Turning the Tide
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 Blades could not stand High Tide's onion breath | ||||||
| "Turning the Tide" | ||||||
| Season | 3 | |||||
| No. in season | 16 | |||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | April 11, 2015 | |||||
| Writer | Steve Granat and Cydne Clark | |||||
| Director | Nathan Chew | |||||
| Animation studio | DHX Media Top Draw Animation | |||||
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An old friend of Optimus arrives to train the Bots in ocean rescues.
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Synopsis
The Greenes, Graham, and Cody are taking a ride on Heatwave out to sea. Cody thinks he spots a sea monster, but it's just a smudge on his binoculars, as Frankie points out. As they head for Drilling Platform number 6 to check out the stability of the seabed, they suddenly encounter a whirlpool. Heatwave starts to be pulled under, however just as they're worrying that there's no one around to answer their SOS, a huge robot rises out of the sea and plucks Heatwave from the whirlpool. The giant Autobot transforms into a ship and carries Heatwave back to land, where the top of the ship detaches to transform into a smaller bot. Heatwave is about to give the newcomer a piece of his mind when Optimus Prime arrives and introduces him to High Tide.
Back at the firehouse, Optimus explains he called High Tide to Earth to give the Rescue Bots some sea training. The Burns family will use their old vehicles while the four Bots are busy being taught and Optimus additionally confides to Chief that High Tide will hopefully learn from the Rescue Bots too. As the smoke alarm signals that the meatloaf Dani is making has finished cooking and the humans all go to attempt to eat it, Optimus suggests that High Tide get help working with humans by taking along Cody.
The next day, High Tide lines the Rescue Bots on his ship to inspect the troops, but his aggressive approach leads to Blades tripping over some oil drums. High Tide brings out Servo, a robot dog which starts cleaning up the spilled oil, but when Chase objects to the idea of the oil being swept overboard, High Tide gives him swabbing duties. As Boulder doesn't have a mode applicable to water rescues, High Tide gives him a Cybertronian-sized surf board, and though Boulder protests he's never learned to ride one before, he soon gets the hang of it. After taking a jump in the air, things suddenly go wrong for Boulder as he's sent straight down towards an underwater trench. High Tide dives in and uses his submarine mode to pull Boulder to safety. For the next drill, High Tide has Servo pretend to be a drowning victim and instructs Blades on rescuing the dog. Blades takes too long, causing High Tide to yell at him, which results in Chase accidentally being knocked into the water. Heatwave jumps in and rescues both Chase and Servo. That night, Chief hears about how well their day went and is impressed to meet Servo.
Graham and the Greenes check out the oil rig, but discover that it's in terrible shape. What's worse, the cap on the seabed is corroded and could cause an oil spill. Graham heads off to file his report while the Greenes stay on-site in their floating lab, unaware that the cracks in the cap are getting worse.
High Tide prepares the Rescue Bots for another rescue drill, however he's irritated to discover Blades is missing. Blades is busy helping rescue Milo from a rock, but once Dani dismisses Blades back to base, High Tide angrily summons him to yell at him. Fed up, Cody sticks up for Blades, and this prompts Heatwave to give High Tide a piece of his mind. The other Bots are stunned as High Tide boots Heatwave off the ship, and Heatwave heads back to the island with Cody. Back at base, Heatwave contacts Optimus over the comms to explain the situation and Optimus suggests he should continue the training.
Doc Greene has obtained a new oil cap, but he's also found that the area of seabed is too unstable for further drilling. Indeed, at that moment the existing cap breaks, unleashing an oil spill which promptly catches fire thanks to some of the exposed wiring on the oil rig. With the sea around them in flames, Doc Greene calls the emergency line, and High Tide brings the Rescue Bots to render assistance. After ejecting Kade from his cabin, High Tide heads underwater and tries unsuccessfully to seal the breached cap with a boulder. Heatwave arrives to help and after loading his tanks with oil dispersant, he, Boulder and Chase head in to pick up the Greenes. The oil rig is starting to collapse, so Blades uses his winch to steady it long enough for the others to get the Greenes and the new cap to safety. The four Rescue Bots take the cap underwater and with some help from High Tide in his Megabot Mode, manage to use it to cap the oil shaft. Graham phones Mayor Luskey with the bad news.
Back at the fire house, High Tide compliments the Rescue Bots on their work and admits maybe his management style could use work. Optimus asks him to stay on at Griffin Rock to help, since the floating lab was destroyed. High Tide leaves Servo with the team and heads off.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Humans |
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Quotes
"Is this about the time I accidentally sank Heatwave?"
- —Blades
"What are you supposed to be? Some oversized skeeter-bot?"
"Um, ah, actually a helicopter, sir. It wasn't really my idea. Y'see one day, just after we'd arrived on Earth-"
"When I want your life story, I'll ask for it! Understand, flyboy?"
- —High Tide and Blades
"So team, how'd your first day go?"
"IT WASN'T MY FAULT!"
"That bad, huh?
- —Chief and Blades
"Ah, ya got gumption, blip, I'll give ya that. I hate gumption! So stay out of things that aren't your concern, ya hear me?"
- —High Tide
Notes
Continuity notes
- Doc Greene's floating lab is destroyed.
Transformers references
- High Tide calls the Rescue Bots a crew of hatchlings.
Real-world references
- High Tide's (quoted above) quip about gumption is a paraphrase of Lou Grant's famous quote from the first episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show — "You know what? You've got spunk! I hate spunk!"
Animation and technical errors
- (tbd)
Trivia
- Dani uses the smoke alarm as a kitchen timer. Seems she didn't inherit her dad's talent for cooking.
- With High Tide's appearance, this marks the first time since the original cartoon where Michael Bell voiced a character on screen.
- A rare occasion of Aligned Optimus Prime using a contraction occurs when video-conferencing with Heatwave: "I don't believe either of you has finished learning from the other."
Foreign localization
French
- Title: "Les marins d'eau douce" ("Freshwater sailors")
- Original airdate: ?
Hungarian
- Title: "Új csapattag" ("New Team Member")
- Original airdate: 28 September 2016
Italian
Portuguese
