Nature Calls

Prowl, Bumblebee and Sari get more than they bargained for when they head out to the remote woods to investigate a mysterious energy signal.

Stats

• Written by: Todd Casey
• Directed by: Ben Jones, Bouakeo Thongkham, & Shunji Oga
• Original airdate: March 22, 2008
• Animation studio: The Answer Studio

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Bumblebee (3) Prowl (1) Optimus Prime (4)	Megatron's Body (5)	Sari Sumdac (2) Isaac Sumdac (6)

Quotes

Bumblebee: You said to pack the bare essentials!
Prowl: Since when are surround-sound speakers, a strobe light, and a hand-held media player "bare essentials?"
Bumblebee: You should've seen what I left back at the plant.
Prowl: Where did you find room for all of this junk?
[Bumblebee taps his fingers uncomfortably]
Bumblebee: I'd...rather not say.

—Awkward conversation between Bumblebee and Prowl.

"First we must determine this creature's intentions."
[Creature knocks Prowl aside without provocation]
"I'm gonna say 'hostile'."

—Prowl and Bumblebee meet the monster.

Bumblebee: Hey! Why don't you pick on someone your own size?!
[Creature swipes at Bumblebee and Sari]
Bumblebee: Okay. Maybe we're a little unclear on the concept of "your own size".
Sari: Maybe you should stop talking logic to a creature that has no head!

—Bumblebee and Sari.

"Monsters are real? Tutor Bot is such a liar!"

—Sari Sumdac's faith in Tutor Bot is shattered.

Other notes

Continuity errors

• If space barnacles are killed by heat, how did any survive atmospheric entry?

Transformers references

Scavenger and Hook with Bonecrusher's head.]]

• The construction drones are green and purple.
• Megatron's body ends up in the deep freeze.

This kind of stuff never happened in Burma...

• The construction worker looks very familiar. (He's only credited as "Worker," and is voiced by Bumper Robinson.)
• Bumblebee's combined stinger attack also rings a few bells.

Miscellaneous trivia

• So... what happened to that mine worker, anyway?

• Ratchet and Bulkhead, while mentioned, make no appearances in this episode.

• Tutor Bot is mentioned, and in the voice credits for the episode, but does not actually appear.

• ...space barnacles?

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