Wall-E Plot Segmentation

  • Wall-E is a waste collecting robot left on a desolate earth in a distant future, where humans have left earth and now live on a cruise ship-like spaceship.
  • The humans are probing earth to see if it has regenerated any plant life so that they might be able to return home.
  • A ship lands on Earth with a surveying robot named Eve and Wall-E immediately takes interest in her arrival.
  • Wall-E continues to attempt to befriend Eve, though she is very wary of him; they slowly become friendly but Eve remains focused on her task to find life.
  • Wall-E takes Eve to his home where she finds a plant sprouting out of a boot, which then triggers Eve’s protocol to return home.
  • As she leaves on her ship, Wall-E hitches a ride on her rocket; this is the call to adventure.
  • Wall-E and Eve enter the human’s ship, where we learn more about what happened to the human race.
  • Following the theme of automation, most of the ship is automatically kept by assorted machines, which serve as characters later in the movie. Not to mention that the entire ship is controlled by an ‘auto-pilot’.
  • Eve manages to show the plant to the captain of the ship, who is then inspired to learn more about Earth and human’s heritage.
  • After deciding to take the ship home, the captain is plotted against by the ships ‘auto-pilot’ (represented by an A-I ship wheel), who hopes to never see humans return to Earth.
  • The ‘auto-pilot’ takes over and tries to stop the command to return home by making the ship rock, which causes all of the members of the ship to slide down the deck, since they are fat and can’t move.
  • With everyone immobilized the ‘auto-pilot’ tries to close the plant holder, but Wall-E seemingly sacrifices himself to keep it open.
  • The pilot fights with the A-I and manages to open the plant holder back up, which is then filled by Eve and the ships return home begins.
  • Wall-E survives and is happy with Eve as humans finally make the trip home, where they supposedly start a new life.
  • The End

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