Due to the placement of his ladder on his back, it is actually possible for the human figures to hitch a ride on Heatwave's back in robot mode; the rungs on the ladder are just thin enough to allow for one of their hands to slip around and the thumb on that hand to fit in the hollow area on the back of said rung. After Mount Magma started spewing lava and threatening the island, the pair were forced to work together, driving through a tunnel under the island to stop the lava from reaching the bunker under the fire station.

Monster Savings Heatwave assigned Hoist the task of looking after the experimental Virtual Sonic Fence and was later upset when the recruits became distracted by the tune used to unlock the device and failed an exercise.

When a monster was spotted during a star-gazing expedition with Cody, Heatwave was doused with skunk smell. When Doc Greene and Frankie were trapped in a shrinking force field dome, Heatwave led the team of mentors and recruits to rescue them. The team took part in Earliween celebrations, and also came up with a plan to foil Evan and Myles when the pair tried to carnap Quickshadow.

His fire engine hose can also be wielded by Kade to double the area covered, though this will exhaust his reserves faster. Spellbound Huxley Prescott roped the rescue team into taking part in a reality show, but started manufacturing his emergencies to make the show more exciting. Afterwards Optimus promptly reassigned them, with Heatwave leading a team on Griffin Rock consisting of Salvage and Servo.Tough Luck Chuck Believing that Wedge could get the response time of the other recruits down, Heatwave lent the student his control for the rescue alarm, which didn't go as well as it could have. Space Party They were revived once Secundus was safely landed on Earth, and held the students' graduation ceremony, during which Heatwave revealed that Secundus was becoming the Academy's new wing. Hot Rod Bot Heatwave accompanied Blades, Chief and Dani to Africa when Woodrow Burns appeared to need help, and ended up helping a family of gorillas survive baboons and an erupting volcano. Luckily Blades, who'd been having trouble with his alternate mode, was able to rescue them and Quarry was arrested. It turned out the dog's name was also Heatwave and had been trying to get the recruits to rescue his other owner Frank Murphy.