Index: Episode Guide
Followed by: Season 2
See also: Episode delays
Produced in 2002, the first season of "My Life as a Teenage Robot" consists of 26 episodes, each 11-12 minutes in length.
The series premiered internationally in Australia on October 18, 2002 with the episodes "It Came From Next Door" and "Pest Control". The US premiere was on August 1 of the following year.
The season finished airing worldwide in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2003 with the episodes "The Wonderful World of Wizzly" and "Call Hating" and in the United States on February 27, 2004 with the episodes "The Wonderful World of Wizzly" and "Call Hating".
| Season | Episodes | Produced | Premiere (Worldwide) | Finale (Worldwide) | Premiere (USA) | Finale (USA) |
| 1 | 26 | 2002 | October 18, 2002 | February 23, 2003 | August 1, 2003 | February 27, 2004 |
| 2 | 23 | 2004 - 2005 | September 17, 2004 | N/A | December 8, 2004 | September 9, 2005 |
| 3 | 26 | 2005 - 2006 | November 6, 2005 | June 16, 2006 | October 4, 2008 | May 2, 2009 |
Production
After the success of the Oh Yeah Cartoons! pilot short, "My Neighbor Was A Teenage Robot" (produced in 1998 and aired on Nickelodeon in 1999), Nickelodeon announced a full series in early 2002[1].
Following the greenlight, creator Rob Renzetti joined Frederator Studios to produce the series.
Production of the first season officially commenced in March of 2002, and wrapped in late November 2002 with the completion of "Call Hating" [2].
"Unlicensed Flying Object" was the first script written for the series in March of 2002. Despite "It Came From Next Door" chronologically being the first episode, it is basically a remake of the pilot and the decision to write it into an episode was made after the scripts for "Unlicensed Flying Object", "Raggedy Android", and "The Boy Who Cried Robot" were written, thus making "It Came From Next Door" the fourth script written for the series.
Writing of the season was completed in August 2002 with the final draft of "Saved by the Shell."
After passing the storyboard and animatic phase, episodes were shipped overseas to the Seoul-based Rough Draft Korea animation studio, where color and animation were added to the episodes. This phase of the first season's production lasted from April to November 2002, and post-production of the season wrapped later that month.
Rob Renzetti thought of many different styles for the series before finally settling with the Art Deco and anime-inspired aesthetics that the show is known for. The episode "Raggedy Android" was the first episode storyboarded, and was handled mostly by Renzetti himself. This can be seen in the episode as the fairgoers are drawn in a variety of different art styles that were exclusive to that particular episode. After "Raggedy Android", the series' style was finalized as Renzetti and co. found their footing.
Airing
Unlike most other Nicktoons, "My Life as a Teenage Robot" actually premiered internationally.
The series premiered in Australia with the first two episodes ("It Came From Next Door" and "Pest Control") on October 18, 2002, the United Kingdom on November 3, 2002, and Mexico on February 7, 2003, before finally debuting in the United States on August 1.
By the time the series had its American premiere, the first season had already finished airing in the United Kingdom, and 22 of the season's 26 episodes had aired in Australia, as well as 20 in Mexico.
Most of the first season aired in the United States in late 2003, with the last few episodes being delayed to early 2004, ending on February 27 with "The Wonderful World of Wizzly" and "Call Hating", a full year after their worldwide premiere in the United Kingdom. By this time, season 2 was already in production.
It is unknown why the American premiere was delayed to August 2003 when the entire first season was ready to air in 2002, though it could be that Nickelodeon felt that the show was too edgy to air in 2002, so soon after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City.
Script-to-screen
As one can see from the chart pictured, there is a relatively short gap between production of the episodes and their worldwide premieres in the countries of Australia and the UK, with most episodes' premieres in those countries matching their production year, 2002.
However, there is a noticeably large gap between each episode's completion in 2002 and their American premieres between 2003 and 2004. Each individual episode debuted in the United States more than a full year (August 2003 to February 2004) after it was ready to air (July 2002 to November 2002).
This would become all too common later in the series' run, and starting in season 2 (2004 - 2005), coupled with the additional issue of episodes premiering in America out of their intended order. This came to a head in season 3 (2005 - 2006), which didn't air in the United States for three years (2008 - 2009) after initial production and their worldwide premieres.
