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Transformers Timelines (toyline)

2017-11-19T12:14:55Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* 2007 */

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The '''''Transformers Timelines''''' toyline comprises most of the toys produced by [[Fun Publications]]. The few that aren't under the ''Timelines'' label follow no particular pattern; for example, in the [[Nexus Prime]] [[combiner]]-team, only [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] bear the ''Timelines'' logo on their instructions. [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]] and [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]] both have the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' design on theirs, and [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] came with [[Terradive (Energon)|Terradive]]'s instructions, so it's impossible to say for sure where that toy belongs.

==2005==
;[[BotCon 2005]]

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Descent into Evil" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Buzzclaw (G1)#Toys|Buzzclaw]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Chromia (G1)#Timelines|Chromia]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Deathsaurus (Victory)#Timelines|Deathsaurus]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dirge (Timelines)#Toys|Dirge]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Outback (G1)#Timelines|Fallback]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ricochet (Timelines)#Toys|Ricochet]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Flareup (G1)#Toys|Flareup]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Timelines 2|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Virulent Clone#Toys|Virulent Clones]] two-pack}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Flamewar (G1)#Toys|Flamewar]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Botcon2005 set.jpg|thumb|250px|The box set of [[exclusive]]s from [[BotCon 2005]]]]
|}
{{-}}

==2006==
;[[Transformers Collectors' Club]]

:'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-d1|[[Landquake (Timelines)#Toys|Landquake]]}}
</ul>

{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2006]]

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Dawn of Future's Past" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Timelines|Axalon Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal/toys#Timelines|Axalon Optimus Primal]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Timelines|Axalon Rattrap]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Rhinox (BW)#Timelines|Axalon Rhinox]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Dinobot (BW)#Timelines|Darksyde Dinobot]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Timelines|Darksyde Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Timelines|Darksyde Waspinator]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Buzzsaw (G1)#Timelines|Buzzsaw]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Timelines|Laserbeak]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Tigatron#Timelines|Unit 2/(Tigatron)]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Timelinestoy-PrimalDoFP.jpg|thumb|250px|BotCon 2006 Optimus Primal]]
|}

{{-}}

==2007==
;Transformers Collectors' Club

:'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-m1|[[Airazor (BW)#Timelines|Airazor]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Astrotrain (Cybertron)#Toys|Astrotrain]] (w/ [[Starcatcher]], [[Astro-Hook]], [[Astro-Line]], and [[Astro-Sinker]])}}

{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2007]]

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Games of Deception" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bug Bite (GoBots)#Timelines 2|Bug Bite]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dirge (G1)/toys#Timelines|Dirge]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dreadwind (G1)#Timelines|Dreadwind]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thrust (G1)/toys#Timelines|Thrust]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Timelines|Thundercracker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Alpha Trion (G1)#Timelines|Alpha Trion]] (w/ [[Beta Maxx (RID)|Beta Maxx]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Weirdwolf (G1)#Timelines|Weirdwolf]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Huffer (G1)#Timelines|Huffer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Springer (G1)#Timelines|Springer]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Mirage (G1)/toys#Timelines|Mirage]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Classics Dreadwind Toy.jpg|thumb|250px|BotCon 2007 Dreadwind]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Overkill (G1)#Timelines|Overkill]]}}
</ul>
|}

{{-}}

==2008==
;Transformers Collectors' Club

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Nightbeat (G1)#Timelines|Nightbeat]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Piranacon (G1)#Timelines|Piranacon]]}}([[Nautilator (G1)#Timelines|Nautilator]], [[Overbite (G1)#Timelines|Overbite]], [[Seawing (G1)#Timelines|Seawing]], [[Skalor (G1)#Timelines|Skalor]], [[Snaptrap (G1)#Timelines|Snaptrap]], [[Tentakil (G1)#Timelines|Tentakil]])
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Nightbeattimelinestoy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Collectors' Club Nightbeat]]
|}
{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2008]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Shattered Glass"''' box set
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Jazz (SG)#Toys|Autobot Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Goldbug (SG)#Toys|Goldbug]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Grimlock (SG)#Toys|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Optimus Prime (SG)#Toys|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Razorclaw (SG)#Toys|Razorclaw]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Starscream (SG)#Toys|Starscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sd|[[Divebomb (SG)#Toys|Divebomb]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Megatron (SG)#Toys|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Rodimus (SG)#Toys|Rodimus]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Blurr (SG)#Toys|Blurr]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Rampage (SG)#Toys|Rampage]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Sideswipe (SG)#Toys|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Whisper (SG)#Toys|Whisper]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Ricochet (SG)#Toys|Ricochet]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

==2009==
;Transformers Collectors' Club

:'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-sd|[[Heatwave (Timelines)#Toys|Heatwave]]}}
</ul>

{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2009]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Wings of Honor"''' box set
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Flak (G1)#Timelines|Flak]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Kup (G1)/toys#Timelines|Kup]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Landshark (G1)#Toys|Landshark]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scourge (G1)/toys#Timelines|Scourge]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Thunder Clash#Timelines|Thunderclash]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Banzai-Tron (G1)#Timelines|Banzai-Tron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skyquake (G1)#Timelines|Skyquake]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Sweep Two#Toys|Sweep Two]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sweep Six#Toys|Sweep Six]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sweep Seven#Toys|Sweep Seven]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Elita One#Toys|Elita-1]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Razorclaw (G1)#Timelines|Razorclaw]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Timelinestoy-ScourgeWoH.jpg|thumb|250px|BotCon 2009 Scourge]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Leozack#Timelines|Leozack]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

==2010==
;Transformers Collectors' Club

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Dion#Timelines|Dion]] & [[Cop-Tur (G1)#Toys|Cop-Tur]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sd|[[Cyclonus (SG)#Toys|Cyclonus]] & [[Krunix (SG)#Toys|Krunix]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Punch (G1)#Timelines|Punch/Counterpunch]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2010]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Generation 2: Redux" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Autobot Spark]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines 2|Breakdown]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Sky-Byte (RID)#Toys|Sky-Byte]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Streetwise (G1)#Timelines|Streetstar]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Cindersaur (G1)#Timelines|Cindersaur]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Rapido#Timelines|Rapido]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Double Punch#Timelines|Double Punch]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Ravage (SG)#Toys|Ravage]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Scorch (G1)#Timelines|Turbomaster]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Air Shark|Sharkticon Air Shark]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Land Shark|Sharkticon Land Shark]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sea Shark|Sharkticon Sea Shark]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Timelinestoy-BC2010Slice.jpg|thumb|250px|BotCon 2010 Decepticon Slice]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Slicer (Decepticon)#Timelines|Decepticon Slice]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Timelines|Sideswipe]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

==2011==
;Transformers Collectors' Club
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Side Burn (RID)#Timelines|Side Burn]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (Animated)#Toys|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ramjet]]}}
<ul class="iconlist">
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Timelines-toy G2Ramjet.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"''Generation 2''" Ramjet]]
|}
{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2011]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"The Stunti-Con-Job" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dead End (Animated)#Toys|Dead End]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Breakdown (Animated)#Toys|Breakdown]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Drag Strip (Animated)#Toys|Drag Strip]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Wildrider (Animated)#Toys|Wildrider]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[The Motor Master#Toys|The Motor Master]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironfist (Animated)#Toys|Fisitron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (Animated)#Toys|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Toxitron (Animated)#Toys|Toxitron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sd|[[Megatron (SG)#Toys|Galvatron]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Thundercracker (SG)#Toys|Thundercracker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:BotCon2011toy-Motormaster.jpg|right|thumb|250px|BotCon 2011 The Motor Master]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Autotrooper (Animated)#Toys|Autotrooper]] 3-pack}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Minerva (Animated)#Toys|Minerva]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

==2012==
;Transformers Collectors' Club
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Drift (SG)|Drift]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

;[[BotCon 2012]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Transformers: Invasion" box set
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Overlord (Masterforce)#Timelines|Gigatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)#Timelines|Metalhawk]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Sir Soundwave#Toys|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Tracks (SG)#Toys|Turbo Tracks]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Treadshot (SG)#Toys|Treadshot]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sd|[[Straxus (SG)|The Bard of Darkmount]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Kick-Off (G1)#Timelines|Kick-Over]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Optimus Prime (SG)#BotCon2012|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sd|[[Octopunch (SG)#Toys|Octopunch]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Spinister (G1)#Timelines|Spinister]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Timelinestoy-BC2012Gigatron.jpg|thumb|250px|BotCon 2012 Gigatron]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Junkheap (SG)#Toys|Junkheap]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Scrap Iron (SG)#Toys|Scrap Iron]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Wreck-Gar (SG)#Toys|Wreck-Gar]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Longarm (SG)|Longarm]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

==2013==
;Transformers Collectors' Club
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Depth Charge (BW)#Timelines|Depth Charge]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Figure Subscription Service]] 1.0'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Breakdown (G1)#G1TimelinesBreakdown|Breakdown]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Circuit (Movie)#Timelines|Circuit]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jackpot (Animated)#Timelines|Jackpot]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-cm|[[Scourge (RID)#Timelines|Scourge]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Slipstream (WFC)#Timelines|Slipstream]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ultra Mammoth]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TCCSS1-UltraMammoth.jpg|thumb|250px|Transformers Collectors' Club 2013 Ultra Mammoth]]
|}
{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2013]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Machine Wars" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hoist (G1)/toys#Timelines|Hoist]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megaplex#Timelines|Megaplex]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Obsidian (BM)#Timelines|Obsidian]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (MW)#Timelines|Skywarp]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strika (BM)#Timelines|Strika]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (MW)#Timelines|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Electro#Timelines|Autobot Electrons]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sandstorm (MW)#Toys|Sandstorm]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Mirage (G1)/toys#BotCon2013|Mirage]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (MW)#Timelines|Thundercracker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bitstream (G1)#Timelines|Bitstream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Hotlink (G1)#Timelines|Hotlink]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sunstorm (G1)#Timelines|Sunstorm]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Kreon souvenir pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hoist (G1)/toys#BotCon2013|Hoist]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megaplex#Kre-O|Megaplex]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Obsidian (BM)#Kre-O|Obsidian]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (MW)#Kre-O|Skywarp]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strika (BM)#Kre-O|Strika]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Blastcharge Strika Drone#Toys|Blastcharge Strika Drone]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

==2014==
;Transformers Collectors' Club
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Rampage (BW)#Timelines|Rampage]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Transmutate (character)#Timelines|Trans-mutate]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Figure Subscription Service 2.0'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (WFC)#Timelines|Barricade]] w/ [[Frenzy (WFC)#Timelines|Frenzy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Chromedome (G1)#Timelines|Chromedome]] w/ [[Stylor#Timelines|Stylor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Eject (G1)#Timelines|Eject]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Fisitron (Timelines)#Timelines|Fisitron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Rewind (G1)#Timelines|Rewind]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Thrustinator|Thrustinator]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Treadshot (G1)#Timelines|Treadshot]] w/ [[Catgut#Timelines|Catgut]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2014]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Pirates vs Knights" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Cannonball (G1)#Toys|Cannonball]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Devcon (G1)#Timelines|Devcon]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Ferak#Toys|Ferak]] w/ [[Tornado#Toys|Tornado]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ginrai (robot)#Timelines|Ginrai]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scorponok (G1)#Timelines|Scorponok]] w/ [[Olin Zarak#Toys|Zarak]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BW10J|Alpha Trizer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Apelinq (BM)#Timelines|Apelinq]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Flareup (G1)#Knight Flareup|Flareup]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Shokaract#Timelines|Hunter]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Brimstone (G1 Star Seeker)#Toys|Brimstone]]}}
</ul>
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{{Bp-d1|[[Dread Pirate Crew#Toys|Dread Pirate Crew]] 2-pack}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Primal Prime#Timelines|Primal Prime]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Kreon souvenir pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Breakdown (G1)#Kre-OG2|Breakdown]]}}
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{{Bp-m1|[[Rattrap (BW)#Kre-O|Rattrap]]}}
</ul>
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{{Bp-a1|[[Landshark (G1)#Kre-O|Landshark]]}}
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{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
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{{Bp-d1|[[Cobra Commander#TCC2015|Old Snake]] w/ [[Battle Android Trooper#TCC2015|Advanced Stealth B.A.T.]] (x2)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Marissa Faireborn#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Marissa Fairborn]] w/ [[Afterburner (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Afterbreaker]]}}
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</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Figure Subscription Service 3.0'''
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{{Bp-d1|[[Nacelle (G1)#Timelines|Nacelle]]}}
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{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Cybertron's Most Wanted" box set'''
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{{Bp-d1|[[Battletrap#Timelines|Battletrap]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Timelines|Megatron]] (w/ [[Boombox#Toys|Boombox]], [[Heavyweight#Toys|Heavyweight]] & [[Scalpel (ROTF)#Timelines|Scalpel]])}}
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* [[Paralyzer#Toys|Paralyzer]] w/ [[Buzzer (Diaclone)#Toys|Buzzer]]
* [[Parasite#Toys|Parasite]] w/ [[Ripper (Diaclone)#Toys|Ripper]]
* [[Storm Rider#Toys|Storm Rider]] w/ [[Crusher (Diaclone)#Toys|Crusher]]
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{{Bp-a1|[[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Toys|Autobot Spike]]}}
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<ul class="iconlist">
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==2016-2017==
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{{Bp-d1|[[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Ruckus]]}}
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{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#DoublePretender|Optimus Prime]] w/ [[Hi-Q#TFSS|Hi-Q]]}}
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{{Bp-p1|[[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]}}
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{{Bp-m1|[[Airazor (BW)#Generations|Airazor]]}}
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{{Bp-d1|[[Reflector (G1)#BotCon2016|Reflector]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Under-3#Generations|Unit-3]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:BotCon2016toy-Unit3.jpg|right|250px|thumb|BotCon 2016 Unit-3]]
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{{Bp-d1|[[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]}}
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==Notes==
*[[customizing|Customization classes]] have been offered every year since [[BotCon 2006]]. Initially the toys were simply unassambled versions of toys in their original retail colors that you had to assemble and paint yourself; basically, something you can make at home and have the "final" product. This pattern obtained from 2006 to 2009, BotCon 2010 broke new ground with a G2 themed Sideswipe that was cast in new plastic colors and the figures for BotCon 2011 and BotCon 2012 seem to indicate that this is the new standard procedure. Consequently, the customization class exclusives are included on this page starting with 2010.

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[[Category:Timelines| Timelines (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Freedom Fighters

2017-11-06T11:25:48Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 71
|image=TRID S3 E26 FF MSS.jpg
|caption="When I found you, I saw raw, untamed power. And beyond that, something truly special."
|prev=Enemy of My Enemy (RID)
|next=
|title="Freedom Fighters"
|airdate=[[November 4]], [[2017]] (United Kingdom) [[November 11]], 2017 (United States)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Frank Marino]]
}}
'''As the Bee Team struggles to liberate Cybertron from the Decepticon controlled High Council, Optimus and his All-Stars fight back the advance force of an Earth-bound Cybertronian invasion!'''
==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E26 FF SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"This is not going to go the way you think!"]]
Surrounded by [[High Council trooper]]s, the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] fruitlessly attempts to convince them that they're being mind controlled. [[Dropforge]] and his men arrive and take custody of the prisoners, who puzzle over the fact they previously broke the mind control over their new captor. As it turns out, Dropforge ''is'' still free of the mind control, though he's surprised [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team has [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] with them. They reach the [[High Council Tower]] where Dropforge frees the team, before leaving to tell the authorities that the prisoners "escaped". Once he's left, the team realizes Steeljaw has disappeared and immediately assumes the Decepticon is up to no good, but Steeljaw has just been deactivating the defenses for them. Everyone heads inside.

Back on [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and his team have survived the destruction of the warehouse thanks to [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s [[Triage Shield]], though the device fails shortly after they emerge from the rubble. They resume their search for the High Council forces — according to Ratchet, the enemy are constructing a [[Space Bridge]] receiver near the [[Crown City]] coast. The team reaches the docks and start searching. [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] stumbles on half a shipping container, which turns out to be partially affected by a [[Light Bender]]. Bulkhead breaks the device, revealing the council forces and their Space Bridge receiver, just in time for the rest of the team to arrive and engage the troopers in battle. Ratchet covers the area with his Triage Shield to try to avoid [[human]]s detecting the conflict. Optimus and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] take to the air, but are hit by missiles that send the pair hurtling towards the ground. Optimus fortunately recovers in enough time to save Windblade.

[[File:TRID S3 E26 FF SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. That's the only way to become what you were meant to be."]]
The Bee Team reaches the main council chamber where [[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]] is ordering [[Cyberwarp]] to make another transmission. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] detects Light Bender technology, so [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] deploys [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] to investigate. Cyberwarp begins her transmission about the impending invasion of Earth, but falters. Cyclonus finishes the speech for her. Cyberwarp's protest that humans should control their own planet goes unheeded by Cyclonus, who orders [[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]] to signal the start of the invasion. Slipstream yanks a device from Cyberwarp's leg, deactivating the Light Benders and revealing the High Council to be Decepticons. As the Decepticons attempt to capture the Mini-Cons to use as hostages, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] notes that the camera is still broadcasting to the planet, but as the mind control is still in effect, the populace won't react. The team goes to try and deactivate the signal, and Bumblebee notices Steeljaw has disappeared. Cyclonus blasts the two Mini-Cons and the Decepticons, minus Cyberwarp, engage the Autobots in a melee. The Autobots succeed in taking them down one by one. Cyclonus has the other 'Cons merge with him into [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]], and the Autobots likewise merge into [[Ultra Bee]]. As the two combiners battle, the fight is broadcast to the rest of Cybertron.

[[File:TRID S3 E26 FF SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"[[Mark Hamill|I've seen this raw strength only once before. It didn't scare me enough then. It does now.]]"]]
Optimus's team fights as the Space Bridge portal looms ominously overhead. Optimus has the other Autobots draw the fire of the Autobot troopers while he flies in and pulls the main dish of the receiver free. He throws the dish directly into the portal, creating a feedback loop that causes the Space Bridge to explode.

[[File:TRID S3 E26 FF SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"We are the spark...that will light the fire that will burn the First Order down."]]
Galvatronus spots the alarm from the portal's destruction and, enraged, starts pounding Ultra Bee while outlining the various plans the Autobots have foiled. Fixit finally locates the mind control transmitter, which Steeljaw promptly destroys. The population are freed from their stupor in time to see the broadcast of Galvatronus repeatedly punching Ultra Bee and detailing his plans. His attempt to finish off Ultra Bee is put on pause when Cyberwarp rebels, giving Ultra Bee the chance to fight back. Galvatronus is defeated and splits into his component parts, as around Cybertron the Autobots cheer. The Bee Team splits as well and Cyberwarp expresses hope that both sides can work together instead of fighting.

Bee and Optimus's teams stand before a crowd of cheering Autobots. Optimus turns down the idea of leading the planet, and designates the rest of his team as a temporary council. Bee's team are keen to get back to Earth, and Optimus suggests they be appointed ambassadors.

Sometime later on Earth, the Bee Team are back in the scrapyard. Denny and Russell, despite all the times they've been endangered by their adventures with the Bee Team, happily welcome them to continue staying with them. Right on cue, the team immediately starts squabbling. They're interrupted by a distant howl from Steeljaw, resulting in them revving up and rolling out.

[['Til all are one]].

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[High Council trooper]]s (1)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (2)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)
*Heavy troopers (4)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (5)
*Flying trooper (6)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (9)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (11)
*[[Dropforge]] (12)
*[[Cybertron Police officer]]s (13)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (14)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (16)
*[[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] (17)
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (18)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (24)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (25)
*Cybertronian civilians (26)
*[[Ultra Bee]] (28)
|c2=
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (8)
*[[Cyberwarp]] (10)
*High Council infiltrators (19)
*[[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]] (20)
*[[Riotgear]] (21)
*[[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]] (22)
*[[Treadshock]] (23)
*[[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]] (27)
|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (29)
*[[Russell Clay]] (30)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The members of the High Council are revealed to be Decepticons masquerading as Autobots with light benders. In other words, real ''robots in disguise''.
*[[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]] lists off the actions of the High Council in Season 3: freeing [[Steeljaw's Pack]] to kill the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] and freeing [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] from the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]] to summon [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] "to lead our forces"; apparently the Council hasn't gotten the memo about Megs' [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|change of heart]], or simply doesn't believe it.
*While combined as [[Ultra Bee]], the Autobots recall to their fight against [[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]].
*[[Dropforge]] and his three officers were made immune to the High Council's mind control and left for Cybertron back in "[[Five Fugitives]]".
*[[Light Bender]]s and their suitability for use as cloaking devices were first established back in "[[Guilty As Charged]]".
*The Bee Team decided to stay on Earth with Denny and Russell, most likely continuing to capture Decepticons on the planet. Steeljaw remains at large as well.
*Optimus decides to take a break from fighting and rest til Cybertron needs him again.

===Transformers references===
*The Space Bridge receiver is a near dead-ringer for the Earth-bound Space Bridge rings in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]].

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
* It's not stated if the Decepticons that the Bee Team captured in the tail-end of the series — [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], [[Underbite]], and [[Wingcode]] — were returned to Cybertron.
* The Decepticons' combined form of Galvatronus goes unnamed onscreen.
* With Cyberwarp's appearance, this marks the second time a peaceful Decepticon has appeared in the series, next to Grimlock in Season 1, possibly hinting that not all Decepticons are hostile after the war.

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

High Council trooper

2017-11-04T12:49:54Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon|autobot}}
:''The High Council Troopers are <s>[[Decepticon]] controlled troops</s> Autobots from the [[Transformers Robots in Disguise (2015 Franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

When your trying to rule an entire planet and don't necessarily have the intentions of not being a dictator, you'll need someone to patrol your streets and deal with the enemies you'll no doubt make. The [[Autobot High Council]]'s '''High Council Troopers''' can always be counted on to do that job right. Patrolling the streets and the skies of [[Cybertron]], these "law enforcers" ensure <s>the Council's agenda succeeds without opposition</s> Cybertron stays peaceful. If they or their facial recognition scans pick up on "enemies of Cybertron", they'll be in hot pursuit, imprisoning any enemy they come upon.

Immense in numbers and differing in body type and ability, no threat can escape their grasp.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

An army of High Council Troopers were patrolling [[Kaon Plaza]] when they came upon [[Bee Team (RID)|some]] [[Steeljaw (RID)|"civilians"]] driving through. Upon spotting [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|a Dinobot]], one of the troopers ran a facial recognition scan, identifying the drivers as "enemies of Cybertron". Despite the group's best efforts to escape pursuit, they were surrounded, on all sides, by High Council Troopers.{{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)}}

==Notes==

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]

High Council trooper

2017-11-04T12:49:14Z

AirjitzuRonin: Created page with "{{faction|decepticon|autobot}} :''The High Council Troopers are <s>Decepticon controlled troops</s> Autobots from the [[Transformers Robots in Disguise (2015 Franchise)|Ro..."

{{faction|decepticon|autobot}}
:''The High Council Troopers are <s>[[Decepticon]] controlled troops</s> Autobots from the [[Transformers Robots in Disguise (2015 Franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

When your trying to rule an entire planet and don't necessarily have the intentions of not being a dictator, you'll need someone to patrol your streets and deal with the enemies you'll no doubt make. The [[Autobot High Council]]'s '''High Council Troopers''' can always be counted on to do that job right. Patrolling the streets and the skies of [[Cybertron]], these "law enforcers" ensure <s>the Council's agenda succeeds without opposition</s> Cybertron stays peaceful. If they or their facial recognition scans pick up on "enemies of Cybertron", they'll be in hot pursuit, imprisoning any enemy they come upon.

Immense in numbers and differing in body type and ability, no threat can escape their grasp.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

An army of High Council Troopers were patrolling [[Kaon Plaza]] when they came upon [[Bee Team (RID)|some]] [[Steeljaw [[RID)|"civilians"]] driving through. Upon spotting [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|a Dinobot]], one of the troopers ran a facial recognition scan, identifying the drivers as "enemies of Cybertron". Despite the group's best efforts to escape pursuit, they were surrounded, on all sides, by High Council Troopers.{{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)}}

==Notes==

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]

Enemy of My Enemy (RID)

2017-10-30T15:25:19Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Notes */

{{disambig2|the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' episode|the ''Rescue Bots'' episode|Enemy of My Enemy (RB)}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 70
|image=TRID S3 E25 EOME MSS.jpg
|caption="It's the Resistance."
|prev=Five Fugitives
|next=Freedom Fighters
|title="Enemy of My Enemy"
|airdate=[[October 29]], [[2017]] (United Kingdom) [[November 4]], 2017 (United States)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=
}}
'''When Optimus returns with old friends and dire warnings of a Cybertronian invasion of Earth, the Autobots must split up to defend their old home and their new one, with the Bee Team returning to Cybertron, while Optimus and his All-Stars stay behind to defend against the invasion's advanced force.'''
==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E25 EOME SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Why did he leave?" "He was training a new generation of Jedi. One boy, an apprentice, turned against him, destroyed it all."]]
[[File:TRID S3 E25 EOME SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?" "Yes." "The dark side, and the light."]]
{{comingsoon|when=October 29}}
[[File:TRID S3 E25 EOME SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Wha- why? Why are you helping me?" "Because it's the right thing to do." "You need a pilot."]]
[[File:TRID S3 E25 EOME SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"All remaining systems will bow down to the First Order! And will remember this day as the last day of the Republic!"]]
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (6)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (7)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (8)
*[[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] (9)
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (12)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (13)
*Cybertronian civilians (21)
|c2=
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (19)
|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (1)
*[[Russell Clay]] (2)
|h4=[[Autobot High Council]]
|c4=
*[[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]] (14)
*[[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]] (15)
*[[Treadshock]] (17)
*[[Riotgear]] (16)
*[[Cyberwarp]] (18)
*Lots of [[High Council trooper]]s (20)
*...''seriously'' lots of High Council troopers (22)
*[[Heavy trooper]]s (23)
*[[Flying trooper]] (24)
}}

==Quotes==
"I've just never understood why in order for our kind to succeed, others must suffer." 
"Oh, they don't have to suffer, Cyberwarp. That's just a happy bonus." 
"You're taking too much pleasure in this, Cyclonus." 
"And you're not taking enough."
:—'''Cyberwarp''' realizes '''Cyclonus''' might possibly not be the best boss.

"When I first came to Earth I wanted a planet. ''Any'' planet, to rule as a Decepticon homeworld. But, I've come to like this world. And if the High Council conquers Earth, ''I'' can't have it."
:—'''Steeljaw''' keeps his stuff here.

"Your High Council knows what is best. Optimus' time has passed. The galaxy is ours to shape."
:—'''Cyberwarp''', High Council Member for {{w|Agitprop}}.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*''Nearly seventy'' Autobot profile images flash past as Optimus describes the 'bots who are wanted for associating with him. The list includes the obvious characters, like the cast of ''Robots in Disguise'' (Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Strongarm, Grimlock, Fixit, Drift, [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]], [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], Windblade and Jazz), his old ''Prime'' team (Ratchet, Bulkhead, [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (who is now sporting a Generation 1-inspired red-and-blue color scheme)), and the complete compliment of Rescue Bots ([[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Boulder]], [[High Tide]], [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]], and [[Quickshadow]]), and also many, ''many'' others, most of whom have not appeared in animated form in the [[Aligned continuity family]] before now, and some who have never even appeared ''at all'' in an Aligned form before now! As of this writing, the lack of a full high-resolution version of the episode means not every character has been identified, and indeed, may not be identifiable even ''at'' the highest resolution because of how small their image is, but the aim seems to be to feature a complete roster of classic [[Autobot Cars]] and [[Mini Vehicle]]s from [[1984]] through to [[1986]], with a few other famous classic characters thrown in. Identified 'bots include: [[Rodimus (WFC)|Rodimus]], [[Tracks (RID)|Tracks]], [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]], [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]], [[Hound (Prime)|Hound]], [[Red Alert (RID 2015)|Red Alert]], [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]], [[Sunstreaker (Pop-Up)|Sunstreaker]], [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]], [[Swerve (Prime)|Swerve]], [[Trailbreaker (Prime)|Trailbreaker]], [[Elita One (COP)|Elita One]], [[Firestar (Prime)|Firestar]], [[Gears (ROTDS)|Gears]], [[Inferno (Pop-Up)|Inferno]], [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]], [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]] (in a ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|MTMTE]]''-inspired body style), [[Mirage (Prime)|Mirage]], [[Pipes (RID)|Pipes]], [[Springer (WFC)|Springer]], [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]], [[Skids (RID)|Skids]], [[Windcharger (ROTDS)|Windcharger]], and [[Seaspray (Prime)|Seaspray]]. 

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], [[Underbite]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]].
* ''Held Prisoner'': [[Wingcode]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (Aligned with Autobots).
**The Autobots have run out of stasis pods at this point in the series.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===
*{{w|Leonard McCoy|Ratchet is a medic, not an inventor}}.
===Errors===

===Trivia===
*The episode's title refers to the ancient proverb, "{{w|The enemy of my enemy is my friend}}".

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
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Blurred

2017-10-28T12:08:02Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 49
|image=TRID S3 E4 B MSS.jpg
|caption=This is the Class B. Hero, Saitama.
|prev=Defrosted
|next=Sphere of Influence
|title="Blurred"
|airdate=[[May 13]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Johnny Hartmann]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
}}

'''After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer–Rescue Bot Blurr.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"If the heroes run and hide, who will stay and fight?"]]
Team Bee pops out of a [[GroundBridge]] to see a light plane trailing smoke as it flies overhead. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] contacts [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] who confirms the stricken plane is still going to crash on one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s caches. As this could result in the rescue teams stumbling on whatever's in the cache, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] starts making his way up a nearby cliff to try to save the plane from crashing. As he gets to the top of the cliff, it crumbles beneath his feet and he's left clinging to the edge as the plane hurtles towards him. He's saved at the last moment by [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], who streaks in out of nowhere and pulls him up onto the cliff. While the rest of the team is accidentally buried under the collapse when [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] falls over, Bumblebee takes off after the plane and manages to stop it by grabbing its landing wheels.

The excited Blurr greets Sideswipe, who's slightly put out about Blurr taking over the rescue. They're joined by the rest of the team, whom Blurr is somewhat starstruck at meeting. Once [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] moves a concealing boulder out of the way, they find Windblade's cache contains supplies and a captured [[Sharkticon (RID)|Sharkticon]], [[Ragebyte]]. They realize that the explosive the Decepticon scientist was working on may be in one of the containers, and decide to take everything back to the scrapyard for safekeeping. Blurr asks if he can tag along, and Sideswipe starts wondering if the new Bot is after his spot on the team.

[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"If you really want to become strong, stop caring about what others think about you. Living your life has nothing to do with what others think."]]

Later, the Autobots are driving along a highway. Sideswipe continues grousing about Blurr's over-eagerness, but when he carelessly passes Strongarm, he ends up sending the trailer-load of supplies and the [[stasis pod]] off the side of a bridge and into a river. The shock of landing releases Ragebyte from the pod, who immediately retrieves his explosive and sets off to find the missing ingredient he had originally come to Earth to obtain: polystyrene. The Autobots hurry to try to secure the cache contents, only to see Ragebyte departing in submarine mode. Sideswipe continues to act like a jerk as they fish crates out of the river, and when it turns out there's been a shark sighting at some nearby docks, he immediately takes off to investigate, with Blurr following before Bumblebee can stop either of them. Bumblebee sends Drift back to the scrapyard with the supplies to pick up a jet boat, since they'll need some way to keep up with Ragebyte on the water.

[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What you really wanted to be was a hero. You compromised and decided to be a monster."]]

Blurr and Sideswipe reach the docks, the latter still complaining that Blurr is trying to take his spot on the team. The pair head into a warehouse where Ragebyte is feeding polystyrene into his device and try to sneak up on him, however Blurr steps on some loose packaging foam and they have to take cover momentarily. Sideswipe jumps out, only to find Ragebyte has disappeared. He manages to cut off the Decepticon's escape, and Ragebyte obediently hands over the bomb... before blasting Sideswipe. Blurr takes possession of the bomb and leads the Con on a chase to the loading gate, where the rest of the team have arrived and proceed to ambush the Con. Unfortunately for them he blasts his way free and dives back into the river. As they're wondering how they're going to catch him, Drift appears through a GroundBridge in [[Denny Clay|Denny]]'s boat which Sideswipe immediately commandeers, acciedentally knocking Drift into the drink in the process. Blurr manages to get on board as the boat streaks along, and makes it clear to Sideswipe that he's trying to help, not take Sideswipe's spot on the team.

[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"BUT YOU CAN NEVER DEFEAT ME."]]

The pair pursue Ragebyte along the river, but until he tricks them into hitting a buoy, destroying the boat and sending the pair to the bottom. They try to grab Ragebyte, but he manages to knock them off by swimming through an undersea structure. Ragebyte attaches the explosive to one of the supports of [[Crown City Bridge]], intending to test the explosive's yield. Sideswipe contacts Bumblebee, who is on top of the bridge with the rest of the team. Strongarm clears the bridge by pretending to be actual police, but while she's doing that, Ragebyte takes out Drift, Bumblebee and Grimlock. Sideswipe and Blurr reach the top of the bridge, and while the latter speeds off with the explosive device, Sideswipe manages to render Ragebyte unconscious. As the team regroups, there's an explosion in the distance, however Blurr returns unscathed having ditched the bomb.

Back at the scrapyard, Ragebyte is locked away in a stasis pod. Though Sideswipe assumes Bumblebee is going to kick him off the team, Bumblebee instead suggests he take on Blurr as a temporary intern.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (3)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (4)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (5)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (7)
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] (8)
|c2=
*[[Ragebyte]] (10)
|c3=
*Bush pilot (6)
*[[Denny Clay]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"What's he doing? Angling for a spot on ''our'' team?" 
"Why not? Some days it seems like ''you'' don't want one."
:—'''Sideswipe''' is unimpressed with either Blurr's enthusiasm or '''Strongarm''''s burn.

"Experimentation paused. New objective, dissection of Autobot."
:—'''Ragebyte''' subscribes to the [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] school of science and engineering.

"Congratulations, Sideswipe!" 
"...don't say it!" 
"You really ''jumped the shark''." 
"UGGH!"
:—'''Strongarm''' is on fire, and '''Sideswipe''' needs more burn cream.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Sideswipe and Blurr first met in the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)| Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The Need for Speed]]", when Sideswipe chased the escaped [[Cyclone]] Mini-Con [[Bounce]] all the way to [[Griffin Rock]].
* Blurr offhandedly remarks on his his new look. This would indicate this episode takes place after the finale of the ''Rescue Bots'' cartoon, since Blurr was still purple then.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] (Unknown to Bee Team).

===Transformers references===
* Bumblebee asks "Who the [[Helex (polity)| Helex]] saved Sideswipe?", referencing the city.

===Real-world references===
* (tbd)

===Errors===
* Fixit's comments imply the pilot of the distressed aircraft suffered a pressurization failure leading to unconsciousness, but aircraft of that type do not have cabin pressurization.

===Trivia===
* This is the first time a character native to ''Rescue Bots'' has crossed over into a "main" Aligned cartoon, though Bumblebee alluded to [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]]'s existence back in "[[Battlegrounds, Part 1]]".
* The official synopsis seems to imply that this fairly young and immature version of Sideswipe is older than Blurr... but Blurr has been alive for well over 10,000 years, as seen in the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The New Recruits]]". However, Blurr ''has'' been in a stasis pod for a long time, and for the most part was shown to be more reckless than Sideswipe ever could hope to be.
* Bumblebee has visited the Rescue Bots during Blurr's time on the team, in the episode "[[Uninvited Guest]]". However, Bee was at the [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] outside of Griffin Rock while Blurr was in town dealing with traffic emergencies, so the two hadn't met until now.
* Ragebyte's bomb appears to re-use the [[Cybertronian data cylinder| data cylinder]] model from "[[T.M.I.]]".
* Apparently explosified extruded polystyrene glows the exact same color as [[Dark Energon]]. Who knew?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Le Nouveau''' ("The Newbie")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 25]], 2017

==Home video releases==
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Defrosted

2017-10-28T12:07:00Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 48
|image=TRID S3 E3 D MSS.jpg
|caption=It slices! It dices! It makes julienned Dinobot!
|prev=King of the Hill (Part 2)
|next=Blurred
|title="Defrosted"
|airdate=[[May 6]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Guy Toubes]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
}}

'''Grimlock begs to learn new fighting methods from a reluctant Drift when the Autobots travel to the Antarctic.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E3 D SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Thank Primus he's not completely insane. "Completely" being the operative word.]]
[[Antarctica]]: a glacial ice face crumbles into the sea revealing a [[stasis pod]] which breaks open as [[Crustacion]] frees himself. The [[Decepticon]] immediately starts looking for his [[Shanix]], and heads towards a nearby [[human]] base.

In [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] searches futily for his [[Decepticon Hunter]], though as [[Denny Clay|Denny]] points out, Bee lost it on the battlefield. Bumblebee tries to contact [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] too see if the Mini-Con detected any other lifeforms at the time the weapon went missing, but Fixit is engrossed in [[Russell Clay|Russell]]'s handheld video game. Meanwhile [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] are sparring, overseen by [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]. Jetstorm is unhappy with his performance and Drift ropes [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] into taking part in a lesson. Grimlock hesitantly attacks Jetstorm, who manages to knock the Dinobot on his face. Grimlock is so impressed he asks to be Drift's "poodle" too. Russell continues unsuccessfully to wrest his game back from Fixit, but even when there's a Decepticon alert, Fixit continues trying to play while delivering a briefing to the team. The alert's coming from an ice cave where one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s caches was located. The team rolls for the [[GroundBridge]], though they have to get Fixit to put down his game for a moment to activate the portal, and as a result Fixit has a game over.

[[File:TRID S3 E3 D SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I don't want your bread, or your fruit. But leave the basket.]]
The team arrives in the Antarctic, which [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] observes is warmer than he expected. The team adopt arctic camouflage and ask Fixit to scan the base for human life signs. Fixit hands his video game over to Denny for a moment and confirms there are no humans inside, though it results in him getting another game over. Inside the base, Crustacion is still hunting for his Shanix and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] recognizes him from the most wanted list. Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe move in, and though the Con knocks Strongarm and Sideswipe aside, he gets his claw caught in a metal railing. Bumblebee reaches for his Decepticon Hunter before remembering it's missing, allowing Crustacion to knock him down. Bumblebee pulls out his regular gun, however it turns out Crustacion has [[Optic weaponry|eye lasers]], when he uses to free himself. The Con demands the Autobots tell him where the Shanix are, and Sideswipe realizes that Crustacion has lost the loot he stole. Heading outside, the Con flattens Drift before Grimlock attempts unsuccessfully to use Drift's earlier lesson. Crustacion drives off. The Autobots split up to try to track the Decepticon down. Paired with Drift, Grimlock apologizes for failing and says he'll do better next time. The rest of the Autobots finally find the base's personnel taking shelter in a small building. Bumblebee tells them to stay put until the coast is clear.

Back at base, Fixit is hooking the video game up to the command center in an attempt to reprogram the game's code, or as Russell puts it, cheat. The attempt is less than successful, and Fixit experiences another game over.

[[File:TRID S3 E3 D SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I can't believe you guys are all still alive!]]
Bumblebee's team find Crustacion has located the remainder of Windblade's cache and accessing it with his eye lasers. When it doesn't turn out to contain Shanix, he starts throwing the contents aside as he searches. One item lands near the watching Autobots and explodes, making them realize they need to stop the Con before he causes any more damage. Crustacion transforms and leads the Autobots on a chase through an ice cave, however the Con soon finds the cave ends in a dead end. He has an epiphany as to where his Shanix are located, and when the Autobots catch up with him, he uses his lasers to bring the cave roof down on them. Grimlock thinks Drift's teachings will help him free the team, and to everyone's surprise, his technique of knocking a stalactite down with his tail actually frees them up a bit. Sideswipe and Strongarm use their Decepticon Hunters to make [[Thermal weaponry|thermo-swords]] and finish the job of freeing themselves, and the team resumes the hunt for Crustacion.

[[File:TRID S3 E3 D SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sweet. Back to a hundred percent. I'd go out and eat that whole village right now if I hadn't already filled up on rocks.]]
They emerge from the cave to find the glacier is crumbling even more. Leaving the others to stabilize the glacier, Bumblebee and Drift head underwater where Crustcion is digging into the sea floor. Thanks to the glacier crumbling, Grimlock joins them. Bumblebee and Drift don't have much luck attacking the Decepticon, while Sideswipe and Strongarm find the glacier is cracking, endangering the trapped humans. Grimlock tries to attack Crustacion and is knocked flying, but as the Con charges at him, this time he's able to put Drift's teachings into practice and mounts Crustacion. Up top, Strongarm and Sideswipe manage to pull the glacier back together, saving the humans. Grimlock manages to defeat Crustacion by using the Con's own claws to knock him out. The team speculates that more of Windblade's caches may have been compromised, and resolve to make sure they're all secure. They try to contact Fixit for a GroundBridge home, but the Mini-Con is still engrossed in his game, and Russell has to open the portal. As the Autobots come through, Grimlock knocks Fixit, who drops his game which shatters. Grimlock thanks Drift for teaching him, believing he's graduated, and an exasperated Drift declares him "master of punching".

Elsewhere, [[Trickout|a Mini-Con]] emerges from a purple GroundBridge portal, with orders from [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] to retrieve another Decepticon Hunter.

Back in the Antarctic, another chunk breaks off the glacier, and within can be seen Crustacion's missing Shanix.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (6)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (7)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (10)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (11)

|c2=
*[[Crustacion]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (voice only) (14)

|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (3)
*[[Russell Clay]] (5)
* Researchers (voices only) (12)

|c4=
* [[Trickout]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Drift, what are you trying to teach them? Jet can't fight me! I'm uh... I'm... have you ''seen'' me?!"
:—'''Grimlock''' wants to fight bots his own size.

"I'm implementing a strategy humans wouldn't think of! Reprogramming the game's code! *''cackles''*" 
"Yeah. That's called 'cheating'." 
"I am merely analyzing the game's strategic algorithms in an effort to counter-strategize with superior Cybertronian algorithms!" 
"Yeah. ''Cheating''."
:—'''Fixit''' is determined to win, '''Russell''' is unimpressed

"Didn't anyone teach you to pick on bots your own size?" 
"There aren't many bots my size!"
:—And '''Crustacion''''s taunt goes over '''Grimlock''''s head

"I've learned everything I need to know! So I guess this means I've graduated!" 
"No, Grimlock. You have not even—" 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Grimlock gives Drift puppy-dog eyes''* 
"...''Yes'', Grimlock. For your many... minutes of work under my tutelage, I declare you a master... of... punching." 
"Aww, thanks, teach!"
:—'''Grimlock''' learned a lot being a poodle{{sic}} for '''Drift'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* As Bumblebee searches for his Decepticon Hunter among the racks, a few past pieces of plot paraphernalia appear:
** A [[Billy the Breakfast Beaver]] statue from "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]".
** The mascot head with Sideswipe's face crudely drawn on it which Strongarm was first seen using as a punching bag in "[[W.W.O.D.?]]".
** The rocking horse Strongarm used to illustrate Earth animal abilities from "[[The Buzz on Windblade]]".
* Grimlock notes that Drift is "the craziest teacher I've ever met. Not that I've ever had a teacher." He seems to have forgotten about [[Gunter]], who taught him patience and preztels in "[[Pretzel Logic]]".
* [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s worldwide network of supply stashes and captured Decepticons was established in her introductory episode, "The Buzz on Windblade", and played into the "Away Team" storyline in season 2. Looks like this will be our primary source of new villains going forward, since most of the ''Alchemor'' prisoners were carted off to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] back in "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]".
* The Decepticon Hunters' ability to become "any basic weapon we can think of" hasn't seen as much use as one might think, the bots largely sticking with the same personalized weapon types time after time.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] (Unknown to Bee Team).

===Transformers references===
* The currency [[Shanix]] makes its first appearance in the ''Robots in Disguise'' series.
* Strongarm namedrops "Rampage" in her [[Thermal weaponry|thermo-sword]] plan, a nod to the [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]] [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] who did indeed carry a thermo-sword. In fact, the Hunters' thermo-sword modes are even patterned after the [[Rampage (G1)#Toys|original Rampage toy's sword accessory]], complete with the partial branch under the crossguard! There ''is'' an "Aligned"-universe [[Rampage (Prime)|Rampage]], but he's little more than a name in a crowd. So maybe he ''did'' have a thermo-sword, who knows? (Besides Strongarm.)

===Real-world references===
* The game Fixit fixates on uses sounds from ''Super Mario World''.
* Strongarm remarks that global warming is the likely cause of the less-inhospitable temperatures in the arctic, as well as the glacier's general instability. Depressing!
* Crustacion cites walking under a ladder as a source of his bad luck, a common Earth superstition (which may be rooted in ancient Christian imagery, which raises even ''more'' questions).

===Errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* The original description text for this episode gave the name of the unfrozen Decepticon as "Prong." Presumably this was a preliminary name for Crustacion.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Décongelé''' ("Defrosted")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 25]], 2017

==Home video releases==
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Combine and Conquer

2017-10-28T12:04:37Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 60
|image=TRID S3 E15 CAC MSS.jpg
|caption="God? No, I'm not God. But I'm a close second."
|prev=Railroad Rage
|next=Moon Breaker
|title="Combine and Conquer"
|airdate=[[August 12]], [[2017]] (Canada) [[August 26]], 2017 (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Guy Toubes]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
}}
'''Bee's new leadership style is put to the test when Motormaster and the Stunticons go after a Meteorite Deflector Dish; the Bee Team is forced to combine and improvise together to take on Menasor.'''

{{TOCclear}}

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E15 CAC SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"We have waited centuries for this moment. The rivers will flow with the blood of those who oppose us!"]]
Both [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] are unhappy with their respective teams' lack of progress in defeating their enemies. Bumblebee rejects [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]]'s claims they've done all right against the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]]s and orders [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to step up efforts on figuring out the combiner process before imposing strict new discipline on the rest of the team. Motormaster, meanwhile, has a plan to draw the Autobots into a trap.

Some time later, the Autobots drive down the road as Bumblebee ensures they keep precise distance from each other. [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]'s unsure of whether he's helping, since he's just sitting on a trailer, but Bumblebee assures him that he's the rear lookout. Strongarm reports she's intercepted a CB transmission from a trucker that suggests he was run off the road by the Stunticons. Bumblebee checks on how Fixit's going, but at that moment Fixit's [[plasmodic capacitor]] overloads, leaving his combination machinery useless. [[Denny Clay|Denny]] sees this as a challenge.

[[File:TRID S3 E15 CAC SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I have always believed that faith was measured in deeds, not words."]]
The Autobots locate the stricken truck, but when Drift prepares to move in to help, Bumblebee orders him to hang back and starts instructing the team on their parts in the rescue. They manage to pull the truck back onto the road, and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] spots the remains of one of [[Heatseeker]]'s missiles. As the team starts following the tire marks the Stunticons have left behind, Sideswipe grouses about how much of a dictator Bumblebee is being.

Elsewhere the Stunticons pause to bicker before spotting the incoming Autobots; [[Heatseeker]] and [[Slashmark]] suggest combining into [[Heatmark]] makes Motormaster's plan to introduce their "new weapon" unnecessary, but Motormaster insists his plan will be followed. Bumblebee attempts to arrest the group of Decepticons, but after introducing himself, Motormaster transforms and runs the Autobots down. The Autobots simply pick themselves up...only to witness the Stunticons merging into [[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]]. Menasor swings his sword at the team, who scatter, and Menasor is left trying to pull his sword back out of the ground. Bumblebee disagrees with his team when they suggest they should combine too, instead coming up with a plan to knock Menasor down the side of the mountain. This is unsuccessful, with the Autobots taking the plunge after Menasor manages to recover his sword. The Autobots commence bickering, however Menasor starts heading for a nearby human base and Bee announces they can't let him get the satellite dish there, so the team heads off.

Back at the scrapyard, Denny has rigged up a substitute for the plasmodic capacitor, though Fixit is skeptical it'll work. Surprisingly it does, Denny overjoyed that it didn't expode. Bumblebee orders them to bring the device to the field though they'll need a power source for it. When Drift puzzles over the satellite dish, Bumblebee explains it is part of a meteor deflection system, based on Cybertronian principles, which Menasor likely wants to turn on the Autobots.

[[File:TRID S3 E15 CAC SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"The time for questioning is over. Rising from our trenches, our bunkers, our factories, we must all now partake in the technology of peace."]]
Menasor enters the base and immediately comes under attack from some automated tanks which he makes short work of. As the Autobots arrive at the outskirts of the base, Fixit arrives via [[GroundBridge]] with the combiner equipment. They need to get the equipment to the power source for the satellite dish, and Bumblebee has a plan to get them past Menasor. Using tanks as cover, they manage to get close enough to the shed that they can just drive the rest of the way. Once there, Fixit starts linking up the equipment, and Strongarms take the opportunity to talk to Bumblebee about his recent overbearing command style. The equipment is soon ready and Fixit fires it up, linking the Autobots together into [[Ultra Bee]]. Ultra Bee punches Menasor and demands he surrender.

[[File:TRID S3 E15 CAC SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Our enemies believe that we have been defeated, and that I am no longer among the living. They are ''gravely'' mistaken."]]
Grimlock, as it turns out, has trouble kicking Menasor while he's down, and the Decepticon combiner manages to get up and knock Ultra Bee flying, almost flattening Fixit. The Autobots, it turns out, are still having difficulty working their combiner mode, giving Menasor the upper hand. They manage to get themselves together enough to knock Menasor flying. Bee manages to instruct the team to pull the satellite dish down, using its deflection to send Menasor flying off into the sky. Once they have the dish back in place, the combiner effect wears off and they separate. As the human authorities start arriving, Fixit goes to disconnect the combiner equipment, only to find it's already unplugged.

Back at the scrapyard, the team puzzles over how they managed to combine if the equipment was unplugged. They leave Fixit to work on figuring it out, while they go watch Bumblebee's optical cache of the victory.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (5)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (6)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (11)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (14)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (15)
*[[Ultra Bee]] (18)
|c2=
*[[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] (2)
*[[Heatseeker]] (7)
*[[Wildbreak]] (8)
*[[Slashmark]] (9)
*[[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] (10)
*[[Heatmark]] (16)
*[[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]] (17)
|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (12)
*Truck driver (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Well if I hadn't been forced to work with ''these'' buffoons-" 
"I'm gonna hit ''you'' in the buffoon if you keep talkin' like that!"
:—'''Slashmark''' and '''Heatseeker''' demonstrate Stunticon teamwork at its finest.

"Welcome to the end of the road! Courtesy of MENASOR!"
:—'''Menasor'''

"It sounds like Menasor is a entirely different personality than Motormaster, and he's having trouble controlling his team." 
"I bet you can relate."
:—'''Bumblebee''''s emphasis on the chain of command is not to '''Sideswipe''''s liking.

"Surrender in peace, Menasor! Or in pieces. Your call."
:—'''Ultra Bee'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Ultra Bee finally forms deliberately for the first time, after the Bee Team's accidental combinations in "[[King of the Hill (Part 2)]]" and "[[The Great Divide]]". Perhaps Fixit's mad science wasn't needed after all?

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Boostwing]], [[Jacknab]], [[Pilfer]], [[Shadow Raker]], [[Flamesnort]], [[Simacore]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Slashmark]].

===Transformers references===
*Though ''Robots in Disguise'' Menasor has a completely different design and personality, this episode references the inter-personality clash that all the [[Stunticon (G1)|Generation 1 Stunticon]]s have while combined.

===Real-world references===
*The episode's title references (and reverses) the maxim of "{{w|Divide and conquer}}".

===Errors===

===Trivia===
* Fixit's plasmodic capacitator uses the same animation model as the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]'s storage mode.
* While neither is the traditional "[[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]" gestalt, while Ultra Bee is truly the sum of his separate parts, Menasor (as Bumblebee observes) shows a distinct ''individual'' personality separate from Motormaster's, despite still having to work at having his components cooperate.
*Speaking of Menasor, his sword appears to be comprised of Motormaster's grille and front bumpers, meaning he's basically ''hitting people with his face''. Hardcore!

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Un adversaire de taille''' ("An Opponent of Size")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15]], 2017

==Home video releases==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Railroad Rage

2017-10-28T12:03:35Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 59
|image=TRID S3 E14 RR MSS.jpg
|caption="What - what the hell was that?" "THAT was ten million pounds of train, Mr. Galvin! And THIS is the sound of me saving your ass!"
|prev=The Fastest Bot Alive!
|next=Combine and Conquer
|title="Railroad Rage"
|airdate=[[August 5]], [[2017]] (Canada) [[August 19]], 2017 (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Len Uhley]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Frank Marino]]
}}
'''A runaway train's fusion engine is up for grabs and the Stunticons are in pursuit, so the Bee Team must do all it can to prevent them from getting the cargo. An additional threat arises as the train could potentially crash into Crown City Train Station.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E14 RR SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Hey, don't get sentimental on me. Makes me think I'm gonna die."]]
[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] are cleaning [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]'s swords. [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] acts suspiciously nearby and when they question him, he tells them to return to their "lame grunt work". Drift objects to this descriptor and observes that Sideswipe is a slacker who doesn't bother to maintain his weapons. When Sideswipe protests, the Mini-Cons fail to back him up, and Drift goes off to meditate. After he's gone, his katana suddenly shatters in Slipstream's hands — the Mini-Con has accidentally used hydrofluoric acid on it. Slipstream laments he's in for punishment when Drift finds out, but Sideswipe "solves" the problem by turning the katana into a Nerf sword. Sideswipe slips the two swords into Drift's sheaths while the latter is meditating, as the Mini-Cons resolve to repair the ''actual'' sword using the time Sideswipe has bought them.

Elsewhere, [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] smashes some cars aside on a freeway. The other [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]]s join him, and he demands to know why they've failed to use their superior speed to take over the planet's roads. A maglev train streaks past them and, annoyed that there's something faster than him, Motormaster demands they retrieve its power source.

[[File:TRID S3 E14 RR SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"It's called a derailer, for Christ's sake! That's what they do!"]]
The Autobots scramble to the command center as an alarm sounds. Slipstream tells Sideswipe he hasn't been able to repair the katana yet, and Sideswipe promises to help cover for him. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] reports that he's picked up Decepticon signals heading for the maglev train's rail yard. Furthermore, the train's fusion engine is unstable and could pose a threat if the Decepticons are after it. The team heads through the [[GroundBridge]] to the train yard, but are immediately confronted with the four Stunticon cars who attack, Wildbreak's earthquake ability dropping a crane on them. The Autobots pick themselves up and give chase, with [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] arranging for the train yard to be evacuated.

Drift deploys his Mini-Cons and prepares to draw his swords, but the quick-thinking Mini-Cons and Sideswipe talk him out of using them on "unworthy opponents". [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and Strongarm find themselves tangling with [[Slashmark]] and [[Heatseeker]], who knock the pair flat before speeding off. While Strongarm is down, a [[Goldgear|yellow Mini-Con]] takes the opportunity to swipe her [[Decepticon Hunter]]. As Bumblebee recovers, Drift and Grimlock head past to pursue the Stunticons. The Stunticons find the maglev train, but Drift and Grimlock catch up with them before they can get at the fusion engine. Grimlock charges but misses the Decepticons and hits a pillar instead, damaging the train's automatic control systems; the train powers up and leaves the station with Drift and the four Stunticons atop. The train heads for [[Crown City]], and Bumblebee, Strongarm and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] head to intercept, only to realize Sideswipe is also on the train. The trio nearly catch up with the train before its superior speed allows it to pull handily away, so Bumblebee contacts Fixit to arrange a GroundBridge; his initial request for a 'Bridge directly atop the train draws vehement protest from Fixit, so he accepts a location in the train's path instead.

[[File:TRID S3 E14 RR SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"How the hell did this happen?" "It just got away from me." "It got away from you? It's a train, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Dewey]], not a chipmunk!"]]
The battle rages atop the train, and Slipstream reveals he still hasn't told Drift about the katana. He and Sideswipe attack Slashmark to prevent Drift from drawing his swords. Slipstream goes to tell Drift about the issue, but at the last moment loses his nerve and instead tells him the swords could cause a spark that could cause the train to explode. The other Autobots arrive on an overpass ahead of the train, but when they fail to make the jump onto the moving vehicle, Bumblebee orders Fixit to GroundBridge them directly onto the train, overriding the Mini-Con's continued worries about the procedure. Once everyone is on the train, the Autobots swiftly overwhelm the Stunticons and shove them overboard, Wildbreak and Drag Strip worrying about what Motormaster will do to them for their failure. Drift draws his katana to access the train's engine and shut it down, only to discover the "repair" Sideswipe made and immediately assume it's a prank.

[[File:TRID S3 E14 RR SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I only got one rule. One rule only: you're gonna do something, you do it right. You don't know how to do it, you ask me, all right? Likewise, if you need anything from me, you'd better speak up."]]
After preventing Drift from doing something nasty to Sideswipe, the Autobots work on trying to get at the engine. Strongarm calls ahead to have the station evacuated, then realizes her Decepticon Hunter is missing. Seeing that everyone's mad at Sideswipe, Slipstream confesses to being the one who damaged Drift's sword. Grimlock manages to make a hole in the train, and Slipstream, resolving to redeem himself, jumps in. Everyone else bar Drift and Sideswipe jumps off the train. The two remaining Autobots are forced to duck as the train heads towards a tunnel, but fortunately Slipstream manages to shut down the engine. The trio slow the train further, and it stops just short of catastrophe. The rest of the team catches up, and after a moment to reflect on the near-miss they all head back to the scrapyard, even as the Stunticons meet with a very unhappy Motormaster, who has some ''ideas'' regarding how they can redeem themselves.

Strongarm is unsuccessful in finding her Decepticon Hunter, and they conclude that the evidence can only indicate that [[Soundwave (WFC)|someone]] has been gradually stealing the weapons. Slipstream apologizes to Drift, who in turn admits Sideswipe is a valued teammate who shouldn't be judged on his past pranks... before going to find supplies to repair his sword, and immediately falling victim to another of Sideswipe's pranks.

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (1)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (2)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (3)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (10)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (11)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (12)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (13)
|c2=
*[[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] (5)
*[[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] (6)
*[[Wildbreak]] (7)
*[[Heatseeker]] (8)
*[[Slashmark]] (9)
|c3=
*Railyard workers (14)
*Train station evacuees (16)
|c4=
*[[Goldgear]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==
"[Sideswipe] prefers to spend his time on childish pranks." 
"You mean I like to have ''fun'' sometimes? Guilty!"
:—'''Drift''' and '''Sideswipe''' are truly best buds.

"Wow, that is beautiful!" 
"You can say that again!" 
"Wow, that is-" ''*punched*'' "Ow!"
:—'''Wildbreak''' and '''Drag Strip''' admire a bullet train.

"Hey, Drag Strip, do you think Motormaster will be mad when we show up without that engine?" 
"Do ''you'' think? ''AT ALL?!''"
:—'''Wildbreak''' and '''Drag Strip''' are also best buds.

"It is not fair to define someone because of one mistake. Or a few mistakes." *''turns to Sideswipe''* "Several." ''*pause*'' "''Many.''"
:—'''Drift'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* This is not the [[Convoy (episode)|first time]] Autobots have GroundBridged onto a moving train. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] wasn't any happier about it than Fixit is here, either.
* Strongarm finally has her [[Decepticon Hunter]] stolen for [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave's]] mysterious project in the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]], after [[Hi-Test (RID)|Hi-Test]] failed to do so in "[[Guilty As Charged]]".
**After [[Stuntwing]] swiped Bumblebee's Hunter in "[[King of the Hill (Part 2)]]" and [[Trickout]] pilfered Sideswipe's in "[[The Great Divide]]", Soundwave observed that he was "more than halfway" to finishing his work. By that math, this should complete the project...

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Boostwing]], [[Jacknab]], [[Pilfer]], [[Shadow Raker]], [[Flamesnort]], [[Simacore]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Slashmark]].

===Transformers references===
* Jetstorm is seen riding on Grimlock. [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Where did he get this idea from]]?

===Real-world references===
*Heatseeker refers to the Autobots as "[[w:Cylon (Battlestar Galactica)|toasters]]".
*{{w|Hydrofluoric acid}} is a real thing (and ''what in [[Pit|the Pit]]'' are the 'bots keeping a bottle around [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|Denny's scrapyard]] for?!), but, see "Errors" below.

===Errors===
*When the Autobots enter the GroundBridge to deploy, the Mini-Cons hang back with Sideswipe for a lengthy moment, but when they exit, they're considerably ahead of Drift.
*Sideswipe clearly states that the bottle of chemicals that Slipstream accidentally used on Drift's sword is "hydro''fluoric'' acid". While undiluted hydrofluoric acid is a ''nasty'' poison and is indeed corrosive to flesh, it's only moderately reactive towards metal. [[w:Hydrochloric acid|Hydro''chloric'' acid]], on the other hand, is notorious for its metal-dissolving properties, and would be the much more likely acid to produce the observed effect. (And either way, if it was so concentrated that it shattered the sword in ''seconds'' why wasn't it eating up the polishing pad ''and'' Slipstream's hand?)

===Trivia===
[[File:TRID S3 E14 RR Goldgear's debut.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"These kids just keep getting ''weirder''!"]]
* While one might have expected the remaining Activator Mini-Con from the toyline, [[Great Byte]], to appear working for Soundwave's little project, instead a previously-unknown yellowish-orange Activator is on the job. [https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-263 According to] showrunner [[Adam Beechen]], this is because the script actually called for Hi-Test to appear - when after his failure in "Guilty As Charged", he ''literally'' ran off the job. This was (thankfully!) caught in time for [[Goldgear]] to be created to appear in the episode.

{{-}}

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Impact imminent''' ("Imminent Impact")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 14]], 2017

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

The Fastest Bot Alive!

2017-10-28T12:02:58Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 58
|image=TRID S3 E13 TFA MSS.jpg
|caption=''Flash, a-ah, saviour of the universe! Flash, a-ah, he'll save every one of us!''
|prev=The Golden Knight
|next= Railroad Rage
|title="The Fastest Bot Alive!"
|airdate=[[July 22]], [[2017]] (UK) [[August 12]], [[2017]] (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writers=[[Eric Lewald]] and [[Julia Lewald]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
}}

'''Grimlock acquires uncontrollable superspeed, which proves to be a problem when the Autobots have to deal with a revenge-minded Simacore and his army of Mini-Con clones.'''

{{TOCclear}}

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E13 TFA SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What you can do... it was the lightning bolt?" "More or less".]]
[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] hurries through the scrapyard, and is passed by [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]]. When he asks Sideswipe to wait up, his fellow Autobot berates him for being slow and rushes off. Grimlock reaches the control center to find the rest of the team lying groaning on the ground, and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] advancing on him with a sharp tool. Though Grimlock suspects some sort of mind control, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] reveals Fixit's taking particle samples for his combiner research. Grimlock reluctantly consents. With the samples analyzed, Fixit calls for volunteers for a combiner test. No one is keen to take part, so Bumblebee volunteers himself and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]. The experiment successfully merges the two Autobots to "[[Bumblearm]]", however Strongarm in leg mode seems to be unable to move, and Fixit asks Grimlock to carry the combined Bots to his lab table. When Grimlock attempts to get up, he flies off into the air at super speed. The rest of the team finds him in a pile of wrecked junk, and moments later he again flies off in another direction. The combiner effect has now worn off, so Fixit, Bumblebee and Strongarm catch up with the others, and Fixit theorizes that the extractor wasn't calibrated for Dinobots and somehow turbo charged him. Grimlock is overjoyed at the news and knocks Sideswipe flying. The others break it to Grimlock that he'll have to stay put, as his superspeed is too dangerous. Fixit's tracker alerts the Autobots to multiple Decepticon signals under [[Crown City]]. The others head off to the [[GroundBridge]], but Grimlock's left behind. [[Russell Clay|Russell]] attempts to cheer him up by reading him the latest ''[[Captain Plasma Beam]]'' comic.

[[File:TRID S3 E13 TFA SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"No one, but no one, dies in the palace without a command from the Emperor."]]
Bumblebee, Strongarm, Sideswipe and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] end up at an abandoned subway entrance, where they find the tunnel has been sealed off with subway cars.

Back at base, Grimlock decides what he needs is training in his powers. Despite flying up into the air, he manages to stand up. Russell protests, but Grimlock somehow succeeds in running between a row of gas pumps without hitting any of them — just everything else in the area.

The rest of the team starts moving into the subway tunnel, onto to be set upon by a horde of [[Mini-Con clones|monkey Mini-Cons]]. They realize the Mini-Cons look like mini-versions of [[Simacore]], and Drift pegs them as [[spark]]less clones, however the Autobots soon discover there are enough of the Mini-Cons to cause them a problem.

[[File:TRID S3 E13 TFA SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"No, Mr. Bee, I expect you to die."]]
At base, Grimlock has made himself a superhero costume. Fixit gets a comm from Bumblebee, but has to admit that Grimlock's speed hasn't worn off. Grimlock is super-confident that he's ready, despite [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and Russell's disagreement, and rushes through the GroundBridge when Fixit opens it in case the rest of the team needs to withdraw. Arriving at the subway station, Grimlock manages to take out all the miniclones. Bumblebee is disappointed that Grimlock didn't stay at the scrapyard, but when he announces they need to find the source of the Mini-Cons, Grimlock immediately runs into the tunnel and crashes. The rest of the team follows and finds him having slammed into a wall. The other Autobots load the apologetic Grimlock onto a rail car so they can push him along a track, and eventually find a side corridor, though they're forced to leave Grimlock on the tracks as they go in. At the end, they find [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]]'s old lab which seems to again be in use as a cloning facility. The four Autobots are unexpectedly hit by arcs of electricity, paralyzing them just before Simacore himself turns up. He explains his [[stasis pod]] was faulty and he escaped.

[[File:TRID S3 E13 TFA SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I don't know, sir! It looks like some kind of barbaric sport!"]]
Hearing Grimlock, he heads down the corridor to attack the Dinobot, only to be met at super-speed by Grimlock coming the other way. Despite having been slammed into a wall, the Decepticon is still functional, and Grimlock is afraid to move again, forcing him to allow Simacore to throw him around. Once Simacore reveals that Grimlock is his arch enemy, Grimlock realizes he has become a superhero, and Bumblebee manages to pep talk him into taking action. Grimlock whacks the Decepticon, knocking him into the energy arcs. Simacore is knocked out, and the other Autobots are released. Bee asks Strongarm to contact the human authorities about the area, once the Cybertronian tech has been cleared out.

The team carries Grimlock back through the GroundBridge to the scrapyard, where Fixit announces Grimlock's superspeed is already starting to wear off. Grimlock's happy to be on the way back to being slow again, and Denny and Russell break out an industrial-sized roll of bubble wrap.

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (8)
*[[Bumblearm]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Mini-Clones]] (10)
*[[Simacore]] (11)
|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (5)
*[[Denny Clay]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"You must have me confused with that mild mannered and handsome Dinobot, Grimlock. I'm Grimlock, equally good looking and handsome and heroic superhero. Hang on, the wind's picking up." ''[poses heroically as his cape flaps]''
:—'''Grimlock'''

"Grimlock!" 
"Shhh! Don't give away my secret identity! I'm supposed to be incognemo."
:—'''Bumblebee''' is annoyed '''Grimlock''' left the scrapyard.

"You are my greatest foe!" 
"You mean, kinda like your arch enemy? I ''did'' become a superhero!"
:—'''Simacore''' accidentally makes '''Grimlock''''s day.

"You never know how big a Dinobot is, until you have to ''carry'' them."
:—'''Sideswipe'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Simacore and his Mini-Cons, [[Axiom (RID)|Axiom]] and [[Theorem]], were out-witted by Grimlock and captured in "[[Brainpower]]", and were ''supposed'' to be taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] when he departed with the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' at the end of "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]". As Simacore claims his stasis pod failed "long before" that happened, it's clear ''somebody'' forgot to take a head-count.
* Grimlock wonders if Fixit has been taken over by "a Decepticon like [[Minitron]]", a [[Cyber-tick]] who took ''him'' over in "[[True Colors]]".
* Fixit's mad science - er, research - into controllably forming [[Ultra Bee]] has been taking place off and on since the Bee Team gained the combining ability in "[[King of the Hill (Part 2)]]"; while he managed to briefly combine [[Sidelock|Sideswipe and Grimlock]] in "[[Out of the Shadows]]", Bumblearm is the first (mostly) ''successful'' combination to result, and the first to actually receive an on-screen name.
* Russell tries to remind Grimlock that skill takes time to develop by recalling his field goal kicking practice, as seen in "[[King of the Hill (Part 1)]]".
* Simacore's cloning facility uses [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]]'s lab from "[[Some Body, Any Body]]".

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Boostwing]], [[Jacknab]], [[Pilfer]], [[Shadow Raker]], [[Flamesnort]], [[Simacore]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Slashmark]].

===Transformers references===
*Bumblebee's "holy hurricane mode" comment appears to be a reference to the "hurricane mode" which the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)| Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] takes on when that version's [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Grimlock]] forms his arms.

===Real-world references===
*The episode's name references the tagline of [[w:Flash (comics)|The Flash]], "The Fastest Man Alive".

===Errors===

===Trivia===
* This is not [[Suspended|the first time]] Grimlock has worn a cape.
*While it's not a ''reference'', this is not the first Transformers medium to explore the idea of Cybertronians [[The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|temporarily gaining superpowers]].

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Métro, Boulot, Super Héros''' ("Subway, Work, Super Hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 13]], 2017

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fastest Bot Alive}}
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

The Golden Knight

2017-10-28T12:02:09Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 57
|image=TRID S3 E12 TGK MSS.jpg
|caption="The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon."
|prev=Guilty As Charged
|next=The Fastest Bot Alive!
|title="The Golden Knight"
|airdate=[[July 16]], [[2017]] (UK) [[August 12]], [[2017]] (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Dan Salgarolo]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
}}

'''An ancient Cybertronian signal sends Bumblebee and chivalry-obsessed Fixit to a remote English island for a routine scouting mission that quickly turns into the duo's very own call to adventure.'''

{{TOCclear}}

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E12 TGK SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I don't think that's the Golden Knight, I think he's a very naughty bot!]]
[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] find [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] rummaging around the scrapyard, and quickly discover he's built a sculpture of Strongarm. Though she's unimpressed with the result, Grimlock believes she doesn't understand art. An alarm sounds, and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] reports he's detected a signal encoded in a way he can't decrypt. He's overjoyed to see it's coming from an island off [[England]], having been enjoying movies about the country that [[Russell Clay|Russell]] has been watching with him, and requests to come along when Bumblebee opts to go investigate. Fixit borrows Strongarm's [[Decepticon Hunter]] as an ersatz sword so he can be a knight. The pair arrive on the island and immediately run into [[Titus]] and [[Vernon]], a pair of medieval reenactors.

Fixit makes with the role playing and manages to persuade them that Bumblebee is a time-traveling knight in magical armor, though he's upset when the humans think he's merely a squire. He's showing off the Decepticon Hunter's sword mode when a lizard-like Decepticon pops out of hiding. Bumblebee manages to protect the humans from the Decepticon's flame breath. The Decepticon demands to know the size of the Autobot army he believes is incoming, and attempts to threaten the humans, but when Bumblebee shields them, the 'Con leaves. Bumblebee instructs the humans to leave the island in their boat. Fixit's unable to find any information on the 'Con, so Bumblebee tries to call in the rest of the team.

[[File:TRID S3 E12 TGK SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|It just wouldn't be a picnic without the ants.]]
Back in the scrapyard, Grimlock is working on another masterpiece when [[Denny Clay|Denny]] reports that the Strongarm sculpture has been sold. Grimlock is overjoyed and un-invites Strongarm to the museum gallery he believes is his destiny.

Unable to reach the others, Bumblebee and Fixit continue searching for the 'Con. Fixit begins singing, as in movies knights are often accompanied by bards. In a hidden control center, [[Flamesnort]] makes a report to "[[Megatron (WFC)|command]]", but laments that he hasn't had a response to his communications for thousands of cycles. He promises to defeat the Autobots himself, and Bumblebee and Fixit later find him having trapped the two humans in a ring of fire. Bumblebee attacks the 'Con and manages to keep him busy by pretending to be wounded while Fixit works on rescuing the humans.

[[File:RiD2015 - The Golden Knight - Grimlock the Artist.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Me Grimlock want directions to nearest expresso bar.]]
Grimlock has started talking about himself in the third person, to Strongarm's dismay. When it looks like he's going to make another sculpture of her, she drives off.

Bumblebee bluffs Flamesnort that the Autobot fleet is two days out, so Flamesnort decides that the best course of action is to finish Bumblebee off. During the fight, a piece of key-like tech is knocked off Flamesnort's arm. He reclaims it, and Fixit attempts to challenge him to single combat, only to be knocked aside. The humans manage to escape in their boat, and Bumblebee prevents Flamesnort from finishing off Fixit — only for the 'Con to depart with all haste instead. After musing on how the Decepticon believes ''them'' to be forces for evil, the two Autobots realize the 'Con is very old, likely dating from before the war, and probably doesn't know the war is over. They head into a cave to find their foe.

In the control room, after sending a final message with an apology for his failure, Flamesnort initiates "Plan Omega", inserting the key he has into the console. Within the cave, Bumblebee and Fixit find a huge machine which Bumblebee recognizes as a planet-killing [[seismic-shock warhead]]. Unfortunately the huge device activates. The pair run onto the huge ring encircling the device and attempt to find the ignition console so they can remove the key. Fixit starts panicking, but Bumblebee is able to talk him into reasoning out a location. The walkways connected to the ring retract and it starts spinning. Fixit comes up with a solution, getting Bumblebee to transform and drive around the ring before using a ramp to reach the tunnel they need to go down. They reach the control room where Flamesnort again attacks, however Bumblebee proves able to keep the Decepticon busy until Fixit succeeds in locating and extracting the control key from its console. The warhead shuts down, and Flamesnort lies defeated.

[[File:TRID S3 E12 TGK SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|He's grabbing me by the face again!]]Back at the scrapyard, Bumblebee replays a visual record of Fixit's heroics and the rest of the team is impressed. Bumblebee knights him. Denny reveals Grimlock's sculpture is acting as a scarecrow. As the others make merry, though, Bumblebee confides to Drift that he is concerned they need to ramp up their efforts to catch the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]]s...

...and that evening, the Stunticons are out in force, chasing a police car through [[Star Visitor Estates|a human community]] and running the "excuse for a roadster" out of town. They jubilantly celebrate, and [[Heatseeker]] and [[Slashmark]] combine, the better to do so; however [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]]'s arrival puts a damper on things. [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]]'s flattery doesn't impress Motormaster, who declares that he is displeased at their slow progress on taking over Earth's roads, promising to show the others how it's done.

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (1)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (6)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (7)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (12)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (13)
|c2=
*[[Flamesnort]] (10)
*[[Heatseeker]] (14)
*[[Wildbreak]] (15)
*[[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] (16)
*[[Slashmark]] (17)
*[[Heatmark]] (18)
*[[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] (19)
|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (5)
*[[Titus]] (8)
*[[Vernon]] (9)
*[[Denny Clay]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Behold, the knight's mystic sword! Excali... brate!"
:—'''Fixit''', rightful king of all capacitor sprockets.

"Did you hear him? He thinks ''he's'' a hero and ''we're'' the villains." 
"Each one of us is the hero of our own story, Fixit. No one considers him or herself to be evil. Except maybe [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]."
:—'''Fixit''' and '''Bumblebee'''

"I have failed to repel the enemy, and the island will soon be captured. As such, I am initiating Plan Omega. All Hail Megatron."
:—'''Flamesnort''' follows the path where only in death does duty end.

"For your selfless acts of heroism, I hereby dub thee...Sir Fix of It."
:—'''Bumblebee''' makes Fixit's megacycle.

"Hiya, Boss! We got you some new territor-''oof!''" 
"Great. At this rate, the planet's roads will be mine in ''two thousand years!''"
:—'''Drag Strip''' isn't keeping to '''Motormaster''''s schedule.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The town the Stunticons are claiming the roads of is [[Star Visitor Estates|the same one]] Strongarm chased [[Scatterspike]] through in "[[Strongarm's Big Score]]".

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Boostwing]], [[Jacknab]], [[Pilfer]], [[Shadow Raker]], [[Flamesnort]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Slashmark]].

===Transformers references===
*Flamesnort tells Bumblebee to "say hello to [[Primus]]", and later closes his final report with "[[All Hail Megatron]]".
*When affecting his snooty-artiste persona, Grimlock refers to himself in the third person, a common trait of other continuities' Grimlocks.
*Bumblebee references the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War of Cybertron]].

===Real-world references===
* Fixit describes England as a land of "[[King Arthur|bold knights]], {{w|James Bond|dashing spies}}, [and] [[Fab Four|moptop musicians.]]"
* Strongarm instructs Fixit to "have fun storming the castle", a line from ''The Princess Bride''.
* Flamesnort holding out on an island, unaware the war is over is not dissimilar to the [[w:Japanese holdout|Japanese holdout]]s who continued fighting World War II long after it had ended.

===Errors===
*Bumblebee and Fixit start referring to Flamesnort by name when they discover the seismic-shock warhead, despite Fixit having explicitly said his database had no information on the unknown Decepticon just a few minutes before.

===Trivia===
*There is no connection at all between the timing of this episode and its general subject and the release of ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight]].'' Nope. None whatsoever.
*Grimlock is not the first [[Bulkhead (Animated)|big]] [[Boulder|green]] bot to take an interest in art.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Le chevalier d'or''' ("The Golden Knight")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 12]], 2017

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Golden Knight}}
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Guilty As Charged

2017-10-28T12:01:29Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 56
|image=TRID S3 E11 GAC MSS.jpg
|caption="This doesn't concern you, Officer. Just drive away."
|prev=Disordered Personalities
|next=The Golden Knight
|title="Guilty As Charged"
|airdate=[[July 15]], [[2017]] (UK) [[July 29]], [[2017]] (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[David McDermott]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
}}

'''Strongarm worries that her Academy classmate Nightra may still harbor a grudge, but when a powerful foe comes after her old friend, Strongarm and the Bee Team put their sparks on the line to protect her.'''

{{TOCclear}}

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E11 GAC SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"She's no good to me offline!"]]
As a kitten explores the scrapyard, it's startled by the opening of a [[GroundBridge]], though nothing appears to come out. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]]'s alarm sounds while the rest of the team moves to check the area, but they find nothing. Fixit reports that the signal is heading for the command center, so the team hurries back to find the command center clear. Fixit's able to pinpoint the location of the signal in front of them. A bot appears out of thin air, and the team prepares to fire, but [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] quickly recognizes the newcomer, whom she introduces as [[Nightra]], her best friend from the [[Kaon Police Academy]]. Nightra shows off her [[Light Bender]] which she's been using to become invisible and explains her identity signal was damaged by a [[Wrecker]] during her Academy days. Strongarm asks to take Nightra on patrol so the pair can catch up, and when [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] points out she needs an Earth form, Strongarm says she can scan hers.

[[File:TRID S3 E11 GAC SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Be veddy, veddy qwiet...]]
The two friends patrol down a forest road, unaware they're being watched by [[Hi-Test (RID)|a Mini-Con]]. Strongarm cuts the reminiscing short to ask what Nightra's really doing there. She recalls how during their Academy days, Nightra revealed she'd cheated on a test by stealing a [[keyfile]], and tried to persuade Strongarm to cover for her. Called before the [[proctor]]s, Strongarm refused to lie under questioning, resulting in Nightra being expelled from the Academy. Nightra says that after that, she turned her life around and became a bounty hunter. The Mini-Con tries to surreptitiously snatch Strongarm's [[Decepticon Hunter]], but disturbs some birds, and Nightra flees when she hears the commotion. Strongarm manages to cut her off, and Nightra reveals she's on edge because one of her former collars, [[Blastwave]], escaped from [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon Prison]] and is looking for her. Strongarm promises to help protect her.

The Mini-Con opens a GroundBridge portal to [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], who berates him for failing to secure the Decepticon Hunter and commands him to return. The frightened Mini-Con flees, with Soundwave threatening to terminate him.

[[File:TRID S3 E11 GAC SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Oh. They've placed him in stasis. He should be quite well protected. If he survived the freezing process, that is."]]
Back in the scrapyard, Bumblebee is put out that Strongarm didn't check with him first, but agrees to help her. Nightra expresses her doubt that Blastwave will even show, moments before a GroundBridge opens and Blastwave steps out. [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] tackles him before he can fire on Nightra, who immediately flees. While Fixit works on shutting down the GroundBridge portal, the others attempt to battle Blastwave, but he tosses them around before departing through the portal again. Fixit reports that he did manage to get a fix on [[Blastwave's ship]] in orbit. The team heads out to find Nightra.

Strongarm decides to act on a hunch, heading for [[Crown City]] as Nightra used to lose herself in a crowd when she got into trouble. They trace her signal to the [[Crown City Colossus]] and evacuate the car park. Nightra decloaks, claiming she was trying to draw Blastwave away from the scrapyard. As they try to head somewhere more private, Blastwave again appears through a portal and grabs Nightra. Strongarm is tossed aside when she tries to intervene, and Blastwave disappears with his quarry. Bumblebee contacts Fixit, who believes he can get the team onto Blastwave's ship. The team returns to the scrapyard, where Bumblebee starts breaking out the weapons from [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s caches, though he draws the line at [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] taking an [[energon bazooka]].

Up in orbit, Blastwave is preparing to secure Nightra when the Autobots board his ship. While they have him busy, Nightra again flees, and Strongarm goes after her. The others manage to get Blastwave trapped in a forcefield, only to quickly realize he's actually an [[Autobot]]. Blastwave uses [[Cybertronian Sign Language]] to give an explanation as he can't speak (much to Bumblebee's shock, then sympathy). Strongarm reaches the bridge to find Nightra sealing off the cargo bay and starting the jettison procedure. She rapidly realizes that Blastwave's the bounty hunter and Nightra's the criminal. Grabbing the control chip to disable the console, Nightra cloaks and uses her Light Bender's decoy function to get the drop on Strongarm.

[[File:TRID S3 E11 GAC SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Drift can, in fact, see his house from here.]]
In the cargo bay, the Autobots combine their weapons and manage to get the cargo bay doors open. Unfortunately just as they do, the outer airlock opens, threatening to suck Blastwave into space. The Autobots form a chain, and though [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] is almost lost in space in the process, everyone manages to hold on long enough for Grimlock to reseal the outer door. On the bridge, Strongarm remains confounded by Nightra's tricks, until she hits on the idea of knocking out the lights. Nightra's illusions disappear, allowing Strongarm to slap the cuffs on her.

The team returns to [[Earth]], where Bumblebee congratulates Strongarm on her collar and Strongarm reflects that Nightra was no longer the friend she knew.

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (4)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (5)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (6)
*[[Nightra]] (8)
*''[[Proctor]]s'' (10-12)
*[[Blastwave]] (13)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (14)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (15)
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (10) (Voice only)
|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (7)
*Tourists (16)
|c4=
*[[Hi-Test (RID)|Hi-Test]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"Aw, you guys vaporised 'em without me. I miss all the good stuff!"
:—'''Grimlock'''

"Ha! Danger is my middle name. Or it would be, if Cybertronians had middle names." 
"Earth has made you really, really weird, Regs. It looks good on you."
:—'''Strongarm''' and '''Nightra'''

"DO NOT FLEE. YOU WILL BE TERMINATED AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY."
:—'''Soundwave''' believes in ''strict'' severance clauses.

"Okay, just for the record, this is crazy, and dangerous, and we should ''never, ever try this at home''. FIRE!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' gets to shoot a Big Honkin' Space Gun.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Nightra mentions [[Dropforge]], previously established as one of Strongarm's teachers in "[[Get a Clue]]".
*Strongarm's recollection of their time on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] shows the pair walking among the statues of the [[Thirteen]] originally seen back in "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]".
*Nightra claims Blastwave escaped from Trypticon Prison. In other Aligned media (though [[Flying Mind|not explicitly]] in the ''Prime'' cartoon itself), [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] was mode-locked into the ''Nemesis'', which was last seen still being a spaceship in "[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]", but hey, maybe they repurposed it as a prison.
*Soundwave observes that Hi-Test is the first of his Mini-Con minions to return without a [[Decepticon Hunter]]; [[Stuntwing]] pinched Bumblebee's in "[[King of the Hill (Part 2)]]", while Sideswipe's was taken by [[Trickout]] in "[[The Great Divide]]".
*The Crown City Colossus has appeared onscreen before. Notably in "[[Battlegrounds, Part 2]]", the Autobots severed its arm so they could drop it on [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] and it looks like the arm's been restored since then. This is the first time it's been named onscreen, though its name was already revealed in the book ''[[Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard]]''.
*Bumblebee's voicebox was crushed by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] before the start of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', as detailed in the psuedocanonical story "[[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax]]"; he regained the ability to speak after being submerged in the [[Omega Lock]] in "[[Deadlock]]".

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Boostwing]], [[Jacknab]], [[Pilfer]], [[Shadow Raker]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Slashmark]].

===Transformers references===
*Nightra claims that Blastwave escaped from Trypticon Prison. [[Trypticon Prison]] was a location from ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' — originally intended to be shown during season four of the cartoon, it was eventually canonized by ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]''.

===Real-world references===

===Errors===
* When boarding Blastwave's ship, only three Autobots exit the [[GroundBridge]] before it closes, although afterwards all five Bee Team members are shown to be aboard the ship.
* When the Autobots are attempting to hang on in the depressurizing cargo bay, Blastwave and Drift are partially and totally outside of the ship respectively, but when Grimlock closes the bay door they're both safely well inside.

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode of the series where a rogue Autobot is the main antagonist.
*This episode was originally scheduled to air on July 1st, 2017; it first aired in the UK and Canada on July 15, airing in the United States on July 29.
* The original description text for this episode gave the name of Strongarm's Academy friend as "Chicane." Presumably this was a preliminary name for Nightra.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Présumé coupable''' ("Presumed Guilty")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 11]], 2017

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Guilty As Charged

2017-10-28T12:00:43Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 56
|image=TRID S3 E11 GAC MSS.jpg
|caption="This doesn't concern you, Officer. Just drive away."
|prev=Disordered Personalities
|next=The Golden Knight
|title="Guilty As Charged"
|airdate=[[July 15]], [[2017]] (UK) [[July 29]], [[2017]] (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[David McDermott]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
}}

'''Strongarm worries that her Academy classmate Nightra may still harbor a grudge, but when a powerful foe comes after her old friend, Strongarm and the Bee Team put their sparks on the line to protect her.'''

{{TOCclear}}

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E11 GAC SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"She's no good to me offline!"]]
As a kitten explores the scrapyard, it's startled by the opening of a [[GroundBridge]], though nothing appears to come out. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]]'s alarm sounds while the rest of the team moves to check the area, but they find nothing. Fixit reports that the signal is heading for the command center, so the team hurries back to find the command center clear. Fixit's able to pinpoint the location of the signal in front of them. A bot appears out of thin air, and the team prepares to fire, but [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] quickly recognizes the newcomer, whom she introduces as [[Nightra]], her best friend from the [[Kaon Police Academy]]. Nightra shows off her [[Light Bender]] which she's been using to become invisible and explains her identity signal was damaged by a [[Wrecker]] during her Academy days. Strongarm asks to take Nightra on patrol so the pair can catch up, and when [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] points out she needs an Earth form, Strongarm says she can scan hers.

[[File:TRID S3 E11 GAC SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Be veddy, veddy qwiet...]]
The two friends patrol down a forest road, unaware they're being watched by [[Hi-Test (RID)|a Mini-Con]]. Strongarm cuts the reminiscing short to ask what Nightra's really doing there. She recalls how during their Academy days, Nightra revealed she'd cheated on a test by stealing a [[keyfile]], and tried to persuade Strongarm to cover for her. Called before the [[proctor]]s, Strongarm refused to lie under questioning, resulting in Nightra being expelled from the Academy. Nightra says that after that, she turned her life around and became a bounty hunter. The Mini-Con tries to surreptitiously snatch Strongarm's [[Decepticon Hunter]], but disturbs some birds, and Nightra flees when she hears the commotion. Strongarm manages to cut her off, and Nightra reveals she's on edge because one of her former collars, [[Blastwave]], escaped from [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon Prison]] and is looking for her. Strongarm promises to help protect her.

The Mini-Con opens a GroundBridge portal to [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], who berates him for failing to secure the Decepticon Hunter and commands him to return. The frightened Mini-Con flees, with Soundwave threatening to terminate him.

[[File:TRID S3 E11 GAC SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Oh. They've placed him in stasis. He should be quite well protected. If he survived the freezing process, that is."]]
Back in the scrapyard, Bumblebee is put out that Strongarm didn't check with him first, but agrees to help her. Nightra expresses her doubt that Blastwave will even show, moments before a GroundBridge opens and Blastwave steps out. [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] tackles him before he can fire on Nightra, who immediately flees. While Fixit works on shutting down the GroundBridge portal, the others attempt to battle Blastwave, but he tosses them around before departing through the portal again. Fixit reports that he did manage to get a fix on [[Blastwave's ship]] in orbit. The team heads out to find Nightra.

Strongarm decides to act on a hunch, heading for [[Crown City]] as Nightra used to lose herself in a crowd when she got into trouble. They trace her signal to the [[Crown City Colossus]] and evacuate the car park. Nightra decloaks, claiming she was trying to draw Blastwave away from the scrapyard. As they try to head somewhere more private, Blastwave again appears through a portal and grabs Nightra. Strongarm is tossed aside when she tries to intervene, and Blastwave disappears with his quarry. Bumblebee contacts Fixit, who believes he can get the team onto Blastwave's ship. The team returns to the scrapyard, where Bumblebee starts breaking out the weapons from [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s caches, though he draws the line at [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] taking an [[energon bazooka]].

Up in orbit, Blastwave is preparing to secure Nightra when the Autobots board his ship. While they have him busy, Nightra again flees, and Strongarm goes after her. The others manage to get Blastwave trapped in a forcefield, only to quickly realize he's actually an [[Autobot]]. Blastwave uses [[Cybertronian Sign Language]] to give an explanation as he can't speak (much to Bumblebee's shock, then sympathy). Strongarm reaches the bridge to find Nightra sealing off the cargo bay and starting the jettison procedure. She rapidly realizes that Blastwave's the bounty hunter and Nightra's the criminal. Grabbing the control chip to disable the console, Nightra cloaks and uses her Light Bender's decoy function to get the drop on Strongarm.

