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October 18, 2002 - June 16, 2006 (international)
August 1, 2003 – May 2, 2009 (USA)

My Life as a Teenage Robot is a 2002 American animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for Nickelodeon and distributed by Nelvana Limited outside of the United States.

The series follows the adventures of a robot designed as a teenage girl, XJ-9 (who prefers to be called Jenny, who was created by her mother Dr. Nora Wakeman and designed to protect Earth while also trying to live the life of a normal teenage girl.

Unlike most other Nicktoons, "My Life as a Teenage Robot" actually premiered internationally. The series premiered in Australia on October 18, 2002, the United Kingdom on November 3, 2002, and Mexico on February 7, 2003.

In the United States, Nickelodeon debuted the series on August 1, 2003 at 8:30 PM. But despite critical success, the series was a ratings disappointment. After the series was cancelled, later episodes of the series started airing as "never before seen episodes" on the Nicktoons Network. The series is distributed outside the United States by the Canadian animation studio, Nelvana Limited.

The series was based on the Oh Yeah! Cartoons short "My Neighbor was a Teenage Robot", which was aired on December 4, 1999, and created by Rob Renzetti. The series ended in the United States on May 2, 2009.

It also won a Primetime Emmy Award and eleven Annie Awards.

Storyline[]

My Life as a Teenage Robot is set in the fictional town of Tremorton and its themes focus on making lighthearted fun of typical teenage issues and other conventions and drama of the teenage and superhero lives mixed up with a combination of action, adventure, sci-fi fantasy and comedy sequences. 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 gynoidautomaton 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 to the teeth with a wide range of weapons and devices, but all she really wants is 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 next-door 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.

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TV Show Intro[]

"My_Life_As_A_Teenage_Robot"_Theme_Song_(HQ)_Episode_Opening_Credits_Nick_Animation

"My Life As A Teenage Robot" Theme Song (HQ) Episode Opening Credits Nick Animation






Sound Effects Used[]

Other Audio Used[]

Image Gallery[]

My Life as a Teenage Robot/Image Gallery

Audio Samples[]

AIRPLANE, JET - MILITARY FIGHTER JET: PASS BY 02 as heard in the show and commonly referred as "Jenny Wakeman's flying sound".

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