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| My Life as a Teenage Robot | |
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The series' intertitle.
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Rob Renzetti |
| Developed by |
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| Directed by |
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| Voices of | |
| Theme music composer | Peter Lurye |
| Composer(s) |
James L. Venable Peter Lurye |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Rob Renzetti Fred Seibert |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Frederator Studios Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
| Distributor |
Paramount Television (United States) Nelvana (Canada/International) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Nickelodeon (2003–05) Nicktoons (2008-09) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | August 1, 2003 – May 2, 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Oh Yeah! Cartoons |
| External links | |
| Website | |
My Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated science fantasy television series created by Rob Renzetti for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of XJ-9, better known as Jenny Wakeman, a robot girl who attempts to juggle her duties of protecting Earth while trying to live a normal teenage life.
The show premiered on Nickelodeon on August 1, 2003. The show was cancelled on October 17, 2005 because of low ratings. Unaired, completed season 3 episodes of the series were eventually seen on Nicktoons from October 4, 2008 to May 2, 2009. The series totaled 40 episodes and three seasons, including one TV movie. All three seasons are available on DVD at Amazon and on the iTunes store, although they are geo-blocked from some countries including Canada.
My Life as a Teenage Robot received critical acclaim, being nominated for numerous awards, most prominently one Primetime Emmy Award and eleven Annie Awards.
XJ-9 ("Jenny Wakeman", as she prefers to be called; voiced by Janice Kawaye) is a state-of-the-art gynoid automaton sophisticated robot created by her mother Dr. Nora Wakeman (Candi Milo), an elderly spinster robotics scientist, five years prior to 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 one, 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 actual 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 infatuated with her. Jenny often rejects his romantic advances, but still cares for him as a friend. Fans of the show often speculate on whether Jenny would have ended up with Sheldon or Brad. Renzetti and his team seem to favor Sheldon but refuse to give any definitive answers as to how he would have ended the series if he was given a fourth season.
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