The second Kirby touches that nerve, his snark is completely gone and replaced with dead serious rage. Prior to this, the Air Conditioner is just a snarky bully who teases the other appliances for their dedication to the Master.

What makes it especially scary is how abrupt his attitude shift is.

It's the machine equivalent of a fatal rage-induced aneurysm. His resentment of his function in life to sit in one place, watching as The Master would play and interact with the other appliances, sends him into a fit of Tranquil Fury which slowly builds into screaming rage as he literally flies apart, spewing sparks and flames until he short-circuits, leaving a burnt husk which can only cough up one last cloud of smoke.

The Air Conditioner raging himself to death after Kirby pisses him off by reminding him that he's stuck in a wall.

For one, the movie has a surprising number of allusions to suicide.

Sure, they are mostly benevolent, but to think that something is always watching what you do, even when you think you're alone.

According to the movie every single appliance, electronic, or mechanical object is alive, sentient, and watching you.Despite its innocuous-sounding premise, The Brave Little Toaster is infamously regarded as one of the darkest animated family films of the 80s, as these examples can attest to.Īs a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked as per policy.

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