SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy

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Aided by a mysterious benefactor, Detroit's B-level villains team up to take down the Autobots once and for all.

Summary

Nanosec is on the loose again, and leading the Autobots for a merry chase. As they pursue him, they wonder how and why he's young again. As they're no closer to catching him, Optimus Prime instructs Bumblebee to head off down a side street and come back around to cut off his escape. Bumblebee disregards this order, reasoning that he's the "star player" and is more than fast enough to get Nanosec on his own. As he speeds up, a mysterious force hits him and stops him in his tracks, which leaves the other Autobots no room to react. Nanosec escapes, and before Bumblebee can snap out of it the Autobots crash into him. Optimus Prime expresses his disappointment in the little yellow one, and orders him back to base so that Ratchet can run a diagnostic on his drivetrain.

Bumblebee ignores this order as well, resolving to find Nanosec again to prove to Optimus that he isn't malfunctioning. His search proves fruitless until Sari discovers that due to his scanning of Captain Fanzone's car, Bumblebee has a built in police scanner. Hearing a report of a robbery in progress, he reasons it's Nanosec and heads over. He's wrong though, as it turns out to be the Angry Archer. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, he decides to capture the other villain. Again, he is about to pursue when mysterious blue energy skids him to a halt. Sari urges him to have Ratchet check him out, but he still believes it's nothing serious. A third and final crime scene turns out to be Professor Princess trying to level a video arcade. Yet again he is stopped by the blue energy, and since it affects him in his robot mode he finally admits he has a problem. However Sari notices that her key reacts when the energy lashes out, and surmises that an AllSpark fragment may be at fault. As she deduces this, a shady figure on a rooftop skulks off.

Soon that same figure meets with the other three villains at her lair, introducing herself as Slo-Mo. She reveals that she has aided each of them on their respective heists recently, due to her timepiece which can disable machines, even Transformers. She and Nanosec hit it off immediately, due in no small part to the fact that her time-based superpowers are what restored him to the prime of youth. She proposes to all of them that they make a great team, and should form a crime syndicate. Professor Princess protests that she is not a criminal, but is quickly convinced.

Soon, news reports are everywhere regarding the new crime wave and its perpetrators. Bumblebee is quite frustrated at being repeatedly thwarted by Slo-Mo, but is soon hopeful as he hears a burglar alarm. This time the criminals have bitten off more than they can chew, having loaded themselves down with too much loot. They try to escape and are initially successful, stopping Bumblebee. However the cops soon have them surrounded without any getaway car. Slo-Mo receives a call on her watch phone, and gets an offer from an anonymous benefactor. Taking the deal, the gang pile into a garish yellow Hummer and peel out. The police in hot pursuit, their patron speaks through the vehicle's console and tells them he's a big fan of their weird, wacky adventures. He says to consider the Hummer a down payment on what he hopes will be a beautiful business relationship. Slo-Mo seems less than impressed, as she considers herself the leader of the cartel, and it's just a truck. The voice then tells her to press the red button. A humongous turret rises from the back of the Hummer, blasting the police to smithereens. Having gotten their attention, their newfound benefactor mentions a scheme of heists that should make them all fabulously rich, as they will be stealing components to a weapon they can sell on the open market.

Definitely interested, the gang heads to a Sumdac Systems factory. Angry Archer attempts to blast the lock open with an explosive arrow, but Professor Princess announces that she has defused all of his because she disapproves of violence... unless it is really colorful and pretty. Gleefully blasting an even bigger hole in the fence, she leads them in. The voice instructs them on what to steal, which is quickly rounded up by Nanosec while Slo-Mo takes care of the police robots. Bumblebee and Sari spot them and speculate on what they're up to based off of the items they stole, but hang back as they realize they'll never catch the crooks if they get blasted by Slo-Mo again. Shadowing the cartel from a safe distance, they follow them to the roof of a parking garage. The gang's unseen patron instructs them on how to assemble the device in spite of their skepticism. Archer and Nanosec ask the purpose of the device and how it's going to make them money. The voice explains that it's ultimately useless without the final piece: Slo-Mo's superpowered timepiece. The crazy doll refuses to give up her superpowers, which angers her benefactor, revealing himself to be their getaway vehicle, the Decepticon Swindle.

Swindle made clear to them that he wasn't about to take "no" for an answer, and he wasn't above using his multitude of weapons systems against the puny fleshlings either. Blasting the floor out from under her cohorts, he squared off against Slo-Mo. She was initially confident that her timepiece would take care of him, but a useful purchase from the Vok proved more than enough to deflect it. Bumblebee raced to intervene, but the debilitating blasts ricocheting off of Swindle's force field meant he couldn't get near the battle. Realizing he was in over his head, he called in Optimus and the other Autobots. Leveling his main cannon at Slo-Mo, Swindle was reminded by the dame that if he blasted her he got nothing. Feeling a bit silly, the Decepticon recovered quickly and revealed he could simply take it using his integrated tractor beam. The MacGuffin retrieved, he then blasted the floor out from under her too.

