Heatwave (RB)

The name or term "Heatwave" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Heatwave (disambiguation).

Heatwave the Fire-Bot is an Autobot from the Rescue Bots portion of the Aligned continuity family.

Note: Toy may look nothing like TV show character.

The team leader of the Rescue Bots, Heatwave was given his position because of how deeply he cares for his team and their mission. However, he is a bot of action at heart who dreams of one day joining Team Prime, and sometimes has little patience for anything he sees as getting in the way of his mission, including staying in disguise as non-sentient vehicles and working with human partners.

When he goes into action, though, no blaze is too strong for his armor. With built-in water cannons, a rescue hook, and a fireman's axe, he's well prepared to take on the most stubborn fires and most intense rescue missions. He partners with the other Rescue Bots and with their newest human teammates, Kade and Cody Burns, though he and Kade are frequently at odds as their egos clash.

Fiction

Storybooks

Heatwave was the leader of the Rescue Bot team on Cybertron. They received a message from Optimus Prime to join him on Earth, and immediately hopped in their spaceship. On arrival on the new planet, Optimus gave him a new alternate mode, a fire truck, and they headed for Griffin Rock. Blades accidentally chopped down a tree with his rotors, requiring some quick work by the rest of the team to prevent more damage. They finally reached their destination, where Optimus introduced them to Chief Charlie. Rescue Bots Roll Out Heatwave's first mission was to go to the Fire Safety Training Center for training, and there he rescued a cat and extinguished a fire. He soon after received an emergency alert from Prime Fire Station, and rushed back across town to find the station on fire. After rescuing Chief Charlie and Cody Burns, he and Cody became partners, and were assigned the important task of giving Sparkplug a bath. Prime Alert

After the team at the station were joined by Blades, the two Rescue Bots and Cody headed out to another emergency, however Blades's radio was damaged, making it difficult for Heatwave to give him orders. While Heatwave battled the forest fire, Blades accidentally fanned the fire with his rotors until Heatwave and Cody were able to shoo him away. Blades discovered where his partner and the other endangered humans were, and led Heatwave to them. Heatwave and Cody were able to finish putting out the fire, and returned to Prime Fire Station covered in soot. Rescue Bots Respond Chase and Boulder later arrived at the station to complete the team, and Heatwave and Blades were there to welcome them. Rapid Rescue

Rescue Bots cartoon

Voice actor: Steve Blum (English), Erich Räuker (German), Robert Jarociński (Polish), Humberto Solórzano (Latin American-Spanish)

My head looks nothing like my toy, that's how much of a rebel I am!

On Cybertron, Heatwave was three time Lobbing champion. Road Trip

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Heatwave and his team were finishing a routine patrol in space when they received a distress call. Investigating, they found they'd been marked as lunch by an Energon eater, and had to put themselves in stasis and power down their ship to escape it. Unfinished Business Sometime later, the Sigma received a transmission from Optimus Prime and landed on Earth. After dropping the bombshell that Cybertron was no more, Optimus appointed Heatwave team leader and assigned them to Griffin Rock to work with the Burns family. The four Rescue Bots were presented to the public by Chief Burns at a ceremony, following which Heatwave and his new partner, Kade Burns, drove to the museum to attend to a fire. Heatwave was disgruntled when Kade took the credit for his saving Chief Burns and Graham from a falling dinosaur statue head. That night, Cody Burns discovered the Rescue Bots' secret, and after they helped stop a rogue robot Tyrannosaurus rex, Chief Burns revealed the truth to the rest of the team. Family of Heroes

Heatwave and Kade continued having trouble working together, with Kade even preferring to drive a non-transforming firetruck. After Mount Magma started spewing lava and threatening the island, the pair were forced to work together, driving through a tunnel under the island to stop the lava from reaching the bunker under the fire station. Under Pressure Following the rescue of Doc Greene, Heatwave felt under-appreciated by the humans. He was amused when Dani fitted a scoop claw to Blades, but less so when the pair started upstaging the other Rescue Bots at rescues, and even threatened to forcibly remove the device from his comrade. Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots came to Blades's rescue when he was struck by lightning and unable to fly, after which Dani sent some appreciation their way and Blades promised not to use the claw as much. Hotshots

