U.S.A. Series, episode list
- Version
- 2.1
- Last update
- 06-04-2005
- © 1995-2005
- Boris Ammerlaan
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Remarks
- 1.0
- As far as I know, the episodes as transmitted by Sky Channel did not have episode titles at the beginning of the episodes of the first two series. The one exception is "War Dawn". The Generation 2 episodes did have them, but they were obviously added later on.
The transcript information has been moved to a seperate file.
First series
- More Than Meets The Eye I
- More Than Meets The Eye II
- More Than Meets The Eye III
- Transport To Oblivion
- Roll For It
- Divide And Conquer
- Fire In The Sky
- S.O.S. Dinobots
- Fire on the Mountain
- War of the Dinobots
- The Ultimate Doom (part 1)
- The Ultimate Doom (part 2)
- The Ultimate Doom (part 3)
- Countdown To Extinction
- A Plague Of Insecticons
(aka Demon Swamp)
- Heavy Metal Wars
Second series
- Autobot Spike
- The Immobilizer
- Dinobot Island (Part 1)
- Dinobot Island (Part 2)
- Traitor
- Enter The Nightbird
- Changing Gears
- A Prime Problem
- Atlantis, Arise!
- Attack Of The Autobots
- The Master Builders
- Microbots
- The Insecticon Syndrome
- Day Of The Machines
- Megatron's Master Plan (Part 1)
- Megatron's Master Plan (Part 2)
- Auto Berserk
- City Of Steel
- Desertion Of The Dinobots (Part 1)
- Desertion Of The Dinobots (Part 2)
- Blaster Blues
- A Deceptacon Raider in King Arthur's Court
- The God Gambit
- The Core
- Make Tracks
- The Autobot Run
- The Golden Lagoon
- Quest For Survival
- The Secret Of Omega Supreme
- Child's Play
- The Gambler
- The Search For Alpha Trion
- Auto-Bop
- Prime Target
- The Girl Who Loved Powerglide
- Triple Takeover
- Sea Change
- Hoist Goes Hollywood
- The Key To Vector Sigma (Part 1)
- The Key To Vector Sigma (Part 2)
- Masquerade
- Trans-Europe Express
- War Dawn
- Cosmic Rust
(aka Rust in Piece)
- Kremzeek!
- Starscream's Brigade
- The Revenge Of Bruticus
- Aerial Assault
- B.O.T.
The Movie
Third series
- Five Faces Of Darkness (part 1)
- Five Faces Of Darkness (part 2)
- Five Faces Of Darkness (part 3)
- Five Faces Of Darkness (part 4)
- Five Faces Of Darkness (part 5)
- The Killing Jar
- Chaos
- Thief In The Night
- Fight Or Flee
- Starscream's Ghost
- Forever Is A Long Time Coming
- Surprise Party
- Madman's Paradise
- Carnage In C-Minor
- Webworld
- Ghost In The Machine
- The Dweller In The Depths
- Nightmare Planet
- The Ultimate Weapon
- The Big Broadcast Of 2006
- The Quintesson Journal
- Only Human
- Grimlock's New Brain
- Money Is Everything
- Call Of The Primitives
- The Burden Hardest To Bear
- The Face Of The Nijika
- Dark Awakening (Version 1)
- The Return Of Optimus Prime (Part 1)
- The Return Of Optimus Prime (Part 2)
- Dark Awakening (Version 2)
Fourth series
- The Rebirth (Part 1)
- The Rebirth (Part 2)
- The Rebirth (Part 3)
Generation 2
- "More Than Meets The Eye."
Part 1
- "More Than Meets The Eye."
Part 2
- "More Than Meets The Eye."
Part 3
- S.O.S. Dinobots
- Heavy Metal Wars
- "The Autobot Run"
- "The Core"
- "Dinobot Island"
Part 1
- "Dinobot Island"
Part 2
- "The Master Builders"
- "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court"
- "The Golden Lagoon"
- "Prime Target"
- War Of The Dinobots
- Atlantis, arise!
- Auto Berserk
- Kremzeek!
- Triple Takeover
- Starscream's Brigade
- The Revenge Of Bruticus
- Masquerade
- Ghost In The Machine
- The Ultimate Weapon
- Fight Or Flee
- Transport To Oblivion
- Roll For It
- Fire On The Mountain
- Countdown To Extinction
- Autobot Spike
- City Of Steel
- Day Of The Machines
- Enter The Nightbird
- A Prime Problem
- The Insecticon Syndrome
- Microbots
- Blaster Blues
- Sea Change
- The Search For Alpha Trion
- The Girl Who Loved Powerglide
- Aerial Assault
- Trans-Europe Express
- Cosmic Rust
- B.O.T.
