Transformers Prime "Regeneration" Teaser Image and Jeff Kline Interview

What we discovered early on, especially in Season 2, because we kept getting bigger and bigger, we wanted it to get more epic and the idea of having every episode be self-contained became impossible.

For Season 3, we’re actually bringing Beasts into the story, which is a big game-changers. Not necessarily “Beast Wars” way or “Dino-bots” but Beasts,

And, as we’ve been doing for two seasons, allegiances will change, good guys and bad guys will switch sides

the idea of using Beasts wasn’t presented to us until we were pretty far down the line.

Sabrblade wrote:

And, as we’ve been doing for two seasons, allegiances will change, good guys and bad guys will switch sides

Who wants to guess which Autobot will switch sides?

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

And, as we’ve been doing for two seasons, allegiances will change, good guys and bad guys will switch sides

Who wants to guess which Autobot will switch sides?

I sure hope it's not Smokescreen. Don't think it's Wheeljack either, considering his recent [Beast Hunters] toy is an Autobot.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

And, as we’ve been doing for two seasons, allegiances will change, good guys and bad guys will switch sides

Who wants to guess which Autobot will switch sides?

I sure hope it's not Smokescreen. Don't think it's Wheeljack either, considering his recent [Beast Hunters] toy is an Autobot.

RAcast wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

And, as we’ve been doing for two seasons, allegiances will change, good guys and bad guys will switch sides

Who wants to guess which Autobot will switch sides?

I sure hope it's not Smokescreen. Don't think it's Wheeljack either, considering his recent [Beast Hunters] toy is an Autobot.

It wouldn't make -sense- for it to be Smokescreen. I mean, he's a hot headed shoot first kinda guy, but that just makes him wrecker-y if anything. He's not at all the power hungry type.

That said, I fully expect some shenanigans involving Dreadwing's allegiance. As if the Decepticons don't have enough issues with keeping the ranks, am I right?

TFfan92 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

And, as we’ve been doing for two seasons, allegiances will change, good guys and bad guys will switch sides

Who wants to guess which Autobot will switch sides?

I sure hope it's not Smokescreen. Don't think it's Wheeljack either, considering his recent [Beast Hunters] toy is an Autobot.

Well I sure hope they're not going to rehash Cliffjumper again.

PrymeStriker wrote:

RAcast wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

And, as we’ve been doing for two seasons, allegiances will change, good guys and bad guys will switch sides

Who wants to guess which Autobot will switch sides?

I sure hope it's not Smokescreen. Don't think it's Wheeljack either, considering his recent [Beast Hunters] toy is an Autobot.

It wouldn't make -sense- for it to be Smokescreen. I mean, he's a hot headed shoot first kinda guy, but that just makes him wrecker-y if anything. He's not at all the power hungry type.

That said, I fully expect some shenanigans involving Dreadwing's allegiance. As if the Decepticons don't have enough issues with keeping the ranks, am I right?

I've always thought Smokescreen to be more of a strategist rather than the shoot first, think later kind of guy.

Then again, he did rush into Megatron's armies to obtain the Star Saber, to no avail.

TFfan92 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

And, as we’ve been doing for two seasons, allegiances will change, good guys and bad guys will switch sides

Who wants to guess which Autobot will switch sides?

I sure hope it's not Smokescreen. Don't think it's Wheeljack either, considering his recent [Beast Hunters] toy is an Autobot.

Well I sure hope they're not going to rehash Cliffjumper again.

But...Cliffjumper's dead.

TFfan92 wrote:
You never know what kind of twist the writers will think of.

LiverMatrix wrote:As for the Con, it's not even worