War and Pieces

Robotboy sure has a lot of parts. - Lola

"War and Pieces" is the 2nd episode of the series and the 1st(b) of Season 1 of Robotboy.

Synopsis[]

Tommy is mending Robotboy in his room when Gus barges in and knocks him to the floor, losing Robotboy’s aggro-capacitor. Without this piece of technology, Robotboy is unable to fight, thus Tommy must get Robotboy back to Professor Moshimo before evil attacks. Naturally, Kamikazi latches onto the situation and follows the gang to Moshimo’s secret home in his "invisible" travel craft. While the kids get a tour of Moshimo’s luxury pad, Kamikazi summons his hench-yetis and preps them for war!

Plot[]

Tommy and Lola have taken Robotboy apart so they can clean all his parts but then Gus just opened the door which knocked on Tommy so then Tommy was putting Robotboy back together and Lola searched for any missing parts. And then Tommy gives up and decided to call professor Moshimo and told him which one went missing and he said that's Robotboy's aggro capacitor without it he has absolutely no ability to fight at all and when Dr. Kamikazi heard this he evilly laughed.

Moshimo told Tommy to come to his place right away for a replacement and said he'll email him the directions and to prepare Robotboy for download and they sat on a sofa which Robotboy picked up and flew them on and then they flew past Kaziland and Dr. Kamikazi and Constantine came out and he told Constantine to summon forces and so then Constantine blew the horn and Kamikazi took it off him and hit him over the head with it.

Then Robotboy and co. reached Moshimo's Secret Lab which they all thought was amazing and Moshimo asked how their journey was and he trusts they are not followed and Gus said "not a chance" unbeknownst to them that they had been followed and Moshimo introduced them to his fiancée Miumiu and went to fix Robotboy and then Gus let wind out in the professor's Jacuzzi and so then Tommy and Lola kicked him out and Kamikazi and co were all out there then Gus banged on the door for them to let him back in so then Tommy left to let him back in then Kamikazi told all his clones to attack meanwhile professor Moshimo was in the middle of fixing Robotboy when Tommy and co came up saying they have company then Moshimo told Miumiu to activate defenses and sent Lola to help her and asked Tommy to assist him.

Then Lola and Miumiu came in saying there's trouble and told Miumiu to activate the safety dome and then Moshimo said that they will be able to finish the repair then Gus said "hey what's this button do" to which Moshimo responded "noooooo" then Gus pressed it then Kamikazi told Tommy who was behind the table finishing Robotboy to hand him over.

Then Tommy activated him then Robotboy Super-activated then Kamikazi told his clones to get him. They shot out lasers and Robotboy blocked them all and attacked them and then Dr. Kamikazi kidnapped Tommy and they flew out. Robotboy followed and was about to shoot them and then Kamikazi told him to surrender or he'll he'll.. and said he can't say it on television but he will do something pretty evil to Tommy so then he stopped and then Tommy bit Kamikazi to which made him scream then Tommy took control of the steering wheel which he drove into the ocean. Robotboy saved Tommy then flew back to the lab and Moshimo thanked them and Tommy said to him maybe Robotboy should stay with him because he's his creation and he told Tommy no he's an old man and Robotboy belongs with him and then they flew off.

Appearances[]

Quotes[]

Gus: Hey! What’s this button do? Professor Moshimo: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Trivia[]

This was the 3rd episode produced for the series.
This episode notably has several elements that imply it could have been the first episode in-production, but not the first finished:
- It serves as an introduction to Professor Moshimo and Miu Miu.
- It has higher stakes than most other episodes of the show.
- The animation is a bit cruder.
- Robotboy's superactivation sequence has a perfect transition.
- There is a fade-out to the credits sequence.
The first appearances of Lola Mbola (in aired order), Professor Moshimo and Miumiu (in both orders).
The title is a reference to the novel War and Peace from Lev Tolstoj.
Ro's Aggro-Capacitor (what gives him the ability to fight) is mentioned for the first time. It appears on screen for the first time in "Don't Fight It", but he tore it out and threw it into the ocean.
- Tommy is shown plucking his Aggro-Capacitor from his head, but later on in the episode and in "Don't Fight It", it's located in his chest.
When Gus says "Hey! What's this button do?", it is a reference to a prior Cartoon Network show Dexter's Laboratory (in which the show's director Charlie Bean also worked on) as Dexter's sister, Dee Dee, says the same thing when pressing buttons, wrecking similar havoc.
At the near end of the episode Dr. Kamikazi threatens "Surrender or I'll...I'll...I can't say it on television, but I'll do something pretty evil to the boy... pretty evil." This is the first episode to Break the Fourth Wall as a result of Kazi acknowledging such a taboo subject as death in a children's program, although it's still unknown what exactly he wanted to do.
- Most likely either experiment on him, mutate him, or torture him.
Out of the first of the 7 episodes, Robotboy is non-spoken.
Miumiu makes her debut in this episode and is introduced as Moshimo's fiancée. She is also Moshimo's lab assistant and Robotboy's mother.
- Though it's not clear if she was around during his creation, or if Moshimo met her not long after he sent Robotboy to Tommy.
The scene where Ro's superactivation deflects the lasers with the backs of his hands might be a reference to Wonder Woman, who had bracelets (Bracelets of Submission) that could do the same thing. The way he deflects them is reminiscent of how she does it as well.
It is the only episode to reprise the show's theme music. It is also one of the episodes where the music for the closing credits is slightly higher-pitched and fades in.
Goof: The official upload of the episode via YouTube cuts out the title card and cuts straight to Lola talking. The audio is also slightly out of sync.
Goof: Just before Robotboy picks up the kids on the couch, you can see that Tommy had been accidentally drawn with two noses.
Possible Goof: As Robotboy flies the kids away, everything blue (the door, chimneys, windows, etc.) on Tommy's house is dark-magenta colored.
Goof: If you look very closely and pause at the scene when Constantine blows the signal-instrument and Kazi snatches it away to hit him on the head, you can see that the former's eyes vanish for one frame of animation.
Goof: There's a few instances during the scene of Superactivated Robotboy trying to save Tommy from Kazi where Ro's side is missing or discolored.
Goof: In the scene where Robotboy backs down after Kazi threatens to hurt Tommy and he's shown from the back, his legs don't have the knee joints that attaches them to his feet. Instead his legs connect directly with them.
Goof: When Tommy bites Kazi, screaming in pain, Tommy's shirt isn't white but has the color of his skin. So it looks like Tommy doesn't wear his shirt. When Kazi let him go and Tommy takes control over the steering wheel, his shirt is white again.
Goof: Near the end of the long shot of the interior of Professor Moshimo's Ice Cave, you can see the animation of the waterfalls stop.
Possible Goof: The journey back home from Moshimo's lab seemed be shorter than the one on the way there.

In other languages[]

Translations
Int. Languages	Int. Title	Translation
Dutch	Aanval door uitval	Attack by failure
French	Pris au piège	Locked Away
German	Krieg und Freuden	War and Peace
Hebrew	מלחמה בחלקים (Milhama Behalakim)	War in parts/War in Pieces
Italian	Robotboy e il pezzo mancante	Robotboy and the missing piece
Spanish	guerra y pedazos	War and pieces
Swedish	Krig och Delar	War and Pieces
Polish	Walka na części	Battle on Pieces