History WesternAnimation / Robotomy

* HeyItsThatVoice: Thrasher is PattonOswalt, Weenus is MichaelSinterniklaas, and Mr. Dreadnot, Principal Thunderbyte, the janitor, and the newscasters are all voiced by [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Dana "Master Shake" Snyder]]!
** Some of the guest stars include frickin' '''LewisBlack''' (as the Gore-Ax), '''Lisa Lampanelli''' (as The Green Spirit of Insanus)[[note]]in probably one of the few things she's been in where she doesn't make crude, racist jokes[[/note]], rapper Lil Jon (as Mayor Amputator and King Suckerpunch), and '''GilbertGottfried''' (as Tickle Me Psycho). If you've heard any of their stand-up on ComedyCentral, it's hilarious to find them associated with a kids' cartoon, even if it doesn't feel like one (though GilbertGottfried has appeared in kids' cartoons since the 1990s).

* InvisibleAdvertising: It didn't get that much advertising when it aired, outside of being mentioned in commercials for the Monday night line-up, along with ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'', and ''RegularShow''.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted. Even though the show is cancelled and Cartoon Network got rid of all evidence that the show existed from their website (despite that the channel recently aired the episodes "Bling Thing" and "The Playdate" on their classic cartoon block, ''Cartoon Planet''), it is available for viewing on iTunes, accessible through many torrent websites, and has recently had its entire season released on Netflix.
* LighterAndSofter: This show was a more- or less-toned-down version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}''. It had the gratuitous violence and chaotic, trippy animation, but it's robots getting killed and pummelled, not humans, so there's no need for censorship issues over bloodletting, gruesome, imitable violence, and death. However, during production, the crew had to constantly be reminded that the show was airing in primetime, and warned them not to go ''too much'' into Creator/AdultSwim content. It didn't stop them from ''trying''.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The only reason this show did well in the ratings was from word-of-mouth, since the network rarely promoted the series (outside of mentioning it during their Monday night line-up ads). It's not as bad as other shows that have been screwed over for whatever reason, but sadly, it wasn't enough to keep the show afloat.
** Even though Creator/CartoonNetwork has not aired the show independently in reruns (and pretty much wants nothing to do with it, now that ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''RegularShow'', and ''MAD'' have proved to be more of an international draw than ''Robotomy''), some episodes have appeared on the installment show, ''CartoonPlanet'' (so far, "Bling Thing"[[note]]The episode where Thrasher and Blastus sell their coolant to buy upgrades for their robot bodies[[/note]] and "The Playdate"[[note]]The episode where Thrasher and Blastus babysit Maimy's younger brother. It has GilbertGottfried as the Tickle Me Psycho doll[[/note]] have aired) and Netflix has the entire series uploaded for those who may have missed it the first time around.

* TalkingToHimself:
** Dana Snyder voices Principal Thunderbyte, Mr. Dreadnot, the janitor of Harry S. Apocalypse High, three news anchors (as seen in the episodes "Play Date," "Field of Screams," and "Nana's Run"), and several one-shot characters.
** GilbertGottfried voiced all of the Tickle Me Psycho dolls in the fourth episode.

** Even though CartoonNetwork has not aired the show independently in reruns (and pretty much wants nothing to do with it, now that ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''RegularShow'', and ''MAD'' have proved to be more of an international draw than ''Robotomy''), some episodes have appeared on the installment show, ''CartoonPlanet'' (so far, "Bling Thing"[[note]]The episode where Thrasher and Blastus sell their coolant to buy upgrades for their robot bodies[[/note]] and "The Playdate"[[note]]The episode where Thrasher and Blastus babysit Maimy's younger brother. It has GilbertGottfried as the Tickle Me Psycho doll[[/note]] have aired) and Netflix has the entire series uploaded for those who may have missed it the first time around.

