Eric (Mac and Me)

Eric is the protagonist of the 1988 sci-fi film Mac and Me. He is a young boy who is confined to a wheelchair, and has recently moved with his family to California, and befriends an alien named Mac who is stranded on Earth.
He is played by Jade Calegory.
==History==
Eric is in a wheelchair for unknown reasons, and has moved to California with his mother and older brother. As they drive to their new house, Mac enters their car and starts to cause mischief, but Eric doesn't see him. After they move in, Eric notices strange things happening around the house and suspects that an alien creature is behind it. One day he goes outside but loses control of his wheelchair and goes over a cliff into the water, but Mac uses his powers to save his life. 
Eric then comes up with a plan with the help of his new neighbor Debbie, using the vacuum cleaner to trap Mac, which succeeds, but he learns that he is friendly and wants to help him reunite with his family. He becomes aware that government agents are spying on the house and comes up with a plan to hide Mac in a teddy bear suit. They go to a local party at McDonald's but are pursued by the agents, and Eric escapes with Mac in his wheelchair, outwitting the agents and getting away. Eric then goes to the desert with Mac and they are able to find his family, who are close to death as they don't have any food. Eric and his brother feed the aliens Coca-Cola, which revives them. 
They then go to a supermarket to find more Coke, but the police are called and a standoff ensues when one of the aliens finds a gun, not knowing what it is. Eric puts himself in the line of fire and tries to talk to the police, but a misaimed shot from one of the police hits him and causes an explosion. However, Mac and his family then use their powers to revive Eric. It's later shown that Mac and his family were allowed to become US citizens and Mac is allowed to stay with Eric, much to his delight.
==Trivia==
*His character is based on Elliott from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
*Jade Calegory uses a wheelchair in real life and performed the stunts himself.
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