Episodes
| Series no. | Episode no. | Title | Produced | Air date (USA) 
|
International air dates | Prod. code |
| 1 | 1 | It Came From Next Door | 2002 | August 1, 2003 |  October 18, 2002 November 3, 2002 February 7, 2003 January 1, 2004 January 9, 2004 May 2, 2004 June 23, 2004 February 21, 2005 September 12, 2005 (Nick)
|
102-004 |
| 2 | 2 | Pest Control | 2002 | 102-005 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Raggedy Android | 2002 | August 8, 2003 | October 25, 2002 November 10, 2002 February 21, 2003 January 15, 2004
|
102-002 |
| 4 | 4 | Class Action | 2002 | 102-006 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Attack of the 5½ Ft. Geek | 2002 | August 15, 2003 | November 1, 2002 November 17, 2002 February 28, 2003 January 22, 2004
|
102-009 |
| 6 | 6 | Doom With a View | 2002 | 102-012 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Ear No Evil | 2002 | August 22, 2003 | November 15, 2002 November 24, 2002 March 7, 2003 January 29, 2004
|
102-008 |
| 8 | 8 | Unlicensed Flying Object | 2002 | 102-001 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Party Machine | 2002 | September 5, 2003 | November 22, 2002 December 1, 2002 June 6, 2003 February 5, 2004
|
102-017 |
| 10 | 10 | Speak No Evil | 2002 | 102-014 | ||
| 11 | 11 | See No Evil | 2002 | September 12, 2003 | November 29, 2002 December 1, 2002 June 13, 2003 February 19, 2004
|
102-011 |
| 12 | 12 | The Great Unwashed | 2002 | 102-007 | ||
| 13 | 13 | The Return of Raggedy Android | 2002 | September 19, 2003 | December 8, 2002 May 9, 2003 July 4, 2003 February 26, 2004
|
102-010 |
| 14 | 14 | The Boy Who Cried Robot | 2002 | 102-003 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Sibling Tsunami | 2002 | October 3, 2003 | December 15, 2002 May 16, 2003 June 20, 2003 March 4, 2004
|
102-013 |
| 16 | 16 | I Was a Preschool Dropout | 2002 | 102-015 | ||
| 17 | 17 | Hostile Makeover | 2002 | October 24, 2003 | December 15, 2002 May 2, 2003 June 27, 2003 March 11, 2004
|
102-018 |
| 18 | 18 | Grid Iron Glory | 2002 | 102-016 | ||
| 19 | 19 | Dressed To Kill | 2002 | November 7, 2003 | December 22, 2002 May 30, 2003 September 19, 2003 February 12, 2004
|
102-020 |
| 20 | 20 | Shell Game | 2002 | 102-019 | ||
| 21 | 21 | Daydream Believer | 2002 | November 21, 2003 | February 16, 2003 May 23, 2003 July 11, 2003 March 18, 2004
|
102-021 |
| 22 | 22 | This Time With Feeling | 2002 | 102-023 | ||
| 23 | 23 | Saved by the Shell | 2002 | January 23, 2004 | February 9, 2003 September 12, 2003 October 10, 2003 March 25, 2004
|
102-026 |
| 24 | 24 | Tradeshow Showdown | 2002 | 102-022 | ||
| 25 | 25 | The Wonderful World of Wizzly | 2002 | February 27, 2004 | February 23, 2003 September 19, 2003 October 31, 2003 April 1, 2004
|
102-024 |
| 26 | 26 | Call Hating | 2002 | 102-025 |
Availability
- The first season of "My Life as a Teenage Robot", as well as the second and third seasons, were given a DVD release by Shout! Factory on December 12, 2011, titled My Life as a Teenage Robot: The Complete Series.
- The series is available to purchase on Amazon and iTunes.
- Season one, along with seasons two and three, were available for streaming on Hulu until 2021.
- From 2021 to 2024, the complete series was available for streaming on Paramount+, including the first season.
Trivia
- Jenny, Brad and some of the other main cast have slightly different designs in season one than in later seasons. When the second season entered production, they were slightly redesigned for the rest of the series.
- This is the only season of the series where every episode was produced in the same year. In this case, all 26 episodes were produced in the year 2002. Seasons 2 and 3 were produced in 2004-05 and 2005-06 respectively.
Gallery
Title cards
Episode script covers
Miscellaneous