After another rescue of Doc Greene, Heatwave was still disgruntled and refused to take part in the Lobster and Technology Festival, instead staying back at the fire station to watch it on TV. When the town was attacked by flobsters, he ventured out to help the other Rescue Bots fight the flying critters, resulting in him later having to endure being climbed on by children. Flobsters on Parade Following the rescue of a truck of hazardous materials, Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots were subjected to a screening of The Natives of Tatui, which accidentally resulted in Huxley Prescott causing a mass panic by reporting an alien invasion. The Rescue Bots had to destroy Prescott's SETI dish to save the island. The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock

Heatwave's attempt to stop Mr Harrison's heli-pack ride with water only resulted in an umbrella shop being flooded. When Boulder was taken over by nanites, Heatwave threatened to physically intervene, though Blades suspected Boulder would come out on top in that match-up. Cody on Patrol

Called out about a cat in a tree, Heatwave saved Mrs Neederlander when she fell out of a tree, and was rewarded with a slap in the face. The next day, he helped hunt a lion and return a bunch of lemurs to the zoo. Walk on the Wild Side When a rescue went wrong, Heatwave managed to fish Kade and another human out of a river using his fire hose. Cody roped the Rescue Bots, including "Uncle Heatwave", into helping him look after a Robo-Baby. The Robo-Baby seemed to like Heatwave best of all. After the baby went missing during a call-out, the bots had to rescue it from a wind farm. Heatwave caught it in mid-air after it fell from a windmill. Four Bots and a Baby

During a heatwave, Heatwave did not appreciate being used as a sprinkler. When a weather machine went out of control, he and the other Rescue Bots had to spring into action attending snow-related emergencies around town. Christmas in July Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots were invited on the Burns' annual fishing trip on the Darby Ava. Heatwave didn't really get the whole fishing thing until they encountered a mechanical shark and he got to wrestle it. He, Chase and Boulder eventually managed to disable the sub, though it self-destructed soon after. Deep Trouble

The Rescue Bots had to help stop out-of-control technology one foggy day, when the Griffin Rock mainframe was hacked into. Heatwave had to rescue the mayor from the town hall when a garbage truck trapped him inside. Return of the Dino Bot When Doctor Morocco turned up with his MorBot and threatened to overshadow the Rescue Bots, the team was forced to compete with the doctor's invention to prove themselves worthy. Thanks to Morocco's machinations, they failed and were stood down from service. Heatwave was particularly angry at the loss. The Other Doctor Accepting defeat, he attempted to make contact with Optimus Prime to get reassigned and considered getting their ship working again. After being called out to a fire at the lab, the Rescue Bots got the chance to exact some payback on the MorBot. The team was subsequently reinstated as Griffin Rock's rescue service. The Reign of Morocco

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

After helping Kade rescue Hayley, a girl Kade was interested in, Heatwave was annoyed by Kade blowing him off to go on a date. When he and the rest of the team turned up to a break-in at the Hall of Inspiration, Heatwave was forced to protect Kade and as a result was shrunk to the size of an ant by the Minimizer. He was joined by the similarly shrunken Boulder and Blades, and the trio ended up in the sewer. After braving huge rats and a torrent of water, they made it to the Griffin Rock dam, where they rescued Kade and alerted the rest of the team to the fact that the dam was near bursting. Cody later used the Minimizer to return them to their normal sizes. Small Blessings Heatwave helped save Captain Wild's ship and found "tunnel 15" in the tunnels below Griffin Rock. This led the team to discover Professor Baranova's Midgard at the bottom of an ocean trench, and they helped her seal the methane vent causing the Griffin Rock Triangle. The Griffin Rock Triangle

