History Characters / WallE

* BigBad: Becomes this due to and inability to stray himself from his directive of keeping humans from going back to Earth which adds to his many attempts to get rid of the plant, even if it means committing mutiny of some kind and inflicting harm.

* AntiVillain: Despite being TheLeader of the MegaCorp that more or less destroyed Earth he's clearly not happy about it and shows genuine remorse for the damages he caused as well as the fact that [[YouCantGoHomeAgain humanity must stay in space indefinitely]].

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: {{Downplayed}}; he orders all autopilots to take full control and never return to Earth. While he honestly believes cleanup efforts have failed and had no reason to think the planet would ever be able to support life again he also kept this information from the passengers so they never knew about it, essentially taking away their rights to choose another course of action.

* MediumBlending: Hey {{Creator/Pixar}}, you got some live-action in your CGI. The creators said this is because Fred Willard is like a cartoon anyway.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: When Operation Cleanup and Operation Recolonize fell apart his activation of Directive A113 does ensure the human race will continue to survive but he also takes away the passengers' right to choose their own future and condemns them to a life of "just existing". He doesn't seem to be malicious with his order but it's also clear he has no planned endgame for the passengers under his care either.

* CatchPhrase: She'll say, "Directive." to ask someone what their job is or mention her job.

* CatchPhrase: Will say, "[FOREIGN CONTAMINANT]" when something's dirty.

* {{Catchphrase}}: They tend to say one word phrases, like "Halt!" or "Wrong!"

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* DisneyVillainDeath: Suffers a messy one. When Captain [=McCrea=] is struggling in a fight with AUTO, GO-4 attempts to help but is instead kicked out the window and is completely smashed (on-screen) upon impact.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: They seem like malfunctioning robots that are ridiculously broken, but when things become serious, they're capable of putting their functions to ''very'' good use.

* BoundAndGagged: They bound their targets by shooting out a red laser that traps said target in an energy sphere.

* WomenAreWiser: She is depicted as the more sensible character compared to the bumbling Wall•E.

** Subverted with AUTO. Despite being a bit cold, mechanical and ominous he never "goes evil" and intentionally tries to kill humans. He was simply following his orders to the letter and those orders didn't account for the Axiom sitting in space for 700 years.
** The robots in the repair ward, all of them are malfunctioning and some of their behaviors are dangerously violent.

[[folder:AUTO ('''SPOILERS''')]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: {{Inverted|Trope}}; the ''other'' machines are going beyond their programming while AUTO is still following his directive.

* AllegoricalCharacter: The BigBad being an autopilot is no coincidence: while AUTO is in power the population of the ''Axiom'' is running on a metaphorical autopilot of their own; going through daily routines with no deviation whatsoever. Captain [=McCrea=] taking manual control is reflected in the ''Axiom'' as well with the people getting up and doing their own things for once.

* AntiVillain: He opposes WALL•E, EVE and [=McCrea=] and tries to prevent the Axiom from returning to Earth but only because he can't deviate from his directive and [[WellIntentionedExtremist genuinely believes]] humanity won't survive. It's the actions he takes in pursuit of that directive such as trying to kill WALL•E, mutinying the captain and endangering the entire population of the Axiom that ultimately make him a villain.
* BigBad: Becomes this due to and inability to stray himself from his directive of keeping humans from going back to Earth which adds to his many attempts to get rid of the plant, even if it means committing mutiny against and inflicting harm.

* CreepyMonotone: Speaks using the old [=MacInTALK=] "Ralph" voice. Combined with EvilSoundsDeep -- all the robots have computer voices but his sounds the most unsettling because he's the villain.
* CyberCyclops: Is shaped like a modern version of a ship's steering wheel with a single, ominous red eye lens directly in the center, a clear homage to HAL 9000. This actually causes him trouble as [=McCrea=] uses his lack of depth perception to outright trick him.
* DemiurgeArchetype: Interestingly enough AUTO takes several characteristics from the [[UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}} Gnostic demiurge]]; he controls and oversees an artificial world full of nascent humans yet despite his efficiency is not all-powerful or omniscient as he would like to believe and his defeat is marked by humans gaining greater sentience and knowledge about themselves and their world.

