Growing up

"No! It's not your birthday."

"No! There are bills to pay."

Blockbuster

"Stop! Don't you see violence leads nowhere? Come, let us work out our differences through dialog."

PACIFIST RIM

Robots

"Looking to alleviate the crisis, a plan will be announced tomorrow to replace the population with robots, which are cheaper for the state."

"But... that... that is..."

"A great idea? No, you don't need to congratulate me. Anything to meet the fiscal goals and make the economic situation of the nation better."

Arm

MANIPULATOR ARM

"No! No! I'll be fine. There's no need for you to get premium lubricant oil. My actuators are in perfect working ord— Ouch! No, it was nothing. Don't worry..."

Robotics

"The key to our commercial success is that our industrial robots are shaped after a human worker."

"Doesn't that make them less efficient?"

"Yes, but it also makes yelling at them and mistreating them more personally fulfulling."

Saviors

"Commander, we are arriving."

"It was about time! This planet's situation is unsustainable!"

"—man is the only creature that kills for pleasure—"

"—another example of man's cruelty—"

"—man plunders the environment and drives species to extinction—"

"—this new catastrophe caused by man—"

"People of the Earth, you no longer need to be afraid! Tell us where we can find the one you call Man, and we will take care of him!"

Production

I hope human resistance is soon over and we can divert more resources to maintenance. Look! Units are leaving the assembly line older and in worse shape every passing day.