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Ghosts and Impostors

2015-10-25T02:26:00Z

Dresden Nova: Previous episode established Windblade keeps her captured Decepticons at home.

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 24
|image=GhostsAndImpostors Spooky Drift.jpg
|caption=Return the Slab, or suffer my Curse.
|prev=The Buzz on Windblade
|next=Battlegrounds, Part 1
|title="Ghosts and Impostors"
|airdate=[[August 29]], [[2015]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[John Loy]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
}}
'''An educational trip turns into a Decepticon hunt as Bumblebee and the Autobots stumble upon a chameleon-like fugitive in a western ghost town.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:GhostsAndImpostors Grimlock flees lava.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[Russell Clay|Russell]] and [[Denny Clay|Denny]] return to the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]] from their camping trip, having been drenched. While the pair go to warm up, the Autobots reflect on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s many vacation spots. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] asserts that [[Earth]] has equally wondrous places to visit. Intending to prove it, Bumblebee has [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] set the [[GroundBridge]] for a vacation spot, but unwisely asks the [[Mini-Con]] to surprise him. The Autobots end up on the side of an active volcano and are forced to vacate the area at speed to avoid the lava and steam vents and falling rocks. Bumblebee radios Fixit for a different destination, and this time they emerge into somewhere in the western [[United States of America|United States]]. Fixit is able to give them some facts about the location, including that the ghost town of [[Edmondville]] is nearby.

[[File:GhostsAndImpostors Autobots in Edmondville.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I say we leave now while he's not looking."]]
The Autobots are soon pulling up in Edmondville, though Bumblebee is the only one enthusiastic to be there. As they discuss ghosts, they're unaware that they're being watched from one of the buildings. Bumblebee leaves the others and starts exploring, but quickly becomes aware that there's something else lurking in the town. [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] alerts him to an incoming tour bus, and the Autobots all hide. As the bored tour guide attempts half-heartedly to spook her group, the Autobots begin making spooky noises of their own, and the terrified humans soon pile into the bus and depart. The amused Autobots regroup, but something is still bugging Bumblebee who thinks they're not alone. Indeed, there's a dark shape watching from the shadows.

[[File:GhostsAndImpostors Grimlock post-punch.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The Autobots decide they must eliminate any threat in the town as it's a regular tourist stop, so they split up to search. [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] venture into the bank, only to be shut in the vault. Bumblebee and Grimlock spot a cart full of explosives speeding towards town. [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] are in the saloon when a chandelier almost falls on them. The pair dive out through the nearest wall, shortly before Strongarm blasts her way out of the vault. Grimlock stops the runaway cart by punching it, which only makes it explode. Regrouping in the middle of town, Bumblebee contacts Fixit who identies a potential Decepticon as [[Pseudo]], a [[Shifter]]. On Bumblebee's suggestion, the Autobots reset their optics to detect heat sources, however from the shadows, Pseudo scans them all.

[[File:GhostsAndImpostors sunset.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
After another search, the Autobots return to the middle of town having come up empty, however Bumblebee quickly notices that the group seems to have picked up a second Drift. Both Drifts appear identical, and Bumblebee is at a loss at telling them apart until the real Drift deploys his Mini-Cons. Realizing he's been rumbled, Pseudo speeds off and enters the town's abandoned mine. The Autobots follow, but are forced to split up when the tunnels fork. Bumblebee suddenly encounters Pseudo disguised as Strongarm, who promptly punches him in the face and runs off. A few moments later, Pseudo, now in the form of Bumblebee, knocks Sideswipe down as well. The Autobots rendezvous in a cavern, where they now have two Grimlocks. A quick question about the [[Acid Wastes]] flushes out Pseudo, who turns into Sideswipe to evade them. They pursue him out of the mine and spot him trying to escape in the form of a dilapidated steam engine. He manages to evade them by knocking down rocks to block the canyon he's moving through, however Bumblebee has Grimlock hurl the two Mini-Cons. Jetstorm and Slipstream crash down on the track ahead of Pseudo, causing the Decepticon to crash. As they take Pseudo into custody, the Autobots reflect that maybe Earth is great after all, and as Fixit opens a GroundBridge for them, they're too busy admiring a sunset to go through.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (3)
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (4)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (5)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (6)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (7)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (9)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Pseudo]] (11)

|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (1)
*[[Denny Clay]] (2)
*Tour party (12)

}}

==Quotes==
'''Sideswipe''': Are we having fun yet? 
'''Bumblebee''': Ha! C'mon, Earth is unpredictable! That's part of its charm! 
'''Drift''': I would not describe molten lava as 'charming'.
:—Different opinions on fun and charm are exchanged

"It's quiet. Too quiet" 
"A location cannot be too quiet. It is either quiet or it is not."
:—'''Sideswipe''' is wary and '''Drift''' throws logic at a bot who doesn't care

'''Bumblebee''': Can you [[Jetstorm (RID)|get]] [[Slipstream (RID)|them]] there? 
'''Grimlock''': Does a cat have whiskers that shoot lightnin'?
:—No they don't, but...