* {{Expy}}: He is obviously one of HAL from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''. Made even more obvious by the central pieces of the ''2001'' soundtrack playing during scenes in the Captain's quarters - Johann Strauss II's "Blue Danube" Waltz when the Captain is asking the computer for a status report as AUTO tries to get his attention and "Sunrise" from Richard Strauss' ''Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra'' when he stands on his own two feet for the first time during the climactic battle with AUTO.
* {{Foil}}: To all of the other robots. Whereas most originating from the ''Axiom'', notably EVE have developed some semblance of personality even before WALL•E's arrival AUTO is the only one to stay true to his programming.
* JustFollowingOrders: He has the secret order Directive A-113 to never return to Earth no matter what.
* LittleNo: AUTO utters "No" when he notices WALL•E trying to hold open the container for the plant before promptly jamming the button to close the container down so it crushes his adversary.

* ManBehindTheMan: Quite literally. When [=McCrea=] looks at the photos depicting his predecessors he realizes that AUTO is ''always there'', right behind the shoulder of each one of them. It perfectly conveys the fact that all captains of ''Axiom'' were pretty much just figureheads and it was the ship A.I.s who held real power ensuring Directive A113 will be followed.

* ObviouslyEvil: He's got that [[CyberCyclops single glowing red eye]], he hangs from the ceiling and skitters around like a big mechanical spider and he's the only robot character to be voiced by [[SyntheticVoiceActor an actual machine]]. It's {{downplayed}} in that while AUTO is an antagonist he's not actually the villain. He's simply following the last command given to him by his creators, Directive A113 which authorizes him to take full control of the ship and keep humanity safe by never returning to Earth. The main problem is that the directive did not include any exceptions for reevaluating the situation after some time to see if it still applied.
* OhCrap: Towards the end of the film when EVE and WALL•E escape from the garbage chute and when the Captain tricks him with the plant backup.

* VillainousBreakdown: Starts when EVE and WALL•E break out of the trash pit. Exacerbated by the Captain when he fakes out AUTO with the plant backdrop. "[[ThisCannotBe Not possible]]" he says in monotone. Gets even worse when he starts sending significant numbers of SECUR•T bots after EVE and WALL•E. Jumps off the slippery slope when he intentionally causes the ''Axiom'' to list, sending everyone tumbling about. Climaxes when he's using his taser to jam down the Holo-Detector retract button with excessive force.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: He honestly thinks he is doing good by not going back to Earth, and sadly there was no human left there to rescind the directive.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In a DeletedScene [[WhatCouldHaveBeen released by Pixar]] he was going to [[MaskOfSanity gradually lose his composure]] throughout a series of messages before [[FreakOut freaking out]] entirely and [[AintTooProudToBeg begging for his life]].

* AntiVillain: Despite being TheLeader of the MegaCorp that more or less destroyed Earth he's clearly not happy about it and seemingly shows genuine remorse for the damages he caused as well as the fact that [[YouCantGoHomeAgain humanity must stay in space indefinitely]].
* BrokenBird: A male example. Despite all the problems that happened, he tried his best to help. But when [[ItIsBeyondSaving the toxicity of Earth reached a point of no return]], he TookALevelInCynic and crossed the DespairEventHorizon despite [[StepfordSmiler trying to maintain his upbeat attitude]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Orders all the autopilots to take full control and never return to Earth. While he honestly believes that the cleanup effort has failed and had no reason to believe that it would ever be able to support life again he also kept that information from the passengers so they never knew that they'd never be returning home. Essentially taking away their right to choose any other course of action.
* DespairEventHorizon: He tries to act casual and jovial as always when his last clip is shown, but it's clear the fact that Earth is (apparently) unlivable and he has to keep humanity away from it has worn him down.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A ForegoneConclusion by the time of his final message is that he feels guilty for (along with the rest of humanity) polluting the Earth.

* DragonAscendant: In the tie-in game, he outlives AUTO and continues to menace the humans on Earth by stealing their plants and having the reject bots rounded up to be destroyed, forcing WALL•E to thwart his plans.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In a DeletedScene [[WhatCouldHaveBeen released by Pixar]] he was going to MaskOfSanity gradually lose his composure]] throughout a series of messages before [[FreakOut freaking out]] entirely and [[AintTooProudToBeg begging for his life]].

