Lewis, a 12-year-old genius is a boy who has no luck in being adopted because of his constant quest to find his birth mother. When he is struck by an idea after being turned down by a family (for the 126th-literally-time), he invents a memory scanner, a device which scans your cerebral cortex to project your memories onto a screen. Whe this project goes awry at a science fair (really the work of the evil Bowler Hat Guy and his robotic hat, Doris), Lewis is discouraged. Then, he gets a visit from a boy named Wilbur, who takes him on a wild ride to the future, where he meets Wilburs wacky family and gains the courage to Keep Moving Forward. 有着天才IQ的12岁小路易斯，热衷于各种各样稀奇古怪的发明。虽然每天嘻嘻哈哈，老是鼓捣出一些让老师大皱某头的新奇玩艺，但身为孤儿的他，长久以来最渴望拥有的东西却只是一个完整的家。为了找到自己的妈妈，小路发明了能重拾过去记忆的记忆扫描机，然而还没找到家人团聚，这项野心勃勃的发明就被黑帽怪鲍勒偷走了。 正当小路伤心欲绝之时，一个名叫威尔伯·罗宾逊的神秘男孩却意外出现，不由分说就把小路塞进了飞船。原来威尔伯来自未来，天才的小路和他的记忆扫描机 很可能将会对未来影响深远！乘着时光机抵达未来世界的小路，被眼前的景象惊得说不出话来--城市都是漂浮的，汽车都是会飞的，而拜访威尔伯光怪陆离的问题一家子的过程，更是完全不可思议！ 在匪夷所思的罗宾逊一家的真诚帮助下，小路踏上了寻找亲人的...
