RollBots
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RollBots is a animated
television series created by MCM
and A Canada-Singapore co-production between Amberwood Entertainment, and Infinte Frameworks Pte. Ltd. that premiered in Canada on YTV on February 7, 2009 and in the United States on The CW4Kids
on September 19, 2009. It was produced with the partcipation and assistance of 6 funds in Canada, and the Media Development Authority of Singapore.
s. The show follows Spin and the members of the Flip City Police Department (FCPD), as they fight crime.
): The last member of the Zushin tribe. Spin is the main character of the show. The fastest RollBot in Flip City, Spin's bot mods include Skyv boots, hyper speed, and boomstick. He joined the Kei'zatsu tribe, but he does not feel a sense of belonging. Described as a daredevil, Spin is known to get away with breaking rules. Spin gets fired from his job as an FCPD officer after an incident with Vertex. He is then declared a criminal when he attempts to stop a robbery and the FCPD arrive in time to think that Spin was the robber. It is hinted that he may be related to Vertex. Spin is the only rollbot who suspects that Vertex is a Spiderbot, but is ridiculed by everyone else because as far as the rollbots of Spin City are concerned, Spiderbots don't exist. Spin has the ability to absorb radiation and use it power to disperse energy blasts and perform Psychokinesis
. In Paradigm Shift Part 2, it's revealed to Spin that he is the last member of the Zushin tribe, the only tribe that can talk to the Hub. He can use this connection to tell the Hub to do things like reset the safety net, or he can get emergency alerts on his comm, seconds before the Zoboshi' or Keizatsu receive them. Spin is also acquainted with numerous bots around the city, this includes friends and enemies, he even seems to know the famous botball player, Roboto, on speaking terms.
Captain Pounder (Gary Chalk
): Head of the Kei'zatsu tribe and captain of the FCPD. His equipments includes a shield charger, Torvoldian throwing armour, and thunder punch. As head of the FCPD, Captain Pounder is tough and strong. Despite this, he has a secret soft side. He gives the impression of knowing Vertex intimately, but avoids discussing it. It's hinted that he is after Vertex, although the reason behind this is unknown. He does consider Vertex to be a high priority target though. However, it is obvious that he does not know Vertex is (or is now) a Spiderbot, and always dismisses the idea. He is secretly monitoring Spin. He consistently communicates with someone who is involved with Spin in some way, but they only communicate through Pounder's computer. He is forced to fire Spin by the Mayor after Spin declares that Vertex is an evil Spiderbot in front of them. When Spin is arrested, Captain Pounder declares him to be a dangerous criminal and he wants Spin behind bars; but that is only a cover to keep a close eye on Spin to protect him from something (presumably Vertex). In Paradigm Shift Part 2 it is revealed that Pounder did know Vertex as Vertex greeted him familiarly (as of when he called Pounder 'general') and that Pounder can speak the spider-bot language quite fluently. At the end of Paradigm Shift Part 2, he and Vertex both fall through a hole in the safety net; but not before telling Spin that he is a member of the Zushin tribe. It was also revealed in Spin's flashback that Pounder lost his left eye after being attacked by Vertex.
Penny (Cathy Weseluck
): Originally from the Kuzuri tribe, Penny is a doctor on loan to the FCPD. She was banished from her tribe after interfering with an important operation on Mayor Aria's assistant. Penny is equipped with a healing glove. She is Spin's best friend and, like him, is known to break rules. She is chosen by Captain Pounder to take command of the FCPD if anything happens to him. When Spin is declared a fugitive and escapes FCPD custody, she does everything she can to help Spin hide from the FCPD. She is seen on the field for the first part of the season, but spends most of her time running the board back at the presinct. She has been an officer for longer than Spin (though no one knows how much longer), and therefor is a superior officer to him. There has been hints at a the two of them liking each other, but there have never been any obvious incidences save for a part in episode 24. She has also been shown to have a slight crush on Roboto, though this is more of a fandom for him being a famous botball player than of actual love.
Lance (Scott McNeil
): An office administrator at the FCPD, Lance is from the Kei'zatsu tribe. He's not very strong, and cannot roll very fast. Lance can get scared very easily. His only bot-mod is the force bubble, a bot mod with which he protects himself. He dislikes Spin because Spin does not respect his rules. He makes fun of Spin by always calling him a rookie, sticks him with boring jobs when he has the chance, and states that he will never belong to the Kei'zatsu tribe. When Spin gets fired from his job, Lance arrests him after Spin tries to stop a robbery in progress; only to make it look like Spin was the robber. Lance has a consistent and unhealthy obsession with eating lugnuts (the Rollbot version of donuts). He usually eats so many that he becomes exhausted and sick when he is full.
Tinny (Tabitha St. Germain
): A BotTot (young RollBot) from the Kei'zatsu tribe. He is in school, but spends a lot of time with Spin, who lets him try dangerous things. In Paradigm Shift Part 2, Tinny battles Vett and discovers that he has the power to create force fields and project energy blasts. He has often been shown to be fully capable of becoming an officer, despite him being so young. He has shown both the capability to run the board at the FCPD independently and as an officer on the field on several occasions.
Bunto (Colin Murdock
): A member of the Kei'zatsu tribe and the FCPD. He is a higher ranking officer who is often seen commanding a squad of FCPD bots. What makes him different from the other FCPD members is that his armor has blue and red coloured plating where it is normally white for most officers. When Spin is declared a fugitive, Bunto repeatedly attempts to capture Spin, though he always fails due to Spin either speeding away or beating Bunto in some way.
): A notorious villain and Flip City's most wanted. It is suspected that he is a Spiderbot. He plans to take over Flip City by shutting down the Hub and deactivating the safety net using a device called a dymex key that is combined with eleven artifacts hidden all over the city. Shutting down the safety net will allow an invasion of Spiderbots to control Flip City and destroy all RollBots. His tribe is unknown. Vertex also has the ability to transform into a RollBot, as a disguise. In Paradigm Shift Part 2, he was last seen falling through a hole in the safety net with Captain Pounder. Before he fell through the net, he states that despite his absence, the invasion will proceed to attack Flip City. He also has the ability to speak both his native spider-bot language and the Rollbots language.
Manx (Nicole Oliver
): A renegade Kei'zatsu who is now Vertex's head henchbot. She has previously worked at the FCPD, though her reason for defecting and joining Vertex are unknown. Manx is equipped with pulse flares, and is very agile. Unlike other villains, Manx has a conscience. She is aware of Botch's recklessness. Manx has left Vertex's side to assist the FCPD in Paradigm Shift Part 2, after hearing Vertex's true plans for the RollBots, and Vertex attempted to have her destroyed for knowing his true plans. She also had a rarely seen keizatsu symbol on each of her legs, though when it is seen it is faded and scratched out, possibly as a symbol of her not being in the tribe anymore.
