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Celebrating his new status as a [[Lad Pioneer]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] scales the side of a cliff to join [[Cody Burns|Cody]] and the rest of the Bots. Cody explains that [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] made Blades troop mascot. The rest of the Bots aren't as enthusiastic as Blades that they've been roped into a nature hike. [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] arrives with the rest of the Lad Pioneer troop and the adults accompanying them, and announces they're using the buddy system so no one gets lost, but he's interrupted by a cry from [[Timmy]], now clinging from a cliff by a branch. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] attempts to show off for [[Hayley]], but it's not until Blades and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] work together that they manage to save Timmy from a plummet to the ground. | Celebrating his new status as a [[Lad Pioneer]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] scales the side of a cliff to join [[Cody Burns|Cody]] and the rest of the Bots. Cody explains that [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] made Blades troop mascot. The rest of the Bots aren't as enthusiastic as Blades that they've been roped into a nature hike. [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] arrives with the rest of the Lad Pioneer troop and the adults accompanying them, and announces they're using the buddy system so no one gets lost, but he's interrupted by a cry from [[Timmy]], now clinging from a cliff by a branch. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] attempts to show off for [[Hayley]], but it's not until Blades and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] work together that they manage to save Timmy from a plummet to the ground. | ||
That done, Chief breaks out the [[Buddy Bracelet]]s. Cody and Blades volunteer for the demonstration, and show how the bracelets electromagnetically keep buddies from straying too far apart. Kade is disappointed that the buddies are going to be random, so he won't get partnered with Hayley. [[Graham Burns|Graham]] is even more disappointed at being paired up with [[Neederlander|Mrs Neederlander]] and [[Mister Pettypaws]], especially as he's allergic to cats. [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] is also worried when she's paired with Hayley, as she doesn't think they have anything in common, while [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Kade end up teamed together. The Chief is paired with [[Carin]], Timmy's aunt, who it turns out used to work police dispatch on the mainland. [[Alper|Mr Alper]] is left without a partner — [[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] hasn't arrived yet as he's making a couple of last minute deliveries to the electronics store and [[Griffin Rock Zoo|zoo]]. Those done, he drives off to join the others, unaware that he's swapped the deliveries. The zoo staff find they have crates of electronics while the workers at the electronics store flee from the snakes they've just released. | That done, Chief breaks out the [[Buddy Bracelet]]s. Cody and Blades volunteer for the demonstration, and show how the bracelets electromagnetically keep buddies from straying too far apart. Kade is disappointed that the buddies are going to be random, so he won't get partnered with Hayley. [[Graham Burns|Graham]] is even more disappointed at being paired up with [[Neederlander|Mrs Neederlander]] and [[Mister Pettypaws]], especially as he's allergic to cats. [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] is also worried when she's paired with Hayley, as she doesn't think they have anything in common, while [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Kade end up teamed together. The Chief is paired with [[Carin]], Timmy's aunt, who it turns out used to work police dispatch on the mainland. [[Alper|Mr Alper]] is left without a partner — [[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] hasn't arrived yet as he's making a couple of last minute deliveries to the electronics store and [[Griffin Rock Zoo|zoo]]. Those done, he drives off to join the others, unaware that he's swapped the deliveries. The zoo staff find they have crates of electronics while the workers at the electronics store flee from the snakes they've just released. | ||
