Hope for the Future
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Prime reviews past events.
Viewer suffers much stock footage.
Saban laughs at you.
Detailed synopsis
Optimus Prime orders T-AI to call in the full Autobot team - the Spychangers are delayed as they foil the Predacons again Predacons. The Autobots review the situation in attempt to work out where the Predacon base is and where Koji's father may be held.
And that's it.
Stats
Original airdate: October 26, 2001
Written by: Tom Wyner
Featured Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Regulars
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Notable quotes
"Sky-Byte hasn't beaten us yet, but he's sneaky, clever and dangerous [yes, seriously] and he'll do just about anything to carry out a mission"
- — Railspike
"Yes, and when he went after the bomb device hidden in that red sports car, he almost succeeded."
- — Optimus Prime
Other notes
- Every single bit of animation is recycled from the past 12 episodes. All of it. This means the Spychangers and Predacons have an exact replica of their first battle.
Animation and/or technical glitches
- When the episode is at 4 minutes, 49 seconds running time, during the footage from Battle Protocol, a voice can be heard in the crowd saying "Megatron's back!"... in response to Megatron's first attack. Potential easter egg reference to previous shows?
Continuity errors
- The An Explosive Situation footage and the Autobots' recollections of the episode now refers to a "device" instead of a bomb, presumably due to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Transformers references
- The Autobots use "sky spies", a reference to the Autobot satellite controlled by Teletraan I in the Generation 1 cartoon.
Real-world references
Miscellaneous trivia
- Midnight Express states the Autobot sky-spies are searching for Dr. Onishi 24/7. (Not very effective, were they?)
- The Autobots work out the Predacon base is located underwater, based on the events of The Hunt for Black Pyramid.
