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Divide and Conquer

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{{disambig3|Divide and Conquer}}
{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=6
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=6
|prev2=Roll for It
|next2=S.O.S. Dinobots
|image=DivideandConquer MegatronENEMY poster.jpg
|caption=I thought Cobra was the enemy.
|title="Divide and Conquer"
|season=1
|season ep=6
|production code=#700-03
|airdate=[[October 20]], [[1984]]
|written by=[[Donald F. Glut]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd6-paDJlwo
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''The Autobots must journey to Cybertron to retrieve a vital piece of technology to save the life of the critically wounded Optimus Prime.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Earth]] factories are busily preparing weaponry for use against the [[Decepticon]] menace. [[Chip Chase]] is inspecting one such facility, where the administrators hope he can develop new methods to improve the efficiency of weapons production. The Decepticon [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] suddenly attack the factory, breaching its walls and landing inside. They begin draining the factory of its energy, but have not noticed Chip, who sends out a distress signal to the [[Autobot]]s.

[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] are on a search mission, fruitlessly looking for any trace of the Decepticon [[space bridge]]. Prime intercepts Chip's call for help, and orders the Autobots at the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to meet him at the munitions plant. Prime arrives at the scene first, and is outnumbered three-to-one. A stray shot hits one of the massive computer banks, which begins a critical meltdown and overload. Prime attempts to shield the humans from the inevitable explosion with his own body. The blast tears through Prime, and the Decepticons take advantage of his weakened state to nail him. Prime collapses under fire.

[[File:Divide and conquer.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Ohhh, that's REALLY gonna leave a mark on the Matrix.]]
The Seekers hear the approach of the other Autobots, and following [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s orders, retreat with the [[energon cube]]s. The Autobots find Prime's badly damaged form and take it back to base. Prime's power relays are fused. His mobility limited. His speech... slow... and labored. Part replacement... essential....

Wanting to confirm Prime's condition, Megatron dispatches [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] to the Ark to spy on [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]]'s efforts to repair Prime. Optimus's [[electropulse]] is fading. At Megatron's command, Laserbeak attacks the incredibly vulnerable Prime, tearing into his exposed chest cavity and causing a tremendous explosion.

[[File:DivideandConquer shutupHuffer.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Shut up, Rattrap.]]
It's more smoke and sparks than fiery blast, and Prime survives the explosion, though his energy is fading fast. His very [[laser core]] is at risk of snuffing out, and Ratchet needs a [[cosmitron]] to keep his Prime's energy levels from draining. Wheeljack only knows of one in existence, but it's in his shop back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], which the Decepticons had placed under a computerized lock. The Autobots need to get back to their homeworld and pick this lock. Naturally, Chip Chase is the only one of them familiar enough with Cybertronian computers to make this possible.

[[File:DivideandConquer Farewellwarrior.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|If I tell you go, then you GO!]]
Chip uses [[Teletraan I]] to do what Optimus could not: triangulate the likely coordinates for the Space Bridge's next appearance. Following Chip's detective work, the Autobots drive into the woods and discover the Space Bridge site. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] oversee the transport of a shuttle module filled with Energon cubes, with a hapless [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]-type soldier sent to pilot it across the gulf of interstellar space. With the Autobots' arrival, a fray breaks out–and so does a sudden thunderstorm.

Surprisingly, Megatron (who has been monitoring the battle) orders the Decepticons to let the Autobots win. The thunderstorm has given him an idea, but he does not elaborate. The Autobots—[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]]—drive into the Space Bridge and are teleported to [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Shockwave's base]]. They blast their way past a shocked Shockwave and into Cybertron's streets. Megatron orders the [[Rainmaker]]s to destroy the Autobot infiltrators with [[acid rain]].

At [[Wheeljack's workshop]], Chip works his way past the locking mechanism, and Ironhide instantly finds the cosmitron. Outside, a trio of Seekers somehow seed the clouds over the workshop so they produce incredibly debilitating acid rain.

[[File:DivideandConquer Starscreampowerfist.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|"THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER!"]]
The acid rain shorts the circuitry of the Autobots, who collapse at the touch of the deadly downpour. Chip is immune to the rain's effects, and implores the Autobots to continue. Trailbreaker musters up the energy to project his force-field, sheltering the Autobots from the rain, giving their automatic repair systems time to kick in. Bluestreak fires some blasts into the clouds overhead, dispersing the rainmaking seekers and the toxic clouds. Rejuvenated, the Autobots return to Shockwave's tower and ride the Space Bridge back to Earth.

On Earth, Megatron recognizes that without Prime, the conquest of the Autobots is a foregone conclusion. He leads an attack on the Ark. The Autobots recognize the hopeless battle up ahead, but Spike musters up his courage, grabs [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]]'s rifle, and rallies the troops. He even manages to inspire perpetual downer [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] to take charge.

An enormous battle breaks out in front of the Ark, just as the Autobot mission returns from Cybertron. Chip and Spike race the cosmitron to Prime. Optimus emerges in time to personally challenge Megatron and soundly beats him, forcing the Decepticon leader to yield. With Megatron down, a self-satisfied Starscream orders the Decepticons to retreat.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (7)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (8)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (9)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (10)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (11)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (14)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (18)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (19)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (20)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (21)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]] (22)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (23)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (24)
*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (31)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (32)
|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (3)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (4)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (5)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (6)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (15)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (17)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]] (25)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (26)
*"Warrior" (27)
*[[Acid Storm (G1)|Green Rainmaker]] (28)
*[[Ion Storm|Blue Rainmaker]] (29)
*[[Nova Storm (G1)|Yellow Rainmaker]] (30)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] (33)
|c3=
*[[Chip Chase]] (1)
*Weapons factory manager (2)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (13)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Heh, I wonder if I'll ever get used to that."
:—'''Sparkplug''' witnessing the Autobots transform

"He's doomed. I know it. I can feel it in my [[Database|databank]]."
:—'''Huffer''', hoping the best for a dying Prime.

"They sure don't build 'em like that anymore."
:—'''Sparkplug''', commenting on the fact Optimus Prime is still alive after ''his chest explodes''.

"Just like [[Sherlock Holmes]] with [[floppy disk]]s!"
:—'''Spike''', hopelessly over his head when it comes to computer talk.

"No one's ever really disabled as long as he has courage."
:—'''Chip Chase''', and that’s one to grow on.

"My talents are wasted on this project. I should be in sole command of everything!"
:—'''Starscream''', not giving up on his dreams.

"I'm sorry, Spike. Sometimes nothing you do makes any difference."
:—'''Sparkplug''' to Spike, which, if you don't read as the general you, is actually kind of mean and funny.

"We can't go down without ''trying!'' Prime would want us to go for it, no matter what the odds! Well, are you with me, or do I fight this battle alone?"
:—'''Spike''' gives an inspirational battle rally to the Autobots after taking Jazz's gun.

"Is there anyone in the universe who will challenge the might of Megatron?" 
"There is one, Megatron! I, Optimus Prime, challenge you!"
:—'''Megatron''' is scared to death by a now healthy '''Optimus Prime'''.

==Notes==
===Production information===
* First draft script: 21st June 1984
* Script revised by [[Ron Friedman]]: 29th June 1984
* Finalised script: 2nd July 1984
* Official Sunbow Productions synopsis:
:''When Optimus Prime damages an intrinsic part during a clash with the Decepticons, some of the other Autobots -- with Chip's help -- take the space bridge to Cybertron. There they find a replacement part in Wheeljack's old workshop -- while avoiding the attack of the Decepticons on this alien planet. They return in time to repair Optimus and blow up the space bridge.''

===Continuity notes===
*The episode opens with a short narration by [[Victor Caroli]], describing the humans' efforts to build anti-Decepticon weapons.
[[File:ReflectorCartoon1.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
[[File:DivideandConquer Ratchet at work.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Gadgets and powers:
**Jet mode Starscream fires lasers right out of his air intakes!
**Laserbeak deploys yet another video camera. This one's a huge telescoping camera that comes out of one of his air vents.
**Ratchet once again uses his welding tip arm while fixing Optimus Prime.
**Reflector can emit a light that shorts out optic sensors.
**Reflector displays an odd ability in this episode: he can absorb his fellow units into his body. This is due to the original intent that Reflector was one guy with duplication powers; however, every other scene that would have shown his power in action got cut, which makes this look rather out-of-nowhere.
**Shockwave is once again shown with two hands in this episode. In one scene, he reaches off-screen with a hand, and when his arm returns to the shot, his blaster-arm has taken its place.
**Ironhide retracts his wrists to reveal another variation of his "[[water gun]]" weapon from his full-length [[bio]], firing streams of superheated liquid lead that stick the Decepticons to the floor.
**Trailbreaker's force field is fired like a stream from his shoulder cannon the first time he uses it; the second time, it just drifts out from behind his back.
**Autobots have built-in repair systems.
**Sideswipe briefly flies (albeit with no outward indication he's using his jetpack). He deploys a kind of "fire fog" from his shoulder-mounted rocket while in the air, which was scripted to be a use of his [[flare gun]].
**Optimus Prime displays the unusual ability to [[Optic weaponry|fire energy beams out of his optics...]] right into Megatron's face.
*This is the third consecutive episode to feature the Space Bridge.
*Skywarp says they've wrung every last "micro spark" of energy from the factory.
*The damage to Optimus Prime includes his "power relays" being fused.
*There's quite a bit of fuss over Optimus Prime's [[laser core]] (and the extinguishing thereof), apparently a critical component of Transformer life.
*Optimus Prime has an "electro-pulse" that can fade.
*The Cosmitron is a piece of internal anatomy whose failure can end the life of a Transformer.
*Cybertron has an atmosphere breathable by humans. And this is ''before'' it [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1|steals a chunk of Earth's atmosphere]].
*The tetrahedral seeker jets return; they first appeared in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|More Than Meets The Eye, Part 1]]."
*Once Trailbreaker blocks the acid rain with his forcefield, Chip says the Autobots' "[[automatic repair system]]s" will put them back in shape. Handy!
*The Transformers have a personal battle code where customs dictate personal challenges be settled in personal combat.
*This is the only episode where Laserbeak displays any cowardice, a trait described in his original tech spec bio and usually associated with the character.
*The Autobot Matrix of Leadership is nowhere to be found in Prime's chest when Wheeljack and Ratchet are repairing him.

