Robotboy

Robotboy is an American-Australian-British-French animated television series produced by Bear Bones Productions and French production company Alphanim for France 3 and Cartoon Network UK, as well as LuxAnimation and Cofinova 1 in the first season. 52 half-hour episodes were produced.

The show was created and designed by Jan Van Rijsselberge and Moses Mbungu and was directed in Alphanim's studio in Paris by Charlie Bean, who worked on other programs such as Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, and Samurai Jack.

Plot
Robotboy is the latest creation of the world-renowned scientist Professor Moshimo. Due to fears that Robotboy would be stolen by his arch-enemy Dr. Kamikazi and his main henchman Constantine to be used to take over the world, Professor Moshimo entrusts Robotboy to 10-year-old Tommy Turnbull, his biggest fan living in San Francisco. While being protected by Tommy and his two friends Lola and Gus (or "G-Man" as he calls himself), Robotboy learns how to behave and act as if he were a real boy while occasionally battling Dr. Kamikazi and Constantine who seek to capture him.

UK dub

 * Laurence Bouvard as Robotboy, Robotgirl, Lola Mbola, Debbie Turnbull, Miu-Miu, Agent Kalaschnikov, Hester Turner, Wallie's Mother, P.E. Teacher, Charlie, Computer Teacher, Nagbot, Kindergarten Teacher, The Elderly Woman
 * Lorraine Pilkington as Tommy Turnbull, Jumping Kids, Ball Kid 1, Ball Kid 2, Swinging Kid 1, Swinging Kid 2
 * Rupert Degas as Gus Turner, Constantine, Protoboy, Donnie Turnbull, Kurt, Ambassador Mbola, Bjornbot, Randy, Brian the Consultant, Mookie, Romcroft, Jebediah Turner, Stu, Dave, Walter the Tapeworm, The Inhuman Toe, Green Alien Minions, Lance Chestwax, Mr. Fournier, Mr. Yaschinshki, Old Thief #1 at the Museum, The Elderly Wrestler #2, The Green Alien, The Kids at the Pre-Criminal-School, The Tour Guide, Waitress, Wallie
 * Lewis MacLeod as Dwight Turnbull, Felonius Hexx, Special Agent, Bjorn Bjornson, General Yakitori, Ludwig, Principal Culpepper, Ronald Rump, Von Der Schnitzel, Brainy Yak, Stevie, The Cast Bot, Margaret, Bjorn's Mother, Vance Cosgrove, The Human Fist, Screaming Scott, Ambassador's butler, Ogbot, Aunt Gravitee, Cruelio, Teasebots, Constabot, Farmer Stenkie, Girl at School, Green Alien Minions, Math Teacher, S.M.T.H.R.S, Old Thief #2 at the Museum, The Doctor, The Elderly Wrestler #1, The Kids at the Pre-Criminal-School, Announcer
 * Eiji Kusuhara as Dr. Kamikazi
 * Togo Igawa as Professor Moshimo

Bear Bones US dub (2006)

 * Benjamin Diskin as Robotboy / Protoboy
 * Tara Strong as Robotgirl / Princess Justine
 * Sean Marquette as Tommy Turnbull
 * Tom Kenny as Gus Turner
 * Kimberly Brooks as Lola Mbola
 * Maurice LaMarche as Dr. Kamikazi
 * Billy West as Constantine
 * Grey DeLisle as Debbie Turnbull
 * April Winchell as Aunt Gravitee
 * John DiMaggio as Donnie Turnbull
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Dwight Turnbull
 * Ming-Na Wen as Miumiu
 * Jessica DiCicco as Bambi
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Robotbird / Bat Sentries
 * Tom Kane as Math Teacher
 * Syo Tortellini as Green Aliens Minions
 * Carey Means as Randy
 * Ulises Tobar as Stu / Stevie
 * Frank Welker as Santa Claus / Dave / Princess
 * George Takei as Professor Moshimo
 * Kyle Miles as Bjorn Bjornson
 * Fred Tatasciore as General Yakitori
 * Eric Bauza as Booker
 * Kari Wahlgren as Bambi's Mother
 * Jodi Benson as Agent Kalaschnikov
 * Jason Marsden as Bjornbot
 * Ziggy Miles as Kurt

BBToons US dub (2017)

 * Ben Diskin as Robotboy / Protoboy
 * Allegra Clark as Robotgirl
 * Zach Aguilar as Tommy Turnbull
 * J. Michael Tatum as Gus Turner
 * Kimberly Woods as Lola Mbola
 * Christopher Sabat as Dr. Kamikazi
 * Philece Sampler as Aunt Gravitee
 * Doug Stone as Donnie Turnbull
 * Ian Sinclair as Dwight Turnbull
 * Rachel Robinson as Debbie Turnbull
 * Richard Epcar as Professor Moshimo
 * Jessica DiCicco as Bambi
 * Kari Wahlgren as Bambi's Mother / Mona Lethal
 * Zig Miles as Kurt / Bjornbot
 * Brian Beacock as Stu

