Battlegrounds, Part 1

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"Battlegrounds, Part 1"
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	???, 2015
Writer	David McDermott
Director	Frank Marino
Animation studio	Polygon Pictures

As Optimus prepares to return to Earth to face the mysterious "evil" he's prophesied, the Bee Team must prevent Steeljaw's pack from teleporting that same threat onto Earth.

Synopsis

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Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans	Thirteen
Sideswipe (1) Strongarm (2) Optimus Prime (5) Bumblebee (11) Fixit (12) Grimlock (13) Drift (14) Jetstorm (17) Slipstream (18) Windblade (19)	Underbite (3) Thunderhoof (4) Airazor (8) Divebomb (9) Fracture (10) Steeljaw (20) Clampdown (21) Megatronus (22)	Illusionary human (6) Russell Clay (15) Denny Clay (16) Hank (25)	Micronus (7) Vector Prime (23) Other Primes (24)

Quotes

"Dis is what I call entertainment!"

—Thunderhoof enjoys Clampdown being tortured.

"Micronus, the crisis is upon us, and we sense our chosen champion is not prepared."
"If innocents are threatened, preparation comes secondary to swift action, determination and will. Send me to Earth, please."

—Vector Prime and Optimus Prime

"Our oafish teammate's enthusiasm is as large as he is."

—Drift on Grimlock.

Notes

Prisoner manifest

• In stasis: Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock, Scowl, Razorpaw, Zizza
• Known at large: Steeljaw, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown, Kickback
• Released: Grimlock
• Countless others all missing, presumed at large

Transformers references

• Bumblebee orders his team to "roll to the rescue", but then remembers that "someone else" is already using that catchphrase.