History Headscratchers / TheBraveLittleToaster

** This is made worse by the fact that Toaster and friends seem to have the maturity of children, and were not present when Master was..."growing up". They haven't been learning about these things along with him. So when they move back with the now grown master, and he brings home his new wife, the appliances will be in for a rude shock...

* I could see how Blanky, Lamp, Radio, and Toaster could see Rob as their Master (Toaster would be a borderline case), but why the hell would Kirby see him as that? You'd think Kirby would spend most of his quality time with the parents and/or maid, so he would see ''them'' as his master.

** I prefer to think that they need electricity/batteries to preform their function (toasting, vacuuming, warming), but not to move around and speak.

* Why were Rob's computer, stereo, etc. jealous and threatened by Toaster and the gang? It's not like they were being faced with rival computers, stereos, etc. It was a toaster, a radio, a lamp, a vaccume and a blanket. Their jobs were totally different. There was no competition between them. (Yes, one of the evil new appliances was a lamp--but he was a living room table lamp. Lampy was a desk lamp. So no job competition there.) What made them think that these new appliances were a threat to them?

*** They were jealous that Rob wanted to take Toaster and the gang with him to college rather than them. From what we hear in the beginning of the story and the conversations b/t Rob, his mom and his girlfriend, the old cottage was just a summer home that Rob and his family visited when he was a little boy while they resided in the city so Rob probably spent what was most a few months in total with Toaster and the gang and almost two decades with the city appliances. Think about it. the city appliances have probably been serving him faithfully for all of his life, he's going off to college, he probably wont be coming back and he decides that the objects that he's going to take with him aren't the modern advanced appliances he's grown up amongst but a couple of old objects that he hasn't seen or used in years. Now if I were one of those appliances I'd probably been upset that my master would prefer to take a couple of relics that I'd never seen before over myself who'd been with him longer. Take a look at the table lamp's face when he thinks he's going to be accompanying his beloved master to college only to be dejected when Rob says he's not going to be taking any of his mom's stuff while they were useless.

** He may be machinery operated to work "on its own." Remember, Air Conditioner is programed by humans to work without them operating him, yet he seems to do his job consciously. So, the same is probably true for the Giant Magnet/Crane. The humans programed him to do the job without them around, but he can consciously decide what he wants to pick up and dump on the conveyor belt. Why he tried to kill Rob is another question entirely...
*** That's another problem: did no one notice Rob running around in the scrapyard, and moreso, that he then ended up trapped on the convey belt ready to be crushed to death? If the Toaster hadn't jammed the crusher's gears, the scrap dealer would have had a lot of explaining to do.

** Trying to take the vacuum off the crane might have been dumb, but after that, he was being lifted up too high/fast for him to let go. Also, he WAS in a state of excitement and confusion from wondering why a picture of him and his old appliances just happened to be there at the same time he was.

* Speaking of the entertainment complex, why would he even expect to be taken to college, regardless of which other appliances were chosen? ECs from that era are enormous and heavy (the one in the movie is nearly as tall as the ceiling and full of projection/audio equipment, speakers, and a monitor). Did he assume that Rob and Chris would somehow be able to carry him outside, cram him into an already-loaded convertible, and haul him up into a dorm somewhere?

** This is made worse by the fact that Toaster and friends seem to have the maturity of children, and were not present when Master was, he-em, growing up. They haven't been learning about these things along with him. So when they move back with the now grown master, and he brings home his new wife, the appliances will be in for a rude shock...

* I could see how Blanket, Lamp, Radio, and Toaster could see Rob as their Master (Toaster would be a borderline case), but why the hell would Kirby see him as that? You'd think Kirby would spend most of his quality time with the parents and/or maid, so he would see ''them'' as his master.
** Maybe...if Rob was small enough, he could have rode on Kirby when the parents were cleaning. Or when his parents weren't cleaning, just to play.

* Okay, this has been bothering me for the past week. The appliances in Rob's apartment are supposed to be brandy-new special cutting edge technology... WHY IS THERE A HOME PHONE? Most of the other stuff in there isn't exactly new, either: The sewing machine, differently styled lamp, speakers, two-part vacuum, blender... This is the late 80's we're talking about. The home phone bothers me the most. Again, just... why?
** In the late 80's home phones was all there was. Cell phones weren't around yet - or if they were, the general public didn't have them.

** Those big bulky "car phones" came out sometime in the 90's I think. But in 1987? Home phones were as cutting edge as it got.

* In the sequels it's shown that animals can talk how come quadruped (St. Elmo's dog) couldn't talk in this film?

* when the appliances are running away from the magnet in the junkyard why couldn't they just split up to throw him off that makes sense but none of them even do that.

* How did Blanky hear the car the first time when it wasn't even in view as shown when he goes into the attic it comes into the view when he's in the attic does he have super hearing or something?
** He has little on his mind but the master to a degree of wishing for a car to come by with him in it.

** I think he just likes replaying old broadcasts he remembers.
* What's with all the mangled/hodge podge appliances at St. Peter's? I understand taking old appliances apart to sell the components. But would he put together random parts? Like that shaver/lamp/can opener. Nobody is going to buy that.

* That Peter Lorre lamp didn't get to escape with the others, during the jailbreak at Elmo St. Peter's. While the fridge, fan, and tape player waddled down the street, the hanging lamp was nowhere to be seen. True, he was attached to the ceiling and there was probably nothing they could do for him. But they could at least have said goodbye, and thanked him for donating his bulb to Lampy.

*** So then, maybe the real reason he gave Lampy his bulb was so he could see Lampy lose it again? That makes Lampshade even creepier.(Unless he just has a soft spot for fellow lamps.)

** Nothing bad will happen to him. It isn't like St. Peter is going to destroy the most reliable source of light in his work place.
* Why couldn't the appliances at Elmo St. Peter's escape before? When Lampy asks how to escape, they laugh like they think it's impossible. But once Mr. St. Peters is unconscious, the refrigerator breaks down the wall with no trouble. Why couldn't they just do that while Peters was out running errands or something?

** The movie was made by Hyperion, which is owned by Disney. So in some way, yes, it is a Disney movie.

** Indeed, it is a lamp, as can be seen later in the song when she shines light onto lampy. It is simply a very modernistic standing lamp.

* Why did Rob's girlfriend admonish him for forgetting to lock the door to the cottage? He was like 5 the last time he was there, it's not like it was his responsibility. And no, she didn't say it sarcastically.

* Is the Toaster a boy or a girl?

* Lets say you take apart an old microwave and repurpose it as an arc smelter a'la King of Random. Is it overcome with horror at its own existance, like Mish-Mash or does it find joy in its new function?

* How are the main characters so clueless about the devices in the apartment? Surely during the meantime, Radio would have kept in touch with current events by tuning in to news stations and would've learned about them, even if they don't know what they look like (and at least be aware of what "the cutting edge" means). Or does he only like music stations and has accidentally kept the entire group out of the loop for over a decade?

* Seriously, why does everyone treat Elmo St. Peters as a villain? He's a nice guy! He's only a villain from the appliances' point of view. Sure, he does kind of rip off that one customer (that was ''not'' a new blender), but he's just doing his job. He's not sadistic like [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Sid]] and clearly has no idea that the junk he's ripping apart is alive.

* In the sequels it's shown that animals can talk how come quadruped (st Elmo's dog) couldn't talk in this film?

* how were the others able to hear Blanky when he whispered "A car" he was barely audible.
* how come blank is the only appliance with black beady eyes.
* in the sequels it's shown that animals can talk how come quadruped (st Elmo's dog) couldn't talk in this film?