Line #17 Trivia/Robotboy


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.

Context Trivia / Robotboy