Hope for the Future - Revision history

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	*[[Slapper (RID)\|Slapper]] (11)		*[[Slapper (RID)\|Slapper]] (11)
	*[[Dark Scream]] (12)		*[[Dark Scream]] (12)
	*[[Gas Skunk]] (13)		*[[Gas Skunk (RID)\|Gas Skunk]] (13)
	*[[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]] (14)		*[[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]] (14)
	*[[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] (21) (on-screen display only)		*[[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] (21) (on-screen display only)

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	*The past events the Autobots observe on their monitors are from "[[Battle Protocol!]]", "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", "[[An Explosive Situation]]", "[[The Hunt for Black Pyramid]]", "[[Sideburn's Obsession]]", "[[Mirage's Betrayal]]", "[[Skid Z's Choice]]", and "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]".		*The past events the Autobots observe on their monitors are from "[[Battle Protocol!]]", "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", "[[An Explosive Situation]]", "[[The Hunt for Black Pyramid]]", "[[Sideburn's Obsession]]", "[[Mirage's Betrayal]]", "[[Skid Z's Choice]]", and "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]".
	*[[Koji Onishi\|Koji]] notes that the Autobots still haven't fully decrypted his father's microchip, suspecting it has another layer of encrypted code. Since T-AI ~~won't succeed in~~ fully decoding it ~~until~~ "[[The Decepticons]]", this episode must take place before that one.		*[[Koji Onishi\|Koji]] notes that the Autobots still haven't fully decrypted his father's microchip, suspecting it has another layer of encrypted code. Since T-AI finishes fully decoding it in "[[The Decepticons]]", this episode must take place before that one.
	**And since "The Ultimate Robot Warrior" is the latest episode this one recaps the events of, it must be set chronologically between that episode and "The Decepticons" as the 13th episode of the series. As noted above, the UK DVD release of the series placed this episode in that exact numerical spot, making it the only ''Robots in Disguise''-original recap episode to be officially placed in its proper chronological placement in relation to the rest of the series (in contrast, "[[Lessons of the Past]]" and "[[Mystery of the Ultra Magnus]]" take place in spots different to those the DVDs placed them; see their respective articles for more).		**And since "The Ultimate Robot Warrior" is the latest episode this one recaps the events of, it must be set chronologically between that episode and "The Decepticons" as the 13th episode of the series. As noted above, the UK DVD release of the series placed this episode in that exact numerical spot, making it the only ''Robots in Disguise''-original recap episode to be officially placed in its proper chronological placement in relation to the rest of the series (in contrast, "[[Lessons of the Past]]" and "[[Mystery of the Ultra Magnus]]" take place in spots different to those the DVDs placed them; see their respective articles for more).
	*Since the O-Part found by the Autobots in [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior\|Episode 12]] was not referred to as such in that episode's English dub, the dialogue from the clips of the Autobots' finding the O-Part in that episode has been changed here to specifically identify the O-Part by name. This was likely done as an attempt to give the U.S. viewers some kind of formal introduction to the O-Parts after the fact, as the O-Parts' existence had (rather abruptly) been brought back into the story a couple weeks earlier in both "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]" and "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and would soon have their story arc wrapped up in both "[[A Friendly Contest]]" and "[[Peril from the Past]]" just a few weeks later. Since the storyline of the O-Parts had already been touched upon so sparsely in the show's original Japanese version, the English dub ended up pushing the O-Parts' significance even further into the background, ~~with~~ the first episode to refer to the O-Parts by name in the dub, "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", ~~having~~ been one of the three episodes banned from airing in the U.S. by post-9/11 censorship. Thus, it was left to this episode, in its original U.S. premiere, to formally introduce the O-Parts to the U.S. viewers shortly before their story arc was to be all wrapped up.		*Since the O-Part found by the Autobots in [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior\|Episode 12]] was not referred to as such in that episode's English dub, the dialogue from the clips of the Autobots' finding the O-Part in that episode has been changed here to specifically identify the O-Part by name. This was likely done as an attempt to give the U.S. viewers some kind of formal introduction to the O-Parts after the fact, as the O-Parts' existence had (rather abruptly) been brought back into the story a couple weeks earlier in both "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]" and "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and would soon have their story arc wrapped up in both "[[A Friendly Contest]]" and "[[Peril from the Past]]" just a few weeks later. Since the storyline of the O-Parts had already been touched upon so sparsely in the show's original Japanese version, the English dub ended up pushing the O-Parts' significance even further into the background, as the first episode to refer to the O-Parts by name in the dub, "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", had been one of the three episodes banned from airing in the U.S. by post-9/11 censorship. Thus, it was left to this episode, in its original U.S. premiere, to formally introduce the O-Parts to the U.S. viewers shortly before their story arc was about to be all wrapped up.

