Robotman (episode)

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Don't you get it?! No one needs you anymore! You've been replaced! - Robotman

"Robotman" is the 27th episode of the series and the 1st(a) of Season 2 of Robotboy.

Synopsis[]

Professor Moshimo creates an ultra powerful adult version of Robotboy, and names him Robotman! Robotman is soon sent to live with Tommy to help him avoid unwanted evil attention! Tommy and friends are amazed with Robotman's ultra strength and super powers, and Robotboy soon becomes neglected. However, it quickly transpires that Robotman possess all the qualities of an ultra annoying adult! When Gus grumbles that Robotboy never gave them this much grief, the kids suddenly realise that they have forgotten all about poor Robotboy! On the way to find Robotboy, Tommy, Gus, and Lola fall from the sky, but Robotman sees Tommy as his only priority. Fortunately Robotboy comes to the rescue for Gus and Lola, and the battle for Tommy’s friendship begins…!

Plot[]

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The episode begins with Robotboy, Tommy, Gus, and Lola watching a robot fighting competition TV show, when the announcer on the show treats the audience to a "sneak peak" on Professor Moshimo's newest robot. This turns out to be him and the TV staff trespassing on Moshimo's secret lab, much to his and Miu Miu's chagrin. The announcer asks if Moshimo is making an upgraded version of a previous robot, who he calls "Robotguy". Moshimo insists on not commenting, but corrects him on the robot's name, "Robotman", but is reminded by Miu Miu that he is supposed to be secret.

The kids are amazed that Moshimo made a more advanced version of Robotboy, then they get a mail delivery from a mailman with a giant box. After (somehow) getting the box in the house, Gus tries to open the crate while Lola reads a letter from Moshimo to Tommy which came with the crate, stating that if Robotboy wasn’t safe with him, what is in the crate certainly isn't, advising him to take care of "him". Lola is taken aback by the mention of "him" when Gus finally opens the crate, inside is revealed to be a giant robot. Tommy activates it with an activation-watch, it seems to prepare to attack the trio and Robotboy goes to defend them, but it doesn't and introduces himself as Robotman, he shows knowledge of Tommy, Lola, and Gus, who he calls "Goose", but is corrected by Gus, who then asks to compare Robotboy and Robotman.

Robotman lifts Dwight's Car, then Robotboy lifts two cars but accidentally damages them. Robotman then lifts the Turnbull Residence, making Robotboy feel sad. Robotman then shows off how fast he is, flying past Gus and Lola, making them swap clothes. Robotboy then tries to prove he can go as fast by flying to an ice cream stand and back to give the kids ice cream, but Robotman then takes them all around the world in just a few seconds. The kids are amazed by Robotman's powers, leaving Robotboy feeling left out.

That night, Robotboy is still feeling down, but he goes up to Tommy's bed to make himself feel better, only for Robotman to suddenly activate by himself, being outraged towards Robotboy for trying to remain close with Tommy, Robotboy shows shock by his sudden activation, Robotman explains it is his "Self-Activation" ability, one of the many abilities that Robotman has that Robotboy doesn’t, he tells Robotboy to leave as he "isn't needed anymore", Robotboy doesn’t because he is friends with Tommy, but Robotman tells him that "robots don’t have friends". Robotboy sees Tommy in his sleep roll over so that he isn’t facing him, causing Robotboy to sadly leave.

The next day, Robotman rudely wakes up Tommy with an loud horn, "early to bed, and early to rise", he then proceeds to constantly annoy and pester Tommy when he is preparing for school. When Tommy meets Gus and Lola again, he isn't fond of Robotman as he used to, as he constantly annoys him and gets on his nerves. Gus doesn't understand, still loving Robotman and ends up slapping him on the crouch, Robotman then grabs Gus and says that "Tommy requires new companions" who are are intelligent, stimulating and clean and calls Gus "undesirable" and puts him in a dumpster, Gus changes his opinion on Robotman almost immediately and says that they never got this much bad treatment as Robotboy, leading Lola to remember Robotboy and ask where he is. Tommy asks Robotman where Robotboy is, he casually responds he's "out of [his] life forever". Tommy demands to know what he did to him and he states that he dismissed him and he also is "unsuitable". Tommy wants to find him, but Robotman takes him to school and forces him to do it afterwards.

After, the kids are riding on Robotman looking for Robotboy when he gets increasingly angry and refuses to continue looking after they pick up on Ro's ion trail. Tommy opens a hatch in Robotman's back and prepares to fly him himself but he activates a self-defence armor which causes Lola and Gus to fall off, Tommy orders him to save them, but he responds that they aren’t a priority, Tommy then jumps off, which does cause Robotman to react and go to save him. Tommy calls out to Robotboy for help.

