My Life as a Teenage Robot, or Teenage Robot (abbreviated as MLAATR), is Nickelodeon's superhero comedy television franchise created by Rob Renzetti for the Nickelodeon Group (a unit of the ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks division of ViacomCBS). In 1999, The franchise itself is originally pitched by Renzetti only for Frederator Studios' animated shorts showcase Oh Yeah! Cartoons and a pilot titled "My Neighbor is a Teenage Robot", which aired on January 5, 1999. The television series premiered on the Nickelodeon channel on August 1st, 2003 until the cancellation of the show in because of the poor ratings. My Life as a Teenage Robot received mostly positive reviews from critics, being nominated for numerous awards, most prominently one Primetime Emmy Award and eleven Annie Awards.
My Life as a Teenage Robot received mostly positive reviews from critics, being nominated for numerous awards, most prominently one Primetime Emmy Award and eleven Annie Awards.
Plot[]
XJ-9 (or Jenny, as she calls herself) is a highly sophisticated battle robot created by Dr. Norene Wakeman to be a defender of Earth. Despite enjoying her superhero life, Jenny also wants to fit in and live the life of a normal teenage girl. Jenny and Wakeman live in the fictional futuristic town of Tremorton, and live next door to Jenny's best friends Brad and Tuck Carbunkle.
At school, Jenny has an ongoing rivalry with the Crust Cousins, Brit and Tiff, the popular girls in school. She also met and became a close friend to Sheldon Lee, a somewhat stereotypical but very intelligent geek who is madly in love with her.
Adding to her trouble is that Jenny is constantly being dogged by the all-robotic Cluster Empire, whose queen, Vexus, wants her to join their world of robots (by force if necessary).
The show often focuses on making lighthearted fun of typical teenage problems and other conventions of the teenage and superhero lives, mixed up with a blend of action and comedy sequences.
Characters[]
- Main article: List of My Life as a Teenage Robot characters
The franchise's setting[]
The franchise itself most likely sets in the fictional town of Tremorton,
Backdoor Pilot[]
:Main article: My Neighbor is a Teenage Robot
My Neighbor Was A Teenage Robot is the original pilot of My Life as a Teenage Robot. It first aired as part of the Nickelodeon series Oh Yeah! Cartoons on January 5, 1999. The pilot starts after accidentally throwing the baseball into the window of a house next door, Brad Carbunkle sends his brother, Tuck to retrieve the ball, but he meets a beautiful robot girl named XJ9 (She calls herself "Jenny") who gives him the baseball, scaring the pants off of him. Then, he tells his brother there's a robot inside, but he doesn't believe him. Jenny belongs to a scientist named Dr. Nora Wakeman, who wants her to save the world, but she meets Brad, sneaks out, and then hangs out, but Tuck is still afraid of her.
TV series[]
- Main article: My Life as a Teenage Robot (television series)
After finishing the television show's 1999 backdoor pilot, The series' viewer approval ratings led to the commissioning of a half-hour series, which premiered on August 1, 2003; after airing its first two seasons, the series was cancelled in terms of production because of poor ratings. The completed third season eventually aired on Nickelodeon's spinoff network Nicktoons from August 13, 2007 to November 23, 2007, officially ending the series in terms of airing. The series totaled three seasons, each consisting of 13 episodes.
TV Special film[]
:Main article: Escape from Cluster Prime
The one-hour animated television special film was announced in August 12th, 2005 by Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Frederator Studios. The plot starts when the 300-year (tricentennial) anniversary for the town of Tremorton. Queen Vexus and her Cluster drones are again fighting Jenny. Vexus is beaten, but escapes, leaving her teleporter behind. Jenny accidentally ruins everybody's day and the ceremony by causing massive collateral damage to the town. Fed up with her, everyone in town, except for Brad, Tuck, and Sheldon, shuns her very presence and label her as nothing but an irreverent troublemaker, even her own mother, Nora.
Videogame appearances[]
Jenny was featured as a playable character in the PlayStation 2/Wii and Nintendo DS versions of Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots with Janice Kawaye reprising her role as the character Jenny also appears as a playable character in the official mobile game Nickelodeon Super Brawl Universe, the fighting game Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl as the game's first paid DLC character, and the kart racing game Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway, with Kawaye reprising her role in the latter two games. Jenny also appears as a character skin for Smite, and was available during a July 2022 event.
A Story-Writing sequel[]
:Main article: My Life as a Teenage Robot: Alternaversity
On 2023, a written story called My Life as a Teenage Robot: Alternaversity was released by Rob Renzetti, starting on August 1, 2023, with new chapters released irregularly. It serves as a continuation of sorts to My Life as a Teenage Robot and is the first new My Life as a Teenage Robot content since the original series ended in 2006. Alternaversity was announced on Rob Renzetti's official twitter account on June 20, 2023, as unnamed written story that it will be published on Renzetti's online newsletter.
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