History Characters / WallE

* AntiVillain: Despite being TheLeader of the MegaCorp that more or less destroyed Earth, he's clearly not happy about it and shows genuine remorse for the damages he caused as well as the fact that [[YouCantGoHomeAgain humanity must stay in space indefinitely]].

* GreaterScopeVillain: He's not a "villain villain" but this trope still counts. He was the CEO of [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated Buy-N]][[IncompetenceInc -Large]], being a major force in Earth's doom. He set out Directive A-113 to ensure nobody would return to Earth [[WellIntentionedExtremist because he believed there was no longer hope for organic life there]] bringing the main characters quite a bit of grief when AUTO refuses to let the ''Axiom'' return despite being proven wrong.

* LoveAtFirstSight: He falls in love with EVE the first time he sees her. Possibly justified in that EVE is the first living thing he's seen other than his pet cockroach.

* DefrostingIceQueen: At first, she only cares about her directive. She starts defrosting after her frustrations with it make her more tolerant of talking to WALL•E.
** It's implied she was sapient from the beginning, but got used to hiding it so that she wouldn't get rebooted. Being around WALL•E changed that, so that she was more willing to accept the fact that her intelligence wasn't a "defect".
** She demonstrates her individuality from the start, before even meeting WALL•E. Once deployed, when she sees the rocket flying away, she stops scanning the ground and flies around at high speed, doing some nice loops, even. Kind of a sporty gal. She also has a nice interaction with Hal (after blasting it, of course). And she has a... [[HairTriggerTemper low tolerance towards frustration]].

** D-FIB will zap people and things.
** HAN-S will beat at things.

** PR-T will put makeup on things.

* ForInconveniencePress1: They aren't of any real help to humans when they're in trouble, despite having lasers capable of moving mass. When John falls of his chair, they just stand at his sides and rattle of a message to him as he asks for help. One even seems to glance at John before continuing its spiel.

%%* RoboRomance: With WALL•E.

%%* TheUnpronounceable: To WALL•E.

* FemBot: Downplayed for D-FIB and PR-T, who have female voices.

--''"Hey there, autopilots. Got some bad news. Um... Operation Clean-up has... well, uh, failed. Wouldn't you know, rising toxicity levels have made life unsustainable on Earth. Well, darn it all, we're gonna have to... cancel Operation Recolonize. So... *sighs*... just stay the course. Um.... rather than try and fix this problem, it'll just be easier for everyone to remain in space. Ok, I'm giving overide Directive A113: Go to full autopilot. Take control of everything. And do not return to Earth. Repeat: Do not return to Earth. Let's get the heck outta here."''

Characters in ''WesternAnimation/{{Walle}}''.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen storyboard]] of a DeletedScene he was going to [[MaskOfSanity gradually lose his composure throughout a series of messages]] before [[FreakOut freaking out entirely]] and [[AintTooProudToBeg begging for his life]].

* WomenAreWiser: She is depicted as the more sensible character compared to the bumbling WALL•E.

* JustFollowingOrders: He has the [[SealedOrders Directive A-113]] to never return to Earth no matter what.

Characters in ''WesternAnimation/WallE''.

** 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.

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: A rare inverted example. After spending seven centuries doing his own job with only a cockroach as a pet, Wall-E develops a “glitch” in his program, giving him a sentience and a personality of his own. Because of this, he likes collecting objects that catch his interest, and deeply longs for a connection and for something more beyond his directive.

* NatureLovingRobot: {{Downplayed}} in that there's very little nature left with roaches seeming to be only life left on Earth, but WALL•E has a roach he's both attached to and who is attached to him. When WALL•E finds a living plant, he decides it is something of value and takes it to be part of his collection.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: {{Inverted}}; the ''other'' machines are going beyond their programming while AUTO is still following his directive.

* ObviouslyEvil: He's got that [[CyberCyclops single glowing red eye]], he hangs from the ceiling and skitters around like a mechanical spider and he's the only robot character to be voiced by [[SyntheticVoiceActor an actual machine]]. It's {{downplayed}} in that while AUTO is an antagonist he's not actually the villain. He's simply following the last command given to him by his creators, Directive A-113 which authorizes him to take full control of the ship and keep humanity safe by never returning to Earth. The main problem is that the directive did not include any exceptions for reevaluating the situation after some time to see if it still applied.