- The Ultimate Doom
Part One
- The Ultimate Doom
Part Two
- The Ultimate Doom
Part Three
- Desertion Of The Dinobots
Part 1
- Desertion Of The Dinobots
Part 2
- Megatron's Master Plan
Part 1
- Megatron's Master Plan
Part 2
Beast Wars
Season one
- Beast Wars Pt. 1
- Beast Wars Pt. 2
- The Web
- Equal Measures
- Chain of Command
- Power Surge
- Fallen Comrades
- Double Jeopardy
- A Better Mousetrap
- Gorilla Warfare
- The Probe
- Victory
- Dark Designs
- Double DinoBot
- The Spark
- The Trigger Pt. 1
- The Trigger Pt. 2
- Spider's Game
- Call of he Wild
- Dark Voyage
- Possession
- The Low Road
- Law of the Jungle
- Before the Storm
- Other Voices Pt. 1
- Other Voices Pt. 2
Season two
- Aftermath
- Coming Of The Fuzors Pt. 1
- Coming Of The Fuzors Pt. 2
- Tangled Web
- Maximal, No More
- Other Visits Pt. 1
- Other Visits Pt. 2
- Bad Spark
- Code Of Hero
- Transmutate
- The Agenda Pt. 1
- The Agenda Pt. 2
- The Agenda Pt. 3
First series
- Air date
- 17-09-1984
- Writer
- George Arthur Bloom
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 18-09-1984
- Writer
- George Arthur Bloom
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 19-09-1984
- Writer
- George Arthur Bloom
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 06-10-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 13-10-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 20-10-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 08-12-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Jetfire (or Skyfire, or whatever) is discovered in a block of ice. Starscream thinks back to his days as a scientist, remembers that he and Jetfire discovered Earth, but that Jetfire crashed. Jetfire is reactivated, and made a Decepticon. When ordered to kill Spike and Sparkplug (or something), he goes over to the Autobot cause.
- Air date
- 27-10-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- The Autobots discover some dinosaur skeletons in their Volcano, and make Dinobots. The Dinobots are shut down and put in storage. When the Autobots are captured by the Decepticons, the Dinobots are reactivated and rescue the other Autobots.
- Air date
- 22-12-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 24-11-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 03-11-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Cybertron is transported (by the spacebridge mechanism) to Earth's orbit in order to gain energy. Planets almost burst apart. Includes Starscream shooting himself.
- Air date
- 10-11-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 17-11-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 01-12-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 29-12-1984
- aka
- Demon Swamp
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 15-12-1984
- Writer
- ?
- Synopsis
- Megatron challenges Optimus to a fight according with the rules of Cybertron. The loser and company should leave Earth forever. Before the fight starts, he absorbs the powers of all Decepticons. Optimus Prime loses. Teletran One discovers that Megatron was cheating, and the Autobots stay on Earth.
Second Series (2 seasons)
The music is the same as series one.
- Air date
- 23-09-1985
- Writer
- Donald F. Glut
- Synopsis
- While his body is being operated on, Spike's mind is transported into an Autobot body that is very unstable. After viewing a scene from a Franken- stein movie, he becomes a modern one. Endangers and saves the life of his dad.
- Air date
- 24-09-1985
- Writer
- Earl Kress
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 25-09-1985
- Writer
- Donald F. Glut
- Synopsis
- Powerglide flies through a force field and dicovers an island with prehistoric animals. The Dinobots are ordered to go there, to prevent them from destroying Autobots HQ. They discover Megatron sucking all the energy from the island's various resources, but are driven into a tarpit by a stampede of prehistoric animals. They escape, and start fighting back. The Autobots join them and chase the Decepticons away.
- Air date
- 26-09-1985
- Writer
- Donald F. Glut
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 27-09-1985
- Writer
- George Hampton & Mike Moore
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 30-09-1985
- Writers
- Sylvia Wilson & Richard Milton
- Synopsis
- A scientist develops a ninja robot. Megatron steals and reprograms it, and drops it off at Autobot HQ. Alas for Megatron, it is defeated in the end.
- Air date
- 01-10-1985
- Writer
- Larry Parr
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 02-10-1985
- Writers
- Dick Robbins & Bryce Malek
- Synopsis
- Megatron makes a "clone" of Optimus Prime that he can control. As OP, he tries to lure the Autobots towards some dangerous crystals, after he has convinced them he is the real Autobot leader by blasting (a "clone" of) Starscream. Unfotunately, he gives himself away by saying something like "The human is not important".
- Air date
- 03-10-1985
- Writer
- Douglas Booth
- Synopsis
- The Decepticons discover the undersea kingdom of King Nergil, who offers to become their ally in defeating the Autobots. Naturally, he doublecrosses them. Along the way, their combined forces invade Washington DC. This episode is notable for Starscream raping an unconscious Wheeljack. Heaven knows what he might've done to Arcee.
[Julie Lim, <ou8mZB2w165w@graphics.rent.com>]
- Air date
- 04-10-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 08-10-1985
- Writers
- David N. Gottlieb & Herb Engelhardt
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 07-10-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- Megatron gets extraordinary powers from "The Heart Of Cybertron", which has been lying around in a ship that was stranded millions of years ago on Earth. The Autobots go inside Megatron to disconnect it before he destroys Autobots HQ or it blows up.
- Air date
- 09-10-1985
- Writer
- Douglas Booth
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 10-10-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- The humans make a supercomputer called Torq (sp?). Megatron reprograms it with his personality, and tells it to take over the world. Thanks to the Autobots, it does not succeed.
