History WesternAnimation / RoboRoach

* CanadaEh: In the Christmas Special, Santa Claus has a thick Canadian accent.

Now he's the roach with the most. Roboroach. (ROACH!)\\
He don't like to boast. Roboroach. (ROACH!)\\

Roboroach and Reg!\\
Roboroach.\\
Roboroach (and Reg).''

Roboroach is a Canadian AnimatedSeries created by Canadian cartoon screenwriter J.D. Smith. It was released on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in 2001 and produced by Creator/PortfolioEntertainment (which would go on to make a couple other cartoons for Teletoon, like ''WesternAnimation/CarlSquared'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Freaktown}}'').

The show follows Rubin "Rube" Roach (voice of Creator/ScottThompson), a cockroach living in the insect-populated city of Vexburg, which is situated inside the walls of a laboratory. One night, Rube is caught by scientists and becomes a guinea pig for an experiment, wherein he had microchips inserted into his body. He is saved by his brother Reginald "Reg" Roch (voice of Creator/TedDykstra), but as they escape, Rube jumps into a wall socket and gets a nasty shock that changes him into a powerful cyborg cockroach called "Roboroach". Swearing an oath to never utilize his new powers for self-gain, Roboroach uses his cyborg implements to do all kinds of good deeds for the citizens of Vexburg while living with Reg, who is perpetually discontent with his brother's refusal to put his array of abilities for money-making purposes and desperately wants to be rich.

!!''Roboroach'' contains examples of:

* BraggingThemeTune: Of course Roboroach doesn't like to boast, the theme song does that for him. See the lyrics in the page quote.

* {{Cyborg}}: Rube Roach, the titular Roboroach, is a cockroach who was turned into a cyborg by a science experiment. He swears to use his cyborg abilities only for good and selfless reasons.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roboroach.jpg]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: Reg has "Why me? why me? Why all the time me?"

Roboroach is a Canadian AnimatedSeries created by Canadian cartoon screenwriter J.D. Smith. It was released on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in 2002 and produced by Creator/PortfolioEntertainment (which would go on to make a couple other cartoons for Teletoon, like ''WesternAnimation/CarlSquared'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Freaktown}}'').

The series ran from December 2nd, 2002 to June 22nd, 2004, and had two seasons with a total of 52 episodes.

* GrumpyAndGleefulPairing: Reg is a greedy and grouchy JerkAss who'll do anything for cash whereas Rube is a dimwitted yet KindheartedSimpleton who wants to do the right thing.

* PerpetualFrowner: Reg is always seen with a grumpy frown om his face to contrast Rube who's a PerpetualSmiler.

Roboroach is a Canadian AnimatedSeries created by J.D. Smith. It was released on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in 2002 and produced by Creator/PortfolioEntertainment (which would go on to make a couple other cartoons for Teletoon, like ''WesternAnimation/CarlSquared'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Freaktown}}'').

Roboroach is a Canadian AnimatedSeries created by J.D. Smith. It was released on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in 2002 and produced by Creator/PortfolioEntertainment.

->''Why me? Why, all the time, me?''

[[caption-width-right:350:The duo's here[[note]]From left to right: [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Reg]] and [[KindheartedSimpleton Rubin]][[/note]].]]

about a roach named [[{{KindheartedSimpleton}} Rube]] with a high-tech shell.\\

Unlike his brother [[{{ButtMonkey}} Reg]] (he's got all the edge).\\

* BornUnlucky: Reg always gets injured, inconvenienced, and screwed over, although some of it ''is'' his own fault.

* {{Catchphrase}}: Reg has "Why me? why me? Why all the time me?"
* CanadaEh: In the Christmas Special, Santa Claus has a thick Canadian accent.

The show follows Rubin "Rube" Roach (voice of Creator/ScottThompson)), a cockroach living in the insect-populated city of Vexburg, which is situated inside the walls of a laboratory. One night, Rube is caught by scientists and becomes a guinea pig for an experiment, wherein he had microchips inserted into his body. He is saved by his brother Reginald "Reg" Roch (voice of Creator/TedDykstra), but as they escape, Rube jumps into a wall socket and gets a nasty shock that changes him into a powerful cyborg cockroach called "Roboroach". Swearing an oath to never utilize his new powers for self-gain, Roboroach uses his cyborg implements to do all kinds of good deeds for the citizens of Vexburg while living with Reg, who is perpetually discontent with his brother's refusal to put his array of abilities for money-making purposes and desperately wants to be rich.

