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The Mystery of Dragon Mountain

2020-05-09T21:29:50Z

Sami-SDGForce: /* Real-world references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 32
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Balloon Up A Tree
|next=Hack Attack
|title="The Mystery of Dragon Mountain"
|airdate=[[September 14]], [[2019]]
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=[[Ben Ward]]
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=[[Ray Quigley]]
}}

'''When they tackle a fantasy simulation that pits them against a fire-breathing dragon, the Recruits learn that the obvious answer isn't always the right one.'''

==Synopsis==
The recruits look around a mountainous desert region for the mysterious task they're meant to be accomplishing. [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] is more interested in reading about [[dragon]]s. Finally the recruits spot a speeding car and reason they need to stop it. Hoist and [[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] go to set up a road block, but Hoist is so distracted that he lets the car past and has to rope it with his tow line, resulting in it losing its rear axle. Unfortunately it turns out they've failed the simulation as the driver was a doctor racing to perform a life-saving operation. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] attempts to lecture them on making snap judgements, but they're all distracted by Hoist's detailed dragon information. Realizing that the recruits are too distracted to learn, Heatwave sets up a new simulation.

The recruits suddenly find themselves near a castle with a dragon flying overhead. They head into the castle to shelter, and encounter a knight who tells them that the king is on his way back and may face danger from the dragon. The recruits decide their task must be to get rid of the dragon and make the roads safe for the king's return. [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] and Whirl attempt to lure the dragon away from the road, but it fails to take the bait. [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] and Hoist manage to lasso the beast and secure it to a nearby rock. The simulation, however, doesn't end, meaning that they haven't accomplished the mission.

Retiring to the castle, the recruits puzzle over what it is they may have missed. Recalling the earlier lesson about not making judgements based on appearances, they head out to find the spot that the dragon had been breathing fire at and find a broken-down carriage. In a nearby hollow, they find the King, who explains that the dragon had been trying to keep him warm. After returning the King to the castle, the recruits free the dragon and the simulation ends. Heatwave is glad they learned the lesson, but Hoist is once again distracted by the information he's found on ogres.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Medix (RB)|Medix]] (1)
*[[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] (2)
*[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] (3)
*[[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] (4)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (5)
*[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] (6)

|c3=
*Knight (8)
*King (9)
|c4=
*[[Tough Luck Chuck]] (7)
|}}

==Quotes==
"Ready?" 
"Would it matter if I said no?" 
"Great, let's do it!" 
"I didn't think so."
:—'''Wedge''' and '''Hoist''' prepare to tackle a dragon.

"What was it Heatwave said?" 
"Stop playing Cube when you should be studying." 
"No, I mean today!"
:—'''Hoist''' and '''Hot Shot'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*TBA

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*A dragon, that was thought to be bad, turning out to be good & eventually helping those who pursued it is a nod to the How To Train Your Dragon franchise.

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*TBA

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy episodes]]

The Mystery of Dragon Mountain

2020-05-09T21:19:57Z

Sami-SDGForce: /* Real-world references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 32
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Balloon Up A Tree
|next=Hack Attack
|title="The Mystery of Dragon Mountain"
|airdate=[[September 14]], [[2019]]
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=[[Ben Ward]]
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=[[Ray Quigley]]
}}

'''When they tackle a fantasy simulation that pits them against a fire-breathing dragon, the Recruits learn that the obvious answer isn't always the right one.'''

==Synopsis==
The recruits look around a mountainous desert region for the mysterious task they're meant to be accomplishing. [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] is more interested in reading about [[dragon]]s. Finally the recruits spot a speeding car and reason they need to stop it. Hoist and [[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] go to set up a road block, but Hoist is so distracted that he lets the car past and has to rope it with his tow line, resulting in it losing its rear axle. Unfortunately it turns out they've failed the simulation as the driver was a doctor racing to perform a life-saving operation. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] attempts to lecture them on making snap judgements, but they're all distracted by Hoist's detailed dragon information. Realizing that the recruits are too distracted to learn, Heatwave sets up a new simulation.

