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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Aspiring scientist and inventor Flint Lockwood lives with his widowed fisherman father Tim in Swallow Falls, an island in the Atlantic Ocean. The island's economy is entirely based on sardine sales, which have plummeted due to the rest of the world deeming sardines "super-gross", forcing Swallow Falls residents to eat all the sardines themselves. Flint plans to expand the town's diet by inventing the "Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator" (FLDSMDFR), a device that transforms water into food. During his first test, he knocks out his house's power when he attempts to plug in the new device, annoying Tim, who struggles with wanting to support his son as he wishes that Flint would take over his fishing equipment store when he retires.
Flint tries his plan again by connecting the FLDSMDFR to a local substation, but the device accidentally overloads, rocketing across town and into the sky. In the process, it destroys a new sardine-themed amusement park called Sardine Land that was meant to revitalize the island's economy, upsetting Mayor Shelbourne and the other townsfolk. Afterwards, a dejected Flint heads to the harbor where he meets Samantha "Sam" Sparks, a meteorologist from New York City whose big break was thwarted by the accident. As she and Flint talk together, cheeseburgers suddenly begin raining from the sky; Flint realizes his plan is a success because the FLDSMDFR is functioning successfully in the stratosphere, using the condensation from clouds to create food-based weather systems.
The town rejoices in their new food choices. Swallow Falls is renamed Chewandswallow and becomes a food tourism destination, making Flint a local celebrity. Simultaneously, he and Sam begin to fall in love after Sam opens up to Flint about how she always dreamed of being a meteorologist as a young girl, but was made fun of by her peers for her intelligence and passion for science.
Afterwards, Tim draws Flint's attention to the fact that the food has begun to "over-mutate", becoming both larger and less molecularly stable. Flint warns the now- morbidly obese Shelbourne that the FLDSMDFR is malfunctioning, but Shelbourne is only interested in more food and tourism. After a tornado made of spaghetti and meatballs threatens the town, Flint attempts to deactivate the FLDSMDFR. Shelbourne accidentally destroys Flint's control panel in an attempt to stop Flint, causing the FLDSMDFR to go rogue and create a massive "food storm" across the planet.
Refusing to give up, Flint places a kill code in a USB flash drive and builds a flying car to reach and destroy the FLDSMDFR. Accompanied by his pet monkey Steve, Sam, her cameraman Manny, and the town's ex-mascot "Baby" Brent McHale, they approach the FLDSMDFR and discover it has surrounded itself with a giant meatball for protection and is producing sentient food. As they reach the interior, they lose the flash drive and are attacked by giant animated roast chickens. Brent is swallowed by one, but subdues it and wears it as armor to fight off the others. Flint and Sam attempt to climb down to the center of the meatball, but some peanut brittle triggers Sam's peanut allergies. She refuses to leave Flint and they profess their love for one another. To save Sam, Flint breaks the rope and falls to the FLDSMDFR, while Brent takes Sam back for medical attention.
Back in Chewandswallow, the townsfolk evacuate on rafts made of giant food, while Tim stays behind to upload a new kill code to Flint's phone. Flint uses the code on the machine, which reveals it has developed a mind of its own. Realizing that Tim accidentally sent the wrong file, Flint uses a Spray-on Shoe formula to jam the device, causing it and the giant meatball to detonate as he falls back to Earth. The townsfolk cheer on Flint as a hero, Tim at last shows appreciation for his son, and Sam and Flint share a kiss. Meanwhile, Shelbourne has eaten his raft and is now stranded off the coast of Chewandswallow.