My Life as a Teenage Robot

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My Life as a Teenage Robot
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Genre Comedy
Action-adventure
Comic science fiction
Science fantasy
Superhero
Science fiction
Animated sitcom
Created by Rob Renzetti
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  • Rob Renzetti
  • Alex Kirwan
  • Joseph Holt
  • Jill Friemark
  • Dan Krall (season 1)
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Theme music composer Peter Lurye
Composer(s) James L. Venable
Paul Dinletir[1]
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 40 (76 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Rob Renzetti
Fred Seibert
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) Frederator Studios
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Release
Original network Nickelodeon (2003–05)
Nicktoons (2008–09)[Note 1]
Picture format NTSC
Original release August 1, 2003 (2003-08-01) –
May 2, 2009 (2009-05-02)[Note 1]
Chronology
Related shows Oh Yeah! Cartoons
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

My Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated science fiction superhero comedy television series created by Rob Renzetti for Nickelodeon. It was produced by Frederator Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studio.[2][3] Set in the fictional town of Tremorton, the series follows the adventures of a robot super-heroine named XJ-9, or Jenny, as she prefers to be called, who attempts to juggle her duties of protecting Earth while trying to live a normal human life as a teenage girl.[4]

Renzetti pitched the series to Frederator Studios' animated shorts showcase Oh Yeah! Cartoons and a pilot titled "My Neighbor is a Teenage Robot", which aired on January 5, 1999.[3] Viewer approval ratings led to the commissioning of a half-hour series, which premiered on August 1, 2003; after airing its first two seasons, the series was cancelled on October 17, 2005. The completed third season eventually aired on Nickelodeon's spinoff network Nicktoons from October 4, 2008, until ending its run on May 2, 2009. The series totaled three seasons, each consisting of 13 episodes.

Overview

My Life as a Teenage Robot is set in the fictional town of Tremorton and focuses on making lighthearted fun of typical teenage issues and conventions of works relating to teenagers and superheros. The series follows XJ-9 ("Jenny Wakeman", as she prefers to be called; voiced by Janice Kawaye), who is a highly sophisticated state-of-the-art sentient gynoid automaton robot girl created by her mother Dr. Nora Wakeman (Candi Milo), an elderly robotics scientist, five years before the series. Jenny is Earth's protector, armed with a wide range of weapons and devices, but simply wants to live the life of a normal teenager. She was preceded in development by eight other models; in season 1, the episode "Sibling Tsunami" introduced XJs 1–8.

Jenny's friends are her neighbors Brad (Chad Doreck) and Tuck Carbuckle (Audrey Wasilewski). Brad is outgoing and adventurous, and is the first human friend Jenny makes, while Tuck is Brad's rambunctious younger brother who usually tags along on adventures. Another one of her friends is Sheldon Lee (Quinton Flynn), a somewhat stereotypical nerd who is obsessed with her. Jenny often rejects his romantic advances, but still cares for him as a friend.

At high school, Jenny has an ongoing rivalry with the Crust cousins, Brit (Moira Quirk) and Tiff (Cree Summer), the popular girls in school. Dr. Wakeman often tries in vain to control her creation and keep her daughter focused on protecting the planet Earth. Adding to her trouble is that she is constantly being dogged by the all-robotic Cluster Empire, whose queen, Vexus (Eartha Kitt), wants her to join their world of robots (by force if necessary). Despite it all, Jenny struggles to maintain some semblance of a mostly-human life.

The special of the series, "Escape from Cluster Prime", shows that the alien planet is actually a peaceful paradise for every kind of robot. It's also revealed that Vexus has made Jenny out to be a villain because of her constant refusals to join, branding her responsible for destroying the missing components that allow robots to transform, while they are truly hidden by Vexus, to control the population.

