Series
My Life as a Teenage Robot
My Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated science fantasy television series, created by Rob Renzetti for Nickelodeon. It was Nickelodeon's first animated science fiction fairy tale. The series follows the adventures of XJ-9, better known as Jenny Wakeman, a robot girl designed to protect Earth, who is excessively addicted to teen-related activities, which are almost always interrupted by Nora Wakeman, her creator and mother.
Cast
Episodes
It Came from Next Door
Jenny makes her first contact with the outside world, meeting Brad and Tuck Carbuckle for the first time. While Brad immediately accepts Jenny as a new friend, Tuck does not quite see her as anything other than a "evil robot cyborg".
Pest Control
Having vowed revenge on her for all the injustices placed upon them, Dr. Wakeman's mutant lab rats, led by the evil genius Vladimir, also known as Mr. Scruffles, plan to destroy her by taking control of Jenny's body.
Raggedy Android
Jenny wants to go to the town fair, but Dr. Wakeman fears that Jenny will spook the townspeople with her presence. When Jenny gets a hold of a prototype "exo-skin" for her to wear, she sees her chance to mingle with the fairgoers; unfortunately, its mangled appearance only scares them. Meanwhile, Tuck attempts to conquer his fear of Ferris wheels.
Class Action
On her first day of high school, Jenny seeks to make some new friends, and she thinks she can find some in the arrogant Brit and Tiff Crust. Unfortunately, the Crust cousins do not share the same feelings and plan to humiliate her.
Attack of The 5½ Ft. Geek
When Jenny saves local school geek Sheldon from a gang of bullies, he quickly becomes smitten with her and does not want to leave her alone.
Doom With A View
A simple snowball battle between Jenny, Brad, and Tuck is interrupted by a strange robot ambassador who wants to make Jenny the newest member of the Cluster, a legion of robots headquartered on the planet Cluster Prime that plans to enslave humans for manual labor. When she refuses, the ambassador commences war against her.
Ear No Evil
Jenny wants to get ear piercings, but her mother refuses to give her ears. Sheldon offers to step in and help, but the ears he builds end up being disproportionately large on Jenny's head.
Unlicensed Flying Object
Brad is disappointed by his lack of a driver's license, and Jenny's attempts to help him. Soon, he takes up joyriding in abandoned UFOs as a new hobby.
Party Machine
Jenny and Brad's secret party is a hit, but between keeping the party-goers under control, keeping the house in one piece, and keeping a group of tiny multiplying aliens from invading Earth, Jenny has her hands full.
Speak No Evil
While on a mission in Japan, Jenny winds up losing one of her language system discs for English speech. Unable to switch off from speaking in full Japanese, she encounters problems in speaking to people. She uses this to her advantage, however, to make peace with a Japanese creature that grows with and is hurt by water.
See No Evil
Dr. Wakeman is proud of her newest enhancement for Jenny: multi-functional eyes that can see anything in any view. Jenny likes them until she sees how they look on her. She refuses to use them and fumbles around town without any sight until she finally realizes she needs them to fight an invisible villain.
The Great Unwashed
Jenny has been invited to her handsome classmate Don Prima's latest party, and she has gotten a tune-up and a new paint job just for the occasion. However, Brit and Tiff are ready to do anything to sabotage Jenny's chances to impress at the party.
The Return of Raggedy Android
The owner of Mezmer's, a popular hangout spot for teens all over town, enforces a strict "No Robots" policy. Desperate to get in, Jenny dons the new and improved exo-skin to pass off as a glamorous human teenage girl. However, the exo-skin turns out to have a mind of its own and refuses to let Jenny take it off or fight a group of alien space bikers.
The Boy who Cried Robot
Tuck keeps interrupting Jenny's daily activity for every possible favor. When a big problem arises, however, Tuck's call for help winds up going ignored.
Sibling Tsunami
When Jenny finds and reactivates her "sisters"–early XJ prototypes 1 through 8–she is beyond happy. Each sister has her own personality, however, and they do not all have the same level of friendliness that Jenny has.
