1 | * ActingForTwo: |
2 | ** Laurence Bouvard voices Robotboy, Robotgirl, Lola, Bambi, Gus' mom and Miumiu among others. |
3 | ** Lorraine Pilkington voices Tommy and his mother. |
4 | ** Creator/RupertDegas voices Gus, Constantine, Kurt and Affenkugel among others. |
5 | * AdoredByTheNetwork: |
6 | ** The series used to have a lot of airtime on the Creator/CartoonNetwork during the mid-to-late 2000s, primarily the British version of the network. |
7 | ** The show got a lot of airtime on the Italian feed, too, [[FridayNightDeathSlot but in the dead hours]]. |
8 | * CreatorBacklash: Jan Van Rijsselberge isn't a big fan of season 2, as he feels Bob Camp "didn't get" the show and the episode quality was inconsistent. |
9 | * CrossDressingVoices: |
10 | ** Laurence Bouvard as Robotboy |
11 | ** Lorraine Pilkington as Tommy |
12 | ** Lewis [=MacLeod=] as Bjorn's Mother and Dr. Culpepper |
13 | * ExecutiveMeddling: This was why Bjorn, Bjornbot and Donnie had redesigns, the former two were made to look more "menacing" while Donnie's shirt was changed by a request from Cartoon Network. |
14 | * FakeAmerican: Most of the characters (including Tommy's family) have American accents voiced by British, Scottish and Irish actors. The only exceptions are characters played by Laurence Bouvard, who is an American. |
15 | * KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only the first season is on DVD. However, only one English release exists, which is a Creator/CartoonNetwork Christmas compilation DVD, which included "[[ChristmasEpisode Christmas Evil]]". The show had a position on Cartoon Network UK's overnight timeslots, but has since been removed. But luckily, every episode is officially available for free on Website/YouTube in both [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3EvIaCx863uhG7ZCUeYvRw English]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgBvGCTJpA0nNGiwTfkLBQ French.]] As of 2019, the US rights to the show are currently owned by Starz. The whole series is now on Starz's website, and on [=StarzEncore=] Family. |
16 | * MoneyDearBoy: Why Bob Camp directed the show according to Creator/LarryHama. |
17 | * TheOtherDarrin: In "Momma's Boy", Laurence Bouvard voices Tommy's mom instead of Lorraine Pilkington. |
18 | * OutOfOrder: Every single episode except "Six Million Euro Man" aired outside of production order. |
19 | * ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show eventually became this on the American Cartoon Network later in its run, with the show getting [[InvisibleAdvertising little-to-no-advertising]] and reruns and being moved around different time-slots without warning. |
20 | * TroubledProduction: While the first season went well production-wise, the same can't be said for the second one. Creator/{{Alphanim}} felt the stories needed better pacing, so they hired Bob Camp to work on the show, who did it [[MoneyDearBoy for the money]], evident in how the season feels rather different from the first in style and tone. |
21 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
22 | ** When the show began development in early 2000s, Robotboy was [[https://www.c21media.net/news/alphanim-looks-set-for-a-busy-summer/ a prototype robot three kids received as a gift from their Japanese uncle]]. Eventually, The Japanese uncle became Professor Moshimo, while the kids were retooled into Tommy, Gus and Lola. |
23 | ** Robert Mittenhal stated that, if there were a season 3, they may have redeemed Protoboy. However, when asked, Jan stated he wasn't interested in Protoboy reforming. |
24 | * WordOfGod: Series creator Jan Van Rijsselberge has confirmed and revealed several things about the show. |
25 | ** [[AllThereintheScript Professor Moshimo's and Dr. Kamikazi's first names are Akira and Otomo respectively]]. |
26 | ** [[PsychoPrototype Protoboy]] was not Robotboy's only prototype, there were a few experimental robots, which were [[FlawedPrototype non-functional]]. |
27 | ** Robotboy and Robotgirl don't speak in their superactive modes to make them [[TheStoic appear mysterious]]. The reason Protoboy and Robotman however ''do'' speak while superactivated is because they are considered mysterious enough. |
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