Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)

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'''''Transformers: Rescue Bots''''' is a a Daytime Emmy award-winning cartoon series that launched on [[Hub Network|The Hub]] on [[December 17]], [[2011]] with a preview of the first two episodes, and the full season starting [[February 18]], [[2012]]. Unlike ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'', ''Rescue Bots'' is animated in Toon Boom Harmony (similar to a Flash cartoon), and aimed at a younger generation of ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' fans. Unusual for a ''Transformers'' cartoon, it features no [[Decepticon]]s.

The fourth season of ''Rescue Bots'' currently airs on [[Discovery Family]], the network which replaced the Hub. With the advent of this season, ''Rescue Bots'' is set to become the longest-running Transformers cartoon ''ever'', eclipsing the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] by six episodes. ''Rescue Bots'' is also the first ever ''Transformers'' cartoon to have a full fourth season.

==Story==
{{bigquote|''A routine patrol with four Bots in stasis,''<br>''Years later awoke in the strangest of places.''<br>''Earth was their home now, and in addition,''<br>''Optimus Prime gave them this mission!''<br>|The [[theme song]].}}

The [[Rescue Bot]]s are a team of inexperienced [[Autobot]]s primarily designed to serve as a rescue team on the battlefield. When their craft is drawn to [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] judges them as not ready to face the [[Decepticon]]s, and instead stations them in the technologically advanced town of [[Griffin Rock]], [[Maine]] located on an island off the east coast of [[United States of America|America]]. There they must work undercover, posing as ordinary robots used as rescue vehicles by the island's "family of heroes", the Burns family. Team leader and team hothead [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] is paired with egotistical firefighter [[Kade Burns]]; rules pedant [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] is partnered with police chief [[Charlie Burns]]; nature-loving [[Boulder]] is paired with engineer [[Graham Burns]], and height-fearing [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] has hotshot pilot [[Dani Burns]] for a partner.

The Rescue Bots must learn to work together, both with each other and their [[human]] partners, to help the people of Griffin Rock. Life on the island is far from ordinary—with the town a voluntary test-bed for new and advanced technology, the rescue team regularly has to cope with disasters and mishaps caused by previously untested technology. Though the Decepticon empire has yet to touch the island, it has its own villains: the devilishly-cunning [[Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco]] makes life difficult with his [[MorBot]]s and other hostile tech; Machiavellian business owner [[Madeline Pynch]] is primarily motivated by greed, particularly for the gold she knows lies beneath the island; and the hacker/thief twins [[Myles]] and [[Evan (RB)|Evan]] who are adept at using the town's technology to steal from the townsfolk. Occasionally when things get really tough, Optimus Prime, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], or [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] will visit to lend a hand.

As the years pass, much changes. The Rescue Bots reveal their identities as aliens to the townsfolk. Helping them in this endeavor are many new allies they've encountered during their adventures — [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] and [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]], two Autobots found frozen in time are now training to be Rescue Bots themselves, and an old friend of Optimus Prime, [[High Tide]], lends a hand for water rescues with his helper bot [[Servo (RB)|Servo]]. [[Quickshadow]], a covert Rescue Bot agent, has been assigned by Optimus himself to work with the team. Together with these newcomers, the Rescue Bots have expanded their operations to the mainland, establishing a new [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] there, though they continue to maintain their secrecy

==Cast==
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'''[[Rescue Bot]]s'''
*'''[[Rescue Force Sigma-17]]'''
**[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] ([[Steve Blum]])
**[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] ([[Parvesh Cheena]])
**[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] ([[D.C. Douglas]])
**[[Boulder]] ([[Imari Williams]])

*'''Other Rescue Bots'''
**[[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] ([[Jason Marsden]])
**[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] ([[Max Mittelman]])
**[[Quickshadow]] ([[Alex Kingston]])
**[[Servo (RB)|Servo]]

'''[[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]'''
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ([[Nicole Dubuc]]/[[Will Friedle]])
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] ([[Darren Criss]])

'''Others'''
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[High Tide]] ([[Michael Bell]])

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'''Burns Family'''
*[[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie Burns]] ([[Maurice LaMarche]])
*[[Cody Burns]] ([[Elán Garfias]])
*[[Kade Burns]] ([[Jason Marsden]])
*[[Dani Burns]] ([[Lacey Chabert]])
*[[Graham Burns]] ([[Shannon McKain]])
*[[Woodrow Burns]] ([[Mark Hamill]])

'''Greene Family'''
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] ([[LeVar Burton]])
*[[Frankie Greene]] ([[Diamond White]])
*[[Maura the Magnificent]] ([[Cree Summer]])
*[[Anna Baranova|Professor Anna Baranova]] ([[Kath Soucie]])
*[[CeCe Greene]] (Kath Soucie)

'''Antagonists'''
*[[Thaddeus Morocco|Dr. Thaddeus Morocco]] ([[Tim Curry]]/[[Jonny Rees]])
*[[Madeline Pynch]] ([[Stacy Darrow]])
*[[Evan (RB)|Evan]] ([[Robbie Daymond]])
*[[Myles]] (Robbie Daymond)
*[[Priscilla Pynch]] ([[Katherine McNamara]])
*[[Quint Quarry|Colonel Quint Quarry]] ([[Jim Cummings]])
*Lord [[Thurston Chumley]] ([[Jim Cummings]])
*[[Chickadee]] ([[Kristen Schaal]])