I was a Preschool Dropout
Having been found to have only been activated for five years, the school system declares that Jenny has to be moved into a grade level that correspondes her "age". Jenny finds herself being forced to adapt to kindergarten.
Hostile Makeover
When Jenny starts to develop face-bolts, voice changes, and excess wires growing out of her body, Brad chalks it up to puberty. However, it soon becomes apparent that the "puberty" is actually the doing of Queen Vexus of the Cluster, who has infected Jenny with a virus to warp her into a loyal, Cluster-controlled monster.
Grid Iron Glory
Jenny becomes the star football player of the high school football team. At a championship game, she soon finds herself facing the former Tremorton High quarterback whom she replaced.
Dressed to Kill
Thanks to a screw-up from one of his Cluster troops, Commander Smytus loses a cache of super-powered Pip Crystals to the Crust Cousins. The cousins decide to flaunt both their style and newfound powers in front of Jenny, and she must use her keen fashion sense to save herself in time.
Shell Game
Looking to prove to Jenny that boy robots are jerks compared to him, Sheldon creates a mechanical suit and dubs himself the "Silver Shell". The plan backfires, however, when Jenny starts falling for Silver Shell.
Daydream Believer
As a robot, Jenny wants to experience what it is like to dream. When Dr. Wakeman installs a dream chip, Jenny's joy causes her to abuse its function and she finds herself stuck in dream mode and sleepwalking, causing mayhem in the process.
This Time with Feeling
Jenny's desire to know the feeling of physical contact leads her to steal a set of artificial nerves from Dr. Wakeman. The nerves, however, have only two settings: tickle and pain. Jenny must manage these while fighting Himcules, a villain whose strength increases when he sees others in pain and diminishes at the sound of laughter.
Saved by the Shell
Sheldon sets Jenny up for a date with Silver Shell, in hopes that he can reveal himself to her. However, she already has a date with Don Prima, much to Sheldon's chagrin. An evil mutant fly that can eat metal attacks people in the restaurant while the date takes place, while Silver Shell tries to sabotage the date by ruining Don's beautiful shoes.
Tradeshow Showdown
Jenny is stuck going to a robot convention with Dr. Wakeman. Snubbed by all the other robots and insulted by Dr. Wakeman's rival, Dr. Phineas Mogg, Jenny finds herself going to a robot called Vee for comfort. However, "Vee" is actually Vexus in disguise, seeking to recruit new Cluster members.
The Wonderful World of Wizzly
Jenny gets a chance to visit the theme park Wizzly World with Brad and Tuck, and she cannot help but think that the robots in the park feel miserable. When Jenny breaks them out of the park, however, chaos ensues.
Call Hating
When Jenny hangs up on Dr. Wakeman one too many times, the doctor desperately reprograms Jenny's communicator to make Jenny unable to turn it off.
Robot For All Seasons
Jenny is unwittingly programmed for evil against her will by a spoiled child named Todd Sweeney, who uses her to ruin the holidays for all of Tremorton. When she returns to normal, she discovers that the entire town has turned against her, and nobody believes her pleas of innocence, except for the one person that worships her like a goddess - Sheldon. Todd, however, still intends to use her to ruin the year's biggest holiday—Christmas.
Humiliation 101
Dr. Wakeman is coming to Tremorton High to speak at a special science assembly about Jenny. Fearing humiliation, Jenny tries to prevent her mother from talking at the assembly.
Mind Over Matter
After being lectured about planned obsolescence by Brad, and later finding herself unable to defeat the energy vampire Gigawatt, Jenny fears being rendered an obsolete robot. Determined to beat Gigawatt, she soon tries to "upgrade" herself to make up for her weaknesses against Gigawatt.
Teen Team Time
The Teen Team has come to Earth, and they are quite impressed with Jenny's abilities. Jenny seems more than excited to join, but finds herself ignoring her other friends in favor of a group of heroes that are mostly prejudiced against "normal people".
Sister Sledgehammer
Commander Smytus has actually succeeded in assimilating Jenny into the Cluster, and has turned her into a massive metal monster. Having been awakened due to Jenny being in crisis, the rest of the XJ line have come to save their captive sister.
