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|title="Tip of the Iceberg" | |title="Tip of the Iceberg" | ||
|season=2 | |||
|season ep=4 | |||
|airdate=[[March 15]], [[2014]] | |airdate=[[March 15]], [[2014]] | ||
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]] | |production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]] | ||
|animation studio=[[Vision Animation]] | |animation studio=[[Vision Animation]] | ||
|writer=[[Brandon M. Easton]] | |writer=[[Brandon M. Easton]] | ||
|director=[[Nathan Chew]] | |director=[[Nathan Chew]] | ||
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZd2S0n5pqQ | |||
|videosite=YouTube | |||
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Riding on the [[Griffin Rock ferry]], [[Cody Burns]] takes lookout to try and see a rumored sea monster that [[Arthur Shaw|Captain Shaw]] claims had circled the ship on three other days. The ferry is moments later hit by chunks of ice and an iceberg suddenly appears. [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] yanks Cody out of the way of some falling ice, and orders [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] to put some space between the ferry and the iceberg. Once they're safe, Cody wonder what an iceberg is doing in this warm weather, and thinks he sees someone walking around on the ice. Chief Burns throws his comlink onto the iceberg so they can track it later. | Riding on the [[Griffin Rock ferry]], [[Cody Burns]] takes lookout to try and see a rumored sea monster that [[Arthur Shaw|Captain Shaw]] claims had circled the ship on three other days. The ferry is moments later hit by chunks of ice and an iceberg suddenly appears. [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] yanks Cody out of the way of some falling ice, and orders [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] to put some space between the ferry and the iceberg. Once they're safe, Cody wonder what an iceberg is doing in this warm weather, and thinks he sees someone walking around on the ice. Chief Burns throws his comlink onto the iceberg so they can track it later. | ||
[[File:TipOfTheIceberg flashfrozen Blades.jpg|thumb | [[File:TipOfTheIceberg flashfrozen Blades.jpg|thumb|250px|Cody: "Only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart." <br> Heatwave: "Cody, cut the scrap, we have sparks!"]] | ||
Some time later, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] tracks the signal, though he tells [[Dani Burns|Dani]] he wants to fly higher to avoid sea monsters. They land on the iceberg where Cody spots an iced-over control panel. When ge presses a button on it, a cargo hold hatch opens under Blades's feet, and they realize the iceberg's actually a ship covered in ice. Cody finds the log book identifying it as the [[S.S. Isolde]] and contacts the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]] while Dani searches for passengers. Chief Burns says the ship was used to transport technology to [[Griffin Rock]], but was lost in [[1966]] when some cargo became unstable. Cody's fascinated to learn that the captain was [[Zachary Burns]], his great grandfather, and wants to retrieve a portrait of the elder Burns from the wall, but it's frozen on. The trio on the ship find the cargo causing the deep freeze, but when Blades tries to shut it off, it powers up ''more'' and freezes him. Once he's defrosted, Cody grabs the log book, and they return to base. | Some time later, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] tracks the signal, though he tells [[Dani Burns|Dani]] he wants to fly higher to avoid sea monsters. They land on the iceberg where Cody spots an iced-over control panel. When ge presses a button on it, a cargo hold hatch opens under Blades's feet, and they realize the iceberg's actually a ship covered in ice. Cody finds the log book identifying it as the [[S.S. Isolde]] and contacts the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]] while Dani searches for passengers. Chief Burns says the ship was used to transport technology to [[Griffin Rock]], but was lost in [[1966]] when some cargo became unstable. Cody's fascinated to learn that the captain was [[Zachary Burns]], his great-grandfather, and wants to retrieve a portrait of the elder Burns from the wall, but it's frozen on. The trio on the ship find the cargo causing the deep freeze, but when Blades tries to shut it off, it powers up ''more'' and freezes him. Once he's defrosted, Cody grabs the log book, and they return to base. | ||
[[File:TipOfTheIceberg Doc Morocco is in town.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Morocco: "Does my [[Jonny Rees|new voice]] sound bad?" <br> *beat*<br> Chief: "No." <br> Morocco: "You hesitated."]] | [[File:TipOfTheIceberg Doc Morocco is in town.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Morocco: "Does my [[Jonny Rees|new voice]] sound bad?" <br> *beat*<br> Chief: "No." <br> Morocco: "You hesitated."]] | ||
