ReBoot (1994–2001) User Reviews (62)

Twenty-four years later and ReBoot is still a pioneering series in the medium of television animation.

[Johnny-the-Film-Sentinel-2187 · 9/10 · 16 July 2018]

ReBoot set the bar for cg-animated tv for generations to come, and it's been widely regarded as a classic cultural milestone from the 90s, just like Pokemon or Spongebob went on to be comparable phenomena in the decade. Also, it's Canada's BEST cartoon ever! It's eons ahead of the other animated stuff the country's produced over the last decade, and ReBoot is still great entertainment for kids and adults today. Compare it to something like Total Drama Island: there's no comparison as to which one is better.

ReBoot is great 90s entertainment and came at a time when computers were truly on the rise in the entertainment industry. It's maintained a cult following since its debut in 1994, it's still good even after all the shows which came after it, and I still reckon it's a good childhood memory.

"24 years already?...I can't believe it!"

[inxsfett · 8/10 · 7 March 2016]

Men i remember when this cartoons came out it was the "born" of animated computer characters (early year was Jurassic Park) so for the time was very awesome (the other awesome cartoons was Transformers:Beast wars) so i can't simple believe it that already spend 24 years!!!

This cartoons was a different story for kids because in many ways they introduce the "computer" languaje for the future generations and they make it great Of course the animation was very unique and many years later a lot of new comers say that REBOOT was his inspiration.

Like a say before i glad to be part of the generation of REBOOT and is make me very sad that be never be a cartoon like this in the future.

Why Did You Erase ReBoot?

[mirosuionitsaki2 · 8/10 · 27 July 2007]

When I was younger, I used to watch this show and be extremely confused on what was going on since I've seen it when season two first aired I think. But I didn't know anything about this show. I just remember tuning in on Cartoon Network's Toonami and finding this show on and watching.

Now, I have just recently seen the episode, "The Tearing" and I believe it was a great start. I might watch two more episodes and that's it. The reason is it is a good show, but they shouldn't expect us to know everything they are talking about. Not everyone in the whole world are hackers. Also, we don't live in the internet so it is hard to follow along with the show. But once I did, I found that the show can be exciting and a bit funny. I gave this show a chance, something I never did to Reboot before. You should too, and you will be surprised! I recommend this show to everyone who watches Toonami, or if you had seen this show before and haven't watch it in a while.

Smart, action-packed, and a lot of the time, pretty hilarious!

[StayinFrosty · 30 June 2004]

ReBoot takes place in the city of Mainframe, representing the inside of a computer. The characters' speech reflects this with words and expressions like: random (crazy), basic (stupid), deleted or nullified (killed), and there was a time Enzo realized he should've "copied and pasted the truth"! Characters include binomes (citizens shaped like numbers, usually 1s and 0s), sprites (more human-like) and viruses (usually villains).

It features many inside jokes and references from Indiana Jones to Sailor Moon. In one episode, after the disappearance of several people, Fax Modem and Data Nully come to investigate (Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from The X-Files. Gillian Anderson actually voiced the latter). There is also a brief scene of Modem deciding between postcards for Los Angeles and Vancouver, mirroring David Duchovny's involvement in moving X-Files production from Vancouver to L.A. (ReBoot is produced by Vancouver's Mainframe Entertainment). Another local reference was a truck with "Two Small Sprites with Big CPUs" printed on the side. I'm told there is a local Vancouver moving company called "Two Small Men with Big Hearts".

An important part of the show is the games, which appear as cubes dropped from above by "the user". If characters enter these games to play against the user, losing means deletion for them and damage for the city. Genres in the games reflect the wide range of real-life video games and spoof everything from Mad Max to Evil Dead ("Malicious Corpses") to Austin Powers!

