Vacuum Friend

Vacuum Friend was the second segment of the first episode. It aired on July 19, 2002 at 9:30 p.m. along with P.U. to P.E.

Premise
Robot Jones befriends a vacuum cleaner after thinking humans and robots cannot be friends.

Plot
The episode starts with people trading their lunches. Socks wants to trade his banana with Robot, but after seeing his "lunch" (consisting of electricity and oil), he decides not to. Robot tries to tell a joke, but nobody understands. Socks wants to invite Robot to a pool party, but when Robot thinks that he will electrocute everyone, he declines, making the both sad.

Back at home, Robot goes down to the basement to reboot Gramps Unit. According to him, humans are inferior to robots and says it's time for the machines. Gramps Unit later shuts down. The following day, Robot wants to lift Socks under the rope swing, but after seeing his hands are pointy, he declines. Robot gets angry with Socks, and decides that Gramps Unit was right.

Robot escapes into Clancy's room. Clancy accidentally turns on the vacuum, and Robot thinks it's another robot student at the school. He and the "Dust Buddy" vacuum become friends, and also accidentally sucks Mrs. Raincoat's clothes, landing them into detention.

Socks becomes angry with Robot after he walked away with his "friend". However, the cord stops, plugging the vaccum out. Robot becomes sad, while the rest of the students laugh. Clancy catches up, and takes back the vaccum. Robot returns sadly, while concluding to Gramps Unit that he can't interface with humans and an appliance. Socks then invites Robot to go to the arcade to play the new laser game. He concludes that friends don't have to be exactly the same, while concluding that you should get an extension cord if you want to plug in your friend.

THE END

Characters

 * Robot Jones
 * Socks (debut)
 * Gramps Unit (debut)
 * Mrs. Raincoat (debut)
 * Clancy Q. Sleepypants (debut)
 * Hall Girl (debut)
 * Polyneux Students dad unit (mentioned)

Gallery
The gallery can be seen here.

Transcript
The transcript can be seen here.

General

 * Before the episode aired, a special block called "Robot Week" aired robot-themed episodes of Time Squad and Dexter's Laboratory to celebrate the premiere of the show.
 * Timeline:

Continuity

 * Like the previous segment, he fears the consequences of water. He has also electrocuted people once.

Cultural References

 * The Jetsons - A similar version of Rosie the Robot from the Jetsons can be seen when Gramps Unit talks about humans.
 * E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - The scene where Robot and Socks ride the bike over the moon is a reference to the most popular scene in the movie.