Characters

  • Jennifer "Jenny" Wakeman (Robotic Global Response Unit Model No. XJ-9) (voiced by Janice Kawaye) is a sentient XJ-9-series gynoid automaton humanoid created by Dr. Noreen Wakeman five years prior to the series, along with her quadruplet sisters colored pink, green and violet. Though she was designed to be Earth's protector armed to the teeth with a wide range of weapons, devices and transformations, she desires to live the life of a normal teenager and often makes this covet quite apparent to her friends. Jenny's personality is often kind, friendly and optimistic, though this also comes with being rather naive as to her surroundings.
  • Dr. Noreen "Nora" Wakeman (voiced by Candi Milo) is an elderly robotics scientist who built the XJ robots. She is often simply referred to as "Mother" or "Mom" by Jenny and her sisters.
  • Bradley "Brad" Carbunkle (voiced by Chad Doreck) is Tuck's older brother and Jenny's best friend and next-door neighbor. He is outgoing and adventurous, and is the first friend Jenny ever made.
  • Tucker "Tuck" Cornelius Carbunkle (voiced by Audrey Wasilewski) is Brad's younger brother. He is usually tagging along with his brother and Jenny, though his aptitude for adventure is significantly less than Brad's.
  • Sheldon Oswald Lee (voiced by Quinton Flynn) is Jenny's self-proclaimed romantic admirer and friend. Jenny refuses his romantic advances, though she does care for him as a close friend. Being skilled in robotics, Sheldon has created gadgets and modifications for Jenny, usually very unnecessarily bulky and extravagant, as well as doing minor repair work. He also occasionally masquerades as a robot superhero, the "Silver Shell".

