"The Return of Robotgirl" is the 103rd episode of the series and the 13(a) of Season 4 of Robotboy. In this episode, the gang were having a sleepover in their tents, until they suddenly see something fly by and hit the top of a hill, they find a little mechanical pod in-which Robotgirl is inside. Robotgirl was sent from Moshimo to tell them that he's in danger and he needs their help.
Synopsis[]
Robotboy’s friend and fellow creation of Professor Moshimo, Robotgirl, arrives at Tommy’s suffering from memory damage and bearing a distress message from Moshimo. When Tommy and Robotboy finally manage to get her to lead them to Moshimo, it turns out they’re walking right into a trap set by another Moshimo creation: Protoboy, who seeks to lure his fellow robots to their doom.
Plot[]
At night in Tommy's yard, he and his friends are having a sleepover in their tents. When the boys are making shadow puppets, they get into an argument about whose is better when Robotboy asks them about a spider shadow, which turns out to be a real spider, they get frightened by the little spider and run inside Lola's tent. Gus prefers not to be inside since he finds Lola's tent too girly, and he makes Tommy and Robotboy leave the tent too.
Suddenly, something shooting from the sky crashes on top of a hill and the boys take a look. They find a mechanical pod; Tommy takes it out and opens it up and inside they find a little pink robot which is Robotgirl. They activate her and she plays a holographic message. In it, Professor Moshimo, in a hurry and in danger, urgently tells Robotgirl to leave him and go tell Tommy something before the feed cuts-off. Tommy suspects that Moshimo is in trouble while thinking that Robotgirl can help them find him. Unfortunately, she seems to misunderstand their question due to her emotion chip being broken and punches Gus for no reason.
At Tommy's bedroom the boys are trying to fix her, Tommy says her motherboard is okay, but her logic circuits are broken, her emotion chip is off, and she has memory loss. They try talking to her again and Robotboy tries to remind her of him, but she tries to punch him and ends up hitting Gus again. Tommy fixes her and Gus tries talking to her yet again but insults Robotgirl, causing her to cry. When Robotboy comforts Robotgirl he makes fun of Gus and he gets mad and they start arguing at each other, scaring Robotgirl. Suddenly, Lola appears and comforts Robotgirl and takes with her to her tent. Tommy reminds Lola to ask Robotgirl to find out about Moshimo, but she says she'll do it her way.
After Lola has comforted Robotgirl and tells her to ignore her logic functions and instead listen to her emotions, the gang starts to look for Moshimo and arrive at an abandoned Titanium Factory. They start looking until they find Moshimo inside a tube where he is held hostage by Protoboy. Protoboy demands both Robotboy and Robotgirl enter the molds so they will get frozen inside a titanium liquid so Protoboy can be the only robot of Moshimo's left and he'll let him go. Robotgirl approaches up to one of the molds, but Robotboy stops her, and he gets caught inside one instead, to which Protoboy mocks him for. He then tries to convince Robotgirl to do the same, but Professor Moshimo tells her not to do it, but Robotgirl doesn’t change her mind. Tommy then says that Protoboy was lying, and she needs to fight him, Robotgirl responds that her logic functions read "save Moshimo", but her emotion chip says that Protoboy is lying, so she flys up to fight him. Protoboy then activates the titanium machine and then he fights Robotgirl.
At the same moment the kids try to figure out an idea to be able to free Moshimo and Robotboy from being dipped as Lola sees that Robotgirl can't hold Protoboy off for long, either due to inexperience or not being as strong as him. Protoboy defeats Robotgirl by kicking out her batteries which deactivates her and almost kicks her into the burning liquid when Lola interrupts him by telling him that Moshimo has another robot that he likes more than him and it will beat him up. While Protoboy prepares to fight the other robot, Lola frees Moshimo and Robotboy. Protoboy sees that the "robot" is a shadow puppet illusion made by Tommy and Gus and prepares to shoot them but gets blasted by Superactivated Robotboy with rockets and falls onto the bridge. He tries to shoot Robotboy and Moshimo again, but Ro blasts him a second time and the the bridge, causing it to collapse, Protoboy nearly falls into the liquid, Robotgirl nearly falls into it too, but Robotboy and Moshimo save her just in time. Sirens go off as the liquid starts to destroy the container and the whole factory, but Robotboy saves them all at the last second by flying them out while carrying them on a piece of rubble as the factory explodes, leaving Protoboy's fate unknown (though Jan Van Rijsselberge said he survived).
