Metal Meltdown
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| "Metal Meltdown" | ||||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | March 5, 2016 | |||||
| Writer | Guy Toubes | |||||
| Director | Vinton Heuck | |||||
| Animation studio | Polygon Pictures | |||||
While trying to apprehend Saberhorn, Strongarm and Grimlock struggle to recreate the teamwork Strongarm had with Sideswipe.
Synopsis
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
"What were you doing Grimlock? I said distract and attack!"
"I know, but who was suppose to do which?"
- — Strongarm and Grimlock
Notes
Animation and technical errors
Continuity errors
- Despite Saberhorn specifically not appearing in the Alchemor database in this episode, his silhouette appeared when Fixit was looking up Polarclaw in "Overloaded, Part 2".
Continuity notes
- Denny purchased the Billy the Breakfast Beaver way back in "Pilot (Part 2)".
- Terrashock's museum capture occurred in "W.W.O.D.?" and, though it's unclear when the piece of metal fell off Fracture, we're wagering it was during "Lockout".
- Though the half submerged ship is unnamed, it looks uncannily like the back end of the Alchemor, previously seen in the longer version of the title sequence which has only been seen on foreign language dubs of the show.
Prisoner manifest
- In stasis: Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock, Scowl, Razorpaw, Zizza, Pseudo, Fracture, Airazor, Divebomb, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown, Overload, Backtrack, Ransack, Polarclaw
- Known at large: Steeljaw, Kickback, Saberhorn, Glowstrike, Scorponok, Glowstrike's crew
- Released: Grimlock
- Countless others all missing, presumed at large
Transformers references
Real-world references
- During their first duel, Bumblebee calls Saberhorn Pinocchio.
Trivia
- Glowstrike and Scorponok's crew includes a host of generics recolored from Prime models, namely a dark teal Insecticon, a gray Vehicon, a yellow Air Vehicon, and an orange Airachnid. Also present are a red and a yellow Chompazoid, and the Backtrack/Ransack Cyclone Mini-Con design in black and in purple.