After the daring rescue of Huxley Prescott by the four bots, Chief left them with Kade in charge, however when they got an apparent SOS from Cody and Kade was unable to be contacted, Heatwave made the decision to disobey the Chief's orders and venture into Griffin Crest. He, Blades and Boulder were subsequently caught by the EMP field there and immobilized on top of Old Parker, necessitating a rescue by Chase and the human half of the team. He was forced to concede that sticking to the rules sometimes worked. Rules and Regulations Heatwave and the other three Bots were washed out to sea with Cody and ended up on an inhabited island. Their attempts to build him shelter and gather food were less than successful, but they did manage to find traces of the Oaken Crow, which led to them finding the ship and getting off the island. The Lost Bell

Chasing a crashed meteorite on Wayward Island, the team ran into Bumblebee. Heatwave, Boulder and Chase checked out the meteorite and were unwittingly exposed to an alien virus. They slowly lost the ability to move or speak, and it was only through the work of Bumblebee, Blades and the humans that a cure was found. Bumblebee to the Rescue Heatwave and the team were called out to deal with a giant rampaging blob of space slime. He was particularly incensed when it ate Chase, and though his water didn't help stop the blob, he found zapping it with electricity did, and the discovery ultimately led to the Squilsh's defeat. You've Been Squilshed

After most of the town disappeared, Heatwave and the other Bots found themselves fighting small mechanical bugs. He took Cody, Frankie and Kade to the lab so they could check the information on the computer there, but after all three of them vanished as well, it was up to Heatwave and his team to work out where the humans had been teleported to. After locating the cavern in question, they were able to rescue the townsfolk. Countdown When Griffin Rock was infested by what appeared to be ghosts, Heatwave was mostly just frustrated that he couldn't hit them. When they turned out to just be holograms, he took great delight in catching the perpetrators by hosing them down to work out which were the real humans. The Haunting of Griffin Rock

When Kade challenged Graham to a race, Heatwave did the driving and ended up demolishing a fire hydrant. After Chase and the Chief went missing, Heatwave and the others searched all night for them, eventually tracking them down to the lead mine where the team had to rescue them. Little White Lies Heatwave was annoyed when Kade ordered the Bots to take part in Frankie's film for school. The Bots soon had problems attending to an earthquake and acting like robots at the same time, but when Frankie followed them into the tunnels under the town, Heatwave had to come rescue her from a cave-in. In the process of doing so, he had to drop his cover, but she was passed out and didn't notice. Shake Up After Heatwave took part in a rescue at a pyrotechnics factory, Cody got a repulsor badge that gave him superhero powers. The Bots ended up being relegated to cleanup, at least until the badge overloaded and they had to rescue Cody from a bubble of energy. Rescue Boy

Heatwave was roped into taking part in a photo op with Kade. When the four bots attended the testing of a time machine, he sheltered Cody and Frankie, and thus when the four Bots were propelled back in time to 1939, so were the kids. Heatwave had the rest of his team keep up the pretense of being robots, and they were subjected to a number of tests before Morocco pinned them to a wall and prepared to dissect them. Luckily Optimus and Bumblebee came to their rescue, and the team returned to the present, only to find that Morocco was in control of Griffin Rock. It's a Bot Time They soon established that leaving Dither in the past was a mistake. After an encounter with an alternate version of the Burns family, the Rescue Bots returned to 1939 and retrieved Dither, returning the timeline to normal. Bot to the Future

Heatwave 1, Bear 0

Heatwave soon learned to drive the newly-acquired Mobile Headquarters, using it to stop a speeding driver. An incident with Doc Greene's Vacuum Accelerator resulted in the Mobile HQ and three of the Rescue Bots being teleported around the island. After a stop atop Mount Griffin, Heatwave threw the device away, only to find they needed it to rescue Kade from the forest. Road Trip The Rescue Bots helped construct Frankie Greene's Sky Forest, only to have to rescue the town's citizens when the plant life grew out of control. Sky Forest When Chief Burns was ill, Heatwave had to contend with Kade appointing himself head honcho, and Cody being accidentally aged into an adult in a lab experiment. He helped track down Evan and Myles, and was amused when Kade was temporarily deaged into a child by the equipment they'd stolen. One for the Ages

