Robin is a 1996 adult animated TV sitcom created by Swedish cartoonist Magnus Carlsson and narrated by Dave Avellone in the English dub. It was mainly aimed at an adult audience.
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Plot
Every episode focused on the title unemployed bachelor, in his early twenties and his best friend Benjamin, who is African-Swedish. While neither seems to do anything constructive with their lives, they are involved in various misadventures, mostly resulting in a non-sequitur ending. The following episode will feature no mention of past encounters.
The two (or frequently, Robin alone) will have run-ins with the law, encounter drunks, flashers and other uneven characters.
Influence
In 1997, after the screening of Robin on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, British rock band Radiohead approached Magnus Carlsson to make a music video for their song, titled "Paranoid Android" with Robin in it. Carlsson accepted and came up with the original idea for the video after locking himself in his office, staring out the window at a bridge and listening to nothing but Paranoid Android repeatedly.
During the video of "Paranoid Android", the band makes a cameo appearance at a bar, where they are sitting at a table drinking and watching a person with a head coming out of his stomach dancing on their table.
Episodes
The Bums
Drafted
The Party
The Mime Artist
Frogman
Plumbing
The Crow
Drug Demo
The Fire
Party With a Chair
Grannie
The Dentist
The Lonely Hearts Ad
Plastic Surgery
Snowboarding
Harry at The Barber's
The Shaveonologist
The Film Buff
The Pinch
The Record Company
Down Under
Mooning
Harry The Smoker
The Exhibitionist
The Film Director
The Foster Grandfather
Weird Things
Divine Service
Uncle Harry
Shopping
Censorship
The show was banned in Singapore and MTV's US version censored elements like nipples and urine streams.