7.8/10114 votes#1 - It Came from Next Door
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/1/2003
Jenny makes her first contact with the outside world, meeting Brad and Tuck Carbuckle for the first time. While Brad immediately accepts Jenny as a new friend, Tuck does not quite see her as anything other than a "evil robot cyborg".
Director: Rob Renzetti
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1083 votes
#2 - Pest Control
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/1/2003
Having vowed revenge on her for all the injustices placed upon them, Dr. Wakeman's mutant lab rats, led by the evil genius Vladimir, also known as Mr. Scruffles, plan to destroy her by taking control of Jenny's body.
Director: Rob Renzetti, James T. Walker
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1066 votes
#3 - Raggedy Android
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/8/2003
Jenny wants to go to the town fair, but Dr. Wakeman fears that Jenny will spook the townspeople with her presence. When Jenny gets a hold of a prototype "exo-skin" for her to wear, she sees her chance to mingle with the fairgoers; unfortunately, its mangled appearance only scares them. Meanwhile, Tuck attempts to conquer his fear of Ferris wheels.
Director: Rob Renzetti
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1063 votes
#4 - Class Action
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/8/2003
On her first day of high school, Jenny seeks to make some new friends, and she thinks she can find some in the arrogant Brit and Tiff Crust. Unfortunately, the Crust cousins do not share the same feelings and plan to humiliate her.
Director: Rob Renzetti, James T. Walker
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1061 votes
#5 - Attack of the 5½ Ft. Geek
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/15/2003
When Jenny saves local school geek Sheldon from a gang of bullies, he quickly becomes smitten with her and does not want to leave her alone.
Director: Rob Renzetti, James T. Walker
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1064 votes
#6 - Doom with a View
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/15/2003
A simple snowball battle between Jenny, Brad, and Tuck is interrupted by a strange robot ambassador who wants to make Jenny the newest member of the Cluster, a legion of robots headquartered on the planet Cluster Prime that plans to enslave humans for manual labor. When she refuses, the ambassador commences war against her.
Director: Rob Renzetti, James T. Walker
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1071 votes
#7 - Ear No Evil
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/22/2003
Jenny wants to get ear piercings, but her mother refuses to give her ears. Sheldon offers to step in and help, but the ears he builds end up being disproportionately large on Jenny's head.
Director: Rob Renzetti, James T. Walker
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1061 votes
#8 - Unlicensed Flying Object
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/22/2003
Brad is disappointed by his lack of a driver's license, and Jenny's attempts to help him. Soon, he takes up joyriding in abandoned UFOs as a new hobby.
Director: Rob Renzetti
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1066 votes
#9 - Party Machine
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/5/2003
Jenny and Brad's secret party is a hit, but between keeping the party-goers under control, keeping the house in one piece, and keeping a group of tiny multiplying aliens from invading Earth, Jenny has her hands full.
Director: Chris Sauve, Rob Renzetti, James T. Walker
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1050 votes
#10 - Speak No Evil
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/5/2003
While on a mission in Japan, Jenny winds up losing one of her language system discs for English speech. Unable to switch off from speaking in full Japanese, she encounters problems in speaking to people. She uses this to her advantage, however, to make peace with a Japanese creature that grows with and is hurt by water.
Director: Rob Renzetti, James T. Walker
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1058 votes
#11 - See No Evil
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/12/2003
Dr. Wakeman is proud of her newest enhancement for Jenny: multi-functional eyes that can see anything in any view. Jenny likes them until she sees how they look on her. She refuses to use them and fumbles around town without any sight until she finally realizes she needs them to fight an invisible villain.
Director: Rob Renzetti
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1048 votes
#12 - The Great Unwashed
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/12/2003
Jenny has been invited to her handsome classmate Don Prima's latest party, and she has gotten a tune-up and a new paint job just for the occasion. However, Brit and Tiff are ready to do anything to sabotage Jenny's chances to impress at the party.
Director: Rob Renzetti, James T. Walker
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1051 votes
#13 - The Return of Raggedy Android
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/19/2003
The owner of Mezmer's, a popular hangout spot for teens all over town, enforces a strict "No Robots" policy. Desperate to get in, Jenny dons the new and improved exo-skin to pass off as a glamorous human teenage girl. However, the exo-skin turns out to have a mind of its own and refuses to let Jenny take it off or fight a group of alien space bikers.
