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Mike the TV

## Official Profiles

* S1 cards
* S3 DVD
* S3 ReBoot.com
* S4 DVD
Mike the TV regurgitates TV sound bytes from old sitcoms, commercials, soap operas and talk shows like a hyped up, interactive game show emcee. No one can turn him off because the remote control ran away. But under all of his tasteless programming pulses a transistor of pure gold.

Mike is the ultimate in live TV. He doesn’t just bring the world into Bob’s living room - he walks into the living room himself and tells Bob what’s showing on his screen, with the voice and mannerisms of an obnoxious, hyped-up, motor-mouthed emcee. Bob can’t turn him off because the remote control ran away.
After Bob is cast into the Web, Mike takes it upon himself to become Mainframe’s only reliable news source. He is the system’s official war correspondent.

Mike is the ultimate in live TV. He doesn't just bring the world into Bob's living room - he walks into the living room himself and tells Bob what's showing on his screen, with the voice and mannerisms of an obnoxious, hyper-up, motor-mouthed emcee. Bob can't turn him off, because the remote control ran away. All Bob can do is try to escape. It isn't easy, since Mike can follow him all over Mainframe. Bob never knows when Mike is going to appear and bombard him with news, talk shows, bad soap operas, and commercials, commercials, commercials.

Mike is the ultimate in live TV. He doesn’t just bring the world into your living room - he walks into the living room himself and tells you what’s showing on his screen.
Mike has taken it upon himself to become Mainframe’s only reliable news source and the system’s official war correspondent. With the voice and mannerisms of an obnoxious, hyped-up, motor-mouthed emcee, it is unfortunately impossible to turn him off - mostly due to his remote control having run away. But then, who can blame it!

## Gallery

### Posters and Print

art by Jim Suart by Jim Suart by Brendan McCarthy

## References

1. ↑ Fleer Ultra trading card #64
2. ↑ ADV Films DVD, "To Mend and Defend"
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000619220804/http://www.reboot.com:80/productions/REBOOT/CHARS/mike.html
4. ↑ Anchor Bay DVD
Wall Street

## Official Description

Wall Street is the "downtown" business sector of Mainframe. It is here that the majority of Mainframe's data is processed and the numbers are crunched before being sent flying around the city on the data highways.

## Trivia

* Wall Street is never named on the show itself. However, it has been named in such places as the official website and the CD-ROMs which came with the Series 3 action figures.
* In the PlayStation game, this sector is named Cit\_E, although its nature appears to be the same.
* Wall Street is named after the street of the same name in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
Ken Pontac

Ken Pontac is the writer of the Season 3 episode "End Prog", including the "ReBoot Recap Song".

## Autobiography

Ken Pontac has been a Migrant Film Worker in the entertainment industry for over thirty years, writing and directing content for television, film, and various newfangled thinking machines. His early work includes the stop-motion series *Gumby*, as well as the various iterations of the classic videogame *Clayfighter*. In the past several years Pontac has written scripts and dialog for the *Marvel Heroes* MMO, NSFW barks for Undead Labs’ *State of Decay 2*, multiple *Sonic the Hedgehog* games for Sega, an international hit series featuring the ghost gobbling *Pac-Man*, Disney’s animated action/adventure series *Slugterra*, the charming pre-school show *Octonauts*, and the less-than-charming Internet sensation *Happy Tree Friends* (a show so violent that it's banned in Russia). He is also still receiving royalty checks for writing the *LazyTown* song "You Are a Pirate," which has become an Internet meme, enjoying tens of millions of hits on YouTube and inspiring multiple mash-ups and drunken karaoke videos. Pontac has recently written for the new *Thunderbirds Are Go!* series, as well as two seasons of the Netflix property *Kong – King of the Apes*. His cult classic stop-motion series *Bump in the Night* is available in a new compilation produced by Mill Creek Entertainment. A compilation of his controversial DC Comics mini-series, *Wacky Raceland*, is in bookstores in America and Europe as well. Pontacʼs work on the delightfully pro-social animated series *Arthur* may offset some of the karmic debt incurred by his other literary efforts (*MadWorld*, anyone?), but will probably only bump him up from tapeworm to tree-frog on the reincarnation cycle.

Pontac lives in Sausalito with a beautiful redheaded nurse and their two crazy canines, a Xoloitzcuintli named Chalupa and a high-strung Chihuahua named Mickey Blue Eyes.

## Files

The original script for an earlier, entirely different version of the final episode of Season 3, kindly provided by the writer.
## Gallery

Ken Pontac, with the dearly departed Whistle the Wonder Dog
Web World Wars

### Starring the Voices of

Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Matthew Sinclair, Tony Jay, Shirley Millner, Michael Donovan, Garry Chalk, Scott McNeil, Andrea Libman, S. Louise Vallance

"Web World Wars" is the tenth episode of Season 2 of *ReBoot,* and the twenty-third episode overall. It originally aired on February 1, 1996 on YTV and March 2, 1996 on ABC.

## DVD Log Line

Bob, Dot and Mouse must team up with Megabyte and Hexadecimal to save Mainframe from the attacking Web. Their attempt to close the portal to Mainframe ends with Bob being shot into the Web. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Glitches

* When Enzo changes into his new uniform, his old icon can be seen on his cap, even though he is wearing (and using) his upgraded icon on his chest.

