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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] reveals the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] he's cloned in his laboratory. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is impressed, and as the scientist gives the Predacon a wiff of [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s energon, announces that the hunt has begun.


[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], Wheeljack and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] scope out an energon mine, planning to blow it up to hopefully draw the attention of nearby Autobots, while in the ''[[Harbinger]]'', [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] work on getting the ship systems up and running. On a deserted road, [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] introduces [[Jack Darby|Jack]] to [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]], who has followed the Omega beam to Earth. Jack is discouraged by the fact that Ultra Magnus's sensors have only picked up five out of seven Autobots, but Arcee reminds him that the sensors wouldn't pick up shielded Autobots.
[[File:Prey-MegatronShockwavePredaking.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Such primal magnificence, but Shockwave... is he housebroken?"]]


[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] heads in to [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] to find the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] and figures it may be being kept aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. Using the [[phase shifter]], he moves through the ship and eventually stumbles on where both [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] and the Forge are being stored.
[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] reveals the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] he's cloned in his laboratory. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is impressed, and as the scientist gives the Predacon a whiff of [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s energon, announces that the hunt has begun.


Wheeljack and Bulkhead finish planting explosives in the mine, but as they prepare to detonate, they spot the incoming Predacon. After dodging its initial blast of flame, they try to counterattack, and Wheeljack is knocked flying by the thing's tail. Bulkhead belts the creature shortly before it knocks him flying with a blast of flame, sending him flying. They quickly realise it's after Wheeljack, who lures it over a grenade. The beast is unscathed by the explosion, so Wheeljack instead leads it into the energon mine before speeding out and setting off the explosions. The dust barely has time to settle before the creature digs its way out. As the Wreckers prepare to fight, Ultra Magnus's ship streaks into view, striking the Predacon with its cannons and picking the trio up. Though a joyous reunion ensues, the ship's still being pursued. Magnus manages to get the ship behind the Predacon and shoots at it, but it damages an engine and jumps on top of the ship. Magnus takes the ship down into a canyon and flies along it, succeeding in knocking the creature off.
[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], Wheeljack and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] scope out an energon mine, planning to blow it up to hopefully draw the attention of nearby Autobots, while in the ''[[Harbinger]]'', [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] work on getting the ship systems up and running. On a deserted road, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] introduces [[Jack Darby|Jack]] to [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]], who has followed the Omega beam to Earth. Jack is discouraged by the fact that Ultra Magnus's sensors have only picked up five out of seven Autobots, but Arcee reminds him that the sensors wouldn't pick up shielded Autobots.


[[William Fowler|Fowler]] gets another call, but this time it's not Megatron but Ratchet, who has hacked into the Decepticon frequencies. Ratchet doesn't have any news of Jack for [[June Darby|June]], but before he can tell them much else, Bumblebee interrupts the call. Running outside, they find Ultra Magnus's ship landing, and more reunions take place.
[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] heads into [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] to find the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] and figures it may have been stored within the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. Using the [[phase shifter]], he moves through the ship and eventually stumbles onto the vault where both [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] and the Forge are being stored.


The Predacon returns empty-handed to Darkmount, and Starscream reflects that it's a pity the creature can't tell them what went wrong.
Wheeljack and Bulkhead finish planting explosives in the mine, but as they prepare to detonate, they spot the incoming Predacon. After dodging its initial blast of flame, they try to counterattack, and Wheeljack is knocked flying by the thing's tail. Bulkhead belts the creature shortly before it attacks him with a blast of flame, sending him flying. They quickly realise it's after Wheeljack, who lures it over a grenade. The beast is unscathed by the explosion, so Wheeljack instead leads it into the energon mine before speeding out and setting off the explosions. The dust barely has time to settle before the creature digs its way out. As the Wreckers prepare to fight, the ''[[Iron Will]]'' streaks into view, striking the Predacon with its cannons and picking the trio up. Though a joyous reunion ensues, the ship's still being pursued. The ''Iron Will''{{'}}s engine is damaged in the chase, and the creature manages to catch up and cling to the hull. Bringing the ''Iron Will'' into a narrow canyon, Magnus scrapes the Predacon off using a rocky outcropping.
 