Botch (Brian Drummond
): A renegade Zurasho, Botch is one of Vertex's henchbots. He is armed with an energy grappler and power shields. He previously worked for Triads, Flip City's most dangerous gang. He aspires to unseat both Manx and Vertex. Right before he worked for Vertex, he was arrested by Manx when she still worked for the FCPD. Despite the fact that he hates Manx, he still seems to work well with her on missions. Even occasionally calling her 'Manxy'. Although he only seems to call her this some time after Phaze (who calls Manx that) first appears in episode 6. He has also been shown to be truly worried for her safety, though this was only on one occasion. Botch has a zurasho symbol on the sides of the piece of metal on the top of his head, though there is a dent there, possibly to signify, as with Manx, that he is not a part of the tribe anymore.
Macro (Colin Murdock
): A renegade Hai'bu who chose to become a villain and work for Vertex. He is armed with a projectile mace on his left arm, but he sometimes uses other bot mods in its place. Macro is strong, but very unintelligent. The type of model that Macro it is known as a Hai'bu Wrecking Ball. He is to only one of Vertex's henchbots who is completely loyal to Vertex. Like Lance from the FCPD, Macro likes to eat lugnuts whenever he has a chance, but he does not consume as many as Lance does. He is also apparently an ex-member of the Hai'bu Hammers botball team.
Phaze (Paul Dobson): A bot who was in jail before he escaped thanks to Vertex. He is an ex-member of the Zurasho tribe who left to join the Triads, but he didn't like them either, he was the member of the Triads who let Botch join before quitting and going on his own.http://rollbots.ytv.com/ He is soon arrested and placed back in jail thanks to Spin. He is extremely crazy and loves destruction. He has a passion for magnetic bot mods because of the damage they can do. He is the reason why Manx is no longer a part of the FCPD, and Manx despises him for that; although he appears to have a crush on Manx.
Reboot (Cathy Weseluck
): A renegade Tensai who was thought to have been kidnapped, but in reality, she chose to help Vertex with his plans to shutdown the Hub. Not surprisingly, she learned everything she knows from Zilla and Bug, she is also famous for her 'holographic cake' trick used at Tensai birthday parties.http://rollbots.ytv.com/ She and Vertex's henchbots stole a experimental botmod called a crontab to take to the Hub to shut it down. The crontab could turn back time, and no one would remember. When they activated the crontab at the Hub however, it almost destroyed Flip City. Spin was the only one who noticed the time flux from the crontab's repeated use, and after a few repeated attempts to stop Reboot and the others, he was finally able to stop them before they could use the crontab to turn back time again. Vertex's henchbots escaped and left Reboot to be apprehended by the FCPD. It has been rumored that Reboot has discovered a way to defeat Vertex, but hasn't revealed it to anybody.
Tamaki (Shirley Millner): The leader of a renagade group of pirate bots. She used to reside in Anakata Tower in Flip City, and she was once partners with Anakata, a member of the Fuzata tribe. They worked on a bot mod that turns anything (even RollBots) into gold, but Anakata tricked her at the last minute and got all the credit for the bot mod. Tamaki wants revenge on her former partner and her share of the profits from the bot mod. It was soon destroyed after she reclaimed it. Her ship is called the "Black Dot".
Kibi (Richard Newman
): A renegade Tensai who is now a pirate, and in addition, he's Captain Tamaki's right-hand bot.
Vett (Scott McNeil
): An old ally of Vertex who, like Vertex, is a spider-bot. Vett spontaneously shows up in Flip City in his ship to help Vertex complete the final stages of his master plan. Unlike Vertex, he does not take a stealth approach to missions, but rather attacks everyone in his way. Before he arrived at Flip City, he and Vertex secretly communicated with each other when Vertex was alone, similarly to how Pounder secretly conversed to someone over his computer. Vett has a mask that covers his head. When he speaks, he only screeches a strange language (possibly his native tongue since Vertex understands him), but he is able to speak regularly on several occasions. This may be because he doesn't speak English very well and only uses phrases and words that he knows how to say. Vertex is his superior officer, but Vett does not think that Vertex is capable to complete his master plan and he makes it clear to Vertex that he does not particularly like him.
): The leader of the Nisen tribe and the mayor of Flip City. She tries to improve Flip City as much as she can, but she's really concerned about making herself look good in the eyes of Flip City. She is tricked by Vertex to make it seem that he is a good citizen by staging an incident that lets him seem like an ally to her. She is not amused of Spin because his antics more often than not conflict with her ideas. She eventually orders Captain Pounder to fire Spin. She is frequently seen working with the Tensai tribe to come up with new ways to improve Flip City. She is not popular with some of the bots. She has an infamous "12 in 12" plan to build a major new suburb for the rest of her 12 term-cycle as mayor. She is also a long time ally of Pounder's, she is responsible for getting him named as head of the FCPD. She is also famous for having more statues built of herself than any other mayors in the history of Flip City. She can never remember the names of anyone she meets without her assistant reminding her, she can't even remember her assistant's name.http://rollbots.ytv.com/
Chief Surgeon Koto (Brian Drummond
): The leader and head doctor of the Kuzuri tribe. He is very serious with his job, but he occasionally makes sarcastic comments. He banned Penny from the tribe because she interfered during an operation on Mayor Aria'a assistant, but when he sees Penny in action when she is with the FCPD, he tells that she is welcome back if she decides to quit the FCPD. He continues to repair Spin on almost a daily basis whenever he is damaged from a fight, and he is not too happy about it. He suspects that someone purposefully damaged Spin's internal circuits.http://rollbots.ytv.com/ Koto appears to be a bit protective of Penny, perhaps because she used to be a member of his tribe. This was exhibited once when he took a hit from Vett that was supposed to be aimed at Penny. He fell off the trax and climbed back up a few minutes later, so it appears that he wasn't thrown that far off.
Gates (Brian Drummond
): The leader of the Tensai tribe. He is the bot that designed the city's anti-grav jets. He once built a device that allows bots to travel to parallel dimensions, unfortunately he spilled a cup of oil on said device and hasn't been able to get it working since. He is easily frightened by loud noises and bots that are bigger than he is (which is everyone), he is possibly rigging the Tensai leader elections every year so he won't lose his job.http://rollbots.ytv.com/ He first appeared when he asked Captain Pounder to find Reboot, a renegade Tensai with an experimental botmod called the crontab. He later appeared when he was testing his new maintinence robot named the Repair Online Sytheotic Entity, or R.O.S.E. After Spin destroyed R.O.S.E he demanded that Mayor Aria have him and Captain Pounder held accountable and fired from the FCPD.
Commander Octo (Paul Dobson): The leader of the Zurasho tribe. He first meets Spin when he constructs a new housing complex by Mayor Aria's design. When the houses were booby-trapped by Vertex, he and Spin enter the complex to shut down the traps. He gives Spin his boomstick bot mod since he wasn't able to use it right. He does not like Mayor Aria at all because he thinks her ideas to help Flip City are crazy. Octo is seen on a recurring basis after that. His second appearance was when he was revealing the new and improved Nobrek Acres. He also appears when Captain Tamaki appears and tries to help Pounder take her down. His last appearance so far was in episode 26 when he complained about having to weld new plaques onto the FCPD, and he helped to try and fight off Vett. It is revealed in this episode that he fights with a big metal hammer.
