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The Killing Jar (episode)

2011-02-08T08:53:06Z

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{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=71
|series2=2010
|ep2=10
|prev2=Forever Is a Long Time Coming
|next2=Chaos (episode)
|title="The Killing Jar"
|image=Captured KillingJar.jpg
|caption=When I hear that whistle blowin' , I hang my head and cry.
|airdate=[[September 15]], 1986
|written by=[[Michael Charles Hill]] [[Joey Kurihara Piedra]]
|production code=700-91
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Ultra Magnus, Cyclonus, Marissa Faireborn, and Wreck-Gar are captured by a Quintesson scientist for experiments, but are sucked into a more dangerous problem—a black hole.'''

:''Japanese title:'' 4人の捕虜 (''Yonnin no Horyo'', "Four Captives")
:''German title:'' "'''Der Sog des schwarzen Loches'''" ("The Maelstrom of the Black Hole")
:''Latin American title:'' El Agujero Negro ("The Black Hole")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Killing Jar Fakegalvatron.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]

As [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] stargazes, he's being spied on by a [[Quintesson]] scientist and his [[Allicon]] guard. Disguising their ship as [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], the pair lure Magnus on board where he's attacked by a fake [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. The scientist correctly predicts Magnus's actions as the [[Autobot]] attempts to restrain his leader without harming him. With Magnus safely imprisoned, the scientist sets course for [[Chaar]]. Once there, the ship is again disguised, this time as [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] lured on board. Again, the scientist predicts that Cyclonus will behave in a similar manner to Magnus when confronted with a hostile illusion of his leader. On [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] , [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] is enjoying [[Lippo the Clown]]'s TV show when the clown himself turns up in a spacecraft and lures Wreck-Gar on board. Naturally it is soon revealed to be the Quintesson ship. The scientist predicts that placing a [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] in a clean, uncluttered room will cause him to go catatonic. Instead Wreck-Gar proceeds to tear up the walls to make the chamber more like "home sweet home".

Disguised as a shuttle, the Quintesson ship docks with an [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] space station, and [[Marissa Faireborn]] is lured on board by an illusion of her father. Once the ship leaves the space station, Marissa is shocked when her father's face changes into the Quintesson "death" face. She strikes the illusion to the ground and it disappears — the Quintesson scientist observes that violence is always the human way. Finally the bars on Marissa's cell appear and all four captives are able to communicate.

[[Image:Killing Jar Allicon storm.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]

The scientist visits the cell area, instructing his guard to activate a [[submission field]], pinning Marissa to the floor. As the pair move in, Wreck-Gar fires his fist, deactivating the field and allowing Marissa to attack the Quintesson and attempt to free Ultra Magnus. Before she can free him, the room begins crackling with electrical energy — the ship has flown into an [[electron storm]].

As the captives are assaulted by the energy, the Quintesson and his guard head for the control room and attempt to steer the ship through the storm. After a wrong move, the guard manages to guide the ship out of the storm. In the cell area, Magnus grabs hold of the electron bars, short-circuiting the bars on all four cells and freeing everyone. When the scientist and guard return to the cell area, they're jumped by Marissa and Wreck-Gar while Magnus and Cyclonus fight over what they're going to do with the ship. Marissa gets the better of the Quintesson and begins to plot a course back to Earth, but discovers that the ship has fallen into the gravity field of a [[black hole]].

[[Image:Killing Jar Black hole viewer.jpg|left|200px|thumb|In, through, ... AND BEYOND!]]

She interrupts the fighting to let everyone know they've got bigger problems, but while the Allicon guard activates a distress signal, the Quintesson slips away to the rear of the ship where the escape pods are located. The others follow him, only to find that most of the pods have been rendered useless by the electron storm and only one remains operational. Magnus yanks the scientist from the escape pod, but the launch sequence has already started. Though Cyclonus intends to use it himself, Wreck-Gar tackles him so that Magnus can help Marissa into the pod. While they're fighting, the pod launches with no one aboard and Magnus is pulled out as the whole room begins to depressurise.

To Magnus's surprise, Cyclonus saves him with a tractor beam. The scientist explodes angrily at them for allowing the escape pod to launch unmanned but during the ensuing discussion, they begin to receive a transmission and spy a ship coming up behind them. Although they believe rescue is imminent, it turns out merely to be a derelict ship, which is dragged into the black hole ahead of them. Finally the Quintesson ship's engines overload, and the ship follows the derelict into the black hole...