Protagonists

 * Robotboy – The robot title character of the series is best friends with Tommy Turnbull. Robotboy has three modes: deactivated, activated, and superactivated. In his superactivated mode, Robotboy has a wide array of weapons at his disposal, but his main weapons are Gatling lasers. Robotboy had the following "modes":
 * Deactivated – Robotboy's doll mode. In it, he is the smallest in size and he is not able to move or talk. However, he is seen lighting up his eyes and smiling in several episodes.
 * Activated – While activated, Robotboy can talk, express emotions, fly, fight and use some special abilities, introduced throughout the series.
 * Superactivated – Activated when Robotboy hits his hands together, increasing his size and overall strength greatly. He has the ability to shoot down enemies with various kinds of missiles and laser cannons. While superactivated, he cannot talk, although he produces growling-like noises while turned evil by Kamikazi in "Crying Time".
 * Tommy Turnbull – Robotboy's 10-year-old owner and human best friend. He acts as a role model and mentor/father figure to Robotboy and cares deeply for him. Unlike Gus, he is bright, sensible, kind, and responsible, although he gets criticized by Dwight for being rather weedy/not getting enough exercise.
 *  Augustus "Gus"/"G-Man" Bachmann Turner – Tommy's fat, rude, self-centered and dumb best friend. Despite coming from an Amish family, Gus is the black sheep of the bunch. He is obsessed with food and video games. Usually, it is his selfish nature that gets everyone into situations caused by Kamikazi.
 * Lola Mbola - 10-year-old Lola is the confident and smart daughter of a rich African ambassador. She can fly jet planes and control speedboats despite her age and secretly has a crush on Tommy (but only in the first season).

Supporting

 * Professor Moshimo - Professor Moshimo is the creator of Robotboy, Robotgirl, and Robotbird (also Protoboy and Robotman). He received a letter from Tommy Turnbull about him looking forward to his latest invention. As a result, Professor Moshimo sent him Robotboy to take care of. The Professor has a Japanese fiancee named Miumiu, who also acts as his assistant. He also created Protoboy, Robotman and Robotgirl. His former rivals are Dr. Kamikazi and Bjorn Bjornson. He is voiced by Togo Igawa.
 * Miumiu - Professor Moshimo's fiancée and lab assistant. She is typically depicted as silent, however, she speaks for the first time in the episode "Grow No-Mo". While she rarely talks, she does seem to be annoyed with Moshimo's many hobbies. She is voiced by Laurence Bouvard.
 * Robotgirl - A super fighting robot just like Robotboy, who was introduced in the episode of the same name "Robot Girl" and her last appearance was in "The Return of Robotgirl". She quickly made good friends with Robotboy and was only seen superactivated twice, both times in episode "Robotgirl". In the first place, she had to be convinced by Moshimo to use her ultimate powers, otherwise, she would never see her friends again. In "The return of Robotgirl" she was brought back to Tommy with a distress message by Moshimo, she could not be activated until she was repaired by Tommy and she suffered from a major memory loss but was convinced by Lola to use her emotions in favor of the kids' team. In the end, she was defeated in a fight against Protoboy and then was saved by Robotboy.
 * The Human Fist - the hero's favorite superhero.

