Triage (episode)

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"Triage"
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	May 19, 2012
Written by	Marty Isenberg
Directed by	Vinton Heuck
Animation studio	Polygon Pictures

During the third relic hunt, Ratchet and Wheeljack get a one-of-a-kind opportunity when Soundwave's Deployer is disabled.

Synopsis

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Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Wheeljack (1) Ratchet (2) Bulkhead (10)	Soundwave (3) Laserbeak (4) Megatron (7) Dreadwing (8) Knock Out (9)	William Fowler (5) Raf Esquivel (6)

Quotes

“I'll be sure to be on my best behavior, Doc."
"Please don't call me 'Doc'."
"Whatever you say, Sunshine."

—Wheeljack pulls out a rather unfitting nickname for Ratchet.

"Wait a minute, a grenade inside of Laserbeak, inside of Soundwave? Like a turducken!"
"I'm sorry?"
"It's a turkey, stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a—Never mind."

—Raf and Ratchet.

Notes

Continuity notes

• This episode happens concurrently with the previous two and the following one. Knock Out returns from his mission in "Tunnel Vision", which was a failure, and Dreadwing has already returned after losing the Apex Armor to Starscream in "Triangulation". On the Autobot side of things, Bulkhead returns from his mission, which takes place in the following episode, diving through the GroundBridge with severe damage to his back.

Transformers references

• Soundwave's drone is finally referred to as Laserbeak in the show, despite the toy having named the drone earlier.

Real-world references

• For those who are wondering, turducken is real.