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Cerebros (RID)

2025-08-16T12:52:32Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign names */ corrected the Hangul

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{{disambig3|Cerebros}}
:''Cerebros is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] originally from the [[Robots in Disguise continuity family]].''
[[File:RID Cerebros.jpg|right|upright=1.2|thumb|No, I am NOT Ben Stein in a robot suit!]]

'''Cerebros''', also known as '''Plasma''' (プラズマ ''Purazuma''), is simply a mindless [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] drone, but he is the key to controlling the colossally powerful, towering titan [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. In order for Fortress Maximus to reawaken, Cerebros must transform into the head of another robot known only as the [[Emissary (RID)|Emissary]]. The Emissary's only purpose is to transform into Fortress Maximus' head, and Cerebros can ''only'' be activated by an Autobot Leader, who can then command the goliath robot.

Unfortunately for the Autobots, this is not the unbreakable lock one might assume at first. If someone of evil intent were to [[Scourge (RID)|scan and clone an Autobot Leader]], for example....

{{bigquote|A trilateral program consisting of bio-signature identification, motivational recognition and harmonic resonance calibration.|Cerebros on how Fortress Maximus works|"[[Surprise Attack!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Kramer]] (English), [[Masayuki Kiyama]] (Japanese)|[[Vladimir Gerasimov]] (Russian), [[Pietro Mário]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
[[File:Maximus Emerges Cerebrosstatue.jpg|thumb]]

When Fortress Maximus was first hidden on Earth, Cerebros was concealed within a statue and placed in a temple. Led to the temple by the [[Orb of Sigma]], the [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] and [[Autobot Brothers]] recovered Cerebros, but were attacked by the Decepticons before they could escape with their prize. In an attempt to gain Scourge's respect, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] kidnapped Cerebros and for once the Predacons' usual misadventures ended up in their favor. The Decepticons used Cerebros to find Fortress Maximus, whom the Autobots had concealed in the middle of [[Metro City]]. On activating Maximus, Scourge was unable to control the giant Autobot, who went on a rampage across the town. Koji was able to stop Maximus, who sank into the ground. As Cerebros detached, Galvatron seized him and returned to the ''[[Megastar]]''. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

Scourge's attempts to analyse Cerebros's programming were hampered by its complexity; however, he believed that Fortress Maximus was programmed to obey humans. To that end, he amplified his own human bio-energy (obtained when he scanned his alternate mode) and took Cerebros into the desert where the 'bot combined with Fortress Maximus. Once the Autobots had manage to stop Maximus, with the help of many, many children, Cerebros detached and was promptly spirited away by Galvatron. {{storylink|The Human Element}}

[[File:Surprise attack Cerebrosoptimus.jpg|left|thumb]]

A third attempt was made by the Decepticons to control Fortress Maximus, with Scourge taking Cerebros into a jungle where Maximus had relocated. Once again, Cerebros activated the titan, who was then controlled by [[Carl (RID)|Carl]], a boy that Sky-Byte had kidnapped. After Scourge revealed his duplicity, Galvatron abandoned Cerebros and he was recovered by the Autobots. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

Once taken to the Autobot base, Cerebros was interrogated and revealed that while he was programmed to obey Autobots, Fortress Maximus was programmed to only obey humans. They were soon interrupted by an attack by the Decepticon forces, who'd finally located the base. Optimus took Cerebros on a drive through the city, pursued by said forces, to a predetermined location where the rest of the Autobots were waiting to ambush the foe. The battle was soon joined by the ''Megastar'', with armaments which quickly overwhelmed the Autobots. Inspired by the heroic act of [[Omega Prime]], Cerebros activated Fortress Maximus, who fought with and destroyed the ''Megastar''. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Despite his base being in ruins, Galvatron managed to gain the upper hand once more. Galvatron leeched away Fortress Maximus's energy, granting himself unparalleled strength. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} The forces of good managed to triumph in the end nonetheless. After Galvatron's defeat at the hands of Omega Prime, Fortress Maximus transported the Predacons and Decepticons to the asteroid prison colony. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
{{--}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:Legends comic Plasma.jpg|thumb|]]
{{CRnote|Cerebros|[[Cerebros (G1)|Generation 1 Cerebros]]|Plasma}}

When [[Vector Sigma]] granted the [[Dimensional Patrol]] the new [[Neo Brave Maximus]], Plasma and [[Emissary (RID)|Brave]] were transferred to it. The old [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] was given to the [[Autobot]]s on [[Earth]], with [[Master (RM)|Master]] and [[Zebres]] as its new control units. Plasma was aboard Neo Brave Maximus when [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] attacked the base to rescue [[Megatron (RID)|Devil Gigatron]]. {{Storylink|LGEX Scourge Prologue}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
A female Plasma was one of the three [[Cyberdroid]] controllers of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], storing the remains of [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]'s consciousness. She held the emotion, intuition, and language functions of the segmented mind. The [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] executed Plasma on their raid of Fortress Maximus, freeing the various political prisoners of high regard held in his interior. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===Shell Game continuity===
In [[Viron 704.31 Epsilon]], [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] killed the Emissary, and presumably Cerebros as well. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30}}

==Toys==
===''Car Robots''===
[[File:PlasmaRID Headmaster.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Plasma, Cerebros, Gran, Emissary... just call me head guy!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-a1|'''Brave Maximus''' (2000)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''C-027'''

: A red, black, and silver [[redeco]] of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original ''Transformers'' toyline's]] [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Toys|Spike Witwicky]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] toy, ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots]]'' Plasma transforms into the head of [[Emissary (RID)#Car Robots|Brave]], who in turn becomes the head of [[Fortress Maximus (RID)#Car Robots|Brave Maximus]]. He is also compatible with any of the other Headmaster bodies from the original line.

: Naturally, he was only available packed in with Brave Maximus. This set was not released in the Hasbro ''Robots in Disguise'' version of the line.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1988 (Super-God Masterforce)|Masterforce]]'' [[Grand Maximus#Toys|Gran]], and was later re-released as ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Master (RM)|Master]]. The run of this mold from the ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' reissue of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Encore|Fortress Maximus]] was also [[retool]]ed into [[BotCon 2014]]'s [[Olin Zarak#Timelines|Olin Zarak]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/Plasma/plasma.htm More information on Plasma at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

===''Legacy''===
[[File:Haslab-Omega-Prime Cerebros.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Omega Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2025)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''God Fire Convoy''' (ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ)
:*''Series'': ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise 2001]]''
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[[January 30]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sodl6lRkifQ Hasbro Pulse | Transformers: Legacy RID 2001 Omega Prime HasLab Fanstream | January 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>|[[Hiroyuki Taiga]] (concept artist),<ref>[https://youtu.be/PdsHMGVDZFg?si=7IIIhq2AU8jwMnSx Interview] with [[Hasbro]] designer [[Evan Brooks]] on the Triple Takeover podcast, from their YouTube channel</ref> [[Studio DTW|Dave White]] (product photography), [[Nick (Hasbro)|Nick]] and [[Tony Colella]] (sculptors),<ref name = "Missile Stream">[[March 7]], 2024's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pkz6oTI7W4 Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 7, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Mark Maher]].</ref> [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)<ref>[[January 10]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDy2WuiQumE Transformers: Legacy Robots in Disguise 2001 Omega Prime HasLab - Official Unboxing!] with [[Emily Bader]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>
}}

: First shown off at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2024, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Omega Prime#Legacy|Omega Prime]] includes a [[Titan Master]]-styled version of Cerebros, and in turn is a redeco of the [[Emissary (TR)#SDCC2016|Emissary]] Titan Master portion of the San Diego Comic-Con 2016 [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#SDCC2016|Fortress Maximus]] toy. He can interact with box-mate [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Legacy|Optimus Prime]]'s ladder by sitting in the operators chair or standing inside the ladder.

:Omega Prime first started shipping to backers, beginning with those living in New Zealand, in March 2025.
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C2vNqMmuIwP/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Omega Prime from Evan Brooks on Instagram]''

==Notes==
*The ''Uprising'' incarnation of Plasma has a green chassis to form an RGB pattern with the blue [[Galen|Kord]] and the red [[Grand Maximus|Gran]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Plasma''' (プラズマ ''Purazuma'')
*''Korean:'' '''Plasma''' (플라즈마 ''Peullajeuma'')
*''Portuguese:'' '''Cérebro''' ("Brain", Brazil)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
[[Category:Car Robots Autobots]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Legacy Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) Autobots]]
[[Category:Variable gender characters]]

The Transformers: The Movie/dubs

2025-05-21T05:46:36Z

Jazztronomy: /* South Korea */

'''''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''''' has been translated and dubbed into many languages, each with its own set of quirks and oddities.

==Brazil==
'''''Transformers: O Filme''''', as the movie is known in Portuguese, was released in Brazilian theaters in [[January 15]], [[1987]], not long after the launch of the series on television. It was later released on home video in the same year on a very small scale, which made it very hard to find in video stores. The movie was aired on television only twice, once in 1990 on Rede Globo (the same channel that broadcast the series) and again in 2000 on Fox Kids, each time receiving a new dub.

The most probable reason for the existence of the first two dubs is that the theatrical/home video dub was based on the American version of the movie while the television one from 1990 was based on the European release, as it had the ''Star Wars''-type text in the beginning and the narrator stating at the end that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] would return. These dubs are different not only in the choice of some of their voice actors but also in their translations. Which dub is the best is a regular topic of debate among Brazilian fans, though both versions have their share of problems. Unfortunately, neither of them allowed Spike to swear.

===Theatrical/Home video dub===
In the theatrical/home video dub, all of the pre-''Movie'' main characters are dubbed by the same voice actors who played them on the television series, and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] does not receive a new voice when he is reformatted into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]].

This version is the most localized of the first two, but is also the most "childish" in nature. For example, when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] are running toward [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and spot the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], Kup states, "The Insecticons are in the way," with Hot Rod replying, "Wrong, they're on their way to the hole!", something that makes no sense at all and that the translator probably just thought would sound funny to the kids watching. A better example of localization happens when Kup and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] are greeting each other, in which both make references to Brazilian television series of the time. Kup even says "plim-plim", a reference to the sound effect used alongside the Rede Globo logo during vignettes and commercial breaks.

Instead of casting a deep-voiced actor for [[Unicron]], this dub chose to heavily distort the actor's voice, making him sound menacing but almost unintelligible. The same thing was done to the [[Quintesson]]s and their servants. A similar situation occurred with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]; since his voice actor could not talk as fast as [[John Moschitta]], his voice was also distorted to make it sound faster, which also made it difficult to understand.

Finally, the "robotic" effect on the Transformers voices was not done the same way as it was for the television series, which resulted in the characters sounding as if they're talking through a radio more than anything else.

In this version, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] does not rhyme.

===Rede Globo dub===
The movie was broadcast only once on Rede Globo during a special week dedicated to Children's Day, which in Brazil is celebrated in [[October 12]]. Most of the pre-''Movie'' characters retained the same voices they had on the home video release, but all of the new Transformers got new voice actors, including Galvatron. This dub also lost the localization aspect the other one received; while it resulted in more faithful translations, some instances lost all sense to Brazilian audiences.

The characters possess the same "robotic" distortion on their voices that they had in the television series, and no kind of heavy modulation was used. An actor with an actual deep voice was cast as Unicron and had his voice left unaltered, which made it much easier for the audience to understand his dialogue. On the other hand, no distortion was used for Blurr, so the actor was forced to try and emulate John Moschitta's impossibly fast speech pattern with debatable results.

One notable dubbing error occurs when Hot Rod opens the Matrix at the end of the film; the line "Light our darkest hour!" is delivered by Optimus Prime's voice actor instead of Hot Rod's. Because of this, Brazilian fans who had only watched this version were left to believe that it was in fact Optimus' spirit who was speaking through Rodimus in a deep "passing of the torch" moment. Of course, this belief became much less popular once the original American audio and the alternate dub became much more accessible to Brazilian fans by the start of the 21st century.

In this version, Wheelie rhymes.

===Fox Kids dub===
Little is known about the third Brazilian dub of the movie, other than the fact that it aired only once on Fox Kids in the year 2000 and has a list of voice actors available online. This version is by far the least known among fans, with a large portion of the fandom not even being aware of its existence and the few who claim to have seen it argue that it is the worst one of the bunch. While unconfirmed, the reason this dub was created is most likely because of rights issues involving the previous two versions.

Due to its obscurity, it's unknown if Wheelie does or does not rhyme in this version, nor if Spike gets to swear this time around (which is still highly unlikely).

==Denmark==
The first time the movie was shown was on Danish national television broadcaster DR in the fall of 2009. While there had been dubbed episodes of the original television show made in the 1980s for home video and later TV airings, the movie was not dubbed at that point. Rather a completely new cast was used for the movie, possibly made for this specific airing. The dubbed movie was re-broadcast 2 years later on a sub-station of DR.

The dubbing had a larger cast of voice actors than the late-80s dub of the TV series with one or two actors returning to the franchise after 25 years. However, some lines were omitted by mistake (a few characters could be seen moving their lips visibly but without any sound being heard) while others appeared at completely random times (a line uttered by Galvatron missing earlier in the movie "appearing" towards the end in a completely unrelated scene possibly due to a bad time code in the dubbing software).

This version was based on the UK print of the movie and has yet to see a public release on any kind of media.

==France/Quebec==
[[File:La Guerre des Robots.jpg|thumb|200px|left|upright=0.7|Is Arcee running away from Hot Rod?]]
The film was released in French theaters in April 1987,<ref name="france">"[https://www.cineanimation.fr/film/la-guerre-des-robots-transformers La Guerre des robots - Transformers]" at Ciné Animation.</ref> soberly titled "La Guerre des Robots" (''The War of the Robots''), which suggests that the marketing team really had no knowledge of the existence of the animated series.

For French-speaking audiences, who had thus far been given two separate dubs of the TV series (one made in France and one made in Quebec, a very common occurrence), a single dub was made in France for all French releases of the film. This release used a brand-new voice actor team rather than using either dub team from the series.

The film adds a prologue, voiced by the narrator, which is not present in the original version. It is added during the opening song, while the names follow one another on screen:
''{{quote|A new evil power crosses the universe. A monstrous planet that devours everything in its path. Its goal is the small planet Cybertron, on which the race of the Transformers robots continues to clash in a fratricidal war. A war between good and evil that has lasted for millions of years. These treacherous Decepticons, led by the evil Megatron, have sworn to crush their enemies, the Autobots. To achieve their goals, they relentlessly pursued them across the galaxy, from planet Cybertron to Earth. But the heroic Autobots and their courageous leader, Optimus Prime, are not easily defeated...}}''

Whereas the Canadian French dub used the Canadian French names from the toy packages, and the European French dub avoided using names or created some sort of improvised nicknames, the Movie used most of the characters' English names. However, here are the few exceptions:
:*The Constructicons are called ''Constructitors''. They were called ''Constructicans'' in the European French dub of the TV series and ''Constructicons'' in the Canadian French dub.
:*The Constructicons state that they can form ''le Dévastateur robot'' ("the robotic devastator").
:*The Dinobots, who kept their original name in both dubs, are firstly called ''Dinosaurobots'' in the Movie, then ''Dinorobots''.

Moreover, the Movie pronounced the names the original English way (notably "Optimus Prime", which was pronounced the French way in France and called "Optimus Primus" in Canada). For the factions, the Movie kept the pronunciation used in the European French dub ("Autobot" pronounced the French way and "Deceptican"). However, there is an exception in the last scene: when Rodimus Prime says "Autobots, transform and roll out!", he pronounces "Autobots" the English way.

Two characters were given gender changes for this dub; Starscream and Shrapnel both become females (Shrapnel being called "Mademoiselle Shrapnel").

Some robots don't have a continuous voice effect, it depends of the scenes. For example, Bumblebee says his first lines without any effect, and all of a sudden, his voice is exceedingly high-pitched, until the end of the film. Grimlock's voice is more or less altered depending on the scene, the same goes for Blurr. However, Soundwave does not have any particular effect, just the classic slight reverb, like in the TV dubs.

Megatron keeps the same voice once he becomes Galvatron, unlike in the original version.

There are several notable changes to the dialogs:
:*Arblus is not named. The line "Arblus, look! It's Unicron!" becomes "Watch out! Look, it's Unicron!".
:*The narrator states that "The evil Decepticons have invaded Cybertron, the home of the Autobots", which sounds like Decepticons come from another planet.
:*Starscream's line "How do you feel, mighty Megatron?" becomes "How do you feel, damn Megatron?".
:*When Starscream asks "Megatron? Is that you?" Galvatron's original answer, "Here's a hint!", is now much more direct: "Yes, but stronger than before!"
:*When the Decepticons make space in Astrotrain and push the others out, they say "The injured, jump!".
:*Hook tells Soundwave "Nobody would obey a cassette player!". Then Rumble says "Eh! No one has ever insulted Soundwave with such impunity!".
:*The Auto-combatant's line "Time out! Time out! Time out!" becomes "We don't negotiate anymore, it's too late!".
:*Slag's "Excuse me!" is dubbed by "Toi, écrase !". It's a pun with the expression meaning "You, lie low!" which uses the word "écraser" (to crush).
:*Wreck-Gar's noises as the Autobots plant the Quintesson ship in the ground are dubbed by "We have visitors! If you think this is where you're going to find oil, you're in trouble!".
:*Optimus Prime's line "Arise, Rodimus Prime!" followed by Hot Rod whispering "Optimus!" are replaced by Hot Rod saying... "Arise, Optimus Prime! Help me!".

There are several errors in the dub:
:*After Laserbeak's return, Megatron calls Soundwave "Cellule-espion" ("Spy Cell"). He will be called Soundwave for the rest of the film.
:*Optimus Prime's phrases are not the same in the replayed footage that Laserbeak shows, several words are different.
:*Blitzwing's line "Come on down, Autobrat!" is absent from the dub.
:*Hot Rod's line "Save it Kup, let's burn rubber!" is missing.
:*Starscream's line "Pathetic fools! There's no escape!" is missing.
:*Frenzy's line "Yeah! Let's kick tailgate!" is missing.
:*Spike's line "Oh shit! What are we going to do now?" is missing.
:*The first three faces of the Quintesson judge laugh, but the last two laughs are missing. This may be a technical issue since the cut is very harsh and we can briefly hear a sound during the last face.
:*Unfortunately, some key lines keep changing translation:
::*'Til all are one!" is firstly said by Optimus Prime "Until the day comes when all will be united", then Ultra Magnus says it the musketeer way, "One for all, all for one", and finally Rodimus Prime says "Until we become one".
::*"To light our darkest hour" is firstly said by Optimus Prime "To come and illuminate our darkest hours", then Ultra Magnus says "Didn't you say that the Matrix would light us in the darkness?", and finally Rodimus Prime says "Now light up our darkest hour".

On the nice hand, the Junkions make references to French TV:
:*"Vous pouvez toujours demander à Grand'Mère si elle fait du bon café !" ("You can always ask Grandma if she makes good coffee!") is a reference to French coffee brand ''Grand'Mère'', which had for TV slogan "Grand'Mère sait faire un bon café" ("Grandma knows how to make good coffee").
:*"N'oubliez pas de boucler vos ceintures ! Parce qu'un petit clic vaut mieux qu'un grand clac !" ("Don't forget to buckle your seat belts! Because a little click is better than a big clack!") refers to a 1975 French motto from the national road safety group.
:*Kup's phrase "Amis du soir, bonsoir !" ("Evening friends, good evening!") was often used in several night TV shows.
:*"Pousse, ça mousse!" ("Push, it foams!") refers to several French TV ads for soap brand ''Pousse Mousse''.

At the end, the film also adds a conclusion voiced by the narrator, which is not present in the original version. It is added during just before the head of Unicron reaches the orbit of Cybertron. Interestingly, it already announces the return of Optimus Prime.
''{{quote|The battle is over, but the galaxy waits, and the adventures of the Transformers will continue. And the greatest of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, will return.}}''

==Germany==
[[File:TFTM German DVD.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|German 2003 DVD cover]]
Germany also got two different dubs over the years:

===TV dub===
As the movie had never been shown in German theaters, the first dub, titled ''Transformers: Der Kampf um Cybertron'' (''Transformers: The Battle for Cybertron''), was made in 1994 for airing on the German TV station RTL, to serve as a "pilot" for the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|''Generation 2'' cartoon series]] which would be subsequently broadcast. (One might argue that the initial omission of the movie from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon's]] German airing schedule resulted in an information gap regarding the shift from the season 2 setting to the season 3 setting; but then again, the cartoon ''started'' with episodes from season 3 in Germany, and only ''six'' episodes from the first two seasons were ever aired during the entire original "Generation 1" run of the show, so it's not like context problems weren't already all over the place.)

Even though the dub was made only five years after the dub of the Generation 1 cartoon had started on German TV, only a few of the German voice actors returned, most of them not even in the same roles they had played before. Optimus Prime, for example, was now dubbed by Thomas Rau, who had originally voiced Rodimus Prime, Blaster and Scourge in the cartoon itself. As in the dub of the cartoon before, all the characters retained their English names... with the exception of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], whose name was translated as "Der Vernichter" ("the annihilator") for reasons unknown (he was "Devastator" in the dub of the cartoon itself). This version of the movie was only shown twice (not counting late-night reruns following those airings), on its TV premiere in April 1994 and one year later, in May 1995. It was never released on VHS either.

The TV version was based on the European edit of the film, including the {{w|Rank Organisation|Rank Film}} "{{w|Gongman}}" at the beginning. Contrary to a widespread rumor,<ref>[http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=fassung&fid=7489&vid=38680 German movie database still listing the rumor about Starscream's "edited death" in TF:TM]</ref> the German TV edition of the movie was ''not'' edited to omit Starscream's death scene.

Notably, the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]' dialogue was treated with a surprising amount of finesse, replacing their references to English TV and advertising phrases to contemporary German ones, including an ''extremely'' well-known and catchy advertising slogan used by Toyota. In addition, Bernd Simon's rendition of Starscream is spot on, coming ''frighteningly'' close to Chris Latta. Overall, despite a few minor hiccups, major technical and translation errors were far and far between.

===DVD dub===
[[File:TFTM German DVD 2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|German 2006 DVD cover]]
In 2003, the movie, this time simply titled ''Transformers'', was finally released on DVD in Germany, by a little-known, low-budget label. Since the TV edition of the movie had been used as a "pilot" for the G2 cartoon, and it had been archived under the title "Der Kampf um Cybertron", the dubbing masters were not located until more than a year later, so the DVD company assigned an entirely new dub... which makes the [[Omni Productions]] dub and the [[Voicebox Productions|Voicebox]] dub of ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' look like masterpieces. Numerous translation errors resulted from the apparent lack of an original script, thus requiring the dubbers to translate simply from listening to the original audio; coupled with a lack of experience with the source material and a lack of professional knowledge in the English (and German) language in general, resulting in look-it-up-in-a-dictionary-use-first-suggestion translations, sentences that ''make no sense whatsoever at all'' in context, and generally stilted and unnatural-sounding dialogue. For example, after hijacking the Autobots' shuttle and killing off Ratchet, Prowl, Brawn and Ironhide, Megatron makes the completely nonsensical proclamation that he intends to get past the early warning system ''of'' the Autobots' shuttle (''which he is already in control of at this point''), instead of getting past the Autobots' early warning system ''in'' their own shuttle (as in, using the shuttle as a Trojan horse). Also, Grimlock's line "Me Grimlock need new strategy" gets misinterpreted as "Me Grimlock need ''no'' strategy", and the phrase "mockery of justice" is mangled into a completely nonsensical "Farce der Gerechtigkeit" ("farce of justice", with the loan word "Farce" mispronounced as if the voice actor had never seen that fancy word before, and "justice" in the sense of "fairness" rather than "judical system"). A much better translation would have been "Justizposse".

In addition, none of the voice actors sounded like they were particularly experienced in the field of dubbing, especially since none of their voices were recognizable from other productions.

The DVD is also notorious for its packaging, which does its best to obscure ''what exactly it contains'' (i.e. a feature-length animated movie). The front cover uses the cover artwork of the old Panini Generation 1 sticker album, while the back cover depicts stills from "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]", "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]" and "[[The Autobot Run]]", coupled with an (incorrect) summary of the general setting of the first two seasons of the Generation 1 cartoon, which implies (likely due to a misinterpretation of the English word "emerge") that the Autobots and Decepticons somehow come into existence on Earth, rather than simply reawakening after lying dormant for millions of years, with the term "Transformers" even translated into German as "Transformatoren".

A second edition of this DVD was released in 2006, this time featuring artwork of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Armada Optimus Prime]] on the front cover, with Earth (from the [[Transformers (film)|2007 movie's]] promo poster) as the background, plus the 1984 back-of-the-box artwork rotated by 270 degrees as an overlay, and the "Transformers" title logo from the 2007 movie. The back cover depicts a screencap from the [[Transformers (Armada PS2)|''Armada'' video game]], [[Don Figueroa]]'s "All Optimus" poster and the 1984 back-of-the-box battle scene, plus the same sleeve text as featured on the 2003 release of the DVD, with none of the errors fixed.
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==Hungary==
The film was first dubbed into Hungarian by Mahir Studios for the Televideo company's 1992 VHS release; the second dub was recorded by Masterfilm Digital, and released by Mirax both on VHS and on DVD, the latter in 2004. Both versions include the scrolling text and other European edits; the Mirax one even has the "gong man". Issues they both have in common include small dubbing casts, inconsistent voices and translation errors. Neither dub used the name translations popularized by the Hungarian release of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|G1 comics]].

===Televideo===

The film's title was translated as ''Alakváltók'' (''Shape-shifters''), a rare instance of a name or expression matching up with the Marvel comic's terminology. The dub has a total of five voice actors (four men for random characters, one actress for Arcee, Daniel and most of Wheelie's lines), and is notorious for the dialogue almost never matching the lip movements and characters changing their voice on the fly. Certain lines are even missing or spoken at the wrong time (most notably Megatron's "Die, Autobots!" shout), and at times lines belonging to different characters were combined into one. Translation errors and flubbed line-reads also abound; Megatron ''berates'' Soundwave for jamming the Autobots' transmission instead of ordering him to do so, and Wreck-Gar calls Hot Rod Unicron at one point. But mistakes aside, the translation is surprisingly witty – Blurr's cheesy tongue-twister about shooting Decepticons is especially famous among older fans. In fact, the translator seems to have had a fondness for rhyming, as apart from Wheelie, the Dinobots, the Junkions and Blurr also deliver parts of their dialogue in verse. The problem is that the lines are also drastically ''compressed'', leading to many awkward moments of characters silently mouthing unspoken words.

There are numerous name changes, the most bizarre of which is the Decepticons being referred to as "Varangyok" ("Toads"). This may be a tribute to the '60s German sci-fi TV series ''Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffs Orion'' (''Space patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion''). In this series, the main enemy alien race is called "Frogs", but they were named Toads in the Hungarian translation. Other strange name changes include Peca ("Fisher" or "Fishing Rod") for Hot Rod, Zsaru ("Cop") for Kup, RC for Arcee or "IQ Jack" for the [[Ick-Yak]], all obvious misinterpretations of their original names. Curiously, one originally nameless characters ''gets'' a name: during the Decepticons' reformation scene, Unicron claims that there's only one Sweep, naming him "Karmos" (roughly, "Claws"). However, the Insecticons' nonsensical name ("Rovarángok") is harder to decipher. It can only be assumed that the translator intended it to be "Rovarangyok" ("Insectoads", a playful pun consistent with the Decepticon-Toad theme), and the voice actor has simply misread it.

One point in the dub's favor is that it at least attempted to retain the spirit of the Junkions' speech. For example, when putting Ultra Magnus back together, they shout "Aye-Tee-Tee!", a reference to old Hungarian {{w|ITT Inc.}} product commercials that were the subject of numerous jokes in the early '90s.

===Mirax===
[[File:TFTM Hungarian DVD.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|left|Hungarian DVD cover]]
The second dub has a reputation for including more profanities than the original version of the film. Although Spike's "Oh, shit!" line was cut, [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], Galvatron and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] say terms akin to "asshole" (from Grimlock to Blurr), "bastards" (Galvatron to the Autobots), "stupid", "brainless, numbskull jackass" ([[Slag (G1)|Slag]] to [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]), "sons of bitches" (this one even twice, in place of the original's "Decepti-chops" and "Decepti-creeps"), and "chickenshit" (from Galvatron, regarding Hot Rod). Other oddities are Wheelie only rhyming half the time, Blaster's extremely high-pitched transmission to Optimus Prime (either an audio editing error or a very strange creative choice), and [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and Unicron at first talking in a seg-men-ted, ro-bo-tic man-ner. Numerous grunts and screams were also inserted where there were originally none, even the Sharkticons can be heard yelling a lot.

This dub also uses a mix of untranslated or incorrectly translated names, and character voices – this time supplied by twelve actors – occasionally change from one sentence to the next. Erroneous names include Unicornis (Unicron), Prowl (Blurr), Mega-robot (Devastator, though he is also called "Devastator the Mega-robot" in one line), Constructors ([[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]), Deceptors ([[Decepticon]]s, but only said once), Astro ([[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], again only for one line), Gettison (unknown; derived and misinterpreted from the line "Jettison some weight."), Eject (this refers to no one, it was mistranslated from Soundwave's "Eject" call), and the Ick-Yak becomes a "Mega-Missort". Wheelie's name is omitted. Wreck-Gar's dialogue also lacks any sort of creativity, consisting instead of random nonsense and straight-faced reactions to what's happening on screen. These and a multitude of other errors suggest that the translator had no script to work from and had to rely solely on her hearing.

A major blooper also occurs during the attack on the Autobot shuttle: Ironhide speaks his final words in [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s voice ("Please, have mercy!"), and curiously, the translation of Megatron's "Such heroic nonsense." line corresponds with this sudden change of personality, as he responds with "Death to all traitors." before blasting him. Now ''this'' is foreshadowing.

The DVD case has G.I. Joe pictures printed on the back side, as well as on the DVD itself. Spiffy. On a positive note, the summary on the back of the case is actually competently written, even if the references to the cartoon series (which wasn't released in the country) and to the movie's place in its timeline are worded a bit confusingly, and unlike the dub, it renders Unicron's name correctly. Masterfilm Digital would later localize ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' (episodes 1-26 of which were likewise commissioned by Mirax), sadly still maintaining some of the general incompetence displayed by their handling of this movie.
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==Italy==
The movie got two different Italian dubs: the first one was made for television airings on the channel Odeon TV in 1988, while the second was released straight on DVD in 2007 in order to tie with the release of [[Transformers (film)|the first live-action movie]].

Both dubs use as a basis the European cut of the film, so they have the same additional narrations at the beginning and the end that are mentioned in the French dub.

===Odeon TV dub===

This dub featured a completely different voice cast from the one of the main show, with one exception: [[Massimo Corizza]], who voiced Starscream in season 3, reprises his role.

For some reason, while the older characters use their Italian dub names, all the new characters introduced by the movie keep their original English names... with one exception. Wheelie is called "Saetta", which before then was used as ''Wheeljack'''s dub name.

A bunch of lines were changed in some way or another, usually sounding a little bit duller than the original ones:

* Devastator's "Prepare for extermination!" became "I will kill you, Transformers!"
* Optimus Prime's "One shall stand, one shall fall" became "One of us will win, and the other will die"
* "Arise, Rodimus Prime!" was replaced with "Now rise up, Hot Rod!", meaning that in this dub Hot Rod still keeps his name after becoming a Prime.

There are also a few mistranslations and flubs:

* The word "shuttle" was misheard as "Shadow", so the Autobot shuttles are treated as if they were all named "Shadow" (left in English).
* Due to the fact that the Quintesson prosecutor is referred to as "Quintesson leader" in the script, the dub took an extra step and refers to him as "The Emperor of Quintesson". The judge even says "Yes, my Quintesson!" before each of his lines.

Blurr's speech isn't really fast, but his voice has been pitched up Chipmunk-style to make him ''sound'' faster.

The Junkion "speaking TV" schtick is mostly translated as if it was regular speech, with only two exceptions: Kup's "Don't touch that dial!" being replaced with a generic soap slogan ("whiter than white!"), while Wreck-Gar's "Happy motoring!" becomes a reference to the Naturoil brand of wood coating oil.

The background music has very obvious mixing issues, with pieces sounding often muffled, distorted or at a lower volume than the original version (in particular, "[[Dare to Be Stupid]]" is nearly impossible to hear)

===2007 redub===

This new dub features a completely new voice cast, which is very similar to the one that, one year later, would go on to redub the first two seasons of the G1 cartoons. Of all the voice cast of this movie, however, only one voice actor would reprise the same role he had in the movie, which is [[Germano Basile]] voicing Bumblebee. Other voice actors would return, but on different roles ([[Pierluigi Astore]], who voices Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus in the movie, would go on to voice Ironhide and Bruticus in the series, while [[Marco Mori]], who voices Starscream and Perceptor in the movie, will voice Megatron in the series).

In contrast with the first dub, this one tries to use the Italian dub names from the 80's... but not all of them, as Decepticons, Constructicons, Ravage, Laserbeak, Ratbat and Rodimus Prime are called with their original names instead of the Italian "Distructors", "Excavators", "Iena", "Gufo", "Stridek" and "Captain". Autobots are still referred to as "Autorobot", but uses the English pronounciation of "robot" (as done in the dubs of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise (2001)]]'' and throughout the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]]), instead of the French one that was used back in the 80's.

Arcee is referred to as "Saturnia", a dub name that before then was used only in the dub of ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''.

The dub strives to be more faithful to the original script than the first one, but often stumbles down to mishearings of the original dialogue and other errors:

* Kup's "Prime did it! He turned the tide!" becomes, for some reason, "Even Prime is going to do the big leap!"
* During the whole discussion inside Astrotrain, characters begin talking about themselves putting determinative articles in front of their names, creating very stilted dialogue ("The Constructicon makes the Devastator! We should rule!" "The Soundwave is superior, the Constructicon is inferior!"). Also, for some reason, "Constructicon" is suddenly treated as if it was the name of an individual being.
* Kranix's "Spare me from this mockery of justice!" becomes "Explain me this justice farce!"
* The Junkion's chant of "Remove the toughest stains" becomes "Eliminate even the hardest Tricex!". As "Tricex" is Slag's Italian dub name, this means that the translator somehow misheard the word "Stain" as "Slag" and from there jumped to the conclusion that the Junkions were going to fight an army of clones of the ''Triceratops'' Autobot. Don't ask.

While Blurr's speech is actually made sounding faster in this version, this dub also makes him talk in rhyme for some reason. Infamously, his scene of complaining about Decepticons being everywhere was completely changed into a boastful banter where he prides himself of shooting Decepticons in their butts.

Overall, the Italian fandom treats this dub as the inferior one.

==Japan==
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The Japanese dub was an official translation by [[Katsushige Hirata]]. Although '''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (トランスフォーマーザ・ムービー) was advertised during 1987, and was even originally scheduled for a theatrical release in the summer of that year, unknown circumstances resulted in a delay of the Japanese release. It was not released in Japan until [[August 9]]th 1989,<ref>http://pastport.jp/user/kabochan/timeline/%E6%94%BE%E9%80%81%E4%BB%A5%E5%A4%96%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A7%E3%81%8D%E3%81%94%E3%81%A8%E5%B9%B4%E8%A1%A8/event/uUhfr2WcbUI</ref> first through limited charity screenings for UNICEF in Tokyo and Osaka (where a man in a [[Ginrai (human)|Super Ginrai]] costume greeted guests), followed immediately by a {{w|LaserDisc}} and VHS release. According to one attendee of the charity screening in Tokyo,<ref>https://kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054884808234/episodes/1177354054886027093</ref> some tickets to the event were offered to [[S.T.A.R.S.]] members via lottery, the version screened was in English with Japanese subtitles, and [[Tessho Genda]] (Japanese voice of Optimus Prime) was present to speak with fans; according to a different fan, leftover mail-away [[Lander]]s from ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Masterforce]]'' were available as point-of-sale items at the screening.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=あちしはビクトリー時期のトランスフォーマー・ザ・ムービーチャリティー上映会の物販で買った記憶。|link=https://twitter.com/nekoteck2011/status/920069769323192320|name=nekoteck2011|site=Twitter|year=2017|month=10|day=16|(defunct=)}}</ref> Footage taken during the charity screenings was included in the straight-to-video promotional film, "Transformers Theatrical Version!! Video Finally Here" (トランスフォーマー劇場公開バージョン!!ビデオついに登場). This was the second promotional VHS relating to the film, as ''[[The Transformers: The Movie - Apocalypse: Be Eternal, Matrix]]'' was produced to promote the movie prior to its Japanese release.

Unfortunately, the film's delay would later cause some continuity problems in future Japanese-penned ''Transformers'' fiction, as characters killed in the movie (notably [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]) appear in later series ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' respectively (though these would be addressed [[Controverse|years later]]).

Despite not being released in Japan in 1987 as intended, the events of the movie were [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|summarized]] in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' with accompanying artwork by [[Ban Magami]] and [[Studio OX]] so that children tuning into ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]'' would not be lost. The events of the movie would regularly be referred to as the "[[Unicron War]]", gaining something of a mysterious and legendary quality, as their events were constantly referred to but never ''seen''.

Although ''Transformers: The Movie'' was dubbed several years after ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' and ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010|Transformers 2010]]'' had ended, the majority of cast members from those series returned to reprise their roles.

The Japanese dub is notable for adding a lot of lines and voice effects to moments which had been silent in the English version, including the following:

*The shuttle attack scene originally doesn't have much talking during combat, but the Japanese dub adds numerous lines to many characters on both sides of the fight. For example, after killing Brawn, Starscream cheerfully asks who's next while waving Megatron around.
*During Optimus Prime's attack on the Decepticons and his fight with Megatron, every Decepticon Prime shoots can be heard screaming in pain, while his battle with Megatron has numerous grunts and curses added in.

[[File:TFTMMagnusJPCaption01.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Hang on, there's something on the screen down here. Let me get that..."]]

Some of the additions were quite goofy (e.g., Blitzwing begs Prime not to run him over before getting out of the way) but some were actually quite disturbing. For example, when Starscream is killed by Galvatron, he gives off a long, tortured scream. In addition, the destruction of Lithone is made more horrifying by the sounds of the natives dying (some of them even being cut off mid-scream).

There are also a few slight dialogue alterations, such as Megatron ''specifically'' ordering the Insecticons to breach the Autobot defenses, to which [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] respond in unison with a high-pitched ''"Yessss siirrr!"'' Soundwave's famous "Soundwave superior, Constructicons inferior," is modified into "Soundwave is intelligent, the Constructicons are just idiots!"

The only other alteration of note in regards to the Japanese version is that whenever a character appears on screen for the first time, their name and function appears with them (written in Japanese, of course).

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==Latin America==
The Latin American Spanish dub was done in [[Los Angeles]] and is notable because it kept all the voice actors from the cartoon and the new characters remained with the same voices for the remainder of the show. Every character is referred to by their original English name, since none of the characters' names were translated when the cartoon was dubbed into Spanish (except Ravage, who was called "Destructor" on the cartoon, but kept his English name on the movie).

Features the Star Wars-type text in the beginning and the narrator at the end stating that Optimus Prime will return.

Though it is one of the most popular dubs of the movie, it has only been released domestically on home video once and is very difficult to find nowadays. In addition, it hasn't been shown on TV since the early Nineties. Despite this, the dub has been included in many international releases of the movie.

This dub removes all swearing and makes Optimus Prime's death scene even more traumatic by having Daniel ''actually'' crying when Optimus flatlines.

Galvatron sounds exactly like Megatron and Wheelie occasionally rhymes because his dialogue was ''literally'' translated.

==Poland==
In Poland, the movie was never professionally dubbed. In the only official (and cult classic) release on VHS in 1992, all the dialogue was read by a single voice-over actor, while the original sound was left intact and could be heard in the background. To this day, that characteristic form of "narrating" is a very popular solution in Poland when it comes to translating movies for TV or DVDs. Thanks to this method, you can both understand the story and hear all the original voices. In the case of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' it also forced translators to leave (almost) all the original names intact. (Yay!)

==Spain==
In Spain, the movie was aired once in Latin American on the channel ''Antena 3''. However, when the Generation 1 DVDs were published by the company Selecta Visión, they included both the Latin American dub and a new Spanish one (Castilian) that recycled the first's translations, but adding some errors in the character's names. It was aired for the first and only time in Castilian the year 2008 in ''Local Media TV'', but the audio quality wasn't very good, probably due to emission problems.

==South Korea==

===KBS dub===
The first Korean dub of the movie aired on the Korean TV channel KBS in 1989, titled "Unicron and the transforming robots". The voice acting is decent, almost matching the Japanese voices of Shockwave, Starscream, and Soundwave. At that time, many robot shows had only one robot appearing, but Transformers had more characters in their cartoon, gaining the attention of many children. KBS would later go on to dub several movies of the [[Live-action film series]]. This version is not found at the moment, and is still yet to reach the world of internet.

===VHS dub===
The VHS dub by Iljin Production was titled "Transforming robot Unicron", and this time, Starscream sounds like the original US version.

===DVD dub===
The DVD dub, which was released in 2007, was titled just "Transformers", and it is filled with a lot of music errors, such as the first part of [[Dare]] being very quiet, [[The Touch]] had its lyrics repeating, and sometimes random music was added, for instance, when Hot Rod becomes Rodimus Prime, the music suddenly changes to Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way by Spectre General, and changes back to The Touch. The interest for this dub probably died out, as South Koreans could have easier reach to the original English version.

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:''Miko Nakadai is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:MikoNakadai stockimage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Reckless girl who gets the two guys into troub... oh scrud, it's the anti-[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]!]]
'''Miko Nakadai''' (仲代ミコ ''Nakadai Miko'') is a 15-year old girl from [[Japan]] with a strong love of [[United States of America|American]] pop culture... as long as it's ''loud'' pop culture! Speed metal and wild punk outfits are her thing, and she's always searching for thrills, causing trouble for her mates [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]]. She's started to hang out with the Autobot [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] too, helping him get over his fear of hurting his tiny partner and encouraging him to get in trouble with her. However, when the chips are down, she'll look out for her pals and Bulky has her back.

The reckless Miko we know is actually a cover for a vulnerable girl with a slight inferiority complex. She wants to prove herself by leaping into danger head-on, is what it really boils down to. Bulkhead may have been assigned to be her guardian, but Miko has taken to the role for him as much as he has for her. What she lacks in size and power, she makes up for in fierce loyalty and protectiveness for her friends and Bulkhead. She's even got the gall to threaten and take on some of [[Soundwave (WFC)|the]] [[Megatron (WFC)|baddest]] [[Hardshell|of]] [[Starscream (WFC)|the]] Decepticons. Even [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] has been impressed by the guts this girl has. Now if she could just work on when to actually let loose all that energy...

{{quote|"Miko, let's think this through!" "Why?"|Jack forgets to whom he is talking|"[[Tunnel Vision (episode)|Tunnel Vision]]"|noquote=true|}}

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Tania Gunadi]] (English), [[Nozomi Furuki]] (Japanese)|[[Li Ye]] (Chinese), [[Pilar Puebla]] (Spain-Spanish), [[So-yeong Lee]] (Korean), [[Gea Riva]] (Italian), [[Lydia Morgenstern]] (German), [[Karla Falcon]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Andressa Andreatto]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Amy Burgess]] (Finnish), [[Delphine Chauvier]] (French)}}

When living in [[Tokyo]], Miko had two loving parents and two purebreed cats, [[Chi Chi]] and [[Ding Dong (Prime)|Ding Dong]]. She went to the best school and took piano lessons from the age of three, but she found it all so boring that she jumped at the chance to transfer to [[Jasper]], [[Nevada]]. Once there, she quickly realized the brochure had lied about it being "the entertainment capital of the world", and soon piano lessons seemed pretty good in comparison. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising1-Mikoface.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|]]

Miko was sitting outside her [[Memorial High School|high school]] sketching [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], who was parked in motorcycle mode. She received a phone call from her [[Miko's host parents|host parents]], but decided to ignore it. When Jack rode off on Arcee, she decided to follow the motorcycle because it was the coolest ever. She caught up to Jack in an alley in time to overhear Arcee, who had transformed to [[robot mode]], asking Jack to go back with her to Autobot headquarters for his own safety. When Jack hesitated, Miko encouraged him to go.

Since Miko now also knew about the Autobots, Arcee took both of the humans back to headquarters. When [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] was surprised to see three humans, Arcee wryly explained that the youngsters had [[reproduction|multiplied]]. Miko introduced herself to [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and promptly asked a barrage of questions, leaving the Autobot at a loss for words. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] arrived and explained about "[[Autobot|autonomous robotic organisms]]" and the Transformers' [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|civil war]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

Ratchet picked up [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s signal, but believed it was a computer system error, since Cliffjumper had previously gone [[death|offline]]. Prime went to investigate anyway. Miko offered to help, but Prime told the humans to remain with Ratchet, to both Miko and Ratchet's dismay. When the humans had to return home, Prime assigned Bulkhead to watch over Miko. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[File:darknessrising3 mikorocks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|LONDON CALLING WITH [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Prime cartoon|THE ZOMBIES OF DEATH!!]]]]

Bulkhead didn't need much encouragement to take Miko on an offroad jaunt on their way back to base. When they eventually reached their destination, they were deserted by pretty much all of the other Autobots, leaving them at the base with Jack and Raf. Miko decided to make the best of things by organizing those remaining into a band, and she kicked off with a solo on her electric guitar. Fortunately for the others, [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] picked this moment to make a return visit to complain about the energon mine explosion. The kids hid behind Bulkhead, but Miko's guitar gave them away. It was only Bulkhead's intervention that stopped Fowler from taking them into custody then and there. After the agent left, the base equipment picked up a distress call from his helicopter, suggesting he'd been captured by the Decepticons. When Bulkhead used the ground bridge to mount a rescue mission, Miko tagged along, unseen until it was too late. Bulkhead noticed her when she spoke up, but so did one of the Decepticon sentries, leading Miko to witness Bulkhead disemboweling the 'con. (He'd warned her not to look, but she thought it was awesome anyway.) They were joined a short time later by Jack and Raf, who accidentally attracted the attention of more sentries on the Decepticon ship. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[File:DarknessRising4-Mikophone.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|See? Proof that teenagers need cell phones.]]
Miko rode in Bulkhead's back seat as he swooped in and picked up the two other kids...and then stayed in there as he drove under the ship, transformed, scaled a nearby cliff, and fought some Decepticons. After spewing on his floor mats, she knocked, and he let her out. She then discovered that the middle of a fight between Bulkhead and some Decepticons was no place for a young human to be. Once they moved into the ship, he was forced to slide her along the floor to keep her safe. They quickly ran into Arcee and Bumblebee with the two boys and, after some more fighting, the Autobots cleared a room for the kids to hide in. Miko and Jack began arguing, which upset Raf, and the pair had to console him. They then noticed a computer screen displaying important info, but before they could make a copy, a Decepticon appeared. Jack yelled to Miko to get a photo with [[Miko's phone|her cell phone]], but only after she snapped a picture of the 'con did he clarify that he meant the readout. They were subsequently rescued once again by the Autobots, and Miko observed on the way back to base that they'd succeeded in rescuing Fowler.

Miko was exuberant over their experiences as she handed over the picture, but Jack was furious that they'd all almost gotten killed. After he opted to return to his normal life, Miko paid him a visit and unsuccessfully attempted to convince him that the exciting life they had with the Autobots was much better. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-BulkheadMiko.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"It's okay, big guy. ''Lots'' of off-road vehicles have tires five feet tall."]]

When they discovered that the Decepticons were using the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope in [[Texas]] for their [[space bridge]], Miko accompanied Jack and Raf there to do some on-site hacking. It wasn't long before [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] spotted them and sent a tentacle to attack them, knocking Miko and Jack aside. Miko tried to strike at the appendage with an axe, only to miss and have the tentacle snatch up the weapon. They chased it into the next room, where Soundwave had severed the computer system's hard line. Miko took a picture of the Decepticon as he flew away, and he responded by snapping a picture of the three of them. Defeated, the kids returned to base, where they monitored the Autobots' progress in destroying the space bridge. After the Autobots returned, Miko wondered if Optimus would now ask them to go home and forget everything that happened. (The answer, apparently, was no.) {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Tasked with creating a science project for school, Miko decided on a model of the solar system. Bulkhead helped her by holding it up so she could paint it, but Ratchet somehow took over all of the kids' projects, leading her to observe he was a bit of a control freak. He produced a scale model of Cybertron for her which was not well received at school, and Miko presumably did not achieve a high grade on it. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:Scrapheap-Mikoaghast.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|"I know, right?"]]

The kids arrived at base one Saturday just as Optimus and Arcee were heading out on a mission. She challenged Jack to a video game, but soon found herself on the losing end, at least until a random power fluctuation stopped the game. The reason for the malfunctions was revealed when Raf returned to the control room with a small metal critter the Autobots called a [[Scraplet]]. The day proceeded to be a series of surprises for Miko. First, Raf killed the Scraplet he'd found with a crowbar after it attacked Bumblebee, and second, when she was Scraplet-hunting with Bulkhead, she discovered that the large Autobot screamed like a little girl. After they returned to the control room, she helped Jack and Raf fight the Scraplets off their Autobot friends. A plan was formulated to rid the base of Scraplets using the ground bridge, which meant the three kids had to repair an [[energon]] fuel line rupture. After the successful expulsion of the invaders, they helped repair Bulkhead and Bumblebee, but Miko was scared off by an itsy bitsy spider. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

Miko was excited by the news that a new Autobot, [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], was coming to Earth, but figured if he was going to stick around, he'd have to find his own human. She hit it off with Wheeljack right away, and when the Autobots decided to celebrate, brought out her electric guitar. The kids listened to Bulkhead's tales of the old days on Cybertron, and then Wheeljack asked Miko to show him around the base. She answered all of his questions about where the base was and the contents of the armory, but after they returned to the control room, Bulkhead unmasked Wheeljack as a [[Makeshift (Prime)|Decepticon impostor]]. The impostor took Miko hostage, threatening to squish her. After the ground bridge was activated, the real Wheeljack came through and hit the impostor, knocking Miko out of his grip and into Bulkhead's waiting hand. Once the impostor was disposed of, they again partied and Miko played her guitar some more. The three kids turned out to see Wheeljack off as he left for space, and Miko snapped off a picture of him and Bulkhead on her cell phone. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:JackFireExtinguisherMikoAxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"We're the stars, you're generic goons. ''Just walk away.''"]]

When the Autobots helped Fowler move a hi-tech device, the kids observed their progress from base with Ratchet. The [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] was in danger of being captured by [[MECH]], and Miko had the bright idea that Ratchet could ground bridge them onto the speeding train that was transporting the object. With some help from Raf, Ratchet got Jack and Miko on the train, and Miko grabbed a fire ax to try and defend the device with. The MECH goons ended up retreating after seeing Optimus. [[Silas]] blew up the track ahead of the train, and for a few moments, Jack and Miko thought they were doomed—Miko even asked Raf to make sure Bulkhead got her beloved electric guitar—but Optimus managed to stop the train in time. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Miko skipped out of detention one day when Bulkhead arrived outside the school, earning herself a lecture. Bulkhead took her on a mission to [[Greece]], with the theory that she could use the time to work on her history report, but instead they found an ancient fresco showing an [[Energon Harvester]]. [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] arrived and used Bulkhead to break the fresco, but luckily, Miko had already snapped a picture of it with her phone. When Raf located the actual Harvester in a museum, Miko volunteered the services of the three kids to go in and retrieve it. After some deft work disabling a security camera with her phone, she, Jack and Raf were able to swipe the Harvester, but while making their escape, Miko was caught by a [[museum security guard|security guard]]. While they waited for the police, Miko bored him with every bit of knowledge she could remember about Greek history. Eventually, Fowler arrived to bail her out, and she happily told Bulkhead that she was going to write her history project on how the Autobots interacted with ancient races. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

At school, Miko and Raf heard all about Jack's race with [[Vince]], the local bully, and they congratulated him when he reached the Autobot base. He swore them both to secrecy. After Vince challenged Jack to another race but Arcee refused to take part, Miko helped Jack convince Raf to let him take Bumblebee instead. Miko and Raf subsequently failed to cover for Jack and Bumblebee's absence, first with Arcee, and then with Optimus. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

After Optimus was struck down with a [[Cybonic plague]] and Arcee and Bumblebee infiltrated the Decepticon ship, the three kids watched Ratchet monitor the pair's progress as Arcee patched Bumblebee into the comatose Megatron's mind to find the cure. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Miko later acted as referee for a [[basketball]] game between Bulkhead and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone-shadow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|[[Dull surprise]]?]]

When the Autobots detected a Dark Energon signal, Miko cheered Bulkhead on, but her seeming not to want to go alone made Jack and Raf suspicious. Sure enough, she made a break for the GroundBridge, and though Jack tried to stop her, she and the two boys ended up on the battlefield. The Autobots finally noticed them when she realized that she'd lost her cellphone and yelled at Jack. The kids were promptly sent back through the bridge, but interference from a Decepticon GroundBridge caused a disruption which deposited the trio in a [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]] dimension. Unable to be seen or heard by the Autobots, they were pursued by [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] who had been resurrected as a [[zombie]] by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. After Raf dropped his glasses, Miko risked her life to retrieve them. The kids managed to send a text to Miko's phone back at base to alert the Autobots, and attempted to use Starscream's severed arm against the rampaging Skyquake but only succeeded in dislodging his arm, which promptly began chasing them as well. The three kids returned to reality through a special GroundBridge portal engineered by Ratchet and, much to Jack's surprise, Miko took responsibility for the entire mess. Optimus said she'd suffered enough though. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

After Bulkhead was knocked out during a fight with Breakdown, Miko eventually managed to reach him on the comms, and he requested a GroundBridge back to base. She was disappointed to learn that Bulkhead hadn't manage to trash his foe, who had instead been snatched by MECH. She was even more dismayed when Bulkhead refused to go on the mission to rescue his arch-enemy, insisting that he should be the one to do it so that he could have a rematch. Even ''[[Dinolizard vs. Five-Headed Ape]]'' wasn't enough to distract her, and she eventually talked Bulkhead into going to [[Russia]] on his own to try to rescue Breakdown. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Miko was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} Unfortunately Jack's killjoy mom started making a habit of hanging out at the base, so things weren't as fun as they had been before. When Miko wanted to go on a mission with Bulkhead, he felt obliged to tell her to stay put because it wouldn't be safe. Miko managed to sneak along anyway, and persuaded Arcee not to make her go back to base. Though Arcee made them turn the rock music off, Miko got to hang out with Bulkhead, at least until they found Breakdown and [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. From the cover of rocks, Miko attempted to snap a picture of the fight, only to have her phone snatched from her hand. The Decepticons' [[polarity gauntlet]] stuck Arcee and Bulkhead together, and as the further pursuit would be dangerous, Arcee insisted on Miko returning to base, causing the girl to complain loudly that Arcee was as bad as Jack's mom. After the mission, Miko took a picture of Bulkhead's new battle scars. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

[[File:RockBottom-Mikocries.jpg‎|upright=1.4|thumb|"The fandom ''hates'' me?"]]
Miko was looking forward to a [[Slash Monkey]] concert when she was roped into going to an [[Stripped energon mine|old energon mine]] with Jack, Bulkhead and Arcee. After complaining a lot, she slipped inside to test the mine's acoustics, only for a cave-in to occur, trapping her and Bulkhead. While Bulkhead supported the roof so it didn't crush them both, Miko attempted to clear some of the rocks but eventually became exhausted. They were eventually found, but not by Arcee as they'd hoped, but by Starscream. After the Decepticon chased her around a bit, Jack arrived on a mining drill. Tearfully, she left Bulkhead behind and the two kids made a break for the surface. After Arcee rescued Bulkhead, they joined the two kids and escaped from the mine. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

Bulkhead and Miko sneaked into a monster truck rally and Miko recorded parts of it on her phone. A week later, they were reviewing the footage when Bulkhead was called into the field to help retrieve [[Cybertronian data cylinder]]. Unimpressed at being told to clean the place by Ratchet, Miko followed Bulkhead and attempted to move the cylinder, but only succeeded in making it eject its contents into Bulkhead's cranium. Though Bulkhead seemed fine at first, he started painting formula at a mad rate, and when Miko realized he was beginning to forget things, she had it confirmed by Ratchet that the data from the cylinder was slowly destroying Bulkhead's mind. In an attempt to try and jog Bulkhead's memory, she took him to the monster truck track, only to be found by [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and Breakdown. Miko attempted to conceal Bulkhead and contact the other Autobots, but when the searching Decepticons found Bulkhead, she tried to stop them removing his head. She again triggered the cylinder energy, which left Bulkhead and fired off into space. She believed that the energy had taken Bulkhead's mind with it, and was near inconsolable until something Ratchet said prompted her to get out her guitar, and the sound from it caused the comatose Bulkhead to wake up. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

Miko lent her voice to "Mars Cat", which Raf used to cover up evidence of the Autobots which had found its way on to conspiracy websites. After Raf was gravely injured in an attack, Miko watched Ratchet and Mrs. Darby work to save his life, and gave him a hug when they succeeded. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

When June attempted to take the children with her when she left the base, Miko refused to go, asserting that neither June nor Bulkhead were her mother. As the Autobots discussed the ramifications of [[Unicron]] being at the center of the Earth, Miko wondered if Unicron would stretch and make the Earth explode. Optimus wasn't sure. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat Unicron. Miko was alarmed at the thought that Unicron would remain in the [[Earth's core]] after his defeat, but Raf and Ratchet explained that Unicron ''was'' the Earth's core and removing him would not be possible. To Miko's annoyance, the humans were instructed to hide when Megatron arrived. After Raf ran out to confront the Decepticon leader, Miko got her chance to holler that she would make sure Megatron would regret double-crossing any of her friends, and had to be dragged away by Fowler. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

Ratchet told the kids about Optimus back when he was Orion Pax, and how he got the Matrix. Miko and Raf were both concerned when they lost the Autobots' signals. The kids all took shelter underneath Ratchet when the ground started shaking, but were overjoyed when it turned out Prime's team had succeeded. They welcomed the Autobots back, but were shocked by the loss of Optimus, who had become amnesiac. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

When it was determined they would need to reach Cybertron to deal with the problem, Miko suggested using the GroundBridge, adding that Ratchet could turbo-charge it when Raf pointed out that it could barely reach orbit. She was present at base when the Autobots failed to stop the Decepticons from stealing a power source for a new space bridge, and thought Jack's plan to commandeer the Decepticon bridge was a good idea. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Miko turned out to see Jack off as he left for Cybertron, though she seemed more concerned with how Jack was going to use the toilet in the spacesuit Fowler had supplied. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} Miko and the others monitored Jack's mission on Cybertron until he returned with the Autobots and a restored Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

[[File:UrbanaOffendsBumblebee01.jpg|thumb|left|275px|They can see you through your monitor. Bet you wish you weren't naked, now.]]

After Bumblebee's [[transformation cog|T-cog]] was taken, Miko suggested that Ratchet make another one, only to be told it wasn't possible. She and Raf tried to cheer Bumblebee up, but all of their entertainment seemed to revolve around cars, which just made things worse. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} She and the other kids hung around for an attempted transplant, and subsequently covered for Bumblebee when he went to get his cog back. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} The kids were racing toy cars when Fowler reported being attacked by Optimus. They stuck around as Optimus returned and it turned out he was being impersonated by a MECH creation which Miko dubbed "[[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]]". {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}}

After the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' became sentient, the kids GroundBridged aboard with Fowler to try and download the Iacon database. When they learned the ship was heading for [[New York City]] and Fowler was rendered unconscious, they headed for the power core. Miko and Raf ended up playing hide and seek with one of the ship's manipulator arms while Jack worked on reversing the energon flow. After succeeding, they high-tailed it back to the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Flying Mind}} Jack and Miko volunteered to go to [[New York City|Manhattan]] with Arcee and Bumblebee in search of one of the relics. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision (episode)|Tunnel Vision}} {{storylink|Toxicity}} The two kids encountered [[Vogel]], a sweeper train driver whom they took into their confidence. With his help, they used the sweeper train to hit Knock Out, but this resulted in the train barreling out of control. With a little assistance from Arcee, they stopped the train by running it into Knock Out, and subsequently got Fowler to draft Vogel to ensure his silence. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision (episode)|Tunnel Vision}}

[[File:Hurt-Mikosleeps.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Are we there yet?]]
Miko's triumph at their victory was ended when they returned to base to find that Bulkhead was near death after encountering [[Hardshell]]. Upset and seeking revenge, she stowed away on the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'' and persuaded Wheeljack to let her join him on his revenge. The pair attacked an energon mine with Miko acting recon, but once they drew Hardshell out, Wheeljack left her on board the ship. As the Autobot's fight against Hardshell ended in a loss, Miko used the ship's missiles to blast Hardshell, killing the Insecticon. The revenge didn't make Miko feel any better however, and she returned to base to be with the now-stabilized Bulkhead. {{storylink|Hurt}}

As Bulkhead worked to recover, Miko attempted to loudly encourage him to work harder at it. She was upset by his slow progress, but Arcee told her the story an adventure with [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], during which Arcee and Cliffjumper encountered [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] and ended up on Earth. {{storylink|Out of the Past}} She continued to try to help Bulkhead, and when new Autobot [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived, tried to reassure him that he wasn't being replaced, despite herself being excited to see a new Autobot. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

Bulkhead remained discouraged, despite Miko's ongoing support. She, Jack and Fowler were sent via GroundBridge to Raf's house when the Decepticons got control of a [[Project Damocles]] satellite, and assisted him in destroying the satellite. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

When the kids learned that the Autobots were going to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Miko immediately made plans to move there with Bulkhead. The Autobots continued to keep the trio out of the loop, and they were kidnapped by Starscream, Soundwave and Knock Out, and taken to Cybertron for use as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Bulkhead handed over an [[Omega Key]] in exchange for Miko, and they later returned to Earth after the destruction of the [[Omega Lock]]. With the Autobot base under threat from the Decepticons, Bulkhead and Miko left through the GroundBridge together for elsewhere in the United States. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Bulkhead and Miko headed for a Wrecker meeting spot, though she had to put up with him complaining about her phone usage. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} After waiting at the meeting spot for a while, they were eventually rewarded by the arrival of Wheeljack, and watched him lay a trap for some pursuing Decepticons. {{storylink|Scattered}} The trio set about blowing up an energon mine, though they were attacked by a [[Predaking (Prime)|giant metal dragon]] before they could detonate it. Miko mostly hid behind rocks during the ensuing battle, and the three Wreckers were soon picked up by the newly-arrived [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]. They were reunited with most of the rest of the team shortly after. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Miko took part in the diversionary tactics used by the Autobots to thin out the Decepticon ranks prior to their attack on Darkmount. She was bridged to the east coast and ordered a pizza to alert Soundwave of her location, then bridged back. She cheered when Optimus returned to the battlefield, then gushed over his new upgrade after the battle had been won. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

[[File:ChainOfCommand Miko clobbering time.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|It's clobberin' time!]]
While the Autobots moved into their new base, Miko was almost hit by a lobbing ball tossed by Wheeljack. The kids were surprised to learn that the creatures of myth were actually [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s sent to Earth by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Miko stowed away in Wheeljack's chest for a trip to [[Scotland]], much to Ultra Magnus's dismay. When the Wrecker team was trapped in a cavern by the Predacon, Miko climbed out to use the radio in [[Iron Will|Magnus's ship]] to contact base, only to encounter Starscream. Though he prevented her from reaching the ship, she managed to get hold of the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], and while she had limited success against the Predacon, she managed to bash around Starscream and two Vehicons until the Decepticons were forced into a retreat. Much to her disappointment, Wheeljack left Team Prime having chafed under Magnus's command. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} Worried about Wheeljack, Miko rang Jack only to find the Wrecker had already gone out on another mission with Arcee. Once Magnus's ship got back to the military base, Miko teased Jack about losing his partner to Wheeljack, but it turned out Arcee had merely talked Wheeljack into not giving up his place on the team. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

While Raf, Miko and Jack watched Ratchet repair Ultra Magnus's hand, the topic of Bumblebee's voice box came up. Raf explained to Miko that Bumblebee still missed the sound of his own, original voice, and longed for it to be restored. Later, all three children watched the Autobots interrogate Soundwave from a distance, and were deafened by the captured Decepticon's sonic assault. Thankfully, they were out of harm's way by the time Laserbeak broke in to free its master. {{storylink|Minus One}}

After Ratchet was captured by the Decepticons, Miko attempted to help Raf and Wheeljack build an aerial drone, but only succeeded in making Raf surly. {{storylink|Persuasion}} Though the plan to find the warship didn't pan out, Ratchet was able to contact them and provide them with coordinates. The kids watched the Autobots head through the GroundBridge to storm the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} As part of a plan concocted by Jack, Miko again donned the Apex Armor and bridged onto the ''Nemesis''. She tossed around the few Vehicons she encountered and acted as bait for Soundwave, until Raf could engineer a GroundBridge interaction that trapped the Decepticon in the shadowzone. Following the capture of the ship, the three kids accompanied the Autobots to Cybertron where they used the Omega Lock to restore the planet. Back on Earth, the kids received the news that they were going to be part of Unit:E, and Miko and Bulkhead had a tearful farewell before the Autobots departed for their home world. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|On Thin Ice}} {{storylink|King of the Road}} {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}} {{storylink|Horrible TV}} {{storylink|Cell}}}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.2 Miko wants storytime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|"Going ape? Does this look like [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]?"]]
Mika {{sic}} was impressed with the size of the [[Safe]] that Ratchet had built. Following the discovery of a [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear bomb]], when Jack pointed out there were enemy blips on the monitor, Mika suggested it was just a console game. She badgered Raf to hurry up while he was trying to defuse the nuke, much to his annoyance. He finally succeeded, to cheers from Mika and Jack. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

When the Autobots took the kids on a trip to [[Valley of Fire State Park]], Miko Nakaki {{sic}} persuaded Optimus to tell them a story from the war. Optimus told them about one time when Megatron acted in a compassionate manner, and Miko was disappointed that it ended in Optimus letting Megatron go. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Miko watched while Bulkhead tried to decorate a [[Christmas]] tree, though she didn't defend him when Arcee and Jack started with the mocking. After the kids were left at the base with Arcee and Bulkhead, Raf suggested the two Autobots try to find something they had in common. They didn't get very far until Miko suggested they think of something Winter related. This resulted in them turning the base into an ice rink, though Miko proved a less-than-stellar skater. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

When Raf became hypnotised and let a bunch of Vehicons into the base, Miko looked at the box for the game he'd been playing and noticed the Decepticon insignia on the side. Jack reasoned that the game was controlling their friend, so Miko ripped the game console from the TV and threw it aside, successfully waking up Raf. After Raf used a loopback to violently suck all the Decepticons he'd let in back through the GroundBridge, Miko asked if they could do it again. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

After hearing that a series of attacks had left several schools in Jasper County destroyed, Miko was disappointed that their school wasn't among them. She cheered up when Optimus announced he was taking the three of them out of school out of concern though. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}}

[[File:Titan4.9 Miko is kidnapped.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|To be fair, the last time she touched the light switch it exploded.]]
Miko watched Bulkhead and Arcee head out to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] to find Optimus after contact with the Autobot leader was lost. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} She was still at the base when Bulkhead and Bumblebee brought the [[neuron refractor]] back from China. MECH [[Novo|Agent Novo]] who had been hiding in the machine revealed himself, taking Miko prisoner and forcing the Autobots to bridge him with his captive to China. From there, Miko was taken to MECH HQ and locked in an interrogation cell. Some time later she was broken out by Novo, now in a robot body thanks to MECH's experiment, and returned to the Autobots. Despite her pleading, Novo himself would not return to base with them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

Miko was on-hand to help Jack demonstrate how to bob for apples. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}} When Bulkhead went missing, Miko's phone proved instrumental in locating him on the Decepticon warship. Miko, Jack and Raf accompanied the Autobots to the ship, and Miko found a quick way to locate Bulkhead by hollering his name. Once the boys had dealt with the [[Ultra Prison]] trapping her Autobot friend, everyone returned to base where Miko suggested Bulkhead thank her with some monster truck rally. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

The kids were present during a battle in [[The Wave]]. When they later returned to base, Miko found that Raf had set off The Big Banger from her [[Miko's Party Kit|Party Kit]] in her absence, but luckily he had a good reason. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}

Following a mission where the Autobots rescued some hostages from the Decepticons, who had taken over the studio for the game show ''[[Down and Out]]'', Miko, Jack and Raf enjoyed watching footage of Optimus and Bulkhead's bumbling attempts to stop [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}

Miko accompanied Jack, Raf and Bumblebee to [[Devil's Cove]] on the hunt for a Decepticon [[Piranacon (Prime)|"sea monster"]]. When Piranacon attacked the kids' boat, they found themselves in an underwater cave, with wreckages of numerous boats and the [[Seacon (Prime)|Seacon]] leader [[Snaptrap (Prime)|Snaptrap]]. Eventually, the three found a pile of unexploded [[World War II]]-era mines and used them to blow a hole in the side of the cave, freeing them and having the unexpected side-effect of killing Piranacon. Having been saved by Bumblebee, Miko notes that perhaps they should plan a staycation next time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.16|Fury from the Deep}}
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===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:KreO_Jack_Miko.jpg|thumb|right|100px|I'm still annoying!]]
After the [[Autobot]]s built a jail cell for Mega-Megatron, Miko and Jack thanked [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]]. However, they were treated to a nasty sight as the jail cell collapsed, sending Optimus Prime tumbling to the ground in a crash. {{storylink|Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Miko was one of the many women brought to the [[Legends World]] by [[Tigatron]] using the [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] in an attempt to get women who liked him better than [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. It did not work out, as all of the women brought over eventually swooned over Springer. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Miko was weirded out by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], [[My Little Pony|ponies]], and an {{w|Strawberry Shortcake|underage baker}} singing Christmas carols. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}}

== Games ==
=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
[[File:TfprimegameMiko.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
{{voiceactor|[[Tania Gunadi]] (English)|[[Geneviève Doang]] (French), [[Pilar Puebla]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

When the Autobots go missing after a battle on a falling Dark Energon asteroid, Miko, Jack, and Raf use the GroundBridge to make contact with their scattered partners. Miko finds Bulkhead in an underground temple, but Starscream finds them too. Following a lengthy battle, Bulkhead overpowers Starscream, but Miko is taken hostage by one of the Air Commander's Vehicons. Raf was also captured, and the two kids were used as bargaining chips by Megatron to force the Autobot medic Ratchet into rebuilding Thunderwing.

