Following last weekend’s sneak peek, Discovery Family announced their roll-out plans for a new 52-episode series debuting on January 5th:
School is in session in the world of TRANSFORMERS: RESCUE BOTS ACADEMY and instructors Heatwave the Fire-Bot, Chase the Police-Bot, Blades the Copter-Bot, and Boulder the Construction-Bot are ready to train a new batch of recruits. Just arriving on Earth from their home world of Cybertron, young Hot Shot, Hoist, Whirl, Wedge and Medix have the honor of being the first class in history to enroll in the Rescue Bots Academy, a highly advanced training facility located at a top-secret base. With encouragement from Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Grimlock, the new recruits learn the power of team building through exciting simulated and real-life rescue missions that highlight the importance of heroism, teamwork, and most importantly, friendship.
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(Walks in, burns a giant Decepticon insignia into the lawn, and exits)
MaximusPrime2002
From what I've seen, Rescue Bots Academy looks like it'll be the little kids cartoon a lot of people expected the original Rescue Bots to be, which is a shame. Then again, it could prove itself to be better. None of the original voice actors are returning, which usually isn't a good sign.
On top of that it seems Cody might be the only human character to have a major role. Maybe the rest of the burns family too. Best case scenario I can think of is Doc Green and Frankie cameo in a few episodes here and there.
My expectations for this series are low, but I really hope it'll be able to surprise me like the original did.
On a somewhat interesting note, this will technically be the last entry in the aligned continuity. Unless there's some sort of continuation after this, which is unlikely, this is going to be the show to book end the multimedia continuity that started almost a decade ago.
Purple Heart
I hope this is more then just kids cartoons like Paw Patrol and strives to live up to the original. Rescue Bots was a genuinely good show, and it took itself seriously.
AzT
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