[electronic trilling]
[boy] My father told me the stories of the Great Sharg War.
An alien creature invaded our planet.
Our world was nearly destroyed.
Until they arrived,
falling from the skies like guardian angels.
We call them the Robos.
But we knew one day
the Shargs would return.
[Sharg roaring]
[opening theme music playing]
[upbeat music playing]
[engine revving]
[music fades]
[wind whooshing gently]
[dramatic music playing]
[boy grunting]
[computer trilling]
[boy straining]
[boy yelling]
[boy grunting, panting]
[deep rumbling]
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[boy grunting, straining]
Ava!
[boy grunting, panting]
[machinery whirring]
[boy sighing]
[Ava] Hey.
Dirt's kinda soft over there.
Okay, okay, so you were right.
Huh. That was pretty close. We almost messed up these new MX1 shocks.
Forget the bike, Stanford, you could have died.
Yeah, but I love this bike.
Well, maybe try harder not to crash it into a huge ditch.
Fifty-four. We could hit sixty.
Dude, don't you think you've pushed it enough?
I'm not helping you.
Come on.
How about you help me if I beat you to Sky Corps!
[engine revving]
- [both whooping] - [Stanford] Yeah!
[Ava] Woohoo!
[percussive music playing]
General Park, we're tracking bogeys inbound.
New Robo Mechs are arriving, sir.
How many, Sergeant Stanchie?
We're only tracking two.
[computer trilling]
[General Park in Korean] Really?
Over a year and only two?
That's... what it looks like, sir.
Fine, shut down the Global Defense Ring.
Let them in. And alert the trainees.
[light music playing]
Come on, hitting a 60-foot jump, that would be so legendary!
If you really wanna go for it,
I can up the weight of the hydraulic oil in the shocks.
It'll dissipate more heat.
[chuckling] Now you're talkin'. Let's do it!
[alarm blaring]
[Stanchie] Attention, all trainees.
New Robo Mechs are en route. We are a code green.
Pilot selection has been scheduled for 1500 hours.
[squelching]
[dramatic music playing]
[robot trilling]
[Stanford] Huh?
[sighing] Come on, MoSh, what's going on?
[MoSh trilling]
[in Cantonese] Hey, hey, hey. Hurry up!
[sighing] Will you stop playing with that thing?
I'm just trying to fix it, Ma.
Did you hear?
Yeah, I heard. Everyone heard.
New Robos are here.
[MoSh trilling]
I thought you were over all this pilot stuff.
Being a Mech pilot is what I've always wanted.
It's the only thing I want.
[emotional music playing]
[sighing] Well, I didn't wanna say anything,
but I overheard Chief Max talking in the cafeteria.
I think you got the engineering internship!
You'll be working with Ava!
Yay, engineering.
Sounds rad.
It's a great job, Stanford.
Your father would be proud.
[Stanford sighing]
Plus, you'll be right here on the ground with me.
Safe.
Hey, hey!
[in Cantonese] Hurry up!
You got this, Maya, you're gonna do great in selection.
Yeah, but the fact is, there's only two Robos,
and you know Olivia is a shoo-in for one of them
No, she's not. Just do your best and you'll kick butt.
- You always do. - [Maya] Thanks, Frank.
[scanner trilling]
Good luck.
Thanks, Stanford.
My Robo, Tombo, and I have a special bond.
It was formed the day we met.
Just like this good boy is forming a special bond with you!
[audience laughing]
[Maya] Really, Adam?
You know, just taking mental notes for when I get my Robo, dawg.
Keep dreamin'.
[indistinct chatter]
Attention on deck.
[chatter stops]
Trainees, today's selection will be scored and you will be ranked.
The Robos will be evaluating your performance
and then choose which one of you to bond with.
Those two will graduate to cadets.
Let me be clear,
right here, right now.
This is no game.
Thirty years ago, we faced an enemy like we've never seen.
Great warriors fell so that we could live.
You walk in their footsteps.
Today is selection,
a chance for you to prove your worth.
And for the Robos to select their pilots.
And for the very best of you
to become Mech Cadets.
The sword that fights for our survival,
the shield that protects our humanity!
[all] Hoo-ah!
[Stanford gasping]
[girl] All right. I understand.
You better focus, Olivia.
This is everything we've worked for.
It's been over a year since any new Robos arrived.
I don't know when or if there will ever be any more.
This is your last chance to become a pilot.
Don't disappoint me.
