Editing Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)

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[[File:BotBots promo image.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Can't [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|kill Optimus Prime]] if he never shows up in the first place!]]

'''''Transformers: BotBots''''' is an animated series based on the [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|franchise of the same name]]. First announced on [[February 25]], [[2021]] alongside ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark]]'', the series is produced by [[Entertainment One]] and animated by [[Boulder Media Studio]], with [[Kevin Burke]] and [[Chris Wyatt]] showrunning and executive producing. The show premiered on [[Netflix]] on [[March 25]], [[2022]], with a first season of ten episodes; each one includes two 11-minute stories.

{{bigquote|''When energon struck a mall nearby,''<br>''We became more than meets the eye''<br>''We’re everyday objects, motionless parts,''<br>''We burst to life to let the party start!''<br>|The [[theme song]].}}

==Storyline==
When a [[Mall (BotBots)|shopping mall]] is struck by lightning from an [[energon]] cloud, the various ordinary objects within it are given life and become the race of tiny transforming robots known as BotBots. By day, they hide in plain sight, but by night, they emerge from hiding to have all kinds of fun. These tiny bots have organized themselves into squads based on their stores of origin, but some were left in the lost-and-found when the surge occurred. After accidentally revealing themselves to the [[Dave (BotBots)|night shift security guard]], breaking the BotBots' most sacred rule, these [[Lost Bots]] are shunned and treated as outcasts by the others. Now, seeking to find where they belong, these misfits must work together to reingratiate themselves with the other BotBots in hopes of being taken back by their true squads, all while preventing the security guard from exposing their existence. As they adventure together, however, they might just learn that they've already found where they belong...

==Characters==
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'''[[Lost Bots]]'''
* [[Burgertron]] ([[James Hartnett]])
* [[Dimlit]] ([[Deven Mack]])
* [[Kikmee]] ([[Lisa Norton]])
* [[Bonz-Eye]] ([[Louisa Zhu]])
* [[Clogstopper]] ([[Christian Potenza]])

'''[[Greaser Gang|Hunger Hubs]]'''
* [[Spud Muffin]] ([[Joseph Motoki]])
* [[Ulf the Orange]] ([[Josette Jorge]])
* [[Fottle Barts]]
* [[Brock O'Lonely]]
* [[Angry Cheese]]
* takeout box bot

'''[[Sugar Shocks]]'''
* [[Frostferatu]] (Deven Mack)
* [[Lady Macaron]] ([[Julie Lemieux]])
* [[Lolly Licks]]
* [[Sprinkleberry D'uhnut]] (Deven Mack)
* [[Wishy-Waffley]]

'''[[Gamer Geeks]]'''
* [[Chitter Click]]
* [[Fomo]] ([[Cory Doran]])
* [[Game Over]] (Josette Jorge)
* [[Ring-A-Ling]] 
* [[Steer'd Wrong]]

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'''[[Toilet Troop|Custodial Crew]]'''
* [[Caution]]
* [[King Toots]]
* [[Lady Loofa]]
* [[Sergeant Scrubforce]]
* [[Vomit Comet]] ([[Martin Roach]])
* poop bot
* glove bot

'''[[Jock Squad]]'''
* [[Batsby]]
* [[Dinger]] (Deven Mack)
* [[Kidd Klobber]]
* [[Laceface]]
* [[Pucksie]]
* [[The In-Sole]]

'''[[Shed Heads]]'''
* [[Cuddletooth]]
* [[Drillit Yaself]]
* [[Nail Byter]]
* [[Sandy Man]]

'''[[Science Alliance]]'''
* [[Dr. Flaskenstein]]
* [[Face Ace]]
* [[Starscope]] ([[Sean Jordan]])
* [[Eye-Goon]]

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'''Top secret squad'''
*[[Agent Smartlit (BotBots)|Agent Smartlit]]

