RoboRoach

RoboRoach
Genre Animated television series
Created by J.D. Smith
Lila Rose
Carolyn Hay
Directed by Drew Edwards
Voices of Ted Dykstra
Scott Thompson
Country of origin Canada
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 52
Production
Executive producer(s) Lisa Olfman
Joy Rosen
Producer(s) Julie Stall
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s) Portfolio Entertainment
Helix Animation
Release
Original network Teletoon (Canada)
Disney XD (Europe)
Animania HD[1]
Original release January 8, 2002 (2002-01-08)[2] – June 14, 2004 (2004-06-14)
External links
Production website

RoboRoach is a Canadian animated television series, which ran on Teletoon in Canada and Disney XD in Europe. It follows the story of a cockroach named Rube and his brother Reg. While scavenging for food, as seen in the opening, Rube is caught and experimented on. His brother saves him, but when they jump in an electrical outlet, Rube is transformed forever into a roboroach, a half-robot half-cockroach. After that, he swears to use his powers only for the good of everyone and never for personal use, which is unfortunate for Reg.

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.[3]

Characters

Villains

Episode list

With Teletoon original airdates in parentheses:[4]

Season 1

Season 2

The show Extermination! in the episode "Battling For Uberbucks / Death of a Salesbug" is a play of the reality show Survivor. The episode "Revenge of the Fleabrain" parodies Superman.

Additional voices

References

  1. "VOOM's Animania HD Acquires Original HD Series Produced by Portfolio Entertainment - AMC Networks Inc.".
  2. "www.teletoon.com". 2 February 2002. Archived from the original on February 2, 2002.
  3. "Export Development Canada (EDC) -- ExportWise (Spring 2004) -- From Roaches to Riches". 20 June 2004. Archived from the original on June 20, 2004.
  4. "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2016-03-02. Archived from the original on 2016-05-16.
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