	===Continuity errors===		===Continuity errors===

Sabrblade: /* Continuity errors */ The word "device" was also used to refer to the bomb in Episode 2, more times than the word "bomb" itself was used. 9/11 censorship or not, it's still a valid term.

2024-11-05T04:02:35Z

Continuity errors: The word "device" was also used to refer to the bomb in Episode 2, more times than the word "bomb" itself was used. 9/11 censorship or not, it's still a valid term.

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	*The "[[An Explosive Situation]]" footage and the Autobots' recollections of the episode now refers to a "device" instead of a bomb, presumably due to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
	*Because the Spychangers' seafront battle with the Predacons is a wholesale recycling of the climax of "[[Spychangers to the Rescue]]", Gas Skunk can at one point be seen being blasted against the red-and-white [[Plutonium Energy Generator]] that formed the basis of that episode's plot. Its momentary presence here is, of course, unexplained.		*Because the Spychangers' seafront battle with the Predacons is a wholesale recycling of the climax of "[[Spychangers to the Rescue]]", Gas Skunk can at one point be seen being blasted against the red-and-white [[Plutonium Energy Generator]] that formed the basis of that episode's plot. Its momentary presence here is, of course, unexplained.
	*In addition to the aforementioned O-Part scene from Episode 12, several other moments in the recapped clips have also had their dialogue redubbed to have the characters say different lines from what they originally said in the episodes those clips were taken from, such as the scene from [[The Secret of the Ruins\|Episode 6]] where the Autobot Brothers prepare to fire on Sky-Byte as he tries to steal an ancient box from the ruins.		*In addition to the aforementioned O-Part scene from Episode 12, several other moments in the recapped clips have also had their dialogue redubbed to have the characters say different lines from what they originally said in the episodes those clips were taken from, such as the scene from [[The Secret of the Ruins\|Episode 6]] where the Autobot Brothers prepare to fire on Sky-Byte as he tries to steal an ancient box from the ruins.

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	===Foreign localization===		===Foreign localization===
			'''Italian'''
			:*''Title:'' "'''Speranza per il futuro'''" ("Hope for the Future")
			::*Nobody pronounces Megatron's name when he arrives, which makes sense.
			::*When Side Burn tries to save the car, instead of saying: "My beautiful red sports car!" he says: "Oh, no! My beautiful friend!", making it look like he was talking about Kelly... as a "''beautiful'' friend"! Is this [[Transformer romance\|a new romance ship]]?!


	'''Portuguese'''		'''Portuguese'''
	:*''Title:'' "'''Uma Esperança no Futuro'''" ("A Hope for the Future")		:*''Title:'' "'''Uma Esperança no Futuro'''" ("A Hope for the Future")

Thylacine 2000: /* Quotes */ -let's not put jokes into actual dialogue, especially for shows not widely available on home release

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	==Quotes==		==Quotes==
	"Sky-Byte hasn't beaten us yet, but he's sneaky, clever and dangerous ~~[yes, seriously]~~ and he'll do just about anything to carry out a mission."		"Sky-Byte hasn't beaten us yet, but he's sneaky, clever and dangerous and he'll do just about anything to carry out a mission."
	:—'''Railspike'''		:—'''Railspike''', overselling


