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| “ | Destroy! | „ |
| ~ Protoboy's most common line. |
| “ | Brother, look! See bad thing I do!! | „ |
| ~ Protoboy taunting Robotboy by harming Tommy. |
| “ | Not finished... Ye- | „ |
| ~ Protoboy's final line before being shot with a rocket by Superactivated Robotboy. |
Protoboy is a major antagonist in Robotboy.
He was created by Professor Moshimo in his earlier years. He has many of the same qualities as Robotboy, especially advanced fighting skills, but he lacked Robotboy's humanity. He was stolen by a young Dr. Kamikazi and Constantine, then reprogrammed Protoboy so Kamikazi could use him to rule the world, but Kamikazi made Protoboy too evil too control enough to the point where he couldn't control him anymore; Protoboy subsequently destroyed Kaziland before he was eventually subdued by Constantine.
It wouldn’t be until at least a few decades later that Robotboy, after learning about him from Moshimo, would reactivate him in an effort to turn him good. But his efforts proved futile to the point where the pair end up battling each other; Robotboy ultimately defeated Protoboy with a limpet mine, which caused an explosion that seemingly destroyed him for good. However, Protoboy either survived or somehow came back from his destruction and he returned to seek revenge on both his brother and creator respectively. He is one of the archenemies of Robotboy and the archenemy of Robotgirl.
He was voiced by Lewis MacLeod, who portrayed General Yakitori, Bjorn Bjornson, Bjornbot and many others in the same show, IG-88 and Sebulba in Star Wars, Marc Antony in Dante's Inferno, Zaid in Horizon Zero Dawn, Bluebeard in Sandra: The FairyTale Detective, Coroni in Spitting Image and The Entity in Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 3 (where he was uncredited).
Biography[]
Professor Moshimo creating Protoboy.
He was Professor Moshimo's first prototype robot, created when Moshimo graduated from the academy, but the robot lacked Robotboy's humanity and was aggressive. He was stolen by a younger Dr. Kamikazi and Constantine and taken to Kaziland. Thereafter Kamikazi then reprogrammed Protoboy and turned him evil, but in the end Kamikazi made Protoboy too malicious enough to the point where the villain couldn't control him; Protoboy subsequently went on a rampage and sadistically destroyed Kaziland before he was eventually defeated by Constantine, who disconnected Protoboy. Deemed far too dangerous, he was then placed in Kamikazi's reject room.
In the episode "Brother", after hearing about Protoboy, Robotboy, being sad that he had no family of his own, travelled to Kamikazi's lair and reactivated Protoboy, who then began destroying the city. When Robotboy superactivated, Protoboy did as well. Robotboy was nearly defeated until he used the new weapon Moshimo gave him earlier on, which is essentially a limpet mine that caused Protoboy to explode.
He wasn't seen again (chronologically) until "The Revenge of Protoboy" when he tried to kill Robotboy, Tommy and Gus with an asteroid, after Robotboy destroyed it, he nearly killed him by violently attacking him and would have if he didn’t get a phone call from his "dear". He later tried to sink a cruise ship that Tommy's parents were on, and when Robotboy refused to fight him and tried to get him away from the ship, he captured Tommy, sadistically telling Robotboy to see the "bad thing" he was doing to Tommy, implied to be suffocating him by holding him in the air with his shirt's collar. When Robotboy demanded he leave Tommy alone, he dropped Tommy and gleefully offered for Robotboy choose between saving him or the boat. Robotboy manages to save both, then he and Protoboy briefly fight. Robotboy plays possum to make Protoboy think that he destroyed him. Believing this, he attempted to blow up the ship with his arm cannon, only for Robotboy to show-up behind him, and with Protoboy having destroyed most, if not all of Robotboy's affection for him, ripped Protoboy's motherboard out. Protoboy then deactivated and fell into the sea. In this episode, it is revealed that he may have a wife or romantic partner.
He returned again in "The Old Switcharobot" when he switched bodies with Robotboy (only ending up with Robotboy's circuits by accident.) This is also the episode in which Robotboy receives his new body. As Brainy Yak destroys Protoboy in Robotboy's old body.
