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In September 2015, Hasbro announced a second season of the show, which debuted in February 2016.<ref>[http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/52681 MIPJunior Spotlight: Hasbro Studios]</ref>
In September 2015, Hasbro announced a second season of the show, which debuted in February 2016.<ref>[http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/52681 MIPJunior Spotlight: Hasbro Studios]</ref>


==Story==
==Story==
When the Autobot prison ship ''[[Alchemor]]'' crashes on [[Earth]] near [[Crown City]], its cargo of [[stasis pod]]s carrying several hundred of the most-wanted [[Decepticon]]s is scattered around the countryside, releasing their contents. The [[Mini-Con]] [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] sends a mayday, however on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], now working as a street cop for the repopulated planet, is instead alerted by a vision of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. Optimus gives Bumblebee a new mission on Earth, sending the young Autobot to the nearest [[space bridge]]. Bumblebee unwillingly finds himself accompanied to Earth by his cop partner [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and the delinquent [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]]. Joined by the ex-Decepticon prisoner [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], and two [[human]]s — [[Denny Clay]], owner of a [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist]] (a scrapyard) and his son [[Russell Clay|Russell]], and later bounty hunter [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], his two Mini-Cons [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] are added to the team — Bumblebee and his team must track down the escaped prisoners and prevent harm coming to Earth or its native population. Chief among the threats poised by the Decepticons is the charismatic [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], who seeks to organize the escaped prisoners into an effective cabal to conquer the planet.
When the Autobot prison ship ''[[Alchemor]]'' crashes on [[Earth]] near [[Crown City]], its cargo of [[stasis pod]]s carrying several hundred of the most-wanted [[Decepticon]]s is scattered around the countryside, releasing their contents. The [[Mini-Con]] [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] sends a mayday, however on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], now working as a street cop for the repopulated planet, is instead alerted by a vision of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. Optimus gives Bumblebee a new mission on Earth, sending the young Autobot to the nearest [[space bridge]]. Bumblebee unwillingly finds himself accompanied to Earth by his cop partner [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and the delinquent [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]]. Joined by the ex-Decepticon prisoner [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], and two [[human]]s — [[Denny Clay]], owner of a [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist]] (a scrapyard) and his son [[Russell Clay|Russell]], and later bounty hunter [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], his two Mini-Cons [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] are added to the team — Bumblebee and his team must track down the escaped prisoners and prevent harm coming to Earth or its native population. Chief among the threats poised by the Decepticons is the charismatic [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], who seeks to organize the escaped prisoners into an effective cabal to conquer the planet.


==Cast==
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'''Main Cast'''
'''Main cast'''
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ([[Will Friedle]])
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ([[Will Friedle]])
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] ([[Constance Zimmer]])
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] ([[Eric Bauza]])
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] ([[Darren Criss]])
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] ([[Mitchell Whitfield]])
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] ([[Mitchell Whitfield]])
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] ([[Khary Payton]])
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] ([[Khary Payton]])
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] ([[Eric Bauza]])
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] ([[Roger Craig Smith]])
**[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] ([[Roger Craig Smith]])
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
**[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (Roger Craig Smith)
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] ([[Darren Criss]])
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (Roger Craig Smith)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] ([[Constance Zimmer]])
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] ([[Kristy Wu]])
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] ([[Kristy Wu]])
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])


'''Others'''
'''Others'''
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*[[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] ([[Adrian Pasdar]])
*[[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] ([[Adrian Pasdar]])
*[[Vector Prime]] (Troy Baker)
*[[Vector Prime]] (Troy Baker)
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'''Steeljaw's Pack'''
'''Steeljaw's Pack'''
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] ([[Troy Baker]])
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] ([[Troy Baker]])
*[[Overload (RID)|Overload]] ([[Dave Fennoy]])
*[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (Roger Craig Smith)
*[[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] ([[John DiMaggio]])
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] ([[Jim Cummings]])
*[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] (Khary Payton)
*[[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] ([[Kevin Pollak]])
*[[Thunderhoof]] ([[Frank Stallone]])
*[[Thunderhoof]] ([[Frank Stallone]])
*[[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] ([[Kevin Pollak]])
*[[Underbite]] ([[Liam O'Brien]])
**[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (Roger Craig Smith)
**[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] (Khary Payton)
*[[Quillfire]] ([[Andy Milder]])
*[[Springload]] ([[John Steven Rocha]])
*[[Bisk]] (Khary Payton)
*[[Underbite]] ([[Liam O'Brien]])  
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] ([[Jim Cummings]])
 
