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I have a very vague memory of a sci-fi film I watched as a child in the 1980s (I don't know if the film was made in the 80s, it could be 70s). All I can remember was that it was a cheesy sci-fi I guess similar to Starcrash, Battle Beyond the Stars, etc. (but I haven't seen these movies but have read their plots and couldn't find what I remembered).

The scene I can remember involves an android who was depressed. He wants to die and goes to unscrew a bolt that is where his belly button should be. At the last moment he decides not to do it. Unfortunately this is all I have. Obviously, every time I look up depressed android it keeps coming up with Marvin from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, so I'm stuck.

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    That darn Marvin is far too famous for his attitude... :/
    – FreeMan
    Commented Apr 25 at 14:43
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    "depressed robot -marvin" turns up a depressing number of results about depression and robots, but not a depressed robot... Throw "bolt" in there and you get all sorts of pages about assembly line robots for torquing bolts...
    – FreeMan
    Commented Apr 25 at 14:49
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    researchgate.net/publication/… Now, if only they had the text available without paying...
    – FuzzyBoots
    Commented Apr 25 at 15:15
  • @FuzzyBoots It's probably not useful; if you google the title you can find the citations, which should include anything relevant. It's cool to see a research paper cite tor.com and technovelgy, but there aren't any matching works cited.
    – DavidW
    Commented Apr 25 at 15:49

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The Ice Pirates (1984)

I can't find the movie online to confirm, but I remember a scene where the heroes have obtained a number of faulty and substandard robots, one of which unassembles itself by unscrewing a bolt in its belly.

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    I can confirm that in The Ice Pirates a robot commits suicide by unscrewing a bolt located in its belly button region. A closeup of its hand on the bolt is shown at 1:03:26. i.sstatic.net/TPQ9lmJj.png
    – Organic Marble
    Commented Apr 26 at 1:16
  • Thank you so much!!!! This is the film!
    – Gemma Wood
    Commented Apr 30 at 17:27
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    @GemmaWood Please accept this answer by clicking on the check mark to the left of it. This helps us determine that the question has been answered.
    – Null ♦
    Commented Apr 30 at 17:33

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