Graham reports that he's learned from [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] that the cargo causing the problem is the [[Sub-Zero Expander]], originally intended to bolster [[Earth]]'s ice caps. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] suggest the safest course is to blow it up, and Chief Burns agrees. While the team heads out on the ''[[Darby Ava]]'', Cody is forced to stay back at base and starts reading the log book. The Bots soon have a couple of bombs installed on the iceberg, but as they move away, Cody spots something that looks like a shark near the iceberg. Not wanting to endanger anything living, Blades and Heatwave dispose of the bombs, and the shark approaches their boat, only to reveal itself to be a [[shark submarine]] — [[ | Graham reports that he's learned from [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] that the cargo causing the problem is the [[Sub-Zero Expander]], originally intended to bolster [[Earth]]'s ice caps. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] suggest the safest course is to blow it up, and Chief Burns agrees. While the team heads out on the ''[[Darby Ava]]'', Cody is forced to stay back at base and starts reading the log book. The Bots soon have a couple of bombs installed on the iceberg, but as they move away, Cody spots something that looks like a shark near the iceberg. Not wanting to endanger anything living, Blades and Heatwave dispose of the bombs, and the shark approaches their boat, only to reveal itself to be a [[shark submarine]] — [[Doctor Morocco]] is claiming the Isolde as salvage. The ''Darby Ava'' heads away as Morocco starts loading the cargo onto his submarine. | ||
[[File:TipOfTheIceberg Burns family in trouble.jpg|thumb | [[File:TipOfTheIceberg Burns family in trouble.jpg|thumb|250px|''It's funny how some distance''<br> ''Makes everything seem small'' <br> ''And the 'Bots that usually protect me'' <br> ''Can't get to me at all!'']] | ||
Cody is horrified to get to the last log entry, which says any attempt to move the Expander would risk an explosion, flash-freezing everything in five miles, and the Griffin Rock ferry is currently within range. Rushing back to the S.S. Isolde, the team evicts Morocco back into his submarine, but with the Sub-Zero Expander going overloading, the humans only just have time to jump into the Rescue Bots before it goes off. The ocean freezes right up to the Griffin Rock shoreline, trapping the ferry. The Rescue Bots are also frozen solid, with the humans unable to get out. [[Boulder]] manages to move, but just ends up falling and landing upside down. Cody starts out across the ice on the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]], and a number of impatient drivers on the ferry start driving their cars back towards shore. The youngest Burns soon reaches the Isolde and defrosts the bots, but they realize that the ice is starting to melt at the edges, endangering the drivers from the ferry. The four Rescue Bots race on ahead, and are able to save the four drivers as the ice begins to break apart. Meanwhile the rest of the team run into problems as ice busts a hole in the ''Darby Ava'' and the ship starts to sink. Help comes in an unlikely form as the boat is hoisted out of the water on the back of Morocco's shark submarine. As the Bots safely return the four drivers to shore, they witness the ''Darby Ava'' being dropped off shortly before Morocco's sub submerges once more. | Cody is horrified to get to the last log entry, which says any attempt to move the Expander would risk an explosion, flash-freezing everything in five miles, and the Griffin Rock ferry is currently within range. Rushing back to the S.S. Isolde, the team evicts Morocco back into his submarine, but with the Sub-Zero Expander going overloading, the humans only just have time to jump into the Rescue Bots before it goes off. The ocean freezes right up to the Griffin Rock shoreline, trapping the ferry. The Rescue Bots are also frozen solid, with the humans unable to get out. [[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]] manages to move, but just ends up falling and landing upside down. Cody starts out across the ice on the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]], and a number of impatient drivers on the ferry start driving their cars back towards shore. The youngest Burns soon reaches the Isolde and defrosts the bots, but they realize that the ice is starting to melt at the edges, endangering the drivers from the ferry. The four Rescue Bots race on ahead, and are able to save the four drivers as the ice begins to break apart. Meanwhile, the rest of the team run into problems as ice busts a hole in the ''Darby Ava'' and the ship starts to sink. Help comes in an unlikely form as the boat is hoisted out of the water on the back of Morocco's shark submarine. As the Bots safely return the four drivers to shore, they witness the ''Darby Ava'' being dropped off shortly before Morocco's sub submerges once more. | ||
Chief Burns and Cody later wonder if Morocco got away with any useful tech, only to hear the doorbell — they find a package from Doctor Morocco containing the portrait of Zachary Burns from the ship. Elsewhere, Morocco cracks open one of the crates, and is delighted at the contents... | Chief Burns and Cody later wonder if Morocco got away with any useful tech, only to hear the doorbell — they find a package from Doctor Morocco containing the portrait of Zachary Burns from the ship. Elsewhere, Morocco cracks open one of the crates, and is delighted at the contents... | ||
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*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (3) | *[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (3) | ||
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (6) | *[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (6) | ||
*[[Boulder]] (8) | *[[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]] (8) | ||
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (9) | *[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (9) | ||
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*[[Charlie Burns]] (2) | *[[Charlie Burns]] (2) | ||
*[[Arthur Shaw|Captain Shaw]] (4) | *[[Arthur Shaw|Captain Shaw]] (4) | ||
*[[ | *[[Doctor Morocco]] (5) | ||
*[[Dani Burns]] (7) | *[[Dani Burns]] (7) | ||
*[[Kade Burns]] (10) | *[[Kade Burns]] (10) | ||
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===Continuity notes=== | ===Continuity notes=== | ||