[[File:TRID S3 E11 GAC SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Drift can, in fact, see his house from here.]]
In the cargo bay, the Autobots combine their weapons and manage to get the cargo bay doors open. Unfortunately just as they do, the outer airlock opens, threatening to suck Blastwave into space. The Autobots form a chain, and though [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] is almost lost in space in the process, everyone manages to hold on long enough for Grimlock to reseal the outer door. On the bridge, Strongarm remains confounded by Nightra's tricks, until she hits on the idea of knocking out the lights. Nightra's illusions disappear, allowing Strongarm to slap the cuffs on her.

The team returns to [[Earth]], where Bumblebee congratulates Strongarm on her collar and Strongarm reflects that Nightra was no longer the friend she knew.

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (4)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (5)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (6)
*[[Nightra]] (8)
*''[[Proctor]]s'' (10-12)
*[[Blastwave]] (13)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (14)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (15)
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (10) (Voice only)
|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (7)
*Tourists (16)
|c4=
*[[Hi-Test (RID)|Hi-Test]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"Aw, you guys vaporised 'em without me. I miss all the good stuff!"
:—'''Grimlock'''

"Ha! Danger is my middle name. Or it would be, if Cybertronians had middle names." 
"Earth has made you really, really weird, Regs. It looks good on you."
:—'''Strongarm''' and '''Nightra'''

"DO NOT FLEE. YOU WILL BE TERMINATED AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY."
:—'''Soundwave''' believes in ''strict'' severance clauses.

"Okay, just for the record, this is crazy, and dangerous, and we should ''never, ever try this at home''. FIRE!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' gets to shoot a Big Honkin' Space Gun.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Nightra mentions [[Dropforge]], previously established as one of Strongarm's teachers in "[[Get a Clue]]".
*Strongarm's recollection of their time on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] shows the pair walking among the statues of the [[Thirteen]] originally seen back in "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]".
*Nightra claims Blastwave escaped from Trypticon Prison. In other Aligned media (though [[Flying Mind|not explicitly]] in the ''Prime'' cartoon itself), [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] was mode-locked into the ''Nemesis'', which was last seen still being a spaceship in "[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]", but hey, maybe they repurposed it as a prison.
*Soundwave observes that Hi-Test is the first of his Mini-Con minions to return without a [[Decepticon Hunter]]; [[Stuntwing]] pinched Bumblebee's in "[[King of the Hill (Part 2)]]", while Sideswipe's was taken by [[Trickout]] in "[[The Great Divide]]".
*The Crown City Colossus has appeared onscreen before. Notably in "[[Battlegrounds, Part 2]]", the Autobots severed its arm so they could drop it on [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] and it looks like the arm's been restored since then. This is the first time it's been named onscreen, though its name was already revealed in the book ''[[Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard]]''.
*Bumblebee's voicebox was crushed by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] before the start of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', as detailed in the psuedocanonical story "[[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax]]"; he regained the ability to speak after being submerged in the [[Omega Lock]] in "[[Deadlock]]".

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Boostwing]], [[Jacknab]], [[Pilfer]], [[Shadow Raker]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]].

===Transformers references===
*Nightra claims that Blastwave escaped from Trypticon Prison. [[Trypticon Prison]] was a location from ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' — originally intended to be shown during season four of the cartoon, it was eventually canonized by ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]''.

===Real-world references===

===Errors===
* When boarding Blastwave's ship, only three Autobots exit the [[GroundBridge]] before it closes, although afterwards all five Bee Team members are shown to be aboard the ship.
* When the Autobots are attempting to hang on in the depressurizing cargo bay, Blastwave and Drift are partially and totally outside of the ship respectively, but when Grimlock closes the bay door they're both safely well inside.

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode of the series where a rogue Autobot is the main antagonist.
*This episode was originally scheduled to air on July 1st, 2017; it first aired in the UK and Canada on July 15, airing in the United States on July 29.
* The original description text for this episode gave the name of Strongarm's Academy friend as "Chicane." Presumably this was a preliminary name for Nightra.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Présumé coupable''' ("Presumed Guilty")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 11]], 2017

==Home video releases==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Disordered Personalities

2017-10-28T12:00:06Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 55
|image=RiD2015 - Disordered Personalities - The Grid.jpg
|caption=''Go, go, Speed Racer! Go, Speed Racer, Go!''
|prev=Out of the Shadows
|next=Guilty As Charged
|title="Disordered Personalities"
|airdate=[[June 24]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Shannon Eric Denton]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Frank Marino]]
}}

'''An experiment in combining accidentally causes the Autobots to swap personalities. Stuck in the wrong bodies, the team is called on a mission to defeat the Stunticons in a road race.'''

{{TOCclear}}

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E10 DP SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Adventure's waiting just ahead!'']]
Team Bee stands wired up to some heavily technological machinery which [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] thinks will ''probably'' merge them into [[Ultra Bee]]. While the others are apprehensive, [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] is more interested in watching [[television]], as the [[Crown City Grand Prix]] is about to be broadcast. Fixit fires up the equipment, and the Bee Team are all heartily zapped until Fixit's console starts smoking. Nothing seems to have happened at first, but suddenly [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] starts speaking in Grimlock's voice. It's swiftly obvious the Autobots have swapped bodies — Sideswipe, now occupying [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], admires his own body from the outside, it now being occupied by Drift. Strongarm is thrilled to find she's now [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] while Bee himself quickly realizes that he's been transferred into Grimlock's body. While Fixit explains that the controls are fried and he can't switch them back, Grimlock enjoys being a car for a change. Fixit believes the effect will be temporary, and Bee thinks it'll mostly be an annoyance, so long as they don't have any crises to deal with. On cue, [[Denny Clay|Denny]] calls them over to the TV — the Grand Prix has been gatecrashed by four of the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]]. The team realize they're going to have to do something about it while still body-swapped. As Bee will be incongruous in dino form (not to mention slow), he puts Strongarm in charge of the mission to stop the 'Cons, and asks Fixit to deal with the television broadcasts so they don't blow their cover in doing so.

[[File:RiD2015 - Disordered Personalities - Casey driving.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''She's gaining on you, so you better look alive! She's busy revvin' up the powerful Mach Five!'']]
Over at the start line, current champ [[Casey (RID)|"Crasher" Casey]] sits confidently at the head of the pack. The Stunticons, behind the other racers, argue over which of them is going to win, much to [[Slashmark]]'s annoyance. As the race begins and the cars speed off, Fixit manages to cut off the television broadcast. In the lead, Casey decides the race is too easy and pops in a beginner Spanish tape to keep herself occupied. The Autobots join the race, and Grimlock immediately zooms ahead, identifying [[Heatseeker]] when the Stunticon calls him a "squishie". Strongarm tries to pull over [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], who explains he intends to become "Ruler of the Roads" by winning the title. He takes Strongarm's comments about the title not being literal as an attempt to confuse him, and has [[Wildbreak]] knock her into the barrier.

Sideswipe and Drift manage to stop Slashmark, however he evades them by energizing his wheels. Drift tries to deploy his Mini-Cons before realizing he's in Sideswipe's body, and Slashmark taunts the "lawbots" before speeding away. The two Autobots give chase, though Sideswipe is having ongoing problems controlling Strongarm's sirens. Ahead, Casey starts on another lap while continuing her Spanish lesson. Grimlock confronts Drag Strip and manages to deploy [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], only for the pair to get a face full of Drag Strip's [[Nitro Booster|nitro-boost]] as the Stunticon speeds away. Closing in on Drag Strip and Wildbreak, Strongarm contacts the others for backup, however the others disregard her orders to her immense frustration.

[[File:TRID S3 E10 DP SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''He's a demon on wheels! He's a demon, and he's gonna be chasing after someone!'']]
Bumblebee's anxious pacing annoys Fixit, who reveals he's finished fixing the equipment. Bee immediately manages to knock the console flying with his tail.

Drag Strip and Wildbreak discuss how they're probably going to win, but Drag Strip's daydreams of taking command are cut short when they realize that Casey is ahead of them. Strongarm catches up with them and Wildbreak keeps her busy by energizing the road behind him. She again calls for backup. Grimlock is unable to come, as he's having trouble getting the Mini-Cons to undeploy, and Drift and Sideswipe are busy with Slashmark. Strongarm tries dealing with the pair herself, only to be blasted by Drag Strip's boost and ends up hitting the barrier, half-dangling over a long drop. The two Cons move in on Crasher Casey and Wildbreak unleashes a literal wave of energized road which Casey, obliviously musing that she didn't ''remember'' there being a hill at that spot, manages to ride out. As Strongarm laments the state of her mission, Grimlock arrives and helps her back onto the road. Elsewhere, Sideswipe and Drift manage to tackle Slashmark and take him down after Sideswipe blinds him with Strongarm's lights, Drift punching the Stunticon off the cliff.

[[File:TRID S3 E10 DP SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer! He's a demon on wheels.'']]
As Casey heads towards the finish line, the remaining three Stunticons close in. Heatseeker unleashes a pair of guided missiles which streak towards the unaware human, until they suddenly lock on to Sideswipe and Drift coming the other way. The pair swerve around the three Stunticons, who end up being blitzed by their own missiles, leaving Casey to cross the finish line, victorious for the fifth straight year.

Back in the scrapyard, the team reports that the Stunticons all managed to get away in the confusion. Fixit once again fires up the equipment to swap everyone back. The Autobots are all zapped, but in the aftermath they're all back in their own bodies. Everything is fine again, until they discover, as Sideswipe gives Fixit a piece of his mind, that the Mini-Con's consciousness has been swapped into the control panel. While Fixit starts on one of his stories, the others go to get the parts needed for Denny to transfer him back.

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (2)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (5)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (8)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (15)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (16)

|c2=
*[[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] (10)
*[[Slashmark]] (11)
*[[Heatseeker]] (12)
*[[Wildbreak]] (13)

|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (6)
*[[Denny Clay]] (7)
*[[Casey (RID)|Casey]] (9)
*Security guard (14)
|c4=
}}

==Quotes==
"Is this truly necessary, Bumblebee?" 
"It is if we want to create and control the effect that merges all of us into our Ultra Bee Team Combiner form."
:—'''Drift''' discovers that '''Bumblebee''' is a [[To sell toys|salesman]] at heart

"Y'know, I may not even give the title over to [[Motormaster (WFC)|the boss]] when we get back. If ''I'm'' Ruler of the Roads, what's ''he'' gonna do about it?" 
"Probably run ya over, back up, and then, run ya over again."
:—'''Drag Strip''' and '''Wildbreak''' discuss Motormaster's management style

"Gee, uhh...Sorry about that, Dragstrip." 
"One of these days, Wildbreak. Pow! Right in the grill!"
:—'''Wildbreak''' and '''Drag Strip''' continue their Ralph-and-Ed routine.

==Notes==
[[File:RiD2015 - Disordered Personalities - I Can't Believe It's Not Knock Out.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Why must we be so cruelly teased?]]
===Continuity notes===
*[[Casey (RID)|Casey]] is definitely a jack of all trades, isn't she? Stated to be the [[Rumbledome]]'s champion in [[The Champ]], she is also Crown City's greatest road racer.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Boostwing]], [[Jacknab]], [[Pilfer]], [[Shadow Raker]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Slashmark]].

===Transformers references===
* One of the humans' cars in the race uses [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s altmode model.

===Real-world references===
*The Spanish phrases Casey learns include:
**''¿Donde está el baño?'' — "Where is the bathroom?"
**''Mi tío tiene pulgas.'' — "My uncle has fleas."
**''Creo que estoy en un gran problema.'' — "I think I'm in big trouble." (as the Stunticons close in)
**''Me gustaría hacer un poco de surf.'' — "I would like to do a little surfing." (as Wildbreak unleashes the ground wave)

===Trivia===
* This episode premiered at the "Transformers Through the Years" screening event, which was held by the Paley Center for Media in New York City, where it was shown on a large film screen alongside episodes from various Transformers series. The screening took place a week before this episode's official airdate.
* Unlike [[Switcheroo|the last time]] an Aligned cartoon used a body-swapping plot, the characters' voices switch between their bodies.
* Do you have a moment to hear the good word of our Ultra Bee Team Combiner form?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Echange de personnalités''' ("Exchange of Personalities")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 8]], 2017

==Home video releases==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Out of the Shadows

2017-10-28T11:59:19Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 54
|image=TRID S3 E9 OOTS MSS.jpg
|caption=The Force is with you, young Skywalker. But you are not a Jedi yet.
|prev=Get a Clue
|next=Disordered Personalities
|title="Out of the Shadows"
|airdate=[[June 17]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
}}

'''The Bee Team learns about Drift's past when his former mentor Shadow Raker comes to Earth to recover something Drift has taken from him—Slipstream and Jetstorm.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E9 OOTS SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|If you believe me to be your enemy, command me, and I will gladly take my life.]]
As [[Russell Clay|Russell]] waits for his scary movie to start, a newsreader details how scientists have made a strange find in [[Antarctica]]. Though Russell is disinterested, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] notes that that was where the Autobots caught [[Crustacion]], and sure enough, the find is the Decepticon's missing [[Shanix]]. Hearing that the Shanix are being transferred to the [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences|Crown City Natural History Museum]], Strongarm rushes off to tell the others. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] meanwhile finds [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] wiring up [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] for another combiner experiment. Despite Sideswipe's misgivings, Fixit presses the button, and after an explosion they end up with Sideswipe's torso [[Sidelock|atop]] Grimlock's dino mode. Strongarm arrives and reports on the Shanix. She's interrupted by [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] sparring, while [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] is unimpressed with their performance. As Bumblebee wonders if Drift isn't being a little too harsh on the pair, Fixit detects an [[Shadow Raker's ship|incoming Cybertronian ship]], which Drift recognizes. Drift is evasive when Bumblebee asks him about the ship's pilot. Once Sideswipe and Grimlock separate, the Autobots head off to intercept the landing ship.

They arrive at the landing site moments before the ship decloaks over them and lands. Drift reveals that the pilot is [[Shadow Raker]], a 'Con who takes in wayward Cybertronians and trains them to steal for him. The team sneaks aboard the ship and splits up to search, leaving Grimlock to guard the door. Strongarm is the first to locate Shadow Raker, who scurries along the roof in bug mode, but he evades the searching Autobots by ducking into the maintenance shafts. Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm end up trapped in a pit which Bee identifies as a smuggling compartment. Fortunately Grimlock comes in search of them and drops a cable down so they can climb out.

[[File:TRID S3 E9 OOTS SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|You are beaten. It is useless to resist.]]
Meanwhile Shadow Raker confronts Drift, addressing him as "Deadlock" before attacking him. Though he successfully blinds Drift with webbing, he retreats when he hears the other Autobots approaching. Drift explains to the team that he used to be one of Shadow Raker's students before finding the path to the Autobots. Fixit gets a fix on Shadow Raker's signal.

As they head to the location, Bumblebee talks a reluctant Drift into letting the two Mini-Cons deploy, though Drift instructs them not to fight without his order. The team reaches the location of the signal and Bumblebee has them split up to search. After a short while he stumbles on trees covered in webbing, and radios the rest of the team, only to discover Grimlock, Sideswipe and Strongarm are already there, trapped in the webbing. Before he can do anything Shadow Raker ambushes him and adds him to the collection. The 'Con again confronts Drift, this time confident the other Autobots won't interfere, and demands the return of Jetstorm and Slipstream. Outraged, Drift attacks Shadow Raker but refuses to let the Mini-Cons get involved.

[[File:TRID S3 E9 OOTS SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This is madness. [[Drift (RID)|He's]] going to attack? He's defeated. He must accept his shame. Kill him.]]
After some communication issues, Bumblebee has Sideswipe kick Strongarm's crossbow over to him so he can use it to free Strongarm. Meanwhile Shadow Raker webs Drift to a tree, and the two Mini-Cons attack, only to be caught in more of the Con's webbing. Though Drift promises to hunt the Decepticon down, Shadow Raker takes off with the two Mini-Cons. Drift contacts Bumblebee who comes to his aid while the others continue freeing themselves. Bumblebee releases Drift, and they head to Shadow Raker's ship, only to come under fire from its cannons. The pair are forced to take cover and watch helplessly as the ship departs.

On board the ship, Slipstream announces that he's only been pretending to serve Drift. Though Shadow Raker is skeptical, Slipstream offers to tell him the location of a stash of Shanix, an offer that the Decepticon can't help but be intrigued by.

[[File:TRID S3 E9 OOTS SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Never. I'll never turn to the Dark Side. You have failed, [[Shadow Raker|your Highness]]. I am a Jedi, like my father before me.]]
Bumblebee and Drift rendezvous with the rest of the team and start planning to go after Shadow Raker, however Fixit reports that he's reading the Mini-Cons' signals and they're still on Earth.

Shadow Raker and the Mini-Cons are, in fact, at the museum picking up the Shanix. As they emerge, the Autobots arrive and Shadow Raker's shocked to find he's been played by the Mini-Cons. He manages to web most of the team, but Drift remains free and engages him in combat. Drift swiftly defeats the 'Con, at which point Shadow Raker laments that Drift gave up the chance to be his second in command, something Drift doesn't consider a great loss. Shadow Raker attempts to flee in bug mode, but Drift simply uses the Mini-Cons to take him down.

Once Shadow Raker is secured in a [[stasis pod]] back in the scrapyard, Drift complements his pupils on their actions and admits he needs to allow them more autonomy, before sending them out to patrol.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (4)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (5)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*"[[Sidelock]]" (9)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (10)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (11)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (12)
|c2=
*[[Shadow Raker]] (13)
|c3=
*News man (1)
*[[Russell Clay]] (2)
*[[Denny Clay]] (8)
|c4=
}}

==Quotes==
"He trains wayward bots to steal for him in exchange for shelter and protection...his pleasure in corrupting the innocent is matched only by his greed." 
"Charming."
:—'''Drift''' and '''Bumblebee''' discuss Shadow Raker

"My long-lost student...I have come for the things you took from me."
:—'''Shadow Raker''' prepares to read from ''The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise''

"Don't look to your friends for help, ''Deadlock''." 
"MY NAME IS ''DRIFT!''"
:—'''Shadow Raker''' and '''Drift''' cross verbal and literal blades

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:RiD2015 Out of the Shadows Sidelock.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Does this Dinobot make my butt look big?"]]
* Drift's shady history was first alluded to in the tie-in novel ''[[Drift's Samurai Showdown]]''. Against all odds, this episode does ''not'' contradict the information put forth in that story, and instead fleshes out Drift's time as a Decepticon before he abandoned that faction and fell in with the morally dubious [[Ronin]].
*Meanwhile the fact Jetstorm and Slipstream "met as thieves" was established in the short "[[The Tragedy of Slipstream]]".
*The [[Shanix]] recovered and sent to the Natural History Museum was lost by [[Crustacion]] in "[[Defrosted]]".
*The Natural History Museum itself was previously seen way back in "[[W.W.O.D.?]]", when [[Terrashock]]'s stasis pod was taken there for study.
*Fixit continues his mad-science experiments on the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]'s mysterious combiner powers that were gained in "[[King of the Hill (Part 2)]]", with more conclusive results than in "[[Get a Clue]]".
*Bumblebee orders Fixit to prep [[Drift's ship]] to pursue Shadow Raker. Though the ship hasn't been seen since "[[Hunting Season]]", Bumblebee previously used it for a mission which led to him landing at the [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] in the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)| Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Uninvited Guest]]".

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Boostwing]], [[Jacknab]], [[Pilfer]], [[Shadow Raker]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]].

===Transformers references===
* Drift's past as a Decepticon named "Deadlock" is co-opted from his [[Drift (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], while his old career as a thief owes something to G1 Drift's backstory in the pages of ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''.

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
* This episode premiered at the "Transformers Through the Years" screening event, which was held by the Paley Center for Media in New York City, where it was shown on a large film screen alongside episodes from various Transformers series'. The episode was aired on television later that day. The following episode, "Disordered Personalities" was shown at the same event, which was a week before its airdate.
* This episode features the return of [[Ian James Corlett]] to the Transformers franchise, 17 years after his last role as [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Sorti de l'ombre''' ("Out of the Shadows")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 7]], 2017

==Home video releases==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Get a Clue

2017-10-28T11:58:45Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 53
|image=TRID S3 E8 GAC MSS.jpg
|caption=It's a work in progress, so I don't want anyone asking stupid questions like, "Hey, what happened to the color?" So just-Hey, what happened to the color?
|prev=The Great Divide
|next=Out of the Shadows
|title="Get a Clue"
|airdate=[[June 10]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Matt Wayne]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
}}

'''Strongarm flexes her detective muscles to solve a baffling series of Decepticon thefts; she may need to stand up to her teammates in order to bring a perp to justice.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E8 GAC SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You don't understand, I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum.]]
[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] searches for anyone who wants to help him sort [[capacitor sprocket]]s and finds [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] weightlifting forklifts. When she mentions she misses [[Kaon Police Academy|the Academy]], as it's the time of year when cadets choose their specialty to focus their studies, Fixit helps her by bringing up a list of specialties so she can select one, though she can't decide which she should choose. The Decepticon alarm sounds and Fixit pinpoints the signal to a construction site.

The Autobots arrive at the site just after the 'Con has moved in. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] sends Strongarm and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] to cover the gate while he takes the others to search inside. [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] finds a busted-open-and-emptied explosives locker, shortly before he's attacked from behind. Bumblebee and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] find him moments later, but the 'Con is already gone and, though Fixit widens his scan, he is unable to locate the Decepticon. Strongarm recalls the teachings of her old instructor [[Dropforge]], which inspires her to ask Bumblebee if she can try out her detective skills. She starts taking pictures of the crime scene, and finds some auto paint on a nearby tree.

[[File:TRID S3 E8 GAC SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Nobody escapes. Nobody ever really escapes.]]
The Autobots return to the scrapyard, where Fixit wires Grimlock and Drift up for a [[combiner]]-related experiment. The pair end up magnetically fused together temporarily, and Strongarm summons them to the "war room". This turns out to be so Strongarm can fill them in on what she's worked out — they quickly locate a car that matches the paint they found, so Strongarm is dispatched with [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay|Russell]] to interview the potential witness. [[Teenage Boy|The witness]] turns out to have not seen the perp, but overheard him talking about "shinies" and "step one". As the trio start heading back, Fixit contacts them to let them know there's a Decepticon signal at a fireworks factory. Strongarm, increasingly using crime-noir type language, drops off the two [[human]]s and heads off.

She arrives at the factory around the same time as the rest of the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]], but before she can fill them in on what she's found, the team comes under attack from fireworks. After Grimlock is knocked down, she manages to shoot another firework headed towards him and the team take cover. The 'Con emerges, wreathed in smoke, and manages to speed past them before they can fire, leaving Strongarm to accidentally try and arrest Bumblebee in the confusion. Fixit attempts to get a lock on the Decepticon's signal, but it repeatedly appears and disappears at different places, leaving the Autobots bewildered.

[[File:TRID S3 E8 GAC SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Here's looking at you, [[Strongarm (RID)|kid]].]]
Back at base, Strongarm puzzles over the evidence and why she can't work out the case. Bumblebee gives her some encouragement and she suggests the next target may be the [[Crown City Armory]], though she immediately casts doubt on the idea as potentially being too simple. With Strongarm unable to work out the Con's nature, the team heads to stake out the armory. As the stakeout drags on, Strongarm wonders if she was wrong after all, but her doubt is cut short by an explosion in the armory. They move in to find the 'Con is a [[Corvicon|Crow Decepticon]]. Strongarm gives chase, using an unfinished overpass to give her the height to take down the flying Decepticon. Grimlock uses his traditional finishing move to make sure the Decepticon stays down.

[[File:TRID S3 E8 GAC SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Why are they doing this? Why are they doing this? They said when you got here the whole thing started. Who are you? What are you? Where did you come from? I think you're the cause of all of this. I think you're evil. EVIL!]]
Fixit explains the 'Con is [[Boostwing]], a more intelligent Crow Decepticon than average, but Strongarm and Russell aren't satisfied with the resolution. Strongarm volunteers to go out on patrol, and Russell accompanies her. She's realized that Boostwing may have a partner, explaining how he could be in many places at once and where the stolen fireworks may be. On Russell's hunch, they head to the [[Crown City Gold Depository]], and arrive to find it under attack. After calling for backup, Strongarm heads inside and finds another Crow Decepticon, Boostwing's brother [[Jacknab]]. During the resulting fight, Jacknab kicks her into a pile of gold bars, but she overloads her blaster, knocking him down. She's surprised when a ''third'' Crow Decepticon brother, [[Pilfer]], arrives, and the pair of 'Cons quickly outmatch her, threatening to steal her [[optics]] for Boostwing. The rest of the Autobots arrive to lend a hand, keeping the brothers busy, and giving Strongarm time to use a net filled with gold bars to bring the two 'Cons down, the pair being dutifully arrested.

Strongarm later explains her reasoning to the other Autobots and they compliment her on her work. Sideswipe makes a mumbled noise which to his surprise, she's able to correctly deduce was an apology for doubting her judgment earlier.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (1)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (6)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (7)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Boostwing]] (4)
*[[Jacknab]] (14)
*[[Pilfer]] (15)

|c3=
*Snoozing security guard (3)
*[[Denny Clay]] (9)
*[[Russell Clay]] (10)
*[[Teenage Boy]] (11)
*Armory soldiers (12)
*Gold Depository guards (13)
|c4=
}}

==Quotes==
"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the ordinance." 
"Huh? Where'd you learn language like that? Been hangin' out on the south side'a Kaon?"
:—'''Strongarm's''' inner noir detective effectively baffles '''Sideswipe'''.

"Sir! Permission to perform a thorough investigation?!" 
"...isn't...that...what we're ''doing''?" 
"..." 
"...okay, okay. Permission granted." 
:—'''Strongarm''' knows '''Bumblebee''' can't resist an earnestly eager expression.

"...whatever it is, I CONFESS!"
:—'''Grimlock''' has no poker face at all.

"We need to find out what makes you Autobots meld into your Ultra Bee Team Combiner form."
:—A product-name-dropping '''Fixit''' knows what [[To sell toys|the most important things]] are.

"You two have the right to silent mode operation."
:—'''Strongarm''' slaps the cuffs on Jacknab and Pilfer.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* "Crow Decepticon" is an awkward bit of renaming. The first of this type seen in the series, [[Filch]], was not given any kind of "species" identifier. Later in "[[True Colors]]", "Corvicon" was used to describe "shiny"-obsessed bots, then the book ''[[Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard]]'' confirmed the connection by calling her a Corvicon directly. But here, it's only "crow Decepticon". Maybe they thought it was easier for kids to understand, except Russell just makes things even more confusing by referring to them as "Crowcons"...
* The Crow Decepticons in this episode don't seem to be much larger than the Autobots, whereas Filch was ''significantly'' larger.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Boostwing]], [[Jacknab]], [[Pilfer]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]].

===Transformers references===
*Bumblebee swears "by [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s rusty knee-joints". He needs those, Bee!

===Real-world references===
*To catch Boostwing, Strongarm drives through some barricades and off the end of an unfinished freeway ramp, a maneuver most famous from ''[[w:The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]].''

===Errors===
*Bumblebee says he, Sideswipe and Grimlock will "canvass inside on foot" after arriving at the construction site. We're unclear on exactly what meaning of "canvass" is being used here, as 'canvassed' can be defined as a thorough ''discussion'', but not really a thorough inspection as Bee seems to imply.

===Trivia===
*This is the first time [[Ultra Bee]] is named on-screen.
*And you thought [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] watched [[Bots and Robbers|too many detective movies]]....

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' ''' L'enquête explosive''' ("Explosive Investigation")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 27]], 2017

==Home video releases==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

The Great Divide

2017-10-28T11:57:46Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 52
|image=TRID S3 E7 TGD MSS.jpg
|caption=He's twice the 'Bot he used to be.
|prev=Bee Cool
|next=Get a Clue
|title="The Great Divide"
|airdate=[[June 3]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Andrew Robinson|Andrew R. Robinson]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
}}

'''A freak combiner accident causes Sideswipe to split into two individuals, causing problems when the Bee Team tries to take in Drag Strip.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:RiD2015-S3E7-04.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] feels your pain all the way from Cybertron.]]
The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] pursues [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] through a forest, the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] having swiped an artifact from one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s caches. [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] complains about [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] splashing her with mud from the bog, but moments later, Sideswipe gets his comeuppance as he ends up landing face-first in the swamp. Just ahead Drag Strip finds himself ''literally'' bogged down in a particularly deep mud-puddle, and the [[Autobot]]s catch up with him. Sideswipe moves in for the arrest, only for Drag Strip to ignite a methane bubble. After the resulting explosion, Drag Strip grabs the artifact, but turns tail when he observes, to his absolute shock, that his pursuers have [[Combiner|merged]] into [[Ultra Bee|a single robot]]. Shortly afterwards, the Autobots recover consciousness and initial confusion gives way to panic when they realize what has happened. As they argue, [[Trickout|a Mini-Con]] who had been discretely watching the entire affair takes the opportunity to spirit away Sideswipe's [[Decepticon Hunter]].

After some effort, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] manages to coordinate his team enough to stand up, but as soon as Sideswipe tries to grab [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (who has found himself turned into their combined form's massive sword) the combiner goes crashing into a tree, and the team separates. [[File:TRID S3 E7 TGD SC 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Hangover: Crown City.]] As they puzzle over what happened, it quickly becomes clear that some bots are more separated than others — Sideswipe has somehow been split into two bots. The two Sideswipes, one seeming more aggressive than usual and the other unnaturally meek, start fighting, and Bumblebee contacts [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to get a [[GroundBridge]] home. Back in the scrapyard, they fill Fixit in on what happened. The two Sideswipes are separated to stop them fighting, while Fixit promises to work on some theories and solutions about both that problem and their impromptu combination, though Bumblebee is more worried about the stolen relic.

Drag Strip arrives at a deserted base and is met by [[Wildbreak]] and [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]], the latter of whom asks Drag Strip to demonstrate what he's found. Drag Strip zaps Wildbreak with it, revealing it to be a [[Gravitic Adjuster]]. As Drag Strip continues to gleefully demonstrate the device on his partner, Motormaster announces it's time to show the opposition that they mean business.

[[File:RiD2015-S3E7-03.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]] hugs are the ''best'' hugs.]]
One of the Sideswipes protests at being the recipient of a permanent bear-hug from [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], who will only release him on Bumblebee's say-so. The other Sideswipe insists that they're two halves of the same bot and need to work together to be effective, but his other half is unconvinced.

Drag Strip drives through the desert, looking for a suitable target that will get the attention of both Autobots and [[human]]s, and settles on a Highway Patrol barracks.

Strongarm and Drift work on tracking the relic without the use of the main command console as Fixit's busy with it, and discuss the Sideswipe situation. Fortunately, Fixit's come up with a theory: that the Autobots were altered by the radiation they encountered during their battle with [[Heatseeker]]. As they puzzle over how to trigger their combination without needing an explosion, Sideswipe realizes his Decepticon Hunter is missing, and Fixit detects a distress call from the Highway Patrol. Bumblebee initially intends to bench the Sideswipes, but they and Strongarm talk him into taking them along.

Elsewhere, the Mini-Con activates a GroundBridge portal and sends the stolen Decepticon Hunter to [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], before following it through.

Drag Strip is using the Gravitic Adjuster on the trooper station - and beginning to have ideas about using it to usurp Motormaster's position as head Stunticon - when the Autobots arrive. Bumblebee sends Strongarm and Sideswipe to make sure the station is evacuated, and after some bickering, the trio head off. Drift and Grimlock are both hit by the Gravitic Adjuster, pinning them to the ground, and when Bumblebee attempts to bum rush Drag Strip, he too is zapped by it. Drag Strip continues blasting Bumblebee while fantasizing about duplicating the relic and making a fortune, until Grimlock bounces a rock off his head, causing him to drop the relic which bounces away.

[[File:TRID S3 E7 TGD SC 3.jpg|thumb|right|250px|In which a Stunticon enforces [[w:Newton's law of universal gravitation|the law]].]]
Down at the trooper station, the Sideswipes are once again bickering, until one has to save the other from falling rubble. The pair finally come to an understanding, moments before Strongarm is knocked flat by more debris. The Sideswipes are trying to dig her out when Drag Strip brings more of the building down on them. As the Con moves in to finish off Strongarm, the Sideswipes come up with a plan — one of them distracts Drag Strip long enough for the other to zoom in and punch him out. Leaving the fallen Stunticon, they collect the unconscious Strongarm and return to the rest of the team, where the "aggressive" Sideswipe begs Bumblebee not to tell anyone that they won by working together.

Later, Fixit wires up both Sideswipes to a device he says will fuse them back into wholeness...although they both are sent into a panic when Drift's pointed questioning about the reliability of the process produces some decidedly ''less'' than convincing answers from the Mini-Con. Regardless of their protests, Fixit activates the device, which powers up and overloads with a surge of light...which fades to reveal Sideswipe whole, hale, and healthy once more.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (3)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (4)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (5)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (6)
*[[Ultra Bee]] (8)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (9)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (10)
|c2=
*[[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] (1)
*[[Wildbreak]] (11)
*[[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] (12)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (Voice only) (13)
|c3=
|c4=
* [[Trickout]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==
"Am I the bottom? I am, amn't I?"
:—'''Grimlock''' doesn't like being the legs.

"I don't think that's a 'Con, Sideswipe. I think there's...TWO of you!" 
"Oh, ''no''. I've had nightmares about this ''exact thing''." 
:—'''Bumblebee''' enlightens '''Strongarm''' to the horrifying truth.

"Let's see what's going on over by Denny's collection of ketchup bottles."
:—'''Grimlock''' is easily entertained, a master torturer, or both.

"Unified, Sideswipe is barely tolerable. Divided, his two sides are... ''maddening''."
:—'''Drift''' speaks for the rest of the team.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Strongarm claims that being combined with Sideswipe "isn't exactly a day at the car wash for [her] either". Strongarm's affinity for car washes was established waaay back in "[[Sideways (episode)|Sideways]]".
*Sideswipe insists that his duplicate is a shape-shifting Decepticon, calling out when they encountered [[Pseudo]] back in "[[Ghosts and Impostors]]".
* Fixit hypothesizes that the nuclear radiation the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] was exposed to in the [[King of the Hill (Part 1)|season-opening]] [[King of the Hill (Part 2)|two-parter]] may be what has made them capable of combining when exposed to explosions (although the presence of the Crash Combiner [[Heatseeker]] at the bottom of the pile probably didn't hurt).
* Soundwave notes that he is "more than halfway" to finishing whatever project he's working on in the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]] that requires the acquisition of [[Decepticon Hunter]]s, having previously received Bumblebee's from [[Stuntwing]] in "[[King of the Hill (Part 2)]]".

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]].

===Transformers references===
* When he's assigned as part of the group to go make sure the trooper station is clear, one of the Sideswipes complains "What am I? Some kind of [[Rescue Bot]]?"

===Errors===
* Motormaster's accent lights are colored blue in this episode; in all of his other appearances, they're red.

===Trivia===
* During the last conversation with Drag Strip, the subtitles designate one of the Sideswipes as "W-SWIPE".
* The end of the episode leaves it nebulous as to whether or not Drag Strip was captured after being knocked out by the Sideswipes; it wasn't until "[[Disordered Personalities]]" that it was shown that he'd escaped.
* We're gonna list an ''anti''-error here: The Autobots actually retain their mud-spatters between scenes! In many prior episodes, mud-spatters, burn marks and even ''puncture holes in armor'' disappear in seconds. Here, the swampy slime stays on the bots across multiple scene transitions.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''La Grande Division''' ("The Great Divide")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 27]], 2017

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Bee Cool

2017-10-28T11:57:13Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the Japanese ''BeCool'' toyline|Bot Shots (toyline)}}

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 51
|image=TRID S3 E6 BC MSS.jpg
|caption=YOU ARE A BLABBERMOUTH! A BLAAABERMOUTH!!
|prev=Sphere of Influence
|next=The Great Divide
|title="Bee Cool"
|airdate=[[May 27]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Zac Atkinson (writer)|Zac Atkinson]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Frank Marino]]
}}

'''Bee, trying to prove that he can be as cool as Sideswipe and his intern Blurr, struggles to lead the Autobots against two Stunticons who stole a trailer full of Cybertronian weapons.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E6 BC SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"That's the trouble with you, Wildbreak. You don't know the latest developments!"]]
In a forest clearing, [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]] discuss [[Cybertronian technology finder|the device]] Drag Strip has borrowed from [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]], intending to use it to track down some Cybertronian technology so they can get in their boss's good graces. Despite Wildbreak's concern that the item they've detected is in the middle of a [[human]] city, the pair head off to find it.

In the scrapyard, [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] is hunting for the parts to build a new [[Decepticon Hunter]] for [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], but comes up empty-handed. On Bumblebee's suggestion, Fixit starts checking to see if [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] ever confiscated one of the weapons. [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] races past, narrowly missing [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay|Russell]]. Bumblebee goes to talk to the young bot and finds him celebrating with [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] after retrieving some pistons in under thirty seconds. As the [[Rescue Bot]]s want Blurr back, Sideswipe is doing some last-minute training, though Bee realizes he's just giving Blurr all of his chores. Seeing how well Sideswipe and Blurr are working together, Bumblebee complains to Denny that he doesn't feel like "one of the bots." Denny's commiserations are cut short when Fixit reports he's found records of a Decepticon Hunter in one of Windblade's caches, in the island city of [[West Rock]]. As it's densely populated, Bumblebee opts to just take [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]; when Blurr is disappointed he doesn't get to go on the mission, Bee promises to teach him a move later, which fails to impress Blurr and Sideswipe.

[[File:TRID S3 E6 BC SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"People will want to read about this. I can see it now, the first installment, the title of it: 'Doomed Bots Have Only Six Months To Go.'"]]
On their way to West Rock, Bee asks Strongarm if the rest of the team consider him "cool," and Strongarm does her best to change the subject. Meanwhile Drag Strip and Wildbreak — tracking the energy signature of the cache — locate a storage facility and break into a storage unit, which appears to be empty until Drag Strip breaks through the floor. The cache's defense systems briefly freeze him solid until Wildbreak frees him. When Bumblebee and Strongarm arrive, they find Wildbreak in vehicle mode attached to a trailer full of tech. Bumblebee attempts a "cool" arrest, while an exasperated Strongarm calls for backup. Drag Strip emerges from the storage unit to find the Autobots and has Wildbreak generate waves of energy that disrupt the two Autobots' stabilizers, causing them to fall over. Drag Strip is pleased they've captured two Autobot prisoners in addition to the contents of the cache, but while he contemplates getting promoted, Sideswipe, Blurr and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] arrive via [[GroundBridge]]. Drag Strip is still confident, but when [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] appears as well, Wildbreak flees. Drag Strip blows up the rest of the cache and follows. Blurr puts out the fire, and the Autobots start searching for the two [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]]s.

[[File:TRID S3 E6 BC SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"I don't care if you've got any confidence, because I have enough confidence in me for the both of us!"]]
Fixit reports he's having trouble tracking the Decepticons due to all of the human broadcasts in the area. Bumblebee sends Strongarm and Grimlock to shut down the island's only bridge access, and the others split up, with Sideswipe and Blurr staying on the Decepticons' tails while Bumblebee and Drift try to cut them off. The maneuver isn't exactly successful, and the two Decepticons manage to get away. When Sideswipe and Blurr are less than enthused by Bumblebee's suggestion of a street-by-street sweep, Bumblebee decides they'll beat the Cons to the bridge by taking the drainage system. Fixit lets them know where the Decepticons are... but it turns out that the tunnel is completely blocked. Bumblebee's attempt at a "cool" recovery gains him some puzzled looks.

[[File:TRID S3 E6 BC SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cool 'Bots don't look at explosions.]]
The Autobots track Drag Strip and Wildbreak to a parking garage, and Bumblebee leaves Sideswipe and Blurr on guard while he and Drift head in. On top of the garage the Stunticons ponder their predicament, with Drag Strip coming up with a plan. Reaching the top of the building, Bee and Drift find the two Stunticons have merged into [[Dragbreak]], who crashes through the floor on top of them. Sideswipe and Blurr arrive and knock the Con down. Bumblebee, again trying to be "cool," attacks Dragbreak head on, only to be knocked aside by the combiner's stolen Decepticon Hunter and almost plummets to the ground before Blurr can catch him. Sideswipe prevents Dragbreak from moving in on the pair and suggests Drift help rescue Bee. After Drift reminds him he needs to act more like a leader, Bumblebee comes up with a plan and successfully drops the roof on Dragbreak; however, the Decepticon Hunter explodes after he picks it up. Dodging the blast, Bee emerges from the flames carrying Drag Strip and Wildbreak. Unfortunately the floor collapses underneath the Autobots, and when they pick themselves up, the Stunticons are long gone. As consolation, they do succeed in retrieving the trailer containing the rest of the raided cache.

After regrouping with Strongarm and Grimlock, the team says farewells to Blurr, and he and Sideswipe compliment Bee on his leadership.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] (5)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (8)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (9)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (10)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (11)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (13)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (14)
|c2=
*[[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] (1)
*[[Wildbreak]] (2)
*[[Dragbreak]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (6)
*[[Russell Clay]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==
"Just like Autobots to bring a couple of blades to a blaster fight." 
"Yep, but we ''also'' brought - a [[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]]."
:—'''Drag Strip''' and '''Sideswipe''' play the "mine's bigger" game.

"Come on, home-bots. Scrap happens. My bot Fixit's got a lock on them. We'll just roll topside and bust these Stunti-clowns." 
"...'home-bots'?"
:—'''Bumblebee'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> attempt to be cool bemuses '''Blurr'''.

"Aw, gee, we can't beat all those Autobots! I can't take this much stress, Drag Strip; I got a delicate constitution!" 
"I'm gonna rip off your constitution and ''melt it onto your spoiler'' if you don't quit messing around!"
:—'''Wildbreak''' and '''Drag Strip''', team bonding.

"There ''are'' a lot of Autobots. Maybe if there were ''fewer'' of us, we'd have some better odds!" 
"Huh? ... ''Ohhh...''"
:—'''Drag Strip''' and '''Wildbreak''', about to do another form of team bonding.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The technology-finding "whatchamacallit" that Drag Strip 'borrowed' from [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] was discovered by [[Heatseeker]] in "[[King of the Hill (Part 2)]]"; this is the first time it's been put to use.
* Bumblebee lost his Decepticon Hunter in the same episode, when (unbeknownst to the then-unconscious Autobots) [[Stuntwing]] pinched it on the orders of [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]].
* Grimlock gets more mileage out of his "dino-crane" disguise that he previously used in [[Impounded]] and [[Decepticon Island (Part 1)]]; after this it's essentially part of his normal kit when he has to be out and about on the road.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]].

===Transformers references===
* Blurr namedrops [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], leader of the [[Rescue Bot]]s from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|series of the same name]].
* Fixit accidentally tunes in to radio commercials for Luskey hair products, in reference to [[Griffin Rock]] mayor [[H.B. Luskey]] who has perennial issues with his toupee.
* Drag Strip's "...and awaaay we go!" catchphrase is near identical to [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]'s catchphrase. Since both Powerglide and Drag Strip's voice patterns are based off of Jackie Gleason, it isn't that big a surprise.

===Real-world references===
* Drag Strip and Wildbreak constantly reference the relationship and the respective catchphrases of Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton from ''[[The Honeymooners]]''.

===Errors===

===Trivia===
* Throughout Blurr's appearances in ''Robots in Disguise'', he never uses a weapon of any kind, relying solely on fists and speed. This is in line with how the younger-kid-aimed ''Rescue Bots'' cartoon handles action, where bot-on-bot violence is a rarity, rescue tools are the usual solution to problems, and their only "guns" shoot disabling [[electromagnetic pulse]]s or sticky quick-dry-foam.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''La classe, Bumblebee!''' ("The cool Bumblebee!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 24]], 2017

==Home video releases==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Sphere of Influence

2017-10-28T11:54:45Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 50
|image=TRID S3 E5 SOI MSS.jpg
|caption=We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious.
|prev=Blurred
|next=Bee Cool
|title="Sphere of Influence"
|airdate=[[May 20]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[David McDermott]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
}}

'''The Bee Team discovers a mysterious artifact that has a strange effect on Cybertronian minds, turning the 'bots against one another.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E5 SOI SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"The Orb was made in the fires of Mount Doradus. Only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mebion and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came!"]]
A Decepticon streaks down a forest road with the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] in hot pursuit. [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], and [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] argue over who should make the arrest, until [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] radios them with information on the 'Con they're chasing, a [[Skunkticon]] named [[Zorillor]]. Zorillor heads into a cave after referring to his "pal" (and peppering the Autobots with blaster shots), so Bumblebee leaves Strongarm and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] to check for other exits while taking Sideswipe and Blurr in. Sideswipe demonstrates the importance of being observant by pointing out a spike-filled pit disguised by a hologram, and then accidentally walks into a tripwire. The trio leg it as the walls start closing in. They get clear, but the way out is blocked. Meanwhile Zorillor packs his stuff so he can relocate, only to run into Drift and Strongarm. He sprays them with blinding liquid, but Drift, calling on his training to fight without relying on his senses, promptly disarms the Skunkticon before [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] manage to take him down, forcing him to drop the yellow sphere he's carrying.

