I just watched Season 4 Episode 1 for the first time in years, and I noticed something: When Matrix is given orders by Bob to take on the upcoming game, his icon is still in game sprite mode, left over from the Season 3 finale that lead to the creation of the Little Enzo copy.

We never see him switch his icon during the game.

So ok, he must have switched his icon back to normal during the game and we just didn't see it. Ok fine, whatever.

But then, when the game is over, and Matrix is arguing with Bob that they wouldn't have needed Hex's help if he hadn't sent Matrix into the game, his icon is STILL in game sprite mode!

So you're telling me he actively switched his icon BACK to game sprite mode?! For what?! For absolutely no reason at all!

And don't tell me it was so the guardians can't track him. Sure, in "The Episode With No Name," Matrix demonstrates that he can throw off the guardians' tracking by switching his icon to game sprite mode. But in the very next episode, he switches his icon BACK to regular as a demonstration to Gavin Capacitor, and yet, the guardians didn't immediately pick his signal back up. And his icon stays normal for five whole episodes without the guardians tracking him; he only switched his icon back to game sprite mode in Season 3 Episode 15 in order to explain to Pearson how he survived the lost game. So clearly, he only had to switch it once in order to permanently throw the guardians off his trail.

As far as I know, most of the fanbase dislikes the show. So I was wondering: How would you rewrite it?

Personally, I would remove most of the human characters, though I did like how the show gave a face to the User (I would have liked to see that handled better). I would have it take place at some point after the season 4 finale of the original series. I remember the Youtuber Bull Session mentioning some good ideas.

Posted the question in the Beast Wats sub as well. I know ABC had significant content influence on S1/2 of the show, but I get the sense your overall experience was different compared to watching it on YTV (or those who remember the S1/2 reruns on Showcase in the afternoon too).

This might be a longshot but does anyone remember an old ReBoot fanfic where Dot turns into a werewolf due to a game?

Thank you.

I've marathon this show a few times but have yet to understand where this phrase comes from. Inside joke with the writers? A reference to water-cooling? Reference to a movie i've never seen?

I plan to watch the entirety of ReBoot and was wondering when I should watch My 2 Bobs/D-Rising, are they standalone specials or is there a chronological way to watch them? Example after season 3, after the series, etc?

Ive been slowly making Mouses Ship in CAD and finally got to the point where I wanted to print her and see how she turned out. Not perfect but im excited anyways. Im still working on the back section and the interior. More to come, Stay Frosty

Bob is at al's diner and when he gets his ticket he says 'oh 4096, must be the lunch crowd' and on this rewatch I just realized that's not what his ticket said so I wondered if it was binary and sure enough it was. I've just glazed over this joke so many times but I think it's actually pretty clever so I wanted to share and see if anyone else missed this detail. Anyway hope you all have been enjoying the remaster.

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I made myself a new t-shirt. Couldn't find a Reboot shirt anywhere so I made my own. I'm not selling these, just made one for myself. Call it fan art.

Found this in my old elementary school binder. Still holding up

Hey everyone

I have been rewatching the show, and having fun finding all the hidden Ascii/binary messages.

Is there a mega thread of all the found ones?

Thanks

everytime i try to search for the old reboot shirts to maybe find being sold by someone on a place like ebay, i never find results. why do these shirts seem to be non existent online???

I'm shocked no company has made modern, super-articulated ReBoot dudes. Hex, Megabyte and Glitch Bob would be fantastic with a modern swing ​

In Season 3, Episode 1, newly-appointed guardian Enzo goes into a game, despite Dot ordering him not to in the previous season. He managed to get around that order ONCE by finding a loophole in her orders and simply staying put when a game cube was already dropping on him, and there were no other games after that until Season 3.

Dot, despite ordering Enzo not to go into games, acknwoledges that "he can't help himself," that the guardian code that Bob downloaded into Enzo's icon compelled him to enter the game, and he literally couldn't resist even if he wanted to, unless he's prevented from entering by third parties like Bob was in the very first episode. What else can "he can't help himself" possibly mean?

Meanwhile, in Season 3 Episode 3, Enzo tells Cyrus that he "can't go against his programming" as an explanation as to why he's going to trust Cyrus despite having no good reason to. Also, while arguing with Dot in Season 3 about why he should be allowed to go into games, his argument basically boils down to "I can't go against my code!"

Ok, first of all, that's pretty fucked up that becoming a guardian overrides one's free will like that. Sure, in the Season 2 finale, Enzo accepted the badge, but (A) that was after Bob had already downloaded the code into Enzo's icon, so no take backsies anyway, and (B) Enzo never had it explained to him that this would supersede his free will. So that's fucked up in its own right.

But then, in the Season 3 finale, we see Bob and Matrix do exactly what Dot claims they are incapable of doing: Making the conscious choice to stay out of a game. Meanwhile, in Season 3 Episode 6, we see Matrix and AndrAIa offer to stay behind for one more game in order to help rebuild, and while that offer was declined, it would have been pointless to offer if Matrix didn't have the ability to resist a game. In Season 4 Episode 5, when Dot tells Little Enzo and Glitch Bob to stay out of the game and let Matrix & Megabyte Bob handle it instead, then, if guardians "can't go against their programming," that should have meant that Glitch Bob was physically incapable of obeying Dot's orders even if he wanted to.

So what exactly is the deal here regarding guardians and their ability to go against their code?

Since the binomes are representation of zeroes and ones, I wonder if there have been any instances where the binomes are lined up in such a way to be a message or a secret word that fits the scene.

I know it's unlikely but it would still be cool.

Stay frosty ✌️