Wild Wheels is the name for six special episodes of Blaze and the Monster Machines Season 3. The first episode aired on May 29, 2017. The last episode aired on October 26, 2017.
These special episodes also marked the debut of the show's new animation style.
Premise[]
In these special episodes, Blaze and AJ visit a special place called Animal Island, an island inhabited by talking animal trucks who befriend them. Unlike other episodes, these episodes do not feature STEM concepts, and instead focus on different animals and certain facts about what they do. Transformations in these episodes are also animal-like, and Blaze and his friends will often turn into an animal to solve the problem at hand.
Opening theme[]
Like the Race Car Adventures episodes, a unique title sequence was used. Like the original, Blaze's flame glows over black; at "On your mark", the view zooms out to frame him racing across the Animal Island savannah, passing Bunk then Nelson. At "One, two, three, Let's Blaze", He drives with Stripes in the jungle and they jump and transform into a lion and Super Tiger Stripes, respectively. At "So buckle your seatbelt", they jump through the forest, then Blaze jumps up and turns into a gorilla as he swings across the trees. At "Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some speed", he then transforms into a rhinoceros and charges forward, smashing through a wall in his path. At "Blaze and the Monster Machines (Go, go!) (Blaze!)" He transforms into a shark and jumps into the ocean, swimming around. As he jumps out, he transforms into a falcon and flies around the Animal Island lagoon. Finally he flies past the camera and the theme song ends on the show's logo. The theme song only added whooshing sounds and the first version had a coloring error: Blaze's lion eyes are bright blue. Later episodes corrected this.
Episode list[]
| # | Title Card | Title | Original air date (United States) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 |  |
"Animal Island" | May 29, 2017  
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| Blaze and Stripes are sailing the open sea when they discover Animal Island - an incredible place where everyone is a talking monster truck animal. Ashore they make lots of new friends and marvel at the animals' amazing powers. But meanwhile a greedy lizard wants those powers all for himself - and steals them using a special machine. Blaze and Stripes set off to track down the lizard and his machine. Along the way, the heroes will transform into awesome animals to beat the bad guy and get the powers back where they belong. | |||
| 50 |  |
"Toucan Do It!" | May 31, 2017
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| Blaze, Starla, and Darington can't wait to play every animal's favorite sport: Jungle Ball! But when their teammate Tooks the Toucan gets launched from the stadium, it's up to the friends to get her back in the game. | |||
| 51 |  |
"Falcon Quest" | September 26, 2017
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| In the sky above Animal Island, a remarkable race is about to begin. But before Blaze can join, he must spread his wings. Challenged by a tough-talking falcon, Blaze takes off on an aerial journey to earn his place with the fastest fliers. | |||
| 52 |  |
"The Big Ant-venture" | September 28, 2017
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| Blaze and Zeg discover the teeny tiniest creatures on all of Animal Island - the insects. The pals shrink down to size, transforming into a super-strong ant and a bouncy grasshopper to enter a miniature insect city. Inside they meet a firefly couple and their baby egg. When a sudden gust of wind sends the egg rolling away in its stroller, Blaze and Zeg volunteer to chase the runaway egg through the underground world and get it back before it hatches. | |||
| 53 |  |
"Ready, Set, Roar!" | October 24, 2017
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| Blaze and Stripes transform into ferociously fast jungle cats to race in the Animal Island Championship. But to win, they'll have to beat Crusher disguised as a cheating cheetah. Can they claw their way to victory? | |||
| 54 |  |
"The Great Animal Crown" | October 26, 2017
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| When the Great Animal Crown is lost at the bottom of the ocean, Blaze transforms into a super-fast shark to retrieve it for his Animal Island friends. But he'll have to swim fast - or Crusher may get to the crown first. | |||
Special Guest Stars[]
- Billy Ray Cyrus (Lazard)
- Kelsea Ballerini (Tooks)
- Darius Rucker (Thunderwing)
Trivia[]
- This miniseries introduces the show’s new animation style, featuring the introduction of ray tracing where the trucks reflect their environments, the visible tearing on their tires, and the animals’ appearances were changed so they have more realistic and lifelike bodies, resembling their real life counterparts.
- Out of all episodes, only half of them featured a viewer greeting ("Animal Island", "Ready, Set, Roar!", and "The Great Animal Crown"), and viewer greetings became less frequent starting with such.
- Stripes is the only one of Blaze's friends other than AJ, Crusher and Pickle to visit Animal Island more than once in the miniseries. The rest only went once.
- This miniseries is the only one to have all it's episodes aired straight in a row.
- The scenes of the animal explanations on the control panel were animated with Adobe Animate.
External links[]
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| Blaze and the Monster Machines | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Axel City residents | Blaze • AJ • Gabby • Zeg • Pickle • Crusher • Starla • Darington • Stripes • Watts • Bump Bumperman • Clive the Baker • Rudy |
| Velocityville | Vender • Dash • Ralley • Speedrick | |
| Animal Island | Lizard • Nelson the Rhino • Bam the Gorilla • Bunk the Elephant • Scar • Wartimer and Snout • Thunderwing | |
| Locations | Axel City • Monster Dome • Clive's Bakery • Badlands • Jungle • Axel City Garage | |
| Productions | Episodes (Seasons: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8) • Video releases • Race Car Adventures • Wild Wheels • Robot Riders • Super Wheels • Special Missions | |