You know who doesn’t get enough appreciation in the WALL-E fandom?
Like yes, he has fans, but they’re all like “haha cute silly little cleaning bot.” Which he is, but there’s more to him than that
He may not have had much screen time (not even 10 minutes, if I’m doing my math right), but in that short amount of time, he had a whole character arc and became the movie’s MVP!
He started off as just another bot trying to do his job, but then WALL-E showed up and got him to become sentient. That little bot showed so much personality and emotion. He even broke a protocol just to do his job! Goes to show how dedicated he is
But once he actually met WALL-E, he went from a determined clean freak to gaining that sense of humanity WALL-E has and got EVE to get, too
On top of that, he even set aside his protocols to snatch up the plant and I know full well his sensors were going wild once they landed, but he had to have shoved them aside, all for WALL-E’s sake
He even ushered away the reject bots when he realized WALL-E and EVE needed a minute alone. That’s a true friend right there
That whole character arc in the tiny amount of screen time he had! What a legend!
Now you’re probably wondering how he became the movie’s MVP
Let me answer that by asking a question
Do y’all not realize M-O basically saved everyone?
If he hadn’t shown up to the airlock in time, WALL-E and EVE (and the plant) would have been launched into space and humanity would be screwed
Not only did he do that, but he also was the one that found that found the plant so that little relay could happen to get the holo-detector back open
So yeah, when you really think about, M-O’s the true hero of the movie
Microbe Obliterator Unit 101, you will always be loved
