Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?

Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? is an American animated television series that ran on Cartoon Network from 2002 to 2003. The pilot premiered on Cartoon Network on June 16, 2000 during Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, as an entrant in the upcoming contest titled The Big Pick, which featured 10 animated shorts competing to become the next new Cartoon Network series. While The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy won the contest with 57% of the vote, Robot Jones came in second place with 23% and was given its own series run beginning on July 19, 2002. During the second season, the show was burned off on Fridays at 11pm. The series was cancelled after the conclusion of the second season on November 14, 2003.

Plot
The show centers on Robot Jones, a robotic 12-year-old attending a suburban middle school. This series was produced using traditional hand-painted cels at a time when most TV cartoons were in the process of switching to digital animation (possibly due to the fact that this series takes place in the 1980s).

Trivia

 * As of 2018, Whatever Happened to… Robot Jones? was never released on DVD, nor streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu, or even on iTunes.

Appearances in other media

 * Robot Jones was featured in Cartoon Network's 20th anniversary music video, he was seen dancing along with BMO from Adventure Time and Rosie from The Jetsons.
 * Robot Jones made a cameo in the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode, Crossover Nexus, he was seen as stone and as one of Ben Tennyson's transformations.