[[File:TRID S3 E5 SOI SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I will take it! I will take it! I will take the Orb to Mebion." "You have my sword..." "And you have my bow." "And my axe!"]]
Back at the scrapyard, everyone puzzles over the strange orb Zorillor was carrying and, while Fixit's scans don't turn up anything conclusive, the Autobots seem enraptured with it. They contact [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] who suggests that the orb matches the description of the [[Sphere of Doradus]], a legendary object containing a map to the lost city of [[Doradus]], but which could potentially destroy a city if not opened correctly. Though skeptical that this is the legendary sphere in question, the Autobots resolve to return it to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the morning, and there's no shortage of volunteers to guard it overnight.

That night, [[Denny Clay|Denny]] finds Bumblebee guarding the Sphere and acting oddly. After Bumblebee accuses Denny of trying to steal the Sphere, the pair realize the object in question is missing. Bumblebee tackles Strongarm as she tries to sneak off with the Sphere, but the rest of the team turn up one by one and soon there's a struggle for possession of the orb. Wakened by the noise, [[Russell Clay|Russell]] realizes that it's just like the effects Optimus ascribed to the Sphere of Doradus, but his attempts to remove the orb from the area are thwarted when Fixit grabs it. A full-scale fight breaks out until Grimlock grabs the Sphere and makes off through the scrapyard with the rest of the team in pursuit. Denny and Russell give chase in Denny's truck while Fixit shakes off the object's influence.

[[File:TRID S3 E5 SOI SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Master betrayed us! Wicked, tricksy, false. We ought to wring his filthy little neck. Kill him! Kill him! Kill them both! And then we takes the precious... and we be the master!"]]
The fight over the Sphere moves onto an elevated highway, with possession moving from Grimlock to Sideswipe to Strongarm until unexpectedly [[Springload (RID)|Springload]] turns up and escapes with it. Out of range of the Sphere's influence, the Autobots recover from their bout of avarice just before Denny and Russell catch up. Fixit lets them know via comms that the Sphere is giving off low-level energy emissions that are affecting their minds, however there's a more urgent issue — if Springload tries to open the Sphere, he could cause an explosion and destroy the city.

[[File:TRID S3 E5 SOI SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"It's gone! It's done!" "Yes, Mr. Beedo. It's over now."]]
The Autobots head to the city's particle accelerator while Denny and Russell retrieve some metal foil to try to block the emissions from the Sphere. The team finds Springload at a control console and Strongarm shoots him when he tries to escape. Slipstream and Jetstorm wrap the Sphere in foil, but the Autobots are still intent on grabbing it instead of arresting Springload. Another fight breaks out, but Springload manages to escape with the Sphere and the Autobots all start experiencing a painful sound. They theorize that the energy passing through the accelerator's coils has changed the effects. Fortunately the Sphere moves out of range, and the Autobots come up with a new plan. They succeed in tackling Springload, though Grimlock takes some encouragement to ignore the Sphere and punch out Springload. The Mini-Cons slap a magnetic cage around the Sphere, but as Denny and Russell attempt to remove it from the area, Springload makes another attempt to grab it which results in it shattering.

Back at the scrapyard, they dump the remains of the Sphere in a trash compactor while musing over their success in resisting its influence. They turn and walk away as the compactor closes...missing how a holographic map flickers over it for a few seconds before disappearing.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (2)
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] (3)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (4)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (7)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (8)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (9)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (12)
|c2=
* [[Zorillor]] (1)
* [[Springload (RID)|Springload]] (13)
|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (10)
*[[Russell Clay]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Blurr:''' ...did he just call his blaster 'Pal'? 
'''Drift:''' Perhaps. Criminals are often eccentric in their speech patterns. 
'''Sideswipe:''' Yeah, and they talk funny too.
:—Blurr gets a complicated explanation from Drift and the Cliff's Notes from Sideswipe.

"I need the sphere because... because... SCIENCE!"
:—'''Fixit''' channels his inner mad scientist.

"Come back with my sphere, you overgrown iguana!" 
"In your involuntary visions during shutdown periods it's yours!"
:—'''Drift''' goes after Grimlock, and '''Blurr''' shuts him down.

"''Grimlock's got the Sphere, Ugh'' 
''Grimlock's got the Sphere, Ugh'' 
''Don't know where he's goin''' 
''But he has got the Sphere--'' 
Aah!"
:—'''Grimlock''', practicing for his second career as a singer.

"You said you knew nothing of Doradus! You lied to me, lied! But my persistence has been rewarded! Doradus shall be mine!"
:—'''Springload''' channels his inner Gollum.

"Besides, if you were truly driven by the desire to possess something spectacular, you'd fight over me every day."
:—'''Fixit''' has a high opinion of himself.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* While virtually every previously-seen Decepticon was imprisoned and taken off-world by the end of "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]", Springload was (allowing for [https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-2/#comment-356 later] word-of-[[Adam Beechen|god]]) the only Decepticon [[Simacore|known]] to be unaccounted for at the end of last season.
* The research facility in this episode is the same building where the team battled [[Simacore]] in "[[Brainpower]]".
* Springload's seemingly scatter-brained quest for Doradus has [[Rumble in the Jungle|been]] [[One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing|the]] [[Bumblebee's Night Off|theme]] of his appearances, but this is the first time there's been evidence the crazy frogbot might be ''right''.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]]

===Real-world references===
* The Sphere's avaricious influence is similar to that of the [[Wikipedia:One Ring|One Ring]]. It could also be compared to the [[Wikipedia:Apple of Discord|golden apple of discord]].

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Les Autobots perdent la boule''' ("The Autobots Lose the Ball")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 24]], 2017

==Home video releases==
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Blurred

2017-10-28T11:52:59Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 49
|image=TRID S3 E4 B MSS.jpg
|caption=This is the Class B. Hero, Saitama.
|prev=Defrosted
|next=Sphere of Influence
|title="Blurred"
|airdate=[[May 13]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Johnny Hartmann]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
}}

'''After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer–Rescue Bot Blurr.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"If the heroes run and hide, who will stay and fight?"]]
Team Bee pops out of a [[GroundBridge]] to see a light plane trailing smoke as it flies overhead. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] contacts [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] who confirms the stricken plane is still going to crash on one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s caches. As this could result in the rescue teams stumbling on whatever's in the cache, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] starts making his way up a nearby cliff to try to save the plane from crashing. As he gets to the top of the cliff, it crumbles beneath his feet and he's left clinging to the edge as the plane hurtles towards him. He's saved at the last moment by [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], who streaks in out of nowhere and pulls him up onto the cliff. While the rest of the team is accidentally buried under the collapse when [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] falls over, Bumblebee takes off after the plane and manages to stop it by grabbing its landing wheels.

The excited Blurr greets Sideswipe, who's slightly put out about Blurr taking over the rescue. They're joined by the rest of the team, whom Blurr is somewhat starstruck at meeting. Once [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] moves a concealing boulder out of the way, they find Windblade's cache contains supplies and a captured [[Sharkticon (RID)|Sharkticon]], [[Ragebyte]]. They realize that the explosive the Decepticon scientist was working on may be in one of the containers, and decide to take everything back to the scrapyard for safekeeping. Blurr asks if he can tag along, and Sideswipe starts wondering if the new Bot is after his spot on the team.

[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"If you really want to become strong, stop caring about what others think about you. Living your life has nothing to do with what others think."]]

Later, the Autobots are driving along a highway. Sideswipe continues grousing about Blurr's over-eagerness, but when he carelessly passes Strongarm, he ends up sending the trailer-load of supplies and the [[stasis pod]] off the side of a bridge and into a river. The shock of landing releases Ragebyte from the pod, who immediately retrieves his explosive and sets off to find the missing ingredient he had originally come to Earth to obtain: polystyrene. The Autobots hurry to try to secure the cache contents, only to see Ragebyte departing in submarine mode. Sideswipe continues to act like a jerk as they fish crates out of the river, and when it turns out there's been a shark sighting at some nearby docks, he immediately takes off to investigate, with Blurr following before Bumblebee can stop either of them. Bumblebee sends Drift back to the scrapyard with the supplies to pick up a jet boat, since they'll need some way to keep up with Ragebyte on the water.

[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What you really wanted to be was a hero. You compromised and decided to be a monster."]]

Blurr and Sideswipe reach the docks, the latter still complaining that Blurr is trying to take his spot on the team. The pair head into a warehouse where Ragebyte is feeding polystyrene into his device and try to sneak up on him, however Blurr steps on some loose packaging foam and they have to take cover momentarily. Sideswipe jumps out, only to find Ragebyte has disappeared. He manages to cut off the Decepticon's escape, and Ragebyte obediently hands over the bomb... before blasting Sideswipe. Blurr takes possession of the bomb and leads the Con on a chase to the loading gate, where the rest of the team have arrived and proceed to ambush the Con. Unfortunately for them he blasts his way free and dives back into the river. As they're wondering how they're going to catch him, Drift appears through a GroundBridge in [[Denny Clay|Denny]]'s boat which Sideswipe immediately commandeers, acciedentally knocking Drift into the drink in the process. Blurr manages to get on board as the boat streaks along, and makes it clear to Sideswipe that he's trying to help, not take Sideswipe's spot on the team.

[[File:TRID S3 E4 B SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"BUT YOU CAN NEVER DEFEAT ME."]]

The pair pursue Ragebyte along the river, but until he tricks them into hitting a buoy, destroying the boat and sending the pair to the bottom. They try to grab Ragebyte, but he manages to knock them off by swimming through an undersea structure. Ragebyte attaches the explosive to one of the supports of [[Crown City Bridge]], intending to test the explosive's yield. Sideswipe contacts Bumblebee, who is on top of the bridge with the rest of the team. Strongarm clears the bridge by pretending to be actual police, but while she's doing that, Ragebyte takes out Drift, Bumblebee and Grimlock. Sideswipe and Blurr reach the top of the bridge, and while the latter speeds off with the explosive device, Sideswipe manages to render Ragebyte unconscious. As the team regroups, there's an explosion in the distance, however Blurr returns unscathed having ditched the bomb.

Back at the scrapyard, Ragebyte is locked away in a stasis pod. Though Sideswipe assumes Bumblebee is going to kick him off the team, Bumblebee instead suggests he take on Blurr as a temporary intern.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (3)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (4)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (5)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (7)
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] (8)
|c2=
*[[Ragebyte]] (10)
|c3=
*Bush pilot (6)
*[[Denny Clay]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"What's he doing? Angling for a spot on ''our'' team?" 
"Why not? Some days it seems like ''you'' don't want one."
:—'''Sideswipe''' is unimpressed with either Blurr's enthusiasm or '''Strongarm''''s burn.

"Experimentation paused. New objective, dissection of Autobot."
:—'''Ragebyte''' subscribes to the [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] school of science and engineering.

"Congratulations, Sideswipe!" 
"...don't say it!" 
"You really ''jumped the shark''." 
"UGGH!"
:—'''Strongarm''' is on fire, and '''Sideswipe''' needs more burn cream.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Sideswipe and Blurr first met in the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)| Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The Need for Speed]]", when Sideswipe chased the escaped [[Cyclone]] Mini-Con [[Bounce]] all the way to [[Griffin Rock]].
* Blurr offhandedly remarks on his his new look. This would indicate this episode takes place after the finale of the ''Rescue Bots'' cartoon, since Blurr was still purple then.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]]

===Transformers references===
* Bumblebee asks "Who the [[Helex (polity)| Helex]] saved Sideswipe?", referencing the city.

===Real-world references===
* (tbd)

===Errors===
* Fixit's comments imply the pilot of the distressed aircraft suffered a pressurization failure leading to unconsciousness, but aircraft of that type do not have cabin pressurization.

===Trivia===
* This is the first time a character native to ''Rescue Bots'' has crossed over into a "main" Aligned cartoon, though Bumblebee alluded to [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]]'s existence back in "[[Battlegrounds, Part 1]]".
* The official synopsis seems to imply that this fairly young and immature version of Sideswipe is older than Blurr... but Blurr has been alive for well over 10,000 years, as seen in the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The New Recruits]]". However, Blurr ''has'' been in a stasis pod for a long time, and for the most part was shown to be more reckless than Sideswipe ever could hope to be.
* Bumblebee has visited the Rescue Bots during Blurr's time on the team, in the episode "[[Uninvited Guest]]". However, Bee was at the [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] outside of Griffin Rock while Blurr was in town dealing with traffic emergencies, so the two hadn't met until now.
* Ragebyte's bomb appears to re-use the [[Cybertronian data cylinder| data cylinder]] model from "[[T.M.I.]]".
* Apparently explosified extruded polystyrene glows the exact same color as [[Dark Energon]]. Who knew?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Le Nouveau''' ("The Newbie")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 25]], 2017

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Defrosted

2017-10-28T11:51:46Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 48
|image=TRID S3 E3 D MSS.jpg
|caption=It slices! It dices! It makes julienned Dinobot!
|prev=King of the Hill (Part 2)
|next=Blurred
|title="Defrosted"
|airdate=[[May 6]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Guy Toubes]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
}}

'''Grimlock begs to learn new fighting methods from a reluctant Drift when the Autobots travel to the Antarctic.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E3 D SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Thank Primus he's not completely insane. "Completely" being the operative word.]]
[[Antarctica]]: a glacial ice face crumbles into the sea revealing a [[stasis pod]] which breaks open as [[Crustacion]] frees himself. The [[Decepticon]] immediately starts looking for his [[Shanix]], and heads towards a nearby [[human]] base.

In [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] searches futily for his [[Decepticon Hunter]], though as [[Denny Clay|Denny]] points out, Bee lost it on the battlefield. Bumblebee tries to contact [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] too see if the Mini-Con detected any other lifeforms at the time the weapon went missing, but Fixit is engrossed in [[Russell Clay|Russell]]'s handheld video game. Meanwhile [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] are sparring, overseen by [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]. Jetstorm is unhappy with his performance and Drift ropes [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] into taking part in a lesson. Grimlock hesitantly attacks Jetstorm, who manages to knock the Dinobot on his face. Grimlock is so impressed he asks to be Drift's "poodle" too. Russell continues unsuccessfully to wrest his game back from Fixit, but even when there's a Decepticon alert, Fixit continues trying to play while delivering a briefing to the team. The alert's coming from an ice cave where one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s caches was located. The team rolls for the [[GroundBridge]], though they have to get Fixit to put down his game for a moment to activate the portal, and as a result Fixit has a game over.

[[File:TRID S3 E3 D SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I don't want your bread, or your fruit. But leave the basket.]]
The team arrives in the Antarctic, which [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] observes is warmer than he expected. The team adopt arctic camouflage and ask Fixit to scan the base for human life signs. Fixit hands his video game over to Denny for a moment and confirms there are no humans inside, though it results in him getting another game over. Inside the base, Crustacion is still hunting for his Shanix and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] recognizes him from the most wanted list. Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe move in, and though the Con knocks Strongarm and Sideswipe aside, he gets his claw caught in a metal railing. Bumblebee reaches for his Decepticon Hunter before remembering it's missing, allowing Crustacion to knock him down. Bumblebee pulls out his regular gun, however it turns out Crustacion has [[Optic weaponry|eye lasers]], when he uses to free himself. The Con demands the Autobots tell him where the Shanix are, and Sideswipe realizes that Crustacion has lost the loot he stole. Heading outside, the Con flattens Drift before Grimlock attempts unsuccessfully to use Drift's earlier lesson. Crustacion drives off. The Autobots split up to try to track the Decepticon down. Paired with Drift, Grimlock apologizes for failing and says he'll do better next time. The rest of the Autobots finally find the base's personnel taking shelter in a small building. Bumblebee tells them to stay put until the coast is clear.

Back at base, Fixit is hooking the video game up to the command center in an attempt to reprogram the game's code, or as Russell puts it, cheat. The attempt is less than successful, and Fixit experiences another game over.

[[File:TRID S3 E3 D SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I can't believe you guys are all still alive!]]
Bumblebee's team find Crustacion has located the remainder of Windblade's cache and accessing it with his eye lasers. When it doesn't turn out to contain Shanix, he starts throwing the contents aside as he searches. One item lands near the watching Autobots and explodes, making them realize they need to stop the Con before he causes any more damage. Crustacion transforms and leads the Autobots on a chase through an ice cave, however the Con soon finds the cave ends in a dead end. He has an epiphany as to where his Shanix are located, and when the Autobots catch up with him, he uses his lasers to bring the cave roof down on them. Grimlock thinks Drift's teachings will help him free the team, and to everyone's surprise, his technique of knocking a stalactite down with his tail actually frees them up a bit. Sideswipe and Strongarm use their Decepticon Hunters to make [[Thermal weaponry|thermo-swords]] and finish the job of freeing themselves, and the team resumes the hunt for Crustacion.

[[File:TRID S3 E3 D SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sweet. Back to a hundred percent. I'd go out and eat that whole village right now if I hadn't already filled up on rocks.]]
They emerge from the cave to find the glacier is crumbling even more. Leaving the others to stabilize the glacier, Bumblebee and Drift head underwater where Crustcion is digging into the sea floor. Thanks to the glacier crumbling, Grimlock joins them. Bumblebee and Drift don't have much luck attacking the Decepticon, while Sideswipe and Strongarm find the glacier is cracking, endangering the trapped humans. Grimlock tries to attack Crustacion and is knocked flying, but as the Con charges at him, this time he's able to put Drift's teachings into practice and mounts Crustacion. Up top, Strongarm and Sideswipe manage to pull the glacier back together, saving the humans. Grimlock manages to defeat Crustacion by using the Con's own claws to knock him out. The team speculates that more of Windblade's caches may have been compromised, and resolve to make sure they're all secure. They try to contact Fixit for a GroundBridge home, but the Mini-Con is still engrossed in his game, and Russell has to open the portal. As the Autobots come through, Grimlock knocks Fixit, who drops his game which shatters. Grimlock thanks Drift for teaching him, believing he's graduated, and an exasperated Drift declares him "master of punching".

Elsewhere, [[Trickout|a Mini-Con]] emerges from a purple GroundBridge portal, with orders from [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] to retrieve another Decepticon Hunter.

Back in the Antarctic, another chunk breaks off the glacier, and within can be seen Crustacion's missing Shanix.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (6)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (7)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (10)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (11)

|c2=
*[[Crustacion]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (voice only) (14)

|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (3)
*[[Russell Clay]] (5)
* Researchers (voices only) (12)

|c4=
* [[Trickout]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Drift, what are you trying to teach them? Jet can't fight me! I'm uh... I'm... have you ''seen'' me?!"
:—'''Grimlock''' wants to fight bots his own size.

"I'm implementing a strategy humans wouldn't think of! Reprogramming the game's code! *''cackles''*" 
"Yeah. That's called 'cheating'." 
"I am merely analyzing the game's strategic algorithms in an effort to counter-strategize with superior Cybertronian algorithms!" 
"Yeah. ''Cheating''."
:—'''Fixit''' is determined to win, '''Russell''' is unimpressed

"Didn't anyone teach you to pick on bots your own size?" 
"There aren't many bots my size!"
:—And '''Crustacion''''s taunt goes over '''Grimlock''''s head

"I've learned everything I need to know! So I guess this means I've graduated!" 
"No, Grimlock. You have not even—" 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Grimlock gives Drift puppy-dog eyes''* 
"...''Yes'', Grimlock. For your many... minutes of work under my tutelage, I declare you a master... of... punching." 
"Aww, thanks, teach!"
:—'''Grimlock''' learned a lot being a poodle{{sic}} for '''Drift'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* As Bumblebee searches for his Decepticon Hunter among the racks, a few past pieces of plot paraphernalia appear:
** A [[Billy the Breakfast Beaver]] statue from "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]".
** The mascot head with Sideswipe's face crudely drawn on it which Strongarm was first seen using as a punching bag in "[[W.W.O.D.?]]".
** The rocking horse Strongarm used to illustrate Earth animal abilities from "[[The Buzz on Windblade]]".
* Grimlock notes that Drift is "the craziest teacher I've ever met. Not that I've ever had a teacher." He seems to have forgotten about [[Gunter]], who taught him patience and preztels in "[[Pretzel Logic]]".
* [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s worldwide network of supply stashes and captured Decepticons was established in her introductory episode, "The Buzz on Windblade", and played into the "Away Team" storyline in season 2. Looks like this will be our primary source of new villains going forward, since most of the ''Alchemor'' prisoners were carted off to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] back in "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]".
* The Decepticon Hunters' ability to become "any basic weapon we can think of" hasn't seen as much use as one might think, the bots largely sticking with the same personalized weapon types time after time.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]]

===Transformers references===
* The currency [[Shanix]] makes its first appearance in the ''Robots in Disguise'' series.
* Strongarm namedrops "Rampage" in her [[Thermal weaponry|thermo-sword]] plan, a nod to the [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]] [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] who did indeed carry a thermo-sword. In fact, the Hunters' thermo-sword modes are even patterned after the [[Rampage (G1)#Toys|original Rampage toy's sword accessory]], complete with the partial branch under the crossguard! There ''is'' an "Aligned"-universe [[Rampage (Prime)|Rampage]], but he's little more than a name in a crowd. So maybe he ''did'' have a thermo-sword, who knows? (Besides Strongarm.)

===Real-world references===
* The game Fixit fixates on uses sounds from ''Super Mario World''.
* Strongarm remarks that global warming is the likely cause of the less-inhospitable temperatures in the arctic, as well as the glacier's general instability. Depressing!
* Crustacion cites walking under a ladder as a source of his bad luck, a common Earth superstition (which may be rooted in ancient Christian imagery, which raises even ''more'' questions).

===Errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* The original description text for this episode gave the name of the unfrozen Decepticon as "Prong." Presumably this was a preliminary name for Crustacion.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Décongelé''' ("Defrosted")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 25]], 2017

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

King of the Hill (Part 1)

2017-10-28T11:50:38Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 46
|image=TRID S3 E1 KOTH MSS.jpg
|caption=God dang it, Bobby!
|prev=Worthy
|next=King of the Hill (Part 2)
|title="King of the Hill (Part 1)"
|airdate=[[April 29]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]}}

'''When the Autobots detect a new Decepticon, Bumblebee is confident they can handle anything and dispatches Strongarm and Sideswipe, only for the pair to find they've bitten off more than they can chew.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E1 KOTH SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|SCRAP DA POLICE!]]
A highway patrol car pursues a grey SUV into [[Grand Valley]], however the SUV manages to somehow get behind the car and ram it, sending it spinning out. As the SUV announces that the area is his turf, the two highway patrolmen in the car decide to organize an evacuation of the area, since there's a danger posed by a nearby nuclear waste disposal site.

In [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] is practicing with his sword, [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] is playing tic-tac-toe with himself, and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] are sparing lacklusterly. Sideswipe is disgruntled at the lack of action they've had of late and complains to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who is cataloging Cybertronian artifacts. Bumblebee blows off the idea that they're going to get out of shape, though he's cut short by Grimlock knocking a bunch of shelves over on him. [[Russell Clay|Russell]] is meanwhile practicing his football kicks while [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] attempt to distract him. Russell's perfected his kick and is confident for the upcoming championship game. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] calls an alert — based on highway patrol reports, he suspects there's a Decepticon at large but is unable to get a signal due to interference in the area. Bumblebee orders Strongarm and Sideswipe to go check it out. The pair arrive in Grand Valley, where they find their comms are subject to the same interference that's messing up Fixit's instruments. Adopting desert camo, they begin patrolling the desert while bickering, and briefly encounter an alien-hunting hermit living in an RV.

[[File:TRID S3 E1 KOTH SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Four-time winner of the World's Strongest 'Con competition.]]
Russell's championship game is ready to begin, and he boasts to the other team that he's ready for anything, only for the other team to reveal they have an extremely tall kid on their side.

Sideswipe and Strongarm finally run into the [[Decepticon]], [[Heatseeker]], who informs them he's claimed the area for [[Motormaster (WFC)|his chief]]. The Autobots give chase and attempt to pin the Con in a tunnel, however he gets the drop on them and brings the tunnel down. The pair only just get out before it completely collapses. They resume bickering, unaware that they're being observed by a [[Stuntwing|mysterious Mini-Con]], before returning to the pursuit. Strongarm contacts Fixit who identifies the Decepticon as a [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] and informs Bumblebee. Sideswipe tells Bumblebee he and Strongarm have it covered. Though Strongarm objects to this assessment, Sideswipe insists they can capture the Con, and the pair break out portable detectors to try and locate Heatseeker that way. They head to the top of a butte and survey the terrain, but a short time later two missiles are streaking towards them. The pair transform and attempt to evade the missiles, only to discover they're guided.

[[File:TRID S3 E1 KOTH SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Any plan where you lose your mirrors is a bad plan.]]
After Strongarm fails to shake her missile by driving through a ravine, Sideswipe comes up with the idea of an impromptu game of chicken. The two Autobots are able to swerve at the last moment, but the missiles have a slightly slower reaction time and explode, knocking the pair flat but leaving them functional. Strongarm attempts to contact the scrapyard for reinforcements.

[[File:TRID S3 E1 KOTH SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|HE’S USING THE SPIRIT BOMB!]]
Russell's game is coming up on half time, and [[Hank]] suggests he kicks a goal so they can get the lead. Unfortunately the extremely tall kid manages to block the goal, and the game hits half time with Russell's team two points down.

Bumblebee has just finished indexing the first batch of relics when Strongarm's message comes in. Though Bumblebee's unconvinced the situation is likely to be as dire as Strongarm is making out, he, Drift and Grimlock step through the [[GroundBridge]] to find Strongarm and Sideswipe taking cover. After the pair explain the situation, Sideswipe points out the waste disposal site, and they realize a potential disaster is in the making. Bumblebee still thinks they have the advantage of surprise, until Grimlock points out the five missiles that are right now streaking towards them....
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (4)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (5)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (6)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (7)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (10)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (11)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (12)

|c2=
*[[Heatseeker]] (3)

|c3=
*Highway Patrol officers (1-2)
*[[Russell Clay]] (9)
*[[Hermit]] (13)
*[[Butch (RID)|Butch]] (14)
*Football team kids (15)
*[[Hank]] (16)
*"Stretch" (17)
*[[Denny Clay]] (19)

|c4=
*[[Stuntwing]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==
"Over there! Megatronus is forcibly removing sugared treats from the grasp of that human infant!"
:—'''Slipstream''' trying to distract Russell.

"Loud, obnoxious and ugly. Definitely a Decepticon."
:—'''Sideswipe''' gives his professional assessment of Heatseeker.

"Does the procedure manual cover this?" 
"Yeah! It says drive faster than the missiles!"
:—'''Sideswipe''' and '''Strongarm''' realise they might be in trouble.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Bumblebee mentions the defeats of [[Battlegrounds, Part 2|Megatronus]], [[Worthy|Starscream]], and [[Decepticon Island (Part 2)|Decepticon Island]].

===Transformers references===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* (tbd)

===Errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* (tbd)

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Le Roi de la Montagne''' ("The King of the Hill")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 25]], 2017

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

King of the Hill (Part 1)

2017-10-28T11:50:21Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 46
|image=TRID S3 E1 KOTH MSS.jpg
|caption=God dang it, Bobby!
|prev=Worthy
|next=King of the Hill (Part 2)
|title="King of the Hill (Part 1)"
|airdate=[[April 29]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]}}

'''When the Autobots detect a new Decepticon, Bumblebee is confident they can handle anything and dispatches Strongarm and Sideswipe, only for the pair to find they've bitten off more than they can chew.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E1 KOTH SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|SCRAP DA POLICE!]]
A highway patrol car pursues a grey SUV into [[Grand Valley]], however the SUV manages to somehow get behind the car and ram it, sending it spinning out. As the SUV announces that the area is his turf, the two highway patrolmen in the car decide to organize an evacuation of the area, since there's a danger posed by a nearby nuclear waste disposal site.

In [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] is practicing with his sword, [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] is playing tic-tac-toe with himself, and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] are sparing lacklusterly. Sideswipe is disgruntled at the lack of action they've had of late and complains to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who is cataloging Cybertronian artifacts. Bumblebee blows off the idea that they're going to get out of shape, though he's cut short by Grimlock knocking a bunch of shelves over on him. [[Russell Clay|Russell]] is meanwhile practicing his football kicks while [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] attempt to distract him. Russell's perfected his kick and is confident for the upcoming championship game. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] calls an alert — based on highway patrol reports, he suspects there's a Decepticon at large but is unable to get a signal due to interference in the area. Bumblebee orders Strongarm and Sideswipe to go check it out. The pair arrive in Grand Valley, where they find their comms are subject to the same interference that's messing up Fixit's instruments. Adopting desert camo, they begin patrolling the desert while bickering, and briefly encounter an alien-hunting hermit living in an RV.

[[File:TRID S3 E1 KOTH SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Four-time winner of the World's Strongest 'Con competition.]]
Russell's championship game is ready to begin, and he boasts to the other team that he's ready for anything, only for the other team to reveal they have an extremely tall kid on their side.

Sideswipe and Strongarm finally run into the [[Decepticon]], [[Heatseeker]], who informs them he's claimed the area for [[Motormaster (WFC)|his chief]]. The Autobots give chase and attempt to pin the Con in a tunnel, however he gets the drop on them and brings the tunnel down. The pair only just get out before it completely collapses. They resume bickering, unaware that they're being observed by a [[Stuntwing|mysterious Mini-Con]], before returning to the pursuit. Strongarm contacts Fixit who identifies the Decepticon as a [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] and informs Bumblebee. Sideswipe tells Bumblebee he and Strongarm have it covered. Though Strongarm objects to this assessment, Sideswipe insists they can capture the Con, and the pair break out portable detectors to try and locate Heatseeker that way. They head to the top of a butte and survey the terrain, but a short time later two missiles are streaking towards them. The pair transform and attempt to evade the missiles, only to discover they're guided.

[[File:TRID S3 E1 KOTH SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Any plan where you lose your mirrors is a bad plan.]]
After Strongarm fails to shake her missile by driving through a ravine, Sideswipe comes up with the idea of an impromptu game of chicken. The two Autobots are able to swerve at the last moment, but the missiles have a slightly slower reaction time and explode, knocking the pair flat but leaving them functional. Strongarm attempts to contact the scrapyard for reinforcements.

[[File:TRID S3 E1 KOTH SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|HE’S USING THE SPIRIT BOMB!]]
Russell's game is coming up on half time, and [[Hank]] suggests he kicks a goal so they can get the lead. Unfortunately the extremely tall kid manages to block the goal, and the game hits half time with Russell's team two points down.

Bumblebee has just finished indexing the first batch of relics when Strongarm's message comes in. Though Bumblebee's unconvinced the situation is likely to be as dire as Strongarm is making out, he, Drift and Grimlock step through the [[GroundBridge]] to find Strongarm and Sideswipe taking cover. After the pair explain the situation, Sideswipe points out the waste disposal site, and they realize a potential disaster is in the making. Bumblebee still thinks they have the advantage of surprise, until Grimlock points out the five missiles that are right now streaking towards them....
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (4)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (5)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (6)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (7)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (10)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (11)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (12)

|c2=
*[[Heatseeker]] (3)

|c3=
*Highway Patrol officers (1-2)
*[[Russell Clay]] (9)
*[[Hermit]] (13)
*[[Butch (RID)|Butch]] (14)
*Football team kids (15)
*[[Hank]] (16)
*"Stretch" (17)
*[[Denny Clay]] (19)

|c4=
*[[Stuntwing]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==
"Over there! Megatronus is forcibly removing sugared treats from the grasp of that human infant!"
:—'''Slipstream''' trying to distract Russell.

"Loud, obnoxious and ugly. Definitely a Decepticon."
:—'''Sideswipe''' gives his professional assessment of Heatseeker.

"Does the procedure manual cover this?" 
"Yeah! It says drive faster than the missiles!"
:—'''Sideswipe''' and '''Strongarm''' realise they might be in trouble.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Bumblebee mentions the defeats of [[Battlegrounds, Part 2|Megatronus]], [[Worthy|Starscream]], and [[Decepticon Island (Part 2)|Decepticon Island]].

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''Known at Large'': [[Heatseeker]]

===Transformers references===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* (tbd)

===Errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* (tbd)

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Le Roi de la Montagne''' ("The King of the Hill")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 25]], 2017

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Five Fugitives

2017-10-28T11:48:23Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 69
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Sick as a Bot
|next=Enemy of My Enemy (RID)
|title="Five Fugitives"
|airdate=[[October 28]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=
}}
'''The Autobots' pursuit of Steeljaw hits an unexpected roadblock when Strongarm's old mentor Detective Dropforge arrives from Cybertron with orders to arrest the Bee Team.'''
==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=October 28}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c2=
|c3=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*[[Dropforge]] was first mentioned as [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]'s beloved mentor in "[[Get a Clue]]", and was established as being a senior member of the [[Kaon Police Academy]] faculty in "[[Guilty As Charged]]".

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], [[Underbite]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]].
* ''Held Prisoner'': [[Wingcode]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]].
**The Autobots have run out of stasis pods at this point in the series.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)

2017-10-21T13:41:31Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Overview */

{{disambig3.5|the 2015 cartoon|the 2001 cartoon|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise}}
{{Nav-Rid2015}}
[[File:TFRID2015promoposter.jpg|300px|thumb|Features more beast-hunting than [[Beast Hunters]]!]]

'''''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''''' is an animated television series that acts as the sequel to ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]''. Set years after its predecessor, the show follows [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] as he travels back to [[Earth]] after the prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' crash-lands on the planet. Charged with rounding up the escaped [[Decepticon]] prisoners, he reluctantly takes command of a new team of [[Autobot]]s.

The show made its worldwide debut in late December 2014, with the first 13 episodes released as pay-to-view content on Chinese video streaming website [http://www.1905.com M1905]. The series subsequently debuted on Cartoon Network in numerous countries before the first 26-episode season finally premiered in the US on [[March 14]], [[2015]]. A second season of 13 episodes began screening on [[February 20]], 2016, followed by a 6-episode "mini-series"/"TV event" later in the year. A full third season of 26 episodes, with the subtitle ''Combiner Force'', is currently airing on Cartoon Network.

The mini-series has caused some confusion over how the seasons of ''Robots in Disguise'' should be counted. It was initially promoted as "season 3"<ref>[https://youtu.be/wmBE1YgV0yM Botcon 2016 - Q& A Interview with Hasbro Transformers Team]</ref> before viewers properly understood it was only six episodes in length, but when "Combiner Force" was announced, it was also treated as the third season.<ref>[http://comicbook.com/popculturenow/2016/10/06/exclusive-transformers-robots-in-disguise-renewed-for-season-3/ "Transformers: Robots In Disguise Renewed For Season 3," Comicbook.com</ref>. There has been no obvious consensus; Amazon.com groups it in with season 2, while Netflix labels it season 3. For bookkeeping purposes TFWiki refers to it as "Season 2½."

Seasons 1, 2, and 2½ (labelled "season 3") of the show are currently available on [[Netflix]] in certain regions

The show will conclude with its third season and be replaced by ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' in 2018.

==Overview==
[[File:RID Season 2 Team.jpg|thumb|left|400px|CHEESE!]]
Years after the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], the Autobot prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' crashes on [[Earth]] near [[Crown City]], sparking a mass [[Decepticon]] jailbreak. Meanwhile, on a rebuilt [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], war veteran [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] is now working as a street cop, mentoring Cadet [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]. Bumblebee is alerted to the danger on Earth by a vision of a ghostly [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], who directs them to a nearby [[space bridge]].

Bumblebee unwillingly finds himself accompanied to Earth by Strongarm, and the delinquent [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], where they encounter [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], sole caretaker of the former prison ship. They're joined by the ex-Decepticon prisoner [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], [[human]] scrapyard owner [[Denny Clay]] and his son [[Russell Clay|Russell]]. Although he's not confident in his leadership abilities, Bumblebee nevertheless pledges to round up the inmates of the ''Alchemor''. Chief among the Decepticon threat is the charismatic [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], who seeks to organize the escaped prisoners into an [[Steeljaw's Pack|effective cabal]] to conquer the planet.

The first season had a "villain of the week" approach, in which most episodes would follow a pattern: it would feature a new Decepticon foe, usually with an animal-motif, that would prove to be a threat to the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]], only to be taken down by the end of the episode and be placed back into a [[stasis pod]]. Most Decepticons featured, barring those who became part of Steeljaw's Pack, had little-to-nothing to do with eachother besides being ''Alchemor'' immates. Early episodes rarely deviated from this pattern, but this theme was effectively toned down in later seasons when larger, overaching threats came into play.

Most episodes also featured recurring subplots and running-gags focusing on certain characters: Bumblebee's trouble coming up with a [[Roll out|rallying cry]] and trouble leading his team in general, Strongarm and Sideswipe's rivalry with eachother, Grimlock's difficulty finding an appropriate Earth disguise (because being a giant metal dinosaur would attract alot of attention) and Fixit's glitching problem. These smaller stories would often affect the main plot, causing Bee's Team to face additional obstacles in several episodes.

Over the course of the first season, new Autobots bolster the ranks of the team, including the bounty hunter [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], his two Mini-Cons [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], the mysterious [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], and finally Optimus Prime himself, returned to life by the [[Thirteen]] to defeat [[The Fallen|Megatronus]].

Season 2 sees Bumblebee's team split into two groups: an "away team" to search the world for far-ranging Decepticons while Bumblebee, Strongarm, Grimlock, and Fixit hold down the fort near Crown City. Still recovering from his humiliating rout at the hands of Megatronus, Steeljaw allies with a mysterious group of Decepticons led by [[Saberhorn]], [[Glowstrike]] and [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]], operating out of the crashed ''Alchemor'', which they call "Decepticon Island". True to form, Steeljaw plots to rise through the ranks of this new army and seize control of the group for himself.

The second season features more frequent references to predecessor series ''Prime'' in an effort to forge a stronger sense of continuity between the two. Coinciding with this, the season sees the return of multiple regulars from ''Prime'' in special guest appearances: [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], now partnered with a silent Mini-Con named [[Undertone]], and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], still accompanied by [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]. This season also begins to drop the "villain of the week" theme, though it is still present, in favor of having a larger overarching threat in the form of Decepticon Island.

This season was also very [[To sell toys|toy-driven]] in that it featured several returning Decepticons from the first season, as well as new Mini-Con and Deployer characters, who had newly received toys. As such, Mini-Cons were also a big focus of this season, with at least one appearing in every episode. Following the Season 2 proper, this trend would continue into a "mini-series" of sorts, referred to as "Season 3" by several official sources before the announcement of a full third season. This six-episode run sees the return of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], who seeks the mysterious Mini-Con [[Weaponizer]]s, who have reluctantly partnered with a group of Decepticon [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] searching Earth for abandoned Cybertronian relics.

The actual Season 3 is titled "Combiner Force". Bumblebee and his crew must harness the power of combination in order to defeat the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]]s. At the same time, Soundwave has sent a group of Minicons to steal Team Bee's Decepticon Hunters, with this subplot playing a small background role until the Stunticons are captured and returned to Cybertron by the end of the first half of the season. In order to keep the "Con of the Week" theme present after the Alchemor's departure, caches set up by Windblade after her arrival on Earth contain Decepticons who end up getting free and require recapture. Some filler episodes will feature Decepticons who managed to escape the Alchemor before it left Earth. Others will feature [[Shadow Raker|Decepticons]] [[Nightra|or]] [[Blastwave|others]] coming to Earth due to connections to members of the Bee Team or other reasons. The one exception being [[Flamesnort]] who was left on Earth during the Great War.

Corruption on Cybertron, which had been building up conflict in the background for the entire series and has generally served as a way introduce new characters, seems to finally take the center stage during the second half of the season where mysterious benefactors on Cybertron free Steeljaw and his pack and grant them full pardons. They are sent back to Earth, where they ally with Soundwave and are tasked with capturing the Autobots. Steeljaw and the others make a grand return to Earth by nearly destroying the Scrapyard and forcing the Autobots and Clays to find a new base. By this point, the "villain of the week" approach is only used a few more times, but is otherwise abandoned in favor of having the Autobots face off against recurring teams of enemies such as the Stunticons and then Steeljaw's Pack.

==Main cast==
(Recurring characters only.)
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
'''The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]'''
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ([[Will Friedle]])
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] ([[Constance Zimmer]])
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] ([[Darren Criss]])
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] ([[Mitchell Whitfield]])
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] ([[Khary Payton]])
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] ([[Eric Bauza]])
**[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] ([[Roger Craig Smith]])
**[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (Roger Craig Smith)

'''Recurring'''
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] ([[Kristy Wu]], [[Erica Lindbeck‏]])
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] ([[Max Mittelman]])

'''Combiners'''
*[[Ultra Bee]] (Will Friedle)

|c2=
{{collist|2|
'''[[Steeljaw's Pack]]'''
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] ([[Troy Baker]])
*[[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] ([[Frank Stallone]])
*[[Underbite]] ([[Liam O'Brien]])
*[[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] ([[Kevin Pollak]])
**[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (Roger Craig Smith)
**[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] (Khary Payton)
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] ([[Jim Cummings]])
*[[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]] (Khary Payton)
*[[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] ([[Andy Milder]])
*[[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] ([[John DiMaggio]])
*[[Overload (RID)|Overload]] ([[Dave Fennoy]])

'''Decepticon Island'''
*[[Glowstrike]] ([[Grey DeLisle|Grey Griffin]])
*[[Saberhorn]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] ([[Victor Brandt]])
*[[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]] (Liam O'Brien)
*[[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
**[[Slicedice]] ([[Gary Anthony Williams]])

'''[[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]]'''
*[[Clawtrap]] ([[André Sogliuzzo]])
*[[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] ([[Jason Spisak]])
*[[Scatterspike]] ([[Robin Weigert]])
*[[Thermidor]] (Jim Cummings)

'''Starscream's Bounty Hunters'''
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Shadelock]] ([[Kirk Thornton]])
*[[RoughEdge]]
*[[Razorhorn]]

'''[[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]]'''
*[[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] ([[Travis Willingham]])
*[[Heatseeker]] ([[Mikey Kelley]])
*[[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] ([[Maurice LaMarche]])
*[[Wildbreak]] ([[Dave Wittenberg]])
*[[Slashmark]] ([[David Kaye]])

'''Combiners'''
*[[Heatmark]] (Mikey Kelley)
*[[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]] (Travis Willingham)

'''Recurring'''
*[[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] ([[David Hunt]])
**[[Chop Shop (RID)|Righty]] (Will Friedle)
*[[Springload (RID)|Springload]] ([[John Steven Rocha]])
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Simacore]] ([[Matthew Yang King]])
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] ([[Frank Welker]])
**[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]

}}
|c3=
'''Main cast'''
*[[Denny Clay]] ([[Ted McGinley]])
*[[Russell Clay]] ([[Stuart Allan]])

'''Others'''
*[[Butch (RID)|Butch]] (Will Friedle)
*[[Hank]] ([[Bailey Gambertoglio]])
*[[Arnold]] (Troy Baker, James Arnold Taylor)
*[[Hermit]] ([[Trevor Devall]])

|c4=
'''Thirteen'''
*[[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] ([[Adrian Pasdar]])
*[[The Fallen|Megatronus]] ([[Gil Gerard]])

'''[[Weaponizer]] Mini-Cons'''
*[[Aerobolt]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Buzzstrike]] ([[Rick Pasqualone]])
*[[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] ([[Crispin Freeman]])
*[[Tricerashot]] ([[Robbie Rist]])
*[[Windstrike]]
*[[Bashbreaker]]
*[[Lancelon]]

'''Activator Mini-Cons'''
*[[Stuntwing]]
*[[Trickout]]
*[[Hi-Test (RID)|Hi-Test]]
*[[Goldgear]]
|nonumbering=true}}

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes}}
===Season 1===
{{collist|3|
#"[[Pilot (Part 1)]]"
#"[[Pilot (Part 2)]]"
#"[[Trust Exercises]]"
#"[[More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye]]"
#"[[W.W.O.D.?]]"
#"[[As the Kospego Commands!]]"
#"[[Collect 'Em All]]"
#"[[True Colors]]"
#"[[Rumble in the Jungle]]"
#"[[Can You Dig It?]]"
#"[[Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!]]"
#"[[Hunting Season]]"
#"[[Out of Focus]]"
#"[[Sideways (episode)|Sideways]]"
#"[[Even Robots Have Nightmares]]"
#"[[Some Body, Any Body]]"
#"[[One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing]]"
#"[[Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble]]"
#"[[The Champ]]"
#"[[The Trouble with Fixit]]"
#"[[Lockout]]"
#"[[Similarly Different]]"
#"[[The Buzz on Windblade]]"
#"[[Ghosts and Impostors]]"
#"[[Battlegrounds, Part 1]]"
#"[[Battlegrounds, Part 2]]"
}}

===Season 2===
{{collist|3|
#"[[Overloaded, Part 1]]"
#"[[Overloaded, Part 2]]"
#"[[Metal Meltdown]]"
#"[[Suspended]]"
#"[[Cover Me]]"
#"[[Brainpower]]"
#"[[Misdirection]]"
#"[[Bumblebee's Night Off]]"
#"[[Impounded]]"
#"[[Portals]]"
#"[[Graduation Exercises]]"
#"[[Decepticon Island (Part 1)]]"
#"[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]"
}}

===Season 2½=== 
{{collist|3|
#"[[History Lessons]]"
#"[[Strongarm's Big Score]]"
#"[[Pretzel Logic]]"
#"[[Mighty Big Trouble]]"
#"[[Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness]]"
#"[[Worthy]]"
}}

===Season 3: Combiner Force===
{{collist|3|
#"[[King of the Hill (Part 1)]]"
#"[[King of the Hill (Part 2)]]"
#"[[Defrosted]]"
#"[[Blurred]]"
#"[[Sphere of Influence]]"
#"[[Bee Cool]]"
#"[[The Great Divide]]"
#"[[Get a Clue]]"
#"[[Out of the Shadows]]"
#"[[Disordered Personalities]]"
#"[[Guilty As Charged]]"
#"[[The Golden Knight]]"
#"[[The Fastest Bot Alive!]]"
#"[[Railroad Rage]]"
#"[[Combine and Conquer]]"
#"[[Moon Breaker]]"
#"[[Exiles]]"
#"[[Breathing Room]]"
#"[[Prepare for Departure]]"
#"[[Prisoner Principles]]"
#"[[Collateral Damage]]"
#"[[Something He Ate]]"
#"[[Sick as a Bot]]"
#"[[Five Fugitives]]"
#"[[Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy]]"
#"[[Freedom Fighters]]"
}}

===Shorts===
{{Collist|3|
#"[[Fixit Jam]]"
#"[[To Catch a Phrase]]"
#"[[Sticky Situation]]"
#"[[Carjacked!]]"
#"[[Perfect]]"
#"[[Knock, Knock!]]"
#"[[The Power of Dibs]]"
#"[[Back and Forth]]"
#"[[The Tragedy of Slipstream]]"
#"[[A Level Playing Field]]"
#"[[Two Plus Two Equals More]]"
}}

==Production==
Crew members returning from ''Prime'' include executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] and writer [[Steven Melching]], now story editor, and [[Mairghread Scott]], serving as Script Coordinator/Writer’s Assistant.<ref>[http://mscottwrites.tumblr.com/post/93785539366/out-of-curiousity-are-you-going-to-be-part-of-the/ Mairghread's Tumblr Post]</ref> [[Adam Beechen]] serves as the producer. [[Kevin Manthei]] and [[Kevin Kiner]] serve as series composers.<ref>[http://kevinmantheimusic.tumblr.com/post/93347443424/the-secret-project-i-announced-earlier-can-be Kevin Manthei's Tumblr post]</ref> Once again, [[Polygon Pictures]] handled the animation.<ref>[https://twitter.com/da_shooz/statuses/477375126682341376 Tweet by Polygon Pictures CEO Shuzo Shiota]</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
===2016 Daytime Emmy Awards===
*Outstanding Special Class Animated Program

==Japanese release==
''Robots in Disguise'' was released in Japan as two separately branded series.
===''Transformers Adventure''===
[[Image:TransformersAdventureJapaneseLogo.jpg|center|300px]]

'''''Transformers Adventure''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā'') aired on the satellite network [[Animax]] with a Sunday, 9am timeslot. ''Adventure'' was the first Transformers cartoon to be relegated directly to satellite since ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Beast Wars Returns]]''. It premiered on [[March 15]], 2015... only a ''day'' after the US premiere.

