It Came From Next Door (My Life as a Teenage Robot)

It Came From Next Door is the first half of episode 1 in the first season of My Life as a Teenage Robot for season 1. It first aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on August 1, 2003.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) This episode marks the first appearances of Jenny Wakeman/XJ-9, Dr. Nora Wakeman, Brad and Tuck Carbunkle.
 * 2) It was a great start of this episode as well as a remake of Oh Yeah! Cartoons short My Neighbor Was A Teenage Robot.
 * 3) The animation and the voice acting are pretty good.
 * 4) The first scene is good where Tuck, while practicing baseball, hits a ball that flies through a window in neighbor Dr. Nora Wakeman's front door and his brother, Brad instructs him to get the baseball back. When he reaches the baseball, it is handed to him by a shadowy, imposing figure, later revealed to be XJ-9.
 * 5) Decent moments where Jenny makes her new friends, Brad and Tuck. Only differences that Brad immediately accepts Jenny as a new friend, Tuck does not quite see her as anything other than a "evil robot cyborg" and Jenny tells her that she prefers calling her name, instead of XJ-9.
 * 6) There also have some like Jenny and Brad leave and hang out, playing hacky sack and chasing ice cream trucks, among other things, while Tuck reluctantly tags along, still suspicious and nervous about Jenny.
 * 7) This scene where Jenny rockets off to destroy the meteor as soon as she gets the warning, and dispatches it quickly, after booted through the atmosphere became part of the meteor, rendering it a “planet destroyer” class.
 * 8) Good Ending:: As she returns to Earth, she and Brad realize in shock that Jenny had accidentally taken Tuck along with her, as he had been inadvertently attached to her wings. Tuck was also being impressed by Jenny's abilities and declares her to be "so cool!", now no longer afraid of her. Dr. Wakeman oversees this, and decides that giving XJ-9 some time off couldn't hurt. However, the camera pans out to outer space, where several (presumably hostile) spaceships are closing in on Earth...

Reception

 * This episode (along with Pest Control) received mostly positive reviews. It was scored 8.5/10 on IMDb.com.