stops in midair, continues screaming; Wilbur presses a button, and a time machine appears] What is this? Where are we going?
    Wilbur: To the future!
    Lewis: Wilbur, this is a time machine! Why should I fix my dumb invention when you can take me to see my mom now, in this ship?
    Wilbur: Uh... um...
    Lewis: I could actually go back to that night and stop her from giving me up.
    Wilbur: The answer is not a time machine. [holds up the drawing of the Memory Scanner] It's this!
    Lewis: This? You want to know what I think about this? [rips up the drawing]
    Wilbur: What are you doing?
    Lewis: [moves up to take the wheel] I'm sorry, Wilbur, but you don't know what I've lived through.
    Wilbur: Lewis, no!
    Lewis: Let go!
    Wilbur: You let go!
    Lewis: You're not the boss of me!
    Wilbur: Yes, I am! 'Cause you're 12 and I'm 13! That makes me older!
    Lewis: Well, I was born in the past, which makes me older and the boss of you! [accidentally rips off the steering wheel]
    [the time machine crashes into a building, damaging one of its wings; the boys scream while bracing for impact and they crash into a green hill outside the city]
    Wilbur: [holds up the steering wheel, sighs] I am so dead. [the boys exit the destroyed time machine] I'm not allowed to look at this thing, let alone drive it! Mom and Dad are gonna kill me, and I can tell you this, it will not be done with mercy!
    Lewis: Isn't there, like, a time machine repair shop or something?
    Wilbur: No! There are only two time machines in existence, and the Bowler Hat Guy has the other one!
    Lewis: Well, somebody's gonna have to fix this.
    Wilbur: Good idea! [pulls Lewis over to the broken time machine] You're smart. You fix it.
    Lewis: [speechless] Are you crazy?! I can't fix this thing!
    Wilbur: Yes, you can. You broke it. You fix it.
    Lewis: [thinks for a moment] Alright, under one condition. I fix it, you take me back to see my mom.
    Wilbur: What?! You didn't even follow through on our last deal! How can I trust you?
    Lewis: Well, you told me you were a Time-Cop from the future! How can I trust you?
    Wilbur: [The Longest pauses; to Lewis] Touchè.
    Lewis: So, do we have a deal?
    [as the boys push the damaged time machine]
    Wilbur: We'll sneak this thing into the garage. You'll have all the tools you need.
    Lewis: What about your parents?
    Wilbur: Mom never goes in there, and Dad's on a business trip until tomorrow morning. You've got till then to fix it.
    Lewis: Well, fine, but I'm gonna need some blueprints or something for this.
    Wilbur: No worries. I got someone who can help us with that.
    [Carl runs away screaming upon seeing Lewis]
    Lewis: Well. That was unexpected. [Wilbur quickly slams a fruit hat on Lewis' head] As was that.
    Wilbur: If my family finds out I brought you from the past, they'll bury me alive, and dance on my grave. I'm not exaggerating! Well... Yes, I am, but not the point! The point is, your hair's a dead giveaway!
    Lewis: [confused] Why would my hair be a dead giveaway?
    Wilbur: That is an excellent question! [runs off]
    Lewis: Wait, where are you going?
    Wilbur: Another excellent question! [runs under the travel tube and is sucked up]
    Twin Spike: Hey, ring my doorbell.
    Twin Dimitri: No, no, no, no, ring my doorbell. Ring it! Ring it! Ring it! Look at this doorbell! Ring it! Yes!
    Twin Spike: Uh... That was accidental. That's an accidental ring. It doesn't count. It's in the rule book. Look it up.
    Twin Dimitri: Flat head.
    Twin Spike: Short roots.
    Twin Dimitri: Evergreen.
    Carl: What do you mean, don't go to the family? How can we not go to the family in this time of family crisis? By leaving the garage door unlocked, you let the time machine get stolen, and now the entire time stream could be altered! That and someone took my bike.
    Wilbur: Look, I told you. It's gonna all work out. First, we keep Lewis in the garage away from everybody. I show up and give him the pep talk of the century. Then he fixes the time machine.
