Making Tracks (RBA)
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| "Making Tracks" | ||||||
| Production code | 246 | |||||
| Season | 2 | |||||
| No. in season | 46 | |||||
| Production company | Allspark Animation | |||||
| Airdate | June 10, 2020 (UK) May 15, 2021 (US) | |||||
| Writer | Jodi Reynolds | |||||
| Director | Pete Slattery | |||||
| Animation studio | Boulder Media Studio | |||||
When Wedge needs a speed coach, Bumblebee thinks Hot Shot will be the perfect choice. But Hot Shot soon learns that teaching can be as tricky as learning.
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Synopsis
Hot Shot and Wedge race along a mountain road towards a rescue, though Hot Shot thinks Wedge is too slow. They reach their target location and Hot Shot jumps the gorge their target bridge is spanning. Wedge hesitates, but on Hot Shot's urging, attempts the same jump and fails. Hot Shot completes the rescue just before the rest of the team arrives to congratulate him, and Wedge hauls himself out of the river.
Later in Bumblebee's vehicle maintenance class, Hot Shot tries to clarify his earlier joking was just harmless teasing, however Wedge is still disgruntled and ends up being so distracted he doesn't leave when class is done. The other recruits note that Wedge has been down lately, and nominate Hot Shot to help him work on his confidence. Hot Shot consults Bumblebee, who agrees with Hot Shot's idea that Wedge needs a speed coach, and nominates the recruit to do it. Wedge is lifting weights and not interested in the idea of Hot Shot tutoring him in speed at all, but Hot Shot manages to talk him into it.
The pair line up at the start of the race track and start off, however Wedge balks at the idea of traversing the track's loop, and when Hot Shot tries to get him to do donuts, fails at that too. When Bumblebee checks in later, he find Wedge sitting on the sidelines. Hot Shot again has Wedge attempt the loop, only for Wedge to fall off at the apex. The ensuing argument ends with Wedge storming off, and Bumblebee offers to teach Hot Shot some of his own speed stunts. This turns out to be Bumblebee demonstrating Hot Shot's own teaching style, which makes Hot Shot realize he's been doing it all wrong. Hot Shot has the other recruits help him upgrade the track to make a two-Bot stunt track and talks Wedge into giving it another go. With some positive input, Wedge manages to make the loop.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
"Keep up! It's a rescue mission, not a stroll in the park. You got an invisibility mode I don't know about?"
- —Hot Shot being encouraging.
Bumblebee: You definitely almost made it.
Hot Shot: He would have made if if he did what I told him to do! What about the vroom and the rrrrrrrrr?!
Wedge: What even is that? You keep going rrrrrrrr at me but I don't know how to turn rrrrrrrr into getting around that loop!
"Gimme a B! Gimme a U! Gimme an M! Gimme a—"
"T. For towel, which I am officially throwing in."
- —Bumblebee and Hot Shot spell BUMT.
Notes
Continuity notes
- Hoist notes that the recruits are still getting used to their new Mul-T-Cog vehicle modes, gained back in "Big Wheels".
Transformers references
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Real-world references
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Animation and technical errors
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Trivia
- Wedge displays some cartoon physics when he attempts the jump during the first scene of the episode.
- Wedge apparently sees through his windshield when in his car mode.
Foreign localization
- TBA
