Prime Target
Unrelated to any normal enemy- Lord Chumley a rich white hunter is bored “hunting” military equipment (as one does) and wants to hunt Optimus Prime. That’s where you want to go writers? We could have had more Cybertron Lore. It’s not like there was a Lord Chumley action figure.
TV show analogy time, Tracks is the Ron Harris of this show.
Chumley’s technology can take out Autobots with ease. Since we’re going down this path, can we have some back story as to where he got it? (The answer- No.)
The Autobots are watching a soap opera, but not Optimus, because he’s the cool one.
Good for you Blaster, you’ve mastered shrinking your radio form…making you easier to capture.
I need to point out- Autobots transforming to pay tolls is hilarious.
Chumley has collected an entire array of hellish Autobot torture devices. Good luck finding out from where, it’s like they just didn’t care.
Starscream points out that Chumley has had more success in two days than Megatron has in two years. Good point. You can tell he’s a scientist.
Since they did cross over characters in this one, it really drives home Chumley would have been much better as a G.I. Joe villain.
Megatron sent the Triple Changers into this den of death traps, likely as punishment for last episode. Is Optimus Prime’s greatest line “No matter the cost,”? Or is it this episodes, “A booby trap that actually captures boobys.”
There we go, Bumblebee calls for help and we see how much Optimus was holding back. Prime is clearly done with this jerk. His high-tech gadgets don’t even slow the big rig down anymore!
The Triple Changers get freed and run off.
“We have no weapons!” … Says the TANK!
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Tracks is hanging in the slums once more, while Cold Slither plays again.
So… twenty-foot tall robots are seen as “outfits” by the club goers. I forgot just how much drugs were involved in the Eighties party scene.
The club is run by Starscream and Soundwave. Why were the Autobots let in? Megatron’s lieutenants are clearly upset about it. Maybe they fooled them at the entrance. They really are Robots In Disguise.
Oh, that’s why Tracks was there! It is Raul again. Forgive me for not noticing it was him since his clothes and hair are different… AND HE’s WHITE!
That guy looked like Arcade. Well, the whole plot fits his M O.
I feel the need to point out that Teletran-One needs to tell Blaster to use his sonic detector. Dude… sound is your job.
Wait, it’s called the Viper Lounge? Maybe the Cold Slither music wasn’t a cheap way to save money. Maybe they bought the place from Cobra.
Water breaks the hypnotic sound spell. It has many - and to be honest- random, uses against Cybertronians.
Having a variety of story lines is nice, and I know the whole point is to sell toys, but I wish they ran with things more. I would have loved to see additional “Tracks and Raul Ghetto Adventures.”
Raul is a break dance busker now. Raul, maybe you should’ve stayed a car thief.
The Search for Alpha Trion
The first female Transformers- Elita1 and the ladies on Cybertron!!!! Chromia, Moonracer Firespray, and those others that stand there and do very little.
(Yes, I know, they’re technically not first because of the fish lady. But she was made by magic not Cybertron itself.)
The Autobot women run back while stealing stuff and set off the alarm. Huh, They’re morons too, and they’ve never even been to Earth.
Shockwave! My big purple dude! We don’t see enough of him.
He sent Rumble alone against a team of Autobots…Soundwave must need repairs.
Alpha Trion!!! Howdy Robot with a long mustache and beard so we know he’s old.
As annoying as he can be, it’s hard not to love Starscream.
Dang, the girls are WAY better at combat. Then again, they did have four million years more practice while the boys were asleep on earth.
Elita’s down! Null ray for the win! Starscream is like the only one they remember has a cool “non pew pew” ray.
Whoah. Prime loses his cool. He has lost so much, DO NOT mess with his lady.
Tragic flashback time of when they parted. Robots can love. Awww. (I mean, we knew that thanks to the weird Seaspray story. and maybe Tracks and Raul... but still “Awwwww.”)
One would think the Decepticons would look at the Space Bridge occasionally while guarding it, but Earth makes you stupid.
Elita-1’s special power is the Super Care Bear Stare.
Well… the female Autobot’s special power comes from her lower abdomen. Symbolism much?
Prime- “Only my creator would know…” that my lower abdomen rainbow cable would connect to her lower abdomen special power location. Optimus, stop moaning, this is already really uncomfortable to watch.
Alpha Trion gives the women a fancy new headquarters with a boatload of high-tech Cybertronian equipment.
“Our base on Earth is full of it.” Hey, that’s not the only thing full of it, Powerglide. You live in a volcano with a computer only a (sadly deceased- RIP, my man) wheelchair bound teenaged human can get to do anything.
The Girl Who Loved Powerglide
Oh, Astoria is a spoiled rich girl, using bad valley girl slang, and even though she’s Chair of the Board she actually said, “It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to.” I can kind of see their point.
Question- since they’re sentient and have been established to have souls, why do the controls of Cybertronians work in a way that passengers can make them crash?
Oh, it’s only the new Seekers this time. They’re so boring. Even watching every story in a row, I never learned to tell them apart.
Holy crap! Powerglide just backhanded Astoria. How is she alive?
Spike! Stop flirting with the rich lady, Carly was literally just here. Besides, Astoria has the hots for a plane. Spike is jealous… And I’m getting really weirded out by the whole thing.
Megatron is pissed at his new Seekers. And rightly so because they’re useless. (And, in case I haven’t mentioned it enough, boring.)
Mr. Seeker, throwing a merry go round is uncalled for.
Powerglide calls her, “A real pain in the afterburners.” I love watching the writers see how close they can get to offensive language on weekday afternoons.
Astoria is bandaging the giant robot’s arm with a strip of her dress… because that will work.
Once more a Decepticon shoots rocks to bury a downed Autobot instead of shooting the Autobot. ‘Cause Earth makes you stupid.
Why is Wheeljack- the race car- riding in Ratchet- the minivan, to get to help Powerglide. Couldn’t he carry his tools in himself and get there much faster?
Ah yes, the Autobots’ satellite, Sky Spy, which beams images from all over Earth, connects directly to Teletran-One and they forget about IN EVERY OTHER EPISODE!
Dude, you’re a single broken plane heading to a hovering platform. Can’t the Dinobots fly? Maybe bring them.
Astoria and Powerglide having a hugging moment makes me uncomfortable.
They fixed the entire crashing platform by connecting a single wire, good old Cybertronian technology. Oh, no, I’m wrong. It’s Earth tech. Sorry, it was purple, that fooled me.
Oh, please stop asking her out, Powerglide…Good gravy, she kissed him!
And he has an L E D heart inside him now… Please end faster.
This brings to the forefront that Astoria was WAY smaller than the mermaid girl Seaspray was with. Humans are tiny.
2 comments:
They all shoot like they're in the same pacifist universe.
Everybody I knew could at least do a fair backspin. Is there video of a young Jeff attempting to breakdance?
The Transformers do occasionally hit each other with shots. (It happens more in season three.) Aside from my own wedding, there aren't really any videos of Jeff dancing at all... especially break dancing. One of many trends I skipped completely.
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