You're not fooling anyone, Disney

Normally pointing out obvious recycling in media is a job left to Jamie, who consumes roughly 3,967 times as much pop culture as I do (zing!). This time, however, I'm quite proud of my spot, so here it is.

You know the latest Pixar film, Wall-E? Remember the unique, original auto-pilot "Otto?" Here:

That's him, on the left. Brand-new (as of his launch 700 years before the movie takes place), state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line. Designed specifically for the Starship Axiom, his maiden voyage.

Wait... actually, come to think of it, that's not right. If I'm not horribly mistaken, the Axiom wasn't actually Otto's first posting. I believe he journeyed through space some 22 years ago (that's 124 years before he received orders from BnL in Wall-E). Only back then, his name was Max.

He's gotten a refit (looks like Apple bought the specs from Mattel and sleeked up the design a bit), but that's definitely the same robot.

And what? The 1986 film Flight of the Navigator was a Disney movie, too? You don't say.

Nico 1, Disney 0.