Robot Circus

This is the third episode in the colour series and was first broadcast in Japan on October 15, 1980.

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Toby wakeing up at the circus

Toby preforming tornado's trick

Toby wakes up at the circus surrounded by Hamegg, the ring master, Kathy, his employee, and Tornado, the robot star of the circus. Toby is given daily chores and performs a clown act in the show. Misunderstanding the instructions he is given and not yet in control of his amazing power, he commits one mistake after another, drawing Hamegg's fury, who beats him in return.

Dr. Elefun is in town and watches the circus, where Toby catches his eye. Suffering from bad maintenance, Tornado misses his circus act and is destroyed. Losing the owner's confidence, Hamegg is in danger of losing the circus. Confident in Toby's abilities, Kathy convinces Hamegg that she can teach him Tornado's dangerous number, which would save the circus. Toby trains while the circus moves to another city, leaving Elefun, who has finally recognized him as Dr. Boynton's missing robot, wondering where he is gone. Elefun finds him right as Toby is about to perform the trapeze act. Toby makes it, and then saves the crowd from the elephant robots that have become mad after Hamegg overpowered them.

Elefun attempts to convince Hamegg to let Toby go with him, but Hamegg will not hear of it. Meanwhile, Kathy plots to make it look like Toby was destroyed in an explosion. Hamegg is convinced after watching what seems like Toby's parts scattered around. Kathy then secretely brings Toby to Dr. Elefun, who is going to bring him back to his native country. Elefun explains that Toby is an atomic robot, and Kathy decides he needs to bear a special name: “Astro Boy”.

It is in this episode that Astro wears his famous red boots for the first time. They belong to Kathy, who wore them in her first circus performance. She gives them to an anxious Toby to calm him down before he is about to perform the dangerous stunt.

Hamegg dances a can can to Jacques Offenbach's Gaîté parisienne.