'''Townspeople'''
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] ([[Jeff Glen Bennett|Jeff Bennett]])
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (Jeff Bennett)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (D.C. Douglas)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] ([[Billie Hayes]])
*[[Hayley]] ([[Danica McKellar]])
*[[Alper|Mr. Alper]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Bunty|Mr. Bunty]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Edgar Prewett]]
*[[Bufkin|Mr. Bufkin]]
*[[Perkins (RB)|Mr. Perkins]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Milo]] (Jason Marsden)
*[[Mrs Luskey]] (Nicole Dubuc)

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*[[Nancy Morrison]]
*[[Sharma|Mr. Sharma]] (Parvesh Cheena)
*[[Arthur Shaw|Captain Arthur Shaw]] (Maurice LaMarche)
*[[Feiffer|Mr. Feiffer]]
*[[Wild (RB)|Captain Wild]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Taylor]] ([[Roger Craig Smith]])
*[[Carin]] ([[Nancy Linari]])
*[[Hunter (RB)|Mr. Hunter]] (Maurice LaMarche)
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (Shannon McKain)
*[[Barney]] (Jeff Glen Bennett)
*[[Amy]] ([[Hynden Walch]])
*[[Bieber|Dr Bieber]] (Maurice LaMarche)
*[[Don]]
*[[Ernie (RB)|Ernie]] (D.C. Douglas)
*[[Foster|Mr Foster]] (Jonny Rees)
*[[Frederick]] (Lacey Chabert)
*[[Hooton|Mr Hooton]]
*[[Levy|Mr Levy]] (Jason Marsden)
*[[Lima|Ms Lima]] (Kath Soucie)
*[[Mario (RB)|Mario]]
*[[McSwain|Doctor McSwain]]
*[[Mr Rubio]] (Jeff Bennett)
*[[Mrs Rubio]] (Lacey Chabert)
*[[Schulte|Mr Schulte]] (Jeff Bennett)
*[[Talbott|Mr Talbott]]
*[[Virginia (RB)|Virginia]] (Billie Hayes)
*[[Watkins|Mr Watkins]]
*[[Whitaker|Mr Whitaker]]
*[[Billy (RB)|Billy]] (Jason Marsden)
*[[Timmy]] (Jason Marsden)
*[[Kyle]]
*[[Corey]]
*[[George (RB)|George]]
*[[Jimmy (RB)|Jimmy]] (Jason Marsden)
*[[Elsie Rubio]]
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'''Robots'''
*[[Trex]] (LeVar Burton)
*[[Robo-Baby]] (Jason Marsden)
*[[Dither]] (LeVar Burton)
*[[MorBot]]s (Maurice LaMarche)
*[[Mechanical bull]]

'''Artificial Intelligence'''
* [[Vigil]] ([[Bill Mumy]])
*[[Morocco virus]] ([[Jonny Rees]])
*[[CAT]] (Nicole Dubuc)
*[[Elma Hendrickson]] Hologram (Kath Soucie)
*[[Chester A. Arthur]] (Jeff Bennett)

'''Aliens'''
*[[Energon eater]]
*[[Velgrox]] (Jeff Bennett)

'''Pets'''
*[[Mister Pettypaws]]
*[[Edison]]
*[[Aristotle]]
*[[Poopsie]]

'''Mini-Cons'''
*[[Bounce]] (Steve Blum)
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== Episodes ==
{{see|List of Rescue Bots episodes}}
===Season 1 (2011-2012)===
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# [[Family of Heroes]]
# [[Under Pressure]]
# [[Hotshots]]
# [[Flobsters on Parade]]
# [[The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock]]
# [[Walk on the Wild Side]]
# [[Cody on Patrol]]
# [[Four Bots and a Baby]]
# [[Christmas in July]]
# [[Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble]]
# [[Return of the Dino Bot]]
# [[The Other Doctor]]
# [[The Reign of Morocco]]
# [[Small Blessings]]
# [[The Griffin Rock Triangle]]
# [[Rules and Regulations]]
# [[The Lost Bell]]
# [[Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue]]
# [[You've Been Squilshed]]
# [[Countdown (RB)|Countdown]]
# [[The Haunting of Griffin Rock]]
# [[Little White Lies]]
# [[Shake Up]]
# [[Rescue Boy]]
# [[It's a Bot Time]]
# [[Bot to the Future]]
}}

