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2007-10-16T01:09:50Z

118.92.11.227: /* Season 1: 1996-1997 */ Fixing link.

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==Season 1: 1996-1997==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
!#!!Title!!Writer!!Director!!Original airdate!!Production code
{{Episode list
|Title=[[Beast Wars, Part 1]]
|EpisodeNumber=1
|OriginalAirDate=September 16, 1996
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Ian Pearson]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] forces crash land on a mysterious, primitive world.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Beast Wars, Part 2]]
|EpisodeNumber=2
|OriginalAirDate=September 17, 1996
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Steve Ball]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=After a battle between [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], a huge cache of Energon is discovered.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[The Web]]
|EpisodeNumber=3
|OriginalAirDate=September 18, 1996
|Aux1=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|Aux2=[[C. Michael Easton]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=While testing a new communications device, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] runs into trouble.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Equal Measures]]
|EpisodeNumber=4
|OriginalAirDate=September 23, 1996
|Aux1=[[Greg Johnson]]
|Aux2=[[T.W. Peacocke]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=While placing communication relay devices [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] is accidentally transported to the [[Darkside]].
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Chain of Command]]
|EpisodeNumber=5
|OriginalAirDate=September 24, 1996
|Aux1=[[Jesse Winfield]]
|Aux2=[[Andrew Doucette]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=After Optimus is abducted by an alien probe, the remaining Maximals must decide on a new leader.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Power Surge]]
|EpisodeNumber=6
|OriginalAirDate=September 25, 1996
|Aux1=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|Aux2=[[Nicholas Kendall]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=
[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] discovers a cache of energon on a floating mountain that gives him enough power to overthrow [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Fallen Comrades]]
|EpisodeNumber=7
|OriginalAirDate=September 30, 1996
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Steve Ball]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=A stasis pod falls form orbit into [[Northern Sector|an icy region]] of the planet and the Maximals and Predacons race to obtain it.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Double Jeopardy]]
|EpisodeNumber=8
|OriginalAirDate=October 7, 1996
|Aux1=[[Jesse Winfield]]
|Aux2=[[Mark Schiemann]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=After a series of failed missions, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap's]] loyalty is brought into question.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[A Better Mousetrap]]
|EpisodeNumber=9
|OriginalAirDate=October 8, 1996
|Aux1=[[Karen Willson]],<br/>[[Chris Weber]]
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] is trapped inside the [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]] when the new Sentinel security program malfunctions, and must disarm it.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Gorilla Warfare]]
|EpisodeNumber=10
|OriginalAirDate=October 14, 1996
|Aux1=[[Greg Johnson]]
|Aux2=[[James Boshier]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=A virus, courtesy of [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] turns Optimus into an overly aggressive fighting machine.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[The Probe]]
|EpisodeNumber=11
|OriginalAirDate=October 15, 1996
|Aux1=[[Craig Miller]],<br/>[[Marv Wolfman|Marvin Wolfman]]
|Aux2=[[Ezekiel Norton]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=As a probe from Cybertron approaches the planet the Maximals desperately try to make contact with it, but Megatron has other plans.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Victory (Beast Wars episode)|Victory]]
|EpisodeNumber=12
|OriginalAirDate=November 1, 1996
|Aux1=[[Wendy Reardon]]
|Aux2=[[Steve Ball]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=A rebellion (and explosion) at the Predacon base seemingly leads to a Maximal victory.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Dark Designs]]
|EpisodeNumber=13
|OriginalAirDate=November 4, 1996
|Aux1=[[Ian Weir]]
|Aux2=[[Owen Hurley]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Megatron captures [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and reprograms him into a Predacon.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Double Dinobot]]
|EpisodeNumber=14
|OriginalAirDate=November 5, 1996
|Aux1=[[Rowby Goren]]
|Aux2=[[John Pozer]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Megatron creates a non-transforming clone of Dinobot in an effort to disable Sentinel.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[The Spark]]
|EpisodeNumber=15
|OriginalAirDate=November 11, 1996
|Aux1=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|Aux2=[[Colin Davies]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Rhinox and Cheetor assist a downed [[stasis pod]] and the damaged [[protoform]] within.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[The Trigger, Part 1]]
|EpisodeNumber=16
|OriginalAirDate=November 18, 1996
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[J. Falconer]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=[[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]] discovers a flying island with amazing alien power, but the Predacons are after it as well.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[The Trigger, Part 2]]
|EpisodeNumber=17
|OriginalAirDate=November 19, 1996
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Michaela Zabranska]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=With the flying island under Predacon control the Maximal base and the Beast Wars are in jeopardy.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Spider's Game]]
|EpisodeNumber=18
|OriginalAirDate=January 6, 1997
|Aux1=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|Aux2=[[James Boshier]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] detects a new stasis pod and attempts to turn the protoform into a new Predacon.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Call of the Wild]]
|EpisodeNumber=19
|OriginalAirDate=January 7, 1997
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Jonathan Goodwill]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The Predacons steal the Axalon's Energon Dampener which causes the Maximals to revert into a more feral state.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Dark Voyage]]
|EpisodeNumber=20
|OriginalAirDate=January 27, 1997
|Aux1=[[Samuel Warren Joseph]]
|Aux2=[[Steve Ball]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=After an energon explosion, Rhinox must lead the blinded Maximals back to base.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Possession]]
|EpisodeNumber=21
|OriginalAirDate=February 3, 1997
|Aux1=[[Ian Weir]]
|Aux2=[[Owen Hurley]]
|ProdCode=BW021
|ShortSummary=[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] finds himself possessed by none other than the original [[Decepticon]] traitor [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]!
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[The Low Road]]
|EpisodeNumber=22
|OriginalAirDate=February 10, 1997
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[J. Falconer]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Rhinox is infected with a strange energon discharge virus and if a cure isn't found he'll destroy the Maximal base.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Law of the Jungle]]
|EpisodeNumber=23
|OriginalAirDate=February 17, 1997
|Aux1=[[Mark Leiren-Young]]
|Aux2=[[John Pozer]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=After [[Snowstalker|an innocent]] is killed, Tigatron questions his commitment to the Maximal cause.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Before the Storm]]
|EpisodeNumber=24
|OriginalAirDate=February 21, 1997
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Adam Wood]]
|ProdCode=BW024
|ShortSummary=[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] brings Megatron an alien [[Golden Disk (Vok)|golden disk]] that causes him to offer a too good to be true cease fire to the Maximal|Maximals.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Other Voices, Part 1]]
|EpisodeNumber=25
|OriginalAirDate=March 31, 1997
|Aux1=[[Larry DiTillio]],<br/>[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Colin Davies]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The plans of both Megatron and the [[Vok|mysterious aliens]] are coming to a head as one of the two moons transforms.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Other Voices, Part 2]]
|EpisodeNumber=26
|OriginalAirDate=April 1, 1997
|Aux1=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|Aux2=[[Ezekiel Norton]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=As the [[Planet Buster]] begins destroying the planet's energon, Optimus devises a desperate plan to destroy the alien device.
}}
|}

