Ua moeʻuhane ʻo Carl Fredricksen e lilo i mea mākaʻikaʻi mai kona ʻike ʻana i nā hana a Charles Muntz, ka mea hoʻokalakupua kaulana ʻo ia, ma luna o kāna moku mokulele a hele pū me kāna mau ʻīlio, ʻike i ka Paradise Falls ma ka nūhou kiʻiʻoniʻoni.

Noho hoʻokahi ʻo Carl i loko o kona hale, ʻo ia ka mea hope loa e kū nei ma kahi kaiāulu e hoʻomaka ana nā mīkini hana e kūkulu i nā hale hou.

Ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana me kahi limahana o ka pūnaewele, ua hoʻopiʻi ka hui a waiho iā ia i loko o kahi hale hoʻomaha.