History WesternAnimation / ReBoot

* MorphWeapon: Bob's Keytool, Glitch. The keytool even shows initiative at some points; in one episode Bob desperately shouts, "Glitch: Anything!" and Glitch turns into a necessary piece of equipment (Namely, a lampost). On another occasion, when Bob was falling from a great height, the keytool flew ahead of him to the ground and turned into a springboard he could jump off to safely land. The keytools seem to have a degree of intelligence and can think and communicate, serving only Guardians that they choose to serve, and even offering advice and suggestions. It overlaps with GadgetWatches and MagicTool.

** Standard Guardian protocol when a Class-5 Web Creature is discovered in a system like Mainframe is to [[NukeEm destroy the entire system]]. Class-5 Web Creatures are capable of creating portals, potentially forming a bridge for a full Web invasion of the Net. Compared to that, the loss of a single system is a minor consideration.

* AllThereInTheManual: Precisely how [[spoiler: young Enzo]] reappears is never fully explained in-series, and only briefly mentioned in the episode "My Two Bobs." Supplementary material, such as the episode guide included with the DVD set, explains it pretty thoroughly though.

-->'''Matrix:''' ''([[spoiler: as Megabyte]])'' This form represents everything I hate.\\
'''[=AndrAIa=]: ''' ''([[spoiler: as Hexadecimal]])'' Everything that you hate, ''or everything that you're becoming?''

--->[[spoiler: '''[[TheReveal Bob:]]''' Stand down. These are my friends.]]

* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Their Kind]]: Dot, Enzo, Phong, Frisket, and four other background characters are the only surviving, non-nullified sprites native to Mainframe.

The story was to be continued in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zscrv7OJ3TU a trilogy of movies]], before those plans were scrapped. A continuation would come in 2008, in the form of [[Webcomic/ReBootCodeOfHonor an official webcomic]] released on [[http://www.reboot.com the official ReBoot site]]. And no need to [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes circulate the tapes]], as Creator/ShoutFactory [[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/ReBoot-The-Complete-Series/14499 released the show on DVD in 2011]].

* TheyDo: Bob and Dot.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Bob and Dot. TheyDo.

* BareYourMidriff: Multiple one-off costumes within the games, but some characters had it for their standard outfit.
** [=AndrAIa=] after the time skip.
** The female Guardian in "The Episode With No Name."
** Daemon.

* {{Homage}}: Every episode was full of {{Shout Out}}s, computer science and gaming in-jokes, and {{Whole Plot Reference}}s. However, starting with middle of season two several episodes were essentially other series with [=ReBoot=] characters: ''Bad Bob'' was Film/MadMax; ''[=NullZilla=]'' included homages to ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', Franchise/SuperSentai and Series/{{Thunderbirds}}; ''Trust No One's'' main guest stars were essentially [[Series/TheXFiles Mulder and Scully]] ("Fax Modem" and "Data Nully"); ''Firewall'' was a ''Film/JamesBond'' film both in and out of the game in the episode, complete with altered opening titles; "Where No Sprite Has Gone Before" was a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' episode written by D.C. Fontana, a long-time Trek alumni dating back to the Original Series; "Number 7" was [[MindScrew in the style of]] ''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}''; and "The Episode With No Name" was a SpaghettiWestern to make Creator/SergioLeone proud.

** Speaking of, season four ended with an ''infamous'' case of this. After returning from the Web, Megabyte has taken over the Principle Office and swears revenge on Bob and all his friends. What happens next? ''Nothing''. Unlike season three, which resolved all its major plot lines and ended on a happy note, season four stalls out in the middle of the action with ''nothing at all'' resolved. And there's never been anything since.

* AnAesop: Matrix's CharacterDevelopment from ''Number 7'' to ''Web Riders on the Storm'' have the moral of "PTSD is not an excuse to be an asshole". While Matrix's lack of social skills is understandable due to [[spoiler:his past of having to fight inside games with only [=AndrAIa=] and Frisket for company for years]], his jealousy and short temper are called out by everyone around him constantly and make situations much worse for everyone around him, causing [=AndrAIa=] to [[spoiler:nearly die when she leaves the ''Saucy Mare'' after getting angry at Matrix for his sour attitude towards Ray Tracer]] and is attacked by a Web Creature. Matrix becomes ashamed of his behaviour many times and realizes he needs to be a better person.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The protagonists use a lot of outside abilities to beat the User, including Matrix using his gun to threaten a pair of FunnyAnimal golfers in a golf game, attacking the opponent handler in a Pokémon-inspired game, and even hiding the ammo crates and power-ups in an ''Franchise/EvilDead'' FPS. Bob constantly uses his [[GreenLanternRing keytool]] Glitch in games, which lets him be TheAllSeeingAI. However, cheating in games is not as common as it could, and for good reason; an early episode shows what happens when you exceed the Game's parameters too far when a bomb goes off inside a racing game: an infinite loop forms, which starts sucking in everything and everyone in the Gamespace, eventually crashing the Game.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Pretty much Megabyte's defining characteristic. Voiced by the late Creator/TonyJay who was famous for [[MagnificentBastard magnificent bastard characters]].

