Very mild spoilers, but I'd figure I'd better play it safe than sorry.
Fifteen feet and ten tons of titanium and sophisticated weaponry, the BGY-11 robot (more commonly known as "The Big Guy) fights for truth, justice, and the American way with a quirky, ultra-patriotic personality. What the public doesn't know is that Big Guy is not the state-of-the-art robot that the Army promised, rather, Big Guy is nothing more than an exo-suit piloted by the reserved and competent Lieutenant Dwayne Hunter (voiced by Jim Hanks). Eventually, however, science finally achieves what it set out to do: create a true, independently functioning military robot. Enter Rusty (Pamela Adlon), powered by nucleo-protons and packed with military grade weaponry - and who also has all the sprightly optimism and maturity of an eight-year-old boy. His "mother", Dr. Erika Slate (Gabrielle Carteris) designed him to be a true artificial intelligence to learn from experience just as a human would. Unfortunately, the Army expected far too much from the inexperienced Rusty, making his first mission a failure. It was then decided by the powers that be that Big Guy and Rusty would be forged into a permanent team, with Rusty learning the ropes of world saving from the "robot" hero he idolizes. Add a bit of the greedy and slightly stupid CEO Dr. Donovan (Stephen Root) and his talking monkey Jenny (Kathy Kinney), and you've got yourself an amazing show.
Packed with action, great animation, often surprisingly mature humor, and a great cast, Big Guy was one of my favorites back in the day. It's a darn shame they canceled this gem, but you can find some episodes on youtube or the like. A truly great show.
Fifteen feet and ten tons of titanium and sophisticated weaponry, the BGY-11 robot (more commonly known as "The Big Guy) fights for truth, justice, and the American way with a quirky, ultra-patriotic personality. What the public doesn't know is that Big Guy is not the state-of-the-art robot that the Army promised, rather, Big Guy is nothing more than an exo-suit piloted by the reserved and competent Lieutenant Dwayne Hunter (voiced by Jim Hanks). Eventually, however, science finally achieves what it set out to do: create a true, independently functioning military robot. Enter Rusty (Pamela Adlon), powered by nucleo-protons and packed with military grade weaponry - and who also has all the sprightly optimism and maturity of an eight-year-old boy. His "mother", Dr. Erika Slate (Gabrielle Carteris) designed him to be a true artificial intelligence to learn from experience just as a human would. Unfortunately, the Army expected far too much from the inexperienced Rusty, making his first mission a failure. It was then decided by the powers that be that Big Guy and Rusty would be forged into a permanent team, with Rusty learning the ropes of world saving from the "robot" hero he idolizes. Add a bit of the greedy and slightly stupid CEO Dr. Donovan (Stephen Root) and his talking monkey Jenny (Kathy Kinney), and you've got yourself an amazing show.
Packed with action, great animation, often surprisingly mature humor, and a great cast, Big Guy was one of my favorites back in the day. It's a darn shame they canceled this gem, but you can find some episodes on youtube or the like. A truly great show.