    Carl: Why is it an acorn?
    Wilbur: I didn't have time to sculpt everything. Okay, now, the time machine is fixed. His confidence in inventing is restored. He goes back to the science fair, fixes his Memory Scanner, thus restoring the space-time continuum.
    Carl: What about taking him back to see his mom?
    Wilbur: I just told him that to buy some time.
    Carl: Oh, yeah, can't see that one blowing up in your face.
    Wilbur: Trust me. I got it under control. Wilbur Robinson never fails. But on the slight chance that I do...
    Carl: "On the slight chance," yeah. You know what? I'll run the numbers.
    Wilbur: What is it?
    Carl: Well, it's not. It doesn't pertain to anything in. You know, there's not necessarily, there's a 99.999999% chance that you won't exist.
    Wilbur: What?
    Carl: And I didn't want to tell you, but I did.
    Wilbur: I won't exist?
    Carl: And where does that leave me? Alone, rusting in a corner.
    Wilbur: What am I worried about? Now, blueprints?
    Carl: If this thing ever blows over, I really gotta get away from you and get some quiet time.
    Grandpa Bud: What's happening?! Oh! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Well, hey there, little fella! Now, I know what you're thinking, and my clothes are not on backwards. My head is! [laughing] Oh, I used to tell that one to my science students. They didn't laugh, either. Anywho, what's your name, fruit-head?
    Lewis: Well, Lewis, but...
    Grandpa Bud: Lewis, huh? Well, say, Lewis, you haven't seen any teeth around here, have you?
    Lewis: Teeth?
    Grandpa Bud: Yeah, my teeth. [Lewis exclaims in disgust] Been digging holes all day. Can't find them anywhere.
    Lewis: All right, look, old man, I need to get back to the garage. Wilbur left me down there, and I wasn't supposed to leave, and these monsters attacked me on the porch and...
    Grandpa Bud: Monsters? There's no monsters on the porch, you ninny.
    Lewis: Listen to me!
    Grandpa Bud: Of course, I also didn't think there was a woodchuck living on my arm, and lookie there! Hope he ain't got rabies.
    Lewis: Old man, I need to get to the garage!
    Grandpa Bud: Well, sure, I'll get you there in a jiffy. I know a shortcut! Welcome to the garage! Well, I'm completely lost.
    Aunt Billie: Hiya, Grandpa!
    Grandpa Bud: Hey, Aunt Billie. Lewis and I are looking for the garage.
    Gaston: We have a garage?
    Grandpa Bud: I think so.
    Tallulah: Laszlo, you stop painting my hat, or I'm telling Ma!
    Laszlo: Ah, lighten up, sis.
    Tallulah: Lasz, I mean it!
    Puppet Fritz: Children, please! Your mother is trying to take a nap.
    Petunia: What is all the yelling out here?!
    Tallulah: [in unison] He started it!
    Laszlo: [in unison] She started it!
    Petunia: I don't want to hear any more!
    Puppet Fritz: [nervously] Now, sweetie…
    Petunia: [savagely slaps him in the face] Don't you "sweetie" me! I'm going for a drive. [the sound of a car roars away]
    Grandpa Bud: That's strange. She usually takes the Harley.
    Lewis: Why is your dog wearing glasses?
    Grandpa Bud: Oh, because his insurance won't pay for contacts.
    Grandpa Bud: Hey, Lefty, any idea how to get to the garage? Well, that's true. We didn't ask her yet.
    Lewis: Who?
    Grandpa Bud: Wilbur's mom, Franny. I think you'll like her.
    Lewis: Right. Well, glad I could help with the teeth, but, wow, look at the time. [starts to run and bumps into Wilbur]
    Wilbur: Lewis, I told you to stay in the garage!
    Lewis: I did, but I went up the tube, and I ran into your family and–-
    Wilbur: [panicked noise] You met my family?! [grabs Lewis by the ear and drags him away into a dark room] Pop quiz. Who have you met, and what have you learned?