Take the robotic idea of a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book author, add the creative juices of some the geniuses behind WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}, and make it fit for primetime. What you get is ''Robotomy'', a show about two teenage robots (Thrasher and Blastus) and their attempts to get through high school. Taking place on a robot planet called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Insanus]], the cast of characters include a SadistTeacher, a homicidal SpoiledBrat, and a bi-polar LethalJokeCharacter. Something is destroyed every other second, and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar some of the jokes make you wonder why this isn't on]] Creator/AdultSwim. [[TooGoodToLast Only lasted one season (which only had ten FIFTEEN MINUTE episodes)]] because of [[http://www.michaelbuckleyonline.com/s/Howdy%21/Entries/2011/1/24_The_end_of_Robotomy.html high production costs and a lack of foreign investment to balance it out.]] The show now has somewhat of a cult following, and had an unsuccessful Facebook campaign to save the show.

Re-running on the 2012-2013 edition of ''CartoonPlanet''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Thrasher is PattonOswalt, Weenus is MichaelSinterniklaas, and Dreadnot is [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Dana "Master Shake" Snyder]]!
** Dana Snyder is also the voice of Principal Thunderbyte High and the janitor on the Mutilation Ball episode.
*** Sinterniklaas also voices various extras. Considering that it's recorded at NYAV Post, this shouldn't be a surprise.
** Some of the guest stars include frickin' '''LewisBlack''' (as the Gore-Ax) and '''Lisa Lampanelli''' (as The Green Spirit of Insanus), rapper Lil Jon (as Mayor Amputator and King Suckerpunch), and '''GilbertGottfried''' (as Tickle Me Psycho). If you've heard any of their stand-up on ComedyCentral, it's hilarious to find them associated with a kids' cartoon, even if it does feel like a toned-down ''Superjail!'' (though GilbertGottfried has appeared in kids' cartoons since the 1990s).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted. Even though the show is cancelled and Cartoon Network got rid of all evidence that the show existed from their website (despite that the channel recently aired the episodes "Bling Thing" and "The Playdate" on their classic cartoon block, ''Cartoon Planet''), it is available for viewing on iTunes and accessible on many torrent websites. It has also become available on Netflix.
* KillerRobot: The show's general premise.
* LighterAndSofter: This show was a more- or less-toned-down version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}''. It had the gratuitous violence and chaotic, trippy animation, but it's robots getting killed and pummelled, not humans, so there's no need for censorship issues over bloodletting, violence, and death. However, during production, the crew had to constantly be reminded that the show was airing in primetime, and warned them not to go ''too much'' into Creator/AdultSwim content. It didn't stop them from ''trying''.

* MoodSwinger: Weenus. Justified in that he has a faulty psycho-chip. He was one of the members of the Sunshine Class in "No Child Left Benign."

-->He'll maul your mom and beat your dad

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The only reason this show did well in the ratings was from word-of-mouth, since the network rarely promoted the series. It's not as bad as other shows that have been screwed over for whatever reason, but sadly, it wasn't enough to keep the show afloat.
** Even though CartoonNetwork has not aired the show independently in reruns (and pretty much wants nothing to do with it, now that ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''RegularShow'', and ''MAD'' have proved to be more of an international draw than ''Robotomy''), some episodes have appeared on the installment show, ''CartoonPlanet'' (so far, "Bling Thing"[[note]]The episode where Thrasher and Blastus sell their coolant to buy upgrades for their robot bodies[[/note]] and "The Playdate"[[note]]The episode where Thrasher and Blastus babysit Maimy's younger brother. It has GilbertGottfried as the Tickle Me Psycho doll[[/note]] have aired).

** The ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' {{Take That}}s continue in another episode, where Thrasher is forced to watch a movie that shows the danger of plants. Instead, we get a robot version of the movie and this line:

* XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' meets ''WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' meets any TV show or movie that centers on loser teens trying to be cool in high school. And it's '''''awesome'''''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted. Even though the show is cancelled and Cartoon Network got rid of all evidence that the show existed from their website (despite that the channel recently aired the episodes "Bling Thing" and "The Playdate" on their classic cartoon block, ''Cartoon Planet''), it is available for viewing on iTunes and accessible on many torrent websites.

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: The credits of the penultimate episode show how the robots establishing a new Insanus on a planet inhabited by CareBears went. [[spoiler: It didn't end well.]]

* XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' meets ''WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}''. And it's ''[[RuleOfCool awesome.]]''
** Alternatively, ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' meets any "loser teens in high school" movie or TV show you can name meets ''{{Futurama}}''. And it's ''still'' '''''awesome'''''.

Has recently been re-running on the 2012-2013 edition of ''CartoonPlanet''.

