History Film / ShortCircuit

-->'''Sandy''': If we get a ticket, I'll pay for it!

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Johnny, (and the other S.A.I.N.T. robots, presumably), is mostly just a vessel to transport his nuclear weapon, but he's also extremely strong, able to bend metal piping, crush a shotgun, and carry a cinderblock easily with one hand. Justified, given that he's intended to be "the perfect soilder".

* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Johnny, in the second movie. When he wants to move past someone (usually Fred) he tends to toss him halfway across the room. Not to mention the trouble he gives the two police officers when they arrest him for trashing the bookstore.

** "'''''HOW ARE YOU MISPLACING A 800 POUND CAR KEY?!'''''"

* UnwittingPawn: Johnny. ''Twice.'' In the beginning he steals just about a dozen car radios after being decieved by a gang to believe that he was helping them do their jobs as the "Department of Car Stereo Repair"; and later when [[spoiler: Oscar tricks him into digging into the bank vault, thinking it was to create a safe place for Ben.]] Don't worry, [[TookALevelInBadass he fixes it.]]

* UnwittingPawn: Johnny. ''Twice.'' In the beginning he steals just about a dozen car radios after being decieved by a gang to believe that he was helping them do their jobs as the "Department of Car Stereo Repair"; and later when [[spoiler: Oscar tricks him into digging into the bank vault, thinking it was to create a safe place for Ben.]]

* UnwittingPawn: Johnny. ''Twice.'' In the beginning he steals just about a dozen car radios after being decieved by a gang to believe that he was helping them do their jobs as the "Department of Car Stereo Repair"; and later when [[spolier: Oscar tricks him into digging into the bank vault, thinking it was to create a safe place for Ben.]]

* Adorkable: Just about everyone, admit it. Most notably: Ben, Newton and Johnny.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Johnny and Ben. You do ''not'' want to be around Ben if something's happened to Johnny on your watch.
* BigStupidDoodooHead: "I've got an error message for you! I'll scramble your RAM!!" Quoted by Saunders, apparently unsure of how to properly insult a robot.

* ChangingOfTheGuard: From Newton Crosby and Stephanie as the main human protagonists to Ben.

* GeniusDitz: Newton Crosby, and later Number Five himself.

* {{Jerk Ass}} Stephanie's ex boyfriend from the first movie.

* LightningCanDoAnything

* LockedInAFreezer

* MissedHimByThatMuch: Searching for the dying Johnny, Ben and the cops arrive at Radio Shack at the exact moment that Fred and Johnny exit the frame.

* PinocchioSyndrome

* TechnicalPacifist: Johnny Five was created as a military robot, but decides that killing is wrong. He's not beneath throwing thugs around, so long as they don't die.

* WeakButSkilled: Self-defense is not Ben's forte (lampshaded by Fred in the sequel).

-->'''Number Five''': [[BilingualBonus "Tu mama hace el amor con mi perro."]] [[spoiler:Your mother makes love with my dog.]]

* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Ben inherited the NOVA truck from the first movie and drove it to NYC. It doubles as his toy factory and living space.
** Even after Fred leases a warehouse, Ben continues to nap in a hammock in the truck (which is now parked indoors).

** He's managed to work it out by the second time they try this trick oh him.
--> '''Johnny 5''': Oo-scray oo-yay, ozobay

** "'''''HOW ARE YOU MISPLACING A 700 POUND CAR KEY??!'''''"

"Los Locos kick your balls into ou-ter SPAAAAAACE!"

The second film (''Short Circuit 2'', 1988) centers on a friend of Crosby in the first film, Benjamin Jahrvi. Working to make little SAINT-inspired toys, he runs into problems getting production up to speed. So Crosby and Stephanie send Number Five, now calling himself Johnny Five, who is a one robot production line. Unfortunately, Ben's business partner Fred Ritter sees other opportunities. But all this takes a back seat to Johnny being manipulated by thieves to help in a bank heist, which shatters Johnny's naiveté and leaves him wanting revenge.

* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Ben inherited the NOVA truck from the first movie and took it with him to NYC. It doubles (triples?) as his toy factory and his living space.

* BerserkButton: Do not mistreat Johnny Five's friends, and do not treat him like a mere machine. He WILL find you, and he WILL deal the most humiliating yet nonviolent punishment imaginable. Stephanie's ex-boyfriend and Oscar both found that out '''FIRSTHAND'''.
--> Oscar! You will '''not''' get away! I am ''really'' '''pissed off!'''

* CouldntFindAPen: With his voice box damanged, Johnny uses a rock to scrape out an S.O.S. on a brick wall.