Back to TV Shows Login to Watch
Loading...

Loading video...

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
1999 - 2001 7.2 (5 votes) 2 Seasons
Genres
Animation Kids Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks
FOX
Fox Kids
Created By
Frank Miller
Geof Darrow
Duane Capizzi
Jeff Kline
Richard Raynis

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

Overview

"Big Guy" is an elite fighting robot, protecting New Tronic City from danger, whether from earth or from outer space. When the Big Guy is decommissioned, however, a smaller, childlike robot named Rusty is brought on to take its place. But it is clear that Rusty needs Big Guy's help, and it is up to the two of them to help keep the world a safer place.

Key Crew

Producer: Frank Squillace

Creator: Frank Miller, Geof Darrow

Top Cast

Jonathan David Cook
Jonathan David Cook

Big Guy (voice)

Pamela Adlon
Pamela Adlon

Rusty (voice)

Jim Hanks
Jim Hanks

Dwayne Hunter (voice)

Gabrielle Carteris
Gabrielle Carteris

Dr. Erika Slate (voice)

Stephen Root
Stephen Root

Dr. Donovan (voice)

Kathy Kinney
Kathy Kinney

Jenny (voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson
Kevin Michael Richardson

Garth (voice)

M. Emmet Walsh
M. Emmet Walsh

Mack (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1999)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Creatures, Great and Small
1999-09-18

The Big Guy is decommissioned in favor of Quark Industries' newest creation, Rusty the Boy Robot. But when an alien Annihilator threatens to destroy New Tronic City, it's clear that Rusty is not quite ready for prime time. The Big Guy is reassembled and joins the fight along with Rusty. General Thorton orders that the temporary alliance become a permanent partnership.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Out of Whack
1999-09-25

The Big Guy and Rusty face off against the Legion Ex Machina's evil creation: A.R.G. -12, a.k.a. Argo. When a Nucleo-Protonic blast from Argo triggers a malfunction in Rusty's power core, the boy robot fears that he will be disassembled due to the fact that he is going out of control.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: The Inside Scoop
1999-10-02

A telepathy experiment goes awry and a Quark Scientist, Dr. Neugog, is transformed into a giant brain on spidery legs. Neugog uses his telepathic powers to drain the minds of the world's greatest scientists. Meanwhile, Dr. Slate accidentally discovers that there's a man in the Big Guy suit.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Birthday Bash
1999-10-09

Rusty tags along with Dwayne to his nephew's birthday party. Rusty's present is a piece of stolen alien technology, known as a Dimetrium Agglomerator. The aliens, Emek and Naard, own the Agglomerator and come to claim it.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: The Reluctant Assassin
1999-10-16

Dr. Gilder, the Legion Ex Machina's mole within Quark, has developed a personal grudge against Donovan, so he takes control of a prototype and tries to assassinate him. Donovan is taken to the S.S. Dark Horse for his own safety. Gilder then hacks into Rusty, gives him a ""big gun"", and sets out to destroy Donovan.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Really Big Guy
1999-10-23

Dr. Slate, Big Guy and Rusty find out that the Legion Ex Machina's mysterious ""final assembly"" is taking place in a network of underground tunnels. When Big Guy and Rusty find the tunnels, they derail a robotic train. Inside the massive train's cargo hold is a gigantic hand that boasts a built-in high-tech cannon. With their plan uncovered, the Legion Ex Machina members decide to activate their latest creation ahead of schedule and missing a hand.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2001)

No overview available.