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Jerry arrives to meet the rest of the hikers, but inadvertently crushes the box containing the keys for the bracelets. Kade assumes this means the bracelets have automatically unlocked but discovers this isn't the case, and Cody hits on the idea of going to the EMP zone on [[Griffin Crest]]. They start hiking to the end of [[Old Canyon Road]]. Frankie complains to Cody that she doesn't have anything in common with Hayley, while Graham has his own set of headaches with Mrs Neederlander and Chief Burns bonds with Carin. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] is confused by Chief blushing, but is told it's none of his business. Chief gets an emergency call and sends Kade and Heatwave to attend to a dangling window washer, with Dani forced to come along. With a good amount of bickering, the pair climb Heatwave and discover a snake menacing the window washer. Dani and Kade continue to bicker after the rescue, until Heatwave points out the rattlesnake behind Dani. No sooner have they caught that snake than they discover there are more of them menacing the citizens of [[Griffin Rock]]. | Jerry arrives to meet the rest of the hikers, but inadvertently crushes the box containing the keys for the bracelets. Kade assumes this means the bracelets have automatically unlocked but discovers this isn't the case, and Cody hits on the idea of going to the EMP zone on [[Griffin Crest]]. They start hiking to the end of [[Old Canyon Road]]. Frankie complains to Cody that she doesn't have anything in common with Hayley, while Graham has his own set of headaches with Mrs Neederlander and Chief Burns bonds with Carin. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] is confused by Chief blushing, but is told it's none of his business. Chief gets an emergency call and sends Kade and Heatwave to attend to a dangling window washer, with Dani forced to come along. With a good amount of bickering, the pair climb Heatwave and discover a snake menacing the window washer. Dani and Kade continue to bicker after the rescue, until Heatwave points out the rattlesnake behind Dani. No sooner have they caught that snake than they discover there are more of them menacing the citizens of [[Griffin Rock]]. | ||
[[File:BuddySystem Dani Kade encounter snake.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Snake! Snake! Ohhhhh it's a snake!]] | |||
With the news of a snake infestation, Cody and Blades are forced to leave the hike and join in the snake spotting. Kade manages to capture the snake sharing [[Sharma|Mr Sharma]]'s scooter, and in the time it takes to do that, Cody checks with the zoo and finds they're missing a dozen snakes. With the situation obviously dangerous, Chief invites Carin along on a ride in Chase. Frankie's left with only Hayley to talk to, but quickly discovers Hayley has an expert-level knowledge of botany. Elsewhere, Graham and Boulder head for the park, with Graham having to put up with Mr Pettypaws climbing on him and Mrs Neederlander's complaining. Carin is impressed with Chase's professional and polite demeanor, but their transport is brought to a halt when Chase is grabbed by a boa constrictor. Luckily Blades is able to rescue Chase with his hook, but has to drop the snake in a tree near the nature hikers. Cody alerts everyone, and Kade reports from the [[Griffin Rock Community Pool|pool]] that they've just bagged another snake, making two left to find. Graham looks for the king cobra in the park, only for it to find him first, leaving him unable to move lest it strike. Fortunately it turns out Mrs Neederlander is an expert snake charmer and she calms it long enough for Boulder to grab it. | With the news of a snake infestation, Cody and Blades are forced to leave the hike and join in the snake spotting. Kade manages to capture the snake sharing [[Sharma|Mr Sharma]]'s scooter, and in the time it takes to do that, Cody checks with the zoo and finds they're missing a dozen snakes. With the situation obviously dangerous, Chief invites Carin along on a ride in Chase. Frankie's left with only Hayley to talk to, but quickly discovers Hayley has an expert-level knowledge of botany. Elsewhere, Graham and Boulder head for the park, with Graham having to put up with Mr Pettypaws climbing on him and Mrs Neederlander's complaining. Carin is impressed with Chase's professional and polite demeanor, but their transport is brought to a halt when Chase is grabbed by a boa constrictor. Luckily Blades is able to rescue Chase with his hook, but has to drop the snake in a tree near the nature hikers. Cody alerts everyone, and Kade reports from the [[Griffin Rock Community Pool|pool]] that they've just bagged another snake, making two left to find. Graham looks for the king cobra in the park, only for it to find him first, leaving him unable to move lest it strike. Fortunately it turns out Mrs Neederlander is an expert snake charmer and she calms it long enough for Boulder to grab it. | ||