The recruits suddenly find themselves near a castle with a dragon flying overhead. They head into the castle to shelter, and encounter a knight who tells them that the king is on his way back and may face danger from the dragon. The recruits decide their task must be to get rid of the dragon and make the roads safe for the king's return. [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] and Whirl attempt to lure the dragon away from the road, but it fails to take the bait. [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] and Hoist manage to lasso the beast and secure it to a nearby rock. The simulation, however, doesn't end, meaning that they haven't accomplished the mission.

Retiring to the castle, the recruits puzzle over what it is they may have missed. Recalling the earlier lesson about not making judgements based on appearances, they head out to find the spot that the dragon had been breathing fire at and find a broken-down carriage. In a nearby hollow, they find the King, who explains that the dragon had been trying to keep him warm. After returning the King to the castle, the recruits free the dragon and the simulation ends. Heatwave is glad they learned the lesson, but Hoist is once again distracted by the information he's found on ogres.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Medix (RB)|Medix]] (1)
*[[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] (2)
*[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] (3)
*[[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] (4)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (5)
*[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] (6)

|c3=
*Knight (8)
*King (9)
|c4=
*[[Tough Luck Chuck]] (7)
|}}

==Quotes==
"Ready?" 
"Would it matter if I said no?" 
"Great, let's do it!" 
"I didn't think so."
:—'''Wedge''' and '''Hoist''' prepare to tackle a dragon.

"What was it Heatwave said?" 
"Stop playing Cube when you should be studying." 
"No, I mean today!"
:—'''Hoist''' and '''Hot Shot'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*TBA

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*A dragon, that was thought bad, turning out to be good & even eventually helping others in the end is a nod to the How To Train Your Dragon franchise.

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*TBA

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy episodes]]

Spellbound

2014-08-21T02:15:41Z

Sami-SDGForce: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 32
|prev=A Virtual Disaster
|next=Prescott's Bots
|image=Spellbound townsfolk close in.jpg
|title="Spellbound"
|airdate=[[March 22]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Vision Animation]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}

'''The Bots and Burnses are in mind-controlled stupors; Cody scrambles to snap them out of it before he's sucked in. '''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Spellbound Priscilla is disgruntled.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The rescue team relaxes in picturesque [[Blossom Vale]]. [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] are using the waterfall as a slide, [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] are skipping stones, [[Boulder]] is painting, and the [[Charlie Burns|Chief]] is doing a spot of fishing. As they admire the beauty of the place, [[Graham Burns|Graham]] notes that they almost lost the area to a housing development, but the place was kept because the [[Mayor Luskey|Mayor]] and his wife like snorkeling there. Their enjoyment is interrupted by an emergency — someone's fallen into the [[Old Hawkins Well]]. The team races there to find a crowd gathered around the well, and plaintive cries of "mommy!" coming from within. After an attempt to lower [[Cody Burns|Cody]] down results in the sides of the well crumbling, they instead dig a hole alongside the well. The rescue is a success! [[Priscilla Pynch]]'s limited-edition [[Cathy (RB)|Cathy]] doll is retrieved from the bottom of the well, though it's so dirty Priscilla demands her mother buy her a new one. Impressed by the bots, [[Madeline Pynch|Madeline]] offers to purchase them, but Chief, already unimpressed by the callout over a doll, tells her they're not for sale.

[[File:Spellbound Chief drops ice cream.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Some time later, Cody and the Chief are getting ice cream and Cody complain the Pynchs act like they own the whole island. Chief notices an abandoned cellphone lying on a bench and answers it, only for his demeanor to abruptly change. Dropping his ice cream, he tells Cody he needs to take care of something and takes off in Chase, who is concerned by the fact that Chief didn't dispose of his ice cream in the correct manner. Soon, Chief and Chase are evacuating Blossom Vale, and the Chief pulls a bag of similar-looking cellphones from under a bush. The other three Bots and Cody welcome Chief when he returns to the fire station, but claiming to be tired, the Chief goes right to bed. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] says they were evacuating the Vale due to sulfur contamination, though neither he nor Boulder detected any.

