My Life as a Teenage Robot: The Cluster Crisis

My Life as a Teenage Robot: The Cluster Crisis is a work-in-progress science fantasy animated fanfiction. It is a follow-up to the Nickelodeon original cartoon My Life as a Teenage Robot, and particularly, its 2005 special Escape From Cluster Prime.

The series follows the story of Jenny "XJ-9" Wakeman more than a year after the events of Escape From Cluster Prime, as she returns to Cluster Prime to find the planet is in chaos; since Queen Vega's discovery and release of the Cluster's golden power chips, its citizens have used them to create widespread societal collapse. Above all else, however, the most imminent threat to Vega's reign is that of the Cluster Revolutionary Army (CRA), a massive paramilitary organization now holding de facto control over much of Cluster Prime. In response, Jenny must work together with Vega and her allies to neutralize the CRA, and put her back in stable control of the Cluster's politics. Along the way, as the two dig deeper into the technicalities of the war, they uncover truths about the CRA's leadership, their motives, and even the very history of Cluster Prime itself.

MLAATR: The Cluster Crisis was initially conceived in early 2017 as an original story concept by amateur writer Travis Lance Hawkins, who currently develops the story with contributing writers Mark Billingsley and Victor Lane. Lane states that the fanfic is a significant departure from its source in style, primarily by way of the eclectic storytelling approach of Hawkins, who describes it as "a more serious, in-depth take on MLAATR." Hawkins describes his narrative methodology as being heavily inspired by such works as Avatar: The Last Airbender and Fullmetal Alchemist, featuring a continuous, character-driven story arc, a keen observation of media conventions, and influences from a wide variety of film and television genres.

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