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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 27 | |otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 27 | ||
|image= | |image=Overloaded1 Optimus drained.jpg | ||
|caption= | |caption=Optimus attempts to become a Super Saiyan God. | ||
|prev=Battlegrounds, Part 2 | |prev=Battlegrounds, Part 2 | ||
|prev2=Two Plus Two Equals More | |||
|next=Overloaded, Part 2 | |next=Overloaded, Part 2 | ||
|title="Overloaded, Part 1" | |title="Overloaded, Part 1" | ||
|season=2 | |||
|season ep=1 | |||
|airdate=[[February 20]], [[2016]] | |airdate=[[February 20]], [[2016]] | ||
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]] | |production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]] | ||
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]] | |writer=[[Adam Beechen]] | ||
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]] | |animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]], [[drop]] (2D) | ||
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]] | |director=[[Scooter Tidwell]] | ||
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZqQvgQ2qds | |||
|videosite=YouTube | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''The Bee Team must cope with a global Decepticon threat and a weakened Optimus Prime.''' | '''The Bee Team must cope with a global Decepticon threat and a weakened Optimus Prime.''' | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
[[Russell Clay|Russell]] buffs [[Grimlock ( | [[File:Overloaded1 Micronus on Grimlock.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I don't drink.]] | ||
Weeks after [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'s defeat, [[Russell Clay|Russell]] buffs [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]'s side, [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]] watches [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] play Go Fish, [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] inspects his sword, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] examines a [[stasis pod]], and the remaining members of Team Bee listen to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s old war tale. Sideswipe hassles [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], believing she's bothering Optimus, leading to the pair fighting and dislodging the pod Drift is carrying. After Bumblebee has Grimlock stop the pair fighting, they suddenly spot [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] manifesting as a projection on Grimlock's side. Micronus announces that Optimus must return the portions of the [[Thirteen|Prime]]s' sparks that he borrowed, and despite [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s protests, the reversal takes place. Optimus is left perceptibly weakened, though Micronus insists he will recover... eventually. Optimus insists he's mission ready, and Bumblebee announces that he's forming an "away team" consisting of Drift and Windblade to hunt Decepticons far from the scrapyard. | |||
[[File:Overloaded1 away team in Arctic.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Okay, if anyone here sings 'Let It Go', I'm kicking you off the mountain. No question."]] | |||
Sideswipe opts to join the team too, however when Bumblebee reveals he intends for Optimus to monitor things from the command center, Optimus insists on leading the away team. Fixit detects a Decepticon in the [[Arctic]] circle, and after Optimus gives a brief speech, the away team heads through the [[GroundBridge]], which suddenly explodes! | |||
The remaining team deals with the fire by stomping on it, using a fire extinguisher, or in Grimlock's case, dumping a water fountain over it. Fixit manages to raise Optimus and they learn that the away team has safely reached the Arctic near a research installation. Unfortunately the GroundBridge will need to be fixed to get the team back. In the Arctic, Optimus scans for the Decepticon and detects one in a nearby cave, however as they move out, it's clear that Optimus is having trouble just walking. | The remaining team deals with the fire by stomping on it, using a fire extinguisher, or in Grimlock's case, dumping a water fountain over it. Fixit manages to raise Optimus and they learn that the away team has safely reached the Arctic near a research installation. Unfortunately the GroundBridge will need to be fixed to get the team back. In the Arctic, Optimus scans for the Decepticon and detects one in a nearby cave, however as they move out, it's clear that Optimus is having trouble just walking. | ||
[[File:Overloadedpart1-BBvsOverload.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You talking more smack Vegeta?!]] | |||
The other Autobots work on fixing the GroundBridge. Denny and Strongarm wonder if it was a good idea to split the team, especially since they can no longer combine their [[Decepticon Hunter]]s. At this point [[Overload (RID)|Overload]] arrives and demands they turn over Optimus Prime. The scrapyard's defense systems fire, though they simply bounce off Overload, forcing Fixit and the two humans to seek cover. Bumblebee attempts to attack the Decepticon, but is thrown, knocking the two stasis pods holding the [[Cyclone]] Minicons. | The other Autobots work on fixing the GroundBridge. Denny and Strongarm wonder if it was a good idea to split the team, especially since they can no longer combine their [[Decepticon Hunter]]s. At this point [[Overload (RID)|Overload]] arrives and demands they turn over Optimus Prime. The scrapyard's defense systems fire, though they simply bounce off Overload, forcing Fixit and the two humans to seek cover. Bumblebee attempts to attack the Decepticon, but is thrown, knocking the two stasis pods holding the [[Cyclone]] Minicons. | ||