[[File:Spellbound Blades extinguishes fire.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Early in the morning, Chief plants cellphones near Graham and Kade, and the pair are soon hypnotized by the devices. Cody finds the three of them in the hall, and notices the new cellphones they're all carrying. As they head out in their Bots, Cody takes a call back at the station reporting a car ablaze, but Kade doesn't answer his com link. Heatwave is puzzled by this and starts to become frustrated, until the Chief tells him their current mission is more important. Dani and Blades return to the station from their night shift, only to be persuaded by Cody to go help put out the vehicle fire. By the time they reach it, it's set a building alight too, and Blades's scoop claw is ineffective. At the Vale, the bots are pulling up trees, but the new emergency call from Cody causes them to stop work and demand answers from the Chief. Chief instructs Graham to get out the cellphones. Meanwhile, forced to deal with the fire themselves, Cody has Blades take the top off a hydrant and fan the water over the blaze, putting it out.

At the Vale, the other three Bots, now under the control of cellphones, have dug a huge hole and are pushing a large boulder out of it. The boulder meets the approval of the humans, who instruct them to find more the same. By the time Blades, Dani and Cody arrive, they find the mining underway. Explaining that it's ground contamination, Chief hands Dani a cellphone, but Cody knocks it from her hands before she can be hypnotized. The pair flee and jump into Blades, but as soon as Dani puts her headset on, it hypnotizes her, and Blades is already under thanks to a cellphone planted by Graham. Cody jumps out and flees. He contacts Doc Greene, who organizes to meet him at town hall with Frankie. When he does so, he quickly realizes that the hypnotism is more widespread than just his family, and has to flee from the townspeople. Even hiding in a storm drain fails because Frankie points him out.

[[File:Spellbound Boulder confronts others.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
At the Vale, Blades is airlifting boulders out to a waiting ship. When Heatwave slips, the chunk of rock he's carrying falls falls, hitting Boulder and making his cellphone break. Released from the spell, he overhears that Cody is at the marina and heads there. He's able to help Cody elude the searching townspeople, and the pair return to the Vale planning to free the others. Unfortunately the others have been warned by Frankie, and are ready for them. With that plan a bust, Cody quickly realizes they're near the cell tower, and they head for that to disable it. The other bots reach it first, but Boulder vaults them and knocks the tower down. Freed from the control of the cellphones, the others have no memory of what they've been doing.

A quick scan of one of the boulders they've been digging up reveals it's rich in gold. As the Bots discuss putting the Vale back together, a large number of townspeople arrive with shovels and new trees to plant. A limo pulls up nearby, and Madeline Pynch observes the Vale from within. Her daughter finds a cellphone under the seat, but Madeline notes that it's been recalled as the signal needs to be stronger.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Boulder]] (3)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (9)

|c3=
*[[Dani Burns]] (1)
*[[Kade Burns]] (5)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Graham Burns]] (7)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (8)
*[[Priscilla Pynch]] (10)
*[[Madeline Pynch]] (11)
*[[Alper|Mr Alper]] (12)
*[[Doc Greene]] (13)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (14)
*[[Mayor Luskey]] (15)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr Harrison]] (16)
}}
==Quotes==
"One, two, three, four, five skips!" 
"Pft, I can beat that!" ''[picks up huge rock]''
:—'''Kade''' and '''Heatwave''', skipping stones.

"Is it time for graffiti removal?! Or crossing guard duty?! Or, dare I dream?! disbanding unruly loiterers?!"
:—'''Chase'''

"Perhaps I should have phased that differently?!"
:—'''Chase''', after scaring a crowd into mass panic.

"I wish my knuckles could spray water like Heatwave's! Actually, no I don't. That's kind of weird."
:—'''Blades'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity errors===
===Continuity notes===
*Heatwave and Chase break out their energize tools for use in digging during the well rescue.
===Transformers references===
===Real-world references===
*The mass hypnotism, the calm demeanor under the influence, and atmosphere of paranoia evoke ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''. Stephen King's novel ''Cell'' likewise deals with mind-altering sounds being sent via cellphone.