I particularly enjoyed the references to "BS'nP" that showed up a few times. This is a facetious acronym for ABC's "Broadcast Standards & Practices". Examples include Enzo firing a rocket launcher only to find it fires an inflatable raft with "BSnP approved" stamped on the side; and the Small Town Binomes (Village People) performing "Living with BSnP" ("It's fun to play in the non-violent way!"). Originally seen on ABC and YTV, it was cancelled by the former after the 2nd season. YTV continued to air the show (still does as of this writing!) and, being free from ABC's BS&P censorship, ReBoot could now deal with more mature themes. This was an improvement in the eyes of many. Following a hiatus, the 3rd season also showed a dramatic change in the graphical quality (more detail, shadows, etc.), due to advances in technology.

Another long hiatus followed the 3rd season but ReBoot came back with two feature-length movies: Daemon Rising and My Two Bobs (or 8 new episodes). The second ended with a cliff-hanger so I'm hopeful we haven't seen the last of ReBoot.

I love this show.

[maxvaughn · 10/10 · 29 March 2002]

I confess, I am a Reboot junky. I have no clue why I like this show, considering that I'm opposed to the over-used element of CGI in animation today, yet something about Reboot keeps my attention. When I first started watching, I was still in Elementary school and I liked being able to name all the movies the show was doing parodies of. A few years passed and I forgot about it, until the re-runs aired on Cartoon Network. Then, the plot/new episodes became more dramatic and I couldn't stop watching! The characters are likable and the battle between virus and guardians is a great hook. Someone once said, "Reboot is what Tron should have been".

One of the best children's shows ever made.

[cathylovesmovies · 10/10 · 4 January 2006]

Recently I rediscovered ReBoot while I cleaned my house. It had been my favourite television program when I was younger, and I was eager to watch the tape full of recorded episodes that I had just found.

I discovered, while watching it, that ReBoot is not merely any old children's show.

It's set in a computer system called Mainframe, and the heroes of the show (called Sprites) battles computer viruses, games (sent by "the user") and other things that you would find in a computer.

This is a truly excellent show. It was the first series to be completely computer animated and the most cutting edge technology available at the time was used.

The thing I love about ReBoot is that the entire plot of the series is so original. Clearly the producers let their imaginations run wild, while still using true computer facts within the story. As the fun-loving computer geek that I am, I absolutely loved the computer jargon sprinkled into in each episode. And all the parodies they've done - from the X-Files to Pirates of Penzance - are fantastic and funny.

Although the first and second seasons were restricted by ABC ratings, the third season was definitely darker, and the plots more in-depth.

Reboot has come along way since 1994, and it's a shame that it's all over. I would've loved to see where they picked up after the two telemovies left off.

All in all, ReBoot is a pioneer for computer animation. Absolutely classic TV.

Season 3 of ReBoot is the best thing that ever hit Television

[lucass-28989 · 10/10 · 24 October 2017]

*****Spoiler alert*****

I wasn't even in elementary school when ReBoot was haired on TV in province of Quebec. I remember watching this show mostly everyday, and watching the tape my cousin recorded for me. Although it is the nostalgia which speaks today, ReBoot is my best TV show ever. Even Better than Game of Thrones!

Season 1 and most of season 2 are episodic. Bob, guardian of the informatic city of Mainframe, must protect the town from viruses Megabyte and Hexadecimal while fighting the ''User'' in ''Games''. With the help of his friends, they won every time against the viruses. That was before S2E7 Nulzilla, which introduce to the show a refreshing new style, the story arcs. For the last four episodes of the second season Bob fought a lone web virus, hunting it but ultimately failed. It results in a breach to the Web, unleashing creatures of destruction. Forced to ally himself with the viruses against this foe, Bob and the Mainframe army repealed the menace, but is betrayed by the viruses and send to the net. The four last episodes of season 2 ended with a cliffhanger, with Megabyte and Hexadecimal at the edge of taking the Principale Office and control Mainframe. It took a big risk by changing the tone from childish humorously to something more serious and removing the main character.

And then, season 3 came.

It crushes the viewers more into the serious tone while still keeping the funny style. The first still overhauls the second. The entire season is the story of Enzo Matrix, Bob's friend and pupil, trying to fight Megabyte totalitarian forces, and then following his quest to bring Bob back. There is humour, there are dilemmas, there are twists, there are action scenes, there is everything a show needs to be good.

