Wedge (RBA)
| The name or term "Wedge" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Wedge (disambiguation). |
- Wedge the Construction-Bot is an Autobot from Rescue Bots Academy portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Wedge is pretty sure he's the best of the new Rescue Bot recruits and will jump at the chance to prove it. This has resulted in something of a rivalry stewing between him and Hot Shot, and if there's any criticism to be made of his fellow recruits, Wedge will be the one to make it, though he'll usually regret it soon after.
Fiction
Rescue Bots Academy cartoon
- Voice actor: Mason Hensley (English)
Wedge won a rescue competition to earn himself a spot studying at the Rescue Bot Training Center on Earth. He started an instant rivalry with Hot Shot when the latter was assigned to the team of new recruits by Optimus Prime. Once Hot Shot screwed up the first rescue drill, Wedge challenged him to a simple stacking contest and easily won. Recruits Part I Hot Shot went on to win an obstacle course race against Wedge and revealed that Optimus had given him the ability to use three alternate modes, though Wedge was still unimpressed, beliving it was the bot and not their abilities that made for a good rescuer. Nonetheless when Hot Shot later realized that the jet mode he was stuck with for the day was useless for the cave rescue exercise they'd been assigned, Wedge joined the others in encouraging him not to give up. Recruits Part II
Following a particularly tricky rescue, Hoist constructed new tools for everyone, including power drivers for Wedge. The first test didn't go well, but Wedge and the others enlisted Boulder to give Hoist some encouragement and help perfect the tools. If at First... After Hot Shot was assigned to look after Tough Luck Chuck when the test robot was damaged, Wedge and Hoist found Chuck roaming the training center. He slipped through their fingers as well and got through the GroundBridge, forcing the recruits to search for him in Milford. Tough Luck Chuck Bored by Chase's class on police codes, Wedge and the other recruits persuaded Chase to let them try to do a practice rescue, and ended up being rescued themselves by Whirl when they got stuck in the snow. Whirl'd View When the recruits didn't understand why Boulder was having them plant flowers, the Rescue Bot set them a task which taught them that all parts of nature are important. Plan Bee
Aiming to get the response time of the group down, Wedge borrowed the trigger for the rescue alarm and ran a series of drills, annoying his fellow recruits and eventually resulting in him ending up trapped in one of the launch tubes. He returned the alarm to Heatwave. The Bot Who Cried Rescue The recruits had to contend with a runaway rock sculpture of Hot Shot's head when he decided to carve it into a mountain alongside the likenesses of the Rescue Bots. Mount Botmore Hot Shot and Wedge ended up disregarding Hoist when their fellow recruit was put in charge of a rescue mission, and as a result, their own efforts almost ended up in disaster. Mission Inaudible After completing a simulated rescue, despite a glitch occuring, the recruits took part in a real rescue in Griffin Rock which was only successful because the glitch gave Medix an idea to complete it safely. Glitch
During a ride on the Sigma, Wedge realized there were only four command chairs and told the others that meant that one of the five recruits wouldn't graduate. The team went on to botch a volcano rescue drill after staying up all night worrying, until Heatwave told them they'd assumed wrong. Five Into Four When Whirl was filming footage for a recruitment video, Wedge attempted to give a demonstration of Hero Hall, only to be swamped by a tidal wave. He and the others later helped whip the footage into a usable state. Rescue Promo After a botched rescue had the recruits blaming each other, Heatwave assigned them to cleaning duties. Hot Shot sneaked out to do a rescue, and as a result, the rest of the recruits had to go help him when he hit trouble. Blame Game Wedge and the other recruits set up a surprise rescue mission for Medix, who didn't get the appeal of surprises. Unfortunately the mission did not go well, and the other recruits promised to stop with the surprises. Surprise, Medix!
The recruits got to try out some TX3000s on loan to the rescue center, and even used them during an actual rescue. The TX3000 They had to round up a lost flock of sheep, but were hampered by Hoist malfunctioning. Little Bot Peep
Toys
Rescue Bots Academy
- Wedge the Construction-Bot (2018)
- The first toy of Wedge is a redeco and slight retool of Arctic Rescue Boulder with a new head. He also omits the Graham Burns and Windchill accessories.
- Wedge the Construction-Bot (2019)
- Previewed at Toy Fair 2019[1], Wedge is sized similarly to the previous Megabots line, and at about 11 inches tall is in scale with the previously released helicopter-mode Whirl and car-mode Medix, transforming into a payloader in a couple of "Easy 2 Do Conversion" steps.
- Academy Rescue Team (2019)
- First revealed at Toy Fair 2019[1], "Academy Rescue Team" Wedge is a redeco of the cement mixer version of Salvage, sporting a new head. He comes in a set of four, similar to the previous "Griffin Rock Rescue Team", with Whirl (retool of VTOL jet version of Blades), Hot Shot (retool of Rock Rescue Team Bumblebee) and Hoist (redeco of Rescan Hoist).
Notes
- Rescue Bots Academy Wedge is heavily based off 2001 Robots in Disguise Wedge.
