Robotomy

Robotomy
Also known as	Horrorbots (working title)
Genre	Comedy Adventure
Created by	Michael Buckley Joe Deasy
Written by	Michael Buckley Joe Deasy
Directed by	Christy Karacas
Voices of	Patton Oswalt John Gemberling Dana Snyder Michael Sinterniklaas Kate McKinnon Jessie Cantrell
Composer(s)	Joe Wong Didier Leplae
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Michael Buckley Joe Deasy Christy Karacas
Running time	11 minutes (Approximately)
Production company(s)	World Leaders Entertainment
Distributor	Cartoon Network
Broadcast
Original channel	Cartoon Network
Original run	October 25, 2010 – January 24, 2011

Robotomy is a Cartoon Network American animated television series created by Michael Buckley and Joe Deasy, directed by Christy Karacas (Superjail!), voice directed by Michael Sinterniklaas, and produced by World Leaders Entertainment. The series was developed after a long series of unaccepted ideas, and occasionally put in and out of production due to changing executives.^[1] It was officially announced on August 13, 2010 and premiered on October 25, 2010. Robotomy was canceled on January 24, 2011 due to production costs and low foreign appeal. It is Cartoon Network's shortest running original series, as well as with the least number of episodes. Robotomy was officially removed from Cartoon Network's website on February 11, 2011. As of October 2011, no reruns of Robotomy are currently scheduled to air on Cartoon Network due to its short lifespan and lack of episodes.

Plot

Thrasher and Blastus are two outsider robots that live on the planet of Insanus (originally called Killglobe). Insanus is a planet inhabited by murderous robots who seek to kill one another for no apparent reason. Slightly less horrific than their peers, the duo seek to make it through high school, and navigate their lives with varying degrees of success. While Thrasher wishes to gain the affections of an attractive female robot named Maimy, Blastus just wants to be recognized as popular.

Characters

Promo image featuring all the characters, with Thrasher and Blastus in the foreground.

• Thrasher (voiced by Patton Oswalt) - A tall, lankly robot who isn't very confrontational and has a crush on the popular female robot Maimy. Thrasher has a baby sister, who is considered very violent and dangerous towards him and others. Though calm and reserved, he often falls prey to Blastus' badly-thought out plans.
• Blastus (voiced by John Gemberling)- As with Thrasher, and unlike most robots on Insanus, Blastus is a pretty sensitive and non-homicidal, to which his mother doesn't approve. In his quest to become popular, he is incredibly impulsive and overconfident in his abilities.
• Weenus (voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas) - A nerdy robot that is even lower on the social pyramid than the two main characters, Weenus is a bi-polar sociopath, whose giant arm is thought to be the most powerful weapon on the planet.
• Dreadnot (voiced by Dana Snyder) - A sadistic teacher that finds joy in torturing and invoking pain into his students: all in his attempt to transform them into hyper-violent drones.
• Megawatt (voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas) - A spoiled rich kid at Harry S. Apocalypse High, Megawatt is quite dim and incredibly homicidal, which makes him attractive to female robots (most of whom he blows up), He is typically dating Maimy to Thrasher's disdain.
• Maimy (voiced by Jessie Cantrell) - A popular student at Harry S. Apocalypse High, Maimy is Thrasher's crush, but she is barely even aware of the robot's existence and even then, would rather claw-out his face. She usually takes advantage of Thrasher's kindness for her own benefits.
• Thunderbite (voiced by Dana Snyder)- An oversized, skull-shaped robot, who is the principal of Harry S. Apocalypse High School, and is incredibly sweet and motherly to the students when he isn't causing pain. He is good friends with Thrasher and Blastus.
• Tacklebot - a robot who represents the musclehead jock stereotype. He is good friends with Megawatt. He is typically violent and hostile towards Thrasher and Blastus.

Voice Cast

• Patton Oswalt - Thrasher
• John Gemberling - Blastus, Terrorbyte
• Dana Snyder - Dreadnot, Thunderbite, Additional voices
• Jessie Cantrell - Maimy
• Michael Sinterniklaas - Weenus, Megawatt, Additional voices
• Roger Craig Smith - Tacklebot, Steve, Additional voices
• Dean Edwards - Robot, Additional voices
• Kate McKinnon - Mrs. Crunchite, Teary, Exploda, Megawatt's Mom, Flight Attendant
• William Knight - Additional voices
• Thomas Middleditch - Additional voices

Episodes

Season 1 was supposed to be 12 episodes, but production on the show finished early, leaving only 10 episodes completed.

Season 1 (2010-2011)

References

External links

• Michael Buckley's Website
• Scratch Pad Exclusive: Interview with Michael Buckley
• Pod Culture Vulture: Interview with Series Creator Michael Buckley
• MTV Geek Interview with Michael Buckley and Christy Karacas