01x23 - The Secret of Flight

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♪ Earth needed help and they answered the call ♪

♪ No rescue too big, no hero too small ♪

♪ Recruits come to learn from the best of the best ♪

♪ They'll be Rescue Bots too, if they pass the test ♪

♪ Rescue Bots Academy roll to the rescue! ♪

♪ Roll to the rescue! Save the day ♪

♪ For you and me, roll to the rescue ♪

♪ Hot sh*t, Whirl, Hoist, Medix, and Wedge ♪

♪ Their teamwork, together, will give 'em the edge ♪

♪ Rescue Bots Academy roll to the rescue ♪

♪ Roll, roll, roll! Roll out! ♪

The clock is ticking, recruits.

♪♪

That's the last one, Whirl.

You've reached your advised load limit.

Then it's time to push the limits!

Give me another sandbag!

You heard the recruit!

-[creak] -[Whirl grunts]

Gah! Ugh!

There has to be more we can do!

Come on, Whirl! You can do this!

Got it! Go, go, go!

♪♪

Your firebreak looks good, but it's too low.

And time's running out!

Not if I give my rotor more motor!

You're coming in too fast!

You won't be able to stop!

She doesn't have to, because I'll do it for her!

-[clunk] -Aaagh!

Whoa!

Exceeding your designated payload

could make you too heavy to fly!

[groaning] I can do it!

Ugh... I... can... do it!

[both] Yeah!

-I can' do it. -[clang]

Time is running out, recruits!

Too bad we don't have more helicopters.

But we have me!

I haven't chosen my form today.

Ready, set, JET!

I am unclear how that helps.

Tie those sandbags together

and attach them to my wings!

For the record, I do not believe this will work.

Stand back!

That's the sound of-- uh oh.

Aaaah!

[Whirl] Incoming!

-Gah! -Aaaaaah! Oof!

Ugh... lucky those sandbags

cushioned our landing, huh?

-[thud] -That wasn't the sandbags!

Recruit Hot sh*t will see me in my office.

The rest of you may go.

Oh!

Hot sh*t, I know your jet form is new.

But, you have to learn technique

before you fly that fast.

Which is why I've brought in a flight specialist!

You've never called me special before!

Whoa! Um... who are you?

What exactly have you been teaching them, Heatwave?

Meet Blades.

Part of my Rescue Bot team that came to earth on the Sigma.

That Blades!

My friends are gonna fritz when they hear you're here!

Then maybe we should go tell them.

How much trouble do you think Hot sh*t's in?

He'll be okay. It's not the first time

he's been called to Heatwave's office.

-And it won't be the last. -Unless they throw him out!

-[gasps] -I mean... he'll be okay.

I did not see that coming!

-Was Heatwave super angry? -Nope!

He just wanted to introduce me to my new, personal teacher.

I think you might actually know him.

-Blades! -That's me!

Sir, it is an honor to meet

a fellow medic with such an impressive record!

Hi! I'm a helicopter too!

Give Blades some space!

He doesn't wanna be swamped by "fans."

I can't believe you're friends

with Bumblebee! What's he like?

I really should be preparing my lesson plan.

[all groan]

But I guess there's time for one story!

[all gasp]

It was the final lap of the street race,

Bumblebee pulled into the lead. Vroom!

He was going to win! But suddenly,

he heard a robbery alarm from the bank! What did he do?

Won the race, of course.

Bumblebee's a hero. He stopped the robber!

He did both! He drove past the bank,

opening his door to snag the robber!

He seat-belted the bad guy in and hit turbo!

Bumblebee was back in the race and retook first place

-right on the finish line! -[all cheer]

Blades, you've been on earth longer than us.

Do you know what this is?

My best guess is a glider for mice that are tired of walking.

It's a kite, but your idea could work too.

-And what about this? -[trombone sounds]

A moose mating call!

We never would've guessed that one!

I better get to work.

Ready for those flying lessons, Hot sh*t?

Oh! Can I come? I'm an Air Bot too!

Actually... it's more of a "one on one".

Of course you can!

Which is totally cool with me.

Let's get this party started!

What's the exercise, Blades?

Breaking the sound barrier? Loop-de-loop marathon?

We'll start with the basics.

Transform and fly?

I can do that.

Hey! Why can't I move?

I activated the dampener shield.

We can't work on speed until we've mastered steadiness.

Lesson one: hovering in place.

[gasps] I know that one!

Okay... Hovering...

Check. What's lesson two?

Maintain your hover.

Shouldn't flying lessons be about, y'know, flying?

Learning to fly begins with the three S's...

Sausage, stinkbomb, sandwich?

-Gimme a clue. Is sandwich one? -Ooh, I know!

Steady, Slow, Safe.

Keep hovering for two hours.

Private lessons from the Blades!

Can you believe this?

I can't.

Obstacle course? Now that's what I'm talking about!

Hope you like sonic booms!

Wait!

Yesterday was about steady.

Today we work on slow.

Your assignment is to fly

through this course without hitting anything.

Take as long as you need.

Slow? Careful?

Nobody wants to fly like that!

Is this as much fun to watch as it is to do?

Guess there's always one.

Day three and we're still on safety.

I can't believe-- whoa.

Welcome to the invisible maze!

Jetting in zero visibility!

Cool!

-[bang] -Ow!

How are we supposed to get anywhere

if we can't see the walls?

Watch how the mist moves

when it's next to a surface!

That'll help you fly through safely.

Woo-hoo!

Best lesson ever!

Huh? Hey! Wait for--

-[thud] -Ow.

[growls] Hey!

What? Where did that come from?

-[bang] -Ow! Oh come on!

[trombone music]

Pretty good for just three day's practice, huh?

Three days? It feels like three months.

Hey! Hot sh*t!

Did Blade teach you any of his signature moves yet?

Sure. Now I'm great at being slow and hovery.

-Real useful for a jet, right? -[alarm blares]

[Heatwave] All recruits to the Groundbridge.

This is not a drill.

There's a forest fire in Griffin Rock.

We need to evacuate the area and put out the flames.

Ground team, you're with me.

Air team, follow Blades.

Rescue Bot Recruits, roll out!

Hot sh*t, you have a mission.

The thing is, thanks to my flying lessons,

I'm stuck in jet mode until tomorrow.

-Your point? -All I've learned about is safety!

I can't fly like Whirl or Blades.

Nobody expects you to. You're Hot sh*t.

Not Blades, not Whirl.

Take what you've learned from them, and use it

to become the best you.

Be me? Oh, I can do that.

Then why are you still here?

♪♪

Report, Blades.

Some humans are trapped in the forest!

But I can't see anything below this smoke!

[Blades] No grounds vehicle will be fast enough to outrun

the fire! Send Hot sh*t!

You've learned the three S's of flying.

You're already fast. Put all that together,

and go save those humans.

Yes, sir!

Wait!

You'll need hands if you're going to pick people up!

-[electricity crackles] -[Medix grunts]

Just like the famous Bumble-Blades

meteor team-up move!

The fourth S is for style!

♪♪

Steady...

Slow... and safe!

Aaaaah! Ow!

♪♪

How did you know that was there?

Smoke and fog act differently near obstacles.

Okay, Blades taught me that.

Look! The humans!

[woman] Help!

♪♪

Do you see 'em yet?

We're still waiting on a report that all the humans

in the forest made it to safety.

Hot sh*t will bring them back!

And when he does, he'll do it fast!

[all cheer]

[continue cheering]

-Impressive work. -Not how I'd have done it.

But then again, I'm not Hot sh*t.

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