[[William Fowler|Fowler]] gets another call he thinks is from Megatron, but this time it's Ratchet, who has hacked into the Decepticon frequencies. Ratchet doesn't have any news of Jack for [[June Darby|June]], but before he can tell them much else, Bumblebee interrupts the call. Running outside, they find the ''Iron Will'' landing, and more reunions take place.
 
[[Image:Prey-Autobots.jpg|right|thumb|300px|... And remember, it's "Ultra Magnus, ''sir''."]]
 
The Predacon returns empty-handed to Darkmount, and Starscream reflects that it's a pity the creature can't tell them what went wrong. It responds by quietly growling.


Ratchet reports that the ''Harbinger'' [[GroundBridge]] is fully operational. The group of Autobots is soon joined by Fowler and Jack's mom. They wonder where Smokescreen's gotten to, as all the Autobot traces Magnus could detect are now accounted for. Regardless, they prepare to fight back against Megatron without either of the missing Autobots—Ultra Magnus assumes command and takes the other Autobots to equip themselves with weapons.
Ratchet reports that the ''Harbinger'' [[GroundBridge]] is fully operational. The group of Autobots is soon joined by Fowler and Jack's mom. They wonder where Smokescreen's gotten to, as all the Autobot traces Magnus could detect are now accounted for. Regardless, they prepare to fight back against Megatron without either of the missing Autobots—Ultra Magnus assumes command and takes the other Autobots to equip themselves with weapons.
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*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (11)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (12)
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*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (14)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (15)
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*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (6)
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*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (17)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (6)
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*[[Jack Darby]] (14)
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==Quotes==
==Quotes==
'''Miko''': A dragon?! Where did the 'Cons get a dragon?!<br>
''[Bulkhead and Wheeljack look at each other]''<br>
'''Bulkhead and Wheeljack''': What's a dragon?<br>
'''Miko''': Giant, flying, fire-breathing lizard!
:— Zoology 101 with the [[Wrecker]]s.


"Yes! Snuff the Tragic Dragon!"
:—'''Miko'''
"You?"<br>
"Ultra Magnus? It's an honor!"<br>
"It's an honor, ''sir''."
:—'''Wheeljack''' and '''Bulkhead''' meet '''Ultra Magnus''', who insists even praise follow proper etiquette
"What is it ''now'', "Lord" Megatron?"
:—'''Agent Fowler'''
"Autobots, take your pick."<br>
"Now, you're speaking my language, '''sir.'''"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' earns '''Wheeljack's''' respect through his trigger finger


"Yes! Snuff the Tragic Dragon!"
 
:—'''Miko''' making a funny quip.
"The time for a new leader is upon us. In my spark... I believe... that leader stands before me right now."
:—'''Optimus''' drops a bombshell on Smokescreen


==Notes==
==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity notes===
===Continuity errors===
* Both Airachnid and the Forge were found in the remains of the Autobot base back in "[[Darkmount, NV]]".
* Repeating the error from "[[Darkmount, NV]]", Ratchet claims that Smokescreen was the last to depart in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]", and only Optimus knows where to. Ratchet was in fact operating the GroundBridge when Smokescreen left. If anyone should know where Smokescreen was sent (not to mention the rest of the team), it would be him.
* The [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]] can be briefly seen in a containment field over Smokescreen's shoulder after he gets spooked by Airachnid. Evidently the Decepticons recovered it sometime between "Darkmount, NV" and this episode.
* In "[[Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration]]", Optimus claimed that recreating the Omega Keys was beyond his skill. Unless repairing an existing object doesn't require such skill, it seems even less likely that he or any Autobot given Prime status would be capable of repairing the far more complex device they were intended to operate (not to mention the keys themselves, which were doubtless lost in the blast).
* This episode indirectly confirms that the [[Rescue Force Sigma-17|Rescue Bots]] have had their life signals shielded, as Ultra Magnus would have detected at least nine otherwise.


