Balloon Up A Tree
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 Life, uh, finds a way. | ||||||
| "Balloon Up a Tree" | ||||||
| Production code | 128 | |||||
| Season | 1 | |||||
| No. in season | 28 | |||||
| Production company | Allspark Animation | |||||
| Airdate | September 14, 2019 | |||||
| Writer | Nathan Cockerill | |||||
| Director | Pete Slattery | |||||
| Animation studio | Boulder Media Studio | |||||
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The Recruits attempt to rescue a balloon from a tree but end up on top of a rocket.
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Synopsis
The recruits finish another training mission, though they're beginning to hanker for an actual rescue mission. Luckily Heatwave announces that there's an actual rescue mission, however the recruits are deflated when the problem turns out to be a balloon in a tree. As it might hit power lines, the recruits are tasked with retrieving it, though as it's in Milford, they'll need to maintain their cover.
The recruits scramble and soon find the balloon. Hot Shot transforms and starts climbing the tree, believing he can do it before humans show up. Unfortunately humans show up, and forcing the other recruits to provide a distraction. Whirl attempts to airlift Hot Shot out of the tree, but her winch instead hooks on the tree itself and she accidentally uproots it. Losing control in the wind, she frantically searches for somewhere safe to put the tree down. Medix points her to the Milford Weather Station which should be more private, but unfortunately she gets tangled in her own tow cable and lands up in the tree, which is now perched on top of a rocket. Moments later, the rocket launches and flies uncontrollably with the tree still stuck on it.
Wedge calls Cody for help. Hoist climbs up a crane and attempts to lasso the rocket with his tow lines. He succeeds, securing the rocket to the end of the crane, however the rocket is too strong and lifts the entire crane into the air. Wedge and Medix grab the bottom of the crane and are carried along with it. Cody suggests contacting Heatwave, but the recruits are determined to persevere. With the rocket booster about to run out, Wedge manages to grab the top of a nearby building and land the crane on it. Cody points out the whole thing is now very precarious, and the recruits finally decide to make a plan.
As they later explain to Heatwave, they managed to secure the crane and escape without being seen by humans. There's still the small matter of the balloon, which is currently carrying Tough Luck Chuck away.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
Hot Shot: So what is it, chief? A volcano?
Hoist: A meteor?
Whirl: A swarm of giant robobadgers that are going to eat the town? ... What? We've had worse.
"Come on, Hoist, it's a simple climb and grab. What could possibly go wrong?"
- —Hot Shot tempts fate.
"We just wanted to save a balloon up a tree."
"And now it's a balloon up a tree up a rocket up a crane up a really, really tall building!"
- —Hot Shot and Hoist
Notes
Continuity notes
- A number of Griffin Rock residents appear as crowd filler, though it's unclear if this is intentional or just character model reuse.
Transformers references
- TBA
Real-world references
- TBA
Animation and technical errors
- TBA
Trivia
- As Wedge and Medix grab on to the crane, Cybertronian text appears (briefly) along one of the beams. Translated, it reads 'Fergal Inc', possibly in reference to 3D Generalist Fergal Brennan.
Foreign localization
- TBA
