Flubber »

The story of Flubber centers on Professor Philip Brainard , a brilliant but chronically absent-minded scientist who accidentally creates a sentient, high-energy green goo. The Accidental Discovery

: To help the Medfield basketball team win a crucial game, he applies Flubber to the players' sneakers, enabling them to bounce to impossible heights for slam dunks. Flubber

The invention attracts the attention of a greedy rival, Chester Hoenicker, who wants to steal the formula for profit. After a series of slapstick confrontations involving Hoenicker’s henchmen and Brainard’s flying robot assistant, Weebo, the professor eventually defeats the villains. The story of Flubber centers on Professor Philip

Professor Brainard is so consumed by his work at Medfield College that he has forgotten his own wedding to his fiancée, Sara Jean Reynolds, three times. On the afternoon of his third missed wedding, while attempting to create a new energy source to save the financially struggling college, he accidentally invents a metastable compound. Because it is a form of "flying rubber," he names it . Chaos and Utility Because it is a form of "flying rubber," he names it

: Brainard uses it as a fuel source for his vintage 1962 Ford Thunderbird, allowing the car to fly.