Although he was forced into doing most of the work, Ratchet eventually escaped and got Miko and Raf to safety as well. Miko's compulsive picture taking proved to be an asset, as she was able to show the Autobots a weak spot on Thunderwing's armor that they then used to bring down the titan. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Jack, Raf, Miko and the Autobots countered it by building a [[Pulsar Dish]] from debris. While the dish was under construction, Bulkhead and Miko could help out by beating up Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron: A Rivalry Reborn''' (Entertainment Pack, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Stand
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: A PVC figurine of Miko was part of a retail-release "Entertainment Pack". She has a single point of articulation at the neck, plus she can be removed from her stand.

: This set also included figurines of [[Jack Darby#Toys|Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel#Toys|Raf Esquivel]], as well as Deluxe-Class toys of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#EntertainmentPack|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EntertainmentPack|Megatron]], plus a DVD of the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]] episode "[[Masters & Students]]".

: Initial distribution of this set was... spotty at best, with most of the stock going to Canada. However, [[Toys"R"Us]] USA eventually picked up this set, along with most of the "First Edition" line, as part of a ''huge'' block of US market [[exclusive]]s for holiday season 2012.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/MikoNakadai/mikonakadai.htm More information on Miko at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*During the ''Transformers: Prime'' presentation at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2010, Miko was given the surname '''Tezuka''', likely an early name for the character.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwhJPGFEzy0&t=453s|name=Ted Biaselli|quote=*PowerPoint presentation of key visual art with "Miko '''Tezuka'''"*|site=Youtube|title=San Diego Comic-Con 2010 - TF Prime panel 02|year=2010|month=07|day=22}}</ref> With the surname change, the franchise was sadly robbed of having {{w|Miko|a priestess}} of ''{{w|Osamu Tezuka|Astro Boy}}''. (The name was later used for a new [[Miko Tezuka|Generation 1 character]].)
*According to the producers, Miko is [[Polygon Pictures]]' favourite character, so they add more expressive motions to even her simplest actions in the script.<ref>[http://www.toonzone.net/2011/02/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation/ ToonZone season 1 interview]</ref>
*Miko's name has caused some problems with some of Hasbro's licensees. Titan spelled her first name "Mika" in their comic during [[Transformers Comic issue 4.1|her first appearance]], and "Miko Nakaki" in their Team Prime feature the [[Transformers Comic issue 4.2|following issue]]. A newspaper clipping in their episode guide entry for "[[Deus ex Machina]]" meanwhile gave her the last name "Nasaraki", but we're pegging this as intentional. Bantam Children's book ''[[Optimus Under Threat]]'' meanwhile spelled her last name "Makadi".
*The writers considered having Miko return to Tokyo and introducing her parents during ''Beast Hunters'', but time constraints prevented this.<ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-sdcc-2013-transformers-prime-beast/20764/news.html Tformers.com: SDCC 2013 - ''Transformers Prime Beast Hunters'' Hasbro Panel]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Korean:'' '''Mina''' (미나 ''Mina'', EBS broadcast)

==References==
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The Transformers: The Movie/dubs

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'''''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''''' has been translated and dubbed into many languages, each with its own set of quirks and oddities.

==Brazil==
'''''Transformers: O Filme''''', as the movie is known in Portuguese, was released in Brazilian theaters in [[January 15]], [[1987]], not long after the launch of the series on television. It was later released on home video in the same year on a very small scale, which made it very hard to find in video stores. The movie was aired on television only twice, once in 1990 on Rede Globo (the same channel that broadcast the series) and again in 2000 on Fox Kids, each time receiving a new dub.

The most probable reason for the existence of the first two dubs is that the theatrical/home video dub was based on the American version of the movie while the television one from 1990 was based on the European release, as it had the ''Star Wars''-type text in the beginning and the narrator stating at the end that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] would return. These dubs are different not only in the choice of some of their voice actors but also in their translations. Which dub is the best is a regular topic of debate among Brazilian fans, though both versions have their share of problems. Unfortunately, neither of them allowed Spike to swear.

===Theatrical/Home video dub===
In the theatrical/home video dub, all of the pre-''Movie'' main characters are dubbed by the same voice actors who played them on the television series, and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] does not receive a new voice when he is reformatted into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]].

This version is the most localized of the first two, but is also the most "childish" in nature. For example, when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] are running toward [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and spot the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], Kup states, "The Insecticons are in the way," with Hot Rod replying, "Wrong, they're on their way to the hole!", something that makes no sense at all and that the translator probably just thought would sound funny to the kids watching. A better example of localization happens when Kup and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] are greeting each other, in which both make references to Brazilian television series of the time. Kup even says "plim-plim", a reference to the sound effect used alongside the Rede Globo logo during vignettes and commercial breaks.

Instead of casting a deep-voiced actor for [[Unicron]], this dub chose to heavily distort the actor's voice, making him sound menacing but almost unintelligible. The same thing was done to the [[Quintesson]]s and their servants. A similar situation occurred with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]; since his voice actor could not talk as fast as [[John Moschitta]], his voice was also distorted to make it sound faster, which also made it difficult to understand.

Finally, the "robotic" effect on the Transformers voices was not done the same way as it was for the television series, which resulted in the characters sounding as if they're talking through a radio more than anything else.

In this version, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] does not rhyme.

===Rede Globo dub===
The movie was broadcast only once on Rede Globo during a special week dedicated to Children's Day, which in Brazil is celebrated in [[October 12]]. Most of the pre-''Movie'' characters retained the same voices they had on the home video release, but all of the new Transformers got new voice actors, including Galvatron. This dub also lost the localization aspect the other one received; while it resulted in more faithful translations, some instances lost all sense to Brazilian audiences.

The characters possess the same "robotic" distortion on their voices that they had in the television series, and no kind of heavy modulation was used. An actor with an actual deep voice was cast as Unicron and had his voice left unaltered, which made it much easier for the audience to understand his dialogue. On the other hand, no distortion was used for Blurr, so the actor was forced to try and emulate John Moschitta's impossibly fast speech pattern with debatable results.

One notable dubbing error occurs when Hot Rod opens the Matrix at the end of the film; the line "Light our darkest hour!" is delivered by Optimus Prime's voice actor instead of Hot Rod's. Because of this, Brazilian fans who had only watched this version were left to believe that it was in fact Optimus' spirit who was speaking through Rodimus in a deep "passing of the torch" moment. Of course, this belief became much less popular once the original American audio and the alternate dub became much more accessible to Brazilian fans by the start of the 21st century.

In this version, Wheelie rhymes.

===Fox Kids dub===
Little is known about the third Brazilian dub of the movie, other than the fact that it aired only once on Fox Kids in the year 2000 and has a list of voice actors available online. This version is by far the least known among fans, with a large portion of the fandom not even being aware of its existence and the few who claim to have seen it argue that it is the worst one of the bunch. While unconfirmed, the reason this dub was created is most likely because of rights issues involving the previous two versions.

Due to its obscurity, it's unknown if Wheelie does or does not rhyme in this version, nor if Spike gets to swear this time around (which is still highly unlikely).

==Denmark==
The first time the movie was shown was on Danish national television broadcaster DR in the fall of 2009. While there had been dubbed episodes of the original television show made in the 1980s for home video and later TV airings, the movie was not dubbed at that point. Rather a completely new cast was used for the movie, possibly made for this specific airing. The dubbed movie was re-broadcast 2 years later on a sub-station of DR.

The dubbing had a larger cast of voice actors than the late-80s dub of the TV series with one or two actors returning to the franchise after 25 years. However, some lines were omitted by mistake (a few characters could be seen moving their lips visibly but without any sound being heard) while others appeared at completely random times (a line uttered by Galvatron missing earlier in the movie "appearing" towards the end in a completely unrelated scene possibly due to a bad time code in the dubbing software).

This version was based on the UK print of the movie and has yet to see a public release on any kind of media.

==France/Quebec==
[[File:La Guerre des Robots.jpg|thumb|200px|left|upright=0.7|Is Arcee running away from Hot Rod?]]
The film was released in French theaters in April 1987,<ref name="france">"[https://www.cineanimation.fr/film/la-guerre-des-robots-transformers La Guerre des robots - Transformers]" at Ciné Animation.</ref> soberly titled "La Guerre des Robots" (''The War of the Robots''), which suggests that the marketing team really had no knowledge of the existence of the animated series.

For French-speaking audiences, who had thus far been given two separate dubs of the TV series (one made in France and one made in Quebec, a very common occurrence), a single dub was made in France for all French releases of the film. This release used a brand-new voice actor team rather than using either dub team from the series.

The film adds a prologue, voiced by the narrator, which is not present in the original version. It is added during the opening song, while the names follow one another on screen:
''{{quote|A new evil power crosses the universe. A monstrous planet that devours everything in its path. Its goal is the small planet Cybertron, on which the race of the Transformers robots continues to clash in a fratricidal war. A war between good and evil that has lasted for millions of years. These treacherous Decepticons, led by the evil Megatron, have sworn to crush their enemies, the Autobots. To achieve their goals, they relentlessly pursued them across the galaxy, from planet Cybertron to Earth. But the heroic Autobots and their courageous leader, Optimus Prime, are not easily defeated...}}''

Whereas the Canadian French dub used the Canadian French names from the toy packages, and the European French dub avoided using names or created some sort of improvised nicknames, the Movie used most of the characters' English names. However, here are the few exceptions:
:*The Constructicons are called ''Constructitors''. They were called ''Constructicans'' in the European French dub of the TV series and ''Constructicons'' in the Canadian French dub.
:*The Constructicons state that they can form ''le Dévastateur robot'' ("the robotic devastator").
:*The Dinobots, who kept their original name in both dubs, are firstly called ''Dinosaurobots'' in the Movie, then ''Dinorobots''.

Moreover, the Movie pronounced the names the original English way (notably "Optimus Prime", which was pronounced the French way in France and called "Optimus Primus" in Canada). For the factions, the Movie kept the pronunciation used in the European French dub ("Autobot" pronounced the French way and "Deceptican"). However, there is an exception in the last scene: when Rodimus Prime says "Autobots, transform and roll out!", he pronounces "Autobots" the English way.

Two characters were given gender changes for this dub; Starscream and Shrapnel both become females (Shrapnel being called "Mademoiselle Shrapnel").

Some robots don't have a continuous voice effect, it depends of the scenes. For example, Bumblebee says his first lines without any effect, and all of a sudden, his voice is exceedingly high-pitched, until the end of the film. Grimlock's voice is more or less altered depending on the scene, the same goes for Blurr. However, Soundwave does not have any particular effect, just the classic slight reverb, like in the TV dubs.

Megatron keeps the same voice once he becomes Galvatron, unlike in the original version.

There are several notable changes to the dialogs:
:*Arblus is not named. The line "Arblus, look! It's Unicron!" becomes "Watch out! Look, it's Unicron!".
:*The narrator states that "The evil Decepticons have invaded Cybertron, the home of the Autobots", which sounds like Decepticons come from another planet.
:*Starscream's line "How do you feel, mighty Megatron?" becomes "How do you feel, damn Megatron?".
:*When Starscream asks "Megatron? Is that you?" Galvatron's original answer, "Here's a hint!", is now much more direct: "Yes, but stronger than before!"
:*When the Decepticons make space in Astrotrain and push the others out, they say "The injured, jump!".
:*Hook tells Soundwave "Nobody would obey a cassette player!". Then Rumble says "Eh! No one has ever insulted Soundwave with such impunity!".
:*The Auto-combatant's line "Time out! Time out! Time out!" becomes "We don't negotiate anymore, it's too late!".
:*Slag's "Excuse me!" is dubbed by "Toi, écrase !". It's a pun with the expression meaning "You, lie low!" which uses the word "écraser" (to crush).
:*Wreck-Gar's noises as the Autobots plant the Quintesson ship in the ground are dubbed by "We have visitors! If you think this is where you're going to find oil, you're in trouble!".
:*Optimus Prime's line "Arise, Rodimus Prime!" followed by Hot Rod whispering "Optimus!" are replaced by Hot Rod saying... "Arise, Optimus Prime! Help me!".

There are several errors in the dub:
:*After Laserbeak's return, Megatron calls Soundwave "Cellule-espion" ("Spy Cell"). He will be called Soundwave for the rest of the film.
:*Optimus Prime's phrases are not the same in the replayed footage that Laserbeak shows, several words are different.
:*Blitzwing's line "Come on down, Autobrat!" is absent from the dub.
:*Hot Rod's line "Save it Kup, let's burn rubber!" is missing.
:*Starscream's line "Pathetic fools! There's no escape!" is missing.
:*Frenzy's line "Yeah! Let's kick tailgate!" is missing.
:*Spike's line "Oh shit! What are we going to do now?" is missing.
:*The first three faces of the Quintesson judge laugh, but the last two laughs are missing. This may be a technical issue since the cut is very harsh and we can briefly hear a sound during the last face.
:*Unfortunately, some key lines keep changing translation:
::*'Til all are one!" is firstly said by Optimus Prime "Until the day comes when all will be united", then Ultra Magnus says it the musketeer way, "One for all, all for one", and finally Rodimus Prime says "Until we become one".
::*"To light our darkest hour" is firstly said by Optimus Prime "To come and illuminate our darkest hours", then Ultra Magnus says "Didn't you say that the Matrix would light us in the darkness?", and finally Rodimus Prime says "Now light up our darkest hour".

On the nice hand, the Junkions make references to French TV:
:*"Vous pouvez toujours demander à Grand'Mère si elle fait du bon café !" ("You can always ask Grandma if she makes good coffee!") is a reference to French coffee brand ''Grand'Mère'', which had for TV slogan "Grand'Mère sait faire un bon café" ("Grandma knows how to make good coffee").
:*"N'oubliez pas de boucler vos ceintures ! Parce qu'un petit clic vaut mieux qu'un grand clac !" ("Don't forget to buckle your seat belts! Because a little click is better than a big clack!") refers to a 1975 French motto from the national road safety group.
:*Kup's phrase "Amis du soir, bonsoir !" ("Evening friends, good evening!") was often used in several night TV shows.
:*"Pousse, ça mousse!" ("Push, it foams!") refers to several French TV ads for soap brand ''Pousse Mousse''.

At the end, the film also adds a conclusion voiced by the narrator, which is not present in the original version. It is added during just before the head of Unicron reaches the orbit of Cybertron. Interestingly, it already announces the return of Optimus Prime.
''{{quote|The battle is over, but the galaxy waits, and the adventures of the Transformers will continue. And the greatest of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, will return.}}''

==Germany==
[[File:TFTM German DVD.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|German 2003 DVD cover]]
Germany also got two different dubs over the years:

===TV dub===
As the movie had never been shown in German theaters, the first dub, titled ''Transformers: Der Kampf um Cybertron'' (''Transformers: The Battle for Cybertron''), was made in 1994 for airing on the German TV station RTL, to serve as a "pilot" for the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|''Generation 2'' cartoon series]] which would be subsequently broadcast. (One might argue that the initial omission of the movie from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon's]] German airing schedule resulted in an information gap regarding the shift from the season 2 setting to the season 3 setting; but then again, the cartoon ''started'' with episodes from season 3 in Germany, and only ''six'' episodes from the first two seasons were ever aired during the entire original "Generation 1" run of the show, so it's not like context problems weren't already all over the place.)

Even though the dub was made only five years after the dub of the Generation 1 cartoon had started on German TV, only a few of the German voice actors returned, most of them not even in the same roles they had played before. Optimus Prime, for example, was now dubbed by Thomas Rau, who had originally voiced Rodimus Prime, Blaster and Scourge in the cartoon itself. As in the dub of the cartoon before, all the characters retained their English names... with the exception of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], whose name was translated as "Der Vernichter" ("the annihilator") for reasons unknown (he was "Devastator" in the dub of the cartoon itself). This version of the movie was only shown twice (not counting late-night reruns following those airings), on its TV premiere in April 1994 and one year later, in May 1995. It was never released on VHS either.

The TV version was based on the European edit of the film, including the {{w|Rank Organisation|Rank Film}} "{{w|Gongman}}" at the beginning. Contrary to a widespread rumor,<ref>[http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=fassung&fid=7489&vid=38680 German movie database still listing the rumor about Starscream's "edited death" in TF:TM]</ref> the German TV edition of the movie was ''not'' edited to omit Starscream's death scene.

Notably, the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]' dialogue was treated with a surprising amount of finesse, replacing their references to English TV and advertising phrases to contemporary German ones, including an ''extremely'' well-known and catchy advertising slogan used by Toyota. In addition, Bernd Simon's rendition of Starscream is spot on, coming ''frighteningly'' close to Chris Latta. Overall, despite a few minor hiccups, major technical and translation errors were far and far between.

===DVD dub===
[[File:TFTM German DVD 2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|German 2006 DVD cover]]
In 2003, the movie, this time simply titled ''Transformers'', was finally released on DVD in Germany, by a little-known, low-budget label. Since the TV edition of the movie had been used as a "pilot" for the G2 cartoon, and it had been archived under the title "Der Kampf um Cybertron", the dubbing masters were not located until more than a year later, so the DVD company assigned an entirely new dub... which makes the [[Omni Productions]] dub and the [[Voicebox Productions|Voicebox]] dub of ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' look like masterpieces. Numerous translation errors resulted from the apparent lack of an original script, thus requiring the dubbers to translate simply from listening to the original audio; coupled with a lack of experience with the source material and a lack of professional knowledge in the English (and German) language in general, resulting in look-it-up-in-a-dictionary-use-first-suggestion translations, sentences that ''make no sense whatsoever at all'' in context, and generally stilted and unnatural-sounding dialogue. For example, after hijacking the Autobots' shuttle and killing off Ratchet, Prowl, Brawn and Ironhide, Megatron makes the completely nonsensical proclamation that he intends to get past the early warning system ''of'' the Autobots' shuttle (''which he is already in control of at this point''), instead of getting past the Autobots' early warning system ''in'' their own shuttle (as in, using the shuttle as a Trojan horse). Also, Grimlock's line "Me Grimlock need new strategy" gets misinterpreted as "Me Grimlock need ''no'' strategy", and the phrase "mockery of justice" is mangled into a completely nonsensical "Farce der Gerechtigkeit" ("farce of justice", with the loan word "Farce" mispronounced as if the voice actor had never seen that fancy word before, and "justice" in the sense of "fairness" rather than "judical system"). A much better translation would have been "Justizposse".

In addition, none of the voice actors sounded like they were particularly experienced in the field of dubbing, especially since none of their voices were recognizable from other productions.

The DVD is also notorious for its packaging, which does its best to obscure ''what exactly it contains'' (i.e. a feature-length animated movie). The front cover uses the cover artwork of the old Panini Generation 1 sticker album, while the back cover depicts stills from "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]", "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]" and "[[The Autobot Run]]", coupled with an (incorrect) summary of the general setting of the first two seasons of the Generation 1 cartoon, which implies (likely due to a misinterpretation of the English word "emerge") that the Autobots and Decepticons somehow come into existence on Earth, rather than simply reawakening after lying dormant for millions of years, with the term "Transformers" even translated into German as "Transformatoren".

A second edition of this DVD was released in 2006, this time featuring artwork of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Armada Optimus Prime]] on the front cover, with Earth (from the [[Transformers (film)|2007 movie's]] promo poster) as the background, plus the 1984 back-of-the-box artwork rotated by 270 degrees as an overlay, and the "Transformers" title logo from the 2007 movie. The back cover depicts a screencap from the [[Transformers (Armada PS2)|''Armada'' video game]], [[Don Figueroa]]'s "All Optimus" poster and the 1984 back-of-the-box battle scene, plus the same sleeve text as featured on the 2003 release of the DVD, with none of the errors fixed.
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==Hungary==
The film was first dubbed into Hungarian by Mahir Studios for the Televideo company's 1992 VHS release; the second dub was recorded by Masterfilm Digital, and released by Mirax both on VHS and on DVD, the latter in 2004. Both versions include the scrolling text and other European edits; the Mirax one even has the "gong man". Issues they both have in common include small dubbing casts, inconsistent voices and translation errors. Neither dub used the name translations popularized by the Hungarian release of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|G1 comics]].

===Televideo===

The film's title was translated as ''Alakváltók'' (''Shape-shifters''), a rare instance of a name or expression matching up with the Marvel comic's terminology. The dub has a total of five voice actors (four men for random characters, one actress for Arcee, Daniel and most of Wheelie's lines), and is notorious for the dialogue almost never matching the lip movements and characters changing their voice on the fly. Certain lines are even missing or spoken at the wrong time (most notably Megatron's "Die, Autobots!" shout), and at times lines belonging to different characters were combined into one. Translation errors and flubbed line-reads also abound; Megatron ''berates'' Soundwave for jamming the Autobots' transmission instead of ordering him to do so, and Wreck-Gar calls Hot Rod Unicron at one point. But mistakes aside, the translation is surprisingly witty – Blurr's cheesy tongue-twister about shooting Decepticons is especially famous among older fans. In fact, the translator seems to have had a fondness for rhyming, as apart from Wheelie, the Dinobots, the Junkions and Blurr also deliver parts of their dialogue in verse. The problem is that the lines are also drastically ''compressed'', leading to many awkward moments of characters silently mouthing unspoken words.

There are numerous name changes, the most bizarre of which is the Decepticons being referred to as "Varangyok" ("Toads"). This may be a tribute to the '60s German sci-fi TV series ''Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffs Orion'' (''Space patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion''). In this series, the main enemy alien race is called "Frogs", but they were named Toads in the Hungarian translation. Other strange name changes include Peca ("Fisher" or "Fishing Rod") for Hot Rod, Zsaru ("Cop") for Kup, RC for Arcee or "IQ Jack" for the [[Ick-Yak]], all obvious misinterpretations of their original names. Curiously, one originally nameless characters ''gets'' a name: during the Decepticons' reformation scene, Unicron claims that there's only one Sweep, naming him "Karmos" (roughly, "Claws"). However, the Insecticons' nonsensical name ("Rovarángok") is harder to decipher. It can only be assumed that the translator intended it to be "Rovarangyok" ("Insectoads", a playful pun consistent with the Decepticon-Toad theme), and the voice actor has simply misread it.

One point in the dub's favor is that it at least attempted to retain the spirit of the Junkions' speech. For example, when putting Ultra Magnus back together, they shout "Aye-Tee-Tee!", a reference to old Hungarian {{w|ITT Inc.}} product commercials that were the subject of numerous jokes in the early '90s.

===Mirax===
[[File:TFTM Hungarian DVD.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|left|Hungarian DVD cover]]
The second dub has a reputation for including more profanities than the original version of the film. Although Spike's "Oh, shit!" line was cut, [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], Galvatron and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] say terms akin to "asshole" (from Grimlock to Blurr), "bastards" (Galvatron to the Autobots), "stupid", "brainless, numbskull jackass" ([[Slag (G1)|Slag]] to [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]), "sons of bitches" (this one even twice, in place of the original's "Decepti-chops" and "Decepti-creeps"), and "chickenshit" (from Galvatron, regarding Hot Rod). Other oddities are Wheelie only rhyming half the time, Blaster's extremely high-pitched transmission to Optimus Prime (either an audio editing error or a very strange creative choice), and [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and Unicron at first talking in a seg-men-ted, ro-bo-tic man-ner. Numerous grunts and screams were also inserted where there were originally none, even the Sharkticons can be heard yelling a lot.

This dub also uses a mix of untranslated or incorrectly translated names, and character voices – this time supplied by twelve actors – occasionally change from one sentence to the next. Erroneous names include Unicornis (Unicron), Prowl (Blurr), Mega-robot (Devastator, though he is also called "Devastator the Mega-robot" in one line), Constructors ([[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]), Deceptors ([[Decepticon]]s, but only said once), Astro ([[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], again only for one line), Gettison (unknown; derived and misinterpreted from the line "Jettison some weight."), Eject (this refers to no one, it was mistranslated from Soundwave's "Eject" call), and the Ick-Yak becomes a "Mega-Missort". Wheelie's name is omitted. Wreck-Gar's dialogue also lacks any sort of creativity, consisting instead of random nonsense and straight-faced reactions to what's happening on screen. These and a multitude of other errors suggest that the translator had no script to work from and had to rely solely on her hearing.

A major blooper also occurs during the attack on the Autobot shuttle: Ironhide speaks his final words in [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s voice ("Please, have mercy!"), and curiously, the translation of Megatron's "Such heroic nonsense." line corresponds with this sudden change of personality, as he responds with "Death to all traitors." before blasting him. Now ''this'' is foreshadowing.

The DVD case has G.I. Joe pictures printed on the back side, as well as on the DVD itself. Spiffy. On a positive note, the summary on the back of the case is actually competently written, even if the references to the cartoon series (which wasn't released in the country) and to the movie's place in its timeline are worded a bit confusingly, and unlike the dub, it renders Unicron's name correctly. Masterfilm Digital would later localize ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' (episodes 1-26 of which were likewise commissioned by Mirax), sadly still maintaining some of the general incompetence displayed by their handling of this movie.
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==Italy==
There are two Italian dubs: the original one and a 2007 redub made when the live movie arrived in cinemas.

===Original dub===
This dub uses the original names for the new characters, except for Wheelie, named here "Saetta" (which was already Wheeljack's Italian name, curiously). Lots of lines are completely different from the original script: Devastator's "Prepare for extermination!" became "I'll destroy you, Transformers!", Grimlock's "Me Grimlock like challenge!" is replaced with "We Dinobots ready for great battle!" Optimus's line "Soon I shall be all one with the Matrix" turns into "The most important thing now is the passage of the Matrix" and "Arise, Rodimus Prime" was changed to "Now rise up, Hot Rod!"

The scene on Quintessa also gets a weird rewrite: for some reason this dub refers to the Quintesson prosecutor as the evil "Emperor Quintesson" and all the dialogue said by the judge starts with "Yes, my Quintesson".

===2007 redub===
The redub uses the Italian names for everyone except Ravage, Laserbeak, Ratbat and Rodimus Prime (Hot Rod, although, is called "Folgore"). "Soundwave superior, Constructicons inferior" becomes "The Soundwave is superior, the Constructicon is inferior!" (no, seriously.)

There are many mispronounciations: Constructicons is pronounced "Con-STROOK-ticons", Laserbeak is named "Laserback" and [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] is called "Yoonk".

Blurr's speech is fast, and for some reason he also speaks in rhymes, probably to make it sound more repetitive.

Another amusing error is in the Junkion's chant of "remove the toughest stains", that is translated as "remove the toughest Slags"... as in "taking away an army of clones of [[Slag (G1)|the Dinobot who transforms into a Triceratops]]", since the actual Italian line is "rimuovere i Tricex più duri" ("Tricex" is Slag's Italian name). What.

The script is more faithful to the original version otherwise. The redub was poorly received by Italian fans.

==Japan==
[[File:UnicronWarMagami01.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb]]

The Japanese dub was an official translation by [[Katsushige Hirata]]. Although '''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (トランスフォーマーザ・ムービー) was advertised during 1987, and was even originally scheduled for a theatrical release in the summer of that year, unknown circumstances resulted in a delay of the Japanese release. It was not released in Japan until [[August 9]]th 1989,<ref>http://pastport.jp/user/kabochan/timeline/%E6%94%BE%E9%80%81%E4%BB%A5%E5%A4%96%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A7%E3%81%8D%E3%81%94%E3%81%A8%E5%B9%B4%E8%A1%A8/event/uUhfr2WcbUI</ref> first through limited charity screenings for UNICEF in Tokyo and Osaka (where a man in a [[Ginrai (human)|Super Ginrai]] costume greeted guests), followed immediately by a {{w|LaserDisc}} and VHS release. According to one attendee of the charity screening in Tokyo,<ref>https://kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054884808234/episodes/1177354054886027093</ref> some tickets to the event were offered to [[S.T.A.R.S.]] members via lottery, the version screened was in English with Japanese subtitles, and [[Tessho Genda]] (Japanese voice of Optimus Prime) was present to speak with fans; according to a different fan, leftover mail-away [[Lander]]s from ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Masterforce]]'' were available as point-of-sale items at the screening.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=あちしはビクトリー時期のトランスフォーマー・ザ・ムービーチャリティー上映会の物販で買った記憶。|link=https://twitter.com/nekoteck2011/status/920069769323192320|name=nekoteck2011|site=Twitter|year=2017|month=10|day=16|(defunct=)}}</ref> Footage taken during the charity screenings was included in the straight-to-video promotional film, "Transformers Theatrical Version!! Video Finally Here" (トランスフォーマー劇場公開バージョン!!ビデオついに登場). This was the second promotional VHS relating to the film, as ''[[The Transformers: The Movie - Apocalypse: Be Eternal, Matrix]]'' was produced to promote the movie prior to its Japanese release.

Unfortunately, the film's delay would later cause some continuity problems in future Japanese-penned ''Transformers'' fiction, as characters killed in the movie (notably [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]) appear in later series ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' respectively (though these would be addressed [[Controverse|years later]]).

Despite not being released in Japan in 1987 as intended, the events of the movie were [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|summarized]] in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' with accompanying artwork by [[Ban Magami]] and [[Studio OX]] so that children tuning into ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]'' would not be lost. The events of the movie would regularly be referred to as the "[[Unicron War]]", gaining something of a mysterious and legendary quality, as their events were constantly referred to but never ''seen''.

Although ''Transformers: The Movie'' was dubbed several years after ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' and ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010|Transformers 2010]]'' had ended, the majority of cast members from those series returned to reprise their roles.

The Japanese dub is notable for adding a lot of lines and voice effects to moments which had been silent in the English version, including the following:

*The shuttle attack scene originally doesn't have much talking during combat, but the Japanese dub adds numerous lines to many characters on both sides of the fight. For example, after killing Brawn, Starscream cheerfully asks who's next while waving Megatron around.
*During Optimus Prime's attack on the Decepticons and his fight with Megatron, every Decepticon Prime shoots can be heard screaming in pain, while his battle with Megatron has numerous grunts and curses added in.

[[File:TFTMMagnusJPCaption01.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Hang on, there's something on the screen down here. Let me get that..."]]

Some of the additions were quite goofy (e.g., Blitzwing begs Prime not to run him over before getting out of the way) but some were actually quite disturbing. For example, when Starscream is killed by Galvatron, he gives off a long, tortured scream. In addition, the destruction of Lithone is made more horrifying by the sounds of the natives dying (some of them even being cut off mid-scream).

There are also a few slight dialogue alterations, such as Megatron ''specifically'' ordering the Insecticons to breach the Autobot defenses, to which [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] respond in unison with a high-pitched ''"Yessss siirrr!"'' Soundwave's famous "Soundwave superior, Constructicons inferior," is modified into "Soundwave is intelligent, the Constructicons are just idiots!"

The only other alteration of note in regards to the Japanese version is that whenever a character appears on screen for the first time, their name and function appears with them (written in Japanese, of course).

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==Latin America==
The Latin American Spanish dub was done in [[Los Angeles]] and is notable because it kept all the voice actors from the cartoon and the new characters remained with the same voices for the remainder of the show. Every character is referred to by their original English name, since none of the characters' names were translated when the cartoon was dubbed into Spanish (except Ravage, who was called "Destructor" on the cartoon, but kept his English name on the movie).

Features the Star Wars-type text in the beginning and the narrator at the end stating that Optimus Prime will return.

Though it is one of the most popular dubs of the movie, it has only been released domestically on home video once and is very difficult to find nowadays. In addition, it hasn't been shown on TV since the early Nineties. Despite this, the dub has been included in many international releases of the movie.

This dub removes all swearing and makes Optimus Prime's death scene even more traumatic by having Daniel ''actually'' crying when Optimus flatlines.

Galvatron sounds exactly like Megatron and Wheelie occasionally rhymes because his dialogue was ''literally'' translated.

==Poland==
In Poland, the movie was never professionally dubbed. In the only official (and cult classic) release on VHS in 1992, all the dialogue was read by a single voice-over actor, while the original sound was left intact and could be heard in the background. To this day, that characteristic form of "narrating" is a very popular solution in Poland when it comes to translating movies for TV or DVDs. Thanks to this method, you can both understand the story and hear all the original voices. In the case of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' it also forced translators to leave (almost) all the original names intact. (Yay!)

==Spain==
In Spain, the movie was aired once in Latin American on the channel ''Antena 3''. However, when the Generation 1 DVDs were published by the company Selecta Visión, they included both the Latin American dub and a new Spanish one (Castilian) that recycled the first's translations, but adding some errors in the character's names. It was aired for the first and only time in Castilian the year 2008 in ''Local Media TV'', but the audio quality wasn't very good, probably due to emission problems.

==South Korea==

===KBS dub===
The first Korean dub of the movie aired on the Korean TV channel KBS in 1989, titled "Unicron and the transforming robots". The voice acting is decent, almost matching the Japanese voices of Shockwave, Starscream, and Soundwave. At that time, many robot shows had only one robot appearing, but Transformers had more characters in their cartoon, gaining the attention of many children. KBS would later go on to dub several movies of the [[Live-action film series]]. This version is not found at the moment, and is still yet to reach the world of internet.

===VHS dub===
The VHS dub by Iljin Production was titled "Transforming robots Unicron", and this time, Starscream sounds like the original US version.

===DVD dub===
The DVD dub, which was released in 2007, was titled just "Transformers", and it is filled with a lot of music errors, such as the first part of [[Dare]] being very quiet, [[The Touch]] had its lyrics repeating, and sometimes random music was added, for instance, when Hot Rod becomes Rodimus Prime, the music suddenly changes to Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way by Spectre General, and changes back to The Touch. Currently, this is the only dub that is available. The interest for this dub probably died out, as South Koreans could have easier reach to the original English version.

==References==
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User:Jazztronomy/sandbox

2025-05-08T13:43:09Z

Jazztronomy: /* External links */

'''Leni Marlina Tarra''' or simply known as '''Leni M. Tarra''' is an Indonesian voice actress. She is best known for voicing young boy characters. Her dubbing roles include Kevin McCallister in the ''Home Alone'' films, Astro Boy in the eponymous film, Tsubasa Ozora in the ''Captain Tsubasa'' anime series, Conan Edogawa in the ''Detective Conan'' anime series, and Dekisugi Hidetoshi in the ''STAND BY ME Doraemon'' films.

==Voice roles==
===''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]''===
*[[Cody Burns]]

===''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''===
*[[Otis Watson]]

==External links==
*[[fandom:dubdb:Leni M. Tarra|The Dubbing Database entry]]
*[https://m.imdb.com/name/nm8798090/?ref_=mv_desc IMDB entry]
*[https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Leni-Marlina-Tarra/ BTVA entry]
*[https://www.instagram.com/lenim.tarra?igsh=MThjZDV1Mmo5ZXlzMg== Instagram profile]

[[!Category:Indonesian voice actors]]

User:Jazztronomy/sandbox

2025-05-08T13:40:37Z

Jazztronomy: Created page with "'''Leni Marlina Tarra''' or simply known as '''Leni M. Tarra''' is an Indonesian voice actress. She is best known for voicing young boy characters. Her dubbing roles include K..."

Charlie Watson

2025-05-07T23:14:00Z

Jazztronomy: /* Bumblebee film */

{{disambig3|Charles|Charlie}}
{{picsneeded}}
[[File:CharlieWatsonBumblebeemovie.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|I am not going down there again. If you want any more water you can fetch it yourself.]]
:''Charlie Watson is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Bumblebee (franchise)|Bumblebee]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''

'''Charlie Watson''' is your average teenager going through some things — she's still recovering from the loss of [[Charlie's dad|her father]], and the fact that [[Sally Watson|her mother]] already has a [[Ron (BB)|new boyfriend]] isn't helping matters. She tends to bury herself in her two main passions in life: music, particularly the music of [[The Smiths]], and her attempts to finish restoring a Corvette that she and her father had been working on before he died.

==Fiction==
===Movies===
====''Bumblebee'' film====
:''Actor:'' [[Hailee Steinfeld]]
{{voiceactor|[[Tao Tsuchiya]] (Japanese dub)|[[Zhu Rongrong]] (Chinese dub), [[Anna Theimerová]] (Czech, trailers), [[Barbora Šedivá]] (Czech, movie dub), [[Camille Timmerman]] (European French dub), [[Célia Gouin-Arsenault]] (Canadian French dub), [[Victoria Frenz]] (German dub), [[Sumriddhi Shukla]] (Hindi dub), [[Szonja Rudolf]] (Hungarian dub), [[Siti Balqis]] (Indonesian dub), [[Emanuela Ionica]] (Italian dub), [[Moon Nam-sook]] (Korean dub), [[Weronika Humaj]] (Polish dub), [[Amanda Manso]] (Portuguese dub), [[Irene Miras]] (Spain Spanish dub), [[Alicia Vélez]] (Latin-American Spanish, movie dub), [[Lupita Leal]] (Latin-American Spanish, trailers), [[Punsikorn Tiyakorn]] (Thai dub), [[Zeynep Er]] (Turkish dub)}}

In her younger days, Charlie was a member of her school's dive team, until the death of her father turned the group into an unpleasant association and she gave it up. To honor her father, Charlie dedicated herself to finish restoring an old Corvette the two had been working on, using money from a job selling hot dogs at [[Brighton Falls Boardwalk|the local fairground]] in [[Brighton Falls]] to buy parts from [[Uncle Hank]]'s auto repair.

The day before her eighteenth birthday, she started off by throwing out her old diving trophies. During her working day at the fairground, she accidentally spilled drinks all over [[Tripp Summers]], earning her a mocking from Tripp's girlfriend [[Tina Lark|Tina]] and her friends. While searching for spare parts at Uncle Hank's, she stumbled on a derelict Volkswagen Beetle. Though intrigued by the vehicle, she was unable to get it started. Upon returning home, Charlie found her latest haul of spare parts were insufficient to finish fixing the Corvette and, despairing, she went to bed.
[[File:BBfilm-Charlie-finds-bee.jpg|300px|thumb|left|They tell me you are a car with true grit.]]
Though Charlie had hoped for some good hard cash as her birthday gift so she could put the funds towards restoring the Corvette, on the morning of her birthday she was presented with a pair of disappointing gifts: a flower-patterned helmet (her mother had heard that riding mopeds without one was unsafe) and a book on smiling more from Ron. After stewing in her room for a while, she headed to Uncle Hank's, prepared to make a deal for the Volkswagen, only for him to simply gave it to her. After spending hours on the Beetle, she was able to get it running, bringing it back to her garage. As she tided up, a piece of machinery fell out from under the car's undercarriage prompting her to investigate, where she found an inert mechanical face. Shining her light on the face caused it to activate and the Beetle transformed into a robot. Though initially afraid, Charlie quickly realized the robot was just as afraid of her, as well as suffering from muteness and amnesia. With him unable to tell her anything, Charlie dubbed him "[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]".
The next morning, Bumblebee had gone missing, taken by Charlie's mother so she could get their dog, [[Conan]], to the vet. Charlie was forced to chase them down on her moped where she insisted on driving Bumblebee herself. She later took Bee to a beach so he could practice disguising himself to keep himself a secret. When she noticed Bumblebee's chest sparking, she tried to fix it only to wind up activating a holographic recording of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|another of Bumblebee's kind]], the message letting Charlie know Bumblebee was hiding from a war. Back in the garage, Charlie transplanted the Corvette's radio into Bumblebee, allowing him to use music as a way to express himself (being offended at his dislike of The Smiths). During the ensuing celebrations, however, [[Memo]] burst in, intending to ask Charlie on a date and seeing Bumblebee. Charlie quickly swore the boy to secrecy before taking him on a drive in Bumblebee the next day, where Bumblebee showed off his new form of radio communication. The trio ended up on a cliff at the sea edge where Tripp was intending to dive in and daring anyone to join him. Despite Bumblebee volunteering her, Charlie was unable to bring herself to dive, earning scorn from her peers, especially Tina. Memo and Bumblebee convinced Charlie to get revenge on Tina, the trio TPing Tina's house and egging her car, only for the tomfoolery to go pear-shaped due to Bumblebee's inexperience with human pranks and underestimation of his own strength, eventually resulting in Bumblebee taking Charlie and Memo on a police chase.

Figuring it would be safer, Charlie left Bumblebee at home the following day while she went to work only for Memo to call her to come home. When she arrived, she found Bumblebee had accidentally trashed the house after venturing in from the garage. Though trying to repair the damage, and prevent her mother from seeing it, the house's wrecked state was soon found out which led to an argument with her mother, and her and Memo leaving in Bumblebee to cool off. As the trio raced through the countryside, they were surrounded by [[Sector Seven]]. Though the human teenagers were initially willing to make peace, Sector Seven's rough treatment of them convinced Bumblebee to grab Charlie and run off. As the two began escaping, the [[Decepticon]]s [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] arrived and began attacking Bumblebee, who, still suffering from amnesia, was unable to fight back. As Charlie tried to help her friend, Bumblebee was stunned by Sector Seven's electrical weapons, with Charlie's proximity to him meaning she too was affected. Unconscious, Charlie was taken back to her house where she awoke to find [[Jack Burns|Agent Burns]] telling her parents that Bumblebee was a government weapon that Charlie had unwittingly come across. Though she tried to defend herself and tell the truth, Charlie's mother sent her to room. Determined, Charlie snuck out, collecting Memo and enlisting her brother [[Otis Watson|Otis]] to cover her escape so she could go and find Bumblebee.

[[File:BBfilm-Bumblebee-pat-pat.jpg|thumb|300px|Time just gets away from us.]]With Memo, Charlie managed to infiltrate [[McKinnon Air Base]] where she watched the Decepticons interrogate and seemingly kill Bumblebee before the invaders took their leave to summon the [[Decepticon fleet]] and bait a trap for the coming Autobot resistance. Using Sector Seven's electrical guns, Charlie managed to revive Bumblebee, the shock to his system causing his memories to reboot. Burns then seized Charlie causing the scout to go a rampage until Charlie calmed him down. With the government seemingly dealt with, Charlie asserted that they all flee only for Bumblebee to insist on stopping the Decepticons. Leaving Memo behind to stall Sector Seven (however briefly), Bumblebee took Charlie to a nearby dock where the [[Triple Changer]]s were modifying a radio tower into an interstellar transmitter.

Though Bumblebee attempted to keep Charlie away from the fight, his battle with Dropkick soon soon spilled over to her hiding spot. As she ran for cover, Charlie noticed Shatter had nearly finished the transmitter. Commandeering a crane, Charlie climbed onto the tower where she began prying out its power cell only for Shatter to target her. The Decepticon's attention was soon drawn by Agent Burns in a helicopter and Bumblebee himself allowing Charlie to stop the transmission while Bumblebee killed Shatter by flooding the dry dock, only for he himself to be caught in the current. Overcoming her doubts, Charlie dove in after him, managing to wake Bumblebee who carried her to safety. At Agent Burns's urging, the two fled the scene before more Sector Seven forces arrived.

On a hill overlooking the [[Golden Gate Bridge]], Charlie and Bumblebee said a tearful goodbye where the scout revealed his [[Scanning|trans-scan]]ning abilities and adopted a Camaro [[alternate mode]], driving off to meet his fellow [[Autobot]]s. Returning home, Charlie reunited with her family and Memo (though they weren't at holding hands level just yet). Inspired by her experience with Bumblebee, Charlie threw herself into working on the Corvette, eventually managing to restore it completely. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{note|Charlie Watson's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, was also chronicled in the novel "[[Transformers: Bumblebee: The Junior Novel]]".}}

====''Rise of the Beasts'' film====
Seven years after parting ways with Charlie, Bumblebee reminded [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] of his friendship with the human to ease his leader's distrust on humanity. Optimus believed in Bee's testimony but remained skeptical that [[Noah Díaz|other humans]] could do any good for them. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

===Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway figure online description===
{{bigquote|Perfect soundtrack for cruisin' down the open road in my VW Beetle|Charlie|''Human Ally Magazine''}}

Charlie's positive opinion on the [[Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway]] cassette mixtape was published on the ''[[Human Ally Magazine]]''.<ref>[https://shop.hasbro.com/en-sg/product/transformers-studio-series-20-bumblebee-vol-2-retro-pop-highway:6EB03BBE-F290-4C15-9249-CC395A992232 Studio Series 20 Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway product page on the official Hasbro Shop site]
</ref>

===''Bumblebee's First Life On Earth''===
{{voiceactor|[[Ryōhei Kimura]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:TF-BB-Movie-Bumblebee's-First-Life-Episode-2.jpg|thumb|240px]]
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Picked Up from the Junkyard}}{{storylink|Hiding in the Park!}}{{storylink|Cooking!}}}}

==Toys==
===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-BB-Movie-Studio-Series-15-Charlie-figurine.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Bumblebee''' (Multipack, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Bumblebee'''''
:*''ID number'': '''15'''
:A [[Slug figure|static figurine]] of Charlie wearing a shirt with the ''Bumblebee'' logo is included in a two-pack with ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS15|15 Bumblebee]]. Unlike the movie, Charlie features a short haircut.

===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''''Studio Series'''''
:*''Movie'': '''''Bumblebee'''''
:*''ID number'': '''15BB'''
:The same figurine was re-released with ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BW15|Bumblebee]], with no discernable changes.
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==Merchandise==
===''Hollywood Rides''===
[[File:Jada-Bumblebee-and-Charlie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Volkswagen Beetle Bumblebee & Charlie''' (Scale 1/24 Die Cast Vehicle, 2018)}}</ul>
: A figurine of Charlie is included with the non-transforming 1/24 scaled die-cast replica of Bumblebee's VW Beetle mode released by [[Jada Toys]]. It hews closer to Charlie's movie appearance than the ''Studio Series'' version, featuring longer hair and more accurate clothes.
{{--}}

==Notes==
*The first ''Studio Series'' multi-pack containing Bumblebee and Charlie had the working name "Rebekah's Garage". Whether this means that Charlie was named "Rebekah" earlier in development, or if "Rebekah" is one of Hasbro's [[Studio Series#Notes|internal code names]], is unknown.
*In ''Rise of the Beasts'', Charlie is only alluded to in a brief conversation between Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. An additional scene would have featured Bumblebee showing Prime a polaroid picture of him and Charlie together, but this moment was deleted during production. The Latin American dub of the film, meanwhile, actually has Optimus mention Charlie by name during their conversation.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Charlie Watson''' (チャーリー・ワトソン ''Chārī Watoson'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Studio Series humans]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]

Otis Watson

2025-05-05T01:25:25Z

Jazztronomy: /* Bumblebee film */

:''Otis Watson is a [[human]] from the [[Bumblebee (franchise)|Bumblebee]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''
[[File:Bumblebee Otis Watson.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
'''Otis Watson''' is [[Charlie Watson|Charlie]]'s younger brother. His main pursuits in life are being a student of karate, in which he has reached the rank of yellow belt under [[Master Larry]], and maintaining an ongoing sibling rivalry with his sister. Unlike her, he has largely gotten over the death of [[Charlie's dad|their father]] and accepted [[Sally Watson|their mother]]'s new boyfriend [[Ron (BB)|Ron]]. He also has a pet dog named [[Conan]].

{{quote|Shut up, Otis.|Sally Watson}}

==Fiction==
===''Bumblebee'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Jason Drucker]]
{{voiceactor|[[Natsumi Fujiwara]] (Japanese dub)|[[Jaume Solá]] (Spain Spanish dub), [[Álvaro Salarich]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[Andrea Santamaria]] (European French dub), [[Mathéo Savard-Piccinin]] (Canadian French dub), [[Elias Kunze]] (German dub), [[Luca Tesei]] (Italian dub), [[Sonal Kaushal]] (Hindi dub), [[Victor Hugo Fernandes]] (Brazilian Portuguese dub), [[Leni M. Tarra]] (Indonesian dub)}}
The day before Charlie's eighteenth birthday, Sally noted that Otis looked grown up in his karate ''gi'' and asked Charlie to make sure he didn't get abducted on his way to karate practice. Otis later watched ''[[ALF]]'' with Sally and [[Ron (BB)|Ron]]. The day after Charlie got a new car, Otis and Ron were eating breakfast together and discussing how long it would be before Otis would get to learn about nunchucks when they were surprised by Charlie's positive mood as she left for work. Moments later Charlie interrogated Otis about the whereabouts of her car, and he was able to tell her their mother had taken Conan to the vet in it.

A day later, Sally drove Otis home from karate practice to find the house had been trashed, including his [[television|TV]]. As it turned out, the government thought Charlie had stolen some of their equipment, and Otis later caught Charlie sneaking out of the house after being sent to her room. Charlie managed to persuade him not to alert their mother, and filled him in on the fact her new car was a transforming space robot. She tasked him with keeping their mother in the dark while she and her friend [[Memo]] went to [[McKinnon Air Base]] to rescue [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

Otis's attempt at subterfuge lasted about thirty seconds before Sally made him spill everything, and the pair, along with Ron, went in search of Charlie in the station wagon. When Charlie and Bumblebee were racing to the port to prevent the [[Decepticon]]s from calling in an army, the Watsons heard a radio report and joined in as [[Sector Seven]] pursued the [[Autobot]]. Some deft driving by Ron resulted in a near accident, which Otis labeled "radical" before throwing up. After the world was saved, Otis apologized for telling on Charlie, but she forgave and thanked him, as his doing so had ultimately saved her. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{note|Otis Watson's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, was also chronicled in the novel "[[Transformers: Bumblebee: The Junior Novel]]".}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Otis}}
[[Category:Bumblebee humans]]
[[Category:Live-action-only characters]]

Harda Billy

2025-04-30T12:38:21Z

Jazztronomy:

'''Harda Billy''' (born [[April 25]], 19??) is an Indonesian voice actor, voice director, dubbing operator, and mixing engineer.

As a voice actor, he is best known for his roles as Dopey in ''Snow White'', Garfield in ''The Garfield Show'', Jinmenken in ''Yo-kai Watch'', Piccolo in ''Dragon Ball Z'', Rath in ''Mummies Alive!'', Taisho in ''The Secret of Akko-chan'', Monkey D. Luffy in ''One Piece'', and Tentomon in ''Digimon Adventure''.

As a voice director, he notably directed the dubs of ''Shazam!'' and ''Gigantosaurus''.

==Voice roles==
===''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|Transformers: BotBots]]''===
*[[Dave (BotBots)|Dave]]
*[[Sprinkleberry D'uhnut]]
*[[Vomit Comet]]
*[[Eye-Goon]] (first voice)

===''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]''===
*[[Mandroid|Dr. Meridian/Mandroid]]

==Voice direction==
*''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|Transformers: BotBots]]'' (Indonesian dub)
*''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' (Indonesian dub)

==External links==
*{{w|lang=id|Daftar aktor dan aktris sulih suara Indonesia|Indonesian Voice Actors}} ''(Indonesian)''
*[https://www.instagram.com/billyharda.billy Harda Billy on Instagram]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Billy, Harda}}
[[Category:Indonesian voice actors]]
[[Category:Voice directors]]

Lost media

2025-04-30T11:08:18Z

Jazztronomy: /* Cartoon */I've just found the episodes 18–21.

'''Lost media''' is a term for media that is no longer available to the public or has been completely lost or destroyed over time. Some reasons for this can include limited distribution of the original material, copyright disputes regarding its publication, the shutdown of the service through which it was originally hosted, or sometimes just an outright loss of all available copies.

As a {{#expr: {{CURRENTYEAR}}-1984}}-year-old franchise covering just about every possible medium—much of it exclusive to different regions separated by linguistic barriers—it is inevitable that there's a staggering amount of lost ''Transformers'' media: thus, the content in this page is hardly comprehensive, and there's almost certainly more beyond what's listed here.

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==Lost ''Transformers'' media==
===Film===
*The IMAX edition of ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' (2007) features two minutes of additional footage. This footage has never been included in any home release.
*At the [[Transformers Hall of Fame/2011|2011]] [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] ceremony, in lieu of any cartoon or movie footage to play as a music video for fan nominee [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], a short mockumentary about Erector was played instead. This very tongue-in-cheek video gave a fictitious account of Erector's long history with the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]], with many people interviewed talking about how much the character meant to them and how, time and again, he had nearly made it into the next big piece of ''Transformers'' media only to be cut out at the last second (none of which was at all true, of course). This short film has never seen the light of day since its original screening. However, a few pieces of "concept art" have since surfaced online, including a ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''-themed Erector who transforms into a beaver.

===Cartoon===
* Various dubs of different ''Transformers'' cartoons have been partially lost:
** The European French dubs of 16 episodes of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]] have been lost, mainly in season 3.
** The Canadian French dubs of 33 episodes of the original cartoon have been lost, mainly in season 1.
** Three quarters of the French dubs of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] have been lost. Around 20 episodes of ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' and 10 episodes of ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' have been released on DVD. According to several voice actors from the shows, all the episodes have been dubbed and broadcast at the time. It is unknown for ''Armada'', but findings of [[Open Fire!|two]] [[Titans|late]] episodes of ''Energon'' and ''Cybertron'' confirms that the two have been entirely dubbed.
** The Latin American-Spanish dub of ''Cybertron'' episodes [[Assault|28]] to [[Beginning|52]] is lost. Some clips with the dub have resurfaced over the years, but no full episodes.
** The Indonesian dubs of the last five episodes of [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Transformers: Prime'']] have been lost.
** The Indonesian dubs of the original cartoon have been completely lost. Only the "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" episode can be found.
* "[[Primeval Dawn II]]" was a 10-minute motion comic that debuted at Wizard World [[Chicago]] in 2002. While a short introductory animation exists, the full episode has never been published online or distributed in any other medium since.

===Video games===
*''[[Battle for the Allspark]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Battle for the Allspark v2]]'', were browser-based multiplayer games that went offline sometime around 2009. No archives of their content remains.
*[[Transformers Online (2012 video game)|''Transformers Online'' (2012)]] was a [[China|Chinese]] MMORPG based on ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'' that was shut down after just six months and is currently unplayable.
*[[Transformers Universe (Jagex)|''Transformers Universe'']] was another ''Prime''-based online game. Similar to ''Online'', the game spent six months in open beta before being permanently shut down in January 2015.
*''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' was a multiplayer card-based battle game for mobile devices that was shut down in October 2015, after almost three years of existence.
*''[[Transformers: The Last Knight VR Experience]]'' was a VR game developed for the HTC VIVE which was only playable as a promotional tie-in to the eponymous movie in a select few theaters across the US. It hasn't been released to the public since.
*[[Transformers Online (2017 video game)|''Transformers Online'' (2017)]] was an online team shooter based on [[Generation 1]] and the [[live-action film series]] developed for the Chinese market. The game spent around 2 1/2 years in open beta before being shut down in February 2020, leaving it fully unplayable.
*''[[Transformers: Heavy Metal]]'' was a mobile game that was launched in a beta form in a handful of countries starting in June 2021, only to be shut down a little over a year later in August 2022 and is no longer playable.

===Comics===
*A promotional [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]] [[Transformers BotBots Adventure|comic book]] was released exclusively to 40 [[South Africa]] influencers with children in [[2019]]. Each comic was printed to feature the children of the influencer interacting with the BotBots at night in the [[Mall (BotBots)|mall]]. While some pages have been recovered by fans, so far no complete scans of it have been found.

===Commercials===
* It's been reported that the Mini-Vehicle variants from [[Peru|Peruvian]] manufacturer [[Lynsa]] got their own toy commercial, even featuring a jingle with lyrics that, according to one account, would be sung as something roughly translating to ''"Transformers, Transformers, they are not only what they seem to be, they are much more action!''" <ref>[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=peru Peruvian Minibots] at TF-1.com</ref> from the original Peruvian Spanish. Footage of this commercial has never been found.

===Online content===
*While many videos on [[SectorSeven.org]] (the main website for the [[Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven ARG]]) have been reposted elsewhere, the website itself has since gone offline and with it a large portion of its content. The landing page can still be accessed through the Wayback Machine, but only its first revealed password ('takara83') seems to work.
*In early [[2007]], in conjunction with their [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline|concerted efforts to organize]] the sprawling [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], [[TakaraTomy]] published a [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/table.html timeline on their main ''Transformers'' website] that charted the full chronology of the Japanese G1 and Japanese Unicron Trilogy continuities. In the years since, however, this timeline had been removed from Takara's website and all attempts to retrieve and archive its contents have been met with failure, due to said contents having been made using Adobe Flash software, which was discontinued in [[2020]], and the Flash files themselves being long gone.
*''[[My Transformers: Rescue Bots Adventure]]'' is an interactive [[multipath adventure]] game that served as a tie-in with the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' cartoon. It combined brand new original footage and dialogue with preexisting footage recycled from the series itself, and allowed the viewer to engage with the story by choosing different options of actions for the characters to perform in both fire-themed and water-themed rescue missions. Each option would lead to a different YouTube video that continued the story in each path taken. All of the videos for this adventure were originally uploaded to YouTube in [[August]] [[2017]] in the time between the end of the TV series and the start of its sequel, ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Rescue Bots Academy]]''. However, the videos were all taken down at some point afterward, with only the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7fC3cgiMo4 first part] reuploaded to a new channel in [[October]], but without the in-video links that would lead to the next parts of the adventure. As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, all that remains of this game are the aforementioned first video and its original [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7fC3cgiMo4 announcement trailer].

===Audio===
*The ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination|Operation Combination]]'' [[Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers:_Operation_Combination_(telephone_audio_adventure)|Telephone Audio Adventure]]s were brief recorded messages available to [[Japan]]ese fans in [[1992]], and have not subsequently been located.
*While the first 37 episodes of the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|''Kiss Players'' radio drama]] were collected and released on CD, episodes 38–51 have remained unavailable since their original broadcast from [[December]] [[2006]] to [[March]] [[2007]].

==Recovered ''Transformers'' media==
Some formerly lost ''Transformers'' media has since been recovered or restored, often through extensive fan efforts.

===Cartoon===
*The fourth episode of the [[2001]] [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], "[[Spychangers to the Rescue]]", originally aired on American television mere days after the [[September 11]] terrorist attack. Due to increased sensitivities brought about by said attack, the episode had to be temporally removed from broadcast rotation and re-edited to change the episode's subject from the potential danger of an [[Plutonium Energy Generator|energy generator]] exploding to said generator cracking open and releasing a [[zirconium gas|corrosive gas]] instead. Additionally, certain scenes of battle and panic from the original broadcast version were also removed for the later rebroadcast version. When the series released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], it was the later rebroadcast edit of the episode that was included, while the original broadcast edit has never seen official release. For over a decade, the original edit of the episode was considered lost until a VHS recording of it was uploaded to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivwA_lhWTs8 YouTube on November 15, 2013].
*Starting from [[Unicron Perishes|episode 38]], the Latin American-Spanish dub of all ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Transformers: Energon]]'' episodes was lost for several years. In [[November]] [[2020]], the Facebook page ''Transformers The Golden Age'', along with the group ''Transformers: Ñ Posteo'', launched a search to find the missing episodes. As a result, seven were recovered. Later, between [[June]] [[2021]] and [[August]] [[2022]], the remaining episodes were recovered thanks to a rebroadcast of the series by Canal 9 in Nicaragua.
*A total of 16 animated shorts were produced during the first season ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', but only 14 of them were publicly released online. The remaining two, "[[Logo (Animated)|Logo]]" and "[[Starscream's Fantasy]]", were screened during [[BotCon 2009]] and [[BotCon 2012]], but otherwise never made available in any other format. It wasn't until 2022 when, after a sudden surge of interest and fan requests, [[Marty Isenberg]] allowed the two shorts to be published online unofficially.

===Video games===
*The [[Hoover Dam]] exterior level for the PC and home consoles version of 2007's [[Transformers The Game (console)|''Transformers The Game'']] was long assumed to be lost, until it was successfully datamined from the Wii version during 2018 in a state surprisingly not too far from completion. A more unfinished version of the level was also later discovered in the PS3 port.
*''[[Transformers Battle Universe]]'' had been rendered unplayable since 2009 as a result of the online service it relied on shutting down, but it was again restored into a playable state by fans in 2017.

===Online content===
*2007 marked a turning point in the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]] with the release of the first [[Transformers (film)|first live-action movie]]. With the sudden newfound interest in the brand, TakaraTomy created a [http://web.archive.org/web/20100430185249/http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bible/index.html new website] called "[[World of the Transformers]]", which gave an overview of ''Transformers'' lore and its many different facets. However, much of this website's content was made using Adobe Flash software, and when the site closed down some years later, its contents were thought to be lost for good once Flash was discontinued in 2020. However, many of the site's original Flash files were actually retrievable via web archiving software, and so a recreation of its contents (complete with a full English translation) has been made and kept intact '''[[Source:World of the Transformers|here]]'''.

==See also==
* [[:Category:Unproduced scripts|Unproduced scripts]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Fan terminology]]

Cody Burns

2025-04-16T13:40:56Z

Jazztronomy: /* Rescue Bots cartoon */

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:''Cody Burns is a [[human]] from the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]'' portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Cody Burns profile.jpg|thumb|right|250px|And the fandom worried.]]
'''Cody Burns''' is the youngest of the Burns siblings. Despite still being in school, he's keen to take up the family mantle of becoming a rescue worker and driving an emergency vehicle around [[Griffin Rock]]. Now that he's discovered that the rescue vehicles can drive themselves and his dad, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie Burns]], has relented and let him join the team, maybe he'll get that chance.

