Chase (RB)

The name or term "Chase" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Chase (disambiguation).

Chase the Police-Bot is an Autobot from the Rescue Bots portion of the Aligned continuity family.

Chief Charlie Burns's partner Chase is the Rescue Bot most at home and happy with their new positions learning and enforcing the laws and customs of Earth. He is brave, loyal, and very fast when he turns into a police car. As long as he gets to protect and serve, he is happy. He is a stickler for wanting to enforce the extreme letter of the law.^[1] He hangs out with Charlie Burns most of the time, and the two seem to get along pretty well. Don't tell Jack Tracker.

Contents 1 Fiction 1.1 Rescue Bots storybooks 1.2 Rescue Bots cartoon 1.3 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon 1.4 Rescue Bots Academy cartoon 2 Commercial appearances 3 Toys 3.1 Rescue Bots 3.1.1 Energize 3.1.2 Flip Changers 3.1.3 Beam Box 3.1.4 Rescan Series 3.1.5 Mini Dinos 3.1.6 Epic Figures 3.1.7 Flip Racers 3.2 Rescue Bots Academy 3.3 Legacy 4 Merchandise 4.1 Playskool Friends 4.2 Jada Toys 5 Notes 5.1 Foreign names 6 References

Fiction

Rescue Bots storybooks

Part of Heatwave's team of Rescue Bots, Chase was the fastest, but also careful. They received a message from Optimus Prime, prompting them to travel to Earth in their spaceship (with Chase piloting, of course) to join the Autobot leader. Once there, Chase received a new police car alternate mode, and Optimus took them to Griffin Rock to meet Chief Charlie. Rescue Bots Roll Out Some time later, Chase and Boulder were on their way to Prime Fire Station to join the team when they happened upon a flash flood at a construction site. Using a ramp propped up by Boulder, Chase was able to jump across to two trapped humans, and the Rescue Bots got the construction worker to safety, but a freak wave swept Chase and Hunter downstream. With Hunter's guidance, Chase grabbed onto a tree felled by Boulder, and the four of them made it to the fire station, where Hunter joined the team as Chase's partner. Rapid Rescue

Rescue Bots cartoon

Voice actor: D.C. Douglas (English), Diamond White (English, "Switcheroo"), John Mondelli (English, Sky Forest Rescue/Dino Island), Mathieu Moreau (French), Thomas Schmuckert (German, season 1), Oliver Siebeck (German, season 2), Attila Szatmári (Hungarian), Grzegorz Falkowski (Polish), Dafnis Fernández (Latin American-Spanish), Julio Lorenzo (Castillo Spanish), Aku Laitinen (Finnish), Yasser Azzat (Arabic), Rodrigo Araújo (Brazilian Portuguese)

Chase was part of a team of Rescue Bots who were finishing a routine patrol in space when they received a distress call. Investigating, they found they'd been marked as lunch by an Energon eater, and had to put themselves in stasis and power down their ship to escape it. Unfinished Business Sometime later, the Sigma received a transmission from Optimus Prime and landed on Earth. After dropping the bombshell that Cybertron was no more, Optimus assigned the team to Griffin Rock to work with the Burns family. The four Rescue Bots were presented to the public by Chief Burns at a ceremony, after which Burns drove Chase to the museum, where a fire had broken out, and began clearing people from the area. Out of all of the Rescue Bots, Chase seemed to settle into his new role the easiest, though when Cody Burns discovered their secret, he was still reluctant to share information. He and the other Autobots helped stop a rampaging robotic Tyrannosaurus rex, which seemed to be attracted to Chase's police lights. Family of Heroes

Chase and Chief Burns managed to deal with an out-of-control robo-landscaper before the rest of the team, who were having trouble working together, got there. He and the other Autobots accepted Cody's help in trying to bond with the other Burns siblings. After lava began spewing from Mount Magma, Chase helped Chief Burns try to keep the citizens of Griffin Rock out of harm's way and cleared some campers from near the mountain. Under Pressure Chase brought Doc Greene's out-of-control solar car to a halt before it could plunge into a ravine, though doing so did nasty things to his feet. Chase and the other Rescue Bots were put out when Blades started hogging all the action with his new scoop claw, but they nonetheless came to his rescue when he, Dani and Cody were trapped by a forest fire. Hotshots

When Doc Greene was almost swept away by a giant lobster balloon, Chase tried fruitlessly to help. He and the other Rescue Bots were subsequently given more instruction on following humans' commands, which Chase excelled at. They also took part in the technology parade at the Lobster and Technology Festival and had to help out when the parade was attacked by flobsters. Flobsters on Parade After Chase prevented a hazardous chemical spill, but almost blew his cover, he expected a reprimand and instead got praised. He and the other Rescue Bots were subjected to a screening of The Natives of Tatooie, which inadvertently caused a panic when Huxley Prescott mistook the movie's audio for an alien transmission, resulting in the team having to save the island from destruction. The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock

Chase responded to two separate calls from Mrs. Neederlander about a cat up a tree, though the second time it turned out to be a lion. The hunt for the lion was interrupted by lemurs attacking the Mayor Luskey Library, and Chase ended up helping Boulder and Heatwave return the critters to the zoo. Walk on the Wild Side While trying to stop Mr. Harrison's heli-pack ride, Chase's pursuit route was blocked by boxes. He and the other Rescue Bots went to Cody's aid when some nanites took over a Scrapmaster, however the trash device failed to respect Chase's authority. He and the other bots managed to stop it anyway and eventually suppressed the nanites. Cody on Patrol

