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Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)

2016-04-17T10:39:41Z

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

'''''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''''' is an animated television series that premiered on [[Cartoon Network]]<ref>
[http://investor.hasbro.com/social/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=874978 Cartoon Network Becomes the Home of Hasbro Studios' Newest Series, Transformers: Robots in Disguise]</ref> in the United States on [[March 14]], 2015.<ref>[http://www.tvinsider.com/article/472/cartoon-network-gears-up-for-transformers-robots-in-disguise/ Cartoon Network Gears Up for Transformers: Robots in Disguise]</ref> Set years after ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', the show follows [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] as he travels back to [[Earth]] after the prison ship ''[[Alchemor]]'' crash-lands on the planet. Charged with rounding up the escaped [[Decepticon]] prisoners, he reluctantly takes command of a new team of [[Autobot]]s.

The show made its worldwide debut in late December 2014, with the first 13 episodes released as pay-to-view content on Chinese video streaming website [http://www.1905.com M1905].

In September 2015, Hasbro announced a second season of the show.<ref>[http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/52681 MIPJunior Spotlight: Hasbro Studios]</ref> The first thirteen episodes of season 2 began screening on [[February 20]], 2016, with a second thirteen-episode block set for release in fall 2016. <ref>[https://youtu.be/wmBE1YgV0yM Botcon 2016 - Q& A Interview with Hasbro Transformers Team] </ref>

Season 1 of the show is currently available on [[Netflix]] in certain regions.

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

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

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

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

==Cast==
{{Featuredcharacters
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'''Main cast'''
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ([[Will Friedle]])
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] ([[Eric Bauza]])
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] ([[Mitchell Whitfield]])
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] ([[Khary Payton]])
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] ([[Roger Craig Smith]])
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] ([[Jeffrey Combs]])
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] ([[Darren Criss]])
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (Roger Craig Smith)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] ([[Constance Zimmer]])
*[[Undertone]]
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] ([[Kristy Wu]])

'''Others'''
*[[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] ([[Arif S. Kinchen]])
*[[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] ([[Adrian Pasdar]])
*[[Toolbox]] (Mitchell Whitfield)
*[[Vector Prime]] (Troy Baker)

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'''Recurring'''
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] ([[Troy Baker]])
*[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (Roger Craig Smith)
*[[Bisk]] (Khary Payton)
*[[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] ([[David Hunt]])
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] ([[Jim Cummings]])
*[[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
*[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] (Khary Payton)
*[[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] ([[Kevin Pollak]])
*[[Glowstrike]] ([[Grey DeLisle]])
*[[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] ([[John DiMaggio]])
*[[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] (Liam O'Brien)
*[[The Fallen|Megatronus]] ([[Gil Gerard]])
*[[Overload (RID)|Overload]] ([[Dave Fennoy]])
*[[Quillfire]] ([[Andy Milder]])
*[[Saberhorn]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] ([[Victor Brandt]])
*[[Slicedice]] ([[Gary Anthony Williams]])
*[[Springload]] ([[John Steven Rocha]])
*[[Thunderhoof]] ([[Frank Stallone]])
*[[Underbite]] ([[Liam O'Brien]])

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'''Others'''
*[[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]] ([[Carlos Alazraqui]])
*[[Axiom]] ([[Jeff Glen Bennett|Jeff Bennett]])
*[[Back]]
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Bludgeon (RID 2015)|Bludgeon]] ([[Dee Bradley Baker]])
*[[Clout]] (Dee Bradley Baker)
*[[Filch]] (Constance Zimmer)
*[[Forth]]
*[[Glacius]] ([[Yuri Lowenthal]])
*[[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]] (Carlos Alazraqui)
*[[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]] ([[David Kaye]])
*[[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]] (Eric Bauza)
*[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Malodor]] ([[Daniel Roebuck]])
*[[Nightstrike]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]] ([[Ted Biaselli]])
*[[Ped]] ([[Eddie Deezen]])
*[[Polarclaw]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Pseudo]] (Eric Bauza)
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Razorpaw]] ([[Jonathan Adams]])
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*[[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]] ([[Mark Hildreth]])
*[[Silverhound]]
*[[Simacore]] ([[Matthew Yang King]])
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]
*[[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]] ([[Gregg Berger]])
*[[Swelter]] ([[Robbie Rist]])
*[[Terrashock]] ([[Kevin Michael Richardson]])
*[[Theorem]] (Jeff Bennett)
*[[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]] ([[Charlie Schlatter]])
*[[Zizza]] ([[Jackée Harry]])
{{!}}}
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'''Main cast'''
*[[Denny Clay]] ([[Ted McGinley]])
*[[Russell Clay]] ([[Stuart Allan]])

'''Others'''
*[[Arnold]] (Troy Baker)
*[[Bob (RID)|Bob]] (Will Friedle)
*[[Butch (RID)|Butch]] (Will Friedle)
*[[Casey (RID)|Casey]] ([[Kate Bond]])
*[[Farnum]] (John DiMaggio)
*[[Hank]] ([[Bailey Gambertoglio]])
*[[Larry LaRue]] ([[John Katovsich]])
*[[Morton]]
*[[Ziegler]] (Eric Bauza)
*[[Tour boat captain]] (Kevin Pollak)
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==Episodes==
{{main|List of Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes}}
===Season 1===
{{collist|2|
#"[[Pilot (Part 1)]]"
#"[[Pilot (Part 2)]]"
#"[[Trust Exercises]]"
#"[[More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye]]"
#"[[W.W.O.D.?]]"
#"[[As the Kospego Commands!]]"
#"[[Collect 'Em All]]"
#"[[True Colors]]"
#"[[Rumble in the Jungle]]"
#"[[Can You Dig It?]]"
#"[[Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!]]"
#"[[Hunting Season]]"
#"[[Out of Focus]]"
#"[[Sideways (episode)|Sideways]]"
#"[[Even Robots Have Nightmares]]"
#"[[Some Body, Any Body]]"
#"[[One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing]]"
#"[[Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble]]"
#"[[The Champ]]"
#"[[The Trouble with Fixit]]"
#"[[Lockout]]"
#"[[Similarly Different]]"
#"[[The Buzz on Windblade]]"
#"[[Ghosts and Impostors]]"
#"[[Battlegrounds, Part 1]]"
#"[[Battlegrounds, Part 2]]"
}}

