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Roboroach (2002)
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Overview
Roboroach is a Canadian animated television series, which ran on Teletoon in Canada and Jetix in Europe. It follows the story of a cockroach named Rube and his brother Reg. While scavenging for food, as seen in the introduction film, Rube is caught and experimented on. His brother saves him, but when they jump in an electrical outlet, Rube is transformed forever into a roboroach, a half-robot half-cockroach. After that he swears to use his powers only for the good of everyone and never for personal use, unfortunately for Reg.
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Scott ThompsonRuben "Rube" Roach (voice)
Ted DykstraReginald "Reg" Roach (voice)
ARTWORK GALLERY
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Season 1
52 episodes · First aired 2002-01-08
E01
Reg Bugs Out
2002-01-08 · 30 min
When Rube donates Reg's beloved T.V to the Old Bug's Home, Reg goes nuts and the Psychiatrist, Dr. Pillbug, suggests a new theory of his, that Rube and Reg should never see each other again! Reg realizes soon after Rube's departure that he can't live with him, and he can't live without him!
E02
Little Big Mouth
2002-01-15 · 30 min
After taunting him on National T.V, famous bug killer Mandible Lichter goes after Reg, but Reg isn't worried, after all, he's got a super hero on his side. A super hero who's just shed his exoskeleton! Reg does his best to nurse Rube back to health before he winds up on the menu, but if Mandible comes before Rube's ready, Reg may be toast!
E03
Pains, Drains, and Robomobiles
2002-01-22 · 30 min
When Reg gets a winning lottery ticket, he floors it to the lottery office in his 'robomobile', but when he and Rube miss the office by thousands of miles, then their only hope is to get back to Vexburg before the ticket expires, and that's not so easy with a temporarily powerless Roboroach!
E04
Jungle Bugs
2002-01-29 · 30 min
From floor scrubbers to field researchers in a snap! Reg thinks that his luck has finally changed when Sterling Uberbucks hires him and Rube to find the legendary 'Dyno-mites', a disco-like tribe of jungle bugs, and film their sacred dance ritual, but Rube and Reg must pass a series of Disco tests first.
E05
Fitness Bug
2002-02-05 · 30 min
Rube decides that it's time to whip Reg into shape when he sees that Reg can't even hold the remote anymore, but Reg has no patience for the long way to health, so Rube transforms into a super-workout machine. Unfortunately, Rube falls asleep while Reg is still inside the machine, leaving Reg to end up being too fit!
E06
Runaway Roaches
2002-02-12 · 30 min
The mayor discovers Roboroach's file in the 'Fugitives from Justice file' and decides that this is her perfect chance to lock up that infernal nuisance, so she hires The Exterminator to 'take care of Roboroach.' Meanwhile Rube thinks he's getting chased all because of a bad check that Reg signed with Rube's name.
E07
Popsicle Pest
2002-02-19 · 30 min
When Rube and Reg discover a prehistoric cavebug frozen in an icecube, both of them are very excited: Rube, because he feels honoured to help the cavebug adapt to our modern ways, and Reg, because he( as Usual) wants to rake in some dough.
E08
Weakened Gladiators
2002-02-26 · 30 min
Reg insults Sterling Uberbucks' girlfriend,(who, shall we say, is just a TINY bit overweight),and Uberbucks challenges him to a gladiatorial fight to the death. With Rube's training( and a little bit of armor) Reg thinks he's a sure thing to win, but when Uberbucks says Reg gets everything if he wins, he means EVERYTHING.
E09
Sugar Mommy
2002-03-05 · 30 min
Reg answers a personal ad for the widow black, and marries her!(Obviously for the money). The widow black's ex-husbands all 'mysteriously vanished right after the wedding'. Is Reg next on the menu?
E10
X-Pet
2002-03-12 · 30 min
Rube and Reg must go undercover to solve the case of the mysterious X-Pet who lives in the sewers, and pulls off people's heads! But is the monster really what it seems to be?
E11
Bed-Ridden Bug
2002-03-19 · 30 min
Reg fakes being seriously injured, and Rube, being the kind caring brother he is, will do anything to make his big bro better.Unfortunately, Reg sends Rube on errands for extravagant gifts, only eventually, Rube returns with a personal health-care worker, who uses some rather strange techniques.
E12
RoboRoach: The Movie
2002-03-26 · 30 min
Despite it's name, it's just another episode. When Rube lands the starring role in a movie, Reg will do anything to get rich off of him. He makes Rube download a quick acting lesson, but it turns out to be a virus! This leaves Reg to take the helm and try to save Rube's movie career!
