Willfall

Willfall is Starshot's robotic companion. He follows close by and make sure Starshot doesn't get lost. He's a lot more smart and cunning than Starshot, so he does most of the talking in the game.

### Character description (from PC manual)

> Willfall is a disposable robot who accompanies Starshot. He's mostly built of spare robot parts which he must've picked up as his original parts fell off or stopped working. He dreads being thrown away, so he sucks up to humans, although he is always trying to steal spare parts from other robots.
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### Personality

When he isn't busy being a nervous wreck, he is usually pretty grumpy. He hates that he's constantly falling apart and that everyone talks down to him. His closest friend is Willfly, his adorable missile puppy. Although he doesn't have much going for him in terms of ability or physique, he is very clever, which is why in Starshot's adventure, he does most of the talking. He's the man with the plan. He can can usually sweet talk his way out of things, or come up with the perfect lie to avoid danger. Although he's very honey-tongued towards his authorities, he'll talk a lot of smack behind people's backs. Except his pal Starshot of course - with Starshot, he hurls insults directly at him!

### Voice Samples

Voice actors: Gary Imhoff (EN), Lorenzo Pancino (FR)

## Movie version

In the movie, Willfall's role is to accompany Stan the astronaut in order to train him to become the Circus' new star juggler. His personality hasn't changed a bit, and neither has his friendship with his little buddy Willfly.

Normally, he can be found working at the navigations desk in the cockpit of the Space Circus, alongside Captain Nobrakes and the pushbutton-bots. He lives in a small den located in the middle of the Space Circus' zoo. Here, he stores a collection of all sorts of mechanical odds and ends (that he's probably stolen), including Stan's new mentolighters.

Willfall looks quite different in this story, especially since he now has arms. The script describes that body is made of spare parts and several metal sheets that are loosely patched together. Obviously he is not built to last, so very often he *will fall* apart. *(See what I did there?)* He's also equipped with some other gadgets inside a panel on his chest, including a magnifying glass and some extra eyes. He also has some sort of drill built into his index finger, which he'd probably use to repair his own loose screws. (Though he has also used it to threaten a painful torture on Nox Lebo!)

### Descriptions from text

#### Physical descriptions

> "A small hyperactive robot is working frenetically. It's Willfall, a robot about the size of a pavement scooter, made up of mechanical odds and ends and used parts which he must have picked up as his original parts dropped off or stopped working. (pg. 16)
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> "Bombak gives Willfall’s body a friendly nudge which unfortunately makes a hollow ringing sound followed by a loud crash as one of the metal sheets from his patched-up chest detaches itself and falls to the floor." (pg. 43)
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> "Willfall raises his arm abruptly to signal his opposition to this plan. But he moves with such force that his mechanic hand falls off." (pg. 43)
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#### His built-in gadgets

> "A magnifying glass on the end of a mechanical arm shoots out of his chest and positions itself in front of his eyes." (pg. 16)
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> "Yet more eyes spring out of his chest on the end of their mechanical stalk-arms, allowing the robot to scan the maximum number of screens simultaneously" (pg. 18)
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> "*Willfall:* 'We're wasting time with that toad. Can't I just get on with torturing Nox now?' Willfall raises his index finger of his mechanical hand and it starts to whir round at high speed like a dentist's drill." (pg. 70)
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#### His home

> "The tube brings our group before a rusty iron cabin from which several narrow bridges branch outwards. Two cages surround this structure." (pg. 29)
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> "*Interior. Willfall's den.* It is a tiny room, just big enough for a small robot like Willfall. Stan has to bend down to go through the door. He edges forward carefully into the dim interior. We can just about make out that the inside of the cabin is strewn with electronic parts swinging from the end of cables or heaped in unstable-looking piles." (pg. 30)
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## Fan art section

Will-fetch :)Sketch with his metal patches
*dude what if Gilbert Gottfried was his voice actor in the movie*