During the buildup to the Cuban missile crisis, a sixth-grade boy in upstate New York accidentally interrupts a mechanical man from the future on a mysterious mission to prevent nuclear annihilation. The man entrusts this mission to the boy, who learns that to save the world he must kill a US Senator.

During the buildup to the Cuban missile crisis, a sixth-grade boy in upstate New York accidentally interrupts a mechanical man from the future on a mysterious mission to prevent nuclear annihilation. The man entrusts this mission to the boy, who learns that to save the world he must kill a US Senator.

Two strict Boy Scout scoutmasters decide to prank a third scoutmaster who is loved by the boys. In doing so, they put his authority with the boys into question.

One Thanksgiving Day, a young boy in a big family in Nashville watches as his older siblings, aunt, uncle, and parents find their purpose in life and become strangers to him.