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** Maybe [[spoiler:it isn't even set in our ages, it's subtly implied to be set somewhere / sometime (Centuries, which is the most likely one, due to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law the Moore's law]]) where much more developed technology could've been made, in which the smartphone could've had the power of a current top supercomputer, which would've allowed it to do some nigh impossible procedures for a phone, like uploading a file swiftly through the operator's USB, and then, outright deleting the file in the phone (Not factory resetting), in a very short time, (Something which takes very long with current technology, how it's done now, for comparaison, is, that file is just thought not to exist, and then, eventually overwritten by installations, new data...) For swift checking, and then, inserted back in the phone, after through checking at the data on the phone, with emergency procedures in case of failure for avoiding permanent damage (As no warning was shown before starting the procedure, implying these situations were for safety and very common) Why may be this done though? Remember what I said about [[AIIsaCrapshoot very advanced computing in your phone?]]]]

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** Maybe [[spoiler:it isn't even set in our ages, it's subtly implied to be set somewhere / sometime (Centuries, which is the most likely one, due to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law the Moore's law]]) where much more developed technology could've been made, in which the smartphone could've had the power of a current top supercomputer, which would've allowed it to do some nigh impossible procedures for a phone, like uploading a file swiftly through the operator's USB, and then, outright deleting the file in the phone (Not factory resetting), in a very short time, (Something which takes very long with current technology, how it's done now, for comparaison, comparison, is, that file is just thought not to exist, and then, eventually overwritten by installations, new data...) For swift checking, and then, inserted back in the phone, after through checking at the data on the phone, with emergency procedures in case of failure for avoiding permanent damage (As no warning was shown before starting the procedure, implying these situations were for safety and very common) Why may be this done though? Remember what I said about [[AIIsaCrapshoot very advanced computing in your phone?]]]] phone?]]]]
** The movie ''is'' set in the present: Alex's birthday is October 11th, 2002. (It's the first password Jailbreak tries.)
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* Why did Alex want to DELETE his phone? He never uses the word "reset" once; which would imply he intended to render the phone completely inoperable by deleting EVERYTHING, right down to the OS' source code. Why not just reset it?
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** Ok, but why [[spoiler: Did she decide to stay in Textopolis (Or whatever the city is called) and not continue her dream of going to the cloud? She has the password and there's no bots chasing after her, just a stroll down down to the Dropbox app. And it's not because "oh well now she's working in the scanner so that 'makes it all better' because we see other things taking care of it before she was there. And for all her feminist talk, nothing changed in the movie. There's no empowering "female emoji's" created or something, like "Hey *insert female* why don't you try to be the Angry face today?" or something.]]
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* Alex starts deleting apps when they start making random noises. Why doesn't he try force quitting his apps first or turning his phone off and then on again before deleting them altogether (it's possible to download them all over again, but still)?
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** For what it's worth, a blink-and-you-miss-it line near the beginning has a Christmas Tree emoji being called "Tim".
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** When I was watching Mr. Enter's take on the movie, there was a clip of the poop emoji shifting into what we usually see on the screen as he was being scanned. Perhaps it's the same for Mary and Smiler--they might be female in Textopolis, but when they're scanned, they shift into normal, non-feminine emojis on the screen. That could have been more in line with Jailbreak's complaint--not that female emojis of other kinds don't exist in Textopolis, but that brides and princesses are the only kinds of emojis that exist as female when they're actually doing the one thing emojis exist to do.

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* Why does the [[spoiler:"megabot" (the big bot at the end sent by Smily as last resource) does not kill Gene at once, just captures him and carries him to Textopolis where he would be executed in front of everyone incriminating Smily?]]

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* Why does the [[spoiler:"megabot" (the big bot at the end sent by Smily Smiley as last resource) does not kill Gene at once, just captures him and carries him to Textopolis where he would be executed in front of everyone incriminating Smily?]]Smiley?]]


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*** Fair enough, but that still begs the question as to why she tried to do it in front of everyone else when she could have just as easily done it in her office or something and just told everyone that Gene got deleted in an accident traveling through the phone.
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** While Gene does screw up when being scanned, that alone did not cause Alex to schedule the appointment. Smiler is the one that attempts to kill him, sending him running which is what leads to him and the others running around the other apps which actually leads to Alex scheduling the appointment. Gene may have ended up seeking help from jailbreak anyway, but if not for Smiler, they could have just walked to dropbox and reprogrammed him to be a true "meh" without setting off the other apps.
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* How did Gene try and take credit for Jailbreak's "idea" of using Gene's multiple facial expressions to get past the firewall? He figured out what her plan was before she told him. He never suggests it was his idea either.

