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8	''[=RollBots=]'' is a CanadianSeries created by Michael "MCM" Milligan and produced by Amberwood Entertainment for Creator/{{YTV}} in 2009. The series ended after a single season of 26 episodes, but also aired in the United States as part of Creator/TheCW's Saturday morning Creator/{{Toonzai}} block.
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10	The show is set [[InAWorld in a]] WorldInTheSky called Flip City, which is inhabited by 11 tribes of TransformingMecha who get around by turning into spheres and rolling (Roll-bots, get it?). Flip City is in turn protected by the Flip City Police Department (FCPD), with the series' protagonist being rookie recruit Spin. Alongside his teammates Captain Pounder, Penny, Lance, Tinny, and Bunto, Spin protects the citizenry from various criminals and villains, most prominently the notorious Vertex and his team of rogue bots.
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12	!!Tropes:
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14	* BadBoss: Mayor Aria is highly unpleasant and elitist.
15	* BarrierWarrior: This is Lance's ability, but he's not good at it.
16	%% * ButtMonkey: Lance.
17	* CassandraTruth: Spin can't convince Captain Pounder that Vertex is a SpiderTank. It's obvious he's well aware of it but refuses to let Spin blab.
18	* ChestInsignia: The various tribe insignias, though they are usually on an arm on leg. Spin doesn't have one, as he doesn't have a tribe that he knows of.
19	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Gates. According to the official website, he rigs the elections for Tensai leader annually.
20	* DaChief: Captain Pounder is the chief of police in Flip City.
21	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Vertex is defeated and the city is saved, but Pounder is lost on the way, and the city is left open to an invasion of spiderbots.]]
22	%% * DumbMuscle: Macro.
23	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The leader of the Zogen'sha tribe, "En" is her title rather than her name. Everyone calls her "En". The official website calls her "The Oracle".
24	* EyepatchOfPower: Pounder has an eyepatch to show how tough he is. Odd, since he's a robot.
25	* FaceHeelTurn: Manx was a Kei'zatsu before the series started. [[spoiler:She rejoins them in the finale.]]
26	* FragileSpeedster: Roboto. He's quick, but once Vett catches up with him, he gets swatted like a bug.
27	* FreeRangeChildren: Tinny. He's a child who's shown to be around the same age of every other 'bot tot' that is encountered in the show. Yet he's participated in battles against dangerous criminals, runs around constantly with no mention of any parent (assuming he has any), and is generally in a lot of dangerous situations which no child should logically be a part of by running with active members of the police force.
28	%%* GenocideSurvivor: Spin.
29	%% * GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Penny. What she did to Koto (accidentally) was bad, but enough to kick her out of her entire tribe?
30	* GratuitousJapanese: The tribes' names are derived from relevant Japanese words, often modified with XtremeKoolLetterz. Some examples include (note: "<" means "derived from"): Kei'zatsu (police) < keisatsu ("police"), Kuzuri (medics) < kusuri ("medicine"), Tensai (scientists) < tensai ("genius") and Zobo'shi (firefighters) < shouboushi ("firefighter")
31	%% * GrievousHarmWithABody: Botch likes to do this with his GrapplingHookPistol hand.
32	%% * GroundhogDayLoop: "Crontab Trouble".
33	* FantasticCasteSystem: Kei'zatsu are police, Tensai are scientists, Kuzuri are medics, and so on.
34	%% * HealingHands: Penny.
35	* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Spin]] is the last of [[spoiler:the Zushin Tribe, whom Vertex wiped out before the series began]].
36	* LawOfChromaticSuperiority:
37	** Spin is red and the fastest bot in Flip City.
38	** Roboto is the Reddest member of his all-red team, and happens to be the most famous botballer.
39	* LawfulStupid: "The Do-Right Module" has the team forced to behave this way, or [[ElectricTorture they get shocked]].
40	* MeaningfulName:
41	** Spin spins.
42	** Tinny is a tiny tin (as [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Lance).
43	** Pounder pounds things.
44	** Cable (presumably) contains cables.
45	** Vertex is angular, Macro is big.
46	** Botch screws everything up.
47	** Bugzilla, a computer bug detector.
48	* ParentalFavoritism: Occupational Favoritism. Pounder is the team's captain and Penny is Pounder's favorite, and he's been giving her lessons in private.
49	* PoorCommunicationKills: Halfway through the 6-part season 1 SeasonFinale, Spin becomes convinced that Pounder is working with Vertex.
50	* PunBasedTitle: The title ''[=RollBots=]'' is a pun on "robots".
51	* RedIsHeroic: Spin's ColorMotif is mostly red, and he is TheHero of the show.
52	* ShapeshifterModeLock: "Scorched" has several characters get stuck between robot and sphere modes, rendering them pretty helpless.
53	* ShoutOut: Pounder gives the command "Roll out!", known from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' at least once. It also counts as an ActorAllusion [[Creator/GaryChalk given who voices him.]]
54	* SpiderTank: Vertex, the BigBad of the series. Of course, he's referred to as a "Spider-Bot".
55	%% * TheBigGuy: Pounder is the biggest of the Kei'zatsu.
56	%% * TransformingMecha: Everyone.
57	%% * WorldInTheSky: Flip City.
58	%% * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Pounder with Vertex. Sadly, it works.]]
59	* TokenMinority: "En" is the only one who has a thick African accent.

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