===Trivia===
*How underwater is the town after that fire hydrant was left gushing water?
*This and the previous episode were switched in order when they were first screened on [[Hub Network]].

===Foreign localization===

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Spellbound

2014-08-21T02:15:03Z

Sami-SDGForce: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 32
|prev=A Virtual Disaster
|next=Prescott's Bots
|image=Spellbound townsfolk close in.jpg
|title="Spellbound"
|airdate=[[March 22]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Vision Animation]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}

'''The Bots and Burnses are in mind-controlled stupors; Cody scrambles to snap them out of it before he's sucked in. '''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Spellbound Priscilla is disgruntled.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The rescue team relaxes in picturesque [[Blossom Vale]]. [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] are using the waterfall as a slide, [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] are skipping stones, [[Boulder]] is painting, and the [[Charlie Burns|Chief]] is doing a spot of fishing. As they admire the beauty of the place, [[Graham Burns|Graham]] notes that they almost lost the area to a housing development, but the place was kept because the [[Mayor Luskey|Mayor]] and his wife like snorkeling there. Their enjoyment is interrupted by an emergency — someone's fallen into the [[Old Hawkins Well]]. The team races there to find a crowd gathered around the well, and plaintive cries of "mommy!" coming from within. After an attempt to lower [[Cody Burns|Cody]] down results in the sides of the well crumbling, they instead dig a hole alongside the well. The rescue is a success! [[Priscilla Pynch]]'s limited-edition [[Cathy (RB)|Cathy]] doll is retrieved from the bottom of the well, though it's so dirty Priscilla demands her mother buy her a new one. Impressed by the bots, [[Madeline Pynch|Madeline]] offers to purchase them, but Chief, already unimpressed by the callout over a doll, tells her they're not for sale.

[[File:Spellbound Chief drops ice cream.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Some time later, Cody and the Chief are getting ice cream and Cody complain the Pynchs act like they own the whole island. Chief notices an abandoned cellphone lying on a bench and answers it, only for his demeanor to abruptly change. Dropping his ice cream, he tells Cody he needs to take care of something and takes off in Chase, who is concerned by the fact that Chief didn't dispose of his ice cream in the correct manner. Soon, Chief and Chase are evacuating Blossom Vale, and the Chief pulls a bag of similar-looking cellphones from under a bush. The other three Bots and Cody welcome Chief when he returns to the fire station, but claiming to be tired, the Chief goes right to bed. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] says they were evacuating the Vale due to sulfur contamination, though neither he nor Boulder detected any.

[[File:Spellbound Blades extinguishes fire.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Early in the morning, Chief plants cellphones near Graham and Kade, and the pair are soon hypnotized by the devices. Cody finds the three of them in the hall, and notices the new cellphones they're all carrying. As they head out in their Bots, Cody takes a call back at the station reporting a car ablaze, but Kade doesn't answer his com link. Heatwave is puzzled by this and starts to become frustrated, until the Chief tells him their current mission is more important. Dani and Blades return to the station from their night shift, only to be persuaded by Cody to go help put out the vehicle fire. By the time they reach it, it's set a building alight too, and Blades's scoop claw is ineffective. At the Vale, the bots are pulling up trees, but the new emergency call from Cody causes them to stop work and demand answers from the Chief. Chief instructs Graham to get out the cellphones. Meanwhile, forced to deal with the fire themselves, Cody has Blades take the top off a hydrant and fan the water over the blaze, putting it out.

At the Vale, the other three Bots, now under the control of cellphones, have dug a huge hole and are pushing a large boulder out of it. The boulder meets the approval of the humans, who instruct them to find more the same. By the time Blades, Dani and Cody arrive, they find the mining underway. Explaining that it's ground contamination, Chief hands Dani a cellphone, but Cody knocks it from her hands before she can be hypnotized. The pair flee and jump into Blades, but as soon as Dani puts her headset on, it hypnotizes her, and Blades is already under thanks to a cellphone planted by Graham. Cody jumps out and flees. He contacts Doc Greene, who organizes to meet him at town hall with Frankie. When he does so, he quickly realizes that the hypnotism is more widespread than just his family, and has to flee from the townspeople. Even hiding in a storm drain fails because Frankie points him out.

