Sonny is dismissive about how people assume her Rape as Backstory is what gives her the edge. The issue is, her friends (the ones that know her true edge) are the ones spreading that theory, and they are doing so to help cover that secret. Since it's likely they agreed on the cover story, her reaction makes little sense. Also, the fact that it's actually the truth (unlike in the original story) makes the deconstruction less effective, since it merely shifts her backstory from being the secret of their edge to the reason she chooses to participate in bloody fights where she risks her life every time.
The designs of the titular "Three Robots" make a fair bit of sense once we learn about their ancestry.
K-VRC's toylike design, friendly personality and notable lack of profanity compared to his compatriots makes perfect sense for a baby monitor. The design is perfect for interaction with newborns.
XBOT-4000, at first glance, only has a superficial relation to his supposed ancestor, a game console, with the only evidence being the naming scheme and the fact the power button for the machine can function as an eye for him. Later in the episode, we get to see through his eyes, and the connection gains a bit more weight due to his HUD resembling that of a First-Person Shooter. Combine that with his weaponry and camo patterns, and it is safe to assume the company who made the XBOT may have used their game data to branch off into the military market, designing Mecha Mooks that would later become the present day XBOT-4000.
11-45-G is the hardest to pin down, since her ancestry isn't addressed in the short. It can be guessed, however, thanks to her monolothic design, text-to-speech voice and encyclopedic knowledge (she's shown to have access to Wikipedia) point to something akin to a home assistant like Alexa.
Why does the chaser instantly know which room the hooker is hiding in "The Witness"? This is the exact same room he was chased to in his last loop, hence why he knows that she will be in there.
Another detail some may miss is the drawings on The Woman in "The Witness". During her "dance", you can see she appears to have a snake head drawn on her back. The other "drawings" on her are a mess of loops. At the start of the episode, when the icons are shown, one of them is an Ouroboros which indicates the time loop the characters are in.
In Sonnie's Edge, there is a small clue to Sonnie's real existence just shortly before the reveal. When Sonnie finds the woman in the truck, you can see the first thing that Sonnie does is close a locker door before approaching her. In a blink and you'll miss it detail, if you look closely on the inside of that locker just before it's closed, you can see the outline of a human being in lights that is the same size as Sonnie. This is where her human body is stored.
Another clue that many people may miss: During the fight, Turbo Raptor's controller can be seen reacting during the fight while controlling his creature. Sonny sits perfectly and unnaturally still while controlling Karnivore. However, before the fight, when Dicko asks if Sonny would take a dive, Karnivore reacts by smacking up against the glass of the tube while Sonny talks to him. It indicates that Sonny's personality isn't in the human body as controllers can control their units while being aware of their outside world while their creatures they control have no personality or external responses.
Sonnie's rape, and the emphasis placed on it, is arguably a part of her stage persona, like many pro wrestlers have. It's something that actually happened to her, and clearly was traumatic, but she doesn't consider it the defining moment of her life, or the reason why she fights. The sexual subtext in the match is also a red herring, along with Sonny's resemblance to Lisbeth Salander, who has a similar backstory. The viewers were suckered in, and it colored our perception of the match and Sonnie herself. We all made the same wrong assumptions Dicko did.
And if you didn't, you may have noticed the theme of "deception" and wondered if the cliched rape-revenge backstory was a lie to hide her real Edge. Well, it kind of was and it kinda wasn't. Which makes it extra deceptive.
In The Tall Grass, if the Railman knows of the existence of the monsters within the grass, then why did he need to leave the safety of the train if the problem is with the boiler? Because he's making sure nobody else has gotten off who could potentially wander into the grass, lured by the glowing light of the creatures' luminous skin. The first thing he tells Laird upon encountering him is to get back on the train immediately.
In Bad Travelling, why did Torrin choose to execute the two brothers after the vote, claiming that they were the only ones who voted to sail to Phaiden Island when everyone else did as well? Because Torrin's whole strategy there was a Paranoia Gambit relying on everyone being a Dirty Coward. By claiming that there were only two people who voted to go to Phaiden Island, Torrin tricks everyone else into thinking that he made a mistake and that they were the only coward remaining on the ship and leaving them too hesitant to expose themselves to the others. The two brothers being as close as they were, would have likely known that they had both voted to go to Phaiden Island, and if one or both had lived, would have potentially talked to the others and exposed Torrin's deception. By killing them both, Torrin removes the two people most likely to have realized and reveal the deception.
Also, Torrin only had so many bullets in that revolver. By tricking the brothers to line up so he could kill them both at once, he saved a bullet; a vital act, considering that he needed enough to kill every single person on that ship and then the Thanapod itself.
When Torrin pointed his gun at Cert, the latter didn't react—a clear hint to the fact that he actually voted Phaiden and merely accepted his fate. When Torrin shot the brothers instead, Cert most likely assumed that Torrin failed to mark his paper and didn't actually know that he also voted like them.
Why are all of the remaining crewmembers except Torrin a bunch of contemptible cowards? All of the brave people died in the initial battle against the Thanapod, leaving only the cowards unwilling to expose themselves to survive. Torrin just happened to be the sole exception.
In "The Witness", as bad it is seeing things from the perspective of the woman, imagine the perspective of the man in his version of the chase. At least the woman has the pleasure of getting chased by a fully-clothed person that looks like he can be a functioning member of society. The man, on the other hand, will be chased by some psychotic-looking naked woman. While it looks like a typical "silencing the witness" ordeal from the perspective of the woman, it will probably look like some downright satanic cult crap for the man.
In "Automated Customer Service", the wait time for the protagonist to speak to a human representative is 6 hours and 14 minutes. Which means that whatever caused her cleaning robot to turn on her was swamping the company.
Not to mention that the company, through its automated customer service system, has committed extortion, forced people from the homes, destroyed personal property and endangered their customers' lives. So a class action lawsuit, a criminal investigation and a massive mandatory product recall is going to happen, likely resulting in bankrupting Vacuubot.
Not likely. Real-world logic doesn't really apply to that episode's brand of humor.
Except that due to the fact that there was no guarantee that setting fire to the ship at that moment would have worked. That means he had to lull the Thanapod into a false sense of security for it to not realize what he had planned in order to stop it.
There's also the fact that sailing to Phaiden Island was crucial to his survival; if he'd immediately murdered his crew and blown up the ship, he'd still be stranded in the middle of a monster-infested ocean miles from any land. Torrin had to wait until the ship was near the island before he could do anything about the Thanapod and still have a chance at survival.
This point, however, does hold true for the one crewman that didn't participate in the mutiny. Even though the man had shown himself to be of no threat to Torrin or his plan, the latter killed him anyway because he likely didn't consider him worthy of life after voting like the rest.
