Endgame, Part I

This article is about the Animated episode. For the Beast Machines episode, see Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral.

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"Endgame, Part I"
Airdate	May 16, 2009

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans	Others
Jazz (1) Prowl (2) Bumblebee (3) Bulkhead (4) Ratchet Optimus Prime Cadet Sentinel (flashback) Ultra Magnus (flashback) Omega Supreme Arcee	Shockwave/Longarm Prime Lugnut Megatron Starscream Female Starscream Lugnut Supreme×3[1] (18)	Isaac Sumdac	Sari Sumdac

Notes

Transformers references

• The initial design of Optimus' jetpack resembles the booster pack from the original Jetfire (and thus, the FAST Packs from Super Dimension Fortress Macross), and would thus be a reference to another Optimus combining with a Jetfire in Armada. It could also be seen as a reference to the final scenes of More than Meets the Eye, Part 3 from the original series, when Optimus Prime borrowed Sideswipe's rocket pack to chase Megatron's space cruiser.
• The redesign of the jetpack resembles Cybertron Optimus Prime's super mode.
• As he jets into the sky, Optimus shouts out "Yessssss!". We've been waiting for this since Human Error, Part I.
• The creation of the Lugnut Supremes, evil clones of Omega Supreme, harkens back to Omega Sentinel and the Dark Guardians.
• Ratchet once again harps on the fact that "Autobots can't fly", a common if frequently broken rule throughout most of the Transformers fiction, before being confronted with the harsh reality.