## Cultural References

* The title references the World Wars, echoing its obvious inspiration, as well as having the same initials as World Wide Web.
* Nods to the Second World War, particularly the Battle of Britain, abound.
	+ During the evacuation, fences with barbed wire can be seen - irrelevant against flying web spores but part of the defences of wartime London (to impair parachutists).
	+ The citizens of Mainframe shelter in a London Underground styled station, 'Piccadilly Circuits', as Londoners did during the Blitz.
	+ Spotlights shine from the city into the sky, something that is pointless in-universe as the light is fine but harkens to searchlighs identifying German planes for anti-aircraft guns (which Enzo and AndrAIa are manning).
	+ The Principal Office war room has female Binomes working as plotters for the fleet, referencing the Women's Auxilary Air Force. Radio chatter harkens to war films.
	+ Pilots rushing to their planes before an imminent attack, not to mention the high rate of downed planes.
	+ Old RAF stereotypes Binky and Algernon get their longest appearance of the whole run, and actually fighting this time.
	+ The episode also ends with a fascistic leader demanding surrender and being told "we will fight you to the last."
* The scene where spores chase CPU cars through an alleyway visually resembles the Death Star trench fights in *Star Wars*.

## Trivia

* **Feathers McGraw** **sighting:** in the evacuation procession, just ahead of the tank.

* **Production number gags:** 9510 (the 10th episode produced in 1995)
	+ Bob invokes "Emergency Protocol 9510" when he makes Enzo a Guardian.
	+ The text "ULB 9510" appears on the side of Dot's massive gun.
* Megabyte's flying tanks are finally named in canon: ABCs (Armoured Binome Carriers), after both APCs (Armoured Personnel Carriers) and the ABC Network that aired ReBoot and was now cancelling it... hence the dialogue, "The ABCs! They've turned on us!" "Treacherous dogs!"

## Music

"Web World Wars - Opening Theme" by Bob Buckley
ReBoot Wiki

## Welcome to the Mainframe Archives!

The Mainframe Archives is a repository of information on ReBoot, the first completely CGI TV series!

This wiki strives for the greatest accuracy. Theorization should be kept to the Talk pages or, if it is a genuinely logical conclusion from canon, it may be included in an article *if* it is clearly labeled as such; be prepared to show your work. (In the case of quotes from official materials, the goal is accurate *documentation*, even if what is being quoted is itself inaccurate. Please note errors in the Glitches section of the article, instead.)

Editorialization is also to be avoided; please keep things neutral and factual. Non-editorial humorous phrasing, however, is allowed.

Computer puns are actively encouraged.

## About ReBoot

ReBoot was the first entirely computer-animated TV series. It ran for four non-consecutive seasons, beginning in 1994 and ending in 2001. Set primarily inside a computer called Mainframe, it follows the adventures of Guardian Bob, Dot and Enzo Matrix, and their friends.

## Navigation

* Episodes
* Characters
* Locations
* Computing Concepts

## Community

* If you are new to editing wikis, check out the **tutorial**.
* If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, here is a list of most wanted pages, or frequently linked-to articles that don't exist yet.
Enzo the Smart

### Starring the Voices of

Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Jesse Moss, Tony Jay, Shirley Millner, Michael Donovan, Phil Hayes, Garry Chalk

### Game(s)

*Bombardment*, *Video Athlete*

"Enzo the Smart" is the eighth episode of Season 1 of *ReBoot,* and the eighth episode overall. It originally aired on December 17, 1994 on YTV and February 11, 1995 on ABC.

## DVD Log Line

In Enzo's quest to become smarter than all of Mainframe, he resets the time clock [*sic*] and gets stuck in a game with a dumbed-down populace. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Glitches

* Although Mike the TV refers to the Game as *Video Athlete* in the episode, and the final event as the Eliminator, the Fleer Ultra trading cards call the game itself the *Eliminator*.

## Trivia

* The first Game's name, *Bombardment*, is given in the Fleer Ultra trading cards.

## External Links

* episode at Shout!Factory TV
* Québécois episode on YouTube
* French episode on YouTube
Ray Tracer

* normal
* Web armor

### Friends/Allies

AndrAIa, Gavin Capacitor and the software pirates, Enzo Matrix, Bob, Web Riders, Mouse, Dot Matrix

### Enemies

the Guardian Collective, Web Riders, Megabyte

## Official Profiles

* S3 ReBoot.com
The Surfr uses his unique web surfing abilities to help Matrix and AndrAIa safely travel in the web, find Bob, and return to Mainframe.

Although he comes across as casual and flippant, as do most "surfers", he has a heart of gold, and many hidden talents which appear when they are most needed. These qualities make him an enigmatic hero.

The Surfr is a humanoid representation of his "Surf-Baud". Everything he does, every move he makes, is connected to his "Surf-Baud". When he moves, it moves with him. It isn't just a thinking side-kick, it is a part of him, or, rather, he is a part of it. He resides within it when resting. Were it to be damaged, so would he - and vice versa. This is the new level of character in the ReBoot universe.

The Surfr proves to be a valuable but unreliable ally to Matrix and AndrAIa. They find him in jail in the cantina port system - imprisoned unjustly by the infected Guardians (the Internet Police). The Guardians are under the control of the surfer virus [*sic*], Daemon, who has ordered the systematic trial and deletion of anyone who can travel on the Net and the Web, which she seeks to dominate. Matrix breaks the Surfr out, and takes him with them. The Surfr is a genius at navigating the Internet, especially the uncharted regions which border the dangerous web, where they must go.

He helps to bring Bob's new allies, the Web Riders, through to Mainframe at the most crucial moment. They join forces with Bob, Dot, Matrix, AndrAIa and Mouse in a battle royale to recover the city from the tyrannical virus, Megabyte and his viral army. They are the element that tips the balance, enabling good to finally prevail.

## Glitches

Contrary to the profile above, the Web Riders never appear in Mainframe; Ray arrives alone.

## Trivia

Ray tracing is a rendering technique for simulating realistic light effects.

"Surfr" is a reference to Motorola's Surfr series of modems (although, of course, the written spelling does not come up in the show itself, nor is it in the closed captions, and seems to be more of a non-canon running joke).

