Editing Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)

{{disambig2|the 2018 animated series|the 2015 ''Rescue Bots'' episode|Rescue Bots Academy (episode)}}
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[[File:RescueBotsAcademyPoster.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|More rescues, more bots.]]
'''''Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy''''' is an animated cartoon series developed by [[Boulder Media Studio]] as a sequel to ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'', with [[Ben Ward]] and [[Nicole Dubuc]] as story editors. The series had a special advance premiere on [[December 8]], [[2018]], while the remaining episodes began airing on [[January 5]], [[2019]] on [[Discovery Family]] in the US and [[Pop TV]] in the UK. Two 52 episode seasons are currently planned, and like ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'', each episode runs for 11 minutes.<ref>https://tvshowscancelled.com/transformers-rescue-bots-academy-renewed-for-season-2-by-discovery-family/</ref> The voice cast of ''Rescue Bots'' did not reprise their roles, with existing characters being re-cast with voice actors from the same [[New York City|New York]]-based casting pool as ''Cyberverse''.

Intended for more of a preschool audience than its predecessor, the series follows the first class of the new [[Rescue Bot Training Center|Rescue Bot Training Academy]], learning from the more experienced [[Rescue Bot]]s how to respond to emergency situations and become heroes.

{{bigquote|''Earth needed help and they answered the call,''<br>''No rescue too big, no hero too small.''<br>''Recruits come to learn from the best of the best,''<br>''They'll be Rescue Bots too, if they pass the test!''<br>|The [[theme song]].}}


==Cast==
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'''Rescue Bot Recruits'''
*[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] ([[Pierce Cravens]])
*[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] ([[Courtney Shaw]])
*[[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] ([[Alan Trinca]])
*[[Medix (RB)|Medix]] ([[Adam Andrianopoulous]])
*[[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] ([[Mason Hensley]])

'''Faculty'''
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] ([[Paul Guyet]])
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] ([[Frank Cwiklik]])
*[[Boulder]] ([[Keyon Williams]])
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] ([[Michael Hansen]])
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] ([[Terrence Flint]])
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ([[Jeremy Levy]])
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] ([[Todd Perlmutter]])

'''Others'''
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Jake Foushee]]/[[Hiro Diaz]])
*[[Scorch (RBA)|Scorch]] (Adam Andrianopoulous)
*[[Mach (RBA)|Mach]] (?)
*[[Glow]] (?)
*[[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] ([[Billy Bob Thompson]])
*[[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] ([[Mark Ashton]])
*[[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] (Jeremy Levy)
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*[[Cody Burns]] ([[Andy Zou]])
*[[Wes]] ([[Xander Crowell]])
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*[[Tough Luck Chuck]] ([[Todd Perlmutter]])
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==Episodes==
{{see|List of Rescue Bots Academy episodes}}
===Season 1 (2018-2019)===
{{collist|4|
#"[[Recruits Part I]]"
#"[[Recruits Part II]]"
#"[[If at First...]]"
#"[[Tough Luck Chuck (episode)|Tough Luck Chuck]]"
#"[[Whirl'd View]]"
#"[[Plan Bee]]"
#"[[The Bot Who Cried Rescue]]"
#"[[Mount Botmore]]"
#"[[Mission Inaudible]]"
#"[[Glitch (episode)|Glitch]]"
#"[[Five into Four]]"
#"[[Rescue Promo]]"
#"[[Blame Game]]"
#"[[Medix Surprise]]"
#"[[The TX3000]]"
#"[[Little Bot Peep]]"
#"[[Driving a Wedge]]"
#"[[The Big, Small Rescue]]"
#"[[Battle of the Bots]]"
#"[[About a Rock]]"
#"[[Dog Stray Afternoon]]"
#"[[Lucky Ducky]]"
#"[[The Secret of Flight]]"
#"[[Go Team, Go!]]"
#"[[Screen Time]]"
#"[[Fright at the Museum]]"
#"[[Space Case (episode)|Space Case]]"
#"[[All at Sea]]"
#"[[All Washed Up]]"
#"[[Who's Teaching Who?]]"
#"[[Balloon Up A Tree]]"
#"[[The Mystery of Dragon Mountain]]"
#"[[Hack Attack]]"
#"[[Life of the Party]]"
#"[[Tyrannosaurus Wrecked]]"
#"[[Dino Hard]]"
#"[[Buddy Cop]]"
#"[[Escape from Penguin Island]]"
#"[[All that Glitters]]"
#"[[Dig Fest (episode)|Dig Fest]]"
#"[[Trick or Treat]]"
#"[[Monster Savings]]"
#"[[Tune Out]]"
#"[[Metal Munchers]]"
#"[[Bee Prepared]]"
#"[[Whirl's Wise-Bot Quest]]"
#"[[Flying Hunk-A-Junk]]"
#"[[Into the Depths]]"
#"[[Milford Goes To The Dogs]]"
#"[[The Ice Wave]]"
#"[[Best Bots Forever Part 1]]"
#"[[Best Bots Forever Part 2]]"
}}

===Season 2 (2020)===
{{collist|4|
#[[Back to School]]
#[[Mission Dinobot]]
#[[In Training]]
#[[Medix Steps Up To The Bat]]
#[[Robo-Cody]]
#[[Heatwave's Shiny Coat]]
#[[Acting Out]]
#[[Need to Know]]
#[[Trouble Cubed]]
#[[My Favorite Rescue]]
#[[The Great Energon Rush]]
#[[The Vault Of The Primes]]
#[[Wild Ghost Chase]]
#[[Little Plot of Horrors]]
#[[Museum Mystery]]
#[[Partners (RBA)|Partners]]
#[[Critical Condition]]
#[[Fun Droids]]
#[[Power Up And Energize]]
#[[Shall We Dance?]]
#[[Mul-T-Change of Pace]]
#[[Five Little Rescue Bots]]
#[[Campfire Fright]]
#[[Good Advice]]
#[[Small Cogs]]
#[[Big Wheels]]
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#[[Brushfire (RBA)|Brushfire]]
#[[The Ties That Bind (RBA)|The Ties That Bind]]
#[[Bot Blog]]
#[[The Icebot Cometh]]
#[[More Than Meets The Eye (RBA)|More Than Meets The Eye]]
#[[Things That Go Bot In The Night]]
#[[Medix Gets Schooled]]
#[[Rescue Teens]]
#[[Enter The Flood]]
#[[Wizard Of Botz]]
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
}}
{{coming soon}}

==Notes==
*The series uses a different art style from its predecessor. For example, the robot characters in this series have full optics instead of large gaps around an iris. The recruits also have a shorter stature than the other bots, with Optimus being the tallest of the cast.
*Several characters, including Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Bumblebee and Ratchet, have been heavily redesigned from their previous appearances in ''Rescue Bots'' and other Aligned continuity series.  All four now resemble their "[[evergreen]]" designs, in a concession to Hasbro's push for a unified brand look. [https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xzaZX4 Early concept art] by character designer [[Francesco Giglio]] depicts Bumblebee in a variation of his original ''Rescue Bots'' design, suggesting the evergreen mandate was not in place at the start of the show's development.

==References==
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