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** As Fender's about to be dropped into the Chop Shop by the Sweeper, you can see claw marks on the inner side of the door that Fender's banging on to be let out. This shows that Fender wasn't the first live Robot to be caught by a Sweeper, and tried to claw their way out of said Sweeper before being killed in the Chop Shop.
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* Ratchet's father has been reduced to a living metal skeleton and hanging from the ceiling by chains. He seems to not mind though.
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** One part shows Fender brushing past what are essentially dead bodies suspended by '''''meathooks.'''''

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** One part shows Fender brushing past what are essentially dead bodies the mutilated corpses of robots suspended by '''''meathooks.''''''''''meathooks,''''' further emphasizing the Chop Shop as what is essentially the robot equivalent of a [[HumanResources human slaughterhouse]].
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** One part shows Fender brushing past what are essentially dead bodies suspended by '''''meathooks.'''''
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-->'''Fender:''' This is so wrong! This is so wrong! ''(singing)'' ''Heeeeeeeeellllp!'' ''(jumps off the [[ConveyorBeltOfDoom conveyor belt]])'' '''''HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'''''
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* The Chop Shop. Essentially a gigantic corpse factory pulsing in perpetual motion below Robot City, the Chop Shop is the final destination for anyone caught by Madame Gasket's Sweepers, where robots are torn apart and melted down into upgrade parts. Overworked labor-bots work endlessly on conveyor belts lined with the remains of their fellow robots, stabbing, slicing, and smelting Gasket's product down with soulless efficiency. The industry of sheer ''death'' that Madame Gasket has created is underlined by the oppressive baritone of Tom Waits and his song "Underground." The lyrics, as recontextualized for the Chop Shop, make every word feel like a stomping boot directly into the face, really sealing in how utterly ''dystopian'' the existence of the Chop Shop is:

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* The Chop Shop. Essentially a gigantic corpse factory pulsing in perpetual motion below Robot City, the Chop Shop is the final destination for anyone caught by Madame Gasket's Sweepers, where robots are torn apart and melted down into upgrade parts. Overworked labor-bots work endlessly on conveyor belts lined with the remains of their fellow robots, stabbing, slicing, and smelting Gasket's product down with soulless efficiency. The industry of sheer ''death'' that Madame Gasket has created is underlined by the oppressive baritone of Tom Waits Music/TomWaits and his song "Underground." The lyrics, as recontextualized for the Chop Shop, make every word feel like a stomping boot directly into the face, really sealing in how utterly ''dystopian'' the existence of the Chop Shop is:




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-->'''''[[Music/TomWaits THERE'S A WORLD GOING ON UNDERGROUND]]'''''
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* Ratchet and his mother’s plan could be seen as ethnic cleansing mixed with genocide and classism to the lower class and any other robot that has rusted out.

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* Ratchet and his mother’s plan [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything could be seen as ethnic cleansing mixed with genocide and classism to the lower class and any other robot that has rusted out.out]].
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A funny film about robots can have some pretty dark themes...

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A While, on the surface, a funny and family-friendly film about robots can have robots, ''Robots'' has some pretty dark themes...genuinely and surprisingly nightmarish concepts.
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* Ratchet and his mother’s plan could be seen as ethnic cleansing mixed with genocide and racism to the lower class and any other robot that has rusted out.

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* Ratchet and his mother’s plan could be seen as ethnic cleansing mixed with genocide and racism classism to the lower class and any other robot that has rusted out.
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* The Chop Shop. Essentially a gigantic corpse factory pulsing in perpetual motion below Robot City, the Chop Shop is the final destination for anyone caught by Madame Gasket's Sweepers, where robots are torn apart and melted down into upgrade parts. Overworked labor-bots work endlessly on conveyor belts lined with the remains of their fellow robots, stabbing, slicing, and smelting Gasket's product down with soulless efficiency. The industry of sheer ''death'' that Madame Gasket has created is underlined by the oppressive baritone of Tom Waits' and his song "Underground." The lyrics, as recontextualized for the Chop Shop, make every word feel like a stomping boot directly into the face, really sealing in how utterly ''dystopian'' the existence of the Chop Shop is:

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* The Chop Shop. Essentially a gigantic corpse factory pulsing in perpetual motion below Robot City, the Chop Shop is the final destination for anyone caught by Madame Gasket's Sweepers, where robots are torn apart and melted down into upgrade parts. Overworked labor-bots work endlessly on conveyor belts lined with the remains of their fellow robots, stabbing, slicing, and smelting Gasket's product down with soulless efficiency. The industry of sheer ''death'' that Madame Gasket has created is underlined by the oppressive baritone of Tom Waits' Waits and his song "Underground." The lyrics, as recontextualized for the Chop Shop, make every word feel like a stomping boot directly into the face, really sealing in how utterly ''dystopian'' the existence of the Chop Shop is:

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A funny film about Robots can have some pretty dark themes...

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A funny film about Robots robots can have some pretty dark themes...



* Madame Gasket could count, especially her first appearance in the Chop Shop. And that song the Chop Shop robots sing while working.
* Ratchet and his mother’s plan could be seen as ethnic cleansing mixed with genocide and racism to the lower class and any other robot that has rusted out. Which makes the situation all too similar to the Holocaust of all things.
* The fates of anyone caught by the Sweepers: they are sent to Madame Gasket's Chop Shop where they are torn apart and melted down into upgrade parts.

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* The Chop Shop. Essentially a gigantic corpse factory pulsing in perpetual motion below Robot City, the Chop Shop is the final destination for anyone caught by Madame Gasket's Sweepers, where robots are torn apart and melted down into upgrade parts. Overworked labor-bots work endlessly on conveyor belts lined with the remains of their fellow robots, stabbing, slicing, and smelting Gasket's product down with soulless efficiency. The industry of sheer ''death'' that Madame Gasket could count, especially her first appearance in has created is underlined by the oppressive baritone of Tom Waits' and his song "Underground." The lyrics, as recontextualized for the Chop Shop. And that song Shop, make every word feel like a stomping boot directly into the face, really sealing in how utterly ''dystopian'' the existence of the Chop Shop robots sing while working.
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-->''Rattle big black bones in the danger zone''
-->''There's a rumblin' groan down below''
-->''There's a big dark town, it's a place I've found''
-->'''''There's a world going on underground'''''
* Ratchet and his mother’s plan could be seen as ethnic cleansing mixed with genocide and racism to the lower class and any other robot that has rusted out. Which makes the situation all too similar to the Holocaust of all things.\n* The fates of anyone caught by the Sweepers: they are sent to Madame Gasket's Chop Shop where they are torn apart and melted down into upgrade parts.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome to the Chop Shop! You won't be leaving!]]
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** Fender thuds to the ground and loses his lower half. He turns and screams in terror as he's getting closer to the incinerator. Forcing to replace his lower half with a female's, he narrowly escapes.

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** Fender thuds to the ground and loses his lower half. He turns and screams in terror as he's getting closer to the incinerator. Forcing to replace his lower half with a female's, he narrowly escapes.

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* Robot City is a strong example of a CrapSaccharineWorld despite its fantastical elements, especially if you're a robot. Ratchet's position as head of Bigweld Industries means the creation of a Robot City populated exclusively by upgraded robots. Their scheme involves conning robots out of their money by convincing them to replace their old bodies in favor of shiny newer ones, and shutting down production of spare parts for older models to make the new parts their only choice. Anyone who can't afford the new parts or find any old ones to use are eventually Out-Moded and eventually left to die off or be sent to the scrap yard to be recycled by the Sweepers. Worse is Ratchet and his depraved mother are not afraid to melt down anyone who gets in their way as scrap metal for their new parts.

