The Crazy Story of ReBoot & Its Multiple Cancellations 

Dot's scream after hearing "The User wins" is pretty chilling for a kid's show.

Even with the powers of Johnny cage as scorpion. Unbelievable

For real that "mortal kombat" esk episode is was solidified ReBoot into my long term memory

And it setup the ending to be like The Dark Knight Rises.

The story was amazing!~

While both have improved, there’s still a gap between video gameplay quality and cut-scene quality, which will never be bridged.

When Half Life came out, I definitely made the comparison in my mind.

@@subaqueousReach No, because there will always be more processing power available if you don’t have to do things in real time. That’s why cutscenes will always look better. Unless, of course, you do away with real-time rendering and simply play back prerendered sequences throughout the whole game.

@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 Sort of. The tech is actually catching up pretty quickly, where at some point you won't be able to tell the difference.

@@subaqueousReach All those leaps and bounds apply to both real-time and non-real-time rendering. Once you lift that one restriction that everything has to be done in 1/60th of a second, you’re always going to be able to do better.

Fun fact, it's Kathleen Barr, the voice of Dot :)

Thanks for the reminder. I'll use it when I'm with friends and we see someone approaching....

@@BenjiRayson I can’t believe the voice of Kevin from ed,edd n eddy voiced dot. That’s awesome. I was trying to put a face on who she voiced but I just couldn’t. Thanks for the trivia!

I always think about that, how random and cool it was

Omg I DO REMEMBER THAT!!!!! 😃😄😁😁😆😆😅😂😂😂

The BFG !!

It was his bday I think

Request Netflix to continue the reboot series!

Peter Danior Season 3 was fantastic.

I was so confused by all of that when I was a kid. Still am.

@@tylersmith9868 I was confused at first too, but that was because I missed the episodes setting up the arc and started when Enzo was an adult badass

Yeah, I remember seeing adult Enzo and being totally confused by the fact that neither Bob, nor Mainframe were really present, in turn making me switch off. Having watched that arc back as an adult with the full context it's kind of brilliant. It is definitely dated in terms of its visuals (though the art style is charming and accommodates the limitations of CG animation at the time well, just be prepared to see a lot of visible clipping) and people who never used dialup internet may find some of the references a bit confusing but it was way ahead of its time and is easily one of the most mature series aimed at children I've ever seen. Very impressive as well in the sense that serialised narratives on television were much less common back in the 90s. There are some stand-out episodes from the earlier parts as well, such as the one where Hexadecimal uses the computer's paint program to fuck things up (incidentally, how is it that the censors demanded that Dot couldn't even kiss her little brother on the cheek because they considered it too sexual while a leather-clad dominatrix spending most of her time blatantly trying to fuck the main character was ok?).

Yeah it was a bit confusing at first but very well done. Much like the Transformers Beast Wars cartoon it was a lot more mature, and interesting than most children show stories produced in the west at the time. The ultimate pay off with them eventually finding Bob, and returning to mainframe was great too. Then they left it on a cliffhanger. Got cancelled. Made movies to finish the story.....and left it on a cliff hanger again...

& superficially, she had that whole Nina Hagen meets Comedia dell'ate vibe.

@@CSGraves Spoiler warning PLEASE!!!! I haven't watched all seasons...

@@333angeleyes jajaja no plot spoilers there, just observations that anyone might pick up on after a few seconds of seeing/hearing her. ;-) Edit: Ahh, I see you were referring to Barret's comment.

Well Hex would not have been deleted. She placed a portion of her code to enzo 2.0 (young enzo) b4 DDOS the Internet.

and then that same studio basically used that idea for beast wars transformers, with black arachnea (or at least close to that idea)

Hell yes! The Zone was great, so many great memories watching it as a kid on YTV. The one later host Carlos went on to be the co-host of ET Canada haha

remember those really crazy 3d CGI "art projects" they used to air between cartoons once in awhile? They were just like tech demos of what was achievable as CGI in that era around this time, 1993-mid 90s. Pretty neat, I bet if you googled YTV CGI tech demo advertisement you might get something. There was one that really creeped me out as a kid about a pyramid with shapes flying around and stuff.

You guys remember that weird tiny hippo commercial? I thought those things were real as a kid

@@kumanight don't put that house hippo in your mouth! Also, what's YOUR thing?