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* RuleOfThree: Has to provide all 3 of its spare light posts due to [=BURN-E's=] struggles.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: {{Downplayed}}; he orders all autopilots to take full control and never return to Earth. While he honestly believes cleanup efforts have failed and had no reason to think the planet would ever be able to support life again, he also kept this information from the passengers so they never knew about it, essentially taking away their rights to choose another course of action.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He starts as just another blob-person going through mindless routine (albeit with [[OnlySaneMan more awareness]] of their ennui than most). The prospect of returning to Earth wakes him up and when AUTO makes sure that Directive [=A113=] is still going, he begins fighting back for the fate of humanity. After he sees that the DarkestHour is over and WALL•E and EVE have escaped the refuse compartment with the [[MacGuffin Plant]] still in hand, he puts his technical knowledge to work to relay instructions to the robotic duo just in time before AUTO cuts him off, exploits AUTO's lack of depth perception in an attempt to lure down and seize AUTO, and is the first human on the Axiom to walk on his own two legs in ''centuries'' to continue the fight after the climax hits a crescendo with AUTO crushing WALL•E in the Holo Detector.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He was completely unaware of Directive [=A113=], which kept the ships from returning to Earth.

* EyeBeams: WALL•E's eyes don't actually shoot lasers, but he does have one hidden in the bridge between them. It's a tool, though, not a weapon, used for cutting large pieces of garbage down to more manageable sizes.

* LoveAtFirstSight: He falls in love with EVE the first time he sees her. Possibly justified in that EVE is the first living thing he's seen other than cockroaches.

* NiceGuy: Granted, he does troll M•O a bit, but other than that, he is a kind, friendly, loyal, heroic and polite robot.

* NonActionGuy: He's a garbage bot. The closest thing he would have to an offensive capability is a utility cutting laser, but he never uses it as a weapon. However he compensates for this by his sheer determination and [[LetsGetDangerous when he thinks EVE is in danger...]]

* ActionGirl: Doesn't like things getting in her way and has a general willingness to rush into a fight. When in doubt, she will shoot. With the plasma gun built into her arm.

* BerserkButton: M•O gets furious when he sees WALL•E ''completely'' covered in dirt and germs (or 100% foreign contaminant) to the point that [[RedAlert a red siren slowly emerges from his head]] and he later follows the robot through the ship by his trail of dirt, even following him down the garbage chute.

* ChekhovsSkill: He's the one to find the plant amid all the confused passengers on the lido deck to save WALL•E because his optics are made to detect foreign contaminant, which stands out like a beacon to him.

* AntiVillain: He opposes WALL•E, EVE and [=McCrea=] and tries to prevent the ''Axiom'' from returning to Earth only because he can't deviate from his directive and [[WellIntentionedExtremist genuinely believes]] humanity won't survive. It's the actions he takes in pursuit of said directive such as trying to kill WALL•E, mutinying against the captain and endangering the population of the ''Axiom'' that ultimately make him a villain.

* OhCrap: Towards the end of the film when EVE and WALL•E escape from the garbage chute and the Captain tricks him with the plant backup.

* VillainousBreakdown: Starts when EVE and WALL•E break out of the trash pit. Exacerbated by the Captain when he fakes out AUTO with the plant backdrop. "[[ThisCannotBe Not possible]]" he says in monotone. Gets even worse when he starts sending significant numbers of SECUR•T bots after EVE and WALL•E. Jumps off the slippery slope when he intentionally causes the ''Axiom'' to list sending everyone tumbling about. Climaxes when he's using his taser to jam down the Holo-Detector retract button with excessive force.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Suffers a messy one. When Captain [=McCrea=] is struggling in a fight with AUTO, GO-4 attempts to attack him but is instead kicked out the window and is completely smashed (on-screen) upon impact.

* DragonAscendant: In the tie-in game he outlives AUTO and continues to menace the humans on Earth by stealing their plants and having the reject bots rounded up to be destroyed forcing WALL•E to thwart his plans.

* BoundAndGagged: Not so much the gagged part, but due to HAN-S' malfunction being that its arms go haywire, the repair ward had to tie it up to keep its arms locked down. HAN-S' arms remain tied up until WALL•E frees them during the battle against the stewards.

* NoNameGiven: His name isn't given in dialogue, he is only called "Captain", but you can see his last name and first initial in the captain's portrait.

* MadeOfIron: Like most of his kind, he can take surprising amounts of punishment. WALL•E runs over him twice and it doesn't even faze him. Also survives being shot by EVE's ArmCannon.

* RightHandVersusLeftHand: A case of AUTO being caught in the middle and ''also'' representing one of the hands by following the last directive given by [=BnL's=] CEO and President. This is particularly prevalent when [=McCrea=] is ordering him to let him fire up the holo-detector. Despite trying to follow the President's orders (including the video of the final order saying "TOP SECRET" and "FOR AUTOPILOT'S EYE ONLY") AUTO still can't disobey a direct order from the Captain of the ''Axiom'':