Episodes

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Main article: List of My Life as a Teenage Robot episodes
My Life as a Teenage Robot season 1 episodes
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1 1a "It Came from Next Door" Rob Renzetti August 1, 2003 (2003-08-01)
Jenny makes her first contact with the outside world, meeting Brad and Tuck Carbuckle for the first time. While Brad immediately accepts Jenny as a new friend, Tuck does not quite see her as anything other than a "evil robot cyborg".
2 1b "Pest Control" Rob Renzetti & Tim Walker August 1, 2003 (2003-08-01)
Having vowed revenge on her for all the injustices placed upon them, Dr. Wakeman's lab rats, led by Vladimir, plan to destroy her by taking control of Jenny's body.
3 2a "Raggedy Android" Rob Renzetti August 8, 2003 (2003-08-08)
Jenny wants to go to the town fair, but Dr. Wakeman fears that Jenny will spook the townspeople with her presence. When Jenny gets a hold of a prototype "exo-skin" for her to wear, she sees her chance to mingle with the fairgoers; unfortunately, its mangled appearance only scares them. Meanwhile, Tuck attempts to conquer his fear of Ferris wheels.
4 2b "Class Action" Rob Renzetti & Tim Walker August 8, 2003 (2003-08-08)
On her first day of high school, Jenny seeks to make some new friends, and she thinks she can find some in Brit and Tiff Crust. Unfortunately, the Crust cousins do not share the same feelings and plan to humiliate her.
5 3a "Attack of the 5½ Ft. Geek" Rob Renzetti & Tim Walker August 29, 2003 (2003-08-29)
When Jenny saves local school geek Sheldon from a gang of bullies, he quickly becomes smitten with her and does not want to leave her alone.
6 3b "Doom with a View" Rob Renzetti & Tim Walker August 29, 2003 (2003-08-29)
A simple snowball battle between Jenny, Brad, and Tuck is interrupted by a strange robot who wants to make Jenny the newest member of the "Cluster", a group of robots that plan to enslave humans for manual labor. When she refuses, they commence war against her.
7 4a "Ear No Evil" Rob Renzetti & Tim Walker September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12)
Jenny wants to get ear piercings, but her mother refuses to give her ears. Sheldon offers to step in and help, but the ears he builds end up being disproportionately large on Jenny's head.
8 4b "Unlicensed Flying Object" Rob Renzetti September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12)
Brad is disappointed by his lack of a driver's license, and Jenny's attempts to help him. Soon, he takes up joyriding in abandoned UFOs as a new hobby.
9 5a "Party Machine" Rob Renzetti & Tim Walker September 19, 2003 (2003-09-19)
Jenny and Brad's secret party is a hit, but between keeping the party-goers under control, keeping the house in one piece, and keeping a group of tiny multiplying aliens from invading Earth, Jenny has her hands full.
10 5b "Speak No Evil" Rob Renzetti September 19, 2003 (2003-09-19)
While on a mission in Japan, Jenny winds up losing one of her language system discs for English speech. Unable to switch off from speaking in full Japanese, she encounters problems in speaking to people.
11 6a "See No Evil" Rob Renzetti September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)
Dr. Wakeman is proud of her newest enhancement for Jenny: multi-functional eyes that can see anything in any view. Jenny likes them until she sees how they look on her.
12 6b "The Great Unwashed" Rob Renzetti & Tim Walker September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)
Jenny has been invited to Don Prima's latest party, and she has gotten a tune-up and a new paint job just for the occasion. However, Brit and Tiff are ready to do anything to sabotage Jenny's chances to impress at the party.
13 7a "The Return of Raggedy Android" Rob Renzetti October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)
The owner of Mezmer's, a popular hangout spot for teens all over town, enforces a strict "No Robots" policy. Desperate to get in, Jenny dons the new and improved exo-skin to pass off as a perfectly normal attractive human girl. However, the exo-skin turns out to have a mind of its own and refuses to let Jenny take it off.
14 7b "The Boy Who Cried Robot" Rob Renzetti October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)
Tuck cannot help but call Jenny for every little thing that happens. When a big problem arises, however, Tuck's call for help winds up going ignored.
15 8a "Sibling Tsunami" Rob Renzetti & Tim Walker October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10)
When Jenny finds and reactivates her "sisters"–early XJ prototypes 1 through 8–she is beyond happy. Each sister has her own personality, however, and not all of them have the same level of friendliness that Jenny has.
16 8b "I Was a Preschool Dropout" Randy Myers & Rob Renzetti October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10)
Having been found to have only been activated for five years, the school system declares that Jenny has to be moved into a grade level that correspondes her "age". Jenny finds herself being forced to adapt to kindergarten.
17 9a "Hostile Makeover" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve November 14, 2003 (2003-11-14)
When Jenny starts to develop face-bolts, voice changes, and excess wires growing out of her body, Brad chalks it up to puberty. However, it soon becomes apparent that the "puberty" is actually the doing of Queen Vexus of the Cluster, who has infected her with a virus to warp Jenny into a loyal Cluster-controlled monster.
18 9b "Grid Iron Glory" Rob Renzetti & Tim Walker November 14, 2003 (2003-11-14)
Jenny becomes the star football player of the high school football team. At a championship game, she soon finds herself facing the former Tremorton High quarterback whom she replaced.
19 10a "Dressed to Kill" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve November 21, 2003 (2003-11-21)
Thanks to a screw-up from one of his Cluster troops, Commander Smytus loses a cache of super-powered Pip Crystals to the Crust Cousins. The cousins decide to flaunt both their style and newfound powers in front of Jenny, and she must use her keen fashion sense to save herself in time.
20 10b "Shell Game" John Fountain & Rob Renzetti November 21, 2003 (2003-11-21)
Looking to prove to Jenny that boy robots are jerks compared to him, Sheldon creates a mechanical suit and dubs himself the "Silver Shell". The plan backfires, however, when Jenny starts falling for Silver Shell.
21 11a "Daydream Believer" John Fountain & Rob Renzetti November 28, 2003 (2003-11-28)
As a robot, Jenny wants to experience what it is like to dream. When Dr. Wakeman installs a dream chip, Jenny's joy causes her to abuse its function and she finds herself stuck in dream mode and sleepwalking, causing mayhem in the process.
22 11b "This Time with Feeling" Robert Alvarez & Rob Renzetti November 28, 2003 (2003-11-28)
Jenny's desire to know the feeling of physical contact leads her to steal a set of artificial nerves from Dr. Wakeman. The nerves, however, have only two settings: tickle and pain. Meanwhile, Jenny has to face off against Himcules, a villain who loves pain and hates laughter.
23 12a "Saved by the Shell" Ron Hogart & Rob Renzetti January 23, 2004 (2004-01-23)
Sheldon sets Jenny up for a date with Silver Shell, in hopes that he can reveal himself to her. However, she has already got a date with Don Prima, much to Sheldon's chagrin. An evil mutant fly that can eat metal attacks people in the restaurant while the date takes place, while Silver Shell tries to sabotage the date by ruining Don's beautiful shoes.
24 12b "Tradeshow Showdown" Ron Hogart & Rob Renzetti January 23, 2004 (2004-01-23)
Jenny is stuck going to a robot convention with Dr. Wakeman. Snubbed by all the other robots and insulted by Dr. Wakeman's rival, Dr. Phineas Mogg, Jenny finds herself going to a robot called Vee for comfort. However, "Vee" is actually Vexus in disguise, seeking to recruit new Cluster members.
25 13a "The Wonderful World of Wizzly" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve February 27, 2004 (2004-02-27)
Jenny gets a chance to visit Wizzly World with Brad and Tuck, and she cannot help but think that the robots in the park feel miserable. When Jenny breaks them out of the park, however, chaos ensues.
26 13b "Call Hating" Rob Renzetti & Tim Walker February 27, 2004 (2004-02-27)
When Jenny hangs up on Dr. Wakeman one too many times, the doctor is forced to take drastic measures. Now, Dr. Wakeman is on the communicator constantly, and Jenny cannot turn it off.

