Whirl (RBA)
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- Whirl is an Autobot from Rescue Bots Academy portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Whirl is an aspiring Rescue Bot police officer, and what Chase lacks in humor, Whirl is all optimism, and heavily into earth culture, taking after fellow copter-bot Blades. Though her sense of judgement may lead to some simply ridiculous theories and quotes, something her fellow recruits found a little overwhelming.
Fiction
Rescue Bots Academy cartoon
- Voice actor: Courtney Shaw (English)
Whirl was among those selected to be a recruit at the Rescue Bot Training Center on Earth. She was first to enthusiastically greet Hot Shot when he arrived. She and the rest of the team subsequently took part in a rescue drill overseen by Heatwave but were unsuccessful in putting out a house fire thanks to the newcomer. Recruits Part I Whirl and Hoist tried unsuccessfully to find Hot Shot when it looked like he'd given up, but he later returned with two new alternate modes. The team went on to successfully carry out a cave rescue exercise. Recruits Part II
Following a rescue in Griffin Rock, the recruits persuaded Hoist to make new rescue tools for them all. Whirl got new rotors on her arms, and though the initial test went horribly wrong, she and the other recruits enlisted the help of Boulder, and Hoist eventually perfected the tools. If at First... After Hot Shot badly damaged Tough Luck Chuck and was assigned the task of looking after the robot, he tried to foist the duty onto Whirl, who was trying to do some rescue research, only for Chuck to slip past them. They attempted to hunt him down, and eventually pursued him to Milford. Tough Luck Chuck Whirl enthusiastically memorised all of the police codes Chase was teaching the recruits, and as a result, when the other recruits persuaded Chase to let them try a rescue and instead got stuck in the snow, Whirl was able to rescue them. 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
Whirl and the other recruits were bugged when Wedge borrowed the trigger for the rescue alarm and had them constantly running drills to get their response time down. 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 When Hoist was put in charge of a rescue exercise, Whirl was the only one who actually followed any of his orders, and ended up dangling over a chasm with Hot Shot, Wedge and Medix dangling from her until Hoist successfully rescued them. 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
After a ride on the Sigma, the recruits assumed the four command chairs meant one of their number 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 Whirl took over filming a recruitment video for the training center, but all the footage she got was terrible and it wasn't until she told the other recruits that they were able to pitch in and help her make a workable video. 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 Whirl 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
- Whirl the Flight-Bot (2019)
- Whirl's first toy is sized similarly to the previous Megabots line, at about 11 inches tall, transforming into a helicopter in a couple of "Easy 2 Do Conversion" steps. In either bot or vehicle mode, pressing a button on her rotor causes it to spin. She comes packaged in robot mode, and helpfully, a cutout in the package allows this gimmick to be tried in-store without removing her from the package. Her engineering and transformation pattern are based on the Rescan helicopter version of Blades.
- Whirl (2019)
- Revealed at Toy Fair 2019[1], this Whirl is a redeco of the race-car version of Heatwave - itself derived from the Blurr/MorBot mold - with a new head.
- Academy Rescue Team (2019)
- First previewed at Toy Fair 2019[1], this version of Whirl is a new-head redeco of the VTOL jet version of Blades (itself a retool of VTOL Bumblebee). She comes in a set of four, similar to the previous "Griffin Rock Rescue Team", with Hot Shot (retool of Rock Rescue Team Bumblebee), Wedge (retool of cement mixer Salvage) and Hoist (redeco of Rescan Hoist).
Notes
- Rescue Bots Academy Whirl is the first incarnation of the character to be portrayed as a female (IDW Whirl's holomatter avatar notwithstanding).
- Whirl's animation model was slightly modified from her initial promotional image by shifting the silver patch to the center of her head while recoloring the yellow chest harness sky blue.
