#rodneyxcappy

I know this has already been done before, but it suits them really well.

Now, I've seen people talk about how this ship feels rushed in the movie and how "Oh Cappy is barely in the movie and she doesn't really do anything in the movie". Heck, I've seen people talk about how awful Cappy is and why she's one of the worst characters in the movie. Like, it's the producer's fault for not expanding on her more. I've seen deleted scenes with Cappy, and she does in fact interact with Rodney. They probably thought that the movie should have been more focused on the main plot and Rodney since he's the main character. But uear me out on Rodney and Cappy.

I know that Rodney and Cappy's relationship in the movie is the stereotypical "poor boy and pretty girl" duo. I can see why people don't like this ship, and that's fine. Actually, every once in a while, I ship Rodney and Fender. But anyways, I will explain why I love Rodney and Cappy together.

Reason 1:

If you rewatch the movie, I want you to take in all the scenes that have Cappy in it. Why? Because if you really pay attention to Cappy's character, you'll find that there's a little more to her than you think. On the face of it, Cappy is just the average "beautiful love interest" and therefore is the only thing that she's remembered for. But, I've watched the movie MANY MANY times just to understand her character. When we first see Cappy, she's in the meeting room with Ratchet and the other employees. Now, I noticed that she was the only female in that room. It makes me think that she's worked very hard to get the job at Bigweld Industries. And, according to her character info, which i believe was on the Robots CD under the Meet The Robots section(I could be wrong), it states that Cappy came from a poor family and that she was an outmode before. I mean, her dad was a literal vacuum cleaner! Anyway, I think she's been working hard here whole life to get to where she was in the movie. The next time we see her is at the Bigweld Ball, where Ratchet is basically harassing her. I think that because Cappy is beautiful and stuff, she's probably been harassed by the other workers too. I think her and Loretta are one of the only employees we see as far as the movie goes. Cappy had probably never met a man who's had good intentions; that is until Rodney shows up in her life. When Rodney pushes through the crowd right after Ratchet appears on stage, you can see Cappy smiling at him. And then when Rodney confronts Ratchet, she smiles even more. You can't tell me she didn't fall in love with him right then and there. She found a guy with good intentions. Rodney wants to find Bigweld, he wants to help all of those bots who have been named Outmoded. And she admired that. She then proceeds to help Rodney escape Ratchet and she flies them to Bigweld's mansion. Also, when Rodney asks Cappy if she can take him to Bigweld, she quotes, "I must be out of my mind". There is another movie called Flushed Away about British rats. And the two main characters are Roddy and Rita, who are hinted as lovers. When Roddy makes a deal to help Rita get a real ruby if she takes him back to the surface, what does Rita say? Rita also quotes, "I must be out of my mind". I just thought that it was interesting that two love interests in two different movies say the same exact line word for word. Anyways, Rodney and Cappy go see Bigweld, they get him out of hiding eventually, and they stop Ratchet and Madame Gasket yada yada. I think Cappy is a great love interest for Rodney because she helped him find Bigweld and reach his goal. The rest of the movie wouldn't even have happened if it wasn't for Cappy.

Reason 2:

@fan-burns is a big part of this second reason. Remember that huge rant about me fangirling over them and talking about how much I love the Robots 2 fanfic that they're currently working on? They make me love Rodney and Cappy even more. Everytime they're mentioned together in the story, I giggle and kick my feet. Fan Burns does such an amazing job expanding on Rodney and Cappy's relationship throughout the story. They're not the main plot of the story, and they're not supposed to be, which makes their relationship more memorable. First of all, if you still haven't read their fanfic, then you won't even know what I'm about to yap about.

So, in the story, Rodney gets brainwashed by Ratchet and Doctor V, therefore all of his memories are gone. He doesn't remember his friends, his family, and Cappy. When he looks at his lock screen on his phone, Cappy looks familiar to him. And even though he doesn't remember Cappy right now, he still thinks that she's beautiful, and he wonders why a beautiful bot like her is with someone like him. (It's like he fell in love all over again 😭). Of course, Ratchet lies to Rodney saying that Cappy is a heart breaker and he gets Rodney to despise her. (Ratchet, when I catch you Ratchet). But even after Ratchet tells Rodney to destroy his phone which has the picture of him and Cappy on it, Rodney can't bring himself to do it, despite being under Ratchet's control. Fan Burns did an amazing job with their writing in the story. Love you again Fan Burns 🫶✨.

I will say there isn't enough Rodney x Cappy content and I need more of them. But then again, the less there is of them, the more meaningful they are to me.