Newsgroups: alt.toys.transformers From: abm4111@vaxb.isc.rit.edu (Aaron Marsh) Subject: TF Episode Guide (long) Reply-To: abm4111@vaxb.isc.rit.edu Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 16:48:33 GMT Lines: 685 Yet again, here's my episode guide, compiled from some original tapes and from some listings, and in the correct original order except for a few which I could not place. A number of people have been very helpful and submitted additions which are now included. Still, some of the episodes need short 1 paragraph summaries of episodes and a little help would be much appreciated. With luck, I will shortly be receiving some information that will allow me to place those last few episodes. Transformers Episode Guide Season 1 (16 episodes) shown weekly, no titles on screen 1-3. More Than Meets The Eye Part 1 More Than Meets The Eye Part 2 More Than Meets The Eye Part 3 The Transformers arrive from Cybertron and the Ark's computer gives them forms of Earth vehicles and machines, mistaking them for the dominant lifeforms. The Decepticon's plots to steal Earth's energy lead to the Autobots meeting Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky. The Decepticons build a new ship to take them back to Cybertron, but they are stopped by Mirage who has stowed away on the ship. 4.Transport to Oblivion The Decepticons, working out of an undersea base created from their crashed ship, create a "space bridge" back to Cybertron. Bumblebee and Spike are captured and used to test the device. Megatron ends up being the guinea pig and he is presumed destroyed. 5.Roll For It Megatron returns from Cybertron. The Decepticons try to steal an antimatter formula which is given to a wheelchair-bound computer whiz named Chip. Chip ends up becoming one of the Autobots' human friends. 6. Divide and Conquer The Decepticon jets badly damage Optimus Prime in an attack on a power plant. Several Autobots must go to Cybertron to obtain a part needed to repair Optimus. The Decepticons attack while the Autobots are thus weakened, but Prime is repaired at the last minute and answers Megatron's challenge for a one-on-one combat. The 'cons are defeated and retreat. 7. Fire in the Sky The Decepticons are plotting to drain the Earth's energy through a crystal at the North Pole. They discover a Transformers, Skyfire, buried in the ice and revive him. He is initially allied with the Decepticons and his old friend Starscream, but when he sees how Megatron treats his human prisoners he joins the Autobots. The Decepticons are defeated, but Skyfire ends up frozen in the ice once again. 8. Fire on the Mountain The Decepticons plan to use an ancient crystal as an energy source for their new weapon. With the help of an unthawed Skyfire, the Autobots are able to stop the Decepticons and restore the crystal to its rightful place. 9. SOS Dinobots The Autobots discover fossilized dinosaurs in their cave and it leads them to creating three Dinobots to help them. They are, however mentally unstable, and Prime orders them deactivated. When all the Autobots are captured by Megatron, Wheeljack goes against PrimeUs previous orders and reactivates the Dinobots. They save the others and prove their worth. 10. War of the Dinobots The three Dinobots get out of the Autobots' control and ally themselves with the Decepticons. The Autobots design two more Dinobots to bring the others back into their control. 11. Heavy Metal War Megatron creates the Constructicons to build a machine capable of transferring all the Decepticons' special powers over to him. He then challenges Prime to a fight which he must accept by a code of honor. Megatron defeats Prime, and the Autobots must keep their side of the bargain and abandon Earth. Meanwhile, the Constructicons have broken into the Ark to deactivate Teletran 1 before it can reveal that Megatron has cheated. They are confronted by the Dinobots and, even as Devastator, are defeated by the Autobots once they discover the truth. 12-14. The Ultimate Doom Part 1 The Ultimate Doom Part 2 The Ultimate Doom Part 3 Megatron plots to bring Cybertron into Earth's orbit, and harness the resulting destructive energy. With the help of a human scientist, he plans to use hypnotised humans to assist him. Sparkplug is captured as a guinea pig for the experiment and he himself is the one to press the button bringing Cybertron into Earth's orbit. The Autobots combat various natural disasters on Earth, and journey to Cybertron to rescue Sparkplug. While there, Wheeljack develops a countermeasure for the 'hypno-chips' which are making the humans serve the Decepticons. On Earth, Megatron's ship, loaded with energon, is destroyed by the Autobots; the resulting explosion is powerful enough to push Cybertron out of orbit, although Megatron survives. 