Transformers Animated Volume 11

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Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	September 10, 2009
Screenplay by	Dean Stefan ("SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy") Michael Ryan ("Autoboot Camp")
Adaptation by	Zachary Rau
Letters by	Tom B. Long
Edits by	Justin Eisinger
Continuity	Animated cartoon continuity
ISBN	ISBN 1600105254
Page count	112

Detroit's super-villains team up, and Bumblebee recalls the first time he met Bulkhead

Synopsis

This book recounts the events of "SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy" and "Autoboot Camp", through the use of cartoon screen captures arranged in comic book style panels.

Notes

SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy

• Bumblebee's comment about the Autobots buffing their damage out is gone.
• As is his comment about the others tailgating him and Prowl's response.
• Angry Archer gets an extra line "'Tis a puzzlement as to what has transpired, yet a happy one" after Bumblebee is zapped while chasing him.
• After Swindle speaks up during the getaway, Slo-Mo asks who's talking.
• The satellite dish robbery is trimmed down substantially, with the scene with Angry Archer and Professor Princess arguing, and the security drones being lost.
• As Sari and Bumblebee spy on the thieves at the warehouse, Sari comments that they're either building a weapon or going to an awful lot of trouble to pirate satellite TV.
• Swindle doesn't mention the AllSpark in relation to the timepiece, with the consequence that Angry Archer instead asks what war the Decepticon is talking about.
• Swindle's elaboration about the Vok is missing too.
• Other parts of Swindle's speech to Megatron are skipped, including "I could spring a leak, I'm so excited" and "a fate worse than going offline."
• The sequence with Sari using the force fields on the crooks and reprogramming the Reception Bot is left out.
• Bumblebee using his stingers on the crooks after they turn on him is also left out.
• After Swindle gets stuck in vehicle mode, it jumps to Prime telling Bumblebee he should have called them sooner.
• The story ends with Angry Archer asking for a push, skipping the final scene.

Autoboot Camp

• The narration describes Wasp as a Decepticon, though he was never one in the cartoon.
• Sentinel Prime fall from the space bridge is missing.
• Bumblebee's flashbacks are all presented with a desaturated effect not present onscreen.
• Sumdac gets an extra line urging Megatron to keep talking.
• The start of the transmission the Autobots intercept is missing, making Bumblebee's assertion that Megatron mentioned a double-agent on Cybertron look weird, since Megatron didn't say anything of the kind!
• The discussion about Bulkhead's jaw and Sentinel's chin is missing.
• The whole sequence with the bots demonstrating their powers, and Sentinel naming them, is skipped over, jumping directly to Sentinel giving them twenty transform-ups.
• The next couple of scenes are also missed out, and we next see Bumblebee doing his "I am a worthless oil stain" punishment.
• The flashbacks with Bumblebee trying catch the traitor are skipped over.
• Bumblebee's encounter with a grenade and his talking to Bulkhead just after are left out.
• The contents of Wasp's locker go unrevealed.
• The scene with Bumblebee and Bulkhead having become space bridge repair-bots is missing.
• As is the scene with the escaped Wasp swearing to find "Bumblebot".
• Extra dialog at the start of the scene where Megatron talks to Shockwave establishes that the "communication leak has been plugged".

Trivia

• A screencap on the second-to-last page of "SUV" has a nasty case of interlacing going on with Ratchet's left hand.