Robots - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[kim]

Steve Buscemi was considered the role of Phineas T. Ratchet.

[veronica]

One of the only two films from 20th Century Fox alongside Monkeybone (2001) to feature the involvement of Joe Ranft as he passed away after the release of this film after this Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005), Sony Animation's first film Open Season (2006), and Disney films Chicken Little (2005) and Cars (2006) were all dedicated to his memory.

[phyllis]

Jack Hammer, the hardware store owner, is based on a character from a test short made early in development to test the look the filmmakers wanted. He was a director working on a scene with an actress. Screenshots of the test appear as pictures hanging in Aunt Fanny's house.

[jessica]

Kelsey Grammer was considered for the role of Bigweld.

[sophie]

Mel Brooks' first time voice acting in a theatrically released film. Later he'd go onto voice Albert Einstein in Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014), Vlad the Elderly Vampire in the Hotel Transylvania films, and Melephant Brooks the Toy Elephant in Toy Story 4 (2019).

[nina]

In the Latin American dub, Rodney was voiced by Mexican singer Aleks Syntek, who also sang the end credits song in the Latin American dub "Un Héroe Real".

[riley]

Whoopi Goldberg was considered the role of Madame Gasket.