20 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Little Boy Robot Lost
2001-01-30

The Legion Ex Machina downloads Rusty's programming in an effort to learn his secrets. Rusty, Big Guy and the Evil #4 end up in a showdown in cyberspace.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: The Bicameral Mind
2001-02-02

While trying to keep the Legion Ex Machina's newest robot from absconding with Quarks' new anti-neutrinos, Rusty plugs into the bot's software to learn the Legion's secrets. #4 counters Rusty's hack by engaging in a mental tug of war. A power surge switches personality traits between the two robots. Rusty starts building a doomsday machine while #4 plays video games.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: The Inside Out
2001-02-05

Donovan unveils Quark's latest prototype: tiny liquid metal robots called Nurds that repair and upgrade any technology they come in contact with. When Big Guy becomes infested by the Nurds, they repair its original artificial intelligence circuitry, making Big Guy a fully functioning robot, which removes Dwayne from the pilot's seat. But shortly after the new Big Guy successfully completes his first mission, things go awry.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Moon Madness
2001-02-06

On Quark Industries' recently christened space station, the computer, known as Edie, has gone mad. Threatening to destroy the moon, Edie demands delivery of the Ubik Chip, which would allow Edie to gain control of all computers on Earth.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Wages of Fire
2001-02-07

Big Guy and Rusty journey to the heart of a volcano that erupted in the city to deliver a Cobalt Thorium-G Bomb. They are suddenly attacked by magma creatures, who turn out to be the ones engineering the volcano in an attempt to take over the surface world.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: The Big Boy
2001-02-08

Being powered up for six months, Rusty has not grown an inch. Frustrated that he will never be as big as The Big Guy, he connects his robot head on the powerful robot body of Quark's T-7000 Prototype. But he learns there's more to crime-fighting than just being big when a gang of exosuit-wearing chopshoppers (Gage, Big Rig, and Cargo) lure him into an ambush.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: World of Pain
2001-02-09

A family of aliens, made of organic metal, come to earth seeking refuge from their pursuers, evil insect-like robots.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Sibling Mine
2001-02-12

When Quark's Dr. Kirby disappears after an experiment with his Quantum Machine goes awry, a hostile monster emerges and goes on a rampage, apparently having destroyed the doctor. Back at Quark, Rusty discovers a previous ""boy robot"" prototype. Hoping for a new friend, Rusty reassembles the robot, who he names ""Earl."" But Earl's relentlessly aggressive programming turns him against the heroes.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Blob, Thy Name is Envy
2001-02-16

Quark develops a protoplasmic, semi-intelligent blob that doubles as a cleaning agent. The title is given as a ""Squeaky Gleem"".

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Donovan's Brainiac
2001-02-19

Donovan's nephew, Pierre, is working on a robot for the school science fair. He uses the brain of the Legion Ex Machina's #4, who was recently captured by Quark. When it's activated, trouble ensues.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Patriot Games
2001-02-20

Big Guy and Rusty go back in time to the civil war.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Harddrive
2001-02-21

A former military comrade of Duane's gets hired at Quark. He quit the military because he thought the pursuit of a robot without a human was wrong. Now he has created his own version of Big Guy, ""Hard Drive"", and with it plans to destroy what he thinks is a pure robot.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: 5000 Fingers of Rusty
2001-02-22

Quark releases an alkaline-powered, non-flying version of Rusty for consumers. However, the Legion Ex Machina manages to gain radio control of the Rusty knock-offs, and attempt to use them to destroy New Tronic City.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: The Champ
2001-02-23

An intergalactic thrill-seeker named Po the Obliterator comes to challenge Earth's greatest champion, The Big Guy.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Sickout
2001-02-26

A virus-carrying alien threatens the world, and Dr. Slate must take the helm of Big Guy.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Nephew of Neugog
2001-02-27

Pierre becomes a brain-sucking monster when he plays around with Dr. Neugog's telepathy helmet. Quark uses the fiendish Neugog to track him down.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: The Lower Depths
2001-02-28

Jellyfish create duplicates of the crew of the new Quark research centre at the ocean floor.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: Double Time (1)
2001-03-01

The Legion Ex Machina creates a Big Guy duplicate.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: Double Time (2)
2001-03-02

Big Guy and Rusty find the Legion's headquarters and rescue the creator of the Big Guy armor, who Rusty refers to as Big Guy's dad.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: Rumble in the Jungle
2001-03-05

Giant jungle animals wreak terror in the Congo.

Runtime: 30 min

Videos

Recommended TV Shows