托比是個十二歲小男孩,母親過世後,與繼父切特和小狗拉奇一起生活.姨媽薇拉麗為奪取財產,拚命與切特爭奪托比的監護權,拉奇在追逐小偷時死於車禍,裝有托比母親遺囑

　　Doug Baily's father is weird, but a strange machine in the garage