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{{disambig2|the episode|characters named "Blurr"|Blurr (disambiguation)}}
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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 49
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 49
|image=Blurred-introductions.jpg
|image=TRID S3 E4 B MSS.jpg
|caption=This is the Class B. Hero, Saitama.
|caption=This is the Class B. Hero, Saitama.
|prev=Defrosted
|prev=Defrosted
|next=Sphere of Influence
|next=Sphere of Influence
|title="Blurred"
|title="Blurred"
|season=3
|season ep=4
|airdate=[[May 13]], [[2017]]
|airdate=[[May 13]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=
|writer=[[Johnny Hartmann]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]], [[drop]] (2D)
|director=
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi0aTDLeYaM
|videosite=YouTube
}}
}}


'''After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer - Rescue Bot Blurr.'''
'''After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer–Rescue Bot Blurr.'''


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=May 13}}
[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"If the heroes run and hide, who will stay and fight?"]]
Team Bee pops out of a [[GroundBridge]] to see a light plane trailing smoke as it flies overhead. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] contacts [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] who confirms the stricken plane is still going to crash on one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s caches. As this could result in the rescue teams stumbling on whatever's in the cache, [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]] starts making his way up a nearby cliff to try to save the plane from crashing. As he gets to the top of the cliff, it crumbles beneath his feet and he's left clinging to the edge as the plane hurtles towards him. He's saved at the last moment by [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], who streaks in out of nowhere and pulls him up onto the cliff. While the rest of the team is accidentally buried under the collapse when [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] falls over, Bumblebee takes off after the plane and manages to stop it by grabbing its landing wheels.
 
The excited Blurr greets Sideswipe, who's slightly put out about Blurr taking over the rescue. They're joined by the rest of the team, whom Blurr is somewhat starstruck at meeting. Once [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] moves a concealing boulder out of the way, they find Windblade's cache contains supplies and a captured [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]], [[Ragebyte]]. They realize that the explosive the Decepticon scientist was working on may be in one of the containers, and decide to take everything back to the scrapyard for safekeeping. Blurr asks if he can tag along, and Sideswipe starts wondering if the new Bot is after his spot on the team.
 
[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Living your life has nothing to do with what others think."]]
 
Later, the Autobots are driving along a highway. Sideswipe continues grousing about Blurr's over-eagerness, but when he carelessly passes Strongarm, he ends up sending the trailer-load of supplies and the [[stasis pod]] off the side of a bridge and into a river. The shock of landing releases Ragebyte from the pod, who immediately retrieves his explosive and sets off to find the missing ingredient he had originally come to Earth to obtain: polystyrene. The Autobots hurry to try to secure the cache contents, only to see Ragebyte departing in submarine mode. Sideswipe continues to act like a jerk as they fish crates out of the river, and when it turns out there's been a shark sighting at some nearby docks, he immediately takes off to investigate, with Blurr following before Bumblebee can stop either of them. Bumblebee sends Drift back to the scrapyard with the supplies to pick up a jet boat, since they'll need some way to keep up with Ragebyte on the water.
 
[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What you really wanted to be was a hero. You compromised and decided to be a monster."]]
 
Blurr and Sideswipe reach the docks, the latter still complaining that Blurr is trying to take his spot on the team. The pair head into a warehouse where Ragebyte is feeding polystyrene into his device and try to sneak up on him, however Blurr steps on some loose packaging foam and they have to take cover momentarily. Sideswipe jumps out, only to find Ragebyte has disappeared. He manages to cut off the Decepticon's escape, and Ragebyte obediently hands over the bomb... before blasting Sideswipe. Blurr takes possession of the bomb and leads the Con on a chase to the loading gate, where the rest of the team have arrived and proceed to ambush the Con. Unfortunately for them he blasts his way free and dives back into the river. As they're wondering how they're going to catch him, Drift appears through a GroundBridge in [[Denny Clay|Denny]]'s boat which Sideswipe immediately commandeers, acciedentally knocking Drift into the drink in the process. Blurr manages to get on board as the boat streaks along, and makes it clear to Sideswipe that he's trying to help, not take Sideswipe's spot on the team.
 
[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"BUT YOU CAN NEVER DEFEAT ME."]]
 
