Awesome / Transformers: Rescue Bots

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• The first time the team fights Trex in the series' opening episode. They may not be (combat grade) bots yet, but they're well on their way.
• "Under Pressure" - Blades, without prompting and even against recommendation, flies headlong and blinded through a cloud of volcanic ash to get the water to save Cody, knowing full well the ash could gum up his rotors and drop him from the sky. He doesn't make a big deal out of it, either (he wordlessly takes off once he understands the situation), and it isn't portrayed as the epic "overcoming his fear" moment most shows go for. He's just buckling down and getting the job done, regardless of his terror. Rescue Bot, yes, he is.
  • Also, Heatwave and Kade putting aside their differences to protect the one thing they have in common: Cody.
• "Deep Trouble": Heatwave wrestles a sophisticated robotic shark-like submarine and considers it a sport.
  • From the same episode, Blades, with absolutely no hesitation or fear, hooks the about-to-explode submarine and hauls tailpipe as far from the island as possible before it blows up and kills everyone. Way to go Blades.
• Chase gets a small one in "Christmas in July" when the mayor tries using his radio to take credit for Cody's idea.
  Chase: Mayor or no mayor, he's not telling a lie over my public address system.
  • You tell 'em, Chase.
• In "The Reign of Morocco", after Cody, Dani and Blades are caught spying on the good doctor. The Morbot chases them all the way back to the fire station, where the other Rescue Bots stand ready. A fight is averted when Dr. Morocco calls the Morbot back to the lab. Still, it's pretty awesome watching the bots ready for a fight. They may not be (warrior class) bots like Optimus Prime's team, but they're still Autobots at the core.
  • Not to mention the Morbot's analysis of the ever-increasing threat level of the team. When he assesses Heatwave, his threat-level went off the charts.
    Heatwave: .... Come on, make a move.
• The Rescue Bots ripping apart the Morbot.
  "Morbot ''decommissioned''."
• Chase in "Rules and Regulations", mostly for refusing to follow Heatwave in disobeying the chief's orders, and faking a littering emergency to get the human half of the team to come help after losing contact with the other bots.
  • The scene where Chase used an inflatable bubble tent to save Heatwave from an erupting geyser.
    Heatwave: I guess rules can be useful once in a while.
    Chase: May I have that in writing?
• Bumblebee risking his own life to save Graham in "Bumblebee to the Rescue".
  • That and Blades stepping up to help, despite earlier setbacks while trying to impress his idol.
    Blades: Today is my day to be the rescuer.
• Chase protecting Chief Burns from the oncoming Squilsh in "You've Been Squilshed", despite the danger to himself. Chase gets swallowed up instead, but the Chief is saved thanks to his selflessness.
• In "Rescue Boy", Cody deflects falling debris with his hoverboard.
• Optimus Prime and Bumblebee coming to the Rescue Bots' rescue at the last second in "It's a Bot Time".
• Just about all of the fight scenes in "Bot to the Future" are pretty awesome.
  • As a stand-out example, Heatwave weaponizes his fire hose both by using it as a whip and by using the water itself to flood out the Morbots inside.
  • Optimus and Bumblebee get in on the fun with a payload of purposely-unsecured pipes on the former.
  • Later, after Morocco figures out where the bots are heading, he orders the Morbots posted at the time arch to not let them pass. When the scene changes, we see that the Rescue Bots have destroyed all remaining Morbots already.
• In "Sky Forest", the bots get their first chance to show off the new energize tools Boulder and the Doc built last episode.
• Kade and Heatwave finally enjoy working together in "Tip of the Iceberg", because they get the chance to bully Doctor Morocco.
  Kade: (with obvious delight) Firebot, "assist" Doctor Morocco into his submarine.
  Heatwave: (totally in character for once) As commanded.
• Near the end of "Changes", Heatwave gains a third alt form!
• Bumblebee's quick thinking to use clotheslines to save Dani from quicksand in "Odd Bot Out".
• In "Land Before Prime", Optimus tops Heatwave's new boat alt form with a Tyrannosaurus Rex alt mode.
  • Beyond that, aside from Grimlock (who's not exactly the epitome of Big Good) this was the first time that a truly heroic character was granted a Tyrannosaurus Rex mode.
  • Boulder follows Prime's lead as of "Big Game" when he obtains his third alt form, a Triceratops.
• By the end of "Quarry's Quarry" all rescue bots have there own dinobot modes.
  • A big surprise comes from Heatwave's choice. The Brachiosaurus has never been noted as one of the dinosaur kingdom's best fighters (save for G1 Sludge). But he specifically picked it because he thought it looked badass enough.
• In the Episode "Turning the Tide", Heatwave has an incredible moment of standing up for his team (and doubles as a heartwarming moment) when crusty Autobot Sea Seargant High Tide continuously verbally abuses poor Blades during his tough training for Sea rescues. Heatwave reaches his breaking point at High Tide due to High Tide's reaction when Blades had temporarily left High Tide's ship without permission to help save an injured surfer. Instead of being commended for his loyalty and kindness to help someone who had been hurt, an enraged High Tide screams at a terrified Blades for not following orders to stay, unleashing a torrent of insults at him. This causes both Heatwave and Cody to snap, and they both stand up for their friend. It really shows how much Heatwave cares for his team.
  Heatwave: (Yelling at High Tide) We've all been hearing you, now you hear ME! Cody's right!! I'm only sorry I didn't say it earlier; there's no more loyal or helpful rescue bot than Blades in this or any other galaxy!! I don't care how chummy you are with Optimus. Nobody talks to my team that way!! NOBODY!
• The Musical Episode! The entire cast gets in on the act.
• The fact that they took a G1 character like Lord Chumley and brought him into the aligned universe.
• As of 'Cody's 11', Rescue Bots beats G1 as the longest running Transformers series, matched only by Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy.