- For the enemy known as "Roto" in Disney Universe, see "Bots".
Roto is a recurring character in the Disney/Pixar animated series, Monsters at Work. He is a purple furball monster who is Duncan's emotional supporting pet at the MIFT facility area.
Background[]
Personality[]
Roto's dialogues entirely consist of snarling and growling living in a cage in the MIFT facilities team - hinting that he shows an animal-like personality. Most occasions where Roto appears show him having a rather aggressive temper often being shown as Duncan's support animal. In spite of his temper, he is shown to be loyal to his master and is supportive of him in occasions where he appears. Aside from this, Roto dislikes humid temperatures occurring across Monstropolis, where an ice cube is placed in his cage to cool himself down.
Physical Appearance[]
Roto is a diminutive round furball-like monster having a fuchsia skin all around his body. He is shown to be four feet - each with three toes sticking out as well as a short tail sticking out of his back. He also has a singular lime green eye with a a sheep-like pupil located on it. Due to his small size, he is capable of fitting into any small spaces that fit his size which no other monsters can do.
Role in the series[]
Roto is often seen having background roles in most episodes he appears. He is often seen in his enclosure resembling that of a rodent-sized enclosure living in the MIFT area. He would occasionally be seen being cared for by his owner Duncan often showing a loyal personality to his owner being his support animal in occasions where he appears.
The episode "Bad Hair Day" deals with Roto the most where Tylor Tuskmon plans to take care of Roto, taking care of Cutter's canister, and light the candle before the day is done. Soon as Tylor feeds Roto a treat, he then plans to take care of Cutter's canister which Tylor tries to take care of Roto only for Tylor to accidentally knock down the jar where David's remains are placed where Roto attempts to swallow David's hair, despite Tylor's protests which Roto suddenly swallows David's hair, leading Tylor on a chase to retrieve Roto's hair only for Roto to escape via tube, leading Tylor to find a replacement of David's hair on the jar. Later when Tylor approaches Roze in a plan to "replace" David's hair while trying to discuss about being a good MIFT employee attempting to be honest and reliable, Roto then sees the conversation between Tylor and Roze, interrupting the conversation which Tylor plans to go after Roto who has swallowed David's hair only for Val to approach Tylor planning to have lunch at the hallway, the area where David had his lunch.
During lunch with the MIFT employees, Tylor discusses with his coworkers that David used to eat his lunch at the hallway on the way to repair which George Sanderson replies that David had great hair. During a conversation of how MIFT was able to retrieve a clump of David's hair, Cutter replies that she found David's hair at the shredder shaft - the place where dead doors become decommissioned and shredded, which is the place where David was killed. Tylor then explains to Duncan that area known as Shredder Shaft B was David's last repair job which Fritz replies that David was caught at the area and killed during his routine repair after a doorknob jam at the area, which resulted in the shredder shaft being shut down, just as Tylor plans to take care of Roto again after a conversation with the MIFT employees.
Planning to take care of Roto, Tylor then rides on a transport vehicle to find Roto and retrieve David's remains which as Roto suddenly appears, Tylor suddenly arrives at the area where David was killed, the Shredder Shaft B which was shut down after David's death. Tylor manages to survive the shredding process which he activated by accident while trying to retrieve another piece of David's hair.
Back at MIFT, Tylor returns Roto back to his cage where he tells the latter to cough out David's hair only for Roze to enter, explaining to Tylor that she decided to give Tylor a clump of her hair which she discusses with Tylor that he reminds herself of another young employee full of passion and zeal, brimming with untapped talent just before Roze leaves. Later, Val, Fritz, Duncan, Cutter, and Tylor return to the area where Fritz tells his companions to light the candle to keep David's legacy alive; however, upon observing the jar where David's hair is supposed to be at, the MIFT employees don't recognize David's hair as it is found out that Roto has swallowed David's hair. Roto finally coughs out the lump of David's hair. Tylor then tells his fellow employees the truth that Roto was the one who swallowed David's hair and attempted to retrieve his hair back but he failed and attempted to get Roze's hair to replace David's remains, trying to clarify that he wanted to be jokester all along, which Fritz accepts Tylor's apology, as Tylor and his fellow MIFT employees continue honoring David.
Trivia[]
- Roto has a striking resemblance to Mike Wazowski, due to his round design resembling him and the sole eye he has, only that he has purple skin and later Gary Gibbs who uses the same design as Mike.
- Roto's voice actor, Bobs Gannaway, is also the developer of Monsters at Work.
