Alternative Character Interpretation: "The Last of Morocco" brought a few interpretations on the titular Doctor involving his relationship with Jules Verne. He admitted that his chamber of youth was stolen (and did so only to himself, when he thought no one was listening), but in this episode we learn that the key component was a gift from Verne, and Morocco himself engineered the chamber. Did he really value his friendship with Verne? Was he just a narcissist who only pretended to befriend him to get Verne's technology? Or, as Verne believes, was he once a good man whose greed and ambition drove him to the dark side? Was his statement of theft just him being in denial that he once trusted someone who showed kindness to him?
Broken Base: The ending of "The Last of Morocco" wherein Dr. Morocco has his mind wiped, and he's sent to the future to be given a second chance at life. One group feels it's a full on Karma Houdini as in the end Morocco's lifetime of crimes concludes with him rewarded rather than punished. Others sympathize with the decision as with his mind intact the good doctor is far too dangerous to keep around, and such an arrangement will also help benefit society as his talents will be put to more heroic purposes. A third group feels that forcing the mind wipe against his wishes has its own set of disturbing implications that the show glances over.
Harsher in Hindsight: The episode "Tip of the Iceberg"contained what happened to be a heartwarming moment when Dr. Morocco handed the Burns family a painting of Chief Burns's grandfather. "Changes" revealed that he didn't do it out of any kindness, but as a way to sneak in a spy camera so he could spy on the family and the Rescue Bots.
The comparison between the G1 Blades and the Rescue Bots Blades can result in this.
In "Deep Trouble", Blades tries to throw the self-destructing shark far into the ocean and at first it seems he died, but it turns out he survived. The same thing happens in The Dark Knight Rises complete with Batman throwing a bomb far into the ocean and looking like he died but he survived too. Even funnier is that this episode aired two months before the movie was released.
In "Return of the Dino Bot," there's a throwaway line about Cody and Graham asking Chief Burns for a pet dinosaur. Come later seasons, and Graham's very own bot, as well as the rest of the team, get dinosaur forms.
In the toyline and storybooks for Rescue Bots, there was a Team Pet named Sparkplug but would be adapted out in the cartoon. The Season 2 episode "Rescue Dog" would introduce a dog whom at first was called "Noble" before finding out that his real name is Buster.
In "A Brush with Danger", Quickshadow is mistaken for an actor's stunt car and swears that "next time [she's] scanning a pilotless drone." Twitch, one of the main characters from later show Transformers: EarthSpark, did indeed scan a pilotless drone as her alt-mode.
Ho Yay: Blades' infatuation with Bumblebee could be interpreted as an outright crush. Blades' voice actor is himself openly gay.
Inferred Holocaust: This show being aimed at younger viewers, the only allusions to the wars typical to Transformers series are references to Cybertron being "fallen", and the series' heroes being the last group of rescue Autobots left. The Decepticons don't even appear.
Periphery Demographic: A not insignificant amount of the show's fanbase consists of adults, who appreciate the comedy, solid character writing, and high stakes the show offers. Tumblr, for example, has a rather popular Rescue Bots tag, as shown here. Serendipitously, later seasons are animated by DHX, the makers of another Hasbro show that garnered an adult fandom.
Toy Ship: The show doesn't give any obvious hints of Cody and Frankie becoming more than friends, not even after the time skip in season 4.
Unintentionally Unsympathetic: In "Small Blessings," after they rescue Hayley, Dani tells Kade to remove Hayley's Minivan which has fallen and blocked the Dam, and Kade blows her off saying he'll do it later as he's got a date. While Kade is being an irresponsible musclehead (having endangered both himself, Heatwave and Hayley all to impress her), Dani herself doesn't bother to remove the blockage with Blades, and seems content to leave the hazardous debris there for Kade to deal with "later."
What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: Despite the toyline being made for toddlers, the show itself has a surprising amount of dark imagery that leans very much into Realism-Induced Horror. Dr. Morocco's hidden camera tactic is a particular contender, as many Air BNB guests can tell you.
