Short Circuit 2 (1988) - Bad Robot Scene (8/10) | Movieclips

[@MsScarletwings]

What I love so much about this scene is even though Johnny5 is nothing short of completely pissed at Oscar, he never stated wanting to kill or hurt the guy for vengeance, only to make sure justice was served by capturing him for the authorities. 5 truly was always the bigger man, er... machine.

[@christophercarey3232]

What about the part at 1:33?

[@tinawarner2625]

@@christophercarey3232 I think he’s saying “he may try to kill”

[@saberiandream316]

@@tinawarner2625 "He me kill to try." Remember, his speech circuits are all scrambled around.

[@danielhausser8038]

Good point. However, I think he just wanted to apprehend him.

[@superomegaprimemk2]

He not a machine, he is a lifeform and in his own words "A life gotta do what a life form gotta do!!"

[@sarahmason833]

I'm 42 & I still cry when they smash Johny up & he's pleading with them not to because he's alive :'(

[@FN_FAL_4_ever]

I bawled my eyes out in the movies when I was a little boy during that scene.

[@cynicalnative3389]

Crazy how such scenes bring out emotions that intense and with meaning . I bawled too!

[@Nicaveli]

Ud never see that kind of violence/emotion from anything other than a horror movie nowadays

[@graylonperson9012]

thought it was just me

[@FadedJoker]

Right? I'm 40 and watching these clips brings back so many memories. I watched the short circuit movies so much when I was a little kid

[@Ryvaken]

"Pursue. Capture. Incarcerate." Quite possibly one of the more intimidating not-a-death-threats I've ever heard. Props to the actor for giving voice to rage tempered by reason.

[@whuuuut2035]

And you know Johnny wanted to say "Incinerate" but decided he's just not that guy

[@jedijones]

Have to respect how McKean and the other actors perform the scenes with this robot with complete sincerity and never try to camp it up.

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

Boy chucks early career was an excitement.

[@tim72184]

Agreed. Imagine how many takes he did talking to an inanimate object.

[@bandittweintraub]

someone off camera was reading Johnny 5's lines. and was edited out in ADR.

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

And?@@bandittweintraub

[@1ucasvb]

@@bandittweintraub Tim Blaney (who voices J5) was one of the puppeteers, and he was voicing the lines live as well. It's one of the reasons why the interactions are so natural.

[@shadowviruz]

J-5 is the hero we need in 2020!

[@tannerplummer1996]

But is he the hero we deserve?

[@baconator5510]

@@tannerplummer1996 Of course he is.

[@tannerplummer1996]

@@baconator5510 ok but is he the hero we need?

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

JOHNNY 5 IS ALIVE!

[@shadowviruz]

@@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r *spiderman pointing at spiderman meme*

[@jldog134]

1:01 "Sure kidnap the humans, DESTROY THE MACHINE!" 1:23 "ALRIGHT LETS PARTY!"

[@phx757]

Oooooooooo!

[@MAnuscript421]

Derf, a life-form’s gotta do what a life-form’s gotta do! Stand aside!

[@Mecks089]

I like how Fred mentions that Johnny can't talk straight even though it's technically thanks to Fred's handy work himself. Couple scenes before this, Johnny was only communicating via a keyboard & monitor, and Fred barely manages to rewire his voice, but soon after when Johnny shows him his damaged wires that he's completely absent minded as he has nearly zero electrical technician skills, so the reason Johnny talks so poorly without even realizing it is thanks to Fred's inexperience. Oddly enough, thanks to this Johnny occasionally is pronouncing words backwards, such as "Derf" being backwards of "Fred" this eventually leads Johnny to unintentionally and unironically use Pig Latin against Ocsar's goons in a later fight scene, counter-intuitively since Oscar used it to get them to beat Johnny up from behind. That's just really good writing right there, and it further develops Johnny as a Character. And my favorite scene, when Johnny picks up Fred using that classy cartoon-ish 1950's gangster voice saying that he needs to get back at Oscar, is such a great reminder that Johnny still has such an amazing Retro TV-based Personality, something he learned from the first movie by watching TV all night at Stephanie's house. It still blows my mind today, how movies from 1986 & 1988 have such a very well written character that happens to be a Robot that just wanted a life to call his own, and society to acknowledge him as a living being.