Antagonists

 * Dr. Kamikazi – A small old man with thick glasses and a suit/bathrobe combo who is a self-proclaimed evil genius and the main antagonist of the show. He wishes to capture Robotboy to create a template for an army of super robots, with which he will be able to achieve his dastardly goal of world domination. Most of his henchmen have a large letter K on their uniforms, to show that they are on Dr. Kamikazi's side. He has had many pets, ranging from snakes to cats, but as a running gag they usually always hurt him.
 * Constantine – A fat hunchbacked hitman of Dr. Kamikazi who also is a master of sumo wrestling. He is a sensitive and none too threatening sidekick to Dr. Kamikazi who mainly acts as his muscle power as well as his assistant. Constantine is also a refined chef, being able to create dishes ranging from Sashimi to tapas. It is mentioned occasionally that Constantine used to be an orphan before he started working for Kamikazi. Despite presumably being Japanese, Constantine can speak Spanish. He is also shown to be constantly pushed around and poorly treated by Kamikazi (even nearly getting killed by him in one episode), but yet he stays with him regardless as he feels he owes him his life for saving his. In one episode he was abruptly fired and replaced but returned in the same episode as Kamikazi finally apologized. He is also shown to be compassionate to the Tommy Gang from time to time depending on the situation Kamikazi or he's in.
 * Donnie Turnbull– Tommy's older brother and secondary archenemy, he is a constant bully to every child in the neighborhood, including Gus and Tommy himself. He frequently calls people names, threatens them, beats them up, etc., and yet despite this, Tommy still treats him like family. Some people exploit his attitude and poor intelligence for their benefit, usually Dr. Kamikazi. His bullying backfires in "Donnie Turnbull's Day Off" when Robotboy drives him crazy when he decides to play hooky from school in order to humiliate, expose and possibly destroy Robotboy.
 * Kurt – A sadistic bully at Tommy's school, he has blonde hair and wears a hat. He constantly bullies Gus and Tommy, as well as any other kid he finds. His dad is a spy who has used Kurt to try and capture Robotboy. Tommy sometimes has outsmarted Kurt and his cronies by outwitting them, usually with Robotboy. They became less frequent adversaries of Tommy after he fought them all at once and won all by himself (even if he thought Robotboy was helping him).
 * Stu and Mookie - Kurt's friends/henchmen. Stu is the largest and least intelligent of the group. He wears a blue hooded top with a red cap, and Mookie is the smallest bully. In the absence of Kurt, he is the leader of the group. He wears a dark red beanie which happens to have a bowling ball hidden inside.
 * Bambi - A Queen Bee-esque character and Tommy's love interest. Despite being clearly out of his league and already having Kurt as a boyfriend. Tommy still attempts to get her attention despite being treated like he doesn't exist. She is shown to harbor some affection for him from time to time when the situation benefits Tommy's reputation, even if it usually goes against his Friends, especially Lola, who all tell him to stay away from her.
 * Felonious Hexx - a famous magician who had his career ruined after getting ridiculed and humiliated by Gus during his performance, and ever since he's been a recurring villain. From one job to another, he's always ready to get back at Gus and/or possibly kill him given the chance.
 * Kurt's Father/Special Agent - a Secret Agent who strives to take Robotboy to reproduce him so he can use him for Government Means. Although his name is never mentioned, he's shown to be in a very low tier in his position. His halting vocal inflections are reminiscent of Christopher Walken. His base is located in the Transamerica Pyramid.
 * Björn Bjornson – A Swedish egotistical boy genius whose about Tommy's age and claims to be a greater genius than Professor Moshimo. He has his own robot double named Björnbot, who is sometimes referred to as Brother Bjorn. Both were first introduced in the episode of the same name – "Brother Björn". Their mission is to destroy Moshimo's creation – Robotboy, so Björnbot would be the greatest fighting robot in the world.
 * Bjornbot - Bjornbot is a robotic lookalike of his creator Bjorn Bjornson. He has weapon capabilities and strength equal to that of Robotboy, and can Superactivate too. It seems that Bjorn himself has created several Bjornbots. Bjornbot has his own form of Superactivation. Unlike Robotboy, he lacks emotion and has a rather flat vocabulary (which consists mostly of the word "Ja!") and Robotboy thinks of strategies in battles and Robotboy is able to overcome Bjornbot. In the episode Party Out of Bounds, he dressed as a girl and Bjorn called him Sister Bjorn. In more recent episodes, he seems to have become more hyperactive, being very jumpy and excited. He is voiced by Lewis MacLeod.
 * Protoboy – Robotboy's evil brother, who was created by Moshimo in his earlier years, but later that same day he was stolen by young Kamikazi and Constantine and turned too evil to control. He was then forcibly deactivated by Constantine and stored in a large storage room inside of Kamikazi's quarters in Kaziland until he was saved by Robotboy. He also has the ability to superactivate just like Robotboy, but the cannon built into his left arm is static and cannot be switched with an arm or another weapon. Robotboy was seen superactivated in Protoboy's body in "The Old Switcharobot" but his cannon was damaged because Protoboy (in Robotboy's body) had removed some of its parts prior to the body switch.
 * Klaus Von Affenkugel – A super-rich man from Germany with implied extreme Myopathy, who wants to use Robotboy's parts to replace his own. He has been pushed around, harassed, beat up, and abused by virtually everybody he knew since Childhood because of his disease. Because of his deformity, Klaus is carried around by his Bodyguard, Colleague, Assistant, and Best Friend, a giant orangutan named Ludwig, the only living being who truly cared about him in his time of need.
 * Ludwig- After being bullied by both kids and squirrels, Klaus went near a zoo, where a missing ape, Ludwig, decided to protect him and give him company. He is a large ape who serves as the assistant to Klaus at all times.
 * Principal Dr. Freeman Coldpepper - Tommy's Principal and nemesis. She is a liar and is obsessed with toys due to never being allowed to play with them as a child, instead of having to make her own dolls out of tin foil and chicken bones. She abuses her position as principal to confiscate toys and play with them herself. She later returns for revenge to ruin Robotboy's cliffhanger and play with him forever.
 * Mr. Yashinky - Coldpeer's henchman.
 * Brainy-Yak – A super-intelligent Yak was given a new brain by Professor Moshimo, because he had been made fun of for being incredibly stupid. After Moshimo gave him a Brain Transplant, he became even more isolated and poorly treated from the rest of the herd for being too intelligent. Then Moshimo encouraged this behavior because he didn't think it was a problem. After disappearing for a few decades, he seeks revenge for being ostracised from his herd and being mistreated by Moshimo time and time again.

Home media
StudioCanal released three volumes of the series on DVD in France. In the US and Canada, these same volumes were released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.