When an iceberg was discovered that was actually a frozen ship carrying a dangerous Sub-Zero Expander, Heatwave took part in an attempt to get rid of the device by blowing it up, which was aborted when it turned out Doctor Morocco had claimed the vessel as salvage. The team had to deal with the fallout when the device exploded and froze a five-mile section of ocean. Tip of the Iceberg After the Bots saved a skier when a huge snow storm hit Griffin Rock, Heatwave scolded Blades for not helping him evade an avalanche. When Blades and Cody got trapped in the Griffin Rock Element Quest 1.0, a new virtual reality game in the Hall of Inspiration, Heatwave made sure the power didn't go out by holding two electrical lines together, which caused him to be temporarily dazed after being electrocuted. He later entered the game himself and was surprised to see that Blades was protecting Cody very well. He helped the two defeat the game and was teleported out. Heatwave later commended Blades for his courage. A Virtual Disaster

Heatwave was confused and irritated by Kade ignoring emergency calls about fires, until he was hypnotized by one of the cellphones which were bringing the island's inhabitants under their control. Heatwave was forced to dig up Blossom Vale until the cell tower was destroyed. Spellbound Huxley Prescott roped the rescue team into taking part in a reality show, but started manufacturing his emergencies to make the show more exciting. As a result, Heatwave ran out of water to fight a forest fire, and had to use maple syrup instead. Prescott's Bots When Kade's nightmares about gremlins started affecting his work, Heatwave told him to deal with them. Unfortunately this ended with the team having to face a horde of gremlins, conjured from Kade's nightmares by Doc Greene's Nightmare Imaging Device. Blame the Gremlins

When a monster was spotted during a star-gazing expedition with Cody, Heatwave was doused with skunk smell. He and the other Rescue Bots helped Cody hunt for the beast, resulting in an encounter with it at an old cannery. It transpired that the "Magic Meat" that Mayor Luskey had been selling was Fo-Foo, an experimental food with lycanthropic side effects, and the team had to track down Luskey and Graham who were both infected. Feed the Beast

Nyan Heatwave

During a visit by Woodrow Burns, Heatwave realized a photo he'd taken of a cavern showed energon, and alerted Optimus. Once Optimus arrived to help mine the energon, the mission instead turned into a rescue, as Woodrow and Cody had become trapped in a cavern deep underground. What Lies Below Separated from the rest of the team, Optimus and Heatwave discovered the main shaft of Mount Magma, and nearby, a sizable deposit of energon. When they were later reunited with the rest of the team, they were able to ignite the energon in a plan to blast themselves out of the top of the volcano. Optimus later farewelled the Rescue Bots, informing Heatwave that he should prepare for greater responsibility some time soon. What Rises Above

Following the launch of the Asgard and its collision with an asteroid, Heatwave and the team had to intercept debris falling on the town. The Rescue Bots fired up their spaceship and went up to rescue the crew of the Asgard, with Heatwave himself jumping over to the space elevator and retrieving Doc Greene and Graham. Space Bots When the team had to deal with a mechanical bull, they discovered it was made hostile by Heatwave's red color scheme. They managed to get it to the laboratory where Cody was accidentally sent with it to the Island of Misfit Tech. Heatwave volunteered to travel there, but quickly lost his recall tag and ended up fighting metal-eating insects until Cody came to the rescue with the help of the mechanical bull. Joined by Kade, the trio were able to return to Griffin Rock in time to help deal with a Scrapmaster. The Island of Misfit Tech

The town's new central computer Vigil was unable to control the four Rescue Bots, so when it attempted to take control of Griffin Rock, the Bots were able to get the rest of the team into its vault to stop it. The Vigilant Town Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots went along on a nature hike, however when the hike was interrupted by a snake infestation in town, Heatwave was forced to put up with Kade and Dani bickering and discovered he had a particular dislike of snakes. Buddy System Heatwave, Blades and Boulder accompanied Graham and Cody to Wayward Island, where they discovered a lodestone super-magnet that was causing metal objects to be pulled towards it all the way from Griffin Rock. In Search of the Griffin's Nest