The localization for the series was headed by [[Keiichirō Miyoshi]], who headed the localization of the [[live-action film series|live-action ''Transformers'' films]] for Japanese markets. This also makes ''Adventure'' the first American ''Transformers'' cartoon to be released in Japan ''without'' the oversight of [[Yoshikazu Iwanami]] since [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]]. While an effort was made to emulate the dubbing style of Iwanami, which has become synonymous with Transformers cartoons in Japan, the adlibbing was not nearly as extensive and fourth wall-breaking humor was non-existent.

Since ''Adventure'' aired on a satellite network and not a broadcast network, it was not edited for time like previous ''Transformers'' cartoons. The episodes were fully uncut and featured extended opening and ending sequences. The [[title sequence]] was comprised mostly of clips from episodes, but new animation (mostly group shots) was provided by [[LandQ Studio]]. The end credits sequence featured a newly animated "stage performance" from the cast ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZE2jqYoTTc which really must be seen to be believed]), animated by [[Nakano Design]].

As is rather well-known, ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)#Japanese release|Transformers: Prime]]'' did not complete its run in Japan, ending at 52 episodes. To date, Japanese audiences have not received the ''[[Beast Hunters]]'' episodes or the ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]'' film. The ''Adventure'' series did not alter the scripts to account for this, although it mostly played as a separate entity from ''Prime''.

Animax aired the episodes using the Australian broadcast order rather than the US order, which is actually the incorrect continuity sequence. As a result, "[[Sideways (episode)|Sideways]]" aired before "[[Out of Focus]]".

The [[theme song]] for the series is "[[Save the Future!!]]" by [[Mitsuhiro Oikawa]] and the ending theme is "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]" performed by the primary cast of the show (Bumblebee, Strongarm, Sideswipe, Fixit, Grimlock, and Optimus Prime).

===''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-'' (''New Enemies'')===
[[File:Prime of Micron logo.jpg|center|300px|]]

The season 2 and "season 2½" (or "miniseries") episodes of ''Robots in Disguise'' were combined into a newly branded sequel series which began airing on [[July 3]], [[2016]]<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/05/09/transformers-adventure-returns-japanese-screens-july-315264]</ref> under the title '''''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー -マイクロンの章- ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā -Maikuron no Shō-''). Incidentally, the "Maikuron no Shō" portion of the Japanese title actually translates to "Micron Chapter", but nobody tell them that. Like the previous season/series, it aired on Animax with a Sunday morning, 9:00am timeslot.

In November of 2016, the "season 2½" episodes of ''Robots in Disguise'' were given a special distinction under the modified title '''''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron- New Enemies''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー -マイクロンの章- 新たなる敵 ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā -Maikuron no Shō- Aratanaru Teki''). The title which appears on-screen does not display the "New Enemies" distinction, with the phrase instead appearing in broadcast schedule listings for Animax.

The rebranding for this sequence of episodes to include the word ''Prime'' in the title was likely a measure to create stronger ties with the continuity of the previous series, ''Transformers: Prime'', as the season 2(½) episodes begin making more direct references to the events of the past series. While the continuity is maintained, the guest characters from ''Prime'' are not played by their previous voice actors in the dub and are instead substituted with sound-alikes.

''Prime of Micron'' includes a newly cobbled together title sequence (comprised of clips from episodes), but maintains the same theme song as ''Adventure''. Likewise, the end credits sequence and song are the same.

==Notes==
*"'''TF2'''" was an early working name for the series.
*''Robots in Disguise'' did not have the most successful record when it came to premiering new episodes; to date, every episode of the series bar the first half-dozen of season 2 has been released through an international venue before it was broadcast on U.S. television.
**The first 13 episodes of the series were released, dubbed in Mandarin Chinese, on [[December 31]], [[2014]] in mainland China, but not Hong Kong, several weeks in advance of their US broadcast. The episodes were made available on website 1905.com, with five-minute previews being free and the whole episodes available until [[January 15]] for CNY/RMB ¥19.5, which is around USD$3–4. [[You]] could even win a "fabulous" assortment of Hasbro toys (legion class) and a RMB¥30 digital coupon if you paid for the episodes!
**The show went on to premiere on Canal J in France, Biggs in Portugal, and Cartoon Network in Hungary before the U.S. airings began. In particular, the English-language version of the show premiered on Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand about a month before the US airing; the channel aired two episodes a week instead of one, and so quickly tore through the first thirteen episodes of the season.
**The fourteenth episode debuted on Singaporean television two months before its US airing.
**The final twelve episodes of the season were then released in two six-episode chunks via Australian iTunes in the first two weeks of [[June]], [[2015]], allowing viewers to see the season finale three months before it aired in the US.
**After the first six episodes of season 2 were broadcast on US television, Cartoon Network UK—airing two new episodes a week instead of just one—caught up to, and overtook, the US broadcast, airing the season finale around a month before the US.
**The "History Lessons" through "Worthy" mini-series aired in its entirety on Teletoon in Canada before a US premiere date had even been announced.
**The first four episodes of season 3 aired on French channel Gulli on the Tuesday before the US premiere.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers Adventure''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā'', season 1), '''''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー -マイクロンの章- ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā -Maikuron no Shō-'', season 2), '''''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron- New Enemies''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー -マイクロンの章- 新たなる敵 ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā -Maikuron no Shō- Aratanaru Teki'', "season 2½")
*''Czech:'' '''''Transformers: Roboti v utajení''''' ("Transformers: Robots in Disguise")
*''French:'' '''''Transformers Robots in Disguise : Mission Secrète''''' ("Transformers Robots in Disguise: Secret Mission")
*''German:'' '''''Transformers: Getarnte Roboter''''' ("Transformers: Disguised Robots")
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Lǐngxiù de Tiǎozhàn''''' (变形金刚：领袖的挑战, "Transformers: Leader's Challenge")
*''Russian:'' '''''Transformery: Roboty pod prikrytiyem''''' (Трансформеры: Роботы под прикрытием, "Transformers: Robots in Disguise")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/hasbro-to-launch-transformers-robots-in-disguise-series-in-spring-2015-exclusive-1201219103/ ''Variety: Hasbro to Launch ‘Transformers: Robots in Disguise’ Show in Spring 2015'']
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=683133768423487 SDCC footage]

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[[Category:Television series]]

Sick as a Bot

2017-10-21T13:14:38Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Notes */

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|image=
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|director=
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'''After the Energon seeking 'Wingcode' infects the Autobots with a virus, Bulkhead joins Grimlock in his hunt for the Decepticon.'''
==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=October 22}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c2=
|c3=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*He's back, baby! [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] was last seen on-screen in ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]'', but he has also appeared in ''Robots in Disguise''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[Fire, When Ready!|tie-in comic]].
**Adam Beechen has stated these comics to be non-canon as an answer to a question on his site. This episode confirms them as non-canon since Bulkhead has to be introduced to the Bee Team.

===Continuity Errors===
*Strange how Team Prime being split up and from what Ratchet says in {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}}, out of contact with each other, doesn't stop Optimus (who hasn't been able to reach Cybertron) from contacting Bulkhead.

===Prisoner Manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], [[Underbite]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]].
* ''Held Prisoner'': [[Wingcode]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]].
**The Autobots have run out of stasis pods at this point in the series. This is obviously due to only 3 episodes remaining in the series, following this one.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
*The episode's name comes from the common expression "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sick_as_a_dog sick as a dog]".

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Sick as a Bot

2017-10-21T13:07:32Z

AirjitzuRonin:

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'''After the Energon seeking 'Wingcode' infects the Autobots with a virus, Bulkhead joins Grimlock in his hunt for the Decepticon.'''
==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=October 22}}

==Featured characters==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*He's back, baby! [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] was last seen on-screen in ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]'', but he has also appeared in ''Robots in Disguise''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[Fire, When Ready!|tie-in comic]].
**Adam Beechen has stated these comics to be non-canon as an answer to a question on his site. This episode confirms them as non-canon since Bulkhead has to be introduced to the Bee Team.

===Prisoner Manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], [[Underbite]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]].
* ''Held Prisoner'': [[Wingcode]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]].
**The Autobots have run out of stasis pods at this point in the series. This is obviously due to only 3 episodes remaining in the series, following this one.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
*The episode's name comes from the common expression "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sick_as_a_dog sick as a dog]".

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Sick as a Bot

2017-10-21T12:58:52Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Continuity notes */

Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)

2017-10-15T15:40:33Z

AirjitzuRonin:

[[File:Transformers Cyberverse Chapter One.jpg|thumb|right|250px|G3 cometh.]]
'''''Transformers: Cyberverse''''' is an upcoming animated series. Developed by [[Boulder Media Studio]], "Chapter One" is set to air in [[2018]], with a second "Chapter" aimed for a [[2019]] release.

The series focuses on the adventures of [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]]; having damaged his memory chips, he and his best friend [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] must recover his missing memories in order to help him remember his mission on [[Earth]]. Unfortunately, Decepticons are after the friends.

The series is intended to "focus more on characters and their mythology".

==Cast==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]]
|nonumbering=true}}

==Episodes==
===Chapter One===

===Chapter Two===

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/08/03/tfw2005-coverage-hasbro-media-investor-day-2017-346226 ''Cyberverse'' first teased at Hasbro Media And Investor Day 2017]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Transformers: Cyberverse}}
[[Category:Television series]]

Collateral Damage

2017-10-07T11:33:07Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Errors */

{{episode|
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|image=
|caption=
|prev=Prisoner Principles
|next=Something He Ate
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|airdate= [[October 7]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=
}}
'''Soundwave finally escapes the Shadowzone to set up a Beacon Generator intended to summon Megatron! While the Bee Team engages the notorious Decepticon atop a skyscraper, Optimus Prime takes on Laserbeak in the skies over Crown City, and Sideswipe learns a lesson in considering the consequences of his actions.'''
==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=October 7}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c2=
|c3=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Soundwave's goal this whole Season has been to summon Megatron to Earth. He needed the Nuclear Rods to power his Beacon Generator. We now know that Steeljaw's "benefactors" have similar interests. Just as Megatron did to the [[Weaponizer]] Mini-Cons, they genetically modified the "Activators" and sent them to free Soundwave by stealing the Decepticon Hunters, their combined powers able to create a weapon that can breakthrough from the Shadowzone to Earth.

===Prisoner Manifest===
* ''Held Prisoner'': [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], [[Underbite]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]].
* ''Returned to Cybertron'': [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===
*Optimus fires missiles at the Beacon which contains nuclear rods in it. This should've wiped him, the Autobots, and all of Crown City off the map, making the place uninhabitable. This Season can't seem to get it's acid facts right but this error goes beyond that because there is no way to explain how the beacon's destruction has such minimal effect.

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Collateral Damage

2017-10-07T11:30:00Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 66
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Prisoner Principles
|next=Something He Ate
|title="Collateral Damage"
|airdate= [[October 7]], [[2017]]
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}}
'''Soundwave finally escapes the Shadowzone to set up a Beacon Generator intended to summon Megatron! While the Bee Team engages the notorious Decepticon atop a skyscraper, Optimus Prime takes on Laserbeak in the skies over Crown City, and Sideswipe learns a lesson in considering the consequences of his actions.'''
==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=October 7}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c2=
|c3=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Soundwave's goal this whole Season has been to summon Megatron to Earth. He needed the Nuclear Rods to power his Beacon Generator. We now know that Steeljaw's "benefactors" have similar interests. Just as Megatron did to the [[Weaponizer]] Mini-Cons, they genetically modified the "Activators" and sent them to free Soundwave by stealing the Decepticon Hunters, their combined powers able to create a weapon that can breakthrough from the Shadowzone to Earth.

===Prisoner Manifest===
* ''Held Prisoner'': [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], [[Underbite]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]].
* ''Returned to Cybertron'': [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Power of the Primes (toyline)

2017-10-06T00:15:00Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Leader Class */

{{nav-PowerOfThePrimes}}

'''''Power of the Primes''''' is a [[subline imprint]] of the ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' toyline, and the third and final portion of the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]''.

First revealed in mid-[[2017]] at [[San Diego Comic-Con]], ''Power of the Primes'', in keeping with the previous two toylines, features a line-wide [[gimmick]]: "[[Prime Master]]s", small [[Titan Master]]-type figures that represent the sparks of the [[Thirteen|Primes]]. Unlike Titan Masters, Prime Masters are available only in their own pricepoint, where they are packaged with [[Pretender]]-style [[Prime Master|Decoy Armor]], but can interact in some way with all larger assortments.

Legends Class figures retain the ability to seat a small figure in alt-mode, whilst the Deluxe and Voyager Class pricepoints see the return of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style [[Combiner]]s. The combination joints remain unchanged, whilst the hand/foot system is tweaked: all Deluxes now include a hand, and all Voyagers a pair of feet. These accessories also facilitate the Prime Master integration for those size classes: Deluxes can use their hand as chest armor, into which a Prime Master spark mode can slot, and Voyagers can use their feet as forearm bucklers, which similarly fit a Prime Master. All Voyager Class figures also include an [[Enigma of Combination]], shaped like a Prime Master spark mode, that can fit onto their combined mode chest.

Finally, Leader Class figures feature an "Evolution" gimmick, wherein each toy includes a Deluxe-sized character who can "evolve" into a Prime by combining with additional armor. Each Leader includes a uniquely-colored [[Matrix of Leadership]], the central crystal of which can be removed and replaced with a Prime Master.

Ahead of the line's release, a fan vote took place to determine a character who would become a new Prime in both the toyline and accompanying stories, with [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] claiming victory, and a place in the Leader Class assortment.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/pb.146805978722938.-2207520000.1487463781./1362620857141438/?type=3&theater]</ref>

==Toys==
===Prime Masters===

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{{Bp-d1|[[Liege Maximo#Generations|Liege Maximo]] (w/ [[Skullgrin#Power of the Primes|Skullgrin]] Decoy Armor)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Micronus Prime#Generations|Micronus]] (w/ [[Cloudburst#Generations|Cloudburst]] Decoy Armor)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Vector Prime#Generations|Vector Prime]] (w/ [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)#Power of the Primes|Metalhawk]] Decoy Armor)}}
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{{Bp-d1|[[Alchemist Prime#Generations|Alchemist Prime]] (w/ [[Submarauder (G1)#Generations|Submarauder]] Decoy Armor)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Alpha Trion (G1)#Generations|Alpha Trion]] (w/ [[Landmine (G1)#Power of the Primes|Landmine]] Decoy Armor)}}
</ul>
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{{comingsoontoy|All waves not yet released}}

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===Legends Class===

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Beachcomber (G1)#Generations|Beachcomber]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Slash (Generations)#Generations|Dinobot Slash]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Shrapnel (G1)#Power of the Primes|Skrapnel]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Windcharger (G1)#Power of the Primes|Windcharger]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|
|}
{{comingsoontoy|All waves not yet released}}

===Deluxe Class===

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Autobot Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Slag (G1)#Power of the Primes|Dinobot Slug]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Swoop (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Dinobot Swoop]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dreadwind (G1)#Generations|Dreadwind]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Darkwing (G1)#Generations|Blackwing]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sludge (G1)#Power of the Primes|Dinobot Sludge]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Snarl (G1)#Power of the Primes|Dinobot Snarl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Moonracer (G1)#Generations|Moonracer]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Rippersnapper (G1)#Generations|Terrorcon Rippersnapper]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Blot (G1)#Generations|Terrorcon Blot]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Cutthroat (G1)#Power of the Primes|Terrorcon Cutthroat]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sinnertwin (G1)#Power of the Primes|Sinnertwin]]}}
</ul>
||
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|
|}
{{comingsoontoy|All waves not yet released}}

===Voyager Class===

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)#Generations|Terrorcon Hun-Gurrr]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|
|}
{{comingsoontoy|All waves not yet released}}

===Leader Class===

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Rodimus Prime]] (w/ Hot Rod)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Optimus Prime]] (w/ Orion Pax)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#RodimusUnicronus|Rodimus Unicronus]] (w/ Nemesis Hot Rod)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Power of the Primes|Optimal Optimus]] (w/ Optimus Primal)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|
|
|}
{{comingsoontoy|All waves not yet released}}

==Notes==

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generations| ]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes| ]]
[[Category:Subline imprint]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Prisoner Principles

2017-09-30T11:51:12Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner Manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 65
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Prepare for Departure
|next=Collateral Damage
|title="Prisoner Principles"
|airdate=[[September 30]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=
}}

'''Strongarm struggles with the correct way to treat a prisoner while also helping the Bee team keep Steeljaw and his pack from wreaking havoc at the nuclear power plant.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=September 30, 2017}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c2=
|c3=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Prisoner Manifest===
* ''Held Prisoner'': [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], [[Underbite]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]].

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Worthy

2017-09-30T11:43:19Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Prisoner Manifest */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 45
|image=TRID S2 E19 W MSS.jpg
|caption="It means 'god'. Now ''bow''."
|prev=Mini-Con Madness (RID)
|next=King of the Hill (Part 1)
|title="Worthy"
|airdate=[[October 15]], [[2016]] (Canada) [[November 26]], 2016 (USA)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
}}

'''The fate of the Weaponizers hangs in the balance as the Bee Team goes up against Starscream.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I had a heck of a day. I sank their battleship...and their whales.]]
[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] drop down into the bridge of [[Starscream's ship]] and free [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Worried about what [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] is doing with the captured [[Mini-Con]]s, they use the ship's internal cameras to spy on the [[Decepticon]] setting up in a laboratory. Starscream's furious that he only has six of the seven needed, but goes ahead with the merging procedure anyway, only for it to leave both him and the Mini-Cons screaming in agony. Bumblebee realizes they need to keep the last Mini-Con from Starscream.

[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I have to admit; this is new, monkey. This is definitely new. But a monkey is still a monkey, and I've killed plenty in my day.]]
[[Thermidor]] attempts to grab [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]]'s [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]], only to instead receive a shock from the net restraining the Autobots, which then breaks. A fight ensues, however the four [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] are able to hold their own thanks to the relics they've collected, until [[Tricerashot]] appears, transforms into weapon mode and jumps into [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]'s hand. The duo proceed to take down the Scavengers in seconds. As [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] restrains the prisoners, Tricerashot reveals he has a psychic link with the other Weaponizer Mini-Cons and felt their pain as they were abducted. He's luckily also able to track them, and starts leading the Autobots to Starscream's ship.

Starscream returns to the bridge, only to be jumped by Bumblebee and the Mini-Cons. After the scanner is damaged in the fight, the four Autobots head for the lab, only to run into Starscream's men again. [[Shadelock]] threatens to blast the Weaponizer Mini-Cons if Bumblebee takes another step, but Bumblebee simply calls his bluff. Moments later, Optimus's group arrives and Optimus carves a hole in the nearby hull to take the fight outside. When the Cons don't follow, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] makes a hole in the roof of the lab so Grimlock can drop in, only to discover the Cons have gone. The Decepticons are outside, knocking out Optimus and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]. Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm join the fight, and Slipstream and Jetstorm, wishing to prove themselves after Sideswipe is dismissive towards them, manage to take down Shadelock. When [[RoughEdge]] tries to blast the pair, Sideswipe jumps in front of them, taking the shot. The fight is abruptly ended when Starscream zaps everyone with the [[Dark Star Saber]]. Taking Tricerashot, he returns to the lab and begins the linking process with all seven Mini-Cons.

[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I own you! I own your planet! I own ''this'' planet! In fact...SLAG THIS PLANET!]]
Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream recover first, and head over to Sideswipe's motionless body, believing he's sacrificed himself by way of an apology. Fortunately Sideswipe still functions, however as they go to wake the others, Starscream, now fully fused with the seven Weaponizers, levitates out of the nearby ship. Sideswipe makes himself busy as a distraction while the three Mini-Cons head into the ship to look for something that might help. They find a console they can use to transmit a signal that will separate Starscream and his new power, so long as Starscream's in range. Sideswipe returns to the lab, drawing Starscream in. The signal causes Starscream to drop out of the air and separates [[Aerobolt]], however the Con manages to fly clear of the ship before they can free the others.

[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I can't be this useless! It's not fair! Why are there so many ostriches? The brochure said there'd only be a few of them!]]
Aerobolt finds Optimus and links with him. The pair face off against the super-powered Starscream. Observing the battle from the ground, Shadelock and his buddies opt to cut and run, only to face the rest of Team Bee who flatten them as they try to flee. On Fixit's instruction, Optimus tries to lure Starscream back to the ship, but Starscream keeps a safe distance, until Bumblebee catches hold of his leg, having been tossed up by Grimlock. Starscream fights, but Bumblebee is quickly joined by Optimus and the rest of Team Bee, and the Con is dragged down until the Mini-Cons are separated from him. Starscream falls unconscious, the Dark Star Saber dropping from his hand, and is caught by Optimus.

Sideswipe officially apologizes to Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream, though they tell him his earlier actions were apology enough. Optimus stows Starscream and the captive bounty hunters in [[Prime Force One|his ship]], revealing that he hasn't been to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] yet and is working with "some old friends" to investigate what has been going on there. Once Optimus takes off, Fixit reveals he's modified the Mini-Cons' [[Weaponizers' ship|suborbital ship]] for space travel, so Aerobolt and his companions are able to leave [[Earth]] at last. As Team Bee heads off to check out more Cybertronian sites, Jetstorm and Slipstream ask Drift if they can team up with Sideswipe for a while.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (2)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (3)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[RoughEdge]] (5)
*[[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] (7)
*[[Bashbreaker]] (8)
*[[Lancelon]] (9)
*[[Aerobolt]] (10)
*[[Buzzstrike]] (11)
*[[Windstrike]] (12)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (15)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (16)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (17)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (18)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (23)
*[[Tricerashot]] (24)

|c2=
*[[Razorhorn]] (6)
*[[Shadelock]] (13)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (14)
*[[Clawtrap]] (19)
*[[Thermidor]] (20)
*[[Scatterspike]] (21)
*[[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] (22)

}}

==Quotes==
"I shoulda stayed unconscious."
:—'''Sideswipe''' witnesses Starscream's new power.

"I may no longer have the power to defeat you on my own, Optimus, but I still have six Mini-Cons and the Dark Star Saber." 
"And still you will not achieve your goal, Starscream."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"Make two fists." 
"Huh? Why would I- ''waaaaaaah!''"
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Sideswipe''' improvise {{w|Fastball Special|a new combat maneuver}}.

'''Starscream''': "No! I will have my revenge! I will have my victory!" 
'''Bumblebee''': "Not today, Starscream." 
'''Optimus Prime''': "Not ever."
:—Starscream loses again.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Optimus admits that he hasn't actually returned to Cybertron yet, despite setting course for the planet back in "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]".

===Prisoner Manifest===
* ''Returned to Cybertron'': [[Clawtrap]], [[Paralon]], [[Scatterspike]], [[Thermidor]], [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], [[Shadelock]], [[RoughEdge]], [[Razorhorn]].

===Errors===
* The damage to Sideswipe's chest vanishes when he wakes up.

===Trivia===
* The on-screen events leave the fate of the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] slightly uncertain, as Optimus only mentions that the "bounty hunters" (i.e. Shadelock's crew) were secured for transport to Cybertron along with Starscream; showrunner [[Adam Beechen]] would [https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-289 later confirm] that Optimus took them to Cybertron as well.
* Starscream is the first Decepticon to be shown flying in robot mode in the Aligned shows (the first Autobot to do so was [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], in "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]").
* Neither Starscream or any of his hired bounty hunters transformed at any time during their time on the show.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Le MiniCon manquant''' ("The Missing MiniCon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 8]], 2016

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Méltó rá''' ("Worthy of It")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 21]], 2016

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Questioni di Merito''' ("Worthiness Issues")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 30]], 2016

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Sōryokusen! Starscream o Taose''' (総力戦！スタースクリームを倒せ, "All-Out War! Take Down Starscream")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 18]], 2016

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Worthy

2017-09-30T11:42:52Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 45
|image=TRID S2 E19 W MSS.jpg
|caption="It means 'god'. Now ''bow''."
|prev=Mini-Con Madness (RID)
|next=King of the Hill (Part 1)
|title="Worthy"
|airdate=[[October 15]], [[2016]] (Canada) [[November 26]], 2016 (USA)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
}}

'''The fate of the Weaponizers hangs in the balance as the Bee Team goes up against Starscream.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I had a heck of a day. I sank their battleship...and their whales.]]
[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] drop down into the bridge of [[Starscream's ship]] and free [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Worried about what [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] is doing with the captured [[Mini-Con]]s, they use the ship's internal cameras to spy on the [[Decepticon]] setting up in a laboratory. Starscream's furious that he only has six of the seven needed, but goes ahead with the merging procedure anyway, only for it to leave both him and the Mini-Cons screaming in agony. Bumblebee realizes they need to keep the last Mini-Con from Starscream.

[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I have to admit; this is new, monkey. This is definitely new. But a monkey is still a monkey, and I've killed plenty in my day.]]
[[Thermidor]] attempts to grab [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]]'s [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]], only to instead receive a shock from the net restraining the Autobots, which then breaks. A fight ensues, however the four [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] are able to hold their own thanks to the relics they've collected, until [[Tricerashot]] appears, transforms into weapon mode and jumps into [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]'s hand. The duo proceed to take down the Scavengers in seconds. As [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] restrains the prisoners, Tricerashot reveals he has a psychic link with the other Weaponizer Mini-Cons and felt their pain as they were abducted. He's luckily also able to track them, and starts leading the Autobots to Starscream's ship.

Starscream returns to the bridge, only to be jumped by Bumblebee and the Mini-Cons. After the scanner is damaged in the fight, the four Autobots head for the lab, only to run into Starscream's men again. [[Shadelock]] threatens to blast the Weaponizer Mini-Cons if Bumblebee takes another step, but Bumblebee simply calls his bluff. Moments later, Optimus's group arrives and Optimus carves a hole in the nearby hull to take the fight outside. When the Cons don't follow, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] makes a hole in the roof of the lab so Grimlock can drop in, only to discover the Cons have gone. The Decepticons are outside, knocking out Optimus and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]. Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm join the fight, and Slipstream and Jetstorm, wishing to prove themselves after Sideswipe is dismissive towards them, manage to take down Shadelock. When [[RoughEdge]] tries to blast the pair, Sideswipe jumps in front of them, taking the shot. The fight is abruptly ended when Starscream zaps everyone with the [[Dark Star Saber]]. Taking Tricerashot, he returns to the lab and begins the linking process with all seven Mini-Cons.

[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I own you! I own your planet! I own ''this'' planet! In fact...SLAG THIS PLANET!]]
Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream recover first, and head over to Sideswipe's motionless body, believing he's sacrificed himself by way of an apology. Fortunately Sideswipe still functions, however as they go to wake the others, Starscream, now fully fused with the seven Weaponizers, levitates out of the nearby ship. Sideswipe makes himself busy as a distraction while the three Mini-Cons head into the ship to look for something that might help. They find a console they can use to transmit a signal that will separate Starscream and his new power, so long as Starscream's in range. Sideswipe returns to the lab, drawing Starscream in. The signal causes Starscream to drop out of the air and separates [[Aerobolt]], however the Con manages to fly clear of the ship before they can free the others.

[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I can't be this useless! It's not fair! Why are there so many ostriches? The brochure said there'd only be a few of them!]]
Aerobolt finds Optimus and links with him. The pair face off against the super-powered Starscream. Observing the battle from the ground, Shadelock and his buddies opt to cut and run, only to face the rest of Team Bee who flatten them as they try to flee. On Fixit's instruction, Optimus tries to lure Starscream back to the ship, but Starscream keeps a safe distance, until Bumblebee catches hold of his leg, having been tossed up by Grimlock. Starscream fights, but Bumblebee is quickly joined by Optimus and the rest of Team Bee, and the Con is dragged down until the Mini-Cons are separated from him. Starscream falls unconscious, the Dark Star Saber dropping from his hand, and is caught by Optimus.

Sideswipe officially apologizes to Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream, though they tell him his earlier actions were apology enough. Optimus stows Starscream and the captive bounty hunters in [[Prime Force One|his ship]], revealing that he hasn't been to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] yet and is working with "some old friends" to investigate what has been going on there. Once Optimus takes off, Fixit reveals he's modified the Mini-Cons' [[Weaponizers' ship|suborbital ship]] for space travel, so Aerobolt and his companions are able to leave [[Earth]] at last. As Team Bee heads off to check out more Cybertronian sites, Jetstorm and Slipstream ask Drift if they can team up with Sideswipe for a while.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (2)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (3)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[RoughEdge]] (5)
*[[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] (7)
*[[Bashbreaker]] (8)
*[[Lancelon]] (9)
*[[Aerobolt]] (10)
*[[Buzzstrike]] (11)
*[[Windstrike]] (12)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (15)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (16)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (17)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (18)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (23)
*[[Tricerashot]] (24)

|c2=
*[[Razorhorn]] (6)
*[[Shadelock]] (13)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (14)
*[[Clawtrap]] (19)
*[[Thermidor]] (20)
*[[Scatterspike]] (21)
*[[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] (22)

}}

==Quotes==
"I shoulda stayed unconscious."
:—'''Sideswipe''' witnesses Starscream's new power.

"I may no longer have the power to defeat you on my own, Optimus, but I still have six Mini-Cons and the Dark Star Saber." 
"And still you will not achieve your goal, Starscream."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"Make two fists." 
"Huh? Why would I- ''waaaaaaah!''"
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Sideswipe''' improvise {{w|Fastball Special|a new combat maneuver}}.

'''Starscream''': "No! I will have my revenge! I will have my victory!" 
'''Bumblebee''': "Not today, Starscream." 
'''Optimus Prime''': "Not ever."
:—Starscream loses again.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Optimus admits that he hasn't actually returned to Cybertron yet, despite setting course for the planet back in "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]".

===Prisoner Manifest===
* ''Returned to Cybertron'': [[Clawtrap]], []Paralon]], [[Scatterspike]], [[Thermidor]], [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], [[Shadelock]], [[RoughEdge]], [[Razorhorn]].

===Errors===
* The damage to Sideswipe's chest vanishes when he wakes up.

===Trivia===
* The on-screen events leave the fate of the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] slightly uncertain, as Optimus only mentions that the "bounty hunters" (i.e. Shadelock's crew) were secured for transport to Cybertron along with Starscream; showrunner [[Adam Beechen]] would [https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-289 later confirm] that Optimus took them to Cybertron as well.
* Starscream is the first Decepticon to be shown flying in robot mode in the Aligned shows (the first Autobot to do so was [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], in "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]").
* Neither Starscream or any of his hired bounty hunters transformed at any time during their time on the show.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Le MiniCon manquant''' ("The Missing MiniCon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 8]], 2016

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Méltó rá''' ("Worthy of It")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 21]], 2016

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Questioni di Merito''' ("Worthiness Issues")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 30]], 2016

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Sōryokusen! Starscream o Taose''' (総力戦！スタースクリームを倒せ, "All-Out War! Take Down Starscream")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 18]], 2016

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Prisoner Principles

2017-09-30T11:38:09Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 65
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Prepare for Departure
|next=Collateral Damage
|title="Prisoner Principles"
|airdate=[[September 30]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=
}}

'''Strongarm struggles with the correct way to treat a prisoner while also helping the Bee team keep Steeljaw and his pack from wreaking havoc at the nuclear power plant.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=September 30, 2017}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c2=
|c3=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Prisoner Manifest===
* ''Held Prisoner'': [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]].
* ''Known at Large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]].

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Breathing Room

2017-09-21T23:45:38Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 63
|image=TRID S3 E18 BR MSS.jpg
|caption="Protocol? There is no protocol for this?"
|prev=Exiles
|next=Prepare for Departure
|title="Breathing Room"
|airdate= [[September 16]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writers=[[Julie McNally Cahill]] & [[Tim Cahill]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Frank Marino]]
}}

'''Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm are captured by Steeljaw's Decepticons; Fixit works to keep Steeljaw and the 'Cons at bay while the captured Autobots attempt to escape.'''
==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E18 BR SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"That house was a secure location. Whoever crashed it didn't stop by a gas station and ask for directions to the nearest safe house. They were invited. Someone told them, Matthew. Think about it. Someone you know, so you better ask yourself, can you trust your landlord?"]]
The Autobots are settling into the cavern they've adopted as a home since the Decepticons destroyed the scrapyard, though [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] have become wedged while attempting to both get through the same crevice. They free themselves, but in the process knock the box [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] is carrying out of his hands. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] arrives to check for damage and a four-way argument breaks out. After an attempt to defuse the situation fails, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] opts to go find a more suitable base and takes Fixit with him, ordering the others to stay in the cave. The pair drive down a road, unaware that they're being spied on by a remote drone controlled by [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]]. They first check out a quarry, but Bumblebee doesn't think it's suitable and suggests an abandoned factory instead.

[[File:TRID S3 E18 BR SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"In the old days, a cheap bottle of Flor de Cana kept us happy all night." "Mmm. Tastes change. People change." "People don't change. We grow old. And some of us adapt. And learn how to enjoy simple pleasures of life, like a family, a home. And for you... What's in that glass right now, for you, is as good as it's ever going to be. One day you'll understand. You got more past than future, you learn."]]
Back in the cave, Sideswipe's stir crazy and opts to go out "on patrol", and Strongarm follows him because he's disobeying orders. [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay|Russell]] watch Grimlock carefully tiptoe around Fixit's imaginary equipment.

Bumblebee and Fixit arrive at the abandoned factory and split up to scout it. Fixit's tech detector bleeps, but his warning comes too late as Quillfire gets the jump on 'Bee, paralyzing him with a quill. Quillfire triumphantly carves his insignia in a nearby wall.

Strongarm, sirens blaring, pursues Sideswipe through [[Crown City]] to the garbage dump, observed by another remote drone. As their bickering rages, [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] renders a nearby cargo container invisible using a [[light bender]], and the two Autobots' fighting results in them falling in, trapping them. After reporting via the drone, Clampdown hauls the container away to [[Crown City]]'s subway system where he joins Quillfire, who has brought Bumblebee as well. Alarmed at this turn, Sideswipe and Strongarm attempt to think of a way out of their cargo container, which mainly leads to another argument. [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] arrives and starts interrogating Bumblebee, but 'Bee won't give up the location of the rest of the Autobots. Fixit, who followed Quillfire, is spotted by the 'Cons and unconvincingly claims to be a subway maintenance bot. The three Decepticons give chase. Bumblebee, now starting to recover from the quills, tells Sideswipe and Strongarm to get their container closer, and they successfully topple it over.

[[File:TRID S3 E18 BR SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"I'm not your only enemy tonight."]]
Fixit splits the Decepticons up and brings the roof down on Clampdown and Quillfire. He then successfully gets past Steeljaw by burning a false Quillfire insignia into a wall. Clampdown and Quillfire manage to free themselves. Steeljaw returns to Bumblebee to find the cargo container toppled over. When he goes to examine it, Bumblebee jams his tail against the electrified subway rail, knocking out the 'Con. Fixit returns as well, only to be grabbed by Clampdown. An oncoming subway train results in the 'Cons standing back, and the train hits the container. [[File:TRID S3 E18 BR SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"That's why you and I exist. To take advantage of that. Of people's desire to believe and trust."]]Steeljaw resumes torturing Bumblebee. Strongarm and Sideswipe realise the cargo container is now damaged, and manage to get enough leverage to bust out. The pair start beating on Clampdown and Quillfire, while Bumblebee stands and faces off against Steeljaw. 'Bee has enough strength back to send Steeljaw flying, and as the 'Cons realize the Autobots have gained the upper hand, another passing subway train allows them to escape. Bumblebee is angry at failing to capture the Decepticons, but notes that Strongarm and Sideswipe displayed some surprising teamwork.

The group returns to the cave system to find Grimlock has been enlarging it in their absence. Sideswipe and Strongarm immediately call dibs on the same bit of cave, and the Clays realize they're going to need to make the cavern a little larger.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (1)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (2)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (3)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
|c2=
*[[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] (8)
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (9)
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (10)
|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (6)
*[[Denny Clay]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==

"Should we check in the cavern to make sure our team-mates haven't torn each other to scrap?" 
"Nah, I'm sure they're over that silly argument. They're not that childish."
:—'''Fixit''' and '''Bumblebee''', with the latter tempting fate

"Attention common and poorly-painted average vehicle. Pull over in the name of the law."
:—'''Strongarm''' knows how to hurt Sideswipe.

"Is that you, Mini-Con? Squeal once for yes, twice for no."
:—'''Steeljaw''' closes in on Fixit.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The quarry Bumblebee and Fixit check out appears to be the same one [[Underbite]] fell into in "[[Pilot (Part 2)]]".
*The factory [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] used is from "[[More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye]]".
*The garbage dump was previously seen in "[[Sideways (episode)|Sideways]]".
*Bumblebee learned about the third rail way back in "[[Tunnel Vision]]".

===Transformers references===
*Strongarm claims Clampdown is violating the [[Kaon Convention]].

===Real-world references===

===Errors===
*Hitting the cargo container should really have derailed the subway train.
*The third rail, which was powerful enough to ''kill'' an ''Insecticon'' back in "[[Tunnel Vision]]", doesn't display nearly as much killing power when Bumblebee shoves Steeljaw's tail into it.

===Trivia===
*Sideswipe must have gotten over his fear of [[Even Robots Have Nightmares|not being able to move]].
**His desire to be away from Strongarm would seem normal at first until one remembers that these desperate times have brought out his fear of being alone.

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)

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[[File:TFRID2015promoposter.jpg|300px|thumb|Features more beast-hunting than [[Beast Hunters]]!]]

'''''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''''' is an animated television series that acts as the sequel to ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]''. Set years after its predecessor, the show follows [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] as he travels back to [[Earth]] after the prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' crash-lands on the planet. Charged with rounding up the escaped [[Decepticon]] prisoners, he reluctantly takes command of a new team of [[Autobot]]s.

The show made its worldwide debut in late December 2014, with the first 13 episodes released as pay-to-view content on Chinese video streaming website [http://www.1905.com M1905]. The series subsequently debuted on Cartoon Network in numerous countries before the first 26-episode season finally premiered in the US on [[March 14]], [[2015]]. A second season of 13 episodes began screening on [[February 20]], 2016, followed by a 6-episode "mini-series"/"TV event" later in the year. A full third season of 26 episodes, with the subtitle ''Combiner Force'', is currently airing on Cartoon Network.

The mini-series has caused some confusion over how the seasons of ''Robots in Disguise'' should be counted. It was initially promoted as "season 3"<ref>[https://youtu.be/wmBE1YgV0yM Botcon 2016 - Q& A Interview with Hasbro Transformers Team]</ref> before viewers properly understood it was only six episodes in length, but when "Combiner Force" was announced, it was also treated as the third season.<ref>[http://comicbook.com/popculturenow/2016/10/06/exclusive-transformers-robots-in-disguise-renewed-for-season-3/ "Transformers: Robots In Disguise Renewed For Season 3," Comicbook.com</ref>. There has been no obvious consensus; Amazon.com groups it in with season 2, while Netflix labels it season 3. For bookkeeping purposes TFWiki refers to it as "Season 2½."

Seasons 1, 2, and 2½ (labelled "season 3") of the show are currently available on [[Netflix]] in certain regions

The show will conclude with its third season and be replaced by ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' in 2018.

==Overview==
[[File:RID Season 2 Team.jpg|thumb|left|400px|CHEESE!]]
Years after the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], the Autobot prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' crashes on [[Earth]] near [[Crown City]], sparking a mass [[Decepticon]] jailbreak. Meanwhile, on a rebuilt [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], war veteran [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] is now working as a street cop, mentoring Cadet [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]. Bumblebee is alerted to the danger on Earth by a vision of a ghostly [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], who directs them to a nearby [[space bridge]].

Bumblebee unwillingly finds himself accompanied to Earth by Strongarm, and the delinquent [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], where they encounter [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], sole caretaker of the former prison ship. They're joined by the ex-Decepticon prisoner [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], [[human]] scrapyard owner [[Denny Clay]] and his son [[Russell Clay|Russell]]. Although he's not confident in his leadership abilities, Bumblebee nevertheless pledges to round up the inmates of the ''Alchemor''. Chief among the Decepticon threat is the charismatic [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], who seeks to organize the escaped prisoners into an effective cabal to conquer the planet.

Over the course of the first season, new Autobots bolster the ranks of the team, including the bounty hunter [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], his two Mini-Cons [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], the mysterious [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], and finally Optimus Prime himself, returned to life by the [[Thirteen]] to defeat [[The Fallen|Megatronus]].

Season 2 sees Bumblebee's team split into two groups: an "away team" to search the world for far-ranging Decepticons while Bumblebee, Strongarm, Grimlock, and Fixit hold down the fort near Crown City. Still recovering from his humiliating rout at the hands of Megatronus, Steeljaw allies with a mysterious group of Decepticons led by [[Saberhorn]], [[Glowstrike]] and [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]], operating out of the crashed ''Alchemor''. True to form, Steeljaw plots to rise through the ranks of this new army and seize control of the group for himself.

The second season features more frequent references to predecessor series ''Prime'' in an effort to forge a stronger sense of continuity between the two. Coinciding with this, the season sees the return of multiple regulars from ''Prime'' in special guest appearances: [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], now partnered with a silent Mini-Con named [[Undertone]], and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], still accompanied by [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]. Mini-Cons were also a big focus of this season, with at least one appearing in every episode.

Season 2 proper was followed by a "mini-series" of sorts, referred to as Season 3 by several official sources before the announcement of a full third season. This six-episode run sees the return of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], who seeks the mysterious Mini-Con [[Weaponizer]]s, who have reluctantly partnered with a group of Decepticon [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] searching Earth for abandoned Cybertronian relics.

The actual Season 3 is titled "Combiner Force". Bumblebee and his crew must harness the power of combination in order to defeat the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]]s. At the same time, Soundwave has sent a group of Minicons to steal Team Bee's Decepticon Hunters, while Steeljaw and his pack has been tasked with capturing the Autobots themselves for benefactors on Cybertron.

