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Buddy System

2023-08-11T03:49:56Z

CyndaReal: animation error with the 3d blades scene

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 41
|prev=The Vigilant Town
|next=In Search of the Griffin's Nest
|image=BuddySystem Neederlander charms snakes.jpg
|caption=Mrs. Neederlander is charming, but only to snakes.
|title="Buddy System"
|season=2
|season ep=15
|airdate=[[May 31]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Vision Animation]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Kevin Altieri]]
}}

'''Finding themselves shackled to unusual partners during a nature hike, the Rescue Team battles a bevy of escaped snakes overrunning Griffin Rock.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:BuddySystem Timmy's rescue.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"So how's your insurance?"]]
Celebrating his new status as a [[Lad Pioneer]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] scales the side of a cliff to join [[Cody Burns|Cody]] and the rest of the Bots. Cody explains that [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] made Blades troop mascot. The rest of the Bots aren't as enthusiastic as Blades that they've been roped into a nature hike. [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] arrives with the rest of the Lad Pioneer troop and the adults accompanying them, and announces they're using the buddy system so no one gets lost, but he's interrupted by a cry from [[Timmy]], now clinging from a cliff by a branch. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] attempts to show off for [[Hayley]], but it's not until Blades and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] work together that they manage to save Timmy from a plummet to the ground.

That done, Chief breaks out the [[Buddy Bracelet]]s. Cody and Blades volunteer for the demonstration, and show how the bracelets electromagnetically keep buddies from straying too far apart. Kade is disappointed that the buddies are going to be random, so he won't get partnered with Hayley. [[Graham Burns|Graham]] is even more disappointed at being paired up with [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] and [[Mister Pettypaws]], especially as he's allergic to cats. [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] is also worried when she's paired with Hayley, as she doesn't think they have anything in common, while [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Kade end up teamed together. The Chief is paired with [[Carin]], Timmy's aunt, who it turns out used to work police dispatch on the mainland. [[Alper|Mr. Alper]] is left without a partner — [[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] hasn't arrived yet as he's making a couple of last minute deliveries to the electronics store and [[Griffin Rock Zoo|zoo]]. Those done, he drives off to join the others, unaware that he's swapped the deliveries. The zoo staff find they have crates of electronics while the workers at the electronics store flee from the snakes they've just released.

[[File:BuddySystem Jerry breaks keys.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Tragic. That box ony had one week left til retirement."]]
Jerry arrives to meet the rest of the hikers, but inadvertently crushes the box containing the keys for the bracelets. Kade assumes this means the bracelets have automatically unlocked but discovers this isn't the case, and Cody hits on the idea of going to the EMP zone on [[Griffin Crest]]. They start hiking to the end of [[Old Canyon Road]]. Frankie complains to Cody that she doesn't have anything in common with Hayley, while Graham has his own set of headaches with Mrs. Neederlander and Chief Burns bonds with Carin. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] is confused by Chief blushing, but is told it's none of his business. Chief gets an emergency call and sends Kade and Heatwave to attend to a dangling window washer, with Dani forced to come along. With a good amount of bickering, the pair climb Heatwave and discover a snake menacing the window washer. Dani and Kade continue to bicker after the rescue, until Heatwave points out the rattlesnake behind Dani. No sooner have they caught that snake than they discover there are more of them menacing the citizens of [[Griffin Rock]].

[[File:BuddySystem Dani Kade encounter snake.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Snake! Snake! Ohhhhh it's a snake!]]
With the news of a snake infestation, Cody and Blades are forced to leave the hike and join in the snake spotting. Kade manages to capture the snake sharing [[Sharma|Mr. Sharma]]'s scooter, and in the time it takes to do that, Cody checks with the zoo and finds they're missing a dozen snakes. With the situation obviously dangerous, Chief invites Carin along on a ride in Chase. Frankie's left with only Hayley to talk to, but quickly discovers Hayley has an expert-level knowledge of botany. Elsewhere, Graham and Boulder head for the park, with Graham having to put up with Mr. Pettypaws climbing on him and Mrs. Neederlander's complaining. Carin is impressed with Chase's professional and polite demeanor, but their transport is brought to a halt when Chase is grabbed by a boa constrictor. Luckily Blades is able to rescue Chase with his hook, but has to drop the snake in a tree near the nature hikers. Cody alerts everyone, and Kade reports from the [[Griffin Rock Community Pool|pool]] that they've just bagged another snake, making two left to find. Graham looks for the king cobra in the park, only for it to find him first, leaving him unable to move lest it strike. Fortunately it turns out Mrs. Neederlander is an expert snake charmer and she calms it long enough for Boulder to grab it.

