"Tobot" redirect here, for the 2023 series, see Tobot: Daedo's Heroes. For the other use, see Tobot (disambiguation).
The Tobot cartoon first premiered in South Korea on April of 2010. The series has since been translated in and aired in several Asian and European countries. The English version of Tobot was first broadcast in the United States in 2018.
Story[]
Season 1[]
Ryan and Kory are twin brothers with one big secret: They’re Tobot pilots. As Daedo is threatened by a growing throng of villains, the pilots are thrust into the role of heroes. Highly advanced transforming cars, the twins must use their Tobots’ unique battling skills to protect the city. As the villains close in, Daedo hangs in the balance. [1]
Season 2[]
The Tobot pilots’ lives have returned to normal…until they meet the mysterious Sora. But there’s more than one culprit plotting revenge!
Another troublemaker’s planting his roots in Daedo; Tom Fuse. Determined to become the world’s most successful villain, he’ll stop at nothing. It’ll take everything the young Tobot pilots have to unite against Fuse’s latest masterpiece of evil technology.[2]
Season 3[]
The gang is stronger than ever with their new base, new Tobots and strong friendships. When a former colleague of Limo’s appears in Daedo however, chaos erupts! A power vacuum between villains results in even more trouble for the Tobots.
With Limo under suspicion, Team Tobot begins to questions their loyalties. Faced with new enemies and evil schemes, Daedo’s in more danger than ever.[3]
Season 4[]
With Mr. Holmes out of the picture, nothing remains in the way of Mr. Tower’s power grab. In full control of Daedo’s villainous operations, he sets in motion a massive underground digging operation to extract a massive reserve of gold nestled beneath the city. Mysterious sinkholes begin appearing all over town, and it’s up to the Tobots to solve the case.
With the help of Liam, a new Tobot pilot, and his dad Coach Kook, Team Tobot’s investigation leads the young pilots to the countryside, where the villains headquarter their operations. Out of Daedo City, the pilots are faced with new challenges in an unfamiliar landscape. With Mr. Towers always one step ahead, the Tobots will need to recruit new friends and fresh ideas to take him down.
Multiple attempts to foil Mr. Towers only spur his thirst for power and he triggers his master plan to take over the entire villain company. With him in control of the most powerful evil robot ever created, Team Tobot has no choice but to stop him once and for all. [4]
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
- Ryan Char & Tobot X
- Kory Char & Tobot Y
- Dylan Kwon & Tobot Z
- Nathan Dokgo & Tobot W
- Hera Oh & Tobot C
- Dolly Park & Tobot D
- Neon & Tobot R
- Liam Kook & Tobot Taekwon K
- Paxton & Tobot Cargo V
- Noah & Tobot Terracle T
Supporting Characters[]
Episodes[]
Main article: List of Tobot episodes
Development/Production[]
In April of 2010, Tobot premiered in South Korea. The series originally consisted of 392 5-minute episodes, which were later merged into 98 20-minute episodes. Later, another edit of series premiered consisting of an unknown number of 10-minute episodes. For the western adaptation by WildBrain, those episodes were edited to form 102 22-minute episodes. The Korean dub also has hour-long marathon episodes, merging all episodes of a specific season into one giant video.
Series's End[]
After five long years, the Tobot series was put on hold in 2015, while its sister show Biklonz was planned to end in 2016. This paved the way for the spin-off Tobot Athlon, which gained its own popularity. Unfortunately, Athlon also ended in 2017 after three seasons, and Young Toys and Retrobot ended their contract, therefore bringing all three to an early end.
The first half of 2018 went with no new products or announcements. Then in June, Young Toys announced Tobot V, made by a completely different studio in a completely different universe, whilst ignoring all the previous conventions, therefore ruining Tobot forever. Thus, Retrobot fans were hit by a four-part yearly wombo combo of losing each of their shows and then coming face to face with V. Young Toys later rebranded and rereleased the Biklonz franchise in 2019's Metalions. While Leo, Scorpio, Taurus and Aries from the Biklonz line were recolored for Metalions, Ursa, Cross Attacker and Thunder Guardian were unchanged from their original releases.
Fortunately, Retrobot would renew their contract with Young Toys, leading to the creation of Tobot: Daedo's Heroes, thus cancelling Tobot V/Galaxy Detectives.
International Releases[]
The series has been translated into English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Malay Bahasa, French, Russian, and possibly Italian and Turkish and other languages. There are two English dubs: An east Asian dub that aired 2014-2017, and an American version dubbed by Canada's Ocean Productions created in 2016-2018.
The first English version was produced in the Philippines at Beginnings at Twenty Plus for Asian audiences and was aired on channels like Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon in The Philippines or MediaCorp’s OKTO in Singapore since 2014. For its western launch, Young Toys enlisted Vancouver’s Ocean Productions to produce a new English language version. [5] It was first available online on Amazon since December 31, 2017.
In Indonesia, this series aired on RTV on 2018, RTV broadcast till to Adventure Season 12-16. Also RTV broadcast Tobot Athlon and Tobot V. It has created own YouTube channel that made by RTV themselves.
In Malaysia, this series aired on Astro Ceria from 2015 to 2018, while season 1 is available on the official Tobot YouTube channel, the rest of the seasons were partially lost due to the seasons uses the American version instead of the Asian version.
The French Youtube channel (TOBOT Français) was created on February 13, 2017, and the Russian channel (ТОБОТ) was created on February 5, 2018. From May 11, 2018, compressed versions of the episodes were periodically uploaded to Tobot's official English YouTube channel. Like any YouTube channel for kids, they regularly re-upload compilations once they've run out of new episodes to upload.
In Vietnam, Season 1 & 2 aired on HTV3 from 2015 to 2016. The Vietnamese Youtube Channel (Tobot Trong Tiếng Việt) was created and started upload in 2019, season 3 was aired on Youtube in 2020.
In the future, Tobot will be broadcasting on POP MAX in the UK and Family CHRGD in Canada and just like in the future, Tobot will be broadcasting on DHX Media (Now as WildBrain due to merge) in USA sometimes.
English Dub Changes[]
Main Article: Dub Changes
External Links[]
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