Mega Robo Bros is a Science Fiction comic by Neill Cameron that is serialised in the British comic magazine The Phoenix.
Alexander (Alex) and Frederick (Freddy) Sharma are your average boys living with their adopted parents in London. They go to school, they bicker over stuff, they drive their parents up the wall. You know, like average boys do.
Oh, and they're robots.
Yeah, that's kind of important. And because they're robots, their parents want to keep that on the down-low. Thing is, though, that doesn't always work out. Because there's currently some mystery robot out there who seems rather keen on them.
The book was released on June 2nd, 2016, which is followed by a sequel released in the same year known as Mega Robo Rumble, and another sequel released in January 2019 known as Mega Robo Revenge, which is about the two bros' half-brother Wolfram returning to get revenge on Dr. Nita Sharma for what happened during the events of Super Robo Seven (a comic that tells a story on what happened before Mega Robo Bros' events).
The first three books are, starting from 5 August 2021 to 4 August 2022, remade into newer editions titled, Power Up, Double Threat, Robot Revenge, and Meltdown, the latter two were parts 1 and 2 of Mega Robo Revenge respectively.
A fifth book, Next Level was released on 4 May 2023 and became one of the first Mega Robo Bros books to be released in the new edition books' format, followed by their sixth book, Carnival Crisis releasing on 3 August 2023.
A spinoff novel series focusing more on Freddy called the Awesome Robot Chronicles was released beginning with the book Freddy Vs. School in 7 January 2021, with a sequel titled Freddy and The New Kid releasing on 1 July 2021, followed by Freddy The Superstar, which was released on 2 June 2022.
Mega Robo Bros contains examples of:
- Ambiguous Gender Identity: Alex shows signs of this in books 2 and 3, as he wonders if he is a girl after Jamal says he's one, can't decide whether to get a Blue (Action & Adventure) or Pink (Friends & Feelings) Choki Egg, changes his colour scheme to Pink and joins the girl's football team.
- British Royal Guards: Giant robot versions guard the palace. In Book 1 they're hacked by Robot 23 to attack the royal family, who are saved by Alex and Freddy.
- Catapult Nightmare: Alex suffers from one near the beginning of book 1, which unfortunately for him, foreshadows his connection to Robot 23.
- Clothing Damage: Alex and Freddy have these in book 1 while fighting giant robot palace guards hacked by Robot 23. They also receive these BIG TIME while fighting Wolfram in book 3.
- Cool Big Sis: Susie Nichols, the babysitter and handler of Alex and Freddy and one of R.A.I.D.'s agents.
- Cool Train: The London Central Skyline, which is a wheel-less train that runs through "Grav Tubes". Robot 23 hacks it in Book 1 to open the doors while the train's still moving, and shut down the Grav Tube to have the train fall out. Luckily, Alex and Freddy save the day.
- Coming of Age Story: for both Alex and Freddy, as they deal with normal kid problems growing up while being the youngest agents of R.A.I.D.
- Darker and Edgier: The rest of the books are more intense when compared to the first books, albeit without losing its humor and heartwarming moments.
- Flying Car: All vehicles in this world fly.
- Fun with Acronyms: The organization that Alex and later Freddy work for is called R.A.I.D., which stands for Robotics Analysis, Intelligence, and Defense.
- Happily Adopted: Alex and Freddy, by Dr Nita Sharma and her husband.
- Kid Hero: The titular bros themselves.
- Logical Weakness: Alex and Freddy deduce in Book 1 that, since Alex and Robot 23 are from the same facility, Robot 23 is likely just as susceptible to Magnetic Pulse Generators as Alex.
- Prequel: Super Robo Seven is this to Mega Robo Bros.
- The Ghost: Dr. Roboticus, the creator of both Alex and Freddy, Wolfram, and the entire team of Super Robo Seven.
- Subverted as Wolfram isn't dead, unlike what R.A.I.D. had thought.
- Wake Up, Go to School & Save the World
- Would Hurt a Child: The villains have no qualms about trying to defeat and even outright harm Alex and Freddy, which is probably due to the fact that both of them are the most powerful robots on Earth capable of super powers such as shooting laser beams out of their hands, flying using their rocket booster feet, super strength, and even punch/hit things with a lot of power.
- You Are Number 6: Robot 23 is simply called that.
