wait remember robot and monster it's the little show that could our main characters we follow
the robot and monster the title makes that pretty clear are roommates oh my god they
were roommates originally premiering on august 4th 2012 the 26 episode one season show that
part way through its run on nickelodeon was pushed over to the nicktoons channel to air
the remaining episodes now this was a show i vividly remember on tv one day back around
2012 2013 and went hmm what is this i had not heard about it or had seen any marketing at
all and really only found out as it was put on nicktoons but i had not seen the series in full
until now for this video so i thought it would be fun to do so go into what
this show was what happened to it and see how many people remember robot and monster
what was robot and monster our two roommates robot default and monster krumholz not only
lived together but worked together inside the blinking light factory robot specifically is the
underdog in life always thinking that everything is against him as to hold him back from being
successful i mean his own brother gart owns the factory and often puts down robot furthering these
deep-rooted feelings voiced by curtis armstrong yes dan from dan vs himself monster on the other
hand is blissfully naive and extremely curious as to what makes the clock tick what makes the world
go around and is easily to be led to believe anything that someone tells him is fact he's
easily distracted by most anything but he is super caring and there for anyone that needs a helping
hand or a shoulder to lean on he is voiced by harlan williams funny enough he was in dan versus
as well huh interesting place for a reunion these two together really fill in the missing parts of
who they may be without one another they share their living space with their pet block of metal
marf marph is exactly how i described him blocular and made of metal a mix of meow and
arf so you couldn't outright claim it to be a cat or a dog marph once a pest in their building is
now a loving pet that they have to keep in secret from their landlord we follow robot and monster
as they go about navigating their friendships with others in their immediate lives friendship
with each other playing with gadgets that robot creates and eating tons and tons of bacon sounds
like my kind of party literally they all go and eat at this macon bacon joint that their friends
jd and spitfire often hang out at as well jd is a tough albeit not so smart at times biker who
is strong enough to rip structures right out of the ground but will fall for the same prank over
and over again she just can't get on that bike her bike though actually being spitfire a unless
aggressive in nature and more sarcastic in tone bike now of course robot and monster have crushes
on jd and spitfire but regularly just end up in goofy situations with them rather than leaning
too much into that there's also ogo the third friend in their friend group who constantly is
trying to be around the two of them get involved in what they're doing and just overall be liked
by them while coming off as that one annoying person you purposely try to avoid ogo means
well but his bad luck always has him getting in deadly circumstances luckily he does survive them
only to still not be accepted into the friend group dang that's that's so sad i expected this
from robot but from you monster i expected better sometimes we get to see part of monster's family
like globatha monster's younger sister who could be a lot to deal with being another annoyance to
them in the show most times as well as being a hyper kid who also really likes hanging out
and bugging robot as much as possible the show in general it's it's all very cute the designs
of the world the characters and the stories told are nice and it doesn't feel mean-spirited
even when there are arguments and a lot of slapstick comedy which is definitely a nice break
from the norm it feels with a lot of nicktoons and just cartoons in general but the journey reception
and legacy of the show are what truly fascinate me beyond the premise of the show he's adorable yeah
robot and monster the brand new series premieres saturday august 4th at 11.
originally titled robot and monster best friends forever in 2010 when officially ordered as
a series for 26 episodes now titled robot and monster premiered on august 4 2012. the show was
full steam ahead throughout 2012 until the episode bacon miss their holiday bacon-themed episode
where after that premiered on december 8th the show went on hiatus and wouldn't be seen again for
over a year with any new episodes that's not very much in the holiday spirit there huh well the show
returned on december 26th 2013. the final handful of episodes would be scattered around the next
year plus on nicktoons until it ran through them all all but one and that is because episode 25a
and 25b were exclusive to the dvd season 1 print in late 2014 with an eventual release in 2015 on
nickelodeon's noggin app something really cool was in 2020 one of the show's creators dave pressler
took to instagram for an hour-long live stream discussing all about how robot and monster came
to be a lot of the behind the scenes information and just general interesting insight about the
cartoon entertainment industry just hearing dave speak so passionately about his work and time with
the show is really inspiring and heartwarming to see passion will always shine through whatever
piece of work you put out there and while robot and monster was short-lived there was clearly a
lot of love and care both behind the scenes and on camera even giving us a look at the original show
opening and theme song original concept art and some truths about the show even as far as getting
to hear the real reason it was cancelled instead of internet speculation in his own words saying
there's a lot of speculation about what happened to the show i've read all the theories online and
nobody knows they're all wrong president of the studio was a fan of the show she greenlit the show
by the time we were done with the show they had an entire studio-wide regime change new president uh