'''Unknown squads'''
* [[24K-Bit]]
* [[Knotzel]]
* [[Sweet Cheat]]
* [[Pop N. Lock]]
* [[Anty Farmwell]]
* [[Snorg the Conquerer|Snorg]]
* [[Jacqueline]] (Julie Lemieux)
* [[Ol' Tic Toc]]
* [[The Plop Father]]
* [[Playgor Cardquest]] ([[Brandon Hackett]])
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* [[Dave (BotBots)|Dave]] ([[Mark Little]])
* [[Dave's mom]]
* [[Randall (BotBots)|Randall]]
* [[Agent Wagner]]
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==Episodes==
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# [[Mall Than Meets the Eye]] / [[(Never) Be Yourself]]
# [[Escape from Snackatraz]] / [[I, Cheeseburger]]
# [[Phoning It In]] / [[The Lost Bots and the Claw Crusade]]
# [[Live and Let LARP]] / [[Lone Bot and Carb]]
# [[Dimlit in Love]] / [[On the Bot Prom Dance Floor]]
# [[The Ruckus Rally (episode)|The Ruckus Rally]] / [[Crime and Bun-ishment]]
# [[Spirit of Halloween]] / [[Rage Against the Karaoke Machine]]
# [[Scanned Out]] / [[The Science Alliance (episode)|The Science Alliance]]
# [[Agent Smartlit (episode)|Agent Smartlit]] / [[Shopping Brawl]]
# [[The Goldrush Games - Part the First]] / [[The Goldrush Games - Part the Second]]
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==Notes==
* ''BotBots'' is the first ''Transformers'' cartoon to feature a Canadian voice cast since [[2006]]'s ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' cartoon, though based in [[Toronto]] rather than Vancouver.
* The show has almost no on-screen English (or any other existing written language), with virtually all the text replaced with a new set of made-up symbols. These map to the standard ABCs and the text translates to standard English. In a new twist however, there are separate symbols for capital letters.

===Continuity, schmontinuity===
The showrunners have been purposefully vague on where ''BotBots'' fits in the grand ''Transformers'' mythos. In numerous interviews, they've shied away from calling it any form of reboot, and stated that all that other Transformers stuff was happening elsewhere outside the mall. Their focus was to make this show a "jumping-on" point for new audiences young and old who might not be already vested in the minutiae of Transformers lore, limiting themselves to the odd nod and [[easter egg]] for previous fans, and focusing on the "universe" of the mall, the only universe the BotBots know. And this is 11 billion percent a valid approach to the show, helping it stand on its own merits (and for many fans, something of a relief given the prior decade of nostalgia-sodden fiction).

But we ''are'' TFWIKI.net, and we wouldn't be ''us'' if we didn't tug on those strings just a ''little'' bit, and at least note where this series probably ''can't'' be happening.

* First of all, "all that other Transformers stuff" consists of a massive [[multiverse]] with nearly four decades' worth of fiction. Technically, yes, it's all happening elsewhere/when. Can't call them liars there. That doesn't narrow things down much.
* That the humans (besides Dave the security guard) do not think "robots in disguise" are a thing that exists eliminates a fair few realities/time periods where the Autobots and Decepticons are very well-known, like the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original "G1" cartoon]] and [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|comic]], the overwhelming majority of the [[2005 IDW continuity]] and [[live-action film series]] timelines, etc. It also takes it out of the latter portions of a few others, like the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|''Cyberverse'' cartoon]].

Of course, all this jibba-jabba is pretty much just that. This series is ''functionally'' its own little universe until explicitly said/proven otherwise, and the showrunners seem pretty uninterested in tying it to something specific we already know, and it's probably best to just leave it at that.

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==External links==
* [https://www.netflix.com/title/81112503 ''BotBots'' on Netflix]
* [https://www.thewrap.com/my-little-pony-transformers-botbots-netflix-series-animated/ 'My Little Pony' and 'Transformers: BotBots' to Be 'Reimagined' in 2 New Netflix Animated Series — The Wrap]

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