===Real-world references===
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**[[X-wing Fighter|X-Wing]] diving whine: as the jets land and transform inside the factory.
**A waving [[lightsaber]] provides the necessary noise for Bumblebee's headlights.

===Animation or technical glitches===
[[File:Ironhideinblack.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|So ''that's'' why [[Ironhide (Movie)|Movie Ironhide]] is black.]]
*Coloring errors:
**Starscream's air intakes are gray instead of red as he and the other two jets dive at the factory.
**A teleporting Skywarp is mistakenly colored with Starscream's colors, and then Thundercracker's colors.
**As Ironhide repeats his order to transform, Wheeljack's missing all his orange and much of his green; Trailbreaker's upper cheeks are colored as his eyes (it's his reading glasses look!)
**Starscream's cheeks are dark gray instead of light gray as he calls in to Megatron.
**Laserbeak's beak is the same dark gray as the rest of his head as he refuses Megatron's order. It should be light gray.
**In the shot of him still holding the tree after Megatron tells him to let the Autobots win, Starscream is colored like Thundercracker.
**Rumble's face is purple instead of light gray as he waves goodbye to "warrior".
**As Shockwave and a Reflector soldier unload the Space Bridge's shipment of Energon cubes, the Energon is not filled with an illumination effect, and appears as solid black bars.
**When the Autobot away team races back to Shockwave's tower, Ironhide is painted with Trailbreaker's colors, making him resemble a Diaclone incarnation of his toy.
**As he scans for the Decepticons, Hound's left cheekguard is white instead of green.
**After returning to Earth, Bluestreak emerges from the Space Bridge painted as Prowl.
**In a pan across the defeated Autobots, a prone form of Ironhide is colored with Ratchet's white and red hue (Ratchet's inside Autobot Headquarters at this point) and Sideswipe has Shockwave's colors.
[[File:DivideandConquer Factoryguardworkers.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Note the standard issue army hardhats]]
*Due to a mix-up in animation models, the green-uniformed human soldiers protecting the weapons factory in one shot turn into [[hard hat]]-wearing factory workers in another shot.
*Between the first and second shots of their [[robot mode]]s inside the factory, Skywarp and Thundercracker have switched places.
*Skywarp's voice is off throughout the episode. In the factory, it's more nasal than usual. When he accuses Laserbeak of being "chicken", it sounds like he's channeling Thundercracker (he also has an unusually fat head.)
*Starscream and Soundwave are both missing their insignias as Soundwave transforms.
*Optimus is supposed to be in the same dry canyon where the space bridge first showed up in "[[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]]"... but the canyon is now about ten feet deep, rather than the 50 or so it was before.
*Wrong transformation noise:
**Prime gets the ascending pitch noise as he transforms to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].
**Trailbreaker, Wheeljack & co. get the descending pitch version as they convert to robot mode at the factory.
[[File:DivideandConquer slopedPrime.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Prime in his seldom-used "aerodynamic" alternate mode.]]
*Improbable viewpoints:
**The Autobots get a full-torso view of Optimus as he stands in the middle of empty desert.
**Megatron likewise gets a full-torso view of Starscream, even though Starscream isn't talking into any kind of communicator.
**Megatron then gets a tracking shot of Prime running through the factory!
**Megatron manages to have a camera, with audio, right next to where the Cybertron team happens to fall as the acid rain disables them.
[[File:DivideandConquer LaserbeakonBrawns shoulder.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Laserbeak disguised as Brawn's dandruff]]
*A peculiar design has Optimus Prime's cab face sport a 45-degree slope as he drives into the factory.
*Starscream's voice is not electronically enhanced when he reacts to Optimus Prime barreling into the factory.
*Prime's trailer recedes into a cloud of dust as he transforms inside the factory. As he flies up into the air, the dust cloud flies up with him, and so does the shrinking trailer!
*After Megatron tells Starscream and the others to "gang up" on Optimus Prime, Starscream turns to fire on Optimus Prime running down a room with no doors or other entry points.
*Skywarp mouths Thundercracker's "I'm with you!" line.
*Just for this one scene, Brawn has conveniently gigantic shoulders for Laserbeak to land on.
*Before Brawn enters the room where Optimus Prime is being worked on, he is shown standing inside.
*Wheeljack's missing some of his dark gray as he asks Ratchet for a diagnosis.
*Wheeljack's ears don't flash as he asks how long until Prime's energy drains completely, nor as he examines the cosmitron.
*As Wheeljack pontificates about the Cosmitron, his right "ear" phases through his missile.
*There's a big nasty S-shaped hair in the center of the screen as Wheeljack describes the lock on his workshop on Cybertron.
*The part of Huffers' shoulders that are inside his hood are colored orange instead of purple as he moans about how hopeless it is.
[[File:Divideandconquer wheeljack cosmotron.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Prime's damage constantly changes as he lays on the repair table:
**First shot: his window glass is missing.
**Second shot: his window frames and grille are neatly removed.
**Third shot: his grille is missing, and one window is broken.
**As Laserbeak attacks: the left window has no glass.
**As Laserbeak fires: the left window is intact, and the right window broken.
**Prior to exploding: both windows have no glass.
**After the attack, both cab window frames have been neatly removed.
**As Ironhide proposes heading to Cybertron, he's back to a broken right window and intact left window, with a damaged grille.
*GAH! Chip has no pupils as he accepts the mission to pick the lock on Wheeljack's lab.
*No insignia on Soundwave as Megatron lectures his troops about the loss of Prime. The same shot has two Starscreams.
*The layering of Rumble's cubes is all messed up as he walks up behind Starscream; part of the cube stack phases through Starscream, and part of it loses its glow.
*Starscream reacts to Rumble dropping his cubes before he's actually dropped them.
*Recycled animation repeats the strange animation error of the space bridge transport vehicle rising, then falling and disappearing.
*As the Autobots come to a halt at the Space Bridge site, the camera pans across the scenery, but a painted foreground tree travels with the move, making it look like the tree is mobile.


[[File:Bluestreakpotatovehicle.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|When he transforms to drive into the space bridge, Bluestreak turns into this.]]
*The ramp leading to the space bridge has turned a light blue as the Autobots drive into the receiver ring.
*The nitrogen pack that Ironhide uses in Shockwave's control center is labeled "NITRGEN". In English, [[Japanese language|sorta]]. And Ironhide shouldn't have to use a pack anyway, since he has a built in liquid nitrogen projector.
*A strange cut occurs while Megatron is rallying the Decepticons for their assault on the Autobots. This is visible as Skywarp's arm, which he appeared to raise for their cheer, suddenly lowers (he raises it again when Megatron finishes his speech), and both Reflector and Starscream change poses in a single frame.
*When the Decepticons exit their base to attack the Autobots, a fourth Decepticon jet is shown.
*Shockwave's eye-glow doesn't move with his eye as he sets "warrior" free.
*The flashing of Wheeljack's ears moves out of sync with the rest of his body while he reacts to the security alarm.
*Teletraan's screen shows ''twenty-six'' Decepticons. There should be about a dozen at most. About fifteen are shown retreating at the end of the episode.
*Reflector's mouths don't move for his "earth germ" line.
*As Bluestreak drives over the horizon to join the battle, his car form floats above the ground.
*Starscream steals Megatron's fusion cannon sound effect as he attacks Ironhide's team.
*Shockwave and Ratchet are both among the defeated Autobots in the wreckage of the final battle.
*Optimus Prime's mouthplate moves when Megatron concedes defeat.
*Starscream's missing his wing stripes as he order a retreat... but for once, they remembered his wing insignia, which have been repeatedly omitted through the episode.
*The remastered DVD releases of this episode use an incorrect closing credits sequence, which overlays the text credits from Season 2 over the animation from Season 1.