** Even though CartoonNetwork has not aired the show independently in reruns (and pretty much wants nothing to do with it, now that ''AdventureTime'', ''RegularShow'', and ''MAD'' have proved to be more of an international draw than ''Robotomy''), some episodes have appeared on the installment show, ''CartoonPlanet'' (so far, "Bling Thing"[[note]]The episode where Thrasher and Blastus sell their coolant to buy upgrades for their robot bodies[[/note]] and "The Playdate"[[note]]The episode where Thrasher and Blastus babysit Maimy's younger brother. It has GilbertGottfried as the Tickle Me Psycho doll[[/note]] have aired).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted. Even though the show is cancelled and Cartoon Network got rid of all evidence that the show existed from their website (despite that the channel recently aired the episode "Bling Thing" on their classic cartoon block, ''Cartoon Planet''), it is available for viewing on iTunes and accessible on many torrent websites.

* LighterAndSofter: This show was essentially a more- or less-toned-down version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' (It still has the gratuitous violence and chaotic, trippy animation, but it's robots getting killed and pummelled, not humans, so there's no need for censorship issues over bloodletting, violence, and death). During production, the crew had to constantly be reminded that the show was airing in primetime, and so not to go ''too much'' toward Creator/AdultSwim content.

** Even though CartoonNetwork has not aired the show independently in reruns (and pretty much wants nothing to do with it, now that ''AdventureTime'', ''RegularShow'', and ''MAD'' have proved to be more of an international draw than ''Robotomy''), some episodes have appeared on the installment show, ''CartoonPlanet'' (so far, "Bling Thing"[[note]]The episode where Thrasher and Blastus sell their coolant to buy upgrades for their robot bodies[[/note]] and "The Playdate"[[note]]The episode where Thrasher and Blastus babysit Maimy's younger brother. It has GilbertGottfried as the Tickle Me Psycho doll[[/note]] have aired)

* TakeThat: "Frenemy" is a merciless parody of Facebook and social networking sites in general.
** On "No Child Left Benign," Blastus tells Thrasher that books are dangerous and that his grandmother died from reading. The book she read was about [[Literature/{{Twilight}} teenaged vampires]].

** Alternatively, ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' meets ''{{Superbad}}'' with robots. And it's ''still'' '''''awesome'''''.

* DerangedAnimation: Justified; the show's director is the co-creator of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', so expect a lot of excessive violence and sequences that make you wonder if drugs or a bad case of ADHD were involved.

** Even though CartoonNetwork has not aired the show in reruns (and pretty much wants nothing to do with it, now that ''AdventureTime'', ''RegularShow'', and ''MAD'' have proved to be more of an international draw than ''Robotomy''), the episode ''Bling Thing'' (where Thrasher and Blastus sell their coolant to buy bling for their robot bodies) has aired on a recent (January 11, 2013) episode of ''Cartoon Planet''.

Has recently been re-running on the 2012 edition of ''CartoonPlanet''.

** Some of the guest stars include frickin' '''LewisBlack''' (as the Gore-Ax) and '''Lisa Lampanelli''' (as The Green Spirit of Insanus), rapper Lil Jon (as Mayor Amputator and King Suckerpunch), and '''GilbertGottfried''' (as Tickle Me Psycho).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted. Even though the show is cancelled and Cartoon Network got rid of all evidence that the show existed from their website, it is available for viewing on iTunes and some torrent websites.

* LighterAndSofter: This show was essentially a more- or less-toned-down version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' (It still has the gratuitous violence and trippy animation, but it's robots getting killed and pummelled, not humans, so there's no need for censorship issues over bloodletting and death). During production, the crew had to constantly be reminded that the show was airing in primetime, and so not to go ''too much'' toward Creator/AdultSwim content.

* MoodSwinger: Weenus. Justified in that he's bi-polar (and could have a faulty psycho-chip. He was one of the members of the Sunshine Class in "No Child Left Benign.")