==Season 2: 1997-1998==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
!#!!Title!!Writer!!Director!!Original airdate!!Production code
{{Episode list
|Title=[[Aftermath]]
|EpisodeNumber=27
|OriginalAirDate=October 26, 1997
|Aux1=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|Aux2=[[Colin Davies]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=After the destruction of the Planet Buster and the death of Optimus the remaining Maximals are left to pick up the pieces and fend off the Predacons.
|LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Coming of the Fuzors, Part 1]]
|EpisodeNumber=28
|OriginalAirDate=November 2, 1997
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Steve Sacks]]
|ProdCode=BW028
|ShortSummary=Dinobot breaks into the Predacon base and steals the golden disks, meanwhile two oddly misshapen transformers emerge from their stasis pods.
|LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Coming of the Fuzors, Part 2]]
|EpisodeNumber=29
|OriginalAirDate=November 9, 1997
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Cal Shumiatcher]]
|ProdCode=BW028
|ShortSummary=Vastly outnumbered, the remaining Maximals must defend their base from a Predacon assault while Rhinox takes a dangerous journey.
|LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Tangled Web]]
|EpisodeNumber=30
|OriginalAirDate=November 16, 1997
|Aux1=[[Len Wein]]
|Aux2=[[Craig McEwen]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Megatron sends Tarantulas to build a new energon processing station, but Tarantulas has other plans.
|LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Maximal, No More]]
|EpisodeNumber=31
|OriginalAirDate=November 23, 1997
|Aux1=[[Patrick Barry]]
|Aux2=[[Trenton Carlson]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=With the contents of the Golden Disks weighing heavily on his mind, Dinobot must decide which side of the conflict he truly belongs to.
|LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Other Visits, Part 1]]
|EpisodeNumber=32
|OriginalAirDate=February 8, 1998
|Aux1=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|Aux2=[[John Pozer]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=A new alien site and device are discovered, and Megatron intends to have both for himself.
|LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Other Visits, Part 2]]
|EpisodeNumber=33
|OriginalAirDate=February 15, 1998
|Aux1=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|Aux2=[[Colin Davies]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=With the alien craft in his possession, Megatron intends to use it to conquer Cybertron!
|LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Bad Spark]]
|EpisodeNumber=34
|OriginalAirDate=February 22, 1998
|Aux1=[[Greg Johnson]]
|Aux2=[[Steve Sacks]],<br/>[[Jonathan Goodwill]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=An oversized stasis pod reveals the secrets of [[Protoform X]].
|LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Code of Hero]]
|EpisodeNumber=35
|OriginalAirDate=March 9, 1998
|Aux1=[[Ian Weir]]
|Aux2=[[Bob Forward]]
|ProdCode=BW035
|ShortSummary=Dinobot makes a choice. |LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Transmutate (Beast Wars episode)|Transmutate]]
|EpisodeNumber=36
|OriginalAirDate=March 10, 1998
|Aux1=[[Christy Marx]]
|Aux2=[[J. Falconer]],<br/>[[Sean Osborne]],<br/>[[George Samilski]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=A strange creature emerges from a damaged [[stasis pod]], and both [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] find a strange type of kinship with it.
|LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[The Agenda, Part 1]]
|EpisodeNumber=37
|OriginalAirDate=March 11, 1998
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Cal Shumiatcher]]
|ProdCode=BW037
|ShortSummary=The [[Tripredacus Council]] sends an agent to Earth to bring back Megatron and his band of criminals.
|LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[The Agenda, Part 2]]
|EpisodeNumber=38
|OriginalAirDate=March 12, 1998
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Owen Hurley]]
|ProdCode=BW038
|ShortSummary=Captured by [[Ravage]], [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] lets the former Decepticon warrior in on the secret of the Golden Disk, and gets him to switch sides.
|LineColor=801818
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[The Agenda, Part 3]]
|EpisodeNumber=39
|OriginalAirDate=March 12, 1998
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Asaph Fipke]],<br/>[[Colin Davies]]
|ProdCode=BW039
|ShortSummary=His plans crumbling, Megatron takes a final stab at winning the Beast Wars and changing history.
|LineColor=801818
}}
|}

