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1 Exposition: Carl Fredricksen meets Ellie and both learn they want to be explorers that go to Paradise Falls.
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2 Exposition: Carl Fredricksen's wife Ellie gets sick and dies and Carl finds her "My Adventures Book", and decides to go to Paradise Falls.
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3 Exposition: Carl accidentally hurts a Construction Worker and gets in trouble. The judge wants him to move into an old folks home.
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4 Exposiston: Russell comes to Carl's house and knocks on the door trying to become a Senior Wilderness Explorer and get the badge.
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1 Rising action: Carl sends Russell on a Snipe hunt to get rid of him by tricking him. Russell excitedly looks for the Snipe.
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2 Rising action: Orderlies from the nursing home show up to take Carl. Carl has other plans and goes inside and launches the house with tons of balloons filled with helium.
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3 Rising action: Carl launches his house into the air with balloons only to find Russell on the patio hanging on for dear life.
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4 rising action: Carl lets Russell into the house but wants to drop him off at a building roof, but a storm cloud takes them way up and off course. "Cumulonimbus" say Russell.
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5 rising action: Carl and Russell land after the storm and find out they are not far from Paradise Falls. Carl decides to float the house over to the falls by walking it.
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6 Rising action: Carl and Russell start walking the house over to the falls and meet Doug the talking dog and Kevin the Snipe. They become friends and join together but Carl is annoyed.
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6 Rising action: Carl and Russell go looking for Kevin and run into Muntz who is a famous explorer whom Carl looked up to as a kid. Muntz is also looking for Kevin with his talking dogs. They get invited for dinner in Muntz's Zepplin balloon base.
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Climax: Carl, Russell, Kevin, and Doug have to run from Muntz as he wants them dealt with for having the Snipe that he has been searching for his whole life. Muntz ends up falling and dying after slipping.
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Falling action: Carl, Russell, and Doug take over the blimp after saving Kevin and her babies. Carl takes Russell back home in the blimp.
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Conclusion: Carl and Russel get back home and Carl pins Russell with the Ellie badge for being the World's greatest explorer. Carl and Russell hug and go for ice creme. They eat the ice creme on the curb while counting red and blue cars.