Directed by: Kenneth Johnson
Starring: Michael McKean, Fisher Stevens, Cynthia Gibb, Tim Blaney
Revealing mistake: When Johnny Five is showing off his remote-control transmitter and begins making the toy robots dance, you can see the cables leading from the robots into the table, and the little plastic mounts underneath each robot toy.
Revealing mistake: After Johnny Five falls out the window and whips out his hang-glider, as he turns right-side up and soars past the buildings, you can see that his body is transparent (an artifact of the optical matting process used).
Audio problem: After Johnny escapes into the city, Ben returns home and starts to shout at Fred for letting him get out. Watch Freds mouth closely as he replies, some of the words he says back to Ben have been removed. Judging by his mouth movements, they appear to be swear words he is saying, and as the film is rated as PG, they were probably removed so they would not cause offence.
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Answer: They could only communicate via musical tones. They were trying to give Sandy clues as to where they were being held (playing 'Downtown' to let her know they were downtown). 'Help Me Rhonda' was a clue that they were in trouble.
Brian Katcher