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The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

All Episodes 1999 - 2001
TV-Y7

  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007f55faafd0c8>
  • 1999-09-19T03:00:00Z
  • 20m
  • 13h (26 episodes)
  • Duane Capizzi + 4 more, Geof Darrow, Frank Miller, Richard Raynis, Jeff Kline
  • United States
  • English
  • Adelaide Productions + 2 more, Dark Horse Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Television
  • Animation, Children, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
"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.

26 episodes

Series Premiere

1999-09-19T03:00:00Z

1x01 Creatures, Great And Small

Series Premiere

1x01 Creatures, Great And Small

  • 1999-09-19T03:00:00Z30m

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.

1999-09-26T03:00:00Z

1x02 Out Of Whack

1x02 Out Of Whack

  • 1999-09-26T03:00:00Z30m

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.

1999-10-03T03:00:00Z

1x03 The Inside Scoop

1x03 The Inside Scoop

  • 1999-10-03T03:00:00Z30m

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.

1999-10-10T03:00:00Z

1x04 Birthday Bash

1x04 Birthday Bash

  • 1999-10-10T03:00:00Z30m

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.

1999-10-17T03:00:00Z

1x05 The Reluctant Assassin

1x05 The Reluctant Assassin

  • 1999-10-17T03:00:00Z30m

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.

1999-10-24T03:00:00Z

1x06 Really Big Guy

1x06 Really Big Guy

  • 1999-10-24T03:00:00Z30m

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.

Season Premiere

2001-01-31T04:00:00Z

2x01 Little Boy Robot Lost

Season Premiere

2x01 Little Boy Robot Lost

  • 2001-01-31T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-02-03T04:00:00Z

2x02 The Bicameral Mind

2x02 The Bicameral Mind

  • 2001-02-03T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-02-06T04:00:00Z

2x03 The Inside Out

2x03 The Inside Out

  • 2001-02-06T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-02-07T04:00:00Z

2x04 Moon Madness

2x04 Moon Madness

  • 2001-02-07T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-02-08T04:00:00Z

2x05 Wages Of Fire

2x05 Wages Of Fire

  • 2001-02-08T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-02-09T04:00:00Z

2x06 The Big Boy

2x06 The Big Boy

  • 2001-02-09T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-02-10T04:00:00Z

2x07 World Of Pain

2x07 World Of Pain

  • 2001-02-10T04:00:00Z30m

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

2001-02-13T04:00:00Z

2x08 Sibling Mine

2x08 Sibling Mine

  • 2001-02-13T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-02-17T04:00:00Z

2x09 Blob, Thy Name Is Envy

2x09 Blob, Thy Name Is Envy

  • 2001-02-17T04:00:00Z30m

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

2001-02-20T04:00:00Z

2x10 Donovan's Brainiac

2x10 Donovan's Brainiac

  • 2001-02-20T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-02-21T04:00:00Z

2x11 Patriot Games

2x11 Patriot Games

  • 2001-02-21T04:00:00Z30m

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

2001-02-22T04:00:00Z

2x12 Harddrive

2x12 Harddrive

  • 2001-02-22T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-02-23T04:00:00Z

2x13 5000 Fingers Of Rusty

2x13 5000 Fingers Of Rusty

  • 2001-02-23T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-02-24T04:00:00Z

2x14 The Champ

2x14 The Champ

  • 2001-02-24T04:00:00Z30m

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

2001-02-27T04:00:00Z

2x15 Sickout

2x15 Sickout

  • 2001-02-27T04:00:00Z30m

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

2001-02-28T04:00:00Z

2x16 Nephew Of Neugog

2x16 Nephew Of Neugog

  • 2001-02-28T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-03-01T04:00:00Z

2x17 The Lower Depths

2x17 The Lower Depths

  • 2001-03-01T04:00:00Z30m

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

2001-03-02T04:00:00Z

2x18 Double Time (1)

2x18 Double Time (1)

  • 2001-03-02T04:00:00Z30m

The Legion Ex Machina creates a Big Guy duplicate.

2001-03-03T04:00:00Z

2x19 Double Time (2)

2x19 Double Time (2)

  • 2001-03-03T04:00:00Z30m

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.

2001-03-06T04:00:00Z

2x20 Rumble In The Jungle

2x20 Rumble In The Jungle

  • 2001-03-06T04:00:00Z30m

Giant jungle animals wreak terror in the Congo.

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