HOPPERS is the story of a girl going to insane lengths to save the environment. 19-year-old Mabel Tanaka (Piper Curda) lives in Beavertown and is an ardent animal lover. She was close to her now-deceased grandmother (Karen Huie), who taught her to care for nature. A glade in her neighbourhood... is her favourite place. It is inhabited by various animals and birds, particularly a colony of beavers. Mayor Jerry (Jon Hamm) decides to construct a beltway connecting the neighbourhood with the rest of the city. The flyover goes above the glade and hence, Jerry asks the authorities to destroy it. Mabel attempts to stop the destruction, but her plea falls on deaf ears as Jerry proves that there are no animals in the area. As a result, he argues that it's okay to revamp the area and construct the beltway. Time is running out and Mabel needs to prove that the area is a natural ecosystem. This is when she discovers that her professor in college, Dr Samantha, aka Sam (Kathy Najimy), has created a 'hopping' technology. It involves human minds hopping into lifelike robotic animal bodies and communicating with fellow animals. Mabel uses this invention to turn into a beaver and ventures into the jungle, much against the wishes of Dr Sam and her team. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
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