What if Blue Sky Studios remained opened?/Robots: Ratchet Strikes Back

***Robots: Ratchet Strikes Back*** is a 2016 American computer-animated science fiction adventure comedy film, being directed by Chris Wedge, produced by William Joyce, and written by David Lindsay-Abaire, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, with executive produced by John Lasseter. It is a sequel to 2005's film, Robots, and the second installment in the Robots film series.

In the film’s ensemble voice cast, Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, Drew Carey, Amanda Bynes, Harland Williams, and Stanley Tucci reprised their roles from the first film. Robin Williams, who previously voiced Fender, died in August 2014, so his role was given to Ethan Trace; and Dianne West, who previously voiced Lydia, was replaced by Drew Barrymore due to West’s voice sounding way too old. The returning cast is joined by Laurence Fishburne, Emma Stone, and J.K. Simmons, who voiced new characters introduced in this film. It is produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, being released on March 18, 2016.

## Premise

Two years after the events of the first film, Rodney and Cappy get married at their wedding in Rivet Town and were always in the hopes of leaving town for their nice honeymoon. However, back in Robot City, Ratchet, who’s stuck in the ceiling with his father, plans to get revenge on Rodney and the gang for the death of his mother Madame Gasket.

## Voice cast

* Ewan McGregor as Rodney Copperbottom, an idealistic young blue robot and aspiring inventor.
* Halle Berry as Cappy, a strait-laced former executive at Bigweld Industries and Rodney's wife.
* Ethan Trace as Fender Pinwheeler, a mischievous red blender-like robot and Rodney’s friend who is constantly falling apart. Trace replaced Robin Williams from the first film due to his death in 2014.
* Emma Stone as Cynthia, a genius pink kettle-like robot and Fender’s love interest.
* Greg Kinnear as Phineas T. Ratchet, the menacing and arrogant right-hand-man who wants revenge on Rodney and the gang.
* Laurence Fishburne as Maxer Gasket, a sinister rusty unicycle/chainsaw-like robot who is Ratchet’s long lost brother.
* J.K. Simmons as Ironweld, an inventive sphere robot who is Bigweld’s brother.
* Amanda Bynes as Piper Pinwheeler, a plucky yellow tomboy robot who is Fender's younger sister.
* Drew Carey as Crank Casey, a cynical orange vacuum cleaner/monster truck-like robot who is Rodney’s friend.
* Harland Williams as Lugnut, an imposing but good-natured green muscular robot who is Rodney’s friend along with his mute best friend Diesel.
* Stanley Tucci as Herb Copperbottom, Rodney's father and a dishwasher at Gunk's.
* Drew Barrymore as Lydia Copperbottom, Rodney's mother. She was originally voiced by Dianne Weist in the first film.
* Will Arnett as Mr. Gasket, Madame Gasket’s past husband and Ratchet’s father. He was originally voiced by Lowell Ganz in the first film.
* Chris Wedge as Wonderbot, a small helicopter/cup-like robot, who is Rodney's invention.

Bigweld appears in flashbacks with Mel Brooks from the first film.

## Trivia

* This is the third Blue Sky Studios film of 2010s to be produced at 1.85:1 aspect ratio, after Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), The Peanuts Movie (2015).
* This is the third Blue Sky Studios film to become a franchise, after Ice Age (2002) and Rio (2011).