Editing Freedom Fighters

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 71
|image=TRID S3 E26 FF MSS.jpg
|caption="When I found you, I saw raw, untamed power. And beyond that, something truly special."
|prev=Enemy of My Enemy (RID)
|next=
|title="Freedom Fighters"
|airdate=[[November 4]], [[2017]] (United Kingdom)<br>[[November 11]], 2017 (United States)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Frank Marino]]
}}
'''As the Bee Team struggles to liberate Cybertron from the Decepticon controlled High Council, Optimus and his All-Stars fight back the advance force of an Earth-bound Cybertronian invasion!'''
==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E26 FF SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"This is not going to go the way you think!"]]
Surrounded by [[High Council trooper]]s, the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] fruitlessly attempts to convince them that they're being mind controlled. [[Dropforge]] and his men arrive and take custody of the prisoners, who puzzle over the fact they previously broke the mind control over their new captor. As it turns out, Dropforge ''is'' still free of the mind control, though he's surprised [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team has [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] with them. They reach the [[High Council Tower]] where Dropforge frees the team, before leaving to tell the authorities that the prisoners escaped. Once he's left, the team realizes Steeljaw has disappeared and immediately assumes the Decepticon is up to no good, but Steeljaw has just been deactivating the defenses for them. Everyone heads inside.

Back on [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and his team have survived the destruction of the warehouse thanks to [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s [[Triage Shield]], though the device fails shortly after they emerge from the rubble. They resume their search for the High Council forces — according to Ratchet, the enemy are constructing a [[Space Bridge]] receiver near the [[Crown City]] coast. The team reaches the docks and start searching. [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] stumbles on half a shipping container, which turns out to be partially affected by a [[Light Bender]]. Bulkhead breaks the device, revealing the council forces and their Space Bridge receiver, just in time for the rest of the team to arrive and engage the troopers in battle. Ratchet covers the area with his Triage Shield to try to avoid [[human]]s detecting the conflict. Optimus and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] take to the air, but are hit by missiles that send the pair hurtling towards the ground. Optimus fortunately recovers in enough time to save Windblade.

[[File:TRID S3 E26 FF SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. That's the only way to become what you were meant to be."]]
The Bee Team reaches the main council chamber where [[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]] is ordering [[Cyberwarp]] to make another transmission. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] detects Light Bender technology, so [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] deploys [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] to investigate. Cyberwarp begins her transmission about the impending invasion of Earth, but falters. Cyclonus finishes the speech for her. Cyberwarp's protest that humans should control their own planet goes unheeded by Cyclonus, who orders [[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]] to signal the start of the invasion. Slipstream yanks a device from Cyberwarp's leg, deactivating the Light Benders and revealing the High Council to be Decepticons. As the Decepticons attempt to capture the Mini-Cons to use as hostages, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] notes that the camera is still broadcasting to the planet, but as the mind control is still in effect, the populace won't react. The team goes to try and deactivate the signal, and Bumblebee notices Steeljaw has disappeared. Cyclonus blasts the two Mini-Cons and the Decepticons, minus Cyberwarp, engage the Autobots in a melee. The Autobots succeed in taking them down one by one. Cyclonus has the other 'Cons merge with him into [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]], and the Autobots likewise merge into [[Ultra Bee]]. As the two combiners battle, the fight is broadcast to the rest of Cybertron.

[[File:TRID S3 E26 FF SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"[[Mark Hamill|I've seen this raw strength only once before. It didn't scare me enough then. It does now.]]"]]
Optimus's team fights as the Space Bridge portal looms ominously overhead. Optimus has the other Autobots draw the fire of the Autobot troopers while he flies in and pulls the main dish of the receiver free. He throws the dish directly into the portal, creating a feedback loop that causes the Space Bridge to explode.

