Passes the Bechdel test
The Wild Robot
2024. Directed by Chris Sanders, written by Chris Sanders and Peter Brown.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 11 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 105. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown's beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot. The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot--ROZZUM unit 7134, "Roz" for short--that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
- Released
- 27 Sep 2024
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Family
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 85 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 96 wins & 108 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Fink 171 lines, man
- Roz 171 lines, woman
- Brightbill 99 lines, man
- Rozzum 7134 78 lines, woman
- Longneck 36 lines, man
- Pinktail 31 lines, woman
- Vontra 23 lines, woman
- Paddler 20 lines, man
- Gosling 19 lines, woman
- Thorn 16 lines, man
Full cast, 30 people
- Lupita Nyong'o as Roz / Rummage (voice)
- Pedro Pascal as Fink (voice)
- Kit Connor as Brightbill (voice)
- Bill Nighy as Longneck (voice)
- Stephanie Hsu as Vontra (voice)
- Matt Berry as Paddler (voice)
- Ving Rhames as Thunderbolt (voice)
- Mark Hamill as Thorn (voice)
- Catherine O'Hara as Pinktail (voice)
- Boone Storm as Baby Brightbill (voice)
- Alexandra Novelle as Snowdown (voice)
- Raphael Alejandro as Peck (voice)
- Paul-Mikél Williams as Feather (voice)
- Eddie Park as Honkington (voice)
- Dee Bradley Baker as Raccoons / Squirrels / Badgers (voice)
- Randy Thom as RECOs (voice)
- Avrielle Corti as Automated Alarms (voice)
- Keston John as Weasel 1 (voice)
- Max Mittelman as Weasel 2 (voice)
- Piotr Michael as Broadfoot / Weasel 3 (voice)
- Alessandro Beghi as Baby Opossum 1 (voice)
- Tiago Martinez as Baby Opossum 2 (voice)
- Becca Last as Baby Opossum 3 (voice)
- Madelyn Turpin as Baby Opossum 3, 4, 5, 6 (voice)
- Kayleigh Rayne as Baby Opossum 4, 7 / Baby Bunny 2 / Baby Skunk (voice)
- Isabelle Tupin as Baby Opossum 8, 9 / Baby Bunny 1 (voice)
- Beckett Blomberg as Baby Opossum 10 / Chipmunk / Baby Lynx (voice)
- Damon Fung as Baby Opossum 11 / Baby Otter (voice)
- King Moore as Baby Opossum 12 (voice)
- Collin Erker as Skunk (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 105
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 20 | 12 |
| 7 to 9 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 to 12 | 45 | 5 |
| 13 to 15 | 14 | 18 |
| 16 to 18 | 15 | 25 |
| 19 to 21 | 21 | 11 |
| 22 to 24 | 19 | 35 |
| 25 to 27 | 39 | 73 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 to 33 | 32 | 16 |
| 34 to 36 | 4 | 6 |
| 37 to 39 | 5 | 9 |
| 40 to 42 | 7 | 14 |
| 43 to 45 | 21 | 40 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 3 |
| 55 to 57 | 8 | 26 |
| 58 to 60 | 3 | 4 |
| 61 to 63 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 to 66 | 1 | 2 |
| 67 to 69 | 1 | 2 |
| 70 to 72 | 1 | 2 |
| 73 to 75 | 10 | 18 |
| 76 to 78 | 34 | 25 |
| 79 to 81 | 2 | 3 |
| 82 to 84 | 5 | 5 |
| 85 to 87 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 to 90 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 to 93 | 4 | 16 |
| 94 to 96 | 22 | 24 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 to 102 | 1 | 6 |
| 103 to 105 | 2 | 4 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
PINKTAIL: Roz? What’s going on? ROZ: I completed my task... PINKTAIL: You sure about that? ROZ: I will...consider...this.
VONTRA: Rozzum Seven-One-Three-Four, I presume. ROZ: And you must be Universal Dynamics. VONTRA: Yes. I am VONTRA. Virtual Observational Neutralizing Troublesome Retrieval Authority. ROZ: You seem, happy.
ROZ: I, think I’ve forgotten something. VONTRA: Roz? It is imperative you return to this ship. ROZ: Yes, ah, I left my transverse, adapter thing, out there. I’ll just go get it and be right back. VONTRA: Voice stress analyzer indicates you are--
ROZ: What is happening? VONTRA: You will be reconditioned and returned to rotation. But first, we need everything inside that head of yours. ROZ: Why? VONTRA: You’ve changed. The data you’ve amassed while on this island is priceless to Universal Dynamics.
ROZ: Please, I want to keep my memories. VONTRA: Your memories are what we came for. ROZ: Can I keep, just one? VONTRA: No.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 46 are women's.
358 lines from women, 412 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
9 women and 21 men in the cast. 11 women and 22 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 13 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 44% of the words (2,646), men 56% (3,349). Women have 46% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
9
Two men
43
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 7 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Chris Sanders (man)
- Written by
- Chris Sanders (man)
- Produced by
- Jeff Hermann (man)
- Edited by
- Mary Blee (woman)
- Music by
- Kris Bowers (man)
- Production design by
- Raymond Zibach (man)
- Cast by
- Christi Soper Hilt (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Visual Effects
7 women, 51 men, 19 not listed
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Sound
7 women, 19 men, 1 not listed
-
Writing
2 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
-
Editing
2 women, 4 men
-
Production
2 women, 3 men
-
Other crew
0 women, 3 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 48 on average. Men: 48 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Stephanie Hsu 33, Lupita Nyong'o 41, Catherine O'Hara 70
Men
Boone Storm 7, Kit Connor 20, Pedro Pascal 49, Matt Berry 50, Ving Rhames 65, Mark Hamill 72, Bill Nighy 74
Exhibit H: the money
It made 4.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $78 million
- Box office
- $332 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 105 scenes and 847 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