E13
Two Bugs and a Baby
2002-04-02 · 30 min
One morning, while Rube was cooking breakfast, he cracked open an egg and BOOM! Inside was a baby! Rube decides to raise the little darling, and names her Regina, after his big bro. On Regina's first day of school, however, she eats the principal, and Rube decides it's time to return her to her rightful home.
E14
Überland
2002-04-09 · 30 min
Reg and Rube sign up to test Sterling Uberbucks' new theme park rides. Surprisingly, Reg would rather quit, then bite the bullet and get paid! Unfortunately, Rube isn't going to let Reg off his ' civic duty' hook that easily.
E15
Santa's Bitter Helper
2002-04-16 · 30 min
Rube and Reg are surprised to see that they got everyone in Vexberg's presents for Christmas. It turns out that Reg hacked into Santa's Naughty and Nice list, because he is always on the Naughty list. So Rube and Reg must deliver all of the presents to their rightful owners before Christmas morning, and before Reg is put on the Naughty list permanently!
E16
Flushed-Aways
2002-04-23 · 30 min
Rube and Reg get flushed down the toilet and into the sewer, where they must survive without Rube's now water-logged circuits. Reg decides that the two of them should split up, and while Rube is thriving, Reg is barely surviving.
E17
RoboWatch
2002-04-30 · 30 min
Reg re-opens a deserted beach, hoping to cash in on the tourism. He hires Rube to be the lifeguard, and to protect the beachgoers from Jowls, the great white Catfish. Unfortunately, The sun, surf, and lack of sleep are too much for poor Rube, and it's up to Reg to save the beach, oh, and himself too!
E18
Sins of the Teacher
2002-05-07 · 30 min
It's Rube's birthday, and what could be a better present than your old psychotic schoolteacher breaking out of prison? Reg and Rube try to run, but they can't escape from Miss Conduct, AKA the Disciplinarian!
E19
Rube Awakenings
2002-05-14 · 30 min
Reg has found the perfect job- being an air-traffic controller! What could suit Reg more than staring at a screen all day? Unfortunately, he falls asleep on the job, and it's all up to Rube to save his big brother's career, not to mention Vexberg's skies!
E20
Battling For Uberbucks
2002-05-21 · 30 min
Rube and Reg are chosen for Sterling Uberbucks' hit t.v. show- "Extermination!" Rube and Reg must struggle to survive in the most deadly climate of all- A human kitchen!
E21
Bug Tusslers
2002-05-28 · 30 min
Rube accidentally becomes a great bug Tussler
E22
Death of a Salesbug
2002-06-04 · 30 min
Reg has a sure-fire cure for his poverty, a new invention- " Miracle- Glo- Elixir", only problem with selling it is, that nobody wants to buy it! That is, until Reg does a demonstration....
E23
Revenge of the Fleabrain
2002-06-11 · 30 min
Rube and Reg, once again, have new careers- this time as copybugs(And lunch-order-takers)at "The Vexberg Daily Dirt" Newspaper office. Rube himself gets a crush on the cunning reporter, Lotus Lane, but she gets kidnapped by the evil Heirf Leabrain (Heir Fleabrain to the public). Rube wants to help Lotus Lane, but he's just so shy around her that he can't concentrate. Concentration isn't his biggest issue when Fleabrain uses Rube's one weakness against him- Craptonite.
E24
Ghost Bunglers
2002-06-18 · 30 min
An old widow, Mrs. Vanderlick(hic) has a serious medical condition- she hiccups constantly! Much to her dismay, she runs out of medicine, and hires our heros to get a bottle from her dead sisters' house. What she forgot to tell them is that the house is haunted!
E25
Mite Makes Wrong
2002-06-25 · 30 min
The once-famous superhero "Megamite" returns to Vexberg and Rube becomes his personal lackey!Rejecting his sidekick status to Rube, Reg goes ofto prove that Megamite is a fraud!
E26
Good Deed Day
2002-07-02 · 30 min
Rube tries to convince Reg to give up his greedy ways by participating in Good-Deed-Day's Good-Deed Doing. Reg finally decides to participate, but only after he finds out about the prize for the most good deeds done!