==Season 3: 1998-1999==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
!#!!Title!!Writer!!Director!!Original airdate!!Production code
{{Episode list
|Title=[[Optimal Situation]]
|EpisodeNumber=40
|OriginalAirDate=October 24, 1998
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Steve Sacks]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=With [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in critical condition after Megatron's attack, Optimus Primal takes on his [[spark]] to save the timestream.
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Deep Metal]]
|EpisodeNumber=41
|OriginalAirDate=November 1, 1998
|Aux1=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|Aux2=[[Owen Hurley]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] arrives on Earth continuing his obsessive quest to hunt down Protoform X.
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Changing of the Guard]]
|EpisodeNumber=42
|OriginalAirDate=November 8, 1998
|Aux1=[[Steve Sacks]]
|Aux2=[[Steve Sacks]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=While trying to salvage the [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] program from the ruins of the Axalon, Rattrap finds himself caught between Depth Charge and Rampage.
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Cutting Edge]]
|EpisodeNumber=43
|OriginalAirDate=November 15, 1998
|Aux1=[[Ian Weir]]
|Aux2=[[Trenton Carlson]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=A new group of raptor clones attacks the proto-human tribe, and it falls to Cheetor and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] to defend them.
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Feral Scream, Part 1]]
|EpisodeNumber=44
|OriginalAirDate=January 31, 1999
|Aux1=[[Greg Johnson]]
|Aux2=[[Steve Sacks]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Megatron creates a new [[Dinobot II|Transmetal 2 Dinobot]] using alien technology, and Cheetor is caught in the blast as the device malfunctions.
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Feral Scream, Part 2]]
|EpisodeNumber=45
|OriginalAirDate=February 7, 1999
|Aux1=[[Greg Johnson]]
|Aux2=[[William Lau]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Cheetor is behaving oddly after the accident, and a new [[Transmetal 2]] creature is stalking both camps.
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Proving Grounds]]
|EpisodeNumber=46
|OriginalAirDate=February 14, 1999
|Aux1=[[Arthur Sellers]]
|Aux2=[[William Lau]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Blackarachnia discovers that removing a shell program could free her from Predacon control... or wipe her mind entirely. Believing this revelation to be the latest in a long line of mistrust between her and the Maximals, Blackarachnia strikes out on her own, only to be pulled into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game within a Predacon jamming zone by Dinobot.
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Go With the Flow]]
|EpisodeNumber=47
|OriginalAirDate=February 18, 1999
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Cal Shumiatcher]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Megatron and the Predacons are building a cannon that could destroy [[Ark (G1)|the Ark]] and the Maximals, but requires an organic life-form to finish the construction.
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Crossing the Rubicon]]
|EpisodeNumber=48
|OriginalAirDate=February 22, 1999
|Aux1=[[D.C. Fontana]]
|Aux2=[[Trenton Carlson]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=After experimenting with the [[Transmetal Driver]], Blackarachnia's core consciousness begins to crash and Rhinox has to perform emergency surgery.
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Master Blaster]]
|EpisodeNumber=49
|OriginalAirDate=March 1, 1999
|Aux1=[[Eric Torin]]
|Aux2=[[Steve Sacks]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=After taking control of Optimus and capturing the Maximals, Megatron enters the Ark and absorbs the original Megatron's spark. [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] who had allied with Tarantulas, plotted against Megatron and dumped him in the lava around the Ark. This gave birth to Megatron's Transmetal 2 form.
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Other Victories]]
|EpisodeNumber=50
|OriginalAirDate=May 5, 1999
|Aux1=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|Aux2=[[William Lau]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The [[Vok]] send their powerful new emissary [[Tigerhawk (BW)|Tigerhawk]] to Earth to stop the continued disruption of the time stream.
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Nemesis, Part 1]]
|EpisodeNumber=51
|OriginalAirDate=May 6, 1999
|Aux1=[[Bob Forward]]
|Aux2=[[Ezekiel Norton]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Down, but not out, Megatron discovers Tarantulas' secret tunnel network that leads to the [[Decepticon]] warship the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]].
|LineColor=006699
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Nemesis, Part 2]]
|EpisodeNumber=52
|OriginalAirDate=May 7, 1999
|Aux1=[[Simon Furman]]
|Aux2=[[Cal Shumiatcher]],<br/>[[Steve Sacks]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The end of the Beast Wars. Megatron has possession of the Nemesis, and Optimus and the Maximals need a last minute miracle to stop him.
|LineColor=006699
}}
|}