Chase was unable to stop a motorist from busting through their barricade and ending up crashing. Cody roped the Rescue Bots into helping him take care of a Robo-Baby, which didn't like Chase's singing at all. This turned out to be to their advantage when they later needed to stop the Robo-Baby from falling off a platform. Four Bots and a Baby During a heatwave, Chase didn't approve of Frankie and Cody selling lemonade without a license. He didn't quite get what the fuss was about when the humans engineered a snow storm using a weather machine, and everyone seemed to be having fun, but later got into the spirit of things by making snow angels. Christmas in July

Chase and the other Rescue Bots were invited on the Burns' annual fishing trip on the Darby Ava, during which they encountered and fought a mechanical shark. Deep Trouble Chase found the fog to be very unpleasant, especially when it made it hard to see the mailboxes on Willow Street. When the Griffin Rock mainframe was hacked into, the Rescue Bots had to try and stop the out-of-control technology running rampant. Return of the Dino Bot He struggled to reconcile the concept of compassionate policing. When Doctor Morocco turned up with his MorBot and threatened to overshadow the Rescue Bots, the team was forced to compete with the doctor's invention to prove themselves worthy. Thanks to Morocco's machinations, they failed and were stood down from service. The Other Doctor Chase began to investigate alternate career options and tried his hand at being a gourmet chef, though he turned out to be as good at it as he was at singing. After being called out to a fire at the lab, they got the chance to exact some payback on the MorBot. The team was subsequently reinstated as Griffin Rock's rescue service. The Reign of Morocco

Chase turned down a visit to the Hall of Inspiration in favor of some speed trap detail. He later got the chance to see it when the team attended a break-in, and he apprehended the pair responsible. The disappearance of the three other Rescue Bots left him on his own, until he showed Cody a picture of the gun they'd been zapped with, and Cody recognized it. As a result, they were able to get Doc Greene to fix the Minimizer and restore Heatwave, Boulder and Blades. Small Blessings Chase helped save Captain Wild's ship and search for "tunnel 15" in the tunnels below Griffin Rock. This led the team to discover Professor Baranova's Midgard at the bottom of an ocean trench, and they helped her seal the methane vent causing the Griffin Rock Triangle. The Griffin Rock Triangle

After the daring rescue of Huxley Prescott by the four bots, Chief Burns and Cody headed off to Griffin Crest, leaving them with strict orders not to cross Canyon Road which Chase was determined to obey. He also found the Lad Pioneers Handbook among the camping equipment and began reading up on its contents. When an apparent distress call from Cody had the four bots head to the Crest, Chase refused to go past Canyon Road, and ended up faking a litter emergency to get the human half of the team to come help after losing contact with the other three Rescue Bots. They found that the others had fallen afoul of an EMP field, and Chase ended up using a bubble tent to rescue Heatwave from the Old Parker geyser. Rules and Regulations Chase and the other three Bots were washed out to sea with Cody and ended up on an inhabited island. Their attempts to build him shelter and gather food were less than successful, but they did manage to find traces of the Oaken Crow, which led to them finding the ship and getting off the island. The Lost Bell

Chasing a crashed meteorite on Wayward Island, the team ran into Bumblebee. Chase, Heatwave and Boulder checked out the meteorite and were unwittingly exposed to an alien virus. They slowly became to lose the ability to move or speak, and it was only through the work of Bumblebee, Blades and the humans that a cure was found. Bumblebee to the Rescue Chase and the team were called out to deal with a giant blob of Squilsh. Chase and the Chief tried to save some kids, and while protecting the Chief from the Squilsh, Chase was swallowed by it. He was barely able to communicate with the outside world on his comm, but the others eventually found a way to destroy the space goo, freeing him. You've Been Squilshed

When most of the town was teleported away by strange bugs, Chase caught one for Graham to examine. Back at the fire station, the bots had their work cut out for them squashing bugs, but they were eventually able to track down where the townsfolk had been teleported to and rescue them. Countdown Chase's main problem with an apparent infestation of ghosts was their complete inability to follow any laws, and the fact they floated straight through him when he tried to stop them. They later turned out to be holograms. The Haunting of Griffin Rock

He was disturbed by Burns lying to the rest of the team about where they were going, though the Chief pointed out that Chase lied when he pretended to be a normal robot. He and the Chief ended up trapped in a lead mine and had to make their own way out, as the rest of the team didn't know they were there. Though the situation got worse when the pair were separated, Chase kept trying to reach the Chief and was eventually found by the rest of the Rescue Bots. Little White Lies

After failing to understand a comedy movie, Chase began researching the genre and mostly failed with his jokes. He and the other Bots had to be extra careful to act like robots when Frankie started filming them for her school project. Shake Up The Rescue Bots found themselves relegated to cleanup when Cody got hold of a repulsor badge and became a small town superhero. Rescue Boy

Chase was too busy studying municipal codes to go see movies with Cody. He, the other Rescue Bots, Cody and Frankie were sent back in time to 1939 in a time travel accident. There they fell into the hands of a team of scientists headed by Doctor Morocco who performed experiments on them. Morocco was getting to the point of dissecting the four Bots when Optimus and Bumblebee came to their rescue. On returning to the present, they found that Morocco had taken over the town with the aid of his MorBots. It's a Bot Time The four bots managed to elude the MorBots and soon established that leaving Dither in the past had resulted in the changed. After an encounter with an alternate version of the Burns family, the Rescue Bots returned to 1939 and retrieved Dither, returning the timeline to normal. Bot to the Future

