ReBoot

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ReBoot ReWind IAN DONATI 5h THE MASTER TAPES EXIST AND WE NEED YOUR HELP THIS IS NOT A DRILL Hey you, YES YOU! We have some good news to share! For years, there have been rumours circulating about the status of the original PAL D1 masters of ReBoot and whether they still exist. After visiting Mainframe Studios yesterday to take a look through their ReBoot archives, we're happy to confirm that the masters are all here, for every episode of the show! Getting a proper digital transfer of the D1 masters is high priority item for us. It would mean having the entire series in the best possible picture and sound quality, presented as accurately as the day it was rendered. There's also a library of additional ReBoot content (animation tests, toy commercials, Electronic Arts video game footage, IMAX content) that is currently stuck on the D1 format and we need to preserve it for the future. This would obviously benefit the documentary but ultimately, it would benefit the fans the most! Here's where we need help. We need a working D1 tape deck to capture all these tapes. Mainframe hasn't had one for years. We haven't been able to find anyone in Vancouver, British Columbia, or even all of Canada that has one of these tape decks. We'd greatly prefer buying or renting one of these decks so that the tapes can be captured locally, without needing to ship them. If anyone has a lead on where we might be able to get one of these decks, please contact us! #rebootrewind #reboot #mainframe #ytv #retro #nostalgia #90s #canada #cgi #cartoon #canadiannostalgia #90skids #throwback #3D #nostalgiacore #memories #90skids #viral #vancouver #animation 132 Like 75 Comment 148

I will find a way to sex up the ReRoo virus lady If it's the last thing I

ENZO: This'll be cool! We'll show them what you Guardians are made of! I'm not afraid of ol' Mega-breath! AN ENTIRE ADOLESCENCE'S WORTH OF UNRELENTING TRAUMA AND LOSS LATER ETTE MEGABYTE [off-screen]: Where's that annoying chatter of yours, boy?! "Mega-breath" this and "Mega-barf" that!

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About

ReBoot was a Canadian animated series that aired from 1994 to 2002.^[1] It was the first fully CGI-animated series, and still has quite a fan following despite the show's several cancellations and cliffhanger ending.

History

The show's concept was created by Ian Pearson and Gavin Blair after the production of the music video to the Dire Straits song Money For Nothing, which was the world's first computer-generated music video (shown below).

Several components of the CGI system failed during production of the music video, including one hard drive being destroyed by a lightning strike. This event inspired Pearson and Blair enough to develop the early concepts of ReBoot.^[2]

Plot

The show takes place entirely within a computer, and in later seasons other computer systems and networks. The plot revolves around the city of Mainframe and its inhabitants. Bob, the guardian, defends Mainframe against the viruses Megabyte and Hexadecimal. Megabyte's ambition is to gain access to the Supercomputer by turning balls of unstable energy called "tears" into portals, while Hexadecimal's goal is to cause chaos, but only does so occasionally and in very unusual ways.

Bob and his friends, Dot and Enzo Matrix, serve as the show's main characters. Dot, who runs Dot's Diner, is a hard working businesswoman who helps plan major events, and even other businesses and mainframe. Enzo, Dot's younger brother, idolizes Bob and wishes to be a guardian himself one day.

Mainframe often encounters games that drop down from the sky into various parts of the city, and the three often enter these games in order to prevent parts of the city, as well as any unfortunate binomes who happen to be in the game's area when it lands, from being "nullified". Their purpose in the games is to defeat the "user" and keep him from winning the game, which would cause the area's nullification if it does. Upon entering the game, they "reboot" in order to gain access to the game's weapons, items, vehicles, and other equipment needed to defeat the user.