Along Came a Spider

Bumblebee and Bulkhead's first Halloween turns even spookier when they encounter a giant spider that turns out to be the deadly Decepticon Blackarachnia.

Stats

• Written by: Marty Isenberg
• Directed by: Matt Youngberg, Irineo Maramba, Yutaka Kagawa
• Original airdate: February 16, 2008

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Bulkhead (2) Bumblebee (3) Optimus Prime (4) Elita-1 (Flashback) (6) Sentinel Prime (Flashback) (7)	Blackarachnia (5)	Sari Sumdac (1)

Quotes

"Did he just say 'Energon-y Goodness'?"

—Elita-1, perplexed at Sentinel Prime's terminology.

Optimus: Somebody has got to keep you walking malfunctions from getting in over your heads.
Sentinel: We never get in over our heads.
[The ground they're walking on falls out from underneath them, causing the three to fall into a cavern. Optimus gives Sentinel a look.]
Sentinel: What?

—Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime.

Sari: Optimus! Check out my costume!
[Camera reveals that Sari is Optimus Prime]
Sari: [Imitating Optimus] Oh, look at me. I'm Optimus Prime. I'm scared of spiders.
[Bumblebee and Bulkhead chuckle]
Optimus: That's not what I sound like...is it?

—The Autobots roast of Optimus Prime

"This is all your fault!"

—Sentinel Prime, blaming Optimus for the disaster that happened on an excursion he suggested. Jerk.

Other notes

Transformers references

• In the Generation 1 animated series, Elita One was G1 Optimus Prime's paramour. The Animated incarnation of the character rather surprisingly refrains from attempting to visually homage the original pink-and-white Elita, instead creating a blue-and-yellow character who instead bears resemblance to Elita's earlier form, Ariel. Her relationship with Prime is less distinct, with this episode's flashbacks not suggesting any romantic connection between the two, but the present-day scenes suggesting some kind of personal tension.
• Sentinel Prime is depicted here as Optimus Prime's friend. Wheras in all other series he's either been a mentor, a superior officer, or the predecessor of Prime's.
• With this episode, Energon cubes make their first appearance in Transfomers cartoons since Beast Wars. They look exactly like they did in the Generation 1 cartoon, which even Beast Wars didn't pull off.

Miscellaneous trivia

• This is the first episode to not feature Ratchet or Prowl
• A discarded helmet that matches Blackarachnia's head can be seen in a corner of the abandoned Decepticon warship.

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