While the other Rescue Bots were playing with the Mobile Headquarters, Chase was doing more important work chasing speeders. During a later rescue, the Mobile HQ was teleported to the top of Mount Griffin along with Chase, Heatwave and Boulder, necessitating a rescue by Blades. Road Trip The Rescue Bots helped construct Frankie Greene's Sky Forest, only to have to rescue the town's citizens when the plant life grew out of control. Sky Forest When Chief Burns became sick, Chase collected some mucus samples. He also helped capture Evan and Myles after the pair stole a piece of Doc Greene's stasis machine, inadvertently resulting in Cody being aged into an adult. One for the Ages

Following reports of a sea monster, Chase accompanied Chief Burns and Cody on the Griffin Rock ferry. Though they didn't encounter a sea monster, Chase did save the vessel after it hit an unexpected iceberg. The iceberg turned out to be the S.S. Isolde, frozen by the Sub-Zero Expander it carried as cargo, and Chase took part in an attempt to get rid of the device by blowing it up, which was aborted when it turned out Doctor Morocco had claimed the vessel as salvage. The team had to deal with the fallout when the device exploded and froze a five-mile section of ocean. Tip of the Iceberg Chase was confused why Cody was excited by the snow day when Griffin Rock was caught in a major snow storm. He later helped Cody and Blades escape the virtual reality game after the storm prevented them from leaving. A Virtual Disaster

Chase and the rest of the team were hypnotized and forced to dig up Blossom Vale, which had formerly been a very nice recreation area with 82% less litter than other comparable such areas. They were eventually freed when Boulder destroyed the cell tower, and set to work repairing the damage to the vale. Spellbound The team was roped into participating in Huxley Prescott's reality show, however when Prescott manufactured emergencies to make the show more exciting, it caused a fire which endangered the town, and the show was shut down. Prescott's Bots The team had to face a horde of gremlins, conjured from Kade's nightmares by Doc Greene's Nightmare Imaging Device. Blame the Gremlins

When a monster was spotted during a star-gazing expedition with Cody, Chase and the other Rescue Bots helped the boy hunt for the beast, resulting in an encounter with it at an old cannery. It transpired that the "Magic Meat" that Mayor Luskey had been selling was Fo-Foo, an experimental food with lycanthropic side effects, and the team had to track down Luskey and Graham who were both infected. Feed the Beast

Woodrow Burns paid an unexpected visit to the island, and took Chase for a spin, which involved breaking the speed limit much to Chase's disgruntlement. The rescue team was joined by Optimus Prime shortly before they were forced to go on a rescue mission to find Woodrow and Cody in a cavern deep underground. What Lies Below Separated from the others, Chase did his best to protect Chief, Woodrow and Cody from lava, though the arguing and Woodrow's colorful language puzzled him. They were soon reunited with the rest of the team, though they had to face a pterodactyl, and eventually escaped by blasting themselves out of the top of Mount Magma. What Rises Above

The Rescue Bots had to bring out their spaceship for another mission to save Graham and Doc Greene after the space elevator they were on was hit by an asteroid. Space Bots The team had to deal with a runaway mechanical bull, which turned out to be turned placid when it saw Chase's blue paint job. When a mishap occurred while transporting the creature to the Island of Misfit Tech, he, Boulder and Blades ended up tussling with a prototype Scrapmaster. The Island of Misfit Tech The town's new central computer Vigil was unable to control the four Rescue Bots, so when it attempted to take control of Griffin Rock, the Bots were able to get the rest of the team into its vault to stop it. The Vigilant Town

Chase and the other Rescue Bots went along on a nature hike which was interrupted by a snake infestation. Chase had a close encounter with a boa constrictor, but the team was able to successfully wrangle all the snakes. Buddy System Following an earthquake, Chief Burns and Chase investigated a rash of metal objects being mysteriously pulled into the air. The trail led them to Wayward Island, where they discovered a quake sensor was turning a lodestone into a super-magnet. In Search of the Griffin's Nest

After educating himself on old detective movies, Chase began narrating everything film noir style. When Evan and Myles attempted to use him as a getaway car, Chase opted to play along, accompanying them to their hideout in an attempt to learn their plan, and even helping them break into the lab to steal Floatium, leaving the rescue team wondering if he'd turned against them. Once Evan and Myles's Tech Wrecker was unveiled, Chase returned to the rest of the team and helped unravel the two criminals' plan and disable the device. Bots and Robbers Following the rescue of a dog, the Rescue Bots were joined in their work by Noble, at least until the dog's real owner turned up to claim him. Rescue Dog

The team had to deal with a storm without Heatwave, when their leader was called to the mainland to acquire a second alternate mode. Changes After the town's midwinter presents were sent to the bottom of the ocean in a ferry accident, Chase and the rest of the team took on the mantle of the Rider of Midwinter and delivered loaves of bread to the townsfolk. The Riders of Midwinter When a Power Planter was struck by lightning and ran wild, the team was forced to respond to a number of emergencies caused by it. They eventually succeeded in luring it into a trap using Boil Coils and destroyed it. Movers and Shakers

During Chief's absence due to a police conference (Chase requested copious notes) the team found itself under Woodrow's leadership, and Chase experienced jealousy of Woodrow's car after it took his parking spot. Chief Woodrow Chase took part in a hunt to find a relic. The device's effects caused a sinkhole which Chase and the Chief almost fell into, and they subsequently had to rescue people across the island until Optimus Prime shut the relic down. Odd Bot Out The rescue team was roped into completing a rail tunnel to the mainland, mainly because Mayor Luskey regarded the Bots as heavy machinery. When the Griffin Rock Express went out of control, the Bots had to rescue everyone on board, with the help of Frankie and her phasing technology. The Griffin Rock Express

