History Trivia / Reboot

** In the US, the first two seasons aired on Creator/{{ABC}}, and later after its first cancelation, reruns of the show aired on the syndicated "Power Block". Then finally when the show was renewed for a third season, the show re-aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork's Creator/{{Toonami}} block.

** The first season was [[http://web.archive.org/web/19970403010710fw_/http://www.hitentertainment.com/catalog.htm co-funded]] by Creator/HITEntertainment, who in exchange received international distribution rights. However, for unknown reason [=HIT=] didn't participy in production of the following episodes which were distributed by Alliance Atlantis instead. Because of this, the show changed networks in some countries, for example in Poland it shifted from [=TVP2=] (the second channel of Polish Public Television which aired the first season in the country) to the local feed of Canal+ for Seasons 2 and 3.

* ChannelHop: In the US, the first two seasons aired on Creator/{{ABC}}, and later after its first cancelation, reruns of the show aired on the syndicated "Power Block". Then finally when the show was renewed for a third season, the show re-aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork's Creator/{{Toonami}} block.

* ChannelHop: In the US, the first two seasons aired on Creator/{{ABC}}, and later after its first cancelation, reruns of the show aired on the the syndicated "Power Block". Then finally when the show was renewed for a third season, the show re-aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork's Creator/{{Toonami}} block.

* ChannelHop: In the US, the first two seasons aired on Creator/{{ABC}}, and later after its first cancelation reruns aired on the the syndicated "Power Block". Then finally when the show was renewed for a third season, the show re-aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork's Creator/{{Toonami}} block.

** In "The Medusa Bug", Phong explains that the extended period being TakenForGranite by the Medusa Bug will eventually decompile low energy programs and up to high energy programs, showing an evolutionary chart of sorts displaying the hierarchy (street lamps - binomes - sprites). On the chart is a step between humanoid sprites and binomes of more blocky-looking humanoid form, which was the intended appearance of the main characters before they had the graphical power at what the show was eventually produced at.
** Enzo's design has some assets from Bob's earlier incarnation such as his shoulder pads and red robotic like shoes.
* DevelopmentHell: The show's concept was conceived in the early 80s but due to the underdeveloped CGI and limited technology at the time the show was only seen in concept until the early-90s when the show began development as the desired graphical look and episode producing speed became possible.

** One of the show's executive producers is Steve Barron. You may remember him from the 1990 ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie or for Music/{{Aha}}'s music videos.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://reboot.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Here.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/ReBoot Has its own page]].

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Phil Hayes and Creator/GaryChalk's roles as the BumblingHenchmenDuo Hack and Slash mirror their roles as equally bumbling henchmen Scratch and Grounder in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''. This goes up to Chalk specifically voicing the dumber and kinder one, while Hayes voices the ''slightly'' smarter and more devious one. This relationship was broken during Season 2 when Hayes was [[TheOtherDarrin replaced]] by Creator/ScottMcNeil, but ironically, this was also the exact point where the characters pulled a HeelFaceTurn.

** Enzo's existence was due to an executive mandate requiring a child character be added as an AudienceSurrogate. Creators Ian Pearson and Gavin Blair hated the child sidekick trope and went from portraying Enzo as a ButtMonkey to making him as useful and likeable as possible after CharacterDevelopment.

* WriterRevolt: Towards the end of Season 2, the show began to become more serialized and less concerned with censorship rules. According to Gavin Blair, this was because the writers knew ABC was intending to drop the show, so they felt they had no reason to play by the network's rules anymore.

* NamesTheSame:
** Dot Matrix isn't the same Dot Matrix from ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', though they are both named after the dot matrix printers of old. Also, Dot shares the same name of a character from another hit show from 1993 called ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.
** Bob shares the same name of another Computer Generated Character from [[WesternAnimation/VeggieTales another CGI show]].
** The giant purplish game cubes that came down on the city has the same name as a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube Nintendo console]] released 7 years after the show debuted.

* TheDanza: A unique example; the CityOfAdventure itself is named after the animation studio that created the show. In more straightforward examples, Mike the TV was voiced by Michael Donovan, and [=AndrAIa=]'s original voice actress was Andrea Libman -- different spelling, but pronounced the same way.