The man has no ears, and we've never actually seen him without his goggles. Discuss.

## Gallery

### Scenes

#### Posters and Print

art by Jim Suart by Jim Suart by Brendan McCarthy

## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000620041820/http://www.reboot.com:80/productions/REBOOT/CHARS/raytracer.html
Killabyte

## Biography

Little is known about Killabyte, except that he was captured by the Guardians and slated for deletion. While Dixon Green and her junior partner Bob were preparing his execution, Killabyte began to upgrade and broke free of his restraints. He knocked Bob unconscious and was tackled and shot through the head by Dixon, but shook her off and stabbed her through the torso with his brand new claws. Before he could finish Bob off, however, he was caught up in the (un)timely appearance of Welman Matrix's gateway command, just as he fully upgraded into Gigabyte, and was inadvertently brought to Mainframe.

## Non-Canon

The manual for *ReBoot: Countdown to Chaos* refers briefly to "Kilobyte, Megabyte's father." This idea was devised independently from the viruses' canonical origins, according to Gavin Blair.

## Computer References

"Killabyte" is pronounced the same as "kilobyte", 1024 bytes and one prefix lower than "megabyte".
God Conquest

**God Conquest** is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Taro Yamaguchi. Individual chapters have been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since February 14, 2008, with tankōbon volumes being released by Shueisha.

## Plot

The story talks about a various Males Characters who sign a contract to acquire a Girlfriend or being trick signing the contract a mysterious bear named Aikuma told that the person sign contract will bout and that they must capture loose spirt inside of them the hearts of girls, feeding off the hosts' negative emotions to replenish their power and strength, thus becoming whole demons once again (and in turn, the host becomes an empty shell of a person). Aikuma told the signer that they must make their target fall in love with them and kiss them in order to drive off the loose soul out the target hearts and will capture by the Buddy after capture

### Yuki Onohara Saga

This Arc begins with Yuki Onohara and second year at Kostsuki High School and known pervert and strongly wish to have girlfriend he met a mysterious person who offers Yuki a contract to find a date which he signs later
The Great Brain Robbery

### Starring the Voices of

Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Jesse Moss, Tony Jay, Shirley Millner, Michael Donovan, Phil Hayes, Garry Chalk, Louise Vallance

### Game(s)

tomato fight, apparently

"The Great Brain Robbery" is the tenth episode of Season 1 of *ReBoot,* and the tenth episode overall. It originally aired on December 31, 1994 on YTV and March 8, 1995 on ABC.

## DVD Log Line

Megabyte's new plan to break into the SuperComputer by taking control of Bob's neural interface goes awry when Enzo unwittingly drinks Bob's spiked quantum shake. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Cultural References

* The title is a reference to the 1903 film *The Great Train Robbery*.

## Trivia

* Although data sprites do not have nostrils visible from the outside, they *canonically* have nasal passages. How many shows can claim *that*?

## External Links

* episode at Shout!Factory TV
* Québécois episode on YouTube
S3D21: Reward and immunity 9 RESULTS

Results are in!

Winning by a score of 121,804 to the other tribe's 95,672, the tribe safe is...

Raeva!

Congratulations on yet another dominant win. You are safe from Tribal Council again!

Kanina, it's a similar story for you as you once again lose. You'll be headed to Tribal Council to vote the 10th person out of this game. Tribal Council will be up shortly.

 Brian
 Johanan
 Wilhelm

 Jenna
 Maatuakore
 Thomas
Lost Angles

Mike the TV (S2)

## Official Description

Connected to Mainframe by the Guilded [*sic*] Gate Bridge, Lost Angles is all that remains of what was once Mainframe's beautiful Twin City. In an experiment gone terribly wrong, Welman Matrix (Dot and Enzo's father) accidentally nullified the entire city in the attempt to make contact with other systems. The jagged ruins of the city provide the perfect location for Hexadecimal's lair where she lives with her pet, Scuzzy, and millions of nulls.

## Trivia

Lost Angles is named after Los Angeles, California.
Identity Crisis: Part 2

### Starring the Voices of

Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Matthew Sinclair, Tony Jay, Shirley Millner, Michael Donovan, Phil Hayes, Garry Chalk, Jesse Moss

### Game(s)

*The Funhouse*

"Identity Crisis: Part 2" is the thirteenth episode of Season 1 of *ReBoot,* and the thirteenth episode overall. It originally aired on January 21, 1995 on YTV and September 16, 1995 on ABC.

## DVD Log Line

After Cyrus betrays his fellow sprites by handing over their PIDs to Megabyte, Dot and Bob must traverse the *Funhouse* game. Phong temporarily distorts Dot's reality to show her what Mainframe would be like if she were nullified. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Glitches

* In this episode, Phong both observes the action within a Game from outside, and *enters* a Game already in progress, things which are clearly established as impossible in the rest of the series. No explanation is given.

## Trivia

* The last three episodes of Season 1 were instead aired as the first three episodes of Season 2 on ABC, making this the third.
* **Feathers McGraw sighting:** In Phong's alleyway, just before Dot's encounter with him.

## Music

"Identity Crisis - Fun House" by Bob Buckley

## External Links

* episode at Shout!Factory TV
* Québécois episode on YouTube
High Code

### Starring the Voices of

Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Matthew Sinclair, Tony Jay, Shirley Millner, Michael Donovan, Phil Hayes, Garry Chalk

### Game(s)

Wild West Game (title unknown)

"High Code" is the second episode of Season 2 of *ReBoot,* and the fifteenth episode overall. It originally aired on September 7, 1995 on YTV and September 30, 1995 on ABC.