    Lewis: Okay. Bud, Fritz, and Joe are brothers. Fritz is married to Petunia, and is she…? [makes hand-puppet gesture]
    Wilbur: Cranky? Yes.
    Lewis: Tallulah and Lazslo are their children, Joe is married to Billie, Lefty is the butler, Spike and Dimitri are twins, and I don't know who they're related to.
    Wilbur: Neither do we. Go on.
    Lewis: Lucille is married to Bud, and your dad, Cornelius, is their son. [pause; curious] What does Cornelius look like?
    Wilbur: [thinks for a moment] Tom Selleck.
    Lewis: [beat] Okay, Cornelius is married to Franny, and her brothers are Gaston and Art.
    Wilbur: You're forgetting something.
    Lewis: Forgetting-? Oh, right! Wilbur is the son of Franny and Cornelius.
    Wilbur: And nobody realized that you were from the past?
    Lewis: Nope. [Wilbur sighs with relief] Thank you, thank you! Hold your applause, thank you very much.
    Lewis: [to Wilbur while fixing the time machine] I don't even know what I'm doing.
    Wilbur: [scrubs the hatch with a sponge] Keep moving forward.
    Lewis: I mean, this stuff is way too advanced for me.
    Wilbur: [fixes the top of his hair] Keep moving forward.
    Lewis: And what if I can't fix this, what are we gonna do?
    Wilbur: [checks his teeth] Keep moving forward.
    Lewis: Why do you keep saying that? And don't just say "keep moving forward".
    Wilbur: It's my dad's motto.
    Lewis: Why would his motto be "keep moving forward"?
    Wilbur: It's what he does.
    Lewis: What's that supposed to mean?
    Wilbur: That is an excellent question. Robinson Industries, the world's leading scientific research and design factory. My dad runs the company. They mass produce his inventions. His motto, "keep moving forward". It's what he does.
    Lewis: What has he invented?
    Wilbur: Everything. Carl, the time machine, the travel tubes.
    Lewis: Your dad invented the time machine?
    Wilbur: Yep. Five years ago, Dad wakes up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. Wants to build a time machine. So, he starts working! We're talking plans, we're talking scale models, we're talking prototypes! [shows Lewis a small scrap of metal]
    Lewis: That's a prototype?
    Wilbur: The very first… Or, what's left of it.
    Lewis: Yikes.
    Wilbur: Yeah. Dark day at the Robinson house. Prototypes 2 and 3, not much better. Number 6, 58, 212, 485, 952, and they all end the same way. [shakes Lewis for emphasis] But he doesn't give up! [pauses; looks at the fruit hat] Dude, I can't take you seriously in that hat. [Lewis is now wearing an average cap] He keeps working and working until finally, he gets it. The first working Time Machine. Then, he keeps working and working until finally, he gets it again. The second working time machine.
    Lewis: Kind of small.
    Wilbur: I'm assuming that's a joke. I'm ignoring you for time reasons. This, my friend, is merely a model, because unfortunately, time machine #2… is in the hands of the Bowler Hat Guy. Pretty amazing story, huh?
    Lewis: Yeah.
    Wilbur: Now, are you ready to start working?
    Lewis: I think that's it. I did it!
    Wilbur: I knew you could. Nice work, my friend. [The time machines fly up, but then it's broken again] Well, you know what they say! "Keep moving…"
    Lewis: [angrily interrupting] DON'T SAY IT! [sighs]
    Franny: Boys, dinner time.
    Wilbur: Not now, Mom.
    Franny: If you aren't up here in five minutes, I'm gonna come down and get you.
    [The boys look at the broken time machine, fearing that Franny will come down and see it]
    Wilbur: We'd better get up there.
    Pizza Art: Reminds me of the time my meatball pizza staved off civil war on the black moon of Keward.
    Gaston: And so, it begins. Ready, aim... FIRE! [fires a meatball at Franny in the cheek]
    Franny: Ha. Surely that is not the best you can do. [sound doesn't match her lips, like a poorly dubbed martial arts Japanese movie]
    Gaston: Impressive, little sister. Your skills are strong, but not strong enough.