Fire Chief Cables (Ellen Kennedy): The leader of the Zobo'shi tribe. She and Captain Pounder have a rivalry going on and continuously argue in terms of the respective tribe's job duties. She repeatedly attempts to have the FCPD work with the Zobo'shi tribe (or rather for them), and offers them to move in to the ground level of Zobo'Shi headquarters (which angers Pounder). When she first meets Spin, she is not impressed with him and mocks Pounder for hiring someone who is not a Kei'zatsu; and she is even mad at Spin for getting in her way during a mission. After Spin saves the Flip City from being destroyed, she realizes that she was wrong about Spin and tells Pounder that Spin is welcome to work for the Zobo'shi if he wants to be with a "real tribe".
The En (Teryl Rothery
): The leader of the Zogen'sha tribe and holder of the optic. The En captured Spin and Botch when Botch broke into the cathedral to steal the optic. She shackled them both to the wall and used the optic to find out who they were. She took Spin into another room and told him that he was the bot who will stand alone, and save the city. She later stated that he didn't look, smell, or (oddly enough) taste like Kei'zatsu after Spin said he was Kei'zatsu. She thanked Spin for saving the cathedral by draining the energy overload. She seems to know all about what Spin is supposed to be doing and who his tribe is.
Daso (Scott McNeil
): A member of the Zogen'sha tribe who becomes aware of Spin's true identity. He holds a mystical amulet which allows him to connect with the cathedral.
Oddball (Gary Chalk
): A member of the Hai'bu tribe who is has that name because is different from the other Hai'bu members. He is quite intelligent, but sometimes forgetful, and that gets in the way of being able to properly socialize with his fellow Hai'bu tribe brothers. When he first meets Spin, his right leg was stolen by Vertex's henchbots, and it was replaced by another left leg. Spin soon finds his leg and returns it to him. Oddball is an older model of the Hai'bu tribe and his type of parts aren't being made any more.
Ringo (Scott McNeil
): A member of the Hai'bu tribe who, like his fellow Hai'bu tribe member Oddball, had one of his limbs stolen (his right arm). He thinks that Oddball is weird and states that he has no wits. Ringo consistently cleans up the FCPD building and is good friends with the Kei'zatsu working there.
Roboto (Trevor Devall
): A member of the Zurasho tribe and the team leader of a the Zurasho botball team called the Zurasho slashers. He is considered to be the best botball player ever and he is very popular because of that. He is good friends with Spin, Penny and Tinny (who is a huge fan of Roboto). In the middle of a game with the Fuzata botball team, he was kidnapped; that resulted in a city-wide riot. It turned out that his kidnappers were the botballs who were original part of the Hai'bu tribe called the Kenchi-ku. They kidnapped him because they hated being used as botballs and wanted revenge, but they soon let him go and accepted their new job as botballs. When Vett attacked the Flip City stadium to steal the botball cup during the botball championship match, Roboto helps the FCPD to keep the cup away from Vett. Roboto is a very fast and skilled bot.
Bug & Zilla (Richard Ian Cox
) & (Colin Murdock
): Two members of the Tensai tribe who are always seen working together. They are always working on new and improved bot mods, and they are very excited about it as well. Their excitement, however, gets in the way of their better judgement in terms of how their bot mods could hurt Flip City instead of help it; and their antics have caused trouble for the FCPD on a few occasions. Bug dreams of someday becoming Tensai chief, and is secretly building anti-matter force field trax system in his spare time. Zilla, on the other hand is secretly reading up on how to be a Zobo'shi, he also likes to try and figure out what Bug does in his free time.http://rollbots.ytv.com/
Rigaroo (Scott McNeil
): A bot who is a participant of the Flip City Grand Prix. He considers himself to be the fastest bot in Flip City. He is extremely arrogant and always refers to himself in the third person. He and Spin have a rivalry going when they first meet after Spin thought he was just another speeder, and failed to catch up to him. Since Spin was not allowed to be a part of the FCGP, Rigaroo makes fun of him and calls Spin a coward. After Spin saves the Grand Prix from being a disaster because of one of Vertex's setups, Rigaroo realizes that he was wrong about Spin, and offers him his respect. Although it is unknown of which tribe Rigaroo belongs to, aside from his colour, he looks just like a member of the Kei'zatsu tribe (which is odd since members of the Kei'zatsu tribe are prohibited from participating in the FCGP).
Anakata (Paul Dobson): A member of the Fuzata tribe. He is a very greedy and cowardly individual. He has a tower named after him. He used to be partners with Captain Tamaki. They created a Botmod that turned anything into gold, but he wanted to have it all for himself, so he had Tamaki exiled from Flip City and kept the Botmod for himself. Tamaki returned to take revenge on him and to reclaim the Botmod. Thanks to Spin, Anakata was rescued, but his Botmod was destroyed, and he was not too happy about that.
Ms Appie (Nicole Oliver
): A member of the Kazoku tribe, she was the one who recommended for Spin to join the FCPD. She was originally Spin's teacher, and is currently Tinny's teacher. She has been a teacher at Wozville elementary school for ten years, and is so dedicated that she hardly ever leaves the school grounds, she switches from sweet to serious even faster than Spin can roll. She takes her students on a field trip to each tribe's HQ once a cycle.http://rollbots.ytv.com/ When Spin wants to find out the truth about his origins, he asks her if she knows anything, but Ms Appie tells him that she doesn't remember since she has taught so many bots; and even calls Spin "Spoon". When her fangbot (rollbot dog) Pikea goes missing after eating an invisibility bot mod, Ms Appie asks Spin to save him. While talking to Tinny she accidentally tells him that Pikea is the last fangbot of his kind, but when she tries to explain herself Tinny has already run off to helpSpin, so no one knows what she means until at least episode 26. When Vertex catches Pikea, he states that the fangbot looks familiar to him. After Spin saves Pikea and gives to back to Ms Appie, it appears that she knows more about Spin than letting on, and it also appears that Pikea seems to be related to Spin and Vertex in some way. It is revealed in Paradigm Shift part 2 that Captain Pounder brought Spin to her class as a bot-tot after saving him from being destroyed by Vertex like the other members of the Zushin tribe. It is also revealed in Spin's flashback that Pikea fought in the battle as well.
. The Fuzuta tribe is responsible for the wealth and prosperity of Flip City. They are best known for their keen business sense and for providing a strong economy so that all bots have a chance to prosper.
Hai'bu: Sanitation
and waste
management
are the responsibilities of this tribe. Their members are big and strong. The Kenchi-ku are a sub-tribe that originated from this tribe. Their members are small, so as to help clean places that the larger Hai'bu cannot reach. The Hai'bu tribe keeps Flip City clean. This tribe is made up of some of the biggest and strongest bots who specialize in the transport and disposal of the city’s trash.
Kazoku: The members of this tribe educate bot-tots. The Kazoku tribe grooms all new bot-tots and prepares them for their eventual role within their individual tribes. Flip City is a big world and the educators of the Kazoku tribe make sure every bot is ready.
Kenchi-ku: Sub-tribe to the Hai'bu, they used to help them clean in the small spaces by kicking them because of their small size, but after a while they being kicked for amusement
and sport
ing purposes which lead to the invention
of Bot-Ball, which is a rollbot version of soccer.
