Saturday Night Showcase> Rescue Heroes: The Movie

Ever wonder what the PAW Patrol would be like if they were humans? They already made that long before PAW Patrol.

Rescue Heroes was a Fisher-Price toyline from the early 2000s, recently revived as a Walmart exclusive. The franchise follows a team of first responders with the type of equipment International Rescue (all three versions), the Rescue Bots, the Go-Go-Go-Bots, and PAW Patrol wouldn’t mind having. For that matter real world rescue workers would wish half these things existed.

In 2003 Nelvana, who made the tie-in TV series, produced Rescue Heroes: The Movie, a full-length adventure that is the biggest challenge the Heroes have ever faced. Storms are covering the planet, causing numerous natural and unnatural disasters as they pass. With Earth itself in danger, one team member grounded and another sick, as well as every member of the team on call, can the world be saved and will the youngest member learn what it means to be a Rescue Hero in time? Don’t let the target age group fool you. If you think that a show for kids can’t be a good story because it lacks “mature themes” or a hatred of humanity, here’s proof that it totally can, by showing what it means to be a hero, by having the interracial and multigender cast all working together and treating each other as equals, and that even the best of us make mistakes. Enjoy.