RoboCity was created by its mayor, Frank Stone, to be a happy, perfect little utopia where humans, animals and robots could live together in harmony. Humans get to live in a clean, crime-free city. Pets get to be pampered by their human masters. And robots are programmed to serve them all—except the strays, that is.
Roger is one such stray who lost his owner long ago. He’s made a bit of a reputation for himself as “The Thief of RoboCity.” Truthfully, this pup only steals what he needs to survive, but when you’re the only culprit in an otherwise squeaky-clean world, it paints a pretty big target on your back.
But then the unthinkable happens. Frank Stone decides that RoboCity is too good, too pure for all the imperfect people residing there. Using the robots as an army of enforcers, he kicks everyone out, leaving the once-thriving city a remote ghost town.
Without an owner to make sure he got out safely, Roger gets left behind—along with a few other pets whose owners weren’t able to collect them before being forced out of the city.
None of them are too happy about this. Roger thinks the pets are spoiled and uppity, and the pets are offended by Roger’s mange and criminal background. But if they want to survive, they’ll have to overcome their prejudices and work together to escape the clutches of the robots programmed to destroy anyone left behind.