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1	* Freakenstein (can't spell his actual name) gets ripped apart by the Commando Elite. Brick Bazooka has his lower half torn off. Both are repaired, Bazooka to full functionality. Why, then, does Nick Nitro "die" (for lack of a better word) when his legs are shredded? Freakenstein had to have been more damaged than him, they couldn't even give him both arms!
2	** The damage sustained by Brick and Freakenstein left their circuits 'open', and essentially harmless outside of the damaged systems. The mangling Nick got probably shorted out his circuitry instead, permanently ruining him.
3	** Chip actually states exactly why this is. "Nick Nitro's battery has run out". The damage he received caused his battery to get damaged and he "died" because his battery ran out.
4	* What happened to the other Major Chip Hazards that should logically have been in that truck?
5	** Hazard wants to keep the chain of command in-tact and not share authority; if nothing else, it is more efficient that way. And ThereCanBeOnlyOne.
6	** This also leads to some Fridge Horror - after all, what happened to any Gorgonites in that truck?
7	*** Or worse; All those weapons they show up with were initially just toys. Where would they have found a source of military grade parts to "upgrade" them?
8	*** They aren't "military grade", they're jury-rigged from stuff they stole from Fimple and Abernathy's garages. Their most powerful weapon launches burning tennis balls.
9	*** The optimistic answer is that the Commandos were in such a rush to activate more troops and collect more equipment, they just didn't have time to activate the Gorgonites. They may have just torn apart the still un-activated toys and that was enough. So no additional Gorgonites ever had to "die".
10	* How did nobody manage to realise during the development of the toys that they were dangerous? Yes I know the CEO forced them to rush it so they said there wouldn't be time for testing, but they must have done some testing just to make sure they worked.
11	** It probably wasn't extensive testing. They probably did little more than test the voice activation and articulation before turning them off and pushing production. Most of the issues were from long term activation. It's kind of like testing a device for functionality but not thinking to test for continuous or repetitive use.
12	** This is explained in the movie. Gil Mars' assistant tells Larry and Irwin that he wants the Gorgonite and Commando Elite toylines ready for sale in three months, and Irwin tries tell her that it takes six months in part because of product testing, but Larry assures her that three months is fine. In other words, production was rushed and corners were cut as a result.
13	* So let's say that the Commando Elite actually succeeded in destroying the Gorgonites. What would happen next? Since that's what they're programmed to do, would they simply shut down or would they remain sentient and start looking for other Gorgonite toys to fight?
14	** Same for the Gorgonites themselves. We are to assume that they reach Gorgon, so do they just "live" in the forest forever? I know that this involves thinking far more about this movie than anyone should but it's just a weird little quirk bugging this troper.
15	** They are capable of learning, so they would recognize their mission is done and figure out what the next logical step is, for the Gorgonites it's to live in their new home, for the Commandos it would be to continue to "protect" humanity, likely attempting to destroy some new "alien threat" (pretty much any non-human looking toys).
16	*** Don't know that "protecting humanity" was a factor in their programming (though "'''EVERYTHING else is just a toy'''" was). And considering how quick the Commandos were to consider humans tangentially related to the Gorgonites as enemy combatants (even ''shooting Timmy in the face'' before he has a chance to "declare his allegiance"), any kid with a beloved teddy bear or furby might be at risk in that scenario.
17	*** This is confirmed in a deleted scene: Irwin attributes the fact that the Commandos are attacking humans to "[[BlackAndWhiteInsanity extreme binary thinking]]": [[WithUsOrAgainstUs if you're not a Commando [you're a Gorgonite] ]]".
18	* What is the actual reason for the Commando Elite to be fighting the Gorgonites? Other then FantasticRacism, we're never given a motivation. Considering the Gorgonites are programmed to be meek and only searching for their homeland of Gorgon, what exactly caused this "war" to happen, lore wise? Did the Gorgonite Ship crash and kill all of the Commando's families?
19	** Considering the production was rushed, they didn't have time to program anything like a real reason for the Commandos to hate the Gorgonites. This is supported by the fact that the Gorgonites are not programed to be anything like the villains of a Saturday cartoon, and still keeps their personality of being peaceful explorers
20	** That kind is a weird point in itself. The whole point of the programming was to allow the toys to essentially play back or at least let the kids watch them battle. Why in the world would you program your villains to literally do nothing but hide?
21	*** As previously discussed, production was rushed and the storyline wasn't properly established to give both sides a truly detailed "history" with each other.
22	* Why does Kristy keep and collect Gwendy dolls if she always hated them?
23	** I thought it was said by her brother "they buy you those stupid Gwendy dolls". So her parents keep buying them and she's too polite to say she doesn't like them.
24	*** After their ordeal in the movie, they'll likely decided to stop buying her those dolls. And probably tell their relatives not to give her those dolls as presents either.
25	** She probably loved them as a little girl and now that she's older is going through the phase of swearing off anything childish. She appears to be quite tomboyish - she listens to Led Zeppelin, drives a motorcycle and smiles happily when Alan says she's NotLikeOtherGirls. So she may feel ashamed to have a girly streak to her (it was the 90s and many girls were rejecting femininity in favor of grunge etc) but they're GuiltyPleasures.
26	* If the Gorgonites were intended to be non-violent and educational, why do some of them have violent names like Punch-It and Slamfist?
27	** RuleOfCool?
28	** The Gorgonites ''were'' re-purposed as the Commando Elite's enemies, and while Irwin was able to sneak in their original backstory and personality, he might not have been able to do so for their names -- they would, after all, be visible on their packaging.
29	* Do the Gwendy Dolls already have the same kind of mechanical endo-skeleton inside them as the Commandos? If not, how are hollow dolls supposed to move and see things around them without the same technology? Even then, if the Commandos built endo-skeletons for them, where would they get the parts to build that much advanced tech for that many dolls?
30	* The toys are all powered by Lithium-based batteries. Keeping in mind that Lithium is extremely flammable, why doesn't Chip Hazard completely explode when Alan puts him between the terminals on the power pole?
31	** ArtisticLicenceChemistry

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