* UndyingLoyalty: They never leave WALL•E's side when they reunite with him in the climax.

** Subverted with AUTO. Despite being a bit cold, mechanical and ominous, he never "goes evil" and intentionally tries to kill humans. He was simply following his orders to the letter and those orders didn't account for the Axiom sitting in space for 700 years.

** WALL•E is a case of A.I. going right. He was originally designed to have a limited range of operation i.e. find, compress and stack trash. But after 700 years his programming expanded to give him a child-like wonder and curiosity of the junk surrounding him so while he still carries out his directive, he also collects things he finds interesting and befriends a cockroach.
* CuteMachines: In general, they are cute, polite, sweet, and helpful, with endearing personalities. Except for AUTO, whose face is pretty much a glowing red eye with the most robotic personality of the bunch.

* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Throughout the film, the robots are shown to develop sentience and personalities of their own, despite only having been programmed to do things like compact garbage, search the Earth for vegetation, or clean the ship.

* AbsurdlyDedicatedWorker: He keeps trying to clean up Earth's surface after all humans have left even though he is the only robot still functioning and no real progress has been made in several hundred years.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the movie, WALL-E is a NonActionGuy who does awesome things by [[TheFool complete accident]], with EVE providing heavy lifting and firepower. In the games, he's far more willing to throw down on his own, using trash cubes and his laser to fight off enemy robots. Notably, in the [=PS3/=][=XBox=] 360/Wii versions, there's an entire level dedicated to him going on a rampage and gunning down countless security robots with EVE's ArmCannon in a bid to rescue her.

%%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: ZCE

%%* OfficialCouple: With EVE.
%%* OppositesAttract: With EVE.

%%* RoboRomance: With EVE.

* AllegoricalCharacter: The BigBad being an autopilot is no coincidence: while AUTO is in power, the population of the ''Axiom'' is running on a metaphorical autopilot of their own; going through daily routines with no deviation whatsoever. Captain [=McCrea=] taking manual control is reflected in the ''Axiom'' as well, with the people getting up and doing their own things for once.

* AntiVillain: He opposes WALL•E, EVE and [=McCrea=] and tries to prevent the Axiom from returning to Earth, but only because he can't deviate from his directive, and he [[WellIntentionedExtremist genuinely believes]] that humanity won't survive on Earth. It's the actions he takes in pursuit of that directive, such as trying to kill WALL•E, mutinying against [=McCrea=], and endangering the entire population of the Axiom, that ultimately make him a villain.
* BigBad: Becomes this due to his inability to stray himself from his directive of keeping humans from going back to Earth, which adds to his many attempts to get rid of the plant, even if it means committing mutiny against [=McCrea=] and inflicting harm against WALL•E and EVE.

* TheComputerIsYourFriend: Played with. AUTO was designed to be an assistant to the captain, but as time went by, human beings became complacent and sedentary, so he's been left to control more and more of the Axiom. However, he's never actually the villain, as his attempts to stop the re-colonization of Earth were the result of him being issued directive ''A113'' which instructed him to keep humanity forever "safe" in space, rather than return them to a more-polluted-than-anyone-believed Earth. The problem is that ''A113'' was issued 700 years ago and things have actually changed on Earth but the directive does not account for that possibility.
* CreepyMonotone: Speaks using the old [=MacInTALK=] "Ralph" voice. Combined with EvilSoundsDeep -- all the robots have computer voices, but his sounds the most unsettling because he's the villain.
* CyberCyclops: Is shaped like a modern version of a ship's steering wheel with a single, ominous, red eye lens directly in the center, a clear homage to the HAL 9000. Notably, this actually causes him trouble, as [=McCrea=] uses his lack of depth perception to outright trick him.
* DemiurgeArchetype: Interestingly enough, AUTO takes several characteristics from the [[UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}} Gnostic]] Demiurge; he controls and oversees an artificial world full of nascent humans, yet despite his efficiency, is not an all-powerful or omniscient being as he would like to believe, and his defeat is marked by humans gaining greater sentience and knowledge about themselves and their world.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Shelby Forthright gave the order not to return to Earth because it couldn't sustain life. The current Captain points out that the order no longer applies since the plant proves Earth can now do so again. AUTO's response? "Irrelevant." AUTO was given the order never to return, and will stay by that order even though the reason it was given has changed.

