Robots story

movie: Robots (2005) · 2005-03-06

Robots is a 2005 American computer-animated science fiction adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Synopsis: A young robot seeks to be hired as an inventor at an illustrious corporation, only to discover a plot by its new owner to cheat older robots into buying expensive upgrades.

14 total · 7 major · 7 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
child leaving the nest	major	The story follows Rodney as leaves his family and hometown to go to the big city to pursue his dream of becoming a great inventor.
humanoid robot	major	The story is set in a world populated by sentient, humanoid robots. The hero of the story is a young humanoid robot, named Rodney Copperbottom, who aspires to become an inventor of some renown.
robotic civilization	major	The story is set in a world populated by sentient, humanoid robots.
ruthlessness	major	The main antagonist Phineas T. Ratchet was the caricature of a cutthroat corporate executive. The plot turns on him putting into effect his plan to make big profits by forcing older robots into buying expensive upgrades that they could ill-afford to pay for.
the corporate world	major	The viewer is shown the nefarious goings on at the Bigweld Industries.
the desire to pursue one's dream	major	The story follows Rodney as leaves the nest to go to the big city to pursue his dream of becoming a great inventor.
unethical business practices	major	A central controversy in the film involved Phineas T. Ratchet halting the production of much needed robot spare parts in favor of expensive "upgrades" upon taking control of Bigweld Industries.
be wary of strangers	minor	The plucky young robot Piper was admonished for talking with strangers.
brother and sister	minor	Fender superficially interacted with his plucky, adolescent sister, Piper.
father and son	minor	Herb encouraged his young son, Rodney, to go to the big city to pursue his dream of becoming a great inventor.