- Air date
- 14-10-1985
- Writer
- Donald F. Glut
- Synopsis
- The Decepticons, claiming that they are the good guys, show a tape to prove the Autobots are evil to the people of the city. The Autobots are banished from Earth but soon decide to return. However, their shuttle's course is taking them into the Sun. Megatron takes over the city. Meanwhile, Spike discovers the tape is a fake, with Decepticons with Autobot masks on it. At night, Chip escapes to ask Teletran One about the Autobots' whereabouts. Ramjet catches him and blasts Teletran One, thereby unknowingly giving the Autobots control over their course back. Megatron is not happy.
- Air date
- 15-10-1985
- Writer
- Donald F. Glut
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 16-10-1985
- Writer
- Antoni Zalewski
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 17-10-1985
- Writer
- Douglas Booth
- Synopsis
- Megatron takes over New York City. The Autobots cannot prevent him from turning it into another Cybertron, because he has captured Optimus Prime.
- Air date
- 21-10-1985
- Writer
- Earl Kress
- Synopsis
- The Dinobots get fed up with Earth and travel to Cybertron. There, with Spike's help, they start a rebellion among the slaves of the Decepticons.
- Air date
- 22-10-1985
- Writer
- Earl Kress
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 24-10-1985
- Writer
- Douglas Booth
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 28-10-1985
- Writer
- Buzz Dixon
- Synopsis
- Cosmos, chased by Decepticons, crashes on a distant planet, and the locals mistake him for a skygod. The ruling priest uses this to weaken the resistance. One woman, however, gets to Cosmos' body and switches on his communicator. The Autobots, in Omega Supreme, come to rescue Cosmos. The Decepticons, who had arrived soon after Cosmos and are now using the populace to mine rare crystals for them, have captured the girl, and Bluestreak (or Jazz or SOMEone) climbs up a long shaft (sp?) to rescue her. The Decepticons are defeated and leave after setting of a chain reaction in the raw crystals. These explode. Omega, refueled by crystals, rescues most of the planet's inhabitants, and the Autobots leave after telling the inhabitants not to be so superstitious.
- Air date
- 29-10-1985
- Writer
- Dennis Marks
- Synopsis
- Megatron drills to the core of the Earth to destroy it and the Autobots on it. With a new gadget, the Autobots gain control of the Constructicons, and let Devastator seal the Decepticons in the cave with the drill, without the water to cool off the drill. (Well, that's what THEY think.) When they discover the drill is still working, they open the cave again. Megatron tries to regain control over Devastator, and because of the different impulses, Devastator devastates the space bridge Megatron had meant to escape by to Cybertron. The Autobots and the Decepticons use their devices in unison to let Devastator wreck the drill.
- Air date
- 30-10-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- Involves a Hispanic street youth who tries to steal Tracks, I think--alsosome image of Soundwave and Blaster having decibel wars in a Manhattan disco.
[Julie Lim, <ou8mZB2w165w@graphics.rent.com>] <from "Auto-Bop">
- ["Make Tracks"] is where Raul first meets and befriends Tracks during an Autobot-assisted sting operation against car thieves.
[Martin Rose]
- Air date
- 23-10-1985
- Writer
- Larry Strauss
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 31-10-1985
- Writer
- Donald F. Glut
- Synopsis
- The Autobots race for charity, but are locked into their vehicle mode by the Decepticons. The ones back at Autobots HQ develop a bomb that will enable them to transform again.
- Air date
- 04-11-1985
- Writer
- Dennis Marks
- Synopsis
- When the Autobots are fighting near a beach, Pipes discoveres an idillic valley with a lake full of electrum in the middle. For fear of it being destroyed, he tells nobody. The Decepticons discover it, and, coated in the stuf, which makes the robots impervious to each other's guns, attack Omega Supreme. [...] The Decepticons leave (or something), and the Autobots discover the lagoon. The Decepticons attack, but Omega Supreme rises out of the lake and since they're all impervious, they end up destroying the valley. The electrum on the Decepticons fades, and the Decepticons retreat, after destroying the lagoon.
- Air date
- 05-11-1985
- Writer
- Reed Robbins & Peter Salas
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 06-11-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- The Constructicons are drilling on an asteroid. Omega Supreme tells Optimus Prime how the Constructicons made him fail in his job as the defender of Crystal City. Also tells how he was affected by some sort of mind machine Megatron had. Optimus hears about the asteroid and orders Omega to attack. While Omega is doing this, the asteroid splits open and a metallic dragon emerges and goes to Earth, eating everything metallic in its path. Omega Supreme lures him back to the asteroid, which it eats, and it disappears into space.
- Air date
- 07-11-1985
- Writer
- Beth Bornstein
- Synopsis
- Due to a space bridge accident, a few Autobots and a few Decepticons are stranded on a distant planet. They are "captured" by a boy about 30 times their size, who is forced by his parents to give them up to scientist who want to disect them. The Decepticons escape, and the Autobots are rescued by the boy. When he is cornered by a bully, the Autobots jump in a trash can, and from there into the sewer. Later, they get back to the boy's house. They think they can get back to Earth by modifying the boy's father's telescope, but the Decepticons appear and take Bumblebee hostage. They step into the transporter beam, which transports them back to Earth, but is useless after that. The Autobots use a toy spaceship to travel back to Earth.
