Editing Power Up And Energize

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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 71
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|prev=Fun Droids
|next=Shall We Dance?
|title="Power Up and Energize"
|airdate=[[May 30]], [[2020]]
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writers=[[Ciarán Morrison]] & [[Mick O'Hara]]
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=[[Ray Quigley]]
}}

'''Each recruit receives a new tool that their individual spark picks for them. However, Hot Shot is not happy with his and convinces Wedge to swap. However, they soon discover that their 'spark' knows best.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] scans the device found in the vault and confirms it's the [[Sparksayer]], an ancient Cybertronian relic that scans a Bot's [[spark]] and provides them with a tool they'll need. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] has approved the recruits to be the first to use it. It bestows [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] with a plasma cutter, [[Medix (RB)|Medix]] with a magnetic power projector, [[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] with a polyvisor, and [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] with an auger. [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] is excited to see what he'll get until it turns out to be a combicannon, a device for mixing and projecting compounds.

[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] has the recruits carry out a sim mission to try out their new tools, dealing with [[Tough Luck Chuck]] posing as a businessman stuck in a lift. The recruits enthusiastically set about deploying their tools to rescue Chuck, all except Hot Shot who halfheartedly attempts to use his combicannon to create a cushion at the bottom of the lift shaft. They successfully extract Chuck, but in the process the lift falls, resulting in Hot Shot being covered in the gunk he's created. Hot Shot lodged a complaint with [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] that the other recruits got better tools, but Heatwave responds that maybe he should give his new tool a chance.

Hot Shot immediately goes and manages to persuade Wedge to trade tools so he can "see an expert in action" with the combicannon. A convenient rescue soon pops up—there's a volcano about to erupt endangering some nearby towns. The recruits head to the volcano where Whirl uses her polyvisor and realizes it's a lot closer to erupting than they thought. The other recruits are dismayed that Hot Shot and Wedge have swapped tools, but attempt to roll with it until it turns out the pair are unable to activate the traded tools. After hastily swapping back, Hot Shot successfully plugs the volcano, and once they deal with a tanker that's heading towards the lava flow, they return to base. Hot Shot apologizes for not giving his tool a chance and sprays Wedge with jello while Ratchet is unable to find Chuck who is still acting out his businessman character.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] (1)
*[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] (2)
*[[Medix (RB)|Medix]] (3)
*[[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] (4)
*[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] (5)
*[[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (9)
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*[[Tough Luck Chuck]] (8)
|}}

==Quotes==
"Thank you Clive from maintenance. You're fired!"
:—'''Tough Luck Chuck''' in character as a businessman for his rescue.


"I have this room booked for a four o'clock shareholder meeting. Please vacate!"<br />
"Ugh, Ratchet, can you ''please'' come and reboot Chuck before he fires us all?"
:—'''Tough Luck Chuck''' and '''Heatwave'''


"Profits are down. I'm sorry featherduster, I've heard enough excuses. Brush off your desk, you're fired."
:—'''Tough Luck Chuck'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The Sparksayer was recovered from the vault back in "[[The Vault Of The Primes]]". The vault itself having been recovered from a crashed ship back in "[[Mission Dinobot]]".
*It seems that this episode was aired out of production order. The recruits user the Sparksayer to create their Energize tools for the first time, although they've been previously seen in episodes including "[[The Great Energon Rush]]" and "[[Wild Ghost Chase]]." It is most likely that this episode is meant to be a direct follow-up to "The Vault Of The Primes" set immediately after it.

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==Home video releases==
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