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Production

Template:Cite section Rob Renzetti moved from Cartoon Network to Nickelodeon to develop his own ideas as part of Fred Seibert's and Frederator Studios' Oh Yeah! Cartoons. At Nickelodeon, he developed a pilot called "My Neighbor was a Teenage Robot", which was the basis for the series. After brief stints working on Family Guy, The Powerpuff Girls, Time Squad, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, and Samurai Jack, Renzetti returned to Nickelodeon to start the Teenage Robot series.

Renzetti made 11 shorts during two seasons as a director on Oh Yeah! Cartoons. Five of these starred two characters called Mina and the Count and followed the adventures of a rambunctious little girl and her vampire best friend. He hoped that these characters might get their own series, but Nickelodeon rejected the idea. Faced with an empty slot where the sixth Mina short was slated to go, Fred Seibert tasked Renzetti to come up with three new ideas. One of these was about a teenage girl whose boyfriend was a robot. After further thought, Renzetti merged the two characters to create Jenny, a robot with the personality of a teenage girl.

In March 2002, Nickelodeon ordered 13 episodes of the series. The series was initially called "My Neighbor was a Teenage Robot" before settling on its final title.[6]

Cancellation

The show's crew revealed on their blog on October 17, 2005, that the show had been cancelled, and that the third season would be the last: "The executives love the show but the ratings aren't good enough for them to give us more episodes."[7][8] Following the series' cancellation, Renzetti returned to Cartoon Network Studios, working on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and The Cartoonstitute, before moving on to the Disney Channel to become supervising producer for Gravity Falls. The third season aired on Nicktoons from October 2008 to May 2009, officially concluding the broadcast of the series in the United States.

Broadcast and home media

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Nickelodeon premiered My Life as a Teenage Robot on August 1, 2003, at 8:30 PM EST.[2][9] The show was a part of Nickelodeon's Saturday night programming block called SNICK in Fall 2003, and briefly was a part of the TEENick lineup in 2004 to June 2005.[citation needed] The first season ended on February 27, 2004, with "The Wonderful World of Wizzly / Call Hating".

The second season (which was originally set to air on October 1, 2004) was pushed back to December 8, 2004, with the Christmas episode "A Robot for All Seasons". A new second-season episode was not aired until January 24, 2005.[10] In the second season, a 48-minute, two-part TV movie titled "Escape from Cluster Prime" (which was nominated for an Emmy in 2006)[11] aired. Since the series' cancellation, reruns continued to air on Nicktoons until April 14, 2013, and again from December 13, 2015, to May 15, 2016.[citation needed] As of 2022, the entire series is now streaming on Paramount+.[12]

The episodes "See No Evil", "The Great Unwashed", "Future Shock", "A Robot for All Seasons", "Hostile Makeover", and "Gridiron Glory" were released on Nick Picks DVD compilations.[citation needed] As of December 12, 2011, seasons 1, 2, and 3 are available on DVD exclusive to Amazon.com in region 1.[citation needed] The full series was released across six discs by Beyond Home Entertainment in Australia on February 5, 2012.[13]

