Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy

Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy is an ongoing animated cartoon series, being developed by Boulder Media Studio as a sequel to Transformers: Rescue Bots. Ben Ward is the lead writer for the series. It began airing December 8, 2018 on Discovery Family in the US and in 2019 on Pop TV in the UK. Like Transformers: Cyberverse, each episode will run for 11 minutes. The voice cast of Rescue Bots will not reprise their roles, with existing characters being re-cast with voice actors from the same New York-based casting pool as Cyberverse.

Intended for more of a preschool audience than its predecessor, the series will follow the first class of the new Rescue Bot Training Academy, learning from the more experienced Rescue Bots how to respond to emergency situations and become heroes.

All 52 episodes of season 1 aired in 2019, and so far 26/52 (up to 78) have aired of season 2 in 2020. However,the U.K channel Tiny Pop gets new episodes before the U.S during the Discovery Family hiatus.

Cast

Autobots

Rescue Bot Recruits

• Hot Shot (Pierce Cravens)
• Whirl (Courtney Shaw)
• Hoist (Alan Trinca)
• Medix (Adam Andrianopoulous)
• Wedge (Mason Hensley)

Faculty

• Heatwave (Paul Guyet)
• Chase (Frank Cwiklik)
• Boulder (Keyon Williams)
• Blades (Michael Hansen)
• Grimlock (Terrence Flint)
• Bumblebee (Jeremy Levy)
• Ratchet (Todd Perlmutter)
• Perceptor (Jeremy Levy)

Cube Players

• Scorch (Adam Andrianopoulous)
• Mach (?)
• Glow (Courtney Shaw)

Others

• Optimus Prime (Hiro Diaz/Jake Tillman)
• Snarl (Mark Ashton)
• Sludge (Billy Bob Thompson)
• Laserbeak
• Slash (Alex Hairston)
• Brushfire (Bimini Wright)

Humans

• Cody Burns (Andy Zou)
• Wes (Xander Crowell)
• Frankie Greene (Kaitlin Becker)
• Mayor Luskey (Paul Guyet)
• Doc Greene (Paul Guyet)
• Stefania (Nikki Valadez )

Others

• Tough Luck Chuck (Todd Perlmutter)

Episodes

Season 1 (2018-2019)

1. "Recruits Part I"
2. "Recruits Part II"
3. "Tough Luck Chuck"
4. "Whirl'd View"
5. "Plan Bee"
6. "The Bot Who Cried Rescue"
7. "If at First..."
8. "Mount Botmore"
9. "Mission Inaudible"
10. "Glitch"
11. "Five Into Four"
12. "Rescue Promo"
13. "Blame Game"
14. "Surprise, Medix!"
15. "The TX3000"
16. "Little Bot Peep"
17. "Driving a Wedge"
18. "The Big, Small Rescue"
19. "Go, Team, Go!"
20. "About a Rock"
21. "Dog Stray Afternoon"
22. "Duck Luck"
23. "Flight School"
24. "Battle of the Bots"
25. "Screen Time"
26. "Fright at the Museum"
27. "Space Case"
28. "At Sea"
29. "All Washed Up"
30. "Trick or Treat"
31. "Balloon Up a Tree"
32. "The Mystery of Dragon Mountain"
33. "Hack Attack"
34. "Life of the Party"
35. "Tyrannosaurus Wrecked"
36. "Dino Hard"
37. "Buddy Cop"
38. "Escape from Penguin Island"
39. "All that Glitters"
40. "Dig Fest"
41. "Trick or Treat"
42. "Monster Savings"
43. "Tune Out"
44. "Metal Munchers"
45. "Bee Prepared"
46. "Whirl's Wise-Bot Quest"
47. "Flying Hunk-A-Junk"
48. "Into the Depths"
49. "Milford Goes To The Dogs"
50. "The Ice Wave"
51. "Best Bots Forever Part 1"
52. "Best Bots Forever Part 2"

Season 2 (2020)

1. "Back to School"
2. "Mission Dinobot"
3. "In Training"
4. "Medix Steps Up to the Bat"
5. "Robo-Cody"
6. "Heatwave's Shiny Coat"
7. "Acting Out"
8. "Need to Know"
9. "Trouble Cubed"
10. "My Favorite Rescue"
11. ''The Great Energon Rush''
12. ''The Vault Of The Primes''
13. ''Wild Ghost Chase''
14. ''Little Plot Of Horrors''
15. ''Museum Mystery''
16. ''Partners''
17. ''Critical Condition''
18. ''Fun Droids''
19. ''Power Up And Energize''
20. ''Shall We Dance?''
21. ''Mul-T-Cog Of Pace''
22. ''Five Little Rescue Bots''
23. ''Good Advice''
24. ''Campfire Fright''
25. ''Small Cogs''
26. ''Big Wheels''
27. ''The Empty City''
28. ''First Responder''
29. ''How To Train Your Scraplet''
30. ''Helicopter Heroes''
31. ''Brushfire''
32. ''The Ties That Bind''
33. ''Bot Blog''
34. ''The Icebot Cometh''
35. ''More Than Meets The Eyes''
36. ''Things That Go Bot In The Night''
37. ''Medix Gets Schooled''
38. ''Rescue Teens''
39. ''Enter The Flood''
40. ''Wizard Of Botz''
41. ''The Tracker''
42. ''One Of Our Dragons Is Missing''
43. ''Dino-mite Duo''
44. ''The Lonely Titan''
45. ''X Marks The Bots''
46. ''Making Tracks''
47. ''Don't Be Alarmed''
48. ''Powerless''
49. ''Griffin Rock Rocks!''
50. ''Bot Battle''
51. ''Space Party''
52. ''Crash Of The Titan''

Season 4 ( 2025)

• 16 Aug 2020 How To Train Your Scraplets
• 16 Aug 2020 Helicopter Heroes
• 23 Aug 2020 Brushfire
• 23 Aug 2020 The Ties That Bind

Broadcast

US: Discovery Family

Canada : Teletoon

Latin America : Discovery Family Latin America

UK and Ireland : Tiny Pop

Germany : Nickelodeon Germany

France : Tiji

İtaly : Frisbee

Romania : Minimax

India : Nick.Jr India

Southeast Asia : Nick.Jr Southeast Asia

Trivia:

• Before its premiere,it was renewed for a second season. Discover Family previewed the series a month before the official premiere. Also,the network airs two episodes a week. 
• If At First was aired in some Countries in the production order.
• Hiro Diaz only voiced Optimus Prime for the first two episodes,while Jake Tillman got to reprise his role from Transformers Cyberverse.
• The animation of Rescue Bots Academy is great. Because this show is co-produced by Boulder Media rather than DHX Media,it uses the ToonBoom software,similar to its predecessor's first season.
• Rescue Bots Academy Hotshot's design is similar to Armada's Hotshot. Same with Wedge,who came from the Robots in disguise (2001) series. The list goes on with Optimus,Bumblebee,Grimlock,Ratchet and Glow.
• The series itself also introduce to the famous Cybertronian sport,Cube. This has first being established in Cyberverse.
• Cody has grown into his late teens.
• Heatwave is more mature.
• Grimlock was an unexpected choice for a show of this kind.
• At one episode of Transformers: Robots In Disguise, Bumblebee references the Rescue Bots, saying "Let's Roll To The Rescue!".