15. Countdown to Extinction Both the Autobots and Decepticons recover from the aftermath of Cybertron's proximity to Earth. Megatron returns to lead the Decepticons. Starscream breaks into Dr. Archivil's lab, and connects the exponential generator there on a timer, which will cause it to explode and destroy Earth. He then travels to Cybertron, where he will collect the released energy. Megatron and Prime, warned by Shockwave, team up to stop the explosion; Starscream returns to find out what went wrong, and is dragged away by a none-too-pleased Megatron. 16. A Plague of Insecticons Both the Autobots and Decepticons move to investigate the appearance of several new Transformers, the Insecticons. The first battle is between Skyfire and the Insecticons. The Decepticons form an alliance with them, and steal oil from a refinery. The Autobots intervene, but are seriously damaged by the lightning bolts shot at them by one of the Insecticons. They realize that if they transform they are insulated from the electricity with their rubber tires and defeat the Insecticons. The Decepticons and Insecticons end up turning on one another. Second Season (49 new episodes, 1st season reedited for total of 65 episodes) weekdays 17. Autobot Spike Sparkplug creates Autobot X out of spare parts. The robot goes crazy during its first test and is put into storage. Later, Spike gets badly injured in a firefight with the Decepticons. To save his life, the Autobots transfer his mind into Autobot X so the doctors can operate on his body. With an unstable mind and Megatron's goading, Autobot Spike turns against the Autobots, but relents when he nearly kills Sparkplug. Spike's body makes it through the operation, and Spike's mind is returned to it. Changing Gears Normally grouchy Gears is abducted by the Decepticons and Megatron steals his personality cartridge to use in his latest plot, making Gears friendly to them. The Autobots must stop the Decepticons from using a space needle from penetrating and destroying Earth's sun and they retrieve Gears' component, making everybody except Gears happy. City of Steel New York City is rebuild by Megatron into a steel city. Optimus Prime is captured and disassembled. The Autobots locate his pieces scattered throughout the city. Attack of the Autobots Megatron alters the Autobots' rechargers to change the Autobots to evil. Jazz and Bumblebee (who did not recharge) and Sparkplug, work to restore the Autobots and prevent Megatron from stealing a solar power satellite. After restoring the Autobots to good, Jazz shatters the Decepticons' escape rocket with a musical sonic boom, and their plot to return to Cybertron with the satellite is thwarted. Traitor The Decepticons capture an unstable power source (electrocells) and seek to exploit them, with the Insecticons' help. Mirage's plan to turn the Insecticons and Decepticons against one another backfires when he is mind-controlled by Bombshell. Under the Insecticon's influence he leads the Autobots into a trap. Ratchet removes Bombshell's cerebro shell and learns the truth, however. In a final battle with Megatron, the electrocells are destroyed. The Immobilizer Wheeljack has created the Immobilizer, a new weapon that can temporarily stop any Transformer in its tracks. The Decepticons manage to steal it partly due to Carly (?first appearance?) distracting Ironhide from his lookout post. During the battle which follows, Ironhide rescues Carly from the Decepticons, but they have made the Immobilizer's affect permanent and start immobilizing Autobots left and right. With the assistance of Brawn and Jazz, Spike and Carly manage to reverse the effects of the Immobilizer and save the Autobots. The Immobilizer is then destroyed. Atlantis Arise Atlantis is risen from the ocean by the Decepticons and the inhabitants plan to take over the Transformers and Washington, D.C. Day of the Machines Megatron reprograms Torq III, a supercomputer, to obey him. He uses it to control oil tankers, and direct them to a platform under his control. Optimus Prime