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Transformers: Prime has had an unusually heavy amount of promotion, with 4 character promos, a sneak peek promo, a musical tribute and a behind the scenes look all released in the last three months of 2010. This is in addition to the regular episode promos that most shows get. This didn't change in 2011 with 2 commercials produced specifically to promote the debut of a weekly series without talking about any one particular episode. Looking at episode promos also shows a heavier amount of advertisement with various shorter versions of full length promos airing at the end of various shows on The Hub. The episode Convoy even got two full length promos.

2010

• San Diego Comic-Con teaser [1]

Screened July 21, 2010. Bumblebee attacks two Vehicons in an early version of a scene from "Darkness Rising, Part 1".

• Transformers: Prime sneak peek [2]/[3] (Encore)/[4](Encore continues)

Aired October 29, 2010. Optimus is concerned Megatron's return is imminent. "Starting November 29, old foes return, legendary heroes rise, and new ones are found in unlikely places. Secrets will be revealed, allegiances formed and mettle tested. Good vs. evil. The battle for our planet begins." Cliffjumper charges the Vehicons.

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• Transformers: Prime Launch [5]

Aired November 3, 2010. Optimus Prime, now knowing that Megatron has returned, pledges that the Autobots will defend the Earth. "We now know, our conflict is not over. The future of humankind is at stake. But we are here, to defend your world. I am Optimus Prime. Stand by us and we will stand by you."

• Darkness Rising promo [6]

Aired November 11, 2010. "What are they?" "We are autonomous robotic organisms, also known as Autobots." "Why are you here?" "To protect your planet from the Decepticons."

• Arcee promo [7]

Aired November 12, 2010. "She may be beautiful..." "I love you." "... but she's also tough as nails." "This ends here 'Cons!" "And she'll... never... back... down. Arcee is back, and the battle begins."

• Bumblebee promo [8]

Aired November 12, 2010. "He might be yellow, but he's no coward, and when things get tough, Bumblebee's got your back." "Friends of yours?" "Family." "Bumblebee is back, and the battle begins."

• Cliffjumper promo [9]

"He's brash, he's bold, and he's one of the toughest Autobots around. Mess with Cliffjumper, and you get the horns." "I'll put a few dings in ya. Yaaah!" "Cliffjumper is back, and the battle begins."

• Jack Darby promo [10]

Aired November 12, 2010. "Welcome to KO drive-in." "Sometimes, heroes are found in unlikely places." "May I take your order?" "Jack Darby doesn't realize it now..." "I am gonna own a ride like you someday." "... but he's about to be part of something really really big." "Whoaaa! What are you?!" "And our planet is going to need him for much more than a cheeseburger."

• Hubworld's ode to Transformers: Prime [11]

Aired November 24, 2010. Hubworld musician Danny Tieger's tribute to the new Hub animated series, Transformers Prime.

"Ouch!"

• Making Transformers: Prime [12]

Aired November 25, 2010. Jeff Kline introduces us to the production offices. Roberto Orci tells Alex Kurtzman to save "Megatron barfs" for the movies. Jeff shows us the hungry and whiny writers in the bathroom, Bob directs motion capture, before Bob, Jeff and a snoozing Alex on the couch call Mike Vogel asking what channel The Hub is on in Los Angeles, and whether they'll get paid. A preview of Bulkhead protecting Miko in "Darkness Rising, Part 3" is shown. Bookended by footage of Movie Bumblebee and Optimus RC toys.

• Transformers: Prime Coming February 2011 [13]

Aired December 22, 2010. The war between the Autobots and Decepticons is far from over. But the battle will continue. Transformers: Prime, the animated series coming February 2011.

2011

• Transformers: Prime Promo [14]

Aired January 10, 2011. On February 11th, new episodes of Transformers: Prime are coming to The Hub. But before the adventure continues, see how the battle BEGAN. "Crush them!"