Continues in "The Gambler".
- Air date
- 11-11-1985
- Writer
- Michael Charles Hill
- Synopsis
- In this 'sequel' of "Child's Play", the Autobots are still in the toy rocket, and their fuel is running dangerously low. Their ship is captured and an alien called Bosch drains all Autobots except Smokescreen of their energy. Smokescreen discovers he can cheat on gambling machines, and together they go to a casino with a bad reputation. There, they pawn (sp?) the Autobots, who have been miniaturised. Because of Smokescreen's overconfidence, they lose all their credits, and go to a bar, where they meet an Autobot bountyhunter. They go to see the Autobots vs. the Amalgalians. (sp?) (The Autobots have all been turned into zombies.) Smokescreen tries to rescue them, but he doesn't succeed. (I think, it's been quite some time since I saw this episode.) The two Decepticon jets follow Smokescreen, but are shot down by the bountyhunter. They bring the Autobots to Astrotrain, who's waiting for them outside the city, but the Autobots are freed and the Decepticons retreat. The bountyhunter leaves with a green creature he met in the bar, and the Autobots go into Casino Royale.
- Air date
- 12-11-1985
- Writer
- Beth Bornstein
- Synopsis
- The female Autobots on Cybertron steal some energon cubes from Shockwave, but their secret base is discovered. They're captured, and a few Decepticons travel from Earth to Cybertron. They contact the Autobots on Earth, and tell Optimus Prime they will kill Aleta One unless he surrenders himself. He does, and they try to destroy him, but Aleta uses her 'special power'. This is too much of a strain for her, and Optimus takes her to Alpha Trion. Alpha Trion manages to reactivate Aleta One by using Optimus' design. They unite with the female Autobots and the Autobots who have followed Optimus to Cybertron. Together, they kick the Decepticons' butts, and the male Autobots return home.
- Air date
- 13-11-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- [...] is where Tracks and Blaster team with Raul and his buds to stop a Decepticon mind-control scheme involving a downtown dance club.
[Martin Rose]
- Air date
- 14-11-1985
- Writers
- Flint Dille & Buzz Dixon
- Synopsis
- The US and USSR escalate tensions after an experimental MiG disappears. It was actually stolen by an obsessive big-game hunter, who decides his next trophy will be Optimus Prime. He kidnaps several other Autobots as bait, so Prime will have to come rescue them; Prime does, and leaves the hunter tied up on the MiG in Soviet territory.
[Julie Lim, <ou8mZB2w165w@graphics.rent.com>]
- Air date
- 18-11-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- The Decepticons try to kidnap a young heiress, Astoria Waldorf (? not sure about her last name). Powerglide rescues her; she develops a crush on him. The Decepticons snatch her again, in search of a secret energy formula her father developed, and imprison her on a floating base surrounded by an aerial force field. When the force field seems likely to kill Powerglide (flying in to rescue her again), Astoria destroys the force-field generator by throwing her necklace-- which contained the secret formula.
[Julie Lim, <ou8mZB2w165w@graphics.rent.com>]
- Air date
- 19-11-1985
- Writer
- Larry Strauss
- Synopsis
- Thinking he will rule the Decepticons, Starscream lures Megatron into a trap by the triplechangers. He also gets caught. Astrotrain gets a railroad station as a base and implants intelligences into a few old trains; Blitzwing takes a football field. He promises the Constructicons shared leadership in return for building a maze (or 'zone defense', as he calls it). Some Autobots try to attack, but fail. One of Astrotrain's new minions hits a water pipe in a tunnel, and the entire city is flooded. This accidentally frees Megatron and Starscream. The Autobots stop the flooding, and Megatron flies to Blitzwing's base. There, Astrotrain and Blitzwing are blaming each other for their own mistakes. Devastator, still wanting leadership, attacks them. Megatron settles the fights, and lets all return to the ranks of the Decepticons. ("The Decepticon cause supercedes personal vengeance.")
- Air date
- 20-11-1985
- Writer
- Douglas Booth
- Synopsis
- On a distant planet - there are a lot of those episodes in the second series, aren't there? - a rebellion force is making life difficult for the Decepticons' energy supplier Deceptitram, and he calls for help. Seaspray intercepts his message, and the Autobots come to the rescue. Seaspray falls in love with a native girl, and goes into the transformation pool, knowing it might kill him. He is changed into a humanoid, he and the girl discover that the Decepticons are attacking the girl's underwater city, they both change into Transformers and he and the girl manage to make the Decepticons go away (by destroying the energon, I believe). Ends with them telling they love each other.
- Air date
- 21-11-1985
- Writer
- Earl Kress
- Synopsis
- Hoist, interrupting the filming of a movie, gets offered a job as stuntvehicle. Some other Autobots join. Meanwhile, a Decepticon jet accidentally drops a device stolen from Wheeljack's workshop on Cybertron in a swamp near the studio. When retreaving it, he and some other Decepticons are filmed. The rest of the episode, Spike and Carley are chased by the Decepticons because they have a blueprint of the film, and Megatron doesn't want it known that he has the device. Finally, they escape, and Wheeljack gets to see the film. He says the device was useless, so the Decepticons shouldn't have bothered.
