Secret Files of Teletraan II

The Secret Files of Teletraan II were a series of short (1–2 minute) profiles which aired in 1986, after select episodes of the third season of the original Sunbow cartoon series.

The Secret Files included recaps of past events, character and group profiles, and "where are they now" guides. They helped explain the 20-year time gap between seasons 2 and 3 to viewers who had not seen The Transformers: The Movie, and they sometimes included background information not found elsewhere. On occasion, however, the background information would be simplified to the point that it conflicted with the cartoon itself, such as when it is claimed that the Decepticons had lost the war by the time of the movie, and that Unicron recreated Megatron as Galvatron to reinvigorate the Decepticon army.

Secret Files

Secret File	Episodes
Predacons	"Forever Is a Long Time Coming", "Surprise Party"
Autobots	"Starscream's Ghost", "Webworld", "The Big Broadcast of 2006", "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1"
Decepticons	"Thief in the Night", "Madman's Paradise", "Nightmare Planet", The Dweller in the Depths", "The Burden Hardest to Bear"
Quintessons and Sharkticons	"Nightmare Planet", "Carnage in C-Minor", "Fight or Flee"
Metroplex and Trypticon	"The Quintesson Journal"
Cassette Transformers	"Money Is Everything", "Call of the Primitives", "The Face of the Nijika"
Ultra Magnus	"Grimlock's New Brain", "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2"

Continuity notes

• The Autobots' volcano headquarters was destroyed in a Decepticon attack led by Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge and an off-color Cyclonus generic sometime before 2006. (Metroplex and Trypticon)
• Characters introduced in the movie and season 3 are described as being from other regions of the galaxy, having fled Cybertron sometime in the past. (Autobots)
• Wreck-Gar is described as being the leader of a tribe of Autobots that live on Junkion. (Autobots)
• By the year 2000, the Decepticons had lost the war. (Decepticons)
• Unicron reformed Megatron into Galvatron in order to bolster the Decepticons' strength and to lead the Decepticons into a new era. (Decepticons)

Trivia

• The Secret Files were narrated by Victor Caroli, narrator of the Transformers series, not Frank Welker, who provided the voice of Teletraan II.
• The file on Metroplex and Trypticon is unique among the Secret Files, as it features a piece of exclusive animation of Scamper and Slammer not found anywhere in the series.

Transformers 2010 version

For the Japanese version of the series, Transformers 2010, the "Secret Files..." moniker was dropped from the beginning of each segment. Though the segments focusing on the history of the Predacons, the Autobots, the Decepticons, the Quintessons & Sharkticons and Metroplex vs. Trypticon were used, the segments focusing on the Cassettes and Ultra Magnus were discarded. Instead, several new segments exclusive to the Japanese version of the show were assembled:

• One recapping the events of "Dark Awakening" (attached to "The Big Broadcast of 2006").

• One focusing on the Aerialbots (attached to "Money Is Everything").

• A really long one focusing on the Predacons, Protectobots, Aerialbots, Stunticons and the Combaticons (attached to "Nightmare Planet").

• A really short one focusing on Bruticus, Menasor and Superion (attached to "Grimlock's New Brain").

• One focusing on the Combaticons (attached to "Call of the Primitives").

• A different one focusing on the Aerialbots (attached to "The Face of the Nijika").

• One focusing on the battles of Menasor and Superion (attached to "The Burden Hardest to Bear")

• One focusing on the battles of the Aerialbots and the Stunticons (attached to "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1").

External Links

• Secret Files of Teletraan II on YouTube.com