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Robot Dreams - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
The box Robot arrives in is from a company called "Berger Corp" and the model is "Amica 2000."
"Berger Corp" is a direct reference to the film's director, Pablo Berger. "Amica" is Italian for "friend," making the robot's model name literally "Friend 2000."
In one of Robot's dream sequences, he and Dog journey through a landscape that directly references "The Wizard of Oz."
This is a homage to the classic 1939 film, with Dog, Robot, and other characters taking on the roles of Dorothy and her companions on the Yellow Brick Road. The dream sequences are filled with references to classic cinema, including the musicals of Busby Berkeley.
Numerous 1980s New York City cultural and historical details are embedded in the background.
These include graffiti by artist Keith Haring, the Guardian Angels non-profit on the subway, real advertisements for brands like Doublemint Gum, the now-defunct Kim's Video store, and the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in the skyline.
The mascot on Dog's bag is Naranjito.
Naranjito, an orange, was the official mascot of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, which was held in Spain, the home country of the director.
In the library, Dog looks through a repair manual for a Commodore 64.
The Commodore 64 was an immensely popular home computer released in 1982, grounding the film's technology firmly in the 1980s setting.