#Transformers: Rescue Bots

[luxuki-1]

The sillies

Just wanted to play around with different poses and expressions with em :)

[aeonmagnus]

Via his Instagram page, Hasbro Transformers designer Mark Maher has brought us a behind the scenes look at the newly-revealed Age Of The Primes Voyager Heatwave!

“Its game time!! We finally have another Rescue bot graduating to the Autobot front lines! Move over Bulkhead, Heatwave is ready to put out any Decepticon fire power! Make sure you grab his teamate Chase as they look great together in your collection.

Shout out to the extremely talented Yuya Onishi san, he crushes it on every project, flawless victories again and again.

Since Chase came with his energon claw I thought it fitting to make sure Heatwave has his double barreled energon extinguisher blaster and of course, an energon axe, eat your ❤️ heat out Optimus! I was super glad Yuya was able to finangle a ladder as I felt that it was obviously a key element to keep in Heatwave’s design, but also a fun lil play accessory which we hardly come across any step ladders for our figures.

I thought the fire truck mode was really special, due to transformation, your able to play out the ol touch a truck experience, how many of yall got to do that as a kid!? We got to put in some engine type detailing on the forearm parts so you can really play out the engine repair mechanic.

I hope we will be able to further this collection, as I want my main cast of characters complete! Preorders up now on @HasbroPulse. Rescue bots ahrmmm… Autobots roll out!”

[knockoutssparebuffer]

We honestly need to talk about the other residents of Griffin Rock more often.

LIKE HOW MR.HARRISON IS SEEMINGLY A SINGLE DAD WITH THREE KIDS

[reptisoil]

the fact that tfp starscream and tfrb heatwave have the same voice actor is blowing my mind rn, someone send help

[superbbirdofparadise]

Are y'all ready for a mildly unhinged character comparison?

(It makes sense when you think about it, trust me)

William Afton and Doctor Morocco. One is an undead serial killer from a mascot horror game. The other is a villain from a cartoon targeted to preschool-age children who doesn't even have a body count (at least, not one that's mentioned on-screen). On the surface, all they have in common are their British accents and general disregard for public welfare. But, these two are actually far more similar than you might think.

First, they are both inventors, and experts in robotics. While it is unclear exactly how many animatronics Afton himself built, we know from Sister Location that he designed the Funtimes by himself, and he worked very closely with Henry Emily for earlier animatronics (not even gonna try researching specific numbers because FNAF). Morocco is shown working on many projects, from submarines to a machine that controls ants, but his most famous invention is the MorBot, a non-sentient transforming robot.

Early in their careers, they both met fellow genius inventors; Afton with Henry Emily, and Morocco with Jules Verne. They became best friends, and began working together on projects. Unfortunately, both of these friendships were more one-sided than they seemed.

Admiration of Emily and Verne soon turned to jealousy, leading Afton and Morocco to betray them. Afton, either grieving the loss of his own child(ren), or just at his breaking point depending on what timeline you use, killed Henry's daughter, Charlie. After being gifted a prototype Verne device, Morocco disagreed with Verne on how the technology should be used, and disappeared to develop inventions which fulfilled his own selfish desires. Although they are not equal in magnitude, both betrayals hurt the recipients deeply.

At some point, both became obsessed with the pursuit of eternal life. This led Afton to continue killing children to harvest remnant from them, even creating the S.C.U.P., better known as the Scooper, to aid remnant extraction. Morocco used his Verne device prototype to create his Chamber of Youth, a glass pod with anti-aging properties. (Picture of Burntrap's charging pod included for comparison with the Chamber of Youth, and because I couldn't find a better place to put it.)

However, time waits for no man. Although Afton "survives" injuries that should be fatal, and Morocco barely looks a day over 40 at 200, neither of their situations are perfect. What's left of Afton is trapped inside an old Spring Bonnie suit, and Morocco must make frequent trips to his Chamber of Youth to avoid aging rapidly and dying.

