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[Va'al]

Via a number of online programming guides, including TVGuide, we have yet further confirmation that the third season of the animated series Transformers: Robots in Disguise - sub-named Combiner Force - will indeed be airing on April 29th on Cartoon Network (for the US, other countries may have different channels as expected).

Episodes 1 and 2 will be two halves of a two-parter titled King of the Hill, airing back to back on Saturday 29th at 6.30 and 7 am! There is no synopsis more than what we have already seen, but you can still check out the listing here, and below.

Sat Apr 29 6:30am
King of the Hill - Part 1New TOON

Sat Apr 29 7:00am
King of the Hill - Part 2New TOON

Mon May 1 6:30am
Transformers: Robots in Disguise TOON

An animated series in which armies of intergalactic robots battle for control of a mechanical universe.

[Va'al]

To add to recent news of the beginning of Combiner Force - season 3 of Transformers: Robots in Disguise - French website programme-tv.net also has a synopsis for King of the Hill (and it looks like both parts), which will air this Tuesday in France. We've translated it into English for you below!

The Transformers Robots In Disguise face a new threat and need to combine their strengths. When Team Bee confront a dangerous Stunticon with missiles at his disposal, Grimlock, the brawn of the group, suggests they learn new combat techniques. The Autobots reach Antarctica to fight Decepticon Prong, a monster that has just thawed out of a glacier that was holding it prisoner.

[MadProject]

new RID trailer from Youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VihT-oI ... ture=share

[Sabrblade]

new RID trailer from Youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VihT-oI ... ture=share

This guy must be Prong, then.



Also, this Polish site has the names of four more episodes after the "King of the Hill" two-parter:

Episode 48. "Defrosted"
Episode 49. "Blurred"
Episode 50. "Sphere of Influence"
Episode 51. "Bee Cool"

[o.supreme]

Supposedly today 4 new episodes are going to be aired in France

Youtube user *Angelina Pax* has stated they are going to try to live stream them beginning at 11:30am PST, 2:30pm EST, 3.5 hours form this post. Not sure what language they will be in, but if you want to se them as quickly as possible this might be a good chance

[Va'al]

We have some more news concerning Transformers: Robots in Disguise, thanks to Seibertronians MadProject and Sabrblade! After the French listings were found, a trailer for the apparently four-episode 'marathon' on French channel Gulli was uploaded to YouTube - which makes more sense of the description, especially when combined with the titles of the four episodes that follow King on the Hill, as found here:

Episode 48. "Defrosted"
Episode 49. "Blurred"
Episode 50. "Sphere of Influence"
Episode 51. "Bee Cool"

'Defrosted' is probably the one featuring Prong, as reported earlier, and 'Blurred' probably (duh) introduces the blue speedster we're familiar with - bringing the total to four new episodes to be shown tonight in France. Check out the trailer, and see if that makes sense to you too!

[Ig89ninja]

Looks like this channel treats RID with more respect than cartoon network

[Sabrblade]

Zap2it has the titles, airdates, and descriptions for the first seven episodes of Season 3.

Episode 46: "King of the Hill - Part 1", 4/29/2017

Overconfidence leaves the Bee Team unprepared when they face a Stunticon that can fire guided missiles on the desert ground above a nuclear waste disposal site.

Episode 47: "King of the Hill - Part 2", 4/29/2017

The harried Autobots' Stunticon enemy proves more formidable and crafty than they anticipated, using his guided missiles to threaten a nuclear waste disposal site.

Episode 48: "Defrosted", 5/06/2017

Grimlock begs to learn new fighting methods from reluctant teacher Drift and puts them into action when The Autobots travel to the Antarctic to battle the Decepticon Prong - unfrozen from a melting glacier.

Episode 49: "Blurred", 5/13/2017

After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer - Rescue Bot Blurr.

Episode 50: "Sphere of Influence", 5/20/2017

The Bee Team discovers a mysterious artifact that has a strange effect on Cybertronian minds, turning the bots against one another. Now, the Bee Team must keep obsessed treasure-hunter Springload from accidentally destroying Crown City.

Episode 51: "Bee Cool", 5/27/2017

Bee, trying to prove that he can be as cool as Sideswipe and his intern Blurr, struggles to lead the Autobots against two Stunticons who stole a trailer full of Cybertronian weapons.

Episode 52: "The Great Divide", 6/03/2017

After combining into the Ultra Bee Team Combiner, the Autobots find Sideswipe has split into two individuals. Now, the two Sideswipes must overcome their differences and learn to work together as the Bee Team pursues Stunticon Drag Strip.

[Va'al]

Via fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade, and courtesy of US TV listing website Zap2it we have the full English titles, airdates, and descriptions for the first seven episodes of Season 3 of Transformers: Robots in Disguise - Combiner Force! Check them all out below.

Episode 46: "King of the Hill - Part 1", 4/29/2017

Overconfidence leaves the Bee Team unprepared when they face a Stunticon that can fire guided missiles on the desert ground above a nuclear waste disposal site.

Episode 47: "King of the Hill - Part 2", 4/29/2017

The harried Autobots' Stunticon enemy proves more formidable and crafty than they anticipated, using his guided missiles to threaten a nuclear waste disposal site.

Episode 48: "Defrosted", 5/06/2017

Grimlock begs to learn new fighting methods from reluctant teacher Drift and puts them into action when The Autobots travel to the Antarctic to battle the Decepticon Prong - unfrozen from a melting glacier.

Episode 49: "Blurred", 5/13/2017

After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer - Rescue Bot Blurr.

Episode 50: "Sphere of Influence", 5/20/2017

The Bee Team discovers a mysterious artifact that has a strange effect on Cybertronian minds, turning the bots against one another. Now, the Bee Team must keep obsessed treasure-hunter Springload from accidentally destroying Crown City.

Episode 51: "Bee Cool", 5/27/2017

Bee, trying to prove that he can be as cool as Sideswipe and his intern Blurr, struggles to lead the Autobots against two Stunticons who stole a trailer full of Cybertronian weapons.

Episode 52: "The Great Divide", 6/03/2017

After combining into the Ultra Bee Team Combiner, the Autobots find Sideswipe has split into two individuals. Now, the two Sideswipes must overcome their differences and learn to work together as the Bee Team pursues Stunticon Drag Strip.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Poor Sideswipe, but yay Blurr! I'm excited for some combining and some new rescue bot backup

[o.supreme]

Episode 49: "Blurred", 5/13/2017

After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer - Rescue Bot Blurr.

ok...I'm confused....


is supposed to be...



???

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Episode 49: "Blurred", 5/13/2017

After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer - Rescue Bot Blurr.

ok...I'm confused....


is supposed to be...



???

At least they transform the same, unlike Bee, Prime, and Sideswipe when they crossed over to Rescue bots. It makes sense though, the basic design, colors, and feel were there, but the designs were still just different enough, so this does work

[Sabrblade]

ok...I'm confused....


is supposed to be...


???

Everyone and their mother here was insisting that they had to be the same Blurr back when his RID toy was first revealed.

[Kurona]

We've had worse examples anyway. Optimus for example; when did he have time to scan the new Earth vehicle mode again? Or is that something else the Primes gave him? Here; have this sword, some basic training and a sweet truck mode. We won't actually bother to give you much help in the fight against a demi-god and instead have you rely on others to beat him up with Prison Equipment. But we gave you a truck mode. Man, we're even better demi-gods than Marvel's Watchers!

[william-james88]

Why does Blurr have to look the same between shows? RID BB is the same character as Prime BB but they look different. Same thing here.

[o.supreme]

Everyone and their mother here was insisting that they had to be the same Blurr back when his RID toy was first revealed.

For the record I didn't, in fact I never even gave it a thought. Always thought they were two completely separate characters that happen to have the same name (like FoC Grimlock & RiD15 Grimlock)...

At least when characters crossed over into RB they had the same color scheme and basic look.
As for changing modes...well...Honestly I never took Rescue Bots seriously. I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing. The designs on RB are all simplified, there's no way they could do in simple flash animation what Prime or BB would look like from TFP. They got the colors and basic design down.

To me the two Blurr's look nothing alike, but I know they can scan new modes. No doubt they'll just have a throw away line about him scanning a new form or something.

[Sabrblade]

The Aligned media rarely ever gave two cents about aesthetic consistency. Across the Prime cartoon, Rescue Bots cartoon, and RID cartoon, we're supposed to believe that the bodies that Optimus and Bumblebee appear in within each cartoon are all the SAME bodies across the board, with the only exception being Optimus's upgraded body and Bee's black-recolored body in Prime season 3.











Same with Sideswipe, too:




Even the video games were guilty of this. Optimus has one body in WFC, then suddenly has a completely new look in FOC with zero in-universe explanation, which we're just supposed to accept as being how he already looked.

[o.supreme]

The Aligned media rarely ever gave two cents about aesthetic consistency. Across the Prime cartoon, Rescue Bots cartoon, and RID cartoon, we're supposed to believe that the bodies that Optimus and Bumblebee appear in within each cartoon are all the SAME bodies across the board, with the only exception being Optimus's upgraded body and Bee's black-recolored body in Prime season 3.

Granted, but the pictures you posted make my point. Though there are obvious differences in each character(based on each shows animation style)

Objectively speaking...you could show someone who's unfamiliar with these characters and they would be able to match which are Prime with Prime, BB with BB, Sideswipe with Sideswipe, heck even the Cyclone Mini-Con design on RB was recognizable. But with the two Blurr's they are completely different....I'm not saying its not possible/plausible, or that its a bad or wrong decision, I'm just saying the recognition is not instantaneous as it is with all the others.

[Sabrblade]

The Aligned media rarely ever gave two cents about aesthetic consistency. Across the Prime cartoon, Rescue Bots cartoon, and RID cartoon, we're supposed to believe that the bodies that Optimus and Bumblebee appear in within each cartoon are all the SAME bodies across the board, with the only exception being Optimus's upgraded body and Bee's black-recolored body in Prime season 3.

Granted, but the pictures you posted make my point. Though there are obvious differences in each character(based on each shows animation style)

Objectively speaking...you could show someone who's unfamiliar with these characters and they would be able to match which are Prime with Prime, BB with BB, Sideswipe with Sideswipe, heck even the Cyclone Mini-Con design on RB was recognizable. But with the two Blurr's they are completely different....I'm not saying its not possible/plausible, or that its a bad or wrong decision, I'm just saying the recognition is not instantaneous as it is with all the others.

Believe me, man, I was on the same side as you before back when the toy was first revealed, but even before the cartoon trailer came out everyone in the toy thread shut me up for even daring to consider the possibility that it might not be Rescue Bots Blurr because everyone was SO SURE it was Rescue Bots Blurr because he looked SO MUCH LIKE Rescue Bots Blurr.

[william-james88]

I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing.

Just like everything else in the alligned continuity

Only in RID comics and RID season 2 did they actually connect the show with prime.

[Sabrblade]

I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing.

Just like everything else in the alligned continuity

Only in RID comics and RID season 2 did they actually connect the show with prime.

That's more than Energon connected with Armada.

[william-james88]

I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing.

Just like everything else in the alligned continuity

Only in RID comics and RID season 2 did they actually connect the show with prime.

That's more than Energon connected with Armada.

What about Cybertron with Energon?

[o.supreme]

Believe me, man, I was on the same side as you before back when the toy was first revealed, but even before the cartoon trailer came out everyone in the toy thread shut me up for even daring to consider the possibility that it might not be Rescue Bots Blurr because everyone was SO SURE it was Rescue Bots Blurr because he looked SO MUCH LIKE Rescue Bots Blurr.

wow sorry to hear that...well unfortunately I don't collect RiD toys (other than getting the deployers and Mini-Cons for my son), so I missed out on all that.

that would have been tough, especially with only the toys to compare before we saw any animation. It will be interesting to see in a couple weeks if they address the change at all, or just "business as usual"

Also don't get me started on Cybertron. . Maybe I was jaded after seeing some Galaxy Force episodes first, but I knew from the get-go it had nothing to do with Armada/Energon, why they had to shoehorn continuity was beyond me. To make matters worse, TT caved and did in fact retcon it to connect the other series somehow long after it aired... Should have stuck to their guns on that one.

[PeterPrime]

Springload!

[william-james88]

Man, I hope that sharkticon means we finally get a toy of that season one hammerhead.