Velocity (episode)
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Investigating a mysterious race car, Bumblebee gets involved with an illegal underground street racing circuit, which also captures the attention of the Decepticons.
Summary
Stats
- Written by: Len Uhley
- Directed by:
- Original airdate: May 10, 2008
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
|---|---|---|
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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
Continuity errors
Transformers references
- The street racing cars (including Master Disaster's truck) are highly reminiscent of the G1 Stunticons.
- Bumblebee's turbo boosters were first seen in Nanosec.
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 and thematic elements from the popular street racing film The Fast and the Furious.
- Blitzwing's "Never give up! Never surrender! NEVER MIND!" quote refers to the catchphrase from the Dreamworks film, Galaxy Quest.
Miscellaneous trivia
- This is the first appearance of the mysterious blue race car who, despite his talkative reputation, doesn't say a single word.