    Franny: Your words do not threaten me, brother.
    Gaston: Then enough words. Now the real battle begins.
    Franny: Your meatballs are useless against me.
    Gaston: Then perhaps it's time for spicy Italian sausage.
    Franny: [gasps] No! [After above scene]
    Lewis: Is dinner like this every night?
    Pizza Art: No. Yesterday we had meatloaf.
    Bowler Hat Guy: Ah, yes! You are now under my control!
    Frankie: I am now under your control.
    Bowler Hat Guy: [laughs; Frankie does monotone laughing] Stop laughing!
    Frankie: Stop laughing.
    Bowler Hat Guy: Don't repeat everything I say!
    Frankie: I won't repeat everything you say.
    Bowler Hat Guy: Excellent!
    Frankie: Excellent.
    Bowler Hat Guy: Uh, did you just say "excellent" because I said "excellent"?!
    Frankie: [lying to Bowler Hat Guy] Uh, no.
    Bowler Hat Guy: Excellent!
    Frankie: Excellent.
    Bowler Hat Guy: What's going on?! Why aren't you seizing the boy?!
    Dinosaur: [in dinosaur language] I have a big head and little arms. I'm just not so sure how well this plan was thought through. [Bowler Hat Guy is dumbfounded] Master?
    Bowler Hat Guy: Ugh, stupid, stupid, stupid!
    Franny: Lewis. Lewis, look at me. You're… You're a great kid, and we would never do anything to hurt you, but I'm sorry. You have to go back to your own time.
    Wilbur: Yeah, about that… um… one of the time machines is broken, and the other one was stolen by a guy with a bowler hat, which, uh, kind of explains the dino.
    Franny: I'm calling your father.
    Lewis: [to Franny] Wait. If I have to leave, can I at least go back and find my mom? Wilbur promised.
    Franny: You promised what?!
    Wilbur: I was never gonna do it! I swear! [gasps and covers his mouth, revealing that he lied to Lewis]
    Lewis: [shocked and hurt] You lied to me?
    Wilbur: No! [short pauses; nervously] Yes. [Lewis grunts angrily and starts to storm off] Lewis, Lewis, wait!
    Lewis: [enraged] I can't believe I was dumb enough to actually believe you were my friend! [resumes running far away]
    Wilbur: I am your friend!
    Franny: [to Wilbur; disappointedly] Mister, you're grounded till you die.
    Bowler Hat Guy: Oh, yes, Doris, it is a shame. All he wants to do is go back in time to meet the mother he never knew, but they won't let him. We'd let him, though. Too bad we don't have a time machine. Oh, wait, we do.
    Lewis: Bowler Hat Guy?
    Bowler Hat Guy: Hello, Lewis.
    Lewis: What do you want?
    Bowler Hat Guy: To make your dream come true. All you have to do is put Humpy Dumpty back together again, and we'll take you back to find your mommy.
    Lewis: Why are you doing this to me? I never did anything to you!
    Bowler Hat Guy: [amused] You still haven't figured it out?!
    Lewis: Figured out what?
    Bowler Hat Guy: Let's see if this rings a bell. Father of the future, inventor extraordinaire, "Keep moving forward"?
    Lewis: That's not me, that's Wilbur's dad! [Bowler Hat Guy stares at him expectantly. Lewis' eyes go wide in realization] Are you saying that… I'm Wilbur's… Dad?
    Bowler Hat Guy: Oh, give the boy a prize! You grow up to be the founder of this wrenched time. So, I plan to destroy your destiny! Easy-peasy, rice and cheesy!
    Lewis: [flabbergasted] Wait. So, if I'm Wilbur's dad...
    Bowler Hat Guy: Keep going.
    Lewis: Uh, if I'm Wilbur's dad...
    Bowler Hat Guy: [irritated] Yes, thank you, we've established that!
    Lewis: But... What does it have to do with you?
    Bowler Hat Guy: Ah-ha! Allow me to shed some light on the subject. [turns on the light, revealing their old room]
    Lewis: [gasps] My old room!