* GreenLanternRing: Bob's Keytool, Glitch. The keytool even shows initiative at some points; in one episode Bob desperately shouts, "Glitch: Anything!" and Glitch turns into a necessary piece of equipment (Namely, a lampost). On another occasion, when Bob was falling from a great height, the keytool flew ahead of him to the ground and turned into a springboard he could jump off to safely land. The keytools seem to have a degree of intelligence and can think and communicate, serving only Guardians that they choose to serve, and even offering advice and suggestions. It overlaps with GadgetWatches and MagicTool.
** When Bob merged with Glitch he seemed to have an array of powers not entirely unlike Green Lanterns themselves, including energy powers. When they unmerged in season 4, Bob's first fight with an upgraded Glitch had him using solid light constructs as well.

* IntrepidReporter: Mike the TV, believe it or not. When the Web creature has posessed Hexadecimal and is advancing on him he continues to report, even in the face of his own certain doom, and relates the publics right to know.

* [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've Always Wanted to Do That]]: During the festivities at Enzo's birthday, BigBad Megabyte crashes the party, and brings out... a guitar, with a dial turned to 11. Megabyte begins jamming, almost painfully because of how loud it is. Then Bob steps up to face him, seeming angry at him for crashing the party. Then he commands his [[GreenLanternRing keytool]] to turn into a guitar and thus begins a rocking '''guitar duel''', between [[GoKartingWithBowser the Hero and the Big Bad!]] After finishing, Megabyte gives Enzo his guitar, says the line (with emphasis on the "always"), and [[ThatsAllFolks leaves]].

** Minor changes to all character designs occurred throughout the life of the show, largely to accommodate the better hardware. More naturalistic motion came from more naturalistic anatomy design for the characters. In season three both Dot and Mouse [[BuxomIsBetter got slightly bustier]] as a result of making their chests more rounded rather than triangular, Dot herself having a "monoboob" up until then. The first episode of season three even had her reboot inside a game as an {{Expy}} of Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark, NavelDeepNeckline and all.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: It's implied in the first episode that Megabyte had already been established in Mainframe for a while by the time Bob moved there. ''Daemon Rising'' reveals that Gigabyte originally split into Megabyte and Hexadecimal upon arriving in Mainframe, and that Bob arrived only moments later.

* ForgottenPhlebotinum: The [[HumongousMecha Giant Robot]] from ''Nullzilla'' was never used again after that episode, despite how many other {{Call Back}}s appear in the show. Of course, it would have broken the plot had they used it again.

** Midway through Season 2 they had a hardware upgrade that allowed more fluid and naturalistic movements, such as shoulders swaying forwards and backwards while walking (before the most expressive movement was Hexadecimal's SexyWalk). Season 3 jumped forward with textures like eyelashes and background items, as well as ''shadows'' (You would be surprised how much you miss them). Season 4 had a much more realistic sense of weight, instead of being either too fast or too slow when jumping around.

* SexyWalk:
** Hexadecimal. Just '''watch''' her. The censors let this pass because Hexadecimal is evil. Apparently they wanted children to believe [[EvilIsSexy Sexy Is Evil]].
** Most of the female sprites in the show were given a distinctive "wiggle" in their hips as they walked. Watch Dot walking away from the camera in "Identity Crisis: Part 1."
*** Mouse upon her introduction in "The Great Brain Robbery."

* SugaryMalice: Daemon.

** Some of the Net Riders have masks that look a lot like the one worn by [[Series/DoctorWho Omega]] in the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors The Three Doctors.]]

** In "Cross Nodes," when Bob and Dot enter a game Bob describes the user as somebody who is "raiding this tomb." When Dot reboots she pats her hips looking for something and remarks to Bob that [[VideoGame/TombRaider she was hoping for a pair of .45s]]. Also, the User in that game resembles Rick O'Connell, the protagonist of ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy''.

The first half hour TV cartoon to be [[AllCGICartoon fully computer generated]],[[note]]While ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' was produced earlier, it was originally direct-to-video instead of a regular series[[/note]] ''[=ReBoot=]'' is actually set ''{{inside|AComputerSystem}}'' [[InsideAComputerSystem a computer]]. It was produced by Creator/MainframeEntertainment, the same Canadian production house that will soon make ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', ''WesternAnimation/ShadowRaiders'' (''[[WesternAnimation/ShadowRaiders War Planets]]''), and several other shows.

