Defrosted

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"Defrosted"
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	May 6, 2017
Animation studio	Polygon Pictures

Grimlock begs to learn new fighting methods from a reluctant Drift when the Autobots travel to the Antarctic.

Synopsis

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Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans	Others
Bumblebee (2) Fixit (4) Jetstorm (6) Slipstream (7) Drift (8) Grimlock (9) Strongarm (10) Sideswipe (11)	Crustacion (1) Soundwave (voice only) (14)	Denny Clay (3) Russell Clay (5) Researchers (voices only) (12)	Trickout (13)

Quotes

"Drift, what are you trying to teach them? He can't fight me! I'm uh... I'm... have you seen me?!"

—Grimlock

"I'm implementing a strategy humans wouldn't think of! Reprogramming the game's code! *cackles*"
"Yeah. That's called 'cheating'."
"I am merely analyzing the game's strategic algorithms in an effort to counter-strategize with superior Cybertronian algorithms!"
"Yeah. Cheating."

—Fixit is determined to win, Russel is unimpressed

"Didn't anyone teach you to pick on bots your own size?"
"There aren't many bots my size!"

—Crustacion's taunt goes over Grimlock's head

"I've learned everything I need to know! So I guess this means I've graduated!"
"No, Grimlock. You have not even—"
*Grimlock gives Drift puppy-dog eyes*
"...Yes, Grimlock. For your many... minutes of work under my tutelage, I declare you a master... of... punching."
"Aww, thanks, teach!"

—Grimlock learned a lot being a poodle[sic] for Drift

Notes

Continuity notes

• As Bumblebee searches for his Decepticon Hunter among the racks, a few past pieces of plot paraphernalia appear:
  • A Billy the Breakfast Beaver statue from "Pilot (Part 1)"
  • The rocking horse Strongarm used to illustrate Earth animal abilities from "The Buzz on Windblade"
• Windblade's worldwide network of supply stashes and captured Decepticons was established in her introductory episode, "The Buzz on Windblade", and played into the "Away Team" storyline in season 2. Looks like this will be our primary source of new villains going forward, since most of the Alchemor prisoners were carted off to Cybertron back in "Decepticon Island (Part 2)".
• The Decepticon Hunters' ability to become "any basic weapon we can think of" hasn't seen as much use as one might think, the bots largely sticking with the same personalized weapon types time after time.

Transformers references

• The currency Shanix makes its first appearance in the Robots in Disguise series.
• Strongarm namedrops "Rampage" in her thermo-sword plan, a nod to the Generation 1 Predacon Rampage who did indeed carry a thermo-sword. In fact, the Hunters' thermo-sword modes are even patterned after the original Rampage toy's sword accessory, complete with the partial branch under the crossguard! There is an "Aligned"-universe Rampage, but he's little more than a name in a crowd. So maybe he did have a thermo-sword, who knows? (Besides Strongarm.)

Real-world references

• The game Fixit fixates on uses sounds from Super Mario World.
• Strongarm remarks that global warming is the likely cause of the less-inhospitable temperatures in the arctic, as well as the glacier's general instability. Depressing!
• Crustacion cites walking under a ladder as a source of his bad luck, a common Earth superstition (which may be rooted in ancient Christian imagery, which raises even more questions).

Animation and technical errors

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Trivia

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Foreign localization

French

• Title: Décongelé ("Defrosted")
• Original airdate: April 25, 2017