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* Robot City is a strong example of a CrapSaccharineWorld despite its fantastical elements, especially if you're a robot. Ratchet's position as head of Bigweld Industries means the creation of a Robot City populated exclusively by upgraded robots. Their scheme involves conning robots out of their money by convincing them to replace their old bodies in favor of shiny newer ones, and shutting down production of spare parts for older models to make the new parts their only choice. Anyone who can't afford the new parts or find any old ones to use are eventually Out-Moded and eventually left to die off or be sent to the scrap yard Chop Shop to be recycled by the Sweepers. Worse is Ratchet and his depraved mother are not afraid to melt down anyone who gets in their way as scrap metal for their new parts.
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* Robot City is a strong example of a CrapSaccharineWorld despite its fantastical elements, especially if you're a robot. Ratchet's position as head of Bigweld Industries means the creation of a Robot City populated exclusively by upgraded robots. Their scheme involves conning robots out of their money by convincing them to replace their old bodies in favor of shiny newer ones, and shutting down production of spare parts for older models to make the new parts their only choice. Anyone who can't afford the new parts or find any old ones to use are eventually Out-Moded and eventually left to die off or be sent to the scrap yard to be recycled by the Sweepers. Worse is Ratchet and his depraved mother are not afraid to melt down anyone who gets in their way as scrap metal for their new parts.



* The fates of anyone caught by the Sweepers: they are sent to Madame Gasket's Chop Shop where they are torn apart and melted down into upgrades.
* Fender's encounter at to the Chop Shop after a sweeper snatches him.

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* The fates of anyone caught by the Sweepers: they are sent to Madame Gasket's Chop Shop where they are torn apart and melted down into upgrades.
upgrade parts.
* Fender's horrifying encounter at to the Chop Shop after a sweeper snatches him.him, being essentially surrounded by robot corpses set to be melted down.
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* The fates of anyone caught by the Sweepers.

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* The fates of anyone caught by the Sweepers.Sweepers: they are sent to Madame Gasket's Chop Shop where they are torn apart and melted down into upgrades.
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'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out who's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives'') So, starting tomorrow, these babies are gonna chop him up along with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, then notice the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\

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'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out who's been fixing those out modes.outmodes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives'') So, starting tomorrow, these babies are gonna chop him up along with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, then notice the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\
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* Ratchet and his mother’s plan could be seen as ethnic cleansing mixed with genocide and racism to the lower class and any other robot that has rusted out. Which makes the situation all too similar to the Holocaust of all things.
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'''Ratchet''': No peaking, it's a surprise!\\

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'''Ratchet''': No peaking, peeking, it's a surprise!\\
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'''Ratchet''': And look! (''reveals a giant chrome silver contraption with the license plate "PSYCHO-MAMA'')\\
'''Madame Gasket''':For me?\\

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'''Ratchet''': And look! (''reveals a giant chrome silver contraption with the license plate "PSYCHO-MAMA'')\\
"PSYCHO-MAMA"'')\\
'''Madame Gasket''':For Gasket''': For me?\\



'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out who's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives)'' So, starting tomorrow these babies are gonna chop him up with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, then notice the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\

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'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out who's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives)'' knives'') So, starting tomorrow tomorrow, these babies are gonna chop him up along with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, then notice the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\
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'''Rachet''': No peaking, it's a surprise!\\

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'''Rachet''': '''Ratchet''': No peaking, it's a surprise!\\



'''Ratchet''': She's a full take of gas. If you're ready to mow, she's ready to go!\\

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'''Ratchet''': She's got a full take tank of gas. If you're ready to mow, she's ready to go!\\



'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out how's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives)'' So, starting tomorrow these babies are gonna chop him up with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, then notice the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\

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'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out how's who's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives)'' So, starting tomorrow these babies are gonna chop him up with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, then notice the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\
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'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out how's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives)'' So, starting tomorrow these babies are gonna chop him up with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, until they notice the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\

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'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out how's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives)'' So, starting tomorrow these babies are gonna chop him up with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, until they then notice the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\
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'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out how's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives)'' So, starting tomorrow these babies are gonna chop him up with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, then they notice the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\