The fourth season was never dubbed in french. For me, season 3 was the last, which is good if we consider that season 4 ended with a cliffhanger. ReBoot is still today my favourite show of all times. I think the principal reason to explain this is that, actually, ReBoot is more enjoyable for adults than kids. Although they were the prime target audience, each episode has a parody or homage of the cinematographic culture (Star Wars, Star Trek, James Bond, Westerns, Zombie movies, Mortal Kombat, etc), which is more easy to catch for old than young ones. Also, the more serious tone of season 3 was actually refreshing and (ironically for a CGI futuristic kid show) realistic. Seeing the good guys lose, the bad ones win, having dilemmas about moral and ethic, having war has one of the central thematic (the main antagonist Megabyte passing from a James Bond villain in season 1-2 to Adolf Hitler in season 3) see the heroes pushed to their limits in the darkest of days but still find the strength to fight and ultimately triumph over darkness. All of these things created not only an atmosphere but a coherent fictional universe.

Season 3 of ReBoot is the best thing that ever hit Television. The story is epic, the characters are well developed, the different tributes to those movies, shows and games are funny, the cinematography is over a lot of regular shows, the musical score is awesome, and the finale is the best ending since Star Wars VI. I recommend this to everyone. We must be thankful to MainFrame entertainment and everyone involved with ReBoot for having done a so much good show.

One legendary blast of a CGI animated series that is simply too epic to ever be forgotten.

[Foreverisacastironmess123 · 10/10 · 16 May 2015]

This was one of my all-time childhood favourites and it still is today. The animation style was so out of this world and was nothing remotely like anything I'd ever seen before and I was hooked, from the first show. Every once a week it was a little bit of super-fun happiness at the thought of getting home and watching ReBoot! How it looks is still kind of startling to this day, even to me, and I still get take aback for a second when I haven't seen it in a while! It had such a rich spirit of fun and adventure to it, and as it went on and was eventually free to do so, it skillfully introduced a little welcome darkness and tragedy into the mix as well. The iconic intro always got you in just the exact right kind of mindset to get into the world of the show, and of all the variations, I liked the one with Megabyte the best. Such an utterly fantastic and commanding villain. Calm and cultured, calculating and deadly. It may not have seemed so at first glance, but of the two viruses, he was the truly destructive and malevolent one. What a performance from the late- great Tony Jay to leave behind, you can really tell that he relished every last second that he got to voice the role. Heroes and villains alike, all the characters were terrific and I just loved to watch them. The Binomes are a bit annoying and stupid at first but they do grow on you a lot, they used them in a lot of funny referential skits. I liked the Mulder and Scully ones! My favourite character is insane chaos personified, Hexadecimal because she was often hilariously outrageous, but you also always got a sense of the awesome power that she commanded. And I loved the spidery way she glided around and would wave her hand over her mask to give it a new fixed expression, I found the idea of her fascinating and a work of art in itself. Also her warped and often scary but genuine love for Bob was touching and she actually undergoes the most character development, going from a straight-up villainess to a real hero who sacrifices herself to save everyone. As a kid I never saw beyond the episode where Bob is shot into the wild Web by Megabyte and Enzo claims his badge as the new Guardian because that was when CITV decided to stop broadcasting it. It was the better part of 20 years before I got to see the rest and really take in and appreciate fully just how much the series evolves from what it starts out as. It was such an amazing concept that the sprites' realm of Mainframe may have been an individual computer from the other side and was like an island floating in space, and their whole universe was part of a vast web/internet - whatever you wanna call it, and that the "User", presumably the human being who operates the computer in the 'real world', may as well have been god as far as the Sprites were concerned, and that when a game was put into the system, to the User it was harmless fun, but to them it was a sporting, but still desperate struggle that they absolutely had to win, 'lest a giant cube-shaped chunk of their city be permanently obliterated! The metaphorical implications can practically be interpreted in a hundred different ways! This was a show that had everything, and it's just as enjoyable today as when it first aired. And no way in hell is it just blind nostalgic fandom that keeps it alive, it really is a show that holds up beautifully. The amount of references to pop culture, video games and computer technology that is excellently integrated into near-every episode alone adds hugely to the fun appeal and watch-ability factor of it. I'll always love this show, it'll never lose any of its magic or lustre in my eyes. Thank for ya time, and with that..heck all I can think of to say is "REBOOT!!!"