===Continuity errors===
*Shouldn't a ''weapons factory'' have better defenses, particularly against the enemy that's the reason they're making the weapons in the first place?
*Soundwave kind of transforms out of nowhere in the factory.
*It is unclear how Chip knows Skywarp's missile is of the heat-seeking variety before it does anything to suggest such.
*Optimus Prime somehow deflects the heat-seeking missile by hitting its ''warhead'' with his arm.
*Thundercracker and Skywarp don't seem to know what "gang up" means. In spite of Thundercracker claiming to comply with Megatron's directions instead of his own preference for "one-on-one", both he and Skywarp launch individual one-on-one attacks on Optimus Prime.
*Appearing/disappearing Autobots:
**Sunstreaker is shown transforming to leave for the factory; however, when the team arrives, Bumblebee has taken his place.
*It sure woulda made a lot more sense for Prime to cover the two humans, rather than throwing himself right in front of the explosive computer.
*Are computers really that explosive?
*Soundwave is shown flying off with the jets, but he's nowhere to be seen during the battle.
[[File:Divandconq liquid nitrogen.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Good thing there just happens to be a random thing in Decepticon HQ which does exactly what I can do all on my own!]]
*Megatron orders Starscream to throw the fight, to allow the Autobots to travel to Cybertron so he can destroy them with acid rain. It sure seems like he didn't let Shockwave in on the plan though, since the cyclops seems surprised at their arrival and determined to stop them.
*Megatron demands proof, not just Starscream's word, that Optimus Prime has finally been deactivated. Yet he's very quick to switch off the viewscreen and conclude that "four of their number have been vanquished on Cybertron." Maybe it's just because it was Starscream...
*Megatron's order to let the Autobots win really makes no logical sense. If his soldiers had beaten them, they'd have been just as out of the way, and if they didn't he could still try his acid rain plan.
**It sure seems like in however many millions of years the war has been raging, the Decepticons never before thought to do this acid rain thing on the ground-restricted Autobots.
*Ironhide grabs some sort of extinguisher device off the wall and uses it to spray liquid nitrogen, facilitating the Autobots' escape. This was scripted as a use of his "[[water gun]]" weapon, but the script gave no indication as to ''how'' Ironhide was meant to spray the liquid, suggesting the storyboard team devised the wall device to make the scene work.
*Ironhide pointedly comments that they can't let the acid rain hit their circuits... so why not just duck back into the shelter of Wheeljack's workshop, which is still right behind them?
[[File:Divideandconquer spike grabs gun.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Superhuman <s>Spike</s> Chip:
**Chip somehow knows how to find the Space Bridge better than Optimus can, since Chip thinks to use Teletraan I, a tactic that somehow escaped Prime.
**Chip can crack a Cybertronian lock (apparently by just punching in every possible four-digit code combination until he stumbles on the right one.)
**Chip is immune to Cybertronian acid rain. And so is his wheelchair.
*Superhuman Spike:
**Spike rather effortlessly hefts Jazz's six-foot-long metal gun around.
**Spike survives being tackled by Ravage, the first of his [[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|many]] [[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2|clashes]] [[Fire on the Mountain (episode)|with]] him.

===Rhino DVD release===
*The opening panning shot of the factory is slower in Rhino's version.
*A shot of the factory workers firing at the Decepticons accidentally switches the color of their lasers around in the DVD version.
*Electricity effects are briefly seen coming from Optimus Prime's hand in the Rhino version when he says, "Autobots, Transform and meet me there!" These do not appear in the final broadcast version.
*The panning shot of the Autobots transforming has a strange black bar at the bottom of the screen in the broadcast version that is missing in the DVD version.
*The shot of Optimus saying "Losing...energy...rapidly..." has a "heat" effect in the DVD version that is not present in the broadcast version.
*The glowing effects of the energon cubes are different in several shots.
*Wheeljack's glow effects are missing when he asks Ratchet what his diagnosis is.
*When Wheeljack is talking about the computerized lock, the Rhino version has a distracting hair on the screen that was removed in time for the final broadcast version.
*Shockwave's eye is missing its glow in one scene.
*Rumble disappears for a single frame when he says "Trash 'em!"
*When Reflector blinds the Autobots, the Rhino version is missing the effect.
*The rain effects are missing in several shots.
*When Reflector gets hit, the Rhino version features a unique effect where he turns white upon impact. The broadcast version is missing this effect.
*Starscream is miscolored as Thundercracker in one shot.
*The acid rain effects are different in several shots.
*In one shot, Spike's eyes are seen quivering when he's upset about losing Prime. This does not happen in the final version.
*A shot of the Autobots coming up a hill has them floating in the Rhino version.
*There are several layering errors in the panning shots of everyone reacting to Prime's return.
*The chapter stops on the Rhino DVD version of this episode are Opening / Weapon Factories / Off to Cybertron / New Age of Decepticons / Fight For Optimus / Optimus Saved!

===Trivia===
[[File:DivideandConquer SympatheticDecepticon.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"Hey Reflector, want this candy bar?"
 
''*tosses it to the ground and stomps on it.*'']]
*The [[Photon|Reflector-type Decepticon warrior]] that Starscream forces to pilot the Space Bridge transport has an oddly sympathetic and very human-sounding voice.
*Brawn really is a dumbass to not notice Laserbeak sitting on his shoulder.
*Due to the fact there was no original [[dialogue script]] of "Divide and Conquer" on any of the original ''Transformers'' cartoon DVD sets, the actual spelling of Optimus Prime's Cosmitron was unknown until a copy of Don Glut's script made its way into the fandom's hands. However, the true spelling had in fact been previously suggested by the French title of the episode, which was "Le Cosmitron".
*Speaking of, the script originally referred to the device as a "Cosmitronic Transformer", but the rest of the device's name was consistently blotted out with pen in all the dialogue. This was presumably done so the kiddies watching ''Transformers'', the show, wouldn't be confused.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' "'''Diviser pour régner'''" ("Divide and rule")
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast & European French DVD release):'' "'''Le cosmitron'''" ("The cosmitron")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*About the European French dub:
:::*[[Henry Djanik]] is absent from the dub of this episode. This is one of the only episodes in which he does not voice Megatron. [[Edgar Givry]] tries his best in his shoes.
:::*Wheeljack first refers to the cosmitron as "comistron", but at the end Spike says it the original way, "cosmitron".
:::*For some reason (still to avoid names!), Ratchet says he will stay with "[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|le bon gros]]" to guard Optimus Prime, which can be translated by "fat boy".
:::*Despite the voice actors constantly switching roles between episodes, this specific episode also contains a lot of role-switches from one scene to another.

'''Hebrew'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Anti Hómmer'''" (אנטי חומר, "Antimatter")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Un ricambio per Commander'''" ("A Spare Piece for Optimus Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*Huffer is called "Piedone" ("Big Foot") in this episode, despite his Italian name being Turbo.

:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Dividi e conquista'''" ("Divide and Conquer")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*When Spike and Chip say "Cybertron?" in unison, Spike's voice is heard twice, overlapped with itself, while Chip doesn't talk.
::*When Sparkplug asks "Where's that gizmo?", his voice has the same filter applied to Transformers.

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''SOS! Cybertron'''" (SOS! サイバトロン)
:*Original airdate: [[August 10]], [[1985]]
:**In the scene where Skywarp teleports and is mistakenly colored as Starscream, he is dubbed in Japanese with ''Starscream's'' voice, meaning that ''he'' is the one teleporting in this version, not Skywarp. Considering ''Thundercracker'' was mistakenly dubbed teleporting in the Japanese version of "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]" as well, it would seem that teleportation is a natural trait of the Seekers in the Japanese version of the show. Either that, or they just did a real shoddy job on the dub.
:**'''Cut:''' After Chip orders the Autobots to "Transform and roll for his life", the scene is cut short with the removal of the transitional wipe across the screen. The following scene of Shockwave freeing Reflector, the Autobots barging in, his firing at them and their escaping over the Space Bridge have also been cut. The sequence resumes at the pan across space followed by the shot of the Earth Space Bridge receiving the Autobots.
:**In true anime fashion, when Reflector fights the Autobots at the Space Bridge, he yells out the name of his special attack: "Flash Beam!"

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fēn ér Zhìzhī '''" (分而治之, "Divide and Conquer")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dividir e Conquistar'''" ("Divide and Conquer")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rasdelyai i vlastvuy'''" (Разделяй и властвуй, "Divide and Conquer")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 10]], [[1994]]

'''Serbian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zavadi i vladaj'''" (Завади и владај, "Divide and Conquer")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Latin Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dividir y conquistar'''" ("Divide and conquer")
:*Original airdate: ?
:**The Latin Spanish dub had the tendency to change some lines, mostly keeping the same point of the original dialogue. However, in this episode in particular, when Megatron orders Laserbeak to infiltrate in the Ark, Laserbeak actually ''speaks'', asking "Do you want me to go alone?"

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-S-Rainmaker-3-pack.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|]]
Like the yellow generic Seeker from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" who subsequently grew to prominence as the neo-G1 character [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], Acid Storm would also spawn a plethora of additional toys, including his own ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' figure. Later still, the other two Rainmakers would receive toys of their own.
*''[[Acid Storm (G1)#Toys]]''
*''[[Ion Storm#Toys]]''
*''[[Nova Storm (G1)#Toys]]''
{{-}}

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[File:DivideAndConquerBetamax.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|More or less antiquated than the TF storybooks that came with records? You decide!]]
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1985 — ''The Transformers'' — Volume 5: "Divide and Conquer" ([[Family Home Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1995 — ''The Transformers'' — The Autobots vs. The Decepticons ([[Malofilm]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1995 — ''Transformers'' — Autobots vs. Decepticons (Malofilm) — French audio only.

;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.

