Transformers: Energon (cartoon)

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''Energon'' was ''[[Armada]]'''s direct predecessor, and the first show since ''[[Beast Machines]]'' not to wholly reboot Transformers continuity. ''Energon'' took place ten years after the finale of ''[[Armada]]'', at the beginning of a new age of peace on Cybertron and Earth, which was not to last long. ''Energon'' featured the return of two major villians thought vanquished at the end of ''[[Armada]]'': Megatron and, impressively, Unicron, who, in ''[[Armada]]'', made his first incarnate appearance in American Transformers continuity since 1986. ''Energon'', like ''[[Armada]]'', was animated in Japan and dubbed for US consumption. It was one of the first mass-market cartoons to employ cel-shaded computer animation, creating a fusion between the CGI of ''[[Beast Wars]]''/''Machines'' and the traditional animated look. Many fans found ''Energon'' an improvement over ''[[Armada]]'' in story and writing; still, the lack of English-written Transformer cartoons since ''[[Beast Machines]]'' indicates a trend of less-than-stellar dialogue that American audiences just have to put up with, a trend which seems to have no end in sight. <br>

==Season 1==
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==Season 2==
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Transformers: Armada (cartoon)

2006-03-09T20:04:44Z

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'''''Armada''''' was the first Transformers cartoon to be co-developed in the United States and Japan. However, it was produced in Japan and aired there first. It was then dubbed into English for the North American market. The cartoon served as a media tie-in for the overall ''[[Armada|Transformers Armada]]'' franchise.

==Story setup==

''Armada'' is set in a [[Unicron Trilogy]] universe, and is the first series in its continuity. Thus, the ''Armada'' cartoon was responsible for establishing the animated UT universe. (There are also [[Armada (comic)|comic books]] based on ''Armada'' that are set in slightly different UT continuities.)

''Armada'' added to Transformers mythology the notion of [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]], a tiny (human-sized) race of Transformers that, when "[[powerlinking|powerlinked]]" to their larger brethren, would unleash a floodgate of energy. Because of the great potential for their exploitation, the Mini-Cons attempted to abstain from the Autobot/Decepticon war and fled Cybertron, crashing several of their ships on or near Earth. When some Mini-Cons are accidentally reactivated in 2002 by clumsy teenagers, a beacon alerts both the Autobots and Decepticons on Cybertron, who track them to Earth and continue their battle here.

==Production==

''Armada'' was plagued with translation errors, particularly the repeated misnaming of characters in dialog, and as far as writing quality it was not nearly up to the standards ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' had set six years before, often containing juvenile dialog and stock science-fiction plots. Still, after the failure of ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)]]'' and lukewarm reception to ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots In Disguise]]'', many welcomed the freshness of ''Armada'', as well as the new features it brought to both the Transformers toyline and its greater story as a whole.

==Episodes==

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