When Chase appeared to join Evan and Myles during a crime spree by the pair, Heatwave believed that he'd switched sides. It later turned out Chase had merely gone undercover to learn the pair's plan, though as Heatwave later pointed out, he should have let them know. Bots and Robbers Following the rescue of a dog, Heatwave was confused by the concept of dog ownership, until Noble turned out to be a capable rescuer who joined the Rescue Bots in their work. Rescue Dog Called to the mainland by Optimus Prime, Heatwave received additional training, allowing him to focus his energies in preparation to take on a third mode. As he and Kade headed back to Griffin Rock, he ended up scanning a sunken fire boat in order to come to the aid of the rest of the team. Changes

When a Power Planter was struck by lightning and ran wild, the team was forced to respond to a number of emergencies caused by it. They eventually succeeded in luring it into a trap using Boil Coils and Heatwave tricked it into driving off a cliff. Movers and Shakers While the other Rescue Bots prepared for Bumblebee's visit, Heatwave utilized his new boat mode to help Cody and Frankie test Doc Greene's new Ski-neakers, and rescued the pair when a wave threatened them. Bumblebee turned out to be on the hunt for a relic, and Heatwave helped in the search. Afterwards he and Kade helped rescue people when a right whale sank the ferry. Odd Bot Out The rescue team was roped into completing a rail tunnel to the mainland, mainly because Mayor Luskey regarded the Bots as heavy machinery. When the Griffin Rock Express went out of control, the Bots had to rescue everyone on board, with the help of Frankie and her phasing technology. The Griffin Rock Express

Following a game of Rescue Ball which was interrupted by an impromptu rescue, Chase and the others found that Blades was acting strangely. They discovered why when they were abducted by Dr Morocco and replaced by duplicates as Blades had been earlier. Morocco erased their memories and convinced them he had been appointed their Earth liaison by Optimus Prime. The Rescue Bots were promptly sent on a mission to mine gold under Griffin Rock, which barely got started before they trigged a methane explosion, and were confronted by the "criminal" Burns family. Double Villainy

The suspicious Bots were taken back to the fire house, where the evidence soon convinced them that the Burns family was on their side and they'd been misled by Morocco. Unfortunately the methane explosion cause the island to begin to sink, and given the choice between helping out or regaining their memories, the Bots chose the former option, though at least Heatwave was restored to his position as team leader. With the help of some tech from Doc Greene, the team was able to raise the island once again, and Morocco was forced to restore their memories. Rise of the Heroes

During a routine inspection by Optimus, Heatwave led his team to Wayward Island to investigate a pterodactyl appearance. The Rescue Bots found a group of dinosaurs which chased them into a tar pit, and they had to be rescued by Optimus Prime. Once they established what the dinos were upset about, the team was able to get them to return to the underground cavern they'd come from. Land Before Prime When Optimus was abducted by big game hunter Quint Quarry, Heatwave, Chase and Blades headed to Quarry's island to mount a rescue. The hunter managed to trap them in a cage and was about to take them off the island in his heli-jet when Optimus and Boulder came to their aid. Big Game

Kade's obnoxious behavior led Heatwave to "accidentally" soak him while the team was rounding up clones of Mister Pettypaws created by the Imaging Device. Shortly thereafter another test of the device resulted int the creation of four more Kades, and Heatwave was amused when the Kades argued amongst themselves, though not so much when their squabbling almost caused an accident. The Kades later saved Heatwave and the rest of the team from a gas leak. Too Many Kades

The team was sent ten years forward in time when they boarded the S.S. Phantom Voyager, however Boulder and Graham were able to reverse the time machine stored in the ship's hold, returning them to present day. Phantom of the Sea

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Heatwave related the story of the Energon eater to Cody one story night. Following a flooding disaster, Heatwave allowed Chase and Boulder to go into space to attempt to help the stricken ship that had sent out the original distress call, and had to attempt to cover for the pair in their absence. Unfinished Business

Toys

Rescue Bots

• Heatwave the Fire-Bot (Rescue Bot, 2011)

Heatwave transforms into a red and grey fire engine of likely fictitious origin. In keeping with the simple transformation scheme of the line, Heatwave transforms from vehicle mode to robot mode by simply pulling up the ladder and folding down the feet.