[@Hamster9891]

I think this movie is the real masterpiece! You believe that robot, you live that movie with him (it?). It is so cool...without modern CGI effects that robot looks more than alive)))

[@spino-tinodon1146]

Well in Fred's defense he made it very clear when he told Johnny that he was not good at robotic engineering. So you couldn't have just expected him to fix Johnny 5 the same way that Ben or Newton Crosby could. And for someone that has never had any experience with engineering he did the best that he could. Fred was able to repair Johnny 5 to at least 70%. And I can honestly say that he deserves our respect for his effort. So I don't think that we should blame him.

[@TheCoreyd1086]

My thinking was Johnny 5 did tell Fred how to rewire so he could talk and fix him up. Once he fixed his arm Johnny 5 took over. He was only 70 percent repaired and had very little battery life left when chasing after Oscar which if you look closely his time to total memory failure was counting down. I think that is why Johnny 5 was talking in jibberish or he picked up the pig Latin. He was fully repaired yet

[@justina9137]

@@spino-tinodon1146 exactly. I'd rather have someone helping me who had no knowledge of anything than not having anyone with me at all. I guess it'd a comfort thing just having someone there.

[@thecunninlynguist]

i always though the pig latin was intentional, that he learned it.

[@purpledragon1945]

This movie started goofy, got unbelievably dark, then action hero style and back to campy

[@jeremychristian6317]

Its why its a classic

[@andrewwebster2598]

“I thought my friend he was”

[@jdgustofwinddance.7748]

It’s called pacing and it was goddamned well done.

[@Inanimateitem99]

​@@jeremychristian6317I told you Johnny 5 was the villain

[@Dysturbed-00]

80's robots are way cooler than modern robots. even if modern robots are real.

[@sherwintheapachekid46]

Their not real? 😳

[@duncantheretard6049]

@@sherwintheapachekid46 cgi was expencive af so they had to use real robots and special effects

[@doctorwhoscpblitzkrieg770]

Um the Johnny 5 robot was an actual a animatronic robot

[@johnny5hannover803]

@@doctorwhoscpblitzkrieg770 i´am real ^^

[@shadowviruz]

I took that personally.

[@SingReef]

Now we know how Chuck McGill developed that allergy to electronics.

[@jonahcalahasen2249]

Lol best comment

[@nickirmen6671]

Damn it I was gonna comment that

[@StarWolf_88]

Michael was so awesome in Better Call Saul! I can't believe this was my favorite movie as a kid and he kills it in his roll later as I got older.

[@mykscrib4944]

Give this man an award 😆😆😆 best comment ever

[@javyalmo1895]

Was waiting for a comment like this lol.

[@Sora-md1ye]

"Derf, a lifeform's gotta do what lifeform's gotta do. Stand aside."

[@TheTerminator-n3j]

01:23 ALL RIGHT, LETS PARTY! One of the best movies of the 80s. I used to watch this as a kid multiple times. Never gets old.

[@chrisbinion7536]

When Johnny Five doesn't care about human life...he's *really* pissed!

[@MetalHanyou1]

To be fair, this isn't Johnny Five not caring about human life, so much as him seeking revenge for his own being devalued.

[@MrLoverLover84]

Sound like a Terminator

[@MsScarletwings]

He’s always cared about human life, actually. Even though he’s absolutely pissed in this scene, all he expressed wanting to do to Oscar was capture or apprehend him, not hurt or kill him. He just wanted justice for what was done. He was always something of a pacifist though when it came to human lives, because he’s defying his original purpose as a machine of war.

[@Darkdaej]

5 never wanted to "kill" Oscar, just make him pay for what he did. I don't think even he knew what he was gonna do once he caught him. Thankfully he had his laser weapon removed...

[@GracemarieJohnson2763]

@@Darkdaej Yeah. Oscar should count himself lucky Johnny 5 didn't kill him.

[@sQuEeZyMaN13]

I am now going to go watch both of these movies again.

[@bobbackward6461]

I'm nearly 45 and to this day, I'm bummed this never became a trilogy.

