Remote

Randy Mason is a teenage tech whiz who designs and pilots a range of remote-controlled models, from a Huey helicopter to a WWII Zero. He uses the local model home as his secret hideout and shares the hobby with Judy Riley, his friend and love interest.

Randy pulls a prank by using a remote to mess with Ben's TV, then drops an empty Coke can on Ben's head. Ben steals Randy's fighter plane, and Randy reluctantly lets him take it, warning that the controller is locked at night.

Randy brings his own controller to school to reclaim the plane, but the duel controllers send the fighter into Randy's science classroom, creating chaos and destroying Jamaal's project. With no one seeing Ben's involvement, Randy is blamed for the accident.

Randy returns home to a stressed Marti who threatens to confiscate all his models after hearing about the incident. To keep his hobby safe, he hides the models at the model home until his mother calms down.

Judy suggests telling the truth about Ben, but Randy also feels responsible for what happened. She reminds him of her baseball game that night and asks him to be there despite everything.

Three store robbers—Delbert, Louis, and Richie—rob a convenience store and choose the model home as a hideout, trapping Randy in the attic when he stumbles upon them. The crooks' plan is to ride out the cop roadblocks for several days.

Randy figures out ways to hinder the burglars, including using Gunther to try to trip them up and rough them with the plan to place a tack in Richie's shoe, though the burglars barely avoid stepping on the alarm pads.

Hungry, Randy uses Gunther to steal Louis's sirloin steak. When trying to grab a can of baked beans, he ends up dropping the can on Richie's head, who blames Louis for the mishap.

The next morning, Judy wakes and learns Randy is missing and sets out to find him. Marti calls the police for help, and when she tells Ben and his mother Dee about Randy's disappearance, Dee declares she will figure out what Ben knows and drags him away.

Louis spots Judy approaching the model home and alerts Delbert and Richie, who take Judy hostage. Randy then uses his remote-controlled toys to prevent the burglars from escaping and to rescue Judy.

Randy melts roofing tar with Godzilla to incapacitate Louis, sending him onto the alarm carpet and into capture. He then uses Mrs. Williams' bulldog Bluto, via the helicopter, on Richie to help restrain him.

Delbert advances toward Judy, but Randy disarms him with Gunther. Judy throws Delbert's gun away, and Randy uses the remote-controlled racecars as rollerskates to lure Delbert away, sending him crashing into rocks and a real estate sign.

The police arrive and arrest Louis and Richie (and presumably Delbert as well), and Randy is reunited with Marti, Jamaal, and Mrs. Williams with Bluto.

Randy and Judy decide to find a new secret hideout together, and the film ends as Randy lures the yodeling Gunther down from the top of the roof.