-->He'll maul your mom and hit your dad

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Thrasher and Blastus... well, as normal as you can be, living in a WorldGoneMad populated entirely by [[KillerRobot Killer Robots]].
* QuarterHourShort

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Sunshine class are a class of robots with "faulty psycho chips" who "get their own bus" and are exempt from taking standardized tests in school. [[SarcasmMode I don't see any parallels between this and a special-ed class]], do you? And [[ItGotWorse it gets worse]] when Mrs. Crunshine reveals that [[spoiler:her mission is to dispose of non-violent robots who burden society with their feelings by shooting them all into the sun]].

Take the robotic idea of a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book author, add the creative juices of some the geniuses behind WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}, and make it fit for primetime. What you get is ''Robotomy'', a show about two teenage robots (Thrasher and Blastus) and their attempts to get through high school. Taking place on a robot planet called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Insanus]], the cast of characters include a SadistTeacher, a homicidal SpoiledBrat, and a bi-polar LethalJokeCharacter. Something is destroyed every other second, and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar some of the jokes make you wonder why this isn't on]] Creator/AdultSwim. [[TooGoodToLast Only lasted one season (which only had ten FIFTEEN MINUTE episodes)]] because of [[http://www.michaelbuckleyonline.com/s/Howdy%21/Entries/2011/1/24_The_end_of_Robotomy.html high production costs and a lack of foreign investment to balance it out.]] The show's cult following was somewhat large, however, and [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Cartoon-Networks-Robotomy/187893434568144?v=wall there's already a Facebook page dedicated to saving Robotomy.]]

Take the robotic idea of a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book author, add the creative juices of some the geniuses behind WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}, and make it fit for primetime. What you get is ''Robotomy'', a show about two teenage robots (Thrasher and Blastus) and their attempts to get through high school. Taking place on a robot planet called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Insanus]], the cast of characters include a SadistTeacher, a homicidal SpoiledBrat, and a bi-polar LethalJokeCharacter. Something is destroyed every other second, and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar some of the jokes make you wonder why this isn't on]] AdultSwim. [[TooGoodToLast Only lasted one season (which only had ten FIFTEEN MINUTE episodes)]] because of [[http://www.michaelbuckleyonline.com/s/Howdy%21/Entries/2011/1/24_The_end_of_Robotomy.html high production costs and a lack of foreign investment to balance it out.]] The show's cult following was somewhat large, however, and [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Cartoon-Networks-Robotomy/187893434568144?v=wall there's already a Facebook page dedicated to saving Robotomy.]]

* LighterAndSofter: This show was essentially a more- or less-toned-down version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' (It still has the gratuitous violence and trippy animation, but it's robots getting killed and pummelled, not humans, so there's no need for censorship issues over bloodletting and death). During production, the crew had to constantly be reminded that the show was airing in primetime, and so not to go ''too much'' toward AdultSwim content.

* LighterAndSofter: This show is essentially a more- or less-toned-down version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' (It still has the gratuitous violence and trippy animation, but it's robots getting killed and pummelled, not humans, so there's no need for censorship issues over bloodletting and death). During production, the crew had to constantly be reminded that the show was airing in primetime, and so not to go ''too much'' toward AdultSwim content.

* MyLittlePanzer: Tickle Me Psycho, full-stop. The jingle lampshades this:

* SadistTeacher: Dreadnot [[NonIndicativeName does not live up to his name.]] He tortures and sometimes destroys his students to make sure they are ultra-violent drones.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The only reason this show does well in the ratings is due to word-of-mouth, since the network rarely promoted the series, aside from when they promoted the entire Monday night block anyway (including other shows like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''RegularShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}}''), they did mention the show then. It's not as bad as other examples, but sadly, it wasn't enough to keep the show afloat.

** [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Teenaged vampires,]] my favorite! ([[YourHeadAsplode Head explodes]])

* FridgeHorror: The Sunshine class is the Insanus equivalent to a class for mentally-retarded children. [[spoiler: So what do you think about them being sent to the sun in a rocket now?]]. The very name "Sunshine class" becomes a [[FridgeHorror fridge horrific]] StealthPun when you realize that the name both doubles as a typical name for a "special-ed" type class [[spoiler:and it foreshadows how the class is going to die]].
** In "Field of Screams," it's revealed that [[spoiler:the balls used for Mutilation Ball are actually the babies of a peaceful planet of blue balls that the high school janitor kidnapped for fun]]. Earlier, in the episode, one of the rules of Mutilation Ball was to [[spoiler:burrow under the ground to suffocate the ball and get away from your teammates mercilessly shooting you with lasers]], meaning that [[spoiler:the robots are abusing and killing babies for sport]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: Thrasher is PattonOswalt, Weenus is MichaelSinterniklaas, and Dreadnot is [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Dana Snyder]]!

