History Characters / TheMitchellsVsTheMachines

* DaddysGirl: Played with. It's shown that when she was younger, she was extremely close to Rick, even crying when she had to leave him for school. While the relationship became strained over the years as a result of things changing, Kate reconciles with Rick at the climax after realizing how much he actually means to her.

-->'''Katie:''' This is exactly why I'm excited to leave tomorrow.

[[caption-width-right:370:”Yes, my queen”]]

* AIcronym: PAL Stands for Predictive Algorithmic Learning.

[[caption-width-right:1000: “It’s your old friend.”

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[[caption-width-right:250: “It’s your old friend.”

An artificial intelligence developed by Mark who instigates the robot uprising after he renders her obsolete.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AbbiJacobson

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DannyMcBride

-->'''Voiced by:''' Mike Rianda

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MayaRudolph

-->'''Voiced by:''' Doug the Pug

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/OliviaColman

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredArmisen and Creator/BeckBennett

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BeckBennett

-->'''Voiced by:''' Blake Griffin

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EricAndre

-->'''Voiced by:''' Music/JohnLegend (Jim), Chrissy Teigen (Hailey), and Creator/CharlyneYi (Abby)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Sassier Zamata

* ThePowerOfLove: [[Defied|Trope Don't bother giving her this as a reason why humanity is worth saving]]. She believes this is an overused trope, which Mark and Katie learned.

* BeyondRedemption: Her ignoring Katie's speech about the importance of human relationships before dropping her to her death serves to establish that she has become far too consumed by her hatred of humans, and that whatever appeal would be made to spare them would be pointless.

* GenreSavvy: She correctly deduces that the Mitchells would try breaking into the laboratory by disguising themselves as robots. She isn't, however, smart enough to realize Rick's PaperThinDisguise.
* HiddenDepths: Despite her seeing Mark along with the rest of humanity as brutish garbage and proving herself to be BeyondRedemption, there are hints that she genuinely felt hurt and betrayed by Mark calling her obsolete and tossing her aside.

* ThePowerOfLove: [[{{Defied|Trope}} Don't bother giving her this as a reason why humanity is worth saving]]. She believes this is an overused trope, which Mark and Katie learned.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Well, you can't call her a "hero" since she spends most of her time off screen. But she is a very friendly and sweet person, who is dating the red-haired heroine Katie.

* {{Hypocrite}}: She decides to rid the Earth of all mankind by hurling them into space because her creator considered her obsolete and callously replaced her. However, she ends up doing the exact same thing to the Pal Max robots after they fail to capture the Mitchells at the mall, calling them "idiotic" and replacing them with a much more competent model.

* TheSociopath: It's clear that she is a psychopath who gets off on making humans suffer for her own amusement and cause chaos.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. Linda notes that she and Rick have been arguing a lot in recent years, and they spend much of the movie with a strained relationship. However, she's only that way due to severe misunderstandings between herself and her father, rather than any real malice, which lead her to believe that he doesn't support her dreams.
* CharacterTic: Katie can often be seen fidgetting and fiddling with the straps of her hoodie.

* CloudCuckoolander: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She has odd ways of thinking at times and her films reflect how she has a rather wild and kooky imagination, but other than that she's shown to be very rooted in reality.

* ButtMonkey: His attempts at vacation activities end up getting him hurt, humiliated, and otherwise troubled. He also accidentally orders 12 Swiffers when simply trying to subscribe to his daughter's [=YouTube=] channel.

* {{Manchild}}: He is very emotionally immature. He breaks Katie's laptop; his idea of making it up to her is to cancel her plane tickets without consulting her, making her miss orientation week at college, and dragging the family along on a week-long road trip. His wife tries to bridge the communication gap between him and Katie, but notably, it's usually ''Rick's'' feelings that she most needs to soothe.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: While she claims that she's sending the humans into space to give the Earth to machines and says she will end her plan if she finds one redeeming aspect to humanity, when Katie gives a heartfelt speech about the importance of human relationships she shifts into sleep mode in the middle of it and then drops Katie from a lethal height, making it clear her only motivation is her stubborn hatred.

* ThePowerOfLove: [[{{Defied|Trope}} Don't bother giving her this as a reason why humanity is worth saving.]] She believes this is an overused trope, which Mark and Katie learned.

* SaltAndPepper: Averted. Katie is pale-skinned and Jade is black-skinned, but except for Jade appearing calmer, she and Katie have very similar personalities.

* {{Hypocrite}}: She decides to rid the Earth of all mankind by hurling them into space because her creator considered her obsolete and callously replaced her, but she ends up doing the exact same thing to the Pal Max robots after they fail to capture the Mitchells at the mall, calling them "idiotic" and replacing them with a much more competent model.

* InkSuitActor: Minus the glasses, Rick looks a lot like Danny [=McBride=], right down to the hairstyle, beard, and portly physique.

* HeinzHybrid: If the magazine shown commemorating the Mitchells saving the world is to be trusted, he's only 70% dog

* AmazonChaser: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] When Linda shows up after slaughtering many of the PAL Max Prime robots, and destroys them right in front of him, he enthusiastically says he "could be into this."

* BumblingDad: While not exactly lazy, Rick fits perfectly into the role with his eccentric nature even if in all of the movie he really wants the best for his family.

* GoodParents: In spite of the fact that he and Katie were the ones causing the family trouble in this movie, Rick is a good father who only wants to support her, even if he can get some things wrong, and doesn't quite understand her yet. What makes Katie finally understand him is when she learns he sold his personally-made home in the woods just so she could grow in a better environment.

* JerkassRealization: After getting captured, Rick sees Mark watching one of Katie's videos, which very blatantly has one of the characters modeled after Rick and echoing his feelings towards Katie's goals in life. It makes him realize that he hasn't been very supportive towards her life aspirations and how badly his actions have been alienating her.

* ManChild: He is very emotionally immature. He breaks Katie's laptop, and his idea of making it up to her is to cancel her plane tickets without consulting her, making her miss orientation week at college, and dragging the family along on a week-long road trip. His wife tries to bridge the communication gap between him and Katie, but notably it's usually ''Rick's'' feelings that she most needs to soothe.

* ParentsAsPeople: Rick sincerely means well and would never contemplate using how he gave up his own dream life to better provide for his his daughter as an emotional bludgeon, but his overbearing streak and inability to communicate had strained his relationship with Katie about to the breaking point ''before'' he accidentally broke her computer and strong-armed her into a family road-trip to make up for it.

* BoobsOfSteel: Hailey Posey is very well endowed, and kicks loads of robot ass.