Where does Robotman come from? Ah good question. Basically it doesn't matter, but it was a bit confused. Is Robotman an alien or man-made? Monty was an alien at one stage too. What happened to the Milde family? Why do people think Monty built Robotman? The only people that could solve this mystery were Special agents Mulder and Scully from the X-Files. and they did July 1st 1996 to July 13th 1996

Mulder discovered a box in a government warehouse labeled The Robotman Project. Inside was a video starring Mr Montahue from "the Secret Centre for Scientific Weapons That Easily Get Out of Control." On it he explained he was building an army of robot warriors. He had developed a highly sophisticated brain, but once installed the robot became peace-loving. He tried to implant the personality of an IRS employee into one of the prototypes thus creating the insanely evil Bruce.

Once it was clear that he couldn't develop an robot soldier the government began a cover-up. Robotman was reprogrammed with fake memories of an extraterrestrial origin and released, subsequently being adopted by the Milde family.

To erase Dr Montahue's memory they subjected him to 72 hours of "Hee Haw" reruns, leaving him a brain-damaged moron. Robotman was haunted by represeed memories and eventually left the Mildes in search of his true origins. Eventually he met Monty again and on some unconscious level there was recognition.

Scully thought this origin contained "the bizarre plot twists of a deranged cartoonist with continuity problems..." Then a pencil started rubbing the panel out.

So, as far as it really matters, this is Robotman's origin. Although it does overlook the question of why Monty thought he was an alien originally - (he used to speak to his mother who had taken on the form of a lava lamp because she considered the human form replusive [except Mel Gibson]). Oh well. We've met his parents and seen his childhood on many occasions so I think the answer is just to forget this stuff.

-Paul Frawley

Indeed, there are many questions surrounding Robotman and Monty's shadowy pasts. Perhaps the best idea is for you to read some of the strips in question and draw your own conclusions. Check out this link to see the X-Files storylines.

-Tim