Transformers: Rescue Bots

Danica McKellar

Katherine McNamara

Elan Garfias

Maurice LaMarche

Jason Marsden

Steve Blum

Parvesh Cheena

D.C. Douglas

Lacey Chabert

Shannon McKain

Imari Williams

LeVar Burton

Diamond White

Jeff Bennett

Are there any Decepticons in this show?

No, no Decepticon character has appeared in the series so far. The reason behind this is that the main focus of this cartoon isn't the war between the Autobots and Decepticons -- it's about a rescue unit of relatively inexperienced Autobots whose objective is to ensure the safety of their surroundings.The creators have also explained that if any Decopticons were to appear, they would have to be "defanged" greatly in order to maintain the child-friendly tone of the show. Not wanting to tone down the threat posed by the Decepticons, they instead chose to avoid featuring them.References are made to the existence of Decepticons, though. Optimus Prime mentions them briefly in one of his messages to the Rescue Bots, and in the first season finale, Bumblebee briefly confuses a group of Morbots (giant rule-enforcing robots created by the evil Dr. Morocco) for Decepticons.

Is this show related to the Transformers Prime series?

Yes. They both take place in the same continuity, as confirmed by Executive Producer Jeff Kline. The Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in this cartoon is the same ones as in the Transformers Prime animated show. If you have followed both series, you may have noticed that the time when the Rescue Bots lost contact with Optimus corresponded exactly with the story arc in Transformers: Prime during which he became brainwashed and joined the evil Decepticons.

Who is this cartoon targeted at?

Rescue Bots is aimed at a considerably younger audience than most other Transformers cartoon shows, hence the fun, easy-to-follow stories and the bright, colorful and attractive animation. The toys based on the show are also engineered to be very simple to transform.This, however, does not mean that the show is "dumbed down" in any way -- on the contrary! The characterization, fast-paced action, humor, and the several movie references and technical terms that the target audience probably wouldn't understand, make it bearable to any grown-ups watching it with their kids.In a nutshell, Rescue Bots isn't a kids' cartoon in the sense that it can only be enjoyed by children. It is a fairly intelligent and competent cartoon show, which is only "juvenile" in its simplistic animation style, at times silly-sounding story premises, and in the sense that violence and other themes not suitable for children are kept at a minimum.