destroys the computer; the Autobots attack the platform, and escape as it self-destructs. Enter the Nightbird The Decepticons steal an experimental female ninja robot named Nightbird, and use her to steal the Autobots' computer chip containing information on the world's energy sources. She succeeds in stealing the chip from the Ark, but is confronted and trapped by the Autobots. The Decepticons come to her aid, but she is ambushed by the jealous Starscream. The Decepticons chase after the fleeing Starscream, leaving Nightbird and the chip with the Autobots. **** (Positions unknown, but within above second season episodes: The Core Megatron constructs a drill to reach the center of the Earth and tap the energy there, despite Starscream's warnings that this will destroy the planet. The Autobots, meanwhile, have come up with a way to control Devastator. In their attack on the drill, however, Megatron activates a countermeasure. The conflicting signals cause Devastator to go berzerk; only by cooperating are the Autobots and Decepticons able to control him again. Devastator destroys the drill, and the earth is safe. The Autobot Run The Autobots participate in a stunt show and race for charity, but the Decepticons employ a device to lock them into their vehicle modes. Alerted by Hound, the few Autobots not present at the charity race work to free their friends.) **** [new characters are introduced, as if always present] ?28. A Prime Problem The Decepticons discover a chasm full of crystals that destroy machinery, and they create a machine that can duplicate Transformers. The Decepticons duplicate Optimus Prime and confuse the Autobots as to who is the real Prime. The Autobots and Decepticons fight near the chasm, and the duplicated Prime destroys a duplicated Starscream to further confuse the Autobots. The Autobots are just about ready to follow the fake Prime into the chasm when he (controlled by Megatron) breaks the masquerade by not showing any concern for Spike's welfare. The Autobots knock the fake Prime into the chasm, and the fake Prime is destroyed. The Insecticon Syndrome Auto Berserk Microbots Megatron's Master Plan Part 1 Megatron's Master Plan Part 2 Megatron conspires with a human politician and sets up the Autobots so it appears that they are not acting in Earth's best interest. Thes Autobots are put into a ship and sent back to Cybertron, but discover Megatron has reset the course to take them into the sun. Meanwhile, Spike discovers the truth on Earth. Desertion of the Dinobots Part 1 Desertion of the Dinobots Part 2 The Transformers begin to suffer the effects of the decay of a rare element, Cybertonium, which does not exist on Earth. The Earth-built Dinobots are not affected, but - disenchanted with always doing the Autobot's dirty work - have left for Cybertron. The Decepticons get their supply from the Space Bridge, but the Autobots need the Dinobots to get them their supply. Carly and Spike pursue them to Cybertron and team up with Swoop who is the only Dinobot to escape capture. Together the three rescue the others and after a brief history lesson, the Dinobots are convinced to return to Earth with the Cybertronium for the Autobots. The God Gambit Cosmos discovers an energy source on Titan (a moon of Saturn), but is pursued and disabled by Astrotrain. Astrotrain persuades Titan's inhabitants to worship him as a god, and to help him mine the energy crystals. Omega Supreme, with Perceptor and Jazz aboard, arrives and eventually drives off the Decepticons. Make Tracks Tracks is stolen by a human and his abilities to talk and transform are lost. Once reconnected, he reveals who he really is and the two work together to discover that the Decepticons have hired humans to steal a total of 500 cars which they are converting. The Decepticon-controlled cars are unleashed and the Autobots spread out over the city to stop them. They are highly outnumbered, though, when the cars all turn into Decepticons drones. They are finally stopped by Blaster disrupting their remote control signals. Child's Play Through a freak accident with the space bridge, a group of Autobots and Decepticons find themselves transported to another world where they are the size of toys. A child helps the Autobots, but the other aliens believe they are dangerous and want them dissected. They finally escape using a toy rocket modified by Perceptor. Quest for Survival Cosmos, Spike, and