Predatory

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"Predatory"
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	April 16, 2011
Written by	Marsha Griffin
Directed by	Todd Waterman, Kirk Van Wormer (co-director)
Animation studio	Polygon Pictures

When Arcee takes Jack on a routine mission, Airachnid turns up, putting him in danger.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Arcee (1) Tailgate (4)* Bumblebee (7)* Cliffjumper (8)*	AirAchnid (3) Vehicons (6)*	Jack Darby (2) Camper (5)

* refers to characters only appearing in flashbacks.

Quotes

"I may not have stinger proof metal skin, Arcee, but in a pinch I can use my multi-function pocket knife and magnesium fire starter to cook up some freeze-dried Mac and Cheese."

—Jack tried to impress Arcee with delicious cheesiness.

Notes

Transformers references

• Airachnid is in Generation 1 non-Deluxe Insecticon colors.
• Arcee swears upon the Allspark.
• This isn't the first time an arachnid has hunted someone in the woods.

Real-world references

• This episode contains three or four possible references to the Predator franchise: Airachnid coming to Earth with the sole purpose of hunting humans, Airachnid's trophy case of heads (a similar one is seen in Predator 2) and the scene where Jack uses a personally made flaming "arrow" to ignite Energon, a similar tactic was used by Arnold Schwarzenegger's character Dutch in the first Predator film. The title Predatory may also be just as much a reference to Predator as it is to Predacons.

Trivia

• This is the first episode not to feature Optimus, Bulkhead, Raf or Miko.