;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Original Series: Volume Two ([[Maverick Entertainment|Sony Wonder]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Complete Original Series: Deluxe Edition (Sony Wonder) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — First Season Collector's Edition ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume Two (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Le Cosmitron ([[UFG Junior]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Classic Transformers'' — Series One: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 01: Stagione Uno Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete First Season: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete First Season: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ojk_a2gFrwuksdtE8yR8GketnxZMZ55i Full script as revised on 2nd July 1984]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/11H4NANKuzLxXKF1Rz2UzOz77lkq4Ycqm/view?usp=drive_link Model sheets and background layouts]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Talk:BotCon

2026-04-10T01:49:50Z

Donfede: /* BotCon 2026 */ format, sign

Most of this is admittedly taken from the Wikipedia entry, although I have done a fair bit of editing on it (mostly to try to fix the many, many links in it, and also to remove stuff explicitly about OTFCC, but not about Botcon, since I think OTFCC should have [already has?] it's own article.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 18:13, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
: IIRC, the article was largely written by this wiki's own Hooper X, so it's not that big a deal to use it, I figger. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:18, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::It totally was! So play with it as you see fit! [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 00:37, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
: We can further alter it, of course. I mean, I'm of the opinion each show should have its own article where most of that guest/toy/location information should go, but other tidbits. Significant events at the shows, whatr Hasbro revealed, that sort of thing. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:34, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:: I'm certainly fine with this. It just seemed to me that there was a need for a more complete entry (i.e., not just one line), and this seemed like one that the existing Wikipedia was (largely) appropriate for (I don't advocate importing Wikipedia entries in general).--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 20:33, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::: Sure. It's a good general overview for wikipedia... and a good base to cannibalize and expand on via multiple articles for our far superior TF wiki. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::::I think doing what Siph suggested would be totally awesome. A full page for each year's official 'con, with summaries of panels, guests, pretty much anything we can pull out of the programs. Exclusives, etc. That'd be cool. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 00:37, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::I mean... there HAS to be information like how the Wu Tang Clan fans caused the evacuation of the hotel and the trashing of the third floor at '97. No, it's not DIRECTLY BC info, but it's some heavy shit that's relevant. (Okay, plus there was the MSTF quip, but still.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 00:41, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::You know, seriously? In retrospect, I wish I had gone to the Wu-Tang show instead. Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothin' to fuck with. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 01:05, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

==The end of 3H==
Where can I find more info about the departure of the Hartmans? --[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] 14:37, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

:Not a lot of it is "public" information. What's written here can probably be expanded, though. I, or somebody, can try to get to it soon. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 04:52, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

==TransformersCon==
Is that an official TF convention or even affiliated with BotCon? If not... why is the link down the bottom? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:55, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

==Sentinel Prime==
Where's this from? [[User:Chip|Chip]] 12:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Botcon 2007. One of the Pannels. From what I understand originally (wasn't there myself) there was a whole different set in planning for this year, which is where Alpha Trion stems from and why he's not in any of the Con fiction. They apparently dumped whatever that concept was (including Sentinel Prime) in favor of Springer and co. but kept Alpha Trion anyway because they just really liked him. I don't know if they said what the others were besides Sentinel. Anyone know?

:That sounds roughly correct, but I don't have my notes on me. If I remember, I will check tonight. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 17:36, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
::I have checked, and the anonymous poster's statements are accurate. This was revealed at the Club Roundtable panel. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 21:26, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

== Intro sentence ==

Unless we're considering OTFCC a "form" of BotCon (which I personally do), the first sentence is in error; BotCon was not held in any form in 2003. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 23:58, 1 January 2010 (EST)
: It was held in OTFCC form in 2003. That's the entire reason why "in one form or another" is there in the sentence. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:21, 2 January 2010 (EST)
::That was my point. OTFCC is treated in some places as just a variant of BotCon and in others as something different. The very fact that the OTFCC links are "see also's" and not in line with the BotCon links makes it seem like something different. I just think it should be consistent, whichever way is the official one. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 00:26, 2 January 2010 (EST)

== Guest list ==

In reference to Thylacine2000's recent edit summary, I propose that we remove the massive list of guests from this article and refer people to each year's page. A note about who has the most appearances might be in order as well. Looking over the article, the locations and exclusive toys lists should also probably be trimmed. This page should be about things that pertain to ALL BotCons, not each individually. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:35, 29 September 2010 (EDT)
:(Coming back to draw interest to this topic.) Is there any support for changing this page from its current state (basically combining all information from the individual year pages) into a "hub" page giving only a brief overview for each subtopic while directing readers to each page for more details. A box like that used to list each individual issue on the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]] page could be used for linking to the individual years. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 08:11, 11 October 2010 (EDT)
::I've mocked up my proposal at User:Khajidha/sandbox/botcon. I think we should take this opportunity to merge [[The Official Transformers Collectors Convention]] page into this one as well. Feedback? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 17:49, 24 October 2010 (EDT)
:::I really prefer what you've put together to the increasingly unstable and top-heavy tower we have now. I actually just logged in so I could add the guest list for BC10 to our current page, but as I started to type the same old "Archer, Lombardo, Rowley, Cullen, McNeill, Tipton" thing for what would be like the 7th time in a row on the same page I just couldn't go on with it. For something as central to the fandom as BC is, I think we owe it to ourselves to present a readable overview and not a never-ending and at this point extremely repetitive list. However, making a change this significant would require more user comments than just the two of us. Anybody? --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 11:42, 21 November 2010 (EST)
::::Move the table of BotCon links from the bottom up at the top, and I'm cool with the proposed change. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 12:51, 21 November 2010 (EST)
:::::Should we take this opportunity to make OTFCC redirect here? There really isn't much that can be said about it aside from the history of why it happened, which is really a part of the overview of BotCon history. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:31, 21 November 2010 (EST)
:::::I've moved information about those conventions without current pages of their own to User:Khajidha/sandbox/botcon so that it can be easily found for use. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:52, 21 November 2010 (EST)

==Overhaul==
Okay... I don't remember what brought me to this page, but as I read it... it's kind of... embarrassingly outdated and perfunctory. Removing all the individual years' nitpicky data is good and all, but... we've been left with a meatless skeleton of an article. Seriously, look at the "exclusive fiction" section. What a fucking joke. "It exists". No info on trends, evolutions, additions. Nothing on the conventions moving from year to year. No note how 2002 becoming officially "official" was only really publicly acknowledging that it basically already WAS since '97. 
I did a little tweaking to the toys section, but it needs a LOT more. That the largest section of this page is the ''list of toys '''NOT''' produced for BotCon'' is too sad to be hilariously awful. This is Transformers fucking MECCA and our page on it is good for little more than the link-chart up top to the individual conventions. '''This page should be something we would have as a Featured Article.''' --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:17, 29 January 2011 (EST)
:Agreed. I removed the nitpicky stuff because it is better served on the individual pages, but I did not know what to put in its place as I have never been to a BotCon (***SOB***). --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:34, 29 January 2011 (EST)
::Really liking the new page, just how much was missing wasn't really apparent until the extraneous detail was removed. Repeating my question from the previous section: Should we take this opportunity to make OTFCC redirect here? There really isn't much that can be said about it aside from the history of why it happened and why it stopped happening, which is really a part of the overview of BotCon history.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 10:34, 31 January 2011 (EST)

== OTFCC 2005 ==

Aside from the unproduced toys do we have any information about what was planned for OTFCC 2005? Was a location picked? Had anyone agreed to make appearances? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:01, 21 July 2011 (EDT)
: I don't believe so. Glen was pretty sure he was losing the convention the year before. Brian Savage showing up at OTFCC04 to size things up was kind of the writing on the wall. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 09:11, 20 October 2011 (EDT)
::So, when were the toys discussed? Do they generally plan one year's toys (in this case 2005) before the previous convention (in this case '04) occurs? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 09:46, 20 October 2011 (EDT)

== Unreleased toys ==

Brought this up in an edit summary, thought I'd bring it here for discussion. I have been thinking that the Proposed/Unreleased exclusive toys should be moved to sections on the appropriate years's page (if we know what year they were proposed for). Does anyone else agree? Disagree? Comments are appreciated. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 20:23, 12 May 2013 (EDT)
:As the list grows longer, this seems more and more like a good idea. Anybody else want to chime in? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:00, 23 April 2017 (EDT)
::There's a lot of stuff proposed that came up in more than one year, and ideas would migrate between proposed-for-club and proposed-for-BotCon (Animated Jackpot, for example, was originally part of several BotCon Animated pitches, and no, most of those pitches were not from me). I would say that the proposed toys should probably go on a BotCon subpage (shared with Club stuff) rather than split among the various convention pages. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 14:16, 23 April 2017 (EDT)
:::That was my second choice. Your point about repeated proposals makes it somewhat more attractive to me. The details about Jackpot would seem to me like something that would go on his page.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:20, 23 April 2017 (EDT)

== Botcon ==

https://www.allspark.com/2020/03/first-look-at-botcon-lio-kaiser-animated-prime-and-antagony-concept-toys/

hope you like it.--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 00:40, 26 July 2020 (EDT)

== BotCon 2026 ==

There appears to be a BotCon 2026 scheduled for July 10–12, 2026 in Chicago.
: https://www.botcon.com/
: https://www.botcon.com/botcon-26-registration/
: [[User:Donfede|Donfede]] ([[User talk:Donfede|talk]]) 21:49, 9 April 2026 (EDT)

Talk:BotCon

2026-04-10T01:49:15Z

Donfede: /* BotCon 2026 */ new section

Most of this is admittedly taken from the Wikipedia entry, although I have done a fair bit of editing on it (mostly to try to fix the many, many links in it, and also to remove stuff explicitly about OTFCC, but not about Botcon, since I think OTFCC should have [already has?] it's own article.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 18:13, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
: IIRC, the article was largely written by this wiki's own Hooper X, so it's not that big a deal to use it, I figger. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:18, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::It totally was! So play with it as you see fit! [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 00:37, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
: We can further alter it, of course. I mean, I'm of the opinion each show should have its own article where most of that guest/toy/location information should go, but other tidbits. Significant events at the shows, whatr Hasbro revealed, that sort of thing. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:34, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:: I'm certainly fine with this. It just seemed to me that there was a need for a more complete entry (i.e., not just one line), and this seemed like one that the existing Wikipedia was (largely) appropriate for (I don't advocate importing Wikipedia entries in general).--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 20:33, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::: Sure. It's a good general overview for wikipedia... and a good base to cannibalize and expand on via multiple articles for our far superior TF wiki. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::::I think doing what Siph suggested would be totally awesome. A full page for each year's official 'con, with summaries of panels, guests, pretty much anything we can pull out of the programs. Exclusives, etc. That'd be cool. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 00:37, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::I mean... there HAS to be information like how the Wu Tang Clan fans caused the evacuation of the hotel and the trashing of the third floor at '97. No, it's not DIRECTLY BC info, but it's some heavy shit that's relevant. (Okay, plus there was the MSTF quip, but still.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 00:41, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::You know, seriously? In retrospect, I wish I had gone to the Wu-Tang show instead. Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothin' to fuck with. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 01:05, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

==The end of 3H==
Where can I find more info about the departure of the Hartmans? --[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] 14:37, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

:Not a lot of it is "public" information. What's written here can probably be expanded, though. I, or somebody, can try to get to it soon. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 04:52, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

==TransformersCon==
Is that an official TF convention or even affiliated with BotCon? If not... why is the link down the bottom? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:55, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

==Sentinel Prime==
Where's this from? [[User:Chip|Chip]] 12:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Botcon 2007. One of the Pannels. From what I understand originally (wasn't there myself) there was a whole different set in planning for this year, which is where Alpha Trion stems from and why he's not in any of the Con fiction. They apparently dumped whatever that concept was (including Sentinel Prime) in favor of Springer and co. but kept Alpha Trion anyway because they just really liked him. I don't know if they said what the others were besides Sentinel. Anyone know?