Bumblebee are bringing robotic insecticide to Earth to stop the Insecticons when they are caught by robotic plants called Morphobots. They manage to escape, but carry the plants with them unwittingly. Cosmos goes down and the Morphobots multiply quickly. The Decepticons discover what is going on and try to claim the insecticide for themselves. The Autobots get through the Morphobots by using Blaster's music, but the insecticide is destroyed. The Insecticons try to feed on the Morphobots, but instead are eaten by them (except the original Shrapnel, Bombshell, and Kickback who escape). The Autobots shoot the Morphobots back into space in a rocket. The Secret of Omega Supreme Omega Supreme tells his story to Optimus Prime of how he was guardian of Crystal City on Cybertron. There he was friends with the Constructicons until Megatron changed them and they destroyed the city. Now he seeks revenge and has pursued them to Earth. The Gambler (chronologically comes immediately after Child's Play) En route to Earth from the planet of giants, the Autobots are captured and de-energized by a gambler and con-man. Smokescreen is unaffected and teams up with the being to win - via gambling - enough energon to restore the ship and the Autobots. The Decepticons Astrotrain, Dirge, and Ramjet attempt to interfere, but are driven off with the help of another Autobot, Defcon. Auto-Bop Hoist Goes Hollywood Hoist saves some stuntmen in a Hollywood movie and is asked to star himself. He is quickly joined by Tracks, Warpath, Sunstreaker, and Powerglide who all want in on the movie business. They unwittingly stumble upon the Decepticons as they try to rescue Dirge and a machine stolen from Wheeljack's workshop on Cybertron which have crashed at the studio. The Decepticons are stopped and Wheeljack reveals that the machine never really worked anyway. *** (positions unknown but between #28 and #55: Dinobot Island Part 1, Dinobot Island, Part 2, The Master Builders, A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court Warpath, Hoist, Spike and, Bumblebee are fighting Starscream, Ravage, Rumble, and Ramjet when the Decepticons go in a cave to escape, pursued by the Autobots, and all are transported back to medieval times. The Decepticons hook up with one Lord, while the Autobots hook up with another knight whose daughter Spike is attracted to. Spike gets a full suit of armor and rides Warpath in a joust against Rumble and Ramjet. The joust is not spectacular, because the Transformers are low on fuel. The Decepticons kidnap the knight's daughter, and are able to repell the Autobots because their human ally provided them with an energy source (right before they betrayed him, of course). They also have an advantage because they have made a primitive gunpowder. The Autobots eventually win, the daughter agrees to marry her kidnapper, and the Transformers go back to the cave with a wizard who promises to send them home. The action is not over yet, because the Transformers must duck a dragon to get to the cave. They find themselves back in the middle of the major battle they started out in. Blaster Blues, The Golden Lagoon, The Search for Alpha Trion, Prime Target, The Girl Who Loved Powerglide A spolied, rich teenage girl gets attacked at a carnival in honor of her birthday by the Decepticons. Powerglide saves her, and she falls for him. She tries to tag along with him. The Decepticons want her because they believe she has the secret of her father's last invention. The Decepticons capture her and try to suck the info out of her brain, but she is too much. Powerglide has severely been beaten up. She looks at the locket that her dad said never to take off, which she also knows contains the invention's secret, and throws it into some machinery, saving Powerglide. Powerglide opens his chestplate, and there is an outline of a glowing heart Triple Takeover, Sea Change Seaspray falls for a girl on another planet. She is a resistance fighter against a round robot. There is a pool that changes beings into anything they want. The girl and Seaspray change into merpeople and go to the underwater base of the rebels.) *** [Special teams introduced] 55-56. The Key to Vector Sigma Part 1 The Key to Vector Sigma Part 2 The Decepticons seek out Vector Sigma in order to give their new warriors, the Stunticons, life (so they can have an advantage on the ground). The Autobots pursue on Cybertron. The