The following contains spoilers for The Wild Robot, now playing in theatersAt the end ofThe Wild Robot, ROZZUM 7134 “Roz” (Lupita Nyong’o) still recognizes Brightbill (Kit Connor), despite the former having her memories wiped as she resumes work for Universal Dynamics. The relationship between the two, who eventually come to see each other as mother and son respectively, is the driving force behind the entire story. Though they experience some turbulence when the truth comes out about the accident that killed Brightbill’s family, they’re still able to make amends and acknowledge their love before Roz decides to leave the island.
Brightbill finds Roz again on his next migration, with the group using Roz’s city as a quick layover. That’s when he chances walking up to Roz, just for her to pick him up the way she always did and hold him close. This moment makesThe Wild Robot’s endingperfectly bittersweet, with Roz returning to the factory so that she can set things right and keep the animals safe before ultimately returning one day. Her still recognizing Brightbill, and her love for him, proves that the real Roz is still there - but how is this possible after she’s been reprogrammed?
How Roz Recognizes Brightbill In The Human City After Being Reprogrammed
She Briefly Explains It In The Movie
While Universal Dynamics may have thought they were wiping Roz’s memories when they fixed her up, they actually weren’t. Roz hints to Brightbill in the movie thatshe keeps her memories stored in a different place, pointing to where her heart would be rather than her head. This isn’t something Universal Dynamics would ever think to account for; Roz, as a robot, isn’t supposed to have feelings the way humans do. Roz, however, overrode her coding, and this allowed her to find different ways of storing such previous memories and feelings.
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This is essentially what happens when Brightbill tells Roz he loves her after she’s been captured. She had just been powered down in the midst of a memory wipe, and yet Brightbill had no problem bringing her back. Roz was then able to safely conclude that if she went back and allowed them to wipe her memories again, Brightbill would have no trouble bringing the real her back yet again. It’s a touching testament to the strength of their relationship, and the idea that love truly does trump all else.
What Roz Recognizing Brightbill Means For Their Future After The Wild Robot
There’s A Gateway Into Their Next Story
Now that Roz has recognized Brightbill and acknowledged their familial love for one another,it’s likely that Roz will kickstart planning her escape back to the island.The Wild Robotis based on a book by Peter Brown, which has since become a trilogy, and a potential sequel would likely follow the second book in the trilogy,The Wild Robot Escapes. Roz starting to plan her escape is exactly how that book begins, and Brightbill reactivating Roz’s memories allows for that to happen in a very natural and sensible way.
Roz starting to plan her escape is exactly how that book begins, and Brightbill reactivating Roz’s memories allows for that to happen in a very natural and sensible way.
This also proves just how genuine their care is for one another, and the truth that they will do whatever it takes to help one another. With Brightbill already taking the chance of visiting Roz in her city without knowing for sure if she would remember him, there’s reason to believe that he will continue to take such risks to help her escape. InThe Wild Robot Escapesbook, Brightbill helps to guide her back to the island, though they face many obstacles on their journey. All of this can reasonably derive from this moment of recognition from Roz.
Roz & Brightbill’s Reunion Is Important For The Wild Robot’s Themes
Love Conquers All Else
This reunion between them is much more than a sequel setup, however.Roz managing to overcome her programming to recognize Brightbill proves that love is more powerful than technology, which is a core theme of the entire movie. Roz literally overrides and rewrites her own programming to find a way to care for Brightbill, something that comes from her true care and love for him rather than any sense of obligation. It became more than a task for her to complete early on, something that’s evidenced by her reluctance to leave the island before he comes back.
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This was a perfect ending, withThe Wild Robot’s post-credits scenelightening the mood even more afterward. It truly drives home all of its core themes, from motherhood to kindness being a survival skill. Roz’s life has been forever changed by Brightbill, and vice versa. They were only able to survive because of one another, because Roz wouldn’t have become who she was meant to be without his love, and Brightbill would have succumbed to natural selection. Going forward, this reunion between the two inThe Wild Robotwill only become even more important.
The Wild Robot
Cast
The Wild Robot is an animated drama film based on a series of books by Peter Brown. The adaptation is written and directed by Chris Sanders and stars Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, and Catherine O’Hara. The Wild Robot centers on a robot named Rozzum 7134, who becomes stranded on a deserted island and the guardian of a young orphan.