Who remembers the show ohoh

Brooo I forgot about that. Fuck this was a good show! lmao. I'ma rewatch it 😂

I loved how it game full circle and Matrix mopped the floor with him.

Yeah, it only took me becoming an EET to finally get the running jokes in this thing. Hilarious how they use computer terms to swear, too, "Save their ASCII's" for asses, "You are such a Dip switch" for dipshit... these guys knew the BS&P of ABC - the same fucktards behind nerfing the Real Ghostbusters - were such lameasses about the BASIC (hehe, see what I did there?) stuff that it was a breath of fresh air to have some dark stories come from this show in the post-ABC era.

Best kid's show ever made. There! I said it.

Is good for you! That’s the stuff that puts hair on your chest!

Remember Cybersix?

I loved this show so much as a kid.

I remember Megabyte saying, "I'm more intimate with you now than any User." I have no idea but that resonated with me. It was so mature. He was a great badguy. "Leaving? So soon? How rude...." and then the birthday guitar jam episode...

aku from samuri jack? although I agree its really good

Loved that voice actor in his role in soul reaver and legacy of Kain. I think his death is one reason we haven't had anything since defiance.

This is the thing about kids show writing that forever aggravates me about networks. Everyone knows that kids can handle a decently complex story. Many books we consider classics have interwoven plots lines while still being squarely aimed at the kids of their times. Other mediums aren't much different. But so many networks want something mindless they can air out of order and not care about after its done, just put it on loop forever or until it stops commanding a justifiable ad rate. Trust me, serial kids stories are even MORE viable now since you can put it on your VOD/Streaming website where you can keep everything in the intended order regardless of whatever syndicator might want years from now.

You can’t change ur gender werido

And the innuendo...

Yeah, I wouldn't mind catching her viruses if you know what I mean. Sex. I'm taking about sex.

That evil dead ‘game’ in season 3 was so fun!!

I remember the X-Files parody characters of Fax Modem and Data Nully I think is what they called her

True

I know. Can't get into any of this new shit

Could add Max Steel to that list too. 3D CGI that seemed cutting edge and like the new Millennium would bring even greater exciting new cartoons... Instead we got Flash animation and memes.

Shadow Raiders was awesome. It was a mix of Babylon 5 and Starcraft or something like that... Throw in a sprinkle of ATLA years before it aired (elemental planet/cultures) that needs to work together. I had all sorts of issues following that series because they kept changing the time and starting seasons in the middle of the year and all. Took me forever to watch the final season. I loved all the callbacks to other culture from the Reboot episodes. In the later parts of the Web season (3 I think) when Bob fuses with Glitch, that animation sequence looked a lot like Ultima9's promotional animation that was available on the web (which never got used in release version of the game, that I know of). Yeah I remember watching Gundam Wing, DragonBall Z, Reboot, Beast Wars (and it's follow-up series) and of course Shadow Raiders in the Friday evening block that lasted like 4 hours. That was some very nice quality. Some of these show aired all the way into the early 2000's where we got Inuyasha and Samurai Jack added to the block. I don't think there ever was another cartoon block that was worth it after these times ended around 2003-2005.

Invader Zim.

Man, I forgot all about Shadow Raiders. Cool show.

It's still the one the best recap episodes. The other is avatar the last airbender's recap episode.

I don't say that anymore

😂 what?

DOG!!! I was saying that Hela's design looks like something I've already seen before and you just closed my epiphany. Hexadecimal! Thanx, player. Asides from the crazy and those facial expressions Hexa-D was fine.

Not until you mentioned it

@Josie yep. Same eye I think

I wish I could do the same. Sadly the show indoctrinated me to be a mindless worker, just as the Guv'ment wanted and I'm poor

Lowell Lucas Jr. That battle was a fantastic episode.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iYrKYETorM8.html

"I've always wanted to do that."

@@viraltang ladies and gentlemen.....MEGABYTE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!

There's a _magnificence_ to how Tony Jay voiced Megabyte that I don't think we'll ever see again. From the innocent charm of that guitar battle to the pure _venom_ he spat out when Matrix confronted him in the Principal Office. ReBoot grew alongside those who gave it their time, and I am forever thankful for that.

