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The Chop Shop is a location seen in Robots.
General Information[]
The Chop Shop's exact location is not known, apart from being secluded from the rest of Robot City.
Despite its name, the facility itself is comparable to a scrapyard and forge, as it does not facilitate direct part exchanges. Vehicles called sweepers roam the rustier parts of Robot City, sucking up any discarded scrap metal and garbage lying in the street, as well as any unfortunate robots. While some of it remains outside, collected scrap deposited by Sweepers are generally dumped on conveyors, broken down by numerous worker robots with their tools before being recycled in incinerators for Upgrades, which is then sold by Ratchet for profit.
Known Residents[]
- Madame Gasket is the Chop Shop's proprietor until her destruction.
- Ratchet's Father, who is seen several times dangling helplessly from a high up on a chain, presumably due to a disagreement with Gasket.
- Ratchet occasionally visits until he, too, was chained while trying to escape the toppling Sweepers.
- Many other unnamed worker robots.
Notable Events[]
Fender's Escape[]
After taking Loretta home from the Bigweld Ball, Fender is abducted by a sweeper and was taken to the Chop Shop. He is dumped onto a conveyor belt, Fender picks up the scrap metal and the scrap metal is broken apart by worker robots. He manages to escape the workers before they can chop him up. After a close encounter with Gasket and Ratchet, he loses his legs and barely saves himself by finding another pair as he flees the Chop Shop.
The Final Battle[]
Following a lengthy car chase, Ratchet manages to get Bigweld into the Chop Shop to have him killed. Madame Gasket manages to get Bigweld in a bucket to have him dumped in the furnace. Outside the factory, Rodney encourages Fender, Crank, Lug, and Diesel to upgrade themselves using various pieces of scrap. Together, along with Cappy, they enter the factory to rescue Bigweld. Madame Gasket has her workers attack them, and Ratchet unleashes an army of gigantic, upgraded sweepers to destroy them. However, Piper and Aunt Fanny arrive with every single outmode that Rodney fixed. The robots manage to defeat the workers while Rodney saves Bigweld. The Super Sweepers gain the upper hand with their might, but Rodney topples them. Following a fight with Wonderbot, Gasket is destroyed in a furnace, while Ratchet ends up stripped of his upgrades and trapped in the same fashion as his father.
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