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'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out how's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives)'' So, starting tomorrow these babies are gonna chop him up with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, then until they notice the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\



'''Fender''': [[OhCrap AAH!]] (''Gasket and Ratchet slowly and menacingly approach him. But before they can get closer, Fender loses his grip.'') AAAAAAAH! (''Fender is flung upwards into the conveyer belt. Gasket cackles'')

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'''Fender''': [[OhCrap AAH!]] (''Gasket and Ratchet slowly and menacingly approach him. But before they can get closer, Fender loses his grip.'') AAAAAAAH! AAAAAAAAAAAH! (''Fender is flung upwards into onto the conveyer belt. Gasket cackles'')
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'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out how's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives)'' So, starting tomorrow these babies are gonna chop him up with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, when they see the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\
'''Madame Gasket''': What's that? (''they turn to see Fender holding onto a gear'')\\
'''Fender''': [[OhCrap AAH!]] (''Gasket and Ratchet slowly and menacingly approach him. But before they can get closer, Fender loses his grip.'') AAAAAAAH! (Fender is flung upwards into the conveyer belt. Gasket cackles'')

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'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out how's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives)'' So, starting tomorrow these babies are gonna chop him up with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, when then they see notice the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\
'''Madame Gasket''': What's that? (''they (''They turn to see Fender holding onto a gear'')\\
'''Fender''': [[OhCrap AAH!]] (''Gasket and Ratchet slowly and menacingly approach him. But before they can get closer, Fender loses his grip.'') AAAAAAAH! (Fender (''Fender is flung upwards into the conveyer belt. Gasket cackles'')

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** He gets his foot caught in a spring which drags him to the Gasket and Ratchet. When they notice him, they slowly and menacingly approach him, but before they can get closer, Fender loses his grip and is flung into the conveyer belt. Gasket laughs at Fender's presumed fate.

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** He gets his foot caught in a spring which drags him to the Gasket and Ratchet. When Ratchet.
-->'''Ratchet''': Ok, Mom, this way.\\
'''Madame Gasket''': Oh, let me look, please! (''Fender gasps'') I can't bear it!\\
'''Rachet''': No peaking, it's a surprise!\\
'''Madame Gasket''': You are a wicked boy!\\
'''Ratchet''': And look! (''reveals a giant chrome silver contraption with the license plate "PSYCHO-MAMA'')\\
'''Madame Gasket''':For me?\\
'''Ratchet''': She's a full take of gas. If you're ready to mow, she's ready to go!\\
'''Madame Gasket''': Has any mother ever had a better son.\\
'''Ratchet''': Oh, by the way, I found out how's been fixing those out modes. (''presses a remote and the car door opens to reveal sharp oversized knives)'' So, starting tomorrow these babies are gonna chop him up with all of his broken-down buddies and every other walking pile of junk I'm sick of looking at. (''The two villains laugh evilly, when
they notice him, they see the spring stretching above them.'') Huh?\\
'''Madame Gasket''': What's that? (''they turn to see Fender holding onto a gear'')\\
'''Fender''': [[OhCrap AAH!]] (''Gasket and Ratchet
slowly and menacingly approach him, but him. But before they can get closer, Fender loses his grip and grip.'') AAAAAAAH! (Fender is flung upwards into the conveyer belt. Gasket laughs at Fender's presumed fate. cackles'')
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* Madame Gasket could count, especially her first appearance in the Chop Shop. And that song the Chop Shop robots sing while working.
*The fates of anyone caught by the Sweepers.
*Fender's encounter at to the Chop Shop after a sweeper snatches him.
**He gets his foot caught in a spring which drags him to the Gasket and Ratchet. When they notice him, they slowly and menacingly approach him, but before they can get closer, Fender loses his grip and is flung into the conveyer belt. Gasket laughs at Fender's presumed fate.
**Fender thuds to the ground and loses his lower half. He turns and screams in terror as he's getting closer to the incinerator. Forcing to replace his lower half with a female's, he narrowly escapes.

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