The pair pursue Ragebyte along the river, but until he tricks them into hitting a buoy, destroying the boat and sending the pair to the bottom. They try to grab Ragebyte, but he manages to knock them off by swimming through an undersea structure. Ragebyte attaches the explosive to one of the supports of [[Crown City Bridge]], intending to test the explosive's yield. Sideswipe contacts Bumblebee, who is on top of the bridge with the rest of the team. Strongarm clears the bridge by pretending to be actual police, but while she's doing that, Ragebyte takes out Drift, Bumblebee and Grimlock. Sideswipe and Blurr reach the top of the bridge, and while the latter speeds off with the explosive device, Sideswipe manages to render Ragebyte unconscious. As the team regroups, there's an explosion in the distance, however Blurr returns unscathed having ditched the bomb.
 
Back at the scrapyard, Ragebyte is locked away in a stasis pod. Though Sideswipe assumes Bumblebee is going to kick him off the team, Bumblebee instead suggests he take on Blurr as a temporary intern.


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
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|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (3)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (3)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (4)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (4)
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"Experimentation paused. New objective. Dissection of Autobot."
"Experimentation paused. New objective, dissection of Autobot."
:—'''Ragebyte''' subscribes to the [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] school of science and engineering.
:—'''Ragebyte''' subscribes to the [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] school of science and engineering.


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* Sideswipe and Blurr first met in the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)| Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The Need for Speed]]", when Sideswipe chased the escaped [[Cyclone]] Mini-Con [[Bounce]] all the way to [[Griffin Rock]].
* Sideswipe and Blurr first met in the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)| Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The Need for Speed]]", when Sideswipe chased the escaped [[Cyclone]] Mini-Con [[Bounce]] all the way to [[Griffin Rock]].
* Blurr offhandedly remarks on his his new look. This would indicate this episode takes place after the finale of the ''Rescue Bots'' cartoon, since Blurr was still purple then.
* Blurr offhandedly remarks on his his new look. This would indicate this episode takes place after the finale of the ''Rescue Bots'' cartoon, since Blurr was still purple then.
* Sideswipe's fear of being abandoned and rejected, as expressed by the meeker Sideswipe, is further explored in both "[[The Great Divide]]" and "[[Exiles]]".
===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] (Unknown to Bee Team).


===Transformers references===
===Transformers references===
* Bumblebee asks "Who the [[Helex (polity)| Helex]] saved Sideswipe?", referencing the city.


===Real-world references===
===Real-world references===
* (tbd)


===Animation and technical errors===
===Errors===
* Fixit's comments imply the pilot of the distressed aircraft suffered a pressurization failure leading to unconsciousness, but aircraft of that type do not have cabin pressurization.


===Trivia===
===Trivia===
* Fixit's comments imply the pilot of the distressed aircraft suffered a pressurisation failure leading to unconsiousness, but aircraft of that type do not have cabin pressurisation.
* This is the first time a character native to ''Rescue Bots'' has crossed over into a "main" Aligned cartoon, though Bumblebee alluded to [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]]'s existence back in "[[Battlegrounds, Part 1]]".
* The official synopsis seems to imply that this fairly young and immature version of Sideswipe is older than Blurr. The latter of whom has been active for well over 10,000 years, as seen in the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' episode ''[[The New Recruits]]''. This might however, be due to Blurr being in a stasis pod and for the most part was shown to be more reckless than Sideswipe ever could hope to be.
* The official synopsis seems to imply that this fairly young and immature version of Sideswipe is older than Blurr... but Blurr has been alive for well over 10,000 years, as seen in the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The New Recruits]]". However, Blurr ''has'' been in a stasis pod for a long time, and for the most part was shown to be more reckless than Sideswipe ever could hope to be.
* Bumblebee has visited the Rescue Bots during Blurr's time on the team, in the episode "[[Uninvited Guest]]". However, Bee was at the [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] outside of town while Blurr was in-town dealing with traffic emergencies, so the two hadn't met until now.
* Bumblebee has visited the Rescue Bots during Blurr's time on the team, in the episode "[[Uninvited Guest]]". However, Bee was at the [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] outside of Griffin Rock while Blurr was in town dealing with traffic emergencies, so the two hadn't met until now.
* Ragebyte's bomb appears to re-use the [[Cybertronian data cylinder| data cylinder]] model from "[[T.M.I.]]".
* Apparently explosified extruded polystyrene glows the exact same color as [[Dark Energon]]. Who knew?


