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"The Manchurian Robot" is the 39th episode of the series and the 7th(a) of Season 2 of Robotboy.

Synopsis[]

Special Agent re-programs Robotboy to get the fake ambassador Von der Schnitzel in his hands so that he can get promoted.

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Trivia[]

  • If you look closely to the scene where Ambassador Mbola is about to give his speech to the people and on the far glimpse of them some of the audience are the villains of Robotboy and those that appears are the following: Felonious Hexx, General Yakitori, Brainy-Yak and Agent Kalaschnikov in a pink dress. You can also see Bjorn's Mother and the King of Fardonia. See picture below:
  • The name and plot of this episode is a reference to the The Manchurian Candidate, a 1959 political thriller novel by Richard Condon.
    Villain Cameo TMR

    Look extremely carefully at the villain cameos!

  • The line "Remind me again why we're friends" said by Gus was said again on the episode "Destroy All Robots" but by Tommy.
  • The song that Tommy, Lola and Gus are performing is a real existing song named: Ringel Rangel Rosen, schöne Aprikosen, an old German children song.
  • This is the fourth episode where Robotboy does not say a single word.
  • It is unclear if Robotboy had his program system changed back to normal after the events of the episode.

Goofs[]

  • When Tommy and Special Agent run up the stairs to the roof to chase Von der Schnitzel who kidnapped Lola, Tommy is wearing his normal clothes. But when he gets to the roof he is again wearing his German-like costume in which he preformed in this episode.
  • When Von Der Schnitzel's helicopter is shown after it transforms, it appears far bigger then it was first shown.
  • In the scene where Superactivated Robotboy is waiting with Lola and the captured Von der Schnitzel, you can see that Lola's mouth is missing.

In other languages[]

Int. Language Int. Title Translation
Dutch Dit is een mooie dag This is a great day
French Incident diplomatique Diplomatic incident
German Hoher Besuch Important Visit
Spanish El Robot de Machurian The Manchurian Robot
Polish Wielki dzień A Big Day

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The Manchurian Robot