Nanosec (episode)

Bumblebee's self-proclaimed title as "fastest thing on wheels" is threatened by Nanosec, a super speedster crook on a deadly mission that could destroy all of Detroit.

Stats

• Written by: Marty Isenberg
• Directed by: Matt Youngberg & Shunji Oga
• Original airdate: January 26, 2008

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Bumblebee (2) Bulkhead (3) Optimus Prime (4) Ratchet (8) Prowl (9)	Megatron (6)	Nanosec (1) Isaac Sumdac (5) Sari Sumdac (7) Captain Fanzone (10)

Quotes

"I ain't nobody's errand boy! ...Uh, unless the price is right!"

-- Nanosec

"Transform and roll out! (to Bumblebee) In your ORIGINAL vehicle mode!"

-- Optimus Prime.

"Race you back to the plant?"
"If it's all the same to you, I think we'll walk."

-- Prowl and Bumblebee.

Other notes

Transformers references

• Bumblebee uses the term "Big Bot", which was also Cheetor's affectionate name for Optimus Primal in Beast Wars.
• Megatron is made up of Destronium circuits. The Decepticons are called Destrons in Japan.
• Bumblebee's battle mask bears a striking similarity to the toy-face of the original Generation 1 Bumblebee toy.
• Sumdac's new police drones, first seen (sort of) in Total Meltdown, have been adopted by the Detroit police department...they still need to work out some bugs.
• Prowl can project a hologram of a police officer riding him...and the hologram has a mustache.

Miscellaneous trivia

• First time Bumblebee uses his battle mask.
• First time we see Bumblebee's Rocket busters.
• In this episode, Bumblebee tries to be responsible, while Sari is the one who opts for breaking the rules. Wow. That's a role reversal from previous fictions.
• Isaac Sumdac is still using Megatron's hand as a chair. For a fleshling, he's got brass.
• Bumblebee ran Nanosec into old age on purpose. That is COLD.

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