• Transformers: Prime Promo #2 [15]

Aired January 14, 2011. "Visually striking" - Channel Guide Magazine; "Steady flow of mayhem." - Variety; "Entertaining" - Variety; "Heavy metal havoc." - Channel Guide Magazine; "These robots are way cool." - Variety; Transformers: Prime. New episodes coming February 11th.

• Series premiere promo - 2/11/11 [16] (full) / [17] (short)

Aired February 4, 2011. "The series premiere of Transformers: Prime is here. Megatron's spark has been extinguished..." "Such a shame" "... and though his evil has been vanquished, his legacy remains." "Rise and serve, your new master!" "New adversaries rise to take his place..." "Bumblebee, no!" "'...to destroy the Autobots, and the planet!"

• Scrapheap promo [18]

Aired February 11, 2011. "Transformers: Prime is only on the Hub! On an all new episode..." "Scraplet!" "The Autobots are scared." "What's a scraplet?" "And for good reason." "The most dangerous vermin ever to crawl upon the face of Cybertron."

• Con Job promo [19] (full)

Aired February 18, 2011. "Transformers: Prime is only on the Hub! On an all new episode..." "I'm receiving a signal on a restricted band. It's an Autobot identification beacon." "The Autobots welcome an old friend." "Wheeljack? You old 'Con crusher." "But a Decepticon plot threatens to destroy their reunion." "Well, well." "Destroy him!"

• Convoy promo [20] (full) / [21] (short)

Aired February 25, 2011. "Transformers: Prime is only on the Hub! The Autobots have a new enemy..." "That's the one, the 'Con who shot me down!" "...and this time, it's not a Decepticon." "They are human." "Human?!" "Will this be the distraction Starscream's been looking for?" "Find them..." "Optimus, you have company." "...and scrap them!" "Yes, Lord Starscream."

• Convoy promo #2 [22]

Aired March 4, 2011 "Transformers: Prime is only on the Hub! On an all new episode...Optimus Prime is down!" "Prime!"

• Deus Ex Machina promo [23] (full) / [24] (short)

Aired March 4 2011. "That's Cybertronian! That's an Energon Harvester." "In Decepticon hands..." Breakdown grunts as he hurls a column. "Miko, get down!" "...the Harvester would be a devastating weapon." "It's 'Cons!" "The 'Cons have the Harvester!" "Approach with extreme caution." "They've got Optimus." "It's harveeest time." "What are you doing?" Bulkhead grips the pulsating Harvester.

• Speed Metal promo [25]

Aired April 4 2011. "Transformers: Prime is only on the Hub! The Decepticons' quest to destroy the Autobots continues..." "You're being chased by Knock Out?" "That sounds like a Decepticon." "Can you lose him 'Bee?" "On your guard boys! Could be a trap." Breakdown laughs as he faces Bumblebee and Bulkhead, but is fearful when the latter strikes him.

• Predatory promo [26]

Aired April 10 2011. "... and on an all-new episode, a nightmare from Arcee's past comes back to haunt her!" "Just tell me what I want to know, or make yourself comfortable. You're going to be here a while." "Arcee, what's wrong?" "I know who this ship belongs to. RUN!"

• Sick Mind promo [27]

Aired April 25 2011. "Cybonic plague." "Virus wiped out millions on Cybertron during the Great War." "You have a cure, don't you?" "Can't we buy us some time to figure this out?" "Time is one thing Optimus does not have!" "Bumblebee, come with." "One of you must try this. Initiate cortical psychic patch."

• Out of His Head promo [28]

Aired April 30 2011. "Megatron..." "He's back." "On an all new episode..." "Obey my will." "What has gotten into you?" "Bumblebee has Megatron's memories?" "Worse, Megatron is occupying Bumblebee's mind." "Decepticons, your rightful lord and master has returned!"

• Shadowzone promo [29]

Aired May 7 2011. "This is clearly a Dark Energon signature, and it's moving fast." "Megatron..." "That's not Megatron!" "Yeeesss!" "Starscream..." "You cannot harm me while Dark Energon flows through my veins!" "Stand down." "You stand down!"

