Editing Tyrannosaurus Wrecked

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 35
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Life of the Party
|next=Dino Hard
|title="Tyrannosaurus Wrecked"
|airdate=[[September 28]], [[2019]]
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=[[Jodi Reynolds]]
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=[[Ray Quigley]]
}}

'''Hoist fears new academy teacher Grimlock, until the team stages an intervention to show him that everyone is afraid of something.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] has great news for the other recruits - they're getting a new teacher! Unfortunately she was so excited, she didn't ask who it was, so the recruits are left to speculate over who is going to be teaching them. [[Medix (RB)|Medix]] offhandedly reveals [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] is his uncle, which distracts the group for a few moments. The students finally assemble outside and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] reveals their new teacher is [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]. The recruits celebrate as the [[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]] himself arrives, all except [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]], who is terrified.

Class convenes in the gym, where Grimlock demonstrates how size isn't everything when dealing with bad guys by knocking [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] over with his tail. [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] fares better until Grimlock catches him unawares. Hoist points out their new teacher is making a mess of the gym. Grimlock attempts to instruct Hoist on the topic of dealing with [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s, which mainly results in Hoist fleeing in terror. The next class takes place outside, with Grimlock supplying the students with protective bubbles and tasking them with trying to catch him. Hoist is conspicuously absent, which Grimlock later brings up with Heatwave.

Hot Shot finds Hoist covered with pink blotches and claiming to have "rust rot", but Heatwave isn't as easy to convince and sends Hoist to class. As Grimlock regales the recruits with stories of other less-friendly Dinobots, the other recruits realize Hoist is under the bleachers, where he claims to be looking for a tape measure. Grimlock goes for more supplies, and the other recruits finally get Hoist to admit he's afraid of Dinobots. The recruits point out everyone's afraid of something and promise to help him get over his fear. When Grimlock returns and encounters [[Mister Pettypaws]], Hoist realizes the Dinobot is terrified of [[cat]]s, and rescues him by luring Mister Pettypaws with a ball. Hoist promises he can work through his fears.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] (1)
*[[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] (2)
*[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] (3)
*[[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] (4)
*[[Medix (RB)|Medix]] (5)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (7)
|h3=Others|c3=
*[[Mister Pettypaws]] (8)
|}}

==Quotes==
"I see why Grimlock is a legend, among bots ''and'' cleaning staff."
:—'''Medix'''


"Stop! Don't get any closer. I have... rust rot!"<br />
"Oh no! What's rust rot?"<br />
"It's a super-contagious and completely not made up Cybertronian disease."
:—'''Hoist''' and '''Hot Shot'''


"Spaghetti! It's like a million tiny snakes... with tomatoes!"
:—'''Whirl''' on her greatest fear.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*It's Grimlock! After having appeared in the background of the show's [[title sequence]] since the beginning, the big guy finally makes his debut. Despite visually being based on his [[evergreen]] design, in a concession to Hasbro's push for a unified brand look, the dialogue makes it clear that this is still the lovable lug from the 2015  ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' series rather than a new incarnation or the [[Grimlock (WFC)|other Aligned Grimlock]].
*Wedge knows Grimlock from his collector card, presumably [[Heroes of Cybertron (cards)|the same cards]] introduced in "[[Battle of the Bots]]".
*Grimlock is still afraid of cats, a trait he first exhibited in the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode "[[Even Robots Have Nightmares]]".

===Transformers references===
*Medix mentions his uncle [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]].
*Other suggestions for potential teachers include [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]].
*Grimlock recalls battling the Decepticons [[Underbite]] and [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]].

===Real-world references===
*The title is of course a pun on ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', Grimlock's [[alternate mode]].
*Ripples form in a puddle when Grimlock approaches, mimicking the infamous scene of the water cup rippling when the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' creeps up in ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.

===Trivia===
*Heatwave previously said the title phrase in the ''Rescue Bots'' episode "[[Return of the Dino Bot]]".
*Medix also mentions his great aunt [[Apax]], grandpa [[Torquesteer]] and his second cousin [[Wrench (RBA)|Wrench]].
*Grimlock categorizes [[Chompazoid]]s as a subspecies of [[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]].
*Grimlock's evergreen-styled body features wheels on the sides of his legs and giant rockets on his back resembling [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]'s cannons, hinting a new vehicle mode.
*Hopefully, Hoist doesn't find out about the other teachers' Dinobot forms.
*The training center is on the mainland, so we are left to wonder how exactly Mister Pettypaws made his way over from Griffin Rock.

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

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
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