Kei'zatsu: Kei'zatsu's mission is "to protect and serve". The FCPD is made up of members from this tribe, although not all FCPD members are Kei'zatsus. They are involved with law
enforcement. Since their job
is to protect Flip City, they are forbidden from participating in various activities, such as the Flip City Grand Prix. Captain Pounder is the head of this tribe. The Kei’zatsu tribe is there to protect and to serve. They are the police officers of Flip City and ensure that all bots from all tribes obey the law.
Kuzuri: Members of the Kuzuri tribe are responsible for healthcare. Chief Surgeon
Koto is the head of the tribe.The Kuzuri tribe supplies medical support to any bot in need. Whether it be a simple recharge or a complicated repair the Kuzuri tribe will have you back on the trax in a flash.
Nisen: Members of the Nisen tribe form the government
of Flip City. They live in the upper regions of Flip City. Mayor
Aria is the head of this tribe and Mayor of Flip City. The Nisen tribe resides in the upper regions of Flip City. They are the politicians of the rollbot world and ensure that all tribes and services are running smoothly.
Tensai: The scientific tribe, these are the most intelligent RollBots in Flip City. The members of this tribe are responsible for the maintenance
and construction
of technological material
. They are the creators of the new bot mods. Gates is the head of this tribe.The Tensai tribe is made up of the best and brightest tech minds that Flip City has to offer. They are responsible for the maintenance and construction of all things technological; they are to thank for all the hyper-cool new BotMods.
Zeishi: A quiet and mysterious tribe. They live in remote boot sector
home
s and do not interact
much with other tribes. The Zeishi tribe is the most obscure of the bunch. Very quiet and bizarre, bots from this tribe tend to keep to themselves and their homes.
Zobo'shi: The members of this tribe are involved in emergency
services. They are firefighters, but assist in any disaster
. They have a strong rivalry with the FCPD. Fire Chief Cables is the head of this tribe. The Zoboshi tribe provides emergency services to Flip City. These firefighters can deal with any disaster that is thrown at them, and also have quite the rivalry going with the FCPD.
Zogen'sha: This tribe lives in the Cathedral
. The members provide spiritual guidance and also act somewhat like an oracle
. Their rules
forbid the Kei'zatsu from entering their cathedral
. They appear to be aware of what Spin truly is and what his destiny is as well. The En is the leader of this tribe. The Zogen'sha tribe resides at the Cathedral and is made up of spiritual bots. They provide insight in to the past, present, and future of rollbot life and always seem to be stressed out.
Zurasho: The construction workers of Flip City. Commander Octo is the head of this Tribe. The Zurasho tribe is responsible for the construction and maintenance of Flip City. These builders are proud of their work and always look to keep Flip City growing.
Zushin: The lost tribe, and the only tribe that can communicate with the Hub and can override the system
. The Hub will warn the Zushin directly if there is a problem anywhere in Flip City, but can limit warnings to only true emergencies on Zushin request. They also protect the other tribes, including Kei'zatsu. Spin is the only surviving member left. When Spin was a bot-tot, the tribe as a whole was exterminated
by the spiderbots, led by Vertex, as part of their plans to destroy all Rollbots.
There are actually 12 tribes, but most Rollbots believe that there are only 11 tribes. The Hai'bu and the Kenchi-ku are one tribe.
. It currently has three, main interactive sections.
There is also an application that allows visitors (who are members of YTV.com) to create and customize their very own RollBot.
Another important feature is the Danuga translator. Danuga is the language of the RollBots. The translator allows visitors to translate English words and phrases into Danuga, and provides the correct pronunciation in Danuga.
Animation
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television series created by MCM
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and A Canada-Singapore co-production between Amberwood Entertainment, and Infinte Frameworks Pte. Ltd. that premiered in Canada on YTV on February 7, 2009 and in the United States on The CW4Kids
The CW4Kids
The CW4Kids is a Saturday morning cartoon block on The CW Television Network that premiered on May 24, 2008 in the place of Kids' WB...
on September 19, 2009. It was produced with the partcipation and assistance of 6 funds in Canada, and the Media Development Authority of Singapore.
Plot
The show is set in Flip City, home of eleven different RollBot tribeTribe
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s. The show follows Spin and the members of the Flip City Police Department (FCPD), as they fight crime.
Good Bots
Spin (Samuel VincentSamuel Vincent
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): The last member of the Zushin tribe. Spin is the main character of the show. The fastest RollBot in Flip City, Spin's bot mods include Skyv boots, hyper speed, and boomstick. He joined the Kei'zatsu tribe, but he does not feel a sense of belonging. Described as a daredevil, Spin is known to get away with breaking rules. Spin gets fired from his job as an FCPD officer after an incident with Vertex. He is then declared a criminal when he attempts to stop a robbery and the FCPD arrive in time to think that Spin was the robber. It is hinted that he may be related to Vertex. Spin is the only rollbot who suspects that Vertex is a Spiderbot, but is ridiculed by everyone else because as far as the rollbots of Spin City are concerned, Spiderbots don't exist. Spin has the ability to absorb radiation and use it power to disperse energy blasts and perform Psychokinesis
Psychokinesis
The term psychokinesis , also referred to as telekinesis with respect to strictly describing movement of matter, sometimes abbreviated PK and TK respectively, is a term...
. In Paradigm Shift Part 2, it's revealed to Spin that he is the last member of the Zushin tribe, the only tribe that can talk to the Hub. He can use this connection to tell the Hub to do things like reset the safety net, or he can get emergency alerts on his comm, seconds before the Zoboshi' or Keizatsu receive them. Spin is also acquainted with numerous bots around the city, this includes friends and enemies, he even seems to know the famous botball player, Roboto, on speaking terms.
Captain Pounder (Gary Chalk
Gary Chalk (actor)
Gary Chalk is an English-born Canadian actor, tri-national US-Canadian-UK citizen and voice artist. He has lend hit voice in over 30 animated television series and has been in films such as The Fly II and Freddy vs. Jason....
): Head of the Kei'zatsu tribe and captain of the FCPD. His equipments includes a shield charger, Torvoldian throwing armour, and thunder punch. As head of the FCPD, Captain Pounder is tough and strong. Despite this, he has a secret soft side. He gives the impression of knowing Vertex intimately, but avoids discussing it. It's hinted that he is after Vertex, although the reason behind this is unknown. He does consider Vertex to be a high priority target though. However, it is obvious that he does not know Vertex is (or is now) a Spiderbot, and always dismisses the idea. He is secretly monitoring Spin. He consistently communicates with someone who is involved with Spin in some way, but they only communicate through Pounder's computer. He is forced to fire Spin by the Mayor after Spin declares that Vertex is an evil Spiderbot in front of them. When Spin is arrested, Captain Pounder declares him to be a dangerous criminal and he wants Spin behind bars; but that is only a cover to keep a close eye on Spin to protect him from something (presumably Vertex). In Paradigm Shift Part 2 it is revealed that Pounder did know Vertex as Vertex greeted him familiarly (as of when he called Pounder 'general') and that Pounder can speak the spider-bot language quite fluently. At the end of Paradigm Shift Part 2, he and Vertex both fall through a hole in the safety net; but not before telling Spin that he is a member of the Zushin tribe. It was also revealed in Spin's flashback that Pounder lost his left eye after being attacked by Vertex.