Groundbreaking for it's time, still relevant

[david-m-fleisch · 10/10 · 3 April 2018]

This show is an absolute gem. The characters are all caring "people" with interesting stories and histories. The animation was absolutely cutting edge for this time and although does not hold up today it more than makes up for it with it's content. Here's hoping that one day the cliffhanger gets resolved. This series if brought back still has a lot of life left in it and stories left untold.

Ended too soon

[mintydog · 10/10 · 2 January 2006]

This was a brilliant, funny and very cleaver show. I didn't know much about computers when I first seen then, I still loved it, then I got into computers and understood everything they were saying and it was even more funny then.

I really wish they would have carried it on, it is one of the best cartoons I've ever seen, with lots of references to other shows a the above review says, in one episode you see the penguin that is in Wallace and Grommit. Another one is when a game is dropped on them, it has references from, Wacky Races, Jurassic Park, James Bond and I think another film with a tiny little Indian, all in the same game, very funny.

The episode with Fax Modem and Data Nully was brilliant, and its the start of a long and good conspiracy. I'd recommend this cartoon to anyone.

Amazing

[layer8 · 29 December 2002]

It's 1994. I'm 11 years old, riding on a bus with my mom. I look around at all the advertisements, and one catches my eye. ReBoot. After all these years, I can still remember the tagline: "In Mainframe, no one dies. They are erased."

Of course, back then I had no idea what exactly ReBoot was. But from the moment I saw Megabyte in "The Tearing" some weeks later, I knew this would be one of my favorite shows.

I was fascinated by the computer animation, seeing that the computer we had at the time was a 386SX. That's what initially got me hooked. The show aptly filled the role of a "cartoon", but I could also see that it was much more than that. As the show progressed the characters became more real, more defined. Even then, I had a nasty habit of pointing out inconsistencies in TV shows, but ReBoot performed admirably in this area. The stories were never boring, and often cleverly incorporated details from earlier episodes. All the loose ends (the web, the twin cities, Lost Angles, Dot's father, etc.) that I feared would never be explained, were.

As the fun-adventures-of-the-moment turned into the dark, painful struggles of season 3, I was completely mesmerised, and felt for the characters as if they were real, and then rejoiced when everything turned out alright at the end. Very few presentations on either the big or small screen have ever elicited such a strong reaction from me.

In every sense, ReBoot was a great show. The characters, the plots, the visuals, it was all amazing. I'm only sorry season 4 ended on such a cliffhanger. More episodes, I say!

5 out of 5 stars.

Slow start, but a work of art by season 2.

[timone-shimone · 10/10 · 1 April 2020]

Reboot is one of those must-see shows to appreciate how CG tv animation came to be and to watch how quickly that improved every season. Great writing, clever concepts, and complex characters with both heart warming and heart wrenching arcs for heroes and villains both. The show tone changes heavily from a childish season 1 (with straightforward and good writing) to maturing quickly through the seasons. It's just everything you ever want to see in a series comes full circle.

Season 4's cancellation left something to be desired. However forgivable since the writers were forced from a 12 episode season to an 8 episode season with short notice causing fast paced arcs.

Charming and Groundbreaking Show

[Translucid2k4 · 10/10 · 21 June 2006]

"ReBoot" was a strange little show in many ways. The first ever entirely CGI-Series, it was incredibly ground-breaking at the time for this fact alone. But it wasn't just that which made "ReBoot" so original. The whole premise for the show is very geeky, which is probably why it's initial massive success surprised so many people. You have to figure there is something more this show is offering the viewer, and there definitely is.

