Survival of the Fittest

Sari is kidnapped and the evidence points to the Dinobots. So Prowl and Bulkhead head to a mysterious island to investigate—with a highly suspicious Captain Fanzone on their tail.

Stats

• Written by: Steven Granat
• Directed by: Irineo Maramba & Makoto Fuchigami
• Original airdate: March 8, 2008

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Humans
Bulkhead Prowl Grimlock Swoop Snarl Ratchet Optimus Prime Bumblebee	Captain Fanzone Meltdown Colossus Rhodes Isaac Sumdac Sari Sumdac

Other notes

Transformers references

They've got the power to surprise.

• Meltdown's genetically engineered minions (previous failed attempts at producing "human transformers") bear a striking resemblance to the Generation 1 Pretenders Bomb-Burst and Submarauder.
• Grimlock learned to transform back in Blast from the Past
• The Dinobots were created back in Blast from the Past
• Prometheus Black was turned into Meltdown in Total Meltdown

Miscellaneous trivia

• So far Meltdown and Megatron have not been in the same episode.
• This is the first episode where Snarl and Swoop transform.
• Bumblebee appears in this episode, but doesn't speak.

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.