Boulder (RB)

Boulder the Construction-Bot is an Autobot from the Rescue Bots portion of the Aligned continuity family.

Finally, Scavenger is remembered. Oh, and Bulkhead (Animated) called, and he wants his head back.

The Construction-Bot Boulder is a huge fan of Earth, human culture, and his partner Graham Burns. He is also partners with Walker Cleveland.

Fiction

Rescue Bots cartoon

Voice actor: Imari Williams (English)

Boulder was part of a team of Rescue Bots drifting through space when their spaceship received a transmission from Optimus Prime and landed on Earth. After dropping the bombshell that Cybertron was no more, Optimus assigned the team to Griffin Rock to work with the Burns family. The four Rescue Bots were presented to the public by Chief Burns at a ceremony, following which Boulder and his new partner, Graham Burns, drove to the museum to attend to a fire. To Boulder's dismay, he had to ruin the aesthetics of the plaza outside the museum by moving planters. He was impressed by the humans' culture, admiring their paintings. That night, Cody Burns discovered the Rescue Bots' secret, and after they helped stop a rogue robot Tyrannosaurus rex, Chief Burns revealed the truth to the rest of the team. Family of Heroes

Boulder and Graham had trouble working together, as Graham assumed a robot from space wouldn't need help from a primitive human. After Mount Magma started spewing lava and threatening the island, Cody managed to get the pair communicating so they could locate the artificial mountain's release control. Boulder was also able to map the underground cave system when the lava started pouring into it, threatening the bunker under the fire station. Under Pressure

During an attempt to rescue Doc Greene from his out-of-control car, Boulder and Graham improvised a spike strip, which turned out to be ineffective. When Dani and Blades later started hogging the limelight with a new scoop claw, Boulder didn't seem as put out at the other Rescue Bots and even thanked Blades. He and the others rescued Blades after the copter-bot was hit by lightning. Hotshots Boulder was happy enough to take part in the technology parade during the Lobster and Technology Festival, despite his problems in maintaining the guise of an ordinary robot, and later helped stop the flobsters from destroying the town. Flobsters on Parade

After saving a truck from falling off a cliff, Boulder and the other Rescue Bots were subjected to a movie entitled The Natives of Tatui, which he didn't enjoy very much. After Huxley Prescott caused a massive panic, Boulder and Graham visited Mr Perkins's farm to check for aliens, only to find cows instead. The Rescue Bots had to destroy Prescott's SETI dish when it threatened to destroy the island. The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock After a callout to rescue Mrs. Neederlander's cat, Boulder was inspired to adopt his own pet. He and Blades visited the zoo, where they tried to adopt the lion which Boulder dubbed Whiskers. After chasing Whiskers around the town all night, Boulder helped lure some lemurs back to the zoo. Cody gave him a potted plant as a more suitable pet. Walk on the Wild Side

Boulder tried unsuccessfully to catch Mr Harrison in his scoop. After executing a daring plan to stop a nanite-controlled Scrapmaster, Boulder himself was taken over and rampaged through the park, knocking down trees. Cody's plan to use the power plant to get rid of the nanites worked, and Boulder set about replanting the trees. Cody on Patrol Boulder was working to repair a bridge when a motorist drove off it. Cody roped the Rescue Bots into helping look after a Robo-Baby. When the baby escaped during a call-out, Cody and the bots tracked it to a wind farm, where Boulder tried to scale a windmill to save it, but missed catching it when it fell. Luckily Heatwave caught it. Four Bots and a Baby

During a heatwave, Boulder read up on seasons but was confused by the concept. His questions prompted Cody to get Doc Greene to set up a weather machine, and Boulder got to experience snow, though he proved inept at aiming snowballs. When one of his snowballs sent the machine out of control, he and the other Rescue Bots swung into action. Boulder helped Doc Greene get the weather machine back to his lab and saved city hall's roof. He later used a well-aimed snowball to save Frankie from going over a waterfall. Christmas in July Boulder and the other Rescue Bots were invited on the Burns' annual fishing trip on the Darby Eva, during which they encountered and fought a mechanical shark. Deep Trouble

The Rescue Bots had to help stop out-of-control technology one foggy day, when the Griffin Rock mainframe was hacked into. Boulder mistook a street sweeper for an elephant and trashed it. Return of the Dinobot When Doctor Morocco turned up with his MorBot and threatened to overshadow the Rescue Bots, the team was forced to compete with the doctor's invention to prove themselves worthy. Thanks to Morocco's machinations, they failed and were stood down from service. The Other Doctor Boulder maintained his optimism, and used the space time he now had to practice his painting. After being called out to a fire at the lab, the Rescue Bots got the chance to exact some payback on the MorBot. The team was subsequently reinstated as Griffin Rock's rescue service. The Reign of Morocco

Boulder joined Cody and Graham in visiting the Hall of Inspiration and watched Doc Greene demonstrate the Minimizer. When the team later turned up to a break-in at the Hall, he, Blades, and Heatwave were shrunk to the size of ants by the device and ended up in the sewer. Though Boulder was fascinated by the experience, they had to brave huge rats and a torrent of water before making it to the Griffin Rock dam, where they rescued Kade and alerted the rest of the team to the fact that the dam was near bursting. Cody later used the Minimizer to return them to their normal sizes. Small Blessings Boulder helped save Captain Wild's ship and search for "tunnel 15" in the tunnels below Griffin Rock. This led the team to discover Professor Baranova's Midgard at the bottom of an ocean trench, and they helped her seal the methane vent causing the Griffin Rock Triangle. The Griffin Rock Triangle

After the daring rescue of Huxley Prescott by the four bots, Chief left them with strict orders not to go to Griffin Crest. After receiving an apparent SOS from Cody, Boulder and the others went there anyway and ended up immobilized by an EMP field, leaving them in need of a rescue. Rules and Regulations Boulder and the other three Bots were washed out to sea with Cody and ended up on an inhabited island. Their attempts to build him shelter and gather food were less than successful, but they did manage to find traces of the Oaken Crow, which led to them finding the ship and getting off the island. The Lost Bell Chasing a crashed meteorite on Wayward Island, the team ran into Bumblebee. Boulder, Heatwave and Chase checked out the meteorite and were unwittingly exposed to an alien virus. They slowly became to lose the ability to move or speak, and it was only through the work of Bumblebee, Blades and the humans that a cure was found. Bumblebee to the Rescue

Boulder was concerned by the news that Graham had been accepted to the Gremsky Technical Institute, but was supportive of his partner. While they pursued a giant blob of Squilsh, they discussed Graham's decision. The pair cooperated in an attempt to stop the space slime and eventually worked out that they had to shock it with alternating current. After Boulder and Graham did so, saving those it had swallowed, Graham decided not to go to Gremsky Tech after all. You've Been Squilshed

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Aftertracer bugs teleported most of the townfolk to parts unknown, Boulder discovered the bugs were sensitive to sound, and devised a way to use his sonar to disable them all. He and the other three bots then tracked down the cavern where the townspeople had been sent and mounted a rescue. Countdown

Toys

Rescue Bots

• Boulder the Construction-Bot (2011)