My Life as a Teenage Robothome media releases

27 (1) "A Robot for All Seasons" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve John Fountain, Brandon Kruse, Scott Peterson, & Rob Renzetti December 8, 2004 (2004-12-08)
Jenny is unwittingly programmed for evil against her will by a spoiled child named Todd Sweeney, who uses her to ruin the holidays for all of Tremorton. When she returns to normal, she discovers that the entire town has turned against her, and nobody believes her pleas of innocence, except for the one person that worships her like a goddess - Sheldon. Todd, however, still intends to use her to ruin the year's biggest holiday—Christmas.
28 2a "Future Shock" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve Brandon Kruse & Rob Renzetti January 26, 2005 (2005-01-26)
When Tuck takes a look into Dr. Wakeman's "Future Scope" and sees a vision which leads him to believe that Jenny will kill Brad, he takes all costs to stop Brad from leaving for a drive-in movie showing.
29 2b "Humiliation 101" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve Bernie Petterson, Rob Renzetti, & Zeke Kamm January 26, 2005 (2005-01-26)
Dr. Wakeman is coming to Tremorton High to speak at a special science assembly about Jenny. Fearing humiliation, Jenny tries to prevent her mother from talking at the assembly.
30 3a "Last Action Zero" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A February 2, 2005 (2005-02-02)
Brad gets a chance to join the Skyway Patrol in hopes that he can help Jenny in her duties. However, he soon finds himself stuck with nothing but paperwork and paper cuts at his new job.
31 3b "Mind Over Matter" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A February 2, 2005 (2005-02-02)
After being lectured about planned obsolescence by Brad, and later finding herself unable to defeat the energy vampire Gigawatt, Jenny fears being rendered an obsolete robot. Determined to beat Gigawatt, she soon tries to "upgrade" herself to make up for her weaknesses against Gigawatt.
32 4a "Love 'em or Leash 'em" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A February 9, 2005 (2005-02-09)
Jenny's new boyfriend, a male robot named Kenny built by Dr. Wakeman's rival Dr. Mogg, seems to be the perfect match for her at first; however, Kenny soon starts to display odd dog-like characteristics. Meanwhile, the new couple attracts Sheldon's jealousy.
33 4b "Teen Team Time" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A February 9, 2005 (2005-02-09)
The Teen Team has come to Earth, and they are quite impressed with Jenny's abilities. Jenny seems more than excited to join, but finds herself ignoring her other friends in favor of a group of heroes that are mostly prejudiced against "normal people".
34 5a "Sister Sledgehammer" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A February 16, 2005 (2005-02-16)
Commander Smytus has actually succeeded in assimilating Jenny into the Cluster, and has turned her into a massive metal monster. Having been awakened due to Jenny being in crisis, the rest of the XJ line have come to save their captive sister.
35 5b "Pajama Party Prankapalooza" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A February 16, 2005 (2005-02-16)
Jenny has managed to get herself invited to Brit and Tiff's slumber party, and, as usual, Jenny's naiveness leads her to cause mischief all over town to impress the Crusts. Dr. Wakeman must stop Jenny before Skyway Patrol can catch up to her daughter.
36 6a "Dancing with My Shell" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A February 23, 2005 (2005-02-23)
Jenny takes the Silver Shell to the Sadie Hawkins school dance, and Sheldon hopes that he can impress Jenny enough to reveal his identity to her. Everything starts going wrong, however, when Letta and the Space Bikers crash the dance.
37 6b "Around the World in Eighty Pieces" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A February 23, 2005 (2005-02-23)
Crackerjack Cluster inventor Krackus has managed to scatter Jenny's parts all over the world, and Brad, Tuck, and Sheldon must put their friend back together before Krackus can call Vexus on his success.
38 7a "Armagedroid" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A March 16, 2005 (2005-03-16)
Armagedroid—once a powerful global protector programmed to disarm and destroy all weapons before he went rogue—returns to Tremorton, and Jenny finds herself unable to stop such a huge robot.
39 7b "Killgore" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A March 16, 2005 (2005-03-16)
Killgore, a small wind-up robot, hopes to kidnap Jenny in hopes of impressing the Cluster.
40 8a "A Pain in My Sidekick" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A March 23, 2005 (2005-03-23)
Tuck admires the Silver Shell, so he manages to convince Sheldon into making him Silver Shell's faithful sidekick, the Tin Can. Being a sidekick is not quite what he expects, though.
41 8b "Crash Pad Crash" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A March 23, 2005 (2005-03-23)
Jenny's new "bachelor pad" is the new hot spot in town, but her new party lifestyle begins to interfere with her own personal duties.
42 9–10 "Escape from Cluster Prime" Rob Renzetti & Chris Savino Bryan Andrews, Brandon Kruse, Heather Martinez, Scott Petterson, Chris Reccardi, & Rob Renzetti August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)
Scorned by Tremorton after ruining the town's 300th anniversary celebrations during a fight with Vexus, Jenny gets fed up with being unappreciated by humans and soon finds herself in Cluster Prime, the capital of Vexus' empire. She finally gets a chance to live with other robots like her, but soon discovers there's more to Cluster Prime than meets the eye.
43 11 "Victim of Fashion" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19)
Not to be outdone by each other, a fashion war erupts between Jenny and the Crust cousins.
44 12a "Designing Women" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A August 26, 2005 (2005-08-26)
Looking to find a way into Jenny's heart, Sheldon steals a set of XJ-9 schematics from Dr. Wakeman. Vexus, however, also has eyes for the schematics, and is willing to disguise herself as "QT2" to trick Sheldon into giving them to her.
45 12b "Robot Riot" John Fountain &Rob Renzetti N/A August 26, 2005 (2005-08-26)
Jenny gives in to Tuck's request to be his entry for the hit robot combat competition "Robot Wars", despite finding the event barbaric.
46 13a "Bradventure" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A September 2, 2005 (2005-09-02)
Tired of being stuck under Jenny's shadow, Brad sets out to be his own hero. However, he finds himself in hot water when he runs afoul of the scientist Dr. Locus and his daughter Melody. Locus wants the XJ-9 schematics for reasons yet unknown and when Jenny gets knocked out in battle, Brad has to prove himself.
47 13b "Mama Drama" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A September 2, 2005 (2005-09-02)
Jenny is convinced that Dr. Wakeman's new boyfriend is a psychopath.
48 14a "Toying with Jenny" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A September 9, 2005 (2005-09-09)
The brand-new "Action Jenny" toys are a huge success, and Jenny finds herself taken in by the fame. However, they soon turn out to be Vexus and Krackus' newest plan to conquer the world.
49 14b "Teenage Mutant Ninja Troubles" Rob Renzetti & Chris Sauve N/A September 9, 2005 (2005-09-09)
Due to internal disputes, the Teen Team has broken up. With no place left to go, Misty heads back to Earth to be with Jenny. Teased at school by the Crust cousins for her appearance, Misty convinces Jenny to get back at them through a prank war.
Season Title Release date
Region 1 Region 4
1 Nick Picks #1 May 24, 2005
Nick Picks #2 October 18, 2005
Nick Picks #3 February 7, 2006
Nick Picks #4 June 6, 2006
Nick Picks: 1–3 October 17, 2006
The Complete First Season December 12, 2011
2 Nick Picks: Holiday September 26, 2006
Nick Picks #5 March 13, 2007
The Complete Second Season December 12, 2011
3 The Complete Third Season
The Complete Series DVD box set May 16, 2012
March 9, 2022