Optimus's team make their way up the mountain, though the other Autobots note their leader is slow going, and suggest he fall back. Optimus is about to agree when the Decepticon above starts tossing chunks of ice down at them. Optimus orders the others to move in while he draws the Decepticon's fire, but as they argue, he's knocked off the mountain. Windblade heads up the mountain in her jet mode to distract the Decepticon while the rest of the team try to prevent Optimus from falling. Unfortunately while [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] are able to plant themselves in the side of mountain to provide footholds, the ice quickly begins to crack. | Optimus's team make their way up the mountain, though the other Autobots note their leader is slow going, and suggest he fall back. Optimus is about to agree when the Decepticon above starts tossing chunks of ice down at them. Optimus orders the others to move in while he draws the Decepticon's fire, but as they argue, he's knocked off the mountain. [[File:Overloaded1 Optimus cracking ice.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Cliff Hanger! | ||
Hanging from a cliff... | |||
And that's why he's called | |||
Cliff Hanger!'']]Windblade heads up the mountain in her jet mode to distract the Decepticon while the rest of the team try to prevent Optimus from falling. Unfortunately while [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] are able to plant themselves in the side of mountain to provide footholds, the ice quickly begins to crack. | |||
The two | The two Cyclone Mini-Cons, freed from their stasis pods, hide themselves in the scrapyard. Fixit looks up Overload in his database, revealing the Decepticon has a history with both Optimus and Bumblebee. Overload has gotten the better of the Autobots, and when Bumblebee reveals that Optimus is absent, Overload realizes he can draw the Autobot leader out by threatening humans in nearby [[Crown City]]. The Cyclone Minicons follow him and once the Autobots pick themselves up, they follow suit. The Minicons find Overload first, and he's all too happy to team up with them and wreck the cars in the parking lot he's found. The three soon head towards the city, eager to cause more destruction. | ||
[[Overloaded, Part 2|To be continued.]] | [[Overloaded, Part 2|To be continued.]] | ||
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{{featuredcharacters | {{featuredcharacters | ||
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*[[Grimlock ( | *[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (1) | ||
*[[Sideswipe ( | *[[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]] (3) | ||
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4) | *[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4) | ||
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (6) | *[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (6) | ||
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|c2= | |c2= | ||
*[[Overload (RID)|Overload]] (14) | *[[Overload (RID)|Overload]] (14) | ||
*[[ | *[[Polarclaw]] (17) | ||
|c3= | |c3= | ||
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*[[Denny Clay]] (5) | *[[Denny Clay]] (5) | ||
|h4= | |h4=Others|c4= | ||
*[[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] (13) | *[[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] (13) | ||
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] (15) | |||
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] (16) | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
"... and the flanking action allowed us to route the Decepticon forces."<br/> | |||
"Amazing! Tell us another!"<br/> | |||
"Ugh, give it a rest, will you Strongarm!? You bugging Pops for war stories is getting older than... well, Pops!"<br/> | |||
"Sideswipe, you better watch your--"<br/> | |||
"Young bot, you may call me Optimus Prime, or Optimus. Those, are your ''only'' options. Understood?"<br/> | |||
"... yessir." | |||
:—'''Sideswipe''' is immediately shut down by '''Optimus Prime'''... with one sentence. And with '''Strongarm''' AND '''Bumblebee''' to witness. Get wrecked scrub. | |||
"Looks like you're up, away team."<br /> | "Looks like you're up, away team."<br /> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
===Continuity notes=== | ===Continuity notes=== | ||
*The Cyclone Mini-Cons were previously found and captured in a series of shorts released on transformers.com and YouTube, starting with "[[Knock Knock]]". | * The Cyclone Mini-Cons were previously found and captured in a series of shorts released on transformers.com and YouTube, starting with "[[Knock, Knock!]]". | ||
===Prisoner manifest=== | ===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]], [[ | * ''In stasis'': [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], [[Quillfire (RID)|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]], [[Scratch (RID)|Scratch]], [[Zizza]], [[Pseudo]], [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], [[Underbite]], [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] | ||
