Cube (episode)

	; Put the teams on the field and get 'em pumped up right; 'Cause all my rowdy friends are here for Monday night!
	"Cube"
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	October 7, 2018 (Canada)
Animation studio	Boulder Media Studio

The name or term "Cube" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Cube (disambiguation).

Bumblebee learns how he first met Windblade and relives a Golden Age encounter with a young Starscream and his Seekers.

Synopsis

Thanks for helping me... pull myself together.

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Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks.
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Others
Windblade (1) Bumblebee (2)	Generic Seekers (3) Starscream (6) Dirge (7) Ramjet (8)	Cybertronian civilians (4) Stadium security officer (5) Cube mascot (9) Cube announcer drone (10) Iacon City Cube team (11) Polyhex Cube team (12)

The "Seeker training program" Windblade finds on the scout ship's computers is Pong.
While there are obvious differences (we'll start with the "ball" literally having a mind of its own, and go from there), Cube would not be entirely unfamiliar to a human who played rugby.

When the player for Polyhex's team is shown scoring, the announcer drone declares "Discharge scores for Polyhex". It's not entirely clear if he's referring to the player (i.e. that they are named Discharge and have just scored) or to the act (i.e. the cube "discharging" its Energon into them, indicating a score). Notably, later on when Bumblebee is desperately holding on to Starscream's spiked Cube, the announcer bot, upon reaching the end of the countdown, starts to announce (before 'Bee is hurled out of hearing range) "Absorption-", making it seem as if the former could be more likely.