# RoboCop: The Animated Series (1988)

> A cyborg police officer and his partner battle criminals in a corrupt, futuristic Old Detroit while Murphy struggles to reclaim his humanity.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/3246

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 30 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, science fiction, action, crime
- Created by: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner
- Cast: Dan Hennessey, Susan Roman, Barbara Budd, Len Carlson, Rex Hagon, Robert Bockstael, Ron James, Greg Morton
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194622/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: gritty, kinetic, pulpy, brisk, dystopian

## What critics say

Audiences rated this short-lived animated spin-off of the RoboCop films modestly, with its action and cyborg-cop premise seen as serviceable but unremarkable.

## Synopsis

RoboCop: The Animated Series (1988) is an American animated science fiction series created by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner, a twelve-episode miniseries of thirty-minute episodes. Cyborg cop Alex Murphy, played in the cast by Dan Hennessey as Robocop, patrols the crime-ridden city of Old Detroit alongside his partner Officer Anne Lewis (Susan Roman). Murphy's engine is a push-pull between his duty to clean up the streets and his struggle to hold on to the human identity that was stripped from him. Each episode is built around a fresh wave of rogue criminals and gang schemes, with action set pieces and police pursuits driving the plot forward while the larger mystery of the city's corruption simmers in the background. The tone is brisk, kinetic and pulpy, with a cyberpunk sheen of neon-lit streets, underground tunnels and a corrupt police establishment. The series grew out of the 1987 film and carries its gritty, violent spirit into a younger-skewing cartoon format. Fans of the original RoboCop film, Batman: The Animated Series and Total Recall will find resonance in its blend of cyborg heroics and dystopian urban crime. Its audience reception was modest and its story ends without resolution.

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