"The Bot" is an episode of Wander Over Yonder.
Synopsis[]
Wander adopts a damaged Dominator bot, who he names Beep Boop, as his new travel buddy after it crashes on a vacation planet.
Plot[]
Lord Dominator scouts the galaxy for Volcanium X to power her ship and her robots. After the failure of bot 42, to whom she punishes by firing into space until he burns up, she assigns Bot 13 to go and retrieve Volcanium X from a nearby planet. Bot 13 goes to the beach-like planet to get the Volcanium X which just so happens to have Wander and Sylvia on it relaxing. As Bot 13 flies through the atmosphere, it flies into Wander's kite and crashes. Wander notices it, but Sylvia does not as she was sleeping. Wander finds the damaged robot and names him Beep Boop based on the noise he makes. He decides to befriend him and show him the planet.
Wander and "Beep Boop" travel the planet with the former trying to show the latter the sights and enjoyments found around them. Beep Boop continues to search for Volcanium X, but Wander believes that he is interested in things such as carnival games, trying on hats and eating ice cream. Beep Boop actually seems to enjoy these things and even happily takes pictures with Wander in a photo booth. Near the end of the day, Wander takes the photos and tears it in half to give one to Beep Boop as a memento. Sylvia, finally awake, sees Wander with Beep Boop and identifies it as one of Dominator's robots. Wander refuses to abandon him, but the Volcanium X that he unknowingly acquired, fixes Beep Boop who flies back into space to report back to Dominator.
Sylvia believes they should warn the people on the planet about Dominator, but Wander refuses to leave until Beep Boop returns; believing that he has changed. Beep Boop returns to Dominator to reveal that the planet has enormous quantities of Volcanium X. However, he is filled with memories of Wander and refuses to give up the coordinates, now claiming that his name is Beep Boop. He deletes his memory, infuriating Dominator who punishes him by firing him into space. As Beep Boop burns up, he looks at the photo of himself and Wander. Wander and Sylvia conclude that Beep Boop is not coming back, but that means that Dominator is thankfully not coming either. They see a shooting star (implied to be Beep Boop) and Wander wishes him luck. The final shot shows the photo of the two of them together floating in space.
End Credits[]
Waves wash away the sand drawing of Wander and Beep Boop that they made earlier in the episode.
Trivia[]
- This is the first time a character dies on the show, not counting Peepers' plan in "The Brainstorm", or Entozoa in "The Fancy Party".
- This is also the first episode to feature Dominator without Lord Hater and Peepers.
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