 Bob - Computer-generated digital
hero from Supercomputer who now lives in Mainframe City on the
Saturday morning cartoon REBOOT/ABC/1994-2001. Sporting blue
skin and silicon hair, Bob (a.k.a. Guardian 452) protects
Mainframe City from the evil virus Megabyte and his computer
cronies Hack and Slash. Bob was assisted by his sidekicks, Enzo
Matrix and Dot Matrix. Enzo wears a red baseball hat, likes to
play Jet Ball, go Circuit Racing, and hates studying ancient
computer languages like COBOL and FORTRAN at school. Frisket is
Enzo's red and gold pet dog. Dot Matrix, Enzo's older sister
runs Dot's Diner, a retro-style eatery on Baudway.
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"The future is not determined by the throw of the dice; it is
determined by the conscious decisions of you and me." |
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-- Phong |
Other residents of Mainframe included Binomes, small mechanical
creatures (ones and zeroes) and the primary residents of
Mainframe; Phong, a knowledgeable elder based in the Principle
Office in the center of Mainframe; Turbo, Bob's Mentor and Prime
commander of the Guardians who is based in the Supercomputer;
Ray Tracer, a talents websurfer; Welman Matrix, Dot and Enzo's
father; Mike, Bob's talkative TV set; Cecil, a snooty
French-speaking maitre'd at Dots Diner; Captain Capacitor (a.k.a.
"The Crimson Binome" who sails a yacht called the Saucy Mare;
Mr. Christopher is th ship's first mate' and AI, a One Binome
who runes AI's Wait and Eat Cafe n Level 31. Maxine, an Internet
search engine; Mouse, a beautiful hacker and mercenary with
purple skin who now works for the good guys; and Ardrala, a
powerful Artificial Intelligence Game sprite.
Bob, Frisket, Enzo and Dot
Additional villainous characters populating the Mainframe
included Hexidecimal, a virus from the island of Lost Angles;
Daemon, a supervirus who infected the Supercomputer; Deacon,
Daemon's servant; Scuzzy, Hexidecimals' ball-shaped spy; and
Null, Megabytes pet that looks like a green and white slug.
Produced by Mainframe Entertainment in Vancouver, British
Columbia, REBOOT is the first network TV series produced
entirely with computer. The program is filled with an assortment
of computer puns and pop culture references.
REBOOT/ABC/1994-2001
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Michael Benyaer |
as |
Bob (1994-1996, 2001)
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Ian James Corlett |
as |
Glitch-Bob
(1997-1998, 2001) |
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Kathleen Barr |
as |
Dot Matrix |
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Giacomo Baessato |
as |
Enzo Matrix #4
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Sharon Alexander |
as |
AndrAIa (1997-1998, 2001) |
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Long John Baldry |
as |
Captain
Capacitor (1994, 1997-1998)/Old Man Pearson (1994-1996,
1997) |
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Gary Chalk |
as |
Slash/Turbo (1996, 1997, 2001) |
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Colombe Demers |
as |
Daemon (2001) |
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Paul Dobson |
as |
Matrix (1997-1998, 2001) |
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Michael Donovan |
as |
Phong/Mike The
TV/Cecil/Additional Voices |
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Donal Gibson |
as |
Ray Tracer (1997-1998) |
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Christopher Gray |
as |
Enzo Matrix #3
(1997) |
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Phil Hayes |
as |
Hack #1 (1994-1995) |
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Tony Jay |
as |
Megabyte |
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Andrea Libman |
as |
AndrAIa (young)
(1995-1996, 1997) |
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