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* How did Gene try and take credit for Jailbreak's "idea" of using Gene's multiple facial expressions to get past the firewall? He figured out what her plan was after explaining the firewall bit, but before she told him.him about his role. He never suggests it was his idea either.
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* How did Gene try and take credit for Jailbreak's "idea" of using Gene's multiple facial expressions to get past the firewall? He figured out what her plan was before she told him. He never suggests it was his idea either.
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** Maybe he wanted to know where he went when the app got deleted, or where the phone's trash bin was.
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* Why did Jailbreak need another Emoji to get into the Cloud? It's not as if she can't make more than one face herself.
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* Why did Jailbreak need another Emoji to get into the Cloud? It's not as if she can't make more than one face herself.
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** It could be that he is an UnreliableNarrator who doesn't fully understand the world of Emojis. Or simply a matter of lazy WorldBuilding on the part of the writers.

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** It could be that he is an UnreliableNarrator who doesn't fully is far too different to truly understand the world of Emojis. Or simply a matter of lazy WorldBuilding on the part of the writers.
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* If the face Emojis have no physical option to make different faces, then why does Gene say "the pressure is on" for them to [[MethodActing act one way through their entire life?]]
** It could be that he is an UnreliableNarrator who doesn't fully understand the world of Emojis. Or simply a matter of lazy WorldBuilding on the part of the writers.
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* Why did Gene AK "where's Hi-5?" when he just witnessed him being taken away by a bot?
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*** Akiko's app is gone, so if she was rescued, she would be homeless and out of a job. She probably ends up in the cloud, which is like Heaven, where she would get everything she wants and does not need to have a job.

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*** Akiko's app is gone, so if she was rescued, she would be homeless and out of a job. She probably ends might end up in the cloud, which is like Heaven, where she would get everything she wants and does not need to have a job.
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** The Could was never mentioned to be like heaven, it probably serves the same function as it does in RealLife.
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* Why didn't Smiler notice that Gene was making more than one facial expression when she was giving her introductory speech?
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* If they ended the caste system, then why is there still a loser lounge during the end credits?
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** Is it possible Smiler wanted it done in front of her, to ensure that Gene was completely deleted?
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* If they ended the caste system, then why is there still a loser lounge during the end credits?
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* How come the first time Gene makes multiple expressions while being scanned, the image sent is one of a still image, [[spoiler: but when he does it again in the climax, the image is that of changing expression?]]

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* How come the first time Gene makes multiple expressions while being scanned, the image sent is one of a still image, [[spoiler: but when he does it again in the climax, the image is that of changing expression?]]changes expressions?]]
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* How come the first time Gene makes multiple expressions while being scanned, the image sent is one of a still image, [[spoiler: but when he does it again in the climax, the image is that of changing expression?]]

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* Ironic that Jailbreak wants to change what she is [[spoiler: , a princess]], but when Gene mentions he wants to change, she tells him to be what he is.

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* Ironic that Jailbreak wants to change what she is is: [[spoiler: , a princess]], but when Gene mentions he wants to change, she tells him to be what he is.is.
** Are you accusing Jailbreak of being a hypocrite? Because I think she was referring to the act of conforming, not the act of being what you were born as. Jailbreak didn't want to conform and Gene did. By telling him he's cool just the way he is, she's telling him that conforming to society's standards is overrated. [[BeYourself It's better to be who truly are than be what society expects you to be]].
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*Ironic that Jailbreak wants to change what she is [[spoiler: , a princess]], but when Gene mentions he wants to change, she tells him to be what he is.
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**** Smiler mentions having a cube at one point and we can see her in said cube during the scene where Gene is botching his first day on the job. So yes. She WAS working and waiting to be scanned.
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** I think the moment that sums up her villainy is when she opts to have Gene ''and'' his father deleted, despite the fact that both of them have already overcome their malfunctions and are just normal emoji at that point. I think that was the moment where even some of the other emoji felt she was going too far.
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* Why is Smiler the villain again? Her motivation seems to simply prevent the extinction of their phone's world. It's not like this movie has a nuanced view on morality, so why is the person trying to save lives the asshole?

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