Carl Fredrickson, a little boy and a dreamer who idolizes the adventurer Charles Munts. When he meets Ellie, who also worships Munts, they become close friends. However Charles Munts falls into disgrace, accused of forging the skeleton of the monster of Paradise Falls. He travels in his blimp to South America to bring the monster back alive but is never seen again. Eventually he Carl grows up and marries Ellie. They promise each other that they would travel together to Paradise Falls and build a house there. Many years later, Ellie dies and Carl, who's lonely, refuses to move from their house despite the offers of the owner of a construction company. When Carl accidentally hits a worker that damaged his mailbox, he is sentenced to move to a retirement home. However, he uses many balloons to float his house in order to travel to Paradise Falls. Adventure ensues.

The first Pixar film since Finding Nemo (2003) not to be presented in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

Carl Fredricksen:
[Carl, with his house high in the air, opens his door to see who knocked on it. Looking around, he spots Russell and yells... ] Whaa!


Russell:
Hi, Mr. Fredricksen! It's me, Russell!


Carl Fredricksen:
What are you doing out here, kid?


Russell:
I found a snipe, and I followed it under your porch, but this snipe had a long tail, and looked more like a large mouse.

[His flag then blows away in the wind, and he gasps]


Russell:
[Turns to Mr. Fredricksen] Please let me in.


Carl Fredricksen:
[pause] No.

[He slams the door shut]


Carl Fredricksen:
[Russell waits uncertainly for a few seconds. The door opens again] Oh, all right...

[Russell runs inside]

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When the house first rises, breaking free of its foundation, the front porch is clearly empty. Yet Russell appears later in the far right corner. This is explained by Russell later when he says he crawled under the porch chasing a "snipe". Apparently he hung on to something underneath the porch and crawled up later.

(uncredited)
from "Carmen"
by Georges Bizet