Penny (Cathy Weseluck
Cathy Weseluck
Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian voice actress who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is known with providing the voice for characters in various anime series such as Mirai Yashima , Dorothy Catalonia and Catherine Bloom , Near , Shampoo , Kagome's mother , Misa...
): Originally from the Kuzuri tribe, Penny is a doctor on loan to the FCPD. She was banished from her tribe after interfering with an important operation on Mayor Aria's assistant. Penny is equipped with a healing glove. She is Spin's best friend and, like him, is known to break rules. She is chosen by Captain Pounder to take command of the FCPD if anything happens to him. When Spin is declared a fugitive and escapes FCPD custody, she does everything she can to help Spin hide from the FCPD. She is seen on the field for the first part of the season, but spends most of her time running the board back at the presinct. She has been an officer for longer than Spin (though no one knows how much longer), and therefor is a superior officer to him. There has been hints at a the two of them liking each other, but there have never been any obvious incidences save for a part in episode 24. She has also been shown to have a slight crush on Roboto, though this is more of a fandom for him being a famous botball player than of actual love.
Lance (Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...
): An office administrator at the FCPD, Lance is from the Kei'zatsu tribe. He's not very strong, and cannot roll very fast. Lance can get scared very easily. His only bot-mod is the force bubble, a bot mod with which he protects himself. He dislikes Spin because Spin does not respect his rules. He makes fun of Spin by always calling him a rookie, sticks him with boring jobs when he has the chance, and states that he will never belong to the Kei'zatsu tribe. When Spin gets fired from his job, Lance arrests him after Spin tries to stop a robbery in progress; only to make it look like Spin was the robber. Lance has a consistent and unhealthy obsession with eating lugnuts (the Rollbot version of donuts). He usually eats so many that he becomes exhausted and sick when he is full.
Tinny (Tabitha St. Germain
Tabitha St. Germain
Tabitha St. Germain is a Canadian stage actress. She has made the transition from stage work to voice work, and has since become one of the core female voice actresses working with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Anime :* .hack//Roots - Asta, Nazo Grunty* Black Lagoon -...
): A BotTot (young RollBot) from the Kei'zatsu tribe. He is in school, but spends a lot of time with Spin, who lets him try dangerous things. In Paradigm Shift Part 2, Tinny battles Vett and discovers that he has the power to create force fields and project energy blasts. He has often been shown to be fully capable of becoming an officer, despite him being so young. He has shown both the capability to run the board at the FCPD independently and as an officer on the field on several occasions.
Bunto (Colin Murdock
Colin Murdock (actor)
Not to be confused with Colin MurdochColin Murdock , is a voice actor who is often miscredited as Colin Murdoch.-Anime:* Cardcaptors - Spinner Sun* InuYasha - Ryokan, Sango's Father, Water God, Orochidayu* MegaMan: NT...
): A member of the Kei'zatsu tribe and the FCPD. He is a higher ranking officer who is often seen commanding a squad of FCPD bots. What makes him different from the other FCPD members is that his armor has blue and red coloured plating where it is normally white for most officers. When Spin is declared a fugitive, Bunto repeatedly attempts to capture Spin, though he always fails due to Spin either speeding away or beating Bunto in some way.
Villain Bots
Vertex (Colin MurdockColin Murdock (actor)
Not to be confused with Colin MurdochColin Murdock , is a voice actor who is often miscredited as Colin Murdoch.-Anime:* Cardcaptors - Spinner Sun* InuYasha - Ryokan, Sango's Father, Water God, Orochidayu* MegaMan: NT...
): A notorious villain and Flip City's most wanted. It is suspected that he is a Spiderbot. He plans to take over Flip City by shutting down the Hub and deactivating the safety net using a device called a dymex key that is combined with eleven artifacts hidden all over the city. Shutting down the safety net will allow an invasion of Spiderbots to control Flip City and destroy all RollBots. His tribe is unknown. Vertex also has the ability to transform into a RollBot, as a disguise. In Paradigm Shift Part 2, he was last seen falling through a hole in the safety net with Captain Pounder. Before he fell through the net, he states that despite his absence, the invasion will proceed to attack Flip City. He also has the ability to speak both his native spider-bot language and the Rollbots language.
Manx (Nicole Oliver
Nicole Oliver
-Education:She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from York University, and additional training from the British American Drama Academy in Oxford and London.-Career:...
): A renegade Kei'zatsu who is now Vertex's head henchbot. She has previously worked at the FCPD, though her reason for defecting and joining Vertex are unknown. Manx is equipped with pulse flares, and is very agile. Unlike other villains, Manx has a conscience. She is aware of Botch's recklessness. Manx has left Vertex's side to assist the FCPD in Paradigm Shift Part 2, after hearing Vertex's true plans for the RollBots, and Vertex attempted to have her destroyed for knowing his true plans. She also had a rarely seen keizatsu symbol on each of her legs, though when it is seen it is faded and scratched out, possibly as a symbol of her not being in the tribe anymore.
Botch (Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond is a Canadian actor. He also serves on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. He and his wife serve as vice-president and president, respectively.- Career :Drummond was born in Salmon Arm, British...
): A renegade Zurasho, Botch is one of Vertex's henchbots. He is armed with an energy grappler and power shields. He previously worked for Triads, Flip City's most dangerous gang. He aspires to unseat both Manx and Vertex. Right before he worked for Vertex, he was arrested by Manx when she still worked for the FCPD. Despite the fact that he hates Manx, he still seems to work well with her on missions. Even occasionally calling her 'Manxy'. Although he only seems to call her this some time after Phaze (who calls Manx that) first appears in episode 6. He has also been shown to be truly worried for her safety, though this was only on one occasion. Botch has a zurasho symbol on the sides of the piece of metal on the top of his head, though there is a dent there, possibly to signify, as with Manx, that he is not a part of the tribe anymore.
Macro (Colin Murdock
Colin Murdock (actor)
Not to be confused with Colin MurdochColin Murdock , is a voice actor who is often miscredited as Colin Murdoch.-Anime:* Cardcaptors - Spinner Sun* InuYasha - Ryokan, Sango's Father, Water God, Orochidayu* MegaMan: NT...
): A renegade Hai'bu who chose to become a villain and work for Vertex. He is armed with a projectile mace on his left arm, but he sometimes uses other bot mods in its place. Macro is strong, but very unintelligent. The type of model that Macro it is known as a Hai'bu Wrecking Ball. He is to only one of Vertex's henchbots who is completely loyal to Vertex. Like Lance from the FCPD, Macro likes to eat lugnuts whenever he has a chance, but he does not consume as many as Lance does. He is also apparently an ex-member of the Hai'bu Hammers botball team.
