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My Life as a Teenage Robot
''My Life as a Teenage Robot'' is an American animated superhero comedy television series created by Rob Renzetti for Nickelodeon. It was produced by Frederator Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Set in the fictional town of Tremorton, ...
'' is an American animated superhero science fantasy television series created by
Rob Renzetti
Robert John Renzetti is an American animator and author. Renzetti is known for creating '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'' and the ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' series '' Mina and the Count'' for Nickelodeon, directing ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''The Powerpu ...
. It was produced by
Frederator Studios
Frederator Studios is an American animation television production studio which is a division of Frederator Networks, Inc. It was founded by Fred Seibert in 1997 with its first series launching in 1998. (Seibert resigned from Frederator in Augu ...
and
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Nickelodeon Animation Studio is an American animation studio owned by Paramount Global. It has created many original television programs for Nickelodeon, such as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''The Fairly OddParents'', ''Rugrats'' and ''Avatar: The ...
with
Rough Draft Studios
Rough Draft Studios, Inc. is an American animation production studio based in Glendale, California, with a second studio in Glendale and its sister studio Rough Draft Korea located in Seoul, South Korea. The studio was founded in Van Nuys, Los A ...
providing the animation services.
Set in the fictional town of Tremorton, the series follows the adventures of a robot girl named XJ-9, or Jenny, as she prefers to be called, who attempts to juggle her duties of protecting
Earth
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while trying to live a normal
human
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life as a teenager.
A
backdoor pilot
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie), in television in the United States, United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a te ...
for the series, entitled "My Neighbor Was a Teenage Robot", originally aired a segment of an episode of ''
Oh Yeah! Cartoons
''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' is an American animated anthology series that aired on Nickelodeon. Created by Fred Seibert, it was produced by Frederator Incorporated and Nickelodeon Animation Studio, running as part of Nickelodeon's Nicktoons lineup. I ...
'' on December 4, 1999. The series originally aired in the United States on
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
from August 1, 2003, to September 9, 2005. The third season aired in
Asia
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from January 13, 2006, to March 30, 2007, and later in the
United States
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from October 4, 2008, to May 2, 2009, on
Nicktoons
Nicktoons is a collective name used by Nickelodeon for their original animated series. All Nicktoons are produced partly at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio and list Nickelodeon's parent company (Viacom, now known as Paramount Global) in their ...
. A total of 40 episodes (76 segments) were produced over the course of 3 seasons. The entire series has been made available on DVD and
digital purchase.
Series overview
Episodes
Backdoor pilot (1999)
A
backdoor pilot
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie), in television in the United States, United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a te ...
for the series, entitled "My Neighbor Was a Teenage Robot", originally aired as a segment in an episode of the
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
series ''
Oh Yeah! Cartoons
''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' is an American animated anthology series that aired on Nickelodeon. Created by Fred Seibert, it was produced by Frederator Incorporated and Nickelodeon Animation Studio, running as part of Nickelodeon's Nicktoons lineup. I ...
'' on December 4, 1999.
Season 1 (2003–04)
The series entered pre-production in 2001 and production of the first season officially started in March 2002 and wrapped in November 2002.
Season 2 (2004–05)
Production of the second season began in January 2004 and ended in March 2005. "Victim of Fashion" was the first episode produced for the season and "Escape from Cluster Prime" was the last.
Note: All episodes in this season were directed by
Chris Sauve
Chris Sauvé is a Canadian Animation, animator. He has done some directing, but works primarily as an animator. He has worked on several television shows (''The Raccoons, The Ren & Stimpy Show'', ''Futurama'', ''Baby Blues'', and ''My Life as a Te ...
and
Rob Renzetti
Robert John Renzetti is an American animator and author. Renzetti is known for creating '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'' and the ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' series '' Mina and the Count'' for Nickelodeon, directing ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''The Powerpu ...
, with the exceptions of "Escape from Cluster Prime", which was directed by
Chris Savino
Christopher Mason Savino (born October 2, 1971) is an American writer, comic book artist, and former animator. He is well-known as the creator of the animated series ''The Loud House''. Savino has also worked on ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', ''Dexte ...
and Rob Renzetti, and "Robot Riot", which was directed by John Fountain and Rob Renzetti.
Season 3 (2006–07)
The third and final season entered production in January 2005 and ended in April 2006. The show was cancelled halfway through production in October 2005. "Weapons of Mass Distraction" was the first episode produced for the season.
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