History YMMV / WhateverHappenedToRobotJones

--> "I have a theory, that if Robot Jones was human, he would be black. Think about it. The lightbulb on his head is like his afro, and this cartoon looks like it takes place in the late 70's, early 80's, where people were still somewhat racists to blacks, and that's why Robot Jones gets bullied a lot."

* TheWoobie: To say that Robot Jones is sympathetic would be a huge understatement. Most humans regard him with contempt, the girl he has a crush on rarely if ever reciprocates his affections, and the Yogmans are always making things difficult for him.

* BrokenBase: Greg Miller stating that the series was intended to end with Robot Jones annihilating all of humanity. Some fans aren't surprised that the series would go that direction due to the fact that Robot has been constantly picked on by humans and would likely snap eventually, while others don't agree with the idea due to it being dark even by a Cartoon Network show's standards and because Robot deciding to kill all humans contradicts the fact that he has human friends who are close to him and was even shown to be worried about Gramps Unit killing his human guests in the episode "House Party". Some fans argue that the planned ending might be a joke created by Greg Miller and isn’t necessarily true. However Greg Miller mentions the planned ending twice in the Facebook interview and appears to have really wanted to add it to the show at some point if it wasn’t cancelled.

* EarWorm:
** Just ''try'' and get "The Nudist and Mr. Pendleton" out of your head.
** "Gotta Keep on Cubin'" from the episode "Cube Wars" is also extremely catchy.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: In 2019, Turner/Warner Bros. began to worldwide block episodes of the series on YouTube. In fact, Turner don’t block just episodes, but they block anything related to this series, even if the videos didn’t contain any episode footage and if the video fell under fair use. So much for the show's title being appropriate nowadays!

* BrokenBase: Greg Miller stating that the series was intended to end with Robot Jones annihilating all of humanity. Some fans aren't surprised that the series would go that direction due to the fact that Robot has been constantly picked on by humans and would likely snap eventually, while others don't agree with the idea due to it being dark even by a Cartoon Network show's standards and because Robot deciding to kill all humans contradicts the fact that he has human friends who are close to him and was even shown to be worried about Gramps Unit killing his human guests in the episode "House Party".

* TheScrappy:
** Finkman for getting away with cheesing off Robot and causing Shannon to blame Robot for his departure.
** Lenny and Denny Yogman tend to be despised for always picking on Robot Jones.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The show's super-catchy theme song and garage-rock soundtrack. It fits the art style to a tee.

--> "I have a theory, that if Robot Jones was human, he would be black. Think about it. The lightbulb on his head is like his afro, and this cartoon looks like it takes place in the late 70's, early 80's, where people were still somewhat racists to blacks, and that's why Robot jones gets bullied a lot."

** Seeing as the Yogmans practically live at the school and we never see their home lives... are they homeless?

* SoOkayItsAverage: The few who remember this show tend to mostly praise it because it was a ShortRunner that flew under the radar during its initial run. Those able to track down and watch it will admit that, despite having an appealing aesthetic and a few decent episodes, it was one of the more forgettable WesternAnimation/CartoonCartoons and that it's short run was justified.

** Robot Jones believing himself to have no specific gender due to being a robot could also be seen as a metaphor for transsexuality.

* VindicatedByHistory: Oh yes! the show has gained a bit of a reputation among older CN fans compared to how it's been lingering in obscurity during the 2000's and early 2010's. Even then most viewers will find it [[SoOkayItsAverage average at best]].

* SoOkayItsAverage: The few who remember this show tend to mostly praise it because it was a ShortRunner that flew under the radar during its initial run, but those able to track down and watch it will admit that, despite having an appealing aesthetic and a few decent episodes, it was one of the more forgettable WesternAnimation/CartoonCartoons, if not, the most forgotten given how frequently it's left out of memorabilia from that era.

** Finding out about how the series originally ended might be a allegory to how a student would snap and attack a school due to relentless bullying.

* FanonDiscontinuity: While series creator Greg Miller has [[WordOfGod stated]] that the series was intended to end with [[CruelTwistEnding Robot exterminating the human race]], many fans find the idea too cruel and jarringly out-of-character for Robot to make any sense. However, when fans remember how badly the humans have treated Robot throughout the series, this would make sense that one day he would snap.

*** On that note it boarders to FridgeHorror that throughout the series the humans have been assholes to Robot Jones, turning this WordOfGod into a WhosLaughingNow scenario that the humans pretty much brought on themselves.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The few who remember this show tend to mostly praise it because it was a ShortRunner that flew under the radar during its initial run, but those able to track down and watch it will admit that, despite having an appealing aesthetic and a few decent episodes, it was one of the more forgettable WesternAnimation/CartoonCartoons.

* FanonDiscontinuity: While series creator Greg Miller has [[WordOfGod stated]] that the series was intended to end with [[CruelTwistEnding Robot exterminating the human race]], many fans find the idea too cruel and jarringly out-of-character for Robot to make any sense. However when fans remember how badly the humans have treated Robot throughout the series, this would make sense that one day he would snap.

* UnfortunateImplications: As a youtube reviewer puts it, "MacK Davidson I have a theory, that if robot jones was human, he would be black. Think about it. The lightbulb on his head is like his afro, and this cartoon looks like it takes place in the late 70's, early 80's, where people were still somewhat racists to blacks, and that's why Robot jones gets bullied a lot." It makes sense but replace "black" with "robot".
** Finding out about how the series originally ended might be a allegory to how a student would snap and attack a school due to relentless bullying.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some fans believe that Shannon's crabbiness towards Robot Jones is because she has personal problems that are affecting her more than she lets on. After all, no explanation is given for how she got a prosthetic leg.
** of course there's always the fact Shannon started hating Robot after the events of "Jealousy".

* FanonDiscontinuity: While series creator Greg Miller has [[WordOfGod stated]] that the series was intended to end with [[CruelTwistEnding Robot exterminating the human race]], many fans find the idea too cruel and jarringly out-of-character for Robot to make any sense.

** It's [[ShortRunner short run]] has turned the title into a legitimate question.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The few who remember this show tend to mostly praise it because it was a ShortRunner that flew under the radar during it's initial run, but those able to track down and watch it will admit that, despite having an appealing aesthetic and a few decent episodes, it was one of the more forgettable WesternAnimation/CartoonCartoons.

* NoBudget: Averted. The show was [[StylisticSuck intentionally animated]] to look cheaper than it really was (see also GenreThrowback).

* VindicatedByHistory: Oh yes! the show has gained a bit of a reputation among older CN fans compared to how it's been lingering in obscurity during the 2000's and early 2010's.

** WordOfGod stating that Robot Jones would eventually [[CruelTwistEnding exterminate the human race]] puts some of his moments into a more sinister light, particularly abusing his power as hall monitor in "Safety Patrol" and making everyone in the school go bald for [[DisproportionateRetribution his friends mocking him over how he'll never grow hair]] in "Hair". [[FanonDiscontinuity Not everyone is a fan of this idea.]]

* TheScrappy: numerous.