Eventually, Emily and Verne decide to end their former best friends' reigns of terror. Emily builds a fake pizzeria to trap Afton, and all of the haunted and/or sentient animatronics, and burns them to the ground. Verne takes a (relatively) pacifist approach, erasing Morocco's memories of being evil and bringing him to future Paris, where he will hopefully live out the rest of his days in peace. So goes the ends of two great villains…

…until SOMEONE decides that the characters are too popular to die, so they're brought back, but it's not really them, it's just viruses that look and talk and act and think like them that were created by the real Afton and Morocco at an undisclosed point in time because why wouldn't they do that? These viruses appear in experimental VR games, Glitchtrap in the Freddy Fazbear Virtual Experience, and the Morocco virus in Griffin Rock Element Quest 2.0. They both have the ability to alter the games they originated in, Glitchtrap adding the tapes and Bonnie plush, and Morocco virus creating entirely new levels. They also have the ability to control other machines, and even humans, under the right circumstances.

Both viruses manage to transfer themselves into physical bodies, and continue to cause chaos. (For this example, we are assuming that Burntrap is the Mimic infected with the Glitchtrap virus and pretending to be William Afton, NOT Afton himself.)

Vanessa and Gregory trap the Mimic in an even lower level of the basement, and the rescue team traps Morocco virus in a block of ice. After they are captured and imprisoned, they decide that they should update their character designs at the earliest convenience to be more easily distinguishable from their human designers, sell more merch, and, in Morocco virus' case at least, grow more powerful. Mimic basically just stops cosplaying as Ourple Guy (and starts cosplaying as a circus creature amalgam depending on the ending), but Morocco upgrades to a MorBot, rivaling the Rescue Bots in every physical aspect.

It is unknown whether or not either of these viruses, or their creators, will be threats in the future. With the Morocco virus stuck at the bottom of the ocean, and the doctor himself nowhere to be seen in Rescue Bots Academy, the reign of Morocco has likely come to an end. It seems as though William Afton has finally died, too, being replaced by the Mimic as FNAF's main antagonist. To know the Mimic's fate, we'll have to wait until Secret of the Mimic, or maybe even a game farther in the future.

Aaaaand I think that's it! There are a few smaller details that I didn't mention (i.e. Morocco's shirt button/brooch thing is ourple?!?😱😱😱), but these are all of the big connections between these guys that I saw. I haven't seen anyone else make this comparison (for good reason lol), so I thought it would be nice to share my thoughts. Let me know what y'all think, and feel free to mention things that I missed, or let me know your own mildly unhinged character comparisons. So, uh… yeah. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

Edit: I fixed the typo in the image description for the picture of Morocco and Verne meeting.

[sandrakir31]

Everything that is written in Russian is just my notes, which are not so important here.

[morgana96]

As a longtime Transformers Prime fan, there are few things more annoying than other fans who act like TFP was some flawlessly executed masterpiece to justify their obsession with hating RID2015.

"But RID doesn't reference TFP enough!!"

Yeah, that's not a RID problem: that's an Aligned Transformers problem. Despite its name, this continuity is hilariously well-known for not really "aligning" its different installments. TFP and Rescue Bots hardly ever referenced each other, and when they did, they were almost always super vague about it. Not to mention how little the events of the Aligned novels ever get brought up in any of the shows.

"But the character designs are too different from TFP!!!"

Again — welcome to Aligned Transformers. Nearly every installment of this continuity has its own designs/looks for the same exact characters.

"But resurrecting Optimus Prime was so disrespectful to Predacons Rising-"

My siblings in Primus, this is TRANSFORMERS.

How many times has Optimus Prime died a noble & dramatic death, only to get resurrected like he's alien robot Jesus? It happens all the time. It happened in G1 twice. How in the world is RID "disrespectful" for doing one of the most common and predictable tropes in the entire franchise?! 🤣

There's nothing wrong with criticizing the flaws and missteps of RID2015. Hell, I love that show, and I have TONS of critiques about what didn't work and what could've been done better.

But guess what? I still love the show! I loved it even when it was a hot mess, because it was a fun hot mess!

