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==Role in the film== |
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[[File:Buy-n-large_528_poster.jpg|thumb|250px|Shelby secretly informing all Auto's that Operation Cleanup has failed.]] |
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| − | Shelby Forthright was the CEO of the superpower-like [[BnL|Buy n Large Corporation]] in the early 22nd century. Under his lead, he pushed his company to expand its efforts in making humanity's world easier, more comfortable and pleasant. However, with its advancements in technology, the corporation caused garbage problems to amass due to consumerism facilitating the corporation. In 2105, Forthright came up with a plan to evacuate [[Earth]], as it was too choked with trash. He also proposed Operation Recolonize, in which trash compactor robots and mobile [[incinerator (WALL•E) |incinerators]] would clean up the Earth while humanity stayed aboard [[BNL Starliner|starships]] like the ''[[Axiom]]''. However, after a few years, Forthright was convinced that the operation had failed. He ordered all planetbound machines turned off (though one was missed), and secretly sent Directive A-113 to all [[ |
+ | Shelby Forthright was the CEO of the superpower-like [[BnL|Buy n Large Corporation]] in the early 22nd century. Under his lead, he pushed his company to expand its efforts in making humanity's world easier, more comfortable and pleasant. However, with its advancements in technology, the corporation caused garbage problems to amass due to consumerism facilitating the corporation. In 2105, Forthright came up with a plan to evacuate [[Earth]], as it was too choked with trash. He also proposed Operation Recolonize, in which trash compactor robots and mobile [[incinerator (WALL•E) |incinerators]] would clean up the Earth while humanity stayed aboard [[BNL Starliner|starships]] like the ''[[Axiom]]''. However, after a few years, Forthright was convinced that the operation had failed. He ordered all planetbound machines turned off (though one was missed), and secretly sent Directive A-113 to all [[AUTO]] units without informing the other BnL pilots. After the evacuation of Earth, Shelby Forthright's fate is left unknown. |
==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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Revision as of 23:30, 12 October 2014
Shelby Forthright is a character in the 2008 Disney/Pixar film in WALL-E. He was voiced by Fred Willard.
Role in the film
Shelby secretly informing all Auto's that Operation Cleanup has failed.
Shelby Forthright was the CEO of the superpower-like Buy n Large Corporation in the early 22nd century. Under his lead, he pushed his company to expand its efforts in making humanity's world easier, more comfortable and pleasant. However, with its advancements in technology, the corporation caused garbage problems to amass due to consumerism facilitating the corporation. In 2105, Forthright came up with a plan to evacuate Earth, as it was too choked with trash. He also proposed Operation Recolonize, in which trash compactor robots and mobile incinerators would clean up the Earth while humanity stayed aboard starships like the Axiom. However, after a few years, Forthright was convinced that the operation had failed. He ordered all planetbound machines turned off (though one was missed), and secretly sent Directive A-113 to all AUTO units without informing the other BnL pilots. After the evacuation of Earth, Shelby Forthright's fate is left unknown.
Trivia
- Forthright is the first live-action character to appear in a Pixar film. Director Andrew Stanton shot Fred Willard's scenes personally and described Forthright as "[a] lovable car salesman."
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