[[File:Spellbound Boulder confronts others.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
At the Vale, Blades is airlifting boulders out to a waiting ship. When Heatwave slips, the chunk of rock he's carrying falls falls, hitting Boulder and making his cellphone break. Released from the spell, he overhears that Cody is at the marina and heads there. He's able to help Cody elude the searching townspeople, and the pair return to the Vale planning to free the others. Unfortunately the others have been warned by Frankie, and are ready for them. With that plan a bust, Cody quickly realizes they're near the cell tower, and they head for that to disable it. The other bots reach it first, but Boulder vaults them and knocks the tower down. Freed from the control of the cellphones, the others have no memory of what they've been doing.

A quick scan of one of the boulders they've been digging up reveals it's rich in gold. As the Bots discuss putting the Vale back together, a large number of townspeople arrive with shovels and new trees to plant. A limo pulls up nearby, and Madeline Pynch observes the Vale from within. Her daughter finds a cellphone under the seat, but Madeline notes that it's been recalled as the signal needs to be stronger.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Boulder]] (3)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (9)

|c3=
*[[Dani Burns]] (1)
*[[Kade Burns]] (5)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Graham Burns]] (7)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (8)
*[[Priscilla Pynch]] (10)
*[[Madeline Pynch]] (11)
*[[Alper|Mr Alper]] (12)
*[[Doc Greene]] (13)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (14)
*[[Mayor Luskey]] (15)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr Harrison]] (16)
}}
==Quotes==
"One, two, three, four, five skips!" 
"Pft, I can beat that!" ''[picks up huge rock]''
:—'''Kade''' and '''Heatwave,''' skipping stones.

"Is it time for graffiti removal?! Or crossing guard duty?! Or, dare I dream?! disbanding unruly loiterers?!"
:—'''Chase'''

"Perhaps I should have phased that differently?!"
:—'''Chase,''' after scaring a crowd into mass panic.

"I wish my knuckles could spray water like Heatwave's! Actually, no I don't. That's kind of weird."
:—'''Blades'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity errors===
===Continuity notes===
*Heatwave and Chase break out their energize tools for use in digging during the well rescue.
===Transformers references===
===Real-world references===
*The mass hypnotism, the calm demeanor under the influence, and atmosphere of paranoia evoke ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''. Stephen King's novel ''Cell'' likewise deals with mind-altering sounds being sent via cellphone.

===Trivia===
*How underwater is the town after that fire hydrant was left gushing water?
*This and the previous episode were switched in order when they were first screened on [[Hub Network]].

===Foreign localization===

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Spellbound

2014-08-21T02:14:36Z

Sami-SDGForce: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 32
|prev=A Virtual Disaster
|next=Prescott's Bots
|image=Spellbound townsfolk close in.jpg
|title="Spellbound"
|airdate=[[March 22]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Vision Animation]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}

'''The Bots and Burnses are in mind-controlled stupors; Cody scrambles to snap them out of it before he's sucked in. '''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Spellbound Priscilla is disgruntled.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The rescue team relaxes in picturesque [[Blossom Vale]]. [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] are using the waterfall as a slide, [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] are skipping stones, [[Boulder]] is painting, and the [[Charlie Burns|Chief]] is doing a spot of fishing. As they admire the beauty of the place, [[Graham Burns|Graham]] notes that they almost lost the area to a housing development, but the place was kept because the [[Mayor Luskey|Mayor]] and his wife like snorkeling there. Their enjoyment is interrupted by an emergency — someone's fallen into the [[Old Hawkins Well]]. The team races there to find a crowd gathered around the well, and plaintive cries of "mommy!" coming from within. After an attempt to lower [[Cody Burns|Cody]] down results in the sides of the well crumbling, they instead dig a hole alongside the well. The rescue is a success! [[Priscilla Pynch]]'s limited-edition [[Cathy (RB)|Cathy]] doll is retrieved from the bottom of the well, though it's so dirty Priscilla demands her mother buy her a new one. Impressed by the bots, [[Madeline Pynch|Madeline]] offers to purchase them, but Chief, already unimpressed by the callout over a doll, tells her they're not for sale.

