"Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies chase those dark clouds far away
So will you please say "Hello" to the folks that I know
Tell them I won't be long
They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go
I was singing this song"
-Vera Lynn
Ever since rediscovering the movie last year, I can't help but think about these two every time I hear this song, specially since 2024, 17 years after the events of the movie, is when they would finally reunite, albeit, in a different way.
Anyhow, Happy 17th Anniversary to Meet the Robinsons!
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So was anybody going to tell me there is a whole discarded Meet the Robinsons short explaining how Bowler Hat Guy took Tiny to the future with him? Or was I supposed to find that out completely on my own?
Like, this thing is fully story-boarded and has not one, but two different potential endings.
Both versions of the short basically have Goob telling the story of how he brought a dinosaur to the future to an audience of sorts.
This one is apparently the first version that was made of this short, it has the most completed animation out of the two versions. In this case, the short starts with him seemingly telling the story as if he's being interviewed. However, it turns out he is actually in a psych ward telling the story to a cardboard cutout crowd.
This second version scrapped some of the scenes from the first draft and it ends with the reveal that Goob is telling this story to the Robinsons in an effort to convince them to adopt him into the family, they put it to a vote, and he is given the okay. I personally like this version more, but I'm biased because it's always neat to see more of the family. Also I know Wilbur voted no.
I love the concept of this short as a whole because it builds on the whole idea of Goob as an unreliable narrator as we saw in the "They all hated me" sequence.
Another thing that caught my attention during this short was the nods to classic Disney shorts a la Mickey Mouse and friends. From how the short starts with an opening card with Bowler Hat Guy's face on it and how in one of the scenes he is even whistling Steamboat Willie.
Overall, I know that technically both versions of this short probably wouldn't work given Bowler Hat Guy's ending in the movie, but its still a really fun concept. And more Meet the Robinsons content is always a win.
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What is this??
Underrated quote that doesn’t exist…you mean?
Because this line isn’t in the movie
I came across this post on Pinterest and let the record show as a long time MTR enjoyer (and a kid who knew this movie forwards and backwards so well that actually did type out a chunk of the movie in script format from memory) that I recognized it to be a fake in approximately .00002 seconds
Everyone in the comments was like “yet another reason to love this movie” and stuff like that, but that…isn’t a line from the movie
At this exact moment, Wilbur hands Lewis the paper (schematics) and tells him basically to go fix the Memory Scanner:
Wilbur: Now…now don’t make me go and bail you out again.
Lewis: I won’t.
Wilbur: Remember, I’ve got a time machine. If you mess up, I’ll just keep coming back until you get it right.
Don’t believe me?
I’ve linked a YouTube video to the scene in question:
As far as I can tell, this is an abridged version of a quote from Ziad K. Abdelnour(?), according to a quick Google search:
“Just because the past didn't turn out like you wanted it to, doesn't mean the future can't be better than you ever imagined.”
But either way: no, it’s not a line from Meet the Robinsons.
I’ve got more thoughts, because Wilbur was never framed as a guide or therapist for Lewis in the movie. One could argue that Wilbur is the reason Lewis decides he can have a happy future, letting go of his past…but that’s as far as it goes.
Wilbur very rarely, if at all, offers sage words of wisdom or advice or any quotes that are framed as such.
What about “Keep Moving Forward”? You may ask…well, technically that’s Cornelius’ line, and Wilbur flat-out tells him such, “it’s my Dad’s motto,” he says.
What motivates Lewis ultimately is himself. It’s seeing the future he can have; knowing that he’s happy and has a family and has everything he ever wanted and is so unexpected and exciting and he loves it…and that realization really comes from himself because he sees a future that shows him it’s possible.
But it’s not even a passive thing, either. When he meets his older self, he suggests “if I go back now, then this will be my future!”
To which Cornelius replies, “Well…that depends on you. You gotta make the right choices, and keep moving forward.”
Lewis has to play an active role in dictating which direction his life will go. He really has to let go of the past, like his advice to Goob earlier in the film. That’s really the scene where he starts to come to terms with that, anyway.
Wilbur is the avenue through which it happens (which, again, Wilbur being his son you could also argue is an extension of himself since without Cornelius, Wilbur wouldn’t exist…)
So framing Wilbur as offering these wise words to Lewis in their parting moments is frankly…laughable to me. Wilbur has always been my favorite character but his most serious line in the whole film is “I never thought my dad…would be my best friend”
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