Following a game of Rescue Ball which was interrupted by an impromptu rescue, Chase and the others found that Blades was acting strangely. They discovered why when they were abducted by Dr. Morocco and replaced by duplicates as Blades had been earlier. Morocco erased their memories and convinced them he had been appointed their Earth liaison by Optimus Prime. The Rescue Bots were promptly sent on a mission to mine gold under Griffin Rock, which barely got started before they triggered a methane explosion, and were confronted by the "criminal" Burns family. Double Villainy

The suspicious Bots were taken back to the fire house, where the evidence soon convinced them that the Burns family was on their side and they'd been misled by Morocco. Unfortunately the methane explosion cause the island to begin to sink, and given the choice between helping out or regaining their memories, the Bots chose the former option. With the help of some tech from Doc Greene, the team was able to raise the island once again, and Morocco was forced to restore their memories. Rise of the Heroes

Chase tried to help Cody with a Lad Pioneer project by holding a game show. During a routine inspection by Optimus, the team ended up heading to Wayward Island to investigate a pterodactyl. The Rescue Bots found a group of dinosaurs which chased them into a tar pit, and they had to be rescued by Optimus Prime. Once they established what the dinos were upset about, the team was able to get them to return to the underground cavern they'd come from. Land Before Prime When Optimus was abducted by big game hunter Quint Quarry, Heatwave, Chase and Blades headed to Quarry's island to mount a rescue. The hunter managed to trap them in a cage and was about to take them off the island in his heli-jet when Optimus and Boulder came to their aid. Big Game

Following the accidental creation of four extra Kades, Chase and the team were saved from a gas leak by the quintet of Kades. Too Many Kades The team was sent ten years forward in time when they boarded the S.S. Phantom Voyager, however Boulder and Graham were able to reverse the time machine stored in the ship's hold, returning them to present day. Phantom of the Sea After a flooding disaster ended in a less-than-ideal manner, Chase recalled the stricken spaceship that the team had failed to rescue prior to coming to Earth. After again receiving the ship's distress signal, he and Boulder took the Sigma into space to try another rescue, though they found the crew was long gone. Again being attacked by the Energon eater, the pair successfully trapped it and returned with it to Earth. Unfinished Business

After the town was sealed inside an energy dome by Vigil, Chase and the others pursued the AI to try to beat it to the dome controls in the lab. Chase and Blades managed to reach the lab first, but Vigil stuck them to the floor using the Collision Foam Cannon, leaving it to Frankie and Cody to save the day. No Place Like Dome In addition to helping Graham with his love life, Chase and the rest of the team had to deal with mutant metal-eating army ants courtesy of Doctor Morocco. Bugs in the System

During a trip on the space elevator Asgard, Chase switched bodies with Frankie. Though perturbed by the experience, he adapted to being a small girl and gained a new insight into the fragility of humans. They were later returned to their own bodies. Switcheroo Chase and the rest of the team were shrunken down to microscopic size so they could enter Kade's body and retrieve the scrubmites he'd accidentally ingested. Bot-Tastic Voyage Following Professor Baranova's abduction at the hands of Colonel Quarry, Chase scanned a stegosaurus alternate mode so he and the other Rescue Bots, plus Optimus, could masquerade as the dinobots Quarry wanted Doc Greene to build. They were taken to an island by Quarry and put through their paces, before he took them to a boat so he could ship them off to be sold. Luckily Blades, who'd been having trouble with his alternate mode, was able to rescue them and Quarry was arrested. Quarry's Quarry

Chase and the rest of the team visited Wayward Island to search for an energon trace, but found a frozen caveman in a cave. The caveman turned out to still be alive once he was thawed, but despite the team's best efforts, "Ira" proved unable to adapt to the modern world and had to be returned to the island. Did You See What I Thaw? The team had to cope with giant Kaiju created when Doc Greene's new projector was used to screen Attack of Humungado, and ended up using their dino modes to combat the beasts. The Attack of Humungado

The mayor decided to honor the rescue team by holding Bot Appreciation Week, however a clash in schedules resulted in the Burns family being off the island for the start. The Rescue Bots found they had to contend with the souvenir versions of themselves running amok thanks to Evan and Myles reprogramming them. All Bots Great and Small When Cody began experiencing repeated time, his foreknowledge allowed the rescue team to prevent a number of disasters and mishaps during the dedication of the town's new clock tower. Time After Time

After the discovery that the Burns family had a pirate in their ancestry and the suspension of the rescue team, Chase was the responsible one who stayed back on the island to monitor things while the rest of the team went treasure hunting. After the treasure was found, the team was reinstated. Pirates Ahoy The Rescue Bots found themselves being trained in marine rescues by High Tide, though Chase spent most of the time working on his swabbing skills. He later took part in a rescue when an oil spill caught fire. Turning the Tide

When the time traveler Jules Verne visited, Chase helped apprehend Dr. Morocco. The Last of Morocco When the Rescue Bots found two Autobots, Blurr and Salvage on Wayward Island, Optimus assigned the team to train them. Chase was not impressed with Blurr's recklessness, lying about his past, and flagrant hugging, but Optimus convinced the team to give Blurr another chance. The New Recruits When Cody suggested the Rescue Bots provide the newbies with more personalized training, Chase took the opportunity to mine the database of security footage of their rescues that he'd built up, to create a presentation. Rescue Bots Academy After Blurr stole the Sigma, Chase was all in favor of a court martial, especially when a solar flare knocked out the island's power and they didn't have the ship to stop a rogue satellite crashing on them. He was still in favor even after Blurr saved the day, though Heatwave gave Blurr another chance and Optimus assigned Blurr and Salvage elsewhere. A New Hero