* PostScriptSeason: The planned fourth season was canceled, causing them to make a Grand Finale and happy ending at the end of the third; later, they got the opportunity to make a fourth season, and promptly ended it on a cliffhanger, thanks once again to the planned episodes being canned.

* GreenLanternRing: Bob's Keytool, Glitch. The keytool even shows initiative at some points; in one episode Bob desperately shouts, "Glitch: Anything!" and Glitch turns into a necessary piece of equipment (Namely, a lampost). On another occasion, when Bob was falling from a great height, the keytool flew ahead of him to the ground and turned into a springboard he could jump off to safely land. The keytools seem to have a degree of intelligence and can think and communicate, serving only Guardians that they choose to serve, and even offering advice and suggestions. It overlaps with GadgetWatches.

The story was to be continued in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zscrv7OJ3TU a trilogy of movies,]] before those plans were scrapped. A continuation would come in 2008, in the form of [[Webcomic/ReBootCodeOfHonor an official webcomic]] released on [[http://www.reboot.com the official ReBoot site.]] And no need to [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes circulate the tapes]], as Creator/ShoutFactory [[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/ReBoot-The-Complete-Series/14499 released the show on DVD in 2011.]]

In 2018, a reimagined series titled ''Series/ReBootTheGuardianCode''--likewise, a reboot to ''[=ReBoot=]''--was released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. The reimagining is a CGI/Live-Action hybrid show where [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude Teenagers With Attitude]] battle the forces of Megabyte, who, with the help of "The Sourcerer", creates mega-virus monsters to attack electronic systems.

* PostScriptSeason: The planned fourth season was canceled, causing them to make a Grand Finale and happy ending at the end of the third; later, they got the opportunity to make a fourth season, and promptly ended it on a cliffhanger.
** CutShort: It should be noted that it was not intended to end on a cliffhanger. Season 4 was originally supposed to be three MadeForTVMovie[=s=] plus a one-episode musical to wrap things up at the end. It was cut to two movies instead (with the creators being unsure whether or not they'd get to make the final movie), thus the cliffhanger.

* CutShort: The series ends with [[spoiler:series villain Megabyte back from the dead and taking control of the control center of Megaframe, with the intention of hunting down and killing the heroes for sport.]] That's it. That's the end of the show. [[note]]''This'' may ''end up being averted, as there's a new series tentatively being developed, but there's been mixed messages about whether it's a continuation or a reimagining''[[/note]]

** CutShort: It should be noted that Season 4 was originally supposed to be three MadeForTVMovie[=s=] plus a one-episode musical to wrap things up at the end. It was cut to two movies instead, thus the cliffhanger.

* [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've Always Wanted to Do That]]: During the festivities at Enzo's birthday, BigBad Megabyte crashes the party, and brings out... a guitar, with a [[UpToEleven dial turned to 11]]. Megabyte begins jamming, almost painfully because of how loud it is. Then Bob steps up to face him, seeming angry at him for crashing the party. Then he commands his [[GreenLanternRing keytool]] to turn into a guitar and thus begins a rocking '''guitar duel''', between [[GoKartingWithBowser the Hero and the Big Bad!]] After finishing, Megabyte gives Enzo his guitar, says the line (with emphasis on the "always"), and [[ThatsAllFolks leaves]].

** The episode "Number 7." It was a {{homage}} to ''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}'' and [[UpToEleven it did its inspiration proud]].

* UpToEleven: Megabyte's electric guitar in direct reference to ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' when he crashes Enzo's birthday party.

* BikerBabe: [=AndrAIa=] reboots into a literal BikerBabe on numerous occasions, and retains a fascination with motorcycles and hover-bikes throughout the entire series.

** Minor changes to all character designs occurred throughout the life of the show, largely to accommodate the better hardware. More naturalistic motion came from more naturalistic anatomy design for the characters. In season three both Dot and Mouse [[BuxomIsBetter got slightly bustier]] as a result of making their chests more rounded rather than triangular, Dot herself having a "monoboob" up until then. The first episode of season three even had her reboot inside a game as an {{Expy}} of Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark, AbsoluteCleavage and all.

* YouCanPanicNow: Mike the TV [[spoiler:(Megabyte in disguise)]] to everyone in Mainframe in the final episode.

* CerebusRetcon: Season 4 revealed that [[spoiler:Mainframe was a controlled experiment to test Bob's theories of "reprogramming viruses for the greater good." That's right. Though contained, Megabyte and Hexadecimal were allowed to run free]].