[[File:TRID S3 E26 FF SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"We are the spark...that will light the fire that will burn the First Order down."]]
Galvatronus spots the alarm from the portal's destruction and, enraged, starts pounding Ultra Bee while outlining the various plans the Autobots have foiled. Fixit finally locates the mind control transmitter, which Steeljaw promptly destroys. The population are freed from their stupor in time to see the broadcast of Galvatronus repeatedly punching Ultra Bee and detailing his plans. His attempt to finish off Ultra Bee is put on pause when Cyberwarp rebels, giving Ultra Bee the chance to fight back. Galvatronus is defeated and splits into his component parts, as around Cybertron the Autobots cheer. The Bee Team splits as well and Cyberwarp expresses hope that both sides can work together instead of fighting.

Bee and Optimus's teams stand before a crowd of cheering Autobots. Optimus turns down the idea of leading the planet, and designates the rest of his team as a temporary council. Bee's team are keen to get back to Earth, and Optimus suggests they be appointed ambassadors.

Sometime later on Earth, the Bee Team are back in the scrapyard. Denny and Russell, despite all the times they've been endangered by their adventures with the Bee Team, happily welcome them to continue staying with them. Right on cue, the team immediately starts squabbling. They're interrupted by a distant howl from Steeljaw, resulting in them revving up and rolling out.

[['Til all are one]].

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[High Council trooper]]s (1)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (2)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)
*Heavy troopers (4)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (5)
*Flying trooper (6)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (9)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (11)
*[[Dropforge]] (12)
*[[Cybertron Police officer]]s (13)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (14)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (16)
*[[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] (17)
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (18)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (24)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (25)
*Cybertronian civilians (26)
*[[Ultra Bee]] (28)
|c2=
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (8)
*[[Cyberwarp]] (10)
*High Council infiltrators (19)
*[[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]] (20)
*[[Riotgear]] (21)
*[[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]] (22)
*[[Treadshock]] (23)
*[[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]] (27)
|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (29)
*[[Russell Clay]] (30)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The members of the High Council are revealed to be Decepticons masquerading as Autobots with light benders. In other words, real ''robots in disguise''.
*[[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]] lists off the actions of the High Council in Season 3 namely freeing [[Steeljaw's Pack]] to kill the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] and freeing [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] from the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]] to summon [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] "to lead our forces"; apparently the Council hasn't gotten the memo about Megs' [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|change of heart]], or simply doesn't believe it.
*While combined as [[Ultra Bee]], the Autobots recall to their fight against [[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]].
*[[Dropforge]] and his three officers were made immune to the High Council's mind control and left for Cybertron back in "[[Five Fugitives]]".
*[[Light Bender]]s and their suitability for use as cloaking devices were first established back in "[[Guilty As Charged]]".

===Transformers references===
*The Space Bridge receiver is a near dead-ringer for the Earth-bound Space Bridge rings in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]].

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
* This is the final episode of ''Robots in Disguise''.
* For a series finale, a few plot threads from the show remain unresolved:  
** [[Springload (RID)|Springload]]'s search for [[Doradus]], and indeed if such a place exists as more than a legend, is left up in the air.
*** However, due to his arrest and the destruction of the possible "map" in [[Sphere_of_Influence | Sphere of Influence]], this ever being resolved to is not currently possible. 
** It isn't stated whether or not [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]],  [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], [[Underbite]], and [[Wingcode]] were returned to Cybertron.
** [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] is still at large, though this is to show that "the adventure continues" for the [[Bee Team]].
** [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s [[Weaponizer]] Mini-Cons are still out there in space.
** [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s prophecy of [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s return goes unfulfilled.
*** However due to the failure of Soundwave's plan to send him a signal and Megatron's most likely unbeknownst to Soundwave exile and disbandenment of the [[Decepticon|Decepticon]] cause at the conclusion of [[Transformers:_Prime_(cartoon)|''Prime'']], his return could not have occurred, especially not to lead the Decepticon empire once more.
* The Decepticons' combined form of Galvatronus goes unnamed onscreen.

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
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