[dramatic music playing]
Good pep talk. Thanks... Dad.
Hey!
Mind your own business, mop boy.
[Stanford gasping]
[MoSh trilling]
[Stanford grunting]
Uh, sir, General Park.
Uh, Sir, uh, sorry.
- Uh... - What is it?
Um, Sir, my name is Stanford Yu.
I know you're very busy today, but I was wondering if there's any way
I could just have a chance at, uh, pilot selection?
Did you take the Cadet screening test?
Yes, sir. I didn't pass.
If you failed the screening test, you're not eligible to try for cadet.
Those are the rules.
Uh, but, sir, I know I can do it.
I've been practicing on the SIM machine, and I could be a...
great pilot.
[Ava] You killed it! You'll be an engineering intern. Can you believe...
I need you to help me steal an ExoSuit.
Um,
what?
Chief Max wanted to tell you herself, but with the Robos arriving and all...
She said you got the highest score out of everyone.
So... maybe you wanna just let this pilot stuff go, yeah?
[dramatic music playing]
Watching the Robos take off, dreaming of becoming a pilot,
those were the last memories I had with my dad.
I made him a promise.
You were five. You don't have anything to prove.
Yes, I do.
This is a bad idea.
Just keep an eye out and make sure no one goes in there. Okay?
Fine. But be careful.
[Stanford grunting]
[tense music playing]
[scanner trilling]
[scanner beeping]
[Ava gasping]
[Ava] Hey, Sergeant Stanchie,
uh, I think Chief Max is looking for you.
It's something about the selection equipment.
Oh, okay. I just need to grab some stuff.
- She said it was urgent. - Why? Is something wrong?
Um, she didn't tell me.
[Stanchie grunting]
[both gasping]
Dude, Sergeant Stanchie almost busted you!
Where is he?
I said Chief Max was looking for him.
Oh, good thinking. Thanks.
How's it feel?
Fantastic!
[upbeat music playing]
[Ava] Don't do that.
Ever.
[crowd cheering]
[percussive music playing]
[wind whooshing]
[Stanford gasping]
[dramatic music playing]
[Stanford sighing]
You can observe trainees in our selection process from here.
[Robo warbling]
[Stanchie] Attention!
[force field humming]
This is the moment you've been preparing for!
Good luck.
[Stanford gasping]
[Olivia gasping]
What are you doing, mop boy?
Sir, he's not a trainee!
Take that off.
[both grunting]
- [Olivia straining] - [Stanford grunting]
[tense music playing]
You shouldn't be in the ExoSuit. They're for pilots only.
You're not a pilot yet either.
You're nothing.
Come on, Olivia. Leave him alone.
[Olivia grunting]
Man, Olivia be on edge.
Selection day.
Plus, if your dad was General Park, you'd be pretty wound up too.
[scoffing] That's usually something I'd pull.
Where did you get that ExoSuit?
Breaking into the briefing room? Stealing an ExoSuit?
These are major offenses.
What were you thinking?
[sirens wailing]
I... I just wanted a shot.
This is not how you go about getting one.
I have to inform you that it is a Sky Corps violation
for non-trainees to be in an ExoSuit.
Your security pass has been suspended upon further review.
These MP's will escort you to collect personals, and then off campus.
No, please, wait!
If he's suspended, he'll lose his internship.
Chief Max wasn't looking for me. Were you involved in this too?
No, sir, she wasn't!
It was my idea, just me.
Take him away.
[sad music playing]
Let me talk to Chief Max.
Don't get involved. I'll be fine.
[Stanchie] Back in formation! Let's try this again!
First two combatants.
Maya Sanchez, Adam Williams.
On guard! Fight!
[Adam grunting]
[both grunting]
[Adam seething, straining]
[Maya grunting]
[Adam] Yes!
[Adam grunting]
[Maya straining, yelling]
[Adam yelling, groaning]
- [Maya grunting] - [Adam seething]
[Adam roaring]
[both grunting]
[Adam seething, grunting]
[Maya grunting]
[straining]
[groaning]
[Frank grunting]
[tense music playing]
[Olivia grunting]
[Adam groaning]
[computer beeping]
[Adam breathing heavily]
[sighing heavily]
[triumphant music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd cheering in distance]
[Stanford sighing]
[Stanchie] Trainees, prepare for the final event of selection.
On your mark!
[crowd murmuring]
[Stanchie] Get set!
Go!
