History WesternAnimation / WallE

* AnAesop: LivingIsMoreThanSurviving. Also, [[GreenAesop don't destroy the planet with pollution]].

For information about the UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} short, ''BURN-E'', check the ''WesternAnimation/PixarShorts'' page.

* LearnedFromTheNews: After WALL•E and [=EVE=] escape from the Repair Ward of the ''Axiom,'' a warning goes out through the ship's announcement system: "Caution, rogue robots. Caution, rogue robots." A security 'bot still image shows WALL•E and [=EVE=] grappling with her weaponized arm. [=EVE=] is aghast at the implication of the image, having sunk from malfunctioning to haywire. [=EVE=] glares at poor WALL•E and snarls his name, causing WALL•E to cower like a HenpeckedHusband.

* LearnedFromTheNews: After WALL•E and [=EVE=] escape from the Repair Ward of the ''Axiom,'' a warning goes out through the ship's announcement system: "Caution, rogue robots. Caution, rogue robots." A security 'bot still image shows WALL•E and [=EVE=] grappling with her weaponized arm. [=EVE=] is aghast at [[DudeShesLikeInAComa having been handled this way while in hibernate mode]], having sunk from malfunctioning to haywire. [=EVE=] glares at poor WALL•E and snarls his name, causing WALL•E to cower like a HenpeckedHusband.

* StalkerWithACrush: Downplayed. Much of WALL•E's fascination that borders on "stalkerish" behavior can be explained in that EVE is the first non-cockroach interaction WALL•E has had probably since he was activated 700 years ago so a degree of lacking awareness about social and boundary issues makes sense. For the most part, WALL•E is shown to have proper concern and respect for EVE. The only time it feels a little awkward is when EVE is in hibernation mode and WALL•E tries to hold her hand on their "date" which slips into DudeShesLikeInAComa territory.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Oh yeah. In the very first minute, [[spoiler:"Put On Your Sunday Clothes", a bright, cheery song, matches well with the opening shots of the galaxy... not so much with the revelation of what Earth has become that follows. At the moment the song breaks into "There's lots of world out there", we get our first glimpse of Earth's barren wasteland surface.]]

* MidflightWaterTouching: Accomplished by WALL•E while clinging to the outer hull of the shuttle rocket. As the rocket passes close to the ice rings of Saturn, the awestruck robot brushes the ice crystals with his mechanical hand.

* HourglassPlot: In the beginning of the movie, WALL-E tries to impress EVE by showing off all the cool gadgets and artifacts (for example, a whisk and a Rubik's cube) he found while cleaning Earth. [[spoiler: After WALL-E gets reset to factory settings]], EVE shows him the same gadgets and artifacts to [[spoiler: bring his memories back]].

* MediumBlending: The humans of the past, such as the [=BnL=] CEO, Shelby Forthright or the cast of "''Hello Dolly''" are live-action. The humans of the future are computer-generated. The creators have said that redoing all the "''Hello Dolly''" scenes in CGI would've taken too much effort, so they just blended the film images into the scene. This is later {{lampshade}}d in the scene of the portraits of the various ''Axiom'' captains, which shows the captains shifting from photo-realistic to cartoonish over time.

* AWeightyAesop: In showing humanity as obese creatures with low bone density and requiring hover-hairs to move around, the film can be interpreted to have one of these, though the filmmakers claim [[AccidentalAesop it was accidental]] and the real Aesop is more of a warning against over-consumerism.

* ThereWasADoor: After [[spoiler:repairing WALL•E back on Earth]] EVE decides the door is too far away and blows a hole in WALL•E's ceiling to get him some sunlight.
* TheseusShipParadox: It's implied that the WALL•E has at one point or another replaced every part of his body from the spare parts he keeps in his house, except his motherboard. So, by the end, when EVE replaces his motherboard after it gets severely damaged, WALL•E acts like any other garbage disposal robot [[spoiler:until EVE kisses him. Which raises the question of where does his personality reside and how was it restored if his motherboard was replaced?]].

* AdvancedCivilizationHollowImagination: Humanity has devolved into this; they eat liquid meals from cups, stare at screens all day (to the point of talking to one another via video chat when they're literally sitting next to one another), and have no imagination or creativity. WALL•E's presence helps to shake a few residents from their stupor.

Listen, Barnaby.''

* DoubleTake: EVE initially waves WALL•E off when he tries to get her attention on the Axiom. Then she realizes he's not supposed to be there.

* PressureSensitiveInterface:
** {{Subverted}}. WALL•E, trapped in an escape pod about to blow up, presses the button for self-destruct to try and turn it off, then repeatedly presses it.
** The BigBad pushes a button to turn off the Holo-Detector and lower it back into the floor, but WALL•E holds it up. So, the BigBad takes out an electric prod and pushes the button with that, and the Holo-Detector lowers faster and overpowers WALL•E.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: Pixar's iconic Planet Pizza delivery truck, a Toyota Truck, is seen when EVE is searching Earth. A [=V8=] engine is visible under the hood. The Toyota Hilux (renamed "Truck" in North America in 1976) was only available with an inline four engine.

* CrapSaccharineWorld: The Axiom is luxurious spaceship where humans can have all the comfort of the world thanks to robots doing their jobs and activities in their place. However seven centuries living in such luxury mean that humans have become too dependent on machines, barely being able to do things themselves like walking, and while they deep down long for something more game changing, they have accepted their current predicament as normal. Worst still, Axiom’s autopilot received the directive to not return to Earth (because it seemingly has become inhospitable) and since then he refuses to change his mind despite there are proves of otherwise.

In 2105, humans leave the [[EarthThatWas now-inhospitable Earth]] while they enjoy a five-year vacation cruise in space so it can be cleaned up by an army of "Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth class" robots or WALL•E for short. Seven centuries later in 2805, one robot -- the WALL•E in the title -- is still collecting junk and living with his pet cockroach. One day, WALL•E is going about his business as usual when a spaceship drops off a much more modern robot. Her name is EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) and WALL•E is smitten at first sight. When the ship comes back and picks her up, he stows away. The return trip leads WALL•E to find what has become of humanity, and that's when things get ''really'' complicated...

In 2105, humans leave the [[EarthThatWas now-inhospitable Earth]] while they enjoy a five-year vacation cruise in space so it can be cleaned up by an army of "Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth class" robots or WALL•E for short. Seven centuries later in 2805, one robot -- the WALL•E in the title -- is still collecting junk and living with his pet cockroach. One day, WALL•E is going about his business as usual when a spaceship drops off a much more modern robot. Her name is EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) and WALL•E is smitten at first sight. When the ship comes back and picks her up, he stows away. The return trip leads WALL•E to discover what has become of humanity, and that's when things get ''really'' complicated...

There's a slick town, Barnaby\\
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-->--'''Put on your Sunday Clothes''', from ''Film/HelloDolly''

* DoesNotLikeShoes: All of the people on the Axiom have no need for shoes, since they spend their lives in hover chairs, never needing to walk.

* AIIsACrapshoot:
** 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.
** 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.

* AIIsACrapshoot:
** 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.
** 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.