* Blades says to call for [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], though when this episode first aired, viewers had already seen Optimus Prime sacrifice himself for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''. The creators have said this season of ''Rescue Bots'' is set early in the second season of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', so Optimus is still alive, though he [[Orion Pax, Part 1|may not think he's Optimus Prime]]. | * Blades says to call for [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], though when this episode first aired, viewers had already seen Optimus Prime sacrifice himself for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''. The creators have said this season of ''Rescue Bots'' is set early in the second season of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', so Optimus is still alive, though he [[Orion Pax, Part 1|may not think he's Optimus Prime]]. | ||
* Morocco previously utilized a shark submarine, though of a different design, in "[[Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble]]" | * Morocco previously utilized a shark submarine, though of a different design, in "[[Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble]]". | ||
* In his last chronological appearance, "[[The Reign of Morocco]]", Morocco escaped the island by stealing [[H. B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]]'s schooner, the ''[[Floating Xanadu]]'', which he says he has returned to the mayor to "patch things up". | * In his last chronological appearance, "[[The Reign of Morocco]]", Morocco escaped the island by stealing [[H. B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]]'s schooner, the ''[[Floating Xanadu]]'', which he says he has returned to the mayor to "patch things up". | ||
* Heatwave uses his Energize water cannon to shoot fire. | * Heatwave uses his Energize water cannon to shoot fire. | ||
===Real-world references=== | ===Real-world references=== | ||
* The ''Isolde'' is named after | * The ''Isolde'' is named after the composers [[Starr Parodi]] and [[Jeff Eden Fair]]'s daughter. | ||
* The title is a direct reference to the quote "tip of the iceberg", meaning one event is just the start of a larger one. | |||
===Animation and technical errors=== | ===Animation and technical errors=== | ||
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===Foreign localization=== | ===Foreign localization=== | ||
'''French''' | |||
:*''Title:'' "'''Le retour du docteur Morocco'''" ("The Return of Doctor Morocco") | |||
:*''Original airdate:'' ? | |||
'''Hungarian''' | '''Hungarian''' | ||
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:*''Title:'' "'''La Punta dell'Iceberg'''" ("The Tip of the Iceberg") | :*''Title:'' "'''La Punta dell'Iceberg'''" ("The Tip of the Iceberg") | ||
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 13|13 July]] [[2017]] | :*''Original airdate:'' [[July 13|13 July]] [[2017]] | ||
'''Portuguese''' | |||
:*''Title:'' "'''Ponta do Iceberg'''" ("Tip of the Iceberg") | |||
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 1|1 April]] [[2015]] (Netflix) | |||
==Home video releases== | ==Home video releases== | ||
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[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Serve and Protect" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])<br /> | [[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Serve and Protect" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])<br /> | ||
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]] | [[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]] | ||
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 Arendelle's solution to the next time Elsa freezes the fjord. | ||||||
| "Tip of the Iceberg" | ||||||
| Season | 2 | |||||
| No. in season | 4 | |||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | March 15, 2014 | |||||
| Writer | Brandon M. Easton | |||||
| Director | Nathan Chew | |||||
| Animation studio | Vision Animation | |||||
 Watch this episode on YouTube
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A mysterious iceberg off the coast of Griffin Rock brings both danger and the interest of an old nemesis.
Synopsis
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Riding on the Griffin Rock ferry, Cody Burns takes lookout to try and see a rumored sea monster that Captain Shaw claims had circled the ship on three other days. The ferry is moments later hit by chunks of ice and an iceberg suddenly appears. Chief Burns yanks Cody out of the way of some falling ice, and orders Chase to put some space between the ferry and the iceberg. Once they're safe, Cody wonder what an iceberg is doing in this warm weather, and thinks he sees someone walking around on the ice. Chief Burns throws his comlink onto the iceberg so they can track it later.
Heatwave: "Cody, cut the scrap, we have sparks!"
Some time later, Blades tracks the signal, though he tells Dani he wants to fly higher to avoid sea monsters. They land on the iceberg where Cody spots an iced-over control panel. When ge presses a button on it, a cargo hold hatch opens under Blades's feet, and they realize the iceberg's actually a ship covered in ice. Cody finds the log book identifying it as the S.S. Isolde and contacts the fire station while Dani searches for passengers. Chief Burns says the ship was used to transport technology to Griffin Rock, but was lost in 1966 when some cargo became unstable. Cody's fascinated to learn that the captain was Zachary Burns, his great-grandfather, and wants to retrieve a portrait of the elder Burns from the wall, but it's frozen on. The trio on the ship find the cargo causing the deep freeze, but when Blades tries to shut it off, it powers up more and freezes him. Once he's defrosted, Cody grabs the log book, and they return to base.