[intense music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Maya grunting]
[Adam grunting, panting]
[Adam chuckling, groaning]
[Olivia grunting]
[Maya panting]
[Maya grunting]
[Frank grunting]
[Olivia grunting, panting]
[Olivia gasping]
I'll take the three on the right. You get the ones on the left.
[Olivia grunting, panting]
[both grunting]
[Frank groaning]
[Frank straining, grunting]
[Olivia grunting, panting]
[crowd cheering]
[scattered cheering]
[Stanchie] All Sky Corps personnel,
please join us at Central Square for the selection ceremony.
[engine humming]
Stanford!
[triumphant music playing]
[General Park] The final rankings are Olivetti in third,
Sanchez second,
and Park first.
These are our finest candidates.
Please select whom you would want to bond with.
[Robo trilling]
[Maya gasping]
[Maya] I'm calling them Big Red!
[crowd cheering]
[Robo trilling]
[Frank gasping]
[Robo trilling]
Yes, yes!
- [Olivia gasping] - [Frank] This is Thunderwrecker!
[crowd cheering]
Welcome, our newest Mech Cadets.
[chuckling] Congrats, Galleta.
You too.
[dramatic music playing]
[sound barrier breaking]
[wind whooshing]
What is that?
[alarm blaring]
Sergeant, bogey inbound.
It must have gotten past the GDR when the Robos arrived.
- A Sharg? - [operator] I don't think so.
Signature doesn't match.
[Stanchie] Hmm.
Keep tracking it.
[Stanford] Whoa.
[dramatic music playing]
[engine revving]
[tense music playing]
Whoa!
[voice echoing] Hello?
[electronic trilling]
[Stanford] Huh? [gasping]
[Robo trilling]
Whoa!
[Stanford grunting]
[Stanford shuddering]
[Stanford grunting]
[triumphant music playing]
[Robo trilling]
[Stanford sighing]
Hi!
[Robo warbling]
[Stanford panting]
[Stanford] Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Okay. [breathing heavily]
[Robo trilling]
[Robo warbling]
Huh? [sighing]
Whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[Stanford gasping, yelling]
[Stanford gasping]
[Robo trilling]
Whoa.
[creature roaring]
[Robo warbling]
Huh?
Whoa!
[Sharg roaring]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
[ominous music playing]
[Sharg roaring]
[intense music playing]
[Stanford shuddering, gasping]
[Stanford yelling, grunting]
Whoa!
[Stanford grunting]
[upbeat music playing]
[Stanford grunting]
[Stanford screaming]
[Stanford straining, shouting]
[Sharg shrieking]
[Stanford screaming]
[Stanford grunting]
[triumphant music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[Stanford laughing]
Insane! Ha!
[Robo trilling]
[Robo warbling]
What?
[Robo warbling]
You... wanna bond with me?
[Robo warbling]
[Stanford scoffing]
You're kidding.
[Robo trilling]
This can't be happening.
[dramatic music playing]
[Stanford gasping]
[Stanford grunting, gasping]
[Stanford breathing heavily]
Oh, right, a name.
You need a name.
How about... Buddy?
[Buddy trilling]
[Buddy warbling]
That's what my dad used to call me.
Well, it's nice to meet you, Buddy.
I'm Stanford.
I guess we're now a team.
[Sharg growling]
[ominous music playing]
[Stanford] Did it get bigger?
[gasping]
[Sharg shrieking]
[Stanford] This season on Mech Cadets...
[suspenseful music playing]
[Tanaka] We'll never fully understand how the Robos choose who to bond with.
Buddy chose you.
That bond can't be broken.
You're a Mech Cadet now.
Maya, Frank, I want you to meet the newest member of your team.
- It's not fair. I deserve the Robo! - Yeah, well, Buddy chose me.
Those guys have a year of training on you.
But you'll get there.
Get it together.
- Cut him some slack. - Fine.
Time to bring the thunder, baby!
- Whoa! - It hurts being this good.
You missed your shot. What'll you do now?
I still wanna be a pilot. I don't care how slim the chances are.
[General Park] I have another idea.
We've got a problem.
The Shargs are back.
A war is coming.
Come get some!
[Tanaka] Sacrifices will have to be made.
Take care of my boy.
[Tanaka] Shargs are out there.
Right now is our best chance to take it out.
Buddy!
[General Park] Good luck, pilots. We're in your hands.
[all] Hoo-ah!
[music fades]
[ending theme music playing]