Operation Bumblebee, Part 2

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Who so ever holds of this hammer, if you be worthy, you posses the power of Thor.
"Operation Bumblebee, Part 2"
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	March 17, 2012
Written by	Nicole Dubuc
Directed by	Vinton Heuck
Animation studio	Polygon Pictures

Bumblebee discovers that MECH and Starscream are responsible for his troubles; Ratchet confronts demons from his Cybertronian past.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Quotes

"...I think I just leaked some transmission fluid."

—Knock Out sums up how intimidating his master truly is.

"I am able! Just ask Bantor... he was all mandrill before I.. put a tiger in his tank!"

-Ratchet recovers from being stone- stasis.

"Do you ever not speak?"

—Silas says what we're all thinking.

"And the award for best use of a shield generator in a supporting role goes to—Knock Out!"

—Knock Out prepares for the Oscars.

"MINE'S BIGGER."

—Bulkhead compares hammers with Breakdown

Notes

Animation and technical errors

• Once again, Starscream's eyes are completely red for the first half of the episode. It's only after Bumblebee hits him with a barrel that they are only red circles. Maybe hitting him with a heavy object is the key to making them normal.

Transformers references

• While delirious, Ratchet refers to Fuzors, and even names Bantor, a reference to Beast Wars Bantor.
• Optimus mentions Solus Prime, one the Thirteen.
• Knock Out unfavorably compares the results of Megatron's failed forging experiment to a "Fortress-Maximus Grade Nucleon Shock Cannon".

Real-world references

• Knock Out broadly references award shows such as the Oscars and Emmys.

Trivia

• Ratchet's random (and awkward) gibberish while in stasis is similar to Fowler's random sayings in Darkness Rising, Part 4, and 5.
• When Agent Fowler relays the information on MECH's whereabouts to Bumblebee, he says it really slowly and condescendingly, as if he believes Bumblebee has trouble understanding English, rather than just mute. Agent Fowler's kind of a dick.
• During the fight in the hanger, Bumblebee punches several MECH soldiers, sending them flying through the air with enough force to break the lenses on the prototype. The Autobots aren't even trying to use minimum force on MECH anymore, are they?