==Main cast==
(Recurring characters only.)
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
'''The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]'''
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ([[Will Friedle]])
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] ([[Constance Zimmer]])
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] ([[Darren Criss]])
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] ([[Mitchell Whitfield]])
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] ([[Khary Payton]])
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] ([[Eric Bauza]])
**[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] ([[Roger Craig Smith]])
**[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (Roger Craig Smith)

'''Recurring'''
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] ([[Kristy Wu]], [[Erica Lindbeck‏]])
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] ([[Max Mittelman]])

'''Combiners'''
*[[Ultra Bee]] (Will Friedle)

|c2=
{{collist|2|
'''[[Steeljaw's Pack]]'''
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] ([[Troy Baker]])
*[[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] ([[Frank Stallone]])
*[[Underbite]] ([[Liam O'Brien]])
*[[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] ([[Kevin Pollak]])
**[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (Roger Craig Smith)
**[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] (Khary Payton)
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] ([[Jim Cummings]])
*[[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]] (Khary Payton)
*[[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] ([[Andy Milder]])
*[[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] ([[John DiMaggio]])
*[[Overload (RID)|Overload]] ([[Dave Fennoy]])

'''Decepticon Island'''
*[[Glowstrike]] ([[Grey DeLisle|Grey Griffin]])
*[[Saberhorn]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] ([[Victor Brandt]])
*[[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]] (Liam O'Brien)
*[[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
**[[Slicedice]] ([[Gary Anthony Williams]])

'''[[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]]'''
*[[Clawtrap]] ([[André Sogliuzzo]])
*[[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] ([[Jason Spisak]])
*[[Scatterspike]] ([[Robin Weigert]])
*[[Thermidor]] (Jim Cummings)

'''Starscream's Bounty Hunters'''
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Shadelock]] ([[Kirk Thornton]])
*[[RoughEdge]]
*[[Razorhorn]]

'''[[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]]'''
*[[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] ([[Travis Willingham]])
*[[Heatseeker]] ([[Mikey Kelley]])
*[[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] ([[Maurice LaMarche]])
*[[Wildbreak]] ([[Dave Wittenberg]])
*[[Slashmark]] ([[David Kaye]])

'''Combiners'''
*[[Heatmark]] (Mikey Kelley)
*[[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]] (Travis Willingham)

'''Recurring'''
*[[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] ([[David Hunt]])
**[[Chop Shop (RID)|Righty]] (Will Friedle)
*[[Springload (RID)|Springload]] ([[John Steven Rocha]])
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Simacore]] ([[Matthew Yang King]])
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] ([[Frank Welker]])
**[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]

}}
|c3=
'''Main cast'''
*[[Denny Clay]] ([[Ted McGinley]])
*[[Russell Clay]] ([[Stuart Allan]])

'''Others'''
*[[Butch (RID)|Butch]] (Will Friedle)
*[[Hank]] ([[Bailey Gambertoglio]])
*[[Arnold]] (Troy Baker, James Arnold Taylor)

|c4=
'''Thirteen'''
*[[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] ([[Adrian Pasdar]])
*[[The Fallen|Megatronus]] ([[Gil Gerard]])

'''[[Weaponizer]] Mini-Cons'''
*[[Aerobolt]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Buzzstrike]] ([[Rick Pasqualone]])
*[[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] ([[Crispin Freeman]])
*[[Tricerashot]] ([[Robbie Rist]])
*[[Windstrike]]
*[[Bashbreaker]]
*[[Lancelon]]

'''Activator Mini-Cons'''
*[[Stuntwing]]
*[[Trickout]]
*[[Hi-Test (RID)|Hi-Test]]
*[[Goldgear]]
|nonumbering=true}}

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes}}
===Season 1===
{{collist|3|
#"[[Pilot (Part 1)]]"
#"[[Pilot (Part 2)]]"
#"[[Trust Exercises]]"
#"[[More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye]]"
#"[[W.W.O.D.?]]"
#"[[As the Kospego Commands!]]"
#"[[Collect 'Em All]]"
#"[[True Colors]]"
#"[[Rumble in the Jungle]]"
#"[[Can You Dig It?]]"
#"[[Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!]]"
#"[[Hunting Season]]"
#"[[Out of Focus]]"
#"[[Sideways (episode)|Sideways]]"
#"[[Even Robots Have Nightmares]]"
#"[[Some Body, Any Body]]"
#"[[One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing]]"
#"[[Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble]]"
#"[[The Champ]]"
#"[[The Trouble with Fixit]]"
#"[[Lockout]]"
#"[[Similarly Different]]"
#"[[The Buzz on Windblade]]"
#"[[Ghosts and Impostors]]"
#"[[Battlegrounds, Part 1]]"
#"[[Battlegrounds, Part 2]]"
}}

===Season 2===
{{collist|3|
#"[[Overloaded, Part 1]]"
#"[[Overloaded, Part 2]]"
#"[[Metal Meltdown]]"
#"[[Suspended]]"
#"[[Cover Me]]"
#"[[Brainpower]]"
#"[[Misdirection]]"
#"[[Bumblebee's Night Off]]"
#"[[Impounded]]"
#"[[Portals]]"
#"[[Graduation Exercises]]"
#"[[Decepticon Island (Part 1)]]"
#"[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]"
}}

===Season 2½=== 
{{collist|3|
#"[[History Lessons]]"
#"[[Strongarm's Big Score]]"
#"[[Pretzel Logic]]"
#"[[Mighty Big Trouble]]"
#"[[Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness]]"
#"[[Worthy]]"
}}

===Season 3: Combiner Force===
{{collist|3|
#"[[King of the Hill (Part 1)]]"
#"[[King of the Hill (Part 2)]]"
#"[[Defrosted]]"
#"[[Blurred]]"
#"[[Sphere of Influence]]"
#"[[Bee Cool]]"
#"[[The Great Divide]]"
#"[[Get a Clue]]"
#"[[Out of the Shadows]]"
#"[[Disordered Personalities]]"
#"[[Guilty As Charged]]"
#"[[The Golden Knight]]"
#"[[The Fastest Bot Alive!]]"
#"[[Railroad Rage]]"
#"[[Combine and Conquer]]"
#"[[Moon Breaker]]"
#"[[Exiles]]"
#"[[Breathing Room]]"
#"[[Prepare for Departure]]"
}}

===Shorts===
{{Collist|3|
#"[[Fixit Jam]]"
#"[[To Catch a Phrase]]"
#"[[Sticky Situation]]"
#"[[Carjacked!]]"
#"[[Perfect]]"
#"[[Knock, Knock!]]"
#"[[The Power of Dibs]]"
#"[[Back and Forth]]"
#"[[The Tragedy of Slipstream]]"
#"[[A Level Playing Field]]"
#"[[Two Plus Two Equals More]]"
}}

==Production==
Crew members returning from ''Prime'' include executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] and writer [[Steven Melching]], now story editor, and [[Mairghread Scott]], serving as Script Coordinator/Writer’s Assistant.<ref>[http://mscottwrites.tumblr.com/post/93785539366/out-of-curiousity-are-you-going-to-be-part-of-the/ Mairghread's Tumblr Post]</ref> [[Adam Beechen]] serves as the producer. [[Kevin Manthei]] and [[Kevin Kiner]] serve as series composers.<ref>[http://kevinmantheimusic.tumblr.com/post/93347443424/the-secret-project-i-announced-earlier-can-be Kevin Manthei's Tumblr post]</ref> Once again, [[Polygon Pictures]] handled the animation.<ref>[https://twitter.com/da_shooz/statuses/477375126682341376 Tweet by Polygon Pictures CEO Shuzo Shiota]</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
===2016 Daytime Emmy Awards===
*Outstanding Special Class Animated Program

==Japanese release==
''Robots in Disguise'' was released in Japan as two separately branded series.
===''Transformers Adventure''===
[[Image:TransformersAdventureJapaneseLogo.jpg|center|300px]]

'''''Transformers Adventure''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā'') aired on the satellite network [[Animax]] with a Sunday, 9am timeslot. ''Adventure'' was the first Transformers cartoon to be relegated directly to satellite since ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Beast Wars Returns]]''. It premiered on [[March 15]], 2015... only a ''day'' after the US premiere.

The localization for the series was headed by [[Keiichirō Miyoshi]], who headed the localization of the [[live-action film series|live-action ''Transformers'' films]] for Japanese markets. This also makes ''Adventure'' the first American ''Transformers'' cartoon to be released in Japan ''without'' the oversight of [[Yoshikazu Iwanami]] since [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]]. While an effort was made to emulate the dubbing style of Iwanami, which has become synonymous with Transformers cartoons in Japan, the adlibbing was not nearly as extensive and fourth wall-breaking humor was non-existent.

Since ''Adventure'' aired on a satellite network and not a broadcast network, it was not edited for time like previous ''Transformers'' cartoons. The episodes were fully uncut and featured extended opening and ending sequences. The [[title sequence]] was comprised mostly of clips from episodes, but new animation (mostly group shots) was provided by [[LandQ Studio]]. The end credits sequence featured a newly animated "stage performance" from the cast ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZE2jqYoTTc which really must be seen to be believed]), animated by [[Nakano Design]].

As is rather well-known, ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)#Japanese release|Transformers: Prime]]'' did not complete its run in Japan, ending at 52 episodes. To date, Japanese audiences have not received the ''[[Beast Hunters]]'' episodes or the ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]'' film. The ''Adventure'' series did not alter the scripts to account for this, although it mostly played as a separate entity from ''Prime''.

Animax aired the episodes using the Australian broadcast order rather than the US order, which is actually the incorrect continuity sequence. As a result, "[[Sideways (episode)|Sideways]]" aired before "[[Out of Focus]]".

The [[theme song]] for the series is "[[Save the Future!!]]" by [[Mitsuhiro Oikawa]] and the ending theme is "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]" performed by the primary cast of the show (Bumblebee, Strongarm, Sideswipe, Fixit, Grimlock, and Optimus Prime).

===''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-'' (''New Enemies'')===
[[File:Prime of Micron logo.jpg|center|300px|]]

The season 2 and "season 2½" (or "miniseries") episodes of ''Robots in Disguise'' were combined into a newly branded sequel series which began airing on [[July 3]], [[2016]]<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/05/09/transformers-adventure-returns-japanese-screens-july-315264]</ref> under the title '''''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー -マイクロンの章- ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā -Maikuron no Shō-''). Incidentally, the "Maikuron no Shō" portion of the Japanese title actually translates to "Micron Chapter", but nobody tell them that. Like the previous season/series, it aired on Animax with a Sunday morning, 9:00am timeslot.

In November of 2016, the "season 2½" episodes of ''Robots in Disguise'' were given a special distinction under the modified title '''''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron- New Enemies''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー -マイクロンの章- 新たなる敵 ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā -Maikuron no Shō- Aratanaru Teki''). The title which appears on-screen does not display the "New Enemies" distinction, with the phrase instead appearing in broadcast schedule listings for Animax.

The rebranding for this sequence of episodes to include the word ''Prime'' in the title was likely a measure to create stronger ties with the continuity of the previous series, ''Transformers: Prime'', as the season 2(½) episodes begin making more direct references to the events of the past series. While the continuity is maintained, the guest characters from ''Prime'' are not played by their previous voice actors in the dub and are instead substituted with sound-alikes.

''Prime of Micron'' includes a newly cobbled together title sequence (comprised of clips from episodes), but maintains the same theme song as ''Adventure''. Likewise, the end credits sequence and song are the same.

==Notes==
*"'''TF2'''" was an early working name for the series.
*''Robots in Disguise'' did not have the most successful record when it came to premiering new episodes; to date, every episode of the series bar the first half-dozen of season 2 has been released through an international venue before it was broadcast on U.S. television.
**The first 13 episodes of the series were released, dubbed in Mandarin Chinese, on [[December 31]], [[2014]] in mainland China, but not Hong Kong, several weeks in advance of their US broadcast. The episodes were made available on website 1905.com, with five-minute previews being free and the whole episodes available until [[January 15]] for CNY/RMB ¥19.5, which is around USD$3–4. [[You]] could even win a "fabulous" assortment of Hasbro toys (legion class) and a RMB¥30 digital coupon if you paid for the episodes!
**The show went on to premiere on Canal J in France, Biggs in Portugal, and Cartoon Network in Hungary before the U.S. airings began. In particular, the English-language version of the show premiered on Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand about a month before the US airing; the channel aired two episodes a week instead of one, and so quickly tore through the first thirteen episodes of the season.
**The fourteenth episode debuted on Singaporean television two months before its US airing.
**The final twelve episodes of the season were then released in two six-episode chunks via Australian iTunes in the first two weeks of [[June]], [[2015]], allowing viewers to see the season finale three months before it aired in the US.
**After the first six episodes of season 2 were broadcast on US television, Cartoon Network UK—airing two new episodes a week instead of just one—caught up to, and overtook, the US broadcast, airing the season finale around a month before the US.
**The "History Lessons" through "Worthy" mini-series aired in its entirety on Teletoon in Canada before a US premiere date had even been announced.
**The first four episodes of season 3 aired on French channel Gulli on the Tuesday before the US premiere.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers Adventure''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā'', season 1), '''''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー -マイクロンの章- ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā -Maikuron no Shō-'', season 2), '''''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron- New Enemies''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー -マイクロンの章- 新たなる敵 ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā -Maikuron no Shō- Aratanaru Teki'', "season 2½")
*''Czech:'' '''''Transformers: Roboti v utajení''''' ("Transformers: Robots in Disguise")
*''French:'' '''''Transformers Robots in Disguise : Mission Secrète''''' ("Transformers Robots in Disguise: Secret Mission")
*''German:'' '''''Transformers: Getarnte Roboter''''' ("Transformers: Disguised Robots")
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Lǐngxiù de Tiǎozhàn''''' (变形金刚：领袖的挑战, "Transformers: Leader's Challenge")
*''Russian:'' '''''Transformery: Roboty pod prikrytiyem''''' (Трансформеры: Роботы под прикрытием, "Transformers: Robots in Disguise")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/hasbro-to-launch-transformers-robots-in-disguise-series-in-spring-2015-exclusive-1201219103/ ''Variety: Hasbro to Launch ‘Transformers: Robots in Disguise’ Show in Spring 2015'']
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=683133768423487 SDCC footage]

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[[Category:Television series]]

Exiles

2017-08-31T13:33:03Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode|the Aligned novel|Transformers: Exiles}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 62
|image=TRID S3 E17 E MSS.jpg
|caption=''Guess who just got back today Them wild-eyed boys that had been away Haven't changed that much to say But man, I still think them cats are crazy They were askin' if you were around How you was, where you could be found Told 'em you were livin' downtown Drivin' all the old men crazy The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town...I said, the boys are back in town...''
|prev=Moon Breaker
|next=Breathing Room
|title="Exiles"
|airdate=[[August 26]], [[2017]] (Canada) [[September 9]], 2017 (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
}}
'''Steeljaw and his pack return and launch an attack on the Scrapyard, forcing the Autobots to abandon their home base; Sideswipe's fear of abandonment threatens the Bee Team when they face their foes again at the Crown River Dam.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What the hell was that?" "That was a bomb, jackass! He used the microwave as a detonator!"]]
In the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] begins a home video with [[Russell Clay|Russell]] to keep [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] up to date while he's away helping [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] on a secret mission. The video gets as far as [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] dazzling the camera with a new wax job and a shot of [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] mulling over a newly acquired [[Cybertronian technology finder|Cybertronian tech detector]] with [[Denny Clay|Denny]], before alarms blare and the base falls under attack by unknown assailants. A blast hits [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], Denny, and Russell, knocking all three over, with footage ending there.

Recovering from the blast, Denny and Russell are retrieved by [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], then set off to find Fixit. During the attack, Bumblebee is grazed, disabling his comm-link and preventing him to gather the team at the command center. He arrives at the meet-point with Grimlock behind him, running into Sideswipe who reports he thinks the attackers are stationed on a cliff above the base. Meanwhile, a terrified Fixit is nearly squished by falling pieces of vintage memorabilia, but is saved by Strongarm and the Clays. Bumblebee hands Sideswipe his blaster and orders him to cover him as he darts to the [[GroundBridge]], which he activates in order to evacuate as Strongarm and her precious cargo arrives on scene. As Sideswipe drives towards the groundbridge to join his teammates, he's hit by the nonstop blaster fire and goes flying off course. The same blast that hit him had destroyed the groundbridge, leaving the panicking Sideswipe to call out for help as he run amidst the blaster fire that was still raining down on the scrapyard. The continuous blasts knock a crane onto him, effectively pinning him down. As aiming beacons line up on his face, Bumblebee appears to pull the machinery off him and the two escape the base without much further ado, though Sideswipe begins to show signs of his abandonment issues and Bee explains that his broken comm prevented him from finding him earlier.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"All of your ridiculous pitiful antics aren't gonna change a thing. You and me, we're puppets in the same sick game. We serve the same master, and he's a lunatic and he's ungrateful. But there's nothing we can do about it. You and me, we're the same."]]
As the rest of the team waits where they had been sent, they worry about the two left behind, though Fixit reminds them that Bumblebee would be aware of their current location and would most likely be there as soon as he could. And as if on cue, the two missing Autobots drive up. After brief elation and more concern, Russell suggests they use the caves where they fought [[Nightstrike]] as their new temporary base and Fixit agrees, due to the mineral deposits in that area obstructing energy signals.

Back at the scrapyard, [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] have a conflict of interest, which ends with Thunderhoof reluctantly relenting. During the short scuffle, Steeljaw reveals that both he and their benefactors on Cybertron want Bumblebee's "hood ornament on a plate", along with the rest of the team. These "benefactors" are implied to be government officials, as Steeljaw and his pack were pardoned of their crimes in order to (supposedly) capture the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]. In a moment of inspiration, Steeljaw decides to put humans at risk in order to lure Bee and his Autobots out from hiding.

Regrouping in the cave, Fixit repairs Bumblebee's comm system while Denny bemoans the loss of his collectibles. Sideswipe attempts to comfort him by revealing that he's moved homes a hundred times and it's not a big deal. He's then frightened by some bats and both Strongarm and Bee comment on his jumpiness, which he deflects. Bumblebee mentions how he doesn't know how to track down whoever is after them, and Fixit displays the tech detector he had brought with them, which wouldn't exactly find the attackers, but it would find their weapons. Bee suggests that Sideswipe be the one to step out of the cave and into possible scanning range to locate the antagonists, sparking Sideswipe's fear of abandonment and stalling on his part. The tech detector makes a quick change of hands before Fixit takes it back and does the scan himself, discovering five Cybertronian contacts at the [[Crown City]] dam. Bumblebee realizes that the attackers were most likely there to put humans at risk, and as Strongarm points out that it was most likely a trap, he refuses to put lives in danger and they take the bait anyway.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!"]]
On the way to the dam, Sideswipe nervously tailgates Strongarm until Bumblebee puts him on rear duty, which only further aggravates his fears as a train nearly cuts him off from the rest of the team. Once they reach their destination, Bumblebee formulates the plan to go into the dam control building alone to draw out their enemies, while the others split up and circle around to jump the attackers when they go for him. This also makes Sideswipe anxious.

Inside, Bumblebee is surprised to find out their attackers had been Steeljaw and his pack, who turn on him and knock him to the ground. Steeljaw then stands over him and monologues about revenge, also mentioning his benefactors, until the rest of the team sneaks in and opens fire on the Decepticons. As the fight breaks out, Grimlock slams Quillfire into machinery, jamming one of his quills into a turbine, creating the potential hazard of explosion. Bumblebee attempts to remove the quill, but is rammed by Underbite, and Steeljaw runs out of the building during the fog of war. Bee chases after Steeljaw, and Sideswipe chases after him, goaded by his fear of being left behind. Outside, Steeljaw blows a hole in the dam then turns on Bumblebee, but is toppled over the platform as Sideswipe intervenes. Thanking him, Bumblebee asks Sideswipe to take care of the broken dam so he can help Grimlock and Strongarm, assuring his younger teammate that he will be back for him.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"You're in the Navy, remember? It's not a job, it's an adventure!"]]
Back inside, Bee tries to pull the quill from the turbine again, resulting in a shock and Strongarm's approval. Dazed and confused, Bumblebee wonders ''why'' she had praised him, until she uses the surging machine to electrocute the Decepticons. On the side of the dam, Sideswipe is overtaken by Steeljaw and a fight ensues, ending with Steeljaw being kicked into the water below. After the Decepticons inside flee the building, Bumblebee finally pulls the quill free of the turbine, nullifying that threat. The team then gives chase after the pack, which comes to little fruition, seeing as Underbite had accidentally knocked his fellow 'Cons off the dam and into the water below. Still on the side of the dam, Sideswipe uses his sword to chunk off pieces of concrete to fill the hole until a human repair crew could properly fix it.

Back at the cave, the field team finds Fixit and the humans with a projected image of the scrapyard, a heartfelt, if superficial, comfort. Denny, though still despondent over the loss of his property, claims home is where friends and family are, and Sideswipe wholeheartedly agrees.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (7)
|c2=
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (8)
*[[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] (9)
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (10)
*[[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] (11)
*[[Underbite]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (3)
*[[Russell Clay]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"Whoa! What is this? Did somebody forget to pay the electric bill?"
:—'''Sideswipe''' quips as he dodges incoming Decepticon fire.

"''Who'' is shooting at us?" 
"Unfortunately, someone with decent aim."
:—'''Fixit''' and '''Strongarm''' as ''they'' dodge blaster fire.

"''Capiche''?" 
"Well, I guess I could lend a hand, seeing as you uh, need me so bad. Oh, whatever. Fugget about it."
:— '''Steeljaw''', ironincally, and '''Thunderhoof''', unironically.

"They say you can't dream in stasis, but I did, Bumblebee. Of this moment, when I can pay you back for robbing Decepticon Island! Pay you back... ''in full.''" 
"I also dreamed... of a parade for the heroes of the revolution! Everyone was wearing hats."
:— '''Steeljaw''' and '''Quillfire'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Steeljaw and his cohorts were shipped off to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]". The benefactors who freed them are presumably the same people [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] are investigating.
* The Autobots retreat to the caves [[Nightstrike]] used as a hideout in "[[Even Robots Have Nightmares]]".
* The corruption on Cybertron has been building up conflict in the background for the entire series and has generally served as a way to bring characters in;
** It was first alluded to in [[Can You Dig It?]], when the Council sent [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] to investigate the Alchemor crash site and we learned they were none to happy with Bee.
** The council's desire to have Bumblebee captured for his actions in [[Pilot (Part 1)]], was revealed in [[Hunting Season]], when [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] came to collect a bounty on Bee's head.
** Ratchet revealed just how bad things had gotten, upon his arrival in [[Decepticon Island (Part 1)]], revealing [[Team Prime]] was blamed for the planet's destruction and that he was forced to capture war criminals. This prompted Optimus to leave Earth in order to investigate, though things had gotten so bad, he was unable to return and thus began working with "some old friends" to handle the situation.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
*This episode's name happens to be the same as the ''Aligned'' prequel novel ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]''.
*Apparently, according to [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and [[Quillfire]], bots can dream in [[stasis lock|stasis]].

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Great Byte

2017-08-23T03:51:17Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Notes */

{{factions|minicon|autobot}}
:''Great Byte is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RIDart Great Byte.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]

'''Great Byte''' works with [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]].

{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Activator-Combiners-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|]]

*'''Sideswipe & Great Byte''' (Activator Combiner, [[2017]])
:Part of the second wave of ''[[Combiner Force]]'' Activator Combiner toys, Great Byte comes with the larger [[Sideswipe (RID)#Activator|Sideswipe]]. He changes from an old fighter jet to a bipedal shark creature. He is a retool of [[Sawtooth (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Mini-Con Weaponizer Sawtooth]], but only retains the inner mechanisms and robot mode feet. When attached to Sideswipe's vehicle mode, it changes his sports car mode into something similar to a Formula-1 racecar with a pop out front wing and side engines with exhaust pipes. Great Byte can be used as a weapon for larger figures via a 5mm post at the end of his fuselage.
{{-}}

==Notes==
*"Great Byte" was the [https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-281 originally-intended name] for Sawtooth, that was nixed by [[Hasbro]]'s legal department. Presumably something changed during the (short) time after the release of the Weaponizers.
**Strangely though, Sawtooth's card artwprk for the Single-pack and Battle Pack depict him with Great-Byte's colors.

[[Category:Activator Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Moon Breaker

2017-08-21T05:41:28Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 61
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Combine and Conquer
|next=Exiles
|title="Moon Breaker"
|airdate=[[August 19]], [[2017]] (Canada)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Johnny Hartmann]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
}}
'''Optimus Prime arrives to recruit Drift for a special mission, sparking a competition between Sideswipe and Strongarm over who'd be better suited to take Drift's spot; the Autobots go to the moon to recover a dangerous weapon.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=August 19}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c2=
|c3=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Crustacion]], [[Ragebyte]], [[Zorillor]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Boostwing]], [[Jacknab]], [[Pilfer]], [[Shadow Raker]], [[Flamesnort]], [[Simacore]]
* ''Returned to Cybertron'': [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Heatseeker]], [[Slashmark]].

===Transformers references===
*This is not the first time Optimus Prime has led the [[Prime Force]].
**The mention of [[Powerlinx!Powerlinking]] must be him alluding to that time.

===Real-world references===
*The episode's title references the classic James Bond film ''[[w:Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''.
*"Prime Force One" of course references {{w|Air Force One}}.

===Errors===

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Ian James Corlett

2017-08-20T12:30:55Z

AirjitzuRonin:

[[Image:IanJamesCorlett1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kamehameha!]]
'''Ian Corlett''' (sometimes credited as '''Ian James Corlett''', born [[August 29]], [[1962]]) is a Canadian voice actor. Some of his better known roles include Coconuts from ''The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog,'' Bob from ''Reboot'' seasons 3 and 4, Dr. Wily from ''Captain N: The Game Master'', Mega Man from the Ruby-Spears ''Mega Man'' series (!), [[Gnawgahyde]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'', Silver Shill from ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]'' and Skales and Master Chen from ''Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu''.

Although he reportedly ''hates'' dubbing anime <ref>[http://www.animecauldron.com/dbzuncensored/opinions/icorlett.html]</ref>, Corlett is well-known as the first English language voice of Son Goku/Kakarot in the Ocean group dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Some of his other dub roles include Dr. Tofu in ''Ranma 1/2'' and Smooth Talker in ''Tenjho Tenge''. Corlett is also a credited animation writer, having written scripts for ''Donkey Kong Country'', the English localization of ''Dragon Ball Z'' and is the creator of the series ''Being Ian'' & ''Yvon of the Yukon''.

He is the father of voice actors Claire Corlett & Philip Corlett.

==Roles==
===''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''===
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]
*[[Maximal]] Computer Voice/[[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]
*[[Sea Clamp]]

===''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''===
*Cheetor

===''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)| Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' video game===
*Cheetor
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]
*Maximal Computer Voice/Sentinel

===''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]''===
*[[Shadow Raker]]<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/07/18/ian-james-corlett-joins-cast-transformers-robots-disguise-319505]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003944/ Ian Corlett at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://www.ianjamescorlett.com/home.html Ian Corlett's homepage]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corlett, Ian}}
[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:Mainframe Entertainment]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

Transformers: Universal Studios

2017-08-19T04:43:38Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Deluxe Class */

'''''Transformers: Universal Studios''''' is the name under which ''Transformers'' toys are sold in [[Universal Studios]] theme park stores as merchandising for ''[[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]]'', starting in 2012. As can be expected, [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]] makes up a third of the line-up.

==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
*[[Evac (Ride)#Cyberverse|Evac]]
{{Note|Evac was also sold as part of the [[Cyberverse]] Series 2 Legion Class assortment at general retail. The toy itself is identical to the Universal version, with the packaging using the standardized Series 2 packaging design based on the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'' franchise]]. While the version that was available in the United States lacked the "Prime" moniker, the multilingual European packaging retained it.}}

===Deluxe Class===
[[File:Deluxe-Ride-Evac.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Ride me, buy me, collect me. Only available here.]]
*[[Evac (Ride)#Universal Studios|Evac]] (exclusive)
*Bumblebee ([[rebranding|rebranded]] re-release of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 4|Bumblebee]])
*Optimus Prime (rebranded re-release of ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 2|Optimus Prime]])
*[[Snarl (AOE)|Snarl]]
{{Note|Deluxe Class Evac was at one point announced to be released as part of the ''[[Movie Trilogy Series]]'' Deluxe Class assortment in Hasbro's Asian markets.<ref name="cybcon12">[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=298249106907703&set=a.193516854047596.45210.190726147660000&type=1&theater Slide from Hasbro's presentation at CybertronCon 2012] at Planet Iacon's Facebook page.</ref> These plans ultimately never came to fruition, as none of the ''Movie Trilogy'' Deluxes were released.}}

===Voyager Class===
*Optimus Prime (rebranded re-release of ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Optimus Prime]])
*Megatron (rebranded re-release of ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager Class [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Megatron]])

==Notes==
*To complicate matters further, all toys are simply branded ''Transformers: Universal Studios'' on their packaging… except for Deluxe Optimus Prime, who has a packaging [[variant]] that is branded ''Transformers: Universal Studios Hollywood''.<ref name="hollywood">[http://lmb3.net/2012/07/27/blog-197-toy-reviews-transformers-universal-studios-exclusive-deluxe-optimus-prime-bumblebee/ "Universal Studios Hollywood" Deluxe Optimus Prime and "Universal Studos" Bumblebee].</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Live-action film series]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Titans Return (toyline)

2017-08-18T21:47:20Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Exclusives */

{{nav-TitansReturn}}

[[File:TitansReturn workswith.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.25|The Titans Return play pattern, or "ecosystem", as Hasbro calls it, in a nutshell.]]

'''''Titans Return''''' is a [[subline imprint]] of the ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' toyline, constituting the second portion of the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]''.

Introduced in mid-2016, ''Titans Return'' (initially touted under the early working name ''Titan Wars'') features its own new line-wide gimmick: all Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader Class figures include a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]-style [[Titan Master]] partner, all of which are completely interchangeable. To compensate for the size differences, Leader class figures feature large helmets that cover the Titan Masters, while Voyager class figures have spring-loaded pop-out adornments to "bulk up" their heads. All Voyager and most Leader class figures are [[Triple Changer]]s; each Leader class figure's third mode is a base/battle station, which can be manned by the Titan Master figures. Each Deluxe and Voyager figure's hand-held weapons can transform and/or combine to form a "turret" that any Titan Master can sit in, and which can attach to the base modes of the Leader Class figures. Most figures feature several tiny pegs dotted across their bodies, which allow Titan Masters to stand securely on them.

Additionally, a new Titan Master assortment was introduced, each including a single Titan Master, plus a small vehicle or beast. These can transform into a vehicle/beast for the Titan Master to ride, a second vehicle/beast formed by ''combining'' with the Titan Master, and a [[5mm post|5mm]] weapon for a larger figure to wield. Some Legends Class figures are [[Mini-Cassette]] characters, and can transform into both a vehicle and a blocky PDA that can fit inside Leader Class figures such as [[Blaster (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Blaster]]. Though never officially addressed by Hasbro, Deluxes no longer included comic books (previously included with ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' and ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' figures in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Asia) in any market, thus eliminating the need for English-only packaging entirely, leaving only two types of [[multilingual packaging]], one for Europe and the other for all non-European markets. However, the character cards included with all figures (except for Titan Masters) now featured [[Tech Spec]] stats on their back.

Titans Return also finally brought back a minor but significant feature missing from several previous lines: All [[size class]]es are explicitly identified by name on the packaging again (in multiple languages, no less), thus leaving no unnecessary room for confusion with outdated working names floating around. [[#Notes|Sort of]].

Voting for the second Titan Class figure was conducted via Facebook, with fans choosing between a remake of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Trypticon (G1)#Generations|Trypticon]], or [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]].<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606.36631.146805978722938/926169094119952/?type=3&permPage=1 November 24 2016 photo]</ref> Trypticon won.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606.36631.146805978722938/931380200265508/?type=3 There truly is nothing that can stand in the way of Trypticon. With your votes, he smashed his way to becoming the next Generations Titans Return Titan Class toy. Mark your calendars, and look for him to hit shelves late 2017.]</ref>
{{bigquote|Harness the power of Titan Masters|Official tagline for the ''Titans Return'' line}}

==Toys==
===General retail===
====Titan Masters====
Every Titan Master class micro-figure comes with a triple-changing mini-vehicle or mini-beast that converts to another vehicle/beast as well as a weapon.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Siren (G1)#Generations|Loudmouth]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Nightbeat (G1)#TitansReturn|Nightbeat]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Horri-Bull#Generations|Terri-Bull]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Apeface#Generations|Apeface]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Brawn (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Brawn]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Flywheels#Generations|Skytread]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Fangry (G1)#Generations|Decepticon Fangry]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Swoop (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Autobot Ptero]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Lione#Generations|Sawback]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Repugnus (G1)#Generations|Repugnus]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Shuffler#Generations|Autobot Shuffler]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TitansReturntoy-Nightbeat.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Titan Master Nightbeat.]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ramhorn (G1)#Generations|Ramhorn]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====Legends Class====
Every new-mold Legends Class figure features cross-compatibility with other figures in the line. Toys with "spy tablet" modes are designed to fit inside [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Blaster]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Soundwave's]] chest compartments. All the rest have some form of opening cockpit in their vehicle or beast modes that can seat a Titan Master mini-figure.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Rewind (G1)#Generations|Autobot Rewind]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Stripes#Generations|Autobot Stripes]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheelie (G1)#Titans Return|Autobot Wheelie]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Laserbeak]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Ravage (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Ravage]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Rumble (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Decepticon Rumble]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee_(G1)/toys#Titans_Return|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Gnaw (G1)#Generations|Gnaw]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Kickback (G1)#Titans Return|Kickback]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Brawn (G1)/toys#TitansReturnLegends|Brawn]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Chase (G1)#Generations|Roadburn]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TR-toy Rewind.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Legends Class Rewind.]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cosmos (G1)#Titans Return|Autobot Cosmos]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Seaspray (G1)#Generations|Seaspray]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====Deluxe Class====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Haywire#Generations|Hyperfire]] & [[Blurr (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Blurr]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Duros#Generations|Furos]] & [[Hardhead (G1)#Generations|Hardhead]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Fracas#Generations|Fracas]] & [[Scourge_(G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Scourge]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Grax#Generations|Grax]] & [[Skullcruncher (G1)#Generations|Skullsmasher]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Stylor#Generations|Autobot Stylor]] & [[Chromedome (G1)#Generations|Chromedome]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Gort#Generations|Xort]] & [[Highbrow (G1)#Generations|Highbrow]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Vorath#Generations|Vorath]] & [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Monzo#Generations|Monxo]] & [[Weirdwolf (G1)#Generations|Wolfwire]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Rev#Generations|Autobot Throttle]] & [[Getaway#Generations|Autobot Breakaway]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Firebolt_(G1)#Generations|Firedrive]] & [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Blowpipe (G1)#Generations|Blowpipe]] & [[Triggerhappy (G1)#Generations|Triggerhappy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Daburu (Generations)#Generations|Daburu]] & [[Doublecross#Generations|Autobot Twinferno]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Convex#Toys|Convex]] & [[Perceptor_(G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Perceptor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Freezeout (Generations)#Toys|Freezeout]] & [[Topspin (G1)#Generations|Autobot Topspin]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Recoil (G1)#Generations|Flintlock]] & [[Kup (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Sergeant Kup]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Gatoraider#Generations|Gatorface]] & [[Krok (G1)#Generations|Decepticon Krok]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Chasm#Toys|Chasm]] & [[Quake_(G1)#Generations|Decepticon Quake]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TitansReturntoy-Skullcruncher.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Deluxe Class Skullsmasher & Grax.]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Aimless (G1)#Generations|Aimless]] & [[Misfire (G1)#Generations|Misfire]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Flameout#Toys|Flameout]] & [[Twin Twist#Generations|Twin Twist]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Scorchfire#Toys|Scorchfire]] & [[Windblade (G1)#TitansReturnRetail|Windblade]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Caliburst (G1)#Generations|Caliburst]] & [[Slugslinger (G1)#Generations|Slugslinger]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====Voyager Class====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Nucleon (Generations)#Toys|Nucleon]] & [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Galvatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Infinitus#Toys|Autobot Infinitus]] & [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Generations|Sentinel Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sovereign#Toys|Autobot Sovereign]] & [[Alpha Trion (G1)#Generations|Alpha Trion]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Darkmoon#Toys|Darkmoon]] & [[Astrotrain_(G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Astrotrain]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Doomshot#Toys|Doomshot]] & [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Diac#Toys|Diac]] & [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#TRVoyager|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Blunderbuss#Toys|Blunderbuss]] & [[Broadside (G1)#Generations|Broadside]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Murk#Toys|Murk]] & [[Octane#TitansReturn|Decepticon Octone]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Hazard#Toys|Decepticon Hazard]] & [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Titans_Return|Blitzwing]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====Leader Class====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Twin Cast#Toys|Twin Cast]] & [[Blaster (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Autobot Blaster]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hi-Q#Generations|Autobot Apex]] & [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Powermaster Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundblaster (Generations)#Generations|Soundblaster]] & [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Revolver#Toys|Decepticon Revolver]] & [[Sixshot#Generations|Six Shot]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Ominus#Toys|Ominus]] & [[Black Shadow (Victory)#TitansReturn|Sky Shadow]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Titans Return Optimus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Leader Class Powermaster Optimus Prime & Apex.]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Giga#Generations|Dreadnaut]] & [[Overlord (Masterforce)#Generations|Decepticon Overlord]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====Titan Class====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Emissary (Generations)#Generations|Emissary]] & [[Cerebros (G1)#Generations|Cerebros]] & [[Fortress_Maximus_(G1)/toys#Generations|Fortress Maximus]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Wipe-Out#Generations|Decepticon Necro]] & [[Full-Tilt#TitansReturn|Decepticon Full-Tilt]] & [[Trypticon (G1)#TitansReturn|Trypticon]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

===Exclusives===
====Convention sets====
:While these toys premiered at conventions (most prominently [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016), they ended up available through other venues, like the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online store or the A1 Toys website in the United Kingdom. See individual entries for more information.

{{ style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Titan Force'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sentinel Prime (G1)#TitanForce|Sentinel Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Windblade (G1)#TitanForce|Windblade]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Brainstorm (G1)#TitanForce|Brainstorm]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Fortress Maximus Convention Edition'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Fortress_Maximus_(G1)/toys#Generations|Fortress Maximus]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Cerebros (G1)#Generations|Cerebros]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Emissary (Generations)#Generations|Emissary]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Arcee and Ultra Magnus Exclusive Set'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (G1/Toys|Arcee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Leinad]]}}
{{Go-a1|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Toys|Ultra Magnus]]}}

<ul class="iconlist">
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{comingsoontoy|Leinad & Arcee with Ultra Magnus not released yet}}

====Store exclusives====
While most of these sets were exclusive to particular online or brick and mortar venues in the U.S., they were available at retail in Asia.
{|style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Walgreens]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcana#TitansReturnIndividual|Autobot Teslor]] & [[Brainstorm (G1)#TitansReturnIndividual|Brainstorm]]}}
{{bp-a1d1|[[Wingspan]] & [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|Chaos on Velocitron ([[Nautica (G1)#Toys|Autobot Nautica]], [[Fastlane#Generations|Fastclash]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#ChaosOnVelocitron|Laser Prime]], [[Quickswitch#Generations|Quickswitch]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#ChaosOnVelocitron|Rodimus Prime]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BigBadToyStore]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1d1|Siege on Cybertron ([[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Magnus Prime]], [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)#Generations|Metalhawk]], [[Pounce#Generations|Pounce]], [[Thunderwing (G1)#SiegeOnCybertron|Thunderwing]], [[Tidal Wave (Armada)#Generations|Tidal Wave]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2017/[[Hasbro Toy Shop]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#PrimitiveSkateboarding|Primitive Skateboarding Optimus Prime]] & [[Shreddicus Maximus]]}}
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Titan Wars Title.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|right|Eleventh hour changes return.]]
[[Image:TitansReturnBusStopAds.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|right|Adults, buy toys!]]
*As has been noted at the beginning of this page, ''Titans Return'' started out under the working name "Titan Wars". That earlier title was featured in schematics on display during [[BotCon 2015]], which constituted the first public hint of the successor to ''Combiner Wars'', as well as in a leaked internal Hasbro sheet for the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016 exclusive version of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#SDCC2016FortMax|Fortress Maximus]].<ref name="fmsheet">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/11/13/titan-wars-fortress-maximus-revealed-305250 Leaked internal Hasbro sheet] for the SDCC exclusive version of Fortress Maximus at TFW2005.</ref> The final name "Titans Return" was first officially used at [[New York Comic Con]] 2015. As can be expected, the early name is ''still'' used by many retailers around the world (particularly European ones) in official advertising and on store receipts, with annoying persistence.<ref name="titan wars">Just a small selection of official retailer listings still using the name "Titan Wars" as of this writing: [https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01HQ8QTYE Titan Masters assortment] listing at Amazon Germany; [https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B00WO0AXFG Legends Class Rewind], [https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B017KIQW3I Voyager Class Galvatron] and [https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B00WO0AXQ0 Leader Class Blaster] listings at Amazon Mexico; [http://spielwaren-kroemer.de/hasbro-transformers/18040-hasbro-transformers-titan-wars-titan-masters-5010994945626.html Titan Masters] and [http://spielwaren-kroemer.de/systemspielzeug/27919-hasbro-transformers-titan-wars-deluxe-5010994957698.html Deluxe Class] assortment listings at Spielwaren Kroemer; [http://www.intertoys.nl/speelgoed/actiehelden/transformers-legends-titan-wars-wheelie Legends Class Wheelie], Deluxe Class [http://www.intertoys.nl/speelgoed/speelsets-en-figuurtjes/transformers-deluxe-titan-wars-hardhead Hardhead], [http://www.intertoys.nl/speelgoed/speelsets-en-figuurtjes/transformers-deluxe-titan-wars-scourge Scourge] and [http://www.intertoys.nl/speelgoed/speelsets-en-figuurtjes/transformers-deluxe-titan-wars-blurr Blurr] listings at Intertoys; [http://shop.faix.de/spiel-sammelfiguren/27707-hasbro-transformers-titan-wars-titan-masters-5010994945626.html Titan Masters], [http://shop.faix.de/zubehor-und-ersatzteile-aus-kunststoff/27708-hasbro-transformers-titan-wars-legends-5010994957797.html Legends Class], [http://shop.faix.de/zubehor-und-ersatzteile-aus-kunststoff/27706-hasbro-transformers-titan-wars-deluxe-5010994957698.html Deluxe Class] and [http://shop.faix.de/zubehor-und-ersatzteile-aus-kunststoff/27709-hasbro-transformers-titan-wars-voyager-5010994957773.html Voyager Class] assortment listings at Faix; Voyager Class [http://www.toysrus.fr/product/index.jsp?productId=74004821 Sentinel Prime] and [http://www.toysrus.fr/product/index.jsp?productId=75698631 Galvatron] listing at Toys"R"Us France; [https://www.toysrus.co.za/transformers-generations-voyager-titan-wars.html Voyager Class assortment] listing at Toys"R"Us South Africa; [http://www.abgee.co.uk/transformers-generation-legend-titan-wars-assorted.html Legends Class], [http://www.abgee.co.uk/transformers-generation-deluxe-titan-wars-assorted.html Deluxe Class], [http://www.abgee.co.uk/transformers-generation-voyager-titan-wars-assorted.html Voyager Class] and [http://www.abgee.co.uk/transformers-generation-leader-titan-wars-assorted.html Leader Class] assortment listings at A.B.Gee.</ref>
*Technically, the first figure specifically designed for the ''Titans Return'' [[play pattern]] that got released was Legends Class [[Buzzsaw (G1)#CWLegends|Buzzsaw]], who was given an early release under the ''Combiner Wars'' subline imprint. In fact, comparing the product code and assortment numbers of the first two waves' worth of figures strongly implies that Hasbro originally intended to simply continue the ''Combiner Wars'' assortments with ''Titans Return'' product, rather than relaunching them as new assortments. Under this line-up, Stripes and Rewind would have presumably been released as part of wave 6 of the Legends Class assortment alongside [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Generations|Wreck-Gar]] while Wheelie would have been released in the subsequent wave together with Ravage and Rumble, and Laserbeak in the wave after that. Blaster would have been released as part of wave 6 of the Leader Class assortment (following wave 5's [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#CWLeader|Skywarp]]) with Powermaster Optimus Prime released in the subsequent wave. The Deluxe and Voyager line-ups would have presumably remained unchanged.
*Early in the toy line's life cycle, Hasbro Australia promoted the ''Titans Return'' figures with three different full-scale advertisement posters (alternatively depicting Powermaster Optimus Prime, Fortress Maximus, or Galvatron) found at numerous public transport stations. This form of public advertisement is pretty much unprecedented for ''Transformers'' toys in general, and for a "collector"-oriented line in particular!<ref name="ozads">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/09/27/titans-return-bus-stop-adverts-high-resolution-images-325451 Titans Return bus stop adverts high resolution images] at TFW2005</ref>
*Beginning with wave 3 figures, the pictograms on the tech-spec cards went through some minor cosmetic changes from the previous waves; the strength icon changed from a whole muscular torso to just a muscular arm, the 'motion blur' effect on the running humanoid figure which marks speed changed from triangles to striations, the intelligence icon switched from a human brain to a Cybertronian's head silhouette with gears inside, and lastly the firepower icon changed from just a bullet to a bullet followed by a blast effect.
*Another change that occurred with the wave 3 figures was that the default packaging design was now "Decepticon"-themed, after having previously been "Autobot"-themed ever since the ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' line in 2014, prompting some people to incorrectly assume a packaging design error.
*Listings on Amazon Germany indicated that Wave 5 would also include [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys|Optimus Primal]] and [[Toraizer]] Titan Masters, but no such toys ever materialized, with Ramhorn being the only wave 5 Titan Master.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generations| ]]
[[Category:Subline imprint]]
[[Category:Titans Return| ]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Combiner

2017-08-17T20:52:57Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Combiners with two members */

[[File:studioox combiners whatif.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.]]
{{quote|Decepticons are '''obsessed''' with combining. Put two of 'em in a room and within seconds one will be standing on the other's shoulders. '''Fact.'''|[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]|"[[The Waiting Game]]"}}

A '''combiner''' (sometimes capitalized, sometimes not) is a group of Transformers that assemble and combine their bodies into a single machine, or that composite machine itself. Most combiners form a larger Super Robot with its own unique personality (a character in its own right), but other varieties of combiner exist, forming vehicles, weapons, or other items. Combiners tend to be considerably larger and more powerful than the average Transformer, equivalent to strategic-grade weapons.