* ''Known at large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], [[Kickback ( | * ''Known at large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], [[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]], [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]], [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]], [[Polarclaw]] | ||
* ''Released'': Grimlock | * ''Released'': Grimlock | ||
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large'' | * ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large'' | ||
===Transformers references=== | ===Transformers references=== | ||
* (tbd) | |||
===Real-world references=== | ===Real-world references=== | ||
* | * (tbd) | ||
===Animation and technical errors=== | |||
* (tbd) | |||
===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
*A new title sequence debuts with this episode, adding Optimus Prime to the lineup of named characters. Drift and Windblade do not get name callouts, though they appear along with the rest of the team in the group shot at the end of the sequence. | * A new title sequence debuts with this episode, adding Optimus Prime to the lineup of named characters. Drift and Windblade do not get name callouts, though they appear along with the rest of the team in the group shot at the end of the sequence. | ||
===Foreign localization=== | ===Foreign localization=== | ||
'''French''' | |||
:*''Title:'' "'''Overload - Première partie'''" ("Overload - Part One") | |||
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 26]], 2016 | |||
'''Hungarian''' | |||
:*''Title:'' '''Csapatjáték, 1. rész''' ("Team Play, Part 1") | |||
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 29]], 2016 | |||
'''Italian''' | '''Italian''' | ||
:*''Title:'' '''Sovraccarico Overload, Parte Prima''' ("Overloaded Overload, First Part") | :*''Title:'' '''Sovraccarico Overload, Parte Prima''' ("Overloaded Overload, First Part") | ||
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 22]], 2016 | :*''Original airdate:'' [[February 22]], 2016 | ||
'''Japanese''' | |||
:*''Title:'' "'''Futatsu no Team'''" (2つのチーム, "The Two Teams") | |||
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 3]], [[2016]] | |||
::*In Japan, season 2 of ''Robots in Disguise'' was released as a second, separately branded series called ''Transformers Adventure: Prime of Micron''. | |||
==Home video releases== | ==Home video releases== | ||
{{ | {{homevidnote}} | ||
;DVD | |||
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2016 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — Overloaded ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])<br> | |||
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2017 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise Collection'' — Overloaded & Decepticon Island ([[Shout! Factory]])<br> | |||
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]] | [[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]] | ||
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 Optimus attempts to become a Super Saiyan God. | |||||||||
| "Overloaded, Part 1" | |||||||||
| Season | 2 | ||||||||
| No. in season | 1 | ||||||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | ||||||||
| Airdate | February 20, 2016 | ||||||||
| Writer | Adam Beechen | ||||||||
| Director | Scooter Tidwell | ||||||||
| Animation studio | Polygon Pictures, drop (2D) | ||||||||
 Watch this episode on YouTube
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The Bee Team must cope with a global Decepticon threat and a weakened Optimus Prime.
Synopsis
[edit]
Weeks after Megatronus's defeat, Russell buffs Grimlock's side, Sideswipe watches Denny and Fixit play Go Fish, Drift inspects his sword, Windblade examines a stasis pod, and the remaining members of Team Bee listen to Optimus Prime's old war tale. Sideswipe hassles Strongarm, believing she's bothering Optimus, leading to the pair fighting and dislodging the pod Drift is carrying. After Bumblebee has Grimlock stop the pair fighting, they suddenly spot Micronus manifesting as a projection on Grimlock's side. Micronus announces that Optimus must return the portions of the Primes' sparks that he borrowed, and despite Bumblebee's protests, the reversal takes place. Optimus is left perceptibly weakened, though Micronus insists he will recover... eventually. Optimus insists he's mission ready, and Bumblebee announces that he's forming an "away team" consisting of Drift and Windblade to hunt Decepticons far from the scrapyard.
Sideswipe opts to join the team too, however when Bumblebee reveals he intends for Optimus to monitor things from the command center, Optimus insists on leading the away team. Fixit detects a Decepticon in the Arctic circle, and after Optimus gives a brief speech, the away team heads through the GroundBridge, which suddenly explodes!
The remaining team deals with the fire by stomping on it, using a fire extinguisher, or in Grimlock's case, dumping a water fountain over it. Fixit manages to raise Optimus and they learn that the away team has safely reached the Arctic near a research installation. Unfortunately the GroundBridge will need to be fixed to get the team back. In the Arctic, Optimus scans for the Decepticon and detects one in a nearby cave, however as they move out, it's clear that Optimus is having trouble just walking.