[[Image:Newcolors KillingJar.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Get on it, e-Hobby.]]

...only to emerge into a [[negative universe]] where the color spectrum is drastically altered. While the Quintesson works on a plan to return them to their own universe, the others set about repairing the overloaded engines. Once repairs are complete, the Quintesson slingshots the ship through the white hole, re-emerging from the black hole into the middle of a battle. Magnus radios for help from Sky Lynx, who docks with the ship. The group goes their separate ways, Ultra Magnus, Wreck-Gar and Marissa returning to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in Sky Lynx.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (8)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (12)

|c2=
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (5)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (13)

|c3=
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (10)

|c4=
*[[Quintesson]] Scientist (2)
*[[Quintesson]] Guard (3)
*Fake [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (3)
*Fake [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] (4)
*Fake [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (6)
*Fake [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (7)
*Fake [[Lippo the Clown]] (9)
*Fake [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ultra Magnus is a soldier first and foremost." 
"This Decepticon and the Autobot are two of a kind. One is good and one is evil, but to me that is no difference at all." 
"As an Autobot, this Junkion should have reacted as I predicted. Remarkable." 
"Humans are disgusting creatures, but worthy of study, if only to find a better way of destroying them." 
"Violence is always the humans' way of solving problems." 
:—Various observations made by the '''Quintesson scientist''' after capturing his test subjects.

"Galvatron! Why would you attack me, your most loyal soldier?"
:—'''Cyclonus''' asks an almost rhetorical question.

"We wouldn't be in this situation at all…" 
"…If you had not captured us." 
"Cyclonus, I can finish my own thoughts. I don't need you to do it for me." 
"Maybe the thought was not yours to begin with, Ultra Magnus."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' and '''Cyclonus'''

"Cyclonus, you saved me? But why?" 
"Warriors such as you and I should meet their end in battle."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' and '''Cyclonus'''

"Sky Lynx! Disengage and take a reverse heading!" 
"Ultra Magnus, where are you?" 
"Behind you! What do you think reverse means?!"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' and '''Sky Lynx'''

==Notes==
* Although he is not named, Marissa's father has the same voice actor and sounds the same as [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], all indicating that Marissa is Flint's daughter. Additionally, the file name presented on the back of Flint's G.I. Joe toy packaging is "Dashiell R. Faireborn." This connection was later confirmed by ''Transformers'' writer and story editor [[Flint Dille]].

*The Japanese version of the episode would appear to have missed the ''G.I. Joe'' reference. In the Japanese dub of the ''G.I. Joe'' cartoon, Flint was voiced by ''Transformers'' regular [[Hōchū Ōtsuka]]. However, in this episode, Marissa's father is voiced by another ''Transformers'' regular, [[Takurō Kitagawa]]. The reference would eventually be embraced by future Japanese ''Transformers'' authors, such as [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] and [[Yūki Ōshima]].

===Animation or technical glitches===
[[Image:Fakebroadside KillingJar.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The Quints have bad intel on Broadside—and so has Cyclonus.]]
*In most shots, the [[Knockoff|fake]] Rodimus is missing his yellow wings and his Autobot insignia is in the wrong place, appearing in fact more like his slightly different original character design that is seen in Hot Rod's [[Commercial#1986|commercial]] and [[The Transformers: The Movie promo]]. Also, he's got Hot Rod's color scheme.

* The illusion that the Quintessons used to trick Cyclonus is of the [[Triple Changer]] [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], which is really weird, since Broadside is an Autobot. He even speaks in Broadside's correct voice.

* [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] fires his hand like a rocket to free Marissa, but he is incorrectly shown with both hands for two scenes before we see him picking up the lost hand and re-attaching it.

* As the ship is buffeted by the electron storm, letters and numbers are visible in the clouds at the bottom of the screen.

* During the first shot of the Quintesson preparing to use the escape pod, the escape pod is missing from the launch tube.

* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] is seen mouthing the second half of the Quintesson scientist's line, "You all realize if the ship enters the white hole at the incorrect trajectory, we will all be crushed or torn to pieces," although the Quintesson's voice speaks the entire time.

* After they arrive in the negative universe and Magnus throws the scientist at the Allicon, the Allicon's right forearm goes missing. It reappears after this scene so that Marissa can remove it and use it to repair the engines, but appears and disappears again over the course of the rest of the episode.

