Meet the Robinsons

Episode Summary Erin and Rachel travel to a frenetic future to discuss Meet the Robinsons (2007), a fever dream of a film that performed poorly at the box office despite intervention from John Lasseter, newly seated Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios. Sexist and fatphobic content are only minimally present, but that doesn’t mean Erin and Rachel enjoyed this chaotic whirlwind of characters and colors any more than the critics who panned it in 2007. Episode Bibliography A Day with Wilbur Robinson. (2023, December 1). In Wikipedia. Anderson, S. (Director). (2007). Meet the Robinsons [Film]. Walt Disney Animation Studios. Davis, A. M. (2014). Handsome heroes and vile villains : Men in Disney's feature animation . John Libbey & Company, Limited. Desowitz, B. (2007, March 30). 'Meet The Robinsons': Keep Moving Forward at Disney . Animation World Network. The Disney Archives. (2024, December 14). Meet The Robinsons - Deleted Scenes . YouTube. The Disney Archives. (2024, December 14). Meet the Robinsons - Inventing the Robinsons . YouTube. Jamieson, D. (2020, May 23). THE HOUSE OF MOUSE PROJECT - 'Meet the Robinsons' . The Jam Report. Joyce, W. (n.d.). Meet The Robinsons - Concept art . William Joyce. Joyce, W. (1993). A Day with Wilbur Robinson . HarperCollins. McCarthy, T. (2007, March 29). Meet the Robinsons . Variety. Media Mementos. (2023, July 22). The Complete History of Meet the Robinsons . YouTube. Meet the Robinsons . (n.d.). Wikipedia. Meet the Robinsons (2007) . (n.d.). Box Office Mojo. Moore, R. (2007, March 30). Movie review: 'Meet the Robinsons' . Record Online. Nash Information Services, LLC. (2025). Meet the Robinsons (2007) . The Numbers. Ness, M. (2016, May 19). When Even Dinosaur Fights Aren’t Enough: Disney’s Meet the Robinsons . Reactor. Schwarzbaum, L. (2007, March 28). Meet the Robinsons . EW.com. Scott, A.O. (2007, March 30). FILM REVIEW; A Nerdy Orphan Plows Ahead With a Lot of Familiar Novelties . New York Times. Setyowati, R. (2012). Spreading the spirit of the American dream through Walt Disney’s film “Meet The Robinsons”. Register Journal, 5 (2), 241-257. Zwecker, B. (2007, March 29). 'Robinsons' a feel-good fantasy . Ocala StarBanner.

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Meet the Robinsons is an episode from Deconstructing Disney by Rachel Casey.

This episode is 01:22:29 long.

This episode was published on Mar 4, 2025.

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