Charlie Burns
| The name or term "Burns" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Burns (disambiguation). |
- Charlie Burns is a human from the Rescue Bots portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Along with Heatwave, Chief Charles "Charlie" Burns, leads the Rescue Bots, a secret team of Autobots and humans that protect Earth, and especially Griffin Rock island, from fires, floods, disaster and crime. His tool of choice is the Rescue Cutter, which can tear down barriers between heroes and the danger they must extinguish. He partners with Chase and Optimus Prime. He is the father of Kade, Graham, Dani, and Cody.
Fiction
Rescue Bots pack-in storybooks
Early one morning at Fire Station Prime, Chief Charlie directed Heatwave to participate in a fire training exercise on the other side of town. After Heatwave left, Chief Charlie's son Cody arrived, eager to be given his own mission. However, Chief Charlie only trusted Cody with washing Sparkplug, the firehouse dog. Though dejected, Cody and Sparkplug were able to alert Chief Charlie to the presence of an electrical fire within Fire Station Prime itself! Trapped on the roof of the burning station, the Burnses struggled to activate the Prime Signal to call for help, until ultimately Cody was able to activate it manually. Heatwave quickly returned, and Chief Charlie's son was surprised to learn that their fire truck was actually a fire-fighting sentient robot! After the fire was extinguished and the group spoke with Optimus Prime via teleconference, Chief Charlie nodded with approval as his son was welcomed as a full member of the team. Prime Alert
Rescue Bots cartoon
- Voice actor: Maurice LaMarche (English)
When he was young, Charlie Burns built himself a go-kart. Cody on Patrol
 Plot details for The Reign of Morocco follow. |
He, Doc Greene and Mayor Luskey chased Doctor Morocco out of town when his inventions were deemed unsafe. The Reign of Morocco
As the head of a family of rescue heroes, Burns was entrusted by Optimus Prime with the secret that the new Rescue Bots were actually Autobots. He presented the quartet to the people of Griffin Rock as new hi-tech robots. When they attended a fire at the museum and Heatwave saved Burns and Graham from a falling dinosaur head, Burns covered for the Autobot. That night, the Rescue Bots contacted him, and he discovered that Cody had discovered the secret. After the whole team united to stop a rogue robotic Tyrannosaurus rex, he let Kade, Dani and Graham in on the truth as well. Family of Heroes
Chief Burns and Chase stopped an out-of-control robo-landscaper while the rest of the team were busy failing to cooperate. He later alerted the rest of the team to the fact that lava was overflowing out of manholes across the town, and together with Chase, made sure the residents were cleared from the area. When the problem was traced to Mount Magma and the rest of the team went to deal with the problem, Chief Burns and Chase patrolled the area around the mountain and cleared out campers. Under Pressure
Chief Burns accompanied Chase as they chased down Doc Greene's out-of-control solar car and stopped it plunging into a ravine. He was with the team again as they responded to a rock fall. Hotshots He was helping Doc Greene inflate balloons with helium prior to the Lobster and Technology Festival when he and the Rescue Bots had to rescue the Doc from a runaway parade balloon. The next day the team was taking part in the parade when it came under attack from flobsters. They quickly swung into action once more, protecting the townsfolk from the flying threat until Doc Greene could mix up a permanent solution. Flobsters on Parade
Burns found himself covering for the Rescue Bots again after a rescue, but told them that saving lives had priority over maintaining cover. He and the family subsequently had to stop Huxley Prescott from inadvertently destroying the island with his SETI dish. The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock After retrieving a cat from a tree, Burns decided to celebrate Earth Day by having everyone clean up the fire station. The next day, he and the team were faced with several escapees from the zoo, including a lion and some trained lemurs. Walk on the Wild Side
Burns took part in the rescue of Mr Harrison and was impressed when Cody rebuilt his old go-kart into Rolling Thunder, though he turned down Cody's request to get a bigger engine for it. After Cody tried souping it up with nanites, Burns made him help Boulder replant the trees that had been knocked down in the ensuing chaos. Cody on Patrol Chase and the Chief were blocking traffic from trying to cross a damaged bridge when a man on a motorcycle zoomed past them. On another occasion, Burns supervised the operation to save the bank after a sinkhole opened under it. Four Bots and a Baby
During a heatwave, Burns discovered that Chase didn't have air conditioning. After Cody had the idea to use a weather machine to create snow, Burns joined in with a snow fight, but ended up having to go rescue people when the machine went out of control. Christmas in July Burns, Cody and the Rescue Bots went on the family annual fishing trip on the Darby Eva, something Burns regarded as a way to bond. When they encountered a robotic shark, Burns left his son on the pier while he and the bots tried to find the finned menace. Though Burns had a plan to lead the sub into a cove, it started attacking the ferry instead, and Burns and Blades had to go to the assistance of the people on board. While they did so, the other Rescue Bots disabled the shark, but when Burns opened the sub, he triggered a self destruct, and Blade had to carry the vessel away before it exploded. Deep Trouble
On a particularly foggy day, Burns and his team had to deal with the island's technology run amok thanks to a virus in the central mainframe, and also the rogue Trex, which was infected with the same virus. Return of the Dinobot
Plot details for The Other Doctor follow. |
He continued to educate Chase on compassionate policing. When Doctor Morocco returned to the island with a MorBot, aiming to replace Burns's team, Burns argued against letting Morocco have the chance. He and his team were forced to compete against the MorBot, and eventually lost through the machinations of Morocco. The team was stood done. The Other Doctor
Plot details for The Reign of Morocco follow. |
Though Burns argued with the mayor and brought evidence that was disregarded, he refused to give up. When there was a fire at the lab, the team was finally called out to attend to it, and Cody and Frankie Greene managed to obtain evidence against Morocco that saw Burns's team reinstated. The Reign of Morocco
Toys
Rescue Bots
- Chief Charlie Burns & Rescue Cutter (2011)
- Chief Charlie Burns comes with a Rescue Cutter Rescue Gear that can transform into a handheld Robot Tool for Rescue Bots Optimus Prime. When the buttons on each side are pressed, the blades scissor together.
- Fire Station Prime (Walmart bonus pack, 2011)
- A Walmart-exclusive version of Fire Station Prime came packaged with a bonus Charlie and Cody Burns plus their single-pack accessories.