:That sounds roughly correct, but I don't have my notes on me. If I remember, I will check tonight. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 17:36, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
::I have checked, and the anonymous poster's statements are accurate. This was revealed at the Club Roundtable panel. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 21:26, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

== Intro sentence ==

Unless we're considering OTFCC a "form" of BotCon (which I personally do), the first sentence is in error; BotCon was not held in any form in 2003. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 23:58, 1 January 2010 (EST)
: It was held in OTFCC form in 2003. That's the entire reason why "in one form or another" is there in the sentence. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:21, 2 January 2010 (EST)
::That was my point. OTFCC is treated in some places as just a variant of BotCon and in others as something different. The very fact that the OTFCC links are "see also's" and not in line with the BotCon links makes it seem like something different. I just think it should be consistent, whichever way is the official one. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 00:26, 2 January 2010 (EST)

== Guest list ==

In reference to Thylacine2000's recent edit summary, I propose that we remove the massive list of guests from this article and refer people to each year's page. A note about who has the most appearances might be in order as well. Looking over the article, the locations and exclusive toys lists should also probably be trimmed. This page should be about things that pertain to ALL BotCons, not each individually. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:35, 29 September 2010 (EDT)
:(Coming back to draw interest to this topic.) Is there any support for changing this page from its current state (basically combining all information from the individual year pages) into a "hub" page giving only a brief overview for each subtopic while directing readers to each page for more details. A box like that used to list each individual issue on the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]] page could be used for linking to the individual years. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 08:11, 11 October 2010 (EDT)
::I've mocked up my proposal at User:Khajidha/sandbox/botcon. I think we should take this opportunity to merge [[The Official Transformers Collectors Convention]] page into this one as well. Feedback? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 17:49, 24 October 2010 (EDT)
:::I really prefer what you've put together to the increasingly unstable and top-heavy tower we have now. I actually just logged in so I could add the guest list for BC10 to our current page, but as I started to type the same old "Archer, Lombardo, Rowley, Cullen, McNeill, Tipton" thing for what would be like the 7th time in a row on the same page I just couldn't go on with it. For something as central to the fandom as BC is, I think we owe it to ourselves to present a readable overview and not a never-ending and at this point extremely repetitive list. However, making a change this significant would require more user comments than just the two of us. Anybody? --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 11:42, 21 November 2010 (EST)
::::Move the table of BotCon links from the bottom up at the top, and I'm cool with the proposed change. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 12:51, 21 November 2010 (EST)
:::::Should we take this opportunity to make OTFCC redirect here? There really isn't much that can be said about it aside from the history of why it happened, which is really a part of the overview of BotCon history. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:31, 21 November 2010 (EST)
:::::I've moved information about those conventions without current pages of their own to User:Khajidha/sandbox/botcon so that it can be easily found for use. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:52, 21 November 2010 (EST)

==Overhaul==
Okay... I don't remember what brought me to this page, but as I read it... it's kind of... embarrassingly outdated and perfunctory. Removing all the individual years' nitpicky data is good and all, but... we've been left with a meatless skeleton of an article. Seriously, look at the "exclusive fiction" section. What a fucking joke. "It exists". No info on trends, evolutions, additions. Nothing on the conventions moving from year to year. No note how 2002 becoming officially "official" was only really publicly acknowledging that it basically already WAS since '97. 
I did a little tweaking to the toys section, but it needs a LOT more. That the largest section of this page is the ''list of toys '''NOT''' produced for BotCon'' is too sad to be hilariously awful. This is Transformers fucking MECCA and our page on it is good for little more than the link-chart up top to the individual conventions. '''This page should be something we would have as a Featured Article.''' --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:17, 29 January 2011 (EST)
:Agreed. I removed the nitpicky stuff because it is better served on the individual pages, but I did not know what to put in its place as I have never been to a BotCon (***SOB***). --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:34, 29 January 2011 (EST)
::Really liking the new page, just how much was missing wasn't really apparent until the extraneous detail was removed. Repeating my question from the previous section: Should we take this opportunity to make OTFCC redirect here? There really isn't much that can be said about it aside from the history of why it happened and why it stopped happening, which is really a part of the overview of BotCon history.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 10:34, 31 January 2011 (EST)

== OTFCC 2005 ==

Aside from the unproduced toys do we have any information about what was planned for OTFCC 2005? Was a location picked? Had anyone agreed to make appearances? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:01, 21 July 2011 (EDT)
: I don't believe so. Glen was pretty sure he was losing the convention the year before. Brian Savage showing up at OTFCC04 to size things up was kind of the writing on the wall. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 09:11, 20 October 2011 (EDT)
::So, when were the toys discussed? Do they generally plan one year's toys (in this case 2005) before the previous convention (in this case '04) occurs? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 09:46, 20 October 2011 (EDT)

== Unreleased toys ==

Brought this up in an edit summary, thought I'd bring it here for discussion. I have been thinking that the Proposed/Unreleased exclusive toys should be moved to sections on the appropriate years's page (if we know what year they were proposed for). Does anyone else agree? Disagree? Comments are appreciated. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 20:23, 12 May 2013 (EDT)
:As the list grows longer, this seems more and more like a good idea. Anybody else want to chime in? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:00, 23 April 2017 (EDT)
::There's a lot of stuff proposed that came up in more than one year, and ideas would migrate between proposed-for-club and proposed-for-BotCon (Animated Jackpot, for example, was originally part of several BotCon Animated pitches, and no, most of those pitches were not from me). I would say that the proposed toys should probably go on a BotCon subpage (shared with Club stuff) rather than split among the various convention pages. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 14:16, 23 April 2017 (EDT)
:::That was my second choice. Your point about repeated proposals makes it somewhat more attractive to me. The details about Jackpot would seem to me like something that would go on his page.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:20, 23 April 2017 (EDT)

== Botcon ==

https://www.allspark.com/2020/03/first-look-at-botcon-lio-kaiser-animated-prime-and-antagony-concept-toys/

hope you like it.--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 00:40, 26 July 2020 (EDT)

== BotCon 2026 ==

There appears to be a BotCon 2026 scheduled for July 10–12, 2026 in Chicago.

: https://www.botcon.com/

: https://www.botcon.com/botcon-26-registration/

More than Meets the Eye, Part 2

2026-03-29T20:01:01Z

Donfede: /* Animation and technical errors */ typo wording

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|caption=[[Oil]] is a burnin' thing, and it makes a fiery ring.
|title="More than Meets the Eye, Part 2"
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|airdate=[[September 18]], 1984
|written by=[[George Arthur Bloom]]
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'''The Decepticons continue raiding Earth's energy sources, including Sherman Dam and the Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:MTMtE Part2 Greetings.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"Are you Samuel James Witwicky, descendant of Archibald Witwicky?" "No." "Oops, sorry, my bad." [Throws him back in the water]]]
The fire at the off-shore [[oil rig]] continues to grow. Poor [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] is caught in some girders, but is freed by [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]. Not so easy to extricate are the humans [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. As [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] grapples with the debris trapping the workers, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] put out the fire. Rescued by Prime, Spike and Sparkplug introduce themselves to the [[Autobot]]s, offering their terrestrial knowledge to help them.

[[File:Mtmte2 spike finds soundwave.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|A legacy of Stupid Human Tricks begins here.]]
Their newfound human friends return with the Autobots to their headquarters. As Spike explores the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], he finds a small cassette player and brings it in with him, setting it aside. Little does he realize he has brought [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] into Autobot Headquarters. Soundwave and his minion [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] begin using [[Teletraan I]] to locate [[Earth]]'s most plentiful energy resources. Meanwhile, Spike enjoys a tour of the headquarters and some sunset joyriding with [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]]. Returning to the base, Spike spots Soundwave's intrusion and sounds the alarm. Soundwave escapes, but the Autobots catch Ravage, thanks to [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]' infrared light.

Soundwave briefs [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] on his findings. Megatron decides to attack [[Sherman Dam]], causing a tidal wave to increase the dam's output. The next day, the [[Decepticon]]s arrive at the dam. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] dives into the river and activates his piledrivers to whip the river into dangerous rapids. The energy output is detected by Teletraan I, and the Autobots rush there to stop the Decepticons.