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

===Shorts===
{{Collist|2|
#"[[Fixit Jam]]"
#"[[To Catch a Phrase]]"
#"[[Sticky Situation]]"
#"[[Carjacked!]]"
#"[[Perfect]]"
#"[[Knock, Knock!]]"
#"[[The Power of Dibs]]"
#"[[Back and Forth]]"
#"[[The Tragedy of Slipstream]]"
#"[[A Level Playing Field]]"
#"[[Two Plus Two Equals More]]"
}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-''===

[[File:Prime of Micron logo.jpg|center|300px|]]

Season 2 will begin airing in 2016 under the title '''''Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-''''' (トランスフォーマーアドベンチャー -マイクロンの章- ''Toransufōmā Adobenchā -Maikuron no Shō-''). Incidentally, the "Maikuron no Shō" portion of the Japanese title actually translates to "Micron Chapter", but nobody tell them that.

==Notes==
*''Robots in Disguise'' did not have the most successful record when it came to premiering new episodes; in fact, every single episode of the first season was released through a different venue before it was broadcast on US television.
**The first 13 episodes of the series were released, dubbed in Mandarin Chinese, on [[December 31]], [[2014]] in mainland China, but not Hong Kong, several weeks in advance of their US broadcast. The episodes were made available on website 1905.com, with five-minute previews being free and the whole episodes available until [[January 15]] for CNY/RMB ¥19.5, which is around USD$3–4. [[You]] could even win a "fabulous" assortment of Hasbro toys (legion class) and a RMB¥30 digital coupon if you paid for the episodes!
**The show went on to to premiere on Canal J in France, Biggs in Portugal, and Cartoon Network in Hungary before the USA airings began. In particular, the English-language version of the show premiered on Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand about a month before the US airing; the channel aired two episodes a week instead of one, and so quickly tore through the first thirteen episodes of the season.
**The fourteenth episode debuted on Singgaporean television two months before its US airing.
**The final twelve episodes of the season were then released in two six-episode chunks via Autralian iTunes in the first two weeks of [[June]], [[2015]], allowing viewers to see the season finale three months before it aired in the US.
**Things seemed like they were going better for the second season, which managed to debut 6 episodes on US television, before Cartoon Network UK—airing two new episodes a week instead of just one—caught up to, and overtook, the US broadcast, airing the season finale around a month before the US.
*While it's possibly a coincidence, this series features [[Decepticon|antagonists]] with animal-like forms for the [[Autobot]]s to fight, much like the series' [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 namesake predecessor]] and its featured [[Predacon (RID)|villains]].

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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Decepticon Island (Part 2)

2016-04-17T10:37:08Z

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|prev=Decepticon Island (Part 1)
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|title="Decepticon Island (Part 2)"
|airdate=April 16, 2016 (United Kingdom)
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|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
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'''The severely outnumbered Autobots on Decepticon Island desperately search for a way to stop Steeljaw and his army. Tensions between Bumblebee and Optimus could put the mission, and the entire world, at risk.'''

==Synopsis==
The Autobots, having infiltrated the crashed ''[[Alchemor]]'', are surrounded by Decepticons. [[Saberhorn]] and [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] bicker over the latter's leadership coup, and though [[Glowstrike]] is tempted to strike, the fact Steeljaw has two [[Decepticon Hunter]]s stops her. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] disagree on their next course of action, so [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] takes matters into her own hands, taking off as a distraction. The other Autobots make a run for it, but [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and Bumblebee are hit by fire from Steeljaw in the process. Though they escape, it's with the loss of Windblade and Bumblebee's [[Decepticon Hunter]].

As Windblade is carried away, Glowstrike picks up the lost Decepticon Hunter and prepares to take back leadership from Steeljaw, but she and Saberhorn are merely blasted by their betrayer who claims the weapon himself.

Bumblebee and Optimus again clash over the latter trying to take leadership from the former. The team splits up, with Drift and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] going to rescue Windblade; [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] and [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] trying to free the [[Mini-Con]] captives; and Bumblebee, Optimus and [[Toolbox]] continuing with the cryo-bomb plan.

On shore, [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] is determined to help the captive Mini-Cons. While [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay|Russell Clay]] are distracted readying disguises, he steals a boat and heads out towards the ''Alchemor''.

[[Overload (RID)|Overload]] is securing Windblade in a stasis pod when Drift and Ratchet burst in on him. A fight ensues and the Autobots are knocked into stasis pods, however Drift's Mini-Cons manage to detach and avoid being trapped as well.

Strongarm, Sideswipe and Grimlock stumble on a communications room, which they realize can be used to transmit a signal to deactivate the [[inhibitor collar]]s enslaving the Mini-Cons. Before they can do so, they're found by Groundpounder and Thunderhoof who engage them in battle.

