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By Ashley Moulton
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Lots of fantasy violence in modern take on 1980s toys.
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RoboForce: The Animated Series
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What's the Story?
In ROBOFORCE: THE ANIMATED SERIES, a band of down-on-their-luck robots rises to the challenge to fight against evil. The RoboForce robots were introduced as state-of-the-art robots by whiz kid inventor Soraya Aviram (Julee Song), but they're quickly upstaged by Soraya's rival, Silas Duke (Kelly Bingham), and his Utopia Aegis 101 robots. The RoboForce bots become obsolete and for 15 years, they're relegated to jobs like cleaners, telemarketers, and traveling sales bots. One day, Silas' 101 bots become corrupted, and they start attacking people and robots. RoboForce reunites to stop them. The RoboForce bots must learn to trust Soraya's original programming and become the robots they were designed to be in order to defeat Silas and the 101 bots. Will they succeed?
Is It Any Good?
This show takes the fun parts of 1980s Saturday morning cartoons and leaves behind some of the tropes modern parents would rather forget. RoboForce: The Animated Series has plenty of laser guns and fight scenes for kids who love action, but it also has character development and pushes back against toxic attitudes about masculinity. While RoboForce does have a ton of fantasy violence, grown-ups can feel good that the show isn't problematic in other ways.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how the RoboForce robots only fight if they need to protect someone or if they're attacked. Do you think this makes their violence OK? Is it different from how the corrupted 101 robots act?
Do you think the show uses the Silas Duke character and his company Utopia Aegis to make a point about any real people or events? Or is Silas just a fictional villain?
TV Details
- Premiere date : April 12, 2025
- Cast : Julee Song , Rory McCormick , Daniel Nwobi , Chris Coculuzzi
- Network : Tubi
- Genre : Science Fiction
- Topics : Adventures , Robots
- TV rating :
- Last updated : September 18, 2025
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