'''Glowstrike's Crew'''
*[[Glowstrike]] ([[Grey DeLisle]])
*[[Saberhorn]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] ([[Victor Brandt]])
*[[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] (Liam O'Brien)
*[[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
**[[Slicedice]] ([[Gary Anthony Williams]])
 
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'''Others'''
'''Others'''
*[[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]] ([[David Kaye]])
*[[Axiom]] ([[Jeff Glen Bennett|Jeff Bennett]])
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Bisk]] (Khary Payton)
*[[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] ([[David Hunt]])
*[[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] ([[David Hunt]])
*[[Terrashock]] ([[Kevin Michael Richardson]])
*[[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
*[[Filch]] (Constance Zimmer)
*[[Filch]] (Constance Zimmer)
*[[Glacius]] ([[Yuri Lowenthal]])
*[[Glowstrike]] ([[Grey DeLisle]])
*[[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] ([[John DiMaggio]])
*[[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]] ([[David Kaye]])
*[[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]] (Eric Bauza)
*[[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] (Liam O'Brien)
*[[Malodor]] ([[Daniel Roebuck]])
*[[The Fallen|Megatronus]] ([[Gil Gerard]])
*[[Minitron]]
*[[Minitron]]
*[[Ped]] ([[Eddie Deezen]])
*[[Malodor]] ([[Daniel Roebuck]]) & [[Skunkticon|Skunkticons]]
*[[Nightstrike]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Nightstrike]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]] ([[Charlie Schlatter]])
*[[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]] ([[Ted Biaselli]])
*[[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]] ([[Ted Biaselli]])
*[[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]] (Eric Bauza)  
*[[Overload (RID)|Overload]] ([[Dave Fennoy]])
*[[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]] ([[Mark Hildreth]])
*[[Ped]] ([[Eddie Deezen]])
*[[Zizza]] ([[Jackée Harry]])
*[[Polarclaw]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Pseudo]] (Eric Bauza)
*[[Pseudo]] (Eric Bauza)
*[[The Fallen|Megatronus]] ([[Gil Gerard]])
*[[Quillfire]] ([[Andy Milder]])
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] ([[Steve Blum]])  
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Polarclaw]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Razorpaw]] ([[Jonathan Adams]])
*[[Razorpaw]] ([[Jonathan Adams]])
**[[Glacius]] ([[Yuri Lowenthal]])
*[[Saberhorn]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
**[[Swelter]] ([[Robbie Rist]])
*[[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] ([[Victor Brandt]])
*[[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]] ([[Mark Hildreth]])
*[[Simacore]] ([[Matthew Yang King]])
*[[Slicedice]] ([[Gary Anthony Williams]])
*[[Springload]] ([[John Steven Rocha]])
*[[Swelter]] ([[Robbie Rist]])
*[[Terrashock]] ([[Kevin Michael Richardson]])
*[[Torpor]]
*[[Torpor]]
*[[Simacore]] ([[Matthew Yang King]])
*[[Theorem]] (Jeff Bennett)
**[[Axiom]] ([[Jeff Bennett]])
*[[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]] ([[Charlie Schlatter]])
**[[Theorem]] (Jeff Bennett)
*[[Zizza]] ([[Jackée Harry]])
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'''Main Cast'''
'''Main cast'''
*[[Denny Clay]] ([[Ted McGinley]])
*[[Denny Clay]] ([[Ted McGinley]])
*[[Russell Clay]] ([[Stuart Allan]])
*[[Russell Clay]] ([[Stuart Allan]])


'''Others'''
'''Others'''
*[[Arnold]] (Troy Baker/James Arnold Taylor)
*[[Arnold]] (Troy Baker)
*[[Bob (RID)|Bob]] (Will Friedle)
*[[Bob (RID)|Bob]] (Will Friedle)
*[[Butch (RID)|Butch]] (Will Friedle)
*[[Butch (RID)|Butch]] (Will Friedle)

Revision as of 04:03, 30 March 2016

This article is about the 2015 cartoon. For the 2001 cartoon, see Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon). For a list of other meanings, see Robots in Disguise (disambiguation).