But he returned once more and for the last time in "The Return of Robotgirl" where he tried to destroy Moshimo and his creations by manipulating Robotboy and Robotgirl into sacrificing themselves so he would let Moshimo free, which was just a lie. He kicked out Robotgirl's batteries and almost defeated all three of them, but Lola distracted him by saying Moshimo had another robot of his, only for him to see it was a shadow illusion created by Tommy and Gus. He was foiled when Robotboy and Moshimo were released by Lola free and shot him down and destroyed the bridge that Protoboy was lying on. Protoboy seemed to have melted in the molten lava he used to try to destroy Moshimo and his brother, but is not shown falling in as he grabs onto the bridge. It was however confirmed in a Facebook message that he survived the destruction.
Personality[]
| “ | Protoboy sees the world as his enemy! His instinct is to attack, and no weapon can stop him! | „ |
| ~ Professor Moshimo on Protoboy. |
Protoboy is shown to be a cold, emotionless and sadistic killing machine. In contrast to the majority of the show's other villains, he is presented as a genuinely serious threat. He takes pleasure in destroying whatever he can and considers it "fun". He is shown to enjoy fighting, as he once said fighting Robotboy would be exciting for him. He almost never shows any emotion other than anger and sadistic joy. He has only shown surprise on two occasions when Robotboy outsmarted him.
Protoboy can also be calculating and deceitful, as in "The Old Switcharobot" where he swapped bodies with Robotboy in an attempt to be able to kill Moshimo and "The Return of Robotgirl" where he, knowing they'd come looking for Moshimo, lured Robotboy and Robotgirl to him in a factory and tried to blackmail them by claiming he'd release Moshimo if they entered titanium molds.
Powers and Abilities[]
Protoboy is shown to have many of the same basic skills his brother has, such as flying, super strength and superactivation. In his normal mode, he typically uses a blaster in combat or to destroy things, this blaster is shown to fire both lasers and bullets.
Protoboy charging his arm cannon.
In his superactivated mode, his right arm is replaced with an arm cannon. In most episodes, it is shown to be static, but in "The Old Switcharobot", it is shown both his arms can be swapped out for cannons or regular arms. His cannons are shown to fire lasers, and in "The Revenge of Protoboy", they seem to be capable of being charged up for more powerful shots. In the same episode, it is revealed he can shoot beams from his eyes, which are shown to be powerful enough to cut-through Robotboy.
Quotes[]
| “ | Brother weak. Weapon useless! | „ |
| ~ Protoboy before being defeated in his and Robotboy's first battle. |
| “ | Gus: Oops, busted! Protoboy: Nice try! But no work. Say, bye-bye! Professor Moshimo: Bye-bye, Protoboy! |
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| ~ Protoboy not fooled by Tommy and Gus' trick, only for a freed Robotboy and Moshimo to sneak-up behind him. |
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- His Dear
Enemies[]
- Robotgirl (archenemy)
- Robotboy (archenemy)
- Tommy Turnbull
- Lola Mbola
- Gus Turner
- Brainy-Yak
- Dr. Kamikazi
- Professor Moshimo
Trivia[]
- His voice is different in "Brother" compared to how it is for the rest of the show, being more garbled and slightly higher-pitched.
- Despite his few appearances, he is the most popular villain in the series, even more then Dr. Kamikazi, the main villain.
- He could be considered to be Robotboy's most personal villain and possibly his true archenemy, due to them having a more personal conflict and Protoboy being the villain Robotboy shows the most disgust towards.
- He can be also argued to be Robotboy's most dangerous foe, as Protoboy is treated as a genuine threat, is portrayed as very competent, is taken more seriously and always comes at least decently close to his goals.
- He, Bjornbot and General Yakitori are the only recurring villains to die, although they all were revived later on.
- Writer Robert Mittenthal stated that they may have had an idea to make Protoboy good again if the series continued, meaning that he possibly could have redeemed himself if the show carried on.
- Also according to him, he was always intended to appear more then once.
- Until it was confirmed to be cartoon logic, many fans had wondered how Protoboy kept coming back to life after being destroyed.
- The only episode he appears in where he doesn't seem to be destroyed (barring a small appearance in a flashback in "Donnie Turnbull's Day Off") is "The Return of Robotgirl". It's unknown why this was, since he always had been destroyed in previous episodes.
- This may have been due to the episode being his last appearance, and the creators presumably not knowing the show would be cancelled, meaning that they kept Protoboy alive so people wouldn't think he was gone for good.
- Said episode is the only one where he doesn't say "destroy" at any point.
External Links[]
- Protoboy on the Robotboy Wiki
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