[[File:BuddySystem Chief and Carin leave for hike.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | |||
The Lad Pioneer hikers run into the boa constrictor, but Hayley has them all stand in a patch of wild garlic and it repels the snake. The rescue team, minus Boulder and Graham, arrive to capture the snake, but Blades inadvertently knocks his Buddy Bracelet off, and it's promptly eaten by the snake. Cody, now magnetically attracted to the snake, is dropped into the snake tank, resulting in the snake stunning itself on the glass in an attempt to get to Cody, and the boa's soon safely secured. Boulder arrives late with Mrs Neederlander, who complains that they missed everything. The hikers are soon using the EMP zone to disable their bracelets. Cody invites Frankie to shoot hoops with him, but Frankie's more interested in hanging out with Hayley. Graham is relieved to be free of Mrs Neederlander, though she insists he say goodbye to Mr Pettypaws. That leaves the Chief and Carin, but rather than unlock their bracelets, the pair opt to go off on a nature walk together. | The Lad Pioneer hikers run into the boa constrictor, but Hayley has them all stand in a patch of wild garlic and it repels the snake. The rescue team, minus Boulder and Graham, arrive to capture the snake, but Blades inadvertently knocks his Buddy Bracelet off, and it's promptly eaten by the snake. Cody, now magnetically attracted to the snake, is dropped into the snake tank, resulting in the snake stunning itself on the glass in an attempt to get to Cody, and the boa's soon safely secured. Boulder arrives late with Mrs Neederlander, who complains that they missed everything. The hikers are soon using the EMP zone to disable their bracelets. Cody invites Frankie to shoot hoops with him, but Frankie's more interested in hanging out with Hayley. Graham is relieved to be free of Mrs Neederlander, though she insists he say goodbye to Mr Pettypaws. That leaves the Chief and Carin, but rather than unlock their bracelets, the pair opt to go off on a nature walk together. | ||
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==Featured characters== | ==Featured characters== | ||
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Revision as of 07:42, 14 June 2014
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 Mrs Neederlander is charming, but only to snakes. | ||||||
| "Buddy System" | ||||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | May 31, 2014 | |||||
| Writer | Nicole Dubuc | |||||
| Director | Kevin Altieri | |||||
| Animation studio | Vision Animation | |||||
Finding themselves shackled to unusual partners during a nature hike, the Rescue Team battles a bevy of escaped snakes overrunning Griffin Rock.
Synopsis
Celebrating his new status as a Lad Pioneer, Blades scales the side of a cliff to join Cody and the rest of the Bots. Cody explains that Chief Burns made Blades troop mascot. The rest of the Bots aren't as enthusiastic as Blades that they've been roped into a nature hike. Chief Burns arrives with the rest of the Lad Pioneer troop and the adults accompanying them, and announces they're using the buddy system so no one gets lost, but he's interrupted by a cry from Timmy, now clinging from a cliff by a branch. Kade attempts to show off for Hayley, but it's not until Blades and Heatwave work together that they manage to save Timmy from a plummet to the ground.
That done, Chief breaks out the Buddy Bracelets. Cody and Blades volunteer for the demonstration, and show how the bracelets electromagnetically keep buddies from straying too far apart. Kade is disappointed that the buddies are going to be random, so he won't get partnered with Hayley. Graham is even more disappointed at being paired up with Mrs Neederlander and Mister Pettypaws, especially as he's allergic to cats. Frankie is also worried when she's paired with Hayley, as she doesn't think they have anything in common, while Dani and Kade end up teamed together. The Chief is paired with Carin, Timmy's aunt, who it turns out used to work police dispatch on the mainland. Mr Alper is left without a partner — Jerry hasn't arrived yet as he's making a couple of last minute deliveries to the electronics store and zoo. Those done, he drives off to join the others, unaware that he's swapped the deliveries. The zoo staff find they have crates of electronics while the workers at the electronics store flee from the snakes they've just released.
