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* EvilSoundsDeep: Umbra, who Creator/FrankWelker voiced similarly to [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]] and [[WesternAnimation/DinoRiders Krulos]].
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* OddNameOut: Crunch is the only Orbot whose name isn't an anagram of letters from Orbot/Robot.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: The episode "Leviathan" was hurt by the production team not defining pronunciation for the planet they're on that episode. We get different characters calling the same planet "REE-los" and [[Film/TheLastStarfighter "RYE-los"]].

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%%* BecomeARealBoy: This is the result of Ohno's wish. Unfortunately, it turns out [[spoiler:the Orbots cannot combine without her]].
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-->'''Rob:'''When we catch it, you can ask it!
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** Rob, as well, being shown eating a huge dagwood in the first episode.

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** Rob, Rob as well, being shown eating a huge dagwood in the first episode.
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* EasilyForgiven: "Devil's Asteroid" has Rob betray the Orbots at their trial when an evil lookalike's been running rampant across space, saying they're the actual guilty parties. When he and Ohno show up to break them out of jail later, none of them seems to even remember that.
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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Devil's Asteroid, an inescapable penal colony in case. Supposedly. Near the end of the episode Rob and Ohno easily navigate the minefield surrounding it, slip inside, and within minutes have rescued their entire team.

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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Devil's Asteroid, an inescapable penal colony in case.space. Supposedly. Near the end of the episode Rob and Ohno easily navigate the minefield surrounding it, slip inside, and within minutes have rescued their entire team.
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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Devil's Asteroid, an inescapable penal colony in case. Supposedly. Near the end of the episode Rob and Ohno easily navigate the minefield surrounding it, slip inside, and within minutes have rescued their entire team.
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** And though they did resort to this like most robot anime, they did put in the effort ot vary it to the circumstances sometimes, such as in "The Cosmic Circus" where the launch/combination sequence is actually shown in front of night backgrounds since that's when it takes place.

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** And though they did resort to this like most robot anime, they did put in the effort ot to vary it to the circumstances sometimes, such as in "The Cosmic Circus" where the launch/combination sequence is actually shown in front of night backgrounds since that's when it takes place.
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* LovesMyAlterEgo: Rob and his mostly hopeless attempts to attract Dia into a relationship, versus her crush on him in his secret identity as leader of the Orbots.
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%%* ExtremeOmnivore: Crunch.

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%%* * ExtremeOmnivore: Crunch.Crunch, whose power is to eat anything.
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%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Bo and Boo.

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%%* * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Bo The brash, pranksterish Bo, and the quiet, somewhat more traditionally feminine Boo.
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%%* SwissArmyWeapon: This is Bort's contribution to Orbots.

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%%* * SwissArmyWeapon: This is Bort's contribution to Orbots.Orbots, turning himself into whatever tool they need for any given job.
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%%* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Bort, as well as the villain Plasmus.

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%%* * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Bort, as well as the villain Plasmus.Plasmus, who both have the power to shapeshift into whatever's handy at the time.
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%%* TheSmartGuy: Rob Simmons.

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%%* * TheSmartGuy: Rob Simmons.Simmons, the inventor who came up with a team of superhero robots that combine into one giant superhero robot.

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%% Reindent after giving context to below.
%%** Rob Simmons.

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%%**
** Rob Simmons.Simmons, who wears glasses in his secret identity and an open-face helmet as the "Orbots' commander", and is never recognized even by the people he works with in his day job at the Galactic Patrol, like Dia.
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%%* BigBad: Umbra

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%%* * BigBad: UmbraUmbra, the gigantic "cyborg computer" ruler of SHADOW.
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%%* BigEater:
%%** Crunch, naturally.
%%** Rob, as well.

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%%* * BigEater:
%%** ** Crunch, naturally.
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naturally, whose whole power is eating anything, and who's been known to defeat MechaMooks by just devouring them.
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Rob, as well.well, being shown eating a huge dagwood in the first episode.
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%%* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Ohno in "Wish World"

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%%* * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Ohno in "Wish World"World", who wishes to be human so Rob will take her more seriously. Except as a human she doesn't have the mechanism to activate Mighty Orbots.
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%%* TheBigGuy: Tor.

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%%* * TheBigGuy: Tor.Tor, whose power is SuperStrength.
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* BadBoss: When a Shadow agent finds himself stranded on an uninhabited planet after completing his mission, Umbra just leaves him there. Luckily for him the Orbots are more willing to help.

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* BadBoss: When a Shadow agent finds himself stranded on an uninhabited planet after completing his mission, Umbra just leaves him there.there because he doesn't need the guy anymore and it's not worth the resources sending someone to rescue one guy. Luckily for him the Orbots are more willing to help.

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* ActionGirl: Dia, Bo, and Boo.

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* %%* ActionGirl: Dia, Bo, and Boo.



* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Ohno in "Wish World"
* [[BecomeARealBoy Become A Real Girl]]: This is the result of Ohno's wish. Unfortunately, it turns out [[spoiler:the Orbots cannot combine without her]].
* BigBad: Umbra
* BigEater:
** Crunch, naturally.
** Rob, as well. See the DagwoodSandwich example below.
* TheBigGuy: Tor.