I love how they came up with the term GameCube before the console even came out XD!

Hell yeah! Me too! Loved being a 90s kid. Lol

My nigga 💪🏾

That really was a special era. Tom is a good friend of mine.

Hell yes!!

Then you watched subbed anine for the first time and realized how crappy 90% of dubs are.

They still do today haha

Traumatizing shit lol

Same. ...although I think it sort of morphed into a fetish for me as an adult lol

They were disturbing but I thought she was hot lol

Same here man. I was a little bitch kid for sure lol

Hell yea season 3 was the best

Enzo lived in the internet and became gangsta af

He rather be called by his surname as an adult: Matrix

So, have you ever showing your dad the graphic in a today video game?

Shit, man...though I was a kid, interested in the tech., and therefore getting information about it...a lot of us thought that. Most of the great games we got back then, especially when PlayStation became dominant and we were ready to move ahead...yeah. those studios had to literally rewrite programs, create so much shit and cram it in. Then that became normal till the companies that supplied them decided to try and make new ways to at the very least fit the information in. Yea..with reboot and ps games...we were all blown away and didn't think it could get much better. Seemed so impossible back then. Crazy

Beast wars was pretty cool

@@zicoballiram7602 I had so many beastwars toys. They were so cool.

*Y E E E E E E E S S S S*

Even if this video spoiled you, you should still go back and watch everything in order. You'll love it, even though the plot changes so much, it still felt like the writers were still the same making the same great jokes. The episodes have such detail and the parodies are each amazing, and even after 20+ years since I watched it there are so many iconic scenes that are still in my head to this day.

@@BAIGAMING where do you watch it?

That brings an interesting point. Bob spent so much time defending Mainframe that he didn't ever pursue his quest to find the User. Maybe that's what season 5 could have been after stopping Megabyte's "hunt".

Megabyte's intro was pretty chilling too

@@aleccampbell7707 I come from the net, infecting systems, peoples and cities to this place. Megaframe. My domain. My format? Virus. To corrupt and conquer.

The Beast Wars DVD doesn't have the sound issue (or my hearing sucks).

That show was my fucken jam man. I remember I set up the vcr a 400pm(cause that's when they would air reruns) monday-friday cause I wanted to have all the episodes on vhs. Lol. I think i managed to get almost the first season. Then i ran out of vhs's to record with. And my parents wouldn't buy more csuse they said they were too expensive

YES.

My favorite episode too!

It was Alphanumeric!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iYrKYETorM8.html

Megabyte was Metal As Fuuuuuck in that episode. \m/

Brutal Legend references!!!! Eddie would be proud...

A brilliant jab at their previous home no doubt. Gee what a shock Disney cancelled something everybody liked.

What an awesome dad!!!!

Dude, your dad sounded cool as hell. I feel for ya, man. If you have kids, you'll have memory and insight into establishing a lifelong relationship with them as well. Much love, bro.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hyq2_4TLhQo.html

Britain:😢

Is any of the mocking on RU-vid?

yea but you're just a bigot, islamaphobe, cishet, male, binary, anti-attackhelicopter for bringing it up.

God save Invader Zim.

DE J lol sick burn.

I think that’s awesome. Reboot was lame.

Link please?

@@Amanda_Harper facebook.com/groups/ReBootRevival/ check out the "Files" section and you'll see the 3 parts of the web-comic in CBR format, which you can use this to view it: www.cdisplayex.com/

ReBoot Revival Thanks a million.

@@Amanda_Harper Or dare we we call it a Reboot reboot

^Second this. It's a great and welcoming community. By far the best resource for all things ReBoot. Even one of the series creators is an active participant.

we need to bring freaky stories back.

Heck yeah! ReBoot, Beast Wars, Battle Planets/Shadow Raiders, Max Steel, so many good memories!!!

Max Steel? You just hit me right in the nostalgia spot!

@@ttz4m3 Don't forget the Action Man tie in series.

Dont forgetabout that odd action man one my men

Man beast wars is my childhood i love that show

Growing up, I wanted a girlfriend like Andrea. She seemed super cool.

There's always a moron who hijacks a popular franchise to sell their bullshit to a major studio.

@@greciasoleble Ghostbusters 2016 is one such example, I'm sure it happens a lot.