* When [[Kid Rhino]] went back to the original film elements of this episode, a couple of shots of the Quintesson talking do not feature mouth movements, including when he announces they're going to test Ultra Magnus's reactions. These shots were originally corrected for broadcast, and the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD includes the corrected shots spliced in from the broadcast master.

===Continuity errors===
* Cyclonus requires an escape pod to escape from the Quintesson ship, even though he turns into a spaceship.
* The Quintesson says he knows the Transformers' programming because he helped build them. However, how does he know Cyclonus's programming, since Cyclonus was built by Unicron?

===Transformers references===
* The Quintesson scientist refers to his guard's transformed mode as his [[alternate mode]], the first use of that term in official fiction.

===Real-world references===
* A [[wikipedia:Killing_jar|killing jar]] is an [[wikipedia:Entomology|entomological]] tool for killing insect specimens, usually with gas.
* As usual, most of Wreck-Gar's lines are drawn from television, film and radio:
** When lured into the Quintesson ship, Wreck-Gar says, "No candid camera insta-clicks me!" This refers to the TV series ''[[wikipedia: Candid Camera| Candid Camera]]'', one of the earliest (if not THE earliest) prank/practical joke shows on television.
** When Marissa remarks she's in a zoo or a jail, Wreck-Gar responds with "Book me, Danno, I have the right to remain silent!" "Book 'em, Danno," is a catch phrase of Jack Lord's character from the '70s action-detective series ''[[wikipedia: Hawaii Five-O| Hawaii Five-O]]''.
** As the ship gets struck by the electron storm, Wreck-Gar remarks, "What a revoltin' development!" This catchphrase originated on the 1940s radio show, ''[[Wikipedia:The Life of Riley|The Life of Riley]]''; in geek circles, it's probably better known as one of the trademark lines of the [[Thing]], the powerful member of the superhero team the [[Fantastic Four]].
** Shortly afterward, Wreck-Gar exclaims, "We've gotta get out of this place!", a likely reference to the song of the same name by [[wikipedia: The Animals| The Animals]].
** As Wreck-Gar takes the guard's arm, he mentions "Hugh is in good hands," referring to the slogan for [[wikipedia: Allstate|Allstate Insurance]].
** When Magnus dismisses the potential rescue ship as not being a "Decepticon junk", Wreck-Gar says, "Junk? Wreck-Gar phoned home!" This plays on the famous "E.T. phone home." quote from ''[[Wikipedia: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial| E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial]]''.
** When the Quintesson ship is about to go back through the white hole, Wreck-Gar says that they can "go back, Jack, and do it again," quoting the [[wikipedia: Steely Dan| Steely Dan]] song "Do It Again".

===Trivia===
* While one would expect that the characters' colors while in the white hole would be the "negative" values of their originals, this is not the case. They appear to be pretty much random sets of colors.
* The background music which plays during the "working together" montage in the final act is the first piece of new music composed for season three (besides the opening theme), and would appear to have been created specifically for the scene in question, as it is only briefly used once more in "[[Fight or Flee]]" and "[[The Burden Hardest to Bear]]".
* At one point, it appears that the Allicon's mouth is located at the bottom of his faceplate instead of the top.
* Ultra Magnus smashes the cockpit of the escape pod to get the Quintesson out. How does he expect Marissa to use it when she doesn't have a space suit?
* Cybertron seems unusually spiky in the epilogue.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2000 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume 8: Evil Experiments ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 1: Vol. 1 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 3 and Season 4 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season's Three & Four {{sic}} (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2010 — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

==External links==
*[http://imdb.com/title/tt0733024/ IMDb's page for this episode]
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/the_killing_jar.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

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Hasbro Q&A/January 2011

2011-02-08T08:50:35Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Hasbro Q&A]] January 2011|prev=Hasbro Q&A/November 2010|title=[[Hasbro Q&A/January 2011: Answers|Click here for TFWiki answers]]|next=}}
A question archive of, and links to the answers from, the January 2011 [[Hasbro Q&A]]s — ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' bonus edition, released on or around February 8th.

==Questions==
===16bit.com===
# Will we ever actually see Unicron or just teasing and more of his blood? How about Primus or other larger bots?

* [http://www.16bit.com/n1102.asp#0208 16bit.com answers]

===AllSpark.com===
# Both Transformers: Prime and G.I. Joe: Renegades had a heroic character perish within the first episode, was this a suggestion that came down from Hasbro to strike a tone for each series or was it a decision on the side of the creative team?

