T.M.I.

« Transformers: Prime ep 21
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	August 7, 2011
Written by	Joseph Kuhr
Directed by	Todd Waterman
Animation studio	Polygon Pictures

Bulkhead absorbs a data cylinder that greatly increases his intelligence, but is also destroying him.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Bulkhead (2) Ratchet (3) Optimus Prime (4) Bumblebee (7) Arcee (9)	Knock Out (5) Vehicons (6) Breakdown (8) Megatron (10)	Miko Nakadai (1)

Quotes

"Come to papa."
(Bulkhead knocks him away) "Run to mommy!"
(Breakdown grabs Bulkhead from behind) "Say uncle!"

- Knock Out, Bulkhead, and Breakdown continue with humorous mid-battle banter.

"How about our Sunday morning dune-bashings? Rocking out to Slash Monkey? Helping me with my homework? Trick question! You know I don't do homework...don't you?"

—Miko is at least more subtle in her remember-who-you are monologue than Raf was.

"You...painted my paint job! Prepare for surgery!"

—Knock Out really needs to sort out his priorities.

Notes

Animation and technical errors

• The Vehicons the Autobots are fighting in the beginning of the episode seem to be ground units, until they retreat, where they magically become flying vehicons.

Transformers references

• Bulkhead's method of painting to record the formula is a possible reference to Animated Bulkhead.
• His painting and rambling also seems to be loosely reference by Sam's similar behavior in Revenge of the Fallen after getting zapped by the AllSpark shard.
• The Monster Truck announcer declares the trucks "the baddest beast machines on the planet."
• During his rambling, Bulkhead mentions Perceptor.
• The design of the data cylinders is very similar to the Space Bridge pillars in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Real-world references

• Bulkhead's technobabble is not gibberish. Much of it is real, present-day scientific and mathematical terms, though not arranged coherently.

Trivia

• The episode was first broadcast on Canada's Teletoon channel.
• Miko once again charges into situations that get both her and Bulkhead in trouble. You'd think she'd have learned by now. Or that the Autobots would've put up a barrier to stop her from using the Bridge to her whims.