History WMG / Robots

Quirky robots who act like people? Sounds familiar. The world they live on is never stated to be Earth. The original robot colonists are descended from the same colonists as [[Recap/FuturamaS1E5FearOfABotPlanet those from Chapek 9]]. Unlike their cousins they chose to ignore humans rather than continue to use them as a scapegoat, though it's possible Ratchet is a Robot Elder who pursued a different means of oppression. [[Fiction500 Mom]] is never mentioned because the colonists left 400 years ago, long before she was born. This is also why males don't have antenna-it's something specific to Mom's Friendly Robots(which is why probably why Robot Santa and the Robot Devil don't have them in the show, considering they were made before the company).

Quirky robots who act like people? Sounds familiar. The world they live on is never stated to be Earth. The original robot colonists are descended from the same colonists as [[Recap/FuturamaS1E5FearOfABotPlanet those from Chapek 9]]. Unlike their cousins they chose to ignore humans rather than continue to use them as a scapegoat, though it's possible Ratched is a Robot Elder who pursued a different means of oppression. [[Fiction500 Mom]] is never mentioned because the colonists left 400 years ago, long before she was born. This is also why males don't have antenna-it's something specific to Mom's Friendly Robots(which is why probably why Robot Santa and the Robot Devil don't have them in the show, considering they were made before the company).

Look closely to Ratched and the Robots that can afford the upgrades... Do they have something similar to a kind of Superior Race? Yes they do, and Ratched wants to get away with the old, rusty robots. Gee, [[ThoseWackyNazis does that sound familiar?]]

* Plus it would make for a good opportunity of [[NamesTheSame Ratchet meeting Ratchet]].

Quirky robots who act like people? Sounds familiar. The world they live on is never stated to be Earth. The original robot colonists are descended from the same colonists as [[Recap/FuturamaS1E5FearOfABotPlanet those from Chapek 9]]. Unlike their cousins they chose to ignore humans rather than continue to use them as a scapegoat, though it's possible Ratched is a Robot Elder who pursued a different means of oppression. [[Fiction500 Mom]] is never mentioned because the colonists left 400 years ago, long before she was born. This is also why males don't have antenna-it's something specific to Mom's Friendly Robots(which is why probably why Robot Santa and the Robot Devil don't have them in the show, considering they were made before the company).

[[WMG: This movie takes place in [[TheMatrix 01]]]]

** They could be of the same maker/factory?

* Considering the fact that they are both robots that are assembled from mechanical parts, they cannot really be "biological" siblings anyway, can they?

They could be stepsiblings, or one of them was adopted from a "robot orphanage" (possibly Piper). Either way, neither of them share physical similarities with the other.

[[WMG: Robots takes place in the same universe as RatchetAndClank]]

* Plus it would make for a good opportunity of Ratchet meeting Ratchet.

The machines built their own cities after being pushed out by humanity. Why no war? The movie takes place during relatively short peace time between the humans and machines, and these are "civillian" robots who care nothing for the war. Explains why there seems to be no real law or reprecussions to stop murders (a business CEO can apparently order genocide of the lower class, and while the lower class disagrees with this move, nobody thinks to get the equivelent of the police involved).

If you're rich enough, you can afford upgrades, which can be classed as plastic surgery. You can look just like everybody else. If you get sick, you can afford to be repaired. If you're poor, you find somebody who will do it for free (Medicare), or you drop dead. The fancy new upgrades came with 'cup holders', but apart from being shiny they didn't really do anything spare parts couldn't. But they made a huge profit for the big companies. The people who could afford it were being ripped off, and those who couldn't were left to die.

In Ratchet & Clank it's always taken for granted that all the robots think and feel. Maybe at some point a group of robots decided to form a robot haven on an uninhabited planet. It would explain the lack of anything biological and I could totally see Ratchet and Clank crash landing in the middle of Robot City.