* [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=76693 AllSpark.com answers]

===ASM===
# What went into the overall look for TRANSFORMERS: PRIME? We see hints of the designs from the live-action movies, as well as influences from other incarnations. How long have you been working on the look (sketches, concept art, 3D models, etc.), and how do you balance wanting to stay unique to the show but still be able to pull in elements from other versions, especially the movies which are extremely popular?

* [http://www.asmzine.com/geekly-rewind/2011/02/07/hasbro-transformers-qa-bonus-round-answer/ ASM answers]

===Cybertron.ca===
# Any plans to introduce any additional fan favorite characters in Transformers Prime? Such as the Autobot and Decepticon gestalts?

* [http://www.cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?t=29224 Cybertron.ca answers]

===Parry Game Preserve===
# Enjoyed the five-part premiere. PRIME is definitely a more adult take on the Transformers mythos - zombie Transformers, the death of a major character, lots of intense action... Along those lines, what do you see the boundaries of the show being in terms of violence and content? Other than language, of course.

* [http://parrygamepreserve.com/newsDetail.php?jID=1642 Parry Game Preserve answers]

===Raving Toy Maniac===
# Transformers: Prime is set to begin by the end of November on the Hub, when can we expect to get our first official look at the toy line? Transformers: Animated's toy line seemed to stumble a bit by having the toy line come out quite some time after the show began and it seems to have plagued the tail end of the line to this day. What can Hasbro do to prevent history from repeating itself?
# We have seen you make a couple of different Headmaster and Targetmaster characters over the last few waves, notably Nightbeat and Highbrow, and a couple years ago with Cyclonus and his Targetmaster sidekick. The Headmaster characters were just straight robots with no separate character that turned into the head. Are there plans to re-introduce the Headmaster concept and not just the characters, like you did with Cyclonus and hopefully will do with upcoming Scourge and Kup?

* [http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/12597.shtml Raving Toy Maniac answers]

===TFViews.com===
# What is the goal of Transformers: Prime – beyond just capitalizing upon the movie series’ audience momentum, why was TF:Prime created? On its own merits, what is it trying to say, what effect is it trying to have on TF fans, is there an intention to sustain it as a series?

* [http://www.tfviews.com/news/entertainment/1211 TFViews.com answers]

===TFW2005.com===
# 2 main characters have non-speaking communication methods. Bumblebee who communicates with Raf, and Soundwave who repeats things back. What was the creative process which lead to that; could these elements change in future episodes?

* [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/bonus-q--a-with-transformers-prime-creators---answered-171430/ TFW2005.com answers]

===TFWiki.net===
# Hasbro has stated that the ''"[[Transformers: War for Cybertron|War for Cybertron]]"'' game, the ''"[[Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron|Exodus]]"'' novel, and the ''"[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]"'' cartoon are all meant to take place in the same universe. Yet, while similar in a general sense, all three contradict each other on both minor and major story points. For example, an overabundance of [[Dark Energon]] is what made planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] uninhabitable in ''WfC'' and ''Exodus'', yet ''"[[Darkness Rising]]"'' had [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] firing a bunch of Dark Energon at Cybertron to create his zombie army (when, in theory, the planet should have been full of the stuff already). What are your feelings on these contradictions and your show's connection to ''Exodus'' and ''War for Cybertron''? Do you consider all three the same exact universe, or are they more akin to alternate versions of the same story? (And how about that Dark Energon situation, anyway?)

* [[Hasbro Q&A/January 2011: Answers|TFWiki.net answers]]

===Transformers Collectors' Club===
# The Eradicons (or are they Terrorcons? They've seemingly been called both names) have been shown to have at least three different character models amongst them. As well as different personalities. Can you comment on just what they are? Drones specialized for a given task? Or are they actual fully sentient Transformers characters that just happen to look mostly alike?

* [http://www.transformersclub.com/members/transforum/msgs.cfm?msg=145376&forum=30 Collectors' Club answers] (login required)

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[[Category:Hasbro Q&A]]

Hasbro Q&A/January 2011

2011-02-08T08:49:03Z

RingkjÃ¸bing: /* TFWiki.net */ link

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Hasbro Q&A]] January 2011|prev=Hasbro Q&A/November 2010|title=[[Hasbro Q&A/January 2011: Answers|Click here for TFWiki answers]]|next=}}
A question archive of, and links to the answers from, the January 2011 [[Hasbro Q&A]]s — ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' bonus edition, released on or around February 8th.

