Editing Collateral Damage

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

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br>
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (3)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (4)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (5)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
|c2=
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] (15)
|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (2)
*[[Denny Clay]] (7)
|c4=
*[[Hi-Test (RID)|Hi-Test]] (9)
*''[[Goldgear]]'' (12)
*''[[Trickout]]'' (13)
*''[[Stuntwing]]'' (14)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Soundwave's goal is revealed to have been to summon Megatron to Earth; he needed the nuclear fuel rods, stolen by Steeljaw in "[[Prisoner Principles]]", to power his beacon generator. We now know that Steeljaw's "benefactors", who released the Pack in "[[Exiles]]" have similar interests. Just as Megatron did to the [[Weaponizer]] Mini-Cons, they genetically modified the "[[:Category:Activator Mini-Cons|Activators]]" and sent them to free Soundwave.
*Optimus is still working with [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], who left Earth with him at the end of "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]".
*This isn't the first time poor Steeljaw has had a "you can rule the planet" promise [[Battlegrounds, Part 2|backfire on him]].

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

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===
*Optimus fires missiles at the Beacon, which contains nuclear fuel rods. This should have shattered the rods and distributed radioactive debris over a large area.

===Trivia===
*Soundwave claimed his beacon was built from "wreckage" from the Shadowzone. Seeing as it is an non-corporeal dimension and there was only one other inhabitant, could this be the fate of [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]?
*When they were returned to the Shadowzone in "[[Portals]]", Soundwave and Laserbeak were still in their [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]] bodies. How they were able to reformat to their new bodies is left unexplained. Perhaps the "benefactors" provided them what they needed?
===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
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