We Can Be Heroes (2020) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A group of inexperienced hero trainees learns to combine their powers, overcome deception, and become a new generation of protectors.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

The Children Assemble

Missy is summoned to join the other Heroics children after the adult heroes are captured. The group discovers that Ojo's drawings may reveal future events.

Key Events

• Missy Receives the Call — Missy receives word to report for the rescue of the captured heroes. Characters: Missy Moreno Location: Missy's home
• The Heroics Children Gather — Missy meets the other children and learns about their unusual powers. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Ojo, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Heroics facility
• The Heroes Are Captured — The children watch the alien battle on television end with the heroes' capture. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Ojo, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Heroics facility
• Ojo's Drawings Predict Danger — Missy realizes that Ojo's art predicts events, including an alien break-in at the vault. Characters: Missy Moreno, Ojo Location: Heroics facility

Breaking Out Together

The children interpret Ojo's warning about the vault and coordinate their powers to escape. Rewind, Wheels, Noodles, Guppy, and A Capella each make the breakout possible.

Key Events

• Ojo's Drawings Predict Danger — Missy realizes that Ojo's art predicts events, including an alien break-in at the vault. Characters: Missy Moreno, Ojo Location: Heroics facility
• The Vault Escape Plan — The children use Ojo's warning to create a coordinated escape plan. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Ojo, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Vault
• Guards Enter the Vault — Face Maker's disguise brings the guards into the vault, where Guppy subdues them. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Guppy, A Capella Location: Vault
• The Lockdown Is Triggered — A guard reaches for the emergency lockdown after being attacked. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Guppy Location: Vault
• Time Rewinds the Lockdown — Rewind reverses time, Wheels stops the guard, and Noodles takes the security badges. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Heroics facility
• The Roof Route Opens — A Capella creates a staircase to the roof while the children flee the sealed corridors. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Heroics facility roof
• The Children Escape — Noodles secures a vehicle and the children escape, though A Capella's voice makes the train wobble. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Road outside the facility

Training Before the Storm

The escaped children reach Anita Moreno's home and train to control their powers and cooperate. The aliens arrive, forcing them through a tunnel toward an empty field.

Key Events

• The Children Escape — Noodles secures a vehicle and the children escape, though A Capella's voice makes the train wobble. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Road outside the facility
• Training at Anita's Home — The children train to master their powers and work together as a team. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Ojo, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Anita Moreno's home
• The Tunnel Escape — When the aliens arrive, the children enter a tunnel leading to an empty field. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Ojo, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Anita Moreno's home
• The Empty Craft Is Found — The children find an empty alien craft and use it to travel toward the mothership. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Ojo, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Empty field

Secrets on the Mothership

The children use an empty alien craft to reach the mothership and investigate the purple pyramid. They are imprisoned after discovering that the apparent takeover is connected to a larger deception.

Key Events

• The Empty Craft Is Found — The children find an empty alien craft and use it to travel toward the mothership. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Ojo, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Empty field
• The Purple Pyramid Chamber — The children locate a chamber containing a mysterious purple pyramid. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Ojo, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Alien mothership
• The Takeover Is Exposed — Ojo speaks and reveals that she is the aliens' Supreme Commander. Characters: Missy Moreno, Ojo Location: Alien mothership
• The Children Enter the Cell — The children are imprisoned after learning that the apparent takeover was organized as a test. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Ojo, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Alien mothership cell
• Guppy Recreates the Key — Guppy shapes a replica of the key from the children's tears and opens the cell. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Alien mothership cell

The New Heroics Rise

Guppy frees the children, and they fight their way toward the control systems. Wheels and Noodles replace the motherboard, after which Ojo reveals the training operation and the children reunite with their parents.

Key Events

• Guppy Recreates the Key — Guppy shapes a replica of the key from the children's tears and opens the cell. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Alien mothership cell
• Wild Card Is Taken — The children fight the aliens, while Wild Card is captured and taken for questioning. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Alien mothership
• The Control Room Switch — Missy communicates with Wild Card, while Face Maker has secretly switched places with him. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Ojo, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Alien control room
• The Motherboard Is Replaced — Wheels and Noodles remove the motherboard and install a replacement, disabling the alien rocket. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Alien mothership control room
• The Training Deception Revealed — Ojo reveals that she and the alien operation staged the takeover to train the children as new heroes. Characters: Missy Moreno, Ojo Location: Alien mothership
• The Children Reunite — The children reunite with their parents and prepare to save the world. Characters: Missy Moreno, Noodles, Wheels, Ojo, Guppy, A Capella, Slo-Mo Location: Alien rocket

Story Breakdown

• Missy's Summons — Missy leaves home after receiving a call connected to the captured heroes.
  • Heroics Children Gather — Missy meets the other trainees and learns about their different abilities.
  • Heroes Fall on Television — The children watch the battle end with the Heroics' capture.
• Ojo's Future Drawings — Ojo's art gives the children information about an impending attack.
  • Vault Break-In Warning — A drawing shows aliens breaking into the vault.
  • Escape Plan Formed — The children decide to use their powers together.
• Vault Breakout — The trainees turn a dangerous lockdown into an opportunity to escape.
  • Guards Are Subdued — Guppy handles the guards after Face Maker lures them into the vault.
  • Lockdown Reversed — Rewind, Wheels, and Noodles prevent the emergency seal from trapping the group.
• Roof And Vehicle Escape — The children overcome the sealed corridors and leave the facility.
  • Aerial Staircase — A Capella creates a staircase leading to the roof.
  • Vehicle Secured — Noodles obtains transportation for the fleeing group.
• Training At Home — The children receive guidance and learn to control their powers collectively.
  • Power Mastery — The trainees practice managing their individual abilities.
  • Teamwork Lessons — The group works toward functioning as a coordinated team.
• Mothership Infiltration — The children travel from an empty field to the alien mothership.
  • Empty Craft Found — The group discovers an unused alien craft.
  • Purple Pyramid Located — The children find the chamber containing the purple pyramid.
• Alien Deception Unmasked — The apparent invasion becomes a revelation about the children's training.
  • Ojo Speaks — Ojo reveals that she is the Supreme Commander of the aliens.
  • Takeover Was Staged — The operation is revealed as a test intended to prepare new heroes.
• Motherboard Showdown — The children fight through the mothership to disable the alien rocket.
  • Cell Escape — Guppy creates a key replica from tears and opens the cell.
  • Rocket Disabled — Wheels and Noodles replace the motherboard and stop the takeover.
• New Heroes Emerge — The children reunite with their parents and accept their future role.
  • Parents Reappear — The parents emerge from the rocket after the mission succeeds.
  • Ready To Save — The children are prepared to begin saving the world.

Directed by

Robert Rodriguez

Key Cast

• YaYa Gosselin — Missy Moreno
• Lyon Daniels — Noodles
• Andy Walken — Wheels
• Hala Finley — Ojo
• Lotus Blossom — A Capella