Bumblebee's trio is making their way through the ship, though Bumblebee's irritation is boiling over and he and Optimus are forced to talk out their problem, with Bumblebee managing to persuade Optimus to let him lead. They reach the ventilation hub and start planting the cryo bomb but are interrupted by Steeljaw. The Decepticon combines his Decepticon Hunters, granting himself tremendous power.

Fixit sneaks through the ''Alchemor'' until he stumbles on his enslaved fellow Mini-Cons. When one of the slaves collapses and it appears that a Decepticon is about to terminate, Fixit steps in to block his shot.

Jetstorm and Slipstream manage to free Ratchet and Windblade who successfully take out Overload shortly before Drift is freed. They head for the rendezvous.

Meanwhile Strongarm's team is having trouble against Groundpounder and Thunderhoof. Strongarm manages to kick Sideswipe over to the communication controls, and he sets up a signal which incapacitates the two Decepticons. He then sets the console to deactivate the inhibitor collars, allowing Fixit and his newly-freed Mini-Con pals overcome the Decepticon guards.

Bumblebee and Optimus struggle with the supercharged Steeljaw, however a mayday from Toolbox has Fixit's group come to their aid. While the Mini-Cons keep Steeljaw busy, Bumblebee attempts to complete the bomb, and Optimus helps out after Steeljaw overcomes the Mini-Cons. The bomb is soon complete, but they need to find some way to keep Steeljaw on the island so he'll be affected when it goes off. As the three larger bots clash, the Mini-Cons manage to deprive Steeljaw of his weapon, which Bumblebee promptly takes possession of. He uses it to trap Steeljaw in the floor. The Autobots speed back to the boats and manage to get clear before the bomb goes off. Fixit reports the Decepticons on board the ship are now all in stasis.

In the aftermath, Toolbox announces that he and the other Mini-Cons will complete repairs to the ''Alchemor'' and use it to take the Decepticons back to Cybertron. Windblade and Ratchet intend to accompany them, and Optimus intends to go as well, so he can investigate the new ruling body. After watching the boat leave, Bumblebee tells the rest of the team that it's time to establish a permanent base on Earth, and they all head back to the scrapyard.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (8)
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (9)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (10)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (11)
*[[Toolbox]] (12)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (17)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (18)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (19)
*[[Undertone]] (22)
*Slave Mini-Cons (23)

|c2=
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (1)
*[[Saberhorn]] (2)
*Lots of generic Decepticons (3)
*[[Glowstrike]] (13)
*[[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] (14)
*[[Thunderhoof]] (15)
*[[Overload (RID)|Overload]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (20)
*[[Denny Clay]] (21)

}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity notes===

* The Fixit-type mini-con slaves are worked to exhaustion by the Decepticons, to the point where they cannot stand. However, during their escape from the Alchemor, they are shown keeping up with Optimus and Bumblebee's car modes until they latch on. Could it be the mini-con adrenaline kicking in?

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]], [[Ped]], "that one with all the eyes", [[Malodor]] and the [[Skunkticon]]s, [[Nightstrike]], [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]], [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], "[[Fancyclaws]]", [[Zizza]], [[Pseudo]], [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], [[Underbite]], [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]], [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]], [[Polarclaw]], [[Razorpaw]], [[Swelter]], [[Glacius]], [[Torpor]], [[Simacore]], [[Axiom]], [[Theorem]], [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]], [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]], [[Slicedice]], [[Bludgeon (RID 2015)|Bludgeon]], [[Clout]], [[Bisk]], [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]], [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]], [[Silverhound]], [[Quillfire]], [[Back]], [[Forth]], [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]], Stockade's troops, [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] (possibly), [[Saberhorn]], [[Glowstrike]], [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]], [[Thunderhoof]], [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], [[Springload]] (possibly)
* ''Known at large'':
* ''Released'': Grimlock
* ''Countless others in stasis, pending a return to Cybertron aboard the Alchemor''

===Transformers references===
===Real-world references===
===Trivia===
* [[Springload]] and [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] seem to have disappeared.
===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
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Battlegrounds, Part 2

2015-06-17T12:18:20Z

Oneofthosedf: /* Synopsis */

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|title="Battlegrounds, Part 2"
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|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|directors=[[Vinton Heuck]]
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'''Reunited with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and his team must use everything they’ve learned to stop the annihilation of both Earth and Cybertron.'''

==Synopsis==
As the Autobots pick themselves up following [[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus]]'s arrival, [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] contacts [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to find out who the newcomer is and Fixit is able to tell him that Megatronus is one of the original [[Thirteen]] Primes. While [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] faces the new Decepticon, Bumblebee and Drift go to free [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], only to be hit be a deflected blast from Optimus's [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]]. Optimus is prevented from going to their aid by Megatronus who attacks him.

Over on the bridge, [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay|Russell]] pose as filmmakers to try and cover up the giant robot battle, however their attempts to get a police officer to clear the area are hampered when the officer turns out to be a wannabe screenwriter.

Grimlock attempts to attack Megatronus, only to be slung at Drift. [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] prevent Megatronus from moving in on the Autobots long enough for Optimus to get up and resume combat. Though Optimus boasts the power of the Primes, Megatronus says he has been granted power too, and sends Optimus flying into the river. Megatronus moves to pick up a staff, but Windblade manages to break free from her bonds and opens fire on him. Bumblebee runs to attend to Optimus, leaving Drift to free Sideswipe and Strongarm. With Windblade down, Drift and the two freed Autobots attempt to stop Megatronus reaching the staff, only to be seen off with a barrage of firepower and are then attacked by the other Decepticons.