* HoYay: "SAY I'M SEXY"
** There are a lot of HoYay moments with Blastus, from his love of art and musicals to how jealous he gets when Thrasher finally dates Maimy. Unlike the HoYay moments centered around the Larry 3000 on ''TimeSquad'', the ones with Blastus on ''Robotomy'' are PlayedForLaughs and a bit more subtle.
**
--->'''Dreadnot:''' I feel so good, I'm going to start taking a nap everyday!
--->'''Thunderbite:''' Oooh! We should do it together! Can you imagine?
*** Now to be fair, Dreadnot does seem to [[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat have an interest in impressing women]], it's just Thunderbite that acts kind of...[[AmbiguouslyGay Yeah, you get the point.]]
*** This troper took that one as more of a casting gag, since both characters are voiced by Dana Snyder.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Blastus and Principal Thunderbyte.

* BloodlessCarnage: '''The whole show.''' Keep in mind, though, that they ''are'' robots that, you know, don't bleed (though they do leak coolant), so it's sorta justified.

* ComedicSociopathy: ''Loads''

* CuteAndPsycho: Frenemy

* DerangedAnimation: Justified in that the show's director is the co-creator of Adult Swim's ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}''.
* DescriptionCut: In episode four Thrasher and Blastus are looking for the Tickle Me Psycho doll (after it held Blastus at gunpoint and the two younger robot siblings cause a riot), Blastus asks Thrasher, "If you were smelly, hairy, and didn't like to be touched, where would you go?", followed by a GilliganCut to a comic book store. Subverted when the comic book store clerk (who [[HeyItsThatVoice sounds an awful lot like]] [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Master Shake]]) gets offended and throws Thrasher and Blastus out of his store for suggesting that his clientele (who look like the Tickle Me Psycho dolls, [[FreezeFrameBonus if you look closely]]) are smelly, hairy, and don't like to be touched.
* DisappearedDad: Blastus's father was never mentioned or seen during the show's short run.

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: The credits of the final episode show how the robots establishing a new Insanus on a planet inhabited by CareBears went. [[spoiler: It didn't end well.]]

* FanNickname: Weenus is Robot [[{{Superbad}} McLovin]]!
** Ironically, that's also how the creators describe the character.
* FreudWasRight: "Bling Thing," when Blastus and Thrasher first show up with their upgrades, they are upstaged by Megawatt's large drill and chick magnet. Think about it...
* FridgeHorror: The Sunshine class is the Insanus equivalent to a special-ed class. [[spoiler: So what do you think about them being sent to the sun in a rocket now?]]
** The very name "Sunshine class" becomes a [[FridgeHorror fridge horrific]] StealthPun when you realize that the name both doubles as a typical name for a "special-ed" type class [[spoiler:and it foreshadows how the class is going to die]].

