Klaus, to distract Miller and his team and free Ulysses who once again displays his powers to rescue George. They release all the animals, including a very angry Mr.
While there, William overcomes his stress and regains his sight. Meescham and sneak into the animal sanctuary. The Buckmans and William team up with Dr. However, Miller arrives with a team and they capture Ulysses informing the family that they will euthanize him as they still believe he has rabies. George meets up with Phyllis and Ulysses and find Flora and William where Phyllis apologizes. He loved his biological father for his intellect and misses him. William reveals that he was sent away because he pushed his stepfather's car into a lake. Phyllis takes Ulysses to the woods to get rid of him, but realizes that she cannot go through with it after Ulysses gives her encouragement.įlora and William head to the woods to rescue Ulysses and hide at an abandoned water park to escape a rainstorm. The next day, Miller sees the printed article and discovers George's family. The interview goes poorly when the journalist sees Ulysses' writings and believes that Phyllis is in a dead end. In return, Phyllis reluctantly allows Ulysses to stay in their house. Phyllis reveals that she is stressed out about an interview tomorrow for a newspaper and George agrees to be there beside her for support, hinting to Flora that he does not want to divorce her. Klaus, allowing the heroes to escape, but Miller gives chase. They hide at George's apartment, but Miller deduces their location.
When Flora and William visit Stanlee at his comic book store, they learn on the news that Ulysses is a fugitive and race to see George, who has decided to quit his job which also led to the regional manager to fire Chad. A hysterical Rita believes that Ulysses had rabies and Miller becomes more determined to catch him. Meanwhile, the diner brings in Miller, an animal control expert who has a vendetta against squirrels due to having been demoted from his park warden duty following a rabid squirrel attack. Meescham who tells them that Ulysses is fine and also witnesses his intelligence. The owner of the apartment is also named Mr. Father and daughter grab him and flee back to his apartment which is monitored by a feisty cat named Mr. George sees firsthand that Ulysses has superhuman flight and strength. They stop by the diner Do-Nut World first, but Rita the waitress discovers Ulysses who begins to make a mess in the diner. When George arrives to see Flora, he and Phyllis discover Ulysses and he agrees to drop him off while he takes Flora out for the day. She regales her findings to Tootie's visiting nephew William Spiver who suffers from "hysterical blindness" due to stress. Flora quickly discovers that Ulysses is not only sentient, but seems to possess superpowers as well. The next day, Ulysses uses Phyllis' vintage typewriter to type "Squirtel.
Flora resuscitates the squirrel and takes to naming him after the vacuum. A regular squirrel is sucked into it just as the machine dies. Their hardships have caused them to separate.įlora's next door neighbor Tootie experiences trouble with her Ulysses brand vacuum that begins running amok in her yard. Her father George is a failed comic book author who has since taken a job at an office supply store called Binders Keepers overseen by his boss Chad while her mother Phyllis is a romance novelist who had won an award in the past, but has since hit writer's block. Set in the 21st century in a suburban town in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Flora Belle Buckman is a cynical 10-year-old girl who likes to get lost in the world of superheroes from the comics she reads.