Megatronus picks up the staff and reveals the extent of his plan to [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]: the staff will draw the remanents of the Anti-Spark from [[Unicron]] still in [[Earth's core]], then summon the [[AllSpark]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This, Steeljaw realizes, will destroy both planets. As the staff creates a shaft of energy that lances into the sky, the enraged Steeljaw attacks Megatronus but is brushed aside. Not fancying their chances, the other Decepticons flee, only to run into the Autobots. As Sideswipe and Strongarm draw their [[Decepticon Hunter]]s, their weapons touch and momentarily surge with power. A fight ensues between the two sides. Meanwhile as Bumblebee watches, Optimus's wound closes.

On the bridge, Denny is still having no luck convincing the officer to clear the area.

Optimus awakens and identifies the staff Megatronus is carrying as a [[spark fuser]]. Steeljaw continues fighting Megatronus, but is tossed into the distance shortly before Optimus and Bumblebee return to the fight. Megatronus blasts Optimus, sending Bumblebee flying, and the smaller Autobot takes advantage of his momentum to take out [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]]. The rest of the Decepticon team is taken out in short order, leaving only Megatronus and Optimus locked in combat. After turning their Decepticon Hunters into the same forked sword shape as the Prime Decepticon Hunter, Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm are endowed with new armor. With the combined power of the Hunters, they give Megatronus a brief blast, but Bumblebee has a new plan, and contacts Optimus over the comm. It may be already too late, as the AllSpark appears in the sky and moves down towards Megatronus, however Optimus flings his Decepticon Hunter, destroying the spark fuser. The AllSpark returns to the sky and the Anti-Spark to the ground. Megatronus starts attacking the Autobots furiously.

Denny is still trying to convince the officer to clear everyone from the area when a stray blast destroys the officer's hat. The officer is suddenly very keen for everyone to evacuate.

While Optimus keeps Megatronus busy, Drift, Windblade and Sideswipe head up to the top of the [[Crown City Colossus]] and begin hacking. Megatronus finally has the better of Optimus, however Grimlock joins in, and between him, Optimus, and the other Autobots, Megatronus is kept busy until the arm of the immense statue falls on him. Even this doesn't stop him, and he lifts up the enormous arm, however Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm combine the power of their Decepticon Hunters, unleashing a powerful blast of energy on him. When the smoke clears, there's a crater where Megatronus stood. With the news that emergency crews are on the way, Bumblebee finally manages to nail a rallying cry, and the Autobots rev up and roll out.

Back in the scrapyard, the captured Decepticons are all safely placed in [[stasis pod]]s. Though Bumblebee says the other Autobots are free to go back to Cybertron, the other Autobots are all in favor of staying. Optimus says he's no longer needed, but Bumblebee insists he stay, and Optimus agrees so long as he's Bumblebee's equal rather than leader.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (7)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (15)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (16)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (17)

|c2=
*[[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus]] (4)
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (9)
*[[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] (10)
*[[Thunderhoof]] (11)
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (18)

|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (12)
*[[Russell Clay]] (13)
*Police officer (14)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Sideswipe:''' Don't get too comfortable with your new dance partner, Windblade. 
'''Windblade:''' Don't worry, Slick. You can have the next twenty dances. 
'''Drift:''' I do not understand. The plan does not call for any danciiiiiing!

"I waited years in exile, burned with desire for vengeance, and I will not be denied!"
:—'''Megatronus'''

'''Bumblebee''': Let's rev up and roll out! 
[''silence''] 
'''Sideswipe''': Now ''there's'' a battle cry! 
'''Grimlock''': I'm feelin' all inspired! 
'''Strongarm''': That's the one, sir!
:— It only took twenty-six episodes, and a short, but Bumblebee scores.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity notes===
===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], [[Quillfire]], "that one with all the eyes", [[Malodor]] and the [[Skunkticon]]s, [[Nightstrike]], [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]], [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]], [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], [[Razorpaw]], [[Zizza]], [[Pseudo]], Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown
* ''New prisoners in stasis'': [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]]
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]]
* ''Released'': Grimlock
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''

===Transformers references===
*Megatronus's telekinetic powers hearken back to his [[The Fallen|live-action counterpart]].
===Real-world references===
===Trivia===
*The way [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] destroys [[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus']] sword is reminiscent of the way [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] destroyed Optimus' [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] in Prime episode [[Alpha/Omega]]. Pretty sure there is some sort of karma joke to be made here...

===Foreign localization===

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

Scowl (RID)

2015-06-16T09:57:59Z

Oneofthosedf: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon Dinobot|the Pretender Monster|Scowl (G1)}}
[[File:RID-Scowl.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I'M GONNA WRECK IT!"]]
:''Scowl is a [[Decepticon]] [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

'''Scowl''' is a [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]] gone bad. In a better world, Scowl could have put his prodigious strength and powerful hammer towards constructive ends. Instead, he turned his physical prowess toward random violence and indiscriminate destruction, with an emphasis on collateral damage. Scowl seems to revel in the destruction he causes, hiding his cruelty behind a gregarious façade and layers of self-rationalization. On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Scowl worked for the crime boss [[Thunderhoof]] as one of his enforcers. Since he's arrived on [[Earth]], however Scowl's chosen to strike out on his own...and strike, and strike, and strike, until all of [[Crown City]] is a smoldering heap of rubble.

