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(1987 Video)

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Sex & Nudity

  • In "Starlight Angel", a couple is seen kissing in the background. Two girls flirt with a robot as the run past him.
  • In "Cloud", Adam, from the Sistine Chapel painting, is shown in a cloud. Clouds cover his private parts. Some little cherubs are seen naked, but no private parts are shown. A group of young girls, I would say about ages 10 to 12, are shown floating in the clouds. They, too, are naked, but there are no explicit details. All of this is in a non-sexual context.
  • In "Deprive", the main hero is shirtless at one point (not sexual)
  • In "A Tale of Two Robots", a boy looks up at a girl while she is on a latter. His nose bleeds and his cheeks turn red. She screams at throws her shoe at him. Even though this scene is played for laughs, the girl character is not dressed suggestively and nothing can be seen from the camera angle that the audience is shown (from her ankles up).
  • In "Nightmare", the large robot destroying a city creates a robot with a bean-shaped body and a duck head. Two naked human breasts are shown on this robot. However, it is only around for maybe two minutes because the same large robot vaporizes the smaller one.

Violence & Gore

  • In the beginning of the film, a massive mechanical structure runs over a town in the desert. It also shoots out fireworks and robots that look like ballerinas. These explode and destroy many houses.
  • In "Starlight Angel", a girl slaps her boyfriend in the face, a massive robot holds a girl captive while a smaller robot fights back, and the massive robot fires lasers out of it's mouth to harm a girl and a robot (the smaller robot takes most of the hits in order to protect the girl).
  • In "Cloud", a mushroom cloud is shown.
  • In "A Tale of Two Robots", two large mechs fight each other in a 19th century Japanese coastal town. One fires cannon balls at the other, while the hero mech shoots fireworks. When the two lock in hand-to-hand combat, one of the mech's arms is ripped off while the other falls into a river. There is a massive amount of property destruction. Overall, this short is very lighthearted and comedic.
  • In "Nightmare", a huge robot destroys a lot of a city while raising an army of machines out of the ground. A man on a scooter is chased by a cape-wearing robot. A man is nearly "eaten" when he falls into a large "glass" of liquid that the huge robot tries to drink. Lots of peril for the human character alongside plenty of property destruction.
  • At the end of "A Tale of Two Robots", a girl steps on a boy's foot after he puts is arm around her. This is played for laughs.
  • In "Deprive", massive explosions are shown. Robots invade and destroy a city. The main hero fights against two large robots who carry a battery of guns. The hero also fights a humanoid alien (some blood is shown after the hero punches the alien in the face). The hero is also tortured with electricity (not graphic).
  • At the beginning of "Presence", some children throw some rocks and small explosives at a man's head. Since he is a robot, his head comes off. The children proceed to kick his head around, eventually kicking it out above a building. This may be played for laughs, but it is kind of disturbing.

Profanity

  • The only short to have profanity is "A Tale of Two Robots". "What the hell!" is said twice. "jackass" and "dick" are said once. Name calling includes "bastard, "nitwit" and "idiotic pea-brain", all of which are used once. One of the characters is called "Chubby". This is in the English dub.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • In "Presence", a man is shown smoking a cigar.
  • In "Nightmare", a man is shown drunk. He staggers around while walking for a bit.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Overall, most of the shorts are very intense or action-heavy.
  • The atmosphere of "Franken's Gears" is very creepy.
  • The atmosphere of "Starlight Angel" and "Presence" are very emotionally driven and somewhat sad.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • In "Franken's Gears", the scientist's robot creation falls on him. This kills him (nothing graphic is shown).
  • In "Presence", trashed robot parts are shown in a dumpster, a robot girl has small explosions near her shoulders that cause a blue fluid to drip down her arms and legs. Her human face falls off (robot face is not shown). At a different point in the story, a robot girl is seen covered with dust, her leg is broken and there is a hole in her chest (no nudity). Blue fluid is seen here as well.
  • At the end of the film, a wanderer finds a glass ball near the sight of the collapsed structure from the beginning of the film. He takes it home to show his family. A small ballerina robot is inside it. She explodes, which causes the wanderer's home to go up in flames, killing everyone. This may be played for laughs since the "End" title is shown, but it is still dark.

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