Transformers Animated Volume 6

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Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	January 7, 2009
Screenplay by	Michael Ryan ("Headmaster") Todd Casey ("When Nature Calls")
Adaptation by	Zachary Rau
Letters by	Tom B. Long
Edits by	Justin Eisinger
Continuity	Animated cartoon continuity
ISBN	ISBN 1600102816
Page count	112

Bulkhead's body is hijacked by the Headmaster, and Prowl, Bumblebee and Sari find trouble in the wilderness.

Synopsis

This book recounts the events of "Headmaster" and "Nature Calls", through the use of cartoon screen captures arranged in comic book style panels.

Notes

Headmaster

• Sumdac's disbelief at Masterson's use of the term "warbot" is left out, as is the latter part of Sumdac's speech about not making military hardware.
• Bulkhead's line about being gentle is also missing.
• After being hit by the car, when News Bot signs off back to the studio, he specifically addresses someone named "Les". The scene ends there, missing out the section in which Bulkhead traumatizes Daniel Witwicky.
• As Tutor Bot displays the classical paintings, the comic calls out the name and artist of the work.
• Bulkhead's first few painting attempts are skipped over, jumping to the Airplane! injoke.
• Bulkhead's initial frustration after his brush breaks is skipped.
• As Masterson makes plans, the sequence of him looking at TV monitors is omitted.
• After Masterson uses the Headmaster unit on Bulkhead, the scene with Bulkhead waking up to find his body has been stolen is missed out.
• Bumblebee calling Bulkhead "little buddy" and the latter's reaction are skipped. So are the lines from "Attached to Prime!" to "Right, my bad." as they work on Bulkhead's art, and Bumblebee's last two lines of the scene.
• Captain Fanzone's lines when they find Masterson's hideout are missing.
• After Bulkhead spontaneously starts running, Bumblebee's assertion that he's finally fried his processor and Bulkhead's response are both omitted.
• The fight sequence between Masterson and the policebots is skipped,
• Masterson demands seven hundred million dollars instead of seven hundred billion.
• The end of Masterson's transmittion, from the computer simulation of the explosion onwards, is left out.
• The bit with Bumblebee and Fanzone fighting over the radio is skipped. Once they take the money in, Fanzone's line about attending to wounded, and Masterson's response are both left out.
• Sumdac's "total ownage" line is omitted, as is much of the ensuing fight with Masterson, with mostly just Prowl fighting the Headmaster until he's suddenly surrounded by the Autobots.
• The first scene with Sumdac trying to stop the core from melting down and Fanzone helping with some controls is omitted entirely.

When Nature Calls

• "Nature Calls" is retitled for the purposes of this comic.

Trivia

• For some reason this and the previous volume got completely different covers when they were put up on Comixology. The other issues retained their print covers.