Every "critique" of RID that boils down to "it's not Prime 2.0" reads as incredibly lazy and shallow to me. It's the same old superiority complex that cycles through every generation of Transformers fans: any show that isn't their favorite is "trash", and anyone who disagrees has "bad taste".

A show doesn't need to be perfect to be enjoyable.

RID2015 isn't perfect.

TFP isn't perfect.

Aligned Transformers isn't perfect.

And I love them. Imperfections and all.

[passionmaterial]

Ya know, I love the idea of the Aligned Characters looking like their g1 / og counterparts before the war and then changing their frame after or during it. Like, Yeah, Chase was Red and Turned into A Ferrari Testarossa. Yes, Starscream had his iconic red white and blue color scheme (I'm pretty sure that's Canon actually-) Yeah, Arcee was Pink instead of Blue. Its such a fun concept and should be done more in fandom imo.

[maniacwatchestheworld]

Right now I'm just trying to think of characters that are garbage enough where I don't feel bad shipping them with Father (Kids Next Door). Any characters. From any fiction. Preferably cartoons, but I won't be too choosy!

Like... It needs to be either someone on a level similar or worse than Father which is hard to do because like... Kidnapping and brainwashing his kids and also that whole attempted mass child murder and cannibalism thing. :p OR I can see Father being with someone with the express purpose of making them worse!

Like... Father/Gabriel Agreste (Miraculous Ladybug)...? Gabriel lost my favor a LONG time ago! The show tried (and failed) to make him redeemable... So Father can make him worse! I can dig that!!! :D

I will try to think of more, but the only one that comes to mind is Dr. Morocco from Transformers: Rescue Bots. But no one knows about him, so I digress. :p

[blackbeautyfanforever]

I'm not going to lie; Cody Burns is my main comfort character of all time!

He's just such a sweet boy! I wish he was my son. XD

[luxuki-1]

Cringetober Day 3: Oversized Prop

Sometimes when I lay at bed at night and can't sleep- I think of this. Why is there a broom sized for 20ft tall robots? How is there a broom sized for 20ft tall robots? WHERE DID THE BROOM SIZED FOR 20FT ROBOTS COME FROM?!?!

PLEASE I NEED TO KNOW. THIS UNREASONALBLY KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT. IT WAS PERFECT FOR THE PROMPT BUT STILL-

I've been meaning to make art of this for a while now. I need to shed light on this situation.

[aeonmagnus]

Transformers: Legacy United Rescue Bots Universe Chase

[too-many-blorbos]

I would kill for a Prime/Rescue Bots crossover where the Decepticons try to invade Griffin Rock.

Everyone thinks they'd be pushovers, but look at the amount of the tech they've encountered that can take down Cybertronians. Magnetic deadzones. Bot-snaring wild plants. Shrink rays. and an island-wide forcefield for defense.

"Human tech couldn't beat a Decepticon army!" I have two words for you. WEAPONIZED VOLCANO.

[skylathescholarly]

I have messed up. I have looked up one of my childhood shows on Ao3.

Tell me why I wanna write Transformers: Rescue Bots fanfiction. Tell. Me. Why.

[itz-ps15]

TFRB/TFRBA Headcanons

yes I decided to redesign it. Comment your favorite.

These are my AU, so don’t take them seriously. And these are my Headcanons!

Blades loves Anime, specifically MHA(My Hero Academia)

Hot Shot is good with dates, physics,geometry,and also BODMAS.

Hoist is an animal and nature lover.

Boulder is the tallest in human form.

Whirl loves doing gymnastics.

Blades is the shortest in human form.

The Bots and Recruits have special necklaces and earrings with Energon crystals so they can turn human.

Heatwave and Quickshadow are together(married)sparkmates.

Wedge loves to tease Hot Shot.

Chase is the fastest, and loves writing poems and stories.

Bumblebee is Blades’ best friend, and sees him as a brother.

Heatwave and Hot Shot see each other as father and son. In fact, Heatwave adopted Hot Shot. 