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' pack-in storybooks===
[[File:PrimeAlert Cody Burns.jpg|thumb|left|200px|What? No mustache?]]
Cody turned up at [[Fire Station Prime|Prime Fire Station]] all ready for his new assignment, which he hoped was a daring rescue, but turned out to be giving [[Sparkplug (RB)|Sparkplug]] a bath. While doing so, Cody smelled fire and discovered that the fire house was on fire. After putting out some of the fire, Cody and Sparkplug dashed up to the roof to join Chief Charlie, and they activated the station's alert. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] made a rapid return from across town and rescued the trio, revealing his true nature as a [[Rescue Bot]] to Cody in the process. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] welcomed Cody to the team and gave him and Heatwave their first assignment together — giving Sparkplug another bath. {{storylink|Prime Alert}}

Cody was impressed when the next Rescue Bot, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] arrived. However, as he and the two Bots were sent out to fight a forest fire, they discovered Blades's radio was broken, making it hard to warn the helicopter that he was fanning the fire with his downdraft while Cody and Heatwave tried to put it out. He was eventually able to communicate that he had found some endangered humans, and Cody and Heatwave were able to lend a hand. The day saved, Cody and Heatwave returned to the station to officially welcome Blades and [[Sawyer Storm|Sawyer]] to the team. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Respond}} He was also literally on-hand when [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]] arrived with two more humans, [[Jack Tracker|Hunter]] and [[Walker Cleveland|Walker]] to join the team. {{storylink|Rapid Rescue}}
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===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Elán Garfias]] (English), [[Oliver Vaquer]] (English, "[[One for the Ages]]"), [[Imari Williams]] (English, "[[Switcheroo]]")|[[Brittany Lauda]] (English, ''[[Transformers Rescue Bots: Sky Forest Rescue|Sky Forest Rescue]]''/''[[Transformers Rescue Bots: Dino Island|Dino Island]]''), [[Angela Galuppo]] (English, "[[Transformers Rescue Bots: Hero Adventures|Hero Adventures]]"), [[Delphine Chauvier]] (French), [[Valéry Bendjilali]] (French, "One for the Ages"), [[Sebastian Fitzner]] (German), [[Gergő Bogdán]] (Hungarian), [[Jeremi Czyż]] (Polish, season 1), [[Jakub Jóźwik]] (Polish, season 2), [[Emilio Treviño]] (Latin American-Spanish, first voice), [[Ángel Rodríguez]] (Latin-American Spanish, second voice), [[Víctor Ugarte]] (Latin-American Spanish, "One for the Ages"), [[Antía Jiménez Álvarez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Matias Hangasmaa]] (Finnish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Henri Piispanen]] (Finnish, season 3), [[Hamdi Abbas]] (Arabic), [[Annalisa Longo]] (Italian, seasons 1-3), [[Simone Lupinacci]] (Italian, season 4), [[Vyni Takahashi]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Leni M. Tarra]] (Indonesian)}}

[[Image:FamilyOfHeroes Cody Burns.jpg|thumb|right|220px|"Chill, guys. I'm much more of a Sari than a Kicker."]]
Cody was cycling to school when Chief Burns stopped by to remind him to attend the dedication ceremony for the new emergency vehicles that afternoon. Cody went along, meeting his friend [[Frankie Greene]] there, but his suspicions were aroused when one of the new rescue robots moved on its own. He followed his family and their new robots to a fire at the [[Griffin Rock natural history museum|museum]], and became even more suspicious when [[Heatwave (RB)|the fire engine]] saved his dad and brother [[Graham Burns|Graham]] from a falling dinosaur head. That night, he caught the four robots talking and discovered that they were, in fact, [[Autobot]]s from a distant world. He attempted to help them better act like Earth robots, taking them through one of the tunnels under the island. When they encountered a rogue robot ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', Cody contacted Chief Burns, only to find his father already knew the Autobots were aliens. After he helped stop the ''T. rex'' by consulting Frankie, Cody was welcomed onto the team. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

Cody continued to try and help the Autobots to work together with his siblings, even luring [[Kade Burns|Kade]], [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Graham down to the bunker beneath the fire station for a bonding session. During a subsequent disaster with a volcano spewing lava onto the island, Cody was able to advise his family by radio and help them cooperate with the Rescue Bots. By the time the adventure was over, they even worked together to save Cody from the lava. {{storylink|Under Pressure}} When Dani attached a rescue claw to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and tempers started flaring in the team, Cody tried to ameliorate relations, only to be dismissed by both his siblings and the Rescue Bots. Despite this he went along with Dani and Blades as they went on patrol and was endangered when Blades was struck by lightning. {{storylink|Hotshots}}

After Heatwave nearly gave away the game, Cody gave the Rescue Bots a refresher course on behaving like robots. He went to the [[Lobster and Technology Festival]] with Frankie, and when the festival was attacked by flying lobsters, he dubbed them [[flobster]]s. He coordinated the Rescue Bot response to the threat and even helped rescue Frankie from a swarm of them. It was his idea to scare them using the giant lobster balloons that helped neutralize the flobster threat. {{storylink|Flobsters on Parade}} Cody subjected the Rescue Bots to a screening of ''[[The Natives of Tatooie]]''. When the power went out during an alien invasion panic, Cody used the tunnels to reach the [[Griffin Rock power plant|power plant]], and helped his family cover for the Rescue Bots when their secret was in danger of being exposed. {{storylink|The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock}}

[[Image:CodyOnPatrol powering up.jpg|thumb|left|350px]]
After a cat rescue, Cody visited [[Griffin Rock Zoo|the zoo]] as part of [[Earth Day]] celebrations. Unfortunately his photos of the animals and earlier talk of getting a pet resulted in Boulder letting loose a lion and some lemurs. Cody's thought up a way to get the lemurs back into their enclosure. {{storylink|Walk on the Wild Side}} Finding an old go-kart, Cody used it to save [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] and subsequently rebuilt it into [[Rolling Thunder (RB)|Rolling Thunder]]. Unfortunate its engine was still inadequate, so Cody borrowed nanites from Doc Greene's lab to soup it up. The nanites soon became out of control, and after being menaced by the [[Scrapmaster]], and having [[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]] taken over by them, Cody came up with a plan to stop them using the power plant that ultimately succeeded. {{storylink|Cody on Patrol}}

In an attempt to convince Doc Greene that he was responsible enough to test-drive the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]], Cody volunteered to look after the [[Robo-Baby]] and roped the Rescue Bots into helping him. When the baby escaped from the fire station in the middle of an emergency, Cody tracked it down to the wind farm, where he and the Rescue Bots retrieved it from a windmill. Doc Greene was impressed enough with the data collected to allow Cody to be the Turbo Cycle tester. {{storylink|Four Bots and a Baby}} Cody once borrowed [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]'s [[fusion powered water gun]]. It did not end well, though at least the town was a lot cleaner afterwards. {{storylink|Four Bots and a Baby}} During a heatwave, Cody and Frankie sold lemonade from a stand. Boulder gave Cody the idea of trying to create a snowstorm, so he got Doc Greene to set up a weather machine in the town square. Their fun came to a halt when the machine went out of control, and Cody was under threat while sheltering in City Hall, as the roof almost collapsed under the weight of the snow. After a rescue from the rest of the team, Cody joined them in helping Frankie off her chunk of ice in the river. {{storylink|Christmas in July}}

[[Image:ReignOfMorocco Cody flies blimp.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
Unlike the rest of his siblings, Cody was happy to go on the annual family fishing trip, but when they encountered a [[shark submarine|giant mechanical shark]], Cody was left on the pier to monitor things from afar. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble}} When Cody discovered that the Greenes had reprogrammed the [[Trex|dinosaur from the museum]] as a butler, he wanted one too. He seemed less enthusiastic when it passed on a virus to the town's mainframe, and he had to help the rest of the team attend emergencies caused by out-of-control technology. His idea to stop Trex by giving it voice commands saved the dinosaur from being destroyed though. {{storylink|Return of the Dino Bot}} His journey to school was cut short when [[Blades (RB)|his ride]] had to attend an emergency. The unexpected arrival of [[Doctor Morocco]] and his [[MorBot]] resulted in the Rescue Bots being stood down, and Cody had to try and raise their spirits by relating the story of [[John Henry]]. A series of incidents got Cody suspicious of Morocco's motives. {{storylink|The Other Doctor}} When the little evidence he and Frankie had scrounged up was dismissed, he got Dani to take him up in Blades to try to spy on Morocco, and they were almost taken out by the MorBot. Undaunted, he and Frankie sneaked into the lab to access the computer. They were found by Morocco, but managed to escape to the doctor's airship, on which they found the proof they needed. Instructed by Dani, Cody managed to land the airship and the Rescue Bots trashed the pursuing MorBot. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

Cody visited the [[Hall of Inspiration]] with Graham and Boulder, and watched Doc Greene demonstrate the [[Minimizer]]. When there was a break-in at the Hall that night, the internal cameras were down and Cody was unable to see the device being used on Heatwave, Blades and Boulder. He only realized what had happened when Chase showed him a picture of the weapon, and subsequently got Doc Greene to fix the damaged Minimizer, so he could use it to return the three Rescue Bots to their normal size. {{storylink|Small Blessings}} After the rescue of [[Wild (RB)|Captain Wild]], Cody found a plate with an intriguing dragon design. With the help of Graham, Doc Greene and the Bots, he tracked down information on [[Anna Baranova|Professor Anna Baranova]] and her attempt to investigate the [[Griffin Rock Triangle]]. This culminated in him joining a mission to the Triangle itself, where they found Baranova still living in the ''[[Midgard]]'', and Cody talked her into completing her original plan to seal the methane vent causing the ship disappearances. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Triangle}}

[[Image:TheLostBell Lad Pioneer Cody.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Chief Burns invited Cody along to do a security check on [[Griffin Crest]]. After a brief run-in with a bear, Cody made a brief garbled phone call back to base which resulted in the Rescue Bots racing to the crest. Cody and his dad were unable to render any assistance when the bots were immobilized by the [[Electromagnetic pulse|EM field]], but after the crisis was over, they continued with their camping. {{storylink|Rules and Regulations}} Cody's [[Lad Pioneer]] practice was interrupted by a storm hitting the town, during which he and the Rescue Bots were swept out to sea. They washed up on an uninhabited island, where Cody used his Lad Pioneer skills to survive, and they stumbled on the old pirate ship, the ''[[Oaken Crow]]''. They were thus able to return to Griffin Rock with the [[Settlers' Bell]], which had been stolen by pirates in the nineteenth century. {{storylink|The Lost Bell}}

While stargazing with the Bots, Cody spotted a meteor crashing on [[Wayward Island]], and accompanied the others out there the next day. When Heatwave, Boulder and Chase mysteriously seized up, Cody released that the meteorite was the common element, and the team, along with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] paid another visit to the island, though Cody was stuck monitoring things from the station. By the end of the adventure, he could even understand Bumblebee's beeping. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} Doc Greene gave Cody some [[anti-gravity sneaker]]s to test, and Cody put them to good use cheating at [[basketball]]. Shortly after, Cody was called to the lab to help test [[Squilsh]], but when a sample came to life and started eating things, he alerted the rest of the team. After it was neutralized, Cody took a Squilsh-powered lava lamp back to the station to present to Graham. {{storylink|You've Been Squilshed}}

Cody worked with Frankie and the rest of the team to work out why the townspeople were disappearing. When they learned that [[Tracer (RB)|tracer]] bugs were teleporting people to an unknown location, he and Frankie went to the lab and learned that the target location was the largest cavern under Griffin Rock. Cody managed to get the information to Heatwave before he was teleported by the bugs, and the Rescue Bots subsequently rescued him and the rest of the townsfolk. {{storylink|Countdown (RB)|Countdown}} When a number of ghosts infested Griffin Rock, Cody researched the people who were appearing, and with the help of Frankie and Doc Greene, worked out that the ghosts were actually holograms. {{storylink|The Haunting of Griffin Rock}}

[[Image:RescueBoy Cody powers up.jpg|thumb|right|280px]]
When Chase and the Chief went missing, Cody helped the others track the pair to the lead mine, and spotted Chase's footprints at the bottom of a hole. He, Kade and Heatwave were able to locate the Chief in the rapidly-flooding mine and took part in the rescue. {{storylink|Little White Lies}} Cody found himself having to try to steer Frankie away from filming the Rescue Bots when she decided to make a film. When he was caught in an earthquake on [[Lake Street]], she even turned out to be nearby, and she and Cody were almost squished by a falling dish. {{storylink|Shake Up}} After Cody made an ill-advised rescue of [[Sharma|Mr. Sharma]] and got caught in an unstable building, Chief Burns wanted to restrict him to following rescues from the fire station. He and the bots tried to work out a solution, leading Cody to have Doc Greene create a [[repulsor badge]]. The badge's powers turned Cody into a superhero dubbed "Rescue Boy", but his misuse of it eventually caused it to overload, trapping him in a bubble of energy. With the Bots help, he got free and realized that he wasn't yet ready to be a rescue hero. {{storylink|Rescue Boy}}

Cody accidentally stumbled on a secret room under the lab containing a prototype time machine. During the first test, he, Frankie and the Rescue Bots were pulled to [[1939]] where they encountered Doctor Morocco and [[Elma Hendrickson]]. Escaping the doctor's clutches, they tracked down [[Dither]], whom they needed to operate the time machine to get them back, and mounted a rescue of the Rescue Bots, whom Morocco had as prisoners. With the help of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and Bumblebee, the group escaped back to [[2012]], only to find Doctor Morocco was in charge. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} In the strange altered present, the two kids employed some detective work to find out they'd accidentally changed history by leaving Dither in the past. After an encounter with an alternate version of Cody's family, Cody, Frankie and the Bots returned to 1939 to retrieve Dither, and returned to a restored 2012. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

[[File:OneForTheAges adult Cody.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
With Doc Greene and Frankie in on the Rescue Bots' secret, Cody had trouble finding anyone to hang out with him, at least until he found himself transported around the island by Doc Greene's new [[Vacuum Accelerator]]. {{storylink|Road Trip}} When Cody learned about an invention competition, he tried to cooperate with Frankie on an entry, though after a disagreement, they opted to enter inventions separately. Cody created the [[sprinkler suit]], but ended up losing to Frankie's [[Sky Forest (structure)|Sky Forest]]. The sprinkler suit ended up being useful when it turned out salt water was the only thing that would stop the Sky Forest's out-of-control vines after a mishap with an experimental rapid growth formula. {{storylink|Sky Forest (episode)|Sky Forest}}

Cody was overjoyed when a lab accident aged him into a grown up as it meant he'd be able to go on rescue missions, however he soon found himself at odds with Kade, and began to realize that being an adult wasn't all it was cracked up to be. He and Kade were eventually able to get the stolen equipment back from Evan and Myles to return him to normal. {{storylink|One for the Ages}} Cody was on the [[Griffin Rock ferry|ferry]] during the discovery of an iceberg, which he, Dani and Blades later found to be the frozen ship [[S.S. Isolde]], on board which was the [[Sub-Zero Expander]], a device at imminent risk of causing a flash-freezing for five miles around it. Though Cody was left at base while the others attempted to destroy the device, he had to drive out on the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]] to help when it eventually triggered. He and the rest of the Burns family were also rescued when their sinking boat was unexpectedly saved by Morocco. {{storylink|Tip of the Iceberg}}

[[File:AVirtualDisaster virtual Cody.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
During a snow day, Cody took Blades to the Hall of Inspiration to try out Doc's newest virtual reality game, ''[[Griffin Rock Element Quest]] 1.0''. Cody taught Blades the ways of video games, such as special abilities, power-ups, and boss fights. After they defeated level 1, the game began to bug out and the bosses were able to hurt him and Blades. Despite the odds, Cody and Blades, with the help of Heatwave later on, defeated the game and were transported out safe and sound. {{storylink|A Virtual Disaster}} When most of the team were mesmerized by cellphones, Cody enlisted the help of Dani and Blades, however they were soon entranced as well. Cody found himself fleeing the mind-controlled townsfolk, until he and Boulder were able to take out the island's celltower, breaking the spell everyone was under. {{storylink|Spellbound}}

The rescue team was caught up in Huxley Prescott's reality show until they discovered that Huxley was creating disasters himself to spice things up. {{storylink|Prescott's Bots}} When Kade had problems with nightmares about [[gremlin]]s, resulting in a near-encounter with a wind turbine, Cody suggested he seek help from Doc Greene. Unfortunately Kade's session in the [[Nightmare Imaging Device]] resulted in a horde of gremlins being unleashed on Griffin Rock. {{storylink|Blame the Gremlins}} While doing his astronomy homework with the Bots, Cody photographed what he believed was the [[Maine Ridge Monster]]. Determined to convince his family, he and the bots tracked the beast to an old cannery but when Cody's camera was smashed, all they got was a clump of monster hair, which turned out to be fake. It later turned out that the "Magic Meat" [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] had been hawking was [[Fo-Foo]], an experimental substance with lycanthropic side-effects, and the team had to track down Luskey and Graham who were both affected. {{storylink|Feed the Beast}}

[[File:WhatRisesAbove Cody with hoverboard.jpg|thumb|left|280px|To me, my board!]]
When Uncle [[Woodrow Burns|Woodrow]] visited Griffin Rock with the intention of investigating evidence of aliens underground, Cody was accidentally taken with him on a ride underground. The rest of the team came to their aid when they were menaced by giant spiders. {{storylink|What Lies Below}} Cody, Chief, Chase and Woodrow were separated from the rest of the team, resulting in Cody mainly having to play mediator between his father and uncle. Once they were reunited with the rest of the team, they managed to escape underground by blasting themselves out of the top of Mount Magma. {{storylink|What Rises Above}}

Following the launch of the ''[[Asgard]]'', Cody, Frankie and the Bots watched the space elevator through a telescope and saw it being struck by an asteroid. Cody subsequently organized the team's response to debris raining down on the town, and accidentally ended up on the ''[[Sigma]]'' when he was putting a first aid kit on board. Safe inside Heatwave, he had front-row seats to the rescue of Doc Greene and Graham. {{storylink|Space Bots}} After the team took down a [[mechanical bull]], Cody was accidentally transported with it to the [[Island of Misfit Tech]]. He quickly found a way to use the bull to his advantage, and returned to Griffin Rock with the help of Heatwave and Kade. {{storylink|The Island of Misfit Tech}}

Cody nearly had an accident during a scooter race when a garbage truck strayed onto the track. The town's central computer was replaced by [[Vigil]], which soon decided that the best way to keep people safe was to keep them in their homes. Cody and the team had to break into Vigil's vault, and when Cody pointed out its defense measures were endangering humans, the computer suffered a meltdown. {{storylink|The Vigilant Town}} Going on the Lad Pioneer nature hike, Cody volunteered to test the [[Buddy Bracelet]]s, and as a result, when the keys to them were destroyed, he ended up buddied with Blades. He was therefore forced to accompany Blades when there was a snake infestation in Griffin Rock, and was almost eaten by a boa constrictor after it swallowed Blades's bracelet. {{storylink|Buddy System}}

While on a hike up Mount Griffin to earn his Lad Pioneer folklore badge, Cody and his friends had to dodge a falling car. Cody accompanied Graham and the Bots to Wayward Island, believing that there might be griffins there, but they found only a lodestone that was attracting metal objects to it. {{storylink|In Search of the Griffin's Nest}} Cody got the part of the villain, Bad News Bruce, in the school play, and suggested Chase watch some detective movies when the Rescue Bots was confused by the concept. When Chase later appeared to join Evan and Myles on a crime spree, Cody believed he was merely emulating the undercover detectives from those movies. {{storylink|Bots and Robbers}}

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After the team rescued a dog and were unable to find its owner, Cody dubbed him [[Noble (RB)|Noble]], and soon discovered that Noble was a capable rescue dog. Unfortunately it later turned out that Noble already had an owner, and Cody had to return him. {{storylink|Rescue Dog}} The team also had to tackle Doctor Morocco's weather machine. {{storylink|Changes}} Cody explained the significance of [[Midwinter Morning]] to the Rescue Bots, and later joined in delivering bread when it turned out that Mrs. Neederlander was the [[Rider of Midwinter]]. {{storylink|The Riders of Midwinter}}

When lightning struck the [[Power Planter]], causing it to run wild, the team had their work cut out cleaning up after it, but they were eventually able to lure it into a trap. {{storylink|Movers and Shakers}} While Chief was away, the team found itself under Woodrow's leadership, though Cody had to mediate between him and the rest of the team a few times. {{storylink|Chief Woodrow}} Cody got distracted testing Doc Greene's [[Ski-neakers]] and totally forgot to mail off Dani's pilot license renewal, resulting in her license being suspended. {{storylink|Odd Bot Out}} When a new superhero turned up in town who resembled "Rescue Boy", Cody set about tracking them down, and eventually discovered that it was Frankie. She subsequently helped him and the Rescue Bots save the passengers on the [[Griffin Rock Express]] before it crashed. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Express}}

Following a game of [[Rescue Ball]], Cody joined in the rescue of the Mayor, who mistook him for Graham. He later found Blades was acting strangely when the Bot was disinterested in a pirate movie marathon. When all of the Bots began similarly acting oddly, the Burns family discovered that their friends had been replaced by fakes. They encountered the Rescue Bots again after a methane explosion at the port, only to find their friends believed them to be criminals. {{storylink|Double Villainy}}

After the amnesiac Rescue Bots instinctively saved the Burnses from a wave, the Burnses persuaded them to return to the fire house, where the Bots were soon convinced they were all on the same side. As the chain reaction set off by the explosion threatened to sink the island, the team borrowed some tech from the Greenes, and were able to save Griffin Rock by reinforcing the tunnel system with foam. They also arrested Doctor Morocco, who had wiped the Bots' memories. To Cody's disappointment, Morocco's attempt to reverse the mind wipe appeared to fail, but the Bots' memories returned during another game of Rescue Ball. {{storylink|Rise of the Heroes}}

[[File:BigGame Cody at Optimus's Controls.jpg|thumb|left|240px]]
Cody attempted to decide on a Lad Pioneers merit project, failing to gain inspiration from the Bots. When the team ran into trouble investigating [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] on Wayward Island, Cody rode in Optimus to their aid, and got to see the Autobot leader take on a dinosaur alternate mode. Cody was able to help the dinosaur situation, and in the process decided to build a dinosaur for his project. {{storylink|Land Before Prime (episode)|Land Before Prime}} When Optimus became feral during a race as a result of his new mode, Cody was trapped inside. The pair were abducted by big game hunter [[Quint Quarry]] who took Optimus to his island safari park and began hunting him. The rest of the team came to their rescue, and Quarry was eventually arrested, though he immediate escaped. {{storylink|Big Game}}

The team had to contend with four temporary clones of Kades created by Doc Greene's Imaging Device, though the Kades did end up saving the team from a gas leak. {{storylink|Too Many Kades}} The team was sent ten years forward in time when they boarded the ''[[S.S. Phantom Voyager]]'', however Boulder and Graham were able to reverse the time machine stored in the ship's hold, returning them to present day. {{storylink|Phantom of the Sea}} After Heatwave related the story of how the Rescue Bots had failed to help a stricken spaceship before they came to Earth, Cody encouraged Chase to go complete the mission. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}}

Cody, Graham, and Boulder retrieved a stabilizer from the Island of Misfit Tech, but unwittingly returned with Vigil's programming as well. Vigil took over the [[Mayor Luskey Dome]] and put most of the town to sleep, and Cody, Frankie and the Bots had to work together to defeat him. {{storylink|No Place Like Dome}} Cody attempted to help Graham gain confidence to talk to [[Amy (RB)|Amy]]. He also coordinated rescue efforts when Doctor Morocco escaped, leaving the town with a mutant army ant problem. {{storylink|Bugs in the System}}

[[File:Switcheroo Cody and Boulder.jpg|thumb|right|290px]]
Cody was disappointed when Boulder was too busy to build him a skate ramp. During a trip on the space elevator Asgard, he and Boulder swapped bodies, and Cody was able to build the ramp himself, though he then realized he was too big to skateboard on it. Fortunately they were later swapped back to their own bodies. {{storylink|Switcheroo}} When the rest of the team was miniaturized and sent inside Kade to round up some [[scrubmite]]s he'd accidentally eaten, Cody kept track of the team using the ComTab. {{storylink|Bot-Tastic Voyage}} When Quint Quarry abducted Professor Baranova, the Rescue Bots took on dinosaur alternate modes to supply him with the dinobots he wanted. Blades had trouble transforming, and while helping him, Cody ended up being taken along as well. On the island, he helped Doc Greene track down the missing Baranova, and rescue the Rescue Bots. {{storylink|Quarry's Quarry}}

Visiting Wayward Island in search of Energon, the team instead found a frozen caveman who turned out to be alive. Though they attempted to help him acclimate to modern life, ultimately they had to return him to the island. {{storylink|Did You See What I Thaw?}} After giant monsters from a movie were brought into the real world by a new projector, the team had to round them up so that Doc Greene could return them to the movie. {{storylink|The Attack of Humungado}} The Burns family went to be photographed for ''[[Emergency Response Illustrated]]'' off-island. On their way back, they were delayed by kelp and jellyfish, but finally returned to the island where they had to help foil Evan and Myles's latest plan to use souvenir Rescue Bots to rob the townsfolk. {{storylink|All Bots Great and Small}}

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After receiving a pocket watch from the lost and found, Cody found himself repeating an hour of time leading up to the new clock tower dedication. After looping a couple of times, he was able to stop the squirrel which was causing a power surge from the clock that was sending him back in time, and discovered that the previous owner of the watch had been Doctor Morocco. {{storylink|Time After Time}} When it was discovered that one of the Burns family ancestors was a pirate, the mayor suspended the whole team. A treasure map led Woodrow, Dani and Cody to explore a cave where they found a chest. The chest contained a clue that sent them to a nearby island where the team dug up the lost treasure and they were able to use it to help get themselves reinstated. {{storylink|Pirates Ahoy}}

Cody attempted to help [[High Tide]] acclimatize to Earth, only to find the old bot too grumpy for his liking. {{storylink|Turning the Tide}} When the rescue team were visited by [[Jules Verne]], and Cody saw how the author and his old friend Doctor Morocco had drifted apart, it motivated Cody to take a catch-up math course so he could attend science camp with Frankie. {{storylink|The Last of Morocco}} On a trip to Wayward Island, he, Frankie and Graham found a Cybertronian ship containing [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] and [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]]. When the Rescue Bots were assigned to train the pair, Cody took Salvage to the scrap yard to check out the trash there, and later stuck up for Blurr when it turned out the Autobot had been lying about his history. {{storylink|The New Recruits}}

[[File:ANewHero Servo and Cody.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Seeing that Blurr was having trouble fitting in, Cody suggested that the Rescue Bots try more personal tutoring, and encouraged Heatwave to let Blurr and Salvage go on rescue missions. This still proved futile, and Cody found Blurr stealing the ''Sigma''. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Academy (episode)|Rescue Bots Academy}} Trapped under scaffolding, Cody was able to use Servo's dog whistle to call the rest of the team to save him. His continued faith in Blurr was rewarded when Blurr saved the town from a rogue satellite, though he was sad when Optimus reassigned both Blurr and Salvage elsewhere. {{storylink|A New Hero}} Cody and Boulder attempted to help Servo adapt to pretending to be a robot. When the robodog appeared to have gone on a rampage, Cody championed him and was proven right when it turned out Servo was actually helping. {{storylink|Four-Legged Hero}} After Boulder found [[Gold-Crested Woodpecker|endangered woodpeckers]] while on a birdspotting expedition with Cody and Frankie, the team attempted to protect the birds, only to have their actions backfire. {{storylink|Endangered Species}}

After Chase sustained an injury leaving him laid up, Cody let the Rescue Bot do his dispatch job, resulting in the team being sent on several false alarms. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RB)|More than Meets the Eye}} Cody, along with the rest of the team, was forced to sing instead of speak when Doc Greene's [[Tone-O-Tuner]] went out of control. {{storylink|I Have Heard the Robots Singing}} Cody helped Frankie film coverage of the opening of a time capsule, which resulted in the entire island being teleported to the [[Arctic]]. {{storylink|Now and Then}} Cody came up with the idea of filling the town's forcefield dome with floatium, allowing them to get the island airborne and fly it back to [[Maine]], though the townspeople had to put in some hard work to keep it in the air. {{storylink|Today and Forever}}

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Three years later, Cody and Frankie were working on a science project together and accidentally invited the [[Velgrox]] to Earth to eat everyone. Their work was able to be used to locate the Velgrox spaceship, though they were left looking after Frankie's new sister [[CeCe Greene|CeCe]] while the others rescued the townsfolk. {{storylink|New Normal}} While the townsfolk debated whether to keep the Rescue Bots' secret, Cody and Frankie took part in a test of the new [[GroundBridge]] with Heatwave and Chase, and temporarily ended up stranded in the [[Sahara]]. {{storylink|Bridge Building}}

Cody rode in Blades during a foot race which resulted in a near-disaster. He later helped Frankie take CeCe for a walk and was able to alert the rest of the team when the younger Greene went missing, leading them to encounter a new Rescue Bot, [[Quickshadow]]. {{storylink|Arrivals}} Cody suggested Quickshadow come up with a plan to transport [[Phodolite]] through town and monitored the operation with her from the command center. When the operation went wrong, he accompanied her to the lab to pick up a compound to neutralize the Phodolite. {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}}

Following a mishap in which the town pool froze over, Cody accepted Frankie's invitation to check out some upgrades to ''Element Quest'', and persuaded Chief to join the fun. Unfortunately it turned out the upgrades included a [[Morocco virus]]. Though Cody and his dad defeated the virus in the virtual world, it escaped into the real world via 3D printing. {{storylink|Back to Virtual Reality}} Cody's feelings of invisibility around the rest of his family became real when he accidentally picked up some Velgrox metal from Doc Greene's lab. His antics resulted in him discovering that Madeline Pynch was behind a bid to open a resort on the island, and he alerted the rest of the team. {{storylink|Vanishing Returns}}

When Evan and Myles carjacked Quickshadow, Cody was trapped inside her vehicle mode until she could shake their control. The pair threatened to reveal the Rescue Bots' secret to the world, but Cody recalled listening to ''[[Crustaceans from the Cosmos]]'' for his history class and came up with a plan to make a fake film to discredit the pair's footage. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (RB)|Ghost in the Machine}} After Whiskers was abducted from the zoo, Cody's investigations resulted in him getting information out of Quint Quarry, and leading the team to arrest [[Thurston Chumley|Lord Chumley]]. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RB)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

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Cody suggested Chase run for mayor when Luskey managed to bungle the opening of his re-election campaign. Cody and Frankie acted as Chase's campaign team and managed to get the Rescue Bot elected, only to regret it when Chase was over enthusiastic in enforcing obscure laws. The pair eventually had to get Luskey to help prevent the destruction of the island as a result. {{storylink|Mayor May Not}} After being woken early-morning by Boulder celebrating [[All Spark Day (event)|All Spark Day]], the team had to deal with a marine rescue, and then CeCe Greene enlarged to giant size by the Minimizer. They later all celebrated All Spark Day with the help of the rest of town. {{storylink|All Spark Day (episode)|All Spark Day}}

When the town's communications tower required replacing, the team took on second jobs — Cody delivered newspapers, and became the moose mascot for Kade's [[Brash Ball]] team. The townsfolk later chipped in with enough cash to replace the tower. {{storylink|Part-Time Heroes}} Cody attended the opening of the mainland [[Rescue Bot Training Center]], only to become trapped there when the base's computer malfunctioned and put the base into lockdown. {{storylink|The More Things Change...}} He, Heatwave and Kade were assigned the task of repairing the cloaking device so that the center wouldn't be detected. In the process of doing so, Cody worked out that CeCe's security scan had been uploaded into the base's computer system, and the information helped Graham and Boulder work out the bugs. {{storylink|The More Things Stay the Same}}

[[File:KingBurns King Cody.jpg|thumb|left|350px]]
Cody and Dani opted to keep quiet when they spotted Blurr gatecrashing a motor race. When a series of mishaps later befell the races, the team had to spring into action to prevent things going disastrously wrong. {{storylink|Hot Rod Bot}} After Boulder and Cody found a bottle containing a centuries-old proclamation, Cody eventually ended up being King of Griffin Rock once Kade and Graham had found they disliked the post. His reign was shortlived as Boulder found a document proving [[Horace Burns]] had stepped down as king. {{storylink|King Burns}} Cody started having trouble finding places to keep all his stuff, and ended up with it scattered over the fire house. During the Pizza Pi Party, the team had to deal with a huge out-of-control mound of pizza dough. {{storylink|Pizza Pi Party}}

During a surprise visit by Bumblebee to the training center, the human portion of the rescue team had to head back to Griffin Rock, but Cody opted to stay at the center with the Bots. He was trapped there with them when the center went into lockdown due to an [[energon eater]] having hitched a ride on Bumblebee's ship, but helped the Bots track the creature down. {{storylink|Uninvited Guest}}

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After obtaining the last badge he needed to upgrade to Teen Pioneer, Cody opted not to attend the ceremony when it turned out Blades wasn't going to be able to go. Graham provided a holographic disguise for the bot, allowing him and Cody to attend the ceremony, only for the trio to get mixed up in [[Chickadee]]'s plan to find some lost emeralds. They were able to escape the cave she trapped them in, and after the rest of the team apprehended her, Blades and Cody took part in the upgrade ceremony. {{storylink|Camp Cody}}

Cody, Heatwave and Kade accompanied Frankie into the woods to make a delivery to Mrs. Neederlander, only to find themselves having to search for her. After finding her and briefly being trapped in a cave, the group managed to meet up with the rest of the team. {{storylink|Once Upon a Time}} When the [[Mini-Con]] [[Bounce]] escaped to Griffin Rock, the team helped [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]] recapture him. {{storylink|The Need for Speed}}

When Madeline Pynch got hold of a chunk of Energon, Cody (under the code name '''Ace''') and Quickshadow came up with a plan to infiltrate her compound and retrieve both the Energon and other tech she'd accumulated. Cody successfully coordinated the plan and the team successfully arrested Pynch. {{storylink|Cody's 11}} When Dani's test space mission ran into trouble, the rescue team used the ''[[Sigma]]'' to head to the rescue. {{storylink|To Infinity... And Back}}

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Cody struggled to work out which camp to sign up to for the Junior First Responder Jamboree, and everyone else in his family had their own ideas. After Chief risked his own life for townsfolk who had lost their homes, Cody decided he wanted to be like his father. {{storylink|Family Business}} Cody borrowed the library's copy of ''[[Pilgrim's Progress]]'' from Frankie. During [[Maven Danger]]'s visit to the island, Cody found himself being volunteered as a cameraman by Danger's agent, [[Skip Scobble]], only for it to turn out that it was to free Scobble up so he could try to steal the rare book. {{storylink|A Brush with Danger}}

Cody gave Frankie a laser necklace for her birthday, and was surprised when it turned out that there were people in [[China]] who knew all about the Rescue Bots. When the team went over there to deal with out-of-control [[Scrubmite|Scrubbers]], Cody remained in Griffin Rock but was able to help when he was patched into the local cameras. Following the team's redeployment to protect the Scrubber Initiative, Cody went on patrol with Heatwave, and ended up caught up in the action when the [[Morocco virus]] made a return. {{storylink|Upgrades}} Cody, Kade and Heatwave discovered that Morocco had taken over the training center, and following their getaway, Morocco decided he needed a human partner to be as effective as the Rescue Bots, and settled on Cody. Despite the best efforts of the team, Morocco managed to abduct and hypnotize Cody, however Frankie succeeded in rescuing him. {{storylink|Transformations}}
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===''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Andy Zou]] (English)|[[Gregory Praet]] (French)}}
Years later, Cody had taken up a position at the Rescue Bot Training Academy helping the other Rescue Bots with training exercises for the new cadets. A dejected [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] encountered him after screwing up a rescue training mission, and Cody gave the young recruit some encouragement. {{storylink|Recruits Part I}} Cody later volunteered to be the "victim" for a cave rescue, but ended up trapped behind a cave-in after Hot Shot and [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] proved too competitive. He was impressed when the recruits successfully worked together to rescue him. {{storylink|Recruits Part II}}

Cody joined the recruits on a mission to deal with an overturned truck in Griffin Rock, giving them instructions as they intercepted the explosive cans that fell off. After two of the cans blew up on a nearby bridge, Cody called his father only to find the rescue team was busy elsewhere, however [[Medix (RB)|Medix]] successfully came up with a plan that saw them rescue some humans from a car on the bridge. {{storylink|Glitch (episode)|Glitch}} Cody successfully passed his EMT training course, and Heatwave and the recruits surprised him with the certificate. {{storylink|Medix Surprise}}

Cody and the recruits watched ''[[Skateboard Snakes II]]'' during movie night. When Hot Shot later admitted to Cody that he should have told the others he didn't know how to use a [[TX3000]], Cody told him the others would have understood. {{storylink|The TX3000}} Cody was talking with [[Wes]] on the phone when the latter accidentally got trapped in a cave in. Cody was thus able to alert the rest of the rescue team. {{storylink|Screen Time}}

Cody and Heatwave had to join the other Rescue Bots for an offworld mission. {{storylink|All Washed Up}} Cody and Heatwave took a turn as students when the recruits thought they'd make better teachers. {{storylink|Who's Teaching Who?}} The recruits contacted Cody when their attempt to retrieve a balloon from a tree somehow ended up with the tree stuck to a rocket flying through Milford. {{storylink|Balloon Up A Tree}}

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After educating the recruits about [[Halloween]], Cody took them trick or treating in Milford as they'd be mistaken for humans wearing costumes. {{storylink|Trick or Treat}} Cody's attempts to explain advertising to Medix were ultimately unsuccessful, as the Bot went to help someone whom he believed was being attacked by monsters. Cody subsequently had to participate in a cover-up. {{storylink|Monster Savings}} Cody and Heatwave were dealing with a crashed ice cream truck in Griffin Rock when they had to come to the assistance of Boulder and the recruits, who'd stumbled on a nest of [[Scraplet]]s. He later scared the others when they mistook his [[carrot]] crunching for Scraplets. {{storylink|Metal Munchers}} Cody and Boulder watched the recruits sorting their trash. {{storylink|Flying Hunk-A-Junk}}

Cody helped Heatwave conduct repairs as his hands were smaller, though they were interrupted by the recruits testing out a new comms system created by Hoist which was inaudible to [[human]]s. After the comms system turned out to disturb animals, Cody realized Hoist had based it on a dog whistle. {{storylink|Milford Goes To The Dogs}} Cody took part in the recruits' final test, a teachers vs students relay race. Unfortunately Cody's tow truck was unable to carry [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] fast enough (or even move the big lug, as a matter of fact), and he lost to Hoist. He was later on hand to farewell Hot Shot when the Bot opted to abandon his training and return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Best Bots Forever Part 1}} Cody, Optimus, Heatwave and Chase were trapped in a slowly-expanding energon bubble as a result of the recruits tampering with the space bridge. They were eventually freed by the recruits. {{storylink|Best Bots Forever Part 2}}

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The recruits jumped to the conclusion that Cody was down because he wasn't a robot like them and couldn't join in the same activities. This resulted in the construction of a robotic suit which Cody found difficult to control, especially the rocket boosters, however he was eventually able to explain that he had just been missing hanging out with the recruits. {{storylink|Robo-Cody}} Cody volunteered to look after [[Heatwave (dog)|Heatwave]] while the dog's owners were away, though this meant he'd miss out on a trip to the aquarium. As it turned out, he got to go after all when Medix volunteered to mind the dog for him. {{storylink|Heatwave's Shiny Coat}}

When Frankie and her father were trapped in the lab surrounded by a slowly shrinking force field, she contacted Cody who mobilised the Rescue Bots. He was able to keep in contact with her while the team worked on rescuing everyone from the force field. {{Storylink|Partners (RBA)|Partners}} Cody had the recruits learn some ballet to make them lighter on their feet. {{storylink|Shall We Dance?}} Cody joined the recruits on a camping trip on [[Natura Island]], but failed to turn off the anti-technology measures, resulting in them being transported to a junk yard. They were fortunately rescued by Chase and Whirl, and Cody made sure the system was off. {{storylink|Five Little Rescue Bots}}

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Cody took the recruits on another camping trip, though his spooky tale of the [[Zombie Ghost Bear]] was too frightening for Hot Shot. {{storylink|Campfire Fright}} Cody and Wes invited Wedge to be the latter's partner during his first responder test, and later timed the pair as they successfully completed the course, breaking the record. {{storylink|First Responder}} Cody and Wes joined Heatwave in inviting the Rescue Teens to train as first responders. {{storylink|Rescue TEENS}} While [[Finn O'Reilly]] joined the Rescue Bots in following a trail stored in a [[holokey]], Cody operated the GroundBridge to move them between locations. {{storylink|X Marks the Bot}}

Cody got Medix into electronic dance music artist DJ Mechmaster. {{storylink|Griffin Rock Rocks!}} When the recruits invited him to take part in a game of Cube, he pointed out it would be dangerous for him as a squishy human, and instead suggested [[Tough Luck Chuck]]. {{storylink|Bot Battle}} Cody was on a First Responder camp out {{storylink|Space Party}} and had to be fetched by [[Slash (RBA)|Slash]] so the recruits could use the encryption key he had to access Griffin Rock's new satellite dishes. He later attended the recruits' year two graduation. {{storylink|Crash of the Titan}}
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==Toys==
===''Rescue Bots''===
[[Image:RescueBotstoy-CodyBurnsRescueHose.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The plastic adds a few years.]]
*'''Cody Burns & Rescue Hose''' (2011)
:Cody Burns comes packaged with the [[Rescue Hose]] [[Rescue Gear]].

:The Rescue Hose consists of a large water cannon mounted to a reverse tricycle chassis. The included Cody Burns figure can stand on the platform (there's a peg where his left foot would go); his arms are molded so that his left hand is reaching for the yellow lever on top and his right hand is secured on the handle bars.

:Pushing the yellow lever forward and letting it go will cause the blue water spray in front of the cannon to spin around, giving the appearance of the water actively being sprayed. Pressing down on the water cannon assembly will cause it to collapse and a handle to emerge from the bottom. The Rescue Bots can use this handle to wield the now-collapsed Rescue Hose like a water sprayer.

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[[Image:RescueBotstoy-CodyBurnsRescueAxe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|No one had the heart to tell him that the bright red boots were a serious fashion "don't".]]
*'''Cody Burns & Rescue Axe''' (2011)
:Cody Burns comes packaged with the [[Rescue Axe]] [[Rescue Gear]].

:A significant [[redeco]] of the original figure, this version of Cody Burns features a number of immediately visible differences from the original. The legs are molded using the same slightly darker red plastic as the rest of the figure and layered with black paint to represent his pants. His belt has been changed from black to white, the hem of his jacket is unpainted, his goggles are yellow instead of blue, and his complexion is distinctly darker. He is also missing the [[Autobot]] symbol from his hat.

:The Rescue Axe consists of a large axe mounted to a wheeled self-propelled platform. The included Cody Burns figure can stand on the platform (there's a peg where his left foot would go); both hands can wrap around the handlebars, but some squeezing of the figure is necessary to do so due to how wide the shoulders are.

:Pushing the yellow button down and letting it go will cause the axe head to move up and down in a "chopping" motion. Pressing down on the handlebars and front guard will cause it to collapse and a handle to emerge from the bottom. The Rescue Bots can use this handle to wield the now-collapsed Rescue Axe.

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*'''Fire Station Prime''' (playset 2011)
:A Cody Burns figure is included with the [[Fire Station Prime]] playset. A Walmart bonus pack version of the playset comes with an additional Cody Burns and Fire Hose Rescue Gear.
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[[File:RescueBotstoy Mobile HQ Cody Burns.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
*'''Electronic Rescue Bots Mobile Headquarters''' (playset 2012)
**''Accessories:'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], Cody Burns

:The Electronic Rescue Bots [[Mobile Headquarters]] includes a younger, [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] Cody Burns figure. Unlike the previous human figures, he has more childlike proportions, lacking the barrel chest.

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*'''Energize Optimus Prime and Cody Burns''' (two-pack, 2013)

:This two-pack included another more-show accurate Cody, but using a completely different sculpt from the Mobile HQ version, now sporting the same proportions and barrel-chest as the other humans in the line. He's accompanied by Optimus Prime wielding an energize saw blade.

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[[File:RescueBotstoy rescan Heatwave Cody Burns twopack.jpg|thumb|right|300px|So here I am! Doing everything I can! 
Holding on to what I am! Pretending I'm a superman!]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot and Cody Burns''' (two-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Hoverboard

:This two-pack contains yet another new-sculpt Cody Burns, this time wearing his superhero costume from "Rescue Boy". This version lacks any articulation and is molded in a dynamic pose. He's packaged with Heatwave, who resembles his speedboat rescan toy. The hoverboard is a separate accessory, rather than being permanently attached to Cody.

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*'''High Tide Rescue Rig''' (Playset, 2015)
[[File:RB HighTide CodyBurns Servo.jpg|thumb|300px|right|]]
:Cardboard standees of Cody Burns and [[Servo (RB)|Servo]] are included in the [[High Tide#Rescue Bots|High Tide Rescue Rig]] playset.

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[[File:RB-toy Cody-RockRescue.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Constantly picking bugs out of his teeth.]]
*'''Bumblebee Rock Rescue Team''' (Rescue Pack, 2017)

: Part of the first (and only) wave of Rescue Pack figures, this version of Cody is certainly happy! He's decked out in rock-climbing gear, as well as articulated arms (on a single axle so they both move at once) and wrist-swivels. His backpack has a [[5 mm post]]-compatible clip on it, particularly meant to hold the back and wings of fellow pack-in [[Talon (RB)|Talon the Eagle-Bot]], giving him a glider-pack.

: The set also includes a rock-climbing buggy version of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Rescue Packs|Bumblebee]], and [[Hunter (RB Mini-Con)|Hunter the Lion-Bot]].

{{-}}

==Notes==
*Concept art for Cody in ''Rescue Bots Academy'' showed four different versions of him in an adult-like stature.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Cody}}
[[Category:Firefighters]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots humans]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy humans]]
[[Category:Superheroes]]

January 8

2025-04-15T14:13:08Z

Jazztronomy:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|1|8}}</noinclude>
* '''???? —''' [[Arief Yanuar]] (Indonesian voice of [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]]) is born.
* '''[[1934]] —''' [[Bonnie Parker]] and [[Clyde Barrow]] rob a bank in [[Sowers]], [[Texas]], then engage the police in a shootout with their [[Flathead|giant robot]]. {{storylink|Together}}
* '''[[1945]] —''' [[Armando Tiraboschi]] (Brazilian voice of [[Bryce]], [[Jules Verne]], [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#The Transformers cartoon|Kup]], [[Tigatron#Beast Wars cartoon|Tigatron]], and more) is born.
* '''[[1952]] —''' [[Dan Woren]] (voice of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]]) is born.
* '''[[1956]] —''' [[Yu Hae-mu]] (Korean voice of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]], [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]) is born.
* '''[[1958]] —''' [[Carlos Gajardo]] (Mexican voice of ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Rescue Bots Academy]]'' [[Boulder (RB)#Rescue Bots Academy cartoon|Boulder]]) is born.
* '''[[1961]] —''' [[Stephan Baumecker]] (German voice of [[Rhinox (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Rhinox]] in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'') is born.
* '''[[1975]] —''' [[Carlos Hernandez]] (Mexican voice of [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]], [[Flywheels#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Skytread]], and [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]) is born.
* '''[[1977]] —''' [[Changseok Choi]] (Korean voice of [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]]) is born.
* '''[[1978]] —''' [[Scott Whyte]] (voice of [[Jazz (WFC)#Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Jazz]] in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron]]'' and [[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Devastation|Starscream]] in ''[[Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'') is born.
* '''[[1986]] —''' [[Pierce Cravens]] (voice of [[Hot Shot (Prime)#Rescue Bots Academy cartoon|Hot Shot]] in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Rescue Bots Academy]]'') is born.
* '''[[2003]] —''' ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' [[The War Within issue 4|#4]] is released by [[Dreamwave Productions]].
* '''[[2005]] —''' The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' episode "[[Home Soil|The Rebellion of the Plant]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''2005 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]]'' episode "[[Fallen (episode)|The Sacred Homeworld, Planet Cybertron, Destroyed?!]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''[[2008]] —''' "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]" premieres on YouTube and the [[Fun Publications]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] website.
* '''[[2013]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' — [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)/home video#Northern Europe|Season 1 Vol. 1: Darkness Rising & Vol. 2: Dangerous Ground]] are released to [[home video]] in Denmark by [[Universal|Universal Studios]].
* '''[[2014]] —''' ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' [[Termination|#8]] is released by [[Fun Publications]].
* '''[[2015]] —''' [[Gerd Holtenau]] (German voice of [[Buzz Aldrin]]) dies at age 86.
* '''[[2019]] —''' ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' is released in the [[Philippines]].
* '''2019 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' episode "[[Siloed|Cornered]]" premieres in [[Brazil]].
* '''[[2020]] —''' ''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection|The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 61: World, Shut Your Mouth'' is released by [[Hachette|Hachette Partworks]].
* '''[[2023]] —''' [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] revealed the ''[[Studio Series]] [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (toyline)|Rise of the Beasts]]'' SS-105 [[Freezer#Studio Series|Freezer]] and SS-106 [[Arcee (Movie)#SSCore|Arcee]] figures before the Transformers Tuesday they were meant to be shown at.
* '''[[2025]] —''' [[Splash Damage]] announces the cancellation of ''[[Transformers: Reactivate]]''.
* '''2025 —''' ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[Transformers (2023) issue 16|#16]] is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].

[[Category:Fictional events by day]]

Wahyu Gita Murti

2025-04-07T01:10:16Z

Jazztronomy:

'''Wahyu Gita Murti''' (born [[April 6]], ?) is an Indonesian voice actress. Her dubbing roles include Purple Star in ''Rainbow Bubblegem'', V in ''Murder Drones'', Wimpy Smurf in ''The Smurfs'', Rock in ''PAW Patrol'', [[Fluttershy]] and [[Pinkie Pie]] in the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' cartoons, Nanairo Maruchi and Quinn Manju in ''[[Beyblade]] X'', Izzie in ''[[LEGO]] DREAMZzz'', and Misty in ''[[Pokeformers|Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution]]''.

==Voice roles==
===''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|Transformers: BotBots]]''===
*[[Kikmee]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murti, Wahyu Gita}}
[[Category:Indonesian voice actors]]

RyÅhei Kimura

2025-04-05T01:44:02Z

Jazztronomy: /* Transformers One */

'''Ryōhei Kimura''' (木村良平 ''Kimura Ryōhei'', born [[July 30]], [[1984]]) is a Japanese voice actor. He is best known for being the voice of Ryouta Kise in ''Kuroko's Basketball'', Bokuto Koutarou in ''Haikyū!!'', Roche in ''Neo Angelique Abyss'', Akira Takizawa in ''Eden of the East'', Shouma Takakura in ''Mawaru Penguindrum'', Kodaka Hasegawa in ''Haganai'', Kaito Yashio in ''Robotics;Notes'', Yūgo Hachiken in ''Silver Spoon'', Riku Yagami in ''Prince of Stride'', and Tartaglia/Childe in ''Genshin Impact''.

==Fiction==
===Legends World===
{{charstubfiction}}

==Roles==
===''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]

===''Transformers Adventure''===
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]

===''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-''===
*Bumblebee

===''Bumblebee''===
*Bumblebee

===''Bumblebee's First Life On Earth''===
*[[Charlie Watson]]
*Bumblebee
*Narrator

===''Transformers: Cyberverse''===
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]]

===''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''===
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]

===Transformers: Alliance===
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumble]]
*[[Autobot|Cybertron Soldier]]
*Goldbug

===''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]''===
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]

===''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''===
*[[Bumblebee (One)|B-127/Bumblebee]]

==Notes==
*Since [[2015]] Ryōhei Kimura has been the voice of Bumblebee in every bit of voice acted Transformers media in Japan with the exception of [[2017]]'s [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]] where Bumblebee was instead voiced by [[Masato Obara]]. Someone at TakaraTomy must be a huge fan of his.

==External Links==
*[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=8342 ANN Profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimura, Ryōhei}}
[[Category:Legends World humans]]
[[Category:Japanese voice actors]]

Dimas Setiaji

2025-04-02T20:32:07Z

Jazztronomy: Created page with "'''Dimas Setiaji''' is an Indonesian voice actor. His best known dubbing roles include the titular character in ''The Cuphead Show!'', N in ''Murder Drones'', Shigeo Kageyama ..."

'''Dimas Setiaji''' is an Indonesian voice actor. His best known dubbing roles include the titular character in ''The Cuphead Show!'', N in ''Murder Drones'', Shigeo Kageyama / Mob in ''Mob Psycho 100'', Eren Jaeger in ''Attack on Titan'', [[Tomokazu Sugita|Gyōmei Himejima]] in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', and [[Hiroki Takahashi|Keith Kepler]] in ''SPY x FAMILY''.

==Voice roles==
===''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|Transformers: BotBots]]''===
*[[Dimlit]]

===''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]''===
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]

==External links==
*[[fandom:dubdb:Dimas Setiaji|The Dubbing Database entry]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Setiaji, Dimas}}
[[Category:Indonesian voice actors]]

Agathon Hafi

2025-04-02T09:47:50Z

Jazztronomy: Created page with "'''Agathon Hafi''' is an Indonesian voice actor. His best known dubbing roles include Jonathan Joestar in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', [[Takehito Koyasu|N..."

'''Agathon Hafi''' is an Indonesian voice actor. His best known dubbing roles include [[Kazuyuki Okitsu|Jonathan Joestar]] in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', [[Takehito Koyasu|Nobuyuki Sugou / Fairy King Oberon]] in ''Sword Art Online'', [[Roger Craig Smith|Claggor]] in ''Arcane'', Fillmore in ''Cars on the Road'', and Okino in ''Kiki's Delivery Service''. In video game, he voiced Natan in ''[[Mobile Legends: Bang Bang]]''.

==Voice roles==
===''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|Transformers: BotBots]]''===
*[[Clogstopper]]
*Hooded Animatronic ("[[Spirit of Halloween]]")

==External links==
*[[fandom:dubdb:Agathon Hafi|The Dubbing Database entry]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hafi, Agathon}}
[[Category:Indonesian voice actors]]

Guard (One)

2025-03-29T22:56:56Z

Jazztronomy: /* One film */ added Korean voice actors

{{Noname-nickname}}
{{disambig3|Guard}}
:''The guards are [[Transformer]]s from [[Transformers One (franchise)|One]].''
[[File:TFOne Orion caught.jpg|thumb|upright=2|"One of us always tells the truth, and the other one always lies!" "Come on, man, it was ''one time!''"]]
A pair of violent, arrogant '''guards''' with flight-capable [[alternate mode]]s, one of whom goes by the name '''KDQ-12''', defend the Cybertronian archives against plucky trespassers.

==Fiction==
===''One'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]], [[Jason Konopisos-Alvarez]] (English), [[Masanori Hasegawa]], [[Takashi Watanabe]] (Japanese)|[[Yeong-jun Si]], [[Yo-han Park]] (Korean), [[Rafael Pacheco]], [[Juan Carlos Tinoco]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

KDQ-12 and his partner were alerted to an intruder in the archives and cornered [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]] in the midst of illegally accessing information about the [[Matrix of Leadership]], only for the miner to <strike>transform</strike> ''pretend'' to transform and immediately run away. Mocking the cogless Orion for his inability to transform, the pair were confident enough to give Orion a head start before transforming and giving chase... confidence that was very well-placed, as they promptly caught up to the escaping miner the very second Orion believed he had left them behind. However, a timely distraction from [[Megatron (One)|D-16]] allowed Orion to disappear from right under their noses, causing them to growl in frustration and fly off in the direction D-16 pointed them at. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}

==Notes==
*Both guards share an animation model with [[Darkwing (One)|Darkwing]], but in different colors.

[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:One Transformers]]

Under Pressure

2025-03-23T14:27:03Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 2
|prev=Family of Heroes
|next=Hotshots
|image=UnderPressure Kade inside Heatwave.jpg
|caption= It's the terror of knowing what this world is about.
|title="Under Pressure"
|season=1
|season ep=2
|airdate=[[December 17]], [[2011]] (sneak peek) [[February 18]], [[2012]] (official premiere)
|production company= [[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio= [[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQF2bjgHgsw
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''A volcano threatens Griffin Rock, sending the Rescue Bots and Burns family into action.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:UnderPressure Boulder breaks pinball.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Big, green, sensitive, and clumsy. Sounds [[Bulkhead (Animated)|familiar]] enough...]]
While [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] pursue an out-of-control [[robo-landscaper]] through [[Griffin Rock]], [[Cody Burns]] reports that the rest of the team might be delayed, as his siblings are having trouble coming to terms with the fact that their rescue vehicles are [[Autobot|alien robots]]. Chase loses their quarry, only for Burns to realize the robo-landscaper is coming up behind them. Chase transforms, somersaults backward over it, and throws it into a dumpster while reading it its rights. That done, the rest of the team finally arrive, with the Burns family complaining that their Autobot teammates are too difficult to work with. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] is especially unimpressed when [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] transforms with him still inside. Cody promises to talk to his siblings.

Unfortunately, Kade, [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] aren't that interested in hearing about the Autobots' problems. Heatwave contacts [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], but Optimus is confident they'll learn to work with the humans. Cody tells the four bots he has a new plan to help them bond with their human partners. He lures his brothers and sister down to the bunker, but things don't go well; [[Boulder]] breaks the pinball machine, and Dani only wants to talk about flying with [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]. Their bonding session comes to an abrupt end when Burns contacts them with the news that the sewers on Main and Park are overflowing with lava. The team scrambles.

[[Image:UnderPressure Chase saves motorist.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I shall call her Squishy, and she shall be my Squishy...]]
When one impatient woman drives right into the lava, Chase has to save her from her rapidly melting car. Cody's siblings continue to have trouble working with their partners. Kade even brings his own fire truck, though he inadvertently parks it over a manhole, and after a burst of lava causes it to explode, Heatwave saves him. Cody calls [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]], who is hanging upside-down. Greene reveals that the artificial [[Mount Magma]] is the likely source of the lava, and that the lava will cover the island in just under 5 hours. He recommends releasing the lava slowly to avoid an eruption. Once Burns briefs everyone, he asks if the Rescue Bots are willing to help, and, of course, they are.

[[Image:UnderPressure Blades escapes volcano.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Gesundheit!!"]]
Boulder and Graham reach the volcano's crater and work together to locate the controls. Elsewhere, Chase and Chief Burns clear nearby campers. Heatwave and Kade wait impatiently for something to happen, while Dani and Blades move into position over the volcano. After Boulder and Graham leave the crater, Blades uses his winch to operate the main switch, opening the volcano and releasing lava and ash. However, he's then caught in the ash cloud, and Dani has to cajole him into flying high enough to get out of it. As lava begins flowing, Heatwave and Kade hit it with streams of water. It looks like the crisis is over, and Cody announces he'll be waiting for everyone in the bunker. It turns out they declared mission accomplished too soon, however, as Dani spots the lava draining into one of the tunnels leading to the bunker.

Back at the bunker, Cody works on fixing the pinball machine, unaware of the incoming lava.

[[Image:UnderPressure Heatwave Kade fight lava.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"As long as a [[Transmetal 2|big, shiny]] [[Megatron (BW)|dragon]] doesn't [[Master Blaster|rise up]] out of this, I'm happy."]]
Boulder makes a map of the tunnels with his seismic sensors, locating a shortcut for Heatwave and Kade to take to cut off the lava. Dani spots a water tower, and Blades valiantly takes off to brave the ash and reach the tower. Heatwave and Kade are brought up short by a cave-in, but after a few moments of Kade trying to clear the rocks by hand, Heatwave simply smashes through in vehicle mode. They reach the intersection in time and start spraying the lava with water, but with little effect. As they run out of water, Dani and Blades dump the water tank, and its contents spill along the tunnel, cooling the lava. Kade and Heatwave return to the bunker, where Kade hugs his little brother.

The next day, Cody drags his siblings down to the bunker, where a huge Autobot [[insignia]] has been added to the wall.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (1)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Boulder]] (7)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (8)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (10)

|c3=
*[[Charlie Burns]] (2)
*[[Cody Burns]] (3)
*[[Kade Burns]] (5)
*[[Graham Burns]] (6)
*[[Dani Burns]] (9)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"With all due respect Optimus, is that all you have to say?" 
"Not entirely. Rescue Bots, good luck."
:—'''Heatwave''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"I did it, Dani! I did it!" *strange noise*"Um... excuse me? I think my rotor just hiccuped..."
:—'''Blades''' has his moment of triumph cut short by badly timed bodily functions.

"Anybody order a drink?" 
"What? No, we're taking this to the lava—oh I get it, Earth humor!"
:—'''Dani''' and '''Blades'''

"Don't you ever scare us like that again!" 
"Yeah, what... he said."
:—'''Kade''' and '''Heatwave''' finally agree on something, to the latter's distaste.

"I mean... this is their home now, too, right?" 
"Sure looks that way."
:—'''Cody''' and '''Kade'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:UnderPressure Boulder display screen.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
* Gadgets and powers:
** Heatwave can spray water from the headlights on the backs of his hands.
** Boulder has a seismic imaging system and can use his windshield as a display screen.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus Prime notes that young humans make the best allies. Because this show is part of the Aligned timeline, he may be referring to [[Jack Darby|Jack]], [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]], and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]].

===Real-world references===
* This episode shares its title with a {{w|Under Pressure|song}} by ''{{w|Queen (band)|Queen}}'' and {{w|David Bowie}}.
* The [[1939]] [[World's Fair]] from which Mount Magma is said to originate was a {{w|1939 New York World's Fair|real event held in New York}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
* As Chase and Chief Burns stand in front of the lava and the camera pans over to Haley's car, the fire and smoke behind them is animated backwards.
* Cody still seems to be having a little trouble keeping his comlink clipped to his jacket, though not nearly as much as he did in the previous episode.
* When Blades flies up to pull the volcano's on-switch, the switch is shown to be right near the split in the volcano's lid. However, when the lava begins to recede and drain several shots later, the switch is nowhere in sight. It's entirely possible that the lava melted it, but then why would the scientists who built the volcano place the switch so close to the edge in the first place?
* An awful lot of water comes out of the container that Blades drops on the lava. Like, more than that container should hold.

===Trivia===
* In something that's rarely seen in ''Transformers'' shows, Rescue Bots have no trouble transforming with humans remaining inside. Chase transforms with Chief Burns still inside, does acrobatics and throws the robo-landscaper around, and after he returns to vehicle mode, Burns pops out without any apparent ill effects. Heatwave also transforms with Kade still inside. This is visibly explained in-series, as the bots' vehicle interiors reorient into cockpits in robot mode.
* According to Doc Greene, it would take 4.7 hours for the lava to cover the entire island.
* Among the people Chase and Chief Burns shoo away from the area are a couple of [[Lad Pioneer]]s.
* This episode was later adapted into storybook form as ''[[Team of Heroes]]''.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Coéquipiers'''" ("Teammates")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 28|28 October]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Unter Druck'''" ("Under Pressure")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 19|19 February]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nyomás alatt'''" ("Under Pressure")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 8|8 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Lava di Kota Griffin Rock'''" ("Lava in the Town of Griffin Rock")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sotto Pressione'''" ("Under Pressure")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 10|10 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sob Pressão'''" ("Under Pressure")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 5|5 March]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "2 Action-packed Episodes" ([[Toys"R"Us]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Roll to the Rescue" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Eine Familie von Helden" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Hot Shots" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

The Griffin Rock Triangle

2025-03-23T14:24:02Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 15
|prev=Small Blessings
|next=Rules and Regulations
|image=GriffinRockTriangle finding Midgard.jpg
|title="The Griffin Rock Triangle"
|season=1
|season ep=15
|airdate=[[June 16]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SISwtkTStaQ
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Cody finds a clue to an old mystery and makes a startling underwater discovery.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GriffinRockTriangle Cody finds plate.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This is one instance where you probably do ''not'' want to lick the plate clean.]]
[[Wild (RB)|Captain Wild]] is having boat problems, as in his boat is beginning to sink. [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Dani Burns]] head out and quickly locate the boat, but when they attach a cable to it, it pulls Blades under as well. At the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], [[Cody Burns]] alerts the rest of the team, who scramble. The boat lands up on the very edge of a trench. Blades converts to robot mode and struggles to pull it away from the edge until the other bots arrive to help. They carry the boat back to land where Cody meets them and Wild blames the [[Griffin Rock Triangle]]. While Dani takes Wild to the hospital, the others discuss the Triangle and how boats have disappeared there. [[Graham Burns|Graham]] inspects Wild's boat and finds it's sound and shouldn't have sunk, while Cody spots something in Wild's lobster pots.

[[Image:GriffinRockTriangle Graham and Cody in trouble.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"When I said I liked diving into mysteries, this isn't what I meant!"]]
He cleans his find to discover it's a plate with an intriguing serpent design on it. He takes it to [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]], who consults the database and turns up a reference to a 28-year-old [[Midgard|Project Midgard]] and something [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] recognizes as a reference number. They head to the archive in the [[Hall of Inspiration]] where Cody finds an old film reel. When Doc Greene plays it, it turns out to be a log by one [[Anna Baranova|Professor Anna Baranova]], describing her project to build a mobile lab, the ''[[Midgard]]'', to be launched from tunnel 15 to investigate the Griffin Rock Triangle.

Cody is curious to know what happened to Baranova and gets Graham and the Bots to help him search the tunnels under the island. They come up empty until [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] mentions he saw tunnels with letters on, which Graham says are Roman numerals. They find the tunnel in question, and within, they discover a mooring station. While exploring it, they somehow trigger the docking sequence, and Graham and Cody are trapped in the rapidly-filling airlock. They manage to find the emergency override, but Graham and the Bots decide it's too dangerous to continue there. That doesn't stop Cody from pushing a button, revealing an old video player with a videotape in it.

[[Image:GriffinRockTriangle Baranova's video.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"As you can see from this chart, I really cannot draw."]]
The Burns family watches the tape, on which Baranova describes how an underwater vent is periodically releasing large bubbles of methane which cause ship sinkings, and how she intends to launch a mission in the ''Midgard'' to drop an explosive in the vent to seal it. [[Charlie Burns]] recalls meeting Baranova and that she disappeared. While [[Kade Burns|Kade]] declares case closed, Cody still wants to know what happened, and they get the idea to launch an expedition to find the ''Midgard''.

[[Image:GriffinRockTriangle Midgard teaset.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Ooooh, cutlery!"]]
Venturing back into the ocean, the team reaches the edge of the undersea trench and quickly find the crashed ''Midgard''. As Blades peers in a porthole, he momentarily sees a familiar figure. They board the ''Midgard'', and are indeed confronted by Professor Baranova, who has survived the last 28 years. She's not particularly keen on being rescued, but shows them around. She explains that the ''Midgard'' was caught in a methane eruption and crashed, wrecking both the engines and communications. The explosive device itself is intact, but the only way to use it would be to push the lab over into the trench, and Baranova's not really keen on destroying her home, fearing how the surface world will have changed. Cody is determined and after a brief talk from him, she changes her mind.

While the other bots push the station to the edge, Chief Burns and Baranova set the explosive to go off after a minute and evacuate in [[Chase (RB)|Chase]]. The [[Rescue Bot]]s push and, despite a hairy moment with a rock, manage to get the ''Midgard'' over the cliff. They climb out of the trench before the explosive goes off, sealing the vent for good. Back on the surface, Doc Greene shows off how they're building a replica of the ''Midgard'' for Baranova to live in, as way of a thank you for dealing with the Triangle.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (5)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (6)
*[[Boulder]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Wild (RB)|Captain Wild]] (1)
*[[Dani Burns]] (3)
*[[Cody Burns]] (4)
*[[Kade Burns]] (8)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (9)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (11)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (12)
*[[Anna Baranova|Professor Anna Baranova]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"But dad, you always said the Triangle was hogwash!" 
"True, but occasionally when you wash a hog, you discover it was never a hog to begin with."
:—'''Frankie''' and '''Doc Greene'''

"This is like searching for a needle in a stack of... other needles." 
"Why would you stack needles?"
:—'''Graham''' and '''Boulder'''

"Wh-wh-what if it isn't methane? What if it ''is'' a sea monster? Anyone think of that?!"
:—'''Blades'''

"Doesn't wanna be rescued? Why'd we even bother?" 
"She'd miss her home. If anyone should understand that, it's us."
:—'''Heatwave''' and '''Boulder'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Cody is still using [[Rolling Thunder (RB)|Rolling Thunder]], which he built back in "[[Cody on Patrol]]".
* Gadgets and powers:
**As previously seen in "[[The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock]]", Boulder can emit light from his eyes. So apparently can Blades, and Heatwave can do the same trick with the yellow rectangle on his helmet. Chase uses whatever that is on his right wrist as a torch. Perhaps not coincidentally, the electronic Chase toy also has a search light on his wrist.

===Real-world references===
* Blades's "I think I can" mantra is from the children's story ''[[The Little Engine That Could]]''.
* The Griffin Rock Triangle is a reference to the [[Bermuda Triangle]]. Methane is one of the many explanations which have been suggested for the Bermuda Triangle disappearances.
* As Doc Greene says, ''Midgard'' is a reference to the Midgard Serpent from Norse mythology, also known as [[Jörmungandr]].
* According to Cody, Chief Burns has small film reels at home from his youth — probably 8mm film.

===Animation or technical errors===
* Previously Cody has been able to view locations all over the island — while this could be explained as a network of CCTV cameras, how does he get a view of events out over the ocean?
* As Chase transforms to vehicle mode after Baranova finds them, the red doohickey is on his left arm instead of the blue doohickey. The same error is repeated a few shots later when he returns to robot mode.

===Trivia===
* This episode debuts a slightly shorter [[Title sequence#Rescue Bots|title sequence]], ending after the first chorus.
* While in Tunnel 15, Cody looks out through a window and sees what appears to be a transparent fish.

===Foreign localization===
'''Arabic'''
:*''Title:'' "'''مثلث غريفين روك'''" ("Griffin Rock Triangle")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mystère sous-marin'''" ("Underwater Mystery")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Griffin Rock háromszög'''" ("The Griffin Rock Triangle")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 21|21 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sebuah Lubang Misterius'''" ("A Mysterious Hole")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il Triangolo di Griffin Rock'''" ("The Griffin Rock Triangle")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 12|12 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Triângulo de Griffin Rock'''" ("The Griffin Rock Triangle")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 11|11 April]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Griffin Rock Rescue" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Return of the Dino Bot" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes|Griffin Rock Triangle]]

Shake Up

2025-03-23T14:21:05Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 23
|prev=Little White Lies
|next=Rescue Boy
|image=ShakeUp Heatwave protects Frankie.jpg
|title="Shake Up"
|season=1
|season ep=23
|airdate=[[August 11]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZbclIgvKgQ
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''The Rescue Bots lead the rescue efforts when a series of earthquakes strike the island.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:ShakeUp Rescue Bots in costume.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[Cody Burns|Cody]] and the [[Rescue Bot]]s have just been watching a classic comedy film, though [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] is confused by the whole concept of humor. When [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] points out they're supposed to be studying humans, Chase promises to research comedy. They're interrupted by the arrival of a small UFO which flies around the station before heading towards the newly-arrived [[Frankie Greene]]. Frankie yells "cut!", at which point the UFO lands, revealing itself to be piloted by [[Dither]]. She's creating a film for her school multimedia assignment. [[Kade Burns|Kade]], who wants to be in the film too, obligingly orders the bots to do everything Frankie says. She soon has them kitted up and demands they dance. Heatwave plays dumb. [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] arrives to show off his dance moves, but according to Frankie, his moves are a bit rusty. As Frankie and the Doc leave so he can practice some more, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] reminds the Bots to keep their cover whenever Frankie is filming them.

[[Image:ShakeUp Chase saves Cody and Frankie.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Danger? Pssh, I have a video-camera. Nothing hurts the director!"]]
Later, Cody is cycling along [[Lake Street]] when an [[Earthquake (event)|earthquake]] strikes. He outruns the tremor, but [[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]]'s bus is trapped in a crack and Frankie is on hand with her video camera. As the team heads there, Chase shares his attempts at humor with the Chief. The Bots are hampered by having pretend to be robots, but they still manage to save Jerry. As [[Graham Burns|Graham]] puzzles over the origin of the quake, another one strikes and Chase saves Cody and Frankie from being crushed by a dish, though it doesn't dampen Frankie's desire to film everything. A gas main breaks and catches fire, and the team works to put it out while under Frankie's watchful eye. The Chief finally has [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] take Frankie away to make it easier to work.

[[Image:ShakeUp Rescue Bots carry subwoofer.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Back at the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|station]], the Bots are preparing to watch another movie when Frankie arrives to get her props. She's surprised to find the underground bunker and decides the tunnels leading out of it would be great in her movie. Luckily the rest of the team arrive, and Chief tells her they need the bunker. They're soon set up for a briefing and Graham tells the others that he's tracked the tremors to the tunnels under [[Griffin Rock]]. After another attempt at humor by Chase, the team heads into the tunnels to stop the tremors before something worse than a broken gas main happens. Frankie, returning to get her props, hears their voices in the tunnel and follows them in.

[[Image:ShakeUp Frankie's music video.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I dance in the face of your 'how did she get that footage?!' questions!"]]
They soon reach what appears to be a dead end—which turns out to be a store room for extra technology from the [[Hall of Inspiration]]. They quickly find a huge subwoofer, which Graham realizes is responsible for the quakes. The speaker starts another quake, and Chief instructs the Bots to carry it above ground. As they do so, they hear Frankie's cries as she's caught in a caving-in tunnel, and Heatwave goes to find her. Finding her with her foot is trapped under rocks, he works on getting her free while continuing to act like a robot. He alerts the rest of the team, now outside, and Chief heads back in with the other Bots. Boulder attempts to use his sonar, but the vibrations cause more collapsing, and as Heatwave frantically tries to tell Boulder to stop, he breaks character. The dust clears, and he sees she's passed out. Chief and the other Bots arrive and save her.

Outside, the speaker starts again, and the three Burns siblings realize it's playing music. Graham tracks the signal back to the Hall of Inspiration where Doc Greene is dancing to a jukebox. Later on Frankie brings her completed movie to the station to show everyone. Luckily there's nothing incriminating on it, and it's just Frankie's music video. As she leaves, she thanks Heatwave by name and the others wonder how much she actually knows.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (1)
*[[Boulder]] (2)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)

|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (3)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (6)
*[[Kade Burns]] (8)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (9)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (10)
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (11)
*[[Graham Burns]] (12)
*[[Dani Burns]] (13)

|c4=
*[[Dither]] (7)

}}

==Quotes==
"Then I will study Earth humor. But why the road-crossing habits of poultry provoke involuntary laughter, I will never comprehend."
:—'''Chase''' (who else?)

"Please tell me there's no such thing as a skyquake."
:—[[Skyquake (Prime)|There is]], '''Blades'''

"We all could use some laughs" 
"Perhaps I may be of assistance. Two peanuts walked down the road. One had high sodium content." *drum take on Boulder's back* "Hahahahahahahaha!"
:—'''Boulder''' and '''Chase'''

"Ah, do you actually have a script? Because your film seems really random."
:—'''Cody'''

==Notes==
===Real-world references===
*The talk about the comedy film at the start has references to the Marx Brothers film ''{{w|Horse Feathers}}'' and {{w|the Three Stooges}}.
*Kade does an impression of [[Arnie|Arnold Schwarzenegger]].
*Doctor [[McSwain]] is named for voice director [[Ginny McSwain]].
*In Frankie's music video, [[Mister Pettypaws]] is dressed and acts like ''{{w|Keyboard Cat}}''.

===Transformers references===
*Blades ponders the existence of a [[Skyquake (disambiguation)|Skyquake]].

===Trivia===
*Griffin Rock has a rocket fuel reservoir.
*Frankie's voice actor, [[Diamond White]], later went on to be a contestant on ''The X Factor''!

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tremblements de terre'''" ("Earthquakes")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rúgd a port'''" ("Kick the Dust")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 1|1 March]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gempa Bumi di Griffin Rock'''" ("Earthquakes in Griffin Rock")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tremori'''" ("Tremors")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 14|14 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Terremoto!'''" ("Earthquake!")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Heroes on the Scene" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Bot to the Future" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Little White Lies

2025-03-23T14:18:57Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 22
|prev=The Haunting of Griffin Rock
|next=Shake Up
|image=LittleWhiteLies Chase breaks floor.jpg
|caption="Curse your flimsy Earth floors!"
|title="Little White Lies"
|season=1
|season ep=22
|airdate=[[August 4]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9t7yK1G64E
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''A lie means that when Chief Burns and Chase become trapped in an underground mine, the Bots and Burns siblings have to search for them.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:LittleWhiteLies Chief saves cat.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Face it, Mrs. Neederlander. Your cat just doesn't like you."]]
As heavy rain comes down, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] tries to retrieve [[Mister Pettypaws]] from the statue of [[Horace Burns]] in the town square. [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] demands to know where the [[Rescue Bot]]s are, but they're busy dealing with an overflow by sandbagging a section of street. That done, [[Kade Burns|Kade]] challenges [[Graham Burns|Graham]] to a race to the square. Unfortunately [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]]'s arrival at the square coincides with Mister Pettypaws deciding to vacate the statue in favor of the road. Heatwave swerves and ends up on a collision course with [[Boulder]] instead. The two Bots narrowly miss each other, taking out the statue and a fire hydrant.

[[Image:LittleWhiteLies Chief Chase enter mine.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
After the cleanup, Graham almost gives away the fact that they haven't forgotten Dad's [[birthday]]—the kids have a surprise party planned. Chief Burns announces he's heading to the river to check everything's OK there. He and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] instead head to the bakery and pick up a cake. Chase is perturbed by Chief's lying about where they were going, but Chief describes it as a white lie, as he doesn't want to make the kids feel bad about forgetting his birthday. Chase still isn't happy about it, but they're interrupted by a call from [[Cody Burns|Cody]] to see if they're going to be back soon. The call is cut off as Chief and Chase drive near the lead mine. When Chief hears a banging noise in the mine office, the pair stop to check it out. Though it turns out to just be a window, the floor suddenly collapses, dropping Chase and the Chief into the mine. Unable to make outgoing calls, they head further in to find another way out.

Back at base, the rest of the team are confused by their inability to contact Chief or Chase. They head down to the river, where Cody checks the security camera footage with the [[ComTab]], only to find that there's no sign of anyone on the recording. They start searching.

[[Image:LittleWhiteLies Chief in cart.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"''Zoinks!''"]]
Trudging through the mine, Chase brings up the whole lying thing again, and Chief points out that Chase also lies when he pretends to be a robot in front of the townspeople. They reach an area with a control panel. While the Chief fishes a lantern out of a mine cart, Chase activates a switch to try and turn the lights on. Unfortunately this sends Burns's mine-cart careening down the track towards a hole, and Chase has to execute a last-minute rescue. They continue their search through the mine, and as Chief observes it's getting late, Chase offers his front seat. As the Chief drifts off to sleep, water begins spreading around Chase's wheels.

The next morning, the team returns to base without having found any sign of Chase or the Chief. They decide to ask around the island, but before they can do so, they get a call from [[Feiffer|Mr. Feiffer]] at the bakery to ask how they enjoyed the cake. Putting two and two together, the kids realize that it's partly their fault for making Chief think they forgot his birthday. They check the map and pinpoint the lead mine as the likely place for Chase and the Chief to be. At the mine, they find the hole in the floor and start searching around outside.

[[Image:LittleWhiteLies Chief salutes Chase.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Chase wakes the Chief to alert him to the rising water, and they continue on with Chief riding inside the Rescue Bot. They eventually reach a hole leading to a cavern near the mine entrance, which Chief climbs though. Chase attempts to widen the hole so he can follow, but this causes a cave-in that traps him. A falling rock also strikes the Chief, injuring his arm.

Cody returns to the office and spots Chase's footprints at the bottom of the hole, so Boulder checks with his sonar and detects movement. Boulder, Blades, Dani and Graham head into the hole to search and encounter a large quantity of bats. They eventually find Chase who explains the Chief's predicament. Meanwhile, Cody, Kade and Heatwave find the other entrance to the mine and break it open. Inside they spot Chief floating in the steadily-rising water of the cavern and Kade goes down to try and fish him out. The attempts of the other Rescue Bots to break through cause a sudden whirlpool that sucks Chief under. As the water drains from the cavern, Boulder emerges from the hole with Dani, Graham and the Chief, safe and sound.

Later, the family sits down to a birthday dinner, and everyone pretends to enjoy the cake Dani made.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (5)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (6)
*[[Boulder]] (8)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (10)

|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (1)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] (2)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (3)
*[[Dani Burns]] (4)
*[[Kade Burns]] (7)
*[[Graham Burns]] (9)
*[[Feiffer|Mr. Feiffer]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Birthday? Is that the human celebration with the lit-up tree?" 
"Birthdays are when you set the dessert on fire and reassemble a donkey. The lit-up tree is Arbor Day." 
"Ahhh."
:—'''Boulder''' and '''Blades'''

"Not a lie, exactly, just not the whole truth. Sometimes if you've got a good reason and it doesn't do any harm, it's OK. It's called a white lie." 
"Forgive me, Chief, but I cannot condone such a thing. Either lying is acceptable or it is not, no matter what the color is."
:—'''Chief Burns''' and '''Chase''', who only deals in absolutes.

"Chase isn't answering either." 
"He probably talked your dad into stopping to arrest a jaywalker."
:—'''Boulder''' and '''Heatwave'''

"This, I have learned, is what humans call a white lie. Experience tells me it may not end well."
:—'''Chase''' as everyone pretends to like Dani's cake.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Most establishing shots in ''Rescue Bots'' show the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]] in the middle of town, but the route Boulder maps out appears to show it at the back of the town.
* The statue of [[Horace Burns]] cops more abuse.
* Kade claims to have a date with [[Hayley]], whom he started dating back in "[[Small Blessings]]".

===Transformers references===
* Chase swears by the [[AllSpark]].

===Real world references===
* We'd be surprised if the Chief's mine-cart ride wasn't at least partly inspired by ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* The two barriers Dani is putting out to block traffic are completely different designs.

===Trivia===
* Chief Burns is able to egress from Chase while the latter is still in robot mode, all via his vehicle mode windshield folding open like a door. Until now, Rescue Bots have always been shown to transform to vehicle mode to let passengers out. Blades also pulls the same trick to shelter Graham and Dani.
* Considering Graham and Dani are almost shoulder deep in water when they reach Chase, shouldn't they have jumped inside one of the bots earlier?
* We're not sure landing on Chase's metal hand would be any better for Chief Burns than landing on the ground.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mensonges innocents'''" ("Innocent Lies")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kegyes hazugságok'''" ("Little White Lies")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 28|28 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hari Ulang Tahun Ayah'''" ("Dad's Birthday")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Piccole Bugie Bianche'''" ("Little White Lies")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 14|14 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mentirinhas'''" ("Little Lies")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 3|3 January]] [[2014]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Heroes on the Scene" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Bot to the Future" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

The Lost Bell

2025-03-23T14:16:03Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 17
|prev=Rules and Regulations
|next=Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)
|image=LostBell Terror Puffin.jpg
|caption="''IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!''"
|season=1
|season ep=17
|airdate=[[June 30]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Greg Johnson]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmNKLVhotng
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''A storm strands Cody and the Bots on a deserted island where they find a pirate ship that holds the key to a mystery.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:LostBell Pirate attack.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[Griffin Rock]], [[1812]], and the lighthouse keeper spots an incoming pirate ship moments before it opens fire. The town is set ablaze and the pirates begin plundering it. 200 years later, [[Cody Burns]] relates the story of the ''[[Oaken Crow]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> attack on the town and the theft of the [[Settlers' Bell]], before the pirates departed from the town. Cody has to cut short his story as he has to go to his [[Lad Pioneer]] meeting to get ready for tomorrow's [[Founders' Day]] ceremony. However, Cody's excitement is tempered when [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] announces that the ceremony's on hold due to a major storm which is about to hit the island. The team rolls to the rescue!

[[Image:LostBell adrift at sea.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Hey, who's up for reproducing 'The Raft of the Medusa'?"]]
At the airport, a light plane is blown across the runway towards [[Taylor (RB)|a pilot]] until Blades swoops down and grabs it. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] starts showing interest in the young pilot they've just saved. As Blades's rotor was bent during the plane rescue, he, Cody and Dani are forced to hike back to where the others are sandbagging. [[Boulder]] observes the tower with the missing bell, and Cody says the pirates were never seen again. They continue to secure the marina, but as Chief Burns notes some idiot has stacked the shipping crates too high, the top crate is struck by lightning. It falls, severing the end of the pier which carries Cody and the Bots out to sea. The Burns family tries frantically to get Cody on the comms, but it turns out he's OK. During the little communications time they have, the Bots promise to take care of Cody.

[[Image:LostBell camping with Rescue Bots.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"It'll help if you just sing along~"]]
Cody and the Bots eventually drift out of the storm and spot a small island. Unlike the [[Rescue Bot]]s, Cody is enthusiastic about being a castaway and locates a waterfall to use as a location for a shelter. The Bots take this as their cue to build a shelter and head to get materials, though [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] have a brief encounter with the wildlife. Unfortunately the resulting shelter collapses after Boulder opens the door, but Cody has built his own shelter using Lad Pioneer know-how anyway and even started a fire. Realizing he now needs food, the Bots head to the beach and are completely unsuccessful at gathering anything edible, apart from a snail Chase offers up. Cody has already succeeded in catching a fish. He suggests they gather firewood, and as night falls, the four bots soon have a large stack. As they sit around the fire, Cody starts to tell a spooky story but when Blades grabs a piece of wood, the boy notices that the log in question has the figurehead of the ''Oaken Crow'' on it. Though Cody is keen to go check it out then and there, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and the others insist on waiting until morning.

[[Image:LostBell bell ringing on the pirate ship.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The next day, Griffin Rock has a flotilla of boats and Dani's new friend in a plane searching the seas. On the island, Cody and the Bots reach the area where they found the wood, and as they look around, Cody disappears with a cry. First Heatwave and Boulder, and then Blades and Chase fall down the same hole, which Cody announces was built by the pirates. He's found the ''Oaken Crow'' in a cave, blocked in by a rock slide. While the Bots contemplate the idea that rescue might not be as imminent as they hoped, Cody climbs on board, and finds the Settlers' Bell, safe and sound. The Bots tell him they're worried that rescue might be a vain hope, but Cody has an idea—the pirates might not have been able to clear the rockfall, but the four Bots might. They soon do so, and tow the pirate ship clear of the cave before jumping aboard. Elsewhere, the flotilla is beginning to break up as it gets foggy when the Burns family hears a bell and Cody's voice comes over the comm. Father and son are soon reunited on the deck of the ''Oaken Crow''.

The bell is returned to the old lighthouse, and Cody and two other Lad Pioneers get the honor of ringing it. Dani waves to the pilot as he overflies the celebrations, much to her brothers' amusement. Blades tries to get the others interested in starting the Bot Pioneers, with no success whatsoever.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Boulder]] (3)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (6)

|c3=
*Lighthouse Keeper (1)
*[[Cody Burns]] (2)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (7)
*[[Dani Burns]] (8)
*[[Taylor (RB)|Taylor]] (9)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Kade Burns]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"We could be out here drifting for days, or weeks, or-" 
"Twelve minutes, seventeen seconds. Assuming we maintain our current rate of speed, of course."
:—'''Blades''' and '''Chase'''

"It's coming for us!" ''[jumps into Chase's arms]'' 
''[A small puffin appears]'' 
"We tell no one of this." 
"Agreed."
:—'''Blades''' and '''Chase''' have an encounter while looking for materials.

"Avast, me hearties! Hoist the jib and raise the yardarm! Or the other way around!" 
"Aye, matey! Set sail for Griffin Rock!"
:—'''Blades''' and '''Cody''' get into the mood by breaking out the pirate talk.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:TheLostBell Lad Pioneer Cody.jpg|150px|right|thumb]]
* Lad Pioneers, previously referred to via the [[Lad Pioneers Handbook]] Chase finds in "[[Rules and Regulations]]", makes a reappearance here. Humans wearing the uniform have appeared as background characters in a number of other episodes starting with "[[Under Pressure]]".
* Taylor, the pilot Dani develops an obvious interest in, will go unnamed until the season 2 episode "[[Road Trip]]".

===Real-world references===
* Lad Pioneers bears no small resemblance to the Boy Scouts.

===Animation and technical errors===
* As Chase and Blades call out for Cody, the dohickey on Chase's left arm is the red one from his right arm. It switches to blue as he turns in reaction to hearing Heatwave and Boulder fall.
* During the time when Cody and the bots are sitting around the fire, the bots are all still covered in dirt and mud. When Cody started telling a story, all of the bots are suddenly clean. When Cody decides that they should check out where the bots got the wood from, they are messy again.
* Taylor can be seen among the crowd by the lighthouse a few shots before he also flies over in his plane.

===Trivia===
* The lighthouse keeper's character model is based on that of [[Wild (RB)|Captain Wild]].[http://bighuggableteddybear.deviantart.com/art/Transformers-Rescue-Bots-Designs-Part-1-304386931]
* This episode was later adapted in storybook form as ''[[The Mystery of the Pirate Bell]]''.
* Someone should tell the pirates to pillage ''then'' burn. It's no wonder they took the bell.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les naufragés'''" ("The Shipwrecked")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Az eltűnt harang'''" ("The Lost Bell")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 23|23 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cody dan Kapal Bajak Laut'''" ("Cody and the Pirate Ship")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Campana Perduta'''" ("The Lost Bell")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 13|13 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Sino Perdido'''" ("The Lost Bell")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 6|6 May]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Heroes on the Scene" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Bumblebee to the Rescue" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lost Bell}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)

2025-03-23T14:12:12Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{disambig3|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 18
|prev=The Lost Bell
|next=You've Been Squilshed
|image=Bttr bumblebee blades.jpg
|caption=My name is Bumblebee, and I approve this crossover.
|title="Bumblebee to the Rescue"
|season=1
|season ep=18
|airdate=[[July 7]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhKzwrEuIZo
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Bumblebee pays the Rescue Bots a visit just in time to help investigate a mysterious meteor.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:BumblebeeRescue Bots check meteorite.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Maybe we can call it '[[Meteorini Chipperoni|Meteorini Coderoni]]' or something."]]
[[Cody Burns]] and the [[Rescue Bot]]s are engaging in a spot of star gazing when they spot a shooting star. As they watch, the meteor crashes on nearby [[Wayward Island]]. The next day the Bots and the Burns family arrive on the island to investigate. As they move through the fog-enshrouded woods, they become aware that there's someone else out there. Luckily it turns out to be a friend—[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]! [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is particularly excited to meet the [[Autobot]], who was tracking the meteor and decided to visit the Rescue Bots.

While Blades and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] take to the air, the others spread out to find the meteorite. Blades is too excited to avoid hitting tree tops, but when Dani reminds him of their mission, he points out where the meteorite has landed. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Boulder]] check out the rock for radiation before giving the all-clear for the humans to approach it. Meanwhile, Blades tries to drop his hook so Bumblebee can ride on it, and ends up getting caught on a tree, requiring a rescue by Bumblebee. Blades is chagrined.

[[File:BumblebeeRescue Blades and Bumblebee prop wall.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|"On closer inspection it's still a pipe."]]
The other Bots have finished putting out fires and making sure the meteor is safe, so everyone heads back to the boat where Bumblebee asks to use their comm screen to contact [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] once they get back to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]]. Optimus is glad the meteorite is safe and instructs Bumblebee to stay with the Rescue Bots for a few days to gain experience. Though everyone is excited to have Bumblebee around, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] alerts them to an emergency—a retaining wall is nearing collapse, endangering houses. Bumblebee and Cody monitor things from the station, but partway through the operation, Boulder, Heatwave and Chase abruptly [[transformation|transform]] to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and can't change back. Blades is left propping up the wall by himself, at least until Bumblebee roars up and helps. The three stricken Autobots find they can't even drive by themselves, and have to be driven back to the fire station, and on the way they suddenly lose the ability to communicate.

[[File:BumblebeeRescue infected bots.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Kade, Graham, we seriously need to talk about regular trips to the carwash."]]
Cody realizes the meteor is to blame, and they contact Optimus again. He passes the information on to [[Ratchet (WFC)|the medic]], who points out the Rescue Bots' ship has an antidote in it, provided they can get a sample of the meteorite and work out which one to use. Also, he instructs them to destroy the meteorite.

With the three Bots now becoming covered in goop, the Burns family launches another mission to Wayward Island, and Bumblebee insists on coming along. The seas are rough, and as they approach the island, the ''[[Darby Ava]]'' hits rocks. [[Graham Burns|Graham]] is knocked overboard. Bumblebee drives in to save him, and manages to get him to catch onto a rope, but in the process sinks into an undersea trench. Blades heads out from the fire station to lend a hand while the Burnses find they have two more problems—the boat's engine won't start, and the bomb they brought to deal with the meteorite has activated. They have four minutes before it explodes, and it can't be switched off.

[[File:BumblebeeRescue Blades and Bumblebee fly with bomb.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Blades arrives and successfully fishes Bumblebee out of the ocean. The pair grab the bomb and head towards the island where Bumblebee punches a hole in the meteorite and sticks the bomb in. As it explodes, the two Bots return to the ''Darby Ava'' where they fall victim to the virus. Fortunately Bumblebee picked up a sample of the meteorite, which the humans analyze using tech from the Rescue Bots' ship. They're soon able to use the correct antidote to cure the five Bots. Before Bumblebee leaves, Dani takes pictures of them all together and to Blades's surprise, the yellow Autobot requests a picture with him.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (2)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (3)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Boulder]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (11)

|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (1)
*[[Graham Burns]] (6)
*[[Dani Burns]] (7)
*[[Kade Burns]] (8)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"How do you do? I'm Bumblebee! No, I mean you're Bumblebee, I'm—"
:—'''Blades''' meets Bumblebee.

"While I admire your desire to help, Bumblebee, I cannot condone you undertaking a mission without my knowledge. I am however glad to hear the meteor you found was non-threatening. Thank you, Rescue Bots, for your help."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' admits he is a little mad that Bumblebee did not inform him of his visit to Griffin Rock, but is glad to hear that the meteor was not a threat.

"You must be Cody Burns, the young man who has been teaching the Rescue Bots the ways of Earth." 
"Yes, sir." 
"Thank you, Cody, for your invaluable assistance."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' praises '''Cody Burns'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Burns family boat was previously introduced in "[[Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble]]".
* Bumblebee, unsurprisingly, beeps just like he does in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]''.
* This episode plays coyly with continuity, hinting at the existence of, but refraining from talking in-depth about, concepts and characters that are part of the shared Aligned continuity this series occupies, but which have otherwise not previously been brought up in the ''Rescue Bots'' cartoon. For instance, the Decepticons are not mentioned by name, merely as "those who would do [the Autobots] harm". The specific circumstances of Bumblebee losing his voicebox to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] are glossed as it being lost "in the line of duty". Optimus Prime refers to [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], but only as "our medic".
* Gadgets and powers:
**Boulder has scanners capable of detecting radiation.

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:BumblebeeRescue Bumblebee on branch.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Bumblebee's new energon zero diet is obviously working.]]
* Boulder's map of the solar system shows 8 planets sharing four orbits.
* How the heck does that tree branch support Bumblebee's weight?
* The virus from the meteorite affects Bumblebee and Blades a lot faster than it did the other Bots.

===Trivia===
* The Cybertronian text displayed next to Boulder's map of the solar system is mirrored. It reads "[[‎Jeremiah Regan|JERRY]] [[‎Tim Wolkiewicz|TIM]] [[Zac Atkinson (writer)|ZAC]] [[Kris Fitzgerald|KRIS]] [[Bess Thompson|BESS]]", which are all names you'll be able to spot in the end credits.
* The Cybertronian text on the readout as Graham scans the meteorite fragment, meanwhile, are just short sequences of letters in alphabetical order.
* Like the Rescue Bots, Bumblebee shows the ability to carry a human inside him while in [[robot mode]], something he hasn't done on ''Prime''.
* Although more than likely just a coincidence, the idea of a transformation-paralyzing virus transmitted via green mist is highly reminiscent of the [[transformation virus]] from ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
* Looks like [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] isn't the [[Cody Burns|only one]] who can understand Bumblebee now.
* Why is Graham the only one not wearing a life vest? He only puts one on ''after'' he is knocked overboard and is saved by Bumblebee.
* The sound effect used when the virus makes the 'Bots transform bears a slight resemblance to the default sound used in [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]].
* The antidote discs are color-coded to the bots, for some reason. Since the discs came from the Sigma, this ''might'' make some kind of internal sense for the core four, but Bumblebee was not part of the crew.

===Foreign localization===
'''Arabic'''
:*''Title:'' "'''المذنب'''" ("The meteor")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le visiteur inattendu'''" ("The Unexpected Visitor")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Űrdongó, a megmentő'''" ("Bumblebee, the Savior")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 24|24 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bumblebee dan Meteor Jatuh'''" ("Bumblebee and the Falling Meteor")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 30|30 October]] [[2018]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bumblebee il Salvatore'''" ("Bumblebee the Savior")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 13|13 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bumblebee dá uma Força'''" ("Bumblebee Gives a Hand")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 7|7 May]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Bumblebee to the Rescue" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Return of the Heroes" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Return of the Dino Bot

2025-03-23T14:09:27Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 11
|prev=Deep Trouble (RB)
|next=The Other Doctor
|image=ReturnDinoBot Trex.jpg
|title="Return of the Dino Bot"
|airdate=[[May 12]], [[2012]]
|season=1
|season ep=11
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Luke McMullen]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFc5XInaiS0
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''An intruder uses a robot ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' to plant a virus in Griffin Rock's central computer, causing havoc.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:ReturnDinoBot Frankie sits on Trex.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"Me Grimlock like slides!"]]
One exceedingly foggy day, the [[Rescue Bot]]s marvel at this new weather, and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is particularly happy because it means he'll be grounded and can [[Most Dangerous Chefs|watch TV]]. [[Bufkin|Mr. Bufkin]] calls the emergency line to report a [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaur]] near the lab, and when [[Cody Burns|Cody]] checks out the location on the [[ComTab]], he spots [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] being menaced by the robotic ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' from the [[Griffin Rock natural history museum|museum]]. The Rescue Bots transform, and Cody rides with [[Dani Burns|Dani]] in Blades. They quickly reach the lab and surround the dino bot, only to find its off switch is missing. Frankie and [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] put their fears at rest though—the dinosaur has been reprogrammed to be controlled by Doc Greene's gauntlet, and can now do the [[Macarena]].

Redubbed [[Trex]], the dinosaur has been pressed into service fetching coffee and guarding the lab. Doc Greene explains that the lab has been broken into recently and left behind items such as the [[nanite]]s. Cody recognizes the logo on the nanites from the [[shark submarine]] wreckage. Greene believes the intruder is trying to hack into the town's central computer. The Burns family leaves to investigate a report from the mayor.

[[File:ReturnDinoBot shadowy figure and Trex.jpg|250px|thumb|"There, there, big guy. I'm sure [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] will be in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|next]] [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|game]]."]]
While Trex stomps around in the fog, a [[Thaddeus Morocco|shadowy figure]] uses Greene's stolen gauntlet to access his systems. When Frankie calls Trex in, she find the discarded gauntlet and when Greene plugs Trex into the computer, it detects an incursion through the firewall.

Cody and the bots get lost in the fog, but are soon reunited with the rest of the family. Their troubles aren't over as technology begins to malfunction. The hologram stoplight leaves its post, the park sprinklers go off, and a garbage truck begins dumping garbage on City Hall. [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]], now trapped inside, is drenched by the sprinkler system. As Cody is taking a call from Frankie who tells him the island's mainframe has been hacked, he's menaced by a [[robo-landscaper]]. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Boulder]] make short work of the device, and the team splits up to take care of the many emergency calls they're getting.

[[File:ReturnDinoBot antivirusing the computer.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"I ''knew'' we should have upgraded to Avira!"]]
At the lab, Greene starts running an anti-virus program from his PDA, only for them to realize that Trex is responsible for the virus. The dinosaur starts chasing them, and Greene's gauntlet is useless to control it.

While [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] work at rescuing the mayor for town hall, Chase helps prevent a TXTing driver from running into a truck. With Boulder's help, Heatwave extracts the mayor, who is furious to learn that Doc Greene is partly responsible. Dani and Cody spot a swarm of robo-landscapers moving through town.

Trex, stalking around the lab, knocks the PDA loose from the computer. Frankie temporarily leaves her hiding place to plug it back in, but manages to avoid being chomped by the dinosaur. As the virus removal resumes, Trex runs out of the lab.

[[File:ReturnDinoBot Rescue Bots dogpile Trex.jpg|250px|thumb|"I love you, Daddy, but... please invent a new deodorant. Soon."]]
The Rescue Bots fight with the landscapers. They're outnumbered, but luckily the antivirus works in time to shut down the landscapers. With that threat gone, they face another one—Trex has arrived. Doc Greene and Frankie haul up. After Trex knocks over their truck, the Rescue Bots pile on and manage to subdue the robotic beast. Cody has an idea to control Trex via verbal commands, and Greene commands Trex to bring his coffee. It works, and Greene gets a lift back to his lab in Blades so he can remove the virus from Trex. The rest of the team arrives to be told by Greene that it's too late! While they're gasping in horror, he clarifies that it's too late for them to watch the devirus process, and Trex is fine.

The next day, the team is contemplating the mess the town is in, when Doc Greene delivers devastating news—the mayor has relieved him of his post as lead scientist of [[Griffin Rock]]. Nearby, a shadowy figure scurries away, dropping a card with a familiar logo on it.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Boulder]] (1)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (2)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (3)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (4)
|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (5)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (6)
*[[Dani Burns]] (8)
*[[Graham Burns]] (9)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (10)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (11)
*[[Kade Burns]] (12)
*[[Thaddeus Morocco|A shadowy figure]] (13)
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (14)
*[[Edgar Pruitt]] (15)
|c4=
*[[Trex]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==
"A robotic dinosaur butler! Now all of my questions are answered. Except, maybe, ''why?''"
:—'''Dani'''

'''Cody:''' Noble! Dad? 
'''Charlie:''' You're not getting one. 
'''Graham:''' What about— 
'''Charlie:''' You either.

'''Blades:''' Um, I've changed my mind. I don't like this weather. 
'''Chase:''' I concur. Fog conceals potholes, ditches, and regrettably the row of mailboxes formerly standing on Willow Street. 
'''Heatwave:''' Hey, at least you didn't take out a street sweeper. 
'''Boulder:''' I told you, I thought it was an [[elephant]].

"Remember citizen, if your eye is not on the road, the rest of you soon will be."
:—'''Chase'''

"Thank the AllSpark for hot, brown water."
:—'''Boulder''' on the powers of coffee

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Cody's adventure with the nanites took place in "[[Cody on Patrol]]", while the shark sub appeared in "[[Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble]]".
*The newspaper dispenser was previously seen being invented in "[[Hotshots]]". The robo-landscapers were, of course, first seen in "[[Under Pressure]]".
*Gadgets and powers:
**Chase's left wrist gadget has 2 electric taser plugs.

===Transformers references===
*Boulder thanks the [[AllSpark]].

===Real-world references===
*Cody has a piece of ''Rescue Bots'' incidental music as his ringtone.
*The Macarena was a popular song. Twice. It's a mystery to us too.
*Frankie slides down Trex's back ''Flintstones'' style.
*The ripple in the puddle when the group encounters Trex in the fog is most likely a nod to a famous sequence from the original ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.

===Trivia===
*Though online listings also spelled this title "Return of the Dinobot", the official script has it spelled "Dino Bot".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Dino Bot. (Just checked the official script)|link=https://twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/381646581025353729|name=Nicole Dubuc|site=Twitter|year=2013|month=09|day=22|(defunct=)}}</ref>
*This episode was later adapted into storybook form as ''[[Return of the Dinobot]]''.
* Chase refers to coffee as "hot brown water in a spherical container". He probably meant "cylindrical".

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le retour du Dino-robot'''" ("The Return of the Dino-robot")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Rückkehr des Dino Bots'''" ("The Return of the Dino Bot")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 4|4 March]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Dino Bot visszatér'''" ("The Dino Bot Returns")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 17|17 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Amukan Robot Dinosaurus'''" ("Dinosaur Robot's Rampage")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 8|8 October]] [[2018]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il Ritorno di Dino Bot'''" ("The Return of Dino Bot")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 12|12 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Névoa'''" ("The Fog")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 28|28 March]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Energize" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Die Rückkehr des Dino Bots" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Return of the Dino Bot" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Deep Trouble (RB)

2025-03-23T14:06:48Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{disambig2|the ''Rescue Bots'' episode|the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode|Deep Trouble (RID)}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 10
|prev=Christmas in July
|next=Return of the Dino Bot
|image=DeepTrouble Rescue Bots vs shark.jpg
|caption=We're ''definitely'' going to need a bigger boat.
|title="Deep Trouble"
|season=1
|season ep=10
|airdate=[[May 5]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Christopher J. Gentile]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weze2_AoXgM
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''A shark targeting high-tech ocean equipment is spotted off the Griffin Rock shore.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:DeepTrouble time for fishing.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"I'll catch this bird for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad fish. Not like going down the pond chasin' bluegills and tommycods. This shark, swallow you whole. Little shakin', little tenderizin', an' down you go."]]
[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] and [[Mrs. Luskey|his wife]] are enjoying a trip in the Mayor's boat, the ''[[Floating Xanadu]]'', when Luskey realizes they're near the coast but he can't see the lighthouse. Elsewhere, the Burnses and the Greenes are having a barbecue and [[basketball]] game. Luskey contacts [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] to tell him to turn on the light. While [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] rescue the mayor, Doc Greene puzzles over why the automatic sensors didn't pick up the mayor's ship and turn the lighthouse on. Safely back on land, Luskey has it out with Greene, and explains that as tomorrow is the [[Miss Griffin Rock]] competition, he wants the lighthouse back in working order.

The next morning, Chief Burns arrives at the breakfast table with a fishing rod—it's time for their annual fishing trip. Dani, [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] all give excuses, but [[Cody Burns|Cody]] is keen and suggests they bring the [[Rescue Bot]]s along as well. The ''[[Darby Ava]]'' vessel proves capable of carrying the four bots without sinking, and Burns makes Blades first mate. Cody instructs the Bots on the finer points of fishing, as they approach Doc Greene's [[floating lab|floating research lab]], where Greene has discovered that the lighthouse's underwater electro-magnetic sensors have been destroyed. He gives Cody a hi-tech fishing line that uses electro-magnetic bait.

Back at the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], the others do dishes and briefly wonder if they did the right thing in dipping out on the fishing trip.

[[Image:DeepTrouble Heatwave jumps shark.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women."]]
Cody, Charlie and the Bots start fishing, but after [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] loses his fishing rod, he tries using Greene's hi-tech version. He quickly gets a bite, which to their surprise turns out to be a [[Shark submarine|gigantic shark]]. It rams the ship, knocking Heatwave overboard, and as he floats in the water, the mechanical shark attacks him. As he wrestles with it, it uses lasers to destroy the fishing rod. The other Rescue Bots jump into the water, but can't do much more than watch as the shark knocks Heatwave loose by bashing him against rocks. Burns heads back to Doc Greene's lab.

[[Image:DeepTrouble Greene's busted sensor.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"A tiger shark's like a garbage can, it'll eat anything. Someone probably threw that in a river."]]
On the beach, the Miss Griffin Rock pageant is in full swing, but as the mayor's wife is about to announce the finalists, the robot shark appears offshore, sparking a panic. Surprised, Greene reports his sensors aren't picking up anything shark-sized, but soon gets a visit from the shark himself. The shark destroys the doc's underwater sensor, and he shows the Burnses the footage of the shark he's gathered. Cody and Greene realize the shark's attacking electro-magnetics.

The other three Burnses at the fire station reminisce about previous fishing trips, and decide to join the one currently in progress.

[[Image:DeepTrouble caught shark.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"That's a twenty footer."
"Twenty-five. Three tons of him."]]
While Cody monitors things from the pier with the [[ComTab]], Chief Burns and the bots go out with one of the doc's boosted sensors. Once the shark turns up, Burns starts leading it towards a secluded cove, but it suddenly changes course and goes after the [[Griffin Rock ferry]] instead. Burns warns the ferry captain [[Arthur Shaw]] and the ferry avoids the first strike, so Burns and Blades head over to help the people on board. Heatwave, [[Boulder]] and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] jump into the sea and use their vehicle modes to reach the shark submarine. After damaging the sub to the point where it's non-operational, they float to the surface where Cody gets them to swim to shore with it. The rest of the Burns family reaches the pier in time to see the shark, but as Chief Burns and Blades crack it open, they hear a computer voice announcing self-destruct. Blades flies the sub out to sea where it explodes. As they leave the pier, Cody wonders who could have built such a thing and among the wreckage which landed on the pier, spots a fragment with a [[Cody on Patrol|familiar logo on it]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (10)
*[[Boulder]] (11)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (12)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (13)

|c3=
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (1)
*[[Mrs. Luskey]] (2)
*[[Cody Burns]] (3)
*[[Graham Burns]] (4)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (5)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (7)
*[[Kade Burns]] (8)
*[[Dani Burns]] (9)
*[[Arthur Shaw]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Dither]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"How do you like your burger?" 
"On a plate, please!"
:—'''Charlie Burns''' and '''Doc Greene'''

[[File:DeepTrouble Pirate Blades.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again."]]
"Arrr, I do request permission to come aboard, me hearty!"
:—'''Blades''' has been watching too many pirate movies.

"This shouldin't be called fishing, it should be called ''waiting''."
:—'''Heatwave''' has a low opinion of fishing.

"''Now'' I understand why you humans love fishing!"
:—'''Heatwave''' after wrestling a mechanical shark.

"Next movie night, can we rent a romatic comedy?"
:—'''Heatwave''' has had enough with Blades's pirate movies.

{{-}}
==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Dither is introduced here as "Helper Bot", but will get properly named in the later episode "[[Countdown (RB)|Countdown]]".
* The mysterious symbol Cody finds on the submarine wreckage was previously seen on the canister of [[nanite]]s in "[[Cody on Patrol]]".
*Gadgets and powers:
**The Rescue Bots can operate underwater. Heatwave can even use the water jets on his hands as propulsion.

===Real-world references===
* Mayor Luskey quotes ''Jaws'' when he declares that his wife's luggage requirements mean they're "going to need a bigger boat".
* Luskey's boat is presumably named after Charles Foster Kane's mansion from ''Citizen Kane''.
* Blades quotes from ''Moby Dick''.
* Captain Shaw's name is a reference to actor Robert Shaw who played Quint in ''Jaws''. He even bears a passing resemblance to the character.
*The mechanical Shark acts like the sharks Jaws.

===Animation and technical errors===
* The "speed calculus" section of the Miss Griffin Rock pageant is actually algebra.
* Chase reacts to the shark sub turning away before it does so.
* The bots leap onto the pier while treading water.

===Trivia===
[[File:DeepTrouble Miss Griffin Rock calculus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"You yell barracuda, everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell shark, we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July."]]
* Yes, the <s>calculus</s> algebra equation on the blackboard checks out!

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les dents de fer'''" ("Iron Teeth")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ärger auf hoher See'''" ("Trouble on the Open Sea")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 1|1 March]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mély gond'''" ("Deep Trouble")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 16|16 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Serangan Robot Hiu'''" ("Shark Robot Attack")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 24|24 October]] [[2018]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un Guaio Sommerso'''" ("A Submerged Trouble")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 11|11 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Apuros à Vista'''" ("Trouble in Sight")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 26|26 March]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Energize" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Die Rückkehr des Dino Bots" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Cody on Patrol" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Christmas in July

2025-03-23T13:59:34Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 9
|prev=Four Bots and a Baby
|next=Deep Trouble (RB)
|image=ChristmasInJuly fun in the snow.jpg
|caption="You kind of set off an eternal winter...everywhere."
|title="Christmas in July"
|season=1
|season ep=9
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcVOOSHoX_A
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Cody, his family and the Rescue Bots have to stop a snow storm in July when a weather machine goes haywire.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:ChristmasInJuly the Mayor is on fire.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Not the hair! Not the hair!"]]
[[Huxley Prescott]] reports on the heatwave currently gripping [[Griffin Rock]], which [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] demonstrates by breaking an egg on the sidewalk so it can fry. Nearby [[Cody Burns|Cody]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] sell lemonade. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] disapproves of their illegal commercial venture, but [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] is more concerned at Chase's lack of air conditioning. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] provide water for the kids to cool off. Surprisingly, it turns out to be not only hot enough to fry eggs, but to set them on fire, and soon the Mayor's chef hat has caught alight too. Luckily Heatwave and Kade put him out.

Cody arrives back at the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]] in search of more ice and finds [[Boulder]] looking up information on seasons. Boulder's confused by the concept and wants Winter now so he can see some snow. Cody has trouble explaining the concept to him, but it gives him an idea. He visits [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]], who knows of an old [[weather machine]], predating Greene's arrival on Griffin Rock. They venture into the "Best Left Forgotten" room and find the weather machine in perfect condition, though Frankie doesn't think much of Cody's idea of using it to create a snowfall.

[[Image:ChristmasInJuly Blade snowbot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The fact that he's a giant alien robot makes this all the more adorable.]]
They start setting the weather machine up in the town square, while Frankie, preferring the summer, heads down to the river. Cody is annoyed when the Mayor takes the credit for his idea, but his honor gets his comeuppance when he tries to fib on Chase's speaker. Doc Greene also lets him start up the machine. The square is soon blanketed in snow and the [[human]]s start playing. Boulder is disappointed that the [[Rescue Bot]]s don't get to enjoy the snow as well, since they have to keep up the pretense of being ordinary robots, but their human partners lead them to a back alley where Cody had Doc Greene test the machine earlier. While [[Graham Burns|Graham]] keeps watch, the Rescue Bots get to have their play in the snow, though Boulder turns out to be a terrible aim with a snowball which amuses Heatwave greatly. One of Boulder's snowballs strikes a tree in the square, knocking down a branch that breaks the weather machine, sending it out of control.

[[Image:ChristmasInJuly Heatwave helps a driver.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Arendelle's in deep, deep, deep, deep snow."]]
With Winter temperatures all over Griffin Rock, Doc Greene quickly discovers that the machine's control panel is broken and has to take it back to his lab. With the roads snowed in, the residents take shelter in City Hall and Cody joins them to coordinate the rescue effort. The team splits up and starts lending help where necessary. Cody checks with Frankie, who's enjoying the frozen-over river. As Blades and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] help free cars from a frozen bridge, Heatwave prevents an out-of-control car from ploughing into them. Meanwhile, Boulder and Graham help Doc Greene reach his lab and clear the snowdrift in front of it so he can get in.

[[Image:ChristmasInJuly Frankie in danger.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Snow, it had to be snow. She couldn't have had tropical magic that covered the fjords in white sand."]]
Back at City Hall, a new problem rears its head—the roof is in danger of caving in under the weight of all the snow. The Mayor attempts to get out, only to find that the door is blocked with a snowdrift, and Cody calls an emergency. Boulder arrives first and clears the door, letting everyone out. They next use Cody's idea to save the building—Boulder props up the roof while Dani flies Blades upside-down to clear the snow. With the building safe for now, Cody checks with Doc Greene, who completes repairs on the weather machine and uses it to reverse the weather. Summer returns to Griffin Rock.

Cody contacts Frankie, only to find that the ice on the lake has broken up, and Frankie is now trapped on a piece which is heading downriver towards a waterfall. Blades is still too frozen to fly, but the rest of the team head to the river. Boulder uses a snowball to knock a tree branch down, which Frankie grabs onto. With everything safe again, Cody looks around for Chase, but the Rescue Bot is some distance away, laughing and making snow angels.

Back in the fire station, Boulder finally understands seasons, and Cody reveals some snowballs he kept in the freezer, which he and Boulder use to pelt Heatwave.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (8)
*[[Boulder]] (9)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (10)
|c3=
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (1)
*[[Cody Burns]] (2)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (3)
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (4)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Kade Burns]] (7)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (11)
*[[Graham Burns]] (12)
*[[Dani Burns]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Don't look at me; nothing on this planet makes sense. Hot dog, but it's not a pet!"
:—'''Blades'''

"And somewhere over here is the [[invisible telephone]]. *gasp!* It's missing! Hahaha, just kidding! ...I think."
:—'''Doc Greene'''

"Snow comes from the ''sky''? I had no idea!"
:—'''Blades'''

"Nice try, green bean! You couldn't hit the back side of [[Unicron#Aligned continuity|Unicron]] with a [[Cybertronian sport#Lobbing|Lobbing]] ball!"
:—'''Heatwave''' on Boulder's snowball skills.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:ChristmasInJuly Best Left Forgotten Room.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Ark of the Covenant is probably somewhere in here too.]]
* The "Best Left Forgotten" room is part of the [[Hall of Inspiration]], which won't get named until "[[Small Blessings]]".
* Doc Greene appears to be repairing the weather machine with the same tool Heatwave was menacing Blades with in "[[Hotshots]]". Or at least a human-sized version of same.

===Transformers references===
* Heatwave refers to both [[Unicron#Aligned continuity|Unicron]] and [[Cybertronian sport#Lobbing|Lobbing]], the latter sport first appearing in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Con Job]]".

===Real-world references===
* {{w|Christmas in July}} is a real thing, plus the name of a {{w|Christmas in July (film)|1940 movie}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
* The weather machine is covered with snow shortly after the branch falls on it, but after the commercial break, it's mostly uncovered.
* After Mayor Luskey comes flying out of the town hall, a group of people run out past Chase. A number of them run past him ''twice''.
* Charlie Burns doesn't get out of Chase before he transforms after arriving at City Hall during the snow storm.

===Trivia===
[[File:ChristmasInJuly Chase snow angel.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"The cold never bothered me anyway"]]
* Chase's vehicle mode lacks air conditioning.
* Although some specially modified real-life helicopters can perform barrel rolls and loops, sustained inverted flight of the type Blades performs in this episode is aerodynamically impossible. Of course, he is only ''pretending'' to be a helicopter, but as a trained pilot, Dani shouldn't even consider it possible.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Noël en juillet'''" ("Christmas in July")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Weihnachten im Juli'''" ("Christmas in July")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 28|28 February]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Karácsony júliusban'''" ("Christmas in July")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 15|15 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mesin Pembuat Salju'''" ("Snowmaking Machine")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Natale a Luglio'''" ("Christmas in July")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 11|11 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Natal em Julho'''" ("Christmas in July")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 21|21 March]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Energize" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Weihnachten im Juli" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Cody on Patrol" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Four Bots and a Baby

2025-03-23T13:55:10Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

<references/>{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 8
|prev=Cody on Patrol
|next=Christmas in July
|image=FourBotsBaby Kade holding Robo-Baby.jpg
|caption=Coming soon from Hasbro!
|title="Four Bots and a Baby"
|season=1
|season ep=8
|airdate=[[April 14]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Dean Stefan]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcGTh80N6jg
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''The Bots are enlisted to watch after Doc Greene's Robo-Baby.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FourBotsBaby Robo-Baby introduction.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Transmetal]] Tamagotchi]]
The [[Rescue Bot]]s are in the middle of repairing a bridge outside town, when an [[Don|impatient motorist]] attempts to jump his motorcycle across the gap. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] attempt to rescue him, but Kade falls loose from Heatwave's ladder. The two [[human]]s head for a nearby waterfall, and all seems lost until Heatwave throws his fire hose, and Kade grabs it, saving them both.

Sometime later, [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] shows video of the incident to [[Cody Burns]] in way of explanation for the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]] he's built. Cody offers to be a test driver, but the doc already has someone for that. Cody believes himself to be more responsible than Kade, but Greene reminds him of the incident with the fusion-powered water gun. [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] has an idea, and believes Cody can prove he's mature by taking care of one of the doctor's other inventions—the [[Robo-Baby]], designed to record how babies see the world. Cody is unsure, and even less so when it turns out the Robo-Baby is even capable of soiling itself.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby Boulder heats milk.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Coming up on 'Mythbusters'...!"]]
Cody takes the Robo-Baby back to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], where he ropes the Rescue Bots into helping him look after the tyke. Heatwave regards it as a [[spark]]less machine, while the other Bots are enamored by it. [[Boulder]] attempts to warm some milk for the baby with a blowtorch, which results in a mess. While they clean the mess up, [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] finds a baby bottle which quiets the Robo-Baby down, though it spews on [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]. After it starts crying, Chase finds a [[Rubber Ducky]]. The baby doesn't like the toy, and throws it into the air. The Rubber Ducky lands in a nearby sink and is sucked down a drain, eventually entering the sewer system where it clogs a pipe. The sewer soon bursts.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby soiled duck.jpg|thumb|left|250px|So... [[Rubber Ducky|you]] were behind this...]]
Still trying to calm the Robo-Baby, Chase attempts to sing a lullaby, but his loud, flat singing doesn't help. Cody refuses to consult his siblings, but then they discover that Blades's rotors work like a mobile and the baby is soon snoozing. Unfortunately there's an emergency alarm-the broken sewer has caused a sinkhole to appear in front of the bank. While the Rescue Bots roll out, Cody takes the baby to the control room so he can monitor the rescue and the baby at the same time. Once at the bank, [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Blades rescue a stranded bank customer, Heatwave and Chase set about propping the building up, and Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] venture into the hole to check out the burst pipe. As they need to shut down the water, Cody switches the power from the hydro-electric plant to the wind farm. The sight of the wind farm turbines wakes the Robo-Baby, but the bank is saved, and Graham fishes the Rubber Ducky from the pipe. Cody looks around, and discovers that the Robo-Baby is gone.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby Blades tries to rescue Robo-Baby.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"He's planning a double-twisting, interrupted forward-flying, two-and-a-half with a combo tuck and pike. High degree of difficulty."]]
The Rescue Bots return to the fire station to find Cody searching for the baby. Frankie gives Cody a call from the [[Griffin Rock ferry|ferry]] to check how he's doing, and tells him that the Rob-Baby's worth three million dollars. The now-desperate search comes up blank, but Cody spots the wind farm rotors on the monitor, and they head there under the assumption that's where the Robo-Baby is. Heatwave uses his olfactory [[sensors]] to detect the baby, and they find it heading up one of the windmills on a platform. With Blades unable to move close enough to pick the baby up, Chase uses his singing to keep it away from the edge while Boulder scales the windmill. Unfortunately the baby falls before Boulder reaches it, and Heatwave has to grab it out of mid-air.

Doc Greene is fascinated by the readings the Robo-Baby has recorded. Impressed, Greene announces Cody can test the Turbo Cycle. Kade gets to look after the Robo-Baby for the next week.

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (2)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (3)
*[[Boulder]] (5)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Charlie Burns]] (1)
*[[Graham Burns]] (4)
*[[Kade Burns]] (6)
*[[Don]] (8)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (9)
*[[Cody Burns]] (10)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (11)
*[[Dani Burns]] (13)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Robo-Baby]] (12)
*[[Rubber Ducky]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Blades, watch the baby!" 
"Watch it do what?!"
:—'''Cody''' and '''Blades'''

"Ah, leakage that's not baby related."
:—'''Heatwave'''

"ROCK A BYE BABY ON TOP OF THE ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCE. WHEN BOULDER CLIMBS UP, THE ROBO-BABY MAY LOSE ELEVATION PRECIPITOUSLY AND I CAN'T WATCH."
:—'''Chase''' singing.

"Don't worry, little guy. Uncle Heatwave's got ya. I mean... that was very irresponsible, you little sparkless machine."
:—'''Heatwave''' showing his rarely seen soft side

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Chase reveals [[Griffin Rock Construction, Inc.]] is responsible for the town's construction projects.
* This episode appears to establish that the fire station is right next to a sprawling wind farm in rocky terrain, but this isn't backed up by any other episode, with most [[:File:BotToTheFuture Griffin Rock.jpg|shots of Griffin Rock]] placing the fire station in the middle of town.
* This episode also places the bank on a large, grassy property. However, in "[[Back to Virtual Reality]]", it appears to open directly onto one of the main streets of the town.
* What about the [[Griffin Rock power plant|power plant]] seen in [[The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock|two previous episodes]], including [[Cody on Patrol|just last episode]]?

===Real-world references===
* The episode's title refers to the 1987 comedy film, ''{{w|Three Men and a Baby}}'', directed by [[Leonard Nimoy]].
* If it's not a direct inspiration, then the episode of ''Batman Beyond'' titled "[[wikia:dcau:The Eggbaby|The Eggbaby]]" at least shares very strong similarities to this one.

===Animation and technical errors===
* When reviewing the footage of the bridge rescue, Doc says "if that young man had been driving a land-to-water vehicle..." Don is clearly not a young man, and even appears to be older than Doc.

===Trivia===
[[File:FourBotsBaby windfarm.jpg|thumb|right|400px|On Griffin Rock, windmills ''do'' work that way!]]
* Where did Doc Greene get the footage of the rescue of the motorcycle rider? Also, wouldn't Heatwave's rather un-robot-like behaviour during the rescue have clued him in that the Rescue Bots were more than meets the eye?
* Graham just up and sticks his unprotected arm into a sewer pipe. That doesn't seem especially healthy!
* 840 wind turbines would not only far surpass the highest number of turbines for any single real-world wind farm, it would also require an area far larger than Griffin Rock itself!
**It is a pretty big wind farm, though. The image at right features ''58'' turbines.
* Heatwave's catch of the Robobaby just before it hits the ground seems like it would do more damage than hitting the ground would.
* [[Rubber Ducky]] makes its glorious return!

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Quatre robots et un couffin'''" ("Four Bots and a Bassinet")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 3|3 November]] [[2012]]
::*The title is a reference to the 1985 French film ''Trois hommes et un couffin'' by Coline Serreau.

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Vier Bots und ein Baby'''" ("Four Bots and a Baby")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 27|27 February]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Négy Bot és egy kicsi'''" ("Four Bots and a Baby")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 14|14 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cody dan Bayi Robot'''" ("Cody and the Robo-Baby")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 23|23 October]] [[2018]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Quattro Transformers e un Bebè'''" ("Four Transformers and a Baby")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 11|11 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Quatro Bots e um Bebê'''" ("Four Bots and a Baby")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 19|19 March]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Roll to the Rescue" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Weihnachten im Juli" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Cody on Patrol" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Cody on Patrol

2025-03-23T13:32:14Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 7
|prev=Walk on the Wild Side
|next=Four Bots and a Baby
|image=CodyOnPatrol red-eye Boulder.jpg
|caption=''Transformers: Rescue [[Decepticon|Cons]]''.
|title="Cody on Patrol"
|season=1
|season ep=7
|airdate=[[March 17]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Bob Forward]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFOwUYU36DM
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Cody accidentally unleashes a swarm of futuristic nanites while he's trying to super-charge his go-kart to help in the team's rescue missions.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:CodyOnPatrol fishing for Harrison.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Look, Ma, I caught a big one!"]]
[[Cody Burns]] is having breakfast when he spots [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] having trouble with his heli-pack again. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] requests the help of the rest of the team, and they set about trying to rescue Harrison. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] fails to wash Harrison out of the air, Boulder misses catching him in his scoop, Chase narrowly misses catching him, but then a mysterious masked rider in a go-kart drives past in pursuit. The newcomer uses a fishing line to hook Harrison, who takes a plunge into the sea. As Harrison clambers out of the sea, the stranger unmasks himself as Cody to the surprise of the rest of his family. The go-kart, it turns out, is one [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] built when he was Cody's age.

Back at the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], the [[Rescue Bot]]s inspect Cody's go-kart as he works on it. Later, while [[Boulder]] and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] deal with junk at the junkyard by feeding it to the [[Scrapmaster]], Cody hunts through the trash for useful parts for his go-kart, and comes up with a seat and steering wheel.

[[Image:CodyOnPatrol Boulder stops dogs.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jazz hands!]]
Finally, the changes are finished, and Cody unveils [[Rolling Thunder (RB)|Rolling Thunder]]. The others are impressed, and when Chief Burns gets a call from [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]], he sends Cody along in his go-kart to help. Unfortunately Rolling Thunder is very slow, and by the time Cody gets there, Mrs. Neederlander has rescued [[Mister Pettypaws|her cat]] herself. Cody reports back to his dad, but there are no more assignments for him. Discouraged, he spots [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] walking her dogs [[Edison]] and [[Aristotle]], but when he tries to talk to her, his backfiring engine startles her dogs which run off. Cody tries to chase them, but is again too slow, and Boulder steps in to stop the dogs running into traffic. Cody is upset that Frankie referred to Rolling Thunder as a toy car, and though Boulder tries some words of encouragement, Cody decides what he really needs is a bigger engine.

[[Image:CodyOnPatrol powering up.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Sure, let's use one of my dad's experimental super-fuels in your go-kart. What could possibly go wrong?"]]
Unfortunately Chief Burns turns down Cody's request to use his credit card to buy a larger engine and tells him someday he'll be able to drive something more powerful. Undaunted, Cody visits [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]'s lab where Frankie shows him the cupboard full of super fuel additives. Cody selects some [[nanite]] fuel and dumps the contents of the container into Rolling Thunder's fuel tank. Moments later he's roaring off, fire belching from the exhaust, and Frankie's alerting the emergency services. When Cody discovers Rolling Thunder's brakes don't work, he rings his father who suggests he heads for the junkyard and uses the piles of garbage to slow down.

[[Image:CodyOnPatrol Boulder steps on car.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This is [[Griffin Rock]]; if the owner doesn't have giant robot insurance, he's a fool!]]
Cody successfully stops his ride, but the nanites emerge from the gas tank and enter the Scrapmaster. The trash device immediately goes out of control and starts eating random objects before starting to chase Cody. Just as he's cornered by the scrapmaster, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and Dani arrive in time to distract it by throwing a car at it. The others soon arrive and Cody tells them about the nanites. Heatwave's attempt to stop the Scrapmaster by throwing a gas tank at it fails. Boulder comes up with another idea, and while the others distract the Scrapmaster, he pulls the device's tank off. That's when the nanites leave the gas tank and enter Boulder. Out of control, Boulder rampages down the road, but manages to avoid doing much damage, though he crushes a parked car and as he enters the park, starts knocking down trees, much to his distress. Cody has an idea to take the nanites to the [[Griffin Rock power plant|power plant]] and lure them into the generators. Boulder manages to get to the power plant, and though things look hairy for a minute or so, the generators prove too much power for the nanites, which are overwhelmed.

Cody helps Boulder replant the trees in the park, while Chief Burns does laps around the park in Rolling Thunder. In Doc Greene's lab, Frankie finds the nanites are mysteriously not listed on the lab's inventory.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (6)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (7)
*[[Boulder]] (8)

|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (1)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (2)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (3)
*[[Dani Burns]] (5)
*[[Kade Burns]] (9)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] (11)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (12)

}}

==Quotes==
"Cody! What happened?" 
"Frankie's dogs broke loose, and Rolling ''Tortoise'' couldn't catch up!"
:—'''Graham''' and '''Cody'''

"If a little is good, a lot will be better!" 
"My dad said something like that once, just before the lab exploded."
:—'''Cody''' and '''Frankie'''

"Dispatch? Connect me to Chief Burns please. Emergency? Not yet, but any second now."
:—'''Frankie''' uses her past experience of her father's inventions.

"Just be glad I didn't have to tackle you and give you a thumpin'." 
"Not entirely sure who'd have thumped whom."
:— '''Heatwave''' and '''Blades'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:CodyOnPatrol Chief reads newspaper.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Chief Burns enjoys his copy of ''Blue Rectangle Daily''.]]
* Griffin Rock is so hi-tech, even the newspapers are holographic!
* The symbol on the tube of nanites is the first hint of an upcoming plot arc.

===Real-world references===
* Boulder and Graham talk about baseball, including the obscure {{w|Baltimore chop}}.
* In theme with Doc Greene's resemblance to [[Doc Brown]] from ''[[Back to the Future]]'', Edison and Aristotle are named for [[Thomas Edison]] and Greek philosopher {{w|Aristotle}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
* We get a close-up of the newspaper Chief Burns is reading, and it doesn't appear to have any text on it!

===Trivia===
* For a reasonably small town, there sure are a lot of wrecked cars in the junkyard.
* The gas tank has a no smoking sign on it. It's unusual for cartoons to even imply smoking exists so this is quite a rare sight.
* When the team is chasing Mr. Harrison, why does Blades swerve with the others to go around the crates instead of just flying over them?
* Despite being the youngest character in the show, Cody is typically depicted as the "voice of reason" and often times wiser than his elder siblings. This episde, along with "[[Rescue Boy]]" marks a rare occasion of Cody acting impulsively and irresponsibly.
* This is the only episode of any ''Transformers'' series to be written solely by [[Bob Forward]] without usual writing partner [[Larry DiTillio]].

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le tonnerre sur roues'''" ("Thunder on Wheels")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 2|2 November]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cody wills wissen'''" ("Cody wants to know it")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 26|26 February]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cody szolgálatban'''" ("Cody on Duty")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 13|13 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mobil Baru Cody'''" ("Cody's New Car")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cody è di pattuglia'''" ("Cody is on Patrol")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 11|11 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cody na Patrulha'''" ("Cody on Patrol")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 12|12 March]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Energize" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Weihnachten im Juli" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Cody on Patrol" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Walk on the Wild Side

2025-03-23T13:09:07Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 6
|prev=The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock
|next=Cody on Patrol
|image=WalkOnTheWildSide Boulder entices lion.jpg
|caption=Rescue Bots: becoming Beast Hunters half a season before everyone else!
|title="Walk on the Wild Side"
|season=1
|season ep=6
|airdate=[[April 21]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5bic-j25L4
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Boulder decides that the team needs an animal mascot, but maybe a zoo isn't the best place to find one.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:WalkOnTheWildSide Rescue Bots clean station.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Where ''do'' they get Bot-sized brooms, anyway?]]
The Burns family watch [[television]] as [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] unveils the [[Mayor Luskey Library]], a building made of wholly recycled materials. They're interrupted by a call from [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] alerting them to a dire emergency. The [[Rescue Bot]]s roll out with all haste and haul up to her house, only to find the emergency is that [[Mister Pettypaws]] is up a tree again and so is she. As she complains about their tardiness, the branch she's on gives way, and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] has to make a quick and unappreciated save. [[Boulder]] retrieves her cat from the tree.

Back at the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] announces that they're celebrating [[Earth Day]] by cleaning up the building. Heatwave grouses about the waste of time their last rescue was, and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] explains about pets. He calls up pictures of [[:Category:Dogs|dogs]] acting as assistants to emergency personnel, and Boulder's interest is piqued. Moments later, [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] arrive to take Cody to the Earth Day exhibit at the [[Griffin Rock Zoo|zoo]].

Cody and Frankie arrive at the zoo, and Cody starts taking pictures to send to Boulder, though Frankie is impatient to see the lemurs. The lemurs are all trained to sort recyclable material into bins, and thus are part of the Earth Day exhibit.

[[Image:WalkOnTheWildSide a lion up a tree.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cat up a tree? You might say that.]]
That night, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] catches Boulder sneaking out. Boulder intends to adopt an animal from the zoo. Using his access to get in, Boulder decides on the zoo's cross-eyed lion, whom he dubs "[[Whiskers]]". While Blades turns the main power off, Boulder attempts to extract the lion from its cage, only for it to depart the zoo. As the two Rescue Bots give chase, the lemurs stage a breakout.

Blades and Boulder spot Whiskers going into an alley, but their attempt to corner the lion is interrupted by a garbage man. While they're distracted, the lion makes off, and they are forced to continue their search.

The next morning, the fire station gets another call from Mrs. Neederlander. This time, Chief Burns and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] turn up to find a lion in the tree. With Blades and Boulder mysteriously missing, the other Burnses cram into Heatwave so they can go help. Shortly after they arrive, so do the missing Rescue Bots, and Boulder fills them in on why Whiskers is loose. Whiskers again gives them the slip.

[[Image:WalkOnTheWildSide Frankie vs lion.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Go-Go-Greene forcefield!"]]
Cody soon runs into Whiskers while on his morning cycle to school. While he attempts to evade the lion, his phone is triggered and the nearby Frankie comes to his aid. The lion is unable to touch her, thanks to her [[force field|forcefield bracelet]], and runs off.

The lemurs, busy sorting [[Griffin Rock]]'s trash, spot the new library, but are scattered by the lion. The Rescue Bots also spot the lion, and make an attempt to capture him, but he again manages to evade them.

[[Image:WalkOnTheWildSide lemurs attack library.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Four of us, weaponless, against the whole blasted Lemur army! WHAT CHANCE DO WE HAVE?"]]
Chief Burns is dropping Cody and Frankie off at school when he gets a call from Mayor Luskey alerting him to the fact that the lemurs are destroying the library in their drive to recycle. Their zeal extends to the books inside and the Mayor's toupée. As the front of the building starts to collapse, Chase arrives and knocks it before it can land on Luskey. Cody quickly works out that if they give the lemurs a treat, like they got at the zoo, they'll stop trying to recycle the building. Boulder fetches a scoopful of lemur treats, and once [[Graham Burns|Graham]] attracts their attention with a bell, the lemurs go after the food. Boulder starts reversing through town, with Heatwave and Chase clearing the way. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] soon spots the lion chasing after the lemurs, and Blades swoops in to catch him in a cage. The lemurs are soon returned to their enclosure, and the lion is in a new "Mayor Luskey Enclosure".

Back at the fire station, Cody presents Boulder with a potted plant as a pet.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (7)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (8)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (9)
*[[Boulder]] (10)

|c3=
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (1)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (2)
*[[Cody Burns]] (3)
*[[Kade Burns]] (4)
*[[Dani Burns]] (5)
*[[Graham Burns]] (6)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] (11)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (12)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"As you know, today is Earth Day." 
"Isn't every day on this planet Earth Day?" 
"Y-yes, but today is special."
:—'''Chief Burns''' glosses over a topic that '''Blades''' can't quite grasp

"I was not aware humans could have domesticated animals as offspring."
:—'''Chase'''

"Hurry! We have to find him before someone else adopts him!"
:—'''Boulder'''

"Stop, citizens!" 
"Um, animals have the right of way."
:—'''Chase''' and '''Heatwave'''

"For me? Come on, boy, let's go outside. Wanna play catch?" 
"I don't think he understands the concept of a pet, yet."
:—'''Boulder''' gets excited about his new potted plant, while '''Heatwave''' isn't so sure.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:WalkOnTheWildSide Boulder's monitor.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
* The Burnses have never had a pet. Chief Burns has something against [[Sparkplug (RB)|dogs]]. The team would eventually gain [[Servo (RB)|a pet, of sorts]], who was regularly associated with both Cody and Boulder.
* Gadgets and powers:
**Boulder can display pictures on the screen in his torso. This may simply be an extension of his previously-seen ability to use his windshield as a display.
**Frankie has a force field bracelet, though it's unclear if it's a regular part of her wardrobe, as this is the only episode she uses it in during season 1.

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

===Real-world references===
* The title could refer to any number of previous artistic works with the same name; a likely candidate is {{w|Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song)|the song by Lou Reed}}.
* Griffin Rock celebrates Earth Day, marking this story out as taking place on [[April 22]] and [[April 23]].
* "Whiskers" is likely to be a reference to ''{{w|Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion}}''.

===Animation or technical errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* This episode was first broadcast on [[Hub Network|The Hub]] out of order, after "[[Four Bots and a Baby]]", presumably so it would fall on the same weekend as Earth Day, with the only indication of the correct order being the episode numbering shown on the Hubworld website. Later repeat screenings on the Hub would correct the running order so this episode followed "The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock". This reordering led to the DVD releases adopting a different episode order depending on the company releasing them.
* It was later adapted in storybook form as ''[[Meet Boulder the Construction-bot]]''.
* Zoos are not animal shelters.
* As Mrs. Neederlander falls out of the tree, Heatwave dives and catches her just short of the ground. Wouldn't landing on Heatwave's metal hands be more painful than the grass?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La journée de la Terre'''" ("Earth Day")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 1|1 November]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ein Löwe auf Abwegen'''" ("A Lion goes astray")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 25|25 February]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egy kis vadulás'''" ("Getting a Little Wild")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 12|12 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Boulder dan Kebun Binatang'''" ("Boulder and the Zoo")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[2018]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gli amici animali'''" ("The Animal Pals")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 11|11 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Animais de Estimação'''" ("Pets")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 14|14 March]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Energize" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Außerirdische in Griffin Rock" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Cody on Patrol" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock

2025-03-23T13:04:07Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 5
|prev=Flobsters on Parade
|next=Walk on the Wild Side
|image=AlienInvasion Prescott plays clip.jpg
|title="The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock"
|season=1
|season ep=5
|airdate=[[March 10]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Greg Johnson]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-K2isJ3hXQ
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Huxley Prescott causes panic when he reports that aliens have invaded Griffin Rock.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:AlienInvasion Chase catches tank.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"And it's saved, by the blue [[Rescue Bot|Bot]] with a badge on his head!"]]
[[Huxley Prescott]] interrupts programming to cover a daring rescue, as [[Boulder]] and [[Graham Burns]] try to prevent a truck of dangerous chemicals from plunging from a cliff. As Boulder strains, the other [[Rescue Bot]]s arrive. Aware they're being recorded, they first rescue the driver, and then pull the truck to safety. Unfortunately the tank pulls loose and falls, but [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] executes a daring last-minute save. For a moment, the Burnses think their cover is blown, but Prescott is distracted by what he believes to be a crop circle, but is actually just a path cut for [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] and [[Mrs. Luskey|his wife]] to have their picnic.

