In WALL-E, the small waste-collecting robot left on Earth is named WALL-E.
WALL-E is the title character of Pixar’s 2008 animated film. His name is an abbreviation of Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth-Class, describing his original job of compacting the planet’s enormous piles of garbage after humans have abandoned Earth.
Unlike many talking movie robots, WALL-E communicates through movement, sounds, expressions, and a few repeated words. He collects objects he finds interesting, including a small plant that becomes crucial to the film’s story. His routine changes when EVE, an advanced probe sent from the human starliner Axiom, arrives on Earth.
WALL-E is sometimes confused with EVE, whose mission is to search for signs of plant life. AUTO is the Axiom’s autopilot, while M-O is a cleaning robot. The film combines a romance, an environmental warning, and a story about humanity’s dependence on automation.