Cubix: Robots For Everyone

August 11, 2001 – January 24, 2004

August 11, 2001 – January 24, 2004

Cubix is a South Korean animated television series created by Cinepix. Set in 2044, it follows Connor, a boy fascinated with robots, who lives with his father, Graham, in Bubble Town, a robot-abundant city that is a center for robotics corporation RobixCorp.

4Kids Entertainment acquired the North American rights to the series, with an English-language dub produced by 4Kids Productions to the series in 2001 shortly after the show debuted in August, retaining them until their transfer to Saban Brands (a subsidiary of Saban Capital Group) in June 2012. In the United States, it aired on Kids' WB from August 11, 2001, until May 10, 2003.

Storyline

Cubix takes place in the futuristic year of 2044, is the story of a bright-eyed young boy named Connor with a deep fascination for robots. His father, Graham, who dislikes all robots, has never truly been supportive of his efforts. That is, until they move to Bubble Town, a city with "as many robots as people," and the location of RobixCorp. The reason for RobixCorp's global success is the EPU (Emotion Processing Unit), which allows a robot to develop their own unique personality, just like a human being.

Now that Connor's dream has finally come true, he finds himself with one really big problem: everyone in Bubble Town owns a robot, except him. Shortly after his arrival, he meets his nosy neighbor Abby, who sends her flying pet robot, Dondon, to spy on him. Graham, being not so fond of a robot spying on him, attempts to capture Dondon. During his escape, he crashes into Connor, knocking him out. A worried Abby, along with Connor, hop onto her hover scooter, rushing for the one place in town that can fix her friend.

Here, Connor meets Hela, who runs a repair shop called The Botties' Pit. However, to become an employee, he has to fix a robot in less than 24 hours. Of all the robots he could have chosen, Connor picks Cubix, a one of a kind test model referred to as the 'Unfixable Robot.' The Botties all tried to repair him, especially Hela, who could never quite throw him out. Cubix is the one memory left of her father, Professor Nemo, who invented the EPU. Sadly, he vanished after an experiment with a highly volatile substance known as Solex.

Suddenly, a rogue robot inventor named Dr. K runs off with a stolen robot, leaving the Botties' Pit on the verge of collapse. Connor races back inside in a final effort to save Cubix, leaving him trapped inside. This act of kindness jumpstarts Cubix's EPU, bringing him back to life. With only a moment to spare, Cubix saves Connor from the collapsing building. It was never a matter of hardware; rather, of heart, that fixed the 'Unfixable Robot'. Therefore, Connor passed the test, earning him a place in the club.

That was not the only surprise Cubix had in store, with his amazing design he can transform into virtually anything. Along with their new friends, Connor and Cubix face up against Dr. K to take back the kidnapped bot.

This series follows the adventures and discoveries of the group, as they unravel Dr. K.'s conspiracy and the disappearance of Professor Nemo.

Solex

Solex was stated to have been discovered after an alien spacecraft crashed outside of RobixCorp, shortly before Prof. Nemo's disappearance. It has two forms: the glowing electric blue liquid form prone to random energy fluctuations, and the more stable crystallized form used in most robots. The story suggests that it has a psychic nature as it reacts to sentient thoughts and emotions, even those of robots' EPUs. Solex in both liquid and crystallized form is capable of producing immense power. In its crystallized form, its "radioactive" glow is similar to pure isolated radium.

Solex in the first season

In the first season, Dr. K forcibly collects Solex from infected robots to utilize in his ultimate plan with the aid of an alien disguising itself as Raska, the RobixCorp spokeswoman, who it is implied to have killed to assume her identity. It is suspected that Solex was originally discovered by Prof. Nemo, who fearing the misuse of its power, separated the liquid Solex into small doses, placing it into random robots (or that the explosion in his lab the day he disappeared caused the Solex he was experimenting with to be transferred into the robots that were in his lab at the time).

Liquid Solex, however, produces unexpected effects in robots; this is referred to as Solex infection. As the EPU is placed under heavy stress or emotions, the uncontrollable energy reaction of the liquid Solex within them causes them to malfunction and go berserk. Besides the behavioral malfunction, the infected robot also gains extreme power far beyond its normal capabilities. This extreme power has the ability to overload the host and cause self-destruction unless the Solex is removed, the robot is deactivated, or its energy levels return to normal.

In the beginning of the first season, the Botties were unaware of Dr. K's reasons for chasing after robots, but eventually learned of the existence of Solex and soon began racing Dr. K in the search, intercepting the last few robots to safely obtain it themselves before he could extract it. Dr. K's plans were delayed when Kan-It unintentionally absorbed half the Solex he had collected, which ultimately ended up in the possession of the Botties. Needing more, Dr. K launched an attack on the Botties Pit to steal the Solex they had obtained, only for Cubix to drive them off while revealing that he possessed crystallized Solex. Changing tactics, Dr. K and the alien devised a plan to deactivate Cubix and take some of his Solex crystals, which they were able to pull off by deceiving the Botties into accepting a gift of explosives from Raska that were disguised as protective robots. Adding Cubix's crystallized Solex to the liquid Solex he already possessed, Dr. K was able to power a humongous EPU he had created, which he then used to transform his HQ into the Kulminator, an enormous robot. In the end, Cubix sacrificed himself to defeat the Kulminator and explode the Solex within them both, scattering it across Bubble Town. Cubix would then be revived by absorbing the scattered Solex (obtaining the ability to speak on his own in the process), ending the threat of Solex for good.

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