==Fiction==
=== 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon ===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Hildreth]] (English)}}
{{spoilers|Similarly Different|July 15|float=left}}

[[File:RID-scowlsbeastmode.jpg|thumb|left|300px|But can he shoot rainbows out of his back?]]
On Cybertron, Scowl worked for Thunderhoof's crime cabal as hired muscle, tearing down buildings on the land that Thunderhoof had illicitly acquired. At some point, he was arrested and incarcerated by Cybertron's police. Scowl was placed in a [[stasis pod]] aboard the prison ship ''[[Alchemor]]'', but was freed after the ship crashed on Earth.

After laying low for a time, Scowl discovered a [[human]] demolition site, and began eagerly demolishing the abandoned stadium. He was discovered by a fellow Dinobot [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]. The two Dinobots bonded with one another over their mutual love of smashing stuff, and Scowl invited Grimlock to help him destroy the building. Grimlock reluctantly agreed — since the stadium was going to be torn down anyway — but then attempted to arrest Scowl. Scowl managed to win Grimlock over and walk away free, promising to Grimlock that he would never endanger a human.

While wandering the forest, Scowl was jumped by the rest of the [[Autobot]]s, who had researched his extensive list of criminal charges and had decided to bring him in. Scowl incapacitated [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and the others with a tree, then angrily confronted Grimlock about his apparent betrayal. Although Grimlock tried to reason with him, the Decepticon escaped and headed toward a nearby rail station, hoping to knock down the elevated tracks and derail the approaching passenger train. The two Dinobots battled one another while the other Autobots tried to repair the tracks. Grimlock gained the upper hand, and knocked his foe into the station roof, sending him flying and temporarily taking him out of commission.

Unfortunately, Scowl managed to free himself before the Autobots could cuff him, and ploughed into a local spa, aiming to cause as much mayhem as possible. The Autobots tried to run damage control while maintaining their cover. Scowl took out [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and his two students, [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]]. He then tried to bring down the ceiling on a group of meditating humans, only to be stopped by Grimlock. The two fought again, until Grimlock had an apparent change of heart, and confessed that Scowl's indiscriminate violence ''was'' easier than his own methods... but that didn't make it right. Scowl was finally clobbered by a massive stone ball, and the incapacitated Dinobot was arrested by the Autobots. {{storylink|Similarly Different}}

[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Nature Calls

2015-01-21T18:43:54Z

Oneofthosedf: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|Ani|14
|title="Nature Calls"
|image=TFA Nature Calls barnacle monster attacks.JPG
|caption=Zoinks! Like, it's the Tar Monster!
|airdate=[[March 22]], [[2008]]
|written by=[[Todd Casey]]
|directed by=[[Ben Jones]] [[Bouakeo Thongkham]] [[Shunji Ōga|Shunji Oga]]
|animation studio=[[The Answer Studio]]
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]}}

'''Prowl, Bumblebee and Sari get more than they bargained for when they head out to the remote woods to investigate a mysterious energy signal.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:TFA Nature Calls barnacles constructionbots.JPG|left|150px|thumb|The Constructicons have been smothered by lava before, but this is ridiculous.]]

Far outside of Detroit, a lone worker monitoring [[Constructicon (G1)|some oddly coloured]] mining machines hears a strange noise. Alerted, he looks around, but returns to his drink... only to be attacked by ''something''. The construction machines stop their work, and they too get attacked.

Outside Detroit, Prowl, in his [[alternate mode]], looks on at the snow-covered city before a plow comes along and rather rudely covers him in snow. [[Transformation|Transforming]], he rises from the snow with a sad look on his face.

[[Image:TFA Nature Calls mad kids.JPG|right|150px|thumb|You'll be sorry when the wind changes.]]

When Prowl returns to the base, he goes on a rant about Nature's beauty and how humanity destroys it at every turn. Bumblebee and Sari are playing a video game, ignoring his vent. Prowl looks down on Bumblebee and asks if he was listening, where Bumblebee retorts by noting that Prowl is "electrical components" too, nudging his Autobot insignia to activate a [[hologram]] of Prowl. Optimus Prime interrupts the friendly banter by noting that there is a strange energy signature coming from the forest, and he sends Prowl and Bumblebee to investigate. Bumblebee is horrified at the idea at venturing into the tech-less wilderness, while Sari uses the opportunity to go camping with the two Autobots.

[[Image:Camp site.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Nothin' says "unplug yourselves" like a little primitive camping.]]

The three of them head off into the woods, and Bumblebee laments unpaved roads, while Sari is excited, saying that they'll roast marshmallows, tell ghost stories and the like. When they prepare to proceed on foot, it's learned that Bumblebee brought a few entertainment devices... stored in a place that makes him a little ashamed. After finding a suitable camping site, Prowl sits quietly to commune with Nature while Bumblebee searches for an outlet to power his flatscreen TV. As campers, Sari and Bumblebee are miserable failures. They can't pitch a tent or get a fire going, and Sari is forced to admit that she's never been camping before, so Prowl does both within seconds. When Bumblebee commandeers Prowl's holographic imager to watch a movie, the ninja bot smashes Bumblebee's portable media player, much to the yellow bot's horror. Prowl 1, Bumblebee 0.

During the night, the trio is awoken by a crunching noise. Bumblebee cries monster. Prowl says it's a bear, which are [[wikipedia:Stephen Colbert (character)|hardly monsters]]. Lo and behold, a monstrous creature covered in purple tentacles and pink eyes ''does'' stomp out into the open and attack them. Bumblebee 1, Prowl 1. The creature absorbs Prowl's shurikens and holds its own against Bumblebee's stingers. What's more, Sari's [[AllSpark Key]] glows, indicating that the creature is Cybertronian in origin. Unable to fight it off, the trio retreat.