[[File:MTMte Part2 Autobotsrally.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Raise your hand, raise your haaaand—if you're sure!]]
With the river at its peak, the Decepticons begin producing [[energon cube]]s. The Autobots arrive, and a battle ensues. Hound dives into the river to stop Rumble's quaking, and the two scuffle in the depths, with the Autobot coming off worse. [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] help divert the course of the river to save a nearby neighborhood from being flooded. Megatron and Optimus Prime duel with energy [[Energon-axe|melee]] [[Energon mace|weapons]] atop Sherman Dam while exchanging insults. Megatron knocks Prime into the rapids (the latter was distracted by Spike's shouts for help) and he and his Decepticons escape with their spoils.

[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] helps pull Prime from the river. The Autobots regroup and vow to stop the Decepticons as they continue their activities across the land... but apparently don't do a very good job of it at ''all''. The space cruiser they are developing is almost complete, and they are one more energy raid away from having enough fuel to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Unfortunately, the impudent [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] feels the need to test some of the energon cubes. His wasteful experimenting forces the Decepticons to now make two trips. Their first destination, the [[ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. These plans are overheard by Trailbreaker, Spike and Sparkplug, who are eavesdropping on the Decepticons.

[[File:Mtmte2 witwickys and trailbreaker.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Trailbreaker deploys his combat bird bath.]]
As Trailbreaker returns to Autobot headquarters to relay the news, the trio are attacked by a pair of generic [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. Sparkplug radios for help, which comes in the form of [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]]. Sunstreaker uses a [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] cannon to give one of the Seekers a small scratch on its wing, prompting the two jets to retreat.

The Decepticons are soon in Burma, pulling [[Ruby crystal|energetic rubies]] from the Earth's crust. The Autobots wait for them outside the mine. Wheeljack has developed a powerful and compact explosive. Bumblebee and Sparkplug volunteer to plant the charge in the mine. They do so, but are caught by [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] as they make their escape.

Concerned that Sparkplug and Bumblebee haven't returned, Optimus Prime drives up the mine's entrance and dispatches [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] into the mine. The explosive detonates, and the blast knocks Prime off his wheels, sending him tumbling down the mountainside.

'''[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3|To be continued...]]'''
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (1)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (6)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (7)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (8)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (10)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (11)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]] (12)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (13)
*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (14)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (16)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (17)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (18)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (19)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (26)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (27)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (28)
*[[Roller (G1)|Roller]] (29)
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (9)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] (15)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (20)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (21)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (22)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (23)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (24)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (25)

|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (4)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"For someone who doesn't like to fight, heh, you're not bad, Mirage!"
:—'''Cliffjumper''' complimenting Mirage after he helped fight off Skywarp and Thundercracker

"You destroy everything you touch, Megatron!" 
"Because everything I touch is food for my hunger, my hunger for power!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' banter while fighting on top of Sherman Dam

"You're old, Megatron. Yesterday's model—ready for the scrap heap!" 
"We'll see who's ready for the scrap heap!" 
"Junk! That's what you are, ''junk''!" 
"''Silence''!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' insults '''Megatron''' during their battle

"Don't push me, Megatron, my desire for power is as great as yours!" 
"Power flows to the one who knows ''how''. Desire alone is not enough." 
"Time makes all things possible. I can wait."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron''', foreshadowing several repetitive scenes in the future

"Let's give Megatron a little present." 
"Heh. Maybe we oughtta wrap him up and put a little bow on him."
:—'''Skywarp''' and '''Thundercracker''' on capturing Bumblebee. Not seen: Bumblebee's humiliated weeping.

==Season 5==
{{note|When this episode was rebroadcast in [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Season 5|the fifth season]] of ''The Transformers'', it contained new bookending segments with original story material.}}

[[File:PrimeLandsInTheBarrenWasteland.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
[[Tommy Kennedy]] once again runs out into the middle of the barren wastelands and summons help from [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Prime arrives via rocket-boots and lifts him up to his face, inquiring if he's still working on his "special project" for school. Tommy says that it's a time-consuming effort, so Prime continues his story of how the Transformers first came to Earth without delay...

After concluding the story, Tommy remarks that the "tumble" Prime took sure was something. Prime starts to tell him about the tumble he took when he pursued Megatron into outer space, but Tommy laughs, telling Optimus, "Next time, take a spaceship". Prime passive aggressively replies, "What would I do without you, Tommy?" Prime's eyes then narrow as he demands to know what Tommy's "special project" is. Tommy once again withholds the information, but vows to bare all next time, when he "transforms" Prime's day "into an adventure". Prime then blasts off into space, giving Tommy a ride back to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]].
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Production information===
* Script revisions: 13 March 1984
* First draft storyboards completed: 7th April 1984 (Artists: [[Wendell Washer]], [[Don Sheppard]], [[Paul Gruwell]], [[Jim Fletcher]])
* Storyboards revised: April 16th and 19th, 1984
* Telecine: 27 August 1984

===Continuity notes===
[[File:Mtmte2 ironhide diverting river.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
[[File:Mtmte2 shermandam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*Gadgets and powers:
**Brawn uses a retractable welding tip to cut Huffer free. This same hooked welding tip seems to be fairly standard Autobot equipment, showing up in many future episodes, attached to many different 'bots.
**Trailbreaker's "force shield" is fired from a three-pronged wrist-gun.
**Wheeljack can shoot a fire extinguishing chemical of some sort from his retracted wrist.
**Jazz uses a retractable grappling hook that slides out of his wrist (with a little pulse-glow of energy, no less.) This gadget will show up a couple more times in this and the next episode.
**Soundwave gives us the most overt instance of size-changing we've yet seen.
**A couple of stock powers make their debut, as Hound demonstrates his holograms and Mirage turns invisible.
**Gears displays his infrared. Well, actually, it's just a red light. Don't tell anyone.
**Jazz and Prowl can both fire energy-net things out of their wrists. Prowl will repeat this ability in "[[Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots]]".
**"The <s>noal</s> null ray" actually does what it's supposed to this time, shutting down some generators when Starscream shoots them with it.
**When Hound submerges to pursue Rumble, he drops a face shield into place, implying he may be susceptible to water.
**Ironhide has a mounted cannon in the back of his van. It's heavily based on the similar cannon that his toy's repair bay has.
**Starscream owns a [[Slingshot (weapon)|slingshot]] and uses some unidentified crystal as ammunition.
**In one of the series' most inexplicably well-remembered scenes, Megatron and Optimus both deploy glowing, semi-solid energy weapons from their wrists: a [[Energon mace|morning star]] and an [[Energon-axe|axe]], respectively.
**Trailbreaker can deploy a roof-mounted radar dish to listen in remotely on the 'cons.
[[File:Roller deploy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*Early in the episode, the scene is shown changing from the Ark to a similar-looking shack nearby. This shack appears to have the same construction as the Ark itself, but is not a part of the ship. It is almost never seen again, except in the episodes "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]]" and "[[The Autobot Run]]".
*As he returns to tape mode to enter Teletraan I, Ravage's missiles disappear in a glowing flash.
*According to Starscream, 1,750,000 KiloWatts is not enough electrical power to make energon cubes!
*The script that Teletraan I displays differs significantly from the Ancient Autobot language the Decepticons find in "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]". It's also rather different from the Ancient Cybertronian that [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] finds on the control panel of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] in "[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]". One might reasonably fanwank it by saying that Jazz is reading the modern version of these languages.
*Optimus calling Megatron old lines up quite well with the later episode "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]". In it, Orion Pax is portrayed as a much more youthful bot than Megatron.
*Optimus deploys Roller for the first time. He's gray, based on an earlier iteration of the toy, rather than the blue of the US release.
*While Soundwave and Ravage are using Teletraan I, a shot of the oil rig from Part 1 was briefly shown.

===Non-final premises===
[[File:G1 cartoon Autobots fly.JPG|thumb]]
As part of the series pilot, this episode features some conventions and details which would be changed for the series proper:
*The Autobots can all fly in [[robot mode]].
*[[Corey Burton]] employs a different voice for Brawn, one that is higher and more hoarse-sounding than the "correct" version that will appear in later episodes. The same voice pops up again in "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]" (after Skyfire catches a falling Brawn).
*Mirage gets a different sound effect for his disappearing abilities (which would actually be used again in "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]").
*Wheeljack acquires a bit of southern accent in the third act of this episode. Oddly, he already had his finalized voice in the previous episode, and indeed, shows no real signs of the accent in his sparing lines during this episode's first two acts. Consequently, fans have speculated that voice actor [[Chris Latta]] was trying to differentiate the voice from his Sparkplug voice, as they ''are'' pretty identical, and he only begins to affect the accent when Wheeljack and Sparkplug share a scene.
*The "next time" preview refers to the three episodes collectively as "The Transformers". They would later be rechristened "More than Meets the Eye" (obviously!)

===Real-world references===
*[[Burma]] is a country in southeast Asia, currently known to the [[United Nations]] as Myanmar. It is, indeed, particularly rich in rubies, and is the source of 90% of the world's supply of the gems.

