Johnny Robo - Episode 8

Johnny was a normal boy living a normal life. He was getting good grades. He even got himself a girlfriend. He didn't want to go beyond a simple, suburban destiny. Then, one day, Baron X appeared. A monster from the dark dimension of Batlantis, Baron X had plans to spread his influence over the Earth, and Johnny -- transformed via his experimental Roboizer into Johnny Robo -- is all that stands between Baron X and victory.

Armed with his Robo Kick and Robo Beam, Johnny Robo hacks and slashes his way through Baron X's army of Monsteroid minions to free the future from Batlantian control. Wherever there's a demon stealing a wet floor sign, Johnny Robo will be there. Wherever there's a gremlin picking his nose, Johnny Robo will be there. Wherever there's a devil rigging an election, Johnny Robo will be there.

A comedic tragedy, Johnny Robo is a parody of and tribute to comic books and cartoons on both sides of the Pacific. With nods to everything from Power Rangers and Masked Rider to Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, it's vaudevillian potpourri that looks like it was made by some college kids who should have been studying instead of playing with a camera -- and, well -- it was.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• robot
• monster
• kaiju
• japan
• college
• silent
• mothra
• short
• kamen
• rangers
• parody
• anime
• negadon
• sentai
• toku
• godzilla
• WWE