## DVD Log Line

A code master from the Net is searching Mainframe for a code master by the name of Tallon [*sic*]. It seems crotchety old Mr. Pearson might have some information to share. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Trivia

* **Production number gag:**    (2nd episode produced in 1995)

## External Links

* episode at Shout!Factory TV
* Québécois episode on YouTube
AndrAIa (episode)

### Starring the Voices of

Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Matthew Sinclair, Tony Jay, Shirley Millner, Michael Donovan, Phil Hayes, Garry Chalk, Scott McNeil, Andrea Libman

### Game(s)

*Star Fighter*, Atlantis game (title unknown)

*This article is about the episode. For the character, see AndrAIa.*

"AndrAIa" is the sixth episode of Season 2 of *ReBoot,* and the nineteenth episode overall. It originally aired on November 9, 1995 on YTV and November 11, 1995 on ABC.

## DVD Log Line

With no other young sprites in Mainframe, and Bob and Dot busy with business and fighting games, Enzo is lonely. When an aquatic game drops on the diner, Enzo makes friends with a game sprite named AndrAIa. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Trivia

* Among the inaccuracies in *True Stories of Mainframe*, the food package is labeled Al's Pit Stop.
* This episode contains a rare example of a Game being repeated: the brief scenes of Bob in the Game with the *Star Trek* binomes appear to be a callback to *Star Fighter*, the Game from "The Tearing".
* Gavin Blair has confirmed that, although it is never mentioned again, the AndrAIa in Mainframe is indeed a copy, and the original AndrAIa remained in the Game.

## External Links

* episode at Shout!Factory TV
* Québécois episode on YouTube
System Crash

### Starring the Voices of

Sharon Alexander, Kathleen Barr, Long John Baldry, Garry Chalk, Ian James Corlett, Paul Dobson, Michael Donovan, Donal Gibson, Tony Jay, Scott McNeil, Shirley Millner, Louise Vallance

"System Crash" is the fifteenth episode of Season 3 of *ReBoot*, the third episode of the arc The Viral Wars, and the thirty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on January 17, 1998 on YTV.

## DVD Log Line

In an attempt to save Mainframe from a complete system shutdown, the sectors must be powered down. Glitch Bob must enter the core to keep the Principal Office online. To make matters worse, tears begin opening all over the city, releasing saved Users from past games. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*
Deserion Griffin's world 3

After Meg got up, he asked Lois, "Mom, where's the girl who's silent?". Lois asked, "Are you thinking of Deserion ?, He said: Yes, Lois said," But he's dead! "

Peter went to Slovakia with his friends and Stan, Late in the morning he went to Neil for a vacation, but Neil came into a pipe dress, and then into a dress.

## Characters

Deserion Griffin (photography)

Meg Griffin

Lois Griffin

Peter Griffin

Stan Smith

Joe Swanson

Glenn Quagmire

Cleveland Brown

Neil Goldman
The Episode with No Name

### Starring the Voices of

Sharon Alexander, Garry Chalk, Paul Dobson, Janyse Jaud, Andrew Kavadas, Judith Maxi, Jesse Moss

"The Episode with No Name" is the eighth episode of Season 3 of *ReBoot*, the fourth episode of the arc The Net, and the thirty-first episode overall. It originally aired on October 8, 1997 on YTV.

## DVD Log Line

Matrix and AndrAIa finally land in a system that has ports to the Net only to discover that the Guardians have put travel on lockdown. Matrix has a run-in with Guardian Turbo, who is also on the search for Bob. Turbo explains that a dangerous virus named Daemon has infected all Guardians save for Bob and Matrix. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Trivia

* Maxine stars in the IMAX ridefilm *ReBoot: The Ride*. Her passenger trailer says IMAX on the side, and her comments about her last group of passengers throwing up are in reference to some people's difficulty with flight simulators. It's a pity AndrAIa didn't elaborate on their reasons for needing a ship; Maxine and Bob seem to be old friends!
Cross Nodes (song)

## Video

"Cross Nodes" is a song sung by Mike the TV, backed by a choir of Daemon's virals, at the beginning of the episode of the same title.

## Lyrics

I was standin' at the cross node

A huge celebrity

*(Celebrity, he's so huge)*

I was standin' at the cross node

Zoom room came for me

*(Zoom room)*

I said "Daemon have mercy

Don't you infect me, please"

*(Infect me please, please get back)*

I tried to run, tried to run

Tell my friend Bob

I've seen Daemon risin'

She's a-comin'

Oh, I tried to run

But the infection, it got me

*(Infection got me, it got me)*

When Daemon touched my code

I heard the Word and it set me free

*(Set me free, oh, set me free)*

**Spoken:**

Oh, I have to tell you that I have heard the Word! I was corrupt data, oh, but the Word found me, and... and I was restored! Thank you. Oh, the Word is so high, you can't get over it, so low that you can't get under it, and so wide, you can't get around it! Oh, and it's in bold caps, too! There's no escaping it! Oh, you go, girl!

## Cultural References

* This song is a parody of "Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson (also known as "Crossroads" due to the Eric Clapton/Cream cover).

## Footnotes

1. ↑ "Cross Road Blues" on YouTube
2. ↑ "Crossroads" on YouTube
End Prog

### Starring the Voices of

Sharon Alexander, Kathleen Barr, Long John Baldry, Garry Chalk, Ian James Corlett, Paul Dobson, Michael Donovan, Donal Gibson, Christopher Gray, Scott McNeil, Shirley Millner, Louise Vallance

### Game(s)

unknown

"End Prog" is the sixteenth episode of Season 3 of *ReBoot*, the fourth episode of the arc The Viral Wars, and the thirty-ninth episode overall. It originally aired on January 24, 1998 on YTV.

