Upgrades

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"Upgrades"
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	October 22, 2016
Animation studio	DHX Media Top Draw Animation

When Optimus Prime splits the Rescue Bots into different teams for new assignments, the evil genius Doctor Morocco returns to wreak havoc.

Synopsis

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Featured characters

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Notes

Continuity notes

• The Morocco virus was revealed in "Back to Virtual Reality" and thawed out in "Cody's 11".
• Optimus is presumably only appearing via hologram because at this point he's still hanging out in the Realm of the Primes as per Robots in Disguise.
• The speed patch created by Doc Greene was previously seen in "Hot Rod Bot".

Real-world references

• Doc refers to Frankie as his "little du Chatelet" in reference to French physicist Émilie du Châtelet.
• He also swears by Gay-Lussac's gases.
• Faxian is named after the Buddhist monk Faxian.