• The Hub summer promo [30]

Aired . A Frank Welker-voiced Megatron sings Elmer Bernstein's "Are You Ready For The Summer" with Dan (from Dan Vs.) and Pinkie Pie (from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) over a montage of clips from Hub shows, including Jem and the Holograms, Pound Puppies, and Family Game Night. Megatron's singing of the line "Are you ready for the hot nights?" sounds distressingly like "Are you ready for the hot nuts?".

• San Diego Comic-Con preview [31]

Screened July 21. "...And it was written in the Covenant of Primus that when the 47 spheres align, a perpetual conflict will culminate, upon a world forged from chaos... And the weak shall perish... in the shadow of the rising darkness." "I awaken... AWWW!!!!"

• Season finale teaser [32]

Aired September 23. "This saturday, on the Hub..." "Destroy the Prime!" "...grip the wheel..." "Unicron the Chaos-bringer..." "...and put the peddle to the meddle! It's the three-part season finale of Transformers: Prime!" "NOOOO!!!!!" yells Miko. "Don't miss the Autobots' BIGGEST... BATTLE... EVER!" "NOOOO!!!!" yells Arcee.

• One Shall Rise Part 2/3 teaser [33]

Aired October 7. "Unicron grows stronger..." "It's the Transformers: Prime season finale... a shocking alliance..." "A truce between Autobot and Decepticon," "... the ultimate battle for survival..." "Keep our attackers at bay for as long as you can," "... and an ending... that... will... blow... your... mind."

• Strawberry Shortcake and Bulkhead [34]

Aired . Bulkhead receives (on Miko's phone) a phone call from Strawberry Shortcake, who wants to invite him to the Berryfest Princess Parade where there will be singing and dancing and sparkles and sparkles and sparkles and sparkles... When Optimus asks who's calling, Bulkhead seizes the chance and tells him "it's for you".

• Hub Detention Hall [35]

Aired October 12. Megatron is in Hub High School's detention hall. A student asks him why he's there, to which he sarcastically replies that he has "anger issues". He then proceeds to fire his cannon and blast a hole in the wall. Peeking out from the hole is Rainbow Dash, also from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

• Season 2 teaser [36]

Knock Out applies the Deceptibrand to Orion Pax.

• The Hub Carolers [37]

Hub characters Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Applejack from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Niblet from Pound Puppies, and Strawberry Shortcake from her Berry Bitty Adventures series scat "Deck the Halls" with Megatron and Bulkhead. Bulkhead's extended scat sequence is met with a deathly silence by Megatron, the Autobots and their human allies, causing him to awkwardly laugh it off.

• The Hub Carolers (Second spot) [38]

Bulkhead and Megatron join Niblet, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Strawberry Shortcake in singing Jingle Bells when The Joker from Batman: The Animated Series interrupts, singing the "Batman smells" chorus variation as taken from the TAS episode "Christmas with the Joker", much to the ire and confusion of Pinkie Pie, Ratchet, and Robin (from the 1960's live-action Batman series).

• Hub Family Movie [39] (March 2012 version)

Bumblebee leaps into a movie theater where Pinkie Pie, Dan (who are conversing with each other) and Strawberry Shortcake are already seated. (Rainbow Dash is hovering above them.)

2012

Transformers AND Batman? Impossibly Awesome indeed.

• Mission: Impossibly Awesome Marathon [40]

Fowler summons the Autobots for a mission of some sort. After Ratchet declares backup may be necessary, Fowler reveals that he has called upon Batman (from The Animated Series) for the occasion.

• Orion Pax promo [41]

"When Optimus surrendered the Matrix, he lost more than the collective wisdom of the Primes. He lost himself." Saturday, February 18th. "My name is Orion Pax: I am far from being a Prime." Ratchet says "Roll out." A Vehicon states "This is space bridge control. We are under attack!" Megatron laughs. Arcee interrogates a Decepticon, asking "Where's Optimus? Answer me!"