History WesternAnimation / Robotboy

''Robotboy'' is a French-British animated television series created by Jan Van Rijsselberge and produced by Creator/{{Alphanim}}, Creator/CartoonNetwork Europe and France 3 that ran from 2005 to 2008. Despite being a European co-production, the show aired in the United States as well.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The final scene in the "Christmas Evil" was redone for the French dub to change the prank gift Gus recieves from Santa: in the original version he gets a fart in a box, in the redone version an apple core.

%%* ABoyAndHisX: Tommy and Robotboy. %% Add more context to describe their relationship and what effect it has on them.

''Robotboy'' is a French-British animated television series created by Jan Van Rijsselberge and produced by Alphanim (now known as Gaumont Animation), Creator/CartoonNetwork Europe and France 3 that ran from 2005 to 2008. Despite being a European co-production, the show aired in the United States as well.

''Robotboy'' is an animated television series created by Jan Van Rijsselberge, Alphanim and Creator/CartoonNetwork Europe that ran from 2005 to 2008. Despite being a European co-production, the show aired in the United States as well.

* ThreeAmigos: Tommy, Gus and Lola are two boys and a girl who are best friends, despite Gus getting on the others' nerves a lot. Tommy and Gus are [[{{Foil}} foils]] to each other and Lola has a crush on Tommy.

* ForbiddenFruit: Gus's FreudianExcuse for his obsession with video games and other electronic toys is that his parents are [[AcceptableReligiousTargets Amish]] and [[AgainstMyReligion forbid such things]].

* BareYourMidriff:
** Debbie Turnbull's default outfit wears a red sports bra/top throughout the show.
** The PE Teacher wears a two piece gym outfit, a rather skimpy uniform for an elementary school teacher.

** Tommy's mom, due to [[BareYourMidriff baring her midriff]], wearing eye shadow and eyeliner, and having HartmanHips.

* AnimalsHateHim: Kamikazi. Almost every animal he owned tried to seriously hurt him in some way, not helped by the fact that he kept incredibly dangerous pets like a leopard, a hyena, or a snake. The only exception at first is Gerome, if only because he's not very intelligent, but even he turns against his master after being run over by a cart.

* MsFanservice: Tommy's mom, due to [[BareYourMidriff baring her midriff]], wearing eye shadow and eyeliner, and having HartmanHips.
** The gym teacher whose skimpy outfit shows off HartmanHips and legs.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Lola gets involved with just as much violence as the male characters.

** The gym teacher whose skimpy outfit shows off HartmanHips and ShesGotLegs.

* AstroClone: Robotboy is based off of Astro. Robotboy was created by a Japanese professor, Professor Moshimo, with the most advanced fighting capabilities on the planet, but the mind of an 11-year old boy. To keep him out of the wrong hands, Robotboy is sent to live with an American boy named Tommy Turnbull, who teaches Robotboy to [[PinocchioSyndrome be like a human boy]]. Robotboy is a PintSizedPowerhouse and a FlyingBrick who is later given an Uran-like DistaffCounterpart in Robotgirl and is also shown to have an older evil counterpart named Protoboy.

* PinocchioSyndrome: Robotboy wanting to become more human is a recurring theme, especially in season two.

** The ending scene of "Donnie Turnbull's Day Off" is straight out of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Gus's Amish parents do things like let him wear normal clothes and play video games.

* LickingFoodOffTheFloor: In "Cast Iron Constantine", the kids lick up the chocolate sauce on the floor after Constantine the chef spills it from the bucket.

* NiceHat: Kurt and one of his cronies have them, and Tommy's dad sports one in "Foot Brawl".

* AbortedArc: Lola's crush on Tommy is no longer aknowledged in season 2.

** The Kazicondas from the same episode as above are clearly look more like cobras.

* ThreeAmigos: Tommy, Gus and Lola are two boys and a girl who are best friends, despite Gus getting on the others' nerves a lot. Tommy and Gus are {{foils}} to each other and Lola has a crush on Tommy.

* AlphaBitch: Bambi is the prettiest girl in school, is a cheerleader, dates the school's JerkJock and only spends time with the him and his crowd of bullies. Towards the less popular kids she's usually just ignorrant, but can also be nasty, like making fun of Tommy in front of the whole school for his inability to properly talk to attractive girls.

** Walter the (apparently male) tapeworm from "Tummy Trouble" inverts this with pink coloration, eyelashes and a high voice. However, tapeworms are techniqually hermaphrodites.

* BigFancyHouse: The rich characters like Lola, Bambi, and Kurt are live in very fancy houses. Lola's father lampshades this when he invites Tommy to his "not so humble house" for lunch.

* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: Tommy's mom's goes crazy after the the cookies Dr. Kamikazi sold her in "Traffic Slam", which make her act very goofy. But considering Kamikazi sold them, they might as well contain heroin.

* ThreeAmigos: Tommy, Gus and Lola are two girls and a boy who are best friends, despite Gus getting on the others' nerves a lot. Tommy and Gus are {{foils}} to each other and Lola has a crush on Tommy.