## DVD Log Line

The remaining inhabitants of Mainframe have survived Megabyte's bane, but the system is destroyed and dying. As their final hope they must cause a full system crash to spur the User to perform a restart. Bob and Matrix must go against their programming and stay out of a dropping game, while Phong and Dot scan all active PIDs. Bob convinces Phong to register Hexadecimal with her own PID so she'll not be deleted in the restart. The episode ends with the Mainframe Strolling Players' summary performance. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## The original episode 39

Ken Pontac wrote a previous version of the end of Season 3, titled "Celebration". It went considerably differently (for starters, the whole thing takes place *after* the system restart, which would have occurred in the previous episode), and the entire episode was ultimately rewritten except for the recap song, which remained largely unchanged. Bits that did change include that Enzo and Matrix singers are the same binome, who just changes mask; Matrix's backstory focuses on his "grim malevolence" rather than succeeding Bob (because the former is part of the episode's plot); and the Bob singer says "I fought against the Daemon's hordes", a line altered for the finished version where Daemon's presence is being quietly unmentioned.

Post-canon events include a focus on Matrix, who keeps himself apart from the rest of the cast, and Bob and Dot coming to terms with his PTSD and anger issues, while he's uncomfortable to see a younger him running around. One scene is meant to seem like he's aiming Gun at them (he's actually using it to spy on their conversation). Unlike his issues with peacetime in S4, AndrAIa is also having problems adjusting rather than being a voice of reason. At the end, Matrix tearfully leaves Frisket behind with his younger self.

This version of the story ends with many of the characters having to go to the Web to battle against Daemon, while Bob, who has been constantly talking about having to face Daemon, is convinced to stay in Mainframe with Dot.

Emma Fee from "Talent Night" makes a return appearance as a censor, so this symbol of BS&P can be told "we don't need your "services" here" and literally booted out the door.

## Trivia

* The binomes we see partying while the world ends are all three showrunners' namesakes (along with their respective crews/bikini squads), as well as Algernon and Binky, the latter of whom, although he does not speak here, was voiced by Gavin Blair.
Food and Drinks

## See Also

* Businesses and Products
* Glossary

## Footnotes

### Sources (if infrequently occurring)

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "End Prog"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Edge of Beyond"
3. ↑ "Icons"
4. ↑ "Showdown"
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Episode with No Name"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Mousetrap"
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Cross Nodes"
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Between A Raccoon & A Hard Place"
9. ↑ "Web World Wars"
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "My Two Bobs"
11. ↑ "The Great Brain Robbery"
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Null Bot of the Bride"
13. ↑ "Wizards, Warriors and a Word from Our Sponsor"
14. ↑ "Trust No One"
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 *ReBoot Adventure Gamebooks*
16. ↑ "Quick and the Fed"
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Life's a Glitch..."
18. ↑ "AndrAIa"

### Qualifiers

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 seen only in Games
2. ↑ we have only Mike the TV's word for it
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 non-canon
Daemon

### Eyes

cyan sclerae, white irises, clock symbols in pupils (sometimes/only visible in extreme close-up)

## Personal info

### Friends/Allies

Daecon, assorted other infectees who don't really count

### Enemies

Turbo, Enzo Matrix, AndrAIa, Bob, Dot Matrix, Mouse, Phong, Hexadecimal

## Official Profiles

* S3.2 DVD
* S4.1 DVD
Daemon is a very powerful Supervirus. Her function is to infect the entire Net and Web. The first step to attaining her goal is to take over the Guardian Collective by infecting them and destroying all clean Guardian Code. The only thing stopping Daemon now is Bob; the one Guardian that remains uninfected.

Daemon is a powerful supervirus that has infected the Supercomputer and the Guardian Collective. Although the exact function of this virus is a mystery, it is well known that her goal is to spread her infection throughout the entire Net to every system, Sprite and binome. The Mainframers are in for a shock when they discover that this supervirus and her infection are nothing like they had expected.

## Trivia

* Before Season 3 was made, Mainframe plotted a film called *Terabyte Rising*, the plotline of which eventually became Season 4.

* Daemon's religious angle is not introduced until Season 4. In Season 3, her infected Guardians are generic sneering thugs rather than smiling zealots, and the Net travelers who cross her are executed, whereas in Season 4 her focus is on infecting and converting.
* In "The Episode with No Name", Turbo claims "she arranged the web creature," but gives no indication as to how. The Web creature *appears* to arrive purely opportunistically in "Nullzilla" when Mike accidentally breaks Hexadecimal's looking-glass. (Doylistically, Turbo's statement serves to resolve, or at least ease, Matrix's issues with him by making Daemon responsible.)

## References

1. ↑ ADV Films DVD, "The Net"
2. ↑ Anchor Bay DVD, "Daemon Rising"
3. ↑ Sitting on an Atomic Bomb: "Interview with ReBoot Co-creator Gavin Blair" (archives)
Game Over

### Starring the Voices of

Kathleen Barr, Garry Chalk, Michael Donovan, Christopher Gray, Tony Jay, Andrea Libman, Scott McNeil, Shirley Millner, S. Louise Vallance

### Game(s)

*Immortal Konflict*

"Game Over" is the fourth episode of Season 3 of *ReBoot*, the fourth episode of the arc To Mend and Defend, and the twenty-seventh episode overall. It originally aired on August 7, 1997 on ITV and September 10, 1997 on YTV.

## DVD Log Line

Megabyte uses Hexadecimal's viral energy to penetrate the firewall. Enzo, AndrAIa and Frisket enter a game they can't win. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Cultural References

* The Game, *Immortal Konflict*, is a *Mortal Kombat* parody.
	+ The character Enzo reboots as, Disnia, resembles the *Mortal Kombat* character Scorpion.
	+ AndrAIa's Kali-esque character may be a more oblique reference to Sheeva, who is named after another Hindu deity.
* "I don't believe in the no-win scenario" was originally said by James T. Kirk in *Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan*. (This is its first use in *ReBoot*.)