new people in new york main thing is is when you have a regime change the new people who come in
they really don't want anything to do with the old slate no matter how good it is no matter how bad
it is and so the show just got cancelled in 2011 when we were doing uh we're still in production
with season one they uh gave us a writing pickup in august of 2011 and said we're going to order 14
more episodes constituting a second season that was in august by the time christmas came around
they said we might be canceling the second season order we're not gonna know until next january they
knew before the show even came out especially after delays of the release date for season one
that season two was something the network wasn't going forward with anymore unfortunately when we
came back uh in march they said we're not gonna do the new 14 episodes and that was it so we knew
that we weren't going to get a second season and then they kept pushing back the release date so
i just knew something was a foot we like to think that there's like evil forces at work
when things we don't like happen or it's it's you know it's more uh machiavellian or more dramatic
sometimes it's not sometimes it's really just a corporate decision it's a corporate
decision problem was is that there wasn't a big resounding explanation for it it just
it's one of those things that happens i know people were talking about that the show was
cancelled before it was released it wasn't we were in full production to finish the first
uh season come november 2012 a couple months after the show had premiered it was officially
cancelled prompting the hiatus that would follow the next month i read another thing that said
that it was like you know after you know poor ratings well we didn't we were canceled before
we aired in august uh first week in november they cancelled it um so we weren't even gonna get a
chance so i smelled a rat i just knew something wasn't working out i knew that we were not gonna
get a fair shake there's no great explanation it's just one of the things that happens
these besties are causing more trouble at the factory more robot and monster is coming up next
dave now is working with nickelodeon once more as a co-executive producer on the rugrats 2021
reboot while the show received mixed reviews the fan base for the show is still there and
in heavy support the show had some fun adventures in general for the main characters in a nameless
city which was an inside joke from the creators and it was very laid back but in a time when
things were changing at nickelodeon leadership changes ideals changing and content investment
changing there was a clear shifted focus to more live action than just cartoons nickelodeon always
had a good blend of both throughout the decades but as other networks even cartoon network were
producing more live action nickelodeon wanted to follow suit a lot of animation during this
time would easily be overlooked giving only one seasons out or treated so poorly by the
network that as my comment section would say on a lot of my content could be considered a
fever dream at least the reruns lasted for a little while playing from 2015 to 2017
giving it a chance to be seen by more eyes for a bit longer something i love about the show is
the world and the characters within it aside from the core cast of characters we went over
there are a lot of supporting characters that pop up now and then that are truly a treat on screen
now i could spend a long time going through every single character that i really really like but i'm
just gonna go over a couple perry a co-worker of the duo who permanently has a smile on his face
due to a mechanical issue and is never as happy as he seems and we follow story lines with this where
it does get a little bit deeper and darker for who perry really is and how monster reacts to trying
to help this there's mr wheely the duo's landlord whose temper and fortitude to find their hidden
pet and marf drives some pretty funny situations between them and also like nessie who owns and
operates the make and bacon joint with a solid work ethic and even more solid bacon baking skills
what can i say i like bacon now i also said the world is something i like as well mainly the lore
behind it all there are two species that inhabit it mechanicals and organics mechanicals are those
made to look robotic and as the show shows can be a large range of different designs parts
and metals organics while very different as well from one another still fall in the same category
of flesh-based organisms with fur horns fish things the city itself while having no name has
its own unique voice the imperfect oddly shaped retro futurism-inspired looks paint this almost
steampunk aesthetic especially with their use of transportation in the world it's also abstract
and weird that it often feels cold from all the metal even the grass feels like i could catch
a concussion from it at the end of the day robot and monster is this small little inoffensive show
it's not going to intrude too much on your time and you may even crack some smiles from the jokes
or just the vibe of the show in general it's too charming to dislike it at least in my case when
it comes to shows like this that only last one season it's hard to not tell you to give them a
shot no matter what because it's not a huge time investment so if you haven't seen the show or
faintly remember it it's on paramount plus which is nice to see the show live on through streaming
and i would definitely say give it a shot we're robot and monster good night place where we live
so that's gonna do it for my content in november over the past month in some change
i have been working hard in the background using all of my free time making my upcoming
december series of content starting december 1st we will begin the 25 days of fringe miss
yes it's as crazy as it sounds you'll learn more about it through some social media posts
and community posts here on youtube as well as in the first video on december 1st boy am
i tired but boy am i excited for this content i'm so thankful for the support everyone has shown the
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