Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)

Tech giant Bubble unveils their latest creation: the B-bot, created by Bubble’s CEO Marc Wydell with the intent to make a robot buddy that is designed to help make friends, via algorithm. In the city of Nonsuch, California, middle-schooler Barney Pudowski is the only kid in his class who doesn’t have a B-bot. His former childhood friends, Savannah Meades, Rich Belcher, Noah and Ava have all become absorbed by their individual B-bots. On Barney’s 12th birthday, his father, Graham, and his grandmother, Donka, come to realize that he doesn’t have any friends. They hastily go to a Bubble store, but closes for the day, leading them to buy a slightly-damaged one from the store’s delivery driver.

Barney receives the B-bot as his late-birthday gift, but upon activating it, he quickly learns that it’s defective and glitchy. Not wanting to upset his father, Barney decides to take it back to the Bubble store to get it fixed, but ends up running into Rich and his friends who taunt and try to humiliate Barney. The B-bot begins to fight back as his safety functions have been disabled, with him and Barney happily running off. However, Rich called the police and they along with Graham and Donka are taken to the Bubble store so that the B-bot can be crushed. Not wanting to see him go, Barney secretly rescues him and names him Ron, a shortened version of his model number.