My Life As A Teenage Robot

Information about My Life As A Teenage Robot

My Life as a Teenage Robot
(left to right) Tuck, Jenny, and Brad.
Created by	Rob Renzetti
Starring	Janice Kawaye Chad Doreck Audrey Wasilewski Quinton Flynn Moira Quirk Candi Milo Cree Summer
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	11 minutes per episode, with occasional 22-minute episodes
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Original run	August 1, 2003 – February 17, 2007
External links
IMDb profile
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My Life as a Teenage Robot is an Emmy-nominated American animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel. 13 episodes are still waiting to be aired. The 13 Episodes were viewed in South East Asian countries (like Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines) and soon in the UK.

Plot

My Life as a Teenage Robot (MLAATR as abbreviated) stars a 16-year-old 6 foot 6 inch -tall robot girl named XJ-9 (who prefers to be known simply as Jenny). Jenny lives in the town of Tremorton, in the (presumed) year of 207X. Jenny likes to go to the mall, fit in at high school, and hang out with her friends Brad Carbunkle and Tuck Carbunkle. Her creator (a.k.a. "Mom"), Dr. Wakeman, designed her as a highly sophisticated battle robot. Brad likes what Jenny does and often helps her out, but his brother, Tuck, doesn't care for action and only gets involved reluctantly. She has an ongoing rivalry with the Krust Cousins, Brit and Tiff, the popular girls in school, and even has a human suitor, a somewhat stereotypical geek named Sheldon, but Jenny loves a robot named the Silver Shell (he was created by Sheldon, who "wears" him like Iron Man wears his suit), but then later disliked him for being a spy. Jenny is also being pursued by Queen Vexus, leader of a robot clan called the Cluster, to join the Cluster. So Jenny can't get her life evened out, but she does what she can.

The series was based on the Oh Yeah! Cartoons short My Neighbor was a Teenage Robot, and was created by Rob Renzetti. In this short, Jenny appeared to look more Japanese, and the episode had an Asian appearance as well, revealing the show's obvious roots in the Japanese anime Astro Boy. The show itself first aired on August 1, 2003, with a different art style and voice cast. The show has never come to DVD on its own, though it has been paired with other Nicktoons, like Danny Phantom on the Nick Picks compilation DVDs.

In the UK no new episodes were shown after season one. The show was cancelled after 3 seasons and 39 episodes. Due to a lack of new episodes which lead to low ratings, it was taken off the air from Nickelodeon and later added to the Nicktoons Network lineup in 2006, where it currently still airs. The Third season has already aired on Nicktoons.

Characters

Main characters

Minor characters

The XJ Line
Don Prima
Dr. Mogg
Dr. Locus
Melody
Smytus
Krackus
The Space Bikers (Orion's Angels)
Letta
Olga
Tammy
Lenny
Sludge
The Teen Team
Orion
Squish
Misty
Vega
Shell
Drab
Tuff
Minor Robots
Jenny's Classmates

Episodes

For a full list of episodes, see List of My Life as a Teenage Robot episodes.

Main Antagonist: The Cluster

The Cluster is a society of robots controlled by Queen Vexus in a manner similar to (and probably inspired by) the Borg of Star Trek, except, unlike the Borg, they aren't a group mind; each member of the Cluster is an individual. They seek to enslave humans, and have tried many times to assimilate Jenny.

Jenny was first invited to The Cluster in a very friendly way. Her first invitation was from the Cluster Ambassador or Cluster Drone who was deactivated. Since then, she was ambushed by its queen, Vexus, to join The Cluster, usually by forced control, though they only took control of Jenny twice. Vexus is not easy to recognize, as she often disquises herself as humans or other robots. When undisguised, she is a robot with a queen bee motif.

Vexus claims that the Cluster is a place where robots live in peace, for she feels that the robots of the universe have suffered "discrimination" and "unequal treatment" by humans. However, while the robots on the planet do live in peace, Vexus' true goal is to rule the universe and make the human race (among other species) their slaves.

Cluster Prime, the Cluster homeworld, is the capital of Vexus's empire. On the outside, it appears to be the robotic paradise that Vexus claims it is. Here, the robots work, play, and live peacefully. However, these robots may just as much be slaves to paradise as the humans are slaves to labor, as revealed in Escape from Cluster Prime. In this episode, we find out that Vexus uses lies and deception to keep her "loyal subjects" unaware of her true goals. One such scheme has Vexus hoarding the entire planet's supply of golden computer chips (for powering up a robot's weapon systems) and framing Jenny for the theft to discredit her. This way, Vexus can keep the planet from rebelling against her, and, at the same time, continue to be glorified by her people.

Broadcasting

USA
Nickelodeon (2003-2006)
Nicktoons Network (2006-present)
Canada
YTV (200_?-present) (went on hiatus for a few years, returning on The Zone (programing block) starting Tuesday September 4, 2007
Australia
Nickelodeon
Toasted TV on the Ten network
UK
Nickelodeon
Nicktoons (UK)
CITV (TBA)
Belgium
Nickelodeon
Netherlands
Nickelodeon BeNeLux
Ireland
RTÉ Two
Germany
Nickelodeon (2005-present)
Austria
Nickelodeon
Asia
Nickelodeon
Maylasia
TV9
Portugal
Nickelodeon (2006-present)
Poland
Nickelodeon (PL) (coming in Spring 2008)
Russia
Nickelodeon
Brazil
Nickelodeon (2003-present)
Rede Globo
Chile
Mega

Controversy

The show was originally aired in Japan on June 18th, 2004. But shortly after the airing it was taken off air, deemed too similar to Astroboy.

External links

My Life as a Teenage Robot at the Big Cartoon DataBase
The Teenage Roblog - The Teenage Robot blog

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Robert "Rob" Renzetti is an American animator and director who created the animated television series My Life as a Teenage Robot.

Renzetti has been writer, director, and storyboard artist for several Cartoon Network shows, including Dexter's Laboratory
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Janice Kawaye, born Hiromi Kawaye (河江弘美) (of which she has also been credited) on January 29, 1970, is a Japanese American actress. notable for providing the voice of "Jenny" XJ-9 Wakeman on My Life as a Teenage Robot, Ami on
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Chad Doreck

Born November 19 1978 (age 30)
Orange County, California
Died

Awards

Chad Doreck
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Birth name Quinton Joseph Flynn
Born September 10 1964 (age 43)
Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation(s) Voice Actor
Notable Roles
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Moira Shannon Quirk (born October 30, 1968 in Rutland, England) is an actress and voice actress who was the referee for the Nickelodeon game show Nickelodeon GUTS for four seasons.
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Alias Candy Milo
Born January 21 1966 (age 41)
San Jose, California
Occupation(s) Voice Actor/Actress
Children One Daughter
Notable Roles
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Cree Summer

Birth name Cree Summer Francks
Born July 7 1969 (age 38)
Los Angeles, California
Died
Resting place

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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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Episode 1 (8/1/2003)

It Came from Next Door
Jenny meets Brad and Tuck for the first time, but while Brad immediately accepts Jenny as a new friend, Tuck doesn't quite see her as anything other than a "crazy killer robot".
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Availability
Satellite
DirecTV Channel 299/300
Dish Network Channel 170/171
Cable
Available on most cable systems Check local listings for channels

Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick
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