Later in the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire house]], Chase believe he will be reprimanded, but [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] lets them all know that when lives are at stake, saving them takes priority over maintaining their cover.

[[Image:AlienInvasion Doc Greene and Prescott operate dish.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I don't know why I'm giving you instructions, because you're just going to ignore me either way."]]
[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] unveils the [[SETI]] dish he's built for Prescott, so Prescott can continue to try and find the aliens he believes are hidden in [[Griffin Rock]]. Greene instructs Prescott on the proper use of the dish and stresses the danger of overload.

[[Cody Burns|Cody]] and the Rescue Bots sit down to watch a movie, and Cody selects ''[[The Natives of Tatooie]]'', a movie about explorers living on an island. Audio from the film is intercepted by Prescott, who excitedly cranks the dish up to maximum, believing he has heard a transmission from aliens. He's soon making an emergency broadcast to announce his discovery to Griffin Rock. The Burns family assembles in time for the phone to ring, as Mr. [[Bufkin]] believes aliens have abducted his cows.

[[Image:AlienInvasion Luskey stops Chase.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"[[Home Is Where the Spark Is|This time]], [[Angry Archer|I'm]] stopping [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|you]] in the road!"]]
Boulder and Graham are called to [[Perkins (RB)|Mr. Perkins]]'s farm to check out reports of aliens in his cornfields, to instead find cows. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] head to the town square where a UFO is supposedly taking off, to find [[Milo]] in a balloon going alien hunting. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] rescue [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]]'s cat from a tree and assure her he wasn't abducted by aliens. At that point, the power goes out all over Griffin Rock and air raid sirens sound. Chief Burns is approached by the panicking Mayor. Burns contacts base and tells everyone to get to the [[Griffin Rock power plant|power plant]], but is cut off as communications black out. Prescott makes another news flash warning everyone to get off the island. Predictably mass panic sets in as the island's population tries to evacuate, and the [[Griffin Rock ferry]] is endangered as it's overloaded, forcing Dani and Blades to tow it to safety.

[[Image:AlienInvasion Rescue Bots push dish.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"On three – agh, just push!!"]]
The team reaches the power station and venture inside to find Cody, who has come to help. The Rescue Bots, left outside, are on-edge. Graham finds Prescott's SETI dish is responsible for the power drain which will eventually cause a massive explosion. Unfortunately the power drain traps the humans in the power plant, so the Rescue Bots must go driverless to deal with the dish.

Doc Greene, having figured out what the problem is, arrives at the dish first but is unable to shut it down. [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] is surprised to see the Rescue Bots driving on their own, and as the bots deal with the dish, Prescott films them. The Burns family arrives to provide cover for the Rescue Bots, and Cody tells Prescott that the transmission he received was from ''The Natives of Tatooie''. As they leave, Doc Greene points out that Prescott's been transmitting everything. Prescott manages to dig himself deeper by subsequently mistaking Mr. Buffkin's cows for aliens.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Boulder]] (3)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (6)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (7)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (10)

|c3=
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (1)
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (2)
*[[Edgar Pruitt]] (4)
*[[Graham Burns]] (5)
*[[Kade Burns]] (8)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (9)
*[[Dani Burns]] (11)
*[[Cody Burns]] (12)
*[[Mrs. Luskey]] (13)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (14)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (15)
*[[Perkins (RB)|Mr. Perkins]] (16)
*[[Milo]] (17)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] (18)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:AlienInvasion Graham at work.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Doing your taxes has never looked so cool.]]
"Cody, this hurts inside." 
"The natives have spears and blowguns!" 
"Now you're talkin'!"
:—'''Heatwave''' and '''Cody'''

"I used to think everything on Earth was interesting."
:—'''Boulder''' reviews the movie.

"Just to remind you, ''we're'' aliens."
:—'''Heatwave''' is tired of his team panicking.

"Robots without masters... could they be our aliens? Are they the ones who received that mysterious communication from space?"
:—You're only half-wrong, '''Huxley Prescott'''.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The parade footage Prescott interrupts is from last episode's [[Lobster and Technology Festival]]. Milo's balloon is one of the parade balloons from the festival, though it's unclear whether it's still filled with [[floatium]].
* Judging from their level of boredom, it appears that Cody and the Bots watched the entire ''Natives of Tatooie'' movie through from start to finish. However, when Prescott comes on the TV after this to report the "findings" of his SETI dish, he says that he intercepted the alien transmission "just moments ago". Given that the part he recorded seemed to come from the movie's opening, it must have been one ''really'' short film.
* In this episode, Frankie's suspicions about the Burns' rescue vehicles are aroused, starting a minor season-wide story arc. She eventually learns the truth about the Bots in "[[It's a Bot Time]]".
* Gadgets and powers:
** Boulder has a rear-mounted winch. He can also project light from his eyes.
* Coincidentally and/or ironically, the town actually ''would'' be invaded by [[Velgrox|aliens]] in the season 4 opener, "[[New Normal]]", which would ''also'' involve the power plant.
* In "[[Blame the Gremlins]]", Heatwave just crashes right through the power plant's wall in vehicle mode without even stopping. Can a door be stronger than the wall it's a part of?

===Real-world references===
[[File:AlienInvasion Boulder describes aliens.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Aliens! Aliens everywhere!]]
* The episode's entire premise is inspired by the supposed public reaction to the {{w|The War of the Worlds (radio drama)|1938 radio adaptation}} of H.G. Wells' ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' (directed and narrated by [[Orson Welles]]), during which many people mistook the radio drama as an actual news broadcast and created mass panic. The film audio even features [[Maurice LaMarche]] doing his infamous impersonation of Welles.
* Crop circles are a real-world phenomenon caused by either aliens or hoaxers, depending on who you ask.
* SETI is also a real thing.
* Tatooie is a reference to ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' planet [[Tatooine]].
* Both the Rescue Bots and the residents of Griffin Rock appear to be movie buffs, as several real-life movies are referenced in this episode:
**Huxley's line "Be afraid, be very afraid" is the tagline for the 1986 movie ''[[Fly|The Fly]]''.
**The aliens in Mr. Perkins' cornfield are likely a reference to ''Signs''.
**Mrs. Pruitt fears her husband Edgar is a giant cockroach, a rather specific reference to the villain of ''Men in Black''.
**Chief Burns's encounter with the Mayor after the lights go out is from the 1978 version of ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''.
**The cute alien who wants to call home is a reference to ''E.T''.
**The face-hugging aliens are, of course, from ''Alien''.
**The amorphous alien who eats cars may be a reference to ''The Blob''.
**The invisible alien that cannot see you if you are covered in mud is a reference to the movie ''[[Predator (alien)|Predator]]''.
* Frankie wonders about the concept of {{w|self-driving car}}s, something modern vehicle developers have been pursuing {{w|Self-driving car#Classification|in various capacities}} as the holy grail of their industry. Ironically, of all the wild technology ideas depicted on Griffin Rock - including the transforming, talking rescue vehicles the Rescue Bots are masquerading as - self-driving cars are possibly the most real-world realistic.

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:AlienInvasion Doc Greene lit up.jpg|thumb|right|250px|It's because he's so bright, see.]]
* The time on Prescott's digital watch seems to be permanently stuck at 12:53.
* Creating a system which can overload and knock out the island's entire power grid, without any safety cutoff, seems like poor design on [[Doc Greene|Doc's]] part. For that matter, a power plant that can be overloaded by a surge from a single source also seems like something the town should have addressed earlier. Particularly given how cheaply one can buy a [[w:surge protector|surge protector]].
* Cody should have really identified the true nature of Huxley's recording as soon as he heard it; he ''just'' watched the movie.
* During the last five minutes of the episode, most things are colored darker as it's night, but in a number of shots Doc Greene is given "daytime" colors.
* While it wasn't an error at the time of this episode, one of the characters on the ferry will have their character model recycled in "[[The Haunting of Griffin Rock]]" as a long-dead resident of Griffin Rock.

===Trivia===
* An exit to a building that requires power to open seems like a violation of a number of safety codes. And seems even less of a good idea in a power plant.
* In this episode the Rescue Bots' preferences for movies were: Heatwave likes war movies, Blades likes comedies, Boulder likes romance movies and Chase likes action flicks (ones with high speed pursuits).

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Invasion extraterrestre à Griffin Rock'''" ("Alien Invasion at Griffin Rock")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 31|31 October]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Außerirdische in Griffin Rock'''" ("Aliens in Griffin Rock")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 22|22 February]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Földönkívüli invázió'''" ("Alien Invasion")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 11|11 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sebuah Pesan Misterius'''" ("A Mysterious Message")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Invasione aliena a Griffin Rock'''" ("Alien invasion at Griffin Rock")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 10|10 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Invasão Alienígena em Griffin Rock'''" ("The Alien Invasion at Griffin Rock")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 8|8 March]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Roll to the Rescue" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Außerirdische in Griffin Rock" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Hot Shots" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

The Haunting of Griffin Rock

2025-03-23T11:38:56Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 21
|prev=Countdown (RB)
|next=Little White Lies
|image=HauntingGriffinRock Kade and Lady ghost.jpg
|caption=Hee hee hee! "Get her!" That was your whole plan, huh, "get her." Very scientific.
|title="The Haunting of Griffin Rock"
|season=1
|season ep=21
|airdate=[[July 28]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Steve Aranguren]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cUSEi_hhDI
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Ghosts haunt and terrorize the residents of Griffin Rock.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:HauntingGriffinRock ghost appears on road.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A full torso apparition, and it's real!]]
[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] is driving an armored truck through rough weather when he suddenly spots a spectral figure standing in the road. He swerves, crashing through a barrier and plunging from a cliff. The Burns family and their [[Rescue Bot]]s are soon out searching and find Jerry clinging to rocks but no sign of the truck. Once [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] fishes Jerry out of the water, they question him and he claims to have see the ghost of the [[Charlotte Wayne|Lady of Griffin Rock]].

The next morning, the Bots ask Cody to explain ghosts and he does his best, though Blades still doesn't want to meet one, having seen all the ''[[Haunted Halls]]'' movies. Cody's interrupted by a call from [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]], who has seen [[Huxley Prescott]]'s news report on the ghost and believes it's time to test [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]'s [[Spectral Vapor Filter]]. The pair meet at the [[Hall of Inspiration]], where Frankie points out the portrait of Charlotte Wayne, the Lady of Griffin Rock. Cody takes a picture to show the driver, and Frankie hands him a Filter. When Cody arrives back at the station, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] is checking on [[Evan (RB)|Evan]] and [[Myles]]. Cody's attempts to tell the Chief about Charlotte are interrupted by a call from [[Russell (RB)|Russell]] at the bank, reporting a ghost. Cody gives the Chief the Filter before he takes the team to investigate.

[[Image:HauntingGriffinRock Heatwave vs ghost soldier.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sir, what you have there is what we refer to as a focused, non-terminal, repeating phantasm, or a Class Five full roaming vapor.]]
The team arrives at the bank in time for the security system to seal off the building. The team are startled when a [[Ghost Soldier]] appears and floats into a vault. [[Boulder]] opens the vault but the soldier floats back out. To Blades's discomfort, the team splits up to follow it, but after it has a brief encounter with [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], the team follows the ghost outside until it vanishes through a wall. Cody alerts them to the alarm at the bank, and the team rushes back to find the vault empty.

Cody alerts them to more trouble—there's reports of ghosts all over town! A [[Ghost Cook|ghost]] at the restaurant causes a fire which Heatwave and Kade put out, but Kade's startled by the ghost and flees. Another [[Ghost Inventor|ghost]] scares people at a jewelery store and passes right through Boulder and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]]. Cody suggests using the Spectral Vapor Filter, but the device only holds the ghost temporarily. Kade reports that the register at the restaurant has been emptied. Prescott tries to interview a [[Ghost Gangster|ghost]], only to be frightened off. As he speeds away, the dish is clipped off his van by an overhanging tree, and Chase has to save a couple of bystanders from being flattened by it. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Blades also have a close encounter with a ghost.

[[Image:HauntingGriffinRock Arthur vs Filter.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You know, it just occurred to me that we really haven't had a successful test of this equipment.]]
Frankie recognizes [[Elma Hendrickson|one of the ghosts]] on the news report and shows the picture to Doc Greene. They grab Cody and check out the portraits at the Hall of Inspiration, which all turn out to be the people who are appearing as ghosts. They're caught unawares by a ghost popping through the wall, and when Frankie uses her Spectral Vapor Filter on it, it only holds the ghost for a few seconds. Then they realize that it's just the [[hologram]] of [[Chester A. Arthur]]. This leads them down a new line of thinking, and the soon determine that the ghosts are appearing where there are hologram projectors. Among the holograms in the database are Evan and Myles.

[[Image:HauntingGriffinRock multiple thieves.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I don't have to take this abuse from you, I've got hundreds of people dying to abuse me.]]
Chief Burns soon determines that the pair are no longer locked up, having left holograms in their cells. Cody comes up with a plan, and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] and Boulder are called off from the jewelery store.
As Evan and Myles loot the store, the Rescue Bots surround the entrance with the help of hologram Bots. When the pair come up, along with their own hologram duplicates, they're swiftly chased down by Heatwave. Kade briefly see the Lady of Griffin Rock again and waves her off as a hologram.

Later, at the Hall of Inspiration, Frankie puts on a show of the holograms, as they were originally intended to be seen. Kade wonders where the Lady of Griffin Rock is, and Doc Greene points out she was never in the hologram database.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (3)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (7)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (8)
*[[Boulder]] (11)

|c3=
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (1)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (4)
*[[Dani Burns]] (5)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Kade Burns]] (9)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (12)
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (13)
*[[Barney]] (14)
*[[Mrs. Luskey]] (17)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (22)
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (24)

|c4=
*[[Charlotte Wayne]] (2)
*[[Ghost Soldier]] (15)
*[[Ghost Cook]] (16)
*[[Ghost Inventor]] (18)
*[[Ghost Gangster]] (19)
*[[Mister Pettypaws]] (20)
*[[Elma Hendrickson]] (21)
*[[Chester A. Arthur]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==
"There's not really any police protocol for this situation."
:—'''Charlie Burns''' on the limitations of policing.

"No! Don't split up! In scary movies, you never split up!"
:—'''Blades''' is genre savvy, but everyone else has already gone.

"This behavior is against the laws of physical science ''and'' polite society."
:—'''Chase'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The bank is a completely different building from the one that appeared in "[[Four Bots and a Baby]]". This is probably ''not'' an error, seeing as that bank nearly fell into a sinkhole.
* Evan and Myles previously appeared in "[[Small Blessings]]".
* The character model for the Ghost Gangster was previously used during "[[The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock]]" as one of the people trying to flee on the island's ferry. As the gangster is supposed to predate 1949, it's presumably not the same guy.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Apparently, Heatwave's knuckle-lights function as lights as well as water nozzles.

===Real-world references===
* The Spectral Vapor Filters bear more than a slight resemblance to the traps used by the [[Ghostbusters]].
* Barney is an homage to Barney Fife from ''The Andy Griffith Show''.

===Trivia===
* How the heck did the two thieves manage to clean out the bank vault by themselves in that short a time? And how did they rob a restaurant while it was on fire?
* Why does Frankie keep a Spectral Vapour Filter in a drawer with her clothing?
* Kade sleeps with a night light!
* This episode was later adapted into storybook form as ''[[The Ghosts of Griffin Rock]]''.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les fantômes de Griffin Rock'''" ("The Ghosts of Griffin Rock")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kísértetvadászat'''" ("Ghost Hunt")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 27|27 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rahasia Wanita Griffin Rock'''" ("The Secret of the Lady of Griffin Rock")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fantasmi a Griffin Rock'''" ("Ghosts at Griffin Rock")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 14|14 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fantasmas do Passado'''" ("Ghosts from the Past")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 2|2 January]] [[2014]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Mystery Rescue" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Bot to the Future" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haunting of Griffin Rock}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Hotshots

2025-03-23T11:34:07Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{disambig3|Hot Shot}}

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 3
|prev=Under Pressure
|next=Flobsters on Parade
|image=Hotshots Boulder and Heatwave laugh at Blades.jpg
|title="Hotshots"
|season=1
|season ep=3
|airdate=[[February 25]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Greg Johnson]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBGZp0vrqII
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Dani gives Blades a new scoop claw to help on the front lines, but their sudden popularity threatens the team.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Hotshots Chase stops car.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Something like this was probably a sport back on Cybertron.]]
[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] races through the streets of [[Griffin Rock]] in his out-of-control experimental [[solar car]], pursued by [[Charlie Burns]] and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]]. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] uses his ladder as a ramp so the Doc doesn't crash into some parked cars, and [[Boulder]] and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] attempt to stop the car with an improvised spike strip. Unfortunately the car has a tire replacement system so the spike strip is ineffective, and the car starts heading up [[Old Canyon Road]] towards a busted bridge. Chase finally manages to catch up and, [[transformation|transforming]], grabs the rear of the car and brings it to a halt. Doc Greene announces that apart from the control problems, the experiment was a success.

In the aftermath of the rescue, [[Kade Burns|Kade]], Graham and Dani are interviewed by reporter [[Huxley Prescott]], but Dani is annoyed that she didn't get to contribute during the operation. Elsewhere the [[Rescue Bot]]s are cleaning themselves, and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] feels equally underutilized. Heatwave grouses that all of them are under-appreciated for their work and the humans get all the credit.

[[Image:Hotshots Dani attaches claw.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Oh, come on, Pepper. This isn't the worst thing you've caught me doing."]]
Dani pays a visit to Doc Greene, who is working on a new newspaper dispenser to replace the one he accidentally ran over (the replacement is slightly out of control). She asks about a scoop claw for Blades, and the Doc turns out to have an old one, once used for logging, in storage. Dani is soon installing it on a less-than-enthusiastic Blades. The other Rescue Bots are unable to hide their amusement at the affect the claw has on his robot mode, but the discussion is cut short by the report of a rock slide. The Rescue Bots roll out and start smashing boulders, but when [[Cody Burns|Cody]] spots a huge boulder, the three ground-based bots prepare for the impact—only for Blades to grab it in his scoop claw.

[[Image:Hotshots Blades catches car.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Weight-lifting for Autobots.]]
Blades is noticeably preening when they return to base. During the next few rescues, Blades and Dani use the scoop claw to solve each problem, leaving the other Rescue Bots with nothing to do. Kade and Graham complain to Dani, and when Cody tries to intercede, he's told the problem doesn't concern him. He goes down to the bunker instead, where Heatwave is preparing to remove the scoop claw from Blades, and is told much the same thing by the Rescue Bots. Dani arrives to take Blades out on patrol, and Cody, though annoyed by the others' dismissal of him, opts to go along to see what he can do to mitigate the problem.

[[Image:Hotshots Blades Dani Cody in trouble.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I fell in to a burnin' ring of fire...]]
Cody and Blades talk to Dani, and she realizes she's been too hard on them. As a lightning storm moves in, Dani opts to go back to base, but too late, as Blades is hit by lightning. Dani sends a distress transmission as Blades makes an emergency landing at the bottom of a cliff. The trio prepare to wait for help, but more lightning starts a forest fire which threatens to broil the two humans sheltering in Blades like snickerdoodles. They use Blades's scoop claw to scale the cliff, though the chain gives out just as they reach the top and it turns out they're still trapped with the fire swiftly moving in. Blades attempt to fly them out is cut short by his damaged tail. Luckily the other three Rescue Bots arrive and Heatwave douses a way through the fire to Blades so they can carry the injured [[Autobot]] back down the hill.

In a subsequent interview, Dani gives some credit to Cody and the Rescue Bots. Blades, having spent some time in the [[stasis pod]], returns to announce they salvaged the scoop claw, but will use it less liberally from now on. Cody heads out to play [[basketball]] with his siblings.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (3)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (4)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (8)
*[[Boulder]] (10)

|c3=
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (1)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (2)
*[[Dani Burns]] (5)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Kade Burns]] (7)
*[[Graham Burns]] (9)
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"Hey, how about we drop down on his roof to slow him down?" 
"Helping out is good; dropping's OK; bouncing, I'd like to discuss a little further."
:—'''Dani''' and '''Blades'''

"You know if there's mud to be found, Boulder's gonna roll right through it." 
"I'm part tractor. It's what I do."
:—'''Heatwave''' and '''Boulder'''

[[File:Hotshots Blades with scoopclaw belly.jpg|thumb|right|220px]]
"What? Does it make me look fat?" 
"Oh, not at all, Captain Leadbelly."
:—'''Blades''' and '''Heatwave'''

"Well… that’s a problem."
: —'''Blades''' does his best Mythbuster impression

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:Hotshots stasis pods.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
*The Rescue Bots still have the stasis pods from their ship, which they're using for repairs in a similar manner to [[CR chamber]]s.

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

===Real-world references===
* Doc Greene's solar car bears a suspicious resemblance to the [[DeLorean time machine]] from the ''[[Back to the Future]]'' movie trilogy.
* During the car chase, Doc Greene and Chase briefly engage in [[Frank Welker|Scooby Doo]] style chasing back and forth across the screen.
* Blades worries that the humans will cook like snickerdoodles in the forest fire.

===Animation & technical errors===
* Even if Chase stopped Doc's car from moving while holding onto it, the solar panels were still exposed, meaning the car should have taken off the moment he let go... That is unless the motors burned out.
* During the rock slide, there are houses at the bottom of the mountain when the Rescue Bots arrive, but in subsequent shots looking back down the mountain, there's open countryside behind them.
* Several of the trees appear to be burned up before the fire spreads to them.

===Continuity errors===
*Dani asks where her dad is, despite having just stopped a runaway in front of him.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les champions'''" ("The champions")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 29|29 October]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Teufelskerle'''" ("Hotshots")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 20|20 February]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nagymenők'''" ("Hotshots")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 9|9 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Aksi Dani dan Blades'''" ("Dani and Blades's Action")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2|2 October]] [[2018]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Celebrità'''" ("Celebrities")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 10|10 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Heróis'''" ("Heroes")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 6|6 March]] [[2013]]

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Огненный удар'''" ("Fire strike")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 18|18 December]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Roll to the Rescue" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Eine Familie von Helden" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Hot Shots" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Flobsters on Parade

2025-03-23T11:30:13Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 4
|prev=Hotshots
|next=The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock
|image=FlobstersOnParade flobsters attack diner.jpg
|caption= All of us are born with a set of instinctive fears - falling, the dark, lobsters, and falling on lobsters in the dark.
|title="Flobsters on Parade"
|season=1
|season ep=4
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M16vX7EXRYs
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Chase, Blades and Boulder must battle a swarm of flying lobsters without a disgruntled Heatwave.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FlobstersOnParade Doc Greene takes flight.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"I'm my own worst enemyyyy!"]]
[[Cody Burns]] and [[Frankie Greene]] are attending the [[Lobster and Technology Festival]]. While Cody prefers the lobsters, Frankie is looking forward to the technology parade, in which she'll get to ride on her dad's float. Discussing which is better, they find [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] and [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] inflating a helium lobster balloon. Frankie scoffs at the fact that the [[Rescue Bot]]s are taking part on the parade too, but at that moment a strong gust of wind causes the balloon's cables to snap. One catches Doc Greene's leg, and as the balloon drifts away, he's taken with it. The others give chase, collecting [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] along the way, but even the [[Autobot]] is unable to save Doc Greene from being whisked away.

Back at the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], the other Rescue Bots and the rest of the Burns family get the alert and roll out. Doc Greene manages to catch on to a building and, following Chief Burns's suggestion, unties the rope from his ankle, freeing himself from the balloon. While [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] rescue the Doc from the building, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] hook the balloon and bring it back down to earth. As the Doc thanks Kade, Heatwave makes a throat-clearing noise, and Chief Burns asks Cody to remind the bots that they're supposed to be pretending to be robots.

[[Image:FlobstersOnParade robots on parade.jpg|thumb|right|250px|They see us rollin', they hatin'.]]
As Cody instructs the Rescue Bots again, he notices Heatwave is missing. [[Boulder]] is also distracted by a bird out the window, so Cody holds an impromptu game of "Simon Says" to help them get acting like robots. Heatwave picks that moment to appear, announcing he's not going to be in the parade because he hates acting like a robot and being climbed all over by kids. Thus when the rest of the Burns family arrives to leave for the parade, Heatwave fakes an engine problem. Kade's just happy not to have to deal with Heatwave, so the others head out without him. They arrive at the parade, where Doc Greene is filling balloons with his latest invention, [[floatium]], which is a more controllable version of helium. The parade soon starts, with the Rescue Bots marching along behind the floats, though Boulder has to be shushed by Chase. Back at base, Heatwave watches the parade on TV and is irritated by the [[Huxley Prescott|reporter's]] comments.

[[Image:FlobstersOnParade Doc Greene and Chief check tank.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Actually, Doc, the spray-on pants sound like a much better idea."]]
Back at the fairgrounds, a hungry fair-goer accidentally knocks the tank of floatium into the lobster tank and the lobsters inside immediately begin floating out of the tank. After the Rescue Bots return to the square, Coby points out the [[flobster]]s now filling the sky. While the Bots continue to pretend to be robots, despite a flobster having a close encounter with Blades's face, the humans investigate. Doc Greene quickly calculates it will take two days for the effects of the floatium to wear off, and heads back to the lab to work on a solution. Unfortunately the flobsters quickly turn hostile to the humans present. Coby formulates a plan, and Dani and Blades scoop up a bunch of the flobsters in a cage, before dropping the whole cage back into the lobster tank.

[[Image:FlobstersOnParade Chase holds up lobster.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Alright, everybody; Y-M-C-A!"]]
Cody takes control of the [[ComTab]], and the Rescue Bots and their partners are soon responding to flobster-related emergency calls all over [[Griffin Rock]]. Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] help [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] after a flobster severs a nearby power cable. Kade calls the station and attempts to be polite in talking to Heatwave. More flobsters trap Frankie in a phone booth, attracted to the starfish on the back of her jacket. She calls Cody for help, but luckily Heatwave is nearby and gets rid of the flobsters with his hose. As the others celebrate Frankie's rescue, Dani calls them back to the town square, where Doc Greene shows off the destabilizing compound he's created to remove the floatium from the water and flobsters. They can spray the compound directly on the flobsters, but there's only one batch and the flobsters are everywhere. Cody has the idea of using the giant lobster balloons to scare the flobsters and herd them back to the town square where Heatwave can spray them, ending the flobster menace.

The people of Griffin Rock enjoy their lobster lunches, while Blades finally gets the flobster joke, and Heatwave has kids climb all over him.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (6)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (7)
*[[Boulder]] (8)

|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (1)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (2)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (3)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (4)
*[[Kade Burns]] (9)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Dani Burns]] (11)
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (12)
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (13)
*[[Bunty|Mr. Bunty]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Frankie, it's called the Lobster and Technology Festival, not the other way around. Tech's not that important." 
"Ugh, fine, then the next time you need your computer fixed, call a lobster."
:—'''Cody''' and '''Frankie'''

"Simon did not authorize that last movement."
:—'''Chase''' wins the game of "Simon Says".

"What ''do'' human children put on their fingers, anyway? Last time I let one climb on me, I was sticky for days."
:—'''Heatwave''' does not approve of kiddy antics.

"Ah, at least it's not livestock again."
:—'''Charlie Burns''' on seeing the flobsters.

"Well, there it is. You have just seen it, ladies and gentlemen. Our town is under attack! Hide your children, guard your property, boil some water!"
:—'''Huxley Prescott''' reports on the flobster invasion.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The statue Doc Greene momentarily grabs on to during his out-of-control flight will be revealed in a later episode to be town founder [[Horace Burns]].
* Cody previously gave the Rescue Bots a lesson on behaving like robots in "[[Family of Heroes]]".
* Chief Burns has "Hang in there" and "There is no I in team" posters in his office.
* Also visible during the parade is a hologram of President [[Chester A. Arthur]], which will be revealed to be a permanent installation in the [[Hall of Inspiration]] in a later episode.
* Doc Greene's previous inventions include spray-on pants.
* Boulder is excited about the parade, claiming to have never been to one. However, in "[[All Spark Day (episode)|All Spark Day]]", the Bots—similarly without Heatwave—start to plan celebrations for the [[All Spark Day (event)|titular event]], which includes the [[Parade of Metals]].
* Gadgets and powers:
** The lights on the back of Heatwave's hands can also be used to spray gas.

===Real-world references===
[[File:FlobstersOnParade Frankie takes shelter.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The phone box in ''The Birds'' admittedly did not have the antenna on top.]]
* Doc Greene's tenuous grip on the courthouse roof before being rescued bears a suspicious resemblance to the same in the movie ''[[Back to the Future]]''.
* The fair-goer who knocks the floatium into the lobster tank is ''Rescue Bots'' co-creator/writer Brian Hohlfeld.
* The episode often evokes the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film ''{{w|The Birds (film)|The Birds}}'', notably it shares a scene with that film in which someone gets trapped in a telephone box.

===Animation and technical errors===
* Throughout the initial evening rescue of Doc Greene, the humans and Bots are lit differently; the humans have "daytime" lighting, while the Bots have "evening" lighting. This can be compared with the scene of Cody taking the Bots out through the tunnels on their first night in "[[Family of Heroes]]" or the activities on [[Mount Magma]] in "[[Under Pressure]]" (snippets can be seen in the [[title sequence]]).
* When Doc Greene first demonstrates the Floatium, the group of balloons next to him changes colors between shots.
* The audience at the parade is largely composed of non-animated character models in a neutral pose. Some of them are repeated, and Mr. [[Harrison (RB)|Harrison]] can even be seen both with and without his heli-pack helmet.

===Trivia===
[[File:FlobstersOnParade robot dog.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]]?]]
[[File:FlobstersOnParade Flobster cuts sign.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
* Two points that go against real-life biology: Between their shell {{w|American lobster#Coloration|ranging various colors}} while alive, real-life lobsters only turn completely red after the cooking process — the chances of finding a live red one is 1 in 10 million. They would've also died after being out of the water for over two days due to their gills having dried out.
* One should probably also not ask how floatium gives lobsters the ability to cut through tree branches and power cables with their claws.
* The common form of helium isn't radioactive and thus ''does not have a half life''. Also, to make a helium balloon neutrally buoyant, all you need to do is add an appropriate amount of weight or use an appropriate helium/air mix rather than pure helium, there's no need to invent a new gas.
* At one point Cody chases a robot dog across the screen which has a flobster on its tail.
* This episode was later adapted in storybook form as ''[[Meet Heatwave the Fire-bot]]''.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le défilé'''" ("The Parade")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 30|30 October]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Invasion der Krustentiere'''" ("Invasion of the Crustaceans")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 21|21 February]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Légrák parádé'''" ("Flobster Parade")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 10|10 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Serangan Lobster Terbang'''" ("Flying Lobsters Attack")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 19|19 October]] [[2018]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La parata delle Aragoste Volanti'''" ("Flying Lobsters on Parade")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 10|10 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Aerolagostas no Desfile'''" ("Aerolobsters on Parade")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 7|7 March]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Roll to the Rescue" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Außerirdische in Griffin Rock" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Hot Shots" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Family of Heroes

2025-03-15T09:29:22Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 1
|image=ProtoformRBs.jpg
|caption=How tall are you, test subject? Four-nine? I was unaware they stacked human waste that high.
|next= Under Pressure
|title="Family of Heroes"
|season=1
|season ep=1
|airdate=[[December 17]], [[2011]] (sneak peek) [[February 18]], [[2012]] (official premiere)
|production company= [[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|directors=[[Patrick Archibald]] and [[Nathan Chew]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V96RC8CvYCU
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''A team of Rescue Bots is assigned by Optimus Prime to work with the Burns family on the island of Griffin Rock.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FamilyOfHeroes Cody and Chief Burns.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Somewhere in space, a drifting [[Sigma|Autobot spaceship]] receives a message from [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] directing them to [[Earth]]. The ship automatically changes course and eventually touches down in a military base. The four members of [[Rescue Force Sigma-17]] emerge and are greeted by Optimus himself, who informs them that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is no longer the [[Autobot]]s' home.

On the island of [[Griffin Rock]], [[Cody Burns]] is biking to school when his [[Charlie Burns|dad]] pulls up alongside in the old police car, which is soon to be replaced with a new car as part of the town's function as a hi-tech testing ground. Cody wants to test drive the new vehicles, but the rest of his family points out they're for grown-ups.

Optimus tells the new arrivals that he has a new mission for them: to live with a [[human]] family and learn more about Earth, but they must do so disguised as normal machines. He gives them rescue vehicles to [[scanning|scan]], though [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is unenthusiastic when he discovers the [[alternate mode]] he's ended up with flies. Optimus introduces them to Chief Charlie Burns, the only human who knows the [[Rescue Bot]]s' true nature.

[[Image:FamilyOfHeroes Chief Burns introduces Rescue Bots.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"And [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] thought [[Human|they]] wouldn't be comfortable with us [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|why]]?"]]
That afternoon, Cody arrives at the dedication, where he meets [[Frankie Greene]] and her father, [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]], in the audience, though Frankie's more interested in the new exhibit of robot dinosaurs at the [[Griffin Rock natural history museum|museum]]. Chief Burns introduces the gathered crowd to the Rescue Bots, describing them as new hi-tech robots which will work with him and his family as a rescue response unit. When a butterfly lands on [[Boulder]]'s face, the Autobot instinctively goes to shoo it away, but is stopped by [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]]. However, Cody's suspicions are already raised. When Cody jumps up and knocks on Boulder's foot, he's told to get lost by [[Huxley Prescott|a reporter]]. The press photos are interrupted when word comes in of a fire at the Natural History Museum.

[[Image:FamilyOfHeroes Heatwave catches head.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] wasn't happy about being left out of [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|the new game]].]]
Burns and his rescue squad head to the museum, although [[Dani Burns|Dani]] discovers her helicopter doesn't seem to like flying too high. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] begins clearing the humans from the area, though is confused when a couple of Egyptian mummies fail to comply. [[Graham Burns|Graham]] is bemused when he tells Boulder to move some planters and the Autobot responds that it would ruin the aesthetics. They manage to get the fire out, and Graham locates the cause: a short in one of the robotic dinosaurs. While he's fixing it, Cody sneaks into the museum, having followed the team on his bike. He's therefore present to witness Heatwave saving Chief Burns and Graham from a falling dinosaur head. Burns explains it as Heatwave having been left in rescue mode, and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] is glad to take the credit. As they leave the museum, the eyes on a short-circuiting [[Trex|animatronic ''Tyrannosaurus rex'']] light up ominously!

That night, back in the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], the Rescue Bots take a lift down to a [[Cold War (history)|Cold War]] bunker underneath the station. Upstairs, Cody excuses himself from dinner with his family and heads downstairs, where he catches the Rescue Bots complaining about their new gig. Heatwave has just decided they're going to leave when Cody speaks up. The Rescue Bots realize their cover is blown, but after introductions are made, Cody shows them that there are many tunnels leading around the island from the bunker. They check out a giant robot movie at a drive in, and Cody attempts to teach the Rescue Bots how to act like "real" robots as well as give them tips on dealing with his siblings. Lessons are brought to a halt when they spot the robotic ''T. rex'' from the museum, now rampaging along the street. As it moves into the drive-in, Cody gets Chase to start his lights, and they establish the thing is attracted to light. They begin leading the creature to a safe area while Cody contacts his dad.

[[Image:FamilyOfHeroes T-rex chases Chase.jpg|thumb|right|250px|At least, unlike [[Blast from the Past|last time]], [[Grimlock (Animated)|it]] can't breathe fire]]
Burns takes the rest of his family in the old squad car, and they soon catch up with the Rescue Bots as the chase moves outside town. While they try to work out how to deal with the rogue dinosaur, Cody calls Frankie. Soon Boulder is extracting a jail cell from the police station, which Dani and Blades fly to the scene. Meanwhile, Chase keeps the ''T. rex'' occupied, and Kade and Heatwave wet some ground to make mud. Kade is shocked when Heatwave transforms, attracts the dinosaur's attention, and then throws it into the mud. Dani lowers the makeshift cage over it, allowing Cody to shut the dinosaur down.

The next day, they return the dinosaur to the museum, and Burns decides to get a picture of "his heroes" outside. After Heatwave tells Kade that Cody's part of the team or the Rescue Bots leave, Chief Burns reveals that they're not just robots, they're aliens.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (1)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (2)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (3)
*[[Boulder]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)

|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (7)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (8)
*[[Kade Burns]] (9)
*[[Dani Burns]] (10)
*[[Graham Burns]] (11)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (12)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (13)
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"I have a message for all Autobots scattered throughout the galaxies. Though Cybertron has fallen, we still stand, follow these coordinates to join us, Priority Prime."
:—'''Optimus Prime's''' "Priority Prime" message plays on the Rescue Bots' ship before it sets off for Earth.

"We need to remove the planters to create a fire block." 
"But... I... That will destroy the harmonious nature of the plaza's design." 
"What?!"
:—'''Graham Burns''' and '''Boulder''', who fails at being a robot.

[[File:FamilyOfHeroes photo.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
"I don't know ''where'' you learned that... but no."
:—'''Cody Burns''' draws a line between dancing "the robot" and actually acting like a robot.

"We can't use technology prone to malfunction." 
"They're not malfunctioning... They're aliens." 
"What!?"
:—'''Charlie Burns''' reveals a shocking secret to the Burns family.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* ''Rescue Bots'' takes place in continuity with ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', though it's unclear exactly at which point in the other series this episode takes place.
* We get a little information about what the Rescue Bots used to do. Heatwave notes that the fire engine serves the same function as his old job "back home".
* Chief Burns comments "A dinosaur? Again?" Clearly this sort of thing happens a lot, as later episodes will demonstrate!

===Transformers references===
* Optimus's message calling Autobots to Earth, which is received by the Rescue Bots' spacecraft riffs off a similar message sent into space by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] at the end of the 2007 ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' film.
* When talking to their passengers in vehicle mode, the Rescue Bots display an image of their robot mode faces on a screen, much like the Autobots in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoon.
* The vehicle Chase scans is a police car that resembles a Ford Mustang. [[Barricade (Movie)|Sounds familiar]].

===Real-world references===
[[File:FamilyOfHeroes drive-in movie.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
* The below-ground bunker is a relic of the [[Cold War (history)|Cold War]].
* The robot in the drive-in movie bears a resemblance to {{w|Robby the Robot}}.
* During the sequence in which Cody is attempting to teach everyone how to act like robots, Blades is seen doing the {{w|Robot (dance)|Robot}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:FamilyOfHeroes Chase's eye malfunction.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
* When Chase is polishing his chest and shoulder during Heatwave's rant, the yellow parts of his eyes appear a greyish-green. They become yellow when Cody first appears, but revert to grey shortly after. They turn yellow once more as Heatwave introduces himself, and remain that way for several minutes, but are grey again when he contacts the chief.
* As the Burns family watch the Rescue Bots and dinosaur speed past, the holographic traffic lights on the intersection aren't working, though they were a shot earlier.
* As Kade drives away in Heatwave to deal with the Dinobot, Cody's comlink suddenly appears clipped to the collar of his jacket. It vanishes by the next shot, but then inexplicably reappears in-between frames after he powers down the Dinobot. It quickly disappears again, reappears as he moves away from his family for Chief's photo, then disappears once more as he stands in front of the Bots. But when the Burnses (minus Kade) gather around him for the picture, the comlink is present one final time - only to vanish as Heatwave puts a hand on Cody's shoulder.

===Trivia===
* Optimus's [[mouthplate]] moves when he talks.
* This episode was later adapted into storybook form as ''[[Meet Chase the Police-bot]]''.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nouvelle Mission'''" ("New Mission")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 27|27 October]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Eine Familie von Helden'''" ("A Family of Heroes")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 18|18 February]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hősök családja'''" ("Family of Heroes")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 7|7 February]] [[2013]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Misi dari Optimus Prime'''" ("Mission from Optimus Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 1|1 October]] [[2018]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Una Famiglia di Eroi'''" ("A Family of Heroes")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 10|10 June]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Família de Heróis'''" ("Family of Heroes")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 4|4 March]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "2 Action-packed Episodes" ([[Toys"R"Us]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Roll to the Rescue" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Eine Familie von Helden" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Hot Shots" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Complete Season 1" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

March 12

2025-03-12T06:25:45Z

Jazztronomy:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|3|12}}</noinclude>

* '''???? —''' [[Masamichi Kitada]] (Japanese voice of [[Denny Clay]] and [[Santos]]) is born.
* '''[[1946]] —''' [[Frank Welker]] (voice of ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#The Transformers cartoon|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#The Transformers cartoon|Soundwave]], and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#The Transformers cartoon|Galvatron]], ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], and about [[Reedman|a billion]] [[Grindor (ROTF)|other]] [[Devastator (ROTF)|characters]] in Generation 1, Movieverse, and ''Prime'' media) is born.
* '''1946 —''' [[Gérard Surugue]] (European French voice of [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] in the [[live-action film series]]) is born.
* '''[[1955]] —''' [[Masumi Gotō]] (Japanese voice of [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]], Season 3 [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Daniel Witwicky]], and others) is born.
* '''[[1961]] —''' Actor [[Titus Welliver]] ([[James Savoy]] in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'') is born.
* '''[[1962]] —''' [[Marvel Comics]] artist [[Graham Nolan]] is born.
* '''[[1970]] —''' [[René García]] (Mexican voice of [[X-Brawn]]) is born.
* '''[[1981]] —''' [[Chiwa Saitō]] (Japanese voice of [[Twitch]]) is born.
* '''[[1982]] —''' [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] is caught on camera in [[Laos]]. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}
* '''[[1983]] —''' [[Do-hyeong Nam]] (Korean voice of [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], [[Raf Esquivel]], and [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'') is born.
* '''[[1998]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episodes "[[The Agenda (Part 2)]]" and "[[The Agenda (Part III)|The Agenda (Part 3)]]" premiere in the [[United States of America|US]] during a special "[[Toonami]]" week-long event on [[Cartoon Network]].
* '''[[2003]] —''' ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' [[The War Within issue 6|#6]] is released by [[Dreamwave Productions]].
* '''[[2003]] —''' ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]: [[The Transformers: The Movie|The Movie]]'' is released on [[Home video|DVD]] in [[Australia]] by [[Madman Entertainment]].
* '''[[2005]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]]'' episode "[[Time (episode)|Vector Prime's Decision]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''[[2008]] —''' [[Vera Miranda]] (Brazilian voice of [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]]) passes away.
* '''[[2009]] —''' ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' — [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video#Germany|Volume Zwei: Die Alten Waffen]] is released on [[Home video|DVD]] in [[Germany]] by [[Paramount Pictures]].
* '''2009 —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' C-16 [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Dinobot]] and C-17 [[Hot Shot (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|Cybertron Hot Rod]] (w/ [[Jolt (Henkei!)#Henkei! Henkei!|Jolt]]).
* '''[[2009]] —''' ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (pack-in manga)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' [[Henkei! Henkei! volume 11|volume 11]] is first released.
* '''[[2012]] —''' The second day of [[Cybertron Con]] [[Cybertron Con 2012|2012]] at Resorts World Sentosa in [[Singapore]].
* '''2012 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' episode "[[Rock Bottom]]" premieres in [[Brazil]].
* '''[[2014]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|#27]] (''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]'' #10) and ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' [[The Transformers (issue)|#1: One Hundred Penny Press Edition]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2015]] —''' ''[[Transformers Rising|Rising]]'' was supposedly scheduled for release in the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[United Kingdom]] for Android and iPhone devices. However, it was a case of poor communication. What was released was a special edition of the English version of the app in [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], and [[Taiwan]] (the regions where the game was already released). And lo, many Westerners were PISSED.
* '''2015 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[More than Meets the Eye (RID)|Beyond Appearances]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''2015 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Rumble in the Jungle (RID)|Rumble in the Jungle]]" premieres in [[Portugal]].
* '''[[2016]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Suspended]]" premieres on [[Cartoon Network]].
* '''[[2025]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[Transformers (2023) issue 18|#18]] and ''[[Void Rivals]]'' [[Void Rivals issue 17|#17]] are released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''2025 —''' The ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]'' episode "[[Judgment Day, Part 2]]" premieres in [[Indonesia]].

[[Category:Fictional events by day]]

Judgment Day, Part 2

2025-03-12T06:20:31Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 44
|image=JudgementDayPt2-TerratronusVSQuintessons.jpg|
|caption=You would never break the chain (never break the chain)
|prev=Judgment Day, Part 1
|next=
|title="Judgment Day, Part 2"
|season=3
|season ep=8
|airdate=[[October 25]], [[2024]] (Paramount+) TBA, [[2024]] (Nickelodeon)
|production company=[[Hasbro Entertainment]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writer=[[Dale Malinowski]]
|animation studio=[[88 Pictures]]
|director=[[Sheldon Vella]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/sGi2dXMWngwWsz1v8GxMN27TcbTNcduq/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''The twin threats of the Quintessons and a storm of chaos energy hang over Witwicky.'''

==Synopsis==
Cornered, [[Robby Malto|Robby]] and [[Mo Malto|Mo]] don their helmets and take out the advancing [[Quintesson Executioner (ES)|Quintesson Executioner]]s. Mo rips the crest off one of the fallen Quintesson before the pair go in search of [[Twitch]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]].

On the ground, [[Dot Malto|Dot]] keeps an eye out for the kids while [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] and [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]] complete their work modifying [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]'s trailer to absorb the energy of the Chaos storm. [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] is raring to go, having been repaired from his previous mishap, but Optimus instead assigns [[Cosmos (ES)|Cosmos]] and [[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]] the task of taking the trailer into the storm. The pair take off, but as they prepare to release the trailer, the strong winds overcome Prowl's ability to remain attached. In the process of trying to reattach himself, Prowl is struck by the Cyber Slayer and plummets downwards, but fortunately he's caught by Megatron who has disregarded Prime's orders and stepped in. Nightshade joins Cosmos and is able to steady the trailer. They drop it into the storm which is rapidly sucked into the trailer, restoring clear skies and almost crushing Megatron and Prowl as it crashes to the ground. As everyone assembles around it, the trailer pops open and [[Aftermath (ES)|Aftermath]] and [[Spitfire (ES)|Spitfire]]. restored to life, jump out. Megatron uses the [[Cyber Slayer]] to repair Prowl. The two Chaos Terrans are tempted to just leave at this point, but the others persuade them to stay.

Distracting the guards with some music played on Mo's phone, the two kids release Twitch and Thrash from their holding cell. Meanwhile word of the escape reaches the [[Quintesson Judge (ES)|Quintesson Judge]] who immediately disintegrates the messenger before issuing a ship-wide alert. The kids, hearing copious alarms, cyber-sync and leave the ship with Quintesson pods in pursuit. As their horrified parents watch, they're shot down and unsync as they hit the ground. Twitch is the most seriously hurt, but the others arrive and she's taken aboard Megatron so that Wheeljack can start repairs.

While Mo and Nightshade head for Terratronus, the Quintesson pods touch down and a number of executioners emerge to face the Autobots. Aftermath soon finds to his glee that the large amount of chaos energy he absorbed has turbocharged his weapons. Mo and Nightshade fly to [[Terratronus]]'s spark chamber, where Mo uses the [[Spark Regenerator Key]] to bring the Titan back to life. Terratronus once more stands on the battlefield and the Quintesson Judge unleashes the firepower of the Quintesson ship on her, which she simply takes out using a massive beam of energy. The Quintesson ship has a massive cannon of its own however, which hits Terratronus in the head, shattering her helmet. Robby and Mo rapidly come up with a plan. Robby syncs with Thrash and Spitfire so the trio can keep the Quintessons busy. Meanwhile Mo, Nightshade, Jawbreaker, Hashtag and Aftermath head to Terratronus. Robby causes a distraction with the Judge, resulting in the ship turning away from the Titan long enough for Mo and the Terrans to cyber-sync with her.

Robby, Thrash and Spitfire do their best to evade the Quintesson firepower, but are finally hit by a missile. Robby uses his cyber-sleeve shield to block the massive beam of energy that fires from the Quintesson ship until the ship suddenly lurches, pulled back by a giant tow-line made of energy. Terratronus, synced with the kids, manifests armor and a sword, the latter of which she uses to bifurcate the Quintesson ship as well as its commander. The ship explodes and the remaining Quintesson Executioners retreat.

Everyone de-cyber-syncs for the reunion on the ground. Optimus thanks Terratronus for her help, while the two Chaos Terrans opt to leave before there's any danger they might be hugged. Megatron arrives back with the now-repaired Twitch and the group assembles on Terratronus's shoulder to watch the stars.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]] (9)
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (12)
*[[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]] (13)
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] (14)
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] (16)
*[[Cosmos (ES)|Cosmos]] (17)
*[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]] (18)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]] (1)
*[[Mo Malto]] (2)
*[[Dot Malto]] (4)
*[[Alex Malto]] (5)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] (6)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (7)
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (8)
*[[Aftermath (ES)|Aftermath]] (10)
*[[Spitfire (ES)|Spitfire]] (11)
*[[Terratronus]] (19)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (20)
*[[Twitch]] (21)

|h5=Others||c5=
*[[Quintesson Executioner (ES)|Quintesson Executioners]] (3)
*[[Quintesson Judge (ES)|Quintesson Judge]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
"We need to climb above the storm and drop the trailer inside of it." 
"Thanks, Captain Obvious! I was at the same briefing, you know?" 
"Right, then prepare for phase two." 
"Which phase was that again?"
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Cosmos'''

"Now let's finish the experiment!" 
"Experiment? You don't know if this will work?" 
"Isn't science fun?"
:—'''Nightshade''' and '''Cosmos'''

"You didn't say it would feel this weird." 
"Easy, the sync depends on trust." 
"Seriously? That's my Achilles' heel!"
:—'''Spitfire''' isn't fond of syncing with Robby and '''Thrash'''

"Your students truly have become the masters." 
"Spend enough time with me, and my greatness may rub off on you too."
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Bumblebee'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*If you're keeping track, the Quintesson Executioner from "[[In Ruins]]" is the one who is relieved of his crest by Mo and subsequently meets his end when he reports to the Judge.
*Mo nabbed the Spark Regenerator Key back in "[[No Soldier Left Behind]]". Hopefully you remember it from that episode as no explanation is given for it in this one.
*Spitfire and Aftermath previously met their end in "[[Witwicky, Part 2]]", during which [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] relieved them of their [[Emberstone]] shards so he could restore the artifact.

===Transformers references===
*

===Real-world references===
*

===Errors===
*

===Trivia===
*[[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]], seen in the previous episode fighting alongside the Autobots, is completely absent from this episode. Maybe he was put in timeout for endangering that one guy during the evacuation of Witwicky.
*For the final shot of the assembled group on Terratronus's shoulder, Arcee, Wheeljack and Cosmos are all mysteriously absent.
*[[Vanessa Marshall]] joins the cast of EarthSpark in this episode but so far as of this episode she is only listed as additional voices, time will tell if she will have a more substantial role.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dia do Julgamento, Parte 2'''" ("Judgment Day, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' October 25, 2024

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Jugement Dernier, Partie 2'''" ("Judgement Day, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 1]], 2025

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der Jüngste Tag, Teil 2'''" ("Judgement Day, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 22]], 2024

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hari Penghakiman, Bagian 2'''" ("Judgement Day, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 12]], 2025

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Bump (BW)

2025-03-12T04:23:32Z

Jazztronomy: /* Beast Wars Neo cartoon */ added Korean voice actor

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:''Bump is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BWNeo Bump card1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bump sat alone in a boggy marsh/totally motionless except for his spark!]]
'''Bump''' (バンプ ''Banpu'') is exceedingly reserved in character. He rarely shows any extremities in emotion in any way, be it positive or negative. He believes only in [[Atechnogenesis|science]] and considers [[Religion|Cybertronian religions]] and beliefs to be nothing more than over-hyped fairy tales.

The only time Bump is really happy is when he's retreated into his own private little world of theorems, where he can perform all the experiments he wants without the distractions of others. Though quiet and oftentimes shy, Bump is still good-natured and respectful. Though responsible for many of their greatest weapons, he left the Maximal army when he grew tired of being limited to constructing machines of war. He now works on commission and only on projects that catch his interest. He's quite frugal with his pay and invests it all right back into his studies.

Bump possesses many advanced sensors in his hands and is a quick-draw champion, but has very little actual combat experience.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Eiji Takemoto]] (Japanese)|[[Jang-hyeok An]] (Korean)}}

[[File:BWN 19 Bump.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Small things so sad that birds could land]]
A Maximal with little taste for warfare, Bump instead dedicated a solitary life to the study of minerals on [[Tasumo]] for the Maximal cause. He came across a damaged [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsule and, fearing a planet-destroying explosion, transferred the energy to another capsule and affixed a device set to explode if impacted in the interests of preventing theft.

When members of [[Big Convoy]]'s unit landed on the planet with the ''[[Seagull]]'' and explored in search for the Angolmois Capsule they detected, Bump took the ship's turbo device. [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] under [[Magmatron]]'s command also came a-knocking in search for the capsule, and the two factions fought, with Bump refusing to fight. [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] and [[Guiledart]] took a temporary retreat, with the latter deducing that Bump would already know where the capsule was and lead them to it. The Maximals soon found out about Bump's theft of the ''Seagull'' part, to which the armadillo justified as "moving things around". When he showed them the capsule—the empty one—the Predacons attacked and took it, without Bump lifting a finger. He had little to worry, as the contents were empty; the lack of this revelation prior in addition to Bump's refusal to fight infuriated [[Break]].

After their procured capsule was discovered to be empty, the embarrassed Guiledart and Sling teleported back to the planet to get the new capsule, and another standoff took place. During the battle, the existence of the explosive device was revealed, to the consternation of both sides. Unable to move the capsule without risking their own destruction, the Maximals and Predacons were stuck in a stalemate till both sides attempted to manhandle the armadillo into removing the device. Predacon reinforcements were summoned, and, still, Bump refused to fight. [[Big Convoy]] soon arrived, and the resulting firepower from the Predacons damaged Bump's lab, which finally infuriated the scientist into fighting, and the Maximals were able to send the Predacons fleeing. After some compliments about his research, Bump removed the device and the Maximals left him to his studies, overlooking that Bump was still in possession of the turbo device from the ''Seagull''. {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}}

After the defeat of [[Unicron]], Bump returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where he helped with reconstruction but was caught up in one of Big Convoy and [[Magmatron]]'s tussles. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:Ascending Bump.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Mud flowed up into Bump's [[beast mode|pajamas]]/he totally confused all the passing [[Piranacon (G1)|piranhas]]!]]
Bump was hired by [[Lio Convoy]] for a rather unenviable task. After helping [[Big Convoy]] locate Lio's [[Pack|crew]], he was told to use the Angolmois that [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] acquired from [[Latolata|Rartorata]] to develop a cure. The unenviable part: He needed to make enough for all of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

Sigh. [[Unicron]] and his accursed [[Shokaract|vessel]].

After Shokaract was defeated, Bump finished the first batch of antidote. He could start mass-producing as soon as he had a proper lab. However, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] had [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|other plans...]] {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
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===Legends World===
When [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] was turned into a real Transformer, Doctor Bump had a look at him and recognized the change as a symptom of [[Transformers sickness]], explaining the ailment was caused by surrounding yourself with ''Transformers'' stuff. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 1|Bonus Edition Vol. 1}} He later diagnosed [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] with the same ailment, but this time his patient protested as unlike Rattrap he didn't collect ''Transformers'' toys. Without skipping a beat, Bump changed his diagnosis, telling Primal his transformation was caused by eating too many [[banana]]s. A mystery of modern medicine, to be sure. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 2|Bonus Edition Vol. 2}}

When Arcee also came in a case of Transformers sickness, Bump said she got it from Rattrap's toys and recommended that she throw them all out, but she angrily refused to discard her nephew's cherished toys. {{storylink|Transformers Legends: Arcee Chapter|Arcee Chapter}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|Optimus Prime #1]]}}

[[File:NewCybertronPart1-BumpMidnightExpress.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Is Bump fast asleep or rockin' out with the band?]]

Hailing from the colony world of [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]], Bump and his best friend [[Gimlet]] were young Transformers who regularly attended religious sermons delivered by the [[Fateweaver]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. {{storylink|Time Will Rust}} While the colonies and their inhabitants had developed cultures that deified the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s, Bump suffered from a private crisis of faith regarding the [[Thirteen]] and their lineage, secretly wondering if perhaps the Primes were just ordinary 'bots like any other. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] put out a call for help keeping the peace on [[Earth]] after his annexation of the planet into the [[Council of Worlds]], however, Bump stowed whatever doubts he had and joined Gimlet on their new mission, arriving shortly after Prime's defeat of [[Baron Karza]]. Soon, Bump and the other [[Colonist Soldiers|colonist squadmates]] took to wearing [[mouthplate]]s in honor of their leader.

[[File:NewCybertronPart1-Bump.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bump was limp and lonely and needed a shove/ Bump slipped on a [[kiss]] and tumbled into [[Transformer romance|love]]!]]
On one of their earliest missions, the colonists were deployed to [[Mexico City]] with [[Aileron]] to uphold the [[Tyrest Accord]] by locating and neutralizing a cache of stolen Cybertronian weapons. Their presence sparked an anti-Cybertronian protest that quickly turned into an all-out riot; sent in to control the crowds, [[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] was shot by a protester wielding one of the black market guns. The severity of the situation prompted Optimus to intervene, bringing reinforcements in the shape of [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]], and [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]], who swiftly dealt with the problem. Back aboard [[Metrotitan (G1)|Autobot City]], the assembled colonists continued to praise their leader, which annoyed even Aileron. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}

Bump and the other colonists later watched on as Optimus returned to base after opening a diplomatic channel with the recently arrived [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s, and immediately bombarded their leader with questions about the new arrivals. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}} The colonists genuflected as Optimus Prime returned to Earth from Cybertron, much to their leader's dismay, and later watched on as [[Pyra Magna]] and Optimus fought over Prime's agnosticism regarding the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Bump joined the other Autobots as Optimus Prime negotiated a summit with several [[human]] governments... only to be interrupted by the Junkions, who sicced a horde of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s on the event. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} Bump participated in the battle to repel the Junkions from Metrotitan's deck, watching in awe as Optimus ordered his Titan to transform and seize the [[Quintesson Cruiser|Junkion mothership]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}}

After Optimus Prime brokered a new ceasefire between the Junkions and Autobots, Bump and the other Transformers journeyed to [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]] to start the construction of "[[Little Cybertron]]", a permanent settlement on Earth for the Junkions. {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}} The colonists took a break from construction to hold a funeral for the fallen [[Oiler]], who had perished in the battle. Their efforts did little to console Oiler's grieving sister [[Slide]]. {{storylink|The Next Day, and the Next}}

A few days later, the colonists had started to grow bored of life on the island, and had taken to ignoring the Junkions after hours, preferring to hang out on the beach and feed the Sharkticons. After another day of hard work, they rolled out to do just that... unwittingly leaving Slide, who could no longer transform, behind in the dust. {{storylink|What It's Really Like}}

[[File:PrimelessPart1-ScaredColonists.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Bump lingered last in line for brains/And the one he got was sorta rotten and insane.]]
When Earth formally joined the Council of Worlds, Bump and the other colonists joined Aileron in Metrotitan's [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] chamber to watch the proceedings from Earth—only for [[Joe Colton|Baron Ironblood]]'s attack on Iacon to deactivate the space bridge and cut Earth off from Cybertron. With Prime and his retinue stranded on Cybertron, Aileron took command and brought the colonists with her on a mission to find Jazz, mostly to keep them from jeopardizing the delicate situation even further. The team tracked Jazz to the small [[Mexico|Mexican]] city of [[Oaxaca]], were they ran afoul of more humans wielding black-market Cybertronian guns. Falling back to the edge of the city, Bump watched as Slide and Aileron argued about Prime's motivations and their next course of action. As they headed north, the colonists began criticizing Aileron's decision to find Jazz over tracking down illegal arms shipments, right before a nearby explosion alerted them to Jazz, pinned down by more gun-wielding humans. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 1}}

The colonists quickly intervened and managed to drive back most the humans on intimidation alone save for [[Mateo Chavez|one]], who, with some persuasion, took them back to a nearby ghost town to meet with the suppliers: the Decepticons [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who had been using their [[holomatter]] avatars to facilitate an arms trade by smuggling weapons off [[Sanctuary Station]]. Realizing that any kind of punitive actions would only inflame delicate Autobot-Decepticon tensions, Aileron decided to cover up the situation entirely, with Jazz leaving to pursue his own mission. The colonists returned to Autobot City with the Decepticons and their stolen weapons in tow, with none of the other Autobots any the wiser about what had transpired. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}}

The defeat of the [[Iron Ring]] allowed Iacon to reestablish contact with Autobot City; with the space bridge restored, Bump and most of the other colonists went to Cybertron to watch Optimus Prime preside over [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]]'s funeral. {{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}}

Some time later, he and the other colonists returned to Autobot City, and argued with Slide about Prime's motives while the Prime himself presided over the opening of an energon mine in [[Kentucky]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} As a new crisis on Cybertron unfolded, Metrotitan himself abandoned Earth and space bridged to Cybertron, leaving the colonists behind. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|The Ground}} With nowhere else to go, they retreated to Little Cybertron to await further orders; while there, however, alarming news reports began to trickle in: Cybertron had abruptly lost contact with Velocitron. This was only the beginning: it quickly became apparent that [[Unicron/Generation 1|something]] was deliberately destroying the colonies, and both [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]] and Bump's homeworld of Eukaris were the next to go.

The loss of her home galvanized Slide into action, and the Devisen grimly announced that it was time to end Prime's reign. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} To show that she hadn't forgotten her Autobot comrades, the way Prime seemingly had, Slide and the other colonists boarded [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] and stormed the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] outpost by [[Mount Rushmore]] to rescue Jazz from human captivity. The team quickly ran up against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s; when an emotional Gimlet smashed a human [[VAMP]] and fatally wounded [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]], he was sliced in half by [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] and instantly killed. Bump cradled his friend's body in his arms as Slug realized what he'd done. {{storylink|Time Will Rust}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Bump was a member of the [[Resistance]] during the [[Grand Uprising]]. He oversaw the execution of [[Operation: Amputation]] with the Resistance leaders after the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] threat became clear. He provided numbers and logistic support to the analysis of available troops versus known Vehicon numbers. {{storylink|Derailment}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWN-toy Bump.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''♪He's Bump, he's Bump, he's Bump What's in his head?♪'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Bump''' (Basic Class, [[1999]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-38'''
:*''Release date'': March ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': "Chain Bomber" flail/right leg, "Claw Blaster"/left leg
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the third wave of ''Beast Wars Neo'' products in Takara's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Bump is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Basic Class [[Armordillo#Toys|Armordillo]] mold, transforming into a Brazilian giant armadillo. He shifts to robot mode with a spring-loaded one-step transformation, activated by pulling up on his tail.

: In [[robot mode]], his rear [[beast mode]] legs detach to become weapons. The left leg forms his non-firing "Claw Blaster," while the right leg becomes his "Chain Bomber" [[Mace (weapon)|flail]]-weapon. These weapons are not hand-held, but are instead plugged into holes on the tops of his open-palmed hands.

: This mold was also used to make [[Psycho-Orb#Toys|Psycho-Orb]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/Bump/bump.htm More information on Bump at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWN-toy VS38box.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''♪He's Bump, he's Bump, he's Bump He might be dead!♪'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Extreme Showdown: Bump VS Bazooka''' (Vs pack, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-38'''
:*''Release date'': March ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': "Chain Bomber" mace/leg, "Claw Blaster" blaster/leg

: Bump was also available in the "Extreme Showdown" (極限の対決 ''Kyokugen no Taiketsu'') two-pack with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Bazooka (BW)#Toys|Bazooka]], also released in the third wave of ''Neo'' toys.

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

==Notes==
*Bump's robot mode appears for all of seven seconds during the ''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon series.
*Bump wears a pair of spectacles in his armadillo mode, which are not featured during his transformation sequence into robot mode.

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Killer Punch

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Jazztronomy: /* Beast Wars Neo cartoon */ added Korean voice actor

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:''Killer Punch is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Killerpunch-tradingcard.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|MIDDLE FINGER STRIKE!!!!]]
'''Killer Punch''' (キラーパンチ ''Kirā Panchi'') is the Intelligence Officer of [[Magmatron]]'s Predacons and is utterly ''obsessed'' with collecting information. His every strategy, his every move, is centered around the ultimate goal of amassing further intel on absolutely everyone and everything. Even his special attack, the "[[Head Punch]]", secretly doubles as a homing device which gathers data on those it pulverizes. Oh yes, Killer Punch is a sneaky, deceitful master of setting traps and collecting intel.

And this obsession has promptly driven him bonkers. The sheer volume of data Killer Punch has collected on friend and foe alike has turned him into a paranoid conspiracy theorist who'll believe almost ''anything''. For instance, one of his favorite pet theories is that [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] was a [[Decepticon]] agent. ''Oh, yeah''. They don't make tinfoil hats big enough for the likes of Killer Punch.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Yasuhiro Miyata]] (Japanese)|[[Jang-hyeok An]] (Korean)}}
[[File:Crybaby Killer Punch.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Killer ''Punk'' is more like it. Man up!]]
Granted an audience before [[Magmatron]] in the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', Intelligence Officer Killer Punch claimed to have come across intelligence that [[Big Convoy]] was summoned by the instructor [[Survive]] to the planet [[Stero]]. In addition, he believed that they had been quarrelling for a long time and that they could be cajoled into a fight, allowing the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] the opportunity to take down Big Convoy while he was distracted. Magmatron approved of the plan and sent out [[Guiledart]] to lead it, but [[Archadis]] had his doubts.

Killer Punch accompanied Guiledart and [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (and later also [[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] and [[Saberback]]) to Stero, where they were detected by [[True One]], who reported to Survive. Seeing a training opportunity for Big Convoy's rookies, Survive tried to teach them how to follow orders to the exact word—this mildly confused the Predacons, who thought Survive and Big Convoy would be tussling. After some fighting, Killer Punch leapt in front of Survive and tried to anger the bear by claiming Big Convoy was gossiping negatively about him throughout the universe. The instructor didn't fall for this lie, as Big Convoy was his ''student''—a surprising revelation to Killer Punch. Making the best of the situation he found himself in, the Predacon overpowered Survive and was about to chop off his head when he was blasted away by Big Convoy's [[Big Cannon|cannon]]. With [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] finding Killer Punch's weak point in his right shoulder, the Predacons were forced to flee. On the ''Dinosaur'', an embarrassed Killer Punch was vilified for failing at his job as an Intelligence Officer and the unimpressed Magmatron ordered [[DNAVI]] to teleport him to the end of the universe. {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}}

After the defeat of [[Unicron]], Killer Punch found his way back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. As the Maximals and Predacons united to rebuild their home planet, he had a friendly tussle with Survive. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}
{{--}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:BWAscendKillerpunchPunch.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|right|So you're kicking me? Where's the proof?! WHERE'S THE EVIDE-OW!]]
Killer Punch spent much time on the [[Cybertronian Undernet]], amassing a sizable breadth of espionage techniques. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #2}} Before Magmatron left for [[Earth]], Killer Punch was one of several Predacons who listened to him deliver a speech about their rightful place in history and revenge against the [[Maximal Imperium]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

During Magmatron's astral journey to Cybertron's future, he witnessed his Predacons and the rest of Cybertron descend into chaos and madness. During this carnage, Killer Punch struck [[Saberback]] (who himself was attacking [[Dirge (BW)|Dirgegun]]) before being punched in the face. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Intersectionality 2 of 5.jpg|thumb|left]]

Killer Punch was a participant in the [[Maximal]]/[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Games (competition)|Games]]. During one Cull, Killer Punch blindsided [[Ultra Mammoth]] with a machete. The machete eventually became part of [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]'s collection of artifacts from the Games. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

Later on, Killer Punch became the enlisted intelligence specialist aboard the ''[[Trypticon (G1)|Dinosaur]]'', a starship with Maximal officers. Despite his diligence, Killer Punch received a reputation as an alarmist and paranoid, especially after the [[Arkus]] mission, where Killer Punch had the crew tearing apart the ship looking for a phantom stowaway he was convinced existed on the edge of the sensors. (Killer Punch would never learn that [[Dead End (BW)|Dead-End]] had, in fact, brought a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] on board.)