Appearances[]
- Robotboy
- Tommy
- Lola
- Gus
- Robotgirl
- Professor Moshimo
- Protoboy
- The Human Fist (seen as toy)
- Robotman (indirectly mentioned)
Quotes[]
- Moshimo: Must hurry, must hurry Robotgirl! Great danger! Robotgirl: No professor, I stay! Moshimo: No, you will be safer. He'll get us any second. Tell Tommy, that I am- (message corrupts and ends)
- (The gang sees Moshimo inside of a titanium mold) Robotboy: Moshimo! Moshimo: Everybody, get out of here! It's a TRAP! Protoboy: Moshimo right! Only one way saves Moshimo. Robotboy! Robotgirl! Get in the molds! Then, Protoboy let Moshimo free! Tommy: But why? Protoboy: Then Protoboy be only robot of Moshimo! Gus: Aw, talk about your messed up family! Have you ever considered seeing a shrink?
Trivia[]
- This is the last episode in airing order in which Robotboy speaks.
- This is the last appearance of Lola Mbola, Professor Moshimo, (both in aired order) Robotgirl and Protoboy (in both orders, not counting a cameo in a flashback for Protoboy). This is also the 2nd and the last appearance of Robotgirl.
- In this episode we learn that Robotgirl is able to cry likewise Robotboy could in "Crying Time" and "Hair-A-Parent".
- This is the only episode in which Donnie and Protoboy don't appear in together.
- This is the only episode where Lola and Protoboy both appear.
- This is the second time where Gus appears as his alter-ego The Guy with the Mask whereas the first time he was his alter-ego was in the episode "Halloween". Though here the name isn't mentioned.
- When Lola and Robotgirl are in Lola's tent, Gus finds a Human Fist action figure in Tommy's backyard. The only thing it can do is smash things with its fist. This is possibly the action figure made by Dr. Kamikazi when he distracted Tommy and Gus in the episode "The Consultant", both episodes were written by Robert Mittenthal.
- The last episode written by Robert Mittenthal and Michael Rubiner in airing order.
- Possible Goof: Tommy smiles when Gus calls Robotgirl terrible.
- Goof: When Robotboy and Moshimo are watching nervously when the molten titanium is almost going to pour on them, Robotboy is postioned higher than he should be.
- Goof: When Protoboy says "Not finished, yet", his mouth does not flash like it should when he talks.
- This is the only time Lola encounters Protoboy and the only episode where Protoboy and Robotgirl both appear.
- Jan Van Rijsselberge has stated that the titanium factory has no backstory and was just an abandoned factory which Protoboy broke into and modified the machinery for his evil plans.
- When Protoboy flies after he superactivates, until he turns to face the robot illusion, the footage appears to be slightly slowed down.
- This is the only episode with Protoboy (not counting the flashback in "Donnie Turnbull's Day Off") where he doesn’t end up being destroyed at the end.
- For over a decade, it wasn't known if Protoboy survived the ending or not, some people thought he may have survived because he isn't shown falling into the titanium or being blown up. It wasn't until November 2020 that Jan Van Rijsselberge confirmed he survived.
- Robotgirl says the exact same quote as which Robotboy did in The Legend of Brainy Yak which was ''No hurt Moshimo''.
- This is the only episode where he appears (again, not counting "Donnie Turnbull's Day Off") where Protoboy doesn't say the word "destroy".
- This is one of two episodes set entirely at night.
- This is a rare episode where the villain doesn't have much screentime, as Protoboy only appears in the third act.
In other languages[]
| Int. Language | Int. Title | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Robotgirl komt terug | Robotgirl returns |
| French | Le retour de Robotgirl | The Return of Robotgirl |
| German | Robotgirl kehrt zurück | Robotgirl returns |
| Spanish | El retorno de RobotGirl | The Return of RobotGirl |
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