===Season 2 (2014)===
{{collist|3|
#[[Road Trip]]
#[[Sky Forest (episode)|Sky Forest]]
#[[One for the Ages]]
#[[Tip of the Iceberg]]
#[[A Virtual Disaster]]
#[[Spellbound]]
#[[Prescott's Bots]]
#[[Blame the Gremlins]]
#[[Feed the Beast]]
#[[What Lies Below]]
#[[What Rises Above]]
#[[Space Bots]]
#[[The Island of Misfit Tech]]
#[[The Vigilant Town]]
#[[Buddy System]]
#[[In Search of the Griffin's Nest]]
#[[Bots and Robbers]]
#[[Rescue Dog]]
#[[Changes]]
#[[The Riders of Midwinter]]
#[[Movers and Shakers]]
#[[Chief Woodrow]]
#[[Odd Bot Out]]
#[[The Griffin Rock Express]]
#[[Double Villainy]]
#[[Rise of the Heroes]]
}}
===Season 3 (2014-2015)===
{{collist|3|
#[[Land Before Prime (episode)|Land Before Prime]]
#[[Big Game]]
#[[Too Many Kades]]
#[[Phantom of the Sea]]
#[[Unfinished Business]]
#[[No Place Like Dome]]
#[[Bugs in the System]]
#[[Switcheroo]]
#[[Bot-Tastic Voyage]]
#[[Quarry's Quarry]]
#[[Did You See What I Thaw?]]
#[[The Attack of Humungado]]
#[[All Bots Great and Small]]
#[[Time After Time]]
#[[Pirates Ahoy]]
#[[Turning the Tide]]
#[[The Last of Morocco]]
#[[The New Recruits]]
#[[Rescue Bots Academy]]{{dag|red}}
#[[A New Hero]]
#[[Four-Legged Hero]]
#[[Endangered Species]]
#[[More than Meets the Eye (RB)|More than Meets the Eye]]
#[[I Have Heard the Robots Singing]]
#[[Now and Then]]
#[[Today and Forever]]
}}

===Season 4 (2016)===
{{collist|3|
#[[New Normal]]
#[[Bridge Building]]
#[[Arrivals]]
#[[Plus One (RB)|Plus One]]
#[[Back to Virtual Reality]]
#[[Vanishing Returns]]
#[[Ghost in the Machine (RB)|Ghost in the Machine]]
#[[Enemy of My Enemy]]
#[[Mayor May Not]]
#[[All Spark Day (episode)|All Spark Day]]
#[[Part-Time Heroes]]
#[[The More Things Change...]]
#[[The More Things Stay the Same]]
#[[Hot Rod Bot]]
#[[King Burns]]
#[[Pizza Pi Party]]
#[[Uninvited Guest]]
#[[Camp Cody]]
#[[Once Upon a Time]]
#[[The Need for Speed]]
#[[Cody's 11]]
#[[A Brush with Danger]]
#[[To Infinity... And Back]]
#[[Family Business]]
#[[Upgrades]]
#[[Transformations]]
}}
{{dag|red}} ''[[Clip show]]''

==Production==
The series was developed by [[Nicole Dubuc]], [[Brian Hohlfeld]] and [[Jeff Kline]], who work as story editor, supervising producer and executive producer respectively. Dubuc and Hohlfeld, along with [[Greg Johnson]], form the series writing team, though some of the episodes have had guest writers. Direction duties are rotated, with [[Frank Molieri]] as supervising director — [[Nathan Chew]] and [[Patrick Archibald]] were the directorial team on season 1 with [[Tim Maltby]] and [[Kevin Altieri]] replacing Archibald on season 2. Season 3 added [[Frank Squillace]] to the directing lineup. [[Ginny McSwain]] handles voice direction duties, while [[Therese Trujillo]] works as animation producer. Designers who have worked on the show include [[Shane Glines]], [[Steve Jones]], and [[Jeremy Tin]] (character designs), [[Jeremiah Regan]] (character/prop design), and [[Edgar Carlos]] (backgrounds).

The show changed animation studios for each of the first three seasons. For the first season, the show was animated by Canadian firm [[Atomic Cartoons]] (''Johnny Test'', ''[[Spider-Man]] Unlimited'') in Toon Boom Harmony. For season two, the animation work was taken over by Malaysian firm [[Vision Animation]] with Australian firm [[Moody Street Kids]] also working on the production. For seasons three and four, Canadian firm [[DHX Media]] (''[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship is Magic'', ''Littlest Pet Shop'', ''Pound Puppies'') handled the animation, outsourcing the nitty-gritty work to [[Top Draw Animation]]. Music was provided for the first season by duo [[Starr Parodi]] and [[Jeff Eden Fair]]. For the second season onwards, Australian composer [[Christopher Elves]] took the musical reins.

==Awards and nominations==
===2016 Annie Awards===
*Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children - "[[I Have Heard the Robots Singing]]"

===2016 Daytime Emmys===
*Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program - [[Jeff Glen Bennett|Jeff Bennett]] '''(WINNER)'''
*Outstanding Writing for an Animated Program

==Home video releases==
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==Notes==
*[[Jeff Kline]] stated that ''Rescue Bots'' and ''Prime'' occupy the same continuity, and do so because he felt two ''Transformers'' shows on the same network should share the same mythology. This is why ''Rescue Bots'' takes place on an island, so that it can exist in a relatively insulated bubble from the more dangerous plot elements of the older-skewing ''Prime''.

*[[Rik Alvarez]] said in 2015 that ''Rescue Bots'' and ''Prime'' being in the same continuity was a studio decision, and not one Hasbro had expected.

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