Camp Cody
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| "Camp Cody" | ||||||
| Season | 4 | |||||
| No. in season | 18 | |||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | July 27, 2016 (UK) August 27, 2016 (US) | |||||
| Writer | Kim Beyer-Johnson | |||||
| Director | Frank Squillace | |||||
| Animation studio | DHX Media Top Draw Animation | |||||
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When Blades is unable to participate in a Lad Pioneer leveling up ceremony on the mainland due to his Bot form, Graham and Cody help disguise him.
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Synopsis
Heatwave puts the finishing touches on a mud run as part of an obstacle course so the Lad Pioneers can earn their last badge to level up to Teen Pioneers. Blades and Cody are the first to finish the course; however, Kyle gets stuck halfway down the final zip-line. Heatwave makes an attempt to catch the boy as his line breaks, but in the end it's Blades who catches him. Chief breaks the news that the elevation ceremony is on the mainland, and Blades is going to be too difficult to explain. Blades is disappointed, and Cody decides out of solidarity that he won't level up either.
The pair return to the fire station, where Cody explains the problem to Boulder and Chase. Graham thinks Blades isn't missing much, but Cody points out that he quit Lad Pioneers voluntarily. As Boulder and Chase discuss how disappointed Blades is, Graham has an idea. He builds a small portable holographic generator which disguises Blades as a human boy. Blades is overjoyed, though since he's still a giant robot, he has to be careful not to touch anything, as he discovers when he crushes a chair. Chief insists on having Graham go along to the camp as well, to make sure the hologram doesn't fail. Graham is reluctant, but Blades is able to persuade him.
The trio arrive at Camp Itsa Craftsee. They're greeted by "head honcho and bear wrestler" Chickadee, who hauls up in a dune buggy. After greeting Graham and Cody, she's surprised by Blades's name, and the Bot claims to be Swedish in an attempt to explain why he can't shake hands with her. She leads them to a cabin, but since there's no way Blades is going to fit inside, Graham insists that the trio will sleep under the stars. Blades impresses Chickadee by speaking in Swedish. They head over to the crafting circle and observe that Chickadee is having the other Lad Pioneers create various things. When Graham fails at knitting, Chickadee tries to offer the activity to Blades instead, but the three team members instead opt for a hike.
Chickadee has Cody and Graham carry boxes to the post office as she drives on ahead. Graham suggests Blades turn off the hologram to conserve power, but as he's handing a box to the Bot, the ground below him crumbles. Graham ends up clinging to a tree on the edge of the cliff until Blades is able to rescue him. Blades ends up sliding further down the cliff, where he encounters a rat which is hoarding green rocks. He rejoins the others, who are puzzling over why the boxes of arts and crafts are being sent all over the country. When they question Chickadee, she claims it's a fundraiser, though Cody and Graham are unconvinced.
The Lad Pioneers have a campfire, but when Blades joins in on the singalong, Chickadee notes that he seems to have learned English quickly. As she starts to question further, Graham changes the subject by launching into the tale of the haunted highwaymen, relating the story of a group of highwaymen who stole a stack of emeralds before they got lost in the nearby caves. When Blades realizes that the green rocks he saw must have been the emeralds, Chickadee abruptly calls for lights out. Unable to sleep, Cody, Graham and Blades see strange lights and hear strange noises up in the hills. They investigate and find Chickadee poking around in the caves. She directs Graham and Cody to search the caves, but immediately starts interrogating Blades about where the emeralds are, revealing she's been selling the arts and crafts online and pocketing the money while she hunts for the gems. She sets a couple of sticks of dynamite at the cave entrance, causing it to cave in and trapping Blades in the cave with Graham and Cody.
Blades makes an attempt to bash his way out, but Graham points out he's risking bringing the cave down on them. Instead, Graham has Blades contact Chief and starts a fire. They spot the smoke being drawn out, and follow it to look for a possible exit. The rest of the team arrives at the camp, but Chickadee attempts to escape and they're forced to give chase. Meanwhile, Graham explains how he quit Lad Pioneers after getting lost on a night hike, for which he was teased by the other kids. The trio stumbles on the rat nest full of emeralds, along with an exit to the cave. Once they're all out, Blades contacts the team, who are still chasing Chickadee. When she starts throwing dynamite at her pursuers, Blades opts to join the chase in copter mode. However, he's forgotten to deactivate his hologram, and the sight of Blades flying along in his human disguise is enough to cause Chickadee to run off the road and end up stuck in a tree. The rest of the team take her into custody.
The next day, Chief takes over the elevation ceremony. Boulder, Kade and Dani return with the emeralds, having liberated them from the caves. Chief finishes the ceremony by presenting Graham with his final badge.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
"We did it! We're ready to become Teen Pioneers!"
"Do we get new scarves? Cause I'm not sure the mud will come out of this one."
- —Cody and Blades
"With this tech you can pass for a human! As long as you don't touch anything. Or eat. Or fly."
"That's more 'ors' than a crew team, son."
- —Graham sets it up, and Chief Burns puns like there's no tomorrow
"That's me? I'm a real boy. And I'm so cute!"
- —Blades compliments Parvesh
"You're not getting outta there until you find those emeralds. So if you ever want to see daylight again, I suggest you start looking! Hard!"
"Lad Pioneers camp has really changed since I was here."
- —Chickadee and Graham
"We just have to remember our Lad Pioneer training. What's the first thing they taught us about caves?"
"Don't get lost in one?"
- —Cody and Blades
"I'm telling you, I saw a flying Swedish boy! I mean, not really Swedish, but really flying."
- —Chickadee
Notes
Continuity notes
- (tbd)
Transformers references
- Transformers using holographic disguises has a lengthy history, most notably in the 2005 IDW continuity with holomatter avatars, although normally it's as a projected avatar instead of a cloaking disguise.
Real-world references
- Blades announces he's a "real boy" in reference to Pinocchio.
- Blades' human hologram's design looks an awful lot like his voice actor, Parvesh Cheena.
Animation and technical errors
- Despite what Graham just said about Blades not being able to touch anything (or eat or fly), Cody and holo-Blades fist-bump.
Trivia
- The scene transition Rescue Bot insignias are rendered as badges.
- Chickadee was pretty much running a child labor sweatshop for years. That's pretty dark for Transformers cartoons, let alone a "younger viewers" one.
Foreign localization
French
- Title: "Blades et les pionniers" ("Blades and the pioneers")
- Original airdate: ?
Italian
