Madame Gasket

"Such a good boy! And after you finish Bigweld off, there'll be nobody there to fix them."

- Madame Gasket to Ratchet

Madame Gasket is the true main antagonist of the 2005 animated movie, ''Robots. ''

She was voiced by Jim Broadbent.

Role
Madame Gasket runs the Chop Shop- a massive factory where discarded metal and outmoded robots are collected, recycled, and recirculated. In order to increase her profits, she had her son Ratchet take control of Bigweld Industries, the world's sole provider of spare robot parts (for some odd reason) and have it instead distribute upgrades (which for another odd reason, seems to be more profitable). through this, she intended to render the city's lower class population outmoded and (presumably) resell the resulting scrap metal to upgrade manufacturers. As a mother, she is very fond of (if not somewhat mean-spirited to) to Ratchet. In the film's climax, in an epic battle with Bigweld, Rodney, and the others; she was about to order her armies of Chop Shop workers and giant sweepers to attack the protagonists when Piper came to the rescue with all the outmodes Rodney had repaired prior. During the battle as Gasket's army is being defeated, she tries to finish Bigweld off, but he is rescued by Rodney. Gasket then battles Wonderbot, but is overpowered and thrown into a slag pot and into the melting furnace. When the pot swings out of the furnace, Madame Gasket is nowhere to be seen and has perished in the furnace, much to Ratchet's horror.

Trivia

 * It is unknown why or how she became evil or why she is against outmodes, especially since she herself looks like an outmode.
 * Despite being a female she is voiced by actor Jim Broadbent.
 * She is very similar to Mrs. Lovett from Sweeney Todd.
 * Her relationship with Ratchet is similar to Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming in the movie Shrek 2, where the mother is the main antagonist and the son is the secondary. Also, the mother dies, but the son survives. However, unlike Ratchet, Prince Charming would later die in the movie Shrek the Third. Although Gasket is the mastermind of the plot, Ratchet is the one who drives the plot.