*beat*
Chief: "No."
Morocco: "You hesitated."
Graham reports that he's learned from Doc Greene that the cargo causing the problem is the Sub-Zero Expander, originally intended to bolster Earth's ice caps. Kade and Heatwave suggest the safest course is to blow it up, and Chief Burns agrees. While the team heads out on the Darby Ava, Cody is forced to stay back at base and starts reading the log book. The Bots soon have a couple of bombs installed on the iceberg, but as they move away, Cody spots something that looks like a shark near the iceberg. Not wanting to endanger anything living, Blades and Heatwave dispose of the bombs, and the shark approaches their boat, only to reveal itself to be a shark submarine — Doctor Morocco is claiming the Isolde as salvage. The Darby Ava heads away as Morocco starts loading the cargo onto his submarine.
Makes everything seem small
And the 'Bots that usually protect me
Can't get to me at all!
Cody is horrified to get to the last log entry, which says any attempt to move the Expander would risk an explosion, flash-freezing everything in five miles, and the Griffin Rock ferry is currently within range. Rushing back to the S.S. Isolde, the team evicts Morocco back into his submarine, but with the Sub-Zero Expander going overloading, the humans only just have time to jump into the Rescue Bots before it goes off. The ocean freezes right up to the Griffin Rock shoreline, trapping the ferry. The Rescue Bots are also frozen solid, with the humans unable to get out. Boulder manages to move, but just ends up falling and landing upside down. Cody starts out across the ice on the Turbo Cycle, and a number of impatient drivers on the ferry start driving their cars back towards shore. The youngest Burns soon reaches the Isolde and defrosts the bots, but they realize that the ice is starting to melt at the edges, endangering the drivers from the ferry. The four Rescue Bots race on ahead, and are able to save the four drivers as the ice begins to break apart. Meanwhile, the rest of the team run into problems as ice busts a hole in the Darby Ava and the ship starts to sink. Help comes in an unlikely form as the boat is hoisted out of the water on the back of Morocco's shark submarine. As the Bots safely return the four drivers to shore, they witness the Darby Ava being dropped off shortly before Morocco's sub submerges once more.
Chief Burns and Cody later wonder if Morocco got away with any useful tech, only to hear the doorbell — they find a package from Doctor Morocco containing the portrait of Zachary Burns from the ship. Elsewhere, Morocco cracks open one of the crates, and is delighted at the contents...
Featured characters
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| Autobots | Humans |
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Quotes
[edit]"Where's your spirit of adventure, Blades?"
"I keep it back at the fire house."
- —Cody and Blades
"Exploring ghost ships requires the whole team. And the Navy. And it'd be a good idea to give Optimus a call."
- —Blades
"No. More. Pressing. Random. Buttons."
- —Blades giving us all a useful safety tip.
"All right, team. You have ten minutes and then boom goes the dynamite."
- —Chief Burns, showing a decent knowledge of Internet memes.
"A grateful bone? Where exactly on a human is that located?"
"Probably next to the funny bone we've heard about."
- —Chase and Boulder on human anatomy.
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- Blades says to call for Optimus Prime, though when this episode first aired, viewers had already seen Optimus Prime sacrifice himself for Cybertron in Predacons Rising. The creators have said this season of Rescue Bots is set early in the second season of Transformers: Prime, so Optimus is still alive, though he may not think he's Optimus Prime.
- Morocco previously utilized a shark submarine, though of a different design, in "Deep Trouble".
- In his last chronological appearance, "The Reign of Morocco", Morocco escaped the island by stealing Mayor Luskey's schooner, the Floating Xanadu, which he says he has returned to the mayor to "patch things up".
- Heatwave uses his Energize water cannon to shoot fire.
Real-world references
[edit]- The Isolde is named after the composers Starr Parodi and Jeff Eden Fair's daughter.
- The title is a direct reference to the quote "tip of the iceberg", meaning one event is just the start of a larger one.
Animation and technical errors
[edit]- (tbd)
Trivia
[edit]- (tbd)
Foreign localization
[edit]French
- Title: "Le retour du docteur Morocco" ("The Return of Doctor Morocco")
- Original airdate: ?
Hungarian
- Title: "A jéghegy csúcsán" ("On the Tip of the Iceberg")
- Original airdate: 12 November 2014
Italian
Portuguese
Home video releases
[edit]
2015 — Rescue Bots — "Serve and Protect" (Beyond Home Entertainment)