	"Yes, and when he went after the ~~<s>bomb</s>~~ device hidden in that red sports car, he almost succeeded."		"Yes, and when he went after the device hidden in that red sports car, he almost succeeded."
	:—'''Optimus Prime'''		:—'''Optimus Prime''' talking about a device, definitely not a BOMB or anything

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Sabrblade: /* Notes */

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Notes

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	===Production notes===		===Production notes===
	*This is the first of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created entirely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the three recap episodes of the original Japanese version ("[[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]", "[[Assemble! New Troops]]", and "[[Gelshark's Blues]]"). As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.		*This is the first of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created entirely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the three recap episodes of the original Japanese version ("[[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]", "[[Assemble! New Troops]]", and "[[Gelshark's Blues]]"). As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.
	*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", "[[Landfill (episode)\|Landfill]]", and "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]" were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]], terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.		*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", "[[Landfill (episode)\|Landfill]]", and "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]" were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]] terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.
	*This episode originally aired on [[Fox Kids]] on the Friday before Episode 29, "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]", would make its Saturday-morning debut the next day. When the series was later released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], the episode was placed between "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" and "[[The Decepticons]]", in the same spot as the first ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!", which is a completely separate clip show focusing on entirely different footage. Nonetheless, this episode does best fit chronologically as the 13th episode of the English dub (~~[[#Continuity notes\|~~see ~~notes~~ below]]).		*This episode originally aired on [[Fox Kids]] on the Friday before Episode 29, "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]", would make its Saturday-morning debut the next day. When the series was later released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], the episode was placed between "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" and "[[The Decepticons]]", in the same spot as the first ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!", which is a completely separate clip show focusing on entirely different footage. Nonetheless, this episode does best fit chronologically as the 13th episode of the English dub (see the next section below for more).

	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===

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Production notes

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	===Production notes===		===Production notes===
	*This is the first of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created entirely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the three recap episodes of the original Japanese version ("[[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]", "[[Assemble! New Troops]]", and "[[Gelshark's Blues]]"). As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.		*This is the first of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created entirely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the three recap episodes of the original Japanese version ("[[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]", "[[Assemble! New Troops]]", and "[[Gelshark's Blues]]"). As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.
	*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", "[[Landfill (episode)\|Landfill]]", and "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]" were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]] terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.		*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", "[[Landfill (episode)\|Landfill]]", and "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]" were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]], terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.
	*This episode originally aired on [[Fox Kids]] on the Friday before Episode 29, "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]", would make its Saturday-morning debut the next day. When the series was later released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], the episode was placed between "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" and "[[The Decepticons]]", in the same spot as the first ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!", which is a completely separate clip show focusing on entirely different footage. Nonetheless, this episode does best fit chronologically as the 13th episode of the English dub ([[#Continuity notes\|see notes below]]).		*This episode originally aired on [[Fox Kids]] on the Friday before Episode 29, "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]", would make its Saturday-morning debut the next day. When the series was later released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], the episode was placed between "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" and "[[The Decepticons]]", in the same spot as the first ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!", which is a completely separate clip show focusing on entirely different footage. Nonetheless, this episode does best fit chronologically as the 13th episode of the English dub ([[#Continuity notes\|see notes below]]).