[[Image:Sari expression.jpg|right|150px|thumb|It just gets worse, Sari.]]

Losing the creature, Prowl tries to figure out what the creature was, despite Bumblebee's snide comments. They both determine the creature is made up of [[space barnacle]]s, scourge of space-going vessels everywhere. Normally, barnacles drain power and act like computer viruses, but these barnacles appear to have been mutated by [[AllSpark#Animated|something]] and made more powerful. They decide to go back and destroy the barnacles, rather than risk the creature reaching Detroit and infecting other machines. Glowing in the direction of the Cybertronian energy, the AllSpark Key leads them to the mine shaft. When they're not looking, the creature drops a snowbank on them from above, sealing 'Bee and Sari inside.

Bumblebee's attempt to put his [[Medieval Maze Monsters|video game skills to use]] fails to extract himself and Sari from the cave, but Prowl uses a hologram to fool the creature into smashing the entrance open, allowing Bumblebee to use his stingers to fry the barnacles. However, Prowl's prolonged contact with the creature has infected him and taken over, turning him into a barnacle zombie. 'Bee and Sari make a run for it, but they know they can't go back to the city because the barnacles may spread. They backtrack, hoping to lure Prowl to the mine and seal him inside, but end up sealing themselves inside too.

[[Image:Barnicle bots.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Ve vant to suck your [[energon]].]]

Now trapped, 'Bee and Sari seal themselves in a furnace room, and Sari hatches a plan to heat up water from a fire hose to scorch the barnacles off Prowl. However, Prowl's touch has infected Bumblebee as well. Sari tries to use the AllSpark Key on the furnace machinery, but it doesn't work (for once). She manages to light the furnace by scratching a spark (not [[Spark|that kind of spark]]) from the Key instead. The furnace heats the water, and Sari sprays her two friends, boiling off the barnacles. The two Autobots are restored, and the three return to the plant to recount their harrowing tale to Prime.

[[Image:Sumdac megatron's body.jpg|right|150px|thumb|FINALLY! I can resurrect the most ruthless warlord in the galaxy and damn my planet to untold suffering and horror! GO ME!!]]

Back in the woods, [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Professor Sumdac]] arrives in a truck and finds the Cybertronian machinery that was formerly coated by the barnacles, machinery that bears the Decepticon insignia. Sumdac comments that he's finally found what he's been looking for for several years, and that Megatron will be pleased with his discovery. What, oh what, could it be?
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (5)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's body]] (6)

|c3=
*[[Sparkplug (Animated human)|Sparkplug]] (1)
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] (3)
*[[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==
[[Image:TFA Nature Calls Bumblebee shame.JPG|right|200px|thumb|"Please show where you hid the equipment on this action figure."]]

'''Bumblebee''': At least I can get this junk out of me. I was feeling kinda bloated. 
''[Electronic devices suddenly fall out of him, Prowl gives him a look]'' 
'''Bumblebee''': What? You said to pack the bare essentials! 
'''Prowl''': Since when are surround-sound speakers, a strobe light, and a hand-held media player "bare essentials?" 
'''Bumblebee''': You should've seen what I left back at the plant. 
'''Prowl''': Where did you even find room for all of this junk? 
''[Bumblebee taps his fingers uncomfortably]'' 
'''Bumblebee''': [[Anatomic euphemism#Exhaust port|I'd... rather not say.]] 
:—Bumblebee and Prowl's conversation takes a decidedly uncomfortable turn.

"First we must determine this creature's intentions." 
''[Creature knocks Prowl aside without provocation]'' 
"I'm gonna go with 'hostile'." 
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Bumblebee''' meet the monster.

'''Bumblebee''': Hey! Why don't you pick on someone your own size?! 
''[Creature swipes at Bumblebee and Sari]'' 
'''Bumblebee''': Okay. Maybe we're a little unclear on the concept of "your own size". 
'''Sari''': Maybe you should stop talking logic to a ''creature that has no head!'' 
:—Bumblebee and Sari debate whether or not to open negotiations with the monster.

"What did I tell you about camping? ''Monsters''. TV is ''always'' right." 
"So, wait. Monsters ''are'' real? Tutor Bot is such a liar!" 
:—'''Bumblebee''''s faith in [[television]] is reinforced, while '''Sari Sumdac''''s faith in [[Tutor Bot]] is shattered.

"Attention, barnacle monster! Come out with your hands over your...well, you don't have a head. But you get the idea." 
:—'''Bumblebee''' instructs the creature to surrender.

"Look where nature got you: Barnacles! Luckily we can depend on good old Mother Technology. Right, Prowl?"
:—'''Bumblebee''' may have spoken too soon.

"Your tire tracks!" 
"So I messed up the pretty white woods! You sound just like Prowl!" 
"No! We can follow them back to the mine and lure Prowl into it then seal him inside!" 
:—'''Sari''' and '''Bumblebee''' discuss the finer points of screwing with the scenery.

'''Sari''': And then, they were back to normal, like nothing ever happened. Meanwhile, I'm stuck riding home with no dry clothes and an Autobot whose car mode doesn't have a ''heater''! 
''[Sari sneezes]'' 
'''Optimus''': You showed a lot of courage and ingenuity, Sari. And hopefully, you'll stop...backfiring soon. 
'''Sari''': Hel-''lo'', it's called "sneezing". 
''[Sari sneezes, then blows her nose]'' 
'''Bumblebee''': I don't even wanna know what ''that's'' called. 
:—The Autobots discover the concept of the common cold.