[[File:BuddySystem Chief and Carin leave for hike.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The Lad Pioneer hikers run into the boa constrictor, but Hayley has them all stand in a patch of wild garlic and it repels the snake. The rescue team, minus Boulder and Graham, arrive to capture the snake, but Blades inadvertently knocks his Buddy Bracelet off, and it's promptly eaten by the snake. Cody, now magnetically attracted to the snake, is dropped into the snake tank, resulting in the snake stunning itself on the glass in an attempt to get to Cody, and the boa's soon safely secured. Boulder arrives late with Mrs. Neederlander, who complains that they missed everything. The hikers are soon using the EMP zone to disable their bracelets. Cody invites Frankie to shoot hoops with him, but Frankie's more interested in hanging out with Hayley. Graham is relieved to be free of Mrs. Neederlander, though she insists he say goodbye to Mr. Pettypaws. That leaves the Chief and Carin, but rather than unlock their bracelets, the pair opt to go off on a nature walk together.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (1)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (3)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Boulder]] (5)

|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (2)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (7)
*[[Carin]] (8)
*[[Hayley]] (9)
*[[Neederlander]] (10)
*[[Kade Burns]] (11)
*[[Dani Burns]] (12)
*[[Graham Burns]] (13)
*[[Kyle]] (14)
*[[Corey]] (15)
*[[Alper]] (16)
*[[George (RB)|George]] (17)
*[[Timmy]] (18)
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (19)
*[[Sharma]] (20)

}}

==Quotes==
"We'll spot animals to earn our wildlife patch, and climb rocks for our outdoorsman patch, and sing songs for our musical theater patch. ♪Mee mee mee♪" 
"Let's work on your silence patch."
:—'''Blades''' and '''Heatwave'''

"Come on, tenderfoot. This is a hike, not bridge club."
:—'''Mrs. Neederlander''' encourages Graham.

"Wait, wait, wait, you're telling me giant alien robots are afraid of snakes?" 
"Not afraid! They just grate on my metal. Ugh."
:—'''Kade''' and '''Heatwave'''

"Cease and desist, serpent, you are engaging in premeditated hugging of an officer of the law"
:—'''Chase'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Mr. Alper and Jerry go missing from the hike after Cody and Blades leave to help look for snakes, and are absent from the rest of the episode.

===Transformers references===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* The "list of terms that don't make sense" includes a reference to real-life actress {{w|Moon Unit Zappa}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
* When Chase opens his doors so that Carin and Chief Burns can exit, only the latter is shown actually stepping out. Carin simply blinks in a few seconds later.

* Chief said he wasn’t planning on throwing the bots into the buddy bracelet pairing, but then how come there were an even number of people after Blades was paired with Cody? Mr. Alper should have been left unpaired.

* When Dani and Kade go for the first snake, it is light green with dark green patches and thick, then Kade tries to grab the man's hand and when the camera turn back on the snake, it has turned dark green, thinner and with lightand darker green patches before returning to it's original colors a mere second later.

* When Blades and Cody take off in the forest, after Blades switches to 3D, he flies directly into the trees instead of through them.

===Trivia===
* The men at the electronics store are recycled character models previously used as 1939 scientists in "[[It's a Bot Time]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Deux par deux'''" ("In pairs")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A cserkésztúra'''" ("The Scout Trip")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 23|23 November]] [[2014]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Lavoro di squadra'''" ("Teamwork")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 15|15 July]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Quem Tem Medo de Cobra?'''" ("Who's Afraid of Snakes?")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 1|1 April]] [[2015]] (Netflix)

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[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Land Before Prime (episode)

2023-07-23T02:27:58Z

CyndaReal: Add continuity note about the Rescue Bots fighting their later primal modes.