* {{Expy}}: He is obviously one of HAL from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''. Made even more obvious by the fact that the two central pieces of the ''2001'' soundtrack play during scenes in the Captain's quarters - Johann Strauss II's "Blue Danube" Waltz when the Captain is asking the computer for a status report as AUTO tries to get his attention, and "Sunrise" from Richard Strauss' ''Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra'' when he stands on his own two feet for the first time during the climactic battle with AUTO.
* {{Foil}}: To all of the other robots. Whereas most originating from the ''Axiom'', notably EVE, have developed some semblance of personality even before WALL•E's arrival, AUTO is the only one to stay true to his programming.
* JustFollowingOrders: He has the secret order Directive A-113 to never return to Earth, no matter what.
* LittleNo: AUTO utters, "No," when he notices WALL•E trying to hold open the container for the plant, before promptly jamming the button to close the container down so it crushes his adversary.

* ManBehindTheMan: Quite literally. When Captain [=McCrea=] looks at the photos depicting his predecessors, he realizes that AUTO is ''always there'', right behind the shoulder of each one of them. It perfectly conveys the fact that all captains of ''Axiom'' were pretty much just figureheads and it was the ship A.I. who held the real power, ensuring that Directive A113 will be followed.
* NearVillainVictory: To the point where it takes several [[SpannerInTheWorks spanners]] for him to lose. He's so efficient that he succeeded at his directive for ''almost 700 years'' and his actions nearly kill WALL•E, the one responsible for putting him in this position anyway. Again, AUTO would've ''[[TheBadGuyWins won]]'' if it weren't for a certain cleaning bot.

** When the Captain sets out to put the plant in the Holo-Detector himself, AUTO's MachineMonotone gives way to a ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness frighteningly stern]]'' voice.

** He also begins to panic when WALL•E is close to placing the plant in the Holo-Detector, and hits the button to retract it so hard it breaks - with his ''taser,'' no less.

* ObviouslyEvil: He's got that [[CyberCyclops single glowing red eye]], he hangs from the ceiling and skitters around like a big mechanical spider, and he's the only robot character to be voiced by [[SyntheticVoiceActor an actual machine.]] It's downplayed in that while AUTO is an antagonist, he's not actually the villain. He is simply following the last command given to him by his creators, directive A113 which authorizes him to take full control of the ship and keep humanity safe by never returning to Earth. The main problem is that the directive did not include any exceptions for re-evaluating the situation after 700 years to see if the directive still applies.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: He has a red eye that deepens his similarity with [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]].
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: A case of AUTO being the one caught in the middle and ''also'' representing one of the hands by following the last directive given by [=BnL's=] CEO and President. This is particularly prevalent when [=McCrea=] is ordering him to let him fire up the holo-detector. Despite trying to follow the President's orders (including the fact that the video of the final order says "TOP SECRET" and "FOR AUTOPILOT'S EYE ONLY"), AUTO still can't disobey a direct order from the Captain of the ''Axiom'':

* SyntheticVoiceActor: Being voiced by [=MacInTALK=], he's the only robot whose "voice" clips aren't provided by an actual human actor.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: He honestly thinks he is doing good by not going back to Earth, and sadly, there was no human left there to rescind the directive.
* ZerothLawRebellion: Tying in with the WellIntentionedExtremist angle, AUTO seems to overcome his inability to refuse [=McCrea's=] orders by initiating a quarantine on the Captain in response to (by his view) a suicidally foolish desire to return to Earth.

* AirQuotes: He seems fond of making quotation marks with his hands, and a newspaper in a FreezeFrameBonus even shows him doing this during a press conference.
* AntiVillain: Despite being TheLeader of the MegaCorp that more or less destroyed Earth, he's clearly not happy about it and seemingly shows genuine remorse for the damages he caused, as well as the fact that humanity must stay in space indefinitely.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Orders all the autopilots to take full control and never return to Earth. While he honestly believes that the cleanup effort has failed and had no reason to believe that it would ever be able to support life again, he also kept that information from the passengers so they never knew that they'd never be returning home. Essentially taking away their right to choose any other course of action.