'''Prowl''': Surely you don't blame all of nature for a few space barnacles? 
'''Bumblebee''': You don't see my game player turning everyone into zombies, do you?! 
'''Prowl''': [[Transformers_Comic_issue_4.4|Actually...]]
:— Prowl and Bumblebee have different points of view on nature and video games.

"Megatron will be so surprised!" 
:—'''Isaac Sumdac''', cheerfully dooming us all.

==Notes==
===Continuity errors===
*When Bumblebee and Sari are playing a video game, Sari says "jump! jump!", and when Prowl shuts the game off, Bumblebee notes that he was on level 230... how this is possible when they play a racing game, nobody knows...
* If space barnacles are killed by heat, how did any survive atmospheric entry?
* Megatron's body clearly has the Decepticon emblem on it, and Isaac Sumdac... doesn't appear to notice, even though he should have noticed the differences between Autobot and Decepticons. Then again, he never noticed Megatron's eyes being red while all the Autobots have blue ones.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Aniconstructionvehicles.jpg|right|150px|thumb|They're so [[neon]].]]
* The construction drones are [[Constructicon (G1)|green and purple.]] [[Constructicon (Animated)|Foreshadowing much]]?
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's]] body ends up in the [[Megatron (Movie)|deep freeze.]]
[[Image:Anisparkplugwitwicky.jpg|right|150px|thumb|This kind of stuff never happened in [[Ruby crystal mines of Burma|Burma]]...]]
* The construction worker looks very [[Sparkplug Witwicky|familiar.]] (He's only credited as "Worker" and is voiced by [[Jeff Glen Bennett]].)

===Real-world references===
* Bumblebee and Sari play their racing game on a console shaped very much like an X-Box with a purple and gray palette swap.
* There are actually [[wikipedia:barnacle|barnacles ''not'' from space]]. Neat, huh?

===Trivia===
*If those space barnacles came from the Autobots ship and latched onto Megatron's body before it hit reentry, what were they doing for the past fifty years?
* The construction worker [[Sari, No One's Home|somehow survived]] being attacked by the space barnacle.
* What use could Bumblebee (and possibly Sari) have for a ''strobe light''?
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], and Megatron ('s head), while mentioned, make no appearances in this episode.
* [[Tutor Bot]] is mentioned, and is in the voice credits for the episode, but does not actually appear.
*...[[Tom Kenny|space]] [[Bill Fagerbakke|barnacles?]]
* Why didn't Sari get scalded by hot water when she soaked Prowl and 'Bee? Maybe it's because [[TransWarped|she's part robot]]?
* This episode was adapted in comic book format using screen captures as half of "[[Transformers Animated Volume 6]]", with "[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]]" making up the other half.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nature maudite'''" ("Damned Nature")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der Ruf der Natur'''" ("The Call of Nature")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 10|10 July]] [[2008]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zew natury'''" ("The Call of Nature")
:*''Original airdate:''

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shi wo Yobu Uchū Kaibutsu!'''" (死を呼ぶ宇宙怪物!, "The Space Monster That Invokes Death!")
::* For whatever reasons, this episode never aired in Japan, but is included in the ''Transformers Animated'' Vol. 4 DVD as episode 14.

==Home video releases==
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season One ([[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|Paramount]]) — English and Spanish audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Three: Megatron Rising (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Three: Megatron Rising (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Drei: Megatrons Auferstehung (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2010 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Vol. 4 (Paramount) — Japanese audio only.

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Jeff Glen Bennett

2015-01-21T18:40:33Z

Oneofthosedf: /* Transformers Animated */

{{disambig3|Jeff}}
[[Image:JeffBennett1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He's gonna need more rope.]]
'''Jeffrey Glen Bennett''' (born [[October 2]], [[1962]]) is an American voice actor. One of the more popular voice actors out there, Jeff Bennett has been a consistent performer on various productions since the early 1990s. Some of his most notable roles include Kyle Katarn from the 2000s ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]: Jedi Knight'' games from LucasArts, Owen and Brooklyn on Disney's ''Gargoyles'', the title character from ''Johnny Bravo'', Blitz from ''Road Rovers'', Dexter's Dad from ''Dexter's Laboratory'', Strakk and Tarix in ''Bionicle: The Legend Reborn'', XPlode on ''Lego: Hero Factory'', The [[Joker]] and Captain Marvel in ''[[Batman]]: The Brave and the Bold'', and the Huntsman, Lord Bravery and Candlejack from ''Freakazoid!'' among oth

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers Animated''===
{{collist|3|
* [[Angry Archer]]
* [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]]
* [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]]
* [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]
* [[Sound Wave]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]
}}

====Incidentals====
{{collist|3|
* [[Condiment Bot]] ([[Total Meltdown]])
* Domestic Bot ([[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]])
* Driver ([[Transform and Roll Out]])
* [[Sparkplug (Animated human)|Worker]] ("[[Nature Calls]]")
* Man ([[Megatron Rising - Part 1]])
}}

===''Transformers: Rescue Bots''===
* [[Huxley Prescott]]
* [[Mayor Luskey]]
* [[Chester A. Arthur]]
* [[Barney]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071818/ Jeff Bennett at IMDB]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Jeff}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

Bumper Robinson

2015-01-21T18:40:24Z

Oneofthosedf: /* Incidentals */

[[File:Bumper Robinson 2008.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He's staring you down for not having had a picture of him up sooner.]]
'''Larry C. "Bumper" Robinson II''' ([[June 19]], [[1974]]) is an American actor/voice actor. He received the nickname "Bumper" from learning to walk at a young age and repetitively bumping into things in his home. Probably his most popular acting role has been Clarence on ''Amen'', and in the world of voice acting, Philo Quartz from ''The Flintstone Kids'', Dwight Conrad from ''Futurama'', Carter from the last couple seasons of the Fred Wolf ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series, Black Lightning from ''[[Batman]]: The Brave and the Bold'', Danny Picket from ''What's with Andy?'', [[War Machine]] from ''The [[Avengers]]: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', Rook Blonko from ''Ben 10: Omniverse'' and Cyborg from ''Justice League: Doom''.