Chase joined in searching for Servo after the dog cut a swathe of destruction through Griffin Rock, though it later turned out Servo had actually been helping people. Four-Legged Hero Chase, Boulder, Blades and the kids attempted to guard some endangered woodpeckers Boulder found, however their activity resulted in the rest of the town finding out and inadvertently wrecking the woodpeckers' habitat. Endangered Species

After sustaining an injury to his right leg when he interceded in a magic trick which he didn't understand was an illusion, Chase was restricted to a wheelchair and attempted to do Cody's job monitoring Griffin Rock for trouble. After raising several false alarms, Chase became suspicious that the assistant of visiting magician Maura the Magnificent was behind a number of thefts and roped Frankie into tailing the suspect. He was eventually proven right, but had to abandon his wheelchair in order to save Maura from a plummet off Griffin Falls. More than Meets the Eye When Doc Greene's Tone-O-Tuner caused everyone in town to sing instead of talk, Chase found himself lecturing new recruits on police codes using the medium of song. I Have Heard the Robots Singing

Chase accompanied Doc Greene and the Chief into a disused diamond mine and helped them extract a sample of reactaline. He and the other Rescue Bots took part in the opening of a time capsule, which resulted in the entire island being teleported to the Arctic. The four Bots had to deice the generators so that the island's dome could be raised. Now and Then As the team enacted a plan to fill the dome with floatium and fly the island back, Chase had to rescue Doc Greene and Professor Baranova when the ground started giving way. The journey continued, but the Rescue Bots were forced to use their own energon to power the dome. They successfully reached Griffin Rock's old location, and after some medical attention, the Rescue Bots recovered. Optimus gave them a new mission, to let the rest of the town in on their secret. Today and Forever

Some years later, Chase had been integrated into life on Earth to the point that he was writing a detective novel. He and the other Rescue Bots helped resist the Velgrox invasion, and in doing so revealed their status as visitors from another world to the Griffin Rock community. New Normal While the townsfolk decided whether to keep their secret, Chase and Heatwave tested out the new GroundBridge to the mainland and ended up stuck in the Sahara. They managed to get back to Griffin Rock, where the townsfolk voted to keep their secret. Bridge Building

Chase regrettably had to cut short a three hour presentation on law enforcement to attend to an emergency. Another GroundBridge accident sent him and Heatwave to the mainland, and resulted in them bringing a car back to the island who later turned out to be the Rescue Bot Quickshadow. Arrivals Suspicious of the new arrival, Chase investigated Quickshadow, though she was able to explain why she didn't appear in Chase's database. When Heatwave placed her in charge of an operation, Chase made the precaution of coming up with a contingency plan, which paid off when something went wrong and Quickshadow didn't have a plan B herself. Plus One

Following a mishap in which the town pool froze over, Chase patrolled the town while the rest of the team visited the Fun Zone, only to find himself facing an angry crowd at the bank when a virus temporarily took over the computers there. His attempts at humor failed to defuse the situation. Back to Virtual Reality When investors were looking at redeveloping the island, the Rescue Bots used Velgrox technology to make themselves invisible and pretend to be ghosts to scare them off. Vanishing Returns

The team took part in Earliween celebrations and Chase struck on the idea of using their dino modes as "costumes". He was left handing out candy with Graham while the rest of the team stopped Evan and Myles from kidnapping Quickshadow. The whole team later enacted a plan to capture the pair. Ghost in the Machine When Whiskers was abducted from the zoo, the Rescue Bots used their dino modes as bait to lure big game hunter Lord Chumley. Though they themselves were captured, they made the most of their situation, both finding Whiskers and bringing the rest of the team to help arrest Chumley. Enemy of My Enemy

During election season, Chase was encouraged to run for mayor. Despite not being the best at public speaking, he won running against Luskey and insisted on taking office. His strict adherence to many obscure laws caused chaos, culminating in the near destruction of the island when he locked Doc Greene out of the laboratory and a minimolecular collider almost overloaded. He reluctantly stepped down, allowing Luskey to take back the mayoralty. Mayor May Not

After dealing with a marine rescue and a giant baby, the Rescue Bots got to celebrate All Spark Day with the help of the rest of town. All Spark Day When the town's communications tower required replacing, the team took on second jobs — Chase became a taxi, though he didn't have much luck with passengers. The townsfolk later chipped in with enough cash to replace the tower. Part-Time Heroes

Chase and Chief were delayed attending the opening of the new mainland Rescue Bot Training Center when they had to fix Jerry's truck, and Chase had to prevent it falling off the mountain. The pair made it in time for the opening, but then had to leave shortly after to attend to a broken traffic light. The More Things Change... Cut off from the training center after the computer system malfunctioned, Chase, Blades and Chief instead dealt with the problems on Griffin Rock, including more lawbreaking by Don, until the problem was fixed. The More Things Stay the Same

During a series of motor races, the Bots had to first deal with a collapsing stand full of spectators, and then with runaway racers thanks to an errant invention. Hot Rod Bot When the Burns family discovered they might be royalty and Kade was crowned king, Chase appointed himself as royal bodyguard, until it later turned out that the whole thing was a mistake. King Burns During the town's Pizza Pi Party, the team had to deal with a rapidly-expanding monster mound of pizza dough. Pizza Pi Party

While running practice drills in the Training Center, the team had to save a Cybertronian ship that crash-landed. When it turned out Bumblebee was on board, the Rescue Bots took him on a tour of the center, however Heatwave and Chase were attacked and knocked out by an energon eater than had come down with the craft. Once it was captured, the others revived them. Uninvited Guest When Blades, Graham and Cody uncovered Chickadee's operation to find some lost gems, the rest of the team managed to apprehend her. Camp Cody

