My Favorite Rescue
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| "My Favorite Rescue" | ||||||
| Production code | 208 | |||||
| Season | 2 | |||||
| No. in season | 8 | |||||
| Production company | Allspark Animation | |||||
| Airdate | April 25, 2020 | |||||
| Writer | Nathan Cockerill | |||||
| Director | Pete Slattery | |||||
| Animation studio | Boulder Media Studio | |||||
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As a treat for doing well in training, the recruits are allowed to choose their favorite simulated rescue.
Synopsis
[edit]The recruits arrive at Hero Hall where Heatwave reveals that as a reward for all their work, they're going to be allowed to pick their own favorite rescue. He hands them a control unit and leaves. Hot Shot starts up a simulation involving a submarine that has broken down. Also there are sharks. Whirl takes the control unit from Hot Shot and switches to a rescue involving a meteor shower in a desert. The recruits set about trying to save the animals threatened by the meteors, though there's still complaining. Shortly before a meteor hits Wedge, Medix switches the simulation to a farm. While Medix sets about bandaging the farmer, who has crashed his truck into beehives, the other recruits find themselves being chased by swarms of bees. Hoist gains control of the simulation and switches them to one with a dragon, which the others point out they've already done this one and the dragon is friendly. Wedge decides that's his cue to pick his favorite rescue, digging out a crashed flying saucer on the planet Parvus.
The recruits continue to argue over whose rescue to do, leading to them struggling over the control unit and accidentally breaking it. They find themselves floating in a white void and realize they broke everything. Moments later it switches to Whirl's rescue, except the meteors are now submarines and there is a swarm of sharks chasing them. They try to contact Heatwave in vain, shortly before the sharks chase them off a cliff. Fortunately they land in a pile of straw in the farm simulation, however the dragon (now very hostile) and flying saucer are also there to menace them. Whirl fires off one of her rotors to provide a diversion so they can duck behind the farm house. After agreeing to work together next time, Hoist realizes they can repair the control unit if they do just that, so they combine the pieces they've been holding on to. This resets the sim back to normal in time for Heatwave to arrive, though he is puzzled by the dragon on the farm. The recruits hand the control unit back to their bewildered teacher and head off to watch movies.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
[edit]"Talking of which, have you seen 'Bandages: A World of Wonder'? It's a classic! You can almost feel the texture of the cloth in the masterful filmmaking!"
- —Medix is really into bandages.
"Something that looks scary can actually be the sweetest dragon I ever met! Sure, he's the only dragon I ever met, but I love him!"
- —Whirl is reunited with her favorite dragon.
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- Wedge's fear of heights came up in "Flying Hunk-A-Junk", though his apparent fear of sharks is new — he was fine with them in "All At Sea".
- The farm in Medix's simulation is the same one seen in "Plan Bee".
- The recruits previously did the rescue involving the dragon in "The Mystery of Dragon Mountain".
- Parvus was previously seen in "Big Small Rescue".
Transformers references
[edit]- The flying saucer is based on Cosmos, with specific detailing from his Generations toy. Although given Rescue Bots Academy shares designs with Cyberverse, it's also possible it's a straight translation of Cyberverse Cosmos's vehicle mode.
Real-world references
[edit]- TBA
Animation and technical errors
[edit]- TBA
Trivia
[edit]- It's unclear why the recruits flee from the bees, when you'd expect the fact they're made of metal would protect them from being stung.
Foreign localization
[edit]- TBA
