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'''''Robotboy''''' (2005-2008) is an animated television series. The eponymous protagonist is the latest creation of the world-renowned scientist Professor Moshimo. Due to fears that Robotboy would be stolen by his arch-rival Dr. Kamikazi and his main henchman, Constantine, to be used to take over the world, Professor Moshimo entrusts Robotboy to 10-year-old Tommy Turnbull, his biggest fan. While being protected by Tommy and his two friends, Lola and Gus, or "G-man" as he calls himself, Robotboy learns how to behave and act as if he were a real boy.

* [[A Boy and His X|A Boy And His Robot]]

* [[Adorkable]]: Tommy.

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: ''"STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!"''

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Bambi

* [[Agony of the Feet]]: Happens to Tommy in "The Return of Robotgirl" when Gus puts on a fake titanium butt and dares him to kick it.

* [[Aint No Rule]]: Says a monkey can't be the goalkeeper in a kids' soccer game, apparently. Or a robot playing striker. Or a player switching teams halfway through. Or beating up the ref. Or [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|throwing a bowling ball at your opponent.]] Or playing with five balls at once.

* [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders]]

* [[Animals Hate Him]]: Kamikazi. Dear God.

* [[A Real Man Is a Killer]]: Subverted in "Kamispazi!" when Donnie gives his mom a cooked squirrel with his dad saying that he trapped and skinned it by himself...but then reveals it was actually roadkill.

{{quote| '''Tommy:''' ''(reading a package)'' It's from Professor Moshimo. Maybe a new gamma laser for Robotboy.<br />

'''Lola:''' Or a nuclear fusion missile.<br />

* [[You Fail Biology Forever]]:

** The spider on Robotboy's flashlight in "The Return of Robotgirl" has four eyes instead of eight.

* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: The titular monster from "Clammadon Rising".

** Robotboy's growth capacitor thingy makes him this in "Grow No-Mo!"

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Sussie, Bambi and Princess Justine

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Off-screen, implied to have been done to Robotgirl right before "The Return of Robotgirl".

* [[But Not Too Black]]: Subverted with Lola. You wouldn't mistake her for a white girl, but her eyes ''are'' very blue. And then there's her voice...

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Dr. Kamikazi and Gus. Donnie actually calls Tommy one in "I Want That Toy!"

* [[Cute Mute]]: Miumiu, Moshimo's fiancée, but it's finally subverted at the end of "Grow No-Mo!"

* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: Tommy. Robotboy was also designed with this in mind.

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Robotgirl.

* [[Epic Fail]]: In "The Old Switcharobot", Robotboy-in-Protoboy's-body Super-Activates and prepares to fight Protoboy-in-Robotboy's-body...and then his arm cannon falls out.

* [[Precious Puppies]]: [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|Subverted]] in "Dog-Ra", where the lost puppy adopted by Tommy turns out to be a {{spoiler|Kamikazi robot}}

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Protoboy to Robotboy, Kamikazi to Moshimo, Kurt to Tommy. Especially noticeable in the Robotboy/Protoboy case -- Robotboy was turned evil in a couple of episodes by Kamikazi, but it's always reversed by the end, and Protoboy is pretty much what Robotboy would be if Kamikazi turned him evil without Tommy finding a way to switch him back.

* [[Expy]]: Gus is basically a child friendly [[South Park|Eric Cartman]].

** Robotboy himself is pretty much Astro Boy or Mega Man

* [[Face Palm]]: Protoboy's reaction to Robotboy stopping Robotgirl from making a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in "The Return of Robotgirl".

{{quote| '''[[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|Protoboy:]]''' Oh, brother. What a dummy.}}

* [[Forbidden Fruit]]: Gus's [[Freudian Excuse]] for his obsession with video games and other electronic toys is that his parents are [[Acceptable Religious Targets|Amish]] and [[Against My Religion|forbid such things]].

