The Wild Robot (2024)
Pedro Pascal: Fink
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Quotes
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Fink : When you grow up without something you... end up spending a lot of time thinking about it.
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Fink : I'm a fox, I do foxy things. It's in my nature!
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Fink : QUIET!
Baby Otter : Shh. The jerk wants to speak.
Fink : Most of you hate me and I hate most of you. Everyone in here hates someone else. But here we are and here's the deal: the first one that walks out that door is dead and if we can't keep it together in here, everyone's dead. We all got one chance to see next spring, because of her. The 'thing', the 'monster'. Well, her name is Roz, and while you all ran from her and stole from her and made fun of her all she's been trying to do is raise her kid. The little one that no one gave a chance... including me. She's the one who got you out of the storm, built this place, and despite my suggestion that she let you all freeze, she risked everything to bring you here.
Roz : I know you all have instincts that keep you alive. B-But sometimes to survive, we must become more than we were programmed to be. Before I shut down, I need you to promise me one thing: a truce, just while we're in here.
Thorn : She's right. I will not harm anyone. Not while we're in here.
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Fink : Eating the task is not the same as completing the task.
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[Fink grabs the Universal Dynamics catalog and uses it to tell a bedtime story to the animals]
Fink : Once, there was an island with all sorts of animals, and they fought and they ran and they hid. But mostly, they were scared. But then, a robot fell right out of the sky. Roz. She had some strange ideas. Thought kindness was a survival skill. And you know what? She was right.
Baby Lynx : Where is she now?
Fink : Well, they needed her back where she came from. She has some very important work to finish there.
Baby Lynx : Will we ever see her again?
Baby Opossum 1 : Yeah, yeah. Will she ever come home?
Thorn : Yeah, will she?
Fink : Well, if I know Roz, she's making a plan to come back. And a Rozzum always completes its task.
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[Brightbill is startled by the sound of thunder]
Fink : Oh, perfect. No no one's gonna get any sleep.
Roz : How do we reset Brightbill?
[Fink picks up Brightbill]
Fink : When I was little, my mom would rock me to sleep.
[Fink puts down Brightbill and picks up a rock, preparing to clobber Brightbill with it]
Fink : Like this!
[Roz grabs the rock before Fink hits Brightbill]
Roz : That will damage him.
Fink : Hey, I turned out just fine.
[Fink sighs as Roz picks up Brightbill]
Fink : You can tell him a story, but that's a lot more work.
Roz : How will fictional narrative help Brightbill?
Fink : Kids need to feel safe and loved and all that junk.
Roz : A story can do that?
Fink : Storytelling is lying-adjacent, and I lie for a living. Watch and learn.
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[Roz and the animals run to the center of the forest, where Brightbill reunites with her]
Roz : Brightbill!
Brightbill : Roz! I have so much to tell...
[the RECOs suddenly appear and surround Roz and the animals]
Fink : Are those your parents?
Thorn : I know predators, and those are predators.
RECOs : Acknowledge return command.
Brightbill : What are they saying?
Roz : They want me to come with them.
Thunderbolt : Tell them you're already home.
Fink : Yeah!
Roz : [to the RECOs] I'm already home, thank you.
RECOs : You do not belong here. This is a wilderness.
Roz : And I am a wild robot.
[Roz howls with all the animals]
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[Fink tells his first bedtime story to Brightbill]
Fink : Let me see here. Once, there was, uh, this island with a little gosling.
Baby Brightbill : Brightbill?
Fink : And he was all alone.
Roz : Because the rest of his family was destroyed.
[Fink covers Brightbill's ears]
Fink : Not yet!
[Fink sighs]
Fink : And what this little gosling needed was a mother.
Baby Brightbill : Ooh.
Fink : So he looked up at the stars and asked the brightest one if it could send him one of their extras. Funny thing is, there's this beautiful robot that happened to be sitting on the edge of that star. And she hears him. Okay now.
Roz : Which is impossible since sound does not travel through the vacuum of space.
Fink : Ugh. But she still heard him because she was listening with a different part of herself. A part that, up to that point, she didn't even know she had. Her heart.
Baby Brightbill : How did my mama come to me from so far away?
Fink : Who cares?
Baby Brightbill : Huh?
Fink : Uh, I mean, she's trying to see you.
Baby Brightbill : Me?
Fink : And falls off that star and lands on the beach just a little ways from here. But she lands pretty hard, and a lot of stuff she knew just kind of fell out.
Baby Brightbill : Oh no!
Fink : So it's a little weird what she knows and what she doesn't. But she remembers one thing: you. And when she finally sees you, she feels...
Roz : Crushing obligation.
Fink : Very lucky to be a mother.
Baby Brightbill : Mama.
Roz : And I will not leave until I have completed this task, which has delayed me, damaged me, and violated my protocols, potentially voiding my warranty.
Fink : Which is robot for: She loves you very much.
[Brightbill yawns and falls asleep]
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[Roz surveys the charred remains of her house from the forest fire caused by the self-destruction of the RECOs]
Roz : They will just keep coming until they have me.
Thorn : And we'll be ready.
Fink : We can fight them off as many times as we need to.
[Roz turns around as the animals approach her and she picks up Brightbill]
Roz : You don't need to.