## Trivia

* **Production number gag:** "Prepare auto-defence mode, 9704!" (4th episode produced in 1997)
* Phong mentions "the time discrepancies between virtual space and Game space," our first hint of the time differential.
* The title of the Game, *Immortal Konflict*, is known primarily from concept art.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6H8MZf5SZM
Megaframe (episode)

### Starring the Voices of

Sharon Alexander, Kathleen Barr, Long John Baldry, Garry Chalk, Ian James Corlett, Paul Dobson, Michael Donovan, Tony Jay, Scott McNeil, Shirley Millner, Louise Vallance

*This article is about the episode. For the location, see Megaframe (location).*

"Megaframe" is the thirteenth episode of Season 3 of *ReBoot*, the first episode of the arc The Viral Wars, and the thirty-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on January 3, 1998 on YTV.

## DVD Log Line

*The Saucy Mare* has made it to their destination in one piece, which is more than can be said of Mainframe. Bob and Matrix scout the war-ruined systems for signs of life only to be found by a reprogrammed Hack and Slash, who take them to be reunited with Dot, Mouse and the Mainframe resistance. Megabyte seeks to open a portal and escape the dying system of Mainframe. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Trivia

**Production number gag:** "Give the evacuation code signal. 9713." (13th episode produced in 1997)
Null Bot of the Bride

### Starring the Voices of

Sharon Alexander, Giacomo Baessato, Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Garry Chalk, Ian Corlett, Paul Dobson, Michael Donovan, Tony Jay, Scott McNeil, Stevie Vallance, Dale Wilson

"Null Bot of the Bride" is the seventh episode of Season 4 of *ReBoot*, the third episode of the movie/arc *My Two Bobs*, and the forty-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on November 23, 2001 on Cartoon Network and November 25, 2001 on YTV.

## DVD Log Line

Covered by some impenetrable substance, Glitch Bob is taken to the SuperComputer, where he remains comatose. Dot prepares for her wedding to Normal Bob, but the ceremony is interrupted by an unexpected guest. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*
Identity Crisis: Part 1

### Starring the Voices of

Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Matthew Sinclair, Tony Jay, Shirley Millner, Michael Donovan, Phil Hayes, Garry Chalk, Louise Vallance

### Game(s)

military Game (title unknown), *The Funhouse*

"Identity Crisis: Part 1" is the twelfth episode of Season 1 of *ReBoot,* and the twelfth episode overall. It originally aired on January 14, 1995 on YTV and September 9, 1995 on ABC.

## DVD Log Line

Dot loses faith in herself when an attempt to free a community of sprites from Megabyte's sector ends with their PIDs (personal ID codes) in Megabyte's control. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Glitches

* While it's valid at the time, Bob's line "All right, you little DIP switches, prepare to meet your programmer!" is probably the biggest contradiction in the series to his later-stated opposition to deletion.

## Computer References

* While it stands for "personal" in the show, the P in PID is actually short for "process". According to Wikipedia, "the process identifier... is a number used by most operating system kernels... to uniquely identify an active process. This number may be used as a parameter in various function calls, allowing processes to be manipulated, such as adjusting the process's priority or killing it altogether."

## Trivia

* The last three episodes of Season 1 were instead aired as the first three episodes of Season 2 on ABC, making this the second.
* It is possible, though uncertain, that the Game at the beginning of this episode might be the same as the "basic combat" Game in "When Games Collide"; they look similar, and Bob reboots similarly, but they might just be the same genre.
* "Goodbye!" "Au revoir!" "Good luck!" "Bonne chance!" It's almost like this show was made in Canada...

## Music

"Identity Crisis - Into the Great Hall" by Bob Buckley

## External Links

* episode at Shout!Factory TV
* Québécois episode on YouTube
The Edge of Beyond (location)

*This article is about the location. For the episode, see The Edge of Beyond (episode).*

The Edge of Beyond is an area of the Net pathways about which little is known. Its main point of interest as far as the story is concerned is an exceptionally large tear, which can be stabilized into a portal to the Web. The region (which Mr. Christopher describes as "profitless") may have other things to recommend it, however, as Ray Tracer suggests it as a place to evade capture even before he knows he will be joining the party (who cannot be expected to traverse the Web safely without him).

Aside from the Web tear, the only thing the Edge of Beyond is definitely known to contain is a quantity of debris, including both dead Web creatures and living Web creature pods (egg clusters? chrysalides?).
Crouching Binome, Hidden Virus

### Starring the Voices of

Sharon Alexander, Giacomo Baessato, Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Garry Chalk, Paul Dobson, Michael Donovan, Tony Jay, Scott McNeil, Stevie Vallance, Dale Wilson

"Crouching Binome, Hidden Virus" is the eighth episode of Season 4 of *ReBoot*, the fourth episode of the movie/arc *My Two Bobs*, and the forty-seventh episode overall. It originally aired on November 25, 2001 on YTV and November 30, 2001 on Cartoon Network.

## DVD Log Line

Megabyte returns to Mainframe with a few upgrades—including the ability to shape-shift. Bob, Dot, Matrix, AndrAIa and Mouse lay a trap to force him to reveal himself among the city's citizens. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Trivia

* The original plan was that the cliffhanger ending would lead into the third arc of Season 4. However, when S4 was reduced to eight episodes, the cliffhanger remained *anyway* - something Gavin Blair has said they didn't want to do. While Blair has said they know how it ends, he's never officially said how.  There have been claims that the cliffhanger ending was to pressure networks into ordering more episodes (which obviously failed) and this is why it remains.