* [[For Halloween I Am Going As Myself]]: Averted; In the Halloween episode, Tommy disguises himself as Robotboy in order to give Robotboy a chance to dress up as something else.

* [[Genki Girl]]: Robotgirl. Subverted in "The Return of Robotgirl" when she is shown to be very sad and doesn't trust Tommy, Gus or even Robotboy due to choppy memory loss.

{{quote| '''Robotboy:''' Robotgirl, it me, Robotboy! We friends. Search memory.<br />

''(Robotgirl tries to punch Robotboy but misses and hits Gus instead)'' }}

{{quote| '''[[Grand Theft Me|Protoboy-in-Robotboy's-body:]]''' ''(talking to Moshimo)'' You always like Robotboy better than Protoboy! Now get vengeance!}}

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]

* [[Hot Mom]]: Tommy's mom again

* [[Hulk Speak]]: Robot''boy'' talk somewhat like ''dees'' (due to apparently being Japanese).

* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Robotboy uses it on Constantine in "Kamispazi!" to get him to tell where Kamikazi is.

* [[Jerkass]]: Gus.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Kurt throwing a ball at some random crippled kid in "Kami-Chameleon".

* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]: Tommy's dad, Kurt's dad, and Constantine all have one.

{{quote| '''Kurt:''' Hey, Turnbull. Who told you you could breathe my air? Get him, guys!}}

* [[Leitmotif]]: Kamikazi has his own.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Kamikazi again

* [[Magic Pants]]: Lola's dress, in the episode "Gus' Mix".

* [[Missing Mom]]: Lola's mother is never shown.

* [[Nice Hat]]: Kurt and one of his cronies have them, and Tommy's dad sports one in "Foot Brawl".

* [[Panty Shot]]: Several kids in "The Donnienator"; Lola in "Traffic Slam."

** And then there was the quick shot in Traffic Slam where they didn't show her panties, if you know what I mean.

{{quote| '''Tommy:''' Robotboy, what are you doing here? I told you to go home.<br />

'''Robotboy:''' No-o-o! Robotboy like school! }}

* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Tommy's dad obviously prefers Donnie.

* [[People Zoo]]: Auntie Gravitee's intergalactic freakshow. Apparently, Gus is the only human who's freaky enough to fit in there.

* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: Robotboy wanting to become more human is a recurring theme, especially in seasons three and four.

* [[Psycho Prototype]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Protoboy]]. Even before Kamikazi made him evil, he was still one hell of a nutjob -- this is seen in a flashback when Moshimo first activated him and Protoboy's immediate reaction was to beat him up.

* [[Psychic Powers]]: Robotboy's probability calculator in "The Soothsayer".

* [[Retcon]]: In "Brother," Moshimo says that his first encounter with Kamikazi was when he kidnapped Protoboy. Later, in "The Legend of Brainy Yak," Moshimo relates his childhood as a yak herder in the Alps, and notes that a young Kamikazi made fun of one of his yaks.

* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: Robotboy. He's even passed for a human kid at least twice.

* [[Robot Buddy]]: Robotboy.

* [[Robot Kid]]

* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: Poor Lola.

* [[Sleep Mode Size]]: Robotboy's deactivated form.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Bjorn

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: On Donnie's wristband.

* [[Third Person Person]]: Moshimo's robots.

* [[Telescoping Robot]]

** Walter the (apparently male) tapeworm from "Tummy Trouble" inverts this with pink coloration, eyelashes and a high voice.

* [[Three Amigos]]: Tommy, Gus and Lola

''"You're so ugly you made an onion cry. Thank you!"''<br />

''"You're so ugly, when you walk by a toilet, it flushes! Thank you very much!"'' }}

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: Robotboy and Robotgirl to Moshimo, to the point where they (or at least Robotgirl) would willingly sacrifice themselves for him as proven in "The Return of Robotgirl".

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: In the episode "Kami-Chameleon", two of the teachers have weird limbs and different voices (they're actually Kamikazi's cronies in disguise) and Robotboy shows up in gym pretending to be a student.