Will My Daddy Ever Work Again? details the warmhearted yet emotionally difficult journey of a family struggling through long-term unemployment and the ensuing financial issues, which are currently disrupting thousands of families in America.

Roddy, a living, breathing movie-prop creature, wants to stop portraying evil monsters. Billy enlists his family's gardener, Mister Yamamoto, who once played the classic Japanese fantasy movie superhero Astroman, to help maneuver Roddy through the hurly-burly craziness of Los Angeles so the hypochondriac creature can live a quiet life in a place of peaceful seclusion.