Blurr is now a mentor at the academy, and his student is Snowflake(MY TFRBA oc)

Salvage makes new inventions with Frankie,Hoist and Doc Greene.

Medix is more mature and tries to go with the flow. But he does have autism and OCD. But he’s even funnier.

Hoist and Grimlock are buddies now.

Boulder is good with haircuts,he actually cut Blades’ hair for the first time.

Wedge tries to be tough,but he’s a big softie.

Chase is more funny, and he would sometimes let the recruits take breaks.

Blades adopts a human girl named Meg after he and the team had saved her from bad foster care. He and his wife Windblade also have their first child . A young female baby Autobot, they named her Arix.

The Rescue Bots and Recruits love playing games like Roblox, Minecraft and Gartic Phone.

Hot Shot and Whirl both have ADHD. Explains their optimism and energy.

Medix may have developed some love interests for Snowflake. 

Blades is married to his soulmate and teammate,Windblade!

Blades has acrophobia and is timid most of the time.

Blurr goes through depression and sometimes isn’t sure if he was meant to be a Rescue Bot.

Whirl sees Chase as not only her idol, but as her dad and protector.

Cody would sometimes tell stories to the rescue bots.

Dani and Taylor started dating. 

Chase is autistic.

Salvage is the second tallest in human form.

Quickshadow is the second shortest in human form.

Quickshadow loves spy movies and mystery films.

Blurr sings and writes his own songs and Salvage has known for a long time.

Heatwave enjoys watching rom-coms with Quickshadow.

In the future, Cody and Frankie get married.

Whirl and Hoist have feelings for each other.

There are tales about the Griffin Rock mermaid, and it’s real.

Sirena is the mermaid of Griffin Rock.

Dr Morocco once mind controlled Blades with a micro-chip to kill all the Rescue Bots and Recruits at the academy.

Heatwave and Blades are the only Rescue Bots married so far.

Hoist can be clumsy at times with his inventions.

Medix not only likes bats and dogs, but he’s a big softie for cats.

Heatwave can have a big soft spot for babies.(Robo-Baby set as an example)

Boulder likes watching earth romance movies.

The Burns family have necklaces with a bit of Energon crystals to have connections with the bots.

Blades once got near some sort of flower, it was actually a bush daisy, and he had an allergic reaction to them.

Hoist is allergic to pollen and peanuts.

Whirl loves watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine with Chase.(has to do with cops)

Chief Burns was Doc Greene’s best man in his wedding with Professor Ana Baranova.

Hotshot isn’t good at trying to not to laugh challenges.

Cody wants to be like his dad(Chief Burns), a police officer like him.

Snowflake(my RBA OC) is the shortest of the group, yet tries to be agile. But she’s more on the gentle and sweet caring side of her.

Hot Shot hugged Heatwave hard when there was an alligator or a crocodile near the academy. Hotshot is scared of big reptiles.

Wedge is still afraid of heights. He has developed acrophobia(fear of heights), just like Blades.

Bumblebee, Boulder, Graham, Quickshadow and Hot Shot know sign language.

Hot Shot is going through a bit of depression, and also tries to not feel sad when he thinks about his real parents and what happened to them.

Graham finally shared his feelings with Amy, and now they’re dating.

Blurr goes through depression after the loss of his parents a long time ago.

Hot Shot was an orphan. Until Heatwave adopted him as his son.

Hot Shot’s real parents were killed in a war. He had a caretaker.

Heatwave hates snakes. Any kind of snake. He has Ophidiophobia.

Hot Shot is allergic to four leaf clovers.(Curse you, clover. And they say you bring good luck. Well, you bring bad luck to Hot Shot!)They make him itchy and sneeze. And he’s also allergic to tree nuts, which make him itchy.

Quickshadow is a cat lover.

Blurr is a big softie for dogs. He used to have a dog that looked just like Servo.

Medix may have a tiny crush on Snowflake.

Ratchet and Perceptor have gotten along and worked on some math problems.

Both Chief Burns and Doc Greene were in the military, along with their wives. Their wives died in the military. 

