In truth, danger does seem to lurk everywhere where Ulysses goes, as he can be a tiny instrument of chaos. “Especially where there’s tennis rackets.” “Danger lurks everywhere,” Flora solemnly tells Ulysses. “I’m pregnant?” the 10-year-old Flora answers. When Flora tries to smuggle Ulysses into the house under her shirt, Phyllis asks what’s up. (Flora says that her dad used to bring an extra swimsuit and allow it to float beside him in the lazy river, “just to watch the lifeguards freak out.”). Flashbacks to a beloved waterpark feature males and females in bathing suits. George talks about how he never inspired any of Phyllis’s characters, but how he instead was swept away by Phyllis’s laugh.įlora discusses the Silver Surfer, and how he goes around naked without anyone seeming to know or care. Flora-knowing that the “J” key on her mother’s retro typewriter is broken–suggests “juicy.”) Flora tells us that Phyllis’ characters have a superpower, too, but it that it’s not something she’s “old enough to know about.” (While writing, Phyllis asks Flora to think of another word besides “steamy” that she can use.
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Phyllis is a romance novelist, and we see pictures some of her mildly provocative book covers hanging up on the walls (some of which feature more skin than is strictly necessary). We see how their own fears and anxieties got in the way of truly seeing and appreciating each other-which might be pretty reflective of many a rocky marriage. Flora would love for her parents to get back together.Īnd, as the film moves forward, we see that George and Beatrice kinda want that, too. And while that certainly isn’t a positive in itself, it does remind viewers just how important a stable, loving and intact family is. The film also reminds us that that love-as great as it might be-isn’t enough to make their separation any easier for Flora. But they both deeply care for their little girl, and their love becomes more apparent as the story progresses. Yes, Mom and Dad are going through a rough patch. He also loves Flora as much as a squirrel can love.īut you know who else loves Flora? Her parents. Ulysses is, deep down, a kind-hearted squirrel, and he uses his superpowers for good (as long as his stomach doesn’t get in the way).
“She might think you’re a rat and hit you with a pan,” Flora tells Ulysses. But she’ll have to keep their partnership a secret from her mother for now. She names the Squirrel Ulysses (after the vacuum cleaner) and decides to be his sidekick, helping the squirrel to discover his purpose.
What other mysterious abilities might be lurking underneath that soft furry coat of his?įlora’s determined to find out. He can type poetry on Flora’s mother’s typewriter. Sure, he might look just like your garden variety forest mammal, but soon Flora sees that the little guy seems different from most. The squirrel looked like it was done for, but Flora-with a little quick thinking and some squirrel CPR-revived the critter.īut the squirrel returned from the vacuum of-well, the vacuum-a different sort of squirrel. Flora helped chase the vacuum down, but not before it plowed straight into a squirrel, sucking the poor little varmint into its computerized workings. The vacuum cleaner broke out of its neighbor’s house (as robot vacuums are prone to do). The Fantastic Four absorbed far more cosmic rays than was strictly healthy.Īnd here? Our superhero-in-the-making had a serious run-in with a robotic vacuum cleaner. Spider-Man got bitten by a radioactive arachnoid. Superheroes tend to be born from trauma: Batman’s parents died. “They never show up in the real world.”īut maybe even that rule isn’t set in stone. But they-like every superhero ever inked-share one common trait, Flora says. Her dad’s superheroes came in all sizes, all guises and with every superpower conceivable. No superhero rescued their family when George and mom, Phyllis, separated. Back when her dad drew comic-book superheroes and her parents were still living together, she was a big believer in stuff like hope and wonder.īut no superhero came to save her dad, George, when publishers rejected his ideas.
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