* When Rainmaker and Zeroes 2 Heroes ran a webcomic competition in 2007, "Paradigms Lost" was the winning pitch - likely because it was the sole pitch to promise to resolve the Hunt.

## References

1. ↑ Sitting on an Atomic Bomb: "Interview with ReBoot Co-creator Gavin Blair" (archives)
Bad Bob

### Starring the Voices of

Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Matthew Sinclair, Tony Jay, Shirley Millner, Michael Donovan, Phil Hayes, Garry Chalk

### Game(s)

"Road Warrior" Game (title unknown)

"Bad Bob" is the fourth episode of Season 2 of *ReBoot,* and the seventeenth episode overall. It originally aired on September 21, 1995 on YTV and October 14, 1995 on ABC.

## DVD Log Line

Megabyte's continued attempts to steal Mainframe's energy lands Bob and Enzo in a corrupted *Mad Max* game cube. With all of Mainframe's energy at risk for nullification, Bob must keep both the Users and the sprites from winning the game. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Cultural References

* The Game in this episode is specifically a parody of *Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior*.

## Trivia

* **Production number gag:** "Initiate security plan 9505. Get to work!" (5th episode produced in 1995)
* Megabyte's transformation into a truck within the game was inspired by an unprompted drawing of him as a truck by concept artist Brendan McCarthy.

## External Links

* episode at Shout!Factory TV
* Québécois episode on YouTube
BSnP (song)

"BSnP" is a song sung by the Smalltown Binomes in the episode "Talent Night".

## Lyrics

'Cause we're livin' with

BSnP

Yeah, we're livin' with

BSnP

Oh, it's fun to play in a non-violent way

In a non-violent way

Yeah, we're livin' with

BSnP

'Cause we're livin' with

BSnP

Hey, it's fun to play in a non-violent way

In a non-violent way

## Cultural References

* This song, and the Smalltown Binomes, are a parody of "Y.M.C.A." by the Village People.

## Trivia

* This is the most extensive and overt of the show's jabs at BSnP.

## Footnotes

1. ↑ "Y.M.C.A." official music video on YouTube
Primitives

## WARNING: INCOMING MATH

A geometric primitive, in computer graphics and animation, is the simplest geometric object the system can handle. In 3D animation, this mostly means basic 3D shapes that can be generated with only a few numbers of input, from which the program can mathematically calculate the entire shape. Common primitives include:

* **Sphere** - can be modeled from a single value, its radius.
* **Box** - height, width, and depth (or, if a **cube**, a single value for all three)
* **Cylinder** - radius and height
* **Cone** - base radius and height
* **Torus** (donut shape) - outer and inner radius

A **teapot** is included among some programs' primitives as an inside joke, as well as providing a more complex demo object.

While there are other methods, more complex shapes are often created by starting with a primitive and then modifying it.

In addition to being much easier to model than more complex shapes, primitives also render faster.

## Uses in *ReBoot*

* The (fab!) Primitives in "Talent Night", of course.
* Binomes are based around spheres and cubes, which in most cases have parts (such as arms and legs) *added* to them but are not fundamentally altered.
* Hack and Slash have rolly-balls instead of feet, and Megabyte has a sphere for a pelvis.
* Game cubes. 'Nuff said.
* Donuts are a popular food among sprites, since they're essentially just tori with optional frosting.
* The Net pathways are full of primitives: mostly spheres and boxes, the occasional cone or pyramid, and (in *ReBoot: The Ride*) a few teapots and desk lamps. (The spheres, for certain, are portals to systems; the rest of them might be another form of portal, or something we are unacquainted with.)
* "Racing the Clock": The infinite loop starts as a sphere before collapsing into a torus.
Glossary

## Lexicon

This reference document, provided by Lane Raichert, was used to add "computerese" and linguistic gags to scripts.

Lexicon page 1Lexicon page 2Lexicon page 3Lexicon page 4
## See Also

* Businesses and Products
* Food and Drinks
* Units of Measurement

## Footnotes

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/groups/ReBootRevival/permalink/10159296735704285/
Infected

### Starring the Voices of

Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Matthew Sinclair, Tony Jay, Shirley Millner, Michael Donovan, Phil Hayes, Garry Chalk

"Infected" is the first episode of Season 2 of *ReBoot,* and the fourteenth episode overall. It originally aired on August 31, 1995 on YTV and September 23, 1995 on ABC.

## DVD Log Line

Megabyte disguises himself as an upgrade to infiltrate the core of Mainframe. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## External Links

* episode at Shout!Factory TV
* Québécois episode on YouTube
Web Riders on the Storm

### Starring the Voices of

Sharon Alexander, Kathleen Barr, Long John Baldry, Ian James Corlett, Paul Dobson, Michael Donovan, Donal Gibson, Scott McNeil

"Web Riders on the Storm" is the eleventh episode of Season 3 of *ReBoot*, the third episode of the arc The Web, and the thirty-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on October 29, 1997 on YTV.

## DVD Log Line

The hunt for the Web creature that bit AndrAIa continues with adverse results. *The Saucy Mare* engages in a full-blown battle with the Web Creatures. Just when it looks as though all hope was lost for Matrix and the crew, a protective new player arrives. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Trivia

* **Feathers McGraw** **sighting:** watching as one pirate is blown out through the hole in the Web shields
My Two Bobs

### Starring the Voices of

Sharon Alexander, Giacomo Baessato, Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Garry Chalk, Ian Corlett, Paul Dobson, Michael Donovan, Scott McNeil, Stevie Vallance

### Game(s)

*Pantsu Hebi X*

"My Two Bobs" is the fifth episode of Season 4 of *ReBoot*, the first episode of the movie/arc *My Two Bobs*, and the forty-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on November 9, 2001 on Cartoon Network and November 25, 2001 on YTV.

## DVD Log Line

The Mainframers try to figure out which Bob is the original and which is a copy, while Bob, Matrix and Frisket enter a *Pokémon*-type game. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*

## Cultural References

* *Pantsu Hebi X* is a dual reference to *Pokémon* and *Dragon Ball Z*. In particular, "Pantsu Hebi" is a reference to "Pokémon" being short for "Pocket Monsters". "Hebi" is Japanese for "snake", and "pantsu" means, well, "pants". "Pantsu Hebi" therefore means, um, "trouser snake". \*cough\*
Firewall (song)

## Video

"Firewall" is a song which serves as the intro to the episode of the same title.

## Music

"Firewall" by Bob Buckley, performed by Jane Mortifee

## Lyrics

Fire

See it burning in the skies

A deadly flame that nullifies

Will the city stand or fall?

Fire

See it burning in his eyes

It's the flame that never dies

Burning brighter than them all

Like a fireball

Which fate is his master?

Which path will he choose?

Success or disaster

To win or to lose

Guardian

He's a hero to the end

His code to mend and defend

When evil stands to conquer all

His only hope

A firewall

A firewall

A firewall

A firewall

## Cultural References

* This song is a parody of the theme to *Goldfinger*, while the accompanying visuals are a parody of James Bond theme song sequences in general.

## Trivia

* The music samples currently featured on Bob Buckley's website include a version of "Firewall" with modified lyrics, titled "Fireball".

## Footnotes

1. ↑ *Goldfinger* theme song on YouTube
2. ↑ Bob Buckley Productions, "Musicals" category
Frisket

## Official Profiles

* S1 cards
* S3.1 DVD
* S3 ReBoot.com
* S4 DVD
Frisket was a data-dump yard dog that roamed the streets of Mainframe and scared most Sprites to their circuits. Frisket usually installs himself just outside of Dot’s Diner. This endearing digital doggie actually weighs as much as a data retrieval truck and has been known to tear doors from moving vehicles and play catch with cannonballs.

Frisket is a tough junkyard dog. He is an alley stray who adopted Enzo and Dot as his extended family. When the feral dog isn’t roaming Mainframe, he sometimes hangs outside Dot’s Diner acting as its unofficial guard dog. He is fiercely protective of the brother and sister.

Frisket is a tough junk-yard dog, an alley stray who has adopted Enzo and Dot as his extended family. When the feral dog isn't roaming Mainframe, he hovers protectively just outside the door of Dot's Diner, watching the comings and goings. To everyone in Mainframe, Frisket is an unapproachable cur. He'll growl at any sprite who even thinks about touching him - except for Enzo. And if anyone tries to give Dot or Enzo a hard time, Frisket will let them know just how wild an animal he can be.

Frisket acts as sort of a big brother to Dot. If Bob has come to visit, and it's getting a little late, Frisket will subtly remind Bob it's time to go, by giving him a blood-curdling growl from the shadows. If anyone ever tries to lay a hand on Dot or Enzo at the Diner, Frisket will go crazy. Frisket's been known to snap just about anything in two with his powerful jaws. Frisket only bites something when he's serious about finishing things.

Frisket ends up leaving Mainframe with Enzo and AndrAIa when Enzo reconfigures their icons to avoid nullification. As the threesome Game-hop from system to system, feral Frisket couldn't be happier if it wasn't for how sad Enzo is to be away from Mainframe. Frisket comforts both AndrAIa and Enzo and eventually, even Frisket wants to go home.Frisket is a tough junkyard dog and alley stray that has adopted Enzo and Dot, as well as Matrix and AndrAIa for his extended family. When the feral dog isn’t roaming Mainframe, he hangs around outside of Dot’s Diner acting as its unofficial guard dog. He is fiercely protective of those he loves, but that doesn’t stop him from giving Bob a hard time.

## Gallery

### Posters and Print

art by Jim Suart by Jim Suart by Brendan McCarthy

## References

1. ↑ Fleer Ultra trading card #6
2. ↑ ADV Films DVD, "To Mend and Defend"
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000619211809/http://www.reboot.com:80/productions/REBOOT/CHARS/frisket.html
4. ↑ Anchor Bay DVD
Mousetrap

### Starring the Voices of

Sharon Alexander, Kathleen Barr, Long John Baldry, Ian James Corlett, Paul Dobson, Michael Donovan, Donal Gibson, Scott McNeil

"Mousetrap" is the twelfth episode of Season 3 of *ReBoot*, the fourth episode of the arc The Web, and the thirty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on November 5, 1997 on YTV.

## DVD Log Line

Having achieved their mission to find Bob, Matrix, AndrAIa and the crew of *The Saucy Mare* set course for Mainframe. Unfortunately they hadn't counted on Mouse's traps being set to seal Mainframe from the Web. Ray Tracer and the Web Riders become separated from *The Saucy Mare*; Bob must download Glitch into himself so he'll be able to open a portal. —*ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition*
Businesses and Products

## See Also

* Food and Drinks
* Glossary

## Footnotes

### Sources (if infrequently occurring)

1. ↑ "Enzo the Smart"
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 "Racing the Clock"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Icons"
4. ↑ "The Edge of Beyond"
5. ↑ "Showdown"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Wizards, Warriors and a Word from Our Sponsor"
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Between A Raccoon & A Hard Place"
8. ↑ "Painted Windows"
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "The TIFF"
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 that wallpaper of Bob playing hockey
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "To Mend and Defend"
12. ↑ "End Prog"
13. ↑ ReBoot (video game)
14. ↑ "Web World Wars"
15. ↑ "Cross Nodes"

### Qualifiers

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 seen only in Games
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 we have only Mike the TV's word for it
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 non-canon