Soon years later, Rodney was now a young kid boy. Garfield and Odie were both young too, running around with Rodney.

Herb walked in carrying a box "Hi, son."

Young Rodney asked "Are those my big-boy parts?"

Herb sets down the box "They sure are."

Young Rodney said "Wow!" He looks inside "They're not shiny."

Herb said "Well, they're not brand-new. They're preowned. So..."!

Lydia said "They're hand-me-downs from your cousin Jeffrey."

Herb said "And they're only for a year."

Rodney looked down and at his pets in worry as the pets looked worried too. We cut to Herb walking down the sidewalk with Rodney following him in his big boy parts. Garfield and Odie were on a leash walking with Herb and Rodney. The parts were a bit too big for Rodney though, so he had to pull up the lower part to keep it from falling. He then joins his dad to watch a robot parade march down the street of Rivet Town. Rodney was put on his father's shoulders to see, Herb picked up Odie and Garfield in his arms so they could see too. Some robot drum players banged on their drums, though one drum isn't quite a fan of being played with as he had a groan of pain each time he was played. The four looked up to see a huge balloon of a jolly, ball-shaped robot.

Young Rodney asked "Hey, Dad, who's that?"

Herb said "That, Rodney, is Bigweld. The greatest robot in the world."

Young Rodney said "I thought you were the greatest robot in the world."

Herb laughed "No, besides me. He's the head of Bigweld Industries. He invents things that make everyone's life better."

Young Rodney asked "Could I meet him?"?

Herb replied "Sure, maybe someday."

Young Rodney asked "Dad?"

Herb asked "Yeah?"

Young Rodney asked "What do you do?"

Herb replied "Me? I work in a big, fancy restaurant."

We cut to him in the kitchen of his workplace.

Herb said "I'm a dishwasher."

Because he works at a diner, Herb has a dishwashing machine that can attach to his chest. He gets out a dish from his chest and slides it over to his son. Rodney was amazed by his father's work. His father was a role model.
At home, Rodney was watching The Bigweld Show on TV.

TV Announcer said in a voiceover "And now, live from Robot City, it's The Bigweld Show.

Young Rodney cheered "Whoo-hoo!" He dances in joy "Oh, yeah! Uh-huh! Come on, Dad, you're missing it." The pets run and jump in joy.

Herb said "All right, Rodney. All right, I'm coming. I'm coming. I had to bring work home with me again, I'm sorry. Mr. Gunk has really been piling it on."

Rodney, Herb, Odie and Garifeld got onto the chair watching the show.

TV Announcer said in a voiceover "And now, the host of our show, Bigweld."

Coming on screen in a flying spoon was Bigweld himself.

Bigweld said on TV "Welcome. This week I thought you'd like to take a look around Bigweld Industries. This here is the front gate. Kind of cute, ain't it?" He said to his gatekeeper "Good morning, Tim."

Tim said "Good morning, Mr. Bigweld, sir."

Bigweld asked "Tim, who closed the front gate?"

Tim replied "Well, I just thought since..."

Bigweld said "We never shut the gate, Tim. Shutting this gate means shutting out fresh ideas. See, every day, robots come here from hither and yon bringing us new ideas."

Outside a line of robots with inventions were waiting for the gate to be open. One had the drinking bird, one had the mixer, one had an umbrella hat and one had a jetpack.

Bigweld said "And I listen to every single one of them."

A green robot tried to turn on his jetpack, but it wasn't working. He repeatedly tapped on the button and the jetpack blasts off, only leaving his lower half behind as the three other robots were shocked to see the top part gone.

Bigweld said "So remember, whether a bot is made of new parts, old parts or spare parts...you can shine no matter what you're made of."

Young Rodney said "He's talking to me, Dad."

Herb Copperbottom said "He sure is, son. He sure is."

Bigweld said on TV "Okay, folks, let's get to inventing."

As the gate opens and he enters the building, in his room, Odie, Garfield, were on watching Rodney tinker. Rodney began working on an invention of his own at home.

Bigweld said in a voiceover "You know, I love to tinker, but all the tinkering in the world isn't useful unless it starts with a good idea."

However, the invention exploded, scaring the young boy and pets in the process. Rodney fell back with yell, as the pets jumped and scattered and went under Rodney's bed in fear. They all looked up scared. We cut to Bigweld in his house on TV near a row of dominos.

Bigweld said "So look around for a need and start coming up with ideas to fill that need. One idea will lead to another, and before you know it..." he tips over some dominoes and activates a lightbulb "you've done it. See a need, fill a need."

Teenage Rodney said "That's it, Dad. I have to look for..." he sees his dad sleeping with Garifeld on his lap "...a need."

Later, he starts to build himself a prototype of the Wonderbot. It was much different because of its one eye. When he turns it on, it starts to be curious.

Teenage Rodney said as he gets out a plate then showed it to the Wonderbot prototype "Easy, now."

The wonderbot grabs the plate and does some tricks with it making Rodney laugh, the wonderbot laughs too then, it smashes the plate on its head, starting to go completely crazy! Rodney then tries to catch it but when he does, his parents come in with a box.

Herb said "Hey there, sport."

Teenage Rodney hides the wonderbot under a pot "Oh, hi."

Herb said "These are your 12-year-old parts. They're..."

Teenage Rodney said "Hand-me-downs." He kept the Wonderbot from moving "I know, Dad. I don't mind."

Herb said "They are from your cousin..." he holds a woman's dress part "Veronica."

Lydia said "You know how popular she is."

Rodney face planted on the desk. Garifeld patted Rodney on the back, Wonderbot made a sign of a wolf whistle then Garfield slammed the pot on Wonderbot as it laughed.