- Air date
- 25-11-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- Being fed up with being defeated by the Autobots, Megatron creates deadly Decepticon cars, the Stunticons. He and a few other Decepticons travel to Cybertron to steal the key to Vector Sigma from Alpha Trion. After activating Vector Sigma, Megatron orders it to give them personalities. Then he travels back to Earth, where the Stunticons raid a military complex. The Autobots, having followed them to Cybertron inside Omega Supreme, are pursued by the protectors of Vector Sigma.
- Air date
- 26-11-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- In about two minutes, they reactivate hundreds of deactivated robots, and even manage to convert a few old carrier planes to new and improved fighter jets. Alpha Trion uses himself as a key to Vector Sigma, and they get personalities. Inside Vector Sigma, he warns them of the danger the key poses on Earth. Shockwave overhears them and reports to Megatron. The Autobots travel back to Earth, where Omega Supreme explodes. The Aerialbots desert the Autobots, come back to take over, but are converted to the Autobot cause again. They go to help the other Autobots, who are battling the Stunticons at the military installation. The Stunticons form Menasor, the Aerialbots Superion, and when the repaired Omega Supreme arrives, the Decepticons retreat. Silverbolt conquers his fear of heights and destroys the key to Vector Sigma.
- Air date
- 16-12-1985
- Writer
- Donald F. Glut
- Synopsis
- The Stunticons steal various parts to complete one of Megatron's weapons. The Autobots capture the Stunticons and use some paint to disguise themselves as Stunticons, and this way discover Megatron's plan to blow up Autobot HQ with his weapon. The Stunticons escape and go to warn Megatron. Menasor battles Menasor, and when the Autobots' disguises fade, Megatron tries to shoot them, but the weapon blows up because the Autobots have tampered with the ruby.
- Air date
- 10-12-1985
- Writer
- Douglas Booth
- Synopsis
- The Aerialbots investigate the disappearance of some planes. Fireflight gets the front of a Rolls.
- Air date
- 23-11-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 26-12-1985
- Writer
- Paul Davids
- Synopsis
- Perceptor develops corro-stop, an anti-rust solution, and the Statue of Liberty is covered in it. The Decpticons discover an ancient Autobot planet, which is deserted, and take some apparatus with them that can emit high-energy rays. Unfortunately, they also take with them to Earth a rust-plague. Perceptor is captured to rescue Megatron. The Autobots are infected by the plague, and Wheeljack frantically works to get his duplicator fixed. The Decepticons attack the Statue to detroy the Autobots' chances of finding a cure (scraping corro-stop from the Statue), but the Autobots are already there. The apparatus is destroyed, and the Decepticons retreat.
- Air date
- 25-12-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- Several minor Autobots are sent back in time by a space bridge malfunction. In antebellum Cybertron, they meet a middle-aged Autobot named A3, and two young ones-- Orion Pax and his girlfriend (name?). The Decepticons have only recently appeared on Cybertron; Orion admires their ability to fly and argues they can't be all bad. Megatron invades the city and severely injures him and his girlfriend; A3 (later Alpha Trion) rebuilds them as Optimus Prime and Elita-One. Optimus whops Megatron's butt for the first of many times to come. The frame characters get sent back to the present.
[Julie Lim, <ou8mZB2w165w@graphics.rent.com>]
- Megatron, playing on the Aerialbots' youthful thinking, lures them into his Cybertronian lair. There, he tries to send them back to the beginning of time with some sort of time-disc, but the Autobots destroy the machine and the Aerialbots end up in the Golden Age of Cybertron. They meet Orion Packs (sp?), an energon merchant (or something like that), and his girlfriend, who admire the flying Decepticons. (Remember, this is BEFORE the Third Cybertronian War.) Megatron arrives at Orion's place, says he's all for peace, and shoots him and his girl. The Aerialbots, who were conveniently nearby, take him to an Autobot named Alpha Trion (here, he's definitely NOT called A3), who completely remoddels Orion into a new roboti, Optimus Prime. [By this time, Optimus must also have the Matrix of Leadership, but it isn't mentioned in this episode.] Optimus averts one of Megatron's attacks. [I just loved the part where Megatrons blasts seem to skid of Optimus' front.] Megatron tries to steal the energon, but the Aerialbots blow it up, just as the future Autobots have repaired the time-disc after defeating a ressurected Guardian. The Aerialbot get back to their own time and remind Optimus of his origin.
- Air date
- 07-01-1986
- Writer
- Michael Charles Hill
- Synopsis
- Starscream shoots Megatron in the back, and is brought to a deserted island by Laserbeak to cool off. There, he discovers some old army vehicles. He repairs them, and even goes to Cybertron to steal the personalities of the Renegade Decepticons, which he inserts in the vehicles. They become the Combatticons. They capture some Autobots and some Decepticons, but don't get enough energy converters for all the Combatticons. Megatron attacks, and the Combatticons form Bruticus. Ends with an explosion, and Megatron banishing them from Earth...forever.