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of the characters' names is "Weenus." It means the extra skin on your elbow, true, but it certainly has a ''different'' meaning among most boys in the 3-5th grade. And then you see this on his profile:
-->"Weenus rocks the party that rocks the body!"
** The second episode features a masturbation joke.
-->'''Blastus''': *after getting his hand melted off by Mecha-Jodie* Nice, that was my favorite hand!
-->'''Thrasher''': And I don't want to know ''why'' it's your favorite...
** So did the third episode, only it was more visual. A cutaway shows Blastus's mom walking in on her son bent over and muttering, "Aw, yeah!" [[spoiler: Turns out he was painting a picture of himself and his mom. It didn't stop her from burning the picture, because according to Insanus society, anything with any semblance of emotion is considered as filthy as pornography]].
** In the third episode, Blastus makes reference to the infamous "not fresh" commercial.
** From the "Tickle Me Psycho" episode (episode 4): "Dude, then grow a set and talk to her!"
** Episode 2 had a robot hooker in a bikini with a rough, mannish voice asking Thrasher and Blastus if they want a girlfriend.
*** A subversion: the donating coolant plan on episode two might seem like a robotic equivalent of donating sperm, but given how physically wrecked the two became the more they donated (cf. the teacher describing the side effects of donating coolant: jitters, paranoia, fire blisters, and rectal whistling), it's more on par with donating blood or plasma.
** In "Mean Green", when Maimy sees Thrasher looking down and talking to his crotch (it's really The Green Spirit of Insanus hidden in his belly compartment, but Maimy doesn't know that) about how he'll take it out later:
---> '''Maimy''': Were you talking to your--
---> '''Thrasher''': ''No''.
---> '''Maimy''': 'Cause it looked like you were talking to your--
---> '''Thrasher''': I wasn't talking to myself or any individual part of myself!
** The entirety of ''"The Trials of Robocles"'' is laced with references to puberty and killing non-robotic monsters horribly, including burning one alive, that were just trying to help them.
*** The beginning of "The Trials of Robocles" had Mr. Dreadnot arrested for trying to run away from teaching the class about puberty by draining his bank account, setting fire to his apartment, changing his name, and heading for the border -- all the while wearing a minidress, a thong, and high heels.
** And from ''El Presidente'':
---> '''Maimy''': But you ARE missing something...
---> '''Thrasher''' ''(sheepishly)'': I was born that way, but the doctor said to be patient.
** The 'Frenemy' episode had the embarrassing videos of Thrasher and Blastus: the one for Thrasher showed him making out with a dummy version of Maimy; Blastus's video showed him getting his butt buffered by his mom.
*** "Frenemy" also had this: in the sequence where Frenemy first appears to them, Frenemy mentions that Thrasher's favorite website is www.kittensintighttanktops.com (though the kittens on the website {save for the ones in the live-action photos} look as if they're wearing bras), which Thrasher reacts to rather sheepishly (as if it were an actual porn site).
** On the non-sexual side of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, the show has a lot of FamilyUnfriendlyViolence (of course, this being a cartoon, most of the characters come out of it fine a few scenes later) and lesser characters getting killed off in gruesome ways.
** The show also has characters saying "crap," (someone said, "Oh crap!" near the end of the "Tickle Me Psycho" episode), "tool" to mean someone who is awkward or unlikeable (Thrasher's line, "I look like a tool!" on "El Presidente"), "sucks" (meaning "to be inferior or unfair"; in the "Mutilation Ball" episode, Blastus says, "Yeah. Being a benchwarmer sucks!"), and "screwed" (Thrasher in episode 2 said, "We are so screwed!"). It's minor, yes, but even the cartoons of the 1990s didn't go that far (at least in America; the cartoons in Canada do get away with this, showing that Canadian kids' TV is a lot more liberal than American kids' TV).

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Thrasher and Blastus.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted. Even though the show is cancelled, it is available for viewing on iTunes and some torrent websites. It might never come out on DVD, but who needs that when you have the Internet?

* LethalJokeCharacter: A rare non-video game example with Weenus. His CN Online profile says his arm is rumored to be the most powerful weapon on Insanus. It also says he is sweet and bi-polar.

* MoodSwinger: Weenus. Justified in that he's bi-polar.

* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: Thrasher. There are plenty of HoYay moments between him and his best friend, Blastus, but the show makes it clear that he has a crush on Maimy, a popular girl in his class.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Subverted; the robots act similar to most human teenagers...when they're not destroying each other and blowing everything up.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The only reason this show does well in the ratings is due to word-of-mouth, since the network rarely promotes the series.
** Aside from when they promote the entire Monday night block anyway (including other shows like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''RegularShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}}''), they do mention the show then. It's not as bad as other examples, but it does feel like Cartoon Network is going to drop this robo-centric cartoon, just like they did with ''WhateverHappenedToRobotJones''?.
** After the premiere of {{Firebreather}}, a rerun of the show was interrupted by RegularShow ''out of nowhere,'' with very little notification ''during'' the actual movie itself.
** This was because the show was expensive to produce and none of the foreign Cartoon Network channels had any interest in the series. With no foreign investment to help balance out the costs, the show could only hope for the demise it received. At least all the episodes are available on iTunes, so it won't become a KeepCirculatingTheTapes series.
** The show has now been purged from Cartoon Network's website entirely, ''just a month'' after the final episode, the tenth one of the only season, aired with no reruns and little promotion. Not to mention the fact that, after said series finale aired, the whole show ''never aired again.'' Arguably second to ClerksTheAnimatedSeries as being the poster boy of ScrewedByTheNetwork in WesternAnimation from the last 10 to 15 years.