Template:Nav-Rid2015

Hopefully we won't be calling it "Transformers: Cancelled" within a year...

Transformers: Robots in Disguise is an animated television series that premiered on Cartoon Network[1] in the United States on March 14 2015.[2] Set years after Transformers: Prime, it will follow Bumblebee as he leads a ragtag group of Autobots back to Earth, pursuing a Decepticon prison ship that has crash-landed on the planet.

Crew members returning from Prime include executive producer Jeff Kline and writer Steven Melching, now story editor, and Mairghread Scott, serving as Script Coordinator/Writer’s Assistant.[3] Adam Beechen will serve as the producer. Kevin Manthei and Kevin Kiner are serving as series composers.[4] Once again, Polygon Pictures are handling the animation.[5]

The show made its worldwide debut in late December 2014, with the first 13 episodes released as pay-to-view content on Chinese video streaming website M1905.

In September 2015, Hasbro announced a second season of the show, which debuted in February 2016.[6]

Story

When the Autobot prison ship Alchemor crashes on Earth near Crown City, its cargo of stasis pods carrying several hundred of the most-wanted Decepticons is scattered around the countryside, releasing their contents. The Mini-Con Fixit sends a mayday, however on Cybertron, Bumblebee, now working as a street cop for the repopulated planet, is instead alerted by a vision of Optimus Prime. Optimus gives Bumblebee a new mission on Earth, sending the young Autobot to the nearest space bridge. Bumblebee unwillingly finds himself accompanied to Earth by his cop partner Strongarm and the delinquent Sideswipe. Joined by the ex-Decepticon prisoner Grimlock, and two humans — Denny Clay, owner of a Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist (a scrapyard) and his son Russell, and later bounty hunter Drift, his two Mini-Cons Jetstorm and Slipstream are added to the team — Bumblebee and his team must track down the escaped prisoners and prevent harm coming to Earth or its native population. Chief among the threats poised by the Decepticons is the charismatic Steeljaw, who seeks to organize the escaped prisoners into an effective cabal to conquer the planet.


Autobots Decepticons Humans

Main cast

Others

Steeljaw's Pack

Others

Main cast

Others

Episodes

Main article: List of Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes

Season 1

  1. "Pilot (Part 1)"
  2. "Pilot (Part 2)"
  3. "Trust Exercises"
  4. "More than Meets the Eye"
  5. "W.W.O.D.?"
  6. "As the Kospego Commands!"
  7. "Collect 'Em All"
  8. "True Colors"
  9. "Rumble in the Jungle"
  10. "Can You Dig It?"
  11. "Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!"
  12. "Hunting Season"
  13. "Out of Focus"
  14. "Sideways"
  15. "Even Robots Have Nightmares"
  16. "Some Body, Any Body"
  17. "One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing"
  18. "Deep Trouble"
  19. "The Champ"
  20. "The Trouble with Fixit"
  21. "Lockout"
  22. "Similarly Different"
  23. "The Buzz on Windblade"
  24. "Ghosts and Impostors"
  25. "Battlegrounds, Part 1"
  26. "Battlegrounds, Part 2"

Season 2

  1. "Overloaded, Part 1"
  2. "Overloaded, Part 2"
  3. "Metal Meltdown"
  4. "Suspended"
  5. "Cover Me"
  6. "Brainpower"
  7. "Misdirection"
  8. "Bumblebee's Night Off"
  9. "Impounded"
  10. "Portals"
  11. "Outstanding"
  12. "Decepticon Island (Part 1)"
  13. "Decepticon Island (Part 2)"