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* %%* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Ohno in "Wish World"
* [[BecomeARealBoy Become A Real Girl]]: %%* BecomeARealBoy: This is the result of Ohno's wish. Unfortunately, it turns out [[spoiler:the Orbots cannot combine without her]].
* %%* BigBad: Umbra
* %%* BigEater:
** %%** Crunch, naturally.
** %%** Rob, as well. See the DagwoodSandwich example below.
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TheBigGuy: Tor.



* ClarkKenting:
** Rob Simmons.
** The Orbots themselves, who had more rounded "civilian" modes and blockier, more angular "Orbots modes".

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* ClarkKenting:
** Rob Simmons.
** The
ClarkKenting:The Orbots themselves, who had more rounded "civilian" modes and blockier, more angular "Orbots modes".modes".
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%%** Rob Simmons.



* TheCommissionerGordon: Rondu, literally AFatherToHisMen since Dia is his daughter.

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* %%* TheCommissionerGordon: Rondu, literally AFatherToHisMen since Dia is his daughter.



* DeflectorShields: Boo can project energy to form one of these.

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* %%* DeflectorShields: Boo can project energy to form one of these.



* DysonSphere: Umbra's home base, the Shadow Star.
* TheEighties

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* %%* DysonSphere: Umbra's home base, the Shadow Star.
* TheEighties
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* ExtremeOmnivore: Crunch.

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* %%* ExtremeOmnivore: Crunch.



* FantasticRacism, Dr. Phoenix implies that being a cyborg, half machine, half humanoid, left him an outcast to both. Ohno points out that it's been 200 years since then, and such prejudices are a thing of the past.

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* FantasticRacism, FantasticRacism: Dr. Phoenix implies that being a cyborg, half machine, half humanoid, left him an outcast to both. Ohno points out that it's been 200 years since then, and such prejudices are a thing of the past.



* NebulousEvilOrganisation: Shadow.

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* [[PoweredByAForsakenChild Powered By A Forsaken Robot]]: Ohno serves as the ignition key for the CombiningMecha to function, allowing Rob to pilot it with Ohno assisting. Of course when she is turned into a human girl (in episode 2), the others can't combine.

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* [[PoweredByAForsakenChild Powered By A Forsaken Robot]]: PoweredByAForsakenChild: Ohno serves as the ignition key for the CombiningMecha to function, allowing Rob to pilot it with Ohno assisting. Of course when she is turned into a human girl (in episode 2), the others can't combine.



* PsychicPowers: Rondu and Drennin.
* TheQuisling: [[spoiler: Drennin]]

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* %%* PsychicPowers: Rondu and Drennin.
* %%* TheQuisling: [[spoiler: Drennin]]



* RobotGirl: Bo, Boo, and Ohno.

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* %%* RobotGirl: Bo, Boo, and Ohno.



* ShrinkingViolet: Boo.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Tor.
* TheSmartGuy: Rob Simmons.
* SmurfettePrinciple: Avoided by the fact that there are more female recurring characters than male in the series.

* SpaceElves: Rondu and (to a lesser extent) Dia.

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* %%* ShrinkingViolet: Boo.
* %%* SmallNameBigEgo: Tor.
* %%* TheSmartGuy: Rob Simmons.
* SmurfettePrinciple: Avoided by the fact that there are more female recurring characters than male in the series.

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%%* SpaceElves: Rondu and (to a lesser extent) Dia.



* SwissArmyWeapon: This is Bort's contribution to Orbots.

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* %%* SwissArmyWeapon: This is Bort's contribution to Orbots.



* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Bo and Boo.

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* %%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Bo and Boo.



* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Bort, as well as the villain Plasmus.

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* %%* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Bort, as well as the villain Plasmus.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The shows that appear on Boo's computerized TV Guide in "Trapped on the Prehistoric Planet" have a number of references to real shows, like "[[Series/LeaveItToBeaver Leave it to Beamer]]", "[[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife It's a Wonderful Planet]]", and "[[Series/ILoveLucy I Like Lazer]]".
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* InformedAttribute: The DerelictGraveyard in "Raid on the Stellar Queen" has supposedly inescapable gravity force. In spite of this, the pirates who are the episode's villains have no problem coming and going as they please, and Mighty Orbots has no trouble escaping it before the cataclysmic explosion at the end (while pushing a cruise ship at the same time, no less).
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* EldritchAbomination: Umbra's look is extremely alien, and is large as a planet's core.

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* EldritchAbomination: Umbra's look is extremely alien, and is large as a planet's core. Doubles as MechanicalAbomination as it's a biomechanical computer.
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* ArtisticLicenseSpace: Lampshaded in ''Jewel of Targon'' where Bort asks how a winged monster can fly through the vacuum of space.



* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay: Lampshaded in ''Jewel of Targon'' where Bort asks how a winged monster can fly through the vacuum of space.

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* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay: Lampshaded in ''Jewel of Targon'' where Bort asks how a winged monster can fly through the vacuum of space.
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* DinnerOrderFlub: Rob makes one at the beginning of "Devil's Asteroid", trying to impress Dia by ordering their dinner in an alien language, only to get something unclassifiable from the waiter.

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* DinnerOrderFlub: Rob makes one at the beginning of "Devil's Asteroid", trying to impress Dia by ordering their dinner in an alien language, only to get something unclassifiable from the waiter. From her reaction it's not the first time he's tried, either.
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* DinnerOrderFlub: Rob makes one at the beginning of "Devil's Asteroid", trying to impress Dia by ordering their dinner in an alien language, only to get something unclassifiable from the waiter.

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