I mean, I would argue that Wall-E himself is more "human" in many of his behaviours than, say, Buzz Lightyear (gasp, controversial, I know) or indeed most of the characters in Cars 2...

So is Eva, at times.

Because this is Pixar, and Pixar specialises in anthropomorphizing various non-human critters, objects, etc.

Versus Dreamworks, which kind of does this successfully with Kung Fu Panda, but, for example, Toothless is very clearly an animal. Just a very intelligent one.

HTTYD is still my favourite 3D animated movie of all time, however. Followed by Wall-E, followed by UP (the first 20 minutes or so of which is... Probably the most successful "human" thing Pixar ever made). I grew up with Toy Story 2 and Cars, but for some reason neither resonated with me quite as much (though Bug's Life, El Dorado and Tarzan did, so... Take that as you will)...

I mean, I would argue that Wall-E himself is more "human" in many of his behaviours than, say, Buzz Lightyear (gasp, controversial, I know) or indeed most of the characters in Cars 2...

So is Eva, at times.

Because this is Pixar, and Pixar specialises in anthropomorphizing various non-human critters, objects, etc.

Versus Dreamworks, which kind of does this successfully with Kung Fu Panda, but, for example, Toothless is very clearly an animal. Just a very intelligent one.

HTTYD is still my favourite 3D animated movie of all time, however. Followed by Wall-E, followed by UP. I grew up with Toy Story 2 and Cars, but for some reason neither resonated with me quite as much (though Bug's Life, El Dorado and Tarzan did, so... Take that as you will)...