| “ | My machine works. It really works! | „ |
| ~ Flint Lockwood celebrates the success of his FLDSMDFR. |
| “ | When it rains, you put on a coat of... Spray-On Shoes! | „ |
| ~ Flint Lockwood prepares to use the Spray-On Shoes to clog up the FLDSMDFR. |
Flint Lockwood is the main protagonist of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and its sequel movie. He is an inventor that has the optimistic dream of becoming scientist to make the world a better place. At first, the inventions he made as a young child usually ended up as failures, until suddenly, his invention of the FLDSMDFR had changed the world with its ability to make food.
What Makes Him a Guile Hero?[]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs[]
- As a kid, he invented the spray-on-shoes as a way to create wearable shoes that don't need to be tied up.
- With words of encouragement from his mother, Flint desires himself to become a scientist to make a difference for the world.
- Throughout his childhood, he makes many creative inventions, even though they usually backfire on him.
- At the start of the film, his inventions first started off as failures, but as he grew up, he slowly started to create inventions that are more successful and competent.
- One of the successful inventions he invented is a Monkey-Thought-Translator for Steve to talk into.
- At the start of the film, his inventions first started off as failures, but as he grew up, he slowly started to create inventions that are more successful and competent.
- His invention of the FLDSMDFR had revolutionized Swallow Falls and turned it into a tourist attraction, because of its ability to create a variety of tasty foods.
- Seeing that the FLDSMDFR needed a sufficient power supply to function, Flint attaches the machine into an electric power station.
- The FLDSMDFR he invented initially appeared as a failure, before it fulfilled its purpose of creating food as rain.
- Giving Sam Sparks and Manny a tour of how his lab operates.
- Seeing that they both want to learn on how he makes food with the FLDSMDFR, Flint distracts them with a hilarious internet video, so he can have time to control the FLDSMDFR in creating food for Swallow Falls.
- Now that he is able to operate the FLDSMDFR, he makes sure to create the dangeometer to ensure the food being created doesn't over-mutate.
- Created the Outtasighter to deal with the left-over food from the raining in Swallow Falls.
- To empathize with fulfilling Earl Devereaux's request in providing for his son, Flint makes his FLDSMDFR create ice cream weather.
- Took many steps and planning to have activities with Sam.
- Created a giant jello as the place to have her activities with Sam.
- Used some of the jello to create a ponytail hair band for Sam to wear.
- Warned Mayor Shelbourne the dangers of what would happen if the FLDSMDFR is overloaded into making too many foods.
- Seeing the disasters that the FLDSMDFR is creating, he hurried back to his lab to turn it off.
- Made an attempt to stop the FLDSMDFR, only being stopped by Mayor Shelbourne.
- Once he got motivated by his father to stop the FLDSMDFR, Flint builds the Flying Car II as a way to fly towards the FLDSMDFR.
- Explained his plan to deactivate the FLDSMDFR with the kill-code towards the townspeople.
- Dodging the flying pizzas as he drives the Flying Car II to the FLDSMDFR.
- Learned how the flying pizzas had become sentient food.
- Having his dad send him a message, inputted with the kill-code.
- Seeing Sam having an allergic reaction, he lets the rope go, so he can get closer to the FLDSMDFR.
- Disguising as food to hide from the FLDSMDFR, until he can get close to it and plug in the kill-code.
- Using the food as a rope to tie up the FLDSMDFR, giving himself the opportunity to plug it with the kill-code.
- Seeing that his dad had sent the wrong message instead of the kill-code, Flint uses his Spray-On Shoes to clog up the FLDSMDFR ability to generate food.