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JOEY = WALL E (total ripoff)


as bad as everyone thinks this movie is, the little robot looks exactly like WALL E and it even lives in a junkyard. rip-off.

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It's a bit of stretch, but maybe because of the eyes. It's not a rip off though. People have said that Johnny 5 from Short Circuit (1986) looks like Wall-E, but they're pretty different as well.

The round eyes, square body, and threads are actually very basic design, so it's common.

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Well no... Wall-E looks more like Number Five from Short Circuit. They may have pulled an homage to this little guy in Wall-E, but I don't think the looks exactly like him.

Of course the movie is so bad I hope they didn't do an homage...

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Who is JOEY? The robot's name is Philco or Phil, named after the car radio in his chest.

I think many films, including Johnny 5/#5 1986 Short Circuit was influenced by Philco, then Wall-E/
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