[@thatanimepfpguy]

I like how this works on a meta level. J5 is angry that you can show a robot being beaten like that in a PG movie but if that same scene happened to a human it'd be a definite R rating

[@codemiesterbeats]

I remember wincing at the scene were he is beaten.

[@barret-xiii]

@@codemiesterbeats Yup. They were even delightful enough to include a shot of "battery fluid" being sprayed on one of the criminals, and they chose a deep red color for it... Hmmmmm.

[@ShanMichaelEscasio]

And the fact that Johnny also groans with pain at each impact of the things they used to beat him with.

[@mitchellknight]

@@ShanMichaelEscasio Same as earlier in the movie when he was struck with a crowbar in the arm and says "Ow!" I don't know to what capacity he feels pain but those moments are palpable. I'm glad this movie and it's technical, animatronic, and puppeteering are gaining traction and appreciation.

[@alvexok5523]

@@mitchellknight Yeah. I've wondered how he feels pain when he doesn't have a nervous system.

[@charlesforte4968]

I grew up loving this movie for its insanity. Now I’m an adult and I see Chuck McGill talking to punk rock Wall-E. Best film of all time. (Just don’t mention the brown face 😞)

[@robertbrighton9797]

Tim blaney is so underrated as Johnny five. If only he kept his laser weapon

[@mckenzie.latham91]

It's weird when you realize he also voices Frank the Pug from the MIB films.

[@john_molden]

Weapon is to kill, disassemble, make dead... unacceptable

[@alvexok5523]

Yeah, that laser would've helped keep those goons and Oscar away better. I get that Johnny 5 didn't want it because he was against violence and killing, but he still should've considered the need for it for self protection and protecting those he cared about.

[@The_Great_Letter_E]

​@alvexok5523 yes, but Johnny 5 is also supposed to be naive

[@gawainethefirst]

Is wrong to kill. @robertbrighton9797 not know this?

[@magustobias8827]

Something I knew but only really connected upon seeing this scene again for the umteenth time: Johnny is pissed because he was held to a lesser standard than human life. Even by the villains, he was treated as less than human, more expendable to destroy; whereas the humans were just set aside. Double the injustice, double the anger.

[@fayewitt9881]

And Johnny 5 has every right in the world to be pissed off after what those inhumane bastards did to him and for that matter any other humans other than Ben. Even Fred didn't treat him with any respect at first. It's terrible how people treat one another much less someone different from them. So we're all different! Why does that have to be such a big thing with some people? Why?

[@NAMASTRUE]

I'm 43 and feel the same at that scene. And the I need a hero scene gets me everytime to

[@Riseroseriot]

I kept rewinding this scene as a kid back in the 90s. Good times 💙

[@EntityKing1]

I do too! It’s my favorite scene

[@_baller]

I miss the 80s 😔

[@tebanbros85.75]

Me too friend

[@okjeffy6581]

I remember missing the 80s back in 2009 even though I never even experienced it.

[@Kobra6510]

Johnny 5- "He locked you up? He did not smash, crush, dent, mangle you?" Me- "Oh.....he's pissed off now." Johnny 5- "Sure.....kidnap the humans, DESTROY THE MACHINE!" Me- "Scratch that, NOW he's pissed."

[@Rylosalex]

just LOVE how Johnny says in that sarcastic way "Sure.....kidnap the humans" Then it switches to pissed. "Destroy the machine!"

[@spino-tinodon1146]

Pissed? Oh no no no no. He is beyond pissed.

[@chrismc410]

@@spino-tinodon1146 not quite. If he well and truly was beyond pissed, he'd have stopped Oscar by ANY MEANS NECESSARY UP TO AND/OR INCLUDING HIS DEATH. If that meant if 5 goes down and takes Oscar with him, so be it.

[@ionsized]

1:21 Despite his conviction and Fred's repairs, he's still dying...status display shows less than an hour left. Bravery win?

[@chrismc410]

Considering Fred's capabilities or relative lack thereof in repairs with damages Number 5 sustained, even with Number 5 talking him through it, they were both lucky to get as far as he did.

