Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy

Season 1

Five young recruits from Cybertron train to be rescue bots at The Rescue Bots Academy on Earth. Hot Shot, Whirl, Hoist, Medix, and Wedge learn the value of teamwork, courage, and friendship as they pass simulated and real rescue challenges. Under the guidance of Optimus Prime, Heatwave, and Boulder, they aim to one day be superheroes in their own right.

52 Episodes

  • Recruits (1)
    E1
    Recruits (1)Optimus Prime builds a new team of young Cybertronians to train as first responders at the Rescue Bots Academy.
  • Recruits (2)
    E2
    Recruits (2)Hot Shot learns to find his place on the Rescue Bot Recruit team with the help of the Mul-T-Cog and his friends.
  • Tough Luck Chuck
    E3
    Tough Luck ChuckHot Shot has to baby-sit the damaged RBA Test Robot, who won't stay put.
  • If at First...
    E4
    If at First...At his teammates' urging, Hoist invents some new 'cool tools' to improve their rescue abilities. They fail spectacularly, leaving Hoist feeling awful, until Boulder teaches him not to give up.
  • Whirl'd View
    E5
    Whirl'd ViewWhirl's Police Bot attention to procedure and detail saves the day when the recruits get caught in a snow storm.
  • Plan Bee
    E6
    Plan BeeThe Rescue Bots learn that every life on earth needs every other, so there are no small rescues.
  • The Bot Who Cried Rescue
    E7
    The Bot Who Cried RescueWedge is put in charge of practicing the Recruits' response time, but his drive for perfection does more harm than good
  • Mount Botmore
    E8
    Mount BotmoreHot Shot's big head gets him in trouble, literally, when his own giant sculpture threatens to destroy Griffin Rock.
  • Mission Inaudible
    E9
    Mission InaudibleHoist is made leader of a mission, but he struggles with trusting his own ideas and lets others lead instead—with nearly disastrous results.
  • Glitch
    E10
    GlitchMedix's dedication to logic comes in useful after he learns a glitch trick from one of the computer simulations.
  • Five Into Four
    E11
    Five Into FourThe Recruits worry that one of their team will be cut when they notice that there are five of them...And only four Rescue Bots.
  • Rescue Promo
    E12
    Rescue PromoWhen Whirl is given a task she insists on doing it alone, discovering the hard way that there's no 'I' in Team.
  • Blame Game
    E13
    Blame GameBlaming his teammates for a failed exercise that made him miss a Cube game on Cybertron, Hot Shot tackles a rescue alone to show off his solo skill - with disastrous results.
  • Surprise, Medix!
    E14
    Surprise, Medix!Medix doesnt like surprises but the other recruits decide that it's only because he's never had the right kind of surprise so they set-up a Medix themed rescue mission with disastrous results.
  • The TX3000
    E15
    The TX3000Each recruit gets to train with the ultimate rescue tool, the TX3000, but Hot Shot has never used one before, and his reticence to admit his lack of experience almost botches a dangerous rescue.
  • Little Bot Peep
    E16
    Little Bot PeepHoist needs to spend time in his stasis pod, but can't bear to miss out on the action and keeps heading back before he has recuperated.
  • Driving a Wedge
    E17
    Driving a WedgeGriffin Rock Lad Pioneer Wes wins a day at the Academy to spend with each the Recruits in turn.
  • The Big, Small Rescue
    E18
    The Big, Small RescueThe bots are surprised to discover that their big important off-planet mission is actually to save a single tiny plant.
  • Go, Team, Go!
    E19
    Go, Team, Go!Whirl tries to teach the Recruits cheer leading routines believing it will inspire them on their rescues. They're not interested until they realize she's taught them a valuable lesson in teamwork.
  • About a Rock
    E20
    About a RockHeatwave brings back what he thinks is a sample from an asteroid, and blames the Recruits when it disappears.
  • Dog Stray Afternoon
    E21
    Dog Stray AfternoonWhen a cute dog follows the recruits back from a mission, the recruits decide to keep him as a pet, despite Academy rules to the contrary.
  • Lucky Ducky
    E22
    Lucky DuckyHot Shot beats his bad luck with the help of Cody's good luck charm - a rubber ducky.
  • The Secret of Flight
    E23
    The Secret of FlightHot Shot gets help with his flying technique from a surprising visitor.
  • Battle of the Bots
    E24
    Battle of the BotsWhen Wedge rashly challenges Hot Shot to a one-on-one challenge, he worries that he doesn’t have the skills to win.
  • Screen Time
    E25
    Screen TimeWhen the Bots are given cellphones as part of Earth Studies they become distracted and inattentive which causes problems when they have to focus and rescue Wes from a mine.
  • Fright at the Museum
    E26
    Fright at the MuseumWhen the team visits the local museum, they think Whirl's gone into police overdrive.
  • Space Case