Decepticons get the key to Vector Sigma, and they manage to succesfully gain access and give the Stunticons life. In order to stop them, the Autobots create the Aerialbots, but the cost is Alpha Trion's life. The Aerialbot leader, Silverbolt, must overcome his fear of heights in order to succesfully defeat the Stunticons. War Dawn The Autobots and Aerialbots travel to Cybertron on Omega Supreme to stop Megatron's latest plan. The gullible Aerialbots are tricked by the Decepticons and sent back to the beginning of time, but due to the timely intervention of the Autobots, are only transported back by in time a few million years where they observe how Transformer Orion Pax and his friends were recreated by Alpha Trion into Optimus Prime and others and became leaders of the Autobots on Cybertron against the forces of Megatron. 61. Cosmic Rust (aka Rust in Piece) Decepticons are dying of the Cosmic Rust that Starscream picked up on a lost robot colony. They kidnap Perceptor to diagnose it and come up with a cure. Perceptor says the cure is element X, which the Autobots used to coat the Statue of Liberty. The Decepticons get the element to cure themselves, and infect Perceptor when he is rescued, the rest of the Autobots. Blaster radios from Cosmos in space that there is no more element X to be found. The Autobots do battle with the Decepticons at the Statue of Liberty so they can scrape off some element X. The Autobots win and go back to the Ark, and use the element to cure themselves. 62. Starscream's Brigade Starscream is banished by Megatron to an island where he discovers the remains of several WWII vehicles. He masterminds a plot in which he steals five personality components from Cybertron and installs them in the vehicles, reforming them into his forces, the Combaticons. He then uses them to take out his revenge on Megatron, who cannot stop the Combaticons as Bruticus, even with the help of Devastator. The Stunticons arrive at the last minute and defeat Bruticus as Menasor and Starscream and the Combaticons are banished to an asteroid. 63. The Revenge of Bruticus Starscream travels to Cybertron where he continues his plots against Megatron. Earth is endangered, and the Protectobots evacuate humans from dangerous situations. Megatron and Prime team up to stop Bruticus, who is out of control on Cybertron. Starscream volunteers the information on Bruticus' weak points and he is seemingly defeated. In reality, Megatron has gained control of the Combaticons and Prime has been fooled. 64. Masquerade 65. B.O.T. *** (Positions unknown, but between #56 and #61: Aerial Assault, Trans-Europe Express Some Autobots enter a trans-Europe race hoping to win the prize for charity. They go against a snotty human racer and along the way Decepticons try to stop them. During the race, the snotty racer's car is destroyed and he drives one of the Autobots to the finish. Kremzeek! Somehow, an energy being is created who is small compared to the Autobots, and runs around yelling Kremzeek! Kremzeek! He goes into the electrical lines and ends up in Japan. At some point, a Japanese scientist helps the Autobots. Kremzeek becomes a very big Kremzeek but the Autobots beat him. *** Third Season (30 new episodes) takes place after movie [order cannot be chronological in some instances, but IS correct order] 66-70. Five Face of Darkness Part 1 Five Face of Darkness Part 2 Five Face of Darkness Part 3 Five Face of Darkness Part 4 Five Face of Darkness Part 5 Sequel to the movie involves the Quintessons true identities, the revival of Galvatron and reorganization of the defeated Decepticons, the destruction of the Ark, and introduction of many of the new characters for Season 3. 71. The Killing Jar 72. Chaos 73. Dark Awakening The Autobots discover the ship which contains the dead bodies of several Autobots, including Optimus Prime. It seems, however, that Optimus is not as dead as previously thought, and he reclaims the Matrix from Rodimus Prime. The others soon realize that Optimus is not acting under his own free will, and it is all a plot by the Quintessons. The Matrix is returned to Hot Rod and the others escape, leaving Optimus to pilot the ship to his death. 