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Short Circuit 2 (1988)

| Comedy, Drama, Family | 6 July 1988 (USA)
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Robot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tim Blaney ...
Johnny 5 (voice)
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Sandy Banatoni
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Oscar Baldwin
Dee McCafferty ...
Saunders
David Hemblen ...
Jones
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Manic Mike
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Bones
Tito Núñez ...
Zorro (as Tito Nuñez)
Jason Kuriloff ...
Lil Man
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Spooky
Lili Francks ...
Officer Mendez
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Officer O'Malley
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Priest (as Gerry Parkes)
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Storyline

When Number Five is sent from Newton and Stephanie's ranch to the big city to help Ben with his electronics business, he finds that his robotic talents are wanted by city low-life who want to turn Number Five into profits. Written by Michael Silva <[email protected]>

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robot | robbery | street vendor | heist | character appears on front page of a newspaper | See All (64) »

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Some say he's nuts. Some say he's bolts. But can Number Five make it in the big, bad city? Keep your wires crossed. See more »

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Comedy | Drama | Family | Sci-Fi

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6 July 1988 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Corto circuito 2  »

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$21,630,088 (USA)
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Jack Weston's final film. He worked on this project after production was completed on his previous films, Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ishtar (1987). After completing production on this film, Weston retired from acting. He passed away on May 3rd, 1996 at age 71. See more »

Goofs

While Johnny explores the city for the first time, he rolls past a water fountain and the streets are wet with rain. In the very next shot, the streets are dry. See more »

Quotes

Fred: [Trying to repair Johnny before his battery fails] I'm no good at this!
Johnny Five: Fifteen minutes, you have, to get good.
Fred: Fifteen minutes?
Johnny Five: Plenty of time... time... in a sort of runic rhyme...
Fred: [Waving his hand in front of Johnny's face] All right! Don't lose it!
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Soundtracks

Tutti Frutti
Written by Little Richard and Dorothy La Bostrie
Performed by Little Richard
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is 'Short Circuit 2' based on a book?
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Hey I love this movie and the other one too! they are my favourite and Johnny5 (Number5) or J5 is my hero, he is always kind, funny play full, childish and cute. he is just like the friend I have always wanted, PERFECT! If he was with me and my mates all the time I would die! and so would they. he has been my friend for ages! and If there is one thing I learnt whilst watching Short Circuit of Short Circuit 2 is that I will always love Johnny 5 and no matter what I will never stop loving him of forget him like I done. (I saw it when I was little and after a couple of years I saw it a gen and thank god!) So all I can say is if you love Johnny 5 as much as I do then buy this movie and the first and vote it as a 10 star. it will make J5 so happy I know because I E-mail his creator!
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