The other Autobots work on fixing the GroundBridge. Denny and Strongarm wonder if it was a good idea to split the team, especially since they can no longer combine their Decepticon Hunters. At this point Overload arrives and demands they turn over Optimus Prime. The scrapyard's defense systems fire, though they simply bounce off Overload, forcing Fixit and the two humans to seek cover. Bumblebee attempts to attack the Decepticon, but is thrown, knocking the two stasis pods holding the Cyclone Minicons.
Optimus's team make their way up the mountain, though the other Autobots note their leader is slow going, and suggest he fall back. Optimus is about to agree when the Decepticon above starts tossing chunks of ice down at them. Optimus orders the others to move in while he draws the Decepticon's fire, but as they argue, he's knocked off the mountain.
Windblade heads up the mountain in her jet mode to distract the Decepticon while the rest of the team try to prevent Optimus from falling. Unfortunately while Slipstream and Jetstorm are able to plant themselves in the side of mountain to provide footholds, the ice quickly begins to crack.
The two Cyclone Mini-Cons, freed from their stasis pods, hide themselves in the scrapyard. Fixit looks up Overload in his database, revealing the Decepticon has a history with both Optimus and Bumblebee. Overload has gotten the better of the Autobots, and when Bumblebee reveals that Optimus is absent, Overload realizes he can draw the Autobot leader out by threatening humans in nearby Crown City. The Cyclone Minicons follow him and once the Autobots pick themselves up, they follow suit. The Minicons find Overload first, and he's all too happy to team up with them and wreck the cars in the parking lot he's found. The three soon head towards the city, eager to cause more destruction.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
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Quotes
[edit]"... and the flanking action allowed us to route the Decepticon forces."
"Amazing! Tell us another!"
"Ugh, give it a rest, will you Strongarm!? You bugging Pops for war stories is getting older than... well, Pops!"
"Sideswipe, you better watch your--"
"Young bot, you may call me Optimus Prime, or Optimus. Those, are your only options. Understood?"
"... yessir."
- —Sideswipe is immediately shut down by Optimus Prime... with one sentence. And with Strongarm AND Bumblebee to witness. Get wrecked scrub.
"Looks like you're up, away team."
"You mean, 'Bad Bot Bashers'. Huh? Right? C'mon!" [awkward silence] "Ah, I'm just warming up."
- —Bumblebee passes the job of awkward
running gagcatchphrasingnaming to Sideswipe. We know where this is going…
"Did I call it? Optimus is already messing us up. It's going to take us forever to drive back to the scrapyard from here."
"Cut him some cable, Slick. It wasn't his fault the groundbridge fritzed."
- —Sideswipe and Windblade discuss blame
"Grimlock, please help me gently separate the pieces of the GroundBridge."
- —Fixit invites disaster.
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- The Cyclone Mini-Cons were previously found and captured in a series of shorts released on transformers.com and YouTube, starting with "Knock, Knock!".
Prisoner manifest
[edit]- In stasis: Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock, Scowl, Scratch, Zizza, Pseudo, Fracture, Airazor, Divebomb, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown
- Known at large: Steeljaw, Kickback, Overload, Backtrack, Ransack, Polarclaw
- Released: Grimlock
- Countless others all missing, presumed at large
Transformers references
[edit]- (tbd)
Real-world references
[edit]- (tbd)
Animation and technical errors
[edit]- (tbd)
Trivia
[edit]- A new title sequence debuts with this episode, adding Optimus Prime to the lineup of named characters. Drift and Windblade do not get name callouts, though they appear along with the rest of the team in the group shot at the end of the sequence.
Foreign localization
[edit]French
- Title: "Overload - Première partie" ("Overload - Part One")
- Original airdate: March 26, 2016
Hungarian
- Title: Csapatjáték, 1. rész ("Team Play, Part 1")
- Original airdate: April 29, 2016
Italian
- Title: Sovraccarico Overload, Parte Prima ("Overloaded Overload, First Part")
- Original airdate: February 22, 2016
Japanese
-
- In Japan, season 2 of Robots in Disguise was released as a second, separately branded series called Transformers Adventure: Prime of Micron.
Home video releases
[edit]- DVD
2016 — Transformers Robots in Disguise — Overloaded (Beyond Home Entertainment)
2017 — Transformers Robots in Disguise Collection — Overloaded & Decepticon Island (Shout! Factory)
