Rodney Copperbottom Research Paper

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Rodney Copperbottom is a brilliant, unnoticed inventor and robot living in Rivet Town. Rodney is fascinated by his idol, the famous inventor Big Weld. From the time Rodney developed his first invention, his own helper robot called the Wonder Bot, he has been captivated by helping his community and fixing the world. After his Wonder Bot breaks his father’s dishes at the restaurant he works at and puts his father in debt, Rodney and his father’s relationship is impaired. After this accident Rodney chooses to head to Robot City with his Wonder Bot to make his entire inventor dreams come true.
Once he has arrived in the big city Rodney discovers things at Big Weld Industries are not what they used to be. His hero, Big Weld has retired and a devious robot named Phineas T. Ratchet is now running the show. Now there are no new designs or ideas coming in and Big Weld Industries has abandoned and cancelled providing spare parts for the elderly robots. Ratchet believes his company can make more money by selling more expensive replacement parts to robots. If the robots reject the pricier parts they are sent to the Chop Shop which is owned by Ratchets mother, Madame Gasket. After his design is rejected, Rodney is sent out of the giant gates …show more content…

Soon enough all of the smaller part shops have closed their doors after a letter is sent by Big Weld Industries that the cheaper spare parts are no longer needed. Rodney and Fender decide to break into the Big Weld Company Ball with hopes to talk to Big Weld himself. However, when it is announced that Big Weld will not be attending Rodney demands answers on why he isn’t there from Ratchet himself. Ratchet sends his guard bots after Rodney and Fender, but they escape with the help of a female executive robot named Cappy. Cappy works for Big Weld Industries and hates Ratchets plans