
A battle ensues between the Rusties and Ratchet and Gasket's henchmen. Bigweld is repaired just as they enter the Chop Shop, but is captured by Gasket. This sends Bigweld insane and eventually leads into a chase. Bigweld eventually comes with the group, having realized what Rodney meant to him.Īt Bigweld Industries, Bigweld dismisses Ratchet, but Ratchet hits him over the head with a phone. Fender reveals that, under Gasket's orders, Ratchet has built a fleet of super-sweepers with the intention of rounding up and destroying all of the older robots. Rodney rallies the Rusties into fighting back against Ratchet and Gasket. Rodney calls his parents, intending to give up his dream and return to Rivet Town, but Herb encourages Rodney to continue pursuing it. Rodney asks Bigweld to return to his company and make spare parts available again, but Bigweld refuses, explaining that Ratchet forced him out of the company. Meanwhile, Rodney and Cappy fly to Bigweld's home and meet him. Cappy, a beautiful robot-executive of the company who dislikes Ratchet's plan, saves him, and together with Fender and his new girlfriend Loretta Geargrinder, they escape from the ball.Īfter Fender walks Loretta home, he is taken to the Chop Shop by Gasket, but he escapes. Rodney confronts Ratchet, but security stops him.

Rodney and Fender go to the ball in disguise only to hear Ratchet announce that Bigweld was unable to attend. Wonderbot reminds him that Bigweld will show up at the annual Bigweld Ball, which takes place that night. Rodney decides to contact Bigweld directly to beg him to restart the manufacture of spare parts. Rodney later receives news that Herb needs replacement parts. Upon discovering this, Gasket orders Ratchet to stop Rodney and destroy Bigweld. When news gets out that spare parts have been discontinued by Bigweld Industries, Rodney begins fixing old robots on his own. This house is also occupied by a group of other outmoded robots threatened with the Chop Shop called the "Rusties", consisting of Fender, his sister Piper, Crank, Lugnut, and Diesel. Rodney is forced out and shares quarters with Fender at a low-rent boarding house owned by Aunt Fanny. Ratchet believes the company can make a bigger profit if it focuses on selling expensive upgrades if the robots refuse, they are sent to the underground Chop Shop, where they are shredded and melted down by the owner of the Chop Shop, Madame Gasket, Ratchet's mother. Ratchet has taken over Bigweld Industries and is about to discontinue the manufacture of spare parts. After a spectacular but harrowing ride on the Crosstown Express, Rodney arrives at the gate of Bigweld Industries. Rodney arrives in Robot City and meets outmoded robot Fender Pinwheeler. Herb encourages him by confiding that he has always regretted not pursuing his dream of becoming a musician. Rodney takes his invention to Robot City to see Bigweld and get a job as an inventor at Bigweld Industries so that he can help Herb pay back his supervisor. When Herb's supervisor confronts them, Wonderbot breaks the dishes, causing Herb to be put in debt and Rodney to be dismissed. During Rodney's adolescence, he invents a gadget called the Wonderbot, intended to help his father Herb clean dishes at a restaurant. He idolizes Bigweld, a master inventor and owner of Bigweld Industries.

In Rivet Town, Rodney Copperbottom is a young inventor who dreams of making the world a better place.


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