TRANSFORMERS Animated (2008)
Episode Guide
Set on Earth in the near future in Detroit, Michigan, the series begins when the alien Transformers are thrust into a world populated by humans and automatons. As visitors to Earth, the Transformers -- Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Prowl, Bulkhead and Ratchet-- work in the human world, interacting with the ‘natives’ in exciting and humorous ways. Following the Autobots across the galaxy to their new home, is the megalomaniacal Megatron and his army of ruthless Decepticons, a brutal race of war-mongering robots who seek to use the AllSpark as their ultimate weapon of destruction!
The Autobots unlikely guide through Earth society is a brash, energetic 8-year-old girl named Sari Sumdac, the adopted daughter of a robotics magnate. Setting the Autobots up with their headquarters in an old abandoned auto plant on the outskirts of town, Sari not only becomes an "honorary Autobot" by enlightening them on such mysteries of Earth life such as megamalls, holovision, hoverboards, junk food, and basic hanging out, but also becomes a vital component of the team in their adventures. For the AllSpark endows Sari with a very special power, one the Decepticons would love to get their hands on, not to mention the AllSpark itself.
Episodes 1-3 (Transformers Animated Movie) (airs Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 8 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network) (January 1, 2008 at 7 p.m. (ET) on YTV Canada)
Transform and Roll Out!
Optimus Prime and his small crew of Autobots come into possession of the AllSpark, a powerful Cybertronian artifact that attracts the attention of their long-forgotten enemies, the Decepticons, and sends them crashing to a strange and distant planet known as Earth.
Episode 4 (airs Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network) (Saturday, January 12 at 9:30 AM E/P on YTV Canada)
Home is Where the Spark is
The Autobots settle into their new home base - an abandoned automobile manufacturing plant but the ancient assembly line machinery seems to have developed a mind of its own.
Episode 5
Total Meltdown
A bio-engineering genius experiments with some of Bumblebee's hydraulic fluid and accidently transforms himself into MELTDOWN, whose corrosive touch can melt anything - including Autobots!
Episode 6
Blast From the Past
Professor Sumdac upgrades a trio of animatronic dinosaurs from a local theme park, but the creatures develop minds of their own and become rampaging DINOBOTS, bent on destroying the Autobots.
Episode 7
Thrill of the Hunt
While Autobots encounter a mysterious muscle car (Lockdown/Lance Henriksen) creating havoc in Detroit. Ratchet keeps flashing back to his "tour of duty" in the Great Autobot-Decepticon Wars.
Episode 8
Nanosec
Bumblebee's self-proclaimed title as "fastest thing on wheels" is threatened by NANOSEC, a super speedster crook on a deadly mission that could destroy all of Detroit.
Episode 9
Along Came a Spider
Bumblebee and Bulkhead's first Halloween turns even spookier when they encounter a giant spider that turns out to be the deadly Decepticon Blackarachnia.
Episode 10
Sound and Fury
Sari Sumdac's new toy musical robot seems to have an evil streak - and the ability to control other machines - but Bulkhead is the only one who sees it.
Episode 11
Lost and Found
The Autobots clash and Decepticons LUGNUT and BLITZWING, who come to Earth searching for their missing leader Megatron.
Episode 12
Survival of the Fittest
Sari Sumdac is kidnapped and the evidence points to the DINOBOTS. So PROWL and BULKHEAD head to a mysterious island to investigate - with a highly suspicious CAPTAIN FANZONE on their tail.
Episode 13
Headmaster
A disgruntled Sumdac employee seeks revenge and profit by taking control of one of the Autobots and sending him on a rampage.
Episode 14
Nature Calls
PROWL, BUMBLEBEE and Sari Sumdac get more than they bargained for when they head out to the remote woods to investigate a mysterious energy signal.
Episode 15
Megatron Rising, Part 1
Optimus Prime begins to doubt his leadership abilities as the Decepticons mobilize for a big invasion of Earth.