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Flight

2007-10-12T01:27:07Z

118.92.11.227: /* Generation 1 cartoon */ - Included example of the Decepticons not flying.

'''Flight''' is a capability many mechanoids and no few [[Transformer]]s have, whether through rocket boosters, propellers, or even flapping wings. It has proven quite useful strategically in many continuities.

==Jet-powered flight==
The most common means by which Transformers fly is some variation on jet-propulsion engines, rocket engines, or similar. Transformers such as the [[Seekers]] have such thrusters built into their legs, while other individuals such as [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] possess removable jet-packs which strap to their backs.

===Transformers with jet-powered flight===
*[[Inferno (BW)]]
*[[Megatron (BW)|Transmetal Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Primal]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)]]

==Propeller-powered flight==
Sometimes, by virtue of a Transformer's [[alternate mode]], they can fly by means more primitive than they might be accustomed to on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Using airplane propellers, helicoptor rotors, or other similar technologies they can fly at speeds comparable to native aircraft on the worlds they are residing upon.

===Transformers with propeller-powered flight===
* [[Divebomb (Classics)|''Classics'' Divebomb]]
* [[Obsidian (BM)]]

==Biological flight==
Many transformers have a physical pair of beast-mode wings, whether natural-looking or mechanical. In these cases, the transformer's flight derives from flapping these wings or gliding much like an animal would.

===Transformers with biological flight===
*[[Divebomb (G1)]]
*[[Megatron (BW)|Transmetal 2 Megatron]]
*[[Nightscream (BM)|''Beast Machines'' Nightscream]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Fuzor Silverbolt]]
*[[Waspinator]]

==Levitation==
Some Transformers just float, often by no apparent means. It isn't always that well explained in the fiction, though certainly there exist transformers with anti-gravity generators and other technologies which allow them to maneuver effortlessly even within a gravitational field.

===Transformers with levitation===
*[[Shockwave (G1)]]
*[[Sky-Byte]]

==Robot-mode flight==

Robot-mode flight powers are an innovative power that allows [[Transformer]]s without a flight based [[alternate mode]] to fly while in robot mode. The [[Decepticon]]s make good use of this power.

