Short Circuit
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
- Genre: Science Fiction, Comedy, Family
- Studio: TriStar Pictures, PSO, The Turman-Foster Company
- Keyword: artificial intelligence (a.i.), lightning, oregon, usa, robot, military, childlike
- Cast: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey, Brian McNamara
