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May 9, 1986 · Short Circuit: Directed by John Badham. With Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton. Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.
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- Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
- John Badham
- 1986-05-09
A short circuit is an abnormal connection between two nodes of an electric circuit intended to be at different voltages. This results in an electric current limited only by the Thévenin equivalent resistance of the rest of the network which can cause circuit damage, overheating, fire or explosion.
Jul 16, 2023 · A short circuit is when electricity flows through an unintended, shorter pathway instead of the intended circuit. Learn what causes short circuits, how to identify them, and how to prevent or fix them safely.
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Short Circuit is a 1986 American science fiction comedy film directed by John Badham and written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock. The film centers on an experimental military robot that is struck by lightning and gains a human-like intelligence, prompting it to escape its facility to learn more about the world.
- May 9, 1986
Nov 11, 2017 · A short circuit is a connection between two parts of an electrical circuit that you don’t want to be there. It can cause electrocution, fire, or device failure. Learn how a short circuit works and why it is dangerous.
A sci-fi comedy about a robot that becomes self-aware and escapes from a military lab. It befriends a young woman and tries to avoid being disassembled by its creators.
A robot named No. 5 escapes from a secret laboratory and learns to think for itself after a lightning strike. Roger Ebert praises the robot's design but criticizes the movie's plot and tone as too cute and simplistic.