Fink : What are you saying? You're... leaving?
Roz : Yes. To protect all of you, there are things there I must put right.
Brightbill : No. They'll take your memories. Th-they'll take you.
[Roz puts Brightbill down]
Roz : Remember when you talked to me on the ship? They cut my power, but I still heard you. Because I was listening with a different part of myself. Wherever that is, that's where I keep me. And I promise, they'll never, ever find it.
Baby Skunk : But we fought so hard for you to stay.
Roz : You did. And you gained far more than just saving me. You came together as an island. When I do this, you will all be safe from them forever.
Brightbill : Don't do this.
Fink : But you... you're my friend, and I-I-I never had one before, and... I-I... I need you. And what if I get lost, or-or he's hurt, or-or... or what if I need to tell you something, and you're not here?
[as Fink sobs, Thorn comforts him]
Thorn : You can tell me.
Pinktail : And me.
Paddler : And you can talk to me as well, if you must.
Roz : This is my migration, and when it is time, I promise I will find my way home.
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Brightbill : How did I become... this? The truth.
Roz : There was an accident.
Brightbill : Did you do it?
Roz : Yes.
Fink : It wasn't her fault, kid.
Brightbill : Why didn't you tell me?
Roz : I did not think the information would assist you.
Brightbill : That's not your decision to make. I-I can't believe how long I bought this. I really thought you were my family.
Roz : You... did?
Brightbill : It was so obvious. I feel so stupid.
Roz : I miscalculated. I should've considered your e-emotional wavelengths.
Brightbill : You think? So was it just guilt? Is that why you did this?
Roz : I... I-I needed a task.
Brightbill : Well, I'm glad I could give you one.
Roz : The events that led to this situation were unintended.
Brightbill : Tell that to my sisters, my brothers, my real mom. They were my chance to be normal. They were my chance to swim, to fly. What even am I?
Roz : You swam satisfactorily today, and if you keep practicing...
Brightbill : I still won't belong.
Roz : I understand.
Brightbill : You don't understand anything. You don't feel anything. You're not my mom.
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[as Roz prepares to board the Universal Dynamics ship, Fink arrives]
Fink : Roz, what are you doing? Quit messing around.
Roz : Fink?
Fink : It's Brightbill. He needs to talk to you.
Roz : I think I've forgotten something.
[Roz jumps off the platform]
Vontra : Roz? It is imperative you return to this ship.
Roz : Yes, uh, I left my transverse a-adapter thing out there. I'll just go get it and be right back.
[Roz runs off with Fink]
Vontra : Voice stress analyzer indicates you are...
Fink : Lying your butt off back there. I'm so proud of you.
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[Roz boils clams in a puddle of water with her laser. Fink starts to eat and enjoy the clams]
Roz : This is not working.
Fink : Are you kidding? Everything is working great.
[Baby Brightbill approaches Fink]
Fink : Oh, yeah. That. Here.
[Fink digs through the dirt to bring up worms for baby Brightbill to eat]
Roz : Phase one of task is completed.
Fink : Now, we're gonna have to do all this over tomorrow. All these kids do
[slurps clam]
Fink : is eat.
Roz : I understand.
[Roz opens her chest]
Fink : What's that?
Roz : My power core. It is damaged. Without it, I rely on my solar surfaces and batteries.
Fink : Yeah, you should work on that.
[eats another clam]
Fink : Mmm.
Roz : I also need a replacement transmitter.
Fink : Ugh, do I have to do everything? When we run across another robot, we'll kill it
[cracks two clams and eats]
Fink : and take its transmitter.
Roz : Negative. Rozzum inhibition protocols prevent deliberate harm to others.
[Roz keeps a crab away from baby Brightbill]
Fink : Look, you need to learn how things work on this island.
[Fink grabs crab and throws it in boiling puddle]
Fink : Me, the bear, everybody, we're all just trying to survive.
[Fink rips the claws off the crab]
Fink : And kindness is not a survival skill.
[eats crab claw]
Fink : Mmm. Yeah, so, uh, how did you get a gosling, anyway?
Roz : There was an accident. I terminated his family.
[Fink covers baby Brightbill's ears]
Fink : For future reference, you probably want to keep all that to yourself.
Roz : Understood. Do not mention dead family.
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Fink : Allow me to introduce myself. Fink, predator and local goose expert, which I know you could use about now.
Roz : You are the destroyer unit.
Fink : It's okay. I won't eat him.
[Roz places baby Brightbill in front of Fink]
Fink : Are you crazy? I might eat him.
[Roz picks up baby Brightbill]
Roz : You said you would not.
Fink : Do you believe everything you hear?
Roz : Yes.
Fink : Noted.
Roz : Why did you steal my gosling?
Fink : I'm a fox. I do foxy things. It's in my nature.
Roz : Your programming.
Fink : Why'd you help me?
Roz : I'm a robot. I do robot-y things. I seek tasks and ensure all essential needs have been met or exceeded.
[Roz shows Fink a tablet. Fink scrolls through pictures until he sees a chicken dinner and starts licking the screen.]
Fink : I have some essential needs.
[Roz puts away tablet]
Roz : Fink, as a local goose expert, how do I get, mmm, to eat, swim, fly?
Fink : I thought you'd never ask. Let's start with eat.