{{disambig2|the ''Rescue Bots'' episode|the ''Rescue Bots'' book|Land Before Prime (book)}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 53
|prev=Rise of the Heroes
|next=Big Game
|image=LandBeforePrime Dinoptimus.jpg
|caption="I suppose you're wondering why I've gathered you all here today."
|title="Land Before Prime"
|season=3
|season ep=1
|airdate=[[November 1]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}
'''After discovering an island of dinosaurs, Optimus must embrace his primal side.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:LandBeforePrime Heatwave vs dino.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Heatwave: robot dental hygienist.]]
Outside the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|Griffin Rock firehouse]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] gives a brief speech as a prelude to a routine inspection of how well the [[Rescue Bot]]s are acclimatizing. As Optimus observes with [[Cody Burns|Cody]], [[Boulder]] and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] move rocks into the shape of a Rescue Bot insignia. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] engage in a race with [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and [[Kade Burns|Kade]], though Heatwave "cheats" by using his boat form to take a short cut through a river. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] attempt a loop of the stone [[griffin]] atop [[Mount Griffin]], only to encounter a pterodactyl sitting atop the peak. Once the roads to the mountain are closed off, the team contacts [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] to take a look at the creature. They speculate that it came up through one of the sinkholes that [[Rise of the Heroes|opened up recently]]. In the meantime, Cody is hunting for an idea for his [[Lad Pioneer]] merit project. Unfortunately his attempt at playing the bugle is a bust, so Heatwave suggests he teach Cody self-defense. Cody's attempt at pushing over barrels is even less successful than his bugling. In the control center, Chief Burns and Optimus take an emergency call from Doc Greene, whose hang glider is being pursued by the pterodactyl. Dani and Blades soon catch the creature in a huge cage and deposit it on the fire station roof, where Doc Greene attaches a tracking device to its leg, and they release it. The pterodactyl heads off over the sea, leading to the team concluding that it originated from [[Wayward Island]].

[[File:LandBeforePrime gameshow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"You get a dinosaur mode, you get a dinosaur mode, you get a dinosaur mode!"]]
Kade and Doc Greene head out to Wayward Island in Heatwave, taking [[Trex]] along (towed behind in a rubber raft) as a bodyguard. Leaving Heatwave and Kade at the shore, Doc Greene heads inland riding on Trex. He soon stumbles on a clearing containing a handful of real live [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]], and spots a rock-filled sinkhole. As he moves the rocks aside, he accidentally triggers a rockfall, and though Trex manages to nudge him out of the way, the robot dino himself becomes buried. At the mercy of the dinosaurs, Doc Greene calls for help, and Heatwave quickly arrives to lend a hand. Unfortunately the dinosaurs turn out to be too much even for Heatwave, who has to follow Doc Greene back to the beach, leaving Trex trapped. Back at base, Graham and Boulder try to interest Cody in some unsolvable equations courtesy of [[Gremsky Technical Institute|Gremsky Tech.]] but he declines and heads down to the bunker. There, Chase attempts to get Cody involved in a game show he's created called "Police Challenge". When Cody's not enthusiastic about that either, Optimus observes that no one's asked what he wants to do.

[[File:LandBeforePrime tar pit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Don't worry, Toaster. I'm not scared.]]
Heatwave returns with Kade and Doc Greene. As the [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor]] is making public noises about turning the pterodactyl into a tourist attraction, Chief Burns realizes they have to protect the dinosaurs by returning them underground. While Cody and Optimus observe from base, the team heads out to Wayward Island on the ''[[Darby Ava]]''. They locate Trex, but are immediately set on by the unhappy dinosaurs. Blades is damaged when one of them bites his tail rotor, resulting in Heatwave calling a retreat. Unfortunately the four Bots run straight into a tar pit and start sinking. Back at base, Optimus decides it's time for him to lend a hand, and takes Cody along. Driving along the ocean floor, they quickly reach Wayward Island and find the clearing full of dinosaurs. As the dinosaurs seem to object to anything which is not a dinosaur, Optimus scans Trex, taking on a new ''Tyrannosaurus'' [[alternate mode]]. Cody deems this "cool".

[[File:LandBeforePrime baby dinosaurs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''Come on, let's go and run around, run around'' ''What a beautiful feeling'' ''We finally found our peaceful valley'' ''And everybody's having a good time now!'']]
The rest of the team is startled when dino Optimus arrives at the tar pit, but with his help, the Rescue Bots are extracted from their sticky predicament. Though Heatwave apologizes for failing the mission, Optimus asserts the mission isn't over yet, and they head back to the sinkhole. The dinosaurs are still hostile, but Cody suggests asking them what's bugging them. Optimus gets them to back off long enough for Cody to peer inside the sinkhole, and he spots baby dinosaurs, separated from their parents by the rockfall. Optimus unleashes a sonic blast that clears the rocks, reuniting the dinosaurs with their young. As the happy dinosaurs head back underground, the team starts sealing up the hole. Heatwave takes a moment to offer words of thanks to Optimus, only for the Autobot leader to briefly lose his composure and roar at Heatwave.

