WALL•E (full name: Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth-Class; stylized as WALL-E) is the titular main protagonist of Pixar's 9th full-length animated feature film of the same name.
He is one of many units of the same kind and the only surviving one. Despite only being a robot, over the 700 years he has been on Earth he has developed a personality and clear moral agency and falls in love with another robot named EVE. When he finds a plant indicating that Earth is still habitable, he embarks on a journey with EVE to bring everyone back home.
Despite being a robot, he has a clear personality and moral agency, doing good out of will instead of simple obligation, actively wanting to get humans back to Earth. Not to mention, he is able to feel human emotions such as love.
He is a True Pacifist, an extremely rare occurrence in fiction, meaning he avoids violence completely. He is at least willing to befriend anyone and try to convince them not to hurt him or anyone else.
He is a very pleasant hero, being very friendly, loyal and curious when meeting humans, other robots, and even a cockroach named Hal, helping to improve their lives.
He kept dutifully fulfilling his mission to pick up garbage, crush them into cubes and add them to large stacks of it for years despite being the only one of his kind who was still operational.
When he accidentally ran over Hal, he was horrified and was relieved to find out it was still alive.
One of his most interesting treasures was a growing seed inside an old boot. Despite not thinking much of it, WALL-E decides to keep it for himself.
He befriended EVE, helping her find shelter during a sandstorm and showing her several random objects.
He is horrified when he thought Hal was shot by EVE but was relieved when he had survived.
When EVE went into a stasis mode, he took care of her, taking her across the ruined city and spending time with her.
He tried to bring EVE back to life by jumpstarting her with his cables, but her systems proved to be too strong for him.
When EVE was being taken away, he rushed to try and save her, not knowing she was being retrieved. When Hal wanted to accompany him, WALL-E told him to stay, not wanting to get the cockroach hurt, showing that WALL-E really cares about others and wishes for their safety.
He helped John after he fell off his hover chair and introduced himself.
He broke the computer screen of a woman named Mary, allowing her to free herself of the isolated world she'd been living in and see the world around her, amazing her.
He waved to TYP-E who after learning how to wave, returned the gesture.
Upon meeting Captain McCrea, he respectfully shook his hand.
When he believes EVE is being tortured, WALL-E breaks out of his cell and rushes to her aid to save her. While in reality, EVE was only being looked over. However, it doesn't take away WALL-E's willingness to try and help his friends.
After he fired EVE's arm cannon, which damages the control system, it was a complete accident since he got startled by a robotic arm, thinking it was gonna attack him. He also felt remorse for doing so.
While WALL-E only wanted to save EVE, he did end up saving the reject bots from their cells, giving them freedom. Based on how he allies with them later, it's clear he views this as positive.
When EVE sent him on the escape pod back to Earth, he refused to leave the Axiom without her. While WALL-E can be stubborn at times, he knows how to be firm and stand up for himself when he is being accused.
After GO-4 put the plant on the escape pod, he went to get it so everyone on the Axiom can come home. When GO-4 sent the escape pod with him and the plant on it, he took special care to save the plant before the escape pod explodes even though he could've easily ignored it and focused on saving himself.
He saved the plant from being thrown down the garbage chute by GO-4.
He protects the plant against AUTO, by hiding it inside his compartment.
Despite their earlier disagreement, WALL-E befriends M-O after being cleaned by him and shook his hand (likely due to the latter rescuing him and EVE from being sucked into space). Even though he did have a mischievous moment at the beginning of putting dirt on M-O's face, he had no malicious intent and subverted it by working with him to get them all transported back to Earth in the escape capsule.
When he was nearly destroyed after AUTO electrocuted him and EVE finally started to return his affection, he was shockingly focused on helping EVE complete her directive instead of wanting to hold her hand. Although part of the reason was because this was the only way to return to Earth and save him, WALL-E solely realized how important the plant is for earth and wanted to help EVE and the humans even at the expense of his life, showing how selfless he truly is.
He sacrificed himself by being crushed to protect the plant and save the humans.
He came back to life thanks to EVE restoring him and has learned that “Irrational love defeats life’s programming.”
He taught the humans to become more active and appreciate the world and each other instead of sitting all day and submitting to consumerism.
He also taught robots how to be more than machines that just follow their programming.
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