Continues in "The Revenge Of Bruticus".
- Air date
- 08-01-1986
- Writer
- Larry Strauss
- Synopsis
- The Combatticons and Starscream are near Cybertron. Starscream gets of the asteroid. The Combatticons reach Cybertron first, and attack. Shockwave is hurled into space and crashes into Starscream. They return to Cybertron, where the Combatticons have altered the space bridge to move the Earth into the sun, and are captured by them. The space bridge control on Earth, which isn't working because the Insecticons have chewed on it, is repaired with parts from both Optimus Prime and Megatron. An Autobot/Decepticon party travels to Cybertron, where Optimus defeats Bruticus by hitting three spots on his back at the same time. Bruticus is destroyed by Megatron, and the Autobots leave. Then, we learn that the destruction of Bruticus was only a holographic image, devised by Starscream. Starscream is permitted to return to the ranks of the Decepticons.
- Air date
- 09-01-1986
- Writer
- Earl Kress
- Synopsis
- Bruticus gets blown up. Swindle survives and brings the parts of his exploded fellow Combatticons to a junkjard. Three students, unknowingly, discover a brain unit and install it in a robot creation of their own. Megatron persuades Swindle to put the Combatticons back together. When Megatron discovers one brain unit is missing, he asks Swindle politely to get it back. Meanwhile, B.O.T. has escaped and is running rampant. The Autobots finally take notice, and they arrive just in time to see Swindle take the brain unit with him. Megatron attacks Autobot HQ with a big gun, but the students, with the help of Teletram-One make B.O.T. blow it up.
- Air date
- 27-12-1985
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- Megatron develops an electronic energy-sucking creature, and drops it in front of Autobot HQ. The creature causes havoc, duplicating itself as it gains energy, and, through Teletram-One's screen, jumps to Japan. The Au- tobots follow. They make all the little creatures merge, and send it to a Decepticon station in the ocean and, after that, into the galaxy. But one little creature has survived...
The Movie
- Writer
- Ron Friedman
Third Series
- Air date
- 15-09-1986
- Writer
- Flint Dille
- Synopsis
- Mysterious beings kidnap Ultra Magnus, Kup and Spike. Springer and Arcee follow one lead, and Rodimus Prime and Grimlock travel to Char to examine the possibility that the kidnappers might be Decepticons. Then the Decepticons discover them...
- Air date
- 16-09-1986
- Writer
- Flint Dille
- Synopsis
- Springer and Arcee, in an "appropriated" rockaroid, rescue their leader. Rodimus Prime has a vision inside the matrix, and the team heads for Char. Meanwhile, Cyclonus and the Sweeps deliver Galvatron from the ooze into which he was hurled by Rodimus Prime. To destroy the Autobot matrix, the Quintessons blow up their home planet of Quintessa.
- Air date
- 17-09-1986
- Writer
- Flint Dille
- Synopsis
- The Autobot forces are hurled towards Goo by the explosion. Galvatron's forces attack Earth Defense Command's Outpost One and destroy the shuttle with Blurr and Wheelie, who are transporting a replacement for Metroplex' transformation cog to Earth.
- Air date
- 18-09-1986
- Writer
- Flint Dille
- Synopsis
- E.D.C. captain Marissa Fairborn heads for Io, where Blurr and Wheelie have crashed. Galvatron forges an alliance with the Quintessons, who, as Rodimus Prime discovers inside the matrix, are the creators of Cybertron as a factory and all Transformers, and they want their property back.
- Air date
- 19-09-1986
- Writer
- Flint Dille
- Synopsis
- To turn the battle on Earth in their favour, the Decepticons create Trypticon, a.k.a. Decepticon City. Sky Lunx rescues the survivors on Io, and together they waltz over the Predacons and deliver the cog to Autobot City. Blitwing, who has discovered the intentions of the Quintessons, and Rodimus Prime, prevent Sharkticons from pushing a switch down. Galvatron walks in on them and pushes it anyway, expecting to get the Decepticon matrix, but instead freezing all Transformers. (Unlikely story? Naaah...) Spike, however, destroys the switch. The Transformers chase the Quintessons off Cybertron, and the Autobot/Decepticon battle is ended by Blitzwing.
- Air date
- 29-09-1986
- Writers
- Michael Charles Hill & Joey Kurihara Piedra
- Synopsis
- Marissa Fairborn, Ultra Magnus, Cyclonus and Wreck-Gar are kidnapped by a Quintesson scientist who wants to study them. An accident with a black hole transports them to another universe, but with each other's cooperation they manage to return.
- Air date
- 30-09-1986
- Writer
- Paul Davids
- Synopsis
- Galvatron "buys" a mine for death crystals, plans to destroy Cybertron, but is prevented by a few Autobots.
