WALL-E Foolishness and Folly Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from WALL-E.

Quote #4

CAPTAIN: Mechanical systems?

COMPUTER: Unchanged.

CAPTAIN: Reactor core temperature?

COMPUTER: Unchanged.

CAPTAIN: Passenger count?

COMPUTER: Unchanged.

CAPTAIN: Regenerative food buffet?

COMPUTER: Unchanged.

CAPTAIN: Jacuzzi pH balance?

COMPUTER: Unchanged.

CAPTAIN: Atmospheric conditions?

COMPUTER: Unchanged.

We're under the impression that nothing aboard the Axiom ever changes, lulling humanity into their sedentary state of inertia, yet the Captain still goes through these motions every single day. Does he ever expect a different result?

Quote #5

CAPTAIN: Well, I'm sure our forefathers would be proud to know that 700 years later we'd be doing the exact same thing they were doing.

Even as the Captain says this, we're not sure he believes the words that are coming out of his mouth. It seems foolish to believe that any forefathers would want their so-called children to not have evolved in seven centuries.

Quote #6

RECORDED ANNOUNCEMENT: Due the effects of microgravity, you and your passengers may have suffered some slight bone loss. But I'm sure a few laps around the ship's jogging track will get you back in shape in no time.

AXIOM PASSENGER: We have a jogging track?

This is played off as a joke, but if humans had tried exercising once or twice over the last millennia, they might be in better shape… in more ways than one.