Racer-Bot Road Rally
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| "Racer-Bot Road Rally" | ||||||
| Production company | Wang Film Productions | |||||
| Airdate | March/April, 2005 | |||||
| Written by | Sean Roche | |||||
| Directed by | John Grusd | |||||
| Animation studio | Wang Film Productions | |||||
| Continuity | Go-Bots continuity | |||||
Revved Racer-Bots wreck a rally.
Synopsis
The Racer-Bot twins, Racer-Bot ALPHA and Racer-Bot BETA zoom through the streets of Botropolis, scattering Go-Bots as they go. Racer-Bot ALPHA activates his Go-Brillium power so he can pass his brother and win the informal race they're having. ALPHA suggests that they try the Interstellar Challenge Course, which finishes at the Grand Canyon on Earth. With a cry of "Go Go Go-Brillium!", they streak up the side of a tower and into space. The tower promptly collapses.
In the Go-Pod, the Go-Bot Protectors (bar the absent Beast-Bot) are receiving the highest honor possible from the Go-Bot Council — the Go-Shield. No sooner is this done than the Protectors are contacted by Silver-Bot who informs them of the development of Go-Brillium and the fact that the two test subjects are on their way to Earth. As Beast-Bot is on a secret assignment for the High Council for the next month, Hauler-Bot is being sent to assist. Aero-Bot and Speed-Bot rendezvous with the newbie in the amusement park above the Go-Pod, and he uses his Go-Brillium supercharger to infuse them with power.
Meanwhile the Racer-Bot twins streak through the desert. Nearby, the Go News Network reports on the beginning of the Rattlesnake 500 Desert Road Rally. The twins use their Go-Brillium to get through a narrow pass and inadvertently pass through the middle of the rally, causing chaos. Fortunately the Protectors arrive, much to the delight of the race spectators. Speed-Bot attempts to cut off the twins, but they jump over him. He uses his Go-Brillium and leads the human racers along a new track to avoid catastrophe.
Strong-Bot spots the twins on a collision course with the stands, and warns Hauler-Bot, who uses his... bird-thing to lift the stand out of the way. The Racer-Bot twins catch up with the pack again, knocking one of the cars over a cliff. Aero-Bot uses his fist-thrusters to catch it. He follows this up by saving another car that the twins knock flying. The twins are headed for the finish line, which is on the other side of the Grand Canyon. They attempt to jump the canyon, but realise halfway across that they've exhausted their supply of Go-Brillium. As they plummet to Certain Doom, Aero-Bot and Hauler-Bot save them, only to administer a stern talking to. The two Racer-Bots cheerfully head back to Botropolis for more training.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Go-Bot Protectors | Other Go-Bots | Humans |
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Quotes
"Great gas-guzzlers, what are those things?! They look like... like alien monster cars!"
- —The Go News Network reporter is confused by the appearance of the Racer-Bot twins.
Notes
Animation and technical glitches
- After the Go-Bots are shown the demonstration of Go-Brillium, Speed-Bot's jaw is grey instead of white.
- Speed-Bot has the same alternate face model he sported in "Reptron's Rampage". He's occasionally drawn with his other face, for instance when he steps into the Go-Chutes, and when he transforms just after launch.
- As Strong-Bot contacts Hauler-Bot, the two Racer-Bots can be seen on his monitor, but ALPHA is orange instead of blue.
Continuity errors
- Shortly after Aero-Bot saves the orange car, the Racer-Bot twins crash through a bunch of racers, including the orange car and several others that they passed a short time earlier.
- When he hauls up at the finish line, Speed-Bot is in his sportscar mode instead of the formula-1 mode he was using a moment earlier.
Continuity note
- Silver-Bot was previously seen in "Typhoon Twister".
Real-world references
- TBA
Transformers references
- TBA
Trivia
- As with "Reptron's Rampage", Kid-Bot and Gas-Bot are conspicuously absent. Not that we're complaining.
- Also like "Reptron's Rampage", this episode was never released on tape, and aired on TV in March/April of 2005, but only in the New York and Chicago areas.
- Because of this really limited release, when it was used as the opening "experiment" for 2006's MSTF presentation, it was likely the first time anyone in the audience who wasn't part of the writing crew had ever seen it or knew it existed.