===Foreign localization===
===Foreign localization===
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:*''Title:'' '''Le Nouveau''' ("The Newbie")
:*''Title:'' '''Le Nouveau''' ("The Newbie")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 25]], 2017
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 25]], 2017
'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Furakodók''' ("Go-Getters")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 4]], 2017
::*Due to a script oversight or a line-read flub, Blurr mistakenly calls Strongarm "Strongman". Also, since this show and ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)| Rescue Bots]]'' were dubbed by separate studios, each using different voice talents and adhering to their own translation guidelines, some cross-cartoon references relating to Blurr end up getting lost or muddled both in this and subsequent episodes. The translation for the term "Rescue Bots" at least remains consistent.


==Home video releases==
==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2018 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise: Combiner Force'' — King of the Hill ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])<br>


[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

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This is the Class B. Hero, Saitama.
"Blurred"
Season 3
No. in season 4
Production company Hasbro Studios
Airdate May 13, 2017
Writer Johnny Hartmann
Director Vinton Heuck
Animation studio Polygon Pictures, drop (2D)
 Watch this episode on YouTube

After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer–Rescue Bot Blurr.

Synopsis

[edit]
"If the heroes run and hide, who will stay and fight?"

Team Bee pops out of a GroundBridge to see a light plane trailing smoke as it flies overhead. Bumblebee contacts Fixit who confirms the stricken plane is still going to crash on one of Windblade's caches. As this could result in the rescue teams stumbling on whatever's in the cache, Sideswipe starts making his way up a nearby cliff to try to save the plane from crashing. As he gets to the top of the cliff, it crumbles beneath his feet and he's left clinging to the edge as the plane hurtles towards him. He's saved at the last moment by Blurr, who streaks in out of nowhere and pulls him up onto the cliff. While the rest of the team is accidentally buried under the collapse when Grimlock falls over, Bumblebee takes off after the plane and manages to stop it by grabbing its landing wheels.

The excited Blurr greets Sideswipe, who's slightly put out about Blurr taking over the rescue. They're joined by the rest of the team, whom Blurr is somewhat starstruck at meeting. Once Grimlock moves a concealing boulder out of the way, they find Windblade's cache contains supplies and a captured Sharkticon, Ragebyte. They realize that the explosive the Decepticon scientist was working on may be in one of the containers, and decide to take everything back to the scrapyard for safekeeping. Blurr asks if he can tag along, and Sideswipe starts wondering if the new Bot is after his spot on the team.

"Living your life has nothing to do with what others think."

Later, the Autobots are driving along a highway. Sideswipe continues grousing about Blurr's over-eagerness, but when he carelessly passes Strongarm, he ends up sending the trailer-load of supplies and the stasis pod off the side of a bridge and into a river. The shock of landing releases Ragebyte from the pod, who immediately retrieves his explosive and sets off to find the missing ingredient he had originally come to Earth to obtain: polystyrene. The Autobots hurry to try to secure the cache contents, only to see Ragebyte departing in submarine mode. Sideswipe continues to act like a jerk as they fish crates out of the river, and when it turns out there's been a shark sighting at some nearby docks, he immediately takes off to investigate, with Blurr following before Bumblebee can stop either of them. Bumblebee sends Drift back to the scrapyard with the supplies to pick up a jet boat, since they'll need some way to keep up with Ragebyte on the water.

"What you really wanted to be was a hero. You compromised and decided to be a monster."

Blurr and Sideswipe reach the docks, the latter still complaining that Blurr is trying to take his spot on the team. The pair head into a warehouse where Ragebyte is feeding polystyrene into his device and try to sneak up on him, however Blurr steps on some loose packaging foam and they have to take cover momentarily. Sideswipe jumps out, only to find Ragebyte has disappeared. He manages to cut off the Decepticon's escape, and Ragebyte obediently hands over the bomb... before blasting Sideswipe. Blurr takes possession of the bomb and leads the Con on a chase to the loading gate, where the rest of the team have arrived and proceed to ambush the Con. Unfortunately for them he blasts his way free and dives back into the river. As they're wondering how they're going to catch him, Drift appears through a GroundBridge in Denny's boat which Sideswipe immediately commandeers, acciedentally knocking Drift into the drink in the process. Blurr manages to get on board as the boat streaks along, and makes it clear to Sideswipe that he's trying to help, not take Sideswipe's spot on the team.