    Bowler Hat Guy: I think you mean OUR old room.
    Lewis: [confused] What?
    Bowler Hat Guy: [removes his cloak, revealing his tiny, filthy Little League Baseball uniform] Yes! Yes, it is I, Michael Yagoobian!
    Lewis: Ugh!
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): I know! I'm disgusting! But one learns to love it!
    Lewis: How'd you end up like this?!
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): Well, it's a long and pitiful story, about a young boy with a dream. a dream of winning a Little League championship. [flashback to a Little League baseball game, he is asleep in the outfield and fails to catch a ball headed his way; voice-over] A dream that was ruined in the last inning. We lost by one run because of me.
    [Goob yawns and finds him surrounded by the furious baseball players]
    Baseball player: Get him!
    [They angrily start beating him up; Fade to him in the orphanage]
    Mike Yagoobian (Goob): [outraged] If I hadn't fallen asleep, I would have caught the ball! And we would have won! Do you understand?!
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): [voice-over] For some reason, no one wanted to adopt me.
    Reporter: Whiz kid Cornelius Robinson graduates from college at age 14 - This year's Nobel Prize goes to a young Cornelius Robinson…
    Student 1: Hey, Goob, what's up? Cool binder.
    Student 2: Hey, Goob, want to come over to my house today?
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): [voice-over] They all hated me. Eventually, they closed down the orphanage and everyone left... except me.
    Reporter: Cornelius Robinson rebuilds Inventco - Robinson reaches out to - Cornelius Robinson - Cornelius Robinson is now - Now here's another amazing...
    [30 years later]
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): [voice-over] It was then that I realized it wasn't my fault. It was yours! If you hadn't kept me up all night working on your stupid project, then I wouldn't have missed the catch. So, I devised a brilliant plan to get revenge. [throwing eggs at Robinson Industries] Robinson, you STINK! [voice-over] Then, just as I was on the brink of destroying Robinson Industries, I met…her. We retreated to our villainous lair, where Doris spun a tale of deception and woe. Apparently, you invented her to be a helping hat, a slave to humankind. But Doris knew she was capable of so much more. [Doris takes control of the lab assistant] However, you didn't see her true potential. So, you shut her down, or so you thought. [Doris breaks out of her holding cell] We both had a score to settle with you, and while my plan for revenge was brilliant, Doris' was… well, we went with Doris'. But I made a very, very important contribution. Together, we made the perfect team. [watches Wilbur entering the garage at the Robinson house through night-vision goggles]
    Franny: [off-screen] Wilbur, make sure you shut that door tight or else the alarm won't engage.
    Wilbur: Yeah, Mom. [leaves the garage, but forgot to lock the door]
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): I went to your house, snuck in the garage, and stole the time machine. All thanks to that pointy-haired little kid who forgot to lock the garage door. [laughs evilly; end of flashback] And now all that's left is to return to Inventco, where I'll pass off your little gizmo as my own.
    Lewis: But you have no idea what that could do to this future!
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): I don't care! I just want to ruin your life!
    Lewis: Goob, I had no idea!
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): Shut up! And don't call me "Goob"! How many evil villians do you know who can pull off a name like "Goob"? Bleh!
    Lewis: Look, I'm sorry your life turned out so bad! But don't blame me, you messed it up yourself! You just focused on the bad stuff when all you had to do was... let go of the past... and keep moving forward.
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): Hmm, let's see: take responsibility for my own life or blame you? [makes a bell sound and points his finger at Lewis] Blame you wins hands down! [laughs evilly]
    Wilbur: I bet you're glad to see me! [Lewis punches him] OW!
    Lewis: That's for not lockin' the garage door!
    Wilbur: Ah! [awkwardly] You know about that?!
    Lewis: I know everything.
    Wilbur: You gotta admit, this'll be a great story to tell me someday.
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): [as Doris brings the Memory Scanner back] Take a good look around, boys, because your future is about to change. [heads to the past]
    Wilbur: Lewis, you have to fix the time machine!
