Megas XLR (2004–2005)

Two teenage slackers find a mecha from the future that had been lying in a New Jersey junkyard for nearly 60 years and make modifications much to the dismay of the robot's attractive creator.

Creators:

George Krstic, Jody Schaeffer

Stars:

David DeLuise, Wendee Lee, Steve Blum

Cast

Series cast summary:
David DeLuise	...	Coop (25 episodes, 2004-2005)
Wendee Lee	...	Kiva (25 episodes, 2004-2005)
Steve Blum	...	Jamie (25 episodes, 2004-2005)
Scot Rienecker	...	Goat (12 episodes, 2004-2005)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Glorft Commander (11 episodes, 2004-2005)
Clancy Brown	...	Gorrath (10 episodes, 2004-2005)

Storyline

In the future, humanity has been beset by a horde of alien invaders. Kiva, a human soldier, has captured an alien mecha, the Megas, and remodeled it, planning to send it back in time three years to a pivotal battle so that the humans can win the war. Her plan goes awry when the Megas is fired upon in transit, rocketing it at random through time. She pursues it, as does the alien mothership. Curtain up on present day. A slob in New Jersey has discovered the Megas in a pile of garbage. Kiva, having caught up to him, is dismayed to learn that it has been remodeled, its head replaced by a classic muscle car, its controls integrated with video game controllers, making her new (and unfortunate) ally, Coop, the only one capable of piloting the Megas. She must now find a way to repair the Megas' time controller and return to the future, as well as dealing with the various challenges inherent in co-owning the Earth's most destructive piece of hardware... especially since Coop insists that it ...

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Plot Keywords:

robot | new jersey | mecha | slacker | car | 

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Taglines:

Every kid needs a giant robot

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Official Sites:

Cartoon Network [Germany] Cartoon Network.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

LowBrow

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cartoon Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

There are frequent insulting references to MTV in the guise of "POP" music channel. Usually in the form of a sign with the "POP" channel's logo (which is very similar to MTV's) being smashed apart.

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Quotes

Theme song: Living here in Jersey, fighting villains from afar / You've gotta find first gear in your giant robot car / *You* dig giant robots / *I* dig giant robots / *We* dig giant robots / *Chicks* dig giant robots / Nice.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the closing credits, the Cartoon Network logo opens to reveal Megas opening fire with his blasters, and one blast ricochets and knocks him down.

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Connections

Referenced in Metalocalypse: Birthdayface (2006)

User Reviews

Open mouth; insert foot.

I have never been a big fan of mecha cartoons. Sure I'd watch MS Gundam with my brother-in-law when staying at my in-laws house, but I was just NOT interested. When first saw the commercial for this 'toon, I bemoaned "Oh no! Not another one!" But one Saturday night, while half asleep, the show started. I was too tired to reach the three feet for the remote, and I was too comfortable to just roll over. So I watched the show. There was this one line (I can't remember for the life of me what it was, but it had something to do with video games [of course]), and It reminded me of something my husband would say and I started laughing so hard, I woke up and started watching the show. I've tried to watch it every Saturday ever since.