Episode 16
Megatron Rising, Part 2
The Autobots are decimated by the Decepticon invasion, but still must rally to prevent the AllSpark from falling into their clutches.
Episode 17
The Elite Guard
The CYBERTRON ELITE GUARD arrives on Earth to retrieve the AllSpark and relieve Optimus Prime and his crew of their post, but they prove less than adept at blending in with the human world.
Episode 18
Return of the Headmaster
Optimus Prime is forced to team up with his rival SENTINEL PRIME after SENTINEL PRIME has a humiliating - and potentially fatal - encounter with the HEADMASTER.
Episode 19
Mission Accomplished
Convinced there are no Decepticons left on Earth, the ELITE GUARD prepares to take Optimus Prime and his crew back to CYBERTRON - unaware of the increasing Decepticon activity taking place under their very noses.
Episode 20
Garbage In, Garbage Out
AllSpark energy turns a junk pile into a sentient robot ('Weird Al' Yankovic) who tries to help the Autobots, but ends up doing more harm than good.
Episode 21
Velocity
Investigating a mysterious race car, Bumblebee gets involved with an illegal underground street racing circuit, which also captures the attention of the Decepticons.
Episode 22
Rise of the Constructicons
Bulkhead befriends a pair of CONSTRUCTION vehicles brought to life by the AllSpark energy. But the Decepticons have their scanners set on the duo for their latest construction project.
Episode 23
A Fistful of Energon
PROWL goes off on his own to capture the fugitive STARSCREAM, but finds some competition in the form of a DECEPTICON bounty hunter.
Episode 24
S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy
Aided by a mysterious benefactor, Detroit's B-Level villains team up to take down the Autobots once and for all.
Episode 25
AutoBOOT Camp
On the trail of an escaped AUTOBOT TRAITOR, BUMBLEBEE flashes back to a previous encounter with the traitor when he first met BULKHEAD in Autobot Boot Camp.
Episode 26
Black Friday
Blackarachnia enlists PROMETHEUS BLACK - aka MELTDOWN - to aid her with a dangerous experiment, while OPTIMUS PRIME and DINOBOT GRIMLOCK are forced to team up to stop them.
Episode 27
Sari, No One's Home
Left alone in the Autobots' home base, Sari Sumdac must defend it against an intrusion by the CONSTRUCTICONS.
Episode 28
A bridge Too Close, Part 1
The Decepticons kidnap BULKHEAD to aid in Megatron's ultimate plan to take over CYBERTRON.
Episode 29
A bridge Too Close, Part 2
The fates of CYBERTRON and Earth lie in the balance as Optimus Prime and his Autobots battle Megatron and his Decepticons in a fight to the finish.
Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Lugnut (David Kaye, Megatron on Beast Wars)
Prowl, Ultra Magnus (Jeff Bennett, Clay Bailey on Xiaolin Showdown/Johnny Bravo on Johnny Bravo/Brooklyn on Gargoyles)
Bumblebee (Bumper Robinson, James on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch/Mondo on Generation X)
Arcee (Susan Blu, Arcee on G1 + She's also the Voice Director of the ensemble recording)
Jazz (Phil LaMarr, Samurai Jack on Samurai Jack)
Blurr (John Moschitta Jr., Blurr on G1)
Bulkhead (Bill Fagerbakke, Patrick on SpongeBob/Dauber on Coach)
Blackarachnia (Cree Summer, Foxxy Love on Drawn Together/Penny on Inspector Gadget)
Starscream, Constructicon (Tom Kenny, SpongeBob on SpongeBob SquarePants)
Megatron, Shockwave, Ratchet (Corey Burton, Spike/Brawn/Shockwave/Sunstreaker on G1)
Garbage Truck Transformer ('Weird Al' Yankovic, guest on one episode only)
Lockdown (Lance Henriksen, Frank Black on Millennium, Bishop in Alien movies)
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