E27
The Flying Roachinis
2002-07-09 · 30 min
E28
Cowbugs
2002-07-16 · 30 min
E29
Political Partying
2002-07-23 · 30 min
E30
Bugfoot Fetish
2002-07-30 · 30 min
E31
Bugs With Gas
2002-08-06 · 30 min
E32
Insectizoids
2002-08-13 · 30 min
E33
Vexburg 500
2002-08-20 · 30 min
E34
Guilty Please
2002-08-27 · 30 min
E35
Family Feud
2002-09-03 · 30 min
E36
Robo Reg
2002-09-10 · 30 min
E37
Under The Rainbow
2002-09-17 · 30 min
E38
Bed Bug Walking
2002-09-24 · 30 min
E39
Sluggies
2002-10-01 · 30 min
E40
Delivery Bugs
2002-10-08 · 30 min
E41
Jockey Shorts
2002-10-15 · 30 min
E42
The RoboRoach Show
2002-10-22 · 30 min
E43
The Big Bug Sleep
2002-10-29 · 30 min
E44
Prehistoric Pest
2002-11-05 · 30 min
E45
Ruby's Slippers
2002-11-12 · 30 min
E46
The President's Brain Is Missing
2002-11-19 · 30 min
E47
Club Dead
2002-11-26 · 30 min
E48
Omega Mites
2002-12-03 · 30 min
E49
The Great Reginini
2002-12-10 · 30 min
E50
Dustmites Come Home
2002-12-17 · 30 min
E51
The High Cost Of Laughing
2002-12-24 · 30 min
E52
Loco Hero
2002-12-31 · 30 min
Season 2
52 episodes · First aired 2003-09-06
E01
Shuttle Bugs
2003-09-06 · 30 min
E02
Rememberizing Rube
2003-09-13 · 30 min
E03
Ship Of Foods
2003-09-20 · 30 min
E04
Pipe Reams
2003-09-27 · 30 min
E05
CopRoach Academy
2003-10-04 · 30 min
E06
Tooth For A Tooth
2003-10-11 · 30 min
E07
Überpops
2003-10-18 · 30 min
E08
Ballwashers Championship
2003-10-25 · 30 min
E09
Office Hours
2003-11-01 · 30 min
E10
Miss Vexburg
2003-11-08 · 30 min
E11
The Dapper Dandies Of Dusty Gulch
2003-11-15 · 30 min
E12
Of Lice And Men
2003-11-22 · 30 min
E13
Spelunkheads
2003-11-29 · 30 min
E14
Giggling Island
2003-12-06 · 30 min
E15
Reggie's Heros
2003-12-13 · 30 min
E16
Gourmet Rude
2003-12-20 · 30 min
E17
Mystic Warbugs
2003-12-27 · 30 min
E18
X Hits The Spot
2004-01-03 · 30 min
E19
The Miracle Of Girth
2004-01-10 · 30 min
E20
The Purse Of The Mummy
2004-01-17 · 30 min
E21
A Pair Au Pairs
2004-01-24 · 30 min
E22
Shocking Tales
2004-01-31 · 30 min
E23
Reality Bytes
2004-02-07 · 30 min
E24
Debonairhead
2004-02-14 · 30 min
E25
Elves' Night Off
2004-02-21 · 30 min
E26
Loose Sleuths
2004-02-28 · 30 min
E27
Death Takes A Half Day
2004-03-06 · 30 min
E28
Übertrain
2004-03-13 · 30 min
E29
The Sacrificial Ham
2004-03-20 · 30 min
E30
Bug Brother Is Watching
2004-03-27 · 30 min
E31
Space Cadets
2004-04-03 · 30 min
E32
Love Bugs
2004-04-10 · 30 min
E33
WereRoach
2004-04-17 · 30 min
E34
Remote Control Roach
2004-04-24 · 30 min
E35
No Pain No Weight Gain
2004-05-01 · 30 min
E36
El Regidente
2004-05-08 · 30 min
E37
Sins Of The Teacher II
2004-05-15 · 30 min
E38
Robo Reunion
2004-05-22 · 30 min
E39
Opposites Detract
2004-05-29 · 30 min
E40
Robo Nurse
2004-06-05 · 30 min
E41
Night Of The Living Beds
2004-06-12 · 30 min
E42
Superhero Sampler
2004-06-19 · 30 min
E43
Reggie's Eleven
2004-06-26 · 30 min
E44
Easter Charade
2004-07-03 · 30 min
E45
It's A Mad Mad Mad Reg
2004-07-10 · 30 min
E46
Gold Fever
2004-07-17 · 30 min
E47
Spitting Images
2004-07-24 · 30 min
E48
Youth Juice
2004-07-31 · 30 min
E49
The Living Bro
2004-08-07 · 30 min
E50
The Fly Who Loved Me
2004-08-14 · 30 min
E51
Road To Ubugme
2004-08-21 · 30 min
E52
Ticking Time Bug
2004-08-28 · 30 min
