Transmutate (episode)
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A strange creature emerges from a damaged stasis pod, and both Rampage and Silverbolt find a strange type of kinship with it.
Summary
Extended summary
Quotes
"Are we all Predacons now?! Do we destroy that what does not fit our view of perfection?!"
- —Silverbolt, who is very pissed off by what the Maximals want to do with Transmutate.
Stats
Writers: Christy Marx
Original air date: March 10, 1998 (Cartoon Network Preview); May 2, 1998 (Regular Syndication)
Major characters (in order of appearance): Characters
Minor characters (in order of appearance): Characters
Notes
- When new, this episode was at the center of an April Fool's joke gone horribly, horribly wrong. A copy of the script was altered by persons unknown at Mainframe to include some rather lurid scenes, such as Rattrap mounting Transmutate. Regardless of whomever the victim of the joke was intended to be, the altered script found its way onto alt.toys.transformers, to the horrified chagrin of the fandom [1] [2].
- As if that weren't bad enough, the script was leaked before the episode actually aired in the US, leaving the fandom debating whether the entire story, and the naughty bits in particular, were actually legitimate.
Technical/Animation glitches
- When Transmutate unleashes a burst of energy upon exiting its pod, knocking Silverbolt and Rampage for a loop, Rampage is missing his robot mode "kibble".
- When Silverbolt declares to Rampage "This one is not for you!", he's missing his wing assembly.
Continuity errors
- Error
Transformers References
- Rattrap claims that Arcee is his great-aunt.
- Also, Susan Blu, Arcee's voice actor, provided the voice of Transmutate.
Real-world references
- Reference