74. Forever is a Very Long Time 75. Starscream's Ghost [takes place after Thief in the Night] Trying to escape from Galvatron and the Decepticons who want him destroyed, Octane befriends Autobot Sandstorm, who gets him asylum. The Decepticons, however, track him down and attack him on Cybertron, where he takes refuge in a Decepticon crypt. He then encounters Starscream's ghost, who posesses Cyclonus and pretends to torture Octane. Galvatron discovers the truth at the last minute and blasts Cyclonus. Cyclonus comes to, with no memory of what happened; meanwhile Scourge is posessed by Starscream... 76. Thief in the Night After the battle with Metroplex, Tripticon has been vanquished, but Decepticon Octane has found him, and has taken him to an oil-rich country, where they do the king's bidding in exchange for special energon. The Autobots catch on to what's happening after world monuments begin to disappear and the evidence indicates a dinosaur Transformer. The other Decepticons find Octane and he convinces Galvatron he was scouting resources for him. The Autobots soon arrive with Metroplex, and Trypticon is once more defeated. 77. Surprise Party Following Daniel's surprise birthday party, Ultra Magnus saves Wheelie's life. Both Daniel and Wheelie want to do something nice for him, so they decide to throw him a surprise party. There's only one problem: no one, including Ultra Magnus, knows his birthday. Daniel and Wheelie go to the Autobots' records planetoid to learn the info. Cyclonus sees this and goes and captures them, setting the planetoid on a collision course with Cybertron. Daniel and Wheelie get off the place, and the planetoid is destroyed. 78. Madman's Paradise 79. The Nightmare Planet Daniel is having nightmares, and the Autobots find themselves caught up in them with Predacons. They manage to battle through the situations they find themselves in with the help of an unconscious Daniel's imagination. They soon discover that Daniel is the subject of a Quintesson experiment, and rescue him. 80. Ghost in the Machine Starscream's Ghost seeks a new body and reactivates Unicron's head, orbiting Cybertron. He is given three tasks to fulfill in order to receive his body. He must restore UnicronUs vision, steal a transforming cog from Metroplex or Trypticon, and connect him to Cybertron as his new body. The plan to give Unicron a new body is stopped, but Starscream has his, although he finds himself drifting through space aimlessly. 81. Web World Galvatron is brought to a world in order to repair his deranged mind but he ends up destroying the planet. 82. Carnage in C-Minor 83. The Quintesson Journal 84. The Ultimate Weapon Galvatron claims to have a new weapon which is capable of mass destruction which he uses as a threat to get what he wants. First Aid, a pacifist by nature, leaves his fellow Autobots after failing to stop Swindle from stealing Metroplex's transformation cog. First Aid is finally persuaded by Hot Spot to return, and he steals Trypticon's transformation cog and installs it in Metroplex. Rodimus realizes Galvatron is bluffing about the weapon or he would have already used it, and the Decepticons retreat. 85. The Big Broadcast of 2006 86. Fight or Flee 87. Dweller in the Depths In a plot to destroy the Transformers and reclaim Cybertron, the Quintessons convince Galvatron and the Decepticons to unleash a half-organic, half-metallic beast located at the center of Cybertron. It attacks the entire planet, forcing the Autobots to eject a newly installed power core to prevent the beast from becoming unstopable. 88. Only Human Rodimus, Magnus, Arcee, and Springer are captured by humans led by Cobra Commander and their consciousnesses are removed. They find themselves in human bodies, and barely escape being killed in a trash compactor. Meanwhile, their Transformer bodies are going to be used to infiltrate Autobot City and destroy the remaining Autobots. Springer manages to be the pilot of his own body and rescues the other Transformer-humans and then attacks Autobot City straight on to let them know something is wrong. The Autobots are returned to their bodies by Perceptor. 89. Money is Everything [takes place after Grimlock's New Brain] The Technobots are patrolling Earth with Marissa Fairborne and capture a smuggler who has been double crossed by the Quintessons. He takes his ship and some of the Technobots to the Quintesson base against the plans of Fairborne. The others follow and are attacked by the Terrorcons, who are being controlled by the Quintessons on timers. The smuggler uses a clever ploy to reenergize the damaged Technobots using the device he smuggled, and Abominus and the Quintessons are defeated. 