When the ''Dinosaur'' detected a Cybertronian distress signal from planet [[Metascan Omega|LGC-8803]], a mission team was assembled to assess the situation. While traveling to their destination, comms specialist [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] detected a second Cybertronian signal coming in, this one from Cybertron but not on any traditional encrypted frequency. First Officer [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]]'s complete lack of curiosity almost dismissed the matter entirely, but Killer Punch was interested and spoke up for Hydra. They got Longrack to agree for Hydra to spend the travel to LGC-8803 trying to clean up the second signal.

Almost immediately after the away team's shuttle dropped into atmosphere, however, the ''Dinosaur'' was attacked by a foreign starship. Hydra still hadn't returned to his post, and so Killer Punch was forced to perform both intelligence and communications duties during the firefight. After [[Guiledart]] chased the threat away, Killer Punch got leave from Longrack to search for Hydra and determine why he wasn't at his post. While looking for Hydra at the science officer's laboratory, though, Killer Punch found himself unusually lost inside the ship. After a series of sensor scans, he concluded the ''Dinosaur'' was actually a Transformer...and deliberately rearranging itself to keep him away from the lab.

Seeking help, Killer Punch visited engineering and managed to at least partly convince [[Magmatron]] of his suspicions. The chief engineer was willing to shut down all power for one breem to let Killer Punch navigate the corridors unimpeded. He was, unfortunately, successful. Inside the lab, Killer Punch found Hydra dead and his killer, the Builder political officer [[Synapse (BWU)|Synapse]], waiting for him. The second signal had been a call-to-arms as the Proto-races back home rose up against the Builder Assembly in revolution, and Synapse couldn't have those ideas spreading on the ship. He revealed the ''Dinosaur'' was actually the ancient Builder Megamaster Trypticon moments before the ship executed Killer Punch.

His last act was transmitting these revelations (sans the part about Trypticon) to Magmatron, warning the rest of the crew about their Builder officers. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Unicron1-SaberbackKillerPunch.jpg|thumb]]
Killer Punch appeared in a fictional scenario projected into the mind of a dying [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]] through a [[mnemopathis projector]]. He and multiple Decepticons were depicted as helping with relief efforts on post-war Cybertron, though Sideswipe initially believed they were smuggling [[energon]] and attacked them. {{storylink|The Life of Sideswipe}}

In the real world, Killer Punch was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals that fell under the command of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] led a force against Unicron to prevent him from eating [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], Killer Punch was sent out to attack. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWN-toy KillerPunch.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|No one ever talks about ''Styracosaurus'', oh NO, it's always ''Triceratops, Triceratops, Triceratops!'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Killer Punch''' (Deluxe, [[1999]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-39'''
:*''Release date'': May ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': "Killer Sword," "Head Punch" missile
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Sold in the fourth wave of ''Beast Wars Neo'' products in Takara's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1999 (Beast Wars Neo)|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Killer Punch is an extensive [[retool]]ing of Deluxe Class [[Guiledart#Toys|Guiledart]], now transforming into an organic ''{{w|Styracosaurus}}''. In [[beast mode]], he has flip down "damage" panels to reveal ribs and torn flesh, though the rest of the "Fake Death Mode" feature from Guiledart is no longer present or no longer painted (e.g. the muscle details on the [[robot mode]] feet).

: In robot mode, his right arm features a spring-loaded launcher which fires his "Head Punch" missile, aka "nearly his entire dino-mode head". When the missile is not in use, a hole on the tail section on his back allows the head to store, and a flip down robot claw (that looks mostly like a robotic dinosaur skull) replaces it. If one chooses to, the head can also be held in his left fist like a shield. Similar to Guiledart, the tail can be removed, but this time to form his "Killer Sword", which can also be held in his left fist. His dinosaur forelegs (located on his left shoulderpad) feature flip-out, non-firing lasers.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Destron/KillerPunch/killerpunch.htm More information on Killer Punch at TFU.info]''
{{BWGuiledartMold}}

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[[File:BWN-toy VS39box.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Roaring Showdown: Survive VS Killer Punch''' (VS pack, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-39'''
:*''Release date'': May ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': "Killer Sword," "Head Punch" missile

: Killer Punch was also available in the "Roaring Showdown" (絶叫の対決 ''zekkyō no taiketsu'') multi-pack with the [[Maximal]] [[Survive#Toys|Survive]] (and his mini-partner [[True One#Toys|True One]]), also released in the fourth wave of ''Neo'' toys.

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.
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==Notes==
*Like [[Guiledart]], the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of Killer Punch is a "virtual redeco" of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Voyager Class [[Roadbuster (G1)#Generations|Roadbuster]] toy.

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Hardhead (BW)

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{{disambig3|Hardhead}}
:''Hardhead is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:BWNeo Hardhead card.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|A pacy...packa...the one with the bald spot, Friar Tuck.]]

Don't try to confuse '''Hardhead''' (ハードヘッド ''Hādoheddo'', also '''Hard Head''') with any of your fancy ''strategies'', or ''marching orders'', or ''one-word commands'', or ''monosyllabic grunts'', or ''simple gestures''. Because none of that is going to penetrate. No, all Hardhead needs is to be pointed toward something and told to smash his head against it. Chances are he'll smash his head against the wrong object entirely, but darn it, he's trying!

Hardhead is rescued from total uselessness by a single saving grace: When his head hits something, he ''completely obliterates it''. Few can withstand so much as a love-tap from his thick skull, let alone a full head-butt, and many a Maximal is relieved that Hardhead hasn't two brain cells to rub together. Hardhead transforms into a ''Pachycephalosaurus'', not that he'd have any idea what ''that's'' supposed to be.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Masami Iwasaki]] (Japanese)|[[Jang-hyeok An]] (Korean)}}
[[File:Neo20 notatitlecard.jpg|thumb|left|Duhhhhh]]
The absurdly dimwitted yet hardy Hardhead was a Predacon who once survived a direct attack from the [[Maximal]]s on the planet [[Thompson]], a feat that became known to another Predacons across the universe. He later went to the planet [[Intel]], to declare it "Predacon territory" by slapping insignia stickers all over the environment. It was during his supposed duties when he spotted an [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsule that landed on the planet, but didn't think much of it.

When [[Big Convoy]]'s unit tracked down the Angolmois Capsule by its signal, [[Mach Kick]] and [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] were the first to go down to the planet and were repelled by Hardhead. [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] and [[Break]] would soon land on the planet and attempted to take advantage of Hardhead's stupidity by pretending to be sycophantic local fauna and asked him to lead them to the capsule. Despite some hijinks with [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (who was there to recruit Hardhead), [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]], and [[Colada]], and Hardhead's constant forgetfulness, the three managed to reach the capsule, although [[Archadis]] soon arrived with Sling. Enlightened by Archadis as to the true identities of the rabbit and the penguin, an enraged Hardhead attacked his foolers, but the other Maximals came in the nick of time and Big Convoy was able to send Hardhead flying in the ensuing battle.

On the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', Archadis suggested leaving Hardhead on Intel to [[Magmatron]], and Hardhead spent some time knocking around the rude Sling, whom [[DNAVI]] refused to teleport off the planet. {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}}

Hardhead later went to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s defeat to assist in reconstruction. He spent some time literally butting heads with [[Randy (BW)|Randy]]. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}

===''Beast Wars Neo'' comic===
Hardhead, along with [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]], broke into the [[Maximal]] ship, the ''[[Gung Ho]]'', to steal the [[Angolmois Energy]] within. With all the crew off the ship on an Angolmois Capsule hunt save [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] and [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]], Hardhead threatened Longrack with a sweeping movement of his sword...which accidentally sliced open Hydra's chest. Shocked (and bleeding to death) Hydra demanded an apology. Hardhead committed {{w|seppuku}} instead, despite Hydra's protests that there would be no one left to steal the Angolmois Energy if they were both dead.

As Hydra and Hardhead lay dying from the latter's stupidity, the two Maximals stood baffled as to what just happened. In his last moments, Hydra gloated that the most important part of their mission was completed...setting a bomb aboard the ''Gung Ho''. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:BWAscending4 heralds.jpg|thumb|Shaka... Shokey... THE BOSS has spoken! ''Yeahhhhh!'']]
Hardhead was a former military academy instructor, and though incapable of formulating his own stratagems, he had the ability to deliver great results when leading troops into the fray, so long as he was following someone else's plan. He oftentimes could be found drilling and whipping into shape the troops serving under him. His mastery of the sword was attributed to his years spent visiting other worlds and studying various fighting styles. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #2}}

At some point, he was recruited by Shokaract in his bid for godhood, and became one of [[Herald of Shokaract|his Heralds]]. Along with the other 'bots serving under the warlord, Hardhead was sent out into the cosmos to retrieve capsules of Angolmois. All of the heralds returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with capsules in hand as Shokaract made ready for his ascension. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}} Shokaract sent Hardhead and his other followers out into the planet's populace to sow chaos and discord, only recalling them to himself when he couldn't be bothered to dispatch some 'bots pestering him. But when they came to their master, the heralds found that Shokaract had disappeared; he had been whisked away into a transwarp netherspace. The group was ambushed by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] as they discussed what to do in their master's absence, and Shokaract's schemes were ultimately all undone. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Hard Head was junior security specialist aboard the ''[[Trypticon (G1)|Dinosaur]]''. He provided support to third-in-command [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] for a landing party on the planet [[Metascan Omega|LGC-8803]], looking for missing Cybertronian prisoners. While exploring the planet's surface with [[Crazybolt (BW)|Crazybolt]] and [[Bazooka (BW)|Bazooka]], Hard Head was attacked by the [[Destructon]]s, [[Second-born intellect|Second-Born Intellects]] intent on destroying them. They were saved by the intervention of their prisoner quarry, [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] and [[Transmutate (BW)|Trans-Mutate]].

After trading stories, Hard Head and his crew joined forces with the prisoners to prevent the Destructons from stealing their shuttle and returning to Cybertron. They were confronted by [[Bruton]] and the [[Lord Imperious Delirious]] himself at the site of the shuttle. The battle went poorly, as most of Hard Head's allies were defeated. The security bot did what he could to salvage the mission, rushing the shuttle and activating the emergency lockdown protocol, preventing Imperious from gaining access to the ship.

Unfortunately, that was only a temporary stop-gap. Imperious brought Hard Head's heavily damaged body to his laboratory. He implanted the Second-Born Intellect of Bruton into Hard Head's frame, snuffing out his spark in the process. The security specialist died trying to resist, and his screams echoed in the audio receptors of his crew. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Hardhead possessed a dinosaur alternate mode. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWNtoy-Hardhead.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Hat raises when mouth opens, so that he can eat it if he loses a bet.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Hardhead''' (ハードヘッド, [[1999]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-37'''
:*''Release date'': [[1999]] March ?
:*''Accessories'': "[[Pilesaber]]" sword, "[[Cyber-slash tail weapon|Revolution Shield]]" spinning shield
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the third wave of ''Beast Wars Neo'' products in Takara's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Hardhead is a [[retool]]ing of the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Deluxe Class [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Toys|Dinobot]] toy, transforming into a dinosaur that ''very'' vaguely resembles a ''{{w|Pachycephalosaurus}}''.

: In [[beast mode]], opening his lower jaw lifts his skullcap slightly, to loosely replicate him getting angry and blowing his cap off in a cartoony fashion. Alternatively, one can also use this gimmick as his "Hard Headbutt";<ref>An issue of ''[[TV Magazine]]'' called his head-butting attack the "Head Attack" (ヘッドアタック ''Heddo Atakku''), but this was changed to "Hard Headbutt" (ハードヘッドバット ''Hādoheddobatto'') in the cartoon and other media.</ref> pushing his skullcap into an object or surface like a battering ram, closing the jaw.

: In [[robot mode]], his tail detaches and splits down the middle to form his gear-powered "Revolution Shield," which spins when pushing on the protruding button. The central tail bone can also be removed and placed in his hand to form his "Pilesaber" sword. The entire assembly can also store in robot mode by flipping down the tail-mount and pegging the shield's base to the peg on his lower back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Destron/Hardhead/hardhead.htm More information on Hardhead at TFU.info]''
{{BWDinobotMold}}

{{-}}{{anchor|VS37}}{{anchor|VsPack}}
[[File:BWN-toy VS-37-box.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Sure, if by "Master Fencer" you mean "Managed to Hold the Sword by the Right End. On the Second Try."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Kengō no Taiketsu: Sharp Edge vs Hardhead''' (剣豪の対決シャープエッジVSハードヘッド, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-37'''
:*''Release date'': [[1999]] March ??
:*''Accessories'': "Pilesaber" sword, "Revolution Shield" spinning shield

: Hardhead was also available in the "Master Fencer Showdown" two-pack with the [[Maximal]] [[Sharp Edge#Toys|Sharp Edge]], also released in the third wave of ''Neo'' toys.

: Both toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.
{{--}}

==Notes==
*The ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of Hard Head is a "virtual redeco" of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Deluxe Class [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#CDT|Cybertron Defense Hot Shot]] toy.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Neo Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Predacons]]

March 11

2025-03-11T06:16:47Z

Jazztronomy:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|3|11}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1944]] —''' [[Lutz Mackensy]] (German voice of [[Joshua Joyce]] and [[Merlin]]) is born.
* '''[[1956]] —''' [[Rob Paulsen]] (voice of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] and others) is born in the United States, ''not'' Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru....
* '''1956 —''' [[Óscar Gómez]] (first Latin-American Spanish voice of [[Morshower]] and voice of [[Joshua Joyce]] and [[Merlin]] in the ''[[live-action film series]]'') is also born.
* '''[[1963]] —''' [[Alex Kingston]] (voice of ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' [[Quickshadow]]) is born.
* '''1963 —''' [[Jesús Barreda]] (Castilian Spanish voice of various characters including [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] in the ''[[Transformers (Armada PS2)|Armada PS2 game]]'' and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'' videogame) is born.
* '''[[1970]] —''' [[Cathlen Gawlich]] (German voice of [[Blackarachnia_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_continuity|Blackarachnia]] in [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]) is born.
* '''[[1976]] —''' [[Jeong Seon-hye]] (Korean voice of [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]) is born.
* '''[[1982]] —''' [[Robbie Daymond]] (voice of ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)| Rescue Bots]]'' [[Myles]] and [[Evan (RB)|Evan]]) is born with a Tuxedo.
* '''[[1988]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' episode "[[Operation: Destroy the Decepticons]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[1998]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Before the Storm|They're Coming]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''1998 —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[The Agenda (Part 1)]]" premieres in the US during a special "Toonami" week-long event on [[Cartoon Network]].
* '''[[2002]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]'' is released on DVD in the UK by [[Sony|Sony Wonder]] and [[Maverick Entertainment]].
* '''[[2006]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Critical]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[2008]] —''' "Transformers — Box-Set (2DVDs)" is released in [[Germany]] by [[Flex Media]].
* '''[[2009]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 8|#8]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''2009 —''' ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]] — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta'' is released on DVD in Italy by [[Medianetwork Communication]].
* '''[[2011]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Deus ex Machina]]" premieres on [[Hub Network|The Hub]].
* '''2011 —''' The ''[[Macrocosmic Seekers]]'' chapter "[[Journey to the Future]]" is e-mailed to [[e-HOBBY]] subscribers.
* '''[[2012]] —''' The first day of [[Cybertron Con 2012]] at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.
* '''[[2014]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers Armada]]'': [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)#United States|The Complete Series]] DVD set is released in the US by [[Shout! Factory]].
* '''[[2015]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Trust Exercises]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''2015 —''' The ''Robots in Disguise'' episode "[[True Colors]]" premieres in [[Portugal]].
* '''[[2020]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[Arcee/Greenlight: Run|#18]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2023]] —'''The ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' episode "[[Home, Part 2]]" premieres in [[Germany]].
* '''[[2025]] —'''The ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' episode "[[Judgment Day, Part 1]]" premieres in [[Indonesia]].

Judgment Day, Part 1

2025-03-11T06:10:55Z

Jazztronomy: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 43
|image=JudgementDayPt1-Quintessonjudge.jpg
|caption="What if you could change your mind, Judge?" "...I think we're gonna have to kill this guy, Mo."
|prev= The Truth Is Out There
|next= Judgment Day, Part 2
|title="Judgment Day, Part 1"
|season=3
|season ep=7
|airdate=[[October 25]], [[2024]] (Paramount+) [[TBA]], [[2024]] (Nickelodeon)
|production company=[[Hasbro Entertainment]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writer=[[Dale Malinowski]]
|animation studio=[[88 Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck|Vinton T. Heuck]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/sGi2dXMWngwWsz1v8GxMN27TcbTNcduq/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''An ancient evil arrives to lay claim to Quintus Prime's power.
'''

==Synopsis==
[[Robby Malto]] is still moping over the fact [[Izzy (ES)|Izzy]] turned out to be a Quintesson shapeshifter. [[Mo Malto|Mo]] tries to talk to him, continuing to hang out on the roof and chat when he tries to shrug her off. She's finally managing to get through to him when a Quintesson ship appears in the sky above the farm and moves to hover over the [[Chaos Dome]].

[[Autobot]]s, [[human]]s and [[Terran]]s are soon assembled at the edge of the dome. A [[hologram]] of the [[Quintesson Judge (ES)|Quintesson Judge]] appears in front of them and offers to unite with Robby and Mo to restore [[Quintus Prime]]'s power and "usher forth a new era of harmony for all." Robby, burnt by the Quintesson shapeshifter, is not keen on accepting the offer, and when [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] questions why they should even trust the Quintessons, the Judge uses the cruiser's firepower to shatter the dome. Mo realizes she and Robby have no choice but to head up to the Quintesson ship while the others handle the unleashed chaos energies, and volunteers [[Twitch]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] to come with them. The kids cyber-sync and fly off, while at Dot's request, [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] provides backup for them with [[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]] and [[Cosmos (ES)|Cosmos]]. The ship opens fire as they approach, not targeting the kids but just the backup, successfully shooting Megatron out of the sky and forcing Prowl and Cosmos to turn back while the kids continue on.

The Autobots meanwhile deal with the effects of the chaos tornado unleashed by the shattering of the dome, protecting [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]] citizens from flying vehicles and debris while the town is evacuated. [[Dot Malto|Dot]] eventually reports from the bridge out of town that everyone is safe. [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] has spent the time coming up with an idea to contain the chaos energy.

Robby, Mo, Twitch and Thrash reach the Quintesson ship, where Thrash complains about the random fish he's found — Robby turns out to be carrying the sardines from the funnel cake he shared with Izzy, much to the disgust of the others. Twitch has him hand them over and shreds them in her rotors. They're confronted by [[Quintesson Executioner (ES)|Quintesson Executioner]]s who seize Twitch and Thrash and take the pair away. The lead executioner announces Robby and Mo will be taken to the Pit of Judgement.

Nightshade works on modifying Optimus's trailer and outlines the plan: they'll use the [[Cyber Slayer]] to collect the chaos energy and channel it into [[Spitfire (ES)|Spitfire]] and [[Aftermath (ES)|Aftermath]], which should theoretically revive the two Chaos Terrans and also get rid of the storm. To this end, Optimus is leading a group to [[Terratronus]] to collect the Cyber Slayer and the Chaos Terrans.

The Executioner shows Robby and Mo into the chamber holding the Pit of Judgement where the Judge expresses an interest in their [[cyber-sleeve]]s, threatening to drop them in the pit full of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s unless they turn the devices over. Mo almost falls in when Robby can't maintain his grip on her wrist, but he manages to pull her back up with the help of a rope from his cyber-sleeve. The two kids reject the Judge's ultimatum and prepare to fight, only for the Judge to drop them into the pit.

Optimus's team reaches Terratronus's spark chamber, where they find [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] holding a tea party with the corpses of the two Chaos Terrans. [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]], who's had enough of Prowl's comments disparaging the Terrans, scolds his fellow Autobot. Starscream attempts to bargain for his freedom until [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] deactivates him from behind with the Cyber Slayer. While Prowl drags Starscream off to the brig in the Autobot base, the others start gathering up the Chaos Terrans.

Robby and Mo attempt to fend off the Sharkticons underwater, until finally the Sharkticons start swimming in circles, resulting in a vortex that drags the pair to the bottom of the pit. Reasoning that there must be some incredible technology down there, Mo digs through the layer of scrap and pulls out a massive cannon that clears the entire pit when she fires it. She turns the weapon on the Judge and Executioners, but it appears to be spent, so the pair instead have to flee. Unfortunately as the Executioners hunt them through the ship, they hit a dead end, and the Quintessons move in...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]] (7)
*[[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]] (13)
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (15)
*[[Cosmos (ES)|Cosmos]] (17)
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] (18)
*[[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]] (19)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] (23)

|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]] (2)
*[[Mo Malto]] (3)
*[[Dot Malto]] (10)
*[[Alex Malto]] (11)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Terratronus]] (1)
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] (6)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (8)
*[[Twitch]] (9)
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (12)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (14)
*[[Aftermath (ES)|Aftermath]] (24)
*[[Spitfire (ES)|Spitfire]] (25)

|h5=Others||c5=
*[[Quintesson Judge (ES)|Quintesson Judge]] (20)
*[[Quintesson Executioner (ES)|Quintesson Executioners]] (21)
*[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s (22)
}}

==Quotes==
"Worst case scenario is the top, and peachy keen is the bottom. Stop me when I get to where we are right now." 
''[Megatron moves his arm way up]'' 
"Oh." 
"Yeah."
:—'''Cosmos''' and '''Megatron'''

"Phew, what do they feed you up here?" 
"Bots and rude kids."
:—'''Mo''' and the '''Quintesson Executioner'''

"All the bad stuff aside, how cool is it that we're on a real alien spaceship?" 
"Sometimes I wonder if we're even related."
:—'''Mo''' and '''Robby'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*This is the first time Wheeljack has had any spoken dialogue since his apparent death back in "[[The Imposters]]", after making a silent cameo in "[[Witwicky, Part 2]]".
*Cosmos returns for the first time since "[[The Butterfly Effect]]". Dialog in several previous episodes has established that he's been tracking ships coming and going from Earth.
*The lead Quintesson Executioner is the same one Mo fought with in "[[In Ruins]]" — though this goes unspecified in dialogue, it has a damaged left arm following the final fight in that episode.
*The Sharkticons seen in this episode are very different looking from [[Blitzwave]] and [[Razor-Fin]] who were previously introduced in "[[The Last Hope, Part 1]]" and look more like their [[Sharkticon#Generation_1_continuity_family|Generation One]] selves.

===Transformers references===
*Various aspects of the Quintessons and their technology originate from their original appearance in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
**The Quintesson Judge is a redesign of the original [[Quintesson Judge (G1)|Quintesson Judge]].
**The Quintesson ship shares design aspects with the [[Quintesson Cruiser]] such as the oddly-angled disc sections.
**The original Quintessons also dropped their prisoners into a pit filled with liquid and Sharkticons, which at one point became a whirlpool.

===Real-world references===
*
===Errors===
* Just as Robby, Mo, Twitch, and Thrash fly towards the Quintesson Judge’s ship, Hashtag is briefly seen in her previous design where she turned into a [[G.H.O.S.T.]] van, which was changed after getting a new alt-mode in “[[Control Alt Delete]]”.

===Trivia===
*This is the first episode to feature every Autobot in the present day in EarthSpark altogether.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dia do Julgamento, Parte 1'''" ("Judgment Day, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25]], 2024

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Jugement Dernier, Partie 1'''" ("Judgement Day, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 1]], 2025

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der Jüngste Tag, Teil 1'''" ("Judgement Day, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 21]], 2024

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hari Penghakiman, Bagian 1'''" ("Judgement Day, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 11]], 2025

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Colan

2025-03-10T09:44:10Z

Jazztronomy: /* Revenge of the Fallen film */

:''Colan is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Movie continuity|live-action movie continuity]].''

[[Image:Professor Colan ROTF film.jpg|thumb|300px|right|"And how big do you want this robot?" "Lifesize." "Mmmm, no. Better make it two-thirds. Easier to stop if it turns on us."]]

Professor '''Colan''' is a professor of astronomy at [[Princeton University]]. His classes are always popular, particularly with the ladies. Perhaps it's his roguish good looks, perhaps his enthusiasm for his subject matter, or perhaps it's that he pays as much attention to the heavenly bodies ''inside'' his classroom as outside. Just don't try to upstage him, or you're in for a whole ''galaxy'' of pain.

{{quote|We're going on a journey together, you and I, today. All you eager, nubile, young minds on the cusp of adulthood.|Professor Colan makes sure everyone's legal|[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]}}

==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Rainn Wilson]]
{{voiceactor|[[Takeshi Maruyama]] (Japanese dub)|[[Ricardo Tejedo]] (Latin American-Spanish dub), [[Carlos Di Blasi]] (Castilian Spanish dub), [[Ettore Zuim]] (Portuguese - Brazilian dub), [[Guillaume Lebon]] (European French dub), [[Louis-Philippe Dandenault]] (Canadian French dub), [[David Nathan]] (German dub), [[Massimo Bitossi]] (Italian dub), [[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean dub)}}

[[Image:Professor Colan IDW ROTF 2.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Your pencils are creating a health hazard. I could fall and pierce an organ. ]]

Professor Colan was delivering the dazzling presentation of his first day of class, a feat which quite rightly titillated the ladies in the front row. Then [[Sam Witwicky|some upstart]] interrupted, and in spite of being told that now was not the time for questions rushed the podium and ''usurped'' the good professor's chalkboard. Suspecting that he was being "punk'd" in front of one of the university's deans, Professor Colan quite rightly drummed the rapscallion out of his class.

Several days later, after the [[Sun]] was nearly snuffed out by [[Decepticon|evil robots]], the ever-magnanimous professor welcomed Sam Witwicky back (but not without some sarcasm). {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Professor Colan’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]," and "[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]," and the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]."}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*As revealed on the film's audio commentary, the character was based on a real professor Bay knew at university.

[[Category:Astronomers]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen humans]]
[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]

Wheelie (ROTF)

2025-03-10T09:43:23Z

Jazztronomy: /* Movies */

{{factions|decepticon|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Wheelie}}
:''Wheelie is a [[Decepticon]] and later an [[Autobot]] from the [[movie continuity family]].''

[[File:ROTFWheelie.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Whaddaya lookin' at, [[Bonecrusher (dog)|slobberpuss]]?!]]
'''Wheelie''' (aka '''Wheels''') is a sneaky little salvage and scrap drone,<ref>Hasbro's online [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/TRANSFORMERS-Glossary.cfm ''Transformers'' glossary].</ref> always underfoot when you least expect it. As a reconnaissance specialist, he's equipped to the teeth with mid-range surveillance equipment. But his real asset is stealth, tooling along unseen and unsuspected while he accomplishes his mission. Unfortunately for his mission, he often bites off more than he can chew—and ends up being the one chewed on!

Although he does seem to have a bit of a "mouth" on him, Wheelie isn't really a ''bad'' sort: a loving home and a little strict discipline could whip him into shape. Allow disgruntlement with the Autobots to grow, however, and he may get ''mean''...

{{quote|Easy, [[Mikaela Banes|Warrior Goddess]], I'm just a little salvage scrap drone.|Wheelie, shortly after earning the nickname "Blinky"|''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The five movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Kōji Ochiai]] (Japanese)|[[Zhao Zhen]] (Chinese), [[Rainer Fritzsche]] (German), [[Luca Dal Fabbro]] (Italian), [[Sérgio Stern]] (Portuguese), [[Carlo Vázquez]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Alberto Mieza]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Gérard Surugue]] (European French), [[Renaud Paradis]] (Canadian French), [[İlham Erdoğan]] (Turkish), [[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean)}}

[[File:ROTF Wheeliesubtlespy.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|No one will suspect me of being anything other than a remote control car!]]
Disguised as a remote-controlled monster truck toy, Wheelie was spying on [[Sam Witwicky]]'s home when an incident involving an [[AllSpark]] shard occurred. Scanning [[Mikaela Banes]] as she departed, Wheelie noticed that she possessed the fragment, and sent a transmission to inform [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. On hearing this, Soundwave ordered Wheelie to steal the [[AllSpark]] fragment from Mikaela.

[[File:Wheelie ROTF movie trailer.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|No disassemble!]]
Wheelie attempted to unlock the safe in her garage containing the fragment, but the noise he made in trying to avoid the various dangerous objects on the floor alerted her to his presence, so she picked him up with tongs and burnt out his left eye with a blowtorch. Mikaela then demanded to know what he was doing there, and Wheelie explained that he needed to bring the AllSpark shard to the Decepticons, or he'd be terminated, begging mercy of Mikaela, who he dubbed "Warrior Goddess". Despite his protests, Mikaela locked him inside a box, which she took to [[Princeton University]] when Sam told her he had been having visions and breakdowns induced by the fragment. Along the way, Wheelie tried and failed to draw attention at airport security and his box was thrown at [[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]], sending it out a window when Alice dodged. Sam retrieved the box on Mikaela's orders. Although [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] later bisected Mikaela's car, Wheelie's box was undamaged and she retrieved and stored it in [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s trunk.

[[File:ROTF Wheelieonaleash.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|I feel so humiliated!]]
Wheelie was let out of the box at [[Seymour Simmons]]'s deli in [[New York City]]. Mikaela held him with a chain, but promised she would not hurt him if he promised to explain the [[Cyberglyphics]] Sam had been hallucinating about. Wheelie identified the symbols as the Language of the [[Dynasty of Primes|Primes]], and said that he couldn't read it. When he noticed the pictures of suspected Transformers, he identified them as the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], saying they could read the language and he could tell them where to find them. Wheelie did, and he accompanied Mikaela, Sam, Simmons, [[Leo Spitz]], Bumblebee, [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] to find [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] at the Smithsonian.

[[File:ROTF-Wheeliedryhumpsaleg.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|This is the culmination of 25 years of Transformers fiction. You've come a long way, baby.]]
Upon locating the ancient Seeker, Wheelie told the humans that Jetfire was a living legend, like "chairman of the board" type, and instructed Sam to point the shard at the Blackbird. The surge of energon sent through Jetfire awoke the ancient Seeker, who was irritable and cantankerous, and Wheelie noted that Jetfire had not aged very well. As the larger Decepticon made his way outside, he inquired on the state of the civil war, and informed the group that he had defected years earlier. Wheelie was shocked by Jetfire's discussion of how he defected from the Decepticons to the Autobots, a thought which had never occurred to him, and decided he too would defect to Warrior Goddess, humping Mikaela's leg in joy. Sam objected, but Mikaela noted Wheelie was faithful, [[Alice (ROTF)|unlike]] her boyfriend. That did not stop Sam from punting Wheelie.

Wheelie was taken by Jetfire's [[space bridge]] to [[Jordan]], and from there he travelled with the humans and Autobots to the [[Pyramid]]s of [[Egypt]]. He was present when Bumblebee was stopped by the Egyptian checkpoint officers. They arrived in Cairo, where he presumably decided to stay safely while everyone else searched for the [[Tomb of the Primes]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Wheelie's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]'', and ''[[The Last Prime]]''; the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]''; and the storybook "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]".}}

=====''Revenge of the Fallen'' novel adaptation=====
In Egypt, Wheelie stopped a police car by jumping onto its windscreen and smashing it, before Bumblebee and the Twins scared off the officers. After that he ripped off a wiper as a trophy, ran back to Mikaela and buried his face in her cleavage. Later, when the good guys had beaten the Decepticons, Wheelie spun around Sam and Mikaela happily in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{quote|"We had a nice run, Brains, you and me."|Wheelie as the ship prepares to crash|''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''}}

{{voiceactor|[[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Kōji Ochiai]] (Japanese)|[[Zhao Zhen]] (Chinese), [[Carlo Vázquez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Alberto Mieza]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Sérgio Stern]] (Portuguese), [[Gérard Surugue]] (European French), [[Renaud Paradis]] (Canadian French), [[Rainer Fritzsche]] (German), [[Luca Dal Fabbro]] (Italian), [[İlham Erdoğan]] (Turkish)}}
[[File:DOTMWheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Wheelie old buddy. I Haven't seen you in weeks. Where have you been hiding?]]
Wheelie, along with his new friend [[Brains]], moved in with Sam and [[Carly Spencer]], where they spent most of their time going through Carly's underwear or watching ''[[Star Trek]]'' reruns. Wheelie and Brains had a deep friendship, as shown by their constant companionship and their agreement on the [[Mikaela Banes|last girl]] being mean. However neither were exactly happy with their living arrangements, living in a box ''outside'' of the apartment itself, and had a [[Bonecrusher (dog)|dog]] for a neighbor. Wheelie complained about his living conditions, and said he wasn't so sure about moving in with Carly permanently.

[[File:Wheelie&brains-film-nestsoldiers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|I told you already, I defected to the Autobots!]]
They went with their human housemates to the [[NEST]] base to reveal information to the Autobots; however their offer of help was turned down by [[Charlotte Mearing]]. Wheelie later noted that they were disrespected greatly, and decided they were safer with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] at Sam and Carly's. However, when the Autobots were forced to leave Earth by the human authorities, both Wheelie and Brains were captured and shoved into a small cage. They begged for help from Sam, warning him the whole thing was a Decepticon trap. The duo, along with the other Autobots, were presumed to be killed when [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] destroyed the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' shortly after take-off.

Thankfully, Wheelie and Brains survived along with the rest of the Autobots by hiding in one of the booster rockets, and came to the aid of Sam, [[Robert Epps|Epps]], and the human race in [[Chicago]]. Wheelie told them that he and the other Autobots would always help humanity and they soon marched off to battle, riding [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] into the city. Unfortunately, Wheelie and Brains were left behind by the [[Wreckers]] when they were done distracting [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], having fallen off while they were firing.

[[File:Dotm-brains&wheelie-hijack-1.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Wheelie and Brains in ''The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel''.]]

As they wandered through the streets hopelessly, mumbling about the lack of support, they happened upon a crashed Decepticon ship. They rode it up to one of the massive Decepticon "mother ships" hovering over Chicago that was controlling several smaller ships like the one they hijacked. Wheelie and Brains overrode the ship's controls, dropping several of the small fighters, as well as some of the Decepticon crew, onto the battlefield, causing a distraction for [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] just at the right second, preventing Bumblebee from being executed after [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]]. This also allowed the Autobots to gain an essential lead in the battle, proving the duo's worth in the end as the massive ship crashed into a large body of water below. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Wheelie’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]'', and the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]''.}}
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====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Tom Kenny]] (English, credited as "Wheels"), [[Kōji Ochiai]] (Japanese)|[[Zhao Zhen]] (Chinese), [[Gérard Surugue]] (European French), [[Renaud Paradis]] (Canadian French), [[Sérgio Stern]] (Portuguese), [[Carlo Vázquez]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Alberto Mieza]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Rainer Fritzsche]] (German), [[Oreste Baldini]] (Italian), [[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean)}}
[[File:TLKWheelieAndJimmy.jpg|right|upright=1.6|thumb|Well, it beats the leg-humping, at least.]]
Wheelie survived the events of the Chicago war and the subsequent years of Transformer hunting and joined the Autobots in hiding at [[Cade Yeager]]'s [[Junkyard (TLK)|scrapyard]]. His days were spent checking out "hot" vehicles online and arguing with [[Jimmy (TLK)|Jimmy]]. When Cade returned to find [[Daytrader]] hanging around, Wheelie happily informed him that it was because Jimmy had let him in in exchange for an alien gun. The two began to argue and Jimmy seized the small bot but was stopped from doing anything further by Cade.

Later, he watched as [[Izabella]] attached a salvaged Decepticon arm to replace [[Sqweeks]]' missing one. When he commented on Sweeeks being an ugly little bot (talk about calling the kettle black), said bot then flicked him away. When the Decepticons and the [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]] discovered their refuge, he evacuated to a nearby town with the humans and Autobots. He stayed close to Cade when he rigged traps for the Decepticons but became overcome with fear at seeing Megatron in person again and asked Cade if it was alright to "bail", though not before freaking out at seeing the knights talisman attach itself to Cade. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===Titan movie comics===
[[File:Titan5 Wheeliparatrooper.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|"Are you sure this'll take my ''weeeiiiggggh-'' '''*KRNCH*''']]

During the Decepticon plot to frame [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] and [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]], Wheelie was parachuted onto their prison convoy by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Once there, he swiftly freed the twins and offered them a place in the Decepticons before he made good his escape.

Also, he totally [[:File:Titan5 Wheeliethemurderer.jpg|murdered two people]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}}

[[File:Titan20_WheelieIronhide.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|The answer was "on page 4".]]

A year and a half after defection, the Autobots ''still'' didn't trust Wheelie ([[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] in particular making no secret of his contempt) and he knew it. When he volunteered to help hit a Decepticon command hub and was rebuffed, Wheelie tore into the Autobots for how they would never trust him and how they were still waiting for him to backstab them. Bitter and angry, Wheelie went off... to backstab them, warning [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] of the Autobot/NEST strike team so they could be ambushed.

But Bludgeon was being backstabbed too, as Wheelie disabled the command hub's security features and summoned [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] to Earth. Megatron welcomed him back into the fold {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} and Wheelie knew that, with the true leader back, he could come back in from the cold. Yes, it had all gone well for Wheelie... until [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]], half dead and crazed for "SPARE... PARTS!", came into the command hub. The Autobots would turn up later and find ''bits'' of Wheelie, sending them to Ratchet to see if there was anything he could do... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

====Letters page====
[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] really, really, ''really'' disliked Wheelie. Optimus Prime stopped him using the guy as a 'target marker' {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|#15's Law and Disorder}} and he asked the Decepticons to come collect (and torture) him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10|#10's Law and Disorder}}
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===Coloring books===
{{charstubfiction}}
[[File:Wheels rotfcoloringbook.jpg|thumb|Oh '''SNAP!''']]
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===''I Can Read!'' Books===
[[File:BeeandWheeliehighfive-BuddyBrawl.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Wheelie was out for a drive with Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela one day when Starscream swooped down and began to attack them! Wheelie suggested to Bumblebee that they outwit the Decepticon to defeat him. Bumblebee disagreed, saying that they had to destroy Starscream's wings to defeat him. The two Autobots began to argue, becoming oblivious to Starscream attacking their human companions. Thankfully, Optimus Prime showed up to knock out Starscream. Optimus then chastised Wheelie and Bumblebee for allowing their feelings get in the way of protecting Sam and Mikaela. Wheelie realized he was in the wrong, but was still too worked up to make his apologies to Wheelie. Instead, yelled out that he would never apologize. His rant was interrupted when Starscream regained consciousness and resumed his attack. Optimus ordered Wheelie to work with Bumblebee to stop Starscream. The pair managed to do so by outwitting Starscream and destroying his wings, making the Decepticon crash into a nearby tunnel and crippling his flying abilities. With Starscream down, Wheelie and the rest of the group celebrated another victory over the Decepticons. {{storylink|Buddy Brawl}}
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===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Wheelieandbrainsrisingstorm3.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=2.0]]
Wheelie was built north of the docks in [[Burthov]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

Sam, Bumblebee and Wheelie took [[Brains]] to Sam's college, which the Decepticons promptly attacked. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} In the battle that followed, Wheelie alerted Sam that Brains was missing. This eventually led them to rescue Brains from [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} Wheelie then welcomed Brains to the Autobots, causing Brains to tear up. After the battle he and Brains moved to [[Washington, D.C.]] with Sam. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
Wheelie witnessed [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]'s battle with three Decepticon combiners. (The Aerialbots were the winners!) {{storylink|Kre-O Micro-Changers Combiners comic}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Ride – 3D''===
As [[you]] continue your way through the NEST base, Wheelie will inform you of incoming Decepticons, including Megatron.

He intercepted a transmission from Megatron and reported it to [[Morshower|General Morshower]], though first he aired his complaints about his mattress in his room, and asked for a couple months of sick leave. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ride – 3D}}

==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
[[File:Wheelie ROTF deluxe toy.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|[http://web.archive.org/web/20171012015702/http://www13.atpages.jp/pcwr/top15/log213.htm WHEEL•E]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Deluxe Class, 2009)}}</ul>
:*''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-09'''
{{toydesigner|[[Alex Kubalsky]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Deluxes, Wheelie transforms from a compact "remote controlled" monster truck to one of the taller Deluxe-Class figures. His face becomes part of the truck bed in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], with his eyes forming the tailgate and being visible from the inside of the bed, and with his [[kibble|mouth]] just laying there, yeah.

: His main gimmick is a flip-around panel that shifts his allegiance from Decepticon to Autobot (and back) by twisting a translucent plunger on his waist. He features articulated fingers and his eyes are also on independent rotating swivels, giving him the ability to have somewhat different expressions. Each eye is sculpted differently as well, with his left eye having less detail than the right, a reference to when Mikaela blow-torched his eye.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Wheelie at TFU.info]''

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[[File:ROTF Wheelie Sideways 2-pack.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Weasel versus coward.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Autobot Wheelie vs. Decepticon Sideways''' (Deluxe Class two-pack, 2009)}}</ul>

:An unchanged version of Wheelie was released in a two-pack, alongside an unchanged version of the dark silver variant of [[Sideways (ROTF)#Deluxe2Pack|Sideways]]. This two-pack has been confirmed to have been released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in the United Kingdom and Germany, and as a Target exclusive in Australia.

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[[File:ROTF-toy Wheelie.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Now a toy that actually matches my size.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, 2009)}}</ul>

: Part of the fifth wave of [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] figures, Wheelie transforms into a generic "remote controlled" monster truck. You can see his eyes in vehicle mode, right where his rear window should be.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/LegAutobotWheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Legends Wheelie at TFU.info]''
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-Shockwave-Wheelie-figurine.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Shockwave''' (Leader Class, [[2019]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Dark of the Moon'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number:'' '''56'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-45'''

:A ''very small'' (yes, smaller than his Legends Class counterpart) [[Slug figure|non-transforming figure]] of Wheelie is included with ''[[Studio Series]]'' Leader Class [[Shockwave (Movie)#Generations|Shockwave]], being included alongside his pal [[Brains]] to match with the brief scene where the pair runs away from the larger Decepticon foe. The figure has no articulation and is just over a centimeter tall making it one of the smallest figures ever released.
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==Notes==
[[File:ROTFWheelieprop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right|Sadly, you can't buy the big one in stores.]]
* The physical prop for Wheelie's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] used for the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|movie]]<ref name="udvarhazy">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/curlrup Various ROTF props and toys on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center], July/August 2009</ref> is a modified monster truck version of a Ford F-350 pick-up truck, specifically a customized Tamiya F-350 High Lift RC toy including a grille guard,<ref name="highlift">[http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=58372 Tamiya USA's page for the F-350 High Lift]</ref> with the body slightly shortened and mounted on an HPI Wheely King chassis.<ref name="wheely">[http://www.hpieurope.com/kit-info.php?partNo=10831&lang=en HPI's page for the Wheely King]</ref> Other modifications include the use of Integy Alloy TVP chassis plates,<ref name="alloy">[http://www.integy.com/st_prod.html?p_prodid=4943&p_catid=114 Team Integrity's page for the Alloy TVP chassis plates.]</ref> HPI Spike Truck Wheels<ref name="hpispike">[http://www.hpiracing.com/products/en/3082/ HPI page for the Spike Truck Wheels]</ref> and (possibly scratch-built) fender add-ons for the truck body itself. A prop for one of Wheelie's feet, complete with an attached tire, was also made.<ref name="udvarhazy"/>
* Wheelie was a bit different in earlier drafts of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' script. Originally, he was a much more primitive little creature, speaking in a broken, simplistic dialogue—source of the "Warrior Goddess" epithet that is pretty much completely out of place with the fast-talking Italian accent he ultimately wound up with in the finished film. This version of the character appeared in the film [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] and in the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]], since they were both based on the script; furthermore, [[Simon Furman]] rather oddly kept using this portrayal of the character in [[Titan Books|Titan]]'s [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|UK comic]] several months after the film had come out before knocking it off about a year-and-a-half later.
* In their audio commentary on the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' DVD and Blu-ray release, screenwriters [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] refer to Wheelie by his early working name, "Wheels". The credits for ''The Last Knight'' also identifies the character as "Wheels". Meanwhile, [[Michael Bay]] and the credits for both ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''Dark of the Moon'' calls him by his toys' name.
* Seeing Mikaela for the first time, Wheelie describes her as "hot" but "not too bright." Interesting that a sentient machine would find a human [[Transformer romance|sexually attractive]].
* [[Titan Books|Titan Comics]] and [[Hasbro]] [[United Kingdom|UK]] seemed unaware of Wheelie's return in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', since in their comics, Wheelie defected back to the Decepticons—in a way that left an Autobot dead—in one issue and then had him eaten in the next! The Autobots are unaware he betrayed them and talk like Ratchet can patch him up, but that seems a last-minute "oh whoops" patch-up.
* Despite changing sides in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Wheelie still sports an embossed Decepticon symbol on his back in his subsequent appearances.
* The [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|''Dark of the Moon'' novelization]] has Wheelie joke about a theoretical ''[[Star Trek]]'' episode where the ''[[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' was revealed as a Transformer. Pffft, [[Prime's Directive, Part Three|as if ''that'' could ever happen...]]
* Footage was filmed of Wheelie in his altmode for ''The Last Knight'', but ultimately went unused.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2016/06/17/transformers-5-possible-confirmation-another-returning-character-317251 Transformers 5: Possible Confirmation Of Another Returning Character – TFW2005]</ref>
** It seems that some slight alterations to Wheelie's altmode were made, such as different wheels.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wheelie''' (ウィーリー ''Wīrī'')
*''German:'' '''Wheeler''' (''Revenge of the Fallen'' dub)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zhuàn Lún''' (转轮, "Reel")

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Studio Series Autobots]]
[[Category:The Last Knight Autobots]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]

Vehicon (Prime)

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{{disambig3|Vehicon}}
:''Vehicons are [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Vehicon concept TFP.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|There are many copies, and they have a plan: to look ''bitchin'.'']]

'''Vehicons''' may be [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and/or [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s cannon fodder and suffer from particularly poor marksmanship, but they do possess sweet alternate modes, be they sports cars, jets (a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] variant), helicopters, tanks or trucks.

If they're not slagged by an [[Autobot]], they can be used for experimentation or even simply recycled for parts by a superior, but that's their lot in life, and by and large, they accept this. Their primary motivation is the thought that someday they might make a name for themselves —literally— and rise to the upper ranks. Thus they have a tendency to follow orders blindly, and are highly expendable.

They can appear in a large variety of colors, including black, silver, blue, red, green, yellow, and purple.

Many of them were placed on board the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' after the defeat of [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and Megatron's self-exile.

They are also known as '''Eradicons''', or simply as '''Decepticon Troopers'''.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
The ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' had a complement of Vehicons, who were knocked unconscious by the ship's explosive [[space bridge]] journey. They were some of the last crew members to awaken in the aftermath. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

[[Superion (Prime)|Superion]] battered his way through hordes of Vehicons after crashing into the Nemesis while he made his way towards the engines to sabotage them. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] / [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] / [[Frank Welker]] / [[Daran Norris]] / [[Josh Keaton]] / [[David Kaye]] / [[David Sobolov]] / [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Yūki Tai]], [[Yasunori Masutani]] (episode 49) (Japanese)|[[Jaime Roca]] / [[Luis Vicente Ivars]] / [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] / [[José María Carrero]] / [[Jorge Saudinós]] / [[Carlos López Benedí]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Arturo Cataño]] / [[Héctor Moreno]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Klaus Lochthove]] / [[Uwe Jellinek]] / [[Roman Kretschmer]] / [[Matthias Klages]] / [[Jan Kurbjuweit]] / [[Raimund Krone]] (German), [[Frédéric Meaux]] (French), [[Élcio Sodré]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Lukasz Węgrzynowski]] (Polish, episode 6), [[Krzysztof Cybiński]] (Polish, episode 13), [[Hyeon Lee]] / [[Yeong-wung Jeong]] / [[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean)}}

[[File:Eradicons Group Darkness Rising 2.jpg|thumb|left|Possibly the most beautiful [[army-building|army-builder]]s ever.]]
[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] had a couple of Vehicons at her disposal on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They captured [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]], and were later blasted by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] during Arcee's rescue. {{storylink|Predatory}} The ''Nemesis'' had a complement of Vehicons on board. Starscream took them with him when he visited [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When Starscream arrived on Earth, he brought a ''scrapload'' of Vehicons with him. A large squad of them jumped Cliffjumper and took him prisoner, and two were later sent to take out Arcee. They proved quite powerful opponents when it came to physical combat, able to get both Arcee ''and'' Bumblebee on the ropes without much difficulty; only [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s arrival caused them to withdraw. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[File:Bulkhead Eradicon Darkness Rising 3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Drones are people too!]]

When first Bulkhead and later other Autobots made an assault on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', the drones did their best to hold them off but, while still doing damage, were taken down after a drawn-out battle. One managed to capture [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while another came close to murdering the kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

When Megatron wanted to defend his space bridge, he sent in a squad of Vehicons with space-jet modes. In a pitched battle, the Autobots flattened them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

In the aftermath of Megatron's demise, Starscream delivered a stirring speech to the Vehicon troopers, only for one of them to question how they'd defeat the Autobots without Megatron's leadership. Starscream's pronouncements met with a lackluster response from the Vehicons, leading him to seek [[Skyquake (Prime)|alternate help]]. The troops must have been pleased when Starscream recovered Megatron's body and placed him in sickbay. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:PrimeVehiconJets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang's deadlier cousins.]]

Some flying Vehicons shot down [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s ship, before he hacked them to bits with his swords. A bunch more presumably overwhelmed him so that [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] could take his place. Makeshift finished off two of the Vehicons once Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee arrived, in order to maintain his disguise. Poor disposable Vehicons. Starscream prepared a battalion of Vehicons to go through the [[GroundBridge]] once Makeshift opened it, however Wheeljack killed his Vehicon guard and attacked them atop the Decepticon ship before escaping through the GroundBridge itself. When the GroundBridge opened a second time, the Vehicons rushed into it, only to be knocked over by Makeshift being thrown through it in the other direction. Yet more Vehicons were taken out a short time later when a bomb attached to Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:WingedVehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"The Danger Zone looks greener than I was expecting."]]
A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's [[trailer]] before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Dissatisfied with the progress of Megatron's recovery, the crew voted to bring in outside help, and Starscream summoned [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to repair their leader. One single Vehicon was with Starscream, Knock Out, and Breakdown when they were going to drain an energon seam using the recently stolen [[Energon Harvester]]. When Knock Out tried to correct Starscream on who was responsible for obtaining the device, Starscream demonstrated the Harvester's abilities by using it on the Vehicon, draining it of its energon. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

A couple of Vehicons were present when Starscream chewed out (and subsequently punished) Knock Out for his going out on a street racing escapade one too many times. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

The Vehicons were put to work repairing the ship's electromagnetic shielding after it failed, and despite working as fast as they could, it was taking a while. Partly because Starscream was drawing them from their duties to smack them around. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} While controlling Bumblebee, Megatron trashed a bunch of Vehicons in the Decepticon ship. Another batch of them came running when Megatron revived in his own body, and were promptly ordered to destroy [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

A lone Vehicon was manning the Decepticon [[GroundBridge]] when Starscream requested an emergency bridge back to the ship. Starscream yelled at it to keep quiet about his activities, and it silently watched him leave the room. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} Four Vehicons accompanied Starscream in an attempt to rescue Breakdown, who had been captured by [[MECH]]. By the time they arrived, Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead. They prepared to attack the Autobot, who flattened them by throwing Breakdown at them. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Several Vehicons were fighting Bumblebee and Arcee when the latter had to leave suddenly. Luckily Bumblebee was more than capable of taking care of the rest of them on his own. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} Breakdown was escorted to the bridge by a couple of Vehicons when he returned to the ''Nemesis'' with Airachnid. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} A couple of Vehicons were on guard on the ''Nemesis'' bridge when Megatron ordered Airachnid and Starscream to go find the wreck of the ''[[Harbinger]]''. {{storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}}

[[File:Tfprime vehicon vehicle.jpg‎|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The Black Baron]]
Knock Out and Breakdown were assisted in their quest to grab a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] by a squad of Vehicons. Another squad accompanied Megatron when he attempted to capture Bulkhead who had the data from the cylinder in his head. The Autobots pretty much trashed those Vehicons, after which Megatron decided no one was having the cylinder and flew off. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} Vehicons played a large role in the collection of more energon. A number of them aided Knock Out and Breakdown during a transport mission, and were pounded by Ratchet. Others of them protected a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]], though not very well as they were trashed by the Autobots. Yet more Vehicons in an energon mine were smashed up when the Autobots went to rescue Ratchet. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

Several squads of Vehicons attacked a military base to retrieve a power source for the Decepticons' new space bridge, and were wiped out by Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead before they could get away. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} None of the Vehicons were particularly keen to go against Airachnid when she decided Megatron probably wasn't coming back from his trip to see [[Unicron]]. A group of them were on the bridge to bow subserviently when Megatron eventually did return. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Megatron informed the Vehicons to be careful with their words around the amnesiac Optimus Prime. Some of them accompanied Knock Out and Breakdown in a raid on a military installation to get a power source. Arcee busted up a bunch of them when she got on board and hunted for Optimus. Starscream encountered a good number of them when he sneaked on board to steal [[energon cube]]s too. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} The Vehicons caught up with Starscream, but were unable to stop him escaping the ship. The Autobots mowed their way through the Vehicons guarding the Decepticon space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

Two Vehicons were assigned to guard Orion after he discovered the truth. He appealed to them to help him warn the Autobots of Megatron's plans, and they responded by beating him. They didn't do so well after he worked out he had guns. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}} Megatron used Vehicons to unearth the [[Spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], but abandoned them to be trashed by the Autobots in order to return to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Two Vehicons accompanied Knock Out when he presented his latest find, a powerful force-field generator, to Megatron. When Megatron performed an impromptu test of the device by shooting at Knock Out, his companions quickly scampered away. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

Vehicons could be seen going about their regular duties as Dreadwing first pledged his loyalty to Megatron.{{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and a squadron of flying Vehicons came to Megatron's aid when he was surrounded by Autobots. Though Dreadwing promised to let the Autobots go if they spared Megatron, Megatron himself ordered the Vehicons to destroy the Autobots. Naturally, that didn't work out for the Vehicons. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}} The Vehicons later responded to a Decepticon beacon Bulkhead had triggered on the Nemesis. They approached what they thought was [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream]] and pursued him instead. They later helped Megatron fight against incoming [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

The Nemesis later crashed and Megatron used Dark Energon to bring it back online. As a consequence, the ship started having a mind of its own and Megatron sent the entire ship's crew to stop the ''Nemesis''. They failed and were stasis locked. The Vehicons and the rest of the Decepticons started regaining consciousness when Jack disabled the ship's Dark Energon influence. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Four of them were dispatched to [[Antarctica]] with Dreadwing to find one of the relics. They mostly ended up guarding Starscream, and were all dispatched during the course of a fight with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Triangulation}} Only Soundwave was successful in retrieving the relic he was sent to fetch, and the Vehicons manning the bridge once more got an earful of Megatron chewing out the rest of his subordinates for their failures. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}} A couple of Vehicons made their feelings about the Insecticons clear within earshot of [[Hardshell]], resulting in a brawl between the two groups. {{storylink|Hurt}} Some Vehicons and Insecticons were sent to investigate a crashed Decepticon escape pod. Those that weren't killed by the Autobots perished when the pod exploded. {{storylink|New Recruit}} A bunch of them attempted to defend a military base while Soundwave hacked the computer. They pretty much all got slagged, including one who was blasted by the orbital death laser Soundwave was controlling. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

Megatron had some with him when he was trying to recover the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. Amazingly several actually escaped destruction when the Autobots attacked and returned to the ship with their leader. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}} [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] found them easy to evade with the [[phase shifter]], though once he jumped off the ''Nemesis'', an enraged Megatron flung a Flyer and a Trooper after him before ordering more Flyers after him. Two Flyers crashed once Smokescreen phased through the ground while the screaming Trooper blew up after them. Two Flyers accompanying Megatron surveyed the wreckage. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

[[File:PrimeDarkestHourStarscreamsArmadaGroup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Starscream cosplayers are a terrible force to be reckoned with.]]
Megatron and a large number of Vehicons went to Cybertron with the Omega Keys to find the [[Omega Lock]]. They were ambushed by the Autobots, and the Vehicons who survived the attack were taken out by the [[spark extractor]] that Smokescreen dropped in their midst. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Vehicon reinforcements surrounded the Autobots after they were forced to drop their weapons, but didn't last long once Optimus grabbed the Star Saber again. Many flying Vehicons with spanking new paint jobs took part in the attack on the Autobot base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

They were tasked with searching through the rubble of the Autobot base for bodies, but found only Airachnid and the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. A couple were sent to attack Arcee and Jack Darby, and were blown up in a gas station explosion. Some more of them accompanied Knock Out to Cybertron and managed to dig up the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} A Vehicon execution team totally failed to execute Wheeljack, but as it turned out, this was part of Starscream's plan as he had counted on them failing. Oddly enough, the flying Vehicons he sent to dispatch Wheeljack and Bulkhead failed too, as they fell into a trap and were blown up. {{storylink|Scattered}}

A squad of Vehicons bore witness to Shockwave bringing his [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[Predaking (Prime)|experiment]] to Earth, and unleashing it to track down Wheeljack. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} The Vehicon forces were subsequently spread thin all over America as Starscream dispatched them to investigate "Autobot mischief." Those that remained at Darkmount had to deal with various fronts of attack from the Autobots, the invaders were all eventually taken prisoner... until Optimus returned in an upgraded body. The tide of the battle turned once more, and the Vehicons were defeated en masse by the Autobots. Though Megatron planned to use the fortress's fusion cannons to destroy nearby metropolises, this plan when to scrap as well when Optimus threw his nemesis into the cannons' power core. With the battle ultimately lost, Starscream ordered a couple of Vehicons to escort Megatron back to the warship, despite their leader's protests. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

Shockwave had a squad of Vehicons with him in [[Texas]], while digging up [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains. They didn't last particularly long against Bumblebee and Smokescreen. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} A team of Vehicons searching for Predacon fossils in [[Scotland]] was taken out by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and the Wreckers. Starscream took two seekers with him to investigate the team's disappearance, and both of them somehow managed to survive an encounter with [[Miko Nakadai]] in the Apex Armor. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

Arcee and Wheeljack managed to bridge into the middle of a squad of Vehicons in [[New Mexico]] ''and'' took the lot of them out without breaking a sweat. Meanwhile, Starscream attempted to have a couple of Vehicons repair the communication dish on the ''Nemesis'' with little success. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

When [[Silas|Cylas]] was turned into a sort of energon zombie in an experiment, Starscream was confident that the highly trained Vehicons would be able to deal with it. Surprise! They didn't. A bunch of them got infected and turned into more energon zombies instead. A cleanup team headed by Soundwave eventually eradicated the infected Vehicons. {{storylink|Thirst}} As a result of the infection, Vehicon numbers were cut by a half. That didn't stop the Decepticons using a number of them as bait to lure the Autobots to Shockwave's off-site laboratory. {{storylink|Evolution}}

A group of Vehicons accompanied Shockwave to the [[Solaris particle collider]] installation. {{storylink|Minus One}} They all died. Five Seeker Vehicons joined Starscream in an attack on the Autobot base and all managed to survive, despite the US military sending a squad of [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]]s against them. {{storylink|Persuasion}} They didn't survive an encounter with Optimus Prime when they were sent out with Starscream to intercept a signal though. The Vehicons on the ''Nemesis'' meanwhile had to cope with first one of [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]'s rampages, and then an invasion of Autobots. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Though they put up a desperate defense, the Vehicons were unable to fight off the Autobot assault. Their remaining numbers presumably evacuated the ''Nemesis'' in escape pods. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

A handful of Vehicons (ineptly) attempted to help Bulkhead build a new space port for those who returned to Cybertron. Most of the others were kept locked up with Knock Out. When Starscream arrived and freed them all, the Vehicons attempted to help him retake the warship, only to be blasted by the Autobots. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
[[File:RID 2015 Vehicons.jpg|thumb|left|Finally they don't die!!!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)}}
[[Glowstrike]] had a number of colorful Vehicons at her command, {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} using them to guard her Mini-Con prisoners. {{storylink|Portals}}

Two Vehicons who were guarding Decepticon Island were very impressed with the supposed captures made by [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], who was forced to knock his admirers out when they got suspicious. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Vehicons were some of the many Decepticons who helped [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] in his attempt to capture the invading Autobots. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Adventure'' toy bios=====
Certain Vehicons who displayed particular talent were promoted to the rank of Ground Vehicon General, becoming soldiers considered above and beyond regular Vehicons. Following the Decepticons' defeat and disappearance of the Vehicon armies, one of these generals fell in with [[Black Shadow (RID)|Black Shadow]]. {{storylink|#Adventure|Ground Vehicon General bio}}

=====e-HOBBY comics=====
During an intrusion from [[Cloud World]] into his universe, a Vehicon witnessed the bloodthirsty [[Drift (G1)#Cloud|Deadlock]] shoot a downed [[Override (RID)|Override]] in the head. {{Storylink|Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock}}

====IDW ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Three Vehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|GO, GO, Vehicon Rangers!]]
Vehicons were stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], building [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s space bridge. They captured [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] were killed when she blew up the space bridge. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

====Titan ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Titan4.1 Vehicon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Have you seen Blue, my puppy?"]]
After the Autobots accidentally uncovered a nuclear warhead, a group of Vehicons mistook the energy signature for an energon trace and headed toward [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to investigate. They were welcomed to the neighbourhood by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee, who comprehensively dismantled them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

After a hypnotised Raf opened the GroundBridge, the Decepticons sent wave after wave of Vehicons through it into the Autobot base. The Autobots valiantly kept them at bay until Raf recovered and reconfigured the GroundBridge to suck the Vehicons back through, though there were a few loose parts left behind. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}} The Vehicons had trouble flying the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' through a storm when Megatron tasked Starscream with finding a way to flush out the Autobots. Starscream took a bunch of them with him to then take [[Air Force One]] hostage, and secured the plane's passengers within the Grand Canyon. Though the Autobots took the bait, they easily dispatched all of Starscream's troops in their rescue attempt. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Megatron forced the Vehicons to engage in a series of deathmatches in a cave below the [[Erta Ale volcano]]. This included pitting Starscream against one of the larger Vehicons, [[Fearstorm]], however Starscream used his wits to defeat his foe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}} Some land and air Vehicons accompanied [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] to test his [[neuron refractor]] on Optimus Prime. They actually managed to subdue Bulkhead and Arcee when the pair came looking for their leader, but once Optimus was back on his feet, the surviving Decepticons fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} After Bulkhead destroyed an energon store, Megatron and six Vehicons tracked him through the forest, eventually dog-piling him and taking him back to the ''Nemesis''. Later, a couple of the Vehicons found the Autobots' kids trying to free the prisoner, but were dispatched by Optimus before they could do anything about it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

[[File:Titan4.14 Vehicon mummies.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|He ain't no dummy, He's chummy, And he's myyyyyyy mummy!]]
Many Vehicons took part in a battle against the Autobots in [[The Wave]]. Some of them tried to outflank Team Prime, only to be smashed to pieces by Bulkhead's wrecking ball. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}} A good number of them accompanied Megatron in an attack on the [[Statue of Liberty]], only to be smashed up by Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The final indignity came when Bumblebee threw a lifeless Vehicon in an attempt to knock Megatron off the statue. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}} When Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] took over the TV show ''[[Down and Out]]'', they were accompanied by four Vehicons who disguised themselves as mummies to fit with the show's muddled Aztec/Egyptian theme and attacked Optimus and Bulkhead. Bulkhead took care of them while Optimus rescued the human hostages. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}
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====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic====
[[Vehicon 367]] complained about being under-appreciated by Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime issue 44|Issue #44}}
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====IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
Three Vehicons, designated XL-917, XL-571, and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] were assigned by Starscream to establish an energon mine. Many years later, unaware that the Decepticon army had been defeated, the trio continued to toil until they were discovered by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. Steeljaw convinced them that he was a superior officer, and had them help him kidnap [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] and [[Russell Clay]]. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}}

Together with Steeljaw's men, the Vehicons set about mining the energon. When Bumblebee and his team arrived, the Vehicons joined in the combat, revealing the bomb which Starscream had left them. Optimus Prime arrived and revealed that the war was over, the Decepticon army defeated, and Steeljaw was not part of Starscream's command, at which point the Vehicons turned on their would-be leader. Though Optimus offered them an olive branch, they instead opted to go back into hiding and await Megatron's inevitable return. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

====''Adventure''====
A Ground Vehicon General was witness to [[Deadlock (Cloud)|Deadlock]] killing [[Override (RID)|Override]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock}}

===Decepticon's Storytime Theater===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Hamill]]}}
A jet Vehicon [[narrator|told his audience]] about the sad tale of [[Stumble Bee]]. {{storylink|Decepticon's Storytime Theater - The Story of Stumble Bee|The Story of Stumble Bee}}

==Commercial appearances==
*After Optimus and Bumblebee received some new secret weapons from Ratchet, they turned their new acquisitions on legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Weaponizers|Weaponizers commercial}}

*Ratchet and Bumblebee used the [[Optimus Maximus (Prime)|Optimus Maximus]] mech to blast legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Optimus Maximus|Optimus Maximus commercial}}

*A bunch of Vehicons watched video footage from {{w|The Super Hero Squad Show|various}} {{w|Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|strange}} {{w|Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters|realms}}, and one [[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha|realm]] [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|vaguely familiar]], along with footage from their own universe on a screen somewhere on the Nemesis while chanting "[[Huboom!]]" {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Huboom!|Huboom! Saturdays}}

*A couple of Vehicons reacted to Megatron's answers as he took questions from his adoring public. They mostly seemed dismayed at his replies. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron}}

*As Megatron read ''{{w|A Visit from St. Nicholas}}'', three Vehicons discussed the stirring preferences of mice, landing on Egg Nog. Megatron then threatened to put them on the naughty list. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Naughty List|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Naughty List"}} Several Vehicons sang about figgy pudding until Megatron shouted them down. One of the Vehicons then asked for a pony. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pudding|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Pudding"}} Two rogue Vehicons decorated the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' in Christmas lighting. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Holiday Schmoliday|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Holiday Schmoliday"}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Wave after wave of Terrorcons attacked the town of [[Jasper]] and its surrounding area in a bid to amass as much Dark Energon as possible before launching an assault against the Autobots' headquarters. They were defeated by Bumblebee, Arcee and Optimus Prime. {{Storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense|Terrorcon Defense}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English, Car and Truck), [[Josh Keaton]] (English, Car and Jet), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English, Helicopter and Tank)}}
[[File:Transformers prime the game vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/383647-minor-character-fandom The Fabulous Adventures] of [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve the <s>Eradicon</s> Vehicon]]]]
The Vehicons were the primary foot soldiers of the Decepticons, coming in five variants with different alternate modes.
*Car Vehicons don't have access to blasters, instead relying exclusively on melee combat.
*Jet Vehicons slowly fire lasers and will stop shooting for a while after enough shots.
*Helicopter Vehicons act as snipers, firing lasers when in vehicle mode. In robot mode they aim at the player with a laser sight for some seconds before firing a powerful projectile that can knock them out.
*Tank Vehicons are heavyweights that use a shield that completely protects them from damage. The shield can be only broken if the player uses the vehicle attack.
*Truck Vehicons, also known as Tankers, can use the energon tanks on their backs to create a damaging shield that knocks the player out if it touches them. They can also use a vehicle mode attack similar to the player characters.
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Eradicons pestered Bulkhead on his missions inside a Dark Energon cave, the Nemesis, and the Autobot headquarters. They blasted incessantly at the Autobot until they were themselves destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Hordes upon hordes of Vehicons weaved across the sky before Optimus Prime, pestering him with weapons' fire, as the Autobot leader fought his way through Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Transformers Universe''===
[[File:TFU-Vehicon.JPG|thumb|right|450px]]
Due to the game mechanics, Vehicons generally never miss (unless the player has a miss effect) along with the fact due to their special abilities, they tend to be challenging to take on alone. Vehicons occasionally scout for Autobots, sometimes they appear in [[High Grand]]. When a player first enters the game the Vehicons will appear in the tutorial, informing [[Switchblade (Prime)|Switchblade]] a new recruit has arrived. {{storylink|Transformers Universe (Jagex)|Transformers Universe}}
There are many types of Vehicons for example:
*Vehicon Captain: Wields a large sword and noticeably taller than other vehicons
*Vehicon Scorcher: Carries a flamethrower (similar to [[Sparkscape]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to deal spark damage over an area.
*Vehicon Bombardier: Carries a [[grenade launcher]] (similar to [[Astraea]]).
*Vehicon Gunner: Carries a rifle (similar to [[Duststorm (Prime)|Duststorm]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to spawn a Smoke/"miss" field on the next hit by the rifle.
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
====''First Edition''====
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Is that a Danny Elfman score playing?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Number'': '''006'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[December 28]], 2011
:*''Accessories:'' Gun, stand (Hasbro only)
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this larger-scale Vehicon transforms into a sleek roadster of made-up model. It comes with a gun that can be tabbed and mounted on the vehicle-mode hood or stored in the vehicle mode underside, or be (loosely) hand-held in robot mode. It features a [[5 mm post|5mm port]] on the foldable door panels just below each of the hands, and flipping either hand back into the arms reveals ''another'' port behind each of them, allowing the gun to be mounted directly onto the arms, giving the appearance of integrated weaponry.