I knew he hijacked the project to do whatever he wanted, but I didn't realize it was called MP4orce! Ugh, so bad

ZeroKnightHell He also named one of the male protags after his son, apparently at the kid’s request.

@@MrJobocan She-Ra is another example. Third wave feminist cringe, shipping over cohesive storytelling and plot holes galore.

@InfernoDelta I agree. Screw the Guardian Code.

I have a copy of the first artbook. Any idea where I can get my hands on ReBoot Forever?!

@@ealing456 It’s out of print. I don’t know if you could find it.

@@BenBootKHTwo I thought as much. A shame!

Same here. I was so excited when I saw it, haha.

Literally

Yes, greatful for this content! Historically important to my early development and appreciation of story dynamics.

I believe it's I come,from the net.

Through systems, cities to this place, mainframe. My formate guardian

Me too

" ...to mend and defend!" The love was share by many for the show and its writing! This series remains important for a legion of fans, as it set several presidents, and the evolution of its character development was epic. . . . Literally epic, as in a true hero's journey through adversary and self discovery towards achieving enlightenment and perspective. Wonderfully important entertainment. A great journey to have witnessed and been a part of.

@@richardovenezuela2183 I couldn't agree more. It was a show that grew up with it's audience, becoming more mature and handling more epic plots and issues as it aged. Which we all appreciated greatly. One of the things that really stuck with me, was how by the end even _Hack and Slash_ had had their own character arcs, effectively leaving the employ of the villain Megabyte and joining the Mainframers after realizing what a true tyrant their boss was.

Yea can't believe they let the show end like it did. Damn megabyte

@@jamesmason9016 Yeah. We just need a conclusion. That's all. 5 or 8 episode finale with the same quality production as the early 2000s. Nothing too fancy. We have to make it rain over at Rainmaker studios or something.

If you ask me, they need season 4 redone, with actual coherent plot and decent villain as planned, without to spit on season 3 and nearly all the characters (maybe without Bob).

I disagree. By season 3 and 4 it looked off model. Something was definitely wrong with their look. I liked Seasons 1 & 2 better

@@MerlinTheCommenter Season 3 & 4 models were gorgeous. They were an improvement over seasons 1 & 2. 1 & 2 models were primitive, but 3 & 4 models were a polished form of them.

Same here.

"ENZO!....NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" *Music plays* :🎶A fireballlll!!!🎶

Despite being this kindly looking old man at the height of what he did, he had such a powerful voice. Villains were 110% more menacing when voiced by Tony Jay.

He also was Judge Frollo in the Hunchback of Notre Dame and also Lord Dregg in the final seasons of TMNT. In the mid 90s he got all kinds of work.

He was also the Elder God in Soul Reaver

Tony Jay starred in Twins opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito.

RIP Tony Jay.

One of my extended fam members supposedly worked on part of the show in the uk but no clue in what capacity:/

Keith Haring, Quentin Tarantino...

Power Rangers too

I hope that it comes back one day, glorious.

Hope they try again and do a better job this show would be amazing based on computers of now days, and consoles multi cores it could be really interesting.

I'd like to read your fanfic. Great ideas!

Request Netflix to continue the animated ReBoot series..

In s3 they did venture into the internet

I love her laugh and voice in general and how she changed masks each time her hand passed over her face, she was so cool and different from all villans i ever seen.

I'd rather the just properly finish season 4

I am Gigabyte. Destroyer of Systems

"What sort of sick mind enjoys playing games like this?!" [looks at viewers]

The "golf" episode was a parody of the 60s British TV series _"The Prisoner."_

@@sixstanger00 Yeah, Still creepier than anything when you fall in a parallel world with exact duplicates of loved ones under some religious cult start attacking you. That just freaks me out.

Did they sell adult AndrAIa figures? I would far prefer her over Enzo :D!

Yep there was the web-comic, which they pulled the plug on abruptly, then they stopped communicating with Zeros 2 Heroes all-together.. leading to the ReBoot website stagnating while filling up with endless spambots. A "prepare for the upgrade" teaser... a random clip of what looked like Bob, but silver and with nun-chucks. How the company is still around... Probably would've been better if it went under with Catherine Winder running it into the ground circa 2012.

Wow.... What went wrong? Was it just Rainmaker wasn't serious?