The short follows the lives of a family consisting of Bert, Rae, and their daughter Rachel. The viewer serves as an observer of the family's lifecycle before, during, and after living in their home. It is Walt Disney Animation Studios' first short set in virtual reality.
An awkward 12-year old boy named Ollie experiences "bubble trouble" when his true feelings for a girl are embarrassingly revealed in the form of a physical thought bubble.
A young girl faces off against an evil hairdresser as she goes through imaginative lengths to avoid her first haircut.
Grim desperately needs one more soul to win his work competition, but his last scheduled collection at a rigorous bike race turns his world upside-down. At the finish line, he learns that life is not always about the trophy at the end of the race.
Life is hard enough for an exchange student at a new school, but as the only earthling at a school for aliens, the central character in this fanciful story is the ultimate outsider and must prove her worth to be accepted by her unusual new classmates.
During a thunderstorm, a young boy's effort to capture lightning in a glass bottle as part of a science fair project succeeds beyond his wildest expectations, but is shocked when he discovers the consequences of this unnatural feat.
An adventurous young boy discovers that puddles can be portals to a fantastical world, but struggles to get his sister's attention away from her phone to see the magic in the world around her.
This clever bit of balderdash lifts the lid on an original tale about a hijacked hairpiece, a gang of larcenous leprechauns, and a budding romance.
A martial artist named Jing Hua stands in front of the grave of her deceased master. She exerts her frustration by performing kung fu; creating the world around her as it is made of water colors and ink. As her pain and sorrow at the loss of a loved one climaxes through the appearance of dripping ink, Jing Hua learns to accept the fate of her master as she becomes tired, but undefeated.
A commuter misses his bus and becomes exhausted. Suddenly, a colorful graffiti mural comes to life and takes the commuter on a wild ride through the city dodging cars and vehicles and zooming through the streets. The commuter soon takes to it and begins running up the side of buildings to a colorful new world. At the end of the fantasy, the commuter looks to appreciate the mural.
A man comes upon a crosswalk to work, but soon grows agitated when the light begins to mock him for not being able to cross. Angered over such a thing ruining his life, he summons the courage to leap across the crosswalk against the light's wishes. Upon getting to the other side however, he realizes that he forgot his briefcase, amusing the light who responds with "LOL".
A young man arrives in his home town over the course of several seasons. With each passing season, the people and places around him begin to change. He finally arrives at his home where he is greeted by his parents and dog. As time passes on however, they presumably pass on. The young man was packing up his things and moving out. He is later comforted by his wife and daughter.
A young happy girl gets on a bus to Kettering. As she greets the driver and passengers, she is met with disdain and slowly begins to lose her color. Eventually, she comes across a baby that begins to play with her hat. When the baby begins to giggle, everyone on the bus suddenly begins to laugh along with him. The girl becomes happy again and leaves the bus, this time given a pleasant response by the driver.
A plus-size girl is in the middle of her ballet class when she begins to feel self-conscious about her body. This is personified as the class mirror shattering and enveloping her. Ultimately, she overcomes this by performing her ballet dancing and accepts herself for who she is.
A kite with the spirit of a playful puppy tangles with a pompous dragon-kite in a short that brings the audience into a breathtaking world.
