For the record, he's not a robot. He's an ink splat.
You remember that freaky little logo at the end of Rugrats where the construction yellow paper with a face says the company's name? Apparently, he has his own web animation now.
RoboSplaat is a webtoon that was created in 2016 by Klasky-Csupo. It stars Robosplaat, or Splaat for short, the construction paper face from the company's 1998 Vanity Plate, as he explains his various life experiences to the viewers. He is voiced by Greg Cipes.
No updates concerning the series were made until 2020 when the series will be shown on Robosplaat's Instagram
and YouTube accounts. It lasted until August 2021, though there was a promise to return along with a compilation series known as Splaatastic Remix!.
RoboSplaat contains the following tropes:
- A Dog Named "Dog": Splaat identifies himself as an ink splat.
- Animate Inanimate Object: Splaat's parents are an ink bottle named Sergei and a pair of scissors named Blossom.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Splaat's younger brother Digital (Debi Derryberry) is a hyperactive boy who constantly pesters him.
- Breakout Character: Splaat was originally just a random face with no personality who appeared in Klasky-Csupo's logo in 1998. The logo featuring him got remixed by fans so many times that they brought Splaat back as an actual character in this webtoon.
- Cephalothorax: Splaat has arms and legs added to character design, making him into one.
- Dreadful Musician: Splaat thinks this of Digital, who records a cat meowing and tries to incorporate it into a song he's making only to come up with a less-than-stellar result.
- Extremely Short Intro Sequence: The series intro is about eight seconds long.
- I Am Not Weasel: In the episode, "Scary", Splaat calls out the viewers for calling him a robot and explains that he's actually an ink splat.
- Idea Bulb: In the episode, "Noise", a lightbulb appears and lights up on the screen for a second to represent Splaat getting an idea on how to make his brother Digital's music better.
- Interspecies Romance: An ink bottle and a pair of scissors got married and gave birth to Splaat.
- No Mouth: Splaat's grandpa has a bushy beard that obscures his mouth.
- One-Word Title: Almost all the episodes have one word for a title, such as "Scary" and "Noise".
- Palette Swap: Digital has the exact same face as Splaat, except it's red instead of yellow.
- Protagonist Title: The title refers to the main character, Splaat.
- Road Trip Episode: The episode "Road Trip" has Splaat describing an awful road trip that he and Digital had with their grandpa.
- Shout-Out:
- In "Girls", Splaat mentions a girl who works at the library gave him a copy of a Harry Potter book.
- In “Voice”, Splaat changes his voice briefly to that of The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.
- Sdrawkcab Name: In "Mouse", Splaat says he named his mouse Yekcim, which is "Mickey" spelled backwards, as an homage to the famous cartoon character.
- Title-Only Opening: The intro is nothing but the name of the show with the episode title on the corner.
