Life of the Party
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| "Life of the Party" | ||||||
| Production code | 133 | |||||
| Season | 1 | |||||
| No. in season | 33 | |||||
| Production company | Allspark Animation | |||||
| Airdate | September 21, 2019 | |||||
| Writer | Brian Hohlfeld | |||||
| Director | Ray Quigley | |||||
| Animation studio | Boulder Media Studio | |||||
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When the other Recruits tell Medix he's a "stick in the mud," he enlists Chase to help him learn how to loosen up. But Medix's newfound sense of humor threatens a rescue and his value to the team.
Synopsis
[edit]Hoist stops a driver from coming to calamity in a snow-covered Griffin Rock. Chase asks him and Wedge to join Medix directing traffic at the bridge. With the bridge under control, the trio go to join Hot Shot and Whirl, at which point a snowball fight breaks out. Medix protests that they're still on duty and the others think he's a killjoy. Medix is bugged by this and later asks Whirl which the problem is — she suggests he loosen up and have fun. Finding Medix attempting to loosen up, Chase reveals he used to be a stick in the mud but Cody helped him develop a sense of humor. Medix asks him for help.
Chase's lessons cover laughter and include getting Tough Luck Chuck to demonstrate pratfalls. His demonstrations of being laid back and cool are followed by suggestions that Medix use props such as juggling balls, lampshades, and seltzer bottles. Medix still doesn't quite understand why these things are funny but can see how others could. He returns to the other recruits and tries out a pratfall, however his new behavior mainly serves to befuddle the others.
The recruits roll out to Griffin Rock again in response to an alarm — some power lines are down. Medix's attempts at comedy continue as they try to start the rescue, much to the frustration of the other recruits. When he is confused that they're not happier about his new fun-loving self, they explain that there's a time for that and a time for rescuing. Everything straightened out, they deal with the downed power line and Medix slips over again, though this time, as he explains, it wasn't on purpose.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
[edit]"Ah yes, I understand exactly. You would not think it to look at me now, but in the past I too was accused of being a muddy stick."
- —Chase
"You may also try noises that show you are not serious about anything. Observe: Eyyyyyyyy. Alright, alright, alright. Oobaly-shoobaly."
- —Chase
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- Chase admits his original lack of humor, as seen in the Rescue Bots episode "Shake Up".
Transformers references
[edit]- Medix does an impression of Optimus Prime as part of his comedy routine.
Real-world references
[edit]- While demonstrating how to make "noises that show you are not serious about anything," Chase does an impression of the Fonz from Happy Days and quotes Matthew McConaughey's "alright alright alright" from the film Dazed and Confused.
Animation and technical errors
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Trivia
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Foreign localization
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