BURN·E (2008): Cast & Plot

As WALL-E Ben Burtt drifts through space, tethered to the ship carrying EVE back to the Axiom starliner, he brushes past the Rings of Saturn and a tiny rock is dislodged from his path. The rock gathers momentum and becomes a meteor that smashes into a hull spire, destroying one of the Axiom’s running lights. The ship’s computer sounds the alert, and AUTO, the autopilot, orders repairs. To fix the damaged light, AUTO activates SUPPLY-R, who then brings in BURN-E, a Basic Utility Repair Nano Engineer armed with a welding torch. BURN-E begins by disabling the broken spire and crossing the ship’s hull along a special track to complete the repair. Yet, the moment WALL-E’s arrival disrupts his focus, the spire slips away and floats off into the vacuum.