Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?

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Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?
Image:Logo-robotjones.gif
The opening picture in the theme song.
Genre Animated television series
Running time approx. 22 mins
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
Original channel Cartoon Network
Original run 25 Aug 2000 (Pilot Episode) July 19, 2002 (Season One Starts)–November 14, 2003
No. of episodes 26
IMDb profile

Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? was an American animated television series on Cartoon Network that aired from 2002 to 2004. It only aired for one year in the United Kingdom (2002); after that it was never shown again. 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 voice synthesizer (Mac 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.

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 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.).

The series will air on Cartoon Network TOO in January 2007.

[edit] Episode List

# First half Second half
1 "P.U. to P.E." "Vacuum Friend"
2 "Cube Wars" "Sickness"
3 "Parents" "Embarrassment"
4 "Politics" "Growth Spurt"
5 "Electric Boogaloo" "The Lavender Fude Experience"
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"

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Cartoon Cartoons
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