Velocity (episode)

Investigating a mysterious race car, Bumblebee gets involved with an illegal underground street racing circuit, which also captures the attention of the Decepticons.

Stats

• Written by: Len Uhley
• Directed by:
• Original airdate:

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Optimus Prime (2) Bulkhead (4) Bumblebee (1) Prowl (5) Ratchet (3) Blurr (6)	Blitzwing (10) Megatron (11)	Sari Sumdac (8) Captain Fanzone (7) Master Disaster (9)

Quotes

Angry Blitzwing: Never give up!
Calm Blitzwing: Never surrender!
Crazy Blitzwing: NEVER MIND!!
[Blitzwing swerves off into a nearby building]

—Blitzwing and Blurr play a game of Chicken.

Other notes

Real-world references

• Blurr's vehicle mode bears more than just a passing resemblance to the Mach 5 from Speed Racer.
  • (Though it's probably coincidence that the 2008 live-action Speed Racer movie opened the same weekend this episode first aired.)

• This episode borrows several plot & thematic elements from the popular street racing film The Fast & the Furious.

Miscellaneous trivia

• This is the first appearance of the mysterious blue race car who, despite his talkative reputation, doesn't say a single word.

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