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It explains the houses ability to fly in the face of the laws of Physics. His trigger was Ellie's Death, and him attacking the Construction Worker was due to his powers conflict generation, in addition to mundane stress. He also has secondary brute powers, explaining as he seems to be healthier the longer he is involved in conflict.

[[WMG: If above theory is correct, than the movie universe is the same as ''MonsterHouse'']]

[[WMG: Alpha has a prototype collar originally made for communication efforts in the [[WorldWarII European War]]. Dug has one of the most recent designs.]]

[[WMG: Carl Frederickson is [[{{Freakazoid}} Cosgrove]].]]

[[WMG: http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/06/02/the-horrific-underbelly-of-up/]]
The guy who wrote that is ''friggin' insane!!''
* ... I love you.
This would actually be funny if it weren't so...un-funny, I suppose...
* Is it sad that I thought that would be awesome? Evil on ''such'' a more personal level than [[StarWars ordering a button pressed that just happens to control a giant space laser that's aimed at a planet with billions of offscreen people]]. And kind of cool, in an off-the-deep-end MagnificentBastard sort of way.

[[WMG: Russell is the grandchild of [[Film/Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Short Round]].]]

[[WMG: Russell is the grandchild of [[Film/TempleOfDoom Short Round]].]]

** And part of my personal canon is that it's [[HumiliationConga actually called a snipe]], thanks to the oddity of it (wouldn't be the first time a funny-looking critter was named after something mythical) and as a stand-in name that became widely accepted by the time they gave up [[UnfunnyAneurysmMoment sending people to look for Muntz]] so he could give it a proper name.

[[WMG: Russell was a child from ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' who time-traveled backwards to the present.]]

[[WMG: Carl planned the baloon trip ever since he first saw his cart floating.]]
Carl figured out it'd not harm to have a back-up plan just in case he and Ellie never accumulated enough money to go by conventional means so he kept all the baloons he didn't sell. When he retired, he forgot about this plan until the land developers got him declared a "public menace".

[[WMG: The film takes place in the ''ModernWarfare'' universe.]]
In ''ModernWarfare'', favela thugs, mercenaries and terrorists are able to access heavy-duty military hardware with great ease, which explains how Carl was able to acquire a bajillion balloons despite a recent lawsuit.

** The females tend to be way better at camouflage. If Kevin is already so good at hiding, his mate could have been in the last few scenes in the canyon the entire time, and no one would be any the wiser.

[[WMG: The movie takes place in the same universe as ''TheIncredibles'']]

*** ''Aepyornis'' [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying is not a real snipe]], it is actually more closely related to ostriches. Besides, [[MisplacedWildlife it only lived in Madagascar]].

* This makes much more sense than Kevin being a female. Male birds are nearly always more colorful, as well as being larger than their female counterparts. In addition, in many bird species, both the mother and father care for the chicks. The only reason people tend to think he's a female is because Doug said so, and Doug is quite frankly- [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} well...]]

In Kevin's species, the father is the caretaker of the young. Russell was right in his assumption that Kevin was a male.

He's a short, adventure-loving Asian kid. Why not?

* Uh... Can we set it in [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension the Old World of Darkness]] instead? That would make Carl a Son of Ether instead, probably Awakened by contact with Ellie (who was so obviously an Adventurer-type Etherite), and he and Russel and Dug can explore a happy '50s sci-fi universe. You know, with a severely downplayed likelihood of psychosis.

-->'''Cosgrove:''' Hey, Freakazoid, wanna go see a colorful bird and a talking dog?
-->'''Freakazoid:''' ''Do I''!

** Then why not just tell Muntz/Doug/Bird/Annoying Kid/Developers to "Cut it out,"? Elder gods can't resist Cosgrove's abilities!
** Grief over Ellie's death robbed him of his powers. He probably got them back after the events of the movie, though. It explains how he got to keep the Zeppelin.

* The ''Spirit of Adventure'' is so incredibly valuable I'm amazed Carl was allowed to keep it/live on board. It's a Zeppelin that was probably worth around $50-$70 million in today's money when it was ''brand new,'' and is in near-perfect flying condition(minus a few biplanes). It contains tens of tons of priceless, untold historical treasures, fossils, gemstones and artifacts. Not to mention the super-high-tech talking collars and the genetically enhanced dogs. The sheer historical and scientific value of the airship and its cargo is nigh-incalculable, and apparently Carl gets to own ALL OF IT because he not-so-accidentally killed the ship's rightful owner in combat? What is this, the [[JustForPun law of the jungle?]] And how in the blue hell is ha capable of piloting it?

** Grief over Ellie's death robbed him of his powers. He probably got them back after the events of the movie, though. It explains how he got to keep the zepplin.

* The ''Spirit of Adventure'' is so incredibly valuable I'm amazed Carl was allowed to keep it/live on board. It's a Zeppelin that was probably worth around $50-$70 million in today's money when it was ''brand new,'' and is in near perfect flying condition(minus a few biplanes); and it contains tens of tons of priceless, untold historical treasures, fossils, gemstones and artifacts. Not to mention the super-high-tech talking collars and the genetically enhanced dogs. The sheer historical and scientific value of the airship and its cargo is nigh-incalculable, and apparently Carl gets to own ALL OF IT because he not-so-accidentally killed the ship's rightful owner in combat? What is this, the [[JustForPun law of the jungle?]]