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	*This is the first of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created entirely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the three recap episodes of the original Japanese version ("[[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]", "[[Assemble! New Troops]]", and "[[Gelshark's Blues]]"). As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.		*This is the first of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created entirely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the three recap episodes of the original Japanese version ("[[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]", "[[Assemble! New Troops]]", and "[[Gelshark's Blues]]"). As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.
	*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", [[Landfill (episode)\|Landfill]]", and "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]" were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]] terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.		*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", "[[Landfill (episode)\|Landfill]]", and "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]" were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]] terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.
	*This episode originally aired on [[Fox Kids]] on the Friday before Episode 29, "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]", would make its Saturday-morning debut the next day. When the series was later released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], the episode was placed between "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" and "[[The Decepticons]]", in the same spot as the first ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!", which is a completely separate clip show focusing on entirely different footage. Nonetheless, this episode does best fit chronologically as the 13th episode of the English dub ([[#Continuity notes\|see notes below]]).		*This episode originally aired on [[Fox Kids]] on the Friday before Episode 29, "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]", would make its Saturday-morning debut the next day. When the series was later released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], the episode was placed between "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" and "[[The Decepticons]]", in the same spot as the first ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!", which is a completely separate clip show focusing on entirely different footage. Nonetheless, this episode does best fit chronologically as the 13th episode of the English dub ([[#Continuity notes\|see notes below]]).

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	===Production notes===		===Production notes===
	*This is the first of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created entirely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the [[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!~~\|three~~]] [[Assemble! New Troops~~\|recap~~]] [[Gelshark's Blues~~\|episodes~~]] ~~of the original Japanese version~~. As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.		*This is the first of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created entirely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the three recap episodes of the original Japanese version ("[[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]", "[[Assemble! New Troops]]", and "[[Gelshark's Blues]]"). As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.
	*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when ~~three~~ [[Attack from Outer Space~~\|other~~]] [[Landfill (episode)\|~~non-recap~~]] [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day~~\|episodes~~]] were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]] terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.		*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", [[Landfill (episode)\|Landfill]]", and "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]" were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]] terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.
	*This episode originally aired on [[Fox Kids]] on the Friday before Episode 29, "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]", would make its Saturday-morning debut the next day. When the series was later released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], the episode was placed between "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" and "[[The Decepticons]]", in the same spot as the first ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "[[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]", which is a completely separate clip show focusing on entirely different footage. Nonetheless, this episode does best fit chronologically as the 13th episode of the English dub (see ~~"Continuity~~ notes" below).		*This episode originally aired on [[Fox Kids]] on the Friday before Episode 29, "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]", would make its Saturday-morning debut the next day. When the series was later released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], the episode was placed between "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" and "[[The Decepticons]]", in the same spot as the first ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!", which is a completely separate clip show focusing on entirely different footage. Nonetheless, this episode does best fit chronologically as the 13th episode of the English dub ([[#Continuity notes\|see notes below]]).

	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===

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	===Production notes===		===Production notes===
	*This is the first of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created entirely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the [[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!\|three]] [[Assemble! New Troops\|recap]] [[Gelshark's Blues\|episodes]] of the original Japanese version. As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.		*This is the first of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created entirely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the [[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!\|three]] [[Assemble! New Troops\|recap]] [[Gelshark's Blues\|episodes]] of the original Japanese version. As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.
	*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when three [[Attack from Outer Space\|other]] [[Landfill (episode)\|non-recap]] [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day\|episodes]] were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]] terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban ~~using existing footage~~ to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.		*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when three [[Attack from Outer Space\|other]] [[Landfill (episode)\|non-recap]] [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day\|episodes]] were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]] terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.
	*This episode originally aired on [[Fox Kids]] on the Friday before Episode 29, "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]", would make its Saturday-morning debut the next day. When the series was later released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], the episode was placed between "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" and "[[The Decepticons]]", in the same spot as the first ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "[[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]", which is a completely separate clip show focusing on entirely different footage. Nonetheless, this episode does best fit chronologically as the 13th episode of the English dub (see "Continuity notes" below).		*This episode originally aired on [[Fox Kids]] on the Friday before Episode 29, "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]", would make its Saturday-morning debut the next day. When the series was later released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], the episode was placed between "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" and "[[The Decepticons]]", in the same spot as the first ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "[[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]", which is a completely separate clip show focusing on entirely different footage. Nonetheless, this episode does best fit chronologically as the 13th episode of the English dub (see "Continuity notes" below).