Jerry arrives to meet the rest of the hikers, but inadvertently crushes the box containing the keys for the bracelets. Kade assumes this means the bracelets have automatically unlocked but discovers this isn't the case, and Cody hits on the idea of going to the EMP zone on Griffin Crest. They start hiking to the end of Old Canyon Road. Frankie complains to Cody that she doesn't have anything in common with Hayley, while Graham has his own set of headaches with Mrs Neederlander and Chief Burns bonds with Carin. Chase is confused by Chief blushing, but is told it's none of his business. Chief gets an emergency call and sends Kade and Heatwave to attend to a dangling window washer, with Dani forced to come along. With a good amount of bickering, the pair climb Heatwave and discover a snake menacing the window washer. Dani and Kade continue to bicker after the rescue, until Heatwave points out the rattlesnake behind Dani. No sooner have they caught that snake than they discover there are more of them menacing the citizens of Griffin Rock.
With the news of a snake infestation, Cody and Blades are forced to leave the hike and join in the snake spotting. Kade manages to capture the snake sharing Mr Sharma's scooter, and in the time it takes to do that, Cody checks with the zoo and finds they're missing a dozen snakes. With the situation obviously dangerous, Chief invites Carin along on a ride in Chase. Frankie's left with only Hayley to talk to, but quickly discovers Hayley has an expert-level knowledge of botany. Elsewhere, Graham and Boulder head for the park, with Graham having to put up with Mr Pettypaws climbing on him and Mrs Neederlander's complaining. Carin is impressed with Chase's professional and polite demeanor, but their transport is brought to a halt when Chase is grabbed by a boa constrictor. Luckily Blades is able to rescue Chase with his hook, but has to drop the snake in a tree near the nature hikers. Cody alerts everyone, and Kade reports from the pool that they've just bagged another snake, making two left to find. Graham looks for the king cobra in the park, only for it to find him first, leaving him unable to move lest it strike. Fortunately it turns out Mrs Neederlander is an expert snake charmer and she calms it long enough for Boulder to grab it.
The Lad Pioneer hikers run into the boa constrictor, but Hayley has them all stand in a patch of wild garlic and it repels the snake. The rescue team, minus Boulder and Graham, arrive to capture the snake, but Blades inadvertently knocks his Buddy Bracelet off, and it's promptly eaten by the snake. Cody, now magnetically attracted to the snake, is dropped into the snake tank, resulting in the snake stunning itself on the glass in an attempt to get to Cody, and the boa's soon safely secured. Boulder arrives late with Mrs Neederlander, who complains that they missed everything. The hikers are soon using the EMP zone to disable their bracelets. Cody invites Frankie to shoot hoops with him, but Frankie's more interested in hanging out with Hayley. Graham is relieved to be free of Mrs Neederlander, though she insists he say goodbye to Mr Pettypaws. That leaves the Chief and Carin, but rather than unlock their bracelets, the pair opt to go off on a nature walk together.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Humans |
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Quotes
"We'll spot animals to earn our wildlife patch, and climb rocks for our outdoorsman patch, and sing songs for our musical theater patch. ♪Mee mee mee♪"
"Let's work on your silence patch."
- —Blades and Heatwave
"Come on, tenderfoot. This is a hike, not bridge club."
- —Mrs Neederlander encourages Graham.
"Wait, wait, wait, you're telling me giant alien robots are afraid of snakes?"
"Not afraid! They just grate on my metal. Ugh."
- —Kade and Heatwave
"Cease and desist, serpent, you are engaging in premeditated hugging of an officer of the law"
- —Chase
Notes
Animation and technical errors
- When Chase opens his doors so that Carin and Chief Burns can exit, only the latter is shown actually stepping out. Carin simply blinks in a few seconds later.
Continuity errors
- Mr Alper and Jerry go missing from the hike after Cody and Blades leave to help look for snakes, and are absent from the rest of the episode.
Continuity notes
Transformers references
Real-world references
- The "list of terms that don't make sense" includes a reference to real-life actress Moon Unit Zappa.
Trivia
- The men at the electronics store are recycled character models previously used as 1939 scientists in "It's a Bot Time".
