My Life as a Teenage Robot (film)/Tropes


 * And The Fandom Rejoiced: The announcenent of a fully animated My Life as a Teenage Robot film brought a lot of joy to fans of the original series, seeing how ot is perceived as one of Nickelodeon's most underrated series, so seeing it receive the feature-length film treatement was a welcome surprise.
 * Darker and Edgier: Sort of. While calling the film "dark" would be an inmense stretch, as it retains most of the original series' tone, the film does explore more profoubd themes than the series such as identity, family, and the meaning of humanity.
 * Disney Villain Death: Subverted as part of a Shout-Out to The Emperor's New Groove.
 * Hilarious In Hindsight: In The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run, Awakwafina voiced a robot named Otto whose first lines were that machines will one day rise above organic creatures. Here, she voices Vexus, an alien robot hellbent on just that.
 * LGBT Fanbase: Given how the original show already had one, this was expected. However, it increased even more once it was reported that transgender actress Jia Xing would be voicing Jenny.
 * Mythology Gag:
 * The opening scene in which Jenny destroys a meteor is an homage to the ending of the pilot episode, where she did the same thing, albeit responding sooner to the threat and without Tuck.
 * The weapons Jenny uses against Vexus' army at the clikax are all taken straight out of the episode "Dressed to Kill", while the motorcycle form she takes is s reference to the episode "Voyage to the Planet of the Bikers".
 * Playing Against Type: While Awkwafina has played many comedic characters, this is one of the few times she ever played a villain.
 * Remake Cameo: Janice Kawaye, Jenny's voice actress in the original series, makes a cameo near the end of the film as a girl at high school.
 * Role Reprise: Cree Summer and Moira Quirk reprise their roles from the series as the Crust Cousins from the original series.
 * Visual Effects of Awesome: As usual, Sony Pictures Imageworks displays a maestry when it combines 2D style with CG animation with this film, creating visuals that truly feel respectful of the original series' style.
 * Win Back the Crowd: When it was announced that the film would be made with CG animation, fans were quite worried over how the characters' 2D designs would translate to 3D, but worties lessened when it was announced that Sony Pictures Imageworks, which already combined hand-drawn techniques with CGI in the films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The Mitchells vs. The Machines to universal acclaim. All worries were fully calmed down once footage of the film has released, displaying an animation style that stuck close to the original series while still displaying a lot of quality.