[[File:Spellbound Chief drops ice cream.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Some time later, Cody and the Chief are getting ice cream and Cody complain the Pynchs act like they own the whole island. Chief notices an abandoned cellphone lying on a bench and answers it, only for his demeanor to abruptly change. Dropping his ice cream, he tells Cody he needs to take care of something and takes off in Chase, who is concerned by the fact that Chief didn't dispose of his ice cream in the correct manner. Soon, Chief and Chase are evacuating Blossom Vale, and the Chief pulls a bag of similar-looking cellphones from under a bush. The other three Bots and Cody welcome Chief when he returns to the fire station, but claiming to be tired, the Chief goes right to bed. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] says they were evacuating the Vale due to sulfur contamination, though neither he nor Boulder detected any.

[[File:Spellbound Blades extinguishes fire.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Early in the morning, Chief plants cellphones near Graham and Kade, and the pair are soon hypnotized by the devices. Cody finds the three of them in the hall, and notices the new cellphones they're all carrying. As they head out in their Bots, Cody takes a call back at the station reporting a car ablaze, but Kade doesn't answer his com link. Heatwave is puzzled by this and starts to become frustrated, until the Chief tells him their current mission is more important. Dani and Blades return to the station from their night shift, only to be persuaded by Cody to go help put out the vehicle fire. By the time they reach it, it's set a building alight too, and Blades's scoop claw is ineffective. At the Vale, the bots are pulling up trees, but the new emergency call from Cody causes them to stop work and demand answers from the Chief. Chief instructs Graham to get out the cellphones. Meanwhile, forced to deal with the fire themselves, Cody has Blades take the top off a hydrant and fan the water over the blaze, putting it out.

At the Vale, the other three Bots, now under the control of cellphones, have dug a huge hole and are pushing a large boulder out of it. The boulder meets the approval of the humans, who instruct them to find more the same. By the time Blades, Dani and Cody arrive, they find the mining underway. Explaining that it's ground contamination, Chief hands Dani a cellphone, but Cody knocks it from her hands before she can be hypnotized. The pair flee and jump into Blades, but as soon as Dani puts her headset on, it hypnotizes her, and Blades is already under thanks to a cellphone planted by Graham. Cody jumps out and flees. He contacts Doc Greene, who organizes to meet him at town hall with Frankie. When he does so, he quickly realizes that the hypnotism is more widespread than just his family, and has to flee from the townspeople. Even hiding in a storm drain fails because Frankie points him out.

[[File:Spellbound Boulder confronts others.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
At the Vale, Blades is airlifting boulders out to a waiting ship. When Heatwave slips, the chunk of rock he's carrying falls falls, hitting Boulder and making his cellphone break. Released from the spell, he overhears that Cody is at the marina and heads there. He's able to help Cody elude the searching townspeople, and the pair return to the Vale planning to free the others. Unfortunately the others have been warned by Frankie, and are ready for them. With that plan a bust, Cody quickly realizes they're near the cell tower, and they head for that to disable it. The other bots reach it first, but Boulder vaults them and knocks the tower down. Freed from the control of the cellphones, the others have no memory of what they've been doing.