Investigating some mysteriously falling Spruces resulted in Chase, Boulder, Chief and Graham temporarily getting lost in the woods. Once Upon a Time When the Mini-Con Bounce escaped to Griffin Rock, the team helped Sideswipe recapture him. The Need for Speed

When Madeline Pynch got hold of a chunk of Energon, the rescue team put into action a plan to recover the Energon and arrest Pynch. Though Chase was uncomfortable with the idea of stealing, he successfully disabled Pynch's car with road spikes (under the code name Spike), and later loaded the Energon onto Dani's jet with Kade. Cody's 11 When Dani's test space mission ran into trouble, the team headed into space in the Sigma to mount a rescue, with Chase providing the second stage to a jetpack-assisted Rescue Bot rocket. To Infinity... And Back

Chase subtly pointed Cody in the direction of law enforcement when the buy was trying to decide what sort of rescue worker he'd become. Family Business The Bots found themselves having to maintain their robot disguises when Maven Danger stayed at the firehouse as research for his new movie, though it later turned out the visit was just so Maven's agent Skip Scobble could attempt to steal a rare book. A Brush with Danger

The team was surprised to discover a whole town in China knew about them, when they were called there to deal with some out-of-control Scrubbers. Afterwards Optimus promptly reassigned them, with Chase leading a team consisting of Boulder and Blurr to protect Professor Baranova's laboratory on the west coast. When it turned out the Morocco virus was back and had built a new MorBot, the team were unable to stop him from stealing technology from the lab. Upgrades The team came back from a hike to discover that Morocco was still around and had taken over the Training Center. After Blurr and Baranova reached the center, they were able to use the GroundBridge to bring Chase, Boulder and Graham in to help devirus the mainframe. Optimus later assigned Chase back to Griffin Rock to continue working with Chief. Transformations

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Following the restoration of Cybertron from the Great War, Chase was one of the many Autobots blacklisted by the new High Council for being a supporter of Optimus Prime. Enemy of My Enemy

Rescue Bots Academy cartoon

Voice actor: Frank Cwiklik (English), Nicolas Matthys (French)

Chase had the new recruits run an assault course as part of their rescue training, with Hot Shot and Wedge going first as they'd built up a rivalry. Recruits Part II

During a lecture on police codes, the recruits convinced Chase that they would learn better by doing a field rescue, so he set up a hiker training rescue for them in the wilderness. He later halted the improvised sled they used to return to the GroundBridge portal. Whirl'd View A giant statue of Chase's face was carved into a mountain near Griffin Rock, alongside the faces of the other Rescue Bots. Mount Botmore

During a mission to the Asgard, the Rescue Bots got trapped outside and had to wait for the recruits to come to their rescue. Space Case The Rescue Bots were later on another urgent off-world mission. All Washed Up When the recruits had difficulty concentrating during a lesson, Chase instead had them take on the lesson as a simulation, unaware that Hot Shot had modified the sim to include giant space hedgehogs. Hack Attack Medix enlisted Chase's help in lightening up as the other recruits thought he was a stick in the mud. Chase's lessons were of dubious help. Life of the Party Chase and the other teachers were away from the academy when a dinosaur got loose in it, leaving Hoist to be the one to deal with it. Dino Hard

Chase assigned the recruits a stealth exercise, having them hunt down Tough Luck Chuck in Griffin Rock while he tried to find them. In the end, only Grimlock was successful. Buddy Cop After having the recruits run a trust exercise, Chase gave them a mission to replace a battery in a submersible drone at the bottom of the sea. Into the Depths Chase participated in a teachers vs students relay race, carrying Grimlock as a pretend rescue victim, but became lodged in an ice cave when Grimlock proved too large to pass through. Best Bots Forever Part 1 Chase along with Optimus, Heatwave and Cody became trapped in an energon bubble after the recruits tampered with the space bridge. They were eventually freed, and Chase attended the year one graduation. Best Bots Forever Part 2

Chase was enjoying the peace and quiet while the students were away, a state of affairs which ended soon after he expressed as much. He was later paired with Whirl as a mentor. Back to School The pair merrily ticketed jaywalkers on their first assignment together. In Training Chase assigned Whirl the task of investigating the Lady of Griffin Rock. She returned unsuccessful, though she did rescue some opossums. Wild Ghost Chase Whirl and Chase were setting up security measures at the Museum of Future Tech Art when the prize sculpture Mano e Nano went missing. On spying Evan and Myles on the security recordings, Chase immediately suspected the pair and gathered evidence, however Whirl discovered that the nanotech sculpture had merely reverted to a shapeless form. Chase apologized to Evan and Myles. Museum Mystery

Chase and Whirl also took part in the rescue of Doc Greene and Frankie when a force field dome trapped the two humans in the lab. Partners As a treat, Chase took the recruits to Mechapark shortly before it opened. Fun Droids Chase attended the charity performance of the Griffin Rock Ballet School. Shall We Dance? Chase took the recruits on a camping trip to Natura Island with Cody, expecting that Heatwave would carry out Whirl's deductive reasoning exam, however instead he and Whirl had to rescue Cody and the others from a junk yard after the anti-tech security system was left on. Five Little Rescue Bots

Medix forced Chase to mop up after Chase accidentally spilled the barrel of oil he was carrying. Good Advice Chase took part in a "rescue-athon" paired with Whirl, First Responder and oversaw a windows washing rescue sim with Blades. Helicopter Heroes Chase and Blades attended a rescue which the recruits missed. Rescue Teens Chase assigned Whirl the task of finding the missing reporter Huxley Prescott. The Tracker After quizzing the recruits on medical codes with Chuck's help, Chase congratulated them and Chuck on their knowledge. Bot Battle