Back at base, Cody announces he's decided on a Lad Pioneer project: building a life-size dinosaur model, the head of which an indignant Blades discovers lying on his launch pad.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (2)
*[[Boulder]] (3)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
|c3=
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Cody Burns]] (7)
*[[Kade Burns]] (8)
*[[Dani Burns]] (9)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (11)
*[[Alper]] (13)
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Trex]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"You say potato, I say solanum tuberosum."
:—'''Doc Greene'''

"Time for the lightning round! Blades, is the lightning ready?''
:—'''Chase''' reaching Japanese levels of game show danger.

"What's our rule about [[television]]?" 
"Even if it's a documentary, it's not always real!"
:—'''Dani''' and '''Blades'''

"Where we're going we won't need boats."
:—'''Optimus''' channeling [[Doc Brown|another Doc]] he knows.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Blades identifies the pterodactyl as the same one that attacked him back in "[[What Rises Above]]".
*The sinkholes in Griffin Rock were caused during "[[Rise of the Heroes]]".
*Optimus briefly exhibits primal behaviour foreshadowing the organic-scanning complications that will be explored further in "[[Big Game]]" and, to a lesser extent, "[[Quarry's Quarry]]".
*The dinosaur that each Rescue Bot is attacked by first on their mission corresponds to the primal mode they will scan in the future: a Brachiosaurus for Heatwave, a Triceratops for Boulder, and a Stegosaurus for Chase. The only exception is Blades, however he was attacked by a pterodactyl twice before, once in "[[What Rises Above]]" and once in the beginning of the episode.

===Transformers references===
*Optimus Prime obliquely refers to [[Unicron]] when he tells Kade that "[[One Shall Stand|There are more things under this Earth than most humans know]]."

===Real-world references===
*The episode's title references the 1988 animated film ''{{w|The Land Before Time}}''.
*Doc Greene says he's wanted to see a pterodactyl since he was the size of a ''{{w|Compsognathus}}''.
*Chase refers to [[Thanksgiving]] and [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]].
*Blades makes several references to ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', including having seen a movie about an island of dinosaurs, and the idea that a ''Tyrannosaurus'' can't see you if you're standing still.
*Optimus paraphrases ''[[Back to the Future]]''.
*Blades refers to Optimus as a "dinosaur whisperer", a reference to National Geographic series ''{{w|Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan|Dog Whisperer}}'', and ultimately to the book and film ''{{w|The Horse Whisperer}}''.
*In a deviation from the standard Jurassic Park references, Optimus' line "Cover your ears, Cody Burns" is likely a reference to a similar line given by Aslan in ''{{w|The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe}}''.

===Animation and technical errors===
*The [[Settlers' Bell]] is missing from the lighthouse in the picture Graham shows off of the docks.

===Trivia===
*Cody rides inside Optimus while the latter is in [[robot mode]], something common in ''Rescue Bots'', but not so much in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', where Optimus spends most of his time.
*This episode was later adapted into storybook form as ''[[Land Before Prime (book)|Land Before Prime]]''.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dinos en cavale'''" ("Dinos on the loose")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
:**The episode was aired after ''[[Odd Bot Out]]''. Along with the following season 3 episode, ''[[Big Game]]'', it was likely placed into season 2 to fill the episode slots left by ''[[The Riders of Midwinter]]'' and ''[[Chief Woodrow]]'', two episodes that hadn't been released anywhere at the time.

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dinókaland'''" ("Dino Adventure")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 1|1 December]] [[2014]]
:**The episode was aired after ''[[The Griffin Rock Express]]''. Along with the following season 3 episode, ''[[Big Game]]'', it was likely placed into season 2 to fill the episode slots left by ''[[The Riders of Midwinter]]'' and ''[[Chief Woodrow]]'', two episodes that hadn't been released anywhere at the time.

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'isola primitiva'''" ("The primitive island")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 12|12 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Terra dos Dinossauros'''" ("Land of the Dinosaurs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2015]] — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Dinobots!" ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]