The Elite Guard
| This article is about the Transformers Animated episode. For the Autobot military team featured in this episode, see Cybertron Elite Guard. |
The Cybertron Elite Guard arrives on Earth to retrieve the All Spark and relieve Prime and his crew of their post, but they prove less than adept at blending in with the human world.
Summary
Stats
- Written by: Rich Fogel
- Directed by: Matt Youngberg, Irineo Maramba, & Yutaka Kagawa
- Original airdate: April 12, 2008
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Quotes
Optimus: This is completely unneccessary, Sentinel!
Sentinel: Can't risk and infestation, "Old buddy". Take it like a real bot.
[Jazz shuts down the decontamination system]
Jazz: Cool it, Sentinel. Whatever went down between you and Optimus, you don't need to hassel his crew.
- —Optimus Prime and Jazz are reminded that Sentinel Prime is a jerk.
"They're trapped! Held against their will! You gotta get em out!"
"Nah nah nah, I ain't about to provoke an intergalactic incedent."
- —Sari tries to get Captain Fanzone to help her Autobot friends.
"Man, that was some funky blinkin colored light show! What'd you call those things again?"
"Traffic lights?"
"Traffic lights. Solid."
- —Jazz discovers the wonderful world of commuting with the help of Bulkhead.
"Hey, why is my office locked?"
"Ms. Sumdac, I regret to inform you that your services will no longer be required. The board has unanimously elected me to take over as CEO of Sumdac Systems."
"You can't do that! This is still my family's company!"
"Is it? I took the liberty of doing some research into your claim. It might interest you to know that there is no will, no birth certificate, no adoption papers, social security number, or any kind of record for a 'Sari Sumdac'."
"Are you saying I can't prove I'm Issac Sumdac's daughter?"
"I'm saying you can't even prove you exist."
- —Sari and Porter C. Powell create a drastic change in plot.
Other notes
Continuity errors
- Error
Transformers references
- The AllSpark empowered machinery has a blue glow.
- Sentinel's past experience with organics is a reference to a previous episode.
- This episode reveals that both Jazz & Prowl are practitioners of the Cybertronian martial art of Metallikato, originally used by the G1 character Bludgeon.
Real-world references
Miscellaneous trivia
- Jazz is introduced.
- It is revealed at the end of the episode that Sari has no birth certificate, no social security and no adoption papers, thus no proof she is Issac Sumdac's daughter. This alludes to what Issac was about to tell her in the previous episode.
