The Animatronics: Anastasia, Forest & the Wild Rebel Robot
The Story: when Anastasia and her cat Tiggles move into a new house on Forest's street, the two children and their pet companions quickly make friends due to their common interests when Forest, who has a dog and who is learning to code, is given a robot pet minder to help him look after his dog by his father (to alert him to when the dog requires petting, feeding, attention and other things.) However, initially the robot pet minder seems to malfunction, so in response Forest and Anastasia, who likes robotics, try to repair the robot and manage to tap into the program codes but as they do so, Forest and Anastasia discover that his robot pet minder has a wild streak as well as a very different goal as well as a magical nature and also that they can now communicate with Forest’s pet dog and Anastasia's cat via the robot pet minder which translates and deciphers animal sounds into human language and vice versa.
During this period, the two also meet Forest's elderly neighbour, who dislikes both Forest and his dog, and often chases them out of his garden but when he starts to suffer from Alzheimer’s and a social worker tries to put him into a home, Anastasia, Forest, their pets and the robotic pet minder suddenly take on a new role as they try to help him to keep an anchor on life and both his feet inside his own home so that he can retain his independence. When they find a lost kitten with a severe injury as well as an adult cat (litter mother) on death's door who is trying to save her litter, the five must then try to save the mother and her litter after which they try to track down, via scent trails, an abusive pet owner that is breeding lots of cats to sell their kittens for profit but who is keeping the cats in appalling conditions. Once they solve the mystery of the cruel cat breeder and learn to stand up for themselves and others, they start to help a local pet rescue centre called Creature Comforts run by Lorna Careheart, an eccentric woman and her husband Chuck, who love animals, and try to solve other local mysteries for other children and pets as the five (Forest, Anastasia, the robot and their canine companions with help from Lorna & Chuck Careheart) embark on some pet minder reminder, rescue and rebel missions to help pets in need and to assist them to rebel against cruel owners to give the animals an upper paw, wing, fin or hoof to survive and walk, fly, swim or trot on in their own pet lives. Due to their robotic friend, they also make some animal robotic suits that allow them to have the powers of various animals whenever they wear them and as they interact more with nature and their robot pet minder, they start to develop the ability to transform into animals and elements of nature themselves to assist other animals when the need arises as the robot pet minder grants them some magical powers to help them fulfil their wildlife and nature missions and along the way as they start to discover and find their purpose, they use their natural, animalistic skills and abilities to help not only nature but also others in need that cross their path. Written by Jill Thrussell
Source: Island of Wonders, Robot Colony 25, Super Duper Heroes Nation, Robin Crook, Creature Comforts & Amazing Asher