Even working together, the laser pointer manages to evade both this two-year-old and the family cat.
Phineas the human and Muon the cat - great names, by the way - tried their best to catch that tricksy red dot but, alas, it kept escaping them.
The uploader of the video - and parent of the adorable boy - slightly despairingly points out that "my child and cat are on the same wavelength".
At least he's having fun, right?