Short Circuit: Difference between revisions

** In the first movie, he was more of a [[Plucky Comic Relief]] character. In the second movie, they gave him the last name Jahrvi and tried to give him a more serious story, while still keeping him funny.

* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: S.A.I.N.T. Touches on nightmare fuel, given the root is '''S'''trategic '''A'''rtificially '''I'''ntelligent '''N'''uclear '''T'''ransport.. The SAINT series are nuke delivery platforms, designed, [[Chekhov's Skill|as explained at the start of the first film]], to be para-dropped into enemy cities, use their maneuvrability, intelligence, and weaponry to safely deliver their nuclear payload to their target, and then blow themselves up.

{{quote| "Los Locos kick your ass!"<br />

"Los Locos kick your face!"<br />

{{quote| '''Fred''': "I can't do this, I'm no good at this stuff!"<br />

'''Johnny''': "Fifteen minutes you have to get good." }}

{{quote| '''Johnny Five''': (catches crowbar midswing)'''''Bad humans!'''''}}

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Fred and Ben.

* [[Reference Overdosed]]: Johnny doesn't really know when to hold back. Then again, being as young as he is, he doesn't really have his own experiences to know anything beyond references.

* [[Robosexual]]: Number 5 hitting on Stephanie in the tub.

* [[Rock Beats Laser]]: Johnny outwits his evil twins by deflecting their lasers with rocks and [[A Handful for An Eye|blinding them with mud]]. $11 million well spent, Pentagon.

* [[Suicidal Overconfidence]]: {{spoiler|Johnny heatedly goes after Oscar, ignoring the fatal gash in his battery. He doesn't bleed to ''death'', but he cuts it pretty close.}}

{{quote| '''Fred''': "Come on now, man, these are serious guys! You're not in top form a-and your back-up battery's used up!?"<br />

* [[Super Prototype]]

* [[Super Speed Reading]]: Johnny can breeze through books at a frightening rate, though apparently he's not programmed to re-shelve them. Set him loose in a bookstore and, [[Oh Crap|well]]...