===Continuity notes===
===Transformers references===
===Transformers references===
* Taking note of Bumblebee's inverted paint job, Arcee comments that doing the same in her case would render her mostly pink, the dominant color for virtually every other version of Arcee.
* Taking note of Bumblebee's inverted paint job, Arcee dismissively comments that doing the same in her case would render her mostly pink, the dominant color for virtually every other version of [[Arcee (disambiguation)|Arcee]] (not to mention her own ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]'' body design).


===Real-world references===
===Real-world references===
* Optimus tells Smokescreen "the fate of all our kind is more vital than any one of us", a variation on Spock's "the needs of the many" line in ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan''.
* Wheeljack's line of "And the walls came tumbling down," is a lyric from the African-American spiritual "{{w|Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho}}".
* When Miko believes the explosion of the energon mine set off by Bulkhead and Wheeljack has successfully destroyed [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], she shouts "Snuff the Tragic Dragon"; a play on the words of the song "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul, and Mary.
* When Miko believes the explosion of the energon mine set off by Bulkhead and Wheeljack has successfully destroyed [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], she shouts "Snuff the Tragic Dragon"; a play on the words of the song "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul, and Mary.
===Animation and technical errors===
* Megatron's forearm seems to go through his shoulder armor during the scene where the Decepticons discuss Predaking's failure.
* Right before the Predacon roars for the first time, the GroundBridge he came through does not make any noise as it closes.
* Ratchet claims that Smokescreen departed the base in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]" to coordinates that only Optimus knows of. Yet, it was Ratchet who set the coordinates each time someone went through the GroundBridge, so he should know where each team member was sent.
* In "[[Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration]]", Optimus claimed that recreating the Omega Keys was beyond his skill. Unless repairing an existing object doesn't require such skill, it seems even less likely that he or any Autobot given Prime status would be capable of repairing the far more complex device they were intended to operate. For that matter, it seems likely the keys themselves were destroyed in the blast.


===Trivia===
===Trivia===
*The worldwide premiere of "Prey" was on okto, a Singaporean channel, where it aired back-to-back with "[[Darkmount, NV]]" and "[[Scattered]]".
* The worldwide premiere screening of the first three episodes was held at the Globe Theater in Universal Studios Hollywood on [[March 14]].
* The worldwide television premiere of "Prey" was a day later on okto, a Singaporean channel, where it aired back-to-back with "[[Darkmount, NV]]" and "[[Scattered]]".
* Wheeljack does not appear to be very happy about reuniting with his unit commander from the war, given that Ultra Magnus led the Wreckers on all of their excursions. This could be attributed to Wheeljack's insubordination and Magnus's exaggerated regard for military protocol. "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]" would later clarify that Magnus took over the Wreckers at a later time in order to fold them back under proper military command, a situation which drove Wheeljack to desert due to their conflicting attitudes.
 
===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ultra Magnus'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
 
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Beute'''" ("Prey")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2|2 October]] [[2013]]
 
'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prédák'''" ("Preys")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 4|4 September]] [[2013]]
 
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Caçados'''" ("Hunted")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 18|18 October]] [[2013]]
 
'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Preda'''" ("Prey")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 6|6 September]] [[2013]]
 
'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Presas'''" ("Preys")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 9|9 October]] [[2013]]


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==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Dawn of the Beast ([[Shout! Factory]])<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory)<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br>
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Saison 3 Volume 1: Le règne de Mégatron ([[Primal Screen]])<br>
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount (Primal Screen)<br>
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Staffel 3 Teil 1: Schlacht um Darkmount (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio.<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment)<br>
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Intégrale Saison 3 (Primal Screen)<br>
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen)<br>
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Die komplette Staffel 3 (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio.<br>
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory)<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2016 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment)<br>


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Latest revision as of 01:44, 27 September 2025

The name or term "Prey" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Prey (disambiguation).
« Transformers: Prime ep 55 »

How to Train Your Predacon
"Prey"
Season 3
No. in season 3
Production company Hasbro Studios
Airdate March 15, 2013 (Singapore)
April 5, 2013 (USA)
Written by Marsha Griffin
Directed by Todd Waterman
Animation studio Polygon Pictures
 Watch this episode on YouTube

A new Autobot arrives just as the Decepticons unleash the ultimate hunter.