: The Hasbro version includes a removable cardboard stand assembled within the packaging.

: The [[instructions]] say to swing down the rear wheels from the shoulders for robot mode, bringing them closer to the elbows, when they are actually meant to be kept in the shoulders for [[show-accuracy]]. The [[stock photography]] also depicts it with blue hands and knee spikes, when the former are black and the latter are purple in the final product.

: The mass-retail release of wave 2 ''First Edition'' toys was canceled in Hasbro's US markets, so for about a year, he was only available in Hasbro's Canadian and Asian markets, and in the Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] version of the toyline. Later, [[Toys"R"Us]] picked up the Vehicon, along with a ''lot'' of other items, as part of a large number of holiday-time [[exclusive]]s in the US market for 2012, which eventually filtered into closeout stores like Ross months later.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/PrimeVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Vehicon at TFU.info]''
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====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconCyberverse.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|For the cheapskate [[Army-building|army-builder]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''2 / 002'''
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Decepticon Vehicon'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''EZ-07'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 31]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, this tiny, simple version of the Vehicon transforms into the usual sleek roadster. It also comes with a soft translucent purple blaster based on the in-show model, featuring two [[C joint|3mm post]]s and a hole, allowing it to mount onto its hands, doors/arms, and roof/back, as well as combine with other ''Cyberverse'' weapons.

: There is a [[Variant#Tooling|molding variation]] with the Vehicon's weapon. In the initial run of figures, the "shield" piece on the side was thicker. Later waves thinned the shield a bit, tapered the ends, plus added a few more sculpted details. This weapon, in varying colors, was also used by [[Soundwave (ROTF)#CyberverseBlue|Soundwave]] and [[Flamewar (Prime)|Flamewar]].

: The [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[EZ Collection]]'' single-card release of the toy is virtually identical to the Hasbro release, with the exception of the [[tampograph]]ed production code on his right arm ("#37982" for the Hasbro version, "B2412" for the TakaraTomy version). You probably don't care and we don't blame you. This release comes with the later weapon variant.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/LegVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Cyberverse Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Prime-EZ-Collection-Deception-Set-Vehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Fun fact: This variant is actually [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] himself.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Set''' (Multi-pack, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 24]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Blaster

: The ''EZ Collection'' Vehicon was also available in a six-pack of figures. This version is cast in metallic purple plastic, and once again, the weapon is the later variant.

: This set also includes metallic-plastic versions of ''EZ Collection'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Megatron]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Starscream (WFC)#EZ6pack|Starscream]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], and a clear-plastic [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AirVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Air Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 011'''
:*''Accessories'': "Hooksaw Cannon"
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Prime: [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, the Air Vehicon is an all-new mold, transforming into a jet-car as seen on the show.

: Instead of the Vehicon blaster of the ground-mode Vehicon, this one comes with a "Hooksaw Cannon" chainsaw-bayonetted blaster with 3mm posts and two ports, allowing it to mount onto its hands, wrists, and the tops of his wings.

: The cannon, in various colors, was also used by [[Smokescreen (Prime)#Cyberverse|Smokescreen]], [[Soundwave (WFC)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]], [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)#Toys|Hun-Gurrr]], and [[Bluestreak (Prime)#Toys|Bluestreak]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybLegAirVehicon/airvehicon.htm More information on Air Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Jet Vehicon''' (EZ Collection, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EG-10'''
:*''Release date'': [[October 26]], 2013
:*''Accessories'': chainsaw/cannon

: Part of the second wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[EZ Collection#Transformers: EZ Collection|EZ Collection]]'' single packed figures, the Jet Vehicon is a redeco of Hasbro's Legion Class Air Vehicon figure, replacing the purple base plastic color with black, while retaining the same paint masks, including all the various paint colors.

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AceVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You're making my cannon angry. You wouldn't like it when it's angry.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ace Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2014)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''3 / 015'''
:*''Accessories'': "Hooksaw Cannon"
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the fifth and final wave of [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'' toys]] under the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' banner, the Ace Vehicon is a "Seeker"-colored redeco of the Air Vehicon, now in white and gunmetal with bright orange highlights. The Hooksaw Cannon is now cast in vibrant red plastic.

: Curiously, the [[stock photography|stock photo]] of the vehicle mode from the back of his packaging clearly shows a prototype figure, as it is completely unpainted. Furthermore, the last step of the instructions oddly shows the vehicle mode from behind.

: Due to being slated for release after the [[Christmas]] season and right before the launching of the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|''Age of Extinction'' toy line]], Ace Vehicon and the other figures of this [[wave]] were skipped by US and Canadian retailers, ultimately only seeing release in Europe, Australia, and South America, in [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] in all instances (an unusual occurrence for Australia).
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====''Robots in Disguise''====
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconRevealers.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|My backpack went to my legs.]]
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Extra holes ''not'' added by Autobot artillery.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''1 / 008'''
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Decepticon Vehicon'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 30]], 2012
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''AM-14'''
:*''Accessories'': Blaster Cannon (Hasbro only), "Noji" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this sleeker, smaller version of the Vehicon has much less backpack [[kibble]], due to its transformation having the entire spoiler, trunk, roof, and hood panels of the vehicle mode fold into each other to form its heels and calves. Astounding. It also has an [[Automorph Technology|automorph]] head-reveal when transforming to robot mode, activated by pulling down the rear bumper and pushing it into its back. The Vehicon comes with a blaster cannon that can peg into both hands and the sides of the rear wheel-wells/shoulders. It also features a clip that allows it to be tabbed onto the sides of the vehicle hood, as well as be tabbed onto the arms once the fists are flipped back in, emulating the arm-weapon from the show model.

: In wave six of the ''Robots in Disguise'' line, the Vehicon was put into new packaging, plus came with a DVD featuring the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]] episode "[[Loose Cannons]]".

: Stock photography depicts purple [[paint operation|paint detail]]s on the cannon, vehicle front, and robot feet that were omitted in the final product. It also depicts the cannon being pegged underneath the figure's hands instead of on top.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the fourth assortment of Japanese ''Prime'' toys, has been [[retool]]ed to include new [[5 mm post]]-holes just before the front wheel-wells, plus one on the back bumper to serve as a booster of sorts. In a minor deco change, it has a much more clear translucent purple-ish [[light-piping]] plastic for his visor. Many of its paint operations have been removed and replaced with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s... including, rather annoyingly, some painted details ''under'' the clear-plastic parts, like the [[Insignia|faction symbol]] in the chest and the purple details in his headlights. The chest-window can actually be popped out by applying pressure to the pegs through the figure's back, enabling you to place the chest-sticker under the plastic... the headlamps, well, pretty much no.

: Instead of the [[Hasbro]] version's clip-on blaster, the TakaraTomy Vehicon comes with the [[Arms Micron]] [[Noji#Toys|Noji]], a robotic boar who, once assembled, turns into the Vehicon's distinctively-shaped blaster. Noji cannot clip onto the Vehicon's arm, however, and must be used as a hand-held weapon.

: The Hasbro version of the mold was also used to make the [[BotCon 2014]] "[[Dread Pirate Crew#Toys|Pirate Clone Pounce]]".

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Vehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Deluxe Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehicon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"Butterfly of '''DOOM!''' ...Okay, it's mostly ''my'' doom, but ''still''..."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Jet Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[July 28]], 2012
:*''ID number'': '''AM-16'''
:*''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Part of the fifth assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon is a [[redeco]] and ''extensive'' [[retool]]ing of the normal Vehicon mold, now transforming into a jet-car. All of the dark-purple plastics and paint/sticker details from the ground-based Vehicon are now a brighter reddish-lavender.

: It comes with a new Arms Micron partner, [[Igu#Toys|Igu]], who transforms from a robotic iguana into the same blaster as seen on the show, but with the blaster's barrel being considerably longer than the previous Micron. Just as before, this blaster mode cannot be positioned as a "wrist blaster", and due to the retooled side-panels on the Jet Vehicon's arms, neither can the Hasbro Vehicon's blaster. Sorry.

: The Jet Vehicon was originally [[exclusive]] to the Takara ''Prime'' toyline, making him rather hard to find for American fans who want him, until Hasbro's [[#10 Year Anniversary|10 Year Anniversary re-release]].

: This version of the mold was also used to make the [[BotCon 2014]] "[[Dread Pirate Crew#Toys|Pirate Clone Wingspan]]".

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehiconGeneral.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Jet Vehicon General''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 23]], 2013
:*''ID number'': '''AM-34'''
:*''Accessories'': "Igu S" Arms Micron

: Part of the eleventh and final assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon General is a silver redeco of the Jet Vehicon mold, based on (but not completely accurate to) the "Seeker" color scheme that debuted in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".

: The Vehicon now comes with [[Igu#Silver|Igu S]], a silver redeco of the Igu kit.
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====''10 Year Anniversary''====
[[File:TFP-10th-Anniversary-Vehicon-(Jet).jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''War Breakdown and Vehicon 2-Pack''' (Multi-pack, 2020)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Released to commemorate the tenth anniversary of ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'', this Vehicon is a mostly-unaltered re-release of the TakaraTomy ''Prime'' Deluxe Class Jet Vehicon, complete with decal sheet and un-assembled Arms Micron [[Igu#10 Year Anniversary|Igu]] (more on that in a moment). The only "major" difference between this and the original release is the addition of a tampographed product number on the Hasbro release's right leg. The Hasbro version also uses slightly less "red" lavender plastic and chestplate paint, but this is only really noticeable in a direct side-by-side comparison.

: His pack-in Arms Micron partner Igu, however, is inexplicably cast in silver plastic, rather than the proper Vehicon-matching dark gray, making him kind of stand out weirdly when the Vehicon holds him in blaster mode.

: In the U.S. and Canada, the Vehicon comes in a [[Hasbro Pulse]]-exclusive two-pack with a similarly-almost-unaltered [[Breakdown (WFC)#10 Year Anniversary|War Breakdown]]. This set was made available for pre-order concurrently with [[Hasbro PulseCon 2020]] on [[September 26]], 2020, and mailed out in December 2021. This set was also available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Hong Kong.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[Image:KreO-Toy VehiconKreons.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Ambush''' (2012)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''38781'''
:* ''Pieces'': '''80'''
:* ''Kreons'': Cliffjumper, 3 [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicons]]

: Released in the second year of the ''[[Kre-O]]'' building-brick line, this set features [[Kreon]] [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Cliffjumper]] busting through a Decepticon checkpoint guarded by three Vehicon Kreons. While all three Vehicons use the same base body and [[tampograph]]s, each one is slightly different from the others: one comes with wheels on the legs, another has a [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]] wrist-mounted blaster, and one has [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Wheeljack]] wings on its back and the [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] arm-mounted blasters.

: All three Vehicons use the same helmet as [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 1 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon2/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 2 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon3/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 3 at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Kre-O-Toy Vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': '''2'''
:*''Bag number'': '''***** 71'''
:*''Accessories'': Large rifle, logo brick (pre-2015), logo plate (2015 release)

: Part of the second regular collection of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, the Vehicon comes with extra parts to rebuild it into a car somewhat roughly evocative of the old roadster mode.

: This Collection was still in circulation at "dollar" stores and drug stores up through 2015. They eventually lost the individual-identifying bag codes, but other changes were hidden inside the bag. The 2015 releases replaced the 2x4 logo stand-brick with a new 3x4 logo plate. The Kreon was also given the slight [[retool]]ing to the arm seen in the 2014 Kreons, making the "cuff" parts more sharp-cornered and better adapted to being used as studs. Some of the add-on pieces may also be slightly off-color, possibly due to a change in factories in mid-production.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Micro-Changer Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Brick Box''' (2015)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''B2579'''
:*''Pieces'': '''82'''
:* ''Kreons'': Cliffjumper, 3 [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicons]]

: Part of the "red box" line for discount stores in the US (like Dollar General and Big Lots!), this "[[Brick Box]]" is just the "Decepticon Ambush" set repackaged and sold for a mere $5. Good deal! As with all the Brick Boxes, this set lacks the [[instructions|instruction manual]], with the idea you're supposed to build whatever you can think of from it. It ''does'' retain the decals for the ATV and light post, however.

: The box shows the render for Kreon Cliffjumper, who does come in the set, but give no other indication of what else is actually in the box, using the same generic pile of random parts as a background as all of the other "brick box" releases.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': '''2'''
:*''Accessories'': Logo plate, large rifle

: In 2016, Micro-Changers Collection 2 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) The Vehicon's [[tampograph]]s underwent a slight color change, replacing the light gray with shiny silver, changing the black Decepticon symbol to purple, and making the blue on the legs a darker shade. The front bumper, originally a 1x2 angled "roof" block, has been replaced by a plain 1x2 plate, presumably as the original part was no longer in production (a similar part changed happened to the remake of Kreon [[Blast Off (G1)/toys#2016|Blast Off]]).

: Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.
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===''Adventure''===
[[File:TFAdv-toy VehiconGroundGeneral.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|... is that you, [[Rom]]?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ground Vehicon General''' (Deluxe, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''TAV28'''
:*''Release date'': [[September 19]], 2015
:*''Accessories'': Blaster

: Released in the seventh wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japan|Adventure]]'' toyline (their version of 2015's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]''), the Ground Vehicon General is a redeco of the ''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' Deluxe-sized car Vehicon mold, in a silver color scheme based on the Jet Vehicon General.

: As ''Adventure'' doesn't make use of the [[Arms Micron]] gimmick, the Ground General uses the Hasbro version of the mold without the added [[5 mm post]]-holes, and comes with the original blaster, plus a complete set of paint applications.

: The Ground Vehicon General features a scan-badge on its hood which is compatible with TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Adventure'' app.
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==Merchandise==

===Eaglemoss cards===
{{charstubtoys}}

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==Notes==
[[File:DecepticonTroopers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Is this gonna happen every week?" "Pretty much."]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderVehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Vehicon: Code Red.]]
*The Vehicons were among the first ''Prime'' Transformers shown, in a preview clip from "Darkness Rising, Part 1" shown at [[San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con]] 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything.
*The Vehicons weren't referred to as such in the ''Prime'' cartoon until episode 59, "[[Plus One (Prime)|Plus One]]", only being referred to as "Decepticon Troopers" in the episodes prior to then. A single image on the [[Hub Network|Hub]] website refers to a trooper as "Eradicon" instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such. Conversely, they were always referred to as Vehicons in Titan Magazine's [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Prime'' comic]].
*While they have been referred to as mere drones, Vehicons do appear to be sentient somewhat. Voting for Knock Out to be brought in for Megatron's repairs, questioning Starscream's leadership, and even insulting the Insecticons. Another factor to consider is that the [[Spark extractor]] actually worked on them.
**At the Transformers Prime panel from [[San Diego Comic-Con]] International [[2013]] (included as a bonus feature on the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release of [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)#Season 3: Beast Hunters|Beast Hunters]]), an audience member asked if the Vehicons were meant to be drones or individuals. Apparently, season 2, episode 10 "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]" was [[authorial intent|meant]] to suggest the Vehicons' being [[Cloning|clones]], "birthed"{{sic}} similarly to [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream's clones]], as [[personal canon|evidenced]] by the Vehicons having faceplates similar to the "mono-eyed" [[protoform]]s found aboard the ''[[Harbinger]]''.
*Vehicon body parts are available to use in the Hub website's ''[[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]]'' online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Vehicon parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
*Although officially the Vehicons aren't in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', many Decepticon foot soldiers look extremely similar to them. This can be seen in greater comparison when Optimus Prime finds decapitated Decepticon heads in [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s locker.
*''The Art of Prime'' revealed that originally the Vehicons were not going to speak, with the decision being made late in production, hence the lack of mouth.
*As of episode 54, "[[Scattered]]", the silver Jet Vehicon General types have been referred to as "[[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s" by both Starscream and the episode's end credits. Whether the same applies for the normal-colored, non-General Jet Vehicons hasn't been confirmed, though the end credits referred to one of those as a "Trooper" instead.
*Both the ground and air Vehicons' designs were later used in [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets the Eye'']] as generic members of the [[Titan Hunter]]s. The Vehicon design was also used for a [[Badgeless]] officer in the [[Choose Me|''Windblade'' Holiday Special]] and as a pre-war civilian in the [[Ghost Stories|2017 ''Transformers'' Annual]].

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, the Vehicons have named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Sky Attack Mode''' (スカイアタックモード ''Sukai Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Gul, Noji
: The normal Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is just him using the [[Flame Cannon]]. Oooooh.

*'''Jet Attack Mode''' (ジェットアタックモード ''Jetto Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Igu, Zamu
: The Jet Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is simply him using the [[Debris Hammer]]. Yeah. Real elaborate.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vehicon''' (ビーコン ''Bīkon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jīxiè Bīng''' (机械兵, "Machine Soldier")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:DecepticonTrooperCar.jpg|Alternate mode stock art
File:TFP game helicopter vehicon.jpg|Concept art of a helicopter Vehicon from ''[[Transformers: Prime - The Game|Prime - The Game]]''
File:TFP game tank vehicon.jpg|Concept art of a tank Vehicon from ''Prime - The Game''
File:TFP game truck vehicon.jpg|Concept art of a truck Vehicon from ''Prime - The Game''
</gallery>

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[[Category:Aligned Vehicons| ]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Prime subgroups]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Universe game Decepticons]]
[[Category:Vampires]]
[[Category:Zombies]]

Nemesis Prime (Prime)

2025-03-10T09:39:48Z

Jazztronomy: /* Prime cartoon */

{{faction|{{factions/icons|custom=MECHlogo.png|cLink=MECH|cSize=60x60px}}|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Nemesis Prime}}
:''Nemesis Prime is a [[MECH]]-created [[Transformer]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:NemesisPrime-NemesisPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.5|He's [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'']] Nemesis Prime from [[Nemesis Prime (episode)|"Nemesis Prime."]]]]

The [[human]]-manufactured robot known as '''Nemesis Prime''' is a mindless drone created by [[MECH]], controlled remotely by a human operator. In order to cause psychological, as well as literal, damage, the machine was built in the exact likeness of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], the leader of the [[Autobot]]s. Nemesis is capable of operating as both a semi-rig truck and a humanoid combat robot with the same strength, agility, and firepower as the original article, except with MECH leader [[Silas]] in control. Having no mind of its own, it therefore has none of Prime's moral strengths, and also lacks any form of pain receptors, making it an utterly merciless killer.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] / [[Clancy Brown]] (English), [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] / [[Unshō Ishizuka]] (Japanese)|[[Blas Garcia]] / [[Humberto Solórzano]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Alfredo Martínez]] / [[Rafael Calvo]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Pekka Lehtosaari]] (Finnish), [[Erwin Grunspan]] / [[Philippe Résimont]] (French), [[Gábor Vass]] (Hungarian), [[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean)}}
[[Image:OperationBumblebee1 fruits of Project Chimera.jpg|thumb|left|350px|"Well, at least Igor won't bring an abnormal brain this time..."]]
Nemesis Prime was the culmination of MECH's [[Project Chimera]], an almost exact copy of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] controlled by [[Silas]] from MECH's base of operations. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} In preparation for Nemesis Prime's creation, MECH took a complete scan of Optimus Prime's body {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}} and abducted and analysed [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]'s body components. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

To finalize the prototype, MECH stole [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee's]] [[Transformation cog|T-cog]] and installed it in the robot. The first attempt to create Nemesis Prime, however, was less than a success without access to [[Energon]]. They were helped by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], now a rogue, who approached MECH with a deal to give them access to Energon so long as Starscream had a share of it. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} After finding and processing some Energon, the Nemesis Prime prototype began to work. But a vengeful Bumblebee stormed the base and took back his missing part, heavily damaging the prototype in the process. To compensate for his loss, Silas turned on his ally, taking Starscream's T-cog {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} and installing it into Nemesis Prime's body.

[[File:NemesisPrime Nemesis Prime truck in base.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|"No, I didn't see any [[Tow-Line (RID)|'No Parking']] sign. Why do you ask?"]]
On its first excursion, Nemesis Prime attempted to ram [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] off a bridge, but retreated when the [[Autobot]]s arrived on the scene. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] followed it into an abandoned petrol station when Nemesis blindsided her, knocking her unconscious. It later attempted to frame Optimus Prime and the Autobots by transforming and attacking [[Alden Military Base]]. It made another retreat when the ''real'' Autobots showed up, though the damage was done: many of the base's vehicles were destroyed and the blame was on Optimus Prime.

Nemesis Prime next confronted the Autobots when they were closing in on MECH's base, taking them out one-by-one. Optimus confronted it in combat after the other Autobots had been defeated. After a lengthy battle, it seemed that Nemesis Prime had the advantage since it was impervious to pain. But before Nemesis could finish off his foe, Silas had to vacate the robot's control chair to battle Agent Fowler, who had made his way into the building and taken out the other MECH members in the room. Nemesis was left immobile in the interim, allowing Optimus to gain the upper hand. After defeating Fowler, Silas desperately jumped back into the chair, but was too late. Optimus smashed Nemesis through the roof of MECH's base, crushing both the equipment controlling it and Silas himself. The heavily wounded MECH leader was pulled to safety by his men. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}}

[[File:NemesisPrime Nemesis vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|200px|left|This is what you get for calling me [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]!]]
Nemesis Prime's body was placed in storage by the military. General [[Bryce]] mistook it for Optimus Prime and believed the Autobot leader was dead. He abruptly changed his mind during Fowler's testimony when he had an unscheduled face-to-face conversation with Optimus. {{storylink|Grill (episode)|Grill}}
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-NemesisPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Available in Regular or "Sour Teal Twist".]]
*'''Nemesis Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2012)
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[2012]]-[[November 24|11-24]]'''
**''Japanese Number:'' '''AM-25'''
**''Accessories'': "Giza" Arms Micron

: Part of the eighth wave of [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' toys, Nemesis Prime is a metallic-[[Black repaint|black]], dark-gray, and translucent-red [[redeco]] of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Voyager|AM-01 Optimus Prime]], and transforms into a long-nosed semi truck. Marketed as a Decepticon, he uses foil [[sticker]]s for his headlights and [[insignia]]s, and the sticker sheet also includes an optional set of teal sticker details to apply. Unfortunately, the required placement of an insignia sticker for his right [[robot mode]] shoulder conflicts with the optional placement of a sticker that forms the left half of the teal deco for the truck mode roof.

:He comes with [[Giza (Prime)|Giza]], a robotic {{w|Sawshark|saw shark}} who transforms into a sword that's based on one of Optimus Prime's arm blades. It pegs into his hand via [[5 mm post]], covering the hand to give the appearance of integrated weaponry. Nemesis features numerous additional peg-holes on his person, and the roof of the cab can also fold back to reveal two hidden peg-holes in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].

:The Hasbro version of this mold, but with the forearms from this tooling, was [[retool]]ed to make ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Beast Hunters|Ultra Magnus]].
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==Merchandise==
===Tomica===
[[File:Dream-Tomica-Nemesis-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*'''No. 147 Transformers Optimus Prime''' (December 2014)

:A redeco of ''[[Tomica]]'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise|Optimus Prime]], "Transformers Nemesis Prime" is a die-cast non-transforming toy of his truck mode. It was sold as part of the "Dream Tomica Series", a subline featuring exclusively fictional vehicles. Like all Tomica toys & all [[Go-Bot (G2)#Toys|''Generation 2'' Go-Bots]] and [[Spychanger]]s, Nemesis Prime features smooth-rolling axle/wheel construction that lets the toys be quickly zipped along smooth surfaces. The teal patterns mostly resemble the foil stickers from the ''Arms Micron'' figure above.

:Nemesis Prime was released exclusively in non-Japanese Asian countries, similar to the [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Exclusives|"GDO" Transformers: Generations]] toys.
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==Notes==
* Rather than the iconic black, grey, and teal color scheme normally used by [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|other Nemesis Primes]], ''Prime'' Nemesis is instead merely a heavily desaturated version of Optimus Prime's own red and blue. His toys, however, opt to go for the more classic Nemesis Prime look.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Nemesis Prime''' (ネメシスプライム ''Nemeshisu Puraimu'')

==See also==
*[[Hunter Nemesis Prime|''Go!'' Hunter Nemesis Prime]]
*[[Nemesis Prime (RID)|''Adventure'' Nemesis Prime]]

[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Evil clones]]
[[Category:Man-made Transformers]]
[[Category:MECH]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]

Sang-hyeon Eom

2025-03-10T09:37:41Z

Jazztronomy: /* Roles */

[[File:Sang-Hyeon Eom.jpg|thumb|Skadoosh!]]
'''Sang-hyeon Eom''' (엄상현 ''Eom Sang-hyeon'') is a South Korean voice actor born [[December 29]], [[1971]]. His dubbing roles have included [[Matt Hill|Kira]] [[Sōichirō Hoshi|Yamato]] in ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'', [[Alessandro Juliani|L]] in ''Death Note'', Po in the ''Kung Fu Panda'' films, Kevin Levin in ''[[Ben 10]]'', and Calcifer in ''Howl's Moving Castle''. He won a [[Nickelodeon]] Korea Kids' Choice Award for his ''Kung Fu Panda'' role.

==Roles==
===''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]''===
{{collist|2|
*[[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]]
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]
*[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Jack Darby]]
*[[Hardshell]]
*[[Silas]]
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]
*[[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]]
}}

===''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''===
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]]
*[[Colan|Professor Colan]]

===''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight]]''===
*Wheelie

==External links==
*{{w|Um Sang-hyun}} on Wikipedia
*[http://voice.ebs.co.kr/voice/search_view.php?idx=56 Profile on EBS]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eom, Sang-hyeon}}
[[Category:Korean voice actors]]

Omega Supreme (Animated)

2025-03-10T09:00:03Z

Jazztronomy: /* Animated cartoon */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambigm|Omega Supreme (disambiguation)|Teletraan (disambiguation)|Orion (disambiguation)}}
:''Omega Supreme is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Animated continuity family]].''

[[File:TFA Omega Supreme.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Deus ex machina? I wouldn't want to be presumptuous.]]

First in a line of [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinel]] weapons, '''Omega Supreme''' was grimly aware of the heavy combat toll his friends must have suffered for him to even be activated in the first place. Omega Supreme does not hesitate to unleash his colossal firepower and risk his own life and safety on their behalf.

After being left grievously wounded in a victorious battle against the Decepticons, Omega Supreme was put into [[stasis lock|stasis]]. His starship [[alternate mode]] was put into service as a repair/maintenance vessel under the command of [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]].

As the starship '''''Orion''''', Omega Supreme has a crew of five, including its captain, and its systems are managed by a female-voiced artificial intelligence which is addressed as '''Teletran-1'''. The ship's equipment includes a set of six emergency [[stasis pod]]s, an extendable boarding/docking tube, and a pair of large manipulator arms that emerge from roof panels and are controlled manually from the bridge. While it also possesses some offensive weaponry, these systems were disabled when it was turned into a repair ship. Its navigation protocols include automatic course-correction for navigating through obstructions such as asteroid fields. It is also meant to have an emergency defence system codenamed "Omega," but in the interests of conserving energon, said system is currently disabled. However, it still has active sensors for detecting unwanted or unauthorized invasion by foreign objects.

{{bigquote|I am programmed to protect, and sacrifice if necessary.|Omega Supreme|"[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English, season 2), [[Phil LaMarr]] (English, season 3), [[Tara Strong]] (English, Teletran-1), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese), [[Ayahi Takagaki]] (Japanese, Teletran-1)| [[Gerald Paradies]] (German), [[Silvia Mißbach]] (German, Teletran-1), [[Pietro Ubaldi]] (Italian), [[Agnieszka Wajs]] (Polish, Teletran-1), [[Zeca Rodrigues]] (Portuguese, seasons 1 and 2), [[Renan Gonçalves]] (Portuguese, season 3), [[Mario Olguín]] (Latin American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Oscar Fernando Gómez]] (Latin American Spanish, season 3), [[Ximena Marchant]] (Latin American Spanish, Teletran-1), [[Elise Langenoja]] (Finnish, Teletran-1), [[Bruno Lähteenmäki]] (Finnish), [[Frédéric Cerdal]] (French, seasons 1, 2 and first half of 3), [[Gérard Rouzier]] (French, second half of season 3), [[Anne Plumet]] (French, Teletran-1), [[Sin-hui Park]] (Korean, Teletran-1)}}

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[[File:TransWarpedOmegaBirth.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|I am... [[Iron Man|IRON MAN]]!]]

Omega Supreme was the end product of "[[Project Omega]]", an Autobot attempt to create a weapon of mass destruction that would serve as their last, best hope of defeating the Decepticons and ending the Great War. Built with a simple processor so that he would be able to perform his duties as a death-bringer without ethical or emotional qualms, Omega was to be partnered with a mentor that would guide him in his actions. This mentor was intended to be Autobot intelligence officer [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]], who was carrying in her processor the codes to bring Omega online, but when an encounter with [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] and [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] wiped her memory core, a failsafe program transferred the codes to Ratchet, and the medic was left with no choice but to become Omega's teacher. Omega was brought online and introduced himself to Ratchet as his to command; his pupil, dependent and servant. Ratchet merely introduced himself as Omega's friend.

[[File:TransWarpedDefeatedOmega.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Help, I've fallen, and I can't get up!]]

Omega Supreme successfully carried out his mission, bringing an end to the Decepticon threat in a mighty [[Battle for Iacon|battle]] that left him fatally wounded. At Ratchet's instruction, Omega transformed into spaceship mode, and Ratchet placed his friend into a modified form of stasis until he could eventually be repaired. {{storylink|TransWarped}} For reasons unknown (possibly the simple lack of need the Autobots had for his power, now that the war was won), Omega was never brought back online, and his body became a simple ship in the Autobot [[space bridge]] repair fleet. Ratchet stayed by his friend's side, serving as a member of the crew that came to populate Omega's inactive body. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

[[File:Teletran-1 bridge.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Just like {{w|Herman's Head}}, if Herman were a giant robot spaceship. And dead.]]

Long after the war, while piloting the ship on a standard [[space bridge]] repair mission in a remote sector of Autobot-controlled space, Optimus Prime and his crew discovered the lost, legendary [[AllSpark]]. Almost immediately, they were located by the Decepticon warship ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]''. The Decepticons' leader, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], assaulted the Autobots' ship directly, attempting to melt through its hull, but he was sabotaged with a bomb by his lieutenant, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]. After the bomb went off, the ship went careening through an asteroid field almost totally out of control. From within the ship's hold, the AllSpark activated a nearby space bridge portal, which exploded after the ship plunged through it.

The ship emerged from warp in low orbit over the planet Earth, with all hands still on board—along with Megatron. Once Prime managed to force Megatron out through the docking tube, he piloted the ship through its last stages of reentry, steering it clear of a populated area while the rest of the crew got into their emergency stasis pods. Once the ship was past the city and over water, Prime too got into a stasis pod, and the ship crashed into Lake Erie. Fifty years later, an invading glob of nanites penetrated a crack in the hull, activating the ship's intruder alarm system, which wakened the crew. In the aftermath of investigating the glob and helping the natives it was threatening, the Autobots set up a base in an abandoned car factory in downtown [[Detroit]]. The ship remained on the bottom of Lake Erie, should they need it. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

When Decepticons tracking the AllSpark's energy signature became a problem, Optimus Prime ordered the Autobots to repair their ship so that it could be moved away from Earth. Ratchet was seen to speak to the ship as an "old friend," though not even its AI was active. Sari questioned this, but Ratchet became defensive, and in the end, all he would say was that the ship used to be a military vessel. This fact came in handy when the ship came under Decepticon attack; utilizing the [[AllSpark Key]], he was able to bring the decommissioned weapons systems back online and defeat them. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

[[File:Ark in mountain.jpg|right|thumb|Not a proper burial, per se.]]
Ultimately, Ratchet was forced to take the vessel airborne, first to evade the Decepticons, and subsequently to try to transport the AllSpark offworld. Both of these attempts failed, resulting in the ship ultimately crashing into the caldera of the dormant volcano on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[File:Teletran-1Animated.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|Why wear a Che Guevara T-shirt when you can ride around in his taxidermized corpse?]]

And there it remained until [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] alerted [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew to the fact that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] was on the verge of constructing a working space bridge to Cybertron. Optimus then ordered Ratchet and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] to attempt to revive Omega Supreme. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Through "open-[[spark]] surgery", using four AllSpark fragments and making heavy use of the [[AllSpark Key]], Ratchet finally managed to revive his old friend. Omega was initially delirious and confused, thinking he was still fighting his dying battle on Cybertron and telling Ratchet that he was surrounded by Decepticons and didn't think he would make it. He soon got his bearings, but he was still slow and unsure after being offline for two million stellar cycles, and he needed heavy prompting from Ratchet to move. When he finally did get himself airborne, he was shocked and happy at his return to life, but he was at a loss as to how he got on a world other than Cybertron.

His reverie was quickly interrupted by an attack from several Decepticons. Following further hefty prompting from Ratchet and power boosts from his magnets and the AllSpark Key, he was able to transform and strike back. Declaring his name to the Decepticons, he made short work of the villains, and proceeded to enter Megatron's base. There, he found the space bridge in overdrive, threatening to pull the entire [[Michigan|state]] and transport it to some random co-ordinates. Ejecting Sari and Ratchet over Ratchet's vocal protests, he absorbed the [[unspace|transwarp]] energy and was sucked into the malfunctioning portal, which then fully self-destructed. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Not long after, Omega's inactive body was discovered by Megatron and [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], who had both also been pulled through the space bridge portal before it was destroyed. Seeing an opportunity, Megatron forced his way into the slumbering giant's body, but in doing so, caused Omega to reactivate. Omega's internal systems seized and disarmed Megatron, but the charismatic Decepticon exploited Omega's simple mind and convinced him that it was his duty to take him back to Cybertron to "face justice". Omega transformed back into ship mode and revealed a heretofore unseen ability to transwarp under his own power, without a space bridge, but one short jump drained him of all his power, and he returned to sleep mode before reaching the planet. Unable to escape Omega's heavily armoured body, Megatron instead used a pair of [[stasis cuffs]] to "hotwire" Omega's body, opening up his control cockpit and taking manual control of the giant Autobot. Before Megatron could do anything, however, Omega was beset by [[Rock Lord|some strange, space-borne alien rock monsters]], and the Autobot transwarped away to safety, once again draining all his power.

[[File:TransWarpedOmegaMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|Omega(TRON) Supreme.]]

Megatron fixed that problem by inserting Starscream's head—and the AllSpark fragment it contained—into Omega's systems, charging him up. Megatron transwarped Omega to Earth, where he transformed the titan to [[robot mode]] and took control of his body to attack Optimus Prime's Autobots. Prime and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] were able to infiltrate Omega's body, and Prowl accessed Omega's internal processor in order to help Omega's suppressed consciousness fight back against Megatron's control. Omega succeeded in rejecting Megatron, but Starscream then promptly seized control and turned Omega's power on both the Autobots and Megatron. Even as Omega fought against Starscream and begged the other Autobots to take him offline again, Megatron talked Starscream into an alliance. The pair were about to transwarp Omega to Cybertron when the Autobots planted a [[plasma dynamic thruster]] on their friend's body, which sent him and his two Decepticon passengers randomly warping across space. {{storylink|TransWarped}} Eventually, the transwarping ship would come across Lugnut, reuniting him with Megatron as he had wanted. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

Sometime after that, Megatron disabled the plasma dynamic thruster and gained control of Omega's transwarping and transformation capacity—though couldn't get the weapons online. The giant Autobot then came to rest in robot mode over Cybertron. While the inhabitants panicked, Megatron directed [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] to continue searching out Omega's activation codes. All that constant transwarping had built up such a surplus of transwarp energy in Omega Supreme's body that—when combined with the effects of a random energy storm in space—it simulated the effect of a [[space bridge]] and teleported Ratchet and [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] to Cybertron. Sentinel Magnus wanted to destroy Omega Supreme and the Decepticons inside him, but the [[Autobot High Council]] was swayed towards patience by Ratchet's pleas (and the eensy little fact that shooting Omega, in his transwarp-infused state, might take out all of Cybertron with him). Shockwave succeeded in capturing Arcee and her activation codes and bringing her onto Omega Supreme; when Sentinel heard this, he ordered [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]] to destroy Omega Supreme, but it was too late: Omega transwarped into Earth orbit. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

After Omega Supreme landed on the moon near the ''Nemesis'', Bumblebee transwarped onto Omega in a failed attempt to rescue Arcee, but had to retreat. As it happened, Omega's activation codes were quite well-protected within Arcee: despite Shockwave trying everything from tricking her with his "Longarm" persona, to using machines to scan her thought patterns, to electrically seizing control of her body and forcing her to bring the giant under Decepticon control, he was unable to get the necessary security patches and so Omega's weapons remained unavailable to Megatron. Which led to plan B: construct a trio of [[Lugnut Supreme|Omega clones under the control of Lugnut]]. Shockwave hooked Lugnut into the real Omega's computer relays, from which he would then direct the actions of the clones.{{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

Shockwave kept trying and failing to extract Omega's activation codes. While the dark clones assaulted Earth, Ratchet, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Sari transwarped to the moon and rescued Arcee. Once she was fully awakened, Arcee brought Omega Supreme back on-line. Omega ejected Lugnut from his body, then hurried to Earth. By that time one of the Lugnut Supremes had already been deactivated, and Omega valiantly battled against the remaining two. He showed surprising speed and dexterity in combat, quickly transforming to spaceship mode in order to cushion his fall after being knocked backwards by his enemies. Omega managed to destroy one of the clones, but was struck from behind and disabled by the last one (which also spun him around like a pinwheel, leveling much of Detroit in the process). Eventually, the Autobots triumphed, and Omega Supreme carried them and the captured Decepticons back home to Cybertron. The cheering onlookers in the parade thought they were happy upon seeing the return of their victorious heroes—but when Omega Supreme transformed to robot mode at ground level, right in front of them, they were momentarily astonished into silence. Then, even more cheering! {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

''Omega Supreme flew above the [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] arena where [[Team Stunticon]] was having their show, promoting the event. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}''

===''The Cool'' comic===

[[File:TheCoolOmegaSupreme01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]

[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] piloted the ''Orion'' toward the battle for the Decepticon [[space bridge#Animated cartoon|Space Bridge]], feverishly hoping that their comrades could hold out until their arrival. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}}

They made it in time, though they came under attack from the [[Starscream clone (Animated)|Starscream clones]]. Ratchet immediately activated Code Omega, transforming the ''Orion'' into Omega Supreme. Omega Supreme vanquished the clones, then decided to stop the overloading Space Bridge by absorbing all its power. Ratchet pleaded with him not to, as it would destroy him, but Omega explained that it was the only solution. Thanking his friend for everything, Omega dove into the vortex and vanished. After the battle, the Autobots joined into bidding their friend farewell. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

Omega Supreme found himself warped to the same coordinates as [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], however. Thanks to him, Megatron lost his fusion cannon. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}} But Megatron escaped his clutches, and intended to turn Omega Supreme into "Omegatron" and use him to conquer [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Megatron made the mistake of trying to boost Omega's power with Starscream's [[spark]], which allowed Starscream to take possession of Omega. Using a warp, Starscream returned to [[Earth]] in Omega's body and attacked. He was defeated when Megatron and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] fried Starscream's link system with a combined attack. Omega toppled over, deactivated, his life status unknown. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}
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==Notes==
* As with most of the characters in the show, Omega Supreme shares many similar details with his [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], specifically his clear orange face mask, the cannon at the back of his head, his three-fingered right hand and his massive left-hand blaster. Ratchet also describes him as the Autobots' "last line of defense", a role which was also given to the original.
* At [[BotCon 2007]], the [[Hasbro]] representatives repeatedly named the Autobots' ship the ''[[Ark (disambiguation)|Ark]]''. At [[BotCon 2008]], lead writer [[Marty Isenberg]] claimed the ship is not the ''Ark'', but merely a repair vessel. However, lead artist [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] immediately responded that it very much ''is'' the ''Ark'' (a conversation that some fan sites failed to report accurately). The model sheet for the ship even labels it the ''Ark''. However, no fictional depictions ever referred to the ship as the Ark and it was eventually revealed to be Omega Supreme.
* In the cartoon, the crew of the stasis locked Omega Supreme avoided calling the ship by name entirely, only referring to the computer as "Teletran-1".<ref>In the episode [[TransWarped]] Bumblebee says "We don't have Teletran-1 'cause we don't have a ship", suggesting "Teletran-1" refers to the on-board computer only.</ref> But in [[Transformers Animated Volume 1|the comic adaptation of the cartoon]], the ship itself was referred to as "Teletran-1". ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' backs up the idea that "Teletran-1" is indeed the name of the on-board computer only. ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' gave the ship the codename '''''Orion'''''.
* This of course isn't the [[Ark (G1)|first Autobot ship]] to end up embedded in the craggy face of a [[Mount St. Hilary|dormant volcano]].
* The non-traditional manner of rendering Teletran-1's name (hyphenated, with one only "a" and an Arabic numeral instead of a roman I) is more than likely derived from [[DK Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', which misspelled the name of the computer's [[Teletraan I|Generation 1 counterpart]] in this fashion.
* A Leader Class toy of Omega Supreme (and a Lugnut Supreme [[retool]]) was conceptualized by [[Eric Siebenaler]], but was cancelled alongside the fourth season of ''Animated'' and its accompanying toys.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtNaT7h6Fh4 HasCon 2017 - EXCLUSIVE Interview With Rik Alvarez (Formally With Hasbro)]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Omega Supreme''' (オメガスプリーム ''Omega Supurīmu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Animated Autobots]]
[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Omega Sentinels]]

Blackarachnia (Animated)

2025-03-10T08:57:41Z

Jazztronomy: /* Animated cartoon continuity */

{{disambigm|Blackarachnia (disambiguation)|Elita One (disambiguation)}}
{{factions||autobot|decepticon|predacon|primusvanguard|hofsilver}}
:''Blackarachnia is a [[Decepticon]] and later [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Animated continuity family]].

:[[File:FinalAniBlackarachnia.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Welcome to {{w|Goth Talk}}!]]

In another life, she was '''Elita-1''', an energetic, spunky Autobot Academy cadet. That was until a fateful trip to [[Archa Seven]], where [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|her]] [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|teammates]] abandoned her to a horde of alien spiders. Now calling herself '''Blackarachnia''', she hates her new body with a passion. Her loathing of her organic parts is slowly driving her insane, and she will do ''anything'' to get rid of them, no matter whom she has to crush in her path. Her mutation fueled a newfound hatred of the [[Autobot]] cause and a quest for revenge that led her to join [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] in his war against them. However, she does not appear overly loyal to her leader.

In her mutant [[technorganic]] form, she makes use of her newfound '[[cyber venom]]' to paralyze her enemies, and combines this with her natural ability to download and mimic other [[Transformer]]s' traits and weaponry for a limited amount of time with a simple touch. Hope nobody told [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]].

{{quote|It'll be a long time before I ever trust another Autobot. Especially you, Optimus.|Blackarachnia|"[[Along Came a Spider]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
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{{voiceactor|[[Cree Summer]] (English), [[Ryōka Yuzuki]] (Japanese)|[[Christin Marquitan]] (German), [[Marcella Silvestri]] (Italian), [[Raquel Marinho]] (Portuguese, as Elita-1), [[Adriana Pissardini]] (Portuguese, as Blackarachnia), [[Rosario Zamora]] (Latin American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Catherina Martínez]] (Castilian Spanish, regular voice), [[Antía Jiménez Álvarez]] (Castilian Spanish, substitute voice), [[Elise Langenoja]] (Finnish), [[Anne Plumet]] (French), [[Sin-hui Park]] (Korean)}}

[[File:TFA Elita-1.JPG|left|175px|thumb|Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know it's serious.]]
''A thousand [[Units of time|stellar cycles]] ago or so, a young cadet received the name "Elita-1" from her instructor, [[Kup (Animated)|Kup Minor]].'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} ''Elita-1 and Sentinel were both there to witness Optimus go through a simulated combat against Megatron. Though Elita-1 worried about Optimus's well-being throughout the exercise, Sentinel assured her that Optimus had little to fear from a simulation.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 5|Survival Skills}}

Elita-1 and her teammates found their way to [[Archa Seven]], looking for a Decepticon [[Twilight (Animated)|ship]] filled with [[energon]] when they accidentally fell into a series of caves. They were ambushed by [[Archa Seven arachnid|giant spiders]] and, when escaping the massive energon explosion caused by the battle, Elita ended up being left behind. When she tried using her ability to borrow powers from other beings, she was injected by the spiders' venom, [[Reformatting|reformatting]] her into a hideous freak. Because of her new, semi-organic nature, her signal did not appear on Optimus's radar, leading him and Sentinel to believe that she had perished in the explosion. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Now calling herself Blackarachnia, Elita-1 joined the Decepticons, {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} ''and performed experimentations on [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], rebuilding him into a [[Triple Changer]] and giving him an unstable personality. She also aided [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] in creating a false identity to infiltrate the Autobot ranks.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}

[[File:Blackarachniabails-Dispatches.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=1.5]]
When the [[AllSpark]] was found by a group of Autobots, Blackarachnia was aboard the [[Nemesis (Animated)|''Nemesis'']] with the other Decepticons, annoyed at [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]'s emphatic, vocal loyalty to Megatron. She even suggested that Lugnut's speech of praise was hardwired into his mind. She also had conflict with [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who touched a sore point by insulting her organic mode. Her retort to "blow it out your actuator, three-face" angered Blitzwing to the point that he... began to express his feelings in song. Later, at Megatron's orders, she scanned the Autobots' ship to determine the nature of their high-energy cargo. She confirmed the Autobots were carrying the AllSpark, or at least something just as powerful. When the Autobots escaped and it became clear the ''Nemesis'' was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Blackarachnia fled in an escape pod. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

[[File:LooseStrands-BlackarachniaUpgrades.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
''Fifty stellar cycles later, while searching space for any trace of the AllSpark in the hope that she could use its power to purge herself of her organic mode, Blackarachnia stumbled across [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], still operating out of the battered shell of the ''Nemesis''. Realizing that Starscream was searching for the AllSpark as well, Blackarachnia proposed an alliance, but Starscream proved uninterested in sharing power and promptly booted her out into space. Before being ejected, however, Blackarachnia was able to plant a homing device on Starscream, {{storylink|Dispatches}} and eventually tracked the beacon to [[Earth]]. At first setting down on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] to investigate the crashed hulk of the ''Nemesis'', Blackarachnia ran afoul of the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], who had been hired by Blitzwing to hunt down Optimus Prime. Not willing to risk the bounty hunter finding the AllSpark before her, Blackarachnia attempted to dissuade him from investigating Earth, but Lockdown didn't take kindly to her interference, and the pair wound up battling. During the fight, Blackarachnia used her download ability on Lockdown, knocking him out, but she was immediately overwhelmed by the sheer number of powers and modifications she wound up taking from him, and passed out herself. Blackarachnia was first to awake, however, and hid herself aboard Lockdown's [[Death's Head (Animated)|ship]], so that when the bounty hunter finally came to and headed for Earth, she was able to hitch a free ride to the planet.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4|A Few Loose Strands}}

[[File:Blackarach anim beast.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|The Itchy Bitchy Spider crawled up the water spout...]]
After arriving on Earth, Blackarachnia stalked [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] on [[Halloween]] night. Once she took out the boys, she attempted to sweet-talk Sari into handing over her [[AllSpark Key]], but Optimus Prime arrived to intervene. Using Bulkhead and Bumblebee's stolen powers to overcome Optimus, Blackarachnia captured Sari and web-swung her way to the top of a skyscraper, with Prime in hot pursuit. In the ensuing fight, Prime finally realized who Blackarachnia truly was. Exploiting the opening, Blackarachnia bound Prime in her web and seized Sari's key, activating its power in hopes of become fully mechanical. However, the energies unleashed caused any organic life in range, including Sari (and presumably any other [[Human|fleshy]]), to shrivel and sicken. It almost killed Blackarachnia, but Optimus Prime pulled the Key out, restoring the organics. Prime tried to reason with "Elita", asking her to come with them in the hopes of curing her, but Blackarachnia stabbed him, saying that it would be a long time before she trusted him again. After she knocked out Prime, she cried her four eyes out. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Later, she again kidnapped Sari, who was running away after having the AllSpark Key taken away from her. When she heard about the Key and how Sari felt totally mistrusted by the Autobots, Blackarachnia played on the girl's sympathies by saying she knew how Sari felt. Blackarachnia noted how she was not a Decepticon until after the Autobots turned their backs on her, and how the AllSpark's power was the only thing that could cure her current form. Despite being kidnapped again and nearly being killed by Blackarachnia's previous use of the Key, Sari appeared to start seeing eye to eye with her captor. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[File:Megatron Rising Blackarachnia farewell.JPG|175px|thumb|Here's hoping her organic half can withstand impact.]]
At least, that was what she wanted Blackarachnia to believe. Leading her around in circles over the frozen [[Lake Erie]], Sari was finally forced to admit that the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Autobots' ship]], which contained the AllSpark, was underwater. Blackarachnia's organic half couldn't survive the icy water; incensed, she prepared to kill Sari. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] brought the ship up through the ice, and Sari bit Blackarachnia's hand, showing that her organic half couldn't withstand teeth, causing her to drop Sari and allow Ratchet to grab her and get in the ship. As Blackarachnia tried to force the door open, the vessel accelerated, and Blackarachnia was thrown off the ship. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[File:TFA Black Friday ME GRIMLOCK IN LOVE.jpg|left|thumb|Me Grimlock be kisser for you!]]
Washing ashore on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], Blackarachnia was taken in by the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]], who gave her [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]'s [[Meltdown's Subterranean Lab|former base]] as a home. Using her charms, Blackarachnia was able to manipulate the Dinobots into doing anything she wanted. [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] was particularly attached to her, and reminded the other Dinobots of this through violence. Going over Meltdown's notes, she realized that he would be able to remove the organic half from her body. She sent the Dinobots to release him from prison, causing the Autobots to come investigating. Blackarachnia then poisoned Bumblebee and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] with her venom, and used the "promise" of an anti-venom to blackmail Optimus into helping Grimlock find the [[genetic modifier]] Meltdown needed for the experiment. Unfortunately, Meltdown turned the tables on them when the modifier was his, planning on removing Blackarachnia's technological half and leaving him with an organic transformer. Optimus was able to stop Meltdown before he succeeded, but the modifier was damaged and Meltdown presumed killed. Needing to escape, Blackarachnia urged Optimus to hold her, causing Grimlock to attack in jealousy, and Blackarachnia fled. However, it appears that Blackarachnia left the anti-venom needed to save Bumblebee and Prowl beside them. This gave Optimus hope that beneath all of Blackarachnia's anger and manipulation, there was still something left of Elita-1 in there. {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}

[[File:TFA-PredaconsRising-SentinelBlackArachnia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Dark Designs|Better dead than Pred!]]]]
Still taking refuge in Meltdown's abandoned laboratory, Blackarachnia began experimenting with [[Unspace|transwarp]] energy to create new techno-organic beings to experiment on in an attempt to purge her organic elements, the idea being if she could turn another techno-organic purely robotic, she could do the same to herself. Most of her early attempts proved fruitless, until [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] was able to capture the perfect test subject: the renegade Autobot [[Wasp]]. Tempting him with both her feminine wiles and promises of power great enough to achieve revenge on the bots who betrayed him, she coaxed him into being experimented on, fittingly merging him with the DNA of a wasp.

[[File:TFAni Predacons Rising Blackarachina sans Helmet.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|I'd hit it.]]
While Wasp was being turned techno-organic, her old friend Sentinel Prime stumbled upon the lab and was disgusted to find a robot with an organic mode. He was even more shocked when she revealed that they had a past: she was his old friend Elita-1. Disgusted by her mutation, Sentinel was willing to "put her out of her misery", and during a scuffle knocked Blackarachnia's helmet off, allowing him to see her true, partially organic face. After Wasp's transformation into Waspinator was complete, Blackarachnia revealed her plans to Sentinel and Optimus.

Unfortunately, Waspinator was within earshot when she revealed what little regard she had for his life. Hurt by this betrayal, the now physically unstable Waspinator issued Blackarachnia an ultimatum: either fix him or be destroyed. She tried to escape, but once it was revealed that the transwarp energies responsible for his creation were going critical and about to cause a huge explosion, Blackarachnia surrounded herself and Waspinator in her webbing, shielding the Autobots from the explosion and seemingly leading to her final demise. However, when she awoke, she was in a strange jungle, in front of a [[Maximal|group of organic creatures]] that looked rather surprised to see their new guests. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}}

[[File:Blackarachnia Venus Mag by BillForster.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8]]
''At some unknown point in the future, Blackarachnia was interviewed by the trans-dimensional magazine [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]] and recounted her encounter with Lockdown on the ''Nemesis'' for the publication's readers. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}''

[[File:PredaconBlackarachnia-CAA.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.5]]
''At some point, Blackarachnia got herself a new paint job, rebranded herself a "[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]", made her way back to Cybertron and begun to raise a Predacon army. The order in which she accomplished these things is unknown. In any case, she now had [[Inferno (Animated)|Inferno]] and [[Antagony (Animated)|Antagony]] working under her as fellow techno-organics.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

====''Animated'' shorts====
As Starscream heckled Megatron during a rousing speech, Blackarachnia looked on in utter horror until Megatron eventually dispatched Starscream straight through a wall. The sight of such brutality caused Blackarachnia to wince. {{storylink|Starscream Heckles Megatron}}

After the defeat of the Autobots, Blackarachnia found herself chained to new Decepticon leader Starscream. She relished her new role, offering to bring him refreshments and giving him massages...or, at least, the imagined version in Starscream's dream did. The real Blackarachnia was none too pleased about Starscream falling asleep in the middle of the Decepticons' staff meeting. {{storylink|Starscream's Fantasy}}

====Titan ''Animated'' comic====
Realising that the Autobots also win due to the power of teamwork, Blackarachnia decided to isolate one of them from the rest of the team. She stuck a tracer on Bumblebee so she could listen in on the crew and find out the best opportunity, while she roped Blitzwing and Lugnut into helping her. By the next day, when Bumblebee and Prowl were having a race at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]], the Decepticons had set up a trap and were able to capture Prowl. To Blackarachnia's annoyance though, Bumblebee turned up and somehow her comrades failed to pursue him even ''with'' the tracer.

She commanded Lugnut to fire on the Autobots as they sped across the cave roof, realising too late this would cause a cave-in. To add insult to injury, she found the tracer couldn't track Bumblebee any more because it was stuck on Lugnut's butt... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:Legends Animated Blackarachnia.jpg|thumb|upright=0.4]]
In one of [[Tigatron]]'s dreams, Blackarachnia was among the evil female Transformers who, seeking to kidnap him, fought with the heroic female Transformers guarding him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 11|Bonus Edition Vol. 11}}

===''Be the Hero'' books===
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====''Web of Deception''====
Blackarachnia hired Lockdown in an attempt to get her revenge on Optimus, paying the bounty hunter to abduct the Autobot and tie him to a bomb next to one of the arachnids whose organic material had contaminated her. She believed that detonating the bomb would fuse Optimus and the spider into a similar techno-organic form. Luckily she didn't get the chance to test her theory, as before she could set off the bomb, the rest of the Autobots and a couple of small humans caught up with her.

In one possible outcome, Lockdown got a better offer from a safari hunter, and captured Blackarachnia to be taken to the [[Kvi Cluster]]. {{storylink|Web of Deception}}

===''The Cool'' comic===
[[File:BlackarachniaTheCoolDominatrix01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.4|''Bow chika wow wooowww!'']]

Blackarachnia was part of Megatron's band of Decepticons, chasing down the Autobots who had rediscovered the long-lost Allspark. She was visibly frustrated when Megatron along with the Autobots disappeared through a Space Bridge gate. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3}}

Upon arriving on [[Earth]], Blackarachnia joined [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] in attacking [[Detroit]]. Transforming from spider to robot mode, she came swinging down from the sky to attack [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] in an attempt to seize the [[AllSpark#Animated|AllSpark]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 1}}

Later, she finally caught up with her old flame, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] for a long-overdue conversation. She announced her plans to use [[AllSpark Key|the key]] to cure her body, but Optimus refused to let her, calling her "Elita-1" in the process. Incensed at being called that, she demanded Optimus explain why he abandoned her to die years ago. Optimus told her that he and [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] immediately formed a rescue party but were unable to find her. Breaking free from her webbing, Optimus then vowed to help her find a cure for her condition no matter what.

Blackarachnia was moved by Optimus's words until [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] arrived and interrupted their tender moment. Before she could consider the offer, [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] seized her and ordered a retreat. As she flew off with the Decepticon, Optimus repeated his offer to "Elita-1". Blackarachnia reminded him never to call her by that name again, shedding a tear in the process. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 4}}
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===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Elita-1 was a member of the [[Yellow Order]]. She was defeated alongside her commander [[Yellow Splendid Convoy]] when the [[G1 World|dimension hopping]] [[Seacon (BW)|pirate]] [[Scylla]] arrived at the [[Yellow Planet]] to plunder the [[Matrix Gauntlet|Yellow Matrix]]. {{Storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}
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==Games==
===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Blackarachnia is featured as a playable game card. She is a black card, has a value of 7 points, and has the following power: "+3 to all females in play."}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}

==Toys==
===''Animated''===
[[File:Ani-toy Blackarachnia.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|She's got legs... lots of legs... and she knows how to use them. To hurt you.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackarachnia''' (Deluxe Class, 2008 / 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''TA-09'''
:*''Accessories'': Grapnel-hook
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Alex Kubalsky]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the second wave of Hasbro's ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' Deluxes, Blackarachnia transforms into a mechanical spider with some organic aesthetic. Many of her pointier parts are [[For safety reasons|molded in softer plastic]] to keep unfortunate children from putting their eyes out. She comes with a [[Wiktionary:grapnel|grapnel]] [[Retractable string gimmick|hook accessory]] with a jointed claw at the end of it; pulling out the string then pressing a button on the base's top quickly pulls the string back in. It may be mounted under her abdomen in spider mode or on her back in robot mode, via two different sets of pegs. There is also a peg hole in each wrist, for [[Spider-Man|web-slinging]] action.

: The spider's head is mis-transformed in the package, making the first step of her instructions initially confusing. Furthermore, the pedipalps will easily come off if manipulated too much, and her transformation requires that they be turned around completely. Because of this, they will often fall off over, and over, and ''over''....

: Blackarachnia was released in the first wave of Takara's ''Animated'' line in 2010. Oddly, despite the sheer amount of metallic paint applied to virtually every other toy in the first few waves, Takara Blackarachnia is basically identical to the Hasbro version, down to the gold Decepticon symbol on her collar.

: This toy was later [[repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Blackarachnia (BW)#2005 IDW continuity|IDW incarnation of Blackarachnia]], and was remolded and given a ''Beast Wars'' cartoon-accurate deco for [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Legends|''Legends'' Blackarachnia]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Blackarachnia/blackarachnia.htm More information on Blackarachnia at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''The Revenge of Blackarachnia''' (2-pack, 2008)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Grapnel-hook

: The Blackarachnia toy was released again in a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] two-pack with the "Battle Damaged" [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#DVDpack|Optimus Prime from the DVD 2-pack with Megatron]]. Both toys are identical to their original releases.

==Merchandise==
===Microbots Collection===
*'''Blackarachnia''' (Capsule, 2010)
: Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. released Blackarachnia and 5 other Animated characters as small PVC figures in the Microbots Collection, a series of capsule toys.
::*''[http://www.shmax.com/part_details/21853 More information on Blackarachnia at shmax.com]''
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==Notes==
*In the original bible, the Elita-1 backstory does not exist, with Blackarachnia instead presented as Catwoman to Optimus Prime's [[Batman]]. The original character arc was that Optimus would get Blackarachnia to accept herself instead of considering herself a freak, but it would subvert audience expectations with her deciding she was superior to other Transformers, thus plotting to kill and replace them all with technorganics.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160923144431/http://www.allspark.com/2016/09/transformers-animated-story-bible-never-seen-before Allspark.com: "Transformers Animated Story Bible – Never Seen Before!" (via the Internet Archive)]</ref> Shades of this alternate characterization can be seen in the original press kit for the cartoon, which explains that Blackarachnia's techno-organic state was caused by "an encounter with the [[AllSpark|ALLSPARK]]" in the past.
*A non-final [[character model]] for Blackarachnia (see below) is included in the initial ''Transformers Animated'' press kit from [[Cartoon Network]], is used briefly (in silhouette) for her first appearance in "[[Transform and Roll Out]]", and appears on the Deluxe figure's packaging. Though the toy shares the non-final model's spider-leg placement in robot mode, black belly, dark purple skin, and yellow Decepticon symbol, the rest of the toy adheres much more closely to the finished model.
*Blackarachnia is the only major ''Animated'' character not to have [[stock footage|a detailed on-screen transformation]].
*As Elita-1, her head is based on the pony-tailed Ariel, the younger form of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], while her body's ornamentation homages Elita One herself.
*According to [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], Elita-1's [[alternate mode]] is a "Cybertronian car".<ref>[https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&postID=2344351953813555694&isPopup=true Derrick Wyatt on Blogger]</ref>
*Blackarachnia has a [[mouthplate|faceplate]], seen in ''[[Transformers Animated: The Arrival|The Arrival]]'' issues [[Dispatches|#1]] and [[The Arrival issue 4|#4]], but never in the show itself.
*The credits for "Megatron Rising" [[Megatron Rising - Part 1|Parts 1]] [[Megatron Rising - Part 2|and 2]] spell her name as "Black Arachnia".
*In the Japanese dub, Blackarachnia is played by [[Ryōka Yuzuki]], who also voiced ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. She plays this incarnation much the same, importing her unique verbal tic: a hissing ''chā'' (チャー) noise to end all sentences.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blackarachnia''' (ブラックアラクニア ''Burakkuarakunia''), '''Elita One''' (エリータワン ''Erīta Wan'')
*''Russian:'' '''Chërnaya Vdova''' (Чёрная Вдова, "Black Widow"), '''Elita-1''' (Элита-1), '''Elita Odin''' (Элита Один, "Elita One")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:AniBlackarachniaPromoModel.jpg|Near-final Blackarachnia robot mode design
File:AllsparkAlmanac-ElitaOne.jpg|Elita-1 robot mode design
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Animated Autobots]]
[[Category:Animated Decepticons]]
[[Category:Animated Predacons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Predacon leaders]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]
[[Category:Yellow Order]]

Sin-hui Park

2025-03-10T08:56:36Z

Jazztronomy: /* Voice roles */

'''Sin-hui Park''' (박신희 ''Bak Sin-hui'') is a Korean voice actress (born [[April 26]], [[1976]]). In addition to her work with ''Transformers'', she's also done work on a number of other series such as the ''Onegai!'' franchise and ''Lucky Star''.

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers: Animated''===
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]]
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Teletran-1]]

==External links==
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=96380 Anime News Network entry]
*[http://rigvedawiki.net/r1/wiki.php/%EB%B0%95%EC%8B%A0%ED%9D%AC Sin-hui Park] on RigVida Wiki (Korean)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Sin-hui}}
[[Category: Korean voice actors]]

Heatwave (RB)

2025-03-10T08:41:41Z

Jazztronomy: /* Rescue Bots cartoon */

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{{disambigm|Heatwave (disambiguation)|Thunder (disambiguation)}}
:''Heatwave the Fire-Bot is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:HeatwaveTheFireBot_poster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Note: Toy may look nothing like TV show character.]]

The team leader of the [[Rescue Bot]]s, '''Heatwave''' was given his position because of how deeply he cares for his team and their mission. However, he is a bot of action at heart who dreams of one day joining [[Team Prime]], and sometimes has little patience for anything he sees as getting in the way of his mission, including staying in disguise as non-sentient vehicles and working with [[human]] partners.

When he goes into action, though, no blaze is too strong for his armor. With built-in water cannons, a rescue hook, and a fireman's axe, he's well prepared to take on the most stubborn fires and most intense rescue missions. He partners with the other Rescue Bots and with their newest human teammates, [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Cody Burns]], though he and Kade are frequently at odds as their egos clash.

