ReBoot is a Canadian animated series that was produced by Mainframe Entertainment, created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell, and John Grace, with character designs by Brendan McCarthy. It was credited with being one of the first completely computer animated TV series. Additionally, when the series debuted in 1994 the first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, had not yet been released. Originally made for children, the series attracted many older fans when it became thematically darker partway through its second season. Additionally, throughout its entire run, ReBoot made countless references to computer terms and pop culture that would not be understood by most children. The success of this series helped establish Mainframe Entertainment as one of the preeminent computer animation studios in the world.

The setting, which may have been inspired by the Disney movie Tron, is in the inner world of a computer system known by its inhabitants as Mainframe (also from which Mainframe Entertainment is named for). Mainframe is divided into six sectors (moving clockwise): Baudway, Kits, Floating Point Park, Beverly Hills, Wall Street, and Ghetty Prime. Mainframe is populated almost entirely by binomes, little creatures that represent either 1s or 0s, as well as a handful of Sprites who are primarily humanoid creatures of more complex design and are the main characters of the series.

ReBoot was first broadcast on Saturday mornings in the United States in 1994 by ABC and in Canada on YTV (although YTV had exclusive rights to air first-run episodes), and proved to be an instant hit with children and their parents, only to be abruptly cancelled when the Walt Disney Company purchased the network. Episodes from the second season could still be seen in the States when Claster Television distributed them for a short period of time during the 1996-97 season. Although there were many demands for a third season, it would be a year before new episodes aired on YTV due to Mainframe's involvement in Transformers: Beast Wars (Beasties in Canada) and Shadow Raiders, and the third season aired only on YTV at the time due to the lack of interest in America. It was March 1999 — years after Canadian audiences saw the third season — before American audiences saw the episodes on Cartoon Network. Again, production on other series delayed the fourth season of ReBoot, and there are no plans to produce a fifth despite a cliffhanger season finale, as the show's creators have since left Mainframe Entertainment.

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@tmame I owned a pair previously, so technically it was a reboot outlet (something many windows users need).
coyotetoo (Coyote Too) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:44:35 -0000
@tmame I owned a pair previously, so technically it was a reboot outlet (something many windows users need).
Watching old episodes of V and getting excited about the reboot, mostly because of the involvement of Morena Baccarin (Inara from Firefly).
simonFerrari (Simon Ferrari) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:44:10 -0000
Watching old episodes of V and getting excited about the reboot, mostly because of the involvement of Morena Baccarin (Inara from Firefly).
Thank god for the cell ... otherwise I would have just shot myself or the computer for taking an hour to reboot w/ all my network drives.
kimmieoftroy (Kimberly M.) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:41:28 -0000
Thank god for the cell ... otherwise I would have just shot myself or the computer for taking an hour to reboot w/ all my network drives.
That was odd. Keys started rearranging. Fortunately, reboot fixed that.
ScottC10 (Scott Campbell) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:40:28 -0000
That was odd. Keys started rearranging. Fortunately, reboot fixed that.
@ihackinjosh not true.. My wifi works even after reboot without having to do network reset again.using a 3gs
dhyaank (Dhyaan Kotak) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:40:12 -0000
@ihackinjosh not true.. My wifi works even after reboot without having to do network reset again.using a 3gs
@tpaulding I tried it just for the sake of it. No ill effects, but OSX didn't recognize it until the reboot. So in effect, no.
noboringscreens (VWB) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:39:33 -0000
@tpaulding I tried it just for the sake of it. No ill effects, but OSX didn't recognize it until the reboot. So in effect, no.

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