History WesternAnimation / RobotDreams

%%* GoodTimesMontage

* GoodTimesMontage

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: All Dog wears is a color. Spoofed when he gets ready to leave the beach and removes his swim trunks behind his towel, only to drop the towel once he finishes removing it.

* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler: During the ending of the film, Robot notices Dog walking with Tin, and upon remembering his times with him, chases the duo until Dog notices him and embrace each other after one year of being apart from each other. However, this ends up being averted as it's revealed to be another one of Robot's dream, and upon reflecting, Robot decides to play September one final time from the distance and move on with his new life alongside Rascal.]]

* NoWaterproofingInTheFuture: Double subverted. Robot's at first doesn't seem to be affected by the water, and even has fun swimming and driving underwater. However, by the time it reaches afternoon, he finds out the hard way that he rusted himself and can't move anymore due to this.

'Robot Dreams' is a silent 2023 Spanish animated film directed by Pablo Berger and based on the graphic novel of the same name written by Sara Varon.

The film is set in Manhattan, New York during The80s about the friendship between a lonely dog and his robot buddy.

* ADogNamedDog

* AdaptedOut: Duck's family

* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler: Noticing Robot has only a functional leg, Rascal uses a vacuum cleaner's tube as a sustitute during Robot's reconstruction. Later on, upon noticing on a flea market that a proper golden leg was on sale, he buys it and discharges the vacuum cleaner's tube.]]
* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler: During the ending of the film, Robot notices Dog walking with Tin, and upon remembering his times with him, chases the duo until Dog notices him and embrace each other after one year of being apart from each other. However, this ends up being averted as it's revealed to be another one of Robot's dream, and upon reflecting, Robot decides to play September one final time from the distance and move on with his new life alongside Rascal]]

* CharacterSignatureSong: The song "September" from "Earth, Wind & Fire's" is this for both protagonists.

* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Robot's first attempt to hold Dog's hand painfully crushes it. Later he does a spin on rollerskates but goes too fast and lifts Dog into the air. He gets better with this later.

** During Halloween, some kids are seen wearing outfits referencing various horror media, such as a pair of girls dressing as [[Film/TheShining the Grady twins]], a sloth dressed as [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], a pair of animals dressed as[[Series/Batman1966 Batman and Robin]] and some pigs dressed as [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers]]

* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: Robot's destroyed leg becomes this to Dog, as he desesperately tries to find him until he gets kicked out of the beach by the lifeguard after holing the whole beach in his futile attempt.]]

** During Halloween, some kids are seen wearing outfits referencing various horror media, such as a pair of girls dressing as [[Film/TheShining the Grady twins]], a sloth dressed as [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], a pair of animals dressed as[[Series/Batman1966 Batman and Robin]] and some pigs dressed as [[/Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers]]

* AndIMustScream: Robot ends up paralyzed from rust due to going into the ocean. He spends months frozen in place, only able to move his head, buried and frozen on the winter before ending up buried in the sand.

* BittersweetEnding: Robot and Dog never reunite after much heartache from their separation, but they both move onto happy new friendships.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In the end, Robot sees Dog and wants to reunite with him, but acknowledges that they have both moved onto new friendships, so he decides to secretly play their song where Dog can hear to share one last moment together.

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Rather than help Robot, the trio of rabbits cruelty destroy one of his legs, steal one of his finger to cover the boat's hole and leave him alone again.]]

* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler: By the time June 1st comes, Dog is already too late to rescue his robotic friend as a scraper monkey managed to successfully sneak inside the beach and remove Robot from its insides.]]

'Robot Dreams' is a silent 2023 Spanish animated film directed by Pablo Berguer and based on the graphic novel of the same name written by Sara Varon a story.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Robot is launched away by the alligator that bought him, resulting in his body violently being destroyed beyond repair and his surviving head deatacched and forced to shut down for good. He gets better]]

* {{Imprinting}}: The youngest chick of the mother bird instantly bonds with the robot upon hatchin his egg.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Rather than help the robot, the trio of rabbits cruelty destroy one of his legs, steal one of his finger to cover the boat's hole and leave him alone again.]]

* MugshotMontage: The Dog gets one of these after being arrestred for trying to break inside the beach.

* PoliceAreUseless: The following day after the beach incident, Dog finds out that the beach is closed and tries to explain to a gorilla guard that his robot friend needs help, but he doesn't listen and forces the dog to get out. Said guard later arrest him when he tries to break inside at night.

* WeCanRebuildHim: [[spoiler: Rascal buys Robot's remaining functional pieces and upon learning robotic engineering, he manages to resurrect the robot and make him a new body by using an used giant radio.]]
* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler: By the time June 1st comes, Dog is already too late to rescue his robotic friend as a scraper monkey managed to succesfully sneak inside the beach and remove the robot from its insides]]

* The80s

* Imprinting

* The80s: The film takes place during this time period, more specifically, around 1984-1985.

* WeCanRebuildHim: [[spoiler: Rascal buys the Robot's remaining functional pieces and upon learning robotic engineering, he manages to resurrect the robot and make him a new body by using an used giant radio.]]