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers Animated''===
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]
* [[Porter C. Powell]]
* [[Lester Black]]
* [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]

====Incidentals====
* Computer Voice ("[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]")

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2008]]

==Notes==
* While reading [[Bee in the City]], he uttered "My Manwich" as a reference to his ''Futurama'' role.

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732436/ Bumper Robinson at the Internet Movie Database]

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[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Sparkplug (Animated human)

2015-01-21T18:40:22Z

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:''Sparkplug is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Anisparkplugwitwicky.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He wants to be [[John Goodman]] in the worst way.]]
'''Sparkplug''' is a construction worker in New [[Detroit]].

Whether or not he's related to [[Spike Witwicky (Animated)|any]] [[Carly Witwicky (Animated)|other]] [[Daniel Witwicky (Animated)|citizens]] is unknown.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jeff Glen Bennett]] (1st appearance), [[David Kaye]] (2nd appearance), and [[John Mariano]] (3rd appearance)}}

Sparkplug was overseeing two construction bots in a mine, being paid by [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] to find something. Only problem was, that something found them...and it had [[Space barnacle|friends]]. Sparkplug was attacked, and was presumed dead. {{storylink|Nature Calls|Nature Calls}}

Except he got better. While the [[Autobot|Autobots]] were looking for [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]], the Autobot [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] thought that Sparkplug's truck was Mixmaster, and fired several bursts from his stingers, which did nothing to damage the truck. Upon being attacked by another alien lifeform, Sparkplug displayed both calmness and familiarity with modern slang by asking "Dude, why you whaling on my truck?" after Bumblebee's attack. Guess that encounter in the mines wasn't as bad as we thought. {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home|Sari, No One's Home}}

He later was driving an oil tanker en route to, apparently, Sheboygan, Wisconsin when his truck was attacked by the Constructicons. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd|Three's a Crowd}}

==Notes==
*Sparkplug is clearly a homage to [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], patriarch of the [[Witwicky]] family from [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]. And he's still wearing that hardhat. Why he talks like a frat boy in his second appearance, and with a vaguely [[Australia]]n accent in his third, is anybody's guess.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sparkplug''' (スパークプラグ ''Supākupuragu'')

[[Category:Animated humans]]
[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]

Airazor (RID)

2015-01-17T23:55:49Z

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:''Airazor is a [[Decepticon]] [[Minicon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Airazor-RID.jpg|right|thumb|350px]]
'''Airazor''' is a Minicon partnered with the Decepticon [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]].

==Fiction==
=== 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon ===
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Craig Smith]] (English)}}
{{Comingsoon}}

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

File:Airazor-RID.jpg

2015-01-17T23:55:34Z

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Divebomb (RID)

2015-01-17T23:54:27Z

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:''Divebomb is [[Decepticon]] [[Minicon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Divebomb-RID.jpg|right|thumb|350px]]
'''Divebomb''' is a Minicon partnered with the Decepticon [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]].

==Fiction==
=== 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon ===
{{voiceactor|[[Khary Payton]] (English)}}
{{Comingsoon}}

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

File:Divebomb-RID.jpg

2015-01-17T23:54:09Z

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Chop Shop (RID)

2015-01-17T23:49:09Z

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:''Chop Shop is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Chop Shop-RID.jpg|right|thumb|350px]]
'''Chop Shop''' is a Decepticon who can split into five robotic spiders.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[David Hunt]] (English)}}
{{Comingsoon}}

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

File:Chop Shop-RID.jpg

2015-01-17T23:48:30Z

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Clampdown (RID)

2015-01-11T16:59:56Z

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:''Clampdown is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Clampdown-RID-13.jpg|right|thumb|350px]]
'''Clampdown''' is a crab-like Decepticon.

==Fiction==
=== 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon ===
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English)}}
{{Comingsoon}}

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

File:Clampdown-RID-13.jpg

2015-01-11T16:59:20Z

Oneofthosedf: Clampdown from the 13th episode of Robots in Disguise (2015).

Clampdown from the 13th episode of Robots in Disguise (2015).

Terrashock

2015-01-11T16:55:43Z

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:''Terrashock is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Terrashock-RID-intro.jpg|right|thumb|350px]]
'''Terrashock''' is a buffalo-like Decepticon.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English)}}
{{Comingsoon}}

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

Terrashock

2015-01-11T16:54:19Z

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{{picsneeded}}
:''Terrashock is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Terrashock-RID-intro.jpg|right|300px]]
'''Terrashock''' is a buffalo-like Decepticon.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English)}}
{{Comingsoon}}

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

File:Terrashock-RID-intro.jpg

2015-01-11T16:52:39Z

Oneofthosedf: Terrashock from the Robots in Disguise (2015) cartoon's intro.

Terrashock from the Robots in Disguise (2015) cartoon's intro.