One day, while playing in a museum rocket exhibit, our hero Max somehow managed to launch himself into space. After a dizzying ride, he crashed into the home of Kendra, a deaf teenager and resident of Deaf Planet. Max is at first confused by the sign language used on the planet, but is helped by his ship's Wonderful and Indispensable Language Machine (WILMA), a robot capable of interpreting all languages in the universe. Kendra vows to bring Max home with the help of the wise and eccentric inhabitants of Deaf Planet.