The CW4Kids Talkback: RollBots [Season 1] (Spoilers)

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U.S. Television Premiere, Today at 8:00 AM

Welcome to Flip City, home of the RollBots. Armed with specialized BotMods, these remarkable ?bots can retract their limbs, curl up into a ball and roll like mad! It?s a twisted rollercoaster world with 11 different rollbot tribes that keep the city rolling. Join Spin ? the only ?bot without a tribe ? and the members of the FCPD, as they battle the evil Vertex and his henchbots. Get ready for a high speed roll down the trax.

Episode 1: Training Day
United States Airdate: September 19th, 2009

Synopsis: Spin's first day at the FCPD goes from bad to worse when a bank heist spirals out of control, putting everyone in danger.​
 
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Episode 2: Breakpoint
United States Airdate: September 26, 2009​

Episode Description: When Captain Pounder and the Kei'zatsu fall prey to a trap set by Manx and the henchbots, it's up to Spin to save the day.
 
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Episode 3: Wipeout
United States Airdate: October 03, 2009​

Episode Description: Spin and Tinny end up trapped on the Safety Net with Manx while trying to deliver a mysterious package to the mayor; and their only way out is to work together.
 
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Episode 4: Scorched
United States Airdate: October 10, 2009
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Episode Description: Things around Flip City get crazy when Vertex?s goons use a special botmod to freeze the Kei?zatsu in mid-transformation, letting criminals overrun the city!

Plus you can catch up with the previous RollBots episodes at 4KidsTV.com:

Episode 1: Training Day
Episode 2: Breakpoint
Episode 3: Wipeout
 
I have been watching a little bit of Rollbots here and there and while I am not totally sold on this show, I have to admit that it is kind of entertaining and is pretty fun to watch if there is nothing else on. I do like the animation style in the show to a certain extent, but I am afraid of a rise in this style of animation over classic 2D animation and with shows like Battle Force 5 and Rollbots now featuring this style of animation I'm afraid it's going to get hot and studio's are going to shift in this direction. Perhaps not, but I would rather a rash of 2D shows as opposed to a bunch of these 3D shows anyday.

But like I said, Rollbots is pretty entertaining and can be fun when there is either nothing else on or when CN is airing repeats.
 
Rollbots is cool, it's become a part of my new and improved Saturday Morning cartoon watching, I wouldn't call this series amazing or anything but I am definatly liking it and will continue to support it until otherwise. I hope this show finds success, it has that Saturday morning feel to it that reminds me of the old Reboot show of the middle 90's, I like it.
 
4Kids video player isn't working for some reason.

The second notch keeps getting buffered but my connection is DSL.

This shouldn't happen.
 
So I'm watching this now, and they mention Kei'zatsu and then I'm thinking, "Wait....Kei'zatsu...Kei-satsu? Keisatsu! Oh my god, that means "police" in Japanese!" And then I go on wiki and I find all the other "tribes" have names like that like the Tensai tribe which literally means genius. That's really cool.

I don't know why I like this show either. It's got this kind of charm to it.
 
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Episode 5: The Koto Protocall
United States Airdate: October 17, 2009
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Episode Description: When Lance gets smashed into Safe Mode by the henchbots, his only hope is a full repair at the Hub ... but as Spin realizes, something in Penny’s past may stand in the way of saving Lance’s circuits!
 
The names are a mix of Japanese words and techy humour. There's a lot of subtle stuff layered in, and it becomes more obvious as the season plays out... the first dozen or so are highly episodic, but then the story arc really starts to kick in.

Kinda wish we'd been able to start stronger, but I'm glad you like it, even if you don't know why :)
 
Ah...so you must be part of the crew on the show? It's pretty cool that you're here at Toon Zone. :D

Is there any word on a second season yet or is it just the first 26 episodes so far?
 
Oops, sorry, I'm slow today. I'm the creator, MCM. Toon Zone is one of my favourite places to lurk (especially since RollBots started airing on the CW :)

There's no word on a second season yet, but I've been told we'll have news soonish. I can't wait to start on it... I've got the next four seasons mapped out, and they're burning a hole in my brain, just waiting to be written. It's hard to see right now, but once you get past these early episodes (where we were specifically told to be as "crime of the week" as possible)... that's when the story arc really kicks in, and things get interesting.

I'm rambling. Anyway, yes. Don't mind me. I'll go back to lurking now :)
 
Neat. Four seasons planned already? Well, hopefully a second season isn't too far around the corner.
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Two Brand New Episodes Today!


Episode 6: Inside Outside Upside Down
United States Airdate: October 24, 2009 (airs at 8 AM)
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Episode Description: Vertex frees Manx’s old nemesis Phaze from prison and forces them to work together to take over Pengi Park ... and only Spin and Tinny are able to stop them!

Episode 7: House Call
United States Airdate: October 24, 2009 (airs at 11 AM)
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Episode Description: When Spin suffers a sudden burst of uncontrollable speed, he’s rushed to the Hub to be checked out by Koto. Meanwhile, Vertex plans to harness Spin’s new powers for his own purposes.
 
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Episode 8: Crontab Trouble
United States Airdate: October 31, 2009
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Episode Description: Spin is stuck reliving a pocket of history when an experimental botmod called the Crontab is unleashed by Vertex.
 
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Episode 9: Two Left Feet
United States Airdate: November 7, 2009​
Episode Description: Spin discovers a Hai’bu named Oddball walking in circles, and quickly becomes involved in a bizarre plot to steal the limbs from random bots around the city.
 
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Episode 10: Do the Right Module
United States Airdate: November 14, 2009​
Episode Description: Mayor Aria?s new modchip causes problems for the FCPD when Spin and Penny discover they prevent them from doing their jobs!
 
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Episode 11: #044
United States Airdate: November 21, 2009​
Episode Description: Spin and Lance?s boring guard duty of a construction site turns interesting when the Zurasho workers go crazy and lure them into a booby-trapped house!
 
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