RoboRoach

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GenreAnimated television series
Created byJ.D. Smith
Lila Rose
Carolyn Hay
Developed byAndy Knight
Directed byDrew Edwards
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  • Paul Koffman
  • Tim Foy
Opening theme"RoboRoach" performed by Big Rude Jake
ComposerTemplate:Pluralize from textPure West
Template:Pluralize from text of originCanada
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52 (104 segments)
Production
Executive producerTemplate:Pluralize from textLisa Olfman
Joy Rosen
ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from textJulie Stall
Running time22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production Template:Pluralize from textPortfolio Entertainment
Original release
NetworkTeletoon
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RoboRoach is a Canadian animated television series that aired on Teletoon in Canada,[1] Animania HD in the United States,[3] and Fox Kids internationally.[4] It follows the story of a cockroach named Ruben and his brother Reginald. While scavenging for food, as seen in the opening, Ruben is caught and experimented on. His brother saves him, but when they jump into an electrical outlet, Ruben is transformed into a robot and cockroach cyborg called a roboroach. After that, he swears to use his powers only for the good of everyone and never for personal use, which is unfortunate for Reginald.

Characters

Main

  • Ruben "Rube" Roach (Scott Thompson), the second-born and younger of the Roach brothers, has been turned into a "super-bug" thanks to being captured and experimented on before he hopped into an electrical outlet and transformed into RoboRoach, gaining shapeshifting abilities and since that day serving as the superhero of Vexberg. He always thinks of others before himself and never accepts gifts of gratitude, and that's the reason why he and his brother live in poverty. Ruben is also quite childish, naïve and believes almost everything anyone tells him.
  • Reginald "Reg" Roach (Ted Dykstra) is the firstborn and eldest of the Roach brothers who always tries to get rich, but always fails. He is overambitious and tries to use his brother's powers to obtain money, but Ruben always turns down reward offers because, as he says: "A good deed is its own reward!". That infuriates Reginald, and he is also quite selfish and bad/ill-tempered. This often causes him a lot of trouble. However, he is still Ruben's big brother regardless and there are times he can cast out his own greed and anger aside just for his big younger brother whenever he believes he might lose his brother and more, showing us he truly cares for his brother and loves him as much as Ruben does for him. His catchphrase is "Why me? Why me? Why, all the time, me?" with slight variations according to the episode.
  • Mayor Mierworm is the mayor of Vexburg. She does not like Ruben or Reginald and thinks of them as menaces. Once she even tried to blame them for a crime they never committed, just to get rid of them. As a politician she is not very good, but seemingly Mayor Mierworm gets re-elected quite often.
  • Skeeter Jettings is the main reporter in the series and can be found announcing the news on Reginald and Ruben's TV. His name is a spoof on Peter Jennings.
  • The Police Chief is RoboRoach's friend and the chief of the police station. Also known for his giggle.
  • Doc is the Roach brothers' personal physician.
  • Sterling Überbucks is CEO and owner of his company "Überbucks Dynamic Concerns". He and his helper Toadie are always trying to get richer at the cost of anything. Sterling has a nephew Stewie Jr., an evil twin brother named Carling and a great-great-great-grandfather named Sterling Überrucks the Very 1st.

Villains

  • Mandible Lecter, a dangerous murderer who kidnaps innocent bugs and eats them.
  • Widow Black, a black widow who marries bugs.
  • The Exterminator, a war-fanatic with a German accent who is considered to be a mercenary.
  • F. Lee Brain, a mad scientist that is bent on conquering the world with the help of his henchman Slug.
  • Ms. Conduct "The Disciplinarian", Ruben and Reginald's former teacher.

Episodes

With Teletoon original airdates in parentheses:[2]

Season 1 (2001)

  1. Reg Bugs Out / Little Big Mouth (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  2. Pains, Drains, and Robomobiles / Jungle Bugs (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  3. Fitness Bug / Runaway Roaches (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  4. Popsicle Pest / Weakened Gladiators (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  5. Sugar Mommy / X-Pet (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  6. Bedridden Bug / Robo Roach: The Movie (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  7. Two Bugs and a Baby / Überland (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  8. Santa's Bitter Helper / Flushed-Aways (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  9. Robo Watch / Sins of the Teacher (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  10. Rube Awakenings / Battling for Uberbucks (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  11. Bug Tusslers / Death of a Salesbug (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  12. Revenge of the Fleabrain / Ghost Bunglers (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  13. Mite Makes Wrong / Good Deed Day (Script error: No such module "Date time".)

Season 2 (2002)

  1. The Flying Roachinis / Cowbugs (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  2. Political Partying / Bugfoot Tetish (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  3. Bugs with Gas / Insectizoids (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  4. Vexburg 500 / Guilty Please (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  5. Family Feud / Robo Reg (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  6. Under the Rainbow / Bed Bug Walking (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  7. Sluggies / Delivery Bugs (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  8. Jockey Shorts / The RoboRoach Show (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  9. The Big Bug Sleep / Prehistoric Pest (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  10. Ruby's Slippers / The President's Brain Is Missing (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  11. Club Dead / Omega Mites (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  12. The Great Reginini / Dustmites Come Home (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  13. The High Cost of Laughing / Loco Hero (Script error: No such module "Date time".)

Season 3 (2003–04)

  1. Shuttle Bugs / Rememberizing Rube (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  2. Ship of Foods / Pipe Reams (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  3. CopRoach Academy / Tooth for a Tooth (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  4. Überpops / Ballwashers Championship (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  5. Office Hours / Miss Vexburg (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  6. The Dapper Dandies of Dusty Gulch / Of Lice and a Men (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  7. Spelunkheads / Giggling Island (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  8. Reggie's Hero / Gourmet Rude (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  9. Mystic Warbugs / X Hits the Spot (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  10. The Miracle of Girth / The Purse of the Mummy (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  11. A Pair Au Pairs / Shocking Tales (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  12. Reality Bytes / Debonairhead (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  13. Elves' Night Off / Loose Sleuths (Script error: No such module "Date time".)
  14. Death Takes A Half Day / Übertrain (January 3, 2004)
  15. The Sacrificial Ham / Bug Brother Is Watching (January 4, 2004)
  16. Space Cadets / Love Bugs (January 11, 2004)
  17. WereRoach / Remote Control Roach (January 18, 2004)
  18. No Pain No Weight Gain / El Regidente (January 25, 2004)
  19. Sins Of The Teacher II / Robo Reunion (February 1, 2004)
  20. Opposites Detract / Robo Nurse (February 8, 2004)
  21. Night Of The Living Beds / Superhero Sampler (March 7, 2004)
  22. Reggie's Eleven / Easter Charade (March 14, 2004)
  23. It's A Mad Mad Mad Reg / Gold Fever (March 21, 2004)
  24. Spitting Images / Youth Juice (June 12, 2004)
  25. The Living Bro / The Fly Who Loved Me (June 13, 2004)
  26. Road To Ubugme / Ticking Time Bug (June 14, 2004)

Production

The series is based on true stories about Japanese scientists who implanted cameras and mini-computers in cockroaches and sent them into disaster zones to look for life signs.[5][6]

A 26-episode third season of the show was announced in early 2003.[7] Disney Media Distribution owns the show's international rights.

Notes

The show Extermination! in the episode "Battling for Uberbucks / Death of a Salesbug" is a play on the reality show Survivor. The episode "Revenge of the Fleabrain" parodies Superman. The episode "Ghost Bunglers" is based on the Ghostbusters film series.

The episode "The Fly Who Loved Me" is based on the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me.

References

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