WALL-E: Waste Allocation

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The plot centers on a robot called WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class) whose job is to collect garbage on Earth due to years of mass over consumption. After years of collecting garbage, WALL-E (voice Ben Burtt) grows a certain behavior as he collects things to decorate his home and develops an affection for ‘Hello Dolly’ which he watches on a VHS tape time and time again. From the video, WALL-E seemingly learns the ideas of holding hand and falling in love.
One day, WALL-E finds a growing seedling and decides to bring it home by putting it in a dirt-filled old shoe. His dull life begins to change after he meets a sleek and more advanced robot named EVE (short for Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator). The cold and indifferent EVE (voice Elisa Knights) gradually softens and befriends with him. WALL-E which falls in love with EVE at the first sight brings her home and shows her his collections including playing her his favorite video, ‘Hello, Dolly’ and showing the plant he found previously. Once EVE sees the plant, she automatically stores the plant and turns herself into sleep mode waiting for the ship to retrieve her. WALL-E tries everything to reactivate EVE but he fails. EVE’s ship finally comes and collects her because she has finished her mission. WALL-E runs after her and clings into the spaceship which takes him to the Axiom. In the Axiom, the humans have become obese for spending their days drinking meals out of cups and enjoying a technologically advanced life.
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They practically do not do anything since robots take care of everything. They no longer walk and use hover chair instead. The over reliance on technology has turned humans into a completely different life. They never have a direct communication and interaction with other people except via screen and become ignorant of their surroundings. Compared to the relationship between WALL-E and EVE which seems more human that the real humans, the people on Axiom, on the contrary are like zombie as their lives are unconsciously controlled by the technology. Meanwhile, once arrived at the Axiom, EVE which is in the hibernation mode is taken to captain McCrea (voice Jeff Garlin). WALL-E runs after her followed by a robot named M-O (voice Ben Burtt), a cleaning robot. Captain McCrea is both confused and excited to learn about Operation Recolonize triggered by EVE’s find. The present of the plant proves that …show more content…
He tries to save her and accidentally releases the quarantine horde of the malfunctioning robots causing a chaos in that section. Tired of WALL-E’s disruptions, EVE decides to send WALL-E back to Earth. At the escape pod bay, they witness another robot, GO-4 placing the plant inside a pod which is set to self-destruct mode. WALL-E enters the pod to get plant. The pod is launched to space before WALL-E is able to get himself out. Nonetheless, WALL-E is able to escape from the pod before it explodes. With EVE’s help, they manage to bring the plant to the captain. After analyzing EVE’s recording of Earth, captain McCrea concludes that humans must go back to Earth and restore the planet. However, auto (the auto pilot system of the Axiom) reveals its intention of not going back to Earth because of the directive made hundred years ago that Earth is believed to be permanently uninhabitable. Auto wants to destroy the plant and severely damages WALL-E because he tries to protect to

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