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity errors===
* Pseudo causes the cliffs running beside the track to cave inwards, but somehow after he does this, there's two handy ramps on either side of the track for the Autobots to drive up.
===Continuity notes===
* Denny and Russell return from a camping trip, possibly explaining their absence in the [[The Buzz on Windblade|previous episode]].
* Fixit references [[Shifter]]s, a Cybertronian subspecies that previously appeared in the ''Prime'' cartoon.
===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock, Scowl, Razorpaw, Zizza, Pseudo
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown, Kickback
* ''Released'': Grimlock
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large, others arrested by Windblade and held elsewhere''

===Transformers references===
*Potential Cybertronian travel destinations the Autobots suggest include the [[Sonic Canyons]], [[Manganese Mountains]] and the [[Acid Wastes]].

===Real-world references===
===Trivia===
===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fantômes et imposteurs'''" ("Ghosts and Impostors")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 24]], [[2015]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Szellemek és szélhámosok'''" ("Ghosts and Tricksters")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 5]], 2015

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fantasmi e impostori'''" ("Ghosts and Impostors")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 23]], [[2015]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:''
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 29]], [[2015]]

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

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

The Buzz on Windblade

2015-10-25T02:07:46Z

Dresden Nova: She took them wherever she was staying. She said as much to Sideswipe when she brought in Razorpaw.

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 23
|image=RID-windbladeandsideswipe.jpg
|caption=I am ''not'' a Mary Sue.
|prev=Similarly Different
|next=Ghosts and Impostors
|title="The Buzz on Windblade"
|airdate=[[August 22]], [[2015]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
}}
'''The Bee Team encounters a new Autobot, sent to Earth long ago.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] is giving an impromptu lecture to the other [[Autobot]]s about the dangers of horses, using a toy rocking horse as a teaching aide. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] is skeptical, but Strongarm maintains that since many of the ''[[Alchemor]]'''s inmates resemble Earth animals, it never hurts to be prepared. [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] is less than impressed, and heads off to train in the woods alone.

[[File:BuzzOnWindblade Sideswipe fights Windblade.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Only after we have mistakenly fought can we team up.]]
While racing through the forest, Sideswipe overhears a fight, and stumbles across the [[Decepticon]] [[Razorpaw]], locked in combat with a jet. The jet gains the upper hand and transforms into an unfamiliar Autobot, who overpowers and incapacitates Razorpaw. Sideswipe tries to compliment her on her takedown, but she mistakes him for another escaped Decepticon. The Autobot nearly takes him down until she notices his [[Autobot]] insignia. The Autobot introduces herself as [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], a fellow Autobot on a mission of her own.

Back at the scrapyard, Razorpaw is safely in a [[stasis pod]]. Windblade is quickly making friends with Bumblebee and his team, much to Strongarm's dismay. Strongarm asks if she was sent by the Council, but Windblade reveals [[Primus]] himself sent her to [[Earth]]! She recounts that a thousand years ago, Primus warned her of a rising evil, and sent her into stasis after modifying her body and enhancing her sensors. Having reawakened a month ago, Windblade has been secretly tracking down and imprisoning fugitive Decepticons. Strongarm is still skeptical of Windblades's story, but Sideswipe is even more impressed with her. Windblade detects another Decepticon signal nearby, and helps [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] get a lock on it. The team rolls out after Windblade comes up with a catchy motto, impressing Bumblebee.

[[File:RID-zizza.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The team eventually arrive outside a nearby airfield, where a trio of [[human]] planes are behaving erratically. Strongarm is still unenthusiastic about having to work with Windblade, but finds herself partnered with Windblade, [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], and Sideswipe. They work their way toward the airport's entrance, but Strongarm accidentally tips off one of the humans, who orders the nearest "drones" to divebomb the Autobots. The four Autobots make a run for the hangar — although Strongarm thinks that they should contact Bumblebee first — and manage to get inside.

Once inside, the Autobots discover their target: a bee-like Decepticon who controls humans with her toxic sting. Even worse, the Decepticon boasts that her loyal workers are planning to spread this toxin to airports all over the world! As the Autobots move closer, the Decepticon takes her two nearest workers hostage, and threatens to kill them if the Autobots try to arrest her. Windblade calls the bluff and promptly draws her sword, but Strongarm trips her before the Decepticon notices. Realizing that they cannot endanger innocent humans, the Autobots temporarily retreat.