Sometimes the [[Autobot]]s have them....sometimes they don't. Most often they display them early in Season 1 of the US cartoon, particularly the pilot. It is uncertain if they require external equipment to fly; several times the Autobots used strap-on jet packs or rocket packs, but sometimes they don't.

Robot-mode flight was prevalent in the post-movie episodes, in which the focus was shifted to space (perhaps, taking a hint from the Gundam franchise.) As although some characters could not fly under the influence of a planets gravity, 'everyone' seemed to posses the power of flight in deep space.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
Robot-mode flight powers were a technological innovation that allowed the Decepticons, who had just mastered the art of [[Transformation]], to start a [[Great War|new war]] and battle the Autobots for supremacy of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Their initial attacks were not a matter of public knowledge, and some Autobots, such as [[Orion Pax]] and [[Dion]], admired them for their innovations. This admiration was ended when [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] blasted Orion, Dion, and [[Ariel]]. It was to Megatron's detriment, however, for [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] rebuilt Orion and Ariel into [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. {{storylink|War Dawn}}

Eventually, the Autobots also mastered robot-mode flight powers, and they used them to reach an oil rig which the Decepticons were plundering. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} Ironhide and Bluestreak pursued the fleeing Decepticons into the air, though Skywarp had little difficulty shooting down Ironhide. Optimus required the use of [[Sideswipe]]'s rocket pack to catch up to the space-bound [[Decepticon space cruiser|Decepticon ship]] shortly afterwards, implying a limit on the speed or range of his flight capabilities. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3}} Sideswipe and [[Sunstreaker]] also used robot-mode flight powers in their use of [[jet judo]] against [[seeker]]s attacking the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]]. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

The Decepticon's own flight capabilities have known to fail them at times too. In one instance, under a barrage of firepower, Optimus and the Autobots drove the Decepticons back until they fell down a canyon into lava, instead of simply flying there. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

The Autobots' ability to fly in robot mode effectively vanished after that. To reach Dinobot Island, Optimus Prime and a crew of Autobots used strap-on jetpacks. Even Autobots with flying alternate modes did not seem able to fly in robot mode, though [[Cosmos]] seemed able to maneuver in space while in robot mode.

The newly-created Dinobots could fly in robot mode, an abiliy they consistently demonstrated throughout their history. Their creator [[Wheeljack]] was also shown flying in robot mode apparently unassisted, an ability his [[tech spec]] claims for him. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

In the years following the defeat of Unicron, a number of Autobots were seen to fly through space without any visible aid or means of propulsion. Notable among them was Perceptor, who had never before demonstrated such an ability. Before one such instance, Sky Lynx advised the Autobots in question to "don your rocket packs, gentlemen!" The Technobots all flew in robot mode from Earth to Saturn's moon Titan.

Despite the Autobots' rare display of this ability, some claim they do not have it at all. [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] once said outright that "Autobots cannot fly," himself flying easily over a booby trap, while his apparently earthbound Autobot companions remained helpless. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

===Beast Wars cartoon===

Early in this series, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] had a tactical advantage due to the imbalance of flight-capable individuals in their faction. Initially, only [[Optimus Primal]] could provide air support for the [[Maximal]]s, and then only in robot-mode which was risky in the [[energon]]-rich enviroment. However as more [[Protoform]]s were formatted and pressed into service, particularly [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], the balance of forces was more even.

Sufficient volumes of energon itself, of a certain instability, are said to have the ability to cause large objects to float {{storylink|Power Surge}}.

[[Transmutate]] had an apparently unique flight mechanism: it extended a crystalline object from within its body, and when the crystal was exposed to air it gave off an intense energy field and then caused its user to levitate. Since Transmutate was a malformed, incomplete design, this might have been a display of widespread Transformer flight technology that otherwise would always be internal and unseen.

===IDW comics===

Back before the war, information on scientific breakthroughs in levitation/"repulsors" that could lead to robot-mode flight abillities catches the greedy optics of Senator [[Ratbat]] who manipulates the stock to tack control. Given that he offers a variety of war-tech to the fledgling Decepticons under Megatron this is may be intended as reference to or origin for their robot-form flight abilities; however, the Decepticons have demonstrated no such abilities in the IDW continuity. This may be an artifact of this storyline's planning and even possible scripting during the latter days before the [[Dreamwave]] bankruptcy.

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