{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 27
|prev=Bot to the Future
|next=Sky Forest (episode)
|image=RoadTrip visiting Mount Griffin.jpg
|title="Road Trip"
|caption=Turns out this isn't how a Google Hangout works.
|season=2
|season ep=1
|airdate=[[March 1]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Vision Animation]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]] and [[Tim Maltby]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssb_plDGmpc
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''A tricky transporter takes Cody for a crazy ride and Kade takes on a high-flying rescue mission.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:RoadTrip Heatwave's driving lesson.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[Cody Burns|Cody]] gives [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] some instructions on how to drive the [[Mobile Headquarters]], while [[Kade Burns|Kade]] plays with the GPS to plan his date with [[Hayley]]. Heatwave interrupts by taking the MHQ for a spin, almost literally. As Kade screams for Heatwave to slow down, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] reports he's chasing [[Don|a speeder]] on [[Old Canyon Road]] and he could really do with some help. Heatwave takes the MHQ on the road and joins the pursuit. He's soon able to use the massive vehicle to stop the out-of-control driver before anyone gets hurt.

[[File:RoadTrip new tools.jpg|thumb|250px]]
Back at the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire house]], Cody is finding that now that [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] know the [[Rescue Bot]]s' secret, no one has any time to hang out with him; Frankie's too busy playing a dance video game with [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], Heatwave and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] are playing a Cybertronian equivalent of chess that Doc Green helped them construct, and [[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]] and Doc Greene are working on the energize tools they've built with Cybertronian technology. Doc Greene shows off his [[Inspiration Counter]], and a teleporter called the [[Vacuum Accelerator]]. He tests the latter on Kade's toolbox, but the remote control fails to return the teleporter as expected. Graham shows off the new command center he's installed in the MHQ, just in time to receive an emergency call from [[Whitaker|Mr. Whitaker]] — [[Taylor (RB)|Taylor]] is stuck to the lighthouse by his para-sail.

As the team rolls out, Cody continues to monitor the situation from the MHQ, unaware that the toolbox has just materialized behind him. Outside, Doc Greene and Frankie are perturbed when the MHQ vanishes. The Doc rings Cody, who discovers that the MHQ is now in the middle of the river, and tries using the teleporter's reset button without success. The others are rescuing Taylor, though Blades is amused that [[Dani Burns|Dani]] knows the rescuee's name. The rest of the team is soon called away to rescue Cody, leaving Blades, Dani and Kade to rescue Taylor, however the rescue goes wrong when a gust of wind carries Taylor and Kade away. Blades and Dani follow, but are unable to find them in the dense forest. The lost pair soon find themselves in trouble: Kade has lost his commlink and sprained his ankle, and what's worse, they have a bear after them.

[[File:RoadTrip sheltering from bear.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''huh well don't keep em hanging!'']]
The other Bots attempt to fish the MHQ out of the river, only for the transporter to trigger, transporting the MHQ and Rescue Bots to the top of [[Mount Griffin]]. Blades and Dani turn up to winch the MHQ to safety, and Heatwave manages to save the Vacuum Accelerator from falling out.[[File:RoadTrip Heatwave vs bear.jpg|thumb|250px|''UUUUURRRRRRRRP!'']] As Blades descends, the teleporter triggers again, depositing them at the drive through. Heatwave throws the teleporter away, but moments later he realizes that the teleporter had been taking them to locations Kade had planned for his date with Hayley and they can use it to teleport to Kade's location. This results in them hunting for the device, and luckily it turns out the Vacuum Accelerator happened to hit Doc Greene's windshield.

Kade and Taylor are sheltering from the bear in a hammock made from the para-sail when the others use Kade's commlink to locate them. The MHQ teleports in and Heatwave scares off the bear, allowing the pair to return to the ground, where Dani checks to see if Taylor's OK, and Kade suggests he ask her out already. With everyone safely in the MHQ, Cody sets the GPS for the fire station and they're all teleported... to [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]]'s front lawn.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]] (1)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (3)
*[[Kade Burns]] (5)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Don]] (8)
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (9)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (10)
*[[Dani Burns]] (11)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (12)
*[[Graham Burns]] (13)
*[[Taylor (RB)|Taylor]] (14)
*[[Whitaker|Mr. Whitaker]] (15)
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (16)

}}

==Quotes==
"Be ''extra'' careful. This one's name is ''Taaaaylor''." 
"Blades, I'm never oiling your gearbox again." 
''gasp!''
:—'''Blades''' and '''Dani'''

"On the plus side, I bet hardly anyone gets a view like this!"
:—'''Boulder'''

"Mayday! SOS! This is not a test! Mommy! Those are all the human distress signals I know."
:—'''Chase'''

"That's amazing! You actually pay attention to Kade." 
"Don't you ''dare'' tell him."
:—'''Blades''' and '''Heatwave'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Some time has clearly passed since season 1. Enough time for modifications to be made to the MHQ so that the Bots can drive it — new windows in the upper part of the front plus a bot-sized steering wheel — and a mobile command center as well as customized rims with Rescue Bots insignias. The fire station has also undergone some modification, most prominently it now has a statue of a griffin standing on a Rescue Bots insignia out front.
* Taylor most prominently appeared in "[[The Lost Bell]]". Dani says they helped "land his plane", though in that story it was being blown along the runaway by the wind.
* Mount Griffin gets named, though we already knew the rock on top was named "Griffin Rock" from "[[Countdown (RB)|Countdown]]".
* The bear appears to be the same one from "[[Rules and Regulations]]".
* Heatwave was [[Cybertronian sport#Lobbing|Lobbing]] champ three years running.

===Transformers references===
* Boulder and Doc Greene are working on the energize weapons that the "Energize" subline of the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (toyline)|''Rescue Bots'' toyline]] came with.

===Real-world references===
* Frankie and Blades play a game not unlike ''Dance Dance Revolution'' (presumably Doc Greene made the Rescue Bot sized mat!)

===Animation and technical errors===
* How does the teleporter survive hitting Doc Greene's windshield at high velocity? Its major component is a glass tube!

===Trivia===
* The title sequence is tweaked slightly as of this episode, with several of the shots which previously took place at night either switched for daytime shots or, in the case of the shot of Cody and the four Bots under the line "With Cody to guide them and show them the way", reanimated.
* Blades can not only lift the MHQ but the other three Rescue Bots as well, though not for very long.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le téléporteur'''" ("The Teleporter")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A teleportálás'''" ("The Teleportation")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 9|9 November]] [[2014]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Lungo la strada'''" ("On the Road")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 13|13 July]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Pé na Estrada'''" ("Foot on the Road")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 1|1 April]] [[2015]] (Netflix)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Serve and Protect" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]