===Animation and technical errors===
*In the recap of "Part 1" at the beginning of the episode, a scene is shown in which Optimus Prime is trying to lift a grate trapping Spike and Sparkplug. However, in "Part 1", the grate was orange, while in the recap that same grate is shown as gray.
*Huffer's trapped arm does not appear to actually connect to his torso.
*As Huffer and Brawn converse, Brawn's lips move for Huffer's line, "Let's take off."
*Prime's running lights are drawn as rectangular instead of round as he explains the Decepticons to Spike and Sparkplug.
*Soundwave commands Ravage to "enter Teltraan I", omitting the second syllable from the computer's name.
*After picking up Soundwave, Spike runs into the Ark carrying his rucksack slung over his shoulder. In the next shot, the rucksack has vanished.
[[File:Reflector in red.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey! That's my color scheme!]]
[[File:Weirdstreak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Ratchet and Bluestreak just came back from the helmet salon.]]
*Coloring errors:
**Soundwave's eject button is one of the most common coloring errors of the whole series. Based on his toy, it's supposed to be white in the cartoon, but almost as often as not, the colorists simply colored it the same blue as the rest of him:
***Soundwave's eject button and cheek guards are both blue instead of white as he returns to robot mode.
***Blue button as he swipes at Spike.
***And after he plays back the Sherman Dam info.
***And as Megatron pontificates about the [[ruby crystal]]s. (Cheek guards too.)
**Brawn's helmet is a bit too light as he watches Soundwave retreat.
**When Gears transforms, his blue parts change to red, leaving him as an all-red truck.
**Soundwave is missing all his yellow stripes as he plays back Teletraan I's info on Sherman Dam.
**When Optimus orders his troops to head to the power plant, he has a gray eyeband instead of two blue optics. In the next shot, the Autobots who take off beside him include Windcharger coloured like Cliffjumper, Brawn coloured like Sunstreaker, and Gears coloured like Brawn.
**As the Autobots blast into the power plant, they shoot down both Starscream and a Reflector colored like Starscream.
**Soundwave's visor switches from white to red and back as he and Megatron ride the elevator.
**Starscream's collar is yellow as he asks "What's the difference?"
**Half of Starscream's collar is yellow again during "I can wait".
**In the establishing shot of the Autobots outside the Burma ruby mines, Ratchet's head is black and gray. When the shot is repeated, Bluestreak's head is yellow, making his head resemble Bumblebee's.
**As Thundercracker faces Sparkplug, his wing insignia are rendered as purple rectangles. As he joins Skywarp to double-team Bumblebee, they're missing completely.
**Sideswipe's helmet is red instead of black as Bumblebee transforms in front of him.
**Bumblebee's midsection flickers between grey and yellow as he walks down the mine with Sparkplug.
**Starscream's face is white instead of gray as Bumblebee and Spike spy on the 'cons.
**Jazz's helmet and hand are mostly white instead of black as he worries about Bumblebee.
*When Optimus and Megatron confront each other atop Sherman Dam, Optimus is slightly miscolored; his helmet, hands, lower legs and skidplate are all dark gray...which makes him look a heck of a lot like Sideswipe, funnily.
[[File:mtmte2 shermandam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Maybe it's Sideswipe cosplaying as Optimus Prime?]]
*During the opening dialogue of Prime and Megatron's showdown, the gun barrel on Megatron's back is extremely... thick.
[[File:MtMtEpt2 Megatron BigBack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|He's VERY excited about this fight.]]

*As the Autobots try to capture Ravage, their miscellaneous shouts were scripted simply as being collectively delivered by the group and were not attributed to any individual 'bots. As such, they were performed by a random collection of actors, not using any of their standard Transformers character voices, but the animation would then depict mismatched Autobots speaking the lines in voices that are not their own. We hear "There he is!" (voiced by [[Chris Latta]], but delivered by Sideswipe), "Get him!" ([[Ken Sansom]], Jazz), "Fire!" ([[Frank Welker]], Sideswipe again), "It's too dark!" (Latta again, from offscreen) and "Can't see him!" (Welker again, also from offscreen). Another example of this problematic practice would crop up next episode; it would mostly be avoided in the series proper, but another instance can be heard in "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]".
*Gears and Hound are extremely tiny in their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s in the next shot, as a titanic Optimus Prime walks up behind them. This is the result of an earlier height chart which depicted Optimus and Megatron as towering over their troops. The miniseries' storyboards were revised to match the two leaders' finalised scale, however this scene remained unaltered.
*When arriving at the dam, Optimus Prime speaks the line "We've got to work fast", but Prowl is shown talking.
*When Optimus orders the Autobots "to the air," Hound is part of the group that takes off, but in the very next shot, he's on the ground by the river with Spike. Per the script of episode, he ''is'' actually meant to take off with the group, but a shot of the Autobots then splitting up and going in different directions to deal with different threats was cut from the episode; as intimated by the cloud of dust visible around Hound's feet, he's meant to have just landed again after his brief flight.
*One of the neighbors that Ironhide and Bumblebee rescue appears to be a woman in a pink dress...who is waving and moving as a ''man''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s voice says, "Thanks, neighbors!"
*When the Autobots are first confronting the Decepticons at the power plant, Sideswipe and Optimus appear to have Decepticon logos on them. (See the flying picture above.)
*As Megatron taunts Prime during their battle on the dam, Optimus disappears for a couple of frames at the beginning of the wide shot after the closeup of Megatron.
*The camera is strangely blurry as two Seekers attach two wires together at the snowy oil refinery before it quickly refocuses. This is explained by a deleted shot in the storyboards that shows one of the generic Seekers ripping open a gas pipeline with his bare hands, before connecting one end to a hose attached to the empty energon cubes.
*As Starscream prepares his strange slingshot thing, one of his wing stripes becomes transparent. His wings are also mounted much higher on his back than normal.
*As Soundwave and the Reflectors fill Energon cubes in a grassy meadow, there is a registration error that causes Soundwave's lower half to vanish several frames before the foreground content is meant to block it.
*The second purple jet to leave the Black Diamond mine does so alone, but when he drifts back into the shot, he's got a Rumble and a Reflector with him.
*Both he and Megatron are missing their insignia as the elevator reaches the bottom.
*While the Reflectors are stacking Energon cubes, the Energon cubes are translucent enough to see the background (and to see that the Reflectors' legs weren't animated).
[[File:G1toon starscream laser turret.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|They were only counting on having to fight three Autobots back home.]]
*Starscream's leg is disconnected from his body as he fires his cannon.

*The microphone that Sparkplug uses to radio the Autobots changes appearance between shots; it looks like a microphone in closeup, but more like a {{w|Simon (game)|Simon}} toy when Sparkplug is holding it.
*In the "strike force" lineup, all of the Reflectors have gray lower legs, rather than the lavender they're supposed to.
*One gun, many lasers:
**The two generics who attack Trailbreaker shower him with a dozen or more lasers, despite having only two guns apiece.
*After Sunstreaker shoots one of the generics and Spike's comment, Sideswipe's shown to have a weapon in the same place as Sunstreaker's, with smoke pouring from the end.
*The ends of the ruby collection tubes are closed like test tubes, leaving the falling crystals nowhere to go.
*Prime's right antenna disappears as he points at the mine entrance.
*Only the front of Wheeljack's "ears" flash as he shows off his new explosive.
*[[Norm McCabe]] is again credited as Nor M McCabe.
*Like the previous episode, Frank Welker's name was accidentally omitted from the credits.

===Continuity errors===
*Brawn uses a blow torch to free Huffer's oil-soaked arm, and somehow, it doesn't catch fire.
*All the other humans from the oil-rig disappear. (Or drowned, [[Titanic|DiCaprio-style]].)
*For some reason, Sunstreaker and Cliffjumper are just sitting around in the repair bay in automotive form.
[[File:AirWarriors MTMtE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|We don't know where we came from, either.]]
[[File:GenericDecepticons MTMTE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, eject. Operation: crowd filler."]]
*This episode totally shatters the previous episode's consistent cast of Decepticons, which was clearly shown to be Megatron, Soundwave, 3 jets, 3 Reflectors, and 3 tapes. To pad out the Decepticon ranks, a horde of generic Decepticons just starts appearing out of nowhere:
**A light purple-gray jet is standing behind Thundercracker after the Decepticons land at the dam.
**As Reflector compresses the energon cubes, there are ''four'' Reflector robots, as well as three Rumbles. The real Rumble is, at this point, still underwater, fighting with Hound. Rumble shows up in two more subsequent shots as well, including one where he's the only guy in the shot!
**And then it all goes to hell after the Sherman Dam sequence. Two purplish jets are with Thundercracker in the snow. Then a subsequent pan shot shows ''four'' light blue jets, ''three'' light purple jets, and ''two Thundercrackers''.
**At the Black Diamond mine: three purple jets, and a slate blue Rumble.
**The assembled strike force: one Skywarp, two Thundercrackers, another lavender jet, four Rumbles in yellow, orange, bright blue and slate blue, and ''seven'' Reflectors.
**Two lavender and one slate blue jet answer Megatron's order to "Scramble!"
**A shot of the Decepticons in flight shows a total of ''twenty-seven'' robots.
**Two generics even get their own scripted appearance, attacking Trailbreaker, complete with speaking parts!
**After all that, there's not much point in noting 2 blues and 2 lavenders loading ruby crystals, is there?
**6 generic jets plus Starscream as Bumblebee and Spike observe the 'cons mining the crystals.
*Megatron's definition of "tidal wave" is a bit wonky, considering that Rumble doesn't really make one huge wave. Of course, we wouldn't expect ''aliens'' to have a perfect grasp of the English language.
[[File:G1 cartoon Autobot letters.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|"Okay, Spike, here's your next Cybertronian lesson!" "Uh...for a...good...time...call..." "Whoops! Wrong screen!"]]
*When Spike tells Jazz that there's trouble at Sherman Dam, the screen shows what is presumably Cybertronian text. Spike shouldn't be able to read this.
*Likewise, the dam worker says "she's gonna blow" (twice!) in reference to the crumbling dam. The dam might crack, fail, or give way, but neither the dam nor the generators are likely to ''explode''.
*Megatron lacks his signature [[fusion cannon]] when battling Prime atop Sherman Dam.
*Superhuman Spike:
**A shot of Sherman Dam shows us that the water behind it (where Rumble is making his earthquake) is clearly hundreds of feet deep. Somehow, Spike just leaps right into it to rescue Hound. The water is also ''ragingly'' turbulent in the previous shot, yet perfectly still once Spike is actually in it.
**He then has no trouble at all moving a big boulder that's pinning Hound in place.
**It must be hereditary. Sparkplug survives being punched directly in the ribcage and into a stone wall by Thundercracker. He should be wall-pizza after that. Spike also is no worse for wear after Rumble whacks him across the face. A blow like the one Rumble gives Spike should have shattered Spike's skull.
[[File:Rubycrystalminesofburma.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Thus explaining why Burma was the dominant world superpower in 1984.]]
*Megatron yells to his troops from offscreen to "Follow me!" when he's getting bashed around by Prime; according to the dialogue script, this line was supposed to be spoken by Starscream.
*One of the shots of filling energon cubes appears to take place in a forest, with no machinery of any type in sight. Are they stealing energy from trees?
*A few shots from Starscream's little cannon drain a whole gigantic stack of energon cubes. Are the cubes really ''that'' paltry?
*The likelihood of rubies being a viable power source, let alone "the richest source of energy on the face of the Earth", is questionable. Apparently Megatron is not yet familiar with the bizarre physics of cartoon Earth, where all kinds of super-powered crystals are just sitting around waiting for someone to sap energy out of them.
*Sparkplug claims to have previously worked in the ruby mine, which, while not thoroughly implausible, seems unlikely for an American [[oil]] rig worker/mechanic.
*Wheeljack tells Sparkplug that the bomb timer is 60 seconds. All the views of the countdown timer show it decreasing at approximately two units per second, meaning that the bomb would go off in about 30 seconds.

