The Human Factor

This article is about the episode of Transformers: Prime. For the story originally published in The Transformers (Marvel US) #68, see The Human Factor!.

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"The Human Factor"
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	September 14, 2012
Written by	Robert N. Skir
Directed by	Scooter Tidwell
Animation studio	Polygon Pictures

Silas is given a new lease on life and approaches Megatron with a plan to join the Decepticon ranks.

Synopsis

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Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Quotes

"FYI, you're almost out of TP."

-Agent Fowler on Raf's toilet paper.

Notes

Animation and technical errors

• When Silas targets the window of Raf's room, his zoomed-in view is from the wrong angle. To be able to see Jack and the others within, he would have to be firing from the opposite side.
• The final shot of the satellite fires parallel to Raf's house. To do this, the satellite would have to be in position below the equator, which is impossible since it burns up in the skies above Jasper not long after.

Continuity notes

• Soundwave displays the picture he took of Jack, Miko, and Raf back in "Darkness Rising, Part 5".
• MECH was preparing to save Silas using Breakdown's corpse at the end of "Nemesis Prime".
• Project Damocles, and Silas' role in it, was first mentioned in "Grill".

Real-world references

• The surging electricity during Silas' revival reflects toward the animation of Frankenstein's monster.
• The missing-eye appearance on Breakdown's face resembles that of the Terminator.