Around The World In Eighty Pieces
Crackerjack Cluster inventor Krackus has managed to scatter Jenny's parts all over the world, and Brad, Tuck, and Sheldon must put their friend back together before Krackus can call Vexus on his success.
Killgore
Killgore, a small wind-up robot, hopes to kidnap Jenny in hopes of impressing the Cluster, but no one can resist his unintentionally cutesy appearance.
Crash Pad Crash
Jenny's new "bachelor pad" is the new hot spot in town, but her new party lifestyle begins to interfere with her own personal duties.
Escape From Cluster Prime part 1
Scorned by Tremorton after ruining the town's 300th anniversary celebrations during a fight with Vexus, Jenny gets fed up with being unappreciated by humans and soon finds herself in Cluster Prime, the capital of Vexus' empire. She finally gets a chance to live with other robots like her, but soon discovers there's more to Cluster Prime than meets the eye. Note: This is a quadruple-length special.
Victim of Fashion
Not to be outdone by each other, a fashion war erupts between Jenny and the Crust cousins. Brit and Tiff employ psychological warfare by making Jenny feel self-conscious about her weight, so she urges Sheldon to make her as light as possible, which results in giving up her weapons and armor.
Robot Riot
Jenny gives in to Tuck's request to be his entry for the hit robot combat competition "Robot Wars", despite finding the event barbaric.
Teen Idol
A group of aliens worship Jenny after she is mistaken for a "comet goddess". It's fun at first but they soon drive Jenny crazy. However, when confronted, the aliens promise to leave her alone after one last ceremony. Jenny unwittingly pulls the Sun towards the Earth, and uses the same ceremony the opposite direction. She then hurls the alien's spaceship into an elliptical orbit around the sun, turning them into a comet. The Earth is saved, but someone's missing...
Girl of Steal
Jenny really wants a popular music player called the "Musique," but it's very expensive. So Jenny tries another method: shoplifting!
Puppet Bride
One of Mrs. Wakeman's old creations, a robot puppet named "Li'l Acorn", tries to make Jenny his bride.
No Harmony with Melody
Melody returns to Tremorton, and Brad begins spending more time with her. Is Jenny merely getting jealous, or is Melody more of a dischord than she seems?
Stage Fright
Jenny fails an audition for the school play of Romeo and Juliet, due to her being a robot. However, her and the play's director's views are questioned when two different races of aliens land for a surprise visit.
A Spoonful of Mayhem
After a group of runaway living fruits and vegetables is stopped by Jenny, a jealous Skyway Patrol lieutenant seeks to permanently shut her down.
Queen Bee
Vexus is back, and with a new look. Having paired up with Brit and Tiff, the ex-Cluster Queen is becoming quite popular in school, to the point where even the Crust Cousins can't compete.
Infectious Personality
After destroying a series of asteroids that threaten to destroy the Earth, Jenny returns to earth, bringing with her a dust that severely alters the characteristics of her close friends.
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Jenny has a crush on a new kid named Travis, but there's only one problem: Travis is afraid of anything mechanical. The scene with Travis' father in the factory is based on the Charlie Chaplin motion picture, "Modern Times".
Ball and Chain
Brad is getting married, but not by choice. The Space Bikers want poor Brad to get hitched to Tammy. But does Brad really want to be rescued?
The Legion of Evil
Vladimir, Lancer, Mudslinger and the Mad Hammer Bros. form the 'Legion of Evil' to seek their shared vengeance on Jenny.
Indes-Tuck-tible
After almost getting hit by a truck, Tuck becomes hyper-paranoid about everything, until Jenny shows himself in the future, perfectly healthy. Tuck realizes that he's not going to die until he lives a full life, and decides to become a daredevil, seeking fame and glory. Unfortunately for Jenny, this means a lot of stopping what she's doing and saving him from his crazy stunts.
Samurai Vac
Jenny unwittingly dishonors a Japanese vacuum robot while on a mission to Tokyo, and she must restore the robot's honor.