History WesternAnimation / Robotomy

Take the robotic idea of a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book author, add the creative juices of some the geniuses behind ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', and make it fit for primetime. What you get is ''Robotomy'', a show about two teenage robots, Thrasher (voiced by Creator/PattonOswalt) and Blastus (voiced by Creator/JohnGemberling) and their attempts to get through high school and robo-teenage life. Taking place on a robot planet called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Insanus]], the cast of characters include a SadistTeacher, Mr. Dreadnot (Creator/DanaSnyder), a homicidal SpoiledBrat, and a bi-polar LethalJokeCharacter, Weenus (Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas). Something is destroyed every other second, and [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} some of the jokes make you wonder]] if the series would have been better off on Creator/AdultSwim.

* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:The end of "Frenemy".]]

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Thrasher.

* WorldGoneMad: Planet Insanus.

Take the robotic idea of a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book author, add the creative juices of some the geniuses behind ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', and make it fit for primetime. What you get is ''Robotomy'', a show about two teenage robots (Thrasher[[note]]voiced by Creator/PattonOswalt[[/note]] and Blastus[[note]]voiced by Creator/JohnGemberling[[/note]]) and their attempts to get through high school and robo-teenage life. Taking place on a robot planet called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Insanus]], the cast of characters include a SadistTeacher (Mr. Dreadnot[[note]]voiced by Creator/DanaSnyder[[/note]]), a homicidal SpoiledBrat, and a bi-polar LethalJokeCharacter (Weenus[[note]]voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas[[/note]]). Something is destroyed every other second, and [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} some of the jokes make you wonder if the series would have been better off on]] Creator/AdultSwim.

[[ShortRunners Only lasted one season of ten]] '''[[ShortRunners eleven minute]]''' [[ShortRunners episodes]] because of high production costs and a lack of foreign investment to balance it out (no one outside of the United States wanted to even touch it because the show's excessive violence and rude, suggestive humor would subject it to major censorship in other countries). The show now has somewhat of a cult following, and had an [[SendingStuffToSaveTheShow unsuccessful Facebook campaign to save the show]].

It aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork. (Specifically, right after ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}}'' on Monday nights, since [[InvisibleAdvertising you wouldn't know]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork if we didn't tell you.]])

* HopelessSuitor: Thrasher to Maimy.

* RobotHair: Maimy, Megawatt and Mr. Dreadnot all have "hair".

Take the robotic idea of a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book author, add the creative juices of some the geniuses behind ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', and make it fit for primetime. What you get is ''Robotomy'', a show about two teenage robots (Thrasher[[note]]voiced by Creator/PattonOswalt[[/note]] and Blastus[[note]]voiced by Creator/JohnGemberling[[/note]]) and their attempts to get through high school and robo-teenage life. Taking place on a robot planet called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Insanus]], the cast of characters include a SadistTeacher (Mr. Dreadnot[[note]]voiced by Dana Snyder[[/note]]), a homicidal SpoiledBrat, and a bi-polar LethalJokeCharacter (Weenus[[note]]voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas[[/note]]). Something is destroyed every other second, and [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} some of the jokes make you wonder if the series would have been better off on]] Creator/AdultSwim.

Take the robotic idea of a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book author, add the creative juices of some the geniuses behind ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', and make it fit for primetime. What you get is ''Robotomy'', a show about two teenage robots (Thrasher[[note]]voiced by Creator/PattonOswalt[[/note]] and Blastus[[note]]voiced by Creator/JohnGemberling[[/note]]) and their attempts to get through high school and robo-teenage life. Taking place on a robot planet called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Insanus]], the cast of characters include a SadistTeacher (Mr. Dreadnaught[[note]]voiced by Dana Snyder[[/note]]), a homicidal SpoiledBrat, and a bi-polar LethalJokeCharacter (Weenus[[note]]voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas[[/note]]). Something is destroyed every other second, and [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} some of the jokes make you wonder if the series would have been better off on]] Creator/AdultSwim.

* MindScrewdriver: WordOfGod is that the show is a metaphor for highschool as a battleground.

* DarkerAndEdgier: This was darker and edgier compared to the other shows airing on Cartoon Network at the time, but this show was a more- or less-toned-down version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}''. It had the gratuitous violence and chaotic, trippy animation, but it's robots getting killed and pummeled, not humans, so there's no need for censorship issues over bloodletting, gruesome, imitable violence, and death. However, during production, the crew had to constantly be reminded that the show was airing in primetime, and warned them not to go ''too much'' into Creator/AdultSwim content.

* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: The essential part of the show. On Insanus, violence is the norm and robots with malfunctioning psycho-chips are essentially treated as special-ed kids and are disposed of via rocket into the sun due to not being violent enough by the planet's standards. Blastus painting a picture of his mom and him hugging is [{DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything treated by his mother as filthy pornography.]]

* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: The essential part of the show. On Insanus, violence is the norm and robots with malfunctioning psycho-chips are essentially treated as special-ed kids and are disposed of via rocket into the sun due to not being violent enough by the planet's standards. Blastus painting a picture of his mom and him hugging is treated by his mother as filthy pornography.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: On Insanus, violence towards your fellow robots is basically seen as the norm. It's all an inconvenience at best due to how DeathIsCheap there.

* DarkerAndEdgier/ LighterAndSofter: This was darker and edgier compared to the other shows airing on Cartoon Network at the time, but this show was a more- or less-toned-down version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}''. It had the gratuitous violence and chaotic, trippy animation, but it's robots getting killed and pummelled, not humans, so there's no need for censorship issues over bloodletting, gruesome, imitable violence, and death. However, during production, the crew had to constantly be reminded that the show was airing in primetime, and warned them not to go ''too much'' into Creator/AdultSwim content. It didn't stop them from ''trying''.

* CrapsackWorld: Planet Insanus.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist and AnyoneCanDie: A variation; almost all the robots, including the main characters, get destroyed constantly... but are fixed or rebuilt with no harm done a few minutes later.

* RecycledInSpace: It's WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}...WITH ROBOTS!

Take the robotic idea of a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book author, add the creative juices of some the geniuses behind ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', and make it fit for primetime. What you get is ''Robotomy'', a show about two teenage robots (Thrasher[[note]]voiced by Patton Oswalt[[/note]] and Blastus[[note]]voiced by John Gemberling[[/note]]) and their attempts to get through high school and robo-teenage life. Taking place on a robot planet called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Insanus]], the cast of characters include a SadistTeacher (Mr. Dreadnaught[[note]]voiced by Dana Snyder[[/note]]), a homicidal SpoiledBrat, and a bi-polar LethalJokeCharacter (Weenus[[note]]voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas[[/note]]). Something is destroyed every other second, and [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} some of the jokes make you wonder if the series would have been better off on]] Creator/AdultSwim.

-->Oh, Tickle Me Psycho is big and bad
-->He'll maul your mom and eat your dad
-->He's not your friend
-->He's a furry foe
-->His name is Tickle Me Psycho!
* PowerTrio: Thrasher, Blastus, and Weenus.

* TheLudovicoTechnique: After they find Thrasher helping out a plant, his friends and Gore-Ax use this technique to brainwash him into hating plants but since they cannot find the right video (the one they initially used was a ''Twilight'' parody that the Gore-Ax called "[the movie] that makes you stupid"), they use one about "[[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine talking trains]]" instead.

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Take the robotic idea of a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book author, add the creative juices of some the geniuses behind ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', and make it fit for primetime. What you get is ''Robotomy'', a show about two teenage robots (Thrasher[[note]]voiced by Patton Oswalt[[/note]] and Blastus[[note]]voiced by John Gemberling[[/note]]) and their attempts to get through high school and robo-teenage life. Taking place on a robot planet called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Insanus]], the cast of characters include a SadistTeacher (Mr. Dreadnaught[[note]]voiced by Dana Snyder[[/note]]), a homicidal SpoiledBrat, and a bi-polar LethalJokeCharacter (Weenus[[note]]voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas[[/note]]). Something is destroyed every other second, and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar some of the jokes make you wonder if the series would have been better off on]] Creator/AdultSwim.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: To put it bluntly, watching this show will make you wonder why the infamous pilot short ''WesternAnimation/JoeyToTheWorld'' caused problems with Cartoon Network, but this show got greenlit for 10 episodes...''and'' the censors didn't seem to notice or care that the people they got to do ''Robotomy'' are the same ones behind the hyper-violent, hyper-gory, extremely tripped-out Creator/AdultSwim show ''Superjail!''.

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Robots seem to have no qualms about mercilessly destroying each other, which is even encouraged due to death having no lasting effect.

* TemporalParadox: Occurs in the first episode. [[spoiler:Thrasher and Blastus end up having to destroy their past selves in order to protect the "space-time containment".]]

Take the robotic idea of a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book author, add the creative juices of some the geniuses behind ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', and make it fit for primetime. What you get is ''Robotomy'', a show about two teenage robots (Thrasher and Blastus) and their attempts to get through high school. Taking place on a robot planet called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Insanus]], the cast of characters include a SadistTeacher, a homicidal SpoiledBrat, and a bi-polar LethalJokeCharacter. Something is destroyed every other second, and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar some of the jokes make you wonder if the series would have been better off on]] Creator/AdultSwim.

[[ShortRunners Only lasted one season of ten]] '''[[ShortRunners eleven minute]]''' [[ShortRunners episodes]] because of high production costs and a lack of foreign investment to balance it out (no one outside of the United States wanted to even touch it because the amount of violence wouldn't make it past the censors). The show now has somewhat of a cult following, and had an [[SendingStuffToSaveTheShow unsuccessful Facebook campaign to save the show]].