Sari, No One's Home
Left alone in the Autobots' home base, Sari must defend it against an intrusion by the Constructicons.
Summary
At the Autobot base, Prowl is going through his obstacle course, and passes with ease. Sari comes in, and decides that anything a living hunk of metal can do, she can do better. Prowl allows her to proceed, but only at one quarter speed, which proves to be about a quarter speed too high for her as a swinging crane arm clocks her in the back of the head, knocking her flat on her face. Sari starts complaining, and an amused Prowl consoles her, when Bulkhead barges in, complaining about the sound of constant dripping. Tracking it down, he finds the drip in an oil leak in Bumblebee's arm. Ratchet offers a tune up, but Bumblebee is adamant about being in perfect working order. Before a proper argument breaks out, Optimus appears and turns on the news, which shows Mixmaster and Scrapper robbing oil from an auto-supply shop. The Autobots debate whether or not the two bots will remember them, and the fact they have to get to them before Megatron. The Autobots transform and roll out, but Optimus stops Sari from following, pointing out that a) the last time she was near those two, they nearly took her head off, and b) a kid isn't going to be a match for a two story robot. Prime catches up with the rest and they head towards the pairs last known location, not noticing that Bumblebee's leak is leaving a trail straight to the factory. Sari meanwhile is moping over being left home...before realising she's been left home alone! She then proceeds to stuff her face with chocolate, strap herself to a crane and have her own homemade funfair ride, and attempt Prowl's course at full pelt (it goes about as well as the first time).
The Autobots are en route with Bumblebee's leak slowly driving Bulkhead insane. After reaching his limit, he slaps an "I love Autobots" sticker on the hole, and it seems to solve the problem. Unfortunately, they were a little late, as Scrapper and Mixmaster have spotted the trail. Lamenting their inability to remember where they got the real good stuff, they decide to follow the yellow twit's road, and see if it leads em to anything worth drinking.
Unknown to all and sundry, Megatron has picked up the Constructicons location. He hands Blitzwing a barrel of oil, ordering him to find the pair and bring them back, while at the same time avoiding confrontation with the Autobots. Blitzwing is of course happy to oblige, transforming to jet mode and heading for the city.
Meanwhile, the Constructicons have arrived at the factory, and Mixmaster promptly melts the door. Sari, hanging out in Prowl's room with her headphones on, doesn't hear the alarm go off.
Meanwhile, the Autobots have found nothing on their search. Bublebee briefly mistakes a regular construction vehicle for Mixmaster, while Bulkhead sees what he thinks is Blitzwing, but isn't sure. Bumblebee decides to call in Sari, but she doesn't answer (unaware that Scrapper just accidently crushed Sari's phone). When he sees the Autobots, Icy Blitzwing remembers that he is not to engage the Autobots, but Hothead and Random Blitzwing decide to crush them anyway. The Autobots try to draw him away from civilians, but they end up at an on backed-up on ramp. With no where to move, Prime orders Ratchet and Bumblebee to clear the humans out, while the other take on Blitzwing.
At the plant, Sari holds a council of war (with her teddy bear) and decides to fight them off herself. Arming herself with hockey pads, she puts on a helmet and picks up a hockey stick. As they explore the rec-room, Sari attacks, and but her hockey stick shatters. Hiding in Prowl's room until the Constructicons move on, she runs through the sewers, and contacts the Autobots in the communication center. Unfortunately, they are taking a pounding from Blitzwing, so Bumblebee tells her to hide until they can get there. Unwilling to wait, Sari decides to set a trap...with some nice, delicious cans of oil. Predictably, the two neutrals walk in and see Sari with three cans of oil. Mixmaster demands the oil, despite Scrapper's fear that's it a trap. He was right, for Sari uses the machines to dump it on the ground, cause Mix and Scrap to fall down and go boom, and allow her time to escape.
Elsewhere, Blitzwing is dominating the Autobots, so Prime decides to end this with an Omega formation. Bumblebee goes in first, but his stingers do little damage. Then Bulkhead throws Prowl, allowing him to execute a high speed kick, but Ratchet's attempt to finish him off gets him taken hostage. At this point, however, Megatron orders Blitzwing to disengage, and he takes to the air.
At the plant, Mix and Scrap decide to take down Sari, but Sari sets up the machines to thrash them, put them on the assembly line, get riveted, magnetized, and dumped on the ground. Mix finally calls it quits, and the two roll out. When the Autobots return, they fear the worse after seeing the damage, but Sari shows up and tells them how she drove them off. Prime apologizes for doubting her, and gives her some praise for her bravery and ability to drive off Mixmaster and Scrapper...until he sees the candy wrappers...
On the road, Mixmaster and Scrapper are still fleeing Sari, when Blitzwing spots them. He offers them some oil, which Mixmaster remembers as the great stuff they previously had. He offers them more, if they follow him, and they walk into the sunset. After all, Megatron has plans for them.
Stats
- Written by: Todd Casey
- Directed by: Irineo Maramba & Yutaka Kagawa
- Original airdate: June 5, 2008 (UK)
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
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Quotes
Mixmaster: That little screamin' mutt is definitely hiding some premium oil in this joint, we gotta follow it.
Scrapper: Follow that thing?! That's probably how we got our memory circuits scrambled in the first place!
[Mixmaster punches Scrapper in the face]
Scrapper: Ow!
Mixmaster: What's the matter with you?! You're an excavator not a golf cart, grow a backhoe and let's get some oil!
- —Mixmaster telling Scrapper to man-up, I mean bot-up.
Hothead Blitzwing: AUTOBOTS! I WILL POUND THEM INTO IRON FILLINGS!
Icy Blitzwing: But my orders are to find the Constructicons.
Random Blitzwing: Oh, But I do love iron fillings! Especially sprinkled on top of servo salad!
- —Ladies and gentlemen, Random Blitzwing just got a little scarier.
"You broke my cell-phone, but you will not break my TV!
- —Sari Sumdac is filled with righteous fury.
Hothead Blitzwing: COME BACK HERE, SO I CAN RIP YOUR PISTONS THROUGH YOUR TAILPIPES
Random Blitzwing: Oh, and void your warranty with excess wear and tear. AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
- —Ah, Blitzwing, how we've missed you.
"Guys, Sari is alone in the plant with Mixmaster and Scrapper! We need to get back there now!"
"Then let's finish this. Autobots, Omega Formation. Go!"
"Sure, send the little guy head on into battle.
- —Bumblebee is ready to finish with Blitzwing, but Optimus Prime's plan leaves him less than satisfied.
Other notes
Continuity errors
- Although the sirens go off when the Constructicons break into the base, the Autobots seem to have had no way to detect it. Apparently, they just installed sirens for the hell of it.
Transformers references
- When Sari is listening to music in Prowl's room, she is humming the "more than meets the eye theme".
- Bulkhead temporarily stops Bumblebee's oil leak with a "I heart Autobots" bumper sticker that uses a heart symbol and an Autobot faction symbol too.
Real-world references
- There's a general similarity between this episode and the movie "Home Alone." And since Mixmaster has always sounded like Joe Pesci...
Miscellaneous trivia
- Why is Bumblebee randomly gushing oil? And why doesn't anybody really care, least of all himself? Also, why couldn't Sari just fix him with her key and he get some more oil?
- Blitzwing just stands around while the Autobots attempt to plot his downfall using a football huddle. He really is freaking
arrogantcrazy.