Robotboy is shown sitting sadly in a waste dump, until he hears Tommy and goes to save him and the rest, he saves Lola and Gus, but Robotman saves Tommy. Robotman after saving Tommy says that Robotboy has been replaced, but Robotboy denies this and says that he needs him, Robotman still says that he has been replaced and flies at him and they fight, Robotman throws Robotboy at a crane, causing it to drop logs and send them at the kids, Robotboy saves them when Robotman uses a chain to pull Robotboy and punch him, Tommy then calls Moshimo. Robotman gets ready to continue to fight Robotboy when Moshimo call out for him to stop, saying that he heard everything about Robotman and deactivates him.

When Moshimo goes to apologise as he didn’t know Robotman would act that way, he reactivates and is outraged by Moshimo deactivating him; feeling that he was treating him like a child, which he denies, insisting he's an adult and he will destroy Robotboy. Moshimo tries to deactivate him again with the remote, but it doesn’t respond. Robotman shoots rockets at Robotboy, causing him to superactivate and fire rockets at Robotman which bounce off him and hit the crates and causing them to fall on him. It seems he was stopped again, until he suddenly superactivates, much to everyone’s terror, with Tommy stating nothing can stop him. He attempts to slash Robotboy with his claws but he dodges them, Robotman looks for Robotboy, and gets frustrated by his hiding, Robotboy climbs a crane, swings on its hook and flies past Robotman, causing him to fall into a trash compactor, Robotboy activates it causing him to get crushed into a cube. A crane lifts him out and his batteries fall out and he is deactivated and is sent on a garbage ship.

Moshimo apologises, saying that he should have know that one can’t improve on perfection, Gus shoves Robotboy out of the way, thinking he was referring to him, Tommy corrects him, but Gus still thinks he meant him. Tommy and Robotboy then drop Gus into the sea and they all walk off as the ship sets sail and the episode ends.

Appearances[]

Quotes[]

Robotman: You have been replaced!
Robotboy: No! Tommy need me!
Robotman: *flies at him* Don't you get it?! No one needs you anymore! You've been replaced!

Robotman: How dare you deactivate me! I am not a child, I am an adult! And I will destroy Robotboy!

Trivia[]

The first and only appearance of Robotman, due to him being killed off at the end.
- This is in contrast to Robotgirl and Protoboy, who both reappeared after their debuts.
This is the second and final appearance of Moshimo's Ice Lab.
The two robots at the start's names are pop-culture references.
- Mortal Kombot is a parody/pun on the fighting game Mortal Kombat.
- Genghis Can is a pun on the name of "Genghis Khan", the founder and Emperor of the Mongol Empire
How they got the box that held Robotman inside the house is a mystery since it was way too big to fit through the door.
Robotman was first activated with a watch, similar to how Robotboy is activated, but it was only used once (maybe twice at bedtime). It's never seen or used again since then. Moshimo uses a remote to later try and deactivate him, even though Tommy could have tried to use the watch to do so.
Robotman seeming to try to attack the kids when he is first activated can be seen as foreshadowing of his sinister nature.
Robotman's claws coming from his knuckles is possibly a reference to Marvel's Wolverine.
Robotman doesn't have a deactivated mode.
Tommy is shown to be capable of overriding a robot's systems by hacking into their control panel, which is what he tried to do before Robotman activated his self-defence.
Robotboy looked disappointed when Robotman lifted Tommy's house, outshining him lifting two cars. He was disappointed because he wasn't as strong, which isn't true. Robotboy has been shown to be able to lift things like submarines and cruise ships before and after which weight a lot more than a house.
- Ironically, Robotman isn't shown as strong enough to prevent himself from being crushed in a trash compactor.
Robotboy's Superactivated mode has roller-blades, which is seen for the only time in this episode where he uses them twice.
Roboboy in SA mode is 7-7.5 feet tall (counting his ears). Robotman's SA mode is a lot bigger, presumably around 10-12 feet, which makes Robotman appear even more superior.

Goofs[]

When Robotman talks when he activates his self-defence armor, his mouth does not move.
It could be the perspective, but when SA Ro is flying at Robotman from behind to trip him, his ears look shorter, wider, and not curved as they appear in his Activated mode.
When Robotboy flies back to Tommy, Lola and Gus to give them ice-cream, only his head is drawn. The rest of his body is missing and replaced with a flying effect.
When Robotman returns from flying around the world, the kids are seen wearing different outfits (i.e. Tommy is in Chinese clothing, Lola is dressed as an Indigenous/Native American girl and Gus is wearing a parka). However, in the shot before, the second they return, a close eye can see them wearing their regular everyday clothes.

In other languages[]

Int. Language	Int. Title	Translation
Dutch	Robotman	Robotman
French	Robotman	Robotman
German	Robotman	Robotman
Spanish	Robotman	Robotman
Polish	Robotman	Robotman

Robotman (episode)

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