Synopsis

[edit]
"Such primal magnificence, but Shockwave... is he housebroken?"

Shockwave reveals the Predacon he's cloned in his laboratory. Megatron is impressed, and as the scientist gives the Predacon a whiff of Wheeljack's energon, announces that the hunt has begun.

Bulkhead, Wheeljack and Miko scope out an energon mine, planning to blow it up to hopefully draw the attention of nearby Autobots, while in the Harbinger, Raf, Ratchet and Bumblebee work on getting the ship systems up and running. On a deserted road, Arcee introduces Jack to Ultra Magnus, who has followed the Omega beam to Earth. Jack is discouraged by the fact that Ultra Magnus's sensors have only picked up five out of seven Autobots, but Arcee reminds him that the sensors wouldn't pick up shielded Autobots.

Smokescreen heads into Darkmount to find the Forge of Solus Prime and figures it may have been stored within the Nemesis. Using the phase shifter, he moves through the ship and eventually stumbles onto the vault where both Airachnid and the Forge are being stored.

Wheeljack and Bulkhead finish planting explosives in the mine, but as they prepare to detonate, they spot the incoming Predacon. After dodging its initial blast of flame, they try to counterattack, and Wheeljack is knocked flying by the thing's tail. Bulkhead belts the creature shortly before it attacks him with a blast of flame, sending him flying. They quickly realise it's after Wheeljack, who lures it over a grenade. The beast is unscathed by the explosion, so Wheeljack instead leads it into the energon mine before speeding out and setting off the explosions. The dust barely has time to settle before the creature digs its way out. As the Wreckers prepare to fight, the Iron Will streaks into view, striking the Predacon with its cannons and picking the trio up. Though a joyous reunion ensues, the ship's still being pursued. The Iron Will's engine is damaged in the chase, and the creature manages to catch up and cling to the hull. Bringing the Iron Will into a narrow canyon, Magnus scrapes the Predacon off using a rocky outcropping.

Fowler gets another call he thinks is from Megatron, but this time it's Ratchet, who has hacked into the Decepticon frequencies. Ratchet doesn't have any news of Jack for June, but before he can tell them much else, Bumblebee interrupts the call. Running outside, they find the Iron Will landing, and more reunions take place.

... And remember, it's "Ultra Magnus, sir."

The Predacon returns empty-handed to Darkmount, and Starscream reflects that it's a pity the creature can't tell them what went wrong. It responds by quietly growling.

Ratchet reports that the Harbinger GroundBridge is fully operational. The group of Autobots is soon joined by Fowler and Jack's mom. They wonder where Smokescreen's gotten to, as all the Autobot traces Magnus could detect are now accounted for. Regardless, they prepare to fight back against Megatron without either of the missing Autobots—Ultra Magnus assumes command and takes the other Autobots to equip themselves with weapons.

Smokescreen drags the Forge back to the cavern where Optimus is sheltered, but Optimus insists the Forge's power is limited and must be conserved to repair the Omega Lock. Smokescreen points out that if Optimus dies, there won't be a Prime to work the Forge, but Optimus says it's time for a new leader, and believes Smokescreen is it.

[edit]

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Humans Others

Quotes

[edit]

"Yes! Snuff the Tragic Dragon!"

—Miko


"You?"
"Ultra Magnus? It's an honor!"
"It's an honor, sir."

—Wheeljack and Bulkhead meet Ultra Magnus, who insists even praise follow proper etiquette


"What is it now, "Lord" Megatron?"

