The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (TV series)
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| Genre |
Science fiction Superhero |
| Based on |
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot by Frank Miller Geof Darrow |
| Developed by | Duane Capizzi |
| Voices of | Jonathan David Cook Pamela Adlon Jim Hanks Gabrielle Carteris R. Lee Ermey Kathy Kinney Kevin Michael Richardson Stephen Root M. Emmet Walsh |
| Composer(s) | Inon Zur |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Mike Richardson Richard Raynis |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Columbia TriStar Television Dark Horse Entertainment Adelaide Productions |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
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| Original network | Fox Kids |
| Picture format | 480i NTSC |
| Original release | September 18, 1999 – March 5, 2001 |
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot is an American animated TV series based on the comic book of the same name by Frank Miller and Geof Darrow.
The series ran for 26 episodes on Fox Kids and featured, amongst others, the voice of Pamela Adlon (credited as Pamela Segall) as the voice of Rusty, R. Lee Ermey and M. Emmet Walsh. A line of toys based on the show was produced by Bandai, along with ephemera surrounding a brief promotional tie-in with Burger King. On July 12,2016 Amazon released the complete series on DVD-R.
The animated series, produced by Columbia TriStar Television and Dark Horse Entertainment, aired from 1999 to 2001, and in many aspects is a more mature and established series. Whereas the comic book seems like only an introduction to the robots, the animated series is full-fledged with a strong back story which links the episodes together. The plot and setting of the series is different from the comic book as the whole story is based around New Tronic City, a fictional North American city clearly modeled after New York City.
The series focuses on Rusty, the most advanced robot ever built, with a human emotional grid and "nucleoprotonic" powers. The plan is that Rusty will replace the Big Guy, a massive war robot that is the Earth's last line of defence against all threats alien or domestic. However, Rusty is too inexperienced to stand on his own, so the Big Guy is re-commissioned to teach Rusty the way of trade. Rusty idolizes the Big Guy, regarding him as the best robot ever. In reality, the Big Guy is actually a mindless battle suit piloted by Lieutenant Dwayne Hunter, who poses as his chief mechanic. The Big Guy's secret is known only to a few, and many situations involve Lt. Hunter's clever and impromptu excuses to hide the fact from Rusty for two reasons: that the truth could overload Rusty's emotional grid; and Rusty has trouble keeping secrets.
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