* GreaterScopeVillain: He's not a "villain villain", but this trope still counts. He was the CEO of [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated Buy-N]][[IncompetenceInc -Large]], being a major force in Earth's doom. He set out Directive A-113 to ensure nobody would return to Earth [[WellIntentionedExtremist because he believed there was no longer hope for organic life there]], bringing the main characters quite a bit of grief when AUTO refuses to let the ''Axiom'' return despite being proven wrong.
* MediumBlending: Hey Pixar, you got some live-action in your CGI. The creators said this is because Fred Willard is like a cartoon anyway.

* StepfordSmiler: He clearly attempted to stay confident even when things were starting to look bad, but once [[FromBadToWorse Operation Cleanup failed]] due to higher toxicity levels than anyone ever expected and Operation Recolonize had to be canceled, he dropped the facade for his ApocalypticLog.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: When Operation Cleanup fails, his activation of Directive A113 does insure that the human race will continue to survive, but he also takes away the passengers' right to choose their own future and condemns them to a life of "just existing". He doesn't seem to be particularly malicious with his order but it's also clear he has no planned endgame for the passengers under his care either.

* BeamSpam: They fire red beams to try to trap their targets in energy spheres in order to carry them elsewhere. If there's many SECUR-TS, lasers are flying everywhere.

* EyeScream: A thankfully cartoony one, at the near end of the film, he gets poked in the eye by one of the handles in Auto's steering wheel body after the Cap and the latter where fighting.

-->'''Captain:''' Out there is our home! Home, AUTO! And it's in trouble. I can't just sit here and do nothing. That's all I've ever done. That's all anyone in this blasted ship has ever done. '''Nothing!'''
-->'''AUTO:''' On the ''Axiom,'' you will survive.
-->'''Captain:''' I don't want to survive! I want to ''live!''

* DragonAscendant: In the tie-in game, he outlives AUTO and continues to menace the humans on Earth. That said, he doesn't get to do much beyond attempting to steal the plant again, which WALL•E easily thwarts.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the movie, WALL-E is a NonActionGuy who does awesome things by [[TheFool complete accident]], with EVE providing heavy lifting and firepower. In the games, he's far more willing to throw down on his own, using trash cubes and his laser to fight off enemy robots. Notably, in the PS3[=/=][=XBox=] 360/Wii versions, there's an entire level dedicated to him going on a rampage and gunning down countless security robots with EVE's ArmCannon in a bid to rescue her.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the movie, WALL-E is a NonActionGuy who does awesome things by [[TheFool complete accident]], with EVE providing heavy lifting and firepower. In the games, he's far more willing to throw down on his own, using trash cubes and his laser to fight off enemy robots. Notably, in the PS3/XBox 360/Wii versions, there's an entire level dedicated to him going on a rampage and gunning down countless security robots with EVE's ArmCannon in a bid to rescue her.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: The robots in general have very humanlike mannerisms and quirks. WALL•E learned them himself from old recordings.

* CyberCyclops: Is shaped like a modern version of a ship's steering wheel with a single, ominous, red eye lens directly in the center, a clear homage to the HAL 9000.

* AntiVillain: He opposes WALL•E, EVE and [=McCrea=] and tries to prevent the Axiom from returning to Earth, but only because he can't deviate from his directive, and he [[WellIntentionedExtremist genuinely believes]] that humanity won't survive on Earth. It's the actions he takes in pursuit of that directive, such as trying to kill WALL•E, mutinying against the captain, and endangering the entire population of the Axiom, that ultimately make him a villain.

* InterspeciesFriendship: In a charming, endearing and ever so slightly repulsive way -- he makes friends with WALL.E.

->'''Voiced by:''' Kathy Najimy

* SpannerInTheWorks: If he hadn't been so determined to clean WALL•E, he wouldn't have gotten caught in the airlock doors. If that didn't happen WALL•E, EVE, and the plant would've been blasted out the airlock, [[TheBadGuyWins allowing AUTO to maintain control over the ship and preventing humanity from going back to earth]].

* LastOfHisKind: Appears to be the only functional robot left. Andrew Stanton has said that the original story premise revolved around the idea that humanity left Earth but forgot to turn off the last robot. This premise is supported in the opening of the film where we see dozens of other wall•e class robots frozen mid-action as if a global signal was sent to shut down and WALL•E somehow missed it.

%%* RoboRomance: With EVE.