01x11 - Five Into Four

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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! ♪

Welcome to the Sigma.

Whoa! This is the real deal.

Every team of Rescue Bots

is assigned to a ship just like this.

Hopefully, someday you'll be on one.

Hey, didn't you fix ships kinda like this on Cybertron?

-Uh huh! -[beeping]

And it looks like this one needs its micro filter reset.

Here--

Don't press that!

[all] Whoa!

Hoist, I believe you may have switched off

the gravity drive in error.

What makes you think that?

Sorry, Professor Heatwave!

[groans] Override code Baranova.

Re-establish gravity.

-[all] Whoa! -[thud]

[awkward giggle]

In the future, don't assume all spaceships are the same.

Jumping to conclusions like that can be dangerous,

especially in a rescue.

Sorry, Sir.

Don't be. Just... read the ship's manual

before you push any more buttons.

Alright, recruits. Let's head back to the academy.

[computer beeps]

[all] Whoa!

Hmm.

Take the rest of the day off to review rescue procedure.

[all] Yes, Sir!

You coming, Wedge?

Sigmas only have four command chairs.

You are very good at counting.

There are five of us.

Again, correct.

So... we can't all sit down at once?

I think Wedge means there's one chair for each rescue bot.

And when there are five recruits like us...

it means someone won't graduate to the team.

Really?

I'm telling you, this is exactly what happened

to my friend Jetbash back home!

He was training to be a cube player for the Iacon Wreckers,

but then he got cut

'cause there weren't enough spots on the team.

Now, he can't even get tickets to a game.

That could be any one of us!

No way. Heatwave would have told us

if one of us wasn't graduating!

Um... guys?

They took away one of our stasis pods.

Four pods for five bots.

Maybe... they just took it out to be cleaned?

Someone's getting kicked off the team.

And soon.

Hey, Heatwave! I am pumped for our next lesson.

I can't wait to learn from an amazing rescue bot like you!

I will work hard everyday until I'm the best.

Uh, the second best! Not the best--

because you're that already.

Did I mention how great you are?

What's going on, Hot sh*t?

Going... on? Why would anything be going on?

Because you're acting as jumpy as an insecticon with scraplets.

Whoa! Slow down, Hoist.

Sorry Heatwave. I'm just really excited

to show you something I've been working on.

It's a tiny, portable supermagnet!

-[mechanical beeping] -Uh-oh!

-[crash, bang] -Huh? Whoa!

We gotta stop meeting like this.

Switch. It. Off.

-[beep] -Whoa! Oof!

I guess it could use a little more testing.

Yeeeaaah. Some place I'm not.

I've been working on some other things too!

Wait I'm not done telling you what a great teacher you are!

[whirring] Heatwave! You're just in time!

I'm about to break the Academy Record!

No one's ever flown a training cycle

against a force . hurricane!

That's because anything above a . overloads the system.

-[crash] -Oof. It's still a record, right?

We heard the power shut off. Is everyone alright?

We're fine.

Then maybe it's a good time to point out that we responded

to the emergency in under . seconds.

Which is actually % quicker

than the acceptable reaction time.

What's gotten into you all today?

Humph. Never mind. Whatever this is about, let it go.

Tomorrow's training exercise will be your toughest one yet.

A rescue from the heart of a volcano.

Here are all the details. Study them and make a plan.

Remember, if you want to be a Rescue Bot,

failure is not an option.

Well now we know how they'll pick which one of us to cut.

Whoever fails that training exercise!

There, that's the volcano, that's the passageway to it

and there's Chuck.

[Whirl] Save me! Save me!

[Wedge] Ok, so I lead the way into the volcano,

shielding the rest of the team from the heat.

Then I throw my hook out, grab Chuck,

and pull him to safety!

[Medix] now I take Chuck

and follow Hot sh*t's ATV mode up the passage.

Huh! As the passage collapses behind us!

And at the other end of the tunnel,

I airlift him out to safety!

[all] Yeah! Wahoo! Alright!

-Let's go through it again. -[all groan]

We've already been through it times.

Our futures are on the line, remember?

Whoever messes up could be sent home!

C'mon guys, one more time!

Hey! You just dropped me in the volcano.

No. This is Chuck. You're the fan.

No, I'm the fan! See?

This is why we need to practice!

Ahem, would this be a bad moment

to point out that it's now light outside?

Oh no...

Which means... it's time for the test.

Perhaps I wasn't clear

when I told you how important this test is.

I was expecting clean, well-rested,

prepared recruits...

but... Rescue Bots must be able to work under any conditions,

so... Take your positions.

-[boom, hissing] -Wah!

-Whoa! -Hey Hoist!

What are you doing?

Sorry, sorry, just got startled.

Everyone calm down. We can do this!

Just stick to the plan.

-On it! -Yeah!

Will do!

Wait. Am I the lamp or the plant?

[Chuck] Help! I am trapped. Lost! Stuck up a tree.

Delete where necessary.

[crackle, roar]

We need to move fast.

Wedge, you're up first, remember?

Hoist, go fish!

Uh, Wedge? Your bucket is too high.

-You need to... -I know, I just...

Ready and in the position to take on the injured.

How are you staying so calm, Medix?

Our whole futures as Rescue Bots

are riding on this one rescue!

As the only medical bot, my position on the team is secure.

I'd be more worried if I was standing around,

not showing how useful I was.

You're talking about me, aren't you?

[both] Whoa!

Guys! [grunts] Medix, help me!

I have to stay in vehicle form for our rescue! It's the plan!

-Ugh! -We're all gonna fail this rescue!

Unless I change things up.

Hot sh*t! What are you doing?

Saving the day! Need a ride?

-Ha! -Whoa!

Gahhh!

Since we're all abandoning the plan.

Hey guys, I saved Chuck!

Follow me! We can still do this!

[rumbling]

Wait! Who has Chuck?

-Not me! -Hot sh*t?

[gasps] Oops!

He might still be okay.

[loud crashing, alarm sounds]

What. Happened. Out. There?

That was the worst team rescue I've ever seen!

With all due respect, Heatwave sir,

it was difficult for the team to concentrate

when we knew one of us would be leaving after the test.

Leaving? Who said anything about leaving?

No one needed to. There were only four chairs on the Sigma.

And one of our stasis pods was taken away!

It's just like Jetbash all over again.

I have no idea who Jetbash is,

but that pod was removed for cleaning.

And Sigma ships are built to hold

as many bots as they need to.

I warned you that jumping to conclusions was dangerous.

It even made you fail your test.

I guess now all of us

are gonna get thrown out of the Academy.

[grunts] You're making assumptions again.

Listen, I'm going to give you another chance.

Everyone makes mistakes. It is how we learn.

Really? What mistakes have you made, Sir?

[laughs] That's a story for another time.

Take the day to recover,

and we'll run this simulation again tomorrow.

Chuck will be waiting for you.

Help! I'm trapped in a volcano! Flood!

Donkey costume. Port-a-potty.

Let's do this!

Rescue Bot recruits, roll out!

[action music]

Nice job, recruits. You know, that may have been

the best volcano rescue I've ever seen.

-[all cheer] -[mechanical beep]

[thud]

But I don't want to jump to conclusions.

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