Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)

BotBots Toyline Cartoon

Can't kill Optimus Prime if he never shows up in the first place!

Transformers: BotBots is an animated series based on the franchise of the same name. First announced on February 25, 2021 alongside Transformers: EarthSpark, the series is produced by Entertainment One and animated by Boulder Media Studio, with Kevin Burke and Chris Wyatt showrunning and executive producing. The show premiered on Netflix on March 25, 2022, with a first season of ten episodes; each one includes two 11-minute stories. A second batch of ten episodes will follow sometime in the future.

“	When energon struck a mall nearby, We became more than meets the eye We’re everyday objects, motionless parts, We burst to life to let the party start!	”
—The theme song.

Storyline

When a shopping mall is struck by lightning from an energon cloud, the various ordinary objects within it are given life and become the race of tiny transforming robots known as BotBots. By day, they hide in plain sight, but by night, they emerge from hiding to have all kinds of fun. These tiny bots have organized themselves into squads based on their stores of origin, but some were left in the lost-and-found when the surge occurred. After accidentally revealing themselves to the night shift security guard, breaking the BotBots' most sacred rule, these Lost Bots are shunned and treated as outcasts by the others. Now, seeking to find where they belong, these misfits must work together to reingratiate themselves with the other BotBots in hopes of being taken back by their true squads, all while preventing the security guard from exposing their existence. As they adventure together, however, they might just learn that they've already found where they belong...

Characters

BotBots

Humans

Lost Bots Burgertron (James Hartnett) Dimlit (Deven Mack) Kikmee (Lisa Norton) Bonz-Eye (Louisa Zhu) Clogstopper (Christian Potenza) Hunger Hubs Spud Muffin (Joseph Motoki) Ulf the Orange (Josette Jorge) Fottle Barts Brock O'Lonely Angry Cheese takeout box bot Sugar Shocks Frostferatu (Deven Mack) Lady Macaron (Julie Lemieux) Lolly Licks Sprinkleberry D'uhnut (Deven Mack) Wishy-Waffley Gamer Geeks Chitter Click Fomo (Cory Doran) Game Over (Josette Jorge) Playgor Cardquest (Brandon Hackett) Ring-A-Ling Steer'd Wrong Custodial Crew Caution King Toots Sergeant Scrubforce Vomit Comet (Martin Roach) sponge bot poop bot glove bot Jock Squad Batsby Dinger (Deven Mack) Kidd Klobber Laceface Pucksie The In-Sole Shed Heads Cuddletooth Drillit Yaself Nail Byter Sandy Man Science Alliance Dr. Flaskenstein Face Ace Starscope (Sean Jordan) Eye-Goon Top secret squad Agent Smartlit Unknown squads 24K-Bit Knotzel Sweet Cheat Pop N. Lock Anty Farmwell Snorg Jacqueline (Julie Lemieux) Ol' Tic Toc The Plop Father

Dave (Mark Little) Dave's mom Randall Agent Wagner

Episodes

1. Mall Than Meets the Eye / (Never) Be Yourself
2. Escape From Snackatraz / I, Cheeseburger
3. Phoning It In / The Lost Bots and the Claw Crusade
4. Live and Let LARP / Lone Bot and Carb
5. Dimlit in Love / On the Bot Prom Dance Floor
6. The Ruckus Rally / Crime and Bun-ishment
7. Spirit of Halloween / Rage Against the Karaoke Machine
8. Scanned Out / The Science Alliance
9. Agent Smartlit / Shopping Brawl
10. The Goldrush Games — Part the First / The Goldrush Games — Part the Second

Notes

• BotBots is the first Transformers cartoon to feature a Canadian voice cast since 2006's Cybertron cartoon, though based in Toronto rather than Vancouver.

External links

• BotBots on Netflix
• 'My Little Pony' and 'Transformers: BotBots' to Be 'Reimagined' in 2 New Netflix Animated Series — The Wrap