Moon Breaker

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"Moon Breaker"
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	August 19, 2017 (Canada) September 2, 2017 (US)
Writer	Johnny Hartmann
Director	Vinton Heuck
Animation studio	Polygon Pictures

Optimus Prime arrives to recruit Drift for a special mission, sparking a competition between Sideswipe and Strongarm over who'd be better suited to take Drift's spot; the Autobots go to the moon to recover a dangerous weapon.

Synopsis

"U.S. spacecraft on course to intercept us, sir."
"Activate laser. Prepare to destroy spacecraft."

"Any higher, Mr. It, my ears will pop."

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"Where did you learn to fight like that? NASA?"
"No. Vassar."

"They have a warehouse on Carioca Avenue."
"I'd like to pay it a discreet visit tonight."
"Tonight? I think you may find that a little difficult."
"Difficult or not, its something we have to do. And meanwhile, how do you kill five hours in Rio - if you don't Samba?"

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons
Fixit (1) Bumblebee (2) Strongarm (3) Grimlock (4) Drift (5) Sideswipe (6) Windblade (7) Optimus Prime (8) Slipstream (11) Jetstorm (12) Ultra Bee (17)	Slashmark (9) Wildbreak (10) Motormaster (13) Drag Strip (14) Heatseeker (15) Menasor (16)

Notes

Continuity notes

• The fact the team was able to combine without Fixit's equipment in "Combine and Conquer" is deliberately invoked.
• Grimlock calls Drift "Teamy," a term he first used back in "Decepticon Island (Part 1)".

Prisoner manifest

• Returned to Cybertron: Crustacion, Ragebyte, Zorillor, Springload, Boostwing, Jacknab, Pilfer, Shadow Raker, Flamesnort, Simacore, Motormaster, Drag Strip, Wildbreak, Heatseeker, Slashmark.

Transformers references

• This is not the first time Optimus Prime has led the Prime Force.
• The satellite is of the same design as Project Damocles.
• "Autobots cannot truly combine 'Til all are one".
• Sideswipe refers to Optimus Prime as "Boss-bot," a term Cheetor coined in Beast Wars.

Real-world references

• The episode's title references the classic James Bond film Moonraker.
• "Prime Force One" of course references Air Force One.

Errors

• Hitting a satellite midway between Earth and the Moon would not result in an immediate re-entry and crash.