Characters
My Life as a Teenage Robot has over 30 characters. Jennifer "Jenny" Wakeman (aka XJ-9) is the main protagonist. She is a state-of-the-art gynoid automaton created by Dr. Noreen Wakeman five years prior to the series. She is the Earth's protector, armed to the teeth with a wide range of weapons and devices, but all she really wants is to live the life of a normal teenager. She was preceded in development by eight other models; in season one, the episode "Sibling Tsunami" introduced XJs 1-8.
Bradley Carbuckle is outgoing and adventurous, and is the first actual friend Jenny makes. He likes to think of himself as a "ladies' man", but he mostly fails to find a girlfriend until he meets Melody. Melody is introduced during season two (2) as the creation of Dr. Locus in "Bradventure". Brad does not know that Melody is also a robot until "No Harmony with Melody" during season three (3). It is during "No Harmony with Melody" that Brad's feelings for Melody are made clear and Jenny Wakeman (XJ9) appears to be jealous. Tucker Cornelius Carbuckle is Brad's younger brother and usually tags along on adventures. He can be very rambunctious and brash but also suffers from weird phobias. Though not as heavily featured as the rest of the main cast, Sheldon Oswald Lee arguably qualifies as a core member of the group. Sheldon is Jenny's self-proclaimed romantic admirer. No matter what he tries, Jenny refuses his romantic advances, though she does care for him as a friend. Fans of the show often speculate on whether Jenny would have ended up dating Sheldon or Brad. Renzetti and his team seem to favor Sheldon but refuse to give any definitive answers as to how he would have ended the series if he was given a fourth season. Jenny also has allies, such as Misty and Vega. Misty appears during season two (2) in "Teen Team Time" as part of a teenage super hero group that are just really teen aged mercenaries. Misty returns in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Trouble" toward the end of season two (2). Misty makes a third appearance during season three (3) in "Mist Opportunities". Vega is introduced as the daughter of Vexus at the start of season three (3) in "Escape from Cluster Prime". Dr. Noreen "Nora" Wakeman is the elderly spinster robotics scientist who built Jenny, and tries in vain to control her creation and keep her "daughter" focused on protecting the planet Earth. In one episode it is revealed that Dr. Wakeman has a sister "Wisteria" whom she argues with every time they meet. Aunt Wisteria believes in "fun, peace, and love" and has a strange ability to either accelerate plant life or control it. Wisteria is introduced during season three (3) in "Never say Uncle" with her son Glen, a living plant along the lines of the Swamp Thing.
Many antagonists in the series appear in one or more episodes. The most popular of them, Vexus, Smytus and Krackus, appeared the most, particularly "Designing Women", "Around the World in 80 Pieces", "Hostile Makeover", "Sister Sledgehammer", "Queen Bee" and "Trash Talk". Vexus is obsessed with the conquest of Earth, under the claim of "liberating robotkind" from the humans. About the only thing that matches her dreams of conquest is her controversial obsession with Jenny, whom she has continuously tried to induct into the Cluster with no lasting success. Smytus is an arrogant Cluster commander with an overinflated ego. In comparison to the manipulative Vexus, Smytus prefers action, and is always quick to jump into battle. Krackus is an inventor who is no good at inventing. Despite being skilled at putting a variety of devices together, he usually misses the necessary details needed for them to work (and keeping it together), which usually results in humiliating defeats for the Cluster.
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