Weebo

**Weebo** is a character from the film *Flubber* (1997).

## Description

Weebo is a, "Flying Lab Assistant Robot" with its own artificial-intelligence, female voice and android personality. She was capable of hovering and came equipped with a LCD screen capable of projecting different media such as videos. Weebo also came equipped with a flash-camera and was able to project holographic images. Weebo's A.I. was also incredibly intelligent and capable of complex programming and engineering.

## History

Weebo was invented by Medfield College professor, Philip Brainard to serve as his personal assistant. Her invention was awarded with the 97th annual Inventor of the Year award by the Imagination Institute of which Brainard was a member. Weebo was a devoted assistant to Philip however she was also in-love with the absent-minded professor.

Weebo was involved in Prof. Brainard's creation of, "Flubber", a chemical substance made as a new energy source created to stop the college from being shut down by one Chester Hoenicker. During this time, Weebo also created a fake human form using computer-systems which she would project as a hologram to try and fulfil her desire to be in a loving human relationship with professor Brainard. Weebo also created project STORK in which she improved Brainard's designs for her and created a robotic daughter in the form of Weebette.

Weebo died protecting Brainard's home when Chester Hoenicker sent criminals to steal Weebo. After fending off the attackers, she was destroyed with a baseball bat and later died in Brainard's arms. Before her death, Weebo passed STORK onto Brainard so that he and his fiancée Sara could create her daughter and raise it as their own.

## Appearances and allusions

### Journey Into Your Imagination with Figment

Either Weebo herself or a replica of Weebo appear within a glass-case in the queue for this attraction with a note referencing the 97th annual Inventor of the Year award.

## Connections

### Disney Kingdoms

Prof. Brainard is name-dropped to the Dreamfinder in the shared continuity Disney Kingdoms: Figment 2 where he is identified as an affiliate of the *Academy Scientifica-Lucida* (an analogue to the Imagination Institute) from Medfield College.

## Trivia

* Weebo's voice-actress Jodi Benson is probably best known as being the voice-actress of Ariel in *The Little Mermaid* (1989).
* Weebo uses her screens to play a multitude of Disney clips including those 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*.
* Weebo is similar to 9-Eye from the Timekeeper as they are both woman-presenting, hovering robots who are assistants to scientists portrayed by the late Robin Williams.
* Brainard likely constructed Weebo at some point in-between 1986 and 1991. This is as Honey, I Shrunk the Audience portrays the 100th annual inventor of the year ceremony and is presumed to be set either contemporary to *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989) or contemporary to its opening in 1994. As Weebo's award was the 97th annual award ceremony, that means she would have been created three years prior to the events of Honey, I Shrunk the Audience.
* Weebo also showed the Matt Groening cartoon The Simpsons, before Disney bought 20th Century Studios.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.easywdw.com/easy/blog/living-with-the-land-figment-sushi-at-yakitori-house-katsura-grill-mexico-frozen-cappuccino-epcot-71212/