Blurr can’t trust himself to go anywhere alone. Except if he needs to be alone by himself at the race track to clear his mind.

It may take Blurr some time to trust some bot or anyone because of bad friendships. He thought those were friends, but they actually teased him.

Hoist is overcoming his fear of Dino-Bots slowly.

Wedge is slightly glossophobic.(fear of public speaking)

Since Medix and Ratchet are related… Medix sometimes throws wrenches when he’s upset. And would go:”Hot Shot. I needed that!”

Blades loses his office keys quite a bit… okay. Very often. Or, all the time. Fine! He loses his office keys all the time.

Salvage doesn’t have a mentee, but he doesn’t enjoy helping out Boulder in the garden. But he also likes making inventions with Hoist.

Snowflake knows how to translate any Arctic Animal language.

Blurr is a good babysitter. He once helped when the Rescue Bots turned into babies.(sparklings)

Hot Shot had an ex-girlfriend named Sunset Mist. She is now his enemy.

Hot Shot has bad memories of clowns. He’s now afraid of them.

Blades has freckles on his face and arms as a human. He’s the only one with freckles.

Hoist’s favorite colors are teal and light green

Hot Shot has two favorite colors, red and yellow.

In his wedding day, Blades’ best bot(best man) is his best friend, Bumblebee.

Optimus Prime is basically the father figure of the Rescue Bots and Team Prime. 

The Recruits and Rescue Hots once fused together into hybrids when the Bubble Guppies visited.

As a human, Medix needs glasses like his uncle Ratchet.

Medix’s favorite colors are red and white.

Wedge’s favorite color is orange.

Windblade sees the Rescue Bot Recruits as her own children. 

Salvage’s favorite game to do with the recruits is a treasure hunt.

Blades is shy, anxious, timid, and can gets stressed pretty easily.

Medix is good friends with Hot Shot. He sees Hot Shot as his older brother.

Servo has a super close relationship with High Tide. But with the recruits, it’s Hot Shot.

Blades is a fan of pop culture music. But he also enjoys K-pop. Like BLACKPINK.

Whirl’s favorite color is blue.

Blurr is a big softie for not only dogs, but for babies. He is also shown to be a pro at babysitting. Especially sparklings.

When he’s not always on the field or training, Hot Shot would draw on his sketchbook.

Heatwave has nunchucks.

Hot Shot has a special scrapbook and lucky cube for ever since he was just a little baby sparkling.

Blades, behind his rotors, he has katanas.

Hot Shot’s favorite TADC character is Pomni.

Boulder sees styling hair as art, painting. Being creative. Doing what he feels. Hair is like a canvas to him in a way to paint and make art.

Blades’ favorite anime character is Yuunagi Tsubasa from Hirogaru Sky! PrettyCure.

Meg is actually really close to her dad,Blades, and her aunt Dani.

Sideswipe may have started developing love feelings towards Strongarm, even if they’re complete opposite and argue most of the time.

Some of Blurr’s favorite songs are “Runaway, Baby” by Bruno Mars, “Rockstar” by LISA from BLACKPINK, “Shut Up and Drive” and “Breakin’ Dishes”, both songs by Rihanna, “Telephone” by Lady Gaga, and “Starships” by Nicki Minaj.

Blades’ favorite song is “Wings” by Little Mix.

Brushfire’s favorite Australian animal is the kangaroo.

Cody taught Hot Shot to make bracelets, and Hot Shot taught Scorch as well.

Chase, Blades, Medix,Ratchet and Strongarm are the only bots that are autistic.

Miko has ADHD.

Hot Shot’s favorite animal is a rhino.

Chase likes German Shepherds and poodles.

Medix and Hot Shot are like brothers with opposite personalities. Medix is the nerdy autistic, while Hot Shot is the extrovert with ADHD.

Whirl likes Maltese puppies.

Hot Shot’s favorite Disney movie is Wreck-It Ralph. And his favorite characters are Vanellope Von Schweetz, Fix-It Felix Jr and Wreck-It Ralph himself.