Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?

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Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?
The opening picture in the theme song.
Genre	Animated television series
Creator(s)	Greg Miller
Starring	Dee Bradley Baker Jeff Bennett Bobby Block Greg Cipes Grey DeLisle Austin Farmer Gary LeRoi Gray Myles Jeffrey Maurice LaMarche Jonathan Osser Josh Peck Kath Soucie Austin Stout Kyle Sullivan Rip Taylor
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	13 (26 individual)
Production
Running time	approx. 22 mins
Broadcast
Original channel	Cartoon Network
Original run	August 25, 2000 (Pilot Episode) July 19, 2002 – November 14, 2003
Links
IMDb profile

Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? was an American animated television series on Cartoon Network that aired from 2002 to 2004. It aired for one year on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom (2002) and is airing again on Cartoon Network TOO since January 2007.

The series was created by Greg Miller, who made a pilot for the series that was aired in 2000 and competed with other pilots to be picked up by the network. While The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy won the contract, Robot Jones still got a run in 2002.

The protagonist is Robot Jones (1st season: a synthesized voice, actually the Macintalk voice "Junior"); 2nd: Bobby Block), a short automaton who lives in a small city in the U.S. during the 1980s (apparently — the animation style, clothing, and soundtrack all seem to indicate that decade; The Breakfast Club and Summer School are similar indications of this decade). Robot attempts to learn of human nature by attending Polyneux Middle School, where he meets three new friends: Socks (Kyle Sullivan), a taller boy with curly blonde hair; Mitch (Gary Leroi Gray), a headphones-wearing boy whose eyes are hidden by his long hair; and Cubey (Myles Jeffrey), a shorter boy with spiked black hair who wears big, square sunglasses and a Pac-Man t-shirt. He also meets Shannon (Grey DeLisle), a girl whom he likes (unrequitedly) for her large orthodontic appliance and metal prosthetic leg (see abasiophilia).

In each episode, Robot, usually with the help of his friends, gets himself into a situation brought on by his social ineptness and others' lack of understanding. In some episodes he would be tormented by twin brothers Lenny and Denny Yogman (respectively Josh Peck and Austin Stout). At the end of each episode, Robot makes a data log entry, in which he states conclusions that he has arrived at on humanity.

The opening sequence of the show, in which Robot Jones is assembled in a factory and then inserted into a schoolbus, was an homage to the opening sequence of 1980s children's show You Can't Do That On Television, which started with a similar animation of children being assembled in a factory and poured into a schoolbus. The animation style is somewhat similar to that of Schoolhouse Rock!; the artistic style influenced by Paul Coker and Jolly Roger Bradfield.

It was cancelled shortly after production began on its second season due to a sheer lack of support by the Cartoon Network Executives in both the Los Angeles and Atlanta headquarters. In fact, episodes in the second season started at a significantly later time (11pm Eastern) than other premiere shows, and received little to no promotion from the studio. The fact that Robot's voice was changed to a live voice actor also caused dismay among fans of the show, as well as the creator and artists.

In 2005 the series returned to television, albeit in a minor role. Episodes of the series can be seen on occasion on the Cartoon Cartoon show on Cartoon Network along with shorts of other series that have ended long ago (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Cow and Chicken, etc.).

[edit] Characters

Robot Electron Jones is the main character of the series. He is a robot who does whatever he could to fit in the human society which can go array sometimes. Whenever the day ends he adds to his memory called Data Log Entry something he learns through the experience.

Dad Unit is Robot's father. Whenever he says something, he says it twice. One example would be "Listen to you mother! Listen to your mother!" as said in the inaugural episode. He has one hand, wears a tie and almost has a no-nonsense attitude

Mom Unit is Robot's mother. She's pink in color and her hands looked like the ends of a gas pump's hose which she uses for giving fuel to her fellow units.

Timothy "Socks" Morton is the best friend of Robot Jones. He is quite a fanatic to rock music. He has blond curly hair and wears a green jacket. Inspite having some differences in interest and ways, he Robot get along.

Cubey is the shorter guy dark straight hair, wears sunglasses and roller skates. He is a video game lover. When Robot got jumbled in "Cube Wars," he helped fixed the situation.

Mitch Freeman is a lad often seen wearing head phones, a red sweater and sandals. He and Cubey made their first appearances in "Electric Boogaloo," the second episode.

Lenny and Denny Yogman are the notorious young geniuses of the show. They wear red hats, yellow shirts and black sneakers. Lenny is tall while Denny is short. They do whatever to take Robot's brain.

Shannon is an ordinary girl in the school. She wears a purple shirt, and orange skirt, has one green sneaker all kinds mechanical parts like a prostetic leg. She unaware that Robot has a affection on her.

Debbie Morton is Socks' little sister who can see the future. She has purple clothes and her locker is purple. Unlike everyone else she doesn't know Robot Jones is a robot.

[edit] Episode List

#	First half	Second half
1	"Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? (Pilot)"	"Electric Boogaloo"
2	"Politics"	"Growth Spurt"
3	"P.U. to P.E."	"Vacuum Friend"
4	"Parents"	"Embarrassment"
5	"Cube Wars"	"Sickness"
6	"Jealousy"	"Scantron Love"
7	"Gender"	"Math Challenge"
8	"Family Vacation"	"Hair"
9	"The Garage Band"	"Work"
10	"The Yogman's Strike Back"	"Hookie 101"
11	"House Party"	"School Newspaper"
12	"Safety Patrol"	"Popularity"
13	"Summer Camp"	"Rules of Dating"

[edit] External links

• Whatever Happened to Robot Jones at the Internet Movie Database
• Whatever Happened to Robot Jones at TV.com - a description of the show at TV.com
• Whatever Happened to Robot Jones at the Big Cartoon DataBase

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