Obviously, the show is technically astounding for it's time. It's hard to appreciate just what amazing work the team behind "ReBoot" created with, by today's standards, very primitive tools. People often credit "Toy Story" as the first truly immersive CGI production, but "ReBoot" is the real ground breaker in this field. Apart from that, the characters created on this show are amazing. They have back story, character development, strong personality and have generally been incredibly well realised. Although quite basic in the first two seasons, the writing on "ReBoot" was very well developed by the Third and Fourth Seasons. It's certainly the best written Kids programme I've ever seen.

It's a great shame that "ReBoot" isn't given more credit. It was truly technically groundbreaking, and in addition it was very well written and produced. One can only imagine at the talent and dedication of the team behind this truly charming television programming. The whole show was a risk and was TRULY original. If more programmes on Television (especially animated ones) were as classy, vivid, imaginative, inventive and generally impressive as "ReBoot" than the TV schedules would be a much more inspiring.

One I had never expected to be so awesome!

[Animany94 · 9/10 · 21 March 2019]

I was so overwhelmed by how smart this series was. It quickly became one of my favourite TV-series, because of the multi-dimensional characters and the imaginative world built upon this computer operating system and the internet. Since ReBoot was the first fully computer animated TV-series I think it is genius to make build the world like that.

What I mean by never expecting it to be so awesome was my ambivalent feelings toward CGI, because I despise when hand-drawn movie frachises transition into such. And at times ReBoot does make these unnecessary close-ups on faces which gets tiring. But that's the only thing worth noting.

And MAN I love Tony Jay as Megabyte! He is one of my favorite television voices, and this is his best perforance along with Disney's Frollo. Intense, merciless and tyrannical just as Jay does it best. And Hexadecimal is also delightfully over-the-top evil and will probably scare younger viewers more than once with her masked design.

Some of these storlines are among some of the best TV I have ever seen, and how unpredictable it can be really makes it engaging. These characters are so likable that you care about everything that happens to them. And to underline my point, I once in a while simply forgot they were animated because of those brilliant performances.

We really need ReBoot to be revived properly, because like many TV-series we ended on that cursed cliffhanger. But ReBoot is awesome, just in case you didn't notice ;)

This show aged well

[pamiza13 · 10/10 · 21 April 2021]

Reboot was made to be appreciated years long after it went off the air.. Like a fine wine. Loved it (still do) when I was a kid, but I never realized how clever the writing was until I was older, all the subtle adult humor was a great revelation. Even the character development was great for being a kids show (heroes and villains alike), Enzo's arc in season 3 is a huge testament to that. The story was straightforward and progressed nicely as time went on. Once the censors were off their backs and the show was given more creative freedom, the once childish tone slowly turned into something darker.... Nothing over the top, but serious enough to be just as compelling. And let's not forget the biggest thing.... REFERENCES....all the references...if it was ever a thing in pop culture or even from back in the day...it was probably mentioned.

I could make a whole post on the characters alone

But even after all these years I could still binge through the series and be entertained... But while S3 did a good job in setting up Daemon as the next Big Bad, I usually stop after 3.... Only because that series finale in with the epic cliffhanger is the greatest and most disappointing moment because we'll probably never get a proper conclusion to the story.

P. S. We don't talk about that Netflix version.

Ever.

One of the best cartoons...ever

[BoFiS · 10/10 · 11 December 1999]

Not only was ReBoot the world's first computer generated television show, but Mainframe Entertainment created one of the greatest cartoons to ever bless my Saturday mornings when it was shown on ABC back in 1994. Since then there a truly fantastic third season was created and is now shown on Cartoon Network (in the Toonami block). I have showed this show to many friends and turned them into fans.

I would also like to say that Beast Wars, while also made by Mainframe, just isn't nearly as funny, clever, well-written, and well-acted. Even their new series', Beast Machines and War Planets, are not as good as ReBoot still is!