There are a number of combiner-related terms that can be easy to mix up, partially because some of them are used interchangeably. Additionally, most of them have no formal definition and thus may be used differently by different fans. Consequently, most of the discussion which follows should not be taken as the word of [[Primus]], but as a rough description of common usage.

==Terms for combiners==
[[File:Combiner logo.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Worst...logo...ever.]]
'''Combiner''': As above, a member of a group of Transformers who assemble into a composite form. Also refers to that composite form itself. This is the most general term for all combining Transformers, and the most common term that has been used by Hasbro in an official capacity, starting with the ''[[Micromaster]] Combiners'' from 1990 (with the exception of the more limited "special teams" and a recent official use of the term "gestalt"), having even appeared with its own logo on the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' toyline]] packaging.

[[File:DevastatorDissectionDreamwave.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|What, no Terror Claws? No Cranium Regulation Unit? What kind of lame dissection is this?!]]
'''Gestalt''': Generally only a "big robot" combiner with an emergent personality, but usage is imprecise. The term was coined by fans, and there was never consensus on how broadly it could be applied; for example, if [[Squawkbox]] would fall under the category or not. The term was and remains quite popular in the fandom, and it eventually gained official use as well. It's unclear when or how it first arose, but it is commonly understood to refer to [[wikipedia:gestalt psychology|gestalt psychology]], wherein the word roughly means a thing that is greater than or different from the sum of its parts. ''(For more on its origin and meaning, see [[#Notes|Notes]].)'' It remained firmly in realm of [[fanon]] for years, though its appearance in some ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' design sketches showed that the term had caught on with Hasbro designers. Then in 2007, "gestalt" [[Canonizing|made its first official appearance]] in the bio of the ''[[Titanium Series]]'' [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] toy, followed in the same year by the ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]'' comic (referring to [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]), and again in 2009 in the "[[First (and Second) in Flight]]" comic wherein [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] describes [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire's]] & [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm's]] combination into [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] as a sort of "gestalt powerlink".

'''Scramble City combiner''': A specific type of [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] giant gestalt that follows the five-member design featured in the Japanese [[Scramble City (toyline)|''Scramble City'' toyline]]. The team leader is larger than the other members and forms the main body of the combiner, while the others are smaller and form the limbs. The limbs are interchangeable, although there is always a generally-accepted “normal” formation. Further, the limbs are interchangeable from one Scramble City-style combiner to another, making for a large number of bizarre combinations. (See [[Abomenaticus]], [[Cybertron Super Scramble]], [[Comperian]], [[Destron Super Scramble]], and [[Scramble 7]].) Limbs are also able to attach to and augment Metroplex & Metrotitan (see "Notes" below). Note that this term is purely descriptive rather than being a proper name.

'''Special Team''': A synonym for Scramble City-style combiner. When the ''Scramble City'' toys were marketed in Europe they were referred to as Special Teams, and the term even appeared in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|UK comic book]] series. The term was used in some marketing materials in the US, such as packing lists for the toy [[Case|case assortments]], but never appeared in US fiction until the [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|''Ultimate Guide'']] was published in 2004. It was also used as the name for a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] five-pack of [[redeco]]s of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]] toys released under the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' banner, "Special Team Leaders". Ironically, none of these toys were actually ''combiners''—the term simply referred to the ''characters'', since the redecos were [[homage]]s to the leaders of Generation 1 combiner teams, four of which were Scramble City-style combiners.

'''Super Robot''': A robot which is formed through the combination of two or more Transformers. Powered-up [[robot mode]]s composed of only one Transformer who combines with some of their own accessories are often also referred to as Super Robots, such as [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] or the incarnations of Prime from ''Robots in Disguise'' and all three ''[[Unicron Trilogy]]'' series. It is probably safe to informally refer to any such mode as a Super Robot (thus including, say, G1 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and ''Energon'' [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]). Note that this means Super Robots are not always combiners and do not have to have their own personality. Rather, Super Robot and combiner are two different categories of Transformer which ''sometimes'' overlap. A one-robot Super Robot may also be referred to as that robot's [[Super Mode]].

'''Fusilateral quintrocombiner''': Coined by [[Simon Furman]] in [[Swarm (issue)|issue 9]] of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic]] to refer to the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. It presumably is meant to refer to all the Scramble City-style teams except possibly the Seacons, as their combined forms consist of six robots (not five, so they could possibly be fusilateral hexocombiners I guess...). It may also apply to the Predacons, but it doesn't matter because nobody uses this term anyway.

'''Amalgam model''': Yet another obscure term for combiners first used by Simon Furman via [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] in the "[[Devastation Derby!]]" story in the UK comic books.

==Types of combiner==
As mentioned above, most combiners form a super robot. However, there are many other types of combining in the Transformers multiverse.

In the ''Energon'' franchise, most of the Autobot characters were able to combine with each other in pairs much like ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]]'''s [[Multiforce]]. These combined forms can probably be considered Super Robots. The combined form was simply controlled by whichever Autobot was "on top". Make whatever jokes you will.

Generation 1 contains many examples of combined [[alternate mode]]s, including [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]], [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]], [[Big Powered]], the [[Triple Combination Battlestar Attack|Battlestar]], and the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Double Targetmasters]].

The [[Micromaster Combiner]]s are made up of Transformers whose altmodes combine into vehicles, with one partner being the front and another the rear. The combined forms do not have specific names. Thanks to the generic peg-and-socket connection method used, any two Micromaster combiners can be linked (though some such as the dump truck/space shuttle combo may attract comment). These altmode combiners should not be confused with the Micromaster "Sixcombiners", six-robot teams who combine to form a Super Robot.

The [[Unicron Trilogy]]'s [[Mini-Con]]s brought to the fiction combined weapon modes, like the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] & [[Vorpal Saber]] [[sword]]s, [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] cannon, and [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom]] shield.

The [[Power Core Combiners]] use a different type of combining method. Instead of using 5 robots, the combined final robot is formed by one "Commander" type robot, and 4 different drones that form the arms and legs.

==Not combiners==
Not all cases of multiple things attaching to each other are combiners. As mentioned above, many Super Robots—which are formed through a conglomeration of parts—are not combiners. [[Landmine (Energon)|''Energon'' Landmine]], for example.

A similar case can be found in [[multi-component Transformer|Transformers who have two or more "components" which combine into a single entity]]. [[Sky Lynx (G1)|G1 Sky Lynx]] has lynx and dino-bird components, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|G1 Omega Supreme]] has tank, base, and rocket components, and [[Magmatron]] has three dinosaur components. However, all of these components are considered to be "part of" the overall Transformer, even through they can act independently. The [[Duocon]]s are another case of this sort. All of these examples are ''not'' combiners because there is only ''one'' Transformer involved in each of them, regardless of how many bodies that Transformer may simultaneously operate. Such robots are occasionally referred to as "Reverse Combiners" within the fandom.

(Confusing things further are the comics which treated Sky Lynx and the Duocons as triple changers, able to transform between the combined mode and the ones for individual components without any parts separating off.)

Sometimes a smaller Transformer will attach to and enhance a larger Transformer in some way. This is the case when Mini-Cons powerlink with bulks, as well as with [[Binary bonding|binary-bonded]] partners like [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], [[Powermaster]]s/[[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]]s, [[Kiss Player]]s, and [[Breastforce]] members. Although these examples do include more than one Transformer (or a Transformer and a fleshling), they are not considered "combiners". The simplest justification for this is that, in these cases, the "combined" form is almost exactly the same in appearance as the non-combined form.

And sometimes [[Beast (G1)|things just combine for no real reason at all. Just deal with it. We hate it, oh God yes, but there it is. We're sorry.]]

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====Marvel Comics continuity====
=====Combiner teams=====
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[[File:Constructiconsbornmarvel.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"...Well, at least our origin is consistent this time."]]
The [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s were designed and built by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] as the first combiner team. They were given life through [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] energy stored in [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s head. The Constructicons had considerable difficulty coordinating together as Devastator in their first mission. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}}

Optimus Prime assigned a secret project to the architect [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

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''The [[Special Teams]] were first conceived within [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s mind shortly after the human had relinquished control of the Creation Matrix to Optimus Prime. Shockwave was able to view this data remotely and prepare for their development.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

Grapple's project was finished and revealed as [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], who was able to combine his rocket and tank modules into one mighty robot. This form of combination was considered inadequate next to the combination of the six Constructicon warriors, so the Autobots decided to learn learn how to utilize the more advanced technology. They staged an attack on a Decepticon coal mining base which drew out the Constructions. When they combined, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] was there recording their transformation pattern. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} [[File:Menasor superion heavy traffic.jpg|thumb|left]] They used this information to construct the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. Unfortunately, they were forced to go on their first mission with only [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s personality programming completed, leaving the rest of the team, and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], rather indifferent towards [[human]] casualties. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} After their first mission proved a failure, Optimus Prime had [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] wipe their memory, and started reprogramming them with the Creation Matrix. However, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], who had gotten a lift to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on Silverbolt's plane mode, had injected Optimus Prime with a [[cerebro-shell]] with which [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] was able to steal energy from the Creation Matrix and bring his newly-built combiner team, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to life. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} The [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s were the next combiner teams to become part of their respective factions' Earth-bound crew. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

{{note|The exact origin of the Protectobots and Combaticons is not revealed.}}

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''The combining [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] were summoned to Earth from Cybertron by Megatron.'' {{storylink|Prey!}} The Predacons were ''again'' summoned to Earth by Shockwave. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} The [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s were part of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s crew and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s were part of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s crew on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They had the ability to combine. {{storylink|The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters}} ''The [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]]s were combiners that were summoned from Cybertron to Earth by Shockwave.'' {{storylink|Enemy Action!}} They later came under the command of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

{{note|It is not revealed how the Combiner technology that was developed on Earth was found among these Cybertron based crews. Some of the Decepticons on Cybertron were in contact with Earth Decepticons, so perhaps the technology was passed along and the Cybertron Autobots stole it from the Cybertron Decepticons. Or the Cybertron Transformers just developed the technology independently.}}

=====Other combiners=====
[[Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] combine to form [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]]. {{storylink|People Power!}} They appear to keep their individual personalities in their combined mode instead of merging their minds.

====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
On Cybertron, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] were existing Transformers who were brainwashed by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to become Decepticons. Megatron also adapted them with the ability to combine into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] to challenge [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Omega Supreme pursued the Constructicons for millions of years. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} In 1984, the Constructicons were (re?)created on [[Earth]] with the ability to combine to bolster the Decepticons' strength. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

{{note|For more on the conflicting origin of the Constructicons, see [[Constructicon (G1)#Origin inconsistency|here]].}}

The [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]s and [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s were built from scratch and given personality by [[Vector Sigma]]. They were designed with the ability to combine. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] installed the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s' [[personality component]]s into junked military vehicles. This brought the vehicles to life with the ability to combine. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

The [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s became part of the Autobot forces on Earth and were able to combine. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Years later, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s originated as combiners under the command of the [[Quintesson]]s. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} The combinable [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s were part of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s troops. An intellectually enhanced [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] created the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s with the ability to combine. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

=====''Wings Universe''=====
{{Wingsnote}}
Combining technology was the brainchild of the Decepticon warlord [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 36|Bruticus's ''Wings Universe'' profile}} who debuted the technology about nine million years ago on his new recruits the Combaticons, giving them the ability to combine into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}} Later, Megatron defeated Deathsaurus to become sole leader of the Decepticons, stealing Deathsaurus's technology to augment his Constructicons with the ability to form Devastator. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
Experiments in combining were conducted both before and during the early phase of the civil war, in a process known as [[mass intellect]]. However, the combined forms suffered in that the stronger minds tended to drown out the weaker ones. Following the failure of the planetary engine turbines, the Constructicons turned their attention to the mass intellect process. They eventually developed a hyper vortex processor that managed to preserve the individuals minds in the combined whole. Testing the process on themselves, the Constructicons combined into Devastator. While the Constructicons were able to preserve their minds, Devastator was hampered by the need of all six Constructicons to agree on a course of action, which was usually destroy the Autobots. As a result, the combined intellects of the Constructicons did not translate to Devastator, who instead suffered serious mental disabilities. Despite this, Devastator's destructive capabilities greatly pleased Megatron, and he ordered the Constructicons to continue their experiments. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}}
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====IDW Generation 1 continuity====
Combination between Cybertronians dates back to the era of the Thirteen Tribes, sometime after the departure of the Knights of Cybertron. [[Nexus Prime]] wielded the [[Enigma of Combination]], a relic of unknown power that facilitated combined forms between two or more Cybertronians. He engineered the Headmaster-style linkage between humanoid Cybertronians and the beast-bots of [[Onyx Prime]], and likely other forms of combination as well. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] of the Darklands saw these mergers as an abomination, and warred against these early Combiners when the Thirteen Tribes fractured. Galvatron killed Nexus Prime in combat and captured the Enigma but was unable to destroy it. He decided to launch it into space in hopes that it would crash and burn up in some star.

[[File:Monstructor-idw1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Wubba wubba wubba is Monstructor's song.]]
After the remaining Thirteen abandoned Cybertron, the remnants of the Thirteen Tribes came under the rule of Nova Major, who assumed the mantle of his former master [[Prima]] to become [[Nova Prime]]. The new Prime instructed his chief theoretical scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] to find a way to recreate Combiner technology without the Enigma. Galvatron opposed these experiments, but concealed his role in the death of Nexus Prime. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] eventually succeeded in creating a form of Combiner technology, resulting in [[Pretender Monster|six volunteers]] being merged into [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. Unfortunately, in this first prototype, the merging process led to insanity, and they were sealed away by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], a student of Jhiaxus, continued his combiner research as part of the Decepticon army, at the insistence of Megatron. {{storylink|Shockwaves}} The Decepticon team known as the [[Combicon]]s represented an experimental attempt at building a Decepticon combiner, but team member/right leg [[Ambulon]] defected and the project seemingly went nowhere. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}}

Having escaped after millions of years, the Monstructor components captured by the Autobots {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} and placed into the custody of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] while [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] studied them with the goal of rehabilitating them. The technology stymied Jetfire, who estimated it would take a lot more study before progress could be made. He didn't get the chance, however, since the "Monstructor Six" were soon captured by the [[Decepticon Secret Service]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} Monstructor was then captured by unidentified minions of [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} and used to guard the [[Nega-Core]] on Rotan. He was engaged in combat by the Decepticon Secret Service and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] while the Autobots sneaked around him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}} Following the battle, he fell under Decepticon control and was put under the command of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Lost and Found}}

Prior to the Surge, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] followed up on the missing Shockwave's combiner research. The Decepticons finally completed their own combiner in the form of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], bypassing the insanity normally caused by uniting the minds of several individuals by having the like-minded [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] form him, and deliberately suppressing their individual personalities in the combination. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} After the devastation caused by Devastator during the Surge events on Earth, Spike Witwicky of Skywatch prioritized the sanctioning of the Constructicons. He personally hunted down Scrapper and killed him to prevent Devastator from ever being reformed. {{storylink|Scrapper (issue)|Scrapper}} After retrieving Scrapper's corpse from Skywatch, however, the Constructicons demonstrated the ability to continue forming Devastator, albeit with a "dead leg". {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

Several years after Devastator's first appearance, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] used illegal combiner technology to modify the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to be able to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Swindle wanted Menasor to kill [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], any other Autobots as were in reach, and steal a space ship [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]]'s Autobots and the Decepticons which Swindle had both been working on to get off Earth. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}} However, the minds of the Stunticons couldn't unite properly and kept conflicting, causing Menasor to be defeated by the Autobots. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}}

During their exile on Earth, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s experimented with combiner technology; their efforts ultimately went nowhere and the project was quickly abandoned. According to [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]], this failure was due in part to their inability to agree on anything. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}}

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Using a mysterious energy emitted by Cybertron's core, [[D-Void]] combined [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] army with brainwashed Decepticon soldiers, creating a [[Deceptigod|giant monster]] under the entity's direct control. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} Inspired by D-Void's ability to create a powerful combined body by repressing the wills of the individuals, [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] learned to manipulate the very same energy. He maintained the signal on the outskirts of the New Iacon settlement, discombobulating the sensors of individual Cybertronians who ventured too far from the growing city. Multiple Cybertronians, such as the Aerialbots, experienced a different effect under the signal's influence. Unnatural conflict developed between the Aerialbots, pitting them against one another until they spontaneously reformatted into a single combined entity (perhaps as a CNA-level defense mechanism). [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] and the Dinobots experienced a similar reaction when they went looking for the Aerialbots, until they encountered Superion. Together, Ironhide, the Dinobots and combined Aerialbots (now known as [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]) apparently made a large enough group that the combiner signal stopped affecting them. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} {{storylink|Night and the City}}

Meanwhile, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and the Decepticon leadership had secretly taken control of the Autobot strategist [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], retrofitting his quarters in New Iacon as "The Black Room", an experimental theatre off the security grid where they could improve further on the combiner signal and technology. Prowl and Megatron were both re-engineered with new bodies, part of a modular design with the similarly modified Constructicons to create Devastator from different components. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Prowl was forced to link with the Constructicons to form a Devastator under the control of Bombshell's cerebro-shells, but when Arcee killed Bombshell, Devastator went haywire. A Prowl-centric Devastator personality emerged from the combiner, rampaging out of control and even ripping apart Superion, who had returned from the wastelands. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} Ironhide managed to reach Prowl's core personality within the combiner, encouraging him to separate. When Megatron tried to trigger his own Devastator combination with the Constructicons, the Autobots stopped him. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} As a result of these events, the Constructicons began to see Prowl as a kindred spirit, and allied themselves with the Autobots in order to remain with him. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} Prowl soon became the de facto leader of the Constructicons, and tactically deployed Devastator on several occasions. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}

Monstructor resurfaced after the Chaos war, allied with Jhiaxus and Bludgeon. The combiner prototype opposed Orion Pax and his allies on several occasions until Shockwave's plans were finally obstructed. {{storylink|Syndromica (1)}} {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

[[File:MistakesAndMayhem-Defensor.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"To fight monsters, we created monsters of our own."]]
Out of concern for the destructive potential of the various Combiners, Starscream (as ruler of Cybertron) ordered a team of scientists to work on repairing the damaged Superion. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] agreed to assist in the repair efforts, and volunteers [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and [[Alpha Bravo]] presented themselves to become part of the Superion combiner as necessary. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} The [[Enigma of Combination]], recovered from Earth by Prowl-Devastator and stolen by Starscream's agent [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]], {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati}} was used to accelerate repairs. The Enigma was also used to enhance [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], whom [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] immediately set loose on [[Caminus]] to rob the planet blind. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Subsequently, Superion was deployed to successfully stop Menasor. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} However, Prowl got wind of contact between Cybertron and Caminus and returned with the Constructicons to Cybertron, {{storylink|The Possible Light}} forming Devastator to forcefully sever interplanetary relations. Even the might of Superion failed against Devastator, and so Starscream drafted the newly arrived informal association of "[[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s" to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], who finally stopped the rampaging giant. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

With Prowl in custody, Starscream rebuilt Devatator using the Enigma, integrating Scoop into the gestalt in the hopes that his religious zeal to his "chosen one" would make Devastator's psyche easier to control. Prowl, down not but out, countered by roping Rattrap into stealing the Enigma, and causing a distraction by liberating the Stunticons, who combined into Menasor and attacked the Space Bridge. He was intercepted by the three other combiners. Realizing that time was running out, Prowl used the Enigma to create a makeshift combiner from nearby Autobots- Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Sunstreaker, Mirage, and himself. Now operating as "[[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]]", this new combiner headed out to put a stop to the mayhem. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

Devastator was furious at Prowl for "abandoning" him, and this anger overwhelmed Scoop's ability to keep the combiner in line. Optimus Maximus, after pulling himself together, teamed up with Superion and Defensor in a fight that spanned the galaxy. The trio ultimately emerged triumphant, with both Menasor and Devastator knocked back into their component 'bots. Optimus Maximus willingly split himself apart in the aftermath so that Prowl could be arrested. {{storylink|All That Remains}}

[[File:CombinerHunters victorion.jpg|thumb|right|200px|It was at this moment Arcee knew she'd screwed up.]]

Arcee later tried to steal the Enigma of Combination, so that no other Transformers could be forcefully altered against their will. She was intercepted by Windblade and Chromia, who chased her to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. There, they incidentally encountered the [[Torchbearer]]s of Caminus. [[Rust Dust]] tried to protect the Enigma from Arcee and accidentally activated it, merging all six Torchbearers into [[Victorion]]. Windblade managed to talk the vengeful combiner down and convinced her to disassemble. The Enigma was later returned to Starscream's custody. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}

The combination process appears to have deeper ramifications — and deleterious psychological side-effects — for Cybertronians; Galvatron described the process as "rotting away the individual". {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|OnoffON}} After becoming part of Devastator, Prowl began suffering energon "nosebleeds" {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} and began unconsciously referring to his Constructicon teammates as "Scrapper". {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}} Likewise, the five Constructions started losing their individual quirks and personality traits, speaking with an increasingly unified voice. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|OnoffON}} Defensor and Superion both showed an unwillingness to split into their components, which worried Optimus Prime. Prowl referred to their new gestalt modes as the team's new "normal form", and noted that it was difficult for combiner teams to stay separate. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} After his arrest, Prowl taunted Optimus Prime, arguing that since they had formed Optimus Maximus together, a part of Prowl would always exist in Prime's mind. Prowl also mentioned that his experiences as Devastator meant that he no longer saw the Decepticons as enemies, but as a part of him. {{storylink|Now and On Earth}}

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When Optimus Prime annexed Earth, he used both Superion and Victorion to do so (while Starscream kept Devastator). However, the Enigma of Combination had, thanks to the machinations of [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]], 'infected' all of Earth's computer devices and thus turned the planet itself into one big Enigma that [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] controlled. Using it he was able to separate Enigma-formed combiners (Superion being immune) and create his own at will, merging his own troops into [[Galvatronus]] and several of his enemies into [[Sky Reign]]. Who cares if they're abominations when they're helping him win? {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}}

Months afterwards, the [[human]] dictator [[Iron Klaw|Count von Rani]] managed to capture the Predacon. By forcibly brainwashing them using a replica of the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]], he was able to suppress their individual minds and force them to unite into the powerful [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. Though powerful, Predaking was ultimately defeated after [[Snake-Eyes]] smashed the console responsible for controlling the combiner; their minds restored to normal, the Predacons were forcibly de-combined and defeated. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}}

[[File:windblade_volume2_devisiun.jpg|thumb|right|350px|My Little Devisiun]]

Meanwhile, the Transformer colonists of [[Devisiun]] evolved into [[Micromaster Combiner]]s. When merged with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s mind, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] caught a glimpse of [[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] and [[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] separating from their combined vehicle mode. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}} When the inhabitants of Devisiun made formal contact with Cybertronians, Vanquish was quick to point out that his people were not "true" combiners like Superion, although they seemed impressed by the technology. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

The [[Ammonite]]s, a diminutive faction of robotic shapeshifters far more advanced than Cybertronians, were "omnicombinational": any Ammonite could combine with many others into a wide variety of forms, even mimicking [[Paddox|Cybertronians]]. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

===''Beast Wars''===
====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
[[File:DawnOfThePredacus-magnabossvsmegatron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Magnaboss SMASH!]]
In the final days of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] oversaw the creation of [[Predacus]], a combiner formed from the members of the [[Tripredacus Council]]. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}} The Autobots and [[Maximal]]s retaliated by creating [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]], uniting some of the most seasoned veterans of the war. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}} Both Magnaboss and Predacus played vital roles in the last battle of the war that led to the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

By the time of the [[Great Upgrade]], combiner technology had been largely abandoned and dismissed as too energy-inefficient. The exception was the Tripredacus Council, who had apparently refined the technology to create [[Tripredacus]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)===
Combination was taken for granted and combiners were commonplace. (About half the characters are combiners, depending how you count.) No special explanation of their origin was offered.

====One-robot combiners====
*In the television show, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron/Galvatron]] was able to transform into his hand mode and then combine with his ship, the ''[[Megastar]]''.

====Two-robot combiners====
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] is capable of combining with his [[Relatives|brother]] [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] to form [[Omega Prime]].

====Three-robot combiners====
*[[Team Bullet Train]], consisting of [[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]], [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]], and [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]], combine into [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]]. Their turned-to-evil counterparts [[Astrotrain (RID)|Astrotrain]], [[Steamhammer (RID)|Steamhammer]], and [[Loco (RID)|Loco]] combine into [[Dominus Trannis]].
*[[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] is technically a three robot combination, although most of those robots could be considered drones. [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] and [[Emissary (RID)|Emissary]] combine together to form Fortress Maximus's head, which connects to the body.

====Four-robot combiners====
*The [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] ([[Wedge]], [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Grimlock]], [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]], and [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]]) can combine into the robot [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]]. Their turned-to-evil counterparts [[Bonecrusher (Universe Ultra)|Bonecrusher]], [[Hightower (Universe Ultra)|Hightower]], [[Long Haul (Universe Ultra)|Long Haul]], and [[Scavenger (Universe Ultra)|Scavenger]] combine into [[Devastator (Universe Ultra)|Devastator]].
*The [[Protection Team]] members ([[Defensor (OTFCC)|Hot Spot]], [[Blades (RID)|Blades]], [[First Aid (RID)|First Aid]], and [[Rook (RID)|Rook]]) can combine into [[Defensor (OTFCC)|Defensor]].

====Five-robot combiners====
*The combined form of the [[Commandos]] is a being named [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. This combiner is controlled almost entirely by [[Mega-Octane]], in order to be a more effective, coordinated being than most other combiners.

===Unicron Trilogy===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] could combine with his trailer to form a Super Mode robot. With this ability at his disposal, he beat the tar out of every Decepticon at least once. Then a new magic mushroom appeared: [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]. During a battle with the Decepticons, the Autobots were totally getting slagged by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s new tactician [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] and his 'henchman' [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]. Right when it seemed hopeless, a space shuttle fell from the sky and combined with Optimus to form Jet Optimus. Needless to say, Megatron was rather surprised. The Decepticons kept trying to beat the Autobots and miserably failed each time, frequently due to this new team-up, which also helped the Autobots survive and win [[the Unicron Battles]]. A third magic mushroom appeared late on in the series literally out of nowhere. Prime's new 'shroom, named [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]], formed a large pair of cannons on top of Super Optimus's shoulders. Overload's additional firepower, combined with the already impressive firepower of the Requiem Blaster, enabled Optimus to destroy the being known as [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]].

The Decepticons were not without their own combiner; Tidal Wave was able to combine with Megatron to form additional armor and a back-mounted [[jet pack|rocket pack]]. The only practical upshot of this is that Megatron could now fly, which came in handy from time to time.

The three [[Mini-Con]] companions of the humans Rad, Alexis and Carlos could band together to form Perceptor. There were three other Mini-Con combiner teams who could form the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]], and the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. A fourth weapon existed as a [[Vorpal Saber|dark clone]] of the Star Saber, wielded by the evil [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]].

====''Linkage'' comic====
The non-flying members of the evil [[Speed Chaser Team]] could form the [[Magnawing]] aircraft to transport themselves around. {{storylink|Linkage Part 4}}

====''Energon''====
During this period, one couldn't swing a dead cybercat without hitting a combiner, as every Autobot, save for the Omnicons, was capable of merging with another, or with an augmenting portion of his vehicle mode. Then the [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|three]] [[Constructicon Maximus|Maximus]] [[Superion Maximus|teams]] arrived, giving the Decepticons two five-part combiners and the Autobots one.
{{see|Spark of Combination}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
The [[Deep Space Mini-Con Team]] could combine into the [[Umbral Blaster]] {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} while the [[Sky Terror Mini-Con Team]] could form the [[Chaos Saber]].

====''Timelines''====
The [[Zephyr Blade Mini-Con Team]] could form the [[Pyro Saber]], {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/19}} the [[Burning Rubber Mini-Con Team]] the [[Cosmotector (Armada)|Cosmotector]], the [[Cosmic Exploration Team]] the [[Astro Blaster (Armada)|Astro Blaster]], and the [[Urban Protection Team]] [[Bumble]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/11}}

===Live-action film series===
Experimental combiner technology was developed by the Decepticons for combat advantage (yeah, that's right, the 'Cons do invent stuff themselves sometimes) and then used on the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s who are able to form [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. Comfort was rather decidedly not on the top of the list of priorities and, as a result, the process is brutally painful to the Transformers involved, which also makes the combiners fuse in a very aggressive and painful manner (it's a vicious circle). The mental and physical torture involved leaves Devastator only interested in causing destruction.<ref>Devastator's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Battle Bio] at Hasbro.com</ref>

[[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]] hopes to undergo the "combination retrofit" process.<ref>Knock Out's toy bio.</ref>

{{note|No details are given regarding this "combination retrofit" technology, but it is a possible factor in [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]'s ice cream truck mode.}}

Combiners are not limited to one combination scheme. Their final form may also vary.<ref>[http://unicron-events-interviews.blogspot.com/2009/10/hasbro-q-10212009.html Hasbro's answer to Unicron.com] as part of the [[Hasbro Q&A/October 2009#Unicron.com|October 2009 Q&A]].</ref>

The [[Knights of Iacon]] can combine into the mighty three-headed dragon known as [[Dragonstorm]], whereas [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]]'s [[Infernocon]]s can combine into the monstrous [[Infernocus]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

===Aligned continuity family===
Combining is an art as old as Cybertron itself; the very first combiner, [[Nexus Prime]], was also one of the [[Thirteen]]. [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] would eventually experiment with combination technology. Before the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Shockwave experimented on the [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]] during his time at [[Crystal City]]. Their combined form, the savage and uncontrollable [[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus]], was deemed too dangerous and was put in stasis for safety.

In [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], he created three combining [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s, which were torn apart by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] during a gladiatorial pitfight. During the war, the Combaticons were re-activated and opted to join the Decepticons, putting their nigh-unstoppable combined form to good use. Midway through the war, he perfected his experiments, creating the [[Constructicon (WFC)|Constructicon]] combiner known as [[Devastator (WFC)|Devastator]]. Autobot saboteurs managed to steal and reverse-engineer combiner technology, and created [[Defensor (WFC)|Defensor]], who battled Devastator to a standstill at the [[Tagan Heights]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

The five [[Aerialbot (WFC)|Aerialbots]] aboard the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' were combiners; their gestalt form of [[Superion (Prime)|Superion]] was instrumental in rescuing both Autobots and Decepticons from the Quintesson-controlled [[Aquatron]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

The Decepticon criminal [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] was formed from five identical robots. Notably, he could function without all of his limbs in-place and could appropriate minicons like [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] as replacement limbs. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

The Bee Team combined into one robot after getting caught in an explosion during their fight with Heatseeker, though none of them understood what was going on. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}
The team experienced this phenomenon again during their battle with [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Dragstrip]]
at a swamp. They didn't understand how to control it, and being combined had the strange effect of splitting [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] into two individuals. Fixit deduced the radiation from the nuclear waste dump gave them this ability. {{storylink|The Great Divide}} Fixit's experiment to see how the Combiner was formed left Grimlock and Drift temporarily stuck, back to back. {{storylink|Get a Clue}}

====Crash Combiners====
Crash Combining is the act of two bots becoming one by crashing into each other.
Dragstrip and [[Wildbreak]] demonstrated the ability to do this, when they became [[Dragbreak]] to evade capture from the Bee Team.{{storylink|Bee Cool}} Fixit began experimenting with combining, only to fail. {{storylink|Get a Clue}} However, he would later succeed and turn Sideswipe and Grimlock into a Crash Combiner. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}}

==Combiner list==
{{note|Due to the many uses of redecoes as new characters and convenience for reading, each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/retools on the same line.}}
===Combiners with two members===
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Jet Optimus]]
*[[Mega-Dinobot]]
*[[Decibel]]
*[[Legout]]
*[[Slamdance (G1)]]
*[[Squawkbox]]
*[[Dreadwing (G1)]] / [[Darkwings]]
*[[Stormtrooper (Cybertronian)|Stormtrooper]]s
*[[Multiforce]] members
**[[Wingwaver]]
**[[Dashtacker]]
**[[Machtackle]] 
*[[Dreadwing (G2)]] and [[Smokescreen (G2)]]'s combined form / [[Megatron (G1)]] and [[Starscream (G1)]]'s combined form / [[Formation Scream]] / [[Stealth Bomber]] / [[Dreadwing (RID)]] / [[Gigant Sniper]]
*[[Powered Master]]s
**[[Sky Powered]]
**[[Land Powered]]
**[[Big Powered]] ''(actually consists of three members)''
*[[Powerlinx#Energon|Silver and Gold Powerlinx users]]
*[[Safeguard (Animated)]]
*[[Skids (ROTF)]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)]] in ice cream truck mode
*[[Primestrong]]
*[[Beeside]]
*"[[Sidelock]]"
*[[Skyhammer (RID)|Skyhammer]]/[[Shocknado]]
*[[Dragbreak]]
*[[Heatmark]]
*[[Dragonstorm]] (sometimes)

===Combiners formed by main bodies with power-up partners===
{{See also|Super Mode}}
*[[Ginrai (human)|God Ginrai]]
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Victory Saber]]
*[[Omega Prime]]
*The combined form of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]]
*[[Optimus Supreme (Energon)]]
*[[Optimus Prime Super Modes#Live-action film series|Power Up Optimus Prime]] (''aka'' [[Optimus Prime Super Modes#Live-action film series|Jetpower Optimus Prime]])

{{note|Optimus Prime and Jetfire are not a combiner in the fiction — Optimus simply uses Jetfire's corpse as parts to enhance his strength and firepower.}}

===Combiners with three or more members (non-Scramble City-type)===
*[[Devastator (G1)]]
*[[Devastator (ROTF)]]
*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]
*[[Raiden]]
*[[Monstructor (G1)]] / [[Dinoking]]
*[[Road Caesar]]
*[[Liokaiser]]
*[[Big Rescue Force]]
*[[Landcross (Victory)|Landcross]]
*[[Magnaboss (BW)]] / [[Magnaboss (BWII)]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|MegaWing Galvatron]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Dark MegaWing Galvatron]]
*[[Prime Processing Unit]] {{storylink|Collect and Save}}
*[[Tripredacus]] / [[Tripledacus]]
*[[Tri-Rex]]
*[[Rail Racer (RID)]] / [[Dominus Trannis]]
*[[Landfill (RID)]] / [[Devastator (Universe Ultra)]]
*Unnamed [[Minibot combiner]] {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8}}
*[[Beast (G1)|Beast]] {{storylink|The Beast Within|The Beast Within}}
*[[Insectrain]] {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2}}
*[[Reedman]]
*"[[Deceptigod]]"
*[[Abominus (Prime)]] / [[Goradora]] / [[Infernocus]] (when formed by ''five'' '''distinct''' Infernocons)
*[[Mighty Robot]]
*[[Mighty Vehicle]]
*[[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]]
*[[Ultra Bee]]
*[[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]]
*[[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]]
*[[Dragonstorm]] {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
*Infernocus (when formed by ''six'' '''identical''' Infernocons) {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

===Triple Combination combiners===
*[[Gekisoumaru|DaiGekisou]]
*[[Kenzan|DaiKenzan]]
*[[Gekisoumaru|GoGekisou]]
*[[Ganoh|GoGanoh]]
*[[Hishoumaru|GoHishou]]
*[[Jinbu|GoJinbu]]
*[[Kenzan|GoKenzan]]
*[[Sensuimaru|GoSensui]]

===Scramble City-type combiners===
*[[Bruticus (G1)]] / [[Battle Gaia]] / [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]
*[[Defensor (G1)]] / [[Guard City]]
*[[Menasor (G1)]]
*[[Superion (G1)]]
*[[Abominus (G1)]]
*[[Computron (G1)|Computron]]
*[[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]<ref name="seacon">With extra "limb" robot used as weapon.</ref> / [[King Poseidon]]<ref name="seacon" /> / [[God Neptune (BWII)]] / [[God Neptune (BWSG)]]
*[[Bruticus (WFC)]] / [[Ruination (FOC)]]
*[[Optimus Maximus (G1)]]
*[[Victorion]] / [[Megatronia]]
*[[Sky Reign]]
*[[Grand Galvatron]]
*[[Thunder Mayhem]]
*[[Predacus]]
*[[Wreckage (G1)]]
;Official mix-n-match Scramble City-type combiners
*[[Abomenaticus]]
*[[Comperian]]
*[[Cybertron Super Scramble]]
*[[Destron Super Scramble]]
*[[Scramble 7]]
*[[Ultra Prime]]
*[[Galvatronus (Generations)|Galvatronus]]
*[[Betatron]]

===Micromaster-type combiners===
*[[Micromaster Combiner]] Squads
**[[Barrage (Micromaster)|Barrage]] and [[Heave]]
**[[Blackout (G1)|Blackout]] and [[Spaceshot]]
**[[Blast Master]] and [[Phaser]]
**[[Direct-Hit (G1)|Direct-Hit]] and [[Power Punch (G1)|Power Punch]]
**[[Excavator (G1)|Excavator]] and [[Stonecruncher (G1)|Stonecruncher]] / [[Retro]] and [[Surge (G1)|Surge]]
**[[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] and [[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]]
**[[Full-Barrel]] and [[Overflow]]
**[[Grit (G1)|Grit]] and [[Knockout (G1)|Knockout]]
**[[Half-Track (G1)|Half-Track]] and [[Meltdown (G1)|Meltdown]]
**[[Hammer (G1)|Hammer]] and [[Sledge (G1)|Sledge]] / [[Cement-Head]] and [[Terror-Tread]]
**[[Missile Master]] and [[Moonrock]]
**[[Oiler]] and [[Slide]]
**[[Power Run]] and [[Strikedown]]
**[[Roadburner]] and [[Wheel Blaze]]
*[[Sixliner]] / [[Sixtrain]]<ref>Sixtrain was redecoed and retooled from Sixliner.</ref> / [[Rail Racer (Universe)]]<ref>Universe Rail Racer uses the same deco as Takara's 2003 redecoed "reissue" of Sixtrain.</ref>
*[[Sixbuilder]] / [[Decepticon Sixbuilder]] / [[Devastator (Universe Micromaster)]]
*[[Sixturbo]] / [[Defensor (Universe)]]
*[[Sixwing|Sixwing / Berserker Sixwing / Destron Sixwing]] / [[Superion (Universe)]]

===Mini-Con combiners===
*[[Perceptor (Armada)#Armada 3|Perceptor (Armada)]] / [[Bumble]]
*[[Perceptor (Armada)#Energon 3|Perceptor (Energon)]] / [[Heavy Metal (SL)|Heavy Metal]] / [[Windcharger (SL)]] / [[Perceptor (Armada)#Cybertron|Perceptor (Cybertron)]] / [[Bumble]]
*[[Mirror]] / [[Nightcreeper]]
*[[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] / [[Umbral Blaster]] / [[Astro Blaster (Armada)]] / [[Transwarp Blaster]]
*[[Skyboom (Armada)]] / [[Magnawing]] / [[Cosmotector (Armada)]]
*[[Star Saber (Armada)]] / [[Vorpal Saber]] / [[Energon Saber]] / [[Cryo Saber]] / [[Chaos Saber]] / [[Pyro Saber]]
*[[Centuritron]]

===Maximus-type [[Powerlinx]] combiners===
*[[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)]] / [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus Maximus (G1)]] (Universe) / [[Bruticus Maximus (ROTF)]]
*[[Constructicon Maximus]] / [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator (Classics)]]
*[[Superion Maximus]] / [[Dauntless Maximus]] / [[Superion (G1)]] (Universe) / [[Superion (ROTF)]]
*[[Nexus Prime]]

==="Omnicombinational" [[Stentarian]] combiners===
*[[16444/9]]
*[[Paddox]]
*[[Centuritron]]

==Unused concepts==
[[File:Generations Street Combiner.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He transforms into a traffic jam.]]
Combiners were a very popular idea during the Generation 1 toyline and as such there are loads of scrapped combiner designs that never got past the drawing board. Among them were:
*A Scramble City-style dinosaur combiner. The body is a T-Rex, while the limbs are a Pterodactyl (right arm), Ankylosaurus (left leg), Dimetrodon (left arm), and Styracosaurus (right leg)<ref>[[Transformers Generations]], p22</ref>
*A decidedly goofy organic insect combiner composed of a stag beetle (right leg), another beetle (left leg), grasshopper (left arm), fly (right arm), and a cockroach body.<ref name="p99">[[Transformers Generations]], p99</ref>
*A cybernetic beast combiner that did not form a robot, but rather a large cybernetic monster. It is formed from a cyber bat, mole, stag beetle, and a couple of fish things.<ref name="p99" />
*A fifteen (!) vehicle Micromaster combiner where the only attached parts not contained by the component robots were the large robot fists. This combiner consists of three uniformly colored teams (in a similar fashion to the vehicular Voltron of the same time period):
**Air team (blue)- two jets, two helicopters, a space shuttle.
**Construction team (green)- a hauler, a bulldozer, a steam shovel, a tank (don't ask), a missile carrier (don't ask).
**Street team (red)- two cars, a motorcycle, a formula racer, a jeep.<ref name="p108">[[Transformers Generations]], p108</ref>
*Another, simpler dinosaur combiner composed of a Pterodactyl, a not-really-a-Stegosaurus, and a T-Rex with a very large head. The three combine into a dinosaur thing similar to [[Magmatron]]'s combined dino mode. It shares many visual characteristics with Tomy's relatively simple robot designs.<ref name="p108" />
[[File:ClassicVehicombiner.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Either the smallest steamboat ever, or the largest car in existence.]]
*A five vehicle combiner (evidently not Scramble City-style in nature) composed of a steam engine (right arm), steam boat (torso), car (right leg), truck (left leg), and plane (left arm).
*A base consisting mostly of ramps and a hollow tower in the center that combined with 14 non-transforming cars and vans. Two vehicles make up each limb, with three crammed in the chest, two for feet, and one that slides into the tower's gun platform to form the head. The ramps would then act as an exoskeleton to contain all of the components.<ref name="p79">[[Transformers Generations 2009#Volume 2|Transformers Generations 2009 Vol. 2]], p79</ref>
*A robot formed from a truck cab and four cars with no robot modes that each have flip out weapon arrays. This may qualify more as a conventional "super robot" than a standard combiner, but we may never know.<ref name="p80">[[Transformers Generations 2009#Volume 2|Transformers Generations 2009 Vol. 2]], p80</ref>
*A "Duocon" (or rather, "Triocon", in this case) style robot formed by three cars. One car splits in half to form the arms, another splits for the legs, and a third folds in half to reveal the robot head and connect it all together.<ref name="p80"/>
*A Concorde jet that split into two robots, where the front portion's robot can pop out three wheels and a spare cockpit to give it a land mode. Presumably the larger rear robot could do the same.<ref name="p81">[[Transformers Generations 2009#Volume 2|Transformers Generations 2009 Vol. 2]], p81</ref>
*Two military convoy "trains", one good, one evil, of six vehicles each hooked together that combine along the lines of Devastator but with loads more guns. The robot core is formed by a tractor trailer that leads either convoy, the good one being long nosed, the evil one being flat, each with trailers that open up into small cannon platforms usable by the five smaller robots. Said trailers also become their respective combined form's handgun. The other five members each have a specific large weapon such as a missile rack or chaingun that they can also use in robot mode.<ref name="p83">[[Transformers Generations 2009#Volume 2|Transformers Generations 2009 Vol. 2]], p83</ref>

==Notes==
*'''Gestalt''', a German word which literally means 'form' or 'shape', in this context refers to the psychological concept, namely 'something which is more or greater than the sum of its parts', e.g. a table being more than the timber it's made out of. The origin of "gestalt" as a fan-term is unknown; the earliest documented use is in 1998, when it was already in common parlance.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/af8234bb79475e5f?dmode=source&output=gplain&noredirect Earliest known alt.toys.transformers post using "gestalt"]</ref> Intriguingly, however, the [[wikipedia:Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time|''Robots in Time'' series of novels]] published in 1993-94 prominently feature a "gestalt robot" who could split into six smaller autonomous robots, each with a different personality. If this actually inspired some ''Transformers'' fan searching for a good word to use, there is no evidence of it, but the publishing timeframe is conspicuously close to the opaque early days of the online fandom.
*[[Devastator (G1)|Generation 1 Devastator]] and [[Raiden]] are the only combiners from the [[Diaclone]] toyline.
*[[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-type combiners were initially designed to be a sub-line of ''[[Diaclone]]'' called ''Jizai Gattai'' ("Free Combination"). This goes along with their ability to interact with and attach to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], the designs of which were also originally intended for the ''Diaclone'' line.
*Six of the seven released Generation 1 Scramble City-type combiners were apparently released in themed pairs, themes usually further reinforced by their team members' tech spec bios to some extent.
**Aerialbots (air vehicles) and Stunticons (ground vehicles)
**Protectobots (rescue vehicles) and Combaticons (offensive vehicles... and a space shuttle)
**Technobots (futuristic vehicles) and Terrorcons (fantastical beasts)
**The Seacons are the odd men out, but the above-mentioned unreleased dinosaur Scramble City-style combiner may have been an intended adversary.
*Combiners—or, perhaps more appropriately, ''gestalts''—are almost always much larger than their components would suggest; examples from almost any incarnation of the franchise that includes them show combiners that tower over regular or even large Transformers even when the individual team members are smaller than average. Perhaps the most egregious example, the Dreamwave G1 comics present Devastator as almost absurdly huge. After engaging and defeating Superion, he holds one of the latter's component members in his hand, his [[robot mode]] proportionally no larger than a doll.
*The [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] mentions [[size changing|mass displacement]] when the—again, immense—size of Devastator is brought up, and in this case the example is even more notable because one of the components of this incarnation of Devastator is Prowl, whose own head ''physically grows'' into the combined mode's head.

