Three years after the first film, Stuart Little questions his abilities following a disastrous Association football match alongside his brother George, who accidentally kicked him with a Ball (association football) despite said kick scoring the winning goal for their team. Stuart's relationship with George is strained further after he accidentally crashes a model airplane they were working on in the city park. Stuart's father, Frederick, tries to encourage him, telling him that "every cloud has a silver lining (idiom)."