- “Kiss me, big boy!”
- ―Weebo's final words
Weebo is the tritagonist of Disney's Flubber. She is a hovering sentient robot who was created by Philip Brainard to act as his assistant.
Appearance[]
As a floating robot in yellow, black, and gray colors, Weebo has eyes that have a different shape and possess light. When she expresses, she shows segments of many actions and feelings on her LCD screen when it opens. For example, she shows the segment that has Doc from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs sleeping in a sink. She has the ability of flash photography like when she once takes a picture of Flubber. She also can make a holographic projection in the form of a human spirit named Sylvia (with a white dress on it).
Creation and early life[]
It is not revealed at precisely which point in time Weebo was made, but it is revealed she was one of Professor Brainard's creations. At one point in her early life, she had an accident in which she crashed into a wall. Professor Brainard subsequently repaired her, restoring her back to health.
Despite being a mere robot, Weebo is shown to have at one point developed a very complex personality, and also showcased genuine human emotions, including her love for her creator, even to the point of secretly sabotaging his relationship with his human fiancé. At one point she also made the decision to make a new version of herself, in which she removed some of her own flaws, and added pieces of Brainard into the mix. She named her creation Weebette, whom she would go on to consider her daughter. This improved version was however hidden by Weebo from Professor Brainard, and she would add a video message accompanying the file so that in the event she would pass away, Professor Brainard would be able to use the information and files to build a new robot.
By the time the events of the movie takes place, Weebo has long since developed into becoming Professor Brainard's close friend and assistance, as well as serving partly as his secretary, keeping his time schedule in check.
Role in the film[]
Weebo first appears when Brainard announces his new plot to create an energy compound that will raise enough money to save Medfield College from being closed down by Chester Hoenicker. Despite being amazed to see that Brainard has created a successful energy source known as Flubber, Weebo prevents him from marrying his fiancé, Sara, due to the fact that she herself is in love with him, which puts his and Sara's relationship at risk.
Eventually, following Brainard's failed attempt to win back Sara after the successful game between the Medfield Squirrels and Rutland Rangers, Weebo witnesses him dumping his emotional baggage, eventually learning of her true intentions that she's in love with him. Deciding that she's the one for him, he decides to move on without Sara, but this made her feel so guilty of ruining his relationship in the first place. To that end, she heads over to Sara's house and played his ramblings to her, which convinces her to reconcile with him.
Weebo then tags along with Brainard and Sara's plan to use the Flubber into forming a deal with the Ford Motor Company to create an airline of flying cars to pay off the loan. Needless to say, Hoenicker learns about the Flubber and sends his thugs, Smith and Wesson, to break into Brainard's house and steal it, intending to use it to transform the energy industry for profit. Despite Weebo's attempts to protect it, she is destroyed when Wesson smacks her with a baseball bat into the wall, then falling onto the floor. Upon seeing her destroyed, Brainard and Sara mourn for her, sadly though even if Brainard does repair her she would never be the same. He and Sara are heartbroken until Brainard remembers the last thing that appeared on her screen before she was destroyed, which was the word "STORK" and enters the code into the computer. They see Weebo in her Sylvia form giving her final message. She confesses her love to Brainard and says that she made blueprints for her daughter, Weebette, entrusting Brainard to do the job for her in case she's destroyed.
Brainard and Sara later avenge Weebo's destruction by rescuing the Flubber and defeating Hoenicker, Smith, and Wesson before sending them to prison. Brainard then uses Weebo's blueprints to create Weebette to carry on her legacy.
Trivia[]
- A life-scale replica of Weebo can be found in the entrance and queue of the Journey Into Imagination With Figment attraction in Epcot at Walt Disney World along with many references to Medfield College.
- Weebo's human projection Sylvia was portrayed by actress and professional sculptor Leslie Stefanson.
- Footage seen on her screen includes scenes from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Donald's Better Self, Goofy's Glider, Dumbo, How to Be a Sailor, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and The Brave Little Toaster.
- The Simpsons is used on her screen also, 22 years before Disney bought 20th Century Fox (now Studios).
- The 20th Century Studios movie clips also include The Fly and The Little Colonel.
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