War of the Dinobots

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Enough! I didn't eat your damn pudding!

Template:Episodenav Writer: Donald F. Glut

Snarl and Swoop are added to the Dinobot roster.

Major Characters: Optimus Prime, Wheeljack, Ratchet, Grimlock, Slag, Sludge, Snarl, Swoop, Soundwave, Megatron, Starscream, Spike, Sparkplug, Chip

Minor Characters: Trailbreaker, Ironhide, Prowl, Jazz, Sideswipe, Bluestreak, Skywarp, Thundercracker

Original Air Date: 1984-11-27

Summary

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Kiss me you fool.

An unidentified meteor impacts with the Earth, as Megatron wants the power contained within it for himself. He convinces Grimlock to lead Slag and Sludge against Optimus Prime as new leader of the Autobots. Meanwhile, Prime and Ratchet (G1) commission the construction of two new Dinobots: Snarl and Swoop, while Wheeljack and Trailbreaker discover the meteorite's energy is highly unstable. It's Dinobot vs. Dinobot as the Autobots race to recover the meteor before it explodes.

Notes

Pull!

• In an earlier draft of this episode's script, it was not Chip who discovered the meteorite, but an original character named Doctor Lynn Hyashi.

• Grimlock's head has been redesigned, however, the old design remained in the comics all the way till Grimlock took a bath in nucleon.

"Me Grimlock before, me Grimlock after"

Technical/Animation Glitches

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You can let go of my hand now, Grimlock.

• When Soundwave goes back to the Decepticon base after scanning the Dinobots, the Decepticon insignia in his chest is not shown.
• When the Decepticons attack the Dinobots guarding the meteorite, Slag's Autobot insignia is not shown in one shot.
• In the same scene, when Grimlock asks Slag if he likes to fight, Sludge answers whith Slag's voice.
• When the Dinobots are attacking Optimus Prime, in one shot Grimlock's torso is colored gray instead of yellow.
• When the Dinobots take Optimus to Megatron, Starscream is colored in Thundercracker's colors. A little later, when they are escaping the meteorite explosion, Starscream is colored as Thundercracker again.
• After the meteorite explosion, Sludge and Slag are shown transforming into dinosaur mode, when they should be transforming from dinosaurs into robots.
• When asking for Optimus forgiveness, Grimlock's eyes are not colored.

Transformers References

• The Autobots' ability to fly, seen in a couple episode before, is shown again in this episode, when Sideswipe is fighting the Dinobots.

External Links

• Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle
  
  
  From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.