Ratbirds. Spray-On Shoes. Monkey Thought Translators. These are the inventions of Flint Lockwood, an eccentric young scientist whose creations have made him the laughingstock of Swallow Falls. This town was once famous for its sardine canneries, until the day people realized that sardines are, well, kind of gross. But that all changes when Flint comes up with a machine that converts water into …