History Trivia / Robots

* CrossDressingVoices: Creator/JimBroadbent plays the female Madame Gasket. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the movie itself, by Fender and Crank, during the FinalBattle.

** Rodney has an extended conversation with Tim.

* CrossDressingVoices: Creator/JimBroadbent plays the female Madame Gasket.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the movie itself, by Fender and Crank, during the FinalBattle.

* SameLanguageDub:
** Several roles in the movie were redubbed for the UK release (e.g. Ratchet's father, voiced by [[CreatorCameo co-writer Lowell Ganz]] in the US version, is replaced by Terry Wogan), most notably Loretta Geargrinder (Natasha Lyonne gets redubbed by Cat Deeley). Also the Bigmouth Executive/Forge saw Creator/StephenTobolowsky replaced by Eamonn Holmes.
** In the Australian release, the counterfeit watches are voiced by child actors who auditioned for the roles, instead of the ''Series/AmericanIdol'' hosts.

* TheOtherDarrin:
** Several roles in the movie were redubbed for the UK release (e.g. Ratchet's father, voiced by [[CreatorCameo co-writer Lowell Ganz]] in the US version, is replaced by Terry Wogan), most notably Loretta Geargrinder (Natasha Lyonne gets redubbed by Cat Deeley). Also the Bigmouth Executive/Forge saw Creator/StephenTobolowsky replaced by Eamonn Holmes.
** In the video game, a majority of the film's cast members were replaced with soundalikes except for Jennifer Coolidge, Jansen Panettiere, Stanley Tucci, and Harland Williams as Aunt Fanny, Young Rodney, Herb Copperbottom, and Lug respectively.

* CrossDressingVoices: Jim Broadbent plays the female Madame Gasket.

** Holton cum Beckering-born (that is to say, English) Jim Broadbent does the same as Madame Gasket.

* ThoseTwoActors: Ewan [=McGregor=] and Jim Broadbent previously starred in ''Film/MoulinRouge'' (also from Twentieth Century Fox).

* CrossDressingVoices: Jim Broadbent plays the female Madame Gasket; this is carried over to the foreign releases.

* CrossDressingVoices: Jim Broadbent plays the female Madame Gasket.

* ThoseTwoActors: Ewan [=McGregor=] and Jim Broadbent previously starred in ''Film/MoulinRouge'' (also from 20th Century Fox).

*** There was originally a minor villain named Dr. V. Needle, who is rumored to be voiced by Creator/TonyJay, and who was originally supposed to perform a lobotomy ([[{{Pun}} robotomy?]]) on an unconscious Bigweld as planned by Madame Gasket and Ratchet. Not much is known on this character or why he was scrapped (he only appears in two officially released early stills of the movie), but it is often theorized that this is the original reason why Bigweld acts so loopy during the climactic chase.

*** There was originally a minor villain named Dr. V. Needle, who is rumored to be voiced by Creator/TonyJay, and who was originally supposed to perform a lobotomy (Pun:robotomy?) on an unconscious Bigweld as planned by Madame Gasket and Ratchet. Not much is known on this character or why he was scrapped (he only appears in two officially released early shots of the movie), but it is often theorized that this is the original reason why Bigweld acts so loopy during the climactic chase.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210418223204/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/10/foxs-robots-revealed this]] article announcing the movie, Creator/DLHughley, Creator/JamieKennedy, and Creator/SofiaVergara were originally part of the voice cast.
A couple of characters were scrapped from the final version of the film:
** There was originally a minor villain named Dr. V. Needle, who is rumored to be voiced by Creator/TonyJay, and who was originally supposed to perform a lobotomy (Pun:robotomy?) on an unconscious Bigweld as planned by Madame Gasket and Ratchet. Not much is known on this character or why he was scrapped (he only appears in two officially released early shots of the movie), but it is often theorized that this is the original reason why Bigweld acts so loopy during the climactic chase.
** Another minor character named Hacky, who actually appears in the Aunt Fanny’s Tour of Booty short, was meant to have at least one scene in the movie (shown in one of the deleted scenes), but was ultimately cut.

** As one of the film's screenwriters, Lowell Ganz voices Rodney's father in the U.S. version.

* PlayingGertrude: Creator/RobinWilliams and Creator/AmandaBynes voice siblings Fender and Piper Pinwheeler, even though at the time of the film's release Williams was 54 years old and Bynes was only ''18''.

** As one of the film's screenwriters, Lowell Ganz voices Rodney's father.

** Several roles in the movie were redubbed for the UK release (e.g. Ratchet's father, voiced by [[CreatorCameo co-writer Lowell Ganz]] in the US version, is replaced by Terry Wogan), most notably Loretta Geargrinder (Natasha Lyonne gets redubbed by Cat Deeley).

* DescendedCreator: Director Chris Wedge voices Wonderbot and a phone booth.

* TheOtherDarrin: Several roles in the movie were redubbed for the UK release (e.g. Ratchet's father, voiced by [[CreatorCameo co-writer Lowell Ganz]] in the US version, is replaced by Terry Wogan), most notably Loretta Geargrinder (Natasha Lyonne gets redubbed by Cat Deeley).