- Two versions
- Air date
- Version 1: 01-10-1986
- Version 2: 23-02-1987
- Writer
- Antoni Zalewski
- Synopsis
- The two different endings of "Dark Awakening" date from the two different times it was first shown. When it was shown during the first week of post-movie episodes, Optimus Prime's face appears over the background explosion, and Rodimus says "Goodbye, Prime," or words to that effect. This episode wasn't shown again until just before "The Return of Optimus Prime"; this time, Rodimus' voice-over was deleted, and a new one by the narrator was put in-- something like "But is this the real end of Optimus Prime? Tune in tomorrow to see the exciting 'Return of Optimus Prime'!"
[Julie Lim, <ou8mZB2w165w@graphics.rent.com>]
- Optimus Prime returns from the grave to lead the Autobots once more - and Rodimus Prime couldn't be happier! Unfortunately, this isn't the Prime we once knew. His inert robot form has been reprogrammed by the Quintessons to lead the Autobots into a deadly final ambush.
[AHE]
- Air date
- 08-10-1986
- Writer
- Gerry & Carla Conway
- Synopsis
- Examining emanations from an asteroid belt, the Autobots discover that the Quintessons have build a time window, meaning to stop the rebellion in Cybertron's past. They drive the Quintessons of the asteroid, and a few Autobots step through the window, just as someone from the past, a robot called "A3", comes to the present. The Quintessons persuade Rodimus Prime to shut down the window, but only after A3 has retrieved the missing Autobots, who have helped the start of the rebellion in the past.
- Air date
- 02-10-1986
- Writer
- Megeen McLaughlin
- Synopsis
- After the events in "Thief In The Night", Galvatron is still peeved at Octane. Cyclonus, Scourge, and the Sweeps, chase him into the Decepticon crypt, where he meets Starscream. Together, they manage to betray Galvatron. Galvatron manages to escape the Autobots, and shoots Cyclonus, who has been posessed by Starscream. But Starscream has already moved...
- Air date
- 06-10-1986
- Writer
- Paul Davids
- Synopsis
- Octane's defection from the Decepticons, and the creation of Trypticon.
[Julie Lim, <ou8mZB2w165w@graphics.rent.com>]
- Air date
- 09-10-1986
- Writer
- Steve Mitchell & Barbara Petty
- Synopsis
- During his birthday, Daniel decides Ultra Magnus should also have one. He and Wheelie travel to the lost storage asteroid to get the date of his creation. They are captured by Cyclonus and the Sweeps, but Magnus comes to rescue them.
- Air date
- 13-10-1986
- Writer
- Craig Rand
- Synopsis
- Grimlock and Daniela are accidentally transported into a dimension of wizzards and warriors, where magic rules and science is unknown. Ultra Magnus, Carley, and Blaster come to the rescue - but will they be in time?
[AHE]
- Air date
- 31-10-1986
- Writer
- Beth Bornstein
- Synopsis
- The Quintessons have invented a machine which can turn a human's worst nightmares into real images. This powerful invention is capable of destroying both the Autobots and Decepticons. These two enemy forces must pit their wits against this evil power in order to save themselves and the Universe from total destruction.
[AHE]
- Air date
- 21-10-1986
- Writers
- Michael Charles Hill & Joey Kurihara Piedra
- Synopsis
- Starscream's ghost is back again, and wants his own body back. Posessing Scourge, he travels to Unicron, who says he will give him one if he performs three tasks: get eyes from Trypticon for Unicron - Scourge breaks one so they get one from Metroplex (or was that the other way around?) -, get Trypticon to Unicron, and give Unicron a new body to go with his head. When Scourge leaves, Starscream gets his new body to complete the connection of Unicron to Cybertron, but tells him to do it himself and drops the cables. There is an explosion, and Starscream is hurled into space, just passing Galvatron & co...
- Air date
- 20-10-1986
- Writers
- Len Wein & Diane Duane
- Synopsis
- Galvatron gets therapy.
[Julie Lim, <ou8mZB2w165w@graphics.rent.com>]
- Air date
- 14-10-1986
- Writer
- Buzz Dixon
- Synopsis
- This episode probably has the most animation errors of them all. The Autobots and the Decepticons fight over an asteroid when it is suddenly knocked off its course by sound. As the Autobots investigate, they discover a civilisation that uses sound for just about everything: healing, energy, communication, you name it. The Decepticons manage to deceive one of the workers of the harmonics - called "Allegra" - into helping them; their hope is that, once they have collected all three parts, they will be able to use it against Metroplex. Off course, they eventually get all of the harmonics; Blaster erases Soundwave's tapes about a minute later, though.
- Air date
- 11-11-1986
- Writer
- Richard Merwin
- Synopsis
- In this sequel to the Big Broadcast of 2006, the Quintesson Journal turns up again, this time on a heavily jungled planet with an almost impenetrable methane atmosphere. The Autobots and Decepticons engage in a race against time, the alien elements and each other to retrieve it - in order to put the valuable information it contains into use.
[AHE]
- Air date
- 10-11-1986
- Writer
- Arthur Byron Cover
- Synopsis
- Galvatron organises an attack which he uses as a diversion in order to steal the ULTIMATE WEAPON. While Rodimus Prime defends the city, Swindle sneaks back and steals the transformation cog from the Autobots. Will this mean that Metroplex is stuck in a city mode forever?
