Mayor May Not
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| He can't be worse than the last mayor.... right? | ||||||
| "Mayor May Not" | ||||||
| Season | 4 | |||||
| No. in season | 9 | |||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | June 1, 2016 (UK) June 11, 2016 (US) | |||||
| Writer | Dean Stefan | |||||
| Director | Frank Squillace | |||||
| Animation studio | DHX Media Top Draw Animation | |||||
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The town of Griffin Rock gets more than it bargained for when Chase is elected as the new mayor.
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Synopsis
As Huxley Prescott reports on the start of Mayor Luskey's re-election campaign, the rescue team muses on how no one ever runs against him, and how the townsfolk have short memories and forget his various mishaps. For his latest stunt, Luskey has a pair of parachutists drop in to deliver pizza, however a sudden gust of wind hits one of the parachutes and soon it's raining pizza. The Rescue Bots jump into action and save a plummeting parachutist, as well as protect the crowd from falling pizza, but the unhappy townsfolk call for a town meeting, without the mayor.
The meeting convenes, and it's mostly a chance for everyone to offload their grievances regarding the mayor, though Mr. Alper attempts vainly to defend his superior. Prescott helpfully supplies a blooper reel of some of Luskey's mishaps, and puts out a call over the air for someone to run in competition. At the firehouse, Cody suggests Chase run, and though some members of the team find this humorous, Heatwave thinks it's a reasonable idea. Chase is hesitant until Chief gives his approval.
The team is soon out campaigning. Luskey is derisive of the whole business, but agrees to taking part in a debate. Chase is tongue-tied in front of an audience until Cody prompts him to speak from his spark, and he reels out a series of facts about the town. Chase also proves superior at answering questions from the audience about upcoming ballots, and the debate only gets worse for Luskey as he explodes with rage and Chase handles his bluster calmly. Doc Greene watches from the laboratory as he works on a minimolecular collider.
The polls come in and show Chase has a favorable lead. Cody and Frankie tell him it's time to step up his campaigning. Luskey also ramps up his campaigning — by riding a mechanical bull through town. Unfortunately as soon as it spies something red, the bull takes off with Luskey still aboard, and manages to make several holes in the town bank before its rampage is halted by Chase.
The election finally comes, and Prescott announces the preliminary results: Chase has won! Chase announces that in preparation he has studied Earth's politicians. Heatwave doesn't think Chase should actually take office, but Chase is determined, and Mr. Alper is soon swearing him in. With Chase now mayor, Alper supplies him with the historical town budgets, only to find that Chase has decided that City Hall's lights will be kept off to save power. After going through a bunch of other money saving plans he's come up with, Chase also points out a zoning issue with the laboratory.
The next morning, Chief gets a call from Chase asking him to start enforcing some of the more obscure laws which have mostly remained on the books due to oversight. Chief tries unsuccessfully to object. Afterwards Alper reports that Doc Greene is picking up the lab permit from the Hall of Inspiration, but Chase insists on sealing off the laboratory in the meantime. Thus when Doc arrives back at the lab, the door closes in his face.
Prescott stages an interview with Chase, who takes the opportunity to announce that all streets will henceforth be one way and there'll be a 10 mile an hour speed limit. Predictably this and Chase's other changes cause chaos on the roads, and Prescott reports on how annoyed the townsfolk are. The rescue team is called out to a toppling billboard, however the chaos delays them and they only just get there in time to prevent anyone getting hurt. As they drive back past City Hall, Chase pulls them all over for speeding. After he's written them tickets, Doc Greene roars up with the news that he's unable to get into the lab to switch off his collider, and if it overloads it'll be a disaster. Chase reluctantly agrees to shut down the security system, however it turns out that the key is missing and he can't.
While Cody and Frankie track down Luskey to get a key, the rest of the team head to the lab but are unable to breach the door. Fortunately the kids are able to talk Luskey into riding to the rescue on the mechanical bull, now fitted with blue sunglasses to prevent road rage. The lab is opened and Doc Greene is able to shut down the collider.
Chase officially steps down as mayor, to cheers from the crowd, and announces that as runner up, Luskey is Mayor once again. Naturally Mayor Luskey celebrates with fireworks which quickly go out of control and the panicked crowd scatters.
Featured characters
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Quotes
"The polls are looking great!"
"I should hope so... given that this is a firehouse and I do polish them on a regular basis."
- —Cody and Chase
"Waaaahhhhh Do I have your vote? Waaaahhhhhh I can't tell if you're nodding or not. Waaaahhhhhh help!"
- —Luskey riding the out-of-control mechanical bull.
"Somebody call 911!"
"No need, citizen. I am 911."
- —Mrs. Rubio in a panic, and Chase being a badass.
"Vote for me: the no-bull candidate"
- —Luskey gets so caught up in his campaign that he forgets he's in a children's show.
"I think we created a monster."
- —Cody
"I am sorry, but I am only following orders from the mayor."
"But...you are the mayor!"
"At this moment, I am acting in my capacity as a police vehicle. But if you would care to meet with me as mayor, I can have my assistant make the arrangements."
- —Chase and Graham
"Please panic in an orderly fashion"
- —Chase returns to duty.
Notes
Continuity notes
- In the demonstration of Luskey's previous mishaps, Huxley plays footage from "Prescott's Bots", "Walk on the Wild Side", and "Pirates Ahoy".
- The mechanical bull was previously seen in "The Island of Misfit Tech".
Transformers references
- (tbd)
Real-world references
- Blades paraphrases a quote from Sally Field when he notes the townsfolk like Chase.
- Chase refers to the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
- Chase's line "I am 911" before lowering his visor appears to be a reference to the snappy-line/puts-on-sunglasses trope made famous by David Caruso on CSI: Miami.
Animation and technical errors
- In "The Reign of Morocco", it was established that the lab has a holographic doggie door. Couldn't they have gotten in that way?
Trivia
- Though D.C. Douglas is credited with playing "Portly Posh Woman", the dialog in question was cut prior to the episode being animated.[1]
Foreign localization
French
- Title: "Être ou ne pas être maire" ("To be or not to be mayor")
- Original airdate: ?
Italian
- Title: "Il nuovo sindaco" ("The new mayor")
- Original airdate: 15 September 2017
References
- ↑ "Portly Posh's dialog got cut at the animatic phase. Sorry, DC!"—Nicole Dubuc, Twitter, 2016/06/15