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The Zeta Project

The Zeta Project
★ 7.4/10•2001•30m•TV-Y7•Action & Adventure•Animation•Kids
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Follow the futuristic adventures of Zeta, a renegade government-designed robot, and Ro, his 15-year-old streetwise companion.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 27, 2001

Episodes

Episode 1 - The AccompliceE122m

The Accomplice

On the run from the NSA former robot assassin Zeta saves the life of a teenage runaway Ro Rowan. In return, Ro helps him escape the NSA. She persuades Zeta to search for his creators, since they would be able confirm his innocence.

Jan 27, 2001

Episode 2 - His Maker's NameE222m

His Maker's Name

While looking for one of his creators, Zeta walks into a trap set by Agent Bennett.

Feb 3, 2001

Episode 3 - Remote ControlE322m

Remote Control

While looking for Dr. Selig at at science competition, Ro and Zeta encounter Bucky, a kid genius who invented a universal remote control. Bucky's supervisor Dr. Tannor steals his invention and tries to pass it off as his own.

Feb 10, 2001

Episode 4 - Change of HeartE422m

Change of Heart

Zeta and Ro track Dr. Selig to a museum in Grandview, but get waylaid when a little girl becomes trapped in a fusion power chamber.

Feb 17, 2001

Episode 5 - The Next GenE522m

The Next Gen

Zeta and Ro head down south to intercept a drug lord, unaware that the government has sent a new, improved model of the Zeta robot project on their trail.

Feb 24, 2001

Episode 6 - West BoundE622m

West Bound

Zeta and Roe flee on a train to avoid pursuit, and only Agent West manages to get on the train with them. Their efforts to avoid him are complicated by the fact that as the monorail train passes through certain electrical barriers, Zeta's hologram projectors go out of control, forcing the robot to change into different people at random. Despite this, the pair manage to escape and save the train after West's shots endanger it.

Mar 10, 2001

Episode 7 - HicksburgE722m

Hicksburg

Ro returns to visit her first foster family in hopes of finding information on her biological family. Determined to impress, she creates a rich girl persona via Zee's unlimited charge-card.

Mar 31, 2001

Episode 8 - ShadowsE822m

Shadows

After a brutal attack of Infiltration Unit Seven in a Gotham City shopping mall, Zeta has to take Ro to a hospital. Believing Zeta is solely responsible for the mall destruction, Batman vows to take him down before he can hurt anybody. Meanwhile, Zee contemplates abandoning Ro so she will not be put at risk anymore.

Apr 7, 2001

Episode 9 - Crime WavesE922m

Crime Waves

Zeta and Roe intervene when a local biker gang harasses a child, who is the son of a wealthy robotics manufacturer. When the child is kidnapped after he invited them to his home, Ro and Zee are implicated in the crime.

Apr 14, 2001

Episode 10 - Taffy TimeE1022m

Taffy Time

Fleeing from Agents West and Lee, Zeta and Ro are lured to an abandoned candy factory by bounty hunter Rodin Krick, who plans to collect the reward by any means.

May 5, 2001

Episode 11 - Ro's ReunionE1122m

Ro's Reunion

Ro takes a chance and appears on a Jenny Jones/Oprah like show because they claim to be able to reunite her with her brother.

May 12, 2001

Episode 12 - Kid GeniusE1222m

Kid Genius

Bucky needs Zeta and Ro's help to get his parent back from Dr. Tanner. Tanner has them working on a technological Fountain of Youth that's not quite perfected.

Aug 11, 2001

Actors

Diedrich Bader

Diedrich Bader

Zeta / Zee (voice)

Julie Nathanson

Julie Nathanson

Ro (voice)

Kurtwood Smith

Kurtwood Smith

Agent Bennet (voice)

Lauren Tom

Lauren Tom

Agent Lee (voice)

Michael Rosenbaum

Michael Rosenbaum

Agent West (voice)

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