==Fiction==
===Storybooks===
[[File:PrimeAlert Heatwave rolls out.jpg|thumb|left|260px|]]
Heatwave was the leader of the Rescue Bot team on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They received a message from [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to join him on [[Earth]], and immediately hopped in their spaceship. On arrival on the new planet, Optimus gave him a new alternate mode, a fire truck, and they headed for [[Griffin Rock]]. [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] accidentally chopped down a tree with his rotors, requiring some quick work by the rest of the team to prevent more damage. They finally reached their destination, where Optimus introduced them to [[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie]]. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Roll Out}} Heatwave's first mission was to go to the [[Fire Safety Training Center]] for training, and there he rescued a cat and extinguished a fire. He soon after received an emergency alert from [[Fire Station Prime|Prime Fire Station]], and rushed back across town to find the station on fire. After rescuing Chief Charlie and [[Cody Burns]], he and Cody became partners, and were assigned the important task of giving [[Sparkplug (RB)|Sparkplug]] a bath. {{storylink|Prime Alert}}

After the team at the station were joined by Blades, the two Rescue Bots and Cody headed out to another emergency, however Blades's radio was damaged, making it difficult for Heatwave to give him orders. While Heatwave battled the forest fire, Blades accidentally fanned the fire with his rotors until Heatwave and Cody were able to shoo him away. Blades discovered where his partner and the other endangered humans were, and led Heatwave to them. Heatwave and Cody were able to finish putting out the fire, and returned to Prime Fire Station covered in soot. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Respond}} [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Boulder]] later arrived at the station to complete the team, and Heatwave and Blades were there to welcome them. {{storylink|Rapid Rescue}}
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===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Jason Marsden]] (English, "[[Switcheroo]]")|[[Mikael Eklund]] (Finnish), [[Nicolas Matthys]] (French), [[Erich Räuker]] (German), [[Csaba Tokaji]] (Hungarian), [[Lorenzo Scattorin]] (Italian), [[Robert Jarociński]] (Polish), [[Humberto Solórzano]] (Latin American-Spanish, first voice), [[Raúl Solo]] (Latin-American Spanish, second voice), [[Iñaki Baliño]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Ramon Campos (voice actor)|Ramon Campos]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Seok-jeong Yang]] (Korean)}}
[[File:UnfinishedBusiness protoHeatwave.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rock Em' Sock Em' Rescue Bot.]]
On Cybertron, Heatwave was a three time [[Cybertronian sport#Lobbing|Lobbing]] champion. {{storylink|Road Trip}}

Heatwave and his team were finishing a routine patrol in space when they received a distress call. Investigating, they found they'd been marked as lunch by an [[Energon eater]], and had to put themselves in stasis and power down their ship to escape it. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}} Sometime later, the ''[[Sigma]]'' received a transmission from [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and landed on [[Earth]]. After dropping the bombshell that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was no more, Optimus appointed Heatwave team leader and assigned them to [[Griffin Rock]] to work with the Burns family. The four Rescue Bots were presented to the public by [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] at a ceremony, following which Heatwave and his new partner, [[Kade Burns]], drove to the [[Griffin Rock natural history museum|museum]] to attend to a fire. Heatwave was disgruntled when Kade took the credit for his saving Chief Burns and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] from a falling dinosaur statue head. That night, [[Cody Burns]] discovered the Rescue Bots' secret, and after they helped stop a rogue robot ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', Chief Burns revealed the truth to the rest of the team. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

[[Image:FamilyOfHeroes Heatwave roll to the rescue.jpg|thumb|left|350px|My head looks nothing like my toy, that's how much of a rebel I am!]]
Heatwave and Kade continued having trouble working together, with Kade even preferring to drive a non-transforming firetruck. After [[Mount Magma]] started spewing lava and threatening the island, the pair were forced to work together, driving through a tunnel under the island to stop the lava from reaching the bunker under the fire station. {{storylink|Under Pressure}} Following the rescue of [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]], Heatwave felt under-appreciated by the humans. He was amused when [[Dani Burns|Dani]] fitted a scoop claw to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], but less so when the pair started upstaging the other Rescue Bots at rescues, and even threatened to forcibly remove the device from his comrade. Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots came to Blades's rescue when he was struck by lightning and unable to fly, after which Dani sent some appreciation their way and Blades promised not to use the claw as much. {{storylink|Hotshots}}

[[Image:FlobstersOnParade Heatwave with children.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Urge to kill...rising...]]
After another rescue of Doc Greene, Heatwave was still disgruntled and refused to take part in the [[Lobster and Technology Festival]], instead staying back at the fire station to watch it on TV. When the town was attacked by [[flobster]]s, he ventured out to help the other Rescue Bots fight the flying critters, resulting in him later having to endure being climbed on by children. {{storylink|Flobsters on Parade}} Following the rescue of a truck of hazardous materials, Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots were subjected to a screening of ''[[The Natives of Tatooie]]'', which accidentally resulted in [[Huxley Prescott]] causing a mass panic by reporting an alien invasion. The Rescue Bots had to destroy Prescott's [[SETI]] dish to save the island. {{storylink|The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock}}

Heatwave's attempt to stop [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]]'s heli-pack ride with water only resulted in an umbrella shop being flooded. When [[Boulder]] was taken over by nanites, Heatwave threatened to physically intervene, though Blades suspected Boulder would come out on top in that match-up. {{storylink|Cody on Patrol}}

Called out about a cat in a tree, Heatwave saved [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] when she fell out of a tree, and was rewarded with a slap in the face. The next day, he helped hunt a [[Whiskers|lion]] and return a bunch of lemurs to the [[Griffin Rock Zoo|zoo]]. {{storylink|Walk on the Wild Side}} When a rescue went wrong, Heatwave managed to fish Kade and [[Don|another human]] out of a river using his fire hose. Cody roped the Rescue Bots, including "Uncle Heatwave", into helping him look after a [[Robo-Baby]]. The Robo-Baby seemed to like Heatwave best of all. After the baby went missing during a call-out, the bots had to rescue it from a wind farm. Heatwave caught it in mid-air after it fell from a windmill. {{storylink|Four Bots and a Baby}}

[[Image:DeepTrouble Heatwave jumps shark.jpg|thumb|left|290px|"Just keep swimming...just keep swimming..."]]
During a heatwave, Heatwave did not appreciate being used as a sprinkler. When a weather machine went out of control, he and the other Rescue Bots had to spring into action attending snow-related emergencies around town. {{storylink|Christmas in July}} Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots were invited on the Burns' annual fishing trip on the ''[[Darby Ava]]''. Heatwave didn't really get the whole fishing thing until they encountered a [[shark submarine|mechanical shark]] and he got to wrestle it. He, [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and Boulder eventually managed to disable the sub, though it self-destructed soon after. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble}}

The Rescue Bots had to help stop out-of-control technology one foggy day, when the Griffin Rock mainframe was hacked into. Heatwave had to rescue the mayor from the town hall when a garbage truck trapped him inside. {{storylink|Return of the Dino Bot}} When [[Doctor Morocco]] turned up with his [[MorBot]] and threatened to overshadow the Rescue Bots, the team was forced to compete with the doctor's invention to prove themselves worthy. Thanks to Morocco's machinations, they failed and were stood down from service. Heatwave was particularly angry at the loss. {{storylink|The Other Doctor}} Accepting defeat, he attempted to make contact with Optimus Prime to get reassigned and considered getting their ship working again. After being called out to a fire at the lab, the Rescue Bots got the chance to exact some payback on the MorBot. The team was subsequently reinstated as Griffin Rock's rescue service. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

[[Image:SmallBlessings Kade rescues Hayley.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.]]
After helping Kade rescue [[Hayley]], a girl Kade was interested in, Heatwave was annoyed by Kade blowing him off to go on a date. When he and the rest of the team turned up to a break-in at the [[Hall of Inspiration]], Heatwave was forced to protect Kade and as a result was shrunk to the size of an ant by the [[Minimizer]]. He was joined by the similarly shrunken Boulder and Blades, and the trio ended up in the sewer. After braving huge rats and a torrent of water, they made it to the [[Griffin Rock dam]], where they rescued Kade and alerted the rest of the team to the fact that the dam was near bursting. Cody later used the Minimizer to return them to their normal sizes. {{storylink|Small Blessings}} Heatwave helped save [[Wild (RB)|Captain Wild]]'s ship and found "tunnel 15" in the tunnels below Griffin Rock. This led the team to discover [[Anna Baranova|Professor Baranova]]'s ''[[Midgard]]'' at the bottom of an ocean trench, and they helped her seal the methane vent causing the [[Griffin Rock Triangle]]. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Triangle}}

After the daring rescue of Huxley Prescott by the four bots, Chief left them with Kade in charge, however when they got an apparent SOS from Cody and Kade was unable to be contacted, Heatwave made the decision to disobey the Chief's orders and venture into [[Griffin Crest]]. He, Blades and Boulder were subsequently caught by the [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] field there and immobilized on top of [[Old Parker]], necessitating a rescue by Chase and the human half of the team. He was forced to concede that sticking to the rules sometimes worked. {{storylink|Rules and Regulations}} Heatwave and the other three Bots were washed out to sea with Cody and ended up on an inhabited island. Their attempts to build him shelter and gather food were less than successful, but they did manage to find traces of the ''[[Oaken Crow]]'', which led to them finding the ship and getting off the island. {{storylink|The Lost Bell}}

[[Image:YouveBeenSquilshed Heatwave wields telephone pole.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Heatwave doesn't just throw javelins, he throws ''electrified'' javelins!]]
Chasing a crashed meteorite on [[Wayward Island]], the team ran into [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Heatwave, Boulder and Chase checked out the meteorite and were unwittingly exposed to an alien virus. They slowly lost the ability to move or speak, and it was only through the work of Bumblebee, Blades and the humans that a cure was found. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} Heatwave and the team were called out to deal with a giant rampaging blob of space slime. He was particularly incensed when it ate Chase, and though his water didn't help stop the blob, he found zapping it with electricity did, and the discovery ultimately led to the [[Squilsh]]'s defeat. {{storylink|You've Been Squilshed}}

After most of the town disappeared, Heatwave and the other Bots found themselves fighting small mechanical bugs. He took Cody, [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] and Kade to the lab so they could check the information on the computer there, but after all three of them vanished as well, it was up to Heatwave and his team to work out where the humans had been teleported to. After locating the cavern in question, they were able to rescue the townsfolk. {{storylink|Countdown (RB)|Countdown}} When Griffin Rock was infested by what appeared to be ghosts, Heatwave was mostly just frustrated that he couldn't hit them. When they turned out to just be holograms, he took great delight in catching the perpetrators by hosing them down to work out which were the real humans. {{storylink|The Haunting of Griffin Rock}}

[[Image:ShakeUp Heatwave protects Frankie.jpg|thumb|right|280px|If he slips and falls, Heatwave'd have a ''looot'' of explaining to do about the red stain on his windscreen.]]
When Kade challenged Graham to a race, Heatwave did the driving and ended up demolishing a fire hydrant. After Chase and the Chief went missing, Heatwave and the others searched all night for them, eventually tracking them down to the lead mine where the team had to rescue them. {{storylink|Little White Lies}} Heatwave was annoyed when Kade ordered the Bots to take part in Frankie's film for school. The Bots soon had problems attending to an earthquake and acting like robots at the same time, but when Frankie followed them into the tunnels under the town, Heatwave had to come rescue her from a cave-in. In the process of doing so, he had to drop his cover, but she was passed out and didn't notice. {{storylink|Shake Up}} After Heatwave took part in a rescue at a pyrotechnics factory, Cody got a [[repulsor badge]] that gave him superhero powers. The Bots ended up being relegated to cleanup, at least until the badge overloaded and they had to rescue Cody from a bubble of energy. {{storylink|Rescue Boy}}

Heatwave was roped into taking part in a photo op with Kade. When the four bots attended the testing of a [[Temporal Station|time machine]], he sheltered Cody and Frankie, and thus when the four Bots were propelled back in time to [[1939]], so were the kids. Heatwave had the rest of his team keep up the pretense of being robots, and they were subjected to a number of tests before Morocco pinned them to a wall and prepared to dissect them. Luckily Optimus and Bumblebee came to their rescue, and the team returned to the present, only to find that Morocco was in control of Griffin Rock. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} They soon established that leaving [[Dither]] in the past was a mistake. After an encounter with an alternate version of the Burns family, the Rescue Bots returned to 1939 and retrieved Dither, returning the timeline to normal. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

[[File:RoadTrip Heatwave vs bear.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Man, those Junior Woodchuck roaring lessons came in real handy!]]
Heatwave soon learned to drive the newly-acquired [[Mobile Headquarters]], using it to stop a speeding driver. An incident with Doc Greene's [[Vacuum Accelerator]] resulted in the Mobile HQ and three of the Rescue Bots being teleported around the island. After a stop atop [[Mount Griffin]], Heatwave threw the device away, only to find they needed it to rescue Kade from the forest. {{storylink|Road Trip}} The Rescue Bots helped construct Frankie Greene's [[Sky Forest (structure)|Sky Forest]], only to have to rescue the town's citizens when the plant life grew out of control. {{storylink|Sky Forest (episode)|Sky Forest}} When Chief Burns was ill, Heatwave had to contend with Kade appointing himself head honcho, and Cody being accidentally aged into an adult in a lab experiment. He helped track down Evan and Myles, and was amused when Kade was temporarily de-aged into a child by the equipment they'd stolen. {{storylink|One for the Ages}}

When an iceberg was discovered that was actually a frozen [[S.S. Isolde|ship]] carrying a dangerous [[Sub-Zero Expander]], Heatwave took part in an attempt to get rid of the device by blowing it up, which was aborted when it turned out Doctor Morocco had claimed the vessel as salvage. The team had to deal with the fallout when the device exploded and froze a five-mile section of ocean. {{storylink|Tip of the Iceberg}} After the Bots saved a skier when a huge snow storm hit Griffin Rock, Heatwave scolded Blades for not helping him evade an avalanche. When Blades and Cody got trapped in ''[[Griffin Rock Element Quest]]'', a new virtual reality game in the Hall of Inspiration, Heatwave made sure the power didn't go out by holding two electrical lines together, which caused him to be temporarily dazed after being electrocuted. He later entered the game himself and was surprised to see that Blades was protecting Cody very well. He helped the two defeat the game and was teleported out. Heatwave later commended Blades for his courage. {{storylink|A Virtual Disaster}}

[[File:BlameTheGremlins Heatwave tells off Kade.jpg|thumb|right|250px|If one of you fed those things after midnight, we're ''gonna have a bad time!'']]
Heatwave was confused and irritated by Kade ignoring emergency calls about fires, until he was hypnotized by one of the cellphones which were bringing the island's inhabitants under their control. Heatwave was forced to dig up [[Blossom Vale]] until the cell tower was destroyed. {{storylink|Spellbound}} Huxley Prescott roped the rescue team into taking part in a reality show, but started manufacturing his emergencies to make the show more exciting. As a result, Heatwave ran out of water to fight a forest fire, and had to use maple syrup instead. {{storylink|Prescott's Bots}} When Kade's nightmares about [[gremlin]]s started affecting his work, Heatwave told him to deal with them. Unfortunately this ended with the team having to face a horde of [[gremlin]]s, conjured from Kade's nightmares by Doc Greene's [[Nightmare Imaging Device]]. {{storylink|Blame the Gremlins}}

When a monster was spotted during a star-gazing expedition with Cody, Heatwave was doused with skunk smell. He and the other Rescue Bots helped Cody hunt for the beast, resulting in an encounter with it at an old cannery. It transpired that the "Magic Meat" that [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] had been selling was [[Fo-Foo]], an experimental food with lycanthropic side effects, and the team had to track down Luskey and Graham who were both infected. {{storylink|Feed the Beast}}

[[File:SpaceBots Heatwave flying in space.jpg|thumb|left|280px|Y'know, that scene in WALL-E was so much more ''effective'' with a partner.]]
During a visit by [[Woodrow Burns]], Heatwave realized a photo he'd taken of a cavern showed [[energon]], and alerted Optimus. Once Optimus arrived to help mine the energon, the mission instead turned into a rescue, as Woodrow and Cody had become trapped in a cavern deep underground. {{storylink|What Lies Below}} Separated from the rest of the team, Optimus and Heatwave discovered the main shaft of Mount Magma, and nearby, a sizable deposit of energon. When they were later reunited with the rest of the team, they were able to ignite the energon in a plan to blast themselves out of the top of the volcano. Optimus later farewelled the Rescue Bots, informing Heatwave that he should prepare for greater responsibility some time soon. {{storylink|What Rises Above}}

Following the launch of the ''[[Asgard]]'' and its collision with an asteroid, Heatwave and the team had to intercept debris falling on the town. The Rescue Bots fired up their spaceship and went up to rescue the crew of the ''Asgard'', with Heatwave himself jumping over to the space elevator and retrieving Doc Greene and Graham. {{storylink|Space Bots}} When the team had to deal with a [[mechanical bull]], they discovered it was made hostile by Heatwave's red color scheme. They managed to get it to the laboratory where Cody was accidentally sent with it to the [[Island of Misfit Tech]]. Heatwave volunteered to travel there, but quickly lost his recall tag and ended up fighting metal-eating insects until Cody came to the rescue with the help of the mechanical bull. Joined by Kade, the trio were able to return to Griffin Rock in time to help deal with a Scrapmaster. {{storylink|The Island of Misfit Tech}}

[[File:BuddySystem Heatwave and snake.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Alright, who's the wiseguy who tried to replace my hose with a live snake?!]]
The town's new central computer [[Vigil]] was unable to control the four Rescue Bots, so when it attempted to take control of Griffin Rock, the Bots were able to get the rest of the team into its vault to stop it. {{storylink|The Vigilant Town}} Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots went along on a nature hike, however when the hike was interrupted by a snake infestation in town, Heatwave was forced to put up with Kade and Dani bickering and discovered he had a particular dislike of snakes. {{storylink|Buddy System}} Heatwave, Blades and Boulder accompanied Graham and Cody to Wayward Island, where they discovered a lodestone super-magnet that was causing metal objects to be pulled towards it all the way from Griffin Rock. {{storylink|In Search of the Griffin's Nest}}

[[File:Changes Heatwave as boat.jpg|thumb|left|320px|Sooo, does this make me a Triple-Changer?]]
When Chase appeared to join Evan and Myles during a crime spree by the pair, Heatwave believed that he'd switched sides. It later turned out Chase had merely gone undercover to learn the pair's plan, though as Heatwave later pointed out, he should have let them know. {{storylink|Bots and Robbers}} Following the rescue of a dog, Heatwave was confused by the concept of dog ownership, until [[Noble (RB)|Noble]] turned out to be a capable rescuer who joined the Rescue Bots in their work. {{storylink|Rescue Dog}} Called to the mainland by Optimus Prime, Heatwave received additional training, allowing him to focus his energies in preparation to take on a third mode. As he and Kade headed back to Griffin Rock, he ended up scanning a sunken fire boat in order to come to the aid of the rest of the team. {{storylink|Changes}}

After a sea rescue Heatwave took part in resulted in everyone's midwinter holiday presents sinking to the bottom of the ocean, Heatwave and the rest of the team took on the mantle of the [[Rider of Midwinter]] and delivered loaves of bread to the townsfolk. {{storylink|The Riders of Midwinter}} When a [[Power Planter]] was struck by lightning and ran wild, the team was forced to respond to a number of emergencies caused by it. They eventually succeeded in luring it into a trap using [[Boil Coil]]s and Heatwave tricked it into driving off a cliff. {{storylink|Movers and Shakers}} During Chief Burns's absence from the island, the team found itself under Woodrow's leadership. {{storylink|Chief Woodrow}}

While the other Rescue Bots prepared for Bumblebee's visit, Heatwave utilized his new boat mode to help Cody and Frankie test Doc Greene's new [[Ski-neakers]], and rescued the pair when a wave threatened them. Bumblebee turned out to be on the hunt for a relic, and Heatwave helped in the search. Afterwards he and Kade helped rescue people when a right whale sank the ferry. {{storylink|Odd Bot Out}} The rescue team was roped into completing a rail tunnel to the mainland, mainly because Mayor Luskey regarded the Bots as heavy machinery. When the [[Griffin Rock Express]] went out of control, the Bots had to rescue everyone on board, with the help of Frankie and her phasing technology. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Express}}

[[File:OddBotOut Heatwave rescues Chase.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Heatwave's attempt at wearing a feather boa didn't quite go as planned.]]
Following a game of [[Rescue Ball]] which was interrupted by an impromptu rescue, Chase and the others found that Blades was acting strangely. They discovered why when they were abducted by Dr. Morocco and replaced by duplicates as Blades had been earlier. Morocco erased their memories and convinced them he had been appointed their Earth liaison by Optimus Prime. The Rescue Bots were promptly sent on a mission to mine gold under Griffin Rock, which barely got started before they trigged a methane explosion, and were confronted by the "criminal" Burns family. {{storylink|Double Villainy}}

The suspicious Bots were taken back to the fire house, where the evidence soon convinced them that the Burns family was on their side and they'd been misled by Morocco. Unfortunately the methane explosion cause the island to begin to sink, and given the choice between helping out or regaining their memories, the Bots chose the former option, though at least Heatwave was restored to his position as team leader. With the help of some tech from Doc Greene, the team was able to raise the island once again, and Morocco was forced to restore their memories. {{storylink|Rise of the Heroes}}

During a routine inspection by Optimus, Heatwave led his team to Wayward Island to investigate a pterodactyl appearance. The Rescue Bots found a group of dinosaurs which chased them into a tar pit, and they had to be rescued by Optimus Prime. Once they established what the dinosaurs were upset about, the team was able to get them to return to the underground cavern they'd come from. {{storylink|Land Before Prime (episode)|Land Before Prime}} When Optimus was abducted by big game hunter [[Quint Quarry]], Heatwave, Chase and Blades headed to Quarry's island to mount a rescue. The hunter managed to trap them in a cage and was about to take them off the island in his heli-jet when Optimus and Boulder came to their aid. {{storylink|Big Game}}

[[File:TooManyKades Heatwave buffs himself.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Where's [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] when you need him?]]
Kade's obnoxious behavior led Heatwave to "accidentally" soak him while the team was rounding up clones of Mister Pettypaws created by the Imaging Device. Shortly thereafter another test of the device resulted int the creation of four more Kades, and Heatwave was amused when the Kades argued amongst themselves, though not so much when their squabbling almost caused an accident. The Kades later saved Heatwave and the rest of the team from a gas leak. {{storylink|Too Many Kades}} The team was sent ten years forward in time when they boarded the ''[[S.S. Phantom Voyager]]'', however Boulder and Graham were able to reverse the time machine stored in the ship's hold, returning them to present day. {{storylink|Phantom of the Sea}}

Heatwave related the story of the Energon eater to Cody one story night. Following a flooding disaster, Heatwave allowed Chase and Boulder to go into space to attempt to help the stricken ship that had sent out the original distress call, and had to attempt to cover for the pair in their absence. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}} After the town was sealed inside an energy dome by Vigil, Heatwave and the others pursued the AI to try to beat it to the dome controls in the lab, but both Heatwave and Boulder ended up stuck under old cars in the scrapyard. {{storylink|No Place Like Dome}}

[[File:BotTasticVoyage Heatwave sits on sofa.jpg|thumb|right|280px|...Where's the remote?]]
In addition to helping Graham with his love life, Heatwave and the rest of the team had to deal with mutant metal-eating army ants courtesy of Doctor Morocco. {{storylink|Bugs in the System}} During a trip on the space elevator Asgard, Heatwave switched bodies with Kade, allowing him to experience the delights of toothaches and human dentistry. He was very relieved when they got switched back. {{storylink|Switcheroo}} When Kade accidentally ingested [[scrubmite]]s, Heatwave and the rest of the team were shrunk to microscopic size and flew the ''Sigma'' into his body to deal with the critters. Heatwave had fun roping the mites, but when they were forced to strap them to the hull of the ship, he had to prevent them escaping before the ship could leave Kade's body. {{storylink|Bot-Tastic Voyage}}

Following Professor Baranova's abduction at the hands of Colonel Quarry, Heatwave scanned a ''Brachiosaurus'' alternate mode so that he and the others, including Optimus, could masquerade as the Dino-bots Quarry wanted Doc Greene to build. They were taken to an island by Quarry and put through their paces, before he took them to a boat so he could ship them off to be sold. Luckily Blades, who'd been having trouble with his alternate mode, was able to rescue them and Quarry was arrested. {{Storylink|Quarry's Quarry}} The team visited Wayward Island to search for an energon trace. They found only a caveman frozen in ice, who turned out to be still alive once he was thawed back in Griffin Rock. While the others helped "[[Ira]]" acclimate, Heatwave and Blades returned to Wayward Island and found cave paintings depicting Autobots in the caveman's era. {{storylink|Did You See What I Thaw?}}

[[File:AttackOfHumungado Dino Heatwave.jpg|thumb|left|250px|No, Heatwave, that's what a ''llama'' does! You're a ''Brontosaurus''!]]
When Doc Greene's new projector was used to screen ''[[Humungado|Attack of Humungado]]'', Heatwave ended up using his dinosaur mode to help combat Humungado and his rival Rayvenous when it turned out the projector made them more realistic then Doc had planned...by bringing the two kaiju into the real world. {{storylink|The Attack of Humungado}} The mayor decided to honor the rescue team by holding [[Bot Appreciation Week]]; however, a clash in schedules resulted in the Burns family being off the island for the start. The Rescue Bots found they had to contend with the souvenir versions of themselves running amok thanks to Evan and Myles reprogramming them. {{storylink|All Bots Great and Small}}

When Cody began experiencing repeated time, his foreknowledge allowed the rescue team to prevent a number of disasters and mishaps during the dedication of the town's new clock tower. {{storylink|Time After Time}} When the mayor accidentally set fire to Founders' Day, Heatwave and Kade put it out, but the indignant mayor suspended the team on account of the fact that the Burns family was descended from a pirate. A series of clues led the team to find the treasure and they were able to persuade the mayor to reinstate them. {{storylink|Pirates Ahoy}}

After being rescued from a whirlpool by [[High Tide]], Heatwave found himself and his team placed under the new Autobot's command for some water training. Chafing under High Tide's command, Heatwave eventually snapped and quit the training, but later led the operation to secure an oil spill. After the successful securing of the spill, High Tide accepted he'd been too harsh on the Rescue Bots. {{storylink|Turning the Tide}} During a visit by the time traveler [[Jules Verne]], Heatwave helped apprehend Dr. Morocco. He was surprised to learn that Verne had met him on another occasion which hadn't yet happened for Heatwave. {{storylink|The Last of Morocco}}

[[File:RescueBotsAcademy Heatwave shouts at Blurr.jpg|thumb|right|280px|"One o' these days, Blurr, one o' these days: ''POW!!'' Straight to Cybertron!"]]
After the Rescue Bots found [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] and [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] on Wayward Island, Optimus assigned the pair to be trained by Heatwave's team. Heatwave was unimpressed with the brash Blurr beating him in a race by cheating, and bungling a rescue, and even less so when it turned out Blurr had been lying about his past, but Optimus convinced him to give Blurr another chance. {{storylink|The New Recruits}} Heatwave grew ever more frustrated with Blurr's lack of progress, especially when Blurr botched a rescue and then took a joyride through town and almost exposed the Rescue Bots' secret, leading Heatwave to tell Chief he was going to contact Optimus to get rid of Blurr. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Academy (episode)|Rescue Bots Academy}} He was even less impressed when Blurr stole the ''Sigma'', leaving the rescue team with a big problem when a solar flare knocked out the town's power. After Blurr saved the town from a falling satellite, Heatwave was more disposed to giving him another chance, though Optimus reassigned Blurr and Salvage elsewhere anyway. {{storylink|A New Hero}}

When Servo appeared to be causing damage around town, Heatwave conceded that they might need to send the dog back to High Tide, however it turned out Servo had actually been helping people, and Heatwave changed his mind. {{storylink|Four-Legged Hero}} Heatwave opted out of guard duties when Boulder found a family of endangered woodpeckers. He was proven right when the Rescue Bots activities resulted in the town finding out about the birds and damaging their habitat. {{storylink|Endangered Species}}

After Chase was put in charge of dispatch due to an injury, Heatwave was unimpressed with him raising several false alarms. Once Chase solved a mystery and saved [[Maura the Magnificent]] from going over [[Griffin Falls]], Heatwave declared him fit for duty again. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RB)|More than Meets the Eye}} When Doc Greene's [[Tone-O-Tuner]] caused everyone in town to sing instead of talk, Heatwave refused to say anything until there was an emergency at the town hall. To his relief, they found and shut down the Tone-O-Tuner. {{storylink|I Have Heard the Robots Singing}}

Heatwave continued to grow discontent that the people they saved thought they were mere robots. He and the other Rescue Bots took part in the opening of a time capsule, during which a quantum crystal mishap resulted in the entire island being teleported to the [[Arctic]]. The four Bots had to deice the generators so that the island's dome could be raised. {{storylink|Now and Then}} Heatwave had to rescue Blades and Dani after they made an attempt to go for help. As the team enacted a plan to fill the dome with floatium and fly the island back, the Rescue Bots had their work cut out keeping people safe. The journey continued, but the Rescue Bots were forced to use their own energon to power the dome. They successfully reached Griffin Rock's old location, and after some medical attention, the Rescue Bots recovered. Optimus then gave them a new mission: to let the rest of the town in on their secret. {{storylink|Today and Forever}}

[[File:NewNormal keeping Kade for later.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Heatwave finds the Velgrox's fetish disturbing.]]
Three years on, Heatwave had still not let the team reveal themselves out of worry that the townsfolk would react badly. He finally succeeded in contacting Optimus and received orders to build a new mainland base, though the fact that they would need to work with the humans still didn't change his mind. Finally an invasion by the [[Velgrox]] forced his hand. {{storylink|New Normal}} He quickly became discontent with the new attention he and the others were receiving, opting to test the new [[GroundBridge]] rather than prepare for a town meeting. After accidentally ending up in the [[Sahara]], he and the rest of the team fronted up to the townfolk, who voted to keep their secret. {{storylink|Bridge Building}}

An attempt at racing with Blades resulted in Heatwave accidentally demolishing [[Cullen|Mr. Cullen]]'s rocket. As a result Heatwave decided the team would focus on their duties rather than pursuing their own pastimes. Another GroundBridge accident sent him and Chase to the mainland, and resulted in them bringing a car back to the island who later turned out to be the Rescue Bot [[Quickshadow]]. {{storylink|Arrivals}} Irritated by Quickshadow lecturing them and defeating him in a sparring match, Heatwave placed her in charge of an operation to move [[Phodolite]] through town. The mission hit a snag when the Heatwave lost part of the load, resulting in the team having to use Chase's plan B when Quickshadow didn't have one. {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}}

[[File:VanishingReturns digital Heatwave.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Heatwave Icarus?]]
Following a mishap in which the town pool froze over, the team visited the [[Griffin Rock Fun Zone|Fun Zone]] where Heatwave joined Chief, Cody and Frankie in a round of ''Element Quest'', only to discover it had been invaded by the [[Morocco virus]]. {{storylink|Back to Virtual Reality}} When investors were looking at redeveloping the island, the Rescue Bots used Velgrox technology to make themselves invisible and pretend to be ghosts to scare them off. {{storylink|Vanishing Returns}}

The team took part in [[Halloween|Earliween]] celebrations, and also came up with a plan to foil Evan and Myles when the pair tried to carnap Quickshadow. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (RB)|Ghost in the Machine}} When Whiskers was abducted from the zoo, the Rescue Bots used their dino modes as bait to lure big game hunter [[Thurston Chumley|Lord Chumley]]. Though they themselves were captured, they made the most of their situation, both finding Whiskers and bringing the rest of the team to help arrest Chumley. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RB)|Enemy of My Enemy}} When the opportunity came up, Heatwave was in favor of Chase running for mayor to prove that the Bots were equal in the community to humans. He soon changed his mind after Chase actually took office and the changes he made interfered with the Rescue Team doing their job. {{storylink|Mayor May Not}}

[[File:PartTimeHeroes Heatwave traffic duty.jpg|thumb|left|290px|Heatwave discovers the worst part of being a public official on Earth; ''traffic duty''.]]
When Boulder wanted to celebrate [[All Spark Day (event)|All Spark Day]], Heatwave believe they should stick to the holidays celebrated in their new home. After dealing with a water rescue and a giant-sized [[CeCe Greene]], the Bots found the whole town had decided to celebrate All Spark Day, and Heatwave acted as a substitute for the energon fountain. {{storylink|All Spark Day (episode)|All Spark Day}} When the town's communications tower required replacing, the team took on second jobs — Heatwave helped Kade entertain children's parties. The townsfolk later chipped in with enough cash to replace the tower. {{storylink|Part-Time Heroes}}

When the day finally came to open the mainland [[Rescue Bot Training Center]], Heatwave found himself having to dial the others back with the partying. After the building was transformed, he attempted to return to Griffin Rock with Cody, only to discover that the GroundBridge was malfunctioning. {{storylink|The More Things Change...}} He, Kade and Cody were assigned the task of repairing the center's holographic cloak, and with Blades's help, managed to do so before the base could be discovered. {{storylink|The More Things Stay the Same}}

[[File:OnceUponATime Heatwave busts out.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Heatwave hates it in [[Jurassic Park]].]]
During a series of motor races, the Bots had to first deal with a collapsing stand full of spectators, and then with runaway racers thanks to an errant invention. {{storylink|Hot Rod Bot}} Heatwave accompanied Blades, Chief and Dani to [[Africa]] when Woodrow Burns appeared to need help, and ended up helping a family of gorillas survive baboons and an erupting volcano. {{storylink|King Burns}} During the town's Pizza Pi Party, the team had to deal with a rapidly-expanding monster mound of pizza dough. {{storylink|Pizza Pi Party}}

While running practice drills in the Training Center, the team had to save a Cybertronian ship that crash-landed. When it turned out Bumblebee was on board, the Rescue Bots took him on a tour of the center, however Heatwave and Chase were attacked and knocked out by an energon eater than had come down with the craft. Once it was captured, the others revived them. {{storylink|Uninvited Guest}} When Blades, Graham and Cody uncovered [[Chickadee]]'s operation to find some lost gems, the rest of the team managed to apprehend her. {{storylink|Camp Cody}}

Heatwave and Kade accompanied Cody and Frankie into the woods to make a delivery to Mrs. Neederlander, only to find themselves having to search for her. After finding her and briefly being trapped in a cave, the group managed to meet up with the rest of the team. {{storylink|Once Upon a Time}} After an attempt to drill Blurr on rescuing was less than successful, Heatwave and the rest of the team found themselves having to deal with the escaped [[Mini-Con]] [[Bounce]] and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], a member of Bumblebee's team. {{storylink|The Need for Speed}}

[[File:TheNeedForSpeed Heatwave water knuckles.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Who needs knuckle ''dusters'' when you can have knuckle ''blasters''?]]
When Madeline Pynch got hold of a chunk of Energon, the rescue team put into action a plan to recover the Energon and arrest Pynch. Heatwave (under the code name '''Thunder''') and Chief were dropped into Pynch's compound by Blades, and managed to find Pynch's hoarded tech before she caught them, though they escaped having their memories wiped thanks to switching the tech and ultimately Pynch went to jail {{storylink|Cody's 11}} When Dani's test space mission ran into trouble, the team headed into space in the ''Sigma'' to mount a rescue, with Heatwave providing the first stage to a jetpack-assisted Rescue Bot rocket. {{storylink|To Infinity... And Back}}

Kade and Heatwave tried to get Cody interested in firefighting when the boy was deciding what sort of rescue worker he'd become. {{storylink|Family Business}} The Bots found themselves having to maintain their robot disguises when [[Maven Danger]] stayed at the firehouse as research for his new movie, though it later turned out the visit was just so Maven's agent [[Skip Scobble]] could attempt to steal a rare book. {{storylink|A Brush with Danger}}

The team was surprised to discover a whole town in [[China]] knew about them, when they were called there to deal with some out-of-control [[Scrubmite|Scrubbers]]. Afterwards Optimus promptly reassigned them, with Heatwave leading a team on Griffin Rock consisting of Salvage and Servo. When it turned out the Morocco virus was back and had built a new MorBot, Heatwave managed to blow it up by boobytrapping the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Upgrades}} Unfortunately when he, Kade and Cody returned to the Training Center, they found it under Morocco's control and had to hastily retreat. When Morocco set his sights on abducting Cody, Heatwave's team attempted in vain to protect the boy, but Heatwave was later able to pick up him and Frankie after they dropped Morocco into an undersea trench. Optimus later assigned Heatwave and Kade to train new recruits. {{storylink|Transformations}}
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===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
Following the restoration of Cybertron from the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Heatwave was one of the many Autobots blacklisted by the new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for being a supporter of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. {{Storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

Trying to come up with a rallying cry, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] once ordered his team to "roll to the rescue", but then evidently remembered that someone else was already using that cry. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}}

After spending some time with Bumblebee's team, Blurr said he needed to return to his own rescue team "before Heatwave blows a gasket." {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

===''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Paul Guyet]] (English)|[[Nicolas Matthys]] (French)}}
[[File:ToughLuckChuck Heatwave.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Yep, still a dick. [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Only this time he also has a large chin.]]]]
Now in charge of the training center, Heatwave introduced a batch of new recruits to Earth and ran them through a series of exercises to assess them, including a simulated rescue. {{storylink|Recruits Part I}} He later assigned the recruits to do a training rescue in the caves near [[Milford]], with Cody volunteering as rescue victim. {{storylink|Recruits Part II}}

At some point Heatwave called in Blades to help [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] get the hang of his new jet mode. {{storylink|The Secret of Flight}} After Hot Shot damaged [[Tough Luck Chuck]] during a training exercise, Heatwave put the recruit in charge of looking after the drone while he retrieved some new parts from Milford. It later turned out that Hot Shot had allowed Chuck to wander through the GroundBridge portal to Milford, and Heatwave had to lead the recruits in a search and rescue mission before Chuck was found by humans. {{storylink|Tough Luck Chuck (episode)|Tough Luck Chuck}} Believing that [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] could get the response time of the other recruits down, Heatwave lent the student his control for the rescue alarm, which didn't go as well as it could have. {{storylink|The Bot Who Cried Rescue}}

[[File:MissionInaudible Heatwave vehicle.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Golly, Heatwave, your wheels are bigger than your engine!]]
Heatwave took the recruits to the building site where the Rescue Bots' giant faces were being hewn into a mountainside near Griffin Rock. He later regretted it when Hot Shot endangered the entire enterprise by trying to add his own head. {{storylink|Mount Botmore}} After seeing how [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] got Wedge and Hot Shot to stop fighting, Heatwave put him in charge of the recruits' next practice rescue. {{storylink|Mission Inaudible}} Heatwave had Cody accompany the recruits on another rescue involving an overturned truck in Griffin Rock. {{storylink|Glitch (episode)|Glitch}} His demonstration of the ''Sigma'' to the recruits resulted in them believing that one of them was going to be expelled as there were only four command chairs, leading to them badly failing a volcano rescue drill until he explained that the ships were built to accommodate as many crew as necessary. {{storylink|Five into Four}}

[[File:RescuePromo Heatwave puppet.jpg|thumb|right|350px|There are at ''least'' 4 recreations of Puppetwave in the community by this point.]]
Partway through filming a recruitment video, Heatwave had to go help [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] on a mission and so left the task of filming the rest to [[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]]. He invited Optimus back to the base to view the results. {{storylink|Rescue Promo}} The recruits blaming each other for the failure of a rescue resulted in Heatwave assigning them chores as punishment. {{storylink|Blame Game}} Heatwave and the recruits set up a surprise for Cody to present him with his EMT training certificate. {{storylink|Medix Surprise}}

After five [[TX3000]]s were loaned to the training center, Heatwave put the recruits through a series of exercises to test their ability with the device. {{storylink|The TX3000}} After Teen Pioneer [[Wes]] won a competition, Heatwave had the recruits spend some time with him, though Wedge required more persuading than the others. {{storylink|Driving a Wedge}} After rock sample from an asteroid went missing, Heatwave assumed one of the recruits had taken it. It later turned out that the rock was actually a small alien which had simply walked off his desk. {{storylink|About a Rock}}

The recruits attempted to keep a dog secret from Heatwave, but he inevitably found out and had them contact the dog's owner. It turned out the dog's name was also [[Heatwave (dog)|Heatwave]] and had been trying to get the recruits to rescue his other owner [[Frank Murphy]]. {{storylink|Dog Stray Afternoon}} Heatwave was overseeing the recruits in a simulation when Hot Shot fouled up again. {{storylink|Lucky Ducky}} He, Boulder and Blades worked to prevent a flood in Griffin Rock while the recruits rescued townsfolk. {{storylink|Go Team, Go!}} The recruits were too absorbed in the smartphones Boulder had assigned them to pay attention to Heatwave's lesson, resulting in them botching the rescue simulation he later had them do. {{storylink|Screen Time}} Heatwave took the recruits on a field trip to a museum in Milford, during which Whirl's contention that something was amiss paid off, and the team were able to catch a thief in the act. {{storylink|Fright at the Museum}}

[[File:WhosTeachingWho student Heatwave.jpg|thumb|left|280px|Heatwave was never very good at ''fitting in'' while he was learning at his old Rescue Bot Academy.]]
During a mission to the ''Asgard'', Heatwave and his team got trapped outside, necessitating the sending of the ''Sigma'' back to Earth so the recruits could come make an assist. {{storylink|Space Case (episode)|Space Case}} Heatwave left the recruits with a list of chores when he and Cody joined the other Rescue Bots on an off-world mission. On his return, he was impressed with the results until he found the [[Scrub-A-Dubber]] in his office. {{storylink|All Washed Up}} When Heatwave's lesson bored the recruits, he suggested if they thought they could do better, they could be the teachers for the day. Though the results were variable, Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots were able to employ what they'd learned during a later rescue. {{storylink|Who's Teaching Who?}}

While he had more business off-world, Heatwave assigned the recruits the task of retrieving a balloon from a tree in Milford. The tale he was told when he returned was rather more complicated than expected. {{storylink|Balloon Up A Tree}} Heatwave provided the recruits with a simulated dragon to deal with after discovering that Hoist was too distracted reading about the beasts. {{storylink|The Mystery of Dragon Mountain}} Heatwave introduced the recruits to their new teacher, [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]. He later learned that Hoist had been trying to avoid Grimlock as he was afraid of Dinobots. {{Storylink|Tyrannosaurus Wrecked}} Heatwave gave Hoist permission to skip a trip to [[Wayward Island|Dino Island]]. He and the other teachers were away from the academy when a dinosaur got loose in it, leaving Hoist to have to deal with it. {{storylink|Dino Hard}}

Heatwave assigned the recruits the task of retrieving a crashed top-secret satellite. {{storylink|Dig Fest (episode)|Dig Fest}} On [[Halloween]], Heatwave congratulated the recruits after they pulled off a rescue while trick or treating. {{storylink|Trick or Treat}} Heatwave was again absent from the base on another occasion, leaving Grimlock to do his digital paperwork. {{storylink|Monster Savings}} Heatwave assigned Hoist the task of looking after the experimental [[Virtual Sonic Fence]] and was later upset when the recruits became distracted by the tune used to unlock the device and failed an exercise. Once they got themselves together, he sent them on a mission to the planet [[Herboo]]. {{storylink|Tune Out}} Heatwave and Cody were dealing with a crashed ice cream truck when they had to go to the aid of Boulder and the recruits, who'd stumbled on a nest of [[Scraplet]]s. {{storylink|Metal Munchers}}

[[File:BestBotsForever1 Heatwave tows Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|370px|How to Tow your Dinobot.]]
Increasingly irritated by the testing of Hoist's new comms system, Heatwave ordered the recruits to investigate why some animals were acting as which as it turned out, was because of the new comms system. {{storylink|Milford Goes To The Dogs}} Heatwave had the recruits try a simulation involving an ice wave to teach them that sometimes they had to pick their victories based on what was achievable. {{storylink|The Ice Wave}} Heatwave took part in a teachers vs students relay race, carrying Grimlock as a pretend rescue victim, and lost to Hot Shot when the recruit exploited the Dinobot's fear of cats. He was dismayed later when Hot Shot opted to drop out of the Academy the day before graduation to return to Cybertron. {{storylink|Best Bots Forever Part 1}} A space bridge malfunction caused by the students tampering with it resulted in Heatwave, Optimus, Cody and Chase becoming trapped in an expanding energon bubble. They were eventually freed by the recruits, and Heatwave's anger was cut short by the arrival of the Griffin Rock townsfolk. Graduation went ahead as planned. {{storylink|Best Bots Forever Part 2}}

Between years, Heatwave had personal spaces set up for each of the five recruits, and showed them around when year two started. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s [[Aptitude Analyzer]] paired him with Hot Shot as a mentor. {{storylink|Back to School}} Said mentoring involved assigning Hot Shot a series of chores to do, which turned out to teach Hot Shot the skills necessary for a rescue the recruits had to carry out. {{storylink|In Training}} Heatwave took the recruits to visit Ratchet's lab on Cybertron and was stunned to learn Medix had been hiding a bat from him. {{storylink|Medix Steps Up To The Bat}}

[[File:GreatEnergonRush Heatwave at desk.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Get in the Rescue Bot, Cody.]]
Heatwave was perturbed to discover that the recruits had built a robotic suit for Cody. When he sent them to corral a rogue bull, the suit almost resulted in the situation ending in disaster, but instead it ended with Heatwave trying to wrangle the bull. {{storylink|Robo-Cody}} Heatwave assigned the recruits to the task of acting in Griffin Rock's Play in the Park. When Wedge confessed to having faked an injury to get out of it because a squirrel taunted him, Heatwave suggested maybe the squirrel was trying to tell him something else. {{storylink|Acting Out}} Heatwave approved [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] to join the Academy as a teacher. {{storylink|Need to Know}}

Heatwave was absent from the Academy for a number of days, and had Grimlock fill in for him. {{storylink|Trouble Cubed}} To recognize their good work, Heatwave let the recruits pick their favorite rescue simulation to do, and was confused when they decided to watch movies instead. {{storylink|My Favorite Rescue}} When Grimlock and Hoist found a lead on a possible energon cache, Heatwave approved a mission to go search but cautioned them to observe safety measures at all times. {{storylink|The Great Energon Rush}} Heatwave conducted a fire training exercise with Hot Shot. {{storylink|Wild Ghost Chase}} Heatwave attended the opening of the [[Museum of Future Tech Art]]. {{storylink|Museum Mystery}}

When [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] were trapped in a shrinking [[force field]] dome, Heatwave led the team of mentors and recruits to rescue them. {{storylink|Partners (RBA)|Partners}} Heatwave suggested Hot Shot give his new rescue tool a chance when the young Bot was disappointed with what the [[Sparksayer]] had given him. {{storylink|Power Up And Energize}} Heatwave attended the charity performance of the [[Griffin Rock Ballet School]]. {{storylink|Shall We Dance?}}

[[File:BigWheels Heatwave and Hot Shot fire.jpg|thumb|right|300px|OK, so, let's start by going over the things you got right.]]
Optimus spurred Heatwave into action to try to help Hot Shot master his Mul-T-Cog, though it wasn't until the other recruits got involved that Hot Shot succeeded. {{storylink|Mul-T-Change of Pace}} Heatwave set up a test for Whirl's final deductive reasoning exam, disguising himself as a tree. Whirl saw through the disguise fairly easily. {{storylink|Five Little Rescue Bots}} When a series of technical malfunctions plagued the academy, Heatwave contacted Ratchet to get them fixed. {{storylink|Good Advice}} Hot Shot consulted Heatwave while trying to decide on a new alternate mode, however Heatwave had to come to his rescue when he started a fire at an abandoned rocket site. Hot Shot was so impressed with Heatwave's abilities in fire truck mode that he selected that for his new form. {{storylink|Big Wheels}}

After the recruits informed him of a distress signal they'd detected in space, Heatwave sent them on their first solo off-world mission, giving them a rescue beacon for when they ran into trouble. He later responded to the rescue beacon and arrived in time to witness the reactivation of lost [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Citadel Secundus]]. {{storylink|The Empty City}} Heatwave took part in a "rescue-athon" partnered with Hot Shot. {{storylink|First Responder}} He sent the recruits to [[Australia]] in response to a distress signal, {{storylink|Brushfire (episode)|Brushfire}} and dispatched Whirl to take care of another distress call which turned out to be Scorch. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (episode)|The Ties That Bind}} Heatwave entered a classroom to find Ratchet and the recruits dancing like chickens, and slooooowly backed back out. {{storylink|Bot Blog}}

[[File:WizardOfBotz Heatwave head.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
As Heatwave had to do repairs on the ''Asgard'', he left the recruits in the care of Perceptor. The ''Sigma'' vanished while he was prepping it for launch, as Medix had decided that the best plan to impress Perceptor would be to do the ''Asgard'' repairs himself. {{storylink|Medix Gets Schooled}} Heatwave sent the recruits out on a series of missions which led them to encounter a group of teens who were also mounting rescues. He later offered the teens the chance to train as first responders. {{storylink|Rescue Teens}}

The wizard in Whirl's dream appeared in the form of a giant holographic head resembling Heatwave. {{storylink|Wizard Of Botz}} After Heatwave assigned the recruits to carry out maintenance on the academy, he began seeing rabbits and cows passing through walls thanks to Hot Shot and Hoist screwing up repairs on Hero Hall. {{storylink|One Of Our Dragons Is Missing}} Responding to an emergency on Cybertron involving meteors heading towards [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]], Heatwave was forced to leave [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] and [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] in charge of the academy. He returned assuming the place would be trashed, but instead the two Dinobots were ''cleaning''. {{storylink|Dino-mite Duo}} Heatwave took the recruits to respond to a vague distress call from Citadel Secundus, though it turned out the Titan was just lonely. {{storylink|The Lonely Titan}}

[[File:XMarksTheBot Heatwave holokey.jpg|thumb|right|230px]]
When [[Finn O'Reilly]] approached Heatwave with a [[holokey]] he'd found, Heatwave enlisted the help of the recruits to join the pair on following the trail of breadcrumbs stored in the device. They eventually found a hidden cache of [[Tox-En]], hidden thousands of years earlier. {{storylink|X Marks The Bot}} Heatwave set up a series of tests to help the recruits learn when and when not to use their power up tools, even roping [[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] into helping. {{Storylink|Powerless}} Heatwave was approached by Mayor Luskey to have the recruits monitor the upcoming charity concert by DJ Mechmaster. {{storylink|Griffin Rock Rocks!}}

Heatwave oversaw the recruits on their final test of year two, and afterwards announced they'd get to have a party aboard Citadel Secundus. Unfortunately the party came to a halt when the Titan was struck by an asteroid which created an anti-energon field, putting Heatwave and the rest of the teaching staff into stasis lock. {{storylink|Space Party}} They were revived once Secundus was safely landed on Earth, and held the students' graduation ceremony, during which Heatwave revealed that Secundus was becoming the Academy's new wing. {{storylink|Crash Of The Titan}}

==Commercial appearances==
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], Heatwave, [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], and [[Boulder]] rushed out of [[Fire Station Prime]] in response to a nearby fire. They watched Heatwave put out the blaze, then all posed heroically in a v-formation. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots toys commercial}}
*The Rescue Bots responded to a fire emergency. Once on-scene, Heatwave energized his water cannons to better deal with the situation and put out the fire in short order. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Energize figures commercial}}
*A child playing with the "Optimus Primal" Rescue Bots toy was turned into an animated version of himself and met with the Rescue Bots! He directed a rescue operation for Chase, with which Heatwave assisted in by letting Chase grab onto his ladder for support.{{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots Optimus Primal toy commercial}}

==Games==
===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Terence (AB)#As Heatwave}}
Heatwave appears as one of the first unlockable characters. He is portrayed by Terence. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

==Toys==
===''Rescue Bots''===
[[Image:HeatwaveTheFireBot nonelectronic.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Geewun|The original is always the best one, right?]]]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Rescue Bot, 2011)

:Heatwave transforms into a red and grey fire engine of likely fictitious origin. In keeping with the simple [[transformation scheme]] of the line, Heatwave transforms from vehicle mode to robot mode by simply pulling up the ladder and folding down the feet.

:Due to the placement of his ladder on his back, it is actually possible for the human figures to hitch a ride on Heatwave's back in robot mode; the rungs on the ladder are just thin enough to allow for one of their hands to slip around and the thumb on that hand to fit in the hollow area on the back of said rung.

:This figure was redecoed for the [[#Rescue Bots: Energize|''Energize'' toyline]], casting some parts in translucent blue plastic. It was also retooled to give it sockets capable of holding the newly included eponymous implement. The retooled version was later redecoed in cartoon-accurate colors and [[#Rescue Bots (2018)|given a limited re-release in 2018]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/RBHeatwave/heatwave.htm More information on Heatwave at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:RescueBots electronic HeatwaveTheFireBot.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Definitely not show accurate, but who *doesn't* want giant back cannons?]]
*'''Electronic Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Electronic Figure, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Storybook, 2 "AAA" batteries, Cody Burns
:This non-Transformable version of Heatwave features electronic [[light-emitting diode|lights]] and [[soundbox|sounds]]. He comes with a storybook titled "[[Rescue Bots Respond]]" which details his adventures, and a redecoed [[Cody Burns]] figure.

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[[Image:RescueBotstoy-Fire Station Prime.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The RPM playset you never knew you wanted.]]
*'''Electronic Fire Station Prime''' (Playset, 2011)

:A Heatwave vehicle is included with the [[Fire Station Prime]] playset. It "transforms" much like ''[[Robot Powered Machines]]'' Mini-Vehicles. An image of Heatwave is molded on the bottom of the vehicle and it can be stood up on end.

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[[File:RescueBots_ElectronicDinobotHeatwave.jpg|thumb|250px|This is basically [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] if he was a fireman.]]
*'''Heatwave the Rescue Dinobot''' (Electronic toy, 2014)

:This new Heatwave figure is a non-transforming ''Brontosaurus'' featuring electronic lights and sounds.

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[[File:RescueBots_Amazon_Ambulance_Heatwave.jpg|thumb|300px|"Who you callin' an ambulance?"]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (2015)

:Exclusive to Amazon, this Heatwave is a lime yellow redeco and retool of the original [[Medix (RB)|Medix]] figure with a new head, as a fire search and rescue vehicle, effectively resembling [[Ratchet (Movie)|''Movie'' Ratchet]].
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*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (2018)
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:After 5 years of discontinuation, the original Heatwave figure saw a limited rerelease in late 2018. The figure's colors now look more towards the show, and the energize version's tooling is left intact. His water cannon accessory is now silver.

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====''Energize''====
{{anchor|Rescue Bots: Energize}}
[[Image:HeatwaveTheFireBot energize.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''He'll'' need rescuing when that clear plastic of his inevitably breaks.]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Rescue Bot, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' "Water" cannon

:The original Heatwave toy was released as part of the ''Energize'' subline, retooled to add sockets into the top of his emergency lights, and with translucent blue plastic. Also added is a "water" cannon in the same plastic which can slot into the new sockets. The word "water" is in scare quotes in the product descriptions because the "water" cannon doesn't actually shoot water.

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[[Image:HeatwaveTheFireBot KadeBurns energize.jpg|right|thumb|300px|An axe hand? ''Oh no...'']]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot & Kade Burns''' (Figure 2-Pack, 2013)

:Available in a two-pack with Kade Burns, Heatwave is a non-transforming figure but possesses more in the way of articulation than previous Heatwave toys, in addition to being more [[Show-accuracy|show accurate]]. His left hand is replaced by a fire ax.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/RBPVCHeatwave/heatwave.htm More information on PVC Heatwave at TFU.info]''

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*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Single Pack, 2013)

:The same ''Energize'' non-transforming figure was also available in a bagged single pack, without Kade Burns.

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[[File:RescueBotstoy_rescan_Heatwave_Cody_Burns_twopack.jpg|thumb|300px|Why do I look like a ''[[Power Rangers]]'' mecha?]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot & Cody Burns''' (Figure 2-Pack, 2014)

:Available with a "Rescue Boy"-style Cody Burns figure, Heatwave is a new figure based on his fireboat Rescan figure.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/RBPVCHeatwave/heatwave.htm More information on Rescan PVC Heatwave at TFU.info]''
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====Flip Changers====
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[[Image:RescueBots FlipChangers HeatwaveTheFireBot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I'll flip out in more than one manner of speaking.]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Flip Changer, 2013)

:A highly simplified version of Heatwave with show-accurate detailing. He transforms into a super-deformed fire engine—pulling out the lever on the rear of Heatwave's vehicle mode causes him to drive forwards before doing a frontwards flip to [[autotransformation|autotransform]] into robot mode, popping his head up and his arms outwards.
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====Beam Box====
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[[File:RescueBots_BeamBoxHeatwave.jpg|thumb|250px|Can't move...stuck to rocks...]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (''Beam Box'' Figure, 2013)
:Heatwave is a non-transforming figure with no articulation, mounted on a rocky base. Inserting him into the Beam Box Game System unlocks Heatwave in the game.

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====Rescan Series====
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[[File:RescueBots_Rescan_HeatwaveTheFireBot.jpg|thumb|300px|Rescue Boats, Row to the Rescue!]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Rescan, 2014)

:Part of the first wave of the Rescan series, Heatwave is an all-new figure, featuring a spring-loaded transformation from show-accurate fireboat to robot, activated by his lightbar. As a boat, he does not have any wheels, nor does he have anything else to lift him off the surface of a table. He is therefore prone to paint wear on his wrist-mounted water cannons and the top of his faux chest window during play.

:This figure shares engineering with the [[Hot Shot (Prime)#Hovercraft|hovercraft version of ''Rescue Bots Academy'' Hot Shot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/RBHeatwave/heatwave.htm More information on Rescan Heatwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RB-toy Heatwave-HookLadder.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Oh no'', Heatwave had [[Primus apotheosis]] the ''whole time!'']]
*'''Hook & Ladder Heatwave''' (2016)
**''Accessories'': Trailer/gauntlet, water-blast projectile

: Part of a larger "deluxe" range of toys under the broader ''Playskool Heroes'' banner, Hook & Ladder Heatwave is a smaller, more show-like re-make of his original toy (in line with the "Rescan" assortment of his teammates), transforming from fire truck to robot and back with a single step triggered by swinging his truck-mode back end/leg down. He comes with a large trailer unit with a moving ladder rig equipped with a spring-loaded "water burst" launcher. The rig can transform into a gauntlet that kids (or adults with small arms) can wear.

: The package back calls out that Heatwave's back-ladder is removable and can be attached to the trailer, but it takes ''way'' too much force to do and doesn't feel like it's actually supposed to. Also, the ladder has been molded in a way that makes the tops of the steps incorrectly aligned when attached, causing them to face sideways.

:The cab-robot was also included in the "[[Heatwave (RB)#4pack|Griffin Rock Rescue Team Set]]" in 2016, [[Heatwave (RB)#RescanCab|released singly]] in 2018, and [[#RBACab|re-released singly again as part of ''Rescue Bots Academy'']], each time with no notable changes.

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[[File:RescueBots_GriffinRockRescueTeam_Package.jpg|thumb|right|250px|So ''this'' is what Optimus feels like when he gets sold without his trailer...]]
*'''Griffin Rock Rescue Team Set''' (4-pack, 2016)

: This box set contains the "[[Heatwave (RB)#Hook&Ladder|Hook & Ladder Heatwave]]" cab-robot minus the trailer unit, and the show-based "Rescan" versions of [[Boulder#RescanShow|Boulder]], [[Blades (RB)#RescanCopter|Blades]], and [[Chase (RB)#RescanCar|Chase]]. All four toys are identical to their individual releases (with the obvious exception of the missing trailer).

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[[File:RescueBots_Rescan_HeatwaveTheDragonBot.jpg|thumb|300px|Rescue Bots [[Doublecross]], anyone?]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Rescan, 2017)

:Part of the thirteenth wave of the Rescan series, Heatwave is another new body for the character which changes from robot to two-headed dragon and back in a single step.

:This mold was later redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Dinobot Adventures|Dinobot Adventures]]'' Dinobot Squad [[Predaking (Prime)#Dinobot Adventures|Predaking]].

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[[File:RescueBots_2018Rescan_HeatwavetheFireBot_RaceCar.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Heatwave could go "''nyooom''", but he's above that kind of memery.]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Rescan, 2018)

:Yet another new body for the character released as part of the sixteenth wave of the Rescan series, this time changing into a race car in a single step. He seems to take a lot of the engineering from the Rescan [[MorBot]] figure, which is an extensive retool of [[Blurr (Prime)#Rescue Bots|Blurr]]. In 2019 [[#RBARescanRaceCar|he was re-released]] under [[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (toyline)|''Rescue Bots Academy'' branding]] with no changes, and was also retooled with a new head and resculpted chest and legs, into the [[Whirl (RBA)#Racecar|race-car version of ''Rescue Bots Academy'' Whirl]].

:Whether by accident or design, this toy bears a resemblance to the [[:File:ABGaS-LuskeyBooth-robot.jpg|generic red robot]] seen adorning Mayor Luskey's booth in the episode "[[All Bots Great and Small]]".

:For some reason, the stock photos and character art on his packaging show the...vents?...on either side of his cockpit being painted white instead of the unpainted red they ended up being in the final toy.

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[[File:RB-Heatwave-Cab-Rescan2018.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A single-card variant of the exact same thing? Completionists ''hate'' me.]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Rescan, 2018)

: A re-release of the "[[Heatwave (RB)#Hook&Ladder|Hook & Ladder Heatwave]]" cab-robot without the trailer unit, like the [[Heatwave (RB)#4pack|Griffin Rock Rescue Team Set]] from 2016, but single-carded. There are no notable differences compared to the two earlier releases. This figure was also later re-released in the [[#RBACab|''Rescue Bots Academy'' toyline]] with no changes.
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====Mini Dinos====
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[[File:RescueBots_MiniDinoHeatwave.jpg|thumb|300px|The Activator Sludge we never knew we needed.]]
*'''Heatwave the Rescue Dinobot''' (Mini Dino, 2014)

:Part of the first wave of the Mini Dinos series, Heatwave features autotransformation from ''Brontosaurus'' to robot. Pressing the blue panel on his beast mode back activates a mild headbutt gimmick.

:This figure is prone to internal breakage of the autotransforming mechanism if care is not taken when aligning the halves of the dinosaur head during transformation.

:This mold was later redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Dinobot Adventures|Dinobot Adventures]]'' Dinobot Striker [[Sludge (FOC)#Toys|Sludge]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/RBDinoHeatwave/heatwave.htm More information on Rescue Dinobot Heatwave at TFU.info]''
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====Epic Figures====
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[[File:RescueBots_EpicHeatwaveFigure.jpg|thumb|200px|This is what every G1 combiner looked like.]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Epic Figure, 2014)

:As part of the Epic Figures, Heatwave is an 12-inch tall non-transforming figure with basic articulation. His chest opens up to fit 2-Pack human figures, and he features 5mm ports to interact with Energize rescue tools.
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====Mini-Cons====
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*'''Heatwave the Rescue Dinobot''' (Mini-Con, 2017)
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:Released as part of the Mini-Con range usually reserved for animal companions transforming into accessories, this repackaging of the above Mini-Dino mold is nigh identical to its original release.
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====Featured Bots====
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[[File:RescueBots_FeaturedBot_Heatwave.jpg|thumb|230px|Heatwave, now with flip-out axe action!]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Featured Bot, 2015)

:A non-transforming figure of Heatwave featuring an axe action on its left arm.
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====Megabots====
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[[File:RescueBots_Megabot_EliteRescueHeatwave.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Arise, Heatimus Prime.]]
*'''Elite Rescue Heatwave''' (Megabot, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Ladder
:Part of the first wave of Mega Bots figures, Heatwave changes from a longer and larger version of his original fire truck alt-mode in a few easy steps. He features a removeable ladder with water cannons which can peg onto his arm or his back. His left arm has a flip-out capture claw. Additionally, he has 5mm compatible fist holes and his vehicle mode has several pegs for accommodating human figures.

:His ladder uses a hexagonal link-up point that is also used for the cranes on both Rescue Rig and Megabot versions of [[High Tide]], as well as (strangely) the gasoline pump included with the Griffin Rock Garage set, making all of those parts interchangeable.

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[[File:RescueBots_Megabot_NightRescueHeatwave.jpg|300px|thumb|right|You see, Chase...I love '''''goooooooooooooooooold!''''']]
*'''Night Rescue Heatwave''' (Megabot, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Ladder
:Part of the third wave of Mega Bots figures, Heatwave is a slight recolor of the figure listed above and retains all of its gimmickry.
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====Flip Racers====
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[[File:RB-Heatwave-FlipRacer.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Rescue Bots, flip to the rescue!]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Flip Racer, 2017)

:Part of the first wave of individually packed Flip Racers, Heatwave transforms automatically from firetruck to robot when the vehicle mode is lifted up and placed on its end.

*'''Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer''' (Playset, 2017)

: When bought exclusively at [[Walmart]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#FlipRaceTrack|Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer]] would include Flip Racers Heatwave and [[MorBot]] as bonus.

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[[File:RescueBotsGriffinRockStuntTeamHeatwave.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Flip to win! Flip to win! Flip to wiiiin!]]
*'''Griffin Rock Stunt Team''' (Multipack, 2017)

:Released as the second wave of Flip Racers multipacks, this set contains a new Heatwave inspired by his Rescan race car mode along with [[Boulder]] and [[Quickshadow]].

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*'''Pullback Heatwave''' (Pullback Flip Racer, 2018)
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===''Rescue Bots Academy''===
====Rescan Series====
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[[File:RBA-RaceCarHeatwave-carded.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Heatwave's mid-life crisis; should he have stayed a race car?]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Rescan, 2019)

:[[#RescanRaceCar|Heatwave's race car toy]] was re-released as part of the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (toyline)|''Rescue Bots Academy'' toyline]] in [[2019]]. Aside from the ''Academy'' branding, there are no changes to the figure. He was also redecoed with a new head into the same line's [[Whirl (RBA)#Racecar|race-car version of Whirl]].

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*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Rescan, [[2020]])

:A re-release of the "[[Heatwave (RB)#Hook&Ladder|Hook & Ladder Heatwave]]" cab-robot without the trailer unit, under the ''Rescue Bots Academy'' toyline.

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*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (Rescan, 2021)
[[File:RBA Rescan Heatwave Jet.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Voted most likely to "accidentally" air drop water on a bot that gets on his nerves.]]
:Released in [[2021]], this Rescan Heatwave toy transforms into a red jet styled after an aerial firefighting plane. This figure is another retool of the [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RescanJet|Rescan VTOL jet version of Bumblebee]].

:This mold was also differently retooled into the [[Blades (RB)#RescanVTOL|Rescan series VTOL version of Blades]], [[Whirl (RBA)#AcadRescTeam|VTOL Whirl]], and the airplane version of [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]].

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[[File:RBA Classic Heroes Heatwave.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Ah yes, "classic".]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (All Star Rescan, 2021)
:The "Hook & Ladder" cab without the trailer was once again re-released with seemingly no changes, this time under the ''Classic Heroes Team'' subline branding.
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====Mini Bot Racers====
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*'''Heatwave'''
[[File:RBA Mini Bot Racers Heatwave.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|]]
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====Mighty Mighties====
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[[File:RBA-MM-Heatwave.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|I'm in this line, too!]]
*'''Heatwave''' (Mighty Mighties, 2019)

:Similar in size to the ''Rescue Bots'' Epic figures, Heatwave's Mighty Mighties figure is non-transformable and features basic articulation.
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-Age of the Primes-Heatwave.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|By the logic of this design, I should have four arms. Where they at, Hasbro?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Rescue Bot Heatwave''' (Voyager Class, [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Water cannon, axe, ladder
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/DF3rvqOp9d8/ Design notes on ''Age of the Primes'' Heatwave] from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram</ref>

: Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Voyagers, Heatwave is an extensive [[retool]]ing of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Legacy|Bulkhead]], transforming into a fire engine. His short, non-extending ladder is a separate piece, attached via [[5 mm post]].

: He also includes clear-plastic versions of his "energize" energy axe and dual water cannon; while the cannon is molded to cover his hand to mimic the way it replaced his hand in the show, the axe is not, and is simply hand-held.

: The original version of this mold was also used to make ''Legacy'' [[Breakdown (WFC)#Legacy|Prime Universe Breakdown]].

::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DF3rvqOp9d8/ Designer commentary on ''Age of the Primes'' Heatwave from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

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==Merchandise==
===''Rescue Bots''===
[[Image:RBMerch-Heatwave costume.jpg|thumb|right|150px|This is just every lazy cosplayer ever.]]
*'''Heatwave Toddler Halloween Costume''' (2012)
:Dress your kiddie up in this Heatwave [[Halloween]] costume so he can go door-to-door shaking down people for candy. 100% polyester!
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===''Playskool Friends''===
[[File:Playskool-Friends-TF-Heatwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Is this that "chibi" thing the overseas guys like?]]
*'''Transformers Collector Pack''' (Canceled)

:Intended to be released as part of the 7-pack for the Playskool Friends lineup, this Heatwave is a ''very'' adorable non-transforming figurine. He comes packed with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, and the rest of the Rescue Bots: Blades, Chase, and Boulder.

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==Notes==
[[Image:Comicon2012MeetHeatwave.jpg|thumb|Hey kids, come meet the surly loner of the Rescue Bots! It'll be fun for the whole family!]]
*An in-costume actor portraying Heatwave appeared at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2012 and at [[Universal Studios|Universal Studios Hollywood]] for the ''Transformers Fan Experience'' on [[June 20]], [[2014]] (during the weekend of [[BotCon 2014]]).
*Unused in the show, toy artwork of Heatwave showed that he could fire grappling hooks from his knuckle cannons. It also depicted him with Onslaught esque back mounted cannons, which managed to sneak into the design of his dinobot mode.
*Heatwave is the only cast member to have a new alternate mode drafted into the show from an existing toy. The other alternate toys of the others are toy-exclusive.

===Foreign names===
*''Hungarian:'' '''Tűzlovag''' (''Rescue Bots'', "Fireknight"), '''Lánglovag''' (''Rescue Bots Academy'', "Flameknight")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rè Làng''' (热浪, "Heat Wave")
*''Korean: '' '''히트웨이브''' (''레스큐봇'', "hitwabe'')

==References==
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[[Category:Age of the Primes Autobots]]
[[Category:Firefighters]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Transformers with multiple modes]]

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