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Combiners| ]]
[[Category:Fandom]]
[[Category:Gimmicks]]

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{{disambig3|Timeline}}
{{nav-timelines}}

The '''''Transformers Timelines''''' toyline comprises most of the toys produced by [[Fun Publications]]. The few that aren't under the ''Timelines'' label follow no particular pattern; for example, in the [[Nexus Prime]] [[combiner]]-team, only [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] bear the ''Timelines'' logo on their instructions. [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]] and [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]] both have the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' design on theirs, and [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] came with [[Terradive (Energon)|Terradive]]'s instructions, so it's impossible to say for sure where that toy belongs.

==2005==
;[[BotCon 2005]]

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Descent into Evil" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Buzzclaw (G1)#Toys|Buzzclaw]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Chromia (G1)#Timelines|Chromia]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Deathsaurus (Victory)#Timelines|Deathsaurus]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dirge (Timelines)#Toys|Dirge]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Outback (G1)#Timelines|Fallback]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ricochet (Timelines)#Toys|Ricochet]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Flareup (G1)#Toys|Flareup]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Timelines 2|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Virulent Clone#Toys|Virulent Clones]] two-pack}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Flamewar (G1)#Toys|Flamewar]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Botcon2005 set.jpg|thumb|250px|The box set of [[exclusive]]s from [[BotCon 2005]]]]
|}
{{-}}

==2006==
;[[Transformers Collectors' Club]]

:'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-d1|[[Landquake (Timelines)#Toys|Landquake]]}}
</ul>

{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2006]]

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Dawn of Future's Past" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Timelines|Axalon Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal/toys#Timelines|Axalon Optimus Primal]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Timelines|Axalon Rattrap]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Rhinox (BW)#Timelines|Axalon Rhinox]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Dinobot (BW)#Timelines|Darksyde Dinobot]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Timelines|Darksyde Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Timelines|Darksyde Waspinator]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Buzzsaw (G1)#Timelines|Buzzsaw]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Timelines|Laserbeak]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Tigatron#Timelines|Unit 2/(Tigatron)]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Timelinestoy-PrimalDoFP.jpg|thumb|250px|BotCon 2006 Optimus Primal]]
|}

{{-}}

==2007==
;Transformers Collectors' Club

:'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-m1|[[Airazor (BW)#Timelines|Airazor]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Astrotrain (Cybertron)#Toys|Astrotrain]]}}

{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2007]]

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Games of Deception" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bug Bite (GoBots)#Timelines 2|Bug Bite]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dirge (G1)/toys#Timelines|Dirge]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dreadwind (G1)#Timelines|Dreadwind]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thrust (G1)/toys#Timelines|Thrust]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Timelines|Thundercracker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Alpha Trion (G1)#Timelines|Alpha Trion]] (w/ [[Beta Maxx (RID)|Beta Maxx]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Weirdwolf (G1)#Timelines|Weirdwolf]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir two-pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Huffer (G1)#Timelines|Huffer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Springer (G1)#Timelines|Springer]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Mirage (G1)/toys#Timelines|Mirage]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Classics Dreadwind Toy.jpg|thumb|250px|BotCon 2007 Dreadwind]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Overkill (G1)#Timelines|Overkill]]}}
</ul>
|}

{{-}}

==2008==
;Transformers Collectors' Club

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Nightbeat (G1)#Timelines|Nightbeat]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Piranacon (G1)#Timelines|Piranacon]]}}([[Nautilator (G1)#Timelines|Nautilator]], [[Overbite (G1)#Timelines|Overbite]], [[Seawing (G1)#Timelines|Seawing]], [[Skalor (G1)#Timelines|Skalor]], [[Snaptrap (G1)#Timelines|Snaptrap]], [[Tentakil (G1)#Timelines|Tentakil]])
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Nightbeattimelinestoy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Collectors' Club Nightbeat]]
|}
{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2008]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Shattered Glass"''' box set
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Jazz (SG)#Toys|Autobot Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Goldbug (SG)#Toys|Goldbug]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Grimlock (SG)#Toys|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Optimus Prime (SG)#Toys|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Razorclaw (SG)#Toys|Razorclaw]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Starscream (SG)#Toys|Starscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sd|[[Divebomb (SG)#Toys|Divebomb]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Megatron (SG)#Toys|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Rodimus (SG)#Toys|Rodimus]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Blurr (SG)#Toys|Blurr]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Rampage (SG)#Toys|Rampage]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Sideswipe (SG)#Toys|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Whisper (SG)#Toys|Whisper]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Ricochet (SG)#Toys|Ricochet]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

==2009==
;Transformers Collectors' Club

:'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-sd|[[Heatwave (Timelines)#Toys|Heatwave]]}}
</ul>

{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2009]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Wings of Honor"''' box set
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Flak (G1)#Timelines|Flak]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Kup (G1)/toys#Timelines|Kup]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Landshark (G1)#Toys|Landshark]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scourge (G1)/toys#Timelines|Scourge]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Thunder Clash#Timelines|Thunderclash]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Banzai-Tron (G1)#Timelines|Banzai-Tron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skyquake (G1)#Timelines|Skyquake]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Sweep Two#Toys|Sweep Two]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sweep Six#Toys|Sweep Six]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sweep Seven#Toys|Sweep Seven]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Elita One#Toys|Elita-1]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Razorclaw (G1)#Timelines|Razorclaw]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Timelinestoy-ScourgeWoH.jpg|thumb|250px|BotCon 2009 Scourge]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Leozack#Timelines|Leozack]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

==2010==
;Transformers Collectors' Club

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Dion#Timelines|Dion]] & [[Cop-Tur (G1)#Toys|Cop-Tur]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sd|[[Cyclonus (SG)#Toys|Cyclonus]] & [[Krunix (SG)#Toys|Krunix]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Punch (G1)#Timelines|Punch/Counterpunch]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2010]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Generation 2: Redux" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Autobot Spark]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines 2|Breakdown]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Sky-Byte (RID)#Toys|Sky-Byte]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Streetwise (G1)#Timelines|Streetstar]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Cindersaur (G1)#Timelines|Cindersaur]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Rapido#Timelines|Rapido]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Double Punch#Timelines|Double Punch]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Ravage (SG)#Toys|Ravage]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Scorch (G1)#Timelines|Turbomaster]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Air Shark|Sharkticon Air Shark]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Land Shark|Sharkticon Land Shark]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sea Shark|Sharkticon Sea Shark]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Timelinestoy-BC2010Slice.jpg|thumb|250px|BotCon 2010 Decepticon Slice]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Slicer (Decepticon)#Timelines|Decepticon Slice]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Timelines|Sideswipe]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

==2011==
;Transformers Collectors' Club
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Side Burn (RID)#Timelines|Side Burn]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (Animated)#Toys|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ramjet]]}}
<ul class="iconlist">
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Timelines-toy G2Ramjet.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"''Generation 2''" Ramjet]]
|}
{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2011]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"The Stunti-Con-Job" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dead End (Animated)#Toys|Dead End]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Breakdown (Animated)#Toys|Breakdown]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Drag Strip (Animated)#Toys|Drag Strip]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Wildrider (Animated)#Toys|Wildrider]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[The Motor Master#Toys|The Motor Master]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironfist (Animated)#Toys|Fisitron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (Animated)#Toys|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Toxitron (Animated)#Toys|Toxitron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sd|[[Megatron (SG)#Toys|Galvatron]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Thundercracker (SG)#Toys|Thundercracker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:BotCon2011toy-Motormaster.jpg|right|thumb|250px|BotCon 2011 The Motor Master]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Autotrooper (Animated)#Toys|Autotrooper]] 3-pack}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Minerva (Animated)#Toys|Minerva]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

==2012==
;Transformers Collectors' Club
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Drift (SG)|Drift]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

;[[BotCon 2012]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Transformers: Invasion" box set
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Overlord (Masterforce)#Timelines|Gigatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)#Timelines|Metalhawk]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Sir Soundwave#Toys|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Tracks (SG)#Toys|Turbo Tracks]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Treadshot (SG)#Toys|Treadshot]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sd|[[Straxus (SG)|The Bard of Darkmount]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Kick-Off (G1)#Timelines|Kick-Over]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Optimus Prime (SG)#BotCon2012|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sd|[[Octopunch (SG)#Toys|Octopunch]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Spinister (G1)#Timelines|Spinister]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Timelinestoy-BC2012Gigatron.jpg|thumb|250px|BotCon 2012 Gigatron]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Junkheap (SG)#Toys|Junkheap]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Scrap Iron (SG)#Toys|Scrap Iron]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Wreck-Gar (SG)#Toys|Wreck-Gar]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Longarm (SG)|Longarm]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

==2013==
;Transformers Collectors' Club
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Depth Charge (BW)#Timelines|Depth Charge]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Figure Subscription Service]] 1.0'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Breakdown (G1)#G1TimelinesBreakdown|Breakdown]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Circuit (Movie)#Timelines|Circuit]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jackpot (Animated)#Timelines|Jackpot]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-cm|[[Scourge (RID)#Timelines|Scourge]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Slipstream (WFC)#Timelines|Slipstream]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ultra Mammoth]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TCCSS1-UltraMammoth.jpg|thumb|250px|Transformers Collectors' Club 2013 Ultra Mammoth]]
|}
{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2013]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Machine Wars" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hoist (G1)/toys#Timelines|Hoist]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megaplex#Timelines|Megaplex]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Obsidian (BM)#Timelines|Obsidian]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (MW)#Timelines|Skywarp]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strika (BM)#Timelines|Strika]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (MW)#Timelines|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Electro#Timelines|Autobot Electrons]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sandstorm (MW)#Toys|Sandstorm]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Mirage (G1)/toys#BotCon2013|Mirage]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (MW)#Timelines|Thundercracker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bitstream (G1)#Timelines|Bitstream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Hotlink (G1)#Timelines|Hotlink]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sunstorm (G1)#Timelines|Sunstorm]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Kreon souvenir pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hoist (G1)/toys#BotCon2013|Hoist]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megaplex#Kre-O|Megaplex]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Obsidian (BM)#Kre-O|Obsidian]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (MW)#Kre-O|Skywarp]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strika (BM)#Kre-O|Strika]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Blastcharge Strika Drone#Toys|Blastcharge Strika Drone]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

==2014==
;Transformers Collectors' Club
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Rampage (BW)#Timelines|Rampage]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Transmutate (character)#Timelines|Trans-mutate]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Figure Subscription Service 2.0'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (WFC)#Timelines|Barricade]] w/ [[Frenzy (WFC)#Timelines|Frenzy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Chromedome (G1)#Timelines|Chromedome]] w/ [[Stylor#Timelines|Stylor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Eject (G1)#Timelines|Eject]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Fisitron (Timelines)#Timelines|Fisitron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Rewind (G1)#Timelines|Rewind]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Thrustinator|Thrustinator]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Treadshot (G1)#Timelines|Treadshot]] w/ [[Catgut#Timelines|Catgut]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2014]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Pirates vs Knights" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Cannonball (G1)#Toys|Cannonball]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Devcon (G1)#Timelines|Devcon]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Ferak#Toys|Ferak]] w/ [[Tornado#Toys|Tornado]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ginrai (robot)#Timelines|Ginrai]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scorponok (G1)#Timelines|Scorponok]] w/ [[Olin Zarak#Toys|Zarak]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BW10J|Alpha Trizer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Apelinq (BM)#Timelines|Apelinq]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Flareup (G1)#Knight Flareup|Flareup]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Shokaract#Timelines|Hunter]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Brimstone (G1 Star Seeker)#Toys|Brimstone]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:BotCon2014-Apelinq.jpg|thumb|250px|BotCon 2014 Knight Apelinq]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dread Pirate Crew#Toys|Dread Pirate Crew]] 2-pack}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Primal Prime#Timelines|Primal Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Kreon souvenir pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Breakdown (G1)#Kre-OG2|Breakdown]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Fractyl#KreO|Fractyl]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Rattrap (BW)#Kre-O|Rattrap]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sa|[[Rodimus (SG)#Kre-O|Rodimus]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Landshark (G1)#Kre-O|Landshark]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Overlord (Masterforce)#Kre-O|Gigatron]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

==2015==
;Transformers Collectors' Club
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Lio Convoy#Timelines_2|Lio Convoy]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Cobra Commander#TCC2015|Old Snake]] w/ [[Battle Android Trooper#TCC2015|Advanced Stealth B.A.T.]] (x2)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Marissa Faireborn#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Marissa Fairborn]] w/ [[Afterburner (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Afterbreaker]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Optimus Prime (SG)#NovaPrime|Nova Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Figure Subscription Service 3.0'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Carzap (BT)#Timelines|Carzap]] w/ [[G.B. Blackrock#Timelines|G.B. Blackrock]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Krok (G1)#Timelines|Krok]] w/ [[Gatoraider#Timelines|Gatoraider]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Nacelle (G1)#Timelines|Nacelle]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Nightracer (G2)#Timelines|Nightracer]] w/ [[Shakar#Timelines|Shakar]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Serpentor#Toys|Serpent O.R.]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Timelines|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Tarantulas (BW)#Timelines_2|Tarantulas]] w/ [[Arachnoid#Timelines|Arachnoids]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

{{-}}
;[[BotCon 2015]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Cybertron's Most Wanted" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Battletrap#Timelines|Battletrap]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Timelines|Megatron]] (w/ [[Boombox#Toys|Boombox]], [[Heavyweight#Toys|Heavyweight]] & [[Scalpel (ROTF)#Timelines|Scalpel]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Oilmaster#Timelines|Oilmaster]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Packrat#Timelines|Maximal Packrat]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Stepper (SG)#Timelines|Autobot Stepper]] (w/ [[Nebulon (SG)#Toys|Nebulon]])}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Zaptrap#Timelines|Zaptrap]] w/ [[Beet-Chit#Toys|Beet-Chit]] & [[Spy-Eye (Diaclone)#Toys|Spy-Eye]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime]]
{{Bp-a2|[[Hound (G1)/toys#Timelines|Sgt. Hound]] (w/ [[Dia#Toys|Dia]] and [[Cline#Toys|Cline]])
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 2'''
* [[Burn Out#Toys|Burn Out]]}}
* [[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)#Toys|Lift-Ticket]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BotCon2015-SGStepper.jpg|right|250px|thumb|BotCon 2015 Autobot Stepper]]
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir pack 3'''
* [[Mudfighter#Toys|Mudfighter]] w/ [[Thrasher (Diaclone)#Toys|Thrasher]]
* [[Paralyzer#Toys|Paralyzer]] w/ [[Buzzer (Diaclone)#Toys|Buzzer]]
* [[Parasite#Toys|Parasite]] w/ [[Ripper (Diaclone)#Toys|Ripper]]
* [[Storm Rider#Toys|Storm Rider]] w/ [[Crusher (Diaclone)#Toys|Crusher]]
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Earth's Most Wanted" Kreon souvenir pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Toys|Autobot Spike]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Doctor Arkeville#Kre-O|Dr. Arkeville]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Nightbird (G1)#Kre-O|Nightbird]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Donny Finkleberg#Toys|Robot Master]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)#Kre-O|Sentinel Prime]] w/ [[Headmaster (Animated)#Kre-O|Headmaster]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Galva Convoy#Timelines|Galva Convoy]]}}
</ul>
|}

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==2016-2017==
;Transformers Collectors' Club
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Membership freebie'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Ramjet (Universe)#Timelines|Ramjet]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Club store'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|"[[Club Crossover Exclusive]]" ([[Cobra Commander#Toys|Cobra Commander]], [[Sidney Biggles-Jones#Toys|Doctor Biggles-Jones]], [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ClubCrossover|Megatron]], [[Ratbat (G1)#ClubCrossover|Ratbat]], [[Scarlett#Toys|Scarlett]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (Armada)#Timelines|Skywarp]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Figure Subscription Service 4.0'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#TFSS|Bluestreak]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Impactor (G1)#TFSS|Impactor]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] w/ [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] & [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Ruckus]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] w/ [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] & [[Singe#Generations|Singe]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Figure Subscription Service 5.0'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Punch (G1)#Generations|Counterpunch]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Fractyl#Generations|Fractyl]] w/ [[Scorponok (BW)#Generations|Scorponok]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Lifeline (G1)#Generations|Lifeline]] w/ [[Quickslinger (G1)#Generations|Quickslinger]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#DoublePretender|Megatron]] w/ [[Spacewarp#Generations|Spacewarp]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#DoublePretender|Optimus Prime]] w/ [[Hi-Q#TFSS|Hi-Q]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Toxitron (G1)#Generations|Toxitron]]}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Starscream (SG)#Generations|Shattered Glass Starscream]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TFSS-5.0-Double-Pretender-Optimus-Prime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Collectors' Club Double Pretender Optimus Prime with Hi-Q]]
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;[[BotCon 2016]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Dawn of the Predacus" box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Tarantulas (BW)#Generations|Predacon Tarantulas]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Ram Horn#Generations|General Ramhorn]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Cicadacon#Generations|General Cicadacon]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Sea Clamp#Generations|General Seaclamp]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Attendee-only bonus'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Terrorsaur (BW)#Generations|Terrorsaur]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Souvenir toys'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Generations|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Airazor (BW)#Generations|Airazor]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Tigatron#Generations|Tigatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Reflector (G1)#BotCon2016|Reflector]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Under-3#Generations|Unit-3]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Customization Class exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Autobot Ratchet]] (Can be customized into 5 different styles: [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics]] Ratchet, [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] Ratchet, ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' Ratchet, [[Ratchet (SG)#Toys|''Shattered Glass'' Ratchet]], or [[Medix (G1)#Toys|Medix]])}}
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|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:BotCon2016toy-Unit3.jpg|right|250px|thumb|BotCon 2016 Unit-3]]
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Golden Ticket exclusive'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]}}
|}
{{note|Technically, most/all of the BotCon 2016 and Figure Subscription Service items are labeled under the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' banner.}}
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==Notes==
*[[customizing|Customization classes]] have been offered every year since [[BotCon 2006]]. Initially the toys were simply unassambled versions of toys in their original retail colors that you had to assemble and paint yourself; basically, something you can make at home and have the "final" product. This pattern obtained from 2006 to 2009, BotCon 2010 broke new ground with a G2 themed Sideswipe that was cast in new plastic colors and the figures for BotCon 2011 and BotCon 2012 seem to indicate that this is the new standard procedure. Consequently, the customization class exclusives are included on this page starting with 2010.

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Talk:Transformers: The Last Knight (film)

2017-08-14T02:01:07Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Northrop Autobot */

==Allspark Pictures==
I tried to find info on whether Allspark Pictures was involved with this, but the press release they put out when Meghan McCarthy joined just says "Paramount" beside Transformers 5, while Jem and the Holograms says "Univeral & Allspark Pictures", so it appears AP isn't going to be involved with Transformers 5? --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 02:29, 21 September 2015 (EDT)

==New Characters==
Does anyone know if these characters are confirmed to be in the movie? Cyclonus, Scourge, Blitzwing, Red Alert, Ultra Magnus and Unicron? [[User:Wavage|I am Wavage! Fear mweee!!! ]] ([[User talk:Wavage|talk]]) 04:46, 4 April 2016 (EDT)
:No, that's all rumor, and more-than-likely made up. If it was confirmed, it would be on the page. --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 08:18, 4 April 2016 (EDT)
::Yeah, last time they didn't release the robot cast list until pretty close to the movie's release. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:34, 4 April 2016 (EDT)

==Confirmed Characters==
Here is a video of all of the confirmed characters in Transformers: The Last Knight.

[https://m.youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=2ifxdj133#/watch?v=-REVTNFkFwY| All of the Confirmed Transformers][[User:Lockhqu|Lockhqu]] ([[User talk:Lockhqu|talk]]) 16:37, 3 April 2017 (EDT)
:Believe or not, some guy on YouTube talking about leaked information isn't actually official confirmation that characters are in the film. Unless a YouTube video has been uploaded by the official Transformers or Paramount channels, it's very unlikely to be a valid source for the wiki. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 17:32, 3 April 2017 (EDT)

==Voice Actors==

Megatron:

Was it not confirmed that Frank Welker is voicing Megatron? From that Reveal Your Shield video. [[User:SeanTF1967|SeanTF1967]]
:Pretty sure it's been confirmed seeing as [http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/04/24/transformers-reveal-shield-day-1-frank-welker-peter-cullen-voice-masks-337752 the Megatron mask will have his voice.]. [[User:Rotary|Rotary]] ([[User talk:Rotary|talk]]) 22:40, 14 May 2017 (EDT)
Then can someone edit the character section and edit that in that Frank Welker is voicing Megatron? [[User:SeanTF1967|SeanTF1967]]
:I'm sure Welker is only doing the voice work for the Mask & the Movie's Merchandice. It's Best you've wait until the movie is out. [[User:Energizer|Energizer]] ([[User talk:Energizer|talk]]) 21:07, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
::I guess it's possible, but it'd be kinda weird when Welker was doing the voice in the previous movie... --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 06:34, 20 May 2017 (EDT)

Cogman:

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/05/15/new-still-transformers-last-knight-writers-room-interview-338979 This link confirms that Jim Carter voiced Cogman, could someone please edit this in? [[User:SeanTF1967|SeanTF1967]]
:Sorted. Though we already knew this from the fan event, I think? --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:25, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
Yes we did, but the confirmation doesn't hurt. Especially since it was posted and removed, so I just thought I would post the official confirmation. [[User:SeanTF1967|SeanTF1967]]

Unrelated to voice acting, this video confirms that Jerrod Carmichael plays the character "Desi". https://youtu.be/pGmcq3FFjt0 [[User:SeanTF1967|SeanTF1967]]

Remaining Characters:

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt3371366/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_tt_cl_sc This link provides information of the voice actors for the remaining decepticons and autobots in the roster. I'm suprised to see that Erik Aadahl is voicing bumblebee. [[User:JangoPrime365|JangoPrime365]]
:IMDB is Not Accurate at All. Sorry. [[User:Energizer|Energizer]] ([[User talk:Energizer|talk]]) 04:55, 19 June 2017 (EDT)

Merlin:

The full Empire Magazine article reveals Santiago Cabrera plays Merlin. http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/transformers-the-last-knight-editors-crew-with-michael-bay.1109039/#post-14624250 [[User:SeanTF1967|SeanTF1967]]
:Debunked. [[User:Energizer|Energizer]] ([[User talk:Energizer|talk]]) 04:55, 19 June 2017 (EDT)

== Add in one or some of the official posters on the page ==

Well we already have about three posters featuring Optimus, Bee, a shield and a Cybertronian Knight. I think we should add it on the page right now.

==Wheelie?==
Where's the source on this guy being in the movie? [[User:BT383|BT383]] ([[User talk:BT383|talk]]) 06:00, 4 June 2017 (EDT)
:He's visible in at least one of the trailers. He's seen hanging out next to Sqweeks while Bumblebee has his voice worked on (but not fixed) in what looks like Cade's junkyard workshop. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 08:12, 4 June 2017 (EDT)

== Viviane Wembly, not Vivian Wembley ==

Read this old article: http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/05/27/transformers-last-knight-viviane-wembly-profile-339676 The site is TFW2005, but the profile description is from the official Facebook page of Transformers films. [[User:CAJH|CAJH]] ([[User talk:CAJH|talk]]) 05:56, 6 June 2017 (EDT)

== Infernocons ==

Didn't the toyline tell that [[Infernocon]]s are servants of [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]], not Decepticons? [[User:CAJH|CAJH]] ([[User talk:CAJH|talk]]) 03:11, 15 June 2017 (EDT)

== exclusive shirt? (no pics) ==

i don't go to the movie theater very often. Is this rare? Is this licensed? Is this something TFWiki would cover?

:https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/optimus-prime-time-event-transformers-the-last-knight-54009
:It’s OPTIMUS PRIME TIME. Humans and Transformers are at war and the key to the future lies in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Watch the war unfold on Tuesday, June 20 at 7:00pm for THE OPTIMUS PRIME TIME Event. Ticket holders will see TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT one hour early in 3D, and will also receive a collector's t-shirt and event lanyard.

[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 18:54, 23 June 2017 (EDT)

== Caption theme ==

When the time comes, what should we do for the caption theme this time? TF1 was the '86 movie, ROTF was ''Empire Strikes Back'' (due to hype the sequel was the ESB of Transformers, yada yada), DOTM was ''Wrath of Khan'' (Sentinel/Leonard), AOE was ''Jurassic Park'' (Dinobots). What could we do for TLK?

Maybe we should do one of Bay's other films since this is (totally) his last one, as a tribute to it? In that case, maybe ''Armageddon'' since it's probably the best known of his non-Transformer films? I see the poster right now has an Indy quote, though, so if we're going with Indy that's cool too. I have some early ideas for image captions.

* Shot of Cybertron approaching the Moon - Quote about the size of the asteroid
* Optimus vs Bumblebee - Presumably some quote between Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck
* Either a group shot of the Decepticons or Megs negotiating with TRF - Quote from Bruce Willis about assembling his crew
* London chase - "COME AND GET POPPA BEAR!!!"
* Final shot with the Autobots and humans as Optimus is about to lead the 'Bots back to Cybertron - "Leaving on a jet plane" lyrics

Just an idea that I typed up as I went along. --[[User:Chopperface|Chopperface]] ([[User talk:Chopperface|talk]]) 04:11, 24 June 2017 (EDT)
: There's no way that it shouldn't be Monty Python and the Holy Grail. --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 05:44, 24 June 2017 (EDT)
::I'm still in favour of The Last Crusade. I mean, the titles match, you've got Nazis, you've got ancient knights protecting a thing, a university professor, comedy old guy... [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 06:04, 24 June 2017 (EDT)
:::I'd say ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' as well. While Holy Grail ''is'' natural, it's ''expected''. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 06:14, 24 June 2017 (EDT)
::::We're also already doing a page of Holy Grail references over on "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]," and we're above repeating ourselves! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 06:57, 24 June 2017 (EDT)
::::: Ah, Monty Python was a good idea but yeah best avoid repetition. ''Last Crusade'' sounds cool, I thought ''Armageddon'' sounded good as I was falling asleep last night but it's whatever if nobody is down for it. What ideas do you guys have for screencaps and captions? I think I got at least five obvious candidates for screencaps, and even better 4/5 of those were already shown in trailers so we can actually manage to implement them. - [[User:Chopperface|Chopperface]] ([[User talk:Chopperface|talk]]) 22:28, 24 June 2017 (EDT)
::::::Well, "Nazis. I hate these guys." for the WWII flashback, obviously. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 04:39, 27 June 2017 (EDT)
:::::::I haven't actually seen ''Last Crusade'' ("You uncultured swine!"), so sounds good! Just glad to get a conversation started about the captions. - [[User:Chopperface|Chopperface]] ([[User talk:Chopperface|talk]]) 17:12, 29 June 2017 (EDT)
::::::::Eh, I want it to be Dragon Ball Z Themed since we do got a Dragon in it. [[User:Energizer|Energizer]] ([[User talk:Energizer|talk]]) 02:50, 9 August 2017 (EDT)
:::::::::Aside from all the other possible responses to that, RiD2015 Season 2 1/2 already has a DBZA theme. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 03:55, 9 August 2017 (EDT)
::::::::::Well not really DBZA but captions that are like from the Actual Dubs. But that's just my 2 cents. [[User:Energizer|Energizer]] ([[User talk:Energizer|talk]]) 17:27, 9 August 2017 (EDT)
::::::May I make a request? If someone puts up an image of Optimus decapitating the Infernicons, it deserves to have the "this is how we say goodbye" exchange (maybe the end bit - "I prefer the Austrian way of saying goodbye." "So do I."). [[User:Smasher|Smasher]] ([[User talk:Smasher|talk]]) 19:10, 9 August 2017 (EDT)

==Volleybot==
Wouldn't having a new head and (technically) a new name make Volleybot and Topspin different guys? It would also feel strange for an established Autobot to not be with the rest of the crew; I personally took Volleybot to be an unaligned new-arrival like Daytrader. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 03:03, 27 June 2017 (EDT)
:There's not really any way to tell for sure. Personally, I kinda suspect that Leadfoot's head was used because it was rigged for full facial animation and Topspin's wasn't... [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 04:39, 27 June 2017 (EDT)
::Good Point. Me? I just consider it as Topspin growing a Beard. [[User:Energizer|Energizer]] ([[User talk:Energizer|talk]]) 15:33, 27 June 2017 (EDT)
::I agree with Jalaguy. Nobody in the general audience would notice. I'd bet a lot of Transformers fans wouldn't notice. I've said before and will say again...if the guy he's playing soccer with in that first shot is Roadbuster, I don't think there can be any case that it's not Topspin. That may need to wait for home video. -[[User:LV|LV]] ([[User talk:LV|talk]]) 18:37, 27 June 2017 (EDT)

==Starscream's head==
Obviously its degree of damage changed, which should be noted in terms of continuity, but why is Starscream's head moving an error? Daytrader transported it. Was he the first one? Things move around. It's not like it's being presented as having not moved since his death. -[[User:LV|LV]] ([[User talk:LV|talk]]) 18:37, 27 June 2017 (EDT)
:Especially when "Age of Extinction" specifically establishes that people were scavenging stuff from the battle sites in Chicago and selling it online. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 18:43, 27 June 2017 (EDT)
::Speaking of the head, why was the error of Megatron calling Starscream "My treacherous old friend" removed? Starscream is never shown to be treacherous in any of the movies!--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 19:30, 2 July 2017 (EDT)
:::It was greatly implied in the second movie that Starscream would have had abandon Megatron to death and Megatron was well aware of this fact. Plus these TFs are thousands of years old and we've only seen a few years of their life. For all we know, Megatron was referring to Starscream's exploits back on Cybertron.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 20:02, 2 July 2017 (EDT)
::::So basically "refering to something vague that happened offscreen". In other words, fanservice not actually backed up by prior installments.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 04:34, 3 July 2017 (EDT)
:::::That is not an error. A nitpick, at most, but not an error in any capacity that this wiki recognizes. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 04:41, 3 July 2017 (EDT)
::::::@Nevermore, You say it's "fanservice not actually backed up by prior installments", I say it might be evidence for Starscream's previous off-screen exploits (or Megatron simply referring to the second movie). Just because movie Starscream acted loyal in Megatron's presence doesn't mean he's not treacherous, especially since it was heavily implied in the previous films and Megatron was shown to be perfectly aware of it. It's in no way an error, it's technically not a condradiction.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 10:27, 3 July 2017 (EDT)

==Hot Rod's "original"/temporary voice actor==
Before Omar Sy was cast, he had a different voice actor (you can hear it in the MTV Movie Awards clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtY-ky9yQEg ). The line "She's very difficult!" was never redubbed by Omar Sy, it seems, as in the final film that single line is still delivered by his "original" voice actor, not Omar Sy. I added this to the technical errors but it was removed, so I felt I should explain myself here.[[User:RazorSlash|RazorSlash]] ([[User talk:RazorSlash|talk]]) 19:52, 29 June 2017 (EDT)
:Ah, okay, I'm with you. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 10:11, 3 July 2017 (EDT)

==Box Office==
"Internationally, however, the film did $196.2m in the same first five days and a whopping $123.4m of that came from China alone[8](who love the franchise so much delaying The Last Knight reduced 2016 cinema growth to 3%, down from 48% in 2015!)[9] The Chinese were expected to spend up to $290m on the film's run. [10]"

[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/30/transformers-stupendous-82-friday-to-friday-collapse-is-one-for-the-record-books/ Yeah, about that.][[User:PCNTRP|PCNTRP]] ([[User talk:PCNTRP|talk]]) 21:11, 30 June 2017 (EDT)

== Knight ship ==

Anyone remember if the Knights' hidden ship was called anything in particular? I don't, and we're already using the namespace "[[Knight Ship]]" for Lockdown's ship. What do we call the ship from this movie? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:06, 4 July 2017 (EDT)
:"Knight ship (TLK)"? "Knights of Iacon ship"? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 00:18, 5 July 2017 (EDT)

== Roadbuster ==

Was he there or not? I didn't get a thorough look at the silhouettes during my viewing so I'm willing to believe. But he's been removed from the character list now, and his TLK appearance from his own page; every other page and mention of the Wreckers still includes him in Cuba with Topspin/as a survivor. So which is it? [[User:Avalanche|Avalanche]] ([[User talk:Avalanche|talk]]) 10:38, 15 July 2017 (EDT)

== Bumblebee Doesn't Just Appear ==

I re watched the movie at my local theater and you can see Bee climbing down a rope when Optimus demands the staff from Vivian.

==Northrop Autobot==

When exactly does this guy appear. I don't remember seeing a Northrop vehicle in the movie, perhaps in part to it being hard to remember everything in an action packed, fast paced movie. If someone could make a page recounting when he appears and what he does in the film like with the Hurricane Autobot, this would be ideal.[[User:AirjitzuRonin|AirjitzuRonin]] ([[User talk:AirjitzuRonin|talk]]) 01:48, 13 August 2017 (EDT)
:Judging by the [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Transformers:_The_Last_Knight_(film)&diff=1187016&oldid=1187013 edit comment] it's in one of the scenes with Simmons, though I don't recall what's being referred to there. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 02:16, 13 August 2017 (EDT)
::It's the plane they fly over to England in-I thought I remembered Simmons saying there's no way a plane that old should be able to fly, but that might be me misremembering. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 02:28, 13 August 2017 (EDT)
:::Oh. I remember now. thank you. [[User:AirjitzuRonin|AirjitzuRonin]] ([[User talk:AirjitzuRonin|talk]]) 22:00, 13 August 2017 (EDT)

Graduation Exercises

2017-08-14T00:48:27Z

AirjitzuRonin: /* Featured characters */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 37
|image=GraduationExercises-sideswipestockade.jpg
|caption= ''The Wind in the Willows: Rise of the Machines''
|prev=Portals
|next= Decepticon Island (Part 1)
|title="Graduation Exercises"
|airdate=[[April 10]], [[2016]] (United Kingdom) [[April 30]], 2016 (United States)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Martin Fisher]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
}}
'''Slipstream and Jetstorm try to prove that they can work effectively without Drift, but accidentally endanger their teacher.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S2 E11 GE SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|First rule of hunting. Make the target come to ''you''.]]

The stealth team drives along a highway towards one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s supply caches, which she's detected has been interfered with. They arrive at a disused naval yard, and as they head in, [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] deploys [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]]. Though not much appears to be damaged, they move further in, and Drift's Mini-Cons ask their master if they've studied enough to be able to work by themselves. As the Autobots enter a building, they're unaware that they're being watched from afar by the [[Decepticon]] [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]] who is hoping to gain access to the cache.

As they reach the door to the cache, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] thinks the security is down and tries to take point, only to be knocked on his tailpipe by the still-active [[force field]]. Windblade points out that the force field is invisible thanks to lightbenders, and observes that the force field has taken some damage though it hasn't been breached. After opening the cache to make sure everything's in place, they're preparing to close it all up again when a small army of Mini-Cons crashes their party. Though individually the Mini-Cons aren't much, they have the strength of numbers. Optimus orders Drift to try and seal the cache, but the master's students disregard his order to return to him, and when he spots the Mini-Cons setting up a large weapon, he throws the pair out of the way, taking a hit to the leg. Stockade orders his troops to press the advantage, but with some help from Windblade's fans, Drift succeeds in locking himself in the cache. The others attempt to retreat, and after being hit with grenades, Optimus and Windblade are unable to escape the building. Sideswipe, Slipstream and Jetstorm get out, but pursued by Mini-Cons, are forced to take shelter in an empty armory. Optimus and Windblade likewise seal themselves in a bunker.

[[File:TRID S2 E11 GE SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sure, I'll just wait for backup...]]

Stockade makes a public address, demanding the Autobots give him access to the cache in return for their lives. Optimus contacts the others for a situation report. With Drift injured and everyone effectively trapped, Optimus contacts the scrapyard, however Fixit is unable to contact Bumblebee's team. He's able to fill them in on Stockade, however. Optimus has Drift make his own public address, informing Stockade that he has a doomsday device that will destroy [[Earth]] unless Stockade leaves. Stockade doesn't buy it and orders his troops to scan the cache, just in case.

[[File:TRID S2 E11 GE SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|All for one, and one for all!]]

Drift's Mini-Cons reveal to Sideswipe that they ignored their master's order to undeploy, and they blame themselves for Drift's injured state. After Sideswipe points out they technically don't have to stay with Drift, the two Mini-Cons have an idea. Sideswipe's soon surrendering, however this is just a bluff — he, Jetstorm, and Slipstream swiftly take out the team tasked with capturing him. Stockade is still trying to contact the team when his troops report the results of the scan. With Drift's bluff exposed, Stockade and his Mini-Cons open fire on the cache entrance. Meanwhile Sideswipe reaches the bunker and starts helping get Optimus and Windblade out.

[[File:TRID S2 E11 GE SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Now, the more you move, the worse it'll hurt, so feel free to go crazy.]]

Stockade's forces manage to breach the cache, and though Jetstorm and Slipstream attempt to hold them off, several get through. Fortunately Drift has the cache's weaponry at his disposal and joins in the fighting, even in his injured state. Optimus and Windblade are finally free of the bunker, and with Sideswipe, they reinforce Drift and his Mini-Cons. Optimus and Stockade face off while the others deal with the Mini-Con army, and soon the Decepticons lie in disarray. Sideswipe manages to take out Stockade by firing Drift's Mini-Cons at him. Drift admits that his Mini-Cons performed admirably and their education is complete, however the pair insist on remaining as Drift's students. [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] arrives through the [[GroundBridge]] in time to carry Drift back for repairs, and Optimus announces it's time they all returned the scrapyard.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (3)
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (4)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (5)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (6)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (10)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (11)
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*[[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]] (7)
*[[Major Mayhem]] (8)
*[[Stockade's Army]] (9)

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}}

==Quotes==

'''Slipstream''': Master Drift, Jetstorm was wondering- 
'''Jetstorm''': ''We'' were wondering! 
'''Slipstream''': ''We'' were wondering, respectfully, if you've felt that we have progressed enough in our studies to perhaps begin making tactical decisions for ourselves. 
'''Jetstorm''': We have fought many Decepticons. We feel we are ready. 
'''Sideswipe''': Yeah, Drift! Little guys can't spend their whole lives at the end of your leash. 
'''Drift''': My students will complete their training when ''I'' decide. And when I make that decision, I will not require assistance.
:—The Mini-Cons make their pitch, and Drift tells Sideswipe where to stick it

"Whatever security you put up doesn't look like its still here, Windy. I'll take the point in case some- AUGH!" ''[gets blown back by force field]'' 
"Oh, thank you for taking the point, Sideswipe!" ''[chuckles]''
:—'''Sideswipe''' is receiving no sympathy from '''Jetstorm'''

"You think I'm gonna let your army flank up? What am I, some wet behind the gears corporal!?"
:—'''Stockade''', about to show that he is not some wet behind the gears corporal

"You may consider your nonexistent options! Do not take long!"
:—Never say that '''Stockade''' isn't a fair negotiator

"Prepare to be defeated by your better, Optimus Prime!" 
"Prepare to be deeply disappointed, Stockade."
:—'''Stockade''' and '''Optimus''' exchange some smack talk

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Optimus mentions that he has been feeling his strength returning for quite a few weeks, giving some clue as to how long the Away Team has been, well, away from the scrapyard.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]], [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], "that one with all the eyes", [[Malodor]] and the [[Skunkticon]]s, [[Nightstrike]], [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], [[Headlock]], [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], [[Scratch]], [[Zizza]], [[Pseudo]], [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], [[Underbite]], [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]], [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]], [[Polarclaw]], [[Razorpaw]], [[Swelter]], [[Glacius]], [[Torpor]], [[Axiom (RID)|Axiom]], [[Theorem]], [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]], [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]], [[Slicedice]], [[Bludgeon (RID 2015)|Bludgeon]], [[Clout]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]], [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]], [[Silverhound]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], [[Back]], [[Forth]], [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]], [[Major Mayhem]](s)
* ''Known at large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]], [[Saberhorn]], [[Glowstrike]], several unnamed Glowstrike/Scorponok associates, [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Overload (RID)|Overload]]
* ''Released'': Grimlock
* ''Unknown status'': [[Simacore]] escapes some time between "Brainpower" and "Decepticon Island (Part 2)".
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''

===Transformers references===
* The grenades used in this episode have the same model as the ones [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] used in [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]].

===Real-world references===
* (tbd)

===Animation and technical errors===
* When Optimus turns his head to Drift and the open cache during Stockade's Mini-Cons' first assault, there is the sound of Optimus's faceplate sliding into place without accompanying faceplate-sliding-into-place animation.

===Trivia===
* It is revealed that Jetstorm and Slipstream can launch themselves from any Cybertronian that lets them, with Sideswipe shown to launch the two from his own arms several times throughout the episode.
* This episode was initially listed in some places under the title "Outstanding". 

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Combat de fin d'études'''" ("Combat Graduation")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 12]], 2016

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Vizsga akció''' ("Exam Action")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 13]], 2016

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Voglia di Libertà''' ("Wanting to be Free")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 18]], 2016

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Shishō to Deshi no Nakameware''' (師匠と弟子の仲間割れ, "Parting of Master and Student")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 18]], [[2016]]

==Home video releases==
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User:AirjitzuRonin

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AirjitzuRonin:

I'm a big fan of Transformers, Power Rangers, Lego Ninjago, Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, Star Vs. The Forces of Evil, Rick and Morty, etc.

As a long time fan I've loved almost everything in this series without being a fan boy and accept change. I'm mature enough to not hate Hasbro for doing something I don't like and have warmed up and grown to like some of these things I don't like.

==Stuff about me==
Favorite series; RID (2015) has become my fab, but that was once Prime, once Animated, once Armada, and once G1. I do like all the cartoons except for Combiner Wars. Yes, even Energon.
Favorite character; Galvatron. He's boss!
Favorite toy; G1 Micromaster Battle Station Greasepit, cause of the transforming gas station. Nah maybe back then when RID (2015) Megatronus didn't exist.

==Fun facts==
*I know this is weird but I'm probably a minority fan who draws a division between Hasbro's Transformers and Takara's Fight! Super Robot Life form Transformers/Transformers, in a similar style to Power Rangers and Super Sentai. It makes more sense to me that way considering many continuities, characters, media, and concepts are drastically different. Such as G1 and its Jap exclusive continuations, Headmasters, Transformers; Go!, etc.
*I think Bayformers is great because I can appreciate them for what they are and don't want a straight up G1 Reboot. They're funny, fast paced, and though the Bots need more character, I still like the characters we do have.
*I don't mind characters with the same names as those of past continuities being different or teams having members with differing names (Ex, BW Inferno, Energon Ironhide, Superion/Bruticus/Constructicon Maximus, RID (2015) Stunticons, RID (2015) Grimlock, etc.) Come for me if it bothers you too much.
*I like humans in Transformers.
*I can appreciate simplified figures. But Ronin, they're for kids? And so is the entire franchise and for the Gee-whuns out there, One-Step Changers make the best G1 toys look bad.

==Goals==
*Keep people informed by editing any page I can.
*Making people happy and helping others anyway I can.
*Eating Glaze Donuts, to a healthy extent.

==Figure wish list==
*Chaos on Velocitron
*Siege on Cybertron
*TR Wingspan and Cloudraker
*RID Team Combiner Ultra Bee
*RID Team Combiner Menasor
*TLK Leader or Mega 1-Step Dragonstorm.
*TLK Infernocus W/ Quintessa
*TLK Cybertron