Director: Rob Renzetti
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - The Boy who Cried Robot
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/19/2003
Tuck keeps interrupting Jenny's daily activity for every possible favor. When a big problem arises, however, Tuck's call for help winds up going ignored.
Director: Rob Renzetti, Bob Jaques
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Sibling Tsunami
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/3/2003
When Jenny finds and reactivates her "sisters"–early XJ prototypes 1 through 8–she is beyond happy. Each sister has her own personality, however, and they do not all have the same level of friendliness that Jenny has.
Director: Rob Renzetti, James T. Walker
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - I Was a Preschool Dropout
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/3/2003
Having been found to have only been activated for five years, the school system declares that Jenny has to be moved into a grade level that corresponds to her "age." Jenny finds herself being forced to adapt to kindergarten.
Director: Rob Renzetti, Randy Myers
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Hostile Makeover
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/24/2003
When Jenny starts to develop face-bolts, voice changes, and excess wires growing out of her body, Brad chalks it up to puberty. However, it soon becomes apparent that the "puberty" is actually the doing of Queen Vexus of the Cluster, who has infected Jenny with a virus to warp her into a loyal, Cluster-controlled monster.
Director: Chris Sauve, Rob Renzetti
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Grid Iron Glory
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/24/2003
Jenny becomes the star football player of the high school football team. At a championship game, she soon finds herself facing the former Tremorton High quarterback whom she replaced.
Director: Rob Renzetti, James T. Walker
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Dressed to Kill
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/7/2003
Thanks to a screw-up from one of his Cluster troops, Commander Smytus loses a cache of super-powered Pip Crystals to the Crust Cousins. The cousins decide to flaunt both their style and newfound powers in front of Jenny, and she must use her keen fashion sense to save herself in time.
Director: Chris Sauve, Rob Renzetti
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - Shell Game
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/7/2003
Looking to prove to Jenny that boy robots are jerks compared to him, Sheldon creates a mechanical suit and dubs himself the "Silver Shell". The plan backfires, however, when Jenny starts falling for Silver Shell.
Director: Rob Renzetti, John Fountain
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Daydream Believer
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/21/2003
As a robot, Jenny wants to experience what it is like to dream. When Dr. Wakeman installs a dream chip, Jenny's joy causes her to abuse its function and she finds herself stuck in dream mode and sleepwalking, causing mayhem in the process.
Director: Rob Renzetti, John Fountain
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - This Time with Feeling
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/21/2003
Jenny's desire to know the feeling of physical contact leads her to steal a set of artificial nerves from Dr. Wakeman. The nerves, however, have only two settings: tickle and pain. Jenny must manage these while fighting Himcules, a villain whose strength increases when he sees others in pain and diminishes at the sound of laughter.
Director: Rob Renzetti, Robert Alvarez
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Saved by the Shell
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/28/2003
Sheldon sets Jenny up for a date with Silver Shell, in hopes that he can reveal himself to her. However, she already has a date with Don Prima, much to Sheldon's chagrin. An evil mutant fly that can eat metal attacks people in the restaurant while the date takes place, while Silver Shell tries to sabotage the date by ruining Don's beautiful shoes.
Director: Rob Renzetti, Ron Hughart
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Tradeshow Showdown
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/28/2003
Jenny is stuck going to a robot convention with Dr. Wakeman. Snubbed by all the other robots and insulted by Dr. Wakeman's rival, Dr. Phineas Mogg, Jenny finds herself going to a robot called Vee for comfort. However, "Vee" is actually Vexus in disguise, seeking to recruit new Cluster members.
Director: Rob Renzetti, Ron Hughart
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - The Wonderful World of Wizzly
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 2/27/2004
Jenny gets a chance to visit the theme park Wizzly World with Brad and Tuck, and she cannot help but think that the robots in the park feel miserable. When Jenny breaks them out of the park, however, chaos ensues.
Director: Chris Sauve, Rob Renzetti
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of My Life as a Teenage Robot Season 1
Every episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of My Life as a Teenage Robot Season 1!
Jenny, aka XJ-9, is a super-powered robot with a super-sensitive teenage heart. Her primary function is protecting the planet from disaster, but – like all...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"It Came from Next Door" is the best rated episode of "My Life as a Teenage Robot" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 114 votes. Directed by Rob Renzetti and written by N/A, it aired on 8/1/2003. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Pest Control".