Runaway Robots! Romie-O and Julie-8

TV Movie
1979
Not Rated
30m

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Runaway Robots! Romie-O and Julie-8 (1979)

Two rival robotics companies in the future release their latest creations at a robotics convention, claiming each to be the latest and greatest in technological advances. Mega Stellar Compan... Read allTwo rival robotics companies in the future release their latest creations at a robotics convention, claiming each to be the latest and greatest in technological advances. Mega Stellar Company's release is a robot boy named Romie-O, while Super Solar Cybernetics has released a gir... Read allTwo rival robotics companies in the future release their latest creations at a robotics convention, claiming each to be the latest and greatest in technological advances. Mega Stellar Company's release is a robot boy named Romie-O, while Super Solar Cybernetics has released a girl robot named Julie-8. Unforeseen to each of the company's creators, is how each of the ad... Read all

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7.2/10

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Max Ferguson

Mr. Thunderbottom
(voice)

Greg Swanson

Romie-0
(voice)

Donann Cavin

Julie-8
(voice)

Marie Romain Aloma

Ms. Passbinder
(voice)
(as Marie Aloma)

Nick Nichols

Gizmo
(voice)

William Osler

Junk Monster
(voice)
(as Bill Osler)

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Trivia
Loosely based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Quotes
Mr. Thunderbottom: [singing] He's a flash, he's a marvel, he's a masterpiece of circuitry/He's the best, he's the greatest from the Megastellar Company
Singers: [singing] More than bionic, he's more than a toy!/More than a robot, he's a man-made boy!/Ain't no robot like Romie-0, oh no!
Ms. Passbinder, Singers: [singing] Oh yeah, oh yeah?/Well, we've got a brain child! She never forgets/Yes, she's a brain child, she's your key to success
Ms. Passbinder: [singing] She's everything you dreamed of, custom-made
Ms. Passbinder, Singers: [singing] And you were made for each other/You and Julie-8
Mr. Thunderbottom, Singers: [singing] Ain't no robot like Romie-0/Megastellar, specially-made!
Ms. Passbinder, Singers: [singing] And you were made for each other...
Mr. Thunderbottom: [singing] Megastellar, specially-made!

Connections
Edited into Nelvanamation (1980)

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5/10

Not as good as HEARTBEEPS

This short "robots-in-love" cartoon could've used a big shot of imagination. The only things this cartoon has going for it are disco/pop tunes by John Sebastian and a robot that sounds like Ringo Starr. The rest of it has faded from my memory.