* UnfinishedEpisode:
** There were some episodes and movies that were planned but either changed, scrapped, or never aired.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The show went through a lot of changes in development because of the improvement of technology at the time and other reasons as you can see in this pitch pilot and promo video.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rV87Um09Jw/ In this early promo test animation from 1990]], the show was [[MidDevelopmentGenreShift more of a wacky comedy than a (soon to be) dramatic comedy]]. The characters spoke in technojargon more casually. Bob's name was Chip in early development and he had a more robotic design. Mainframe was a generic motherboard instead of a cyber city inside of a computer. Megabyte had a Chicago accent and was a less intimidating villain before Tony Jay was cast and he was legless. Viruses were only referred to as "Bad Data". Megabyte had a partner named Hacker who looked like Frankenstein's Monster, he eventually evolved into Hack and Slash.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sU-QWoUt94/ In this pitch pilot from 1992]], the show was going to have a more stylised look (as you can see in [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/reboot/images/3/36/Reboot_earlycover.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080604205850/ this concept poster]]), and was going to have more slapstick humor. The sprites looked more human in appearance with human skin colors, which was changed to not confuse audiences into thinking the show took place in the future. Bob was not a guardian but instead a Game Champion (all though some of his dialog may possibly imply that he was a person from the real world who got sucked into the computer world). Dot was originally going to be a "ditsy waitress," but that idea was soon scrapped. Dot's Diner was originally called The Chip n' Sip Diner. Binomes were referred to as 1's and 0's and were more seen as construction workers. Most notably, the sprites possibly were helping the User beat the game, instead of going against the User; also, the Games were not seen as fatal to their world if the User wins-- in fact, it seems like they were a pastime for the characters (or possibly seen as fatal if the user loses), as opposed to a giant purple cube that randomly lands in random areas of Mainframe.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Izl3PPQeZM This Third Video Promo]] of the series has Bob with a much more less detailed version of his final appearance in the show and a Hexadecimal also having a more simplistic version of her final appearance and her pet Scussy having a more monster-ist appearance, Enzo has a slightly younger and bulkier look. The promo even maintains the same logo design from the previous promo.
*** At one point early in production, All the characters were going to be binomes but this idea was scrapped when they had the graphical power to make semi-organic human forms.
** The original plans for season 4 was to make 3 TV Movies broken up into 12 parts capped off by a 13th musical epilogue but due to budgetary reasons, the season was reduced to 2 TV Movies broken up into 8 parts leaving the show on a cliffhanger, With some bonus scenes cut entirely.
** There was going to be a [[http://reboot.wikia.com/wiki/Binomes_series pre-school spinoff]] series based around the Binomes, but the idea was ultimately scrapped.

** The ''X-Files'' inspired episode "Trust No One" features binome-parodies of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, named Fax Modem and Data Nully. Data Nully is voiced by no less than Agent Scully herself, Gillian Anderson.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Phil Hayes and Creator/GaryChalk's roles as the BumblingHenchmenDuo Hack and Slash mirror their roles as equally bumbling henchmen Scratch and Grounder in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''. This goes up to Chalk specifically voicing the dumber and kinder one, while Hayes voices the ''slightly'' smarter and more devious one. This relationship was broken after Season 2 when Hayes was [[TheOtherDarrin replaced]] by Creator/ScottMcNeil, but ironically, this was also the exact point where the characters pulled a HeelFaceTurn.

* TheDanza: A unique example; the CityOfAdventure itself is named after the animation studio that created the show. In a more straightforward example, [=AndrAIa=]'s original voice actress was Andrea Libman -- different spelling, but pronounced the same way.

** The giant purplish game cubes that came down on the city has the same name as a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube Nintendo console released 7 years later]].

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rV87Um09Jw/ In this early promo test animation from 1990]], the show was more of a wacky comedy than a (soon to be) dramatic comedy. The characters spoke in technojargon more casually. Bob's name was Chip in early development and he had a more robotic design. Mainframe was a generic motherboard instead of a cyber city inside of a computer. Megabyte had a Chicago accent and was a less intimidating villain before Tony Jay was cast and he was legless. Viruses were only referred to as "Bad Data". Megabyte had a partner named Hacker who looked like Frankenstein's Monster, he eventually evolved into Hack and Slash.

* RecycledScript: The episode "Bad Bobs" Shares striking similarities to the hit 2015 film ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' This episode does center around an extended chance inside of a ''Film/MadMax'' Parody Game with the characters chasing down a truck with a massive energy source down a long single road. The producer of the show Brendan [=McCarthy=] is the same writer for the film after all.