==Questions==
===16bit.com===
# Will we ever actually see Unicron or just teasing and more of his blood? How about Primus or other larger bots?

* [http://www.16bit.com/n1102.asp#0208 16bit.com answers]

===AllSpark.com===
# Both Transformers: Prime and G.I. Joe: Renegades had a heroic character perish within the first episode, was this a suggestion that came down from Hasbro to strike a tone for each series or was it a decision on the side of the creative team?

* [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=76693 AllSpark.com answers]

===ASM===
# What went into the overall look for TRANSFORMERS: PRIME? We see hints of the designs from the live-action movies, as well as influences from other incarnations. How long have you been working on the look (sketches, concept art, 3D models, etc.), and how do you balance wanting to stay unique to the show but still be able to pull in elements from other versions, especially the movies which are extremely popular?

* [http://www.asmzine.com/geekly-rewind/2011/02/07/hasbro-transformers-qa-bonus-round-answer/ ASM answers]

===Cybertron.ca===
# Any plans to introduce any additional fan favorite characters in Transformers Prime? Such as the Autobot and Decepticon gestalts?

* [http://www.cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?t=29224 Cybertron.ca answers]

===Parry Game Preserve===
# Enjoyed the five-part premiere. PRIME is definitely a more adult take on the Transformers mythos - zombie Transformers, the death of a major character, lots of intense action... Along those lines, what do you see the boundaries of the show being in terms of violence and content? Other than language, of course.

* [http://parrygamepreserve.com/newsDetail.php?jID=1642 Parry Game Preserve answers]

===Raving Toy Maniac===
# Transformers: Prime is set to begin by the end of November on the Hub, when can we expect to get our first official look at the toy line? Transformers: Animated's toy line seemed to stumble a bit by having the toy line come out quite some time after the show began and it seems to have plagued the tail end of the line to this day. What can Hasbro do to prevent history from repeating itself?
# We have seen you make a couple of different Headmaster and Targetmaster characters over the last few waves, notably Nightbeat and Highbrow, and a couple years ago with Cyclonus and his Targetmaster sidekick. The Headmaster characters were just straight robots with no separate character that turned into the head. Are there plans to re-introduce the Headmaster concept and not just the characters, like you did with Cyclonus and hopefully will do with upcoming Scourge and Kup?

* [http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/12597.shtml Raving Toy Maniac answers]

===TFViews.com===
# What is the goal of Transformers: Prime – beyond just capitalizing upon the movie series’ audience momentum, why was TF:Prime created? On its own merits, what is it trying to say, what effect is it trying to have on TF fans, is there an intention to sustain it as a series?

* [http://www.tfviews.com/news/entertainment/1211 TFViews.com answers]

===TFW2005.com===
# 2 main characters have non-speaking communication methods. Bumblebee who communicates with Raf, and Soundwave who repeats things back. What was the creative process which lead to that; could these elements change in future episodes?

* [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/bonus-q--a-with-transformers-prime-creators---answered-171430/ TFW2005.com answers]

===TFWiki.net===
# Hasbro has stated that the ''"[[Transformers: War for Cybertron|War for Cybertron]]"'' game, the ''"[[Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron|Exodus]]"'' novel, and the ''"[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]"'' cartoon are all meant to take place in the same universe. Yet, while similar in a general sense, all three contradict each other on both minor and major story points. For example, an overabundance of [[Dark Energon]] is what made planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] uninhabitable in ''WfC'' and ''Exodus'', yet ''"[[Darkness Rising]]"'' had [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] firing a bunch of Dark Energon at Cybertron to create his zombie army (when, in theory, the planet should have been full of the stuff already). What are your feelings on these contradictions and your show's connection to ''Exodus'' and ''War for Cybertron''? Do you consider all three the same exact universe, o

* [[Hasbro Q&A/January 2011: Answers|TFWiki.net answers]]

===Transformers Collectors' Club===
# The Eradicons (or are they Terrorcons? They've seemingly been called both names) have been shown to have at least three different character models amongst them. As well as different personalities. Can you comment on just what they are? Drones specialized for a given task? Or are they actual fully sentient Transformers characters that just happen to look mostly alike?

* [http://www.transformersclub.com/members/transforum/msgs.cfm?msg=145376&forum=30 Collectors' Club answers] (login required)

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