History Headscratchers / TheBraveLittleToaster

* how did Blanky hear the car the first time when it wasn't even in view as shown when he goes into the attic it comes into the view when he's in the attic does he have super hearing or something?

* Is the car crusher alive? It ''does'' kinda have a face with big "teeth" and "eyes," but never changes expression.

** Maybe they realized Toaster wasn't along with them and knew in their metaphorical hearts that she would do something to save Rob.

* If Chris is really Rob’s girlfriend, then I have no idea what Disney was thinking to promote interracial dating. Am I missing something here?

If Chris is really Rob’s girlfriend, then I have no idea what Disney was thinking to promote interracial dating. Am I missing something here?

* What's with all the mangled/hodge podge appliances at St. Peter's? I understand taking old appliances apart to sell the components. But would he put together random parts? Like that shaver/lamp/can opemer. Nobody is going to buy that.

* When is the film really set? When the Radio plays a Brooklyn Dodgers broadcast (the team relocated to Los Angeles in 1957), for example, the implication is that the film is set no later than the 50’s. Later in the film, however, we meet the “Cutting Edge” appliances, which are clearly from the 80’s and, as the Radio lamentingly notes, “couldn’t be more modern.”

* When is the film really set? When the Radio plays a Brooklyn Dodgers broadcast (the team relocated to Los Angeles in 1957), for example, the implication is that the film is set no later than the 50’s. However, later in the film we meet the “Cutting Edge” appliances, which are clearly from the 80’s and, as the Radio lamentingly notes, “couldn’t be more modern.”

* OK, so the appliances sans Toaster are on the conveyor belt to the crusher along with Rob. Rob is pinned down by rubble and can't move, and they're getting close to the crusher. Let's take Toaster out of the equation here for a moment (or interpret this as being during the time the Toaster is staring at the situation in shock). I get that appliances don't want to be realized that they're living creatures, but are they seriously going to allow their precious Master, ''the person they went on this entire trip to reunite with in the first place'', to be crushed? Rob's hand was pinned down by what looks like a lead pipe; Kirby was able to handle the weight of all the other appliances in the waterfall scene, couldn't he have easily just moved the pipe or nudged it so it'd fall off of Rob's hand? It doesn't seem that Rob would have enough movement to be able to look back at Kirby and see him doing this.

* OK, so the appliances save Toaster are on the conveyor belt to the crusher along with Rob. Rob is pinned down by rubble and can't move, and they're getting close to the crusher. I get that appliances don't want to be realized that they're living creatures, but are they seriously going to allow their precious Master, ''the person they went on this entire trip to reunite with in the first place'', to be crushed? Rob's hand was pinned down by what looks like a lead pipe; Kirby was able to handle the weight of all the other appliances in the waterfall scene, couldn't he have easily just moved the pipe or nudged it so it'd fall off of Rob's hand? It doesn't seem that Rob would have enough movement to be able to look back at Kirby and see him doing this.

* Lets say you take apart an old microwave and repurpose it as an arc smelter a'la King of Random. Is it overcome with horror at its own existance, like Mish-Mash or does it find joy in its new function?

* We're led to believe that nobody has been to the cabin since Rob was a small child (at least ten years). ''Nobody.'' Therefore we have to assume that Rob's family owns the cabin and hasn't been there in at least ten years. They paid for the electrical bill for an empty cabin for ten years. Really? Maybe the "cutting-edge'' appliances are supposed to indicate Rob's family is upper-middle class, but I saw no evidence of wealth sufficient to maintain a second residence that is never used.

* In the second movie when Wittgenstein states that he's been in the basement for 4,999,450,852,312 nanoseconds as though it were a long time but in more conventional time measurements that translates into just over an hour.
** I haven't seen the second movie, but if that's notable it can go mian page under WritersCannotDoMath.
** Well, throughout his song you can see viruses tearing his insides apart piece by piece, and computer components are all about, well, computing. So maybe he's breaking down so much he either a) thinks its been only about an hour since he's powered down since his memory's faded or b) can't do math with large numbers as well anymore because the viruses have rotted his components so badly he's barely keeping himself alive at all.

* Why did they release ''Goes to Mars'', and '''then''' ''To The Rescue''? Why were the sequels made out of order? What purpose did this serve? It was already ten years after the first movie and they were released a year apart. At what point did the creators fail to notice "hey, maybe we should take some guys off production of ''Mars'' and have them finish ''Rescue''?"
** Apparently, the production of ''Goes to Mars'' was finished before ''To The Rescue'', so inetead of waiting, they just released it.
** This only happened in North America. ''To the Rescue'' was, indeed, done before ''Goes to Mars'', though for some reason, the North American release of ''To the Rescue'' was delayed for two years. Other parts of the world, ''To the Rescue'' was released in 1997, followed by the release of ''Goes to Mars'' in 1998... ''then'' ''To the Rescue'' saw it's North American release in 1999. This tends to happen a lot with animated series and features for some reason, I honestly don't know why, but it's not uncommon for something animated to see a wide release internationally far earlier before anyone in North America gets to see it.

* Here's something that I've always wondered since ''To The Rescue'' was released. Why was everyone only mad at Radio about the tube being broken? He was originally the one who was holding it and Ratso took it from him first in order to state that ''he'' was the one that found it. That's where the tug-a-war between the pair began. And it takes two people (or a rat and an appliance) to fight. If either one of them stopped and just surrendered the tube, things would have been fine. Yet, only Radio gets scolded by the entire group for his behavior and the accidental destruction of the tube while Ratso serves as a KarmaHoudini and doesn't even get a slap on the wrist for his part in the argument. Why does Radio get all the blame and no one points out that Ratso was being just as bad?
** The big problem was that at that moment, the most important thing was that the tube just needed to be put in. Although the argument could just end if one of them gave it up, Radio's stubborn grabbing for the tube didn't seem warrented to the others because ratso was the one who found it. I assume that part of why radio was carrying it was because ratso can't run as fast as radio and carry the tube. I assume it was intended as a temporary arrangement by Ratso, but Radio had to be stubborn and want to put it in himself. I guess the way it was written, it was intended to give Radio the stinkeye as well because besides reminding Ratso the brand they were looking for, he didn't really do anything looking for the tube, so he didn't really deserve to put it in either.

* How does a computer that uses tubes catch a virus? I can understand most things connected to the internet getting a virus due to their more sophisticated wiring and interface, but how does a computer like Wittenstein get a virus?

** Apparently, the production of ''Goes to Mars'' was finished before ''To The Rescue'', so inetead of waiting, they just released it AKA TheyJustDidntCare.

** Maybe it's like in MorkAndMindy, and whoever is youngest is the Master.