    E27
    Space CaseWhen the Bots become stranded in space while making repairs on the Asgard, the Recruits have to figure out who does what in order to perform a daring rescue.
  • All at Sea
    E28
    All at SeaBoulder leads the class on an underwater ocean clean-up mission, but the recruits are so busy competing with each other, they stumble into danger.
  • All Washed Up
    E29
    All Washed UpHoist builds a cleaning droid to help scrub the academy, but instead it nearly destroys it.
  • Who's Teaching Who?
    E30
    Who's Teaching Who?The bots swap roles with the teachers to show them that learning can be fun but their efforts backfire especially when they're called out on rescue.
  • Balloon Up a Tree
    E31
    Balloon Up a TreeThe Recruits attempt to rescue a balloon from a tree but end up on top of a rocket.
  • The Mystery of Dragon Mountain
    E32
    The Mystery of Dragon MountainWhen they tackle a fantasy simulation that pits them against a fire-breathing dragon, the Recruits learn that the obvious answer isn't always the right one.
  • Hack Attack
    E33
    Hack AttackWhen Hot Shot replaces Chase's traffic stop simulation for his computer game—the recruits find themselves unprepared as they face giant hedgehogs.
  • Life of the Party
    E34
    Life of the PartyWhen 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.
  • Tyrannosaurus Wrecked
    E35
    Tyrannosaurus WreckedHoist is terrified by the Academy's new teacher, Grimlock... Until some intervention from his friends and Heatwave shows him everyone gets scared of something, but courage is proceeding anyway.
  • Dino Hard
    E36
    Dino HardAlone in the Academy with a Triceratops, Hoist must overcome his fear of dinosaurs and calm the savage beast.
  • Buddy Cop
    E37
    Buddy CopWhen the recruits take part in a training exercise for covert policing, Hot Shot is partnered with the least stealthy of all Rescue Bots, Grimlock.
  • Escape from Penguin Island
    E38
    Escape from Penguin IslandWhen the team are sent to evacuate a colony of rare Yellow-Eyed penguins from an island, the approaching electrical storm affects the Trainees abilities and they discover the only tool they have left is their brains.
  • All that Glitters
    E39
    All that GlittersHoist uses an unfair advantage to win a search game, allowing him to choose the location for the next Sim Exercise. He picks the Old West, and as the Recruits search for gold, Hoist learns that winning isn't everything.
  • Dig Fest
    E40
    Dig FestWhilst looking for some crashed pieces of a space satellite, Wedge pulls off a spectacular rescue at Dig Fest and becomes an unlikely star of the show.
  • Trick or Treat
    E41
    Trick or TreatThe Bots experience their first Halloween and Wedge goes dressed up as Bumblebee. However, his 'heroic' behavior backfires when the Recruits respond to a fire rescue.
  • Monster Savings
    E42
    Monster SavingsMedix mistakes TV commercial for a real monster attack in Milford and sets off to save the city.
  • Tune Out
    E43
    Tune OutWhen Hoist is put in charge of a new sonic fence, he can only remember its access code by creating a tune. But when that tune becomes too catchy and endangers missions, the team has to learn to remain calm to succeed.
  • Metal Munchers
    E44
    Metal MunchersOn a field trip to an area of natural beauty the Recruits face a swarm of metalmunching Scraplets.
  • Bee Prepared
    E45
    Bee PreparedWedge is excited when his hero Bumblebee visits the academy as a guest teacher, but the young bot's attempts to impress backfire.
  • Whirl's Wise-Bot Quest
    E46
    Whirl's Wise-Bot QuestWhen Whirl struggles with a tricky maneuver, she doubts her place on the team. Reassuring her, Blades mentions a distant Rescue Bot Guru who once helped him.
  • Flying Hunk-A-Junk
    E47
    Flying Hunk-A-JunkWhen the Bots go on a satellite repair mission, their carelessly discarded trash hurtles around the earth's orbit, growing into a problem big enough to destroy them and the Sigma.
  • Into the Depths
    E48
    Into the DepthsThe Recruits travel deep underwater to find an unmanned submersible. But a struggle to communicate effectively in the deep, dark waters nearly scuppers the mission.
  • Milford Goes to the Dogs
    E49
    Milford Goes to the DogsWhen the dogs start behaving strangely near the Academy, Hoist sees the investigation as an opportunity to try out his new communications system, but it's the comms that are the problem.
  • The Ice Wave
    E50
    The Ice WaveWhen the Rescue Bots face a Sim they can't beat, they must learn to deal with failure and focus on what's really important.
  • Best Bots Forever (1)
    E51
    Best Bots Forever (1)
  • Best Bots Forever (2)
    E52
    Best Bots Forever (2)There's no 'I' in team.

Cast of Season 1

  • Peter A. DowlingWriter

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