—Agent Fowler


"Autobots, take your pick."
"Now, you're speaking my language, sir."

—Ultra Magnus earns Wheeljack's respect through his trigger finger


"The time for a new leader is upon us. In my spark... I believe... that leader stands before me right now."

—Optimus drops a bombshell on Smokescreen

Notes

[edit]

Continuity notes

[edit]
  • Both Airachnid and the Forge were found in the remains of the Autobot base back in "Darkmount, NV".
  • The Star Saber can be briefly seen in a containment field over Smokescreen's shoulder after he gets spooked by Airachnid. Evidently the Decepticons recovered it sometime between "Darkmount, NV" and this episode.
  • This episode indirectly confirms that the Rescue Bots have had their life signals shielded, as Ultra Magnus would have detected at least nine otherwise.

Transformers references

[edit]
  • Taking note of Bumblebee's inverted paint job, Arcee dismissively comments that doing the same in her case would render her mostly pink, the dominant color for virtually every other version of Arcee (not to mention her own War for Cybertron body design).

Real-world references

[edit]
  • Wheeljack's line of "And the walls came tumbling down," is a lyric from the African-American spiritual "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho".
  • When Miko believes the explosion of the energon mine set off by Bulkhead and Wheeljack has successfully destroyed Predaking, she shouts "Snuff the Tragic Dragon"; a play on the words of the song "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul, and Mary.

Animation and technical errors

[edit]
  • Megatron's forearm seems to go through his shoulder armor during the scene where the Decepticons discuss Predaking's failure.
  • Right before the Predacon roars for the first time, the GroundBridge he came through does not make any noise as it closes.
  • Ratchet claims that Smokescreen departed the base in "Darkest Hour" to coordinates that only Optimus knows of. Yet, it was Ratchet who set the coordinates each time someone went through the GroundBridge, so he should know where each team member was sent.
  • In "Regeneration", Optimus claimed that recreating the Omega Keys was beyond his skill. Unless repairing an existing object doesn't require such skill, it seems even less likely that he or any Autobot given Prime status would be capable of repairing the far more complex device they were intended to operate. For that matter, it seems likely the keys themselves were destroyed in the blast.

Trivia

[edit]
  • The worldwide premiere screening of the first three episodes was held at the Globe Theater in Universal Studios Hollywood on March 14.
  • The worldwide television premiere of "Prey" was a day later on okto, a Singaporean channel, where it aired back-to-back with "Darkmount, NV" and "Scattered".
  • Wheeljack does not appear to be very happy about reuniting with his unit commander from the war, given that Ultra Magnus led the Wreckers on all of their excursions. This could be attributed to Wheeljack's insubordination and Magnus's exaggerated regard for military protocol. "Chain of Command" would later clarify that Magnus took over the Wreckers at a later time in order to fold them back under proper military command, a situation which drove Wheeljack to desert due to their conflicting attitudes.

Foreign localization

[edit]

French

  • Title: "Ultra Magnus"
  • Original airdate: ?

German

Hungarian

Brazilian Portuguese

Italian

Spanish (Spain)

Home video releases

[edit]
All releases listed are in English audio unless otherwise noted.
DVD

United States of America 2013 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Dawn of the Beast (Shout! Factory)
United States of America 2013 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Season Three (Shout! Factory)
Australia 2014 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount (Madman Entertainment)
France 2015 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Saison 3 Volume 1: Le règne de Mégatron (Primal Screen)
United Kingdom 2015 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount (Primal Screen)
Germany 2015 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Staffel 3 Teil 1: Schlacht um Darkmount (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio.
Australia 2015 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment)
France 2015 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Intégrale Saison 3 (Primal Screen)
United Kingdom 2015 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen)
Germany 2015 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Die komplette Staffel 3 (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio.
Italy 2015 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.

Blu-ray

United States of America 2013 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Season Three (Shout! Factory)
Australia 2016 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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