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| “ | The good people at Universal Dynamics have programed us to put our targets at ease. So as to more efficiently facilitate their collection. But don't worry. Despite my cheery demeanor, I am unfeeling, inflexible, and morally neutral. | „ |
| ~ Vontra describes herself to Roz. |
| “ | Roz: Can I keep... just... one? Vontra: Hmm... NO! |
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| ~ Vontra before beginning to wipe out Roz's memories despite her pleading. |
| “ | WE WILL JUST KEEP COMING UNTIL WE HAVE YOU!! | „ |
| ~ Vontra's last words before being crushed to death. |
The Virtual Observational Neutralizing Troublesome Retrieval Authority, abbreviated to Vontra, is the main antagonist of DreamWorks‘ 47th full-length animated feature film The Wild Robot, which is based on Peter Brown‘s book series of the same name.
She is a robot sent by Universal Dynamics to collect Roz and bring her back to Universal Dynamics for repairs after being stuck in the forest for about a year. However, after noticing Roz didn't want to leave the island, Vontra would go to extreme measures to get her hands on her, even if it meant destroying the whole forest.
She was voiced by Stephanie Hsu.
What Makes Her Pure Evil?[]
- When Roz chose not to return back to Universal Dynamics and hopped off Vontra's ship, she immediately set an attack on the forest, sending her RECOs after Roz and having them attack the animals on the island as well.
- To make matters worse, Vontra knew that the animals were sapient given that she had figured Roz had managed to communicate with the animals and later saw Roz communicating with Brightbill, finding it interesting.
- After the RECOs were beaten, Vontra decided to blow them up one by one, causing a massive forest fire on the island that almost killed a few animals and put everyone else on it in danger.
- She attached Roz to a machine with the intention of wiping her memories, and when Roz begged Vontra to let her keep at least one memory, Vontra sadistically taunted her by pretending to think about it for a second before gleefully saying "no" and turning on the machine, putting Roz through an agonizing process.
- While Roz may have ended up being fine in the end, she still seemed effectively dead until Brightbill was able to reach out to her.
- She held up Roz and Brightbill with a gun, mentioning how she would study their lifeless bodies just to understand how they were able to communicate.
- Right before she was destroyed, she mentioned to Roz that Universal Dynamics will send more and more ships to the island until they eventually had her, making her death not the end.
- Roz, realizing that her presence would likely only lead to her friends being put in further danger, left the forest island and returned to Universal Dynamics, meaning Vontra indirectly got what she wanted in the end.
- While it does seem to be confirmed Vontra is just following her programming by collecting ROZZUM units, intending to bring them back to Universal Dynamics for repairs, with the theme of the film being about "being more than what you were made to do" and the entire fact that Roz does display her own sense of agency by overwriting her programming and doing actions on her own free will, it is safe to say robots do have their own sense of agency with Vontra being no exception.
- With Vontra also stating that she intended to study Roz and Brightbill's corpses, it does show signs that perhaps she didn't really care about "fixing" Roz, and she more just simply hated the idea of a robot falling out of line and was more curious to how it could happen.
External Links[]
- Vontra on the Villains Wiki
- Vontra on the DreamWorks Wiki
