The Champ

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"The Champ"
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	???, 2015
Animation studio	Polygon Pictures

When a Decepticon gladiator and his cheating manager enter a human demolition derby, Grimlock, Denny and Fixit pose as competitors.

Synopsis

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Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Notes

Prisoner manifest

• In stasis: Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock
• Known at large: Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown
• Released: Grimlock
• Countless others all missing, presumed at large

Transformers references

• The Rumbledome manager asks if Grimlock breathes fire, a traditional power for Grimlocks and one he previously possessed in Fall of Cybertron and related comics.

Real-world references

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Kaiju movies are serious business.

• Groundpounder shares a fighting style and voice actor with Rath from Ben 10.
• Headlock is heavily based on Rocky coach Mickey Goodmill.
• The walkie-talkie codenames "Pigpen" and "Rubber Duck" are references to the C.W. McCall song "Convoy".
• Grimlock's sliding tail kick is more than a little similar to an infamous moment from Godzilla vs. Megalon.
• Of course, the premise of a gorilla fighting a T-Rex is a reference to the showdown in King Kong. This wouldn't be the first time this was referenced in Transformers.

Foreign localization

French

• Title: "Le Champion" ("The Champion")
• Original airdate: June 17, 2015