Shall We Dance?
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| "Shall We Dance?" | ||||||
| Production code | 214 | |||||
| Season | 2 | |||||
| No. in season | 14 | |||||
| Production company | Allspark Animation | |||||
| Airdate | May 30, 2020 | |||||
| Writer | Danny Stack | |||||
| Director | Ray Quigley | |||||
| Animation studio | Boulder Media Studio | |||||
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Cody surprises the bots by making them do ballet lessons as part of their training, something which Medix finds particularly difficult to embrace.
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Synopsis
The recruits venture into a ruin as they attempt to rescue Tough Luck Chuck, however the floor crumbles away, and although they do their best to navigate their way to Chuck, they're lacking in several key areas, resulting in the place collapsing around them. The sim ends, and Cody suggests they need ballet lessons to increase their grace. When a first attempt by the recruits ends with them collapsed in a pile, Medix asserts that Cody can't teach the Bots to dance.
Cody takes them to the Griffin Rock Ballet School, which turns out to be housed in a run-down building-as Madame Maigret explains, her students are preparing for a fund-raiser performance so they can move to a new location. She pairs the recruits up with the young students so they can practice, however Medix particularly has trouble with the initial instructions. He continues to have trouble and Cody tells him it's all right if he doesn't get it right first time, pointing out that the other recruits aren't perfect either. His attempt at a pirouette lands him on the floor, making everyone laugh. As Medix leaves the building in a huff, he doesn't notice water dripping into a circuit panel.
Sitting outside, Medix resolves to practice more to get better, however he soon smells smoke and realizes the building has caught fire. The building is soon cleared, and Hot Shot extinguishes the fire but as they go to leave, Medix hears Sally still inside the increasingly-unstable building. The floor collapses, creating a gaping hole between Medix and Sally, so Medix draws on his ballet practice and manages to get her across the gap. The pair safely emerge from the building, which is now unfortunately unsuitable for the fund-raiser performance.
Instead the recruits, teachers and townsfolk gather in the main hall of the academy for the ballet performance. The others realize Medix is missing from the audience, but as it turns out, that's because he's joined the performance.
Featured characters
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Quotes
"Not quite the poise, grace and style I was looking for."
- —Cody
"Concentrate, Medix, you can do it. Concentrate. I must be concentrating too hard, I think my brain circuits are overheating."
- —Medix becomes aware the building is on fire.
Notes
Continuity notes
- Character models matching the children in the ballet class have been seen in previous episodes. Notably Sally's character model was previously seen as Sarah in "Go Team, Go!", and several matching children will go on to make up part of the school party in "Partners", though in that episode it's Mary's left leg rather than right that is artificial.
Transformers references
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Real-world references
- As well as the basics of ballet, reference is made to the arabesque position and jeté jump.
Animation and technical errors
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Trivia
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Foreign localization
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