Way better than "BeastWars"

[culwin · 8/10 · 13 November 1999]

The computer animation in this is incredible, and way better than "Beast Wars" in my opinion. Actually, "Beast Wars" is really awful in my opinion. But this is about ReBoot - a great kids show with lots of "in jokes". Especially if you are a computer geek, you will get a lot of the computer references. But ReBoot spoofs everything from "Star Trek", to "The Pirates of Penzance" to "Army of Darkness", making it great for adults, as well as kids. Things really started to pick up speed when Enzo "grew up", everyone on the show got more personality, and the show got a much darker feel. Unfortunately, Mainframe Ent. ended the show in the 3rd season and won't be making anymore (with the way the show ended I don't think they could if they wanted to), so if you want to see anymore from Mainframe you will just have to watch Beast Wars (don't though).

Works on many levels.

[thomaswrobel · 25 October 2003]

Reboot is truely unique. Not only was it the first CGI cartoon, it was also one of the first "kids programs" to actualy have proper plots, on going story lines and decent dialogue.

Seasons 1 and 2 were good enough, have strong techical merity and are packed with original ideas.

But Seasons 3+ is where the series really takes off. Clever storys, great action sequences, non-stop parodys and referances...it really is amazing.

Some of the referances are obvious (Stargate, Blues Brothers,Gilbert and Suilvan) but others are subtle (are you being served).

The charecters truely have depth to them, even the 'evil' ones. Particularly Season 4, which probably has one of the most unique nemisis's ever created.

I could go on talking about it all day, but i wont.

Simple watch it if its on!

Especialy if its either of the TV movies that make up season 4.

Deamon Rising (4.1-4.4) My Two bobs (4.5-4.8)

Deamon Rising, v4.1-v4.4 is my personal favorate.

A fantastic series, help bring it back!

[GlitchBob · 10/10 · 12 July 2007]

I've been an avid ReBoot fan since it first aired on ABC in 1994. I'd have to say that one of my most cherished childhood memories is watching ReBoot on Saturday mornings. I liked how Bob wasn't a "super muscle guy", but he was cool in that he was saving the day and was kinda a dork. Of course my love for computers just grew even more so when I found this show. Even when the show took a darker turn, with Matrix and AndrAIa traveling through the games, I watched intensely wondering if they'd make it home and somehow find and rescue Bob from the Web.

The fourth and currently final season may be a bit different due to the plot being "squished" (due to Cartoon Network reducing the number of episodes) but it's still a great addition to a wonderful series. The audio problem is due to the original DVD being improperly mastered by the manufacturer, this resulted in video playing back 4.096% slower and all the voices sound deeper. Unfortunately there are more copies with this problem in circulation then there are those corrected.

The cliffhanger of this season was NOT meant as the final chapter of this series. Due to an unknown factor Cartoon Network stopped funding Mainframe Ent. and thereby left the story at a standstill.

I love it so much that I've started up what is called the 'ReBoot Revival'. The overall goal of this "Revival of ReBoot" is to find a television network that will fund Mainframe Entertainment (now called Rainmaker Entertainment due to merger with Rainmaker) in creating that long sought after ending to season 4, and possibly new episodes after that.

If this interests you, please visit the site at ReBootRevival.com. Yes everything you see about attempting to get the show back is real, there is a big effort by myself and my fellow fans to make this work!

Great Show!

[boveeguns · 9/10 · 24 May 2019]

I remember watching this show as a kid and for the longest time wanted to rewatch it. I remember looking for it a few years back and couldn't find it anywhere. I just recently discovered all the episodes were on shout factory's website, I started watching and I just can't stop. What I don't understand is the rating it has here on imdb. Every episode individually has a rating of over 9, yet the show overall has a 7.9. How does a show with every episode rating 9 and above, have an overall rating of under 9? Do yourself a nostalgia fueled favor and go and watch this show from start to finish, you won't regret it.

The First and Best CGI TV series.

[emasterslake · 9/10 · 10 October 2005]

This was one of the TV shows I grew up watching. Remenbered first seeing it on ABC 12 years ago. Only seen a few episodes at first. Got to see more of Seasons 1 and 2 and the new Season 3 when it aired on Cartoon Network.