Slipping the timepiece into its intended slot in the device, Swindle quickly dialed up his favorite warmonger, Megatron. Expressing how glad he was that the old despot was still functional, he bragged about a weapon that would easily turn the tide against the Autobots and consign them to a fate worse than being offlined. His interest piqued, Megatron was nonetheless dubious as to whether Swindle could pull it off. The arms dealer proved only too eager to show off the many merits of his wondrous new invention, and pulled a "But wait, that's not all!" that succeeded in blacking out every mechanical device in Detroit.

Both Bumblebee and the Autobots speeding to the scene were left frozen, unable to move or talk but aware of their surroundings. Sari noticed however that Sumdac Tower was still powered up, and deduced that its emergency forcefield kicked in, protecting it from the device as long as the emergency generators held. Unfortunately, being a little girl Sari had no real chance of dragging Bumblebee until he was safely within the tower. She received aid from an unexpected source, the spurned cartel who wanted to even the score with Swindle. Aiding her in transporting Bumblebee, they watched as she used her key to gain access to the tower, only to see to her dismay that the receptionist had been reprogrammed to announce that it was Powell Tower. Bumblebee was soon revived, and Sari was able to use her key to jury rig personal force fields for both the Autobot and his new team of villainous backup.

Though Swindle proves quite ready for the big payback, the villains manage to buy enough time for Bumblebee to sucker-punch the Decepticon with his stingers whilst Sari deactivates the device with her key. Slo-Mo attempts to retrieve her timepiece and a scuffle ensues, resulting in it falling over the ledge and directly into Swindle's hands. All seems lost, but Bumblebee is hopeful that the other Autobots will arrive soon. This proves to be well-founded, but Swindle soon is about to turn the timepiece upon Bumblebee's backup. Proving he's learned nothing over the span of this mis-adventure, the little yellow Autobot charges in and lets his forcefield deflect the Decepticon's shot, paralyzing Swindle. Optimus Prime once again scolds the young hot shot, but Bumblebee gloats, shooting out Swindle's tires. Meanwhile the villains, showing why they're B-grade, attempt to escape in Swindle only to be apprehended by the timely arrival of Captain Fanzone and the police. Fanzone notes that Swindle will be stripped at a police impound lot and sold for parts. He seems quite confident that the police department will get their Christmas bonus checks this year.

Stats

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Humans

Quotes

"An Autobot. Verily, the arrows of outrageous misfortune seek to pierce me to the quick. Exeunt!"

—Angry Archer. Yon criminal maketh his escape...or something.


"Explosions aren't nice.... except when they look like BEAUTIFUL RAINBOWS!"

—Professor Princess, ever the fashion plate.


"Ooh, I like a man who works fast!"
"And I like a girl who takes it slow."

—Slo-Mo and Nanosec go over the target audience's heads. Hopefully.


"Negatronic force field emitter. A little something I picked up in an arms deal with the Vok of Nexus Zero. Nice creatures, the Vok. If you're ever in the Nexus Zero area, do yourself a favor and check them out. You won't be sorry."

—Swindle thinks the Vok are quite nice. It probably helps if they're not destroying your planet.


"Welcome to Sumdac Tower. Porter C. Powell is a booger-head."

—Receptionist-Bot calls it like it is...with a little help from Sari Sumdac.


Optimus: You should have called us sooner. If that weapon had gotten into Megatron's hands—
Bumblebee: I know. I guess I just wanted to prove that I still had my touch.
Ratchet: Well, I hope you learned something about team work.
Bumblebee: Oh yeah. Even the star player needs backup sometimes.

—Bumblebee learns the value of teamwork. Humility? Not so much...

Other notes

Continuity errors

  • Nanosec's mugshot should've had a long beard, as he was apprehended right after Bumblebee had ran him into old age.
  • It was shown throughout the episode that the watch's slowdown effect was only temporary. It only gained the ability to "freeze" its targets permanently when it was put into Swindle's machine. Yet later, Swindle is frozen permanently by a reflected blast from just the watch itself.
  • Swindle is all impressed by Vok forcefield technology, but apparently forcefields designed by Isaac Sumdac are just as powerful. Though Sumdac did steal all his technology from Megatron; perhaps a deal with the Vok was just (much, much, MUCH) safer for Swindle.

Transformers references

  • Swindle mentions having dealings with the Vok on Nexus Zero.
  • Fanzone mentions Swindle will be stripped and sold as parts. How ironic...

Real-world references

Miscellaneous trivia

  • This episode was first shown in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It made its English language debut in Canada, one week before its American debut.
  • Bulkhead appears, but has no dialogue.
  • Swindle mentions that he got Megatron's frequency from a "mutual bounty-hunting friend" in exchange for new weaponry. Gee, I wonder who THAT could be?
  • Bumblebee's stingers actually knock Swindle down—the first time in the entire series that this weapon hasn't just bounced ineffectually off a Decepticon's hide. Maybe Swindle should trade off some of his weapons for a little more armor.
  • In the end, Swindle is trapped in a state that Bumblebee could stand being in for less than an hour, forever, and the Autobots don't seem to object to him being ripped apart and sold for spare parts. That seems a tad excessive.
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