The Zeta Project
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| The Zeta Project | |
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 The Zeta Project logo |
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| Genre | Animated television series |
| Creator(s) | Robert Goodman |
| Starring | Diedrich Bader Julie Nathanson et al. |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 25 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | The WB |
| Original run | January 27, 2001 – August 10, 2002 |
| Links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
The Zeta Project was a science fiction American animated series, first aired on Kids' WB in January 2001. It was a spinoff of the series Batman Beyond.
The story's main character, Infiltration Unit Zeta, is a government robot designed to destroy and (via holographic projections) impersonate targeted individuals. However, Zeta develops a conscience and runs away from the government so he won't have to destroy anymore.
Zeta is pursued by a team of NSA agents, led by the obsessed Agent Bennett, and including Agent Lee, Agent West, and Agent Rush. On the way, he meets up with a 15-year-old runaway, Ro Rowen. Together, they search for Zeta's creator, the elusive Dr. Selig, in an attempt to prove Zeta's sentience and earn him his freedom.
The show was created by Robert Goodman, and starred Diedrich Bader, Julie Nathanson, Kurtwood Smith, Dominique Jennings, Eli Marienthal, Scott Marquette, Michael Rosenbaum, and Lauren Tom.
The Zeta Project ran for two seasons, and last aired in August 2002.
Both Batman Beyond and The Zeta Project crossed over with each other in certain episodes.
The training robots used by the animated Justice League (which shares The Zeta Project's DC Animated Universe continuity) are very similar to Zeta's first appearance in Batman Beyond, establishing that the robots were initially developed decades before Ro met Zeta. One of these robots was used by the government to attack Supergirl in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Fearful Symmetry", where he was noted to be a "Z8" type.
[edit] Characters
- "Zee" (Diedrich Bader)
- Ro Rowen (Julie Nathanson)
- Bucky Buenventura (Ulises Cuadra)
- Infiltration Unit 7
- Dr. Selig
- Agent Bennett (Kurtwood Smith)
- Agent West (Michael Rosenbaum)
- Agent Lee (Lauren Tom)
- Agent Rush (Dominique Jennings)
[edit] Episodes
[edit] External links
- The Zeta Project at the Internet Movie Database
- The Zeta Project at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- The Zeta Project @ The World's Finest
- The Zeta Project at TV.com
- The World's Finest Presents - The Zeta Project
| The Bruce Timm DC animated universe | |
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| Television series: | Batman: The Animated Series | Superman: The Animated Series | The New Batman Adventures | The New Batman/Superman Adventures | Batman Beyond | Static Shock | The Zeta Project | Justice League | Justice League Unlimited |
| Feature-length films: | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman |
| Comic books: | Batman Adventures | Superman Adventures | Justice League Adventures | Batman Beyond | Gotham Girls |
| Web cartoons: | Gotham Girls |
| Video Games: | DCAU Video Games |
