Roz's Processor Designation Includes Alpha-113

The Wild Robot (2024) · Directed by Chris Sanders
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Scene locator: Wilderness survival sequence on the remote island. Roz discovers a damaged support unit marked with serial designation Alpha 113 in tribute to CalArts animation history.
LikelyAnimation In-JokeDreamWorks Animation

What's There

Among the wreckage of the cargo transport pods on the island, a deactivated Rozzum robot displays the industrial identification code "Alpha-113."

Why It Matters

Alpha-113 reads as a DreamWorks variation on the animation-school in-joke A113, a number famously hidden across many animated films. This placement serves as deliberate narrative texture and cinematic continuity, rewarding attentive viewers while documenting recurring visual motifs across the filmmakers' catalog.

Source: Moviepedia's The Wild Robot trivia page. Marked likely until directly frame-verified.

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