A quick scan of one of the boulders they've been digging up reveals it's rich in gold. As the Bots discuss putting the Vale back together, a large number of townspeople arrive with shovels and new trees to plant. A limo pulls up nearby, and Madeline Pynch observes the Vale from within. Her daughter finds a cellphone under the seat, but Madeline notes that it's been recalled as the signal needs to be stronger.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Boulder]] (3)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (9)

|c3=
*[[Dani Burns]] (1)
*[[Kade Burns]] (5)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Graham Burns]] (7)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (8)
*[[Priscilla Pynch]] (10)
*[[Madeline Pynch]] (11)
*[[Alper|Mr Alper]] (12)
*[[Doc Greene]] (13)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (14)
*[[Mayor Luskey]] (15)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr Harrison]] (16)
}}
==Quotes==
"One, two, three, four, five skips!" 
"Pft, I can beat that!" ''[picks up huge rock]''
:—'''Kade''' and '''Heatwave,''' skipping stones.

"Is it time for graffiti removal?! Or crossing guard duty?! Or, dare I dream?! disbanding unruly loiterers?!"
:—'''Chase'''

"Perhaps I should have phased that differently?!"
:--'''Chase,''' after scaring a crowd into mass panic.

"I wish my knuckles could spray water like Heatwave's! Actually, no I don't. That's kind of weird."
:—'''Blades'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity errors===
===Continuity notes===
*Heatwave and Chase break out their energize tools for use in digging during the well rescue.
===Transformers references===
===Real-world references===
*The mass hypnotism, the calm demeanor under the influence, and atmosphere of paranoia evoke ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''. Stephen King's novel ''Cell'' likewise deals with mind-altering sounds being sent via cellphone.

===Trivia===
*How underwater is the town after that fire hydrant was left gushing water?
*This and the previous episode were switched in order when they were first screened on [[Hub Network]].

===Foreign localization===

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Spellbound

2014-08-21T02:14:09Z

Sami-SDGForce: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 32
|prev=A Virtual Disaster
|next=Prescott's Bots
|image=Spellbound townsfolk close in.jpg
|title="Spellbound"
|airdate=[[March 22]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Vision Animation]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}

'''The Bots and Burnses are in mind-controlled stupors; Cody scrambles to snap them out of it before he's sucked in. '''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Spellbound Priscilla is disgruntled.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The rescue team relaxes in picturesque [[Blossom Vale]]. [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] are using the waterfall as a slide, [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] are skipping stones, [[Boulder]] is painting, and the [[Charlie Burns|Chief]] is doing a spot of fishing. As they admire the beauty of the place, [[Graham Burns|Graham]] notes that they almost lost the area to a housing development, but the place was kept because the [[Mayor Luskey|Mayor]] and his wife like snorkeling there. Their enjoyment is interrupted by an emergency — someone's fallen into the [[Old Hawkins Well]]. The team races there to find a crowd gathered around the well, and plaintive cries of "mommy!" coming from within. After an attempt to lower [[Cody Burns|Cody]] down results in the sides of the well crumbling, they instead dig a hole alongside the well. The rescue is a success! [[Priscilla Pynch]]'s limited-edition [[Cathy (RB)|Cathy]] doll is retrieved from the bottom of the well, though it's so dirty Priscilla demands her mother buy her a new one. Impressed by the bots, [[Madeline Pynch|Madeline]] offers to purchase them, but Chief, already unimpressed by the callout over a doll, tells her they're not for sale.

[[File:Spellbound Chief drops ice cream.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Some time later, Cody and the Chief are getting ice cream and Cody complain the Pynchs act like they own the whole island. Chief notices an abandoned cellphone lying on a bench and answers it, only for his demeanor to abruptly change. Dropping his ice cream, he tells Cody he needs to take care of something and takes off in Chase, who is concerned by the fact that Chief didn't dispose of his ice cream in the correct manner. Soon, Chief and Chase are evacuating Blossom Vale, and the Chief pulls a bag of similar-looking cellphones from under a bush. The other three Bots and Cody welcome Chief when he returns to the fire station, but claiming to be tired, the Chief goes right to bed. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] says they were evacuating the Vale due to sulfur contamination, though neither he nor Boulder detected any.

