Robots - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Robots or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Robots

[alyssa]

Scott Bakula was considered for the role of Crank Casey.

[christina]

Mary Steenburgen was considered for the role of Cappy.

[lonnie]

Vincent D'Onofrio was considered for the role of Crank Casey.

[ken]

The First Blue Sky Studios film to begin with the opening credits

[lena]

Christopher Walken was considered the role of Bigweld.

[bernice]

Cody Cameron were considered the role of Tim The Gate Guard.

[richard]

This film is dedicated to the memory of Blue Sky founder and CEO David Boyd Brown (1938 - 2003). Blue Sky's first animation was a commercial for Braunn, after which it became an FX house. Planning on moving up to major motion pictures, he needed financing, which resulted in the sale of Blue Sky to 20th Century Fox in 1999. The result was the major hit, Ice Age (2002), which fulfilled his dream just a year before he passed, which took place once Robots was well under way. Two of his very notable achievements were the development of software for creating CG objects as solid shapes rather than complex constructions of polygons, and the development of rendering software that could create smooth metallic textures. The ultra-realistic rendering of both "new" and "aged" metal and painted object - that is, all of the visuals in Robots - was a landmark achievement. If one wants to compare these characters with their sources of inspiration, an Internet search for 1950s outboard motors provides an "aha" moment for audiences.

[bernard]

Ratchet is the first Blue Sky Studios character to be a hidden villain this means that he is the secret secondary antagonist of this film.

[ivan]

Blue Sky Studios' second feature film.

[kenneth]

This is the first Blue Sky Studios' non-sequel/prequel film.

[tammy]

In Australia, a contest was held to Australian children to win a voice-over role in the movie. The lucky winners were chosen to voice the watches that one of the robots was selling in the train station.

[kyle]

The seventh computer-animated film to be rated PG by the MPAA after Antz (1998), Dinosaur (2000), Shrek (2001), Ice Age (2002), Shark Tale (2004) and The Incredibles (2004).

[albert]

Katherine Heigl, Skyler Shaye, Kristen Stewart, Danielle Panabaker, Mischa Barton, Britney Spears, Malese Jow, Sara Paxton, Alexz Johnson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Brittany Snow, Amanda Schull, Carmen Electra, Alexa Vega and Emily Osment were considered for the role of Piper Pinwheeler.

[clayton]

First film in which Stanley Tucci and Ewan MacGregor voice animated characters, the second being the live action Beauty and the Beast (2017).

[nora]

Ewan McGregor's first time voice acting in a theatrical film. Later he'd go onto voice the titular character of Valiant (2005), Obi-Wan Kenobi's spirit in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Lumiere the Candle in Beauty and the Beast (2017), and The Wish Collector in The Land of Sometimes.

[jim]

According to the United States Postal Service, the mailbox that Al Roker voices is named ODIS.

[claude]

The filmmakers wanted the music score to sound like it was recorded by the "Robot Philharmonic". To that effect, they hired performance artists Blue Man Group, known for performing on musical instruments made from industrial piping and other found objects, to do special percussion effects.

[darrell]

The green bulky robot's name is Lug. Though, it is never said in the movie. It was, however, mentioned in a deleted scene when Fender introduces the gang to Rodney while fixing his neck.

[alyssa]

Catherine Zeta-Jones was considered for the role of Cappy.