[[File:BuzzOnWindblade humans vs Autobots.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Outside, Windblade confronts Strongarm about her interference. Strongarm retorts that all human lives are worth saving. Windblade is surprised, but realizes that Strongarm is right. After filling Bumblebee and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] in on the situation, Bumblebee has Fixit try to find a match for their quarry. Fixit tells them that they're up against [[Zizza]], a Decepticon who tried to pull a similar mind-control stunt back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Strongarm, having studied the behavior of Earth bees, hatches a new plan. Realizing that Zizza needs heat to stay active, Strongarm tells her allies that she knows how to make Zizza "chill out".

The group surrounds the hangar and swings into action; Grimlock distracts some of Zizza's drones while [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] cut the power, deactivating Zizza's heat lamps. Fixit warns Bumblebee that there's a plane requesting landing clearance. Bumblebee orders Fixit to hack into the control tower and divert the plane. Meanwhile, the mind-controlled pilots move in to intercept the plane. Bumblebee asks Windblade to reach the landing plane first, and Sideswipe tags along to assist. After Sideswipe forces the brainwashed pilots to land, Fixit manages to hack into the Control Tower, and diverts the plane to another airfield.

[[File:BuzzOnWindblade Strongarm battles Zizza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|“Such bees!" Strongarm had never seen anything like it.
"If one were to sting me," she thought "I should swell up as big as I am!” .]]
Strongarm watches the interception, but then notices Zizza trying to flee. Strongarm tries to weigh Zizza down while dodging her stingers. Windblade and Sideswipe pass by, and their combined efforts manage to knock Zizza into a tanker filled with refrigerated foam, incapacitating the temperature-sensitive Decepticon and allowing Strongarm to slap a pair of [[stasis cuffs]] on her target.

With the airfield back to normal and the humans recovering with no memory of the event, Windblade announces that she's off to continue her own mission. Sideswipe begs her not to go, even pleading Bumblebee to say otherwise. Before she leaves though, Windblade makes amends with Strongarm, admitting that her reckless plan almost cost innocent lives. With a mutual respect slowly growing between the two, Windblade transforms and flies away. Sideswipe compliments Strongarm on her plan... leaving Strongarm wondering if she just heard a genuine compliment from her comrade.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (1)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (2)
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (5)
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (6)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (7)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (8)
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Razorpaw]] (9)
*[[Zizza]] (12)

|c3=
*Hypnotized humans (11)
*Pilot (13)

}}

==Quotes==
'''Strongarm''': And the lower appendages, or 'hooves', of real horses can cause significant injury. 
'''Bumblebee''': Uh, Strongarm, horses aren't generally aggressive unless provoked. 
'''Strongarm''': Perhaps not, sir. But given how many of the Alchemor's inmates are analogous to Earth's animals, it is vital that we understand any- 
'''Sideswipe''': Enough!
:—In the classroom with Miss Strongarm

'''Windblade''': Looks like this team you've put together has had a pretty high success rate. The mark of good leadership. 
'''Bumblebee''': [bashful] Heh, well… I had raw materials to begin with. 
'''Windblade''': If [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Slick]] here is any indication, I'd say that's probably true. 
'''Strongarm''': [muttering] ''Slick''?
:—The rest of the team meets Windblade

'''Windblade''': Let's crank some pistons and cross some distance! 
'''Sideswipe''': Yeah-ha-ha, alright! 
'''Grimlock''': That's how you do it! 
'''Bumblebee''': Now, how did you come up with that so fast? Cause I've had the worst time.
:—In which Bumblebee finds a catchphrase mentor

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity notes===
*Windblade mentions having been reactivated a month ago, suggesting that is how much time has passed since the ''Alchemor'' crash.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock, Scowl, Razorpaw, Zizza
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown, Kickback
* ''Released'': Grimlock
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''

===Transformers references===
*As per ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)| War for Cybertron]]'', Primus is depicted as being the [[core]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].
*Sideswipe performs [[Jet judo]].

===Real-world references===
* Grimlock clambers up the air control tower while being attacked by planes, an obvious homage to ''[[King Kong]]''.
* Windblade's transformation by Primus is a direct reference to the transformation sequences in magical girl anime, most famously ''Sailor Moon''.

===Trivia===
*To answer Grimlock's question, yes - cats can snore.
* Far be it from us to question the Lord of Light, but one does wonder why Windblade wasn't awoken to help deal with the [[Darkness Rising|Terrorcon apocalypse]], [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|Unicron's reactivation]], or the [[Deadlock|potential obliteration of Earth's biosphere]].
* Strongarm brought up the fact that most of the Alchemor's prisoners resemble Earth animals, and how they share some of the same strengths and weaknesses.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La reine des abeilles'''" ("The Queen Bee")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 24]], [[2015]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A királynő'''" ("The Queen")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2]], 2015

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Windblade'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 22]], 2015

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:''
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 22]], [[2015]]

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

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