The show follows Rubin "Rube" Roach, a cockroach living in the insect-populated city of Vexburg, which is situated inside the walls of a laboratory. One night, Rube is caught by scientists and becomes a guinea pig for an experiment, wherein he had microchips inserted into his body. He is saved by his brother Reginald ("Reg"), but as they escape, Rube jumps into a wall socket and gets a nasty shock that changes him into a powerful cyborg cockroach called "Roboroach". Swearing an oath to never utilize his new powers for self-gain, Roboroach uses his cyborg implements to do all kinds of good deeds for the citizens of Vexburg while living with Reg, who is perpetually discontent with his brother's refusal to put his array of abilities for money-making purposes and desperately wants to be rich.

* AlliterativeName: '''R'''ubin '''R'''oach and '''R'''eginald '''R'''oach.

Roboroach (and Reg).''\\
-->''The BraggingThemeTune.''

Roboroach is a Canadian AnimatedSeries released on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in 2002 and produced by Creator/PortfolioEntertainment.

The show follows Rubin "Rube" Roach, a cockroach living in the city of Vexburg, which is situated inside the walls of a laboratory. One night, Rube was caught by scientists and become a guinea pig for an experiment, wherein he had microchips inserted into his body. He was saved by his brother Reginald ("Reg"), but as they were escaping, Rube jumps into a wall socket and gets a nasty shock, which changes him into a powerful cyborg cockroach called "Roboroach". Now Roboroach uses his powers to defend the city from all sorts of evil, while living with his brother Reg, who doesn't like living in their tiny house and wants to be rich.

* {{Downer Ending}}: Pretty much every single episode ends like this (mainly because of Reg losing whatever riches he's managed to gain whether he has it coming or not), [[spoiler: and even the series finale ends this way, with the usual ending of Reg sobbing over his lost riches and Rube being completely oblivious to it.]]
%%* {{Cyborg}}: Rubin Roach, the titular Roboroach.

* {{Failure is the Only Option}}: Nearly ''every single episode'' ends with Reg and Rube either losing all their money, getting lost and getting directions back home written in a language they can't understand, not getting any money at all due to Rube's [[{{KindheartedSimpleton}} generous idiocy]], or with some contrived coincidence causing Reg and Rube to lose everything anyway.

* {{Jerk With A Heart of Gold}}: While Reg can be selfish most of the time, it clearly comes from living in poverty and starvation and he never outright antagonizes anyone. He has also shown on many occasions he cares about Rube deep down.

* {{Kick the Dog}}: Even when Reg does the right thing, he still tends to get [[{{YanktheDogsChain}} screwed over badly]] for the sake of KafkaComedy
* KindheartedSimpleton: Rubin's heart is definitely bigger than his brain.

* MouseWorld: Well, Cockroach World is more accurate, but this can apply to the city of Vexburg.
* SadistShow: The fact that nearly ''every'' episode ends with Reg sobbing and in some cases getting hurt right afterwards whether he deserves it or not should clue you in. Some episodes just end poorly for him out of nowhere for the sole reason of giving him misfortune at the end.

Roboroach is a Canadian AnimatedSeries released on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in 2002 and produced by Portfolio Entertainment.

* {{Failure is the Only Option}}: Nearly ''every single episode'' ends with Reg and Rube either losing all their money, getting lost and getting directions back home written in a language they can't understand, not getting any money at all due to Rube's [[{{KindheartedSimpleton}} generous idiocy]], or with some contrived coincidence causing Reg and Rube to lose everything anyway.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness
** : Reg was kinder and more considerate in early episodes, and the endings were a lot more varied and even ''happier'' in some cases, than they would later become. Heck, Reg even receives money and ''doesn't lose it'' in "Rube Awakening", despite being asleep the whole time. Later episodes would always end in a YanktheDogsChain or a LaserGuidedKarma for Reg, with him always sobbing "Why me? Why all the time, me?" with slight variations depending on the episode.

* BornUnlucky: Reg definitely qualifies. He always gets injured, inconvenienced, and screwed over, although some of it ''is'' his own fault.

* {{Cyborg}}: Rubin Roach, the titular Roboroach.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Reg was kinder and more considerate in early episodes, and the endings were a lot more varied and even ''happier'' in some cases, than they would later become. Heck, Reg even receives money and ''doesn't lose it'' in "Rube Awakening", despite being asleep the whole time. Later episodes would always end in a YanktheDogsChain or a LaserGuidedKarma for Reg, with him always sobbing "Why me? Why all the time, me?" with slight variations depending on the episode.

* SadistShow: Well, mostly. The fact that nearly ''every'' episode ends with Reg sobbing and in some cases getting hurt right afterwards whether he deserves it or not should clue you in. Some episodes just end poorly for him out of nowhere for the sole reason of giving him misfortune at the end.

* {{Downer Ending}}: Pretty much every single episode ends like this, [[spoiler: even the series finale!]]

* {{Downer Ending}}: Pretty much every single episode ends like this.

* BraggingThemeTune: Of course RoboRoach doesn't like to boast, the theme song does that for him. See the lyrics in the page quote.