Shake Up

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"Shake Up"
Season	1
No. in season	23
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	August 11,2012
Writer	Nicole Dubuc
Director	Patrick Archibald
Animation studio	Atomic Cartoons
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The Rescue Bots lead the rescue efforts when a series of earthquakes strike the island.

Synopsis

Codyand theRescue Botshave just been watching a classic comedy film, thoughChaseis confused by the whole concept of humor. WhenHeatwavepoints out they're supposed to be studying humans, Chase promises to research comedy. They're interrupted by the arrival of a small UFO which flies around the station before heading towards the newly-arrivedFrankie Greene.Frankie yells "cut!", at which point the UFO lands, revealing itself to be piloted byDither.She's creating a film for her school multimedia assignment.Kade,who wants to be in the film too, obligingly orders the bots to do everything Frankie says. She soon has them kitted up and demands they dance. Heatwave plays dumb.Doc Greenearrives to show off his dance moves, but according to Frankie, his moves are a bit rusty. As Frankie and the Doc leave so he can practice some more,Chief Burnsreminds the Bots to keep their cover whenever Frankie is filming them.

"Danger? Pssh, I have a video-camera. Nothing hurts the director!"

Later, Cody is cycling alongLake Streetwhen anearthquakestrikes. He outruns the tremor, butJerry's bus is trapped in a crack and Frankie is on hand with her video camera. As the team heads there, Chase shares his attempts at humor with the Chief. The Bots are hampered by having pretend to be robots, but they still manage to save Jerry. AsGrahampuzzles over the origin of the quake, another one strikes and Chase saves Cody and Frankie from being crushed by a dish, though it doesn't dampen Frankie's desire to film everything. A gas main breaks and catches fire, and the team works to put it out while under Frankie's watchful eye. The Chief finally hasDaniandBladestake Frankie away to make it easier to work.

Back at thestation,the Bots are preparing to watch another movie when Frankie arrives to get her props. She's surprised to find the underground bunker and decides the tunnels leading out of it would be great in her movie. Luckily the rest of the team arrive, and Chief tells her they need the bunker. They're soon set up for a briefing and Graham tells the others that he's tracked the tremors to the tunnels underGriffin Rock.After another attempt at humor by Chase, the team heads into the tunnels to stop the tremors before something worse than a broken gas main happens. Frankie, returning to get her props, hears their voices in the tunnel and follows them in.

"I dance in the face of your 'how did she get that footage?!' questions!"

They soon reach what appears to be a dead end—which turns out to be a store room for extra technology from theHall of Inspiration.They quickly find a huge subwoofer, which Graham realizes is responsible for the quakes. The speaker starts another quake, and Chief instructs the Bots to carry it above ground. As they do so, they hear Frankie's cries as she's caught in a caving-in tunnel, and Heatwave goes to find her. Finding her with her foot is trapped under rocks, he works on getting her free while continuing to act like a robot. He alerts the rest of the team, now outside, and Chief heads back in with the other Bots. Boulder attempts to use his sonar, but the vibrations cause more collapsing, and as Heatwave frantically tries to tell Boulder to stop, he breaks character. The dust clears, and he sees she's passed out. Chief and the other Bots arrive and save her.

Outside, the speaker starts again, and the three Burns siblings realize it's playing music. Graham tracks the signal back to the Hall of Inspiration where Doc Greene is dancing to a jukebox. Later on Frankie brings her completed movie to the station to show everyone. Luckily there's nothing incriminating on it, and it's just Frankie's music video. As she leaves, she thanks Heatwave by name and the others wonder how much she actually knows.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Quotes

"Then I will study Earth humor. But why the road-crossing habits of poultry provoke involuntary laughter, I will never comprehend."

—Chase(who else?)

"Please tell me there's no such thing as a skyquake."

—There is,Blades

"We all could use some laughs"
"Perhaps I may be of assistance. Two peanuts walked down the road. One had high sodium content." *drum take on Boulder's back* "Hahahahahahahaha!"

—BoulderandChase

"Ah, do you actually have a script? Because your film seems really random."

—Cody

Notes

Real-world references

• The talk about the comedy film at the start has references to the Marx Brothers filmHorse Feathersandthe Three Stooges.
• Kade does an impression ofArnold Schwarzenegger.
• DoctorMcSwainis named for voice directorGinny McSwain.
• In Frankie's music video,Mister Pettypawsis dressed and acts likeKeyboard Cat.

Transformers references

• Blades ponders the existence of aSkyquake.

Trivia

• Griffin Rock has a rocket fuel reservoir.
• Frankie's voice actor,Diamond White,later went on to be a contestant onThe X Factor!

Foreign localization

French

• Title:"Tremblements de terre"(" Earthquakes ")
• Original airdate:?

Hungarian

• Title:"Rúgd a port"(" Kick the Dust ")
• Original airdate:1 March2013

Italian

• Title:"Tremori"(" Tremors ")
• Original airdate:14 June2017

Portuguese

• Title:"Terremoto!"(" Earthquake! ")
• Original airdate:?

Home video releases

2014 —Rescue Bots— "Heroes on the Scene" (Shout! Factory)
2014 —Rescue Bots— "Bot to the Future" (Beyond Home Entertainment)
2015 —Rescue Bots— "Complete Season 1" (Beyond Home Entertainment)