Girl, Machine!

Girl, Machine! (originally titled A Nerd And Her Science Project during development) are 30-minute animated pilots created and produced by Matt Davids and Sam Donaldson for Cartoon Network, being pitched for a Cartoon Network animated shorts project back in 2008, similar to The Cartoon Cartoon Show. Only four episodes were produced, claiming to be seven during the show's development stage.

The series focuses on a fourth grade nerd named Lydia whose best friend is a robot named Queen (who the owner was a student participating at the science fair invented her) stopping evil creatures, zombies, mummies, and ancient treasures and brining it back to their rightful owners. During each episode, Lydia gets a special gadget from Penelope when she visits her laboratory in each episode.

The first two pilots were released in April 2008, with another one released in January 2009, and the final one (which was really an actual episode) being released on September 16, 2009.

The series had no seasons, really, but the pilots were actually all part of Season 1 on Xfinity, IMDB and Amazon.com, respectively.

All four episodes were shown on cartoonnetwork.com from 2009 to 2016, then on Vimeo since 2011, and finally on YouTube from 2013 to October 2016, from January to April 2017, and finally once again from August 28, 2017 to present. From now on these Girl, Machine! videos are still going strong and are still in use today.

## Characters

Lydia, the main protagonist of the series.Queen, the secondary protagonist of the series.Penelope, Lydia's best friend, and recurring character of the series.David, the owner of Lydia's best friend, Queen, and recurring character of the series.Chandler, the school bully, and recurring character of the series.Lenny, Penelope's pet cockroach, and recurring character of the series.
## Episodes

* Invasion of the Robo-Bees, the first pilot episode of the series.

* When Shorts Attack, the second pilot episode of the series, and the last using the same animation style.

* Bug Circus, the third pilot episode of the series, and the first using a different type of animation style.

* Code Name Trouser, the fourth (and final) episode of the series, and the only time where Lydia's and Penelope's voices sounded different.

## Trivia

The series was produced by Cartoon Network Studios, despite the logo appearing alongside the Cartoon Network Productions logo after the ending credits.

A production artwork for a unreleased half-hour show can be seen on the creator's official website.

Chandler and the teacher (portrayed by Joy Adams) appeared in "Invasion of the Robo-Bees" and "Bug Circus".

David appeared in "Invasion of the Robo-Bees", "When Shorts Attack", and "Code Name Trouser".

The Robo-Bees appeared in "Invasion of the Robo-Bees" and "Bug Circus".

The Walking Pants Zombies appeared in "When Shorts Attack", "Bug Circus" and "Code Name Trouser".

The Cockroaches appeared in "Bug Circus".

Lenny the cockroach appeared in "Bug Circus" and "Code Name Trouser".

Shortus Mortus (portrayed by Ned Flanders), The Pantators, Lord Pantus, and the state of Pantamia all appeared in "Code Word Trouser", the final episode of the Girl, Machine! series.

"Code Name Trouser" is the only Girl, Machine! pilot episode to have a 30-minute special, considering it to be an "actual" episode.

The series' full "show" intro only appeared in "Code Name Trouser", originally it was supposed to appear in the unreleased half-hour show, but this would give Cartoon Network cold feet, so they turned the show down, and made it a one-timer appearance.

During the first 3 pilot episodes, the title cards would appear at the beginning, but in "Code Name Trouser", the title card would appear after the intro. This is the only episode to do so well.

Lydia is voiced by Catherine Taber in the first three pilot episodes, which will also soon voice Lori and Girl Jordan in the Nickelodeon show The Loud House back in 2016. However, in "Code Name Trouser", she didn't arrive to reprise her role in time, so Julie Madenonna took over.

"Code Name Trouser" is the only pilot episode to feature different voice actors and was produced by BeatPlix Studios Entertainment LLC, for the musical scenes and numbers. However, Cartoon Network Studios still retained the show's animation design and styles.