===Trivia===
*Deleted scenes from the original script to this episode include Spike and Jazz tapping Teletraan I into "the Emergency Alert System" (thirteen years before the real world system of that name would exist), leading to it detecting the trouble at Sherman Dam; Trailbreaker covering Ironhide as the older 'bot uses his adhesives to seal the cracks in the dam; the two nameless Decepticon jets appearing in robot mode, standing guard at the Decepticon base, where they spot Trailbreaker and the Witwickys driving by and decide to pursue them; and Bumblebee and Sparkplug facing two Decepticon guards at the mine entrance, who Bumblebee paralyzes with a stun ray from his headlights. Other differences include Bumblebee teaming up with ''Wheeljack'', rather than Ironhide, to carve the trenches that break up the raging river; in accordance, Wheeljack's alternate mode is described as a "van", which, coupled with several other awkward or incorrect alternate mode descriptions in the "More than Meets the Eye" scripts, suggests that complete finalized details on the Transformers' alternate modes hadn't been provided to the writer yet.
*The dam sequence was adapted for the UK comic story "[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!]]" in issues #29-30, and also released as a set of [[View-Master]] reels. The weapons used by Prime and Megatron would be immortalized in toy form several times, and even get a bit of an [[homage]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action movies]], where Prime thrice wields orange-glowing bladed [[Dual Energon Swords|energy]] [[Energon Hooks|weapons]] in all three films, including an [[Energon-axe|axe]], while Megatron uses a [[Mace|flail]] in the first film.
*Much of the character animation in this episode is pleasingly fluid, with some rather dynamic transformations. Decepticons in particular do lots of flips as they transform.
*Bumblebee's mission is hilarious. He transforms to car mode, drives about twenty feet, returns to robot mode, stands outside the mine and says "Come on, let's go inside." Well, what ''else'' were you planning there, 'Bee?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Plein la vue - Partie 2'''" ("Show off - Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*In the European French dub, Jazz's line "Catch!" is replaced by "D'accord !" ("Okay!"), which does not really make sense in the scene.

'''German'''
:*''Title (Generation 2):'' "'''Die Rückkehr'''" ("The Return")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 7]], [[1994]]
:*''Title ([[Transformers 40th Anniversary Event|40th Anniversary Dub]]):'' "'''Die Power der Verwandlung, Teil 2'''" ("The Power of Transformation, Part 2")
:*''Original releasedate:'' [[May 15]], [[2024]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''La miniera di rubini'''" ("The Ruby Mine")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Molto più di quel che appare - Seconda parte'''" ("Much More than What Appears - Second Part")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ruby Crystal no Himitsu'''" (ルビークリスタルの秘密, "Secret of the Ruby Crystals")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 13]], [[1985]]
::*'''Cut:''' After Spike picks up Soundwave outside and runs off, a few seconds are shaved off of him disappearing off screen. The long shot of him running through the entrace of the Ark is cut, as are the first few seconds of him running down the hall of the Ark with Soundwave clutched in his right hand.

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dì'èr Tiān'''" (第二天, "The Second Day")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mais do Que Os Olhos Veem, Parte 2'''" ("More than Meets the Eye, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*This episode did not air in the 1980s and was first released on DVD with a different dub from the rest of the show.

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ne vsjo tak prosto (Chast' 2)'''" (Не всё так просто (Часть 2), "Not All Is So Simple (Part 2)")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 26]], [[1995]]

'''Serbian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Više nego što se vidi drugi deo'''" (''Generation 2'', Више него што се види други део, "More than Meets the Eye Part 2"), "'''Sile zla drugi deo'''" (''Generation 2'', Силе зла други део, "Forces of Evil Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:Tf collection 0 convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|Takara, setting trends since 2000.]]
*'''''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' 0 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#The Transformers Collection|Convoy]] ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]], 2003)'''
:A reissue of the original ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Optimus Prime]] toy that includes a new accessory, an [[Energon-axe]] based on the one he wields in this episode that can be swapped out for one of his fists. A plethora of other Optimus Prime toys (including various ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' figures) also include the axe, either as an optional accessory or as a permanently affixed hand replacement, which includes a ''[[Heroes of Cybertron#SCF|Super Collection Figure]]'' (later released by Hasbro under the name "Heroes of Cybertron") that predates the ''Transformers Collection'' line.

*'''''The Transformers Collection'' 6 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#The Transformers Collection|Megatron]] (Takara, 2003)
:A reissue of the original ''Generation 1'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Megatron]] toy that includes a new accessory, an [[Energon mace]] based on the one he wields in this episode that plugs over one of his hands. Like with Optimus Prime's Energon-axe, the mace has also become a standard accessory or permanent feature of numerous additional Megatron toys, again including an SCF figure that predates the ''Transformers Collection'' line.

*'''''Masterpiece'' MP-47 [[Hound (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Hound]] (2019)'''
:This figure includes, among its accessories, a Spike figure to represent their friendship through the 3-parter and the holographic driver he briefly shows to Spike in this episode. His head also features a flip-out face shield to recreate his underwater scenes.

*'''''Masterpiece'' MP-56 [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Trailbreaker]] (2022)'''
:This figure features accessories based on this episode, such as the multi-nozzle forcefield generator that attaches to his left hand and the satellite dish that attaches to the car roof.
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==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1985 — ''The Transformers'' — Volume 1: "More than Meets the Eye" ([[Family Home Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1985 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' ([[VAP]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — Arrival from Cybertron ([[Video Gems|A.M.T. Video Gems]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — ''The Transformers'' — Arrival from Cybertron ([[Video Gems|V.I.P. Video Gems]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1991 — ''The Transformers'' — Arrival from Cybertron ([[Video Gems|Little Gems Junior Video Club]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1999 — ''The Transformers: Generation 2'' — More than Meets the Eye ([[Malofilm|Seville Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2001 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Exclusively from Blockbuster ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers: Generation 2'' ([[Maverick Entertainment|Sony Wonder]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Original Series: Volume Two (Sony Wonder) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Complete Original Series: Deluxe Edition (Sony Wonder) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — First Season Collector's Edition ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume One (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — The Best of ''The Transformers'' (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Episodes (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Classic Transformers'' — Series One: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 01: Stagione Uno Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete First Season: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — More than Meets the Eye (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete First Season: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[http://zobovor.tripod.com/more_than_meets_the_eye_part_2_bloopers.html Zobovor's Bloopers list]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c8F3_ZrSADyU7EVIYH2xJjcSXRYXHZZM/view?usp=drive_link Full episode script with revision pages dated 13th March 1984]
*[https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/the-transformers-mp-4024-more-than_5.html Full storyboards for Act I and samples for Act III of this episode]

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Talk:List of The Transformers episodes

2026-03-17T00:49:49Z

Donfede: intent to add movie ; intent to add See also with links

Uh...why are there Beast Wars episodes in here? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 19:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
:Placeholders, one assumes. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:07, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
::Correct. It's on the comments for the initial creation. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 20:34, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Honestly, I question why this page exists. The main page for the cartoon has the episodes listed already --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
:See the discussion at [[Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal#Episode_lists]] --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 21:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Shouldn't the movie be listed between season 2 and 3? I know it's not exactly an "episode" per se, but it's part of this continuity and the story makes no sense without it.
: Planning to add the movie between season 2 and 3. This matches what's on Wikipedia, and helps users interested in seeing the cartoon continuity. --[[User:Donfede|Donfede]] ([[User talk:Donfede|talk]]) 20:49, 16 March 2026 (EDT)

Planning to add "See also:" at the bottom, with links to, tfwiki - Generation 1 cartoon timeline, and Wikipedia. --[[User:Donfede|Donfede]] ([[User talk:Donfede|talk]]) 20:49, 16 March 2026 (EDT)