Due to the placement of his ladder on his back, it is actually possible for Cody Burns (the firefighter figure) to hitch a ride on Heatwave's back in robot mode; the rungs on the ladder are just thin enough to allow for one of his hands to slip around and the thumb on that hand to fit in the hollow area on the back of said rung.

• Electronic Heatwave the Fire-Bot (Electronic Figure, 2011)
  • Accessories: Storybook, 2 "AAA" batteries, Cody Burns

This non-Transformable version of Heatwave features electronic lights and sounds. He comes with a storybook titled "Rescue Bots Respond" which details his adventures, and a redecoed Cody Burns figure.

• Electronic Fire Station Prime (Playset, 2011)

A Heatwave vehicle is included with the Fire Station Prime playset. It "transforms" much like Robot Powered Machines Mini-Vehicles. An image of Heatwave is molded on the bottom of the vehicle and it can be stood up on end.

• Heatwave the Fire-Bot (Rescue Bot, 2013)
  • Accessories: "Water" cannon

The original Heatwave toy was released as part of the Energize line, retooled to add sockets into the top of his emergency lights, and with translucent blue plastic. Also added is a "water" cannon in the same plastic which can slot into the new sockets. The word "water" is in scare quotes in the product descriptions because the "water" cannon doesn't actually shoot water.

• Heatwave the Fire-Bot & Kade Burns (Figure 2-Pack, 2013)

Available in a two-pack with Kade Burns, Heatwave is a non-transforming figure but possesses more in the way of articulation than previous Heatwave toys, in addition to being more show accurate. His left hand is replaced by a fire ax.

• Heatwave the Fire-Bot (Singles Pack, 2013)

The same Energize non-transforming figure was also available in a single pack, without Kade Burns.

• Heatwave the Fire-Bot (Flip Changer, 2013)

A highly simplified version of Heatwave with show-accurate detailing. He transforms into a super-deformed fire engine—pulling out the lever on the rear of Heatwave's vehicle mode causes him to drive forwards before doing a frontwards flip to autotransform into robot mode, popping his head up and his arms outwards.

• Heatwave the Fire-Bot (Beam Box Figure, 2013)

Heatwave is a non-transforming figure with no articulation, mounted on a rocky base. Inserting him into the Beam Box Game System unlocks Heatwave in the game.

• Heatwave the Fire-Bot & Cody Burns (Figure 2-Pack, 2014)

Available with a "Rescue Boy"-style Cody Burns figure, Heatwave is a new figure based on his fireboat Rescan figure.

Rescue Boats, Row to the Rescue!

• Heatwave the Fire-Bot (Rescan, 2014)

Part of the first wave of the Rescan series, Heatwave is an all-new figure, featuring a spring-loaded transformation from fireboat to robot.

• Heatwave the Rescue Dinobot (Mini Dino, 2014)

Part of the first wave of the Mini Dinos series, Heatwave features autotransformation from Apatosaurus to robot.

This figure is prone to internal breakage of the autotransforming mechanism if care is not taken when aligning the halves of the dinosaur head during transforming.

• Heatwave the Fire-Bot (Epic Figure, 2014)

As part of the Epic Figures, Heatwave is an 12-inch tall non-transforming figure with basic articulation. His chest open up to fit 2-Pack human figures, and he features 5mm ports to interact with Energize rescue tools.

• Heatwave the Rescue Dinobot (Electronic toy, 2014)

This new Heatwave figure is a non-transforming Brontosaurus featuring electronic lights and sounds.

Merchandise

• Heatwave Toddler Halloween Costume (2012)

Dress your kiddie up in this Heatwave Halloween costume so he can go door-to-door shaking down people for candy. 100% polyester!

Notes

Kids, come meet the surly loner! It'll be fun for the whole family!

• An in-costume actor portraying Heatwave appeared at San Diego Comic-Con 2012 and at Universal Studios Hollywood for the Transformers Fan Experience on June 20, 2014 (during the weekend of BotCon 2014).

Foreign names

• Hungarian: Tűzlovag ("Fireknight")

External links

• Heatwave's profile at hubworld.com.