Milford Goes To The Dogs Heatwave had the recruits try a simulation involving an ice wave to teach them that sometimes they had to pick their victories based on what was achievable. He partners with the other Rescue Bots and with their newest human teammates, Kade and Cody Burns, though he and Kade are frequently at odds as their egos clash. Heatwave soon learned to drive the newly-acquired Mobile Headquarters, using it to stop a speeding driver.

Bugs in the System During a trip on the space elevator Asgard, Heatwave switched bodies with Kade, allowing him to experience the delights of toothaches and human dentistry. Released as the second wave of Flip Racers multipacks, this set contains a new Heatwave inspired by his Rescan race car mode along with Boulder and Quickshadow. The Rescue Bots were promptly sent on a mission to mine gold under Griffin Rock, which barely got started before they trigged a methane explosion, and were confronted by the "criminal" Burns family.

During a mission to the Asgard, Heatwave and his team got trapped outside, necessitating the sending of the Sigma back to Earth so the recruits could come make an assist. He took Cody, Frankie and Kade to the lab so they could check the information on the computer there, but after all three of them vanished as well, it was up to Heatwave and his team to work out where the humans had been teleported to.

When the town was attacked by flobsters, he ventured out to help the other Rescue Bots fight the flying critters, resulting in him later having to endure being climbed on by children. After the Rescue Bots found Salvage and Blurr on Wayward Island, Optimus assigned the pair to be trained by Heatwave's team.An incident with Doc Greene's Vacuum Accelerator resulted in the Mobile HQ and three of the Rescue Bots being teleported around the island.

After Chase was put in charge of dispatch due to an injury, Heatwave was unimpressed with him raising several false alarms. Hot Shot was so impressed with Heatwave's abilities in fire truck mode that he selected that for his new form. Unfortunately this ended with the team having to face a horde of gremlins, conjured from Kade's nightmares by Doc Greene's Nightmare Imaging Device. The Vigilant Town Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots went along on a nature hike, however when the hike was interrupted by a snake infestation in town, Heatwave was forced to put up with Kade and Dani bickering and discovered he had a particular dislike of snakes. He is therefore prone to paint wear on his wrist-mounted water cannons and the top of his faux chest window during play.

Unfinished Business After the town was sealed inside an energy dome by Vigil, Heatwave and the others pursued the AI to try to beat it to the dome controls in the lab, but both Heatwave and Boulder ended up stuck under old cars in the scrapyard. 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 word "water" is in scare quotes in the product descriptions because the "water" cannon doesn't actually shoot water. After another rescue of Doc Greene, Heatwave was still disgruntled and refused to take part in the Lobster and Technology Festival, instead staying back at the fire station to watch it on TV.

When Servo appeared to be causing damage around town, Heatwave conceded that they might need to send the dog back to High Tide, however it turned out Servo had actually been helping people, and Heatwave changed his mind. Released in 2021, this Rescan Heatwave toy transforms into a red jet styled after an aerial firefighting plane. Wizard Of Botz After Heatwave assigned the recruits to carry out maintenance on the academy, he began seeing rabbits and cows passing through walls thanks to Hot Shot and Hoist screwing up repairs on Hero Hall.Toys to collect: Other Transformers Rescue Bots Academy figures from Playskool Heroes are also available to form their rescue team (other figures sold separately). Unused in the show, toy artwork of Heatwave showed that he could fire grappling hooks from his knuckle cannons.