    Lewis: No, no, I–I can't! [In the past, the Bowler Hat Guy has entered Inventco evilly laughs] What about your dad?! You could call him!
    Wilbur: You are my dad!
    Lewis: But that's in the future!
    Wilbur: There won't be a future, unless you fix the time machine! [In the past, Bowler Hat Guy is showing off the memory scanner] Look, I messed up. I left the garage unlocked and I've tried like crazy to fix things... But now it's up to you. [In the past, Bowler Hat guy is signing a contract] You can do it, Dad! [starts to vanish] Lewis? Lewis! [flys into the sky turns into a ball of light, flies over the Robinson yard and is sucked into the sky]
    Lewis: Wilbur? Wilbur! Wilbur.
    Lewis: [horrified after watching the memory of Doris taking over as Doris reveals herself] No. No, this can't be happening! No!
    Franny: [under Doris' control along with the other relatives] Oh, Lewis, it's already happened.
    Lewis: Why did I ever invent that stupid hat?! [gets an idea] Take a good look around, Doris, 'cause your future's about to change. [heads to the past to stop Bowler Hat Guy as he finishes signing the petition with the Memory Scanner] Goob, stop! You don't know what you're doing!
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): [angrily] YES, I DO! I'm ruining your future!
    Lewis: She's using you, Goob, and when she gets what she wants, she'll get rid of you.
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): What? What?
    Lewis: [facing Doris before she threatens to attack him; bravely] I am NEVER going to invent you. [Doris freezes, trembling, begins to disintergrate, then vanishes, erased from the future.] Come on, Goob. I've got to show you something.
    [Lewis and Future Goob (Bowler Hat Guy) enter the future]
    Bowler Hat Guy (Future Goob): [Last words] Doris? I thought she was my friend.
    Wilbur: You did it, Lewis, you did it! [sees Future Goob (Bowler Hat Guy), gasps, karate hits kicks and hurts attacks him] I'll hold him while you run for help.
    Lewis: [pries Wilbur off Future Goob (Bowler Hat Guy) as he struggles to be free] Let him go!
    Wilbur: Wh-what are you doing? He's the bad guy!
    Lewis: No, he's not, he's... my roommate.
    Wilbur: What?
    Lewis: [pulls Wilbur aside] He's my old roommate, and I really think you guys should adopt him.
    Wilbur: Are you nuts?
    Lewis: Give me a good reason why not.
    Wilbur: I'll give you three good reasons. He stole our time machine, tried to ruin your future, and he smells like he hasn't showered in 30 years!
    Lewis: [grabs Wilbur by the ear; whispering sternly] May I remind you, I'm your father, and you have to do what I say.
    Wilbur: Okay, Mr. Yagoobian, do you want to be a Robinson? [turns to see that Future Goob (Bowler Hat Guy) has disappeared and gone] Where'd he go?
    Lewis: Goob? [calling out] Goob! Goob.
    Cornelius: [in the garage] Franny, they're gone! Oh, this is terrible!
    Franny: Oh, boy...
    Grandpa Bud: Well, he's home early.
    Cornelius: Franny, where are you?! [runs out to the rest of his family] The time machines are gone! [sees Lewis] Oh, oh! [Lewis waves awkwardly at his future self, waving hands, chuckles who does the same thing, before looking questioningly at everyone else; Wilbur tries to sneak away. But Franny grabs hold of him by the arm and points shows cornelius. Look at son.] Mm-hmm.
    Wilbur: [disappointed.] Ratted out by the old lady. Harsh.
    Carl: Have a safe trip, little Lewis.
    Lewis: I will.
    Carl: Hey, while I got you here, just a couple of little suggestions regarding my design. [takes out picture of buff self] Let's face it, these skinny limbs don't exactly make the teapot whistle. All that really matters is, hey, don't forget to invent me.
    Lewis: Are you kidding? No way!
    Carl: I love you.
    Lewis: There's so many things I wish I could ask you.
    Wilbur: Excuse me. Time travel now, questions later.