[[File:Spellbound Blades extinguishes fire.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Early in the morning, Chief plants cellphones near Graham and Kade, and the pair are soon hypnotized by the devices. Cody finds the three of them in the hall, and notices the new cellphones they're all carrying. As they head out in their Bots, Cody takes a call back at the station reporting a car ablaze, but Kade doesn't answer his com link. Heatwave is puzzled by this and starts to become frustrated, until the Chief tells him their current mission is more important. Dani and Blades return to the station from their night shift, only to be persuaded by Cody to go help put out the vehicle fire. By the time they reach it, it's set a building alight too, and Blades's scoop claw is ineffective. At the Vale, the bots are pulling up trees, but the new emergency call from Cody causes them to stop work and demand answers from the Chief. Chief instructs Graham to get out the cellphones. Meanwhile, forced to deal with the fire themselves, Cody has Blades take the top off a hydrant and fan the water over the blaze, putting it out.

At the Vale, the other three Bots, now under the control of cellphones, have dug a huge hole and are pushing a large boulder out of it. The boulder meets the approval of the humans, who instruct them to find more the same. By the time Blades, Dani and Cody arrive, they find the mining underway. Explaining that it's ground contamination, Chief hands Dani a cellphone, but Cody knocks it from her hands before she can be hypnotized. The pair flee and jump into Blades, but as soon as Dani puts her headset on, it hypnotizes her, and Blades is already under thanks to a cellphone planted by Graham. Cody jumps out and flees. He contacts Doc Greene, who organizes to meet him at town hall with Frankie. When he does so, he quickly realizes that the hypnotism is more widespread than just his family, and has to flee from the townspeople. Even hiding in a storm drain fails because Frankie points him out.

[[File:Spellbound Boulder confronts others.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
At the Vale, Blades is airlifting boulders out to a waiting ship. When Heatwave slips, the chunk of rock he's carrying falls falls, hitting Boulder and making his cellphone break. Released from the spell, he overhears that Cody is at the marina and heads there. He's able to help Cody elude the searching townspeople, and the pair return to the Vale planning to free the others. Unfortunately the others have been warned by Frankie, and are ready for them. With that plan a bust, Cody quickly realizes they're near the cell tower, and they head for that to disable it. The other bots reach it first, but Boulder vaults them and knocks the tower down. Freed from the control of the cellphones, the others have no memory of what they've been doing.

A quick scan of one of the boulders they've been digging up reveals it's rich in gold. As the Bots discuss putting the Vale back together, a large number of townspeople arrive with shovels and new trees to plant. A limo pulls up nearby, and Madeline Pynch observes the Vale from within. Her daughter finds a cellphone under the seat, but Madeline notes that it's been recalled as the signal needs to be stronger.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Boulder]] (3)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (9)

|c3=
*[[Dani Burns]] (1)
*[[Kade Burns]] (5)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Graham Burns]] (7)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (8)
*[[Priscilla Pynch]] (10)
*[[Madeline Pynch]] (11)
*[[Alper|Mr Alper]] (12)
*[[Doc Greene]] (13)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (14)
*[[Mayor Luskey]] (15)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr Harrison]] (16)
}}
==Quotes==
"One, two, three, four, five skips!" 
"Pft, I can beat that!" ''[picks up huge rock]''
:—'''Kade''' and '''Heatwave,''' skipping stones.

"Is it time for graffiti removal?! Or crossing guard duty?! Or, dare I dream?! disbanding unruly loiterers?!"
:—'''Chase'''

"Perhaps I should have phased that differently?!"
:-'''Chase,''' after scaring a crowd into mass panic.

"I wish my knuckles could spray water like Heatwave's! Actually, no I don't. That's kind of weird."
:—'''Blades'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity errors===
===Continuity notes===
*Heatwave and Chase break out their energize tools for use in digging during the well rescue.
===Transformers references===
===Real-world references===
*The mass hypnotism, the calm demeanor under the influence, and atmosphere of paranoia evoke ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''. Stephen King's novel ''Cell'' likewise deals with mind-altering sounds being sent via cellphone.

===Trivia===
*How underwater is the town after that fire hydrant was left gushing water?
*This and the previous episode were switched in order when they were first screened on [[Hub Network]].

===Foreign localization===

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]