Phaze (Paul Dobson): A bot who was in jail before he escaped thanks to Vertex. He is an ex-member of the Zurasho tribe who left to join the Triads, but he didn't like them either, he was the member of the Triads who let Botch join before quitting and going on his own.http://rollbots.ytv.com/ He is soon arrested and placed back in jail thanks to Spin. He is extremely crazy and loves destruction. He has a passion for magnetic bot mods because of the damage they can do. He is the reason why Manx is no longer a part of the FCPD, and Manx despises him for that; although he appears to have a crush on Manx.
Reboot (Cathy Weseluck
Cathy Weseluck
Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian voice actress who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is known with providing the voice for characters in various anime series such as Mirai Yashima , Dorothy Catalonia and Catherine Bloom , Near , Shampoo , Kagome's mother , Misa...
): A renegade Tensai who was thought to have been kidnapped, but in reality, she chose to help Vertex with his plans to shutdown the Hub. Not surprisingly, she learned everything she knows from Zilla and Bug, she is also famous for her 'holographic cake' trick used at Tensai birthday parties.http://rollbots.ytv.com/ She and Vertex's henchbots stole a experimental botmod called a crontab to take to the Hub to shut it down. The crontab could turn back time, and no one would remember. When they activated the crontab at the Hub however, it almost destroyed Flip City. Spin was the only one who noticed the time flux from the crontab's repeated use, and after a few repeated attempts to stop Reboot and the others, he was finally able to stop them before they could use the crontab to turn back time again. Vertex's henchbots escaped and left Reboot to be apprehended by the FCPD. It has been rumored that Reboot has discovered a way to defeat Vertex, but hasn't revealed it to anybody.
Tamaki (Shirley Millner): The leader of a renagade group of pirate bots. She used to reside in Anakata Tower in Flip City, and she was once partners with Anakata, a member of the Fuzata tribe. They worked on a bot mod that turns anything (even RollBots) into gold, but Anakata tricked her at the last minute and got all the credit for the bot mod. Tamaki wants revenge on her former partner and her share of the profits from the bot mod. It was soon destroyed after she reclaimed it. Her ship is called the "Black Dot".
Kibi (Richard Newman
Richard Newman
Richard Newman is a voice actor with numerous voice roles in Transformers cartoons.-Career:Newman started his career in voice acting in Beast Wars voicing Rhinox and the Vok...
): A renegade Tensai who is now a pirate, and in addition, he's Captain Tamaki's right-hand bot.
Vett (Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...
): An old ally of Vertex who, like Vertex, is a spider-bot. Vett spontaneously shows up in Flip City in his ship to help Vertex complete the final stages of his master plan. Unlike Vertex, he does not take a stealth approach to missions, but rather attacks everyone in his way. Before he arrived at Flip City, he and Vertex secretly communicated with each other when Vertex was alone, similarly to how Pounder secretly conversed to someone over his computer. Vett has a mask that covers his head. When he speaks, he only screeches a strange language (possibly his native tongue since Vertex understands him), but he is able to speak regularly on several occasions. This may be because he doesn't speak English very well and only uses phrases and words that he knows how to say. Vertex is his superior officer, but Vett does not think that Vertex is capable to complete his master plan and he makes it clear to Vertex that he does not particularly like him.
Other Bots
Mayor Aria (Cathy WeseluckCathy Weseluck
Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian voice actress who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is known with providing the voice for characters in various anime series such as Mirai Yashima , Dorothy Catalonia and Catherine Bloom , Near , Shampoo , Kagome's mother , Misa...
): The leader of the Nisen tribe and the mayor of Flip City. She tries to improve Flip City as much as she can, but she's really concerned about making herself look good in the eyes of Flip City. She is tricked by Vertex to make it seem that he is a good citizen by staging an incident that lets him seem like an ally to her. She is not amused of Spin because his antics more often than not conflict with her ideas. She eventually orders Captain Pounder to fire Spin. She is frequently seen working with the Tensai tribe to come up with new ways to improve Flip City. She is not popular with some of the bots. She has an infamous "12 in 12" plan to build a major new suburb for the rest of her 12 term-cycle as mayor. She is also a long time ally of Pounder's, she is responsible for getting him named as head of the FCPD. She is also famous for having more statues built of herself than any other mayors in the history of Flip City. She can never remember the names of anyone she meets without her assistant reminding her, she can't even remember her assistant's name.http://rollbots.ytv.com/
Chief Surgeon Koto (Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond is a Canadian actor. He also serves on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. He and his wife serve as vice-president and president, respectively.- Career :Drummond was born in Salmon Arm, British...
): The leader and head doctor of the Kuzuri tribe. He is very serious with his job, but he occasionally makes sarcastic comments. He banned Penny from the tribe because she interfered during an operation on Mayor Aria'a assistant, but when he sees Penny in action when she is with the FCPD, he tells that she is welcome back if she decides to quit the FCPD. He continues to repair Spin on almost a daily basis whenever he is damaged from a fight, and he is not too happy about it. He suspects that someone purposefully damaged Spin's internal circuits.http://rollbots.ytv.com/ Koto appears to be a bit protective of Penny, perhaps because she used to be a member of his tribe. This was exhibited once when he took a hit from Vett that was supposed to be aimed at Penny. He fell off the trax and climbed back up a few minutes later, so it appears that he wasn't thrown that far off.
Gates (Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond is a Canadian actor. He also serves on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. He and his wife serve as vice-president and president, respectively.- Career :Drummond was born in Salmon Arm, British...
): The leader of the Tensai tribe. He is the bot that designed the city's anti-grav jets. He once built a device that allows bots to travel to parallel dimensions, unfortunately he spilled a cup of oil on said device and hasn't been able to get it working since. He is easily frightened by loud noises and bots that are bigger than he is (which is everyone), he is possibly rigging the Tensai leader elections every year so he won't lose his job.http://rollbots.ytv.com/ He first appeared when he asked Captain Pounder to find Reboot, a renegade Tensai with an experimental botmod called the crontab. He later appeared when he was testing his new maintinence robot named the Repair Online Sytheotic Entity, or R.O.S.E. After Spin destroyed R.O.S.E he demanded that Mayor Aria have him and Captain Pounder held accountable and fired from the FCPD.
Commander Octo (Paul Dobson): The leader of the Zurasho tribe. He first meets Spin when he constructs a new housing complex by Mayor Aria's design. When the houses were booby-trapped by Vertex, he and Spin enter the complex to shut down the traps. He gives Spin his boomstick bot mod since he wasn't able to use it right. He does not like Mayor Aria at all because he thinks her ideas to help Flip City are crazy. Octo is seen on a recurring basis after that. His second appearance was when he was revealing the new and improved Nobrek Acres. He also appears when Captain Tamaki appears and tries to help Pounder take her down. His last appearance so far was in episode 26 when he complained about having to weld new plaques onto the FCPD, and he helped to try and fight off Vett. It is revealed in this episode that he fights with a big metal hammer.
Fire Chief Cables (Ellen Kennedy): The leader of the Zobo'shi tribe. She and Captain Pounder have a rivalry going on and continuously argue in terms of the respective tribe's job duties. She repeatedly attempts to have the FCPD work with the Zobo'shi tribe (or rather for them), and offers them to move in to the ground level of Zobo'Shi headquarters (which angers Pounder). When she first meets Spin, she is not impressed with him and mocks Pounder for hiring someone who is not a Kei'zatsu; and she is even mad at Spin for getting in her way during a mission. After Spin saves the Flip City from being destroyed, she realizes that she was wrong about Spin and tells Pounder that Spin is welcome to work for the Zobo'shi if he wants to be with a "real tribe".
