Home, Part 1

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"Home, Part 1"
Production company	Entertainment One Nickelodeon
Airdate	March 3, 2023
Writers	Mae Catt, Nicole Dubuc, & Dale Malinowski
Director	J.J. Conway, Alex Kwan, & Sebastian Montes
Animation studio	Icon Creative Studio
Watch this episode on Paramount+

The kids and Terrans sneak out for a night of fun in Philadelphia, but their dreams of visiting the big city transform into a nightmare

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans	Terrans	Others
Bumblebee (1) Grimlock (3)	Brawl (2) Nova Storm (12) Frenzy (13) Laserbeak (14)	Mo Malto (3) Robby Malto ((4) Stevie (10) Sam (11) Mandroid (15)	Thrash (5) Twitch (6) Jawbreaker (7) Hashtag (8) Nightshade (9)	Arachnamechs (16)

Notes

Transformers references

• Deactivated Transformers hanging helplessly from the ceiling at the Bot Brawls brings to mind what Shockwave infamously did to the Autobots in the Marvel comics issue, "The New Order".
• Thrash calling a Time-Out in the fight with Grimlock, and the fact that it actually works, may be a reference to Misfire's first interaction with Grimlock in MTMTE issue 8

Real-world references

• Bumblebee is billed as from "Parts Unknown" when entering the Bot Brawl arena, "Parts Unknown" being a popular billing for wrestlers who have some sort of mystique to them, associated mainly with The Ultimate Warrior.
• When Jawbreaker enters the Bot Brawl arena, Nova Storm can be seen on the ground in the Family Guy Death Pose

Trivia

• As with "Secret Legacy, Part 1" and "Age of Evolution, Part 1", most online distribution platforms do not list this episode separately from Part 2, instead choosing to combine both parts into a single 44-minute video.