* StalkerWithACrush: Thrasher to Maimy.

** The ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' {{Take That}}s continue in another episode, where Thrasher is forced to watch a movie that shows the danger of plants. Instead, we get a robot version of the movie.

Aired on CartoonNetwork. (Specifically, right after MAD on Monday nights, since [[InvisibleAdvertising you wouldn't know]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork if we didn't tell you.)]]

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* XMeetsY: ''{{Futurama}}'' meets ''WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}''. And it's ''[[RuleOfCool awesome.]]''

* {{Always Save The Girl}}: In the episode where Thrasher and Blastus donate there coolent they go to Maimy and she is getting attacked by a giant robot that Thrasher tamed but when losing control of the beast it kills Megawatt.

** Episode 2 had a robot hooker in a bikini with a rough, mannish voice asking Thrasher and Blastus if they want a girlfriend.

---> '''Thrasher''' ''(sheepishly)'': I was born that way, but the doctor said to be patient.

** Some of the guest stars include frickin' '''LewisBlack''' (as the Gore-Ax) and '''Lisa Lampanelli''' (as The Green Spirit of Insanus), rapper Lil Jon (as Mayor Amputator and King Suckerpunch), and '''GilbertGottfried''' (as Tickle Me Psycho).

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* InvisibleAdvertising: It didn't get that much advertising when it aired, outside of being mentioned in commercials for the Monday night line-up, along with ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''{{MAD}}'', and ''RegularShow''.

* LoveMartyr: Even though Maimy rejects Thrasher and uses weapons on him Thrasher still loves her regardless.

* {{Rescue Romance}}: Thrasher saves Maimy and they have a small moment until the giant monster falls on top of her.

** Aside from when they promote the entire Monday night block anyway (including other shows like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''RegularShow'', and ''{{WesternAnimation/MAD}}''), they do mention the show then. It's not as bad as other examples, but it does feel like Cartoon Network is going to drop this robo-centric cartoon, just like they did with ''WhateverHappenedToRobotJones''?.
** After the premiere of [[{{Firebreather}} Firebreather,]] a rerun of the show was interrupted by RegularShow ''out of nowhere,'' with very little notification ''during'' the actual movie itself.

* TalkingToHimself:

Take the robotic idea of a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book author, add the creative juices of some the geniuses behind {{Superjail}}, and make it fit for primetime. What you get is ''Robotomy'', a show about two teenage robots (Thrasher and Blastus) and their attempts to get through high school. Taking place on a robot planet called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Insanus]], the cast of characters include a SadistTeacher, a homicidal SpoiledBrat, and a bi-polar LethalJokeCharacter. Something is destroyed every other second, and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar some of the jokes make you wonder why this isn't on]] AdultSwim. [[TooGoodToLast Only lasted one season (which only had ten FIFTEEN MINUTE episodes)]] because of [[http://www.michaelbuckleyonline.com/s/Howdy%21/Entries/2011/1/24_The_end_of_Robotomy.html high production costs and a lack of foreign investment to balance it out.]] The show's cult following was somewhat large, however, and [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Cartoon-Networks-Robotomy/187893434568144?v=wall there's already a Facebook page dedicated to saving Robotomy.]]

* DerangedAnimation: Justified in that the show's director is the co-creator of Adult Swim's ''{{Superjail}}''.

* LighterAndSofter: This show is essentially a more- or less-toned-down version of ''{{Superjail}}'' (It still has the gratuitous violence and trippy animation, but it's robots getting killed and pummelled, not humans, so there's no need for censorship issues over bloodletting and death). During production, the crew had to constantly be reminded that the show was airing in primetime, and so not to go ''too much'' toward AdultSwim content.

* XMeetsY: ''{{Futurama}}'' meets ''WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'' meets ''{{Superjail}}''. And it's ''[[RuleOfCool awesome.]]''
** Alternatively, ''{{Superjail}}'' meets ''{{Superbad}}'' with robots. And it's ''still'' '''''awesome'''''.