This cartoon is unlike anything you'd see. It's taken place inside a computer. The characters are virtual and saber like beings. The ones that look like humans are called Sprites. While the others are shape like 1 & 0(computer language) and some large numbers as well.

Has the stuff and parts you'd find in any PC. Only it's more like a City. The city is called "Mainframe" and it's infected with 2 Viruses who are wreck havoc in this system. The city's only hope is this Guardian(A sprite that defends Systems from Viruses and other harmful things) named Bob.

The other problem besides Viruses are these Game cubes that drop slowly from the sky. You have to be inside before it hits the ground. If you loose or didn't get into the game then it'll cause damage to the system. If you were inside it after a Game Over then you'll get Nullifide and become a Null(a mindless slug thing).

So it's important for a Guardian to win these games so that way there's no damage or Nullifying in the system.

This Cartoon is a must see. It has a lot of characters to admire and hate. It ran for 3 complete Seasons and 1 unfinished Season. It's a shame this series doesn't have much fame to it, it kept getting canceled and brought back more than twice.

But it is a really cool cartoon to watch. Much cooler than Jimmy Neutron. Proves there was something before Jimmy Neutron as well.

The incomplete Season 4 episodes are found on DVD. That one had a good start but it shouldn't of ended in a cliffhanger. You're able to either Downloading them or wait for a decent DVD Box sets to come out.

It's a real treat to watch.

A Show Worth Rebooting

[loveable_p_chan · 10/10 · 20 February 2020]

I first saw this in the late 90s on Cartoon Network's "Toonami."

While the animation is clearly dated and the cartoon humor typically over the top, this is one of the few action cartoons from my childhood that I can re-watch without rolling my eyes too hard. The story arc still holds up. The location is what drew me in then and what intrigues me still, because in the 90s, computers were very mysterious and just looking at a motherboard still makes me think it looks like some sort of tiny metropolis. The villains still hold up to some extent and the writing can still be compelling. A kids show. Compelling. Yup. The voice actors really made me feel like they breathed life into the characters and not like most action cartoons of the time where it just felt like they were hired to do a job.

For those of you seeking an end to the adventure, a web comic series was released in the mid 2000s that tied up the loose ends of the story and ended on a great note, with everyone getting a happily ever after, though not without being worse for wear.

WE NEED TO REBOOT THE REAL REBOOT !! anamation only!

[blaecsable · 10/10 · 19 January 2021]

From 1994 -2001 every Saturday we were transported into the Computer of Mainframe. TWENTY years off the air. You have scanned the input of the other sprites you know how good it is. REBOOT IS TOTALLY RANDOM !! And we were left hanging after my Two Bobs. In conclusion the show was too good to end-file, too good to quit without saving!

Simply one of the best cartoons of the 90's

[Navstar86 · 10/10 · 19 May 2017]

I say it's one of the best of the 90's instead of of all time. That's because I'm trying not to be biased. But as I'm trying to put my love of this show into words I don't think I'll be able to do that.

Quite simply this has to be one of the smartest cartoons I've ever seen. Mainframe, Megabyte, Hack n Slash, 1's and 0's, User uploading games. Everything I knew about computers as a child came from this show. Okay well maybe not everything.

The show had no fear of drastically changing it's characters. I remember feeling Dot's pain when Enzo lost in a game. And the awesomeness of seeing Matrix for the first time. It's a real shame that it never got a proper ending. I'll wonder what happened after the cliffhanger ending for the rest of my life.

A GREAT SHOW

[solidsnake8706 · 2 September 2000]

Once in a while, a really great show will come along. This is one of the them.

The show is about people who live inside computers. The sprites, binomes, and guardians do battle with viruses, code masters, and many other computer associated enemies.

The first season and part of the second had simpler plots, goofy sound effects, corny jokes, and very mild violence. But as the show went on, the show got more complex, the goofy sound effects disappeared, the jokes were funnier, and the action increased. Also, there are many inside jokes on the show that you should look for.

The episodes of the later seasons will keep you on the edge of your seat, waiting to see what will happen next. This is also a unique cartoon because as the show went on, the characters CHANGED.