[AHE]
- Air date
- 12-11-1986
- Writer
- Michael Reaves
- Synopsis
- The Quintessons have discovered that the ancient records of their business dealings, lost in space long ago, now reside somewhere in a mountain of scrap on Junkion! However, the Junkions will not hand it over willingly so the Quintessons resort to trickery to get it back.
[AHE]
- Air date
- 15-10-1986
- Writers
- Tony Cinciripini & Larry Leary
- Synopsis
- To escape the Aerialbots, Cyclonus and Scourge flee through a vortex and discover a planet populated by "sissy Autobots", who don't believe in fighting. They call on Galvatron, who comes and takes control of the planet. Sandstorm escapes, and miraculously meets up with the Autobots. They free the planet.
- Air date
- 30-10-1986
- Writer
- Paul Dini
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 13-11-1986
- Writer
- Susan K. Williams
- Synopsis
- The unofficial G.I. Joe/Transformers crossover.
- An underworld boss gets one of his operations ruined by the Autobots, and takes steps to ensure it doesn't happen again. He lures a few Autobots (Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Springer and Arcee) into a room where he, with technology provided by "Ol' Snake" (The Cobra commander?) wipes their minds. Unknown to him (but maybe not to "Ol' Snake") the Autobots have been turned into humans. He uses their bodies to, basically, rob people. The "humans", with difficulty, get help from their fellow Transformers. The underworld boss is defeated, and the "humans" are returned to their own bodies. Ends with "Ol' Snake" talking to himself, and then shouting: "COBR-ugh-ugh-ugh".
- The minds of Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Springer and Arcee are trapped in synthetic human bodies by a human gangster allied with the Decepticons. Can they find their robot forms and transfer back in time to save the Earth from destruction by the Decepticons? Find out in this explosive adventure from the Transformers!
[AHE]
- Air date
- 17-11-1986
- Writers
- Carla & Gerry Conway
- Synopsis
- Second appearance of Computron. A rogue lures the Technobots to a Quintesson base, where the Quintessons are using a device that is able to (de)materialise Transformers, healing them in the process.
- Air date
- 18-11-1986
- Writer
- Donald F. Glut
- Synopsis
- The Autobots and Decepticons are engaged in furious battle when a strange force draws all the Primitives away. An energy cloud then envelops the planet feeding on life and leaving the planet inert - including the Autobots and Decepticons. The simple Primitives are now all that is left to save the Galaxy.
[AHE]
- Air date
- 20-11-1986
- Writers
- Nary Skrenes & Steve Skeates
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 19-11-1986
- Writer
- Michael Charles Hill
- Synopsis
- Rodimus Prime, feeling fed up with being responsible for everything, goes joyriding. On the road, he encounters Dead End and Wild Rider. Not looking where he's going -trying to save captain Fairborne-, he falls down a crevice, and is knocked unconscious. The two Decepticons take the matrix to Galvatron. The ancient Autobots' ghosts appear out of the matrix, and Galvatron orders Scourge to destroy it. Scourge takes the matrix, and is altered (physically and qua power) by it. Meanwhile, Rodimus Prime is brought to Autobot City, where he awakens and, still feeling depressed, runs off. On Char, Scourge, attacks Galvatron and Cyclonus, and then takes the other Decepticons for an assault on Earth. Galvatron and Cyclonus follow him in Galvatron's ship (the one that's also in the movie, I think). The Autobots counter the Decepticon attack, and Hot Rod, converted by a sensei, comes back just in time to see Scourge attack two people. He defeats Scourge and takes the matrix, just before Galvatron arrives and takes revenge on Scourge.
- Air date
- 24-02-1987
- Writer
- Marv Wolfman and Cherie Wilkerson
- Synopsis
- In the return of Optimus Prime, Optimus was repaired in an attempt by the humans to make him into the Autobots' destroyer which did not work. Instead they used him to trap the Autobots and spray them with the spores.
[Eric E. Katz, <1mgu34INNlcs@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>]
- Air date
- 25-02-1987
- Writers
- Story by Cherie Wilkerson and Marv Wolfman, Teleplay by Michael Charles Hill
- Synopsis
- Air date
- 14-11-1986
- Writer
- Paul Davids
- Synopsis
- When an accident causes the Dinobot, Grimlock, to become a super genius, he's the Autobots' only hope against the Decepticons' latest scheme. What will be the genius Grimlock's solution? And who are the incredible Technobots?
[AHE]
- See
- other version.
Fourth Series
- Air date
- 09-11-1987
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- Galvatron, with all his Decepticons (quite a few of which we've never seen before) attacks Autobot City. Parts/Counterparts sees a few Decepticons sneaking away and discovers they're stealing the key to the plasma energy chamber. (Doesn't this sound familiar?) The Decepticons travel to Cybertron and open it for a little while. The Autobots who are following them get blown away by the raw energy and land on Nebulos. There, they are captured by rebels.
- Air date
- 10-11-1987
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- Some of them become headmasters...
- Air date
- 11-11-1987
- Writer
- David Wise
- Synopsis
- ...and others targetmasters.