Chase was among the observers as the recruits undertook their final test of year two. He later attended the party aboard Citadel Secundus, and was put into stasis lock when an asteroid hit the Titan and created an anti-energon field. Space Party He and the rest of the teaching staff were revived after Secundus was landed safely on Earth, and attended the recruits' graduation ceremony. Crash Of The Titan

Commercial appearances

• Optimus, Bumblebee, Heatwave, Chase, Blades and Boulder rushed out of Fire Station Prime in response to a nearby fire. They watched Heatwave put out the blaze, then all posed heroically in a v-formation. Rescue Bots toys commercial
• The Rescue Bots responded to a fire emergency. Once on-scene, Chase energized his claw weapon to better deal with the situation. Energize figures commercial
• A child playing with the "Optimus Primal" Rescue Bots toy was turned into an animated version of himself and met with the Rescue Bots! He directed Optimus into rescueing Chase, who had been pinned under a boulder. Chase then gave the boy a high-five in thanks. Rescue Bots Optimus Primal toy commercial

Toys

Rescue Bots

• Chase the Police-Bot (2011)

A highly simplified, chunky toy, Chase can be transformed from police car to robot in a single step by tugging back on his police light bar.

This figure was redecoed for the Energize toyline, making his primary color a more show-accurate blue rather than black and casting some parts in translucent blue plastic. It was also retooled to give it sockets capable of holding the newly included eponymous implement. The retooled version was later redecoed in cartoon-accurate colors and given a limited re-release in 2018.

• More information on Chase at TFU.info

• Electronic Chase the Police-Bot Set (2011)
  • Accessories: Storybook, 2 "AAA" batteries, Jack Tracker

This very large, non-transforming version of Chase features electronic lights and sounds. He comes with a redeco of the Jack Tracker toy, now wearing a yellow safety vest.

He also comes with the storybook Rapid Rescue, detailing his adventures with Boulder.

• Bots & Robbers Police Headquarters (Playset, 2012)
  • Accessories: Chase, crook

The Bots & Robbers Police Headquarters playset includes a Robot Powered Machines-style Chase toy, being a representation of Chase's vehicle mode with his robot mode in relief on its underside. A cavity in the top allows human Rescue Bots toys to ride in him, though presumably not the included crook figure, as he's clearly a bad guy.

• Chase the Police-Bot (2018)

After 5 years of discontinuation, the original Chase figure saw a limited rerelease in late 2018. The figure's colors now look more towards the show, and the energize version's tooling is left intact. His claw accessory is now silver.

Energize

• Chase the Police-Bot (2012)
  • Accessories: Rescue claw

Energize Chase the Police-Bot is a redeco of the original toy, but now with blue replacing the black and some parts cast in translucent plastic. His legs have been retooled to add sockets to his hood to accommodate his new accessory, a rescue claw.

• Chase the Police-Bot & Chief Charlie Burns (2012)

A nontransformable figurine of Chase comes in a two-pack with a figure of Chief Charlie Burns. Chase has an "Energize"-themed claw hand, universal articulation at the shoulders, rotational articulation at the head and wrists, and both legs (a single piece) can rotate into a sitting position at the same time.

• Chase the Police-Bot (Singles Pack, 2013)

The same Energize non-transforming figure was also available in a bagged single pack, without Charlie Burns.

Flip Changers

• Flip Changers Chase the Police-Bot (2013)

A highly simplified version of Chase with show-accurate detailing. He transforms into a super-deformed police car—pulling out the lever on the rear of Chase's vehicle mode causes him to drive forwards before doing a frontwards flip to autotransform into robot mode, popping his head up and his arms outwards.

Beam Box

• Chase the Police-Bot (2013)

Chase is a non-transforming figure with no articulation, mounted on a rocky base. Inserting him into the Beam Box Game System unlocks Chase in the game.

The figure was solicited as part of the assortment's first wave, but appears to have never been released. The reason for this becomes apparent if one "fools" the Beam Box console's simple, button-based recognition system into thinking a Chase figure has been placed inside – the controls for the Chase game do not respond, effectively freezing the console until it is reset. Apparently Hasbro simply neglected to release Chase rather than recall and/or re-manufacture the Beam Box itself.

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Rescan Series

• Chase the Police Bot (2014)

Part of the fourth wave of 2014 Rescan figures, Chase now transforms into a rescue SUV by pulling on the lightbar on the roof, which folds down his hood, and then flipping up his front wheels. As with most of the Rescan figures, Chase is missing a number of paint applications compared to the box photography, most notably the white vehicle mode doors and painted thighs, both of which are unpainted blue plastic on the actual figure.

• Chase the Police Bot (2015)

Part of the fourth wave of 2015 Rescan figures, this new version of Chase is functionally a remake of the original toy, just smaller and more show-accurate. He transforms from police cruiser to robot in a single step, activated by pulling his light-bar back towards his trunk.

This toy was also included in the "Griffin Rock Rescue Team Set" with no changes, and was re-released in 2019 under Rescue Bots Academy branding.

• Griffin Rock Rescue Team Set (4-pack, 2016)

This box set contains the show-based "Rescan" versions of Chase, Blades, and Boulder, plus the "Hook & Ladder Heatwave" cab-robot minus the trailer unit. All four toys are identical to their individual releases.