"BUT YOU CAN NEVER DEFEAT ME."

The pair pursue Ragebyte along the river, but until he tricks them into hitting a buoy, destroying the boat and sending the pair to the bottom. They try to grab Ragebyte, but he manages to knock them off by swimming through an undersea structure. Ragebyte attaches the explosive to one of the supports of Crown City Bridge, intending to test the explosive's yield. Sideswipe contacts Bumblebee, who is on top of the bridge with the rest of the team. Strongarm clears the bridge by pretending to be actual police, but while she's doing that, Ragebyte takes out Drift, Bumblebee and Grimlock. Sideswipe and Blurr reach the top of the bridge, and while the latter speeds off with the explosive device, Sideswipe manages to render Ragebyte unconscious. As the team regroups, there's an explosion in the distance, however Blurr returns unscathed having ditched the bomb.

Back at the scrapyard, Ragebyte is locked away in a stasis pod. Though Sideswipe assumes Bumblebee is going to kick him off the team, Bumblebee instead suggests he take on Blurr as a temporary intern.

[edit]

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Humans

Quotes

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"What's he doing? Angling for a spot on our team?"
"Why not? Some days it seems like you don't want one."

—Sideswipe is unimpressed with either Blurr's enthusiasm or Strongarm's burn.


"Experimentation paused. New objective, dissection of Autobot."

—Ragebyte subscribes to the Shockwave school of science and engineering.


"Congratulations, Sideswipe!"
"...don't say it!"
"You really jumped the shark."
"UGGH!"

—Strongarm is on fire, and Sideswipe needs more burn cream.

Notes

[edit]

Continuity notes

[edit]
  • Sideswipe and Blurr first met in the Rescue Bots episode "The Need for Speed", when Sideswipe chased the escaped Cyclone Mini-Con Bounce all the way to Griffin Rock.
  • Blurr offhandedly remarks on his his new look. This would indicate this episode takes place after the finale of the Rescue Bots cartoon, since Blurr was still purple then.
  • Sideswipe's fear of being abandoned and rejected, as expressed by the meeker Sideswipe, is further explored in both "The Great Divide" and "Exiles".

Prisoner manifest

[edit]

Transformers references

[edit]
  • Bumblebee asks "Who the Helex saved Sideswipe?", referencing the city.

Real-world references

[edit]
  • (tbd)

Errors

[edit]
  • Fixit's comments imply the pilot of the distressed aircraft suffered a pressurization failure leading to unconsciousness, but aircraft of that type do not have cabin pressurization.

Trivia

[edit]
  • This is the first time a character native to Rescue Bots has crossed over into a "main" Aligned cartoon, though Bumblebee alluded to Heatwave's existence back in "Battlegrounds, Part 1".
  • The official synopsis seems to imply that this fairly young and immature version of Sideswipe is older than Blurr... but Blurr has been alive for well over 10,000 years, as seen in the Rescue Bots episode "The New Recruits". However, Blurr has been in a stasis pod for a long time, and for the most part was shown to be more reckless than Sideswipe ever could hope to be.
  • Bumblebee has visited the Rescue Bots during Blurr's time on the team, in the episode "Uninvited Guest". However, Bee was at the Rescue Bot Training Center outside of Griffin Rock while Blurr was in town dealing with traffic emergencies, so the two hadn't met until now.
  • Ragebyte's bomb appears to re-use the data cylinder model from "T.M.I.".
  • Apparently explosified extruded polystyrene glows the exact same color as Dark Energon. Who knew?

Foreign localization

[edit]

French

  • Title: Le Nouveau ("The Newbie")
  • Original airdate: April 25, 2017

Hungarian

  • Title: Furakodók ("Go-Getters")
  • Original airdate: June 4, 2017
  • Due to a script oversight or a line-read flub, Blurr mistakenly calls Strongarm "Strongman". Also, since this show and Rescue Bots were dubbed by separate studios, each using different voice talents and adhering to their own translation guidelines, some cross-cartoon references relating to Blurr end up getting lost or muddled both in this and subsequent episodes. The translation for the term "Rescue Bots" at least remains consistent.

Home video releases

[edit]
All releases listed are in English audio unless otherwise noted.
DVD

Australia 2018 — Transformers Robots in Disguise: Combiner Force — King of the Hill (Beyond Home Entertainment)

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