My Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated science-fiction superhero streaming television series created by Rob Renzetti. A revival of the Nickelodeon animated television series of the same name, it is produced by Frederator Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studio, and reprises the voices of Janice Kawaye, Candi Milo, Chad Doreck, Audrey Wasilewski, Quinton Flynn, Moira Quirk, Cree Summer and Natasha Rothwell[note 2]. Set in the fictional town of Tremorton, the series follows the adventures of a robot super-heroine named XJ-9, or Jenny, as she prefers to be called, who attempts to juggle her duties of protecting Earth while trying to live a normal human life as a teenage girl.
Following the cancellation of the original series in 2009, series creator Rob Renzetti stated that no spin-offs or continuations would occur. Then, in June 2023, in the lead-up to the series' 20th anniversary, Renzetti announced that a revival series was in the works at Nickelodeon. The series premiered on August 2, 2024 on Paramount+ as an original series. It concluded on September 27, 2030 after 7 seasons, with each season spanning 24 episodes.
Overview[]
My Life as a Teenage Robot is set in the fictional town of Tremorton and focuses on making lighthearted fun of typical teenage issues and conventions of works relating to teenagers and superheros. The series follows XJ-9 ("Jenny Wakeman", as she prefers to be called; voiced by Janice Kawaye), who is a highly sophisticated state-of-the-art sentient gynoid automaton robot girl created by her mother Dr. Nora Wakeman (voiced by Candi Milo), an elderly robotics scientist, five years before the series. Jenny is Earth's protector, armed with a wide range of weapons and devices, but simply wants to live the life of a normal teenager. She was preceded in development by eight other models; in season 1, the episode "Sibling Tsunami" introduced XJs 1–8.
Jenny's friends are her neighbors Brad (voiced by Chad Doreck) and Tuck Carbuckle (voiced by Audrey Wasilewski). Brad is outgoing and adventurous, and is the first human 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 obsessed with her. Jenny often rejects his romantic advances, but still cares for him as a friend.
At high school, Jenny has an ongoing rivalry with the Crust cousins, Brit (voiced by Moira Quirk) and Tiff (voiced by Cree Summer), the popular girls in school. Dr. Wakeman often tries in vain to control her creation and keep her daughter focused on protecting the planet Earth. Adding to her trouble is that she is constantly being dogged by the all-robotic Cluster Empire, whose queen, Vexus (voiced by Natasha Rothwell) and sometimes Commander Smytus (voiced by Steve Blum) or Krackus (voiced by Jim Ward), wants her to join their world of robots (by force if necessary). Despite it all, Jenny struggles to maintain some semblance of a mostly human life.
Characters[]
- Jennifer "Jenny" Wakeman (Robotic Global Response Unit Model No. XJ-9) (voiced by Janice Kawaye) is a sentient XJ-series gynoid automaton humanoid created by Dr. Noreen Wakeman five years prior to the series, along with her half-done prototype predecessor sisters colored blue, green and violet. Though she was designed to be Earth's protector armed to the teeth with a wide range of weapons, devices and transformations, she desires to live the life of a normal teenager and often makes this covet quite apparent to her friends. Jenny's personality is often kind, friendly, sweet-hearted, and optimistic, though this also comes with being rather naive as to her surroundings.
- Dr. Noreen "Nora" Wakeman (voiced by Candi Milo) is an elderly robotics scientist who built the XJ robots. She is often simply referred to as "Mother" or "Mom" by Jenny and her sisters.
- Bradley "Brad" Carbunkle (voiced by Chad Doreck) is Tuck's older brother and Jenny's best friend and next-door neighbor. He is outgoing and adventurous, and is the first friend Jenny ever made.
- Tucker "Tuck" Cornelius Carbunkle (voiced by Audrey Wasilewski) is Brad's younger brother. He is usually tagging along with his brother and Jenny, though his aptitude for adventure is significantly less than Brad's.
- Sheldon Oswald Lee (voiced by Quinton Flynn) is Jenny's self-proclaimed romantic admirer and friend. Jenny refuses his romantic advances, though she does care for him as a close friend. Being skilled in robotics, Sheldon has created gadgets and modifications for Jenny, usually very unnecessarily bulky and extravagant, as well as doing minor repair work. He also occasionally masquerades as a robot superhero, the "Silver Shell".
Additional characters[]
- Brit (voiced by Moira Quirk) and Tiff (voiced by Cree Summer), together known as the Crust cousins, are the popular girls at Jenny's school. Jenny has an ongoing rivalry with the two.
- Queen Vexus (voiced by Natasha Rothwell)
- Commander Smytus (voiced by Steve Blum)
- Krackus (voiced by Jim Ward)
Episodes[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
| 1 | 24 | August 2, 2024 | February 1, 2025 | Paramount+ | |
| 2 | 24 | February 13, 2025 | May 28, 2026 | ||
| 3 | 24 | June 18, 2026 | September 15, 2027 | ||
| 4 | 24 | September 27, 2027 | July 21, 2028 | ||
| 5 | 24 | August 1, 2028 | April 7, 2029 | ||
| 6 | 24 | April 25, 2029 | November 19, 2029 | ||
| 7 | 24 | November 28, 2029 | September 27, 2030 | ||
Broadcast and home media[]
Paramount+ premiered My Life as a Teenage Robot on August 2, 2024 as an original series.
All seven seasons are available on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, released by Paramount Home Entertainment.