90. Grimlock's New Brain Galvatron attempts to sabotages the Autobots' new power source on Cybertron by introducing particles that cause Transformers to go out of control. The Autobots travel through the subterranian caves of Cybertron to shut down the malfunctioning power source, and Grimlock is charged with energy that makes him brilliant. Galvatron is determined to find more of the particles and discovers they only exist in Unicron's brain. The Decepticons and Terrorcons travel to Unicron's head and get a new supply, but Grimlock has anticipated this and the Autobots counterattack. The Autobots are being defeated by the particles, but Grimlock creates the Technobots to battle the Terrorcons who have formed Abominus. They are defeated and their supply of the particles is destroyed. 91. Call of the Primitives During a huge battle, all of the "primitive" Transformers are summoned to a planet. An energy creature has been unleashed, and it drains the life energy of all the other Transformers. Its creator, Primacron, was also responsible for Unicron and many of the primitives, and his assistant believes that only the instincts of those Transformers can stop the intellect of Primacron. All except Grimlock are defeated and he stops the energy being who has betrayed Primacron by throwing the system into reverse. 92. Face of the Nijika Perceptor's transformation circuits are removed. 93. The Burden Hardest to Bear [73a. Dark Awakening is shown with a new ending as a prelude to the next episodes] 94-95. The Return of Optimus Prime Part 1 (Original Airdate Feb. 24, 1987) The Return of Optimus Prime Part 2 (Original Airdate Feb. 25, 1987) Humans using a new experimental metal pilot their ship into the star in which the ship piloted by Optimus Prime is burning up. They recue the body and bring it back to Earth. One of the scientist has a grudge against Prime and Transformers and wnats to use him as bait to set the other Autobots up. The scientists discover their ship has been covered in spores that induce hate and plan to use these on the Autobots. Another scientist warns the Autobots of the trap, but she is not informed of the whole plan and the Throttlebots and Aerialbots, as well as many Autobots are infected. The Decepticons arrive, intending to steal the metal, but are themselves infected, except for Galvatron. The infected Transformers go on a rampage, infecting Transformers and humans alike. Rodimus escapes and shuts down Metroplex, but is pursued and infected by Ultra Magnus. Sky Lynx follows his previous orders and captures a Quintesson to rebuild Optimus. They arrive on Earth and Optimus is brought back to life. A small force of Autobots who were deactivated rather than infected are rebuilt by the Quintesson. Bumblebee is rebuilt into Goldbug. The Autobots must get the Matrix from Rodimus, and they need the metal Galvatron stole to protect Optimus from infection. They locate Galvatron, but nearly all of the Autobots and Galvatron are infected in the process. Optimus gets the Matrix from Rodimus, but the remaining Autobots and the Quintesson are infected. He enters the Matrix and uses it to cure everyone, but the knowledge of the Matrix has been lost in its use. Season Four (3 episodes added) 96-98. Rebirth Part 1 Rebirth Part 2 Rebirth Part 3 A group of Autobots and Decepticons find themselves on the planet Nebulos after a Decepticon plot leads to a shockwave. The Autobots let the humanoid Nebulons control them through becoming their heads, and this is used as an advantage. The Decepticons find the evil rulers of the world and also become Headmasters, allowing some Nebulons to be bonded through weapons also. The Autobots copy this Targetmaster idea. The Decepticons convert the evil Nebulons' base into Scorponok and plan to use it to on Earth. Pacifist Cerebros with Spike as his head create Fortress Maximus, to which Cerebros becomes the head, in order to stop Scorponok. Thanks to Dairenn Lombard, Keith Peyton, Robert Powers, and Carrie Favela for some additional plot information. Please note there is still information missing from this guide. Some plots are missing, and others are incomplete or possibly slightly inaccurate. The order is, however, correct with a number of episodes' positions in the order being unknown. If you have any additions or corrections, please e-mail me at ABM4111@ritvax.isc.rit.edu