Intended to be released as part of the 7-pack for the Playskool Friends lineup, this Heatwave is a very adorable non-transforming figurine. After dropping the bombshell that Cybertron was no more, Optimus appointed Heatwave team leader and assigned them to Griffin Rock to work with the Burns family. Collect all Transformers Rescue Bots Academy Figures — Brushfire, Bumblebee, Chase The Police-Bot, Grimlock, Heatwave The Fire-Bot and Whirl The Flight-Bot (each sold separately). Space Case Heatwave left the recruits with a list of chores when he and Cody joined the other Rescue Bots on an off-world mission.

Following a game of Rescue Ball which was interrupted by an impromptu rescue, Chase and the others found that Blades was acting strangely.

Part of the first wave of Mega Bots figures, Heatwave changes from a longer and larger version of his original fire truck alt-mode in a few easy steps. Unfortunately the party came to a halt when the Titan was struck by an asteroid which created an anti-energon field, putting Heatwave and the rest of the teaching staff into stasis lock. 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. In addition to helping Graham with his love life, Heatwave and the rest of the team had to deal with mutant metal-eating army ants courtesy of Doctor Morocco.

Thow some may not bileve that its true ( in some universis) heatwave does infackt sufer from a cybertronin form of deprashin , he prifer to not show it to stay strong for the Birns family , hiss team and his rickruts . This was replaced in both toy line and on the show with the ability to summon a variety of Energon tools by saying "Power Up and Energize", such as an axe and a double barreled nozzle that he uses as a heat welder. When Morocco set his sights on abducting Cody, Heatwave's team attempted in vain to protect the boy, but Heatwave was later able to pick up him and Frankie after they dropped Morocco into an undersea trench.He and the other Rescue Bots took part in the opening of a time capsule, during which a quantum crystal mishap resulted in the entire island being teleported to the Arctic. They were eventually freed by the recruits, and Heatwave's anger was cut short by the arrival of the Griffin Rock townsfolk. During a routine inspection by Optimus, Heatwave led his team to Wayward Island to investigate a pterodactyl appearance.