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.
Synopsis
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 |
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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.
"Attention, barnacle monster! Come out with your hands over your...okay, you don't have a head."
- —Bumblebee instructs the creature to surrender.
Sari: And then, they were back to normal, like nothing ever happened. Meanwhile, I'm stuck riding home with no dry clothes and the only Autobot whose vehicle mode doesn't have a heater.
[Sari sneezes]
Optimus: You showed a lot of courage and ingenuity, Sari. And hopefully, you'll stop...backfiring soon.
Sari: Hello, it's called sneezing.
[Sari sneezes, then blows her nose]
Bumblebee: I don't even wanna know what that's called.
- —The Autobots discover the concept of the common cold.
Other notes
Continuity errors
- If space barnacles are killed by heat, how did any survive atmospheric entry?
Transformers references
- The construction drones are green and purple.
- Megatron's body ends up in the deep freeze.
- 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.
Real-world references
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?