The En (Teryl Rothery
Teryl Rothery
Teryl Rothery is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Dr. Janet Fraiser on Stargate SG-1.-Life and career:Rothery was born in Vancouver, British Columbia...
): The leader of the Zogen'sha tribe and holder of the optic. The En captured Spin and Botch when Botch broke into the cathedral to steal the optic. She shackled them both to the wall and used the optic to find out who they were. She took Spin into another room and told him that he was the bot who will stand alone, and save the city. She later stated that he didn't look, smell, or (oddly enough) taste like Kei'zatsu after Spin said he was Kei'zatsu. She thanked Spin for saving the cathedral by draining the energy overload. She seems to know all about what Spin is supposed to be doing and who his tribe is.
Daso (Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...
): A member of the Zogen'sha tribe who becomes aware of Spin's true identity. He holds a mystical amulet which allows him to connect with the cathedral.
Oddball (Gary Chalk
Gary Chalk (actor)
Gary Chalk is an English-born Canadian actor, tri-national US-Canadian-UK citizen and voice artist. He has lend hit voice in over 30 animated television series and has been in films such as The Fly II and Freddy vs. Jason....
): A member of the Hai'bu tribe who is has that name because is different from the other Hai'bu members. He is quite intelligent, but sometimes forgetful, and that gets in the way of being able to properly socialize with his fellow Hai'bu tribe brothers. When he first meets Spin, his right leg was stolen by Vertex's henchbots, and it was replaced by another left leg. Spin soon finds his leg and returns it to him. Oddball is an older model of the Hai'bu tribe and his type of parts aren't being made any more.
Ringo (Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...
): A member of the Hai'bu tribe who, like his fellow Hai'bu tribe member Oddball, had one of his limbs stolen (his right arm). He thinks that Oddball is weird and states that he has no wits. Ringo consistently cleans up the FCPD building and is good friends with the Kei'zatsu working there.
Roboto (Trevor Devall
Trevor Devall
Trevor Devall is one of the various voice actors who works for Ocean Group, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Trevor has performed various anime roles, most notably Mu La Flaga of Gundam SEED. Other anime roles include Mukotsu of InuYashas Shichinin-tai, as well as the multiple faces of...
): A member of the Zurasho tribe and the team leader of a the Zurasho botball team called the Zurasho slashers. He is considered to be the best botball player ever and he is very popular because of that. He is good friends with Spin, Penny and Tinny (who is a huge fan of Roboto). In the middle of a game with the Fuzata botball team, he was kidnapped; that resulted in a city-wide riot. It turned out that his kidnappers were the botballs who were original part of the Hai'bu tribe called the Kenchi-ku. They kidnapped him because they hated being used as botballs and wanted revenge, but they soon let him go and accepted their new job as botballs. When Vett attacked the Flip City stadium to steal the botball cup during the botball championship match, Roboto helps the FCPD to keep the cup away from Vett. Roboto is a very fast and skilled bot.
Bug & Zilla (Richard Ian Cox
Richard Ian Cox
Richard Ian Cox is a Welsh-Canadian voice actor and online radio host best known for his voice acting for English language dubs of anime. Cox gained prominence for playing the character of Henry Dailey's teenaged traveler and horse rider, Alec Ramsay, in The Family Channel's Adventures of the...
) & (Colin Murdock
Colin Murdock (actor)
Not to be confused with Colin MurdochColin Murdock , is a voice actor who is often miscredited as Colin Murdoch.-Anime:* Cardcaptors - Spinner Sun* InuYasha - Ryokan, Sango's Father, Water God, Orochidayu* MegaMan: NT...
): Two members of the Tensai tribe who are always seen working together. They are always working on new and improved bot mods, and they are very excited about it as well. Their excitement, however, gets in the way of their better judgement in terms of how their bot mods could hurt Flip City instead of help it; and their antics have caused trouble for the FCPD on a few occasions. Bug dreams of someday becoming Tensai chief, and is secretly building anti-matter force field trax system in his spare time. Zilla, on the other hand is secretly reading up on how to be a Zobo'shi, he also likes to try and figure out what Bug does in his free time.http://rollbots.ytv.com/
Rigaroo (Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...
): A bot who is a participant of the Flip City Grand Prix. He considers himself to be the fastest bot in Flip City. He is extremely arrogant and always refers to himself in the third person. He and Spin have a rivalry going when they first meet after Spin thought he was just another speeder, and failed to catch up to him. Since Spin was not allowed to be a part of the FCGP, Rigaroo makes fun of him and calls Spin a coward. After Spin saves the Grand Prix from being a disaster because of one of Vertex's setups, Rigaroo realizes that he was wrong about Spin, and offers him his respect. Although it is unknown of which tribe Rigaroo belongs to, aside from his colour, he looks just like a member of the Kei'zatsu tribe (which is odd since members of the Kei'zatsu tribe are prohibited from participating in the FCGP).
Anakata (Paul Dobson): A member of the Fuzata tribe. He is a very greedy and cowardly individual. He has a tower named after him. He used to be partners with Captain Tamaki. They created a Botmod that turned anything into gold, but he wanted to have it all for himself, so he had Tamaki exiled from Flip City and kept the Botmod for himself. Tamaki returned to take revenge on him and to reclaim the Botmod. Thanks to Spin, Anakata was rescued, but his Botmod was destroyed, and he was not too happy about that.
Ms Appie (Nicole Oliver
Nicole Oliver
-Education:She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from York University, and additional training from the British American Drama Academy in Oxford and London.-Career:...
): A member of the Kazoku tribe, she was the one who recommended for Spin to join the FCPD. She was originally Spin's teacher, and is currently Tinny's teacher. She has been a teacher at Wozville elementary school for ten years, and is so dedicated that she hardly ever leaves the school grounds, she switches from sweet to serious even faster than Spin can roll. She takes her students on a field trip to each tribe's HQ once a cycle.http://rollbots.ytv.com/ When Spin wants to find out the truth about his origins, he asks her if she knows anything, but Ms Appie tells him that she doesn't remember since she has taught so many bots; and even calls Spin "Spoon". When her fangbot (rollbot dog) Pikea goes missing after eating an invisibility bot mod, Ms Appie asks Spin to save him. While talking to Tinny she accidentally tells him that Pikea is the last fangbot of his kind, but when she tries to explain herself Tinny has already run off to helpSpin, so no one knows what she means until at least episode 26. When Vertex catches Pikea, he states that the fangbot looks familiar to him. After Spin saves Pikea and gives to back to Ms Appie, it appears that she knows more about Spin than letting on, and it also appears that Pikea seems to be related to Spin and Vertex in some way. It is revealed in Paradigm Shift part 2 that Captain Pounder brought Spin to her class as a bot-tot after saving him from being destroyed by Vertex like the other members of the Zushin tribe. It is also revealed in Spin's flashback that Pikea fought in the battle as well.