Shorts

  1. "Fixit Jam"
  2. "To Catch a Phrase"
  3. "Sticky Situation"
  4. "Carjacked!"
  5. "Perfect"
  6. "Knock, Knock!"
  7. "The Power of Dibs"
  8. "Back and Forth"
  9. "The Tragedy of Slipstream"
  10. "A Level Playing Field"
  11. "Two Plus Two Equals More"

Japanese release

Re-titled Transformers Adventure (トランスフォーマー アドベンチャー Toransufōmā Adobenchā), the series airs on the satellite network Animax with a Sunday, 9am timeslot. Adventure is the first Transformers cartoon to be relegated directly to satellite since Beast Wars Returns. It premiered on March 15, 2015... only a day after the US premiere.

The localization for the series is headed by Kei'ichirō Miyoshi, who headed the localization of the live-action Transformers films for Japanese markets. This also makes Adventure the first American Transformers cartoon to be released in Japan without the oversight of Yoshikazu Iwanami since Generation 1. While an effort is made to emulate the dubbing style of Iwanami, which has become synonymous with Transformers cartoons in Japan, the adlibbing is not nearly as extensive and fourth wall-breaking humor is non-existent.

Since Adventure airs on a satellite network and not a broadcast network, it is not edited for time like previous Transformers cartoons. The episodes are fully uncut and feature extended opening and ending sequences. The title sequence is comprised mostly of clips from episodes, but new animation (mostly group shots) is provided by LandQ Studio. The end credits sequence features a newly animated "stage performance" from the cast (which really must be seen to be believed), animated by Nakano Design.

As is rather well-known, Transformers: Prime did not complete its run in Japan, ending at 52 episodes. To date, Japanese audiences have not received the Beast Hunters episodes or the Predacons Rising film. Thus far, the series has not altered the scripts to account for this, although Adventure is mostly being played as a separate entity from Prime.

Animax airs the episodes using the Australian broadcast order rather than the US order, which is actually the incorrect continuity sequence. As a result, "Sideways" aired before "Out of Focus".

The theme song for the series is "Save the Future!!" by Mitsuhiro Oikawa and the ending theme is "Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑" performed by the primary cast of the show (Bumblebee, Strongarm, Sideswipe, Fixit, Grimlock and Optimus Prime).

Notes

  • The first 13 episodes were released with Mandarin Chinese dubs on December 31, 2014 in mainland China, but not Hong Kong. The episodes were made available on website 1905.com, with five-minute previews being free and the whole episodes available until January 15 for CNY/RMB ¥19.5, which is around USD$3–4. You could even win a "fabulous" assortment of Hasbro toys (legion class) and a RMB¥30 digital coupon if you paid for the episodes!
  • The show would go on to premiere on Canal J in France, Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand, Biggs in Portugal, and Cartoon Network in Hungary before the USA airings began.
  • While it's possibly a coincidence, this series features antagonists with animal-like forms for the Autobots to fight, much like the series' 2001 namesake predecessor and its featured villains.

Foreign names

  • Japanese: Transformers Adventure (トランスフォーマー アドベンチャー Toransufōmā Adobenchā)
  • Czech: Transformers: Roboti v utajení ("Transformers: Robots in Disguise")
  • French: Transformers Robots in Disguise : Mission Secrète ("Transformers Robots in Disguise: Secret Mission")
  • German: Transformers: Getarnte Roboter ("Transformers: Disguised Robots")
  • Mandarin: Biànxíng Jīngāng: Lǐngxiù De Tiǎozhàn (变形金刚：领袖的挑战, "Transformers: Leader's Challenge")
  • Russian: Transformery: Roboty pod prikrytiyem (Трансформеры: Роботы под прикрытием, "Transformers: Robots in Disguise")

References

  1. ↑ Cartoon Network Becomes the Home of Hasbro Studios' Newest Series, Transformers: Robots in Disguise
  2. ↑ Cartoon Network Gears Up for Transformers: Robots in Disguise
  3. ↑ Mairghread's Tumblr Post
  4. ↑ Kevin Manthei's Tumblr post
  5. ↑ Tweet by Polygon Pictures CEO Shuzo Shiota
  6. ↑ MIPJunior Spotlight: Hasbro Studios
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