Reception

Critical reception

Sean Aitchison from CBR wrote positively of the show stating, "Aside from the look of the show, My Life as a Teenage Robot had a fun premise that made for some great action comedy storytelling, and it definitely holds up [in modern day]. Though the show's depiction of teendom is somewhat outdated, the cliches actually end up working in favor of the humor. Though there's not a lot of story progression throughout the series, My Life as a Teenage Robot is still a whole lot of fun."[14] Joly Herman of Common Sense Media wrote more negatively of the show, saying that, "Though it looks cool and has an upbeat energy, the show can be a bit of a drag. Some kids may enjoy it for the mindless entertainment it intends to be, but know that there are much better uses of a free half-hour."[15]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2004 31st Annie Awards Outstanding Directing in an Animated Television Production Rob Renzetti for "Ragged Android" Nominated [16]
Outstanding Production Design in an Animated Television Production Joseph Holt for My Life As A Teenage Robot Nominated
Seonna Hong for My Life As A Teenage Robot Nominated
Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production Janice Kawaye as "Jenny" Nominated
Candi Milo as "Mrs. Wakeman" Nominated
56th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Seonna Hong Won [17]
BMI Awards BMI Cable Award Peter Lurye for My Life As A Teenage Robot Won [18]
James Venable for My Life As A Teenage Robot Won
2005 32nd Annie Awards Best Animated Television Production My Life As A Teenage Robot Nominated [19]
Best Production Design in an Animated Television Production Alex Kirwan for My Life As A Teenage Robot Nominated
Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production Candi Milo as "Mrs. Wakeman" Nominated
2006 33rd Annie Awards Best Animated Television Production My Life As A Teenage Robot Nominated [20]
Best Character Design in an Animated Television Production Bryan Arnett for "Escape From Cluster Prime" Nominated
Best Production Design in an Animated Television Production Alex Kirwan for My Life As A Teenage Robot Nominated
2007 Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated My Life As A Teenage Robot Nominated [21]

Other media

Jenny was featured as a playable character in the PlayStation 2/Wii and Nintendo DS versions of Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots with Janice Kawaye reprising her role as the character[22] Jenny also appears as a playable character in the mobile game Nickelodeon Super Brawl Universe, the fighting game Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl as the game's first paid DLC character,[23] and the kart racing game Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway, with Kawaye reprising her role in the latter two games. Jenny also appears as a character skin for Smite, and was available during a July 2022 event.[24]

Notes

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  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Schedule for "My Life as a Teenage Robot" on Nicktoons
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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