Tribes
Fuzata: The tribe responsible for finances and the economyEconomy
An economy consists of the economic system of a country or other area; the labor, capital and land resources; and the manufacturing, trade, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of that area...
. The Fuzuta tribe is responsible for the wealth and prosperity of Flip City. They are best known for their keen business sense and for providing a strong economy so that all bots have a chance to prosper.
Hai'bu: Sanitation
Sanitation
Sanitation is the hygienic means of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes. Hazards can be either physical, microbiological, biological or chemical agents of disease. Wastes that can cause health problems are human and animal feces, solid wastes, domestic...
and waste
Waste
Waste is unwanted or useless materials. In biology, waste is any of the many unwanted substances or toxins that are expelled from living organisms, metabolic waste; such as urea, sweat or feces. Litter is waste which has been disposed of improperly...
management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
are the responsibilities of this tribe. Their members are big and strong. The Kenchi-ku are a sub-tribe that originated from this tribe. Their members are small, so as to help clean places that the larger Hai'bu cannot reach. The Hai'bu tribe keeps Flip City clean. This tribe is made up of some of the biggest and strongest bots who specialize in the transport and disposal of the city’s trash.
Kazoku: The members of this tribe educate bot-tots. The Kazoku tribe grooms all new bot-tots and prepares them for their eventual role within their individual tribes. Flip City is a big world and the educators of the Kazoku tribe make sure every bot is ready.
Kenchi-ku: Sub-tribe to the Hai'bu, they used to help them clean in the small spaces by kicking them because of their small size, but after a while they being kicked for amusement
Amusement
Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure...
and sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
ing purposes which lead to the invention
Invention
An invention is a novel composition, device, or process. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing model or idea, or it could be independently conceived, in which case it may be a radical breakthrough. In addition, there is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social...
of Bot-Ball, which is a rollbot version of soccer.
Kei'zatsu: Kei'zatsu's mission is "to protect and serve". The FCPD is made up of members from this tribe, although not all FCPD members are Kei'zatsus. They are involved with law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
enforcement. Since their job
Job (role)
A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. A person usually begins a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, or starting a business. The duration of a job may range from an hour to a lifetime . If a person is trained for a certain type of job, they may have a profession...
is to protect Flip City, they are forbidden from participating in various activities, such as the Flip City Grand Prix. Captain Pounder is the head of this tribe. The Kei’zatsu tribe is there to protect and to serve. They are the police officers of Flip City and ensure that all bots from all tribes obey the law.
Kuzuri: Members of the Kuzuri tribe are responsible for healthcare. Chief Surgeon
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
Koto is the head of the tribe.The Kuzuri tribe supplies medical support to any bot in need. Whether it be a simple recharge or a complicated repair the Kuzuri tribe will have you back on the trax in a flash.
Nisen: Members of the Nisen tribe form the government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
of Flip City. They live in the upper regions of Flip City. Mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
Aria is the head of this tribe and Mayor of Flip City. The Nisen tribe resides in the upper regions of Flip City. They are the politicians of the rollbot world and ensure that all tribes and services are running smoothly.
Tensai: The scientific tribe, these are the most intelligent RollBots in Flip City. The members of this tribe are responsible for the maintenance
Maintenance, Repair and Operations
Maintenance, repair, and operations or maintenance, repair, and overhaul involves fixing any sort of mechanical or electrical device should it become out of order or broken...
and construction
Construction
In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
of technological material
Material
Material is anything made of matter, constituted of one or more substances. Wood, cement, hydrogen, air and water are all examples of materials. Sometimes the term "material" is used more narrowly to refer to substances or components with certain physical properties that are used as inputs to...
. They are the creators of the new bot mods. Gates is the head of this tribe.The Tensai tribe is made up of the best and brightest tech minds that Flip City has to offer. They are responsible for the maintenance and construction of all things technological; they are to thank for all the hyper-cool new BotMods.
Zeishi: A quiet and mysterious tribe. They live in remote boot sector
Boot sector
A boot sector or boot block is a region of a hard disk, floppy disk, optical disc, or other data storage device that contains machine code to be loaded into random-access memory by a computer system's built-in firmware...
home
Home
A home is a place of residence or refuge. When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either...
s and do not interact
Interaction
Interaction is a kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another. The idea of a two-way effect is essential in the concept of interaction, as opposed to a one-way causal effect...
much with other tribes. The Zeishi tribe is the most obscure of the bunch. Very quiet and bizarre, bots from this tribe tend to keep to themselves and their homes.
Zobo'shi: The members of this tribe are involved in emergency
Emergency
An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or environment. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible and agencies may only be able to offer palliative...
services. They are firefighters, but assist in any disaster
Disaster
A disaster is a natural or man-made hazard that has come to fruition, resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment...
. They have a strong rivalry with the FCPD. Fire Chief Cables is the head of this tribe. The Zoboshi tribe provides emergency services to Flip City. These firefighters can deal with any disaster that is thrown at them, and also have quite the rivalry going with the FCPD.
Zogen'sha: This tribe lives in the Cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
. The members provide spiritual guidance and also act somewhat like an oracle
Oracle
In Classical Antiquity, an oracle was a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future, inspired by the gods. As such it is a form of divination....
. Their rules
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
forbid the Kei'zatsu from entering their cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
. They appear to be aware of what Spin truly is and what his destiny is as well. The En is the leader of this tribe. The Zogen'sha tribe resides at the Cathedral and is made up of spiritual bots. They provide insight in to the past, present, and future of rollbot life and always seem to be stressed out.
Zurasho: The construction workers of Flip City. Commander Octo is the head of this Tribe. The Zurasho tribe is responsible for the construction and maintenance of Flip City. These builders are proud of their work and always look to keep Flip City growing.
Zushin: The lost tribe, and the only tribe that can communicate with the Hub and can override the system
System
System is a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole....
. The Hub will warn the Zushin directly if there is a problem anywhere in Flip City, but can limit warnings to only true emergencies on Zushin request. They also protect the other tribes, including Kei'zatsu. Spin is the only surviving member left. When Spin was a bot-tot, the tribe as a whole was exterminated
Genocide
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by the spiderbots, led by Vertex, as part of their plans to destroy all Rollbots.
There are actually 12 tribes, but most Rollbots believe that there are only 11 tribes. The Hai'bu and the Kenchi-ku are one tribe.
RollBots Online
The official website of the show is created by Xenophile MediaXenophile Media
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. It currently has three, main interactive sections.
- FCPD Database: This is a collection of files on various characters in the show. It also contains classified information.
- HoloGrid: A map of Flip City. It is used by Penny to identify problems in the show. Online, it has links to games (known as missions). The missions (so far) are Tribe Challenge, Rush Hour Racing, Kei'zatsu Academy, and Spinball.
- FCPD Mainframe: Details like the leaderboard are displayed here. Individual points and money (known as Flip Chips) are also shown here.
There is also an application that allows visitors (who are members of YTV.com) to create and customize their very own RollBot.
Another important feature is the Danuga translator. Danuga is the language of the RollBots. The translator allows visitors to translate English words and phrases into Danuga, and provides the correct pronunciation in Danuga.