    Lewis: But I...
    Lucille: Don't worry. Just get back to that science fair, and we'll see you real soon.
    Lewis: Oh, right. Right, okay, I will. Bye!
    Grandpa Bud: Goodbye, son!
    Lewis: Thanks again for everything!
    Franny: Wait! Lewis, one more thing.
    Lewis: Yeah?
    Franny: Just a little tip for the future. I am always right. Even when I'm wrong, I'm right.
    Cornelius: She's right. I'd just go with it if I were you. And I am.
    Lewis: Then you're absolutely right. [Wilbur honks the horn] All right, I'm coming.
    Wilbur: Well, it's not like you're never gonna see them again. They are your family, after all.
    [Lewis and Wilbur time travel to the rainy night of the beginning events of the movie]
    Lewis: Wait a minute. You're supposed to take me back to the science fair.
    Wilbur: I know.
    [The time machine flies down in front of the orphanage and turns invisible]
    Lewis: Well, I think you punched in the wrong numbers.
    Wilbur: We agreed that, if you fixed the time machine, I'd take you back to see your mom.
    Lewis: What? [looks outside and sees his mother approaching the orphanage, carrying him as an infant in a box; mouths "Mom" inaudible]
    Wilbur: A deal's a deal.
    [Lewis and Wilbur return to the past after Lewis decided to let his mother go after understanding that he already has a family]
    Wilbur: I don't get it. Why'd you just let her go?
    Lewis: Because… I already have a family.
    Reporter: Over here? There he is. Kid, we'd like to get a story on you for the local paper. [shakes hands with Lewis] You've got a bright future ahead of you.
    Lewis: [smiling dreamily] Yeah.

## Cast

* Daniel Hansen – Lewis
* Wesley Singerman – Wilbur
* Stephen John Anderson – Bowler Hat Guy, Grandpa Bud, Tallulah
* Nicole Sullivan – Franny
** Jessie Flower – Young Franny
* Matthew Josten – Mike Yagoobian
* Angela Bassett – Mildred
* Laura Metcalf – Grandma Lucille and Dr Krucklehorn
* Harland Williams – Carl
* Ethan Sandler – Doris, CEO, Spike, Dimitri, Laszlo, Fritz, Petunia
* Kellie M. Hoover – Aunt Billie
* Don Hall – Spaghetti Gaston, Coach
* Adam West – Pizza Art
* Aurian Redson – Frankie the frog
* Nathan Greno – Lefty the octopus
* Tom Kenny – Mr. Willerstein
* Tom Selleck – Cornelius
* Paul Butcher – Stanley
* Tracey Miller-Zarneke – Lizzy

## About Meet the Robinsons

* So we had some different challenges: we had skin texture we had to work out, we had to grow hair off of characters' heads and we had to find an animation style that was still fun and loose and had some caricature to it, but could portray humans in a believable way. The Incredibles was a definite inspiration for this. It was eye-popping to me, and certainly part of my education in 3D and how to do character animation with all of its subtleties.One really interesting technique that we used is occlusion. It creates shadows based on the proximity of one object to another. It's a way to avoid that glowy feel that computer animation has or the way mouths look like they're illuminated from inside. Occlusion, because it's a closed space in there, will darken that mouth immediately. Then when we add our texture and lighting on top of that, you have a bit more real look to the images you're creating. It's that extra layer of believability that computer animation is so great at.
** Steve Anderson 'Meet The Robinsons': Keep Moving Forward at Disney, Animation World Network, 30 March 2007
* You could see it in the animation of 2008's Bolt, the first film Lasseter and Catmull touched: The characters were more visually appealing, more believable, funnier than the characters in Disney's previous film, Meet the Robinsons. And crucially, the acting was more nuanced: The characters didn't feel like caricatures.
   * Caitlin Roper, Wired [Roper, Caitlin (October 21, 2014). "Big Hero 6 Proves It: Pixar's Gurus Have Brought the Magic Back to Disney Animation". Wired. Condé Nast.]

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