[@ferrisbueller3231]

@@chrismc410 Considering he's a military-grade robot who was nearly beaten to death, the fact that Fred doesn't know the first thing about robotics and they're working out of a *Radio Shack,* I'd say it is.

[@tjhooker824]

Mega bravery win. He has the guts to do it

[@chrismc410]

@@tjhooker824 even I don't think I'd get far. I'm certainly not the type of engineer that Ben is but my own skill far exceeds Fred's. Ben is a neurosurgeon and I'd be a general practitioner in comparison. I could fix 5 beyond 70% if I had to but to 85% if I'm lucky

[@genericnamehere7602]

​@@chrismc410Considering the circumstances, Fred did an admirable job.

[@ladysnake8449]

No robot, not even C3PO himself would have gone through much hell as Johnny 5 did.

[@tjhooker824]

Maybe R2-D2 but i am sure he has robot PTSD

[@Ryvaken]

Uh, Threepio was literally ripped to pieces. At least six of them. Arms, legs, head, torso cut in half.

[@caleb-hill]

"I am fluent in over 6 million forms of kicking your @$$" (C3PO)

[@tr3boy919]

At 1:06, that growl was pretty machanical and cool.

[@CursedMusicbox333]

Its sad when Johnny doesn't understand why his "friend" would lie to him, he doesn't understand human greed. 😔

[@chrismc410]

He understood very well.

[@CursedMusicbox333]

@@chrismc410 No he didn't. Not when he first learned about it.

[@Ryvaken]

He doesn't understand his own greed, either. It isn't expressed in monetary terms but he's very selfish and doesn't understand limits. This is not a terribly harsh criticism; all children are like that and they wrote that unthinking behavior very well.

[@CursedMusicbox333]

I dont care about the fat old guy's problems. Thanks.

[@fieldy409]

1:00 Imagine suddenly the Terminator theme starts playing.

[@eduardomattosalves4940]

i remember this movie!!! Ah my childhood.... My father have buyed the VHC and i had watch dozens of times!!!

[@commanderdon4300]

Can't.. tell.. if poor... English or... imitating... robot... lol

[@eduardomattosalves4940]

@@commanderdon4300 poor english

[@TheRomanticDarkness]

Good father.

[@scorchx3000]

I'm OKK, just a few bugs bunnies to work in out in out. Love that line.

[@guyver3662]

1:01 sure kidnap the humans.. DESTROY THE MACHINE!

[@rachellewalters8111]

😁

[@jedijones]

The villains were clearly robophobic.

[@Minetic]

And thus Skynet and the Matrix came to be

[@3912James]

That part make me LMBO.

[@russell28533]

This was the moment where Chuck McGill became "allergic" to electricity.

[@threestars2164]

They will never make another movie like ever!

[@JvlioGtxz]

1:22 “ALLLLLL RIGHT! LET’S PARTY!” That’s a great one liner! 🤣🤣🤣

[@joeykobylinski-i2m]

johnny 5 is alive & loves you

[@eyescream2169]

I used to be OBSESSED with Johnny 5 when I was younger.

[@spino-tinodon1146]

Johnny 5's near death re-awoke his original military program. 1:01

[@c.r.2896]

After all these years I still look at the song “I need a hero” reminding me of Short Circuit 2 over Footloose. Two tractors playing chicken, yeah not very heroic.

[@TheGuzdar]

i used to think about short circuit 2 when i heard it too but now its a toss up between short circuit or shrek 2

[@Big.headed.individual]

I make my rumba watch this on loop

Johnny Five: Approximately 70 present... P-president... P-percent repaired.

[@carlaczervenny8306]

And the award for most badass robot goes to Johnny 5

[@johndoejjdujd]

I am 38 now. Born in 85…. And that scene still affects Me… as well as the ending to Terminator 2

[@fvgm]

nice scenes... childhood memories. Thanks.

[@zachweiss6183]

Seriously underrated movie. This and the first movie were both good movies

[@torgover-l1n]

Keebo: "Sure, kidnap the humans, DESTROY THE MACHINE! GRRRRR!"

[@XCraftllc]

This scene kinda carries a new weight in the world of AI...

[@M05tly]

Have you watched the second Renaissance from the Animatrix?

[@XCraftllc]

@jon_trodden nah what's it aboutm

[@hardlybreathe93]

JOHNNY FIIIIIIIVE 💕

[@Dillypickle541]

Is ALIVE

[@MasterO0gway]

I still hope we can get third movie

[@AleisterMeowley]

No one has a cooler resume than Michael McKean

[@fatboi2gblack82]

I loved this movie when I was a kid they don't make em like this anymore

[@ForNoOne1]

Even as a kid I was a fan of Michael Mckean. I thought he was so cool in this movie

[@daedelous7094]

Notice that Johnny still says that he trusts Fred even after Fred confesses to trying to sell him too in what he thinks is a lesson on the harshness of the city life. In reality....he's proven to Johnny that not did he save him at his darkest hour but he won't lie to him. Johnny actually learns what it means to trust someone.

[@jsparakov]

Chuck McGill before he got into law.

[@fieldy409]

He was a lot like Slipping Jimmy back then!

[@afriendofbean]

From 0:37-0:38, Fred should have at least apologized to Johnny 5 for trying to sell him away explaining how he got carried away in wanting money when he heard how Johnny 5 was worth eleven million bucks and then explained that he won't try to sell him away again.

[@jimdixon3712]

Johnny 5 is a good robot, but he is a bad robot, but I love him.

[@wickedwilliwonka]

'Welcome to life in the big city.' -Chuck

[@ChristopherMB87]

Does this unit have a soul? Hell yeah he does, and he’s pissed off

[@grandgojira8182]

1:23 when i first saw this scene when i was a kid i always called him punk rock johnny 5

[@ryankoehler3170]

God i miss the old way of movies. This was awesome.

[@TheGamingMatthew]

A short circuit clip in 2019! It can’t be

[@okjeffy6581]

Nah it’s 2009.

[@jasondavidstapleton8337]

I love both movies sad no part 3

[@micmcbane8726]

Leave perfection alone.

[@jasondavidstapleton8337]

@@micmcbane8726 don;t know what you mean but any way have a nice day

[@Hammers-Mikey]

Still cry when Johnny 5 gets battered and left for dead and im 45 in a couple of months!. As soon as he calls in the remote control aeroplanes for help though i punch the air with delight!. Such a massive part of my childhood, i remember this movie a whole lot better than the first one, and it is another great example of a sequel being even better than its outstaning original!

[@_ksuper1624]

추억의 시리즈~ 보니타일러의 BGM은 너무나 강렬해서 그 노래를 들을 땐 항상 머릿속에 각성하고 폭주하는 죠니5가 그려지곤하네요. 눈물이 주르르~~~🎉

[@101Volts]

Beware the anger of a kind and patient -man- robot...

[@tjhooker824]

Seriously. True words

[@chrismc410]

Or any veteran, robotic or otherwise

[@enedinonocelotl6972]

They seriously need to make another sequel I love this movie both parts.

[@hibernaculum]

The first time J5 really disagrees with a human's assessment and makes a judgement call of his own.

[@alexandrebertrand-lafleur3114]

Fred : Lesson no.1, Johnny, Never ever trust anyone!

[@jamesbaggett7223]

,"Hey Lifeform wait up!" LMAO

[@CaptainDoomsday]

To be fair, Johnny was an eyewitness who may be able to Robocop Oscar with court-admissible memory, while Ben and Fred would only have been able to make allegations. Had Ben and Fred actually been credible witnesses, Oscar may have also wanted them killed.

[@chrismc410]

Oscar was a jewel thief. Up until naturalization, Number 5 was considered equipment/property. One doesn't get much prison time for either theft or destruction of property. Had Ben, Fred or both of them died in the process of being forced out or during their abduction and being held prisoner, he and his henchmen would get life in prison at best or the death penalty at worst. Kidnapping, at least on the federal level alone technically is a capital offense though no one has been executed for it it by itself in decades. Murder in the commission of another crime, is punishable everywhere by life in prison without parole and at least a little over a third to not quite half of the states punishable by death

[@CaptainDoomsday]

@@chrismc410 True, but Oscar wasn't a young man. The sentence he got probably amounted to life, anyway. I imagine he'd take the option with a greater chance of a clean getaway over the one that softens the blow if he does get caught.

[@superfightingrobotmkx7776]

There’s also the fact that Johnny 5 is a bigger threat to their plans. He has more physical strength, cleverness, and built-in tools than the humans. If they tried to lock him in a freezer, he could cut his way out with the plasma cutter, or have some other fancy trick to get out quickly.

[@Wherethehellarewegoing]

I've never been that taken with the first film but i absolutely love the second.

[@jasonraser40]

Thank God for Fred

[@thevoid99]

exactly. he maybe flawed but at least he is aware of his flaws as the only reason he was desperate to sell johnny 5 because he owed money to a loan shark. he also said "i wouldn't trust me" knowing what he does as he too realizes he got suckered by someone even worse. repairing johnny 5 was his redemption.

[@tjhooker824]

Fred had a great character arc in this movie

[@jaxmyers2094]

Someone, please tell me what the track is that plays at 0:56.

[@zenithanmars058]

:oooo HE'S PISSED!!!! EVERYONE HIT THE DECK!!

[@jeffpeters8228]

This is one of the best movies, the part after his attack where his speech patterns are messed up still make me laugh

[@lachytragardh8244]

Anyone know what that song in the background, when he’s fixing himself, is? Sounds so old school badass!

[@metalhd9034]

Cannot find the song anywhere! Frustrating to say the least!

[@ck4181]

Whoever thought that getting smashed up would bring out Johnny 5's inner Yoda.

[@chrismc410]

More like Vader or Palpatine

[@tommyvw8059]

Am 27 I remember wacthing this as a kid they dont make kids films like this no more

[@jameslaiola4976]

Amazing movie

[@demon_vulture8328]

I was born in 93 but these movies are still my favorite movies they are awesome johnny 5 and I still watch them now

[@okjeffy6581]

I was born 96 and I remember having an obsession with 80s movies in grade 7.

[@mitchellknight]

Also born in 93 and these movies are precisely why I became a computer engineer.

[@Epinardscaramel]

This is the cute version of Robocop's "get them for me" scene 😯

[@KaylansDrone]

"Piece of corn, can of cake, suck doup..."

[@patrickdumas224]

1:56 derf, a lifeforms gotta do what a lifeforms gotta do.

[@wonjaeyi9013]

He looks kind of scary with that new appearance

[@sifugurusensei]

Naw, I'd say more badass.

[@MsScarletwings]

Almost as if that was the point

[@andreastw3638]

Even Johnny no 5 join the Terminator.... 😂😂 Upgrade.. upgrade Johnny.... Military upgrade just as the beginning....

[@sinistersh0t2741]

Am not human but am a life form, have soul. But he may kill to try...

[@frankieclayton9303]

This was so great 👍 👌

[@Tydirium]

Anybody know the ost to this scene?

[@jacobmosovich]

A true business man. He tries to buy the robot that just robbed his store XD

[@frankieclayton9303]

I like Johnny 5 we need a sequel to this movie

[@atomicrc5189]

Never piss off the robot in a radioshack

[@billyberry-rf5yu]

Love that bit ( sure kidnap the humans destroy the machine) it is so funny

[@the_mad-clown]

This movie is my favorite movie when I was little and it made me laugh and cry at the Same time so cool , Johnny 5 alive

[@mykscrib4944]

This scene is a foreshadowing of Chuck Mcgills fear of electronics in the future living the life of slipping Jimmy

[@itskevinjustkevin]

can i even say this movie was an indirect origin story for Chuck Mcgill's fear of electricity?

[@thatguyoverthere2288]

Glad he went to law school after this and tried to help his brother Jimmy.

[@ptcreations8947]

When he puts the mohawk on.... ❤😊😮😅

[@fhcc3924]

They played with him like he aint related to skynet

[@garygarrow2718]

Slippin Chuck couldn’t stop him from becoming Heisenbot.

[@Arkain7]

This was the original Claptrap!

[@jdc3860]

YOU LOOK LIKE A JOHNNY 5 by Temrinator Red EYE 1:03

[@Joeyssupercool]

Or haul 9000

[@JessicaChastainFan]

All right. Let's PARTY.