• Capture Claw Chase (2016)

Part of the first wave of Rescue Rigs figures, Chase transforms into a Police pick-up truck with a large trailer. This figure shares much of its engineering with the new Rescan Rescue Bots Hoist, but is a completely different tooling. His trailer can transform into a role-play capture claw for children to use and pick up stuff.

In 2017, the Chase cab-robot was also packaged separately with no notable changes.

• Chase the Dino Protector (2017)

Part of the final wave of 2017 Rescan figures, this version of Chase transforms into a Stegosaurus.

This mold was later redecoed into Dinobot Adventures Dinobot Squad Snarl.

• Chase the Police-Bot (2017)

Similar to Heatwave's cab-robot being unbundled from the "Hook & Ladder" set's trailer/gauntlet for the Griffin Rock Rescue Team set, the cab-robot from Capture Claw Chase was re-packaged sans trailer/claw in 2017 with no notable changes.

• Chase the Police Bot (2018)

Released in 2018's assortment, this version of Chase is a redeco of Rescan series motorcycle Bumblebee with a new head.

Mini Dinos

• Chase the Rescue Dinobot (2014)

Part of the second wave of basic-sized Mini Dino figures, Chase transforms from Stegosaurus to robot and back in a few easy steps. While in beast mode, pressing on his back spikes activates a tail swinging action. Uncommon in Rescue Bots toys, he features articulation at his shoulders.

This mold was later redecoed into Dinobot Adventures Dinobot Strike Snarl.

Epic Figures

• Chase the Police-Bot (Epic Figure, 2014)

As part of the Epic Figures, Chase is an 12-inch tall non-transforming figure with basic articulation. His chest opens up to fit 2-Pack human figures, and he features 5mm ports to interact with Energize rescue tools.

Flip Racers

• Griffin Rock Racing Team (Flip Racer 3-pack, 2017)

Part of the first wave of three-pack Flip Racers, Chase transforms automatically from police car to robot when the vehicle mode is lifted up and placed on its end. He comes in a pack with Blurr and Sideswipe as part of the "Griffin Rock Racing Team".

• Chase the Police-Bot (Flip Racer, 2017)

Later, Chase was released on his own in Wave 2 of the single-pack Flip Racers. He is identical to the first version.

• Griffin Rock Extreme Team (Flip Racer 3-pack, 2018)

Chase transforms into a modified police car with lifted suspension and an exposed motor. Chase is packed with retools of Blurr and Optimus Prime as part of the "Griffin Rock Extreme Team".

• Griffin Rock Off-Road Rescue Team (Flip Racer 3-pack, 2018)

This version of Chase was to be packed with Bumblebee and Brushfire as part of the "Griffin Rock Off-Road Rescue Team".

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Rescue Bots Academy

• Chase the Police-Bot (Rescan, 2019)

The Rescan police car version of Chase was re-released as part of the Rescue Bots Academy toyline. Aside from the new Academy branding, the toy is identical to its original release.

• Chase the Police-Bot (Rescan, 2020)

This version of Chase transforms into a high-speed dragster modifed for police work. He shares engineering with the race car Heatwave and Whirl figures and the Blurr/Morbot mold, as well as his own police car figures.

• Chase the Police-Bot (All Star Rescan, 2021)

The original police car version of Chase was once again re-released with seemingly no changes, this time under the Classic Heroes Team subline branding.

Legacy

• Rescue Bots Universe Autobot Chase (Deluxe Class, 2024)

• Accessories: Energon Claw body, 2 claw pincers, 2 floodlights
• Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy)^[2]

Released in the eighth wave of Legacy Deluxes, Legacy: United "Rescue Bots Universe Autobot Chase" is based on his appearance in Rescue Bots and transforms into a police muscle car. He includes 2 different floodlights that attach to his forearms/car doors and a 3-part Energon "capture claw" that can attach to his hand and stores on the back of the car mode. The pincers can detach and serve as hooks, or slot into his floodlights, leaving the body of the claw as what is possibly a sort of double-barreled blaster thing.

On some copies of the figure, the blue struts holding up the arms tend to droop down when posing, as it relies solely on friction. Some amount of force can be needed to push the "wing" kibble into place for car mode. Said wing kibble also tends to interfere with shoulder articulation. This, alongside the transformation, can lead to paint chipping on the shoulders, as it consists of large swaths of blue paint.

Chase was retooled into Legacy Prime Universe Cliffjumper.

• Designer commentary on Legacy Chase from Mark Maher on Instagram

Merchandise

Playskool Friends

• Transformers Collector Pack (Canceled)

Intended to be released as part of the 7-pack for the Playskool Friends lineup, this Chase is a very adorable non-transforming figurine. He comes packed with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, and the rest of the Rescue Bots: Heatwave, Blades, and Boulder.

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Jada Toys

• Bumblebee vs. Chase Bumper Cars Twin Pack R/C (2-pack, 2019)
  • Accessories: Bumper car, remote controller

Released by Jada Toys, this set includes non-transforming figures of Bumblebee and Chase along with a radio-controlled bumper car and a remote controller for each figure. Despite being branded as a Rescue Bots Academy product, the controllers feature a sticker with the old Rescue Bots logo and the figures themselves are based on the character designs from the original series rather than its sequel.

Notes

• While Chase's arm gadgets are uniquely designed in Rescue Bots, they share the same design in Rescue Bots Academy, differentiated only by color.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Chase (チェイス Cheisu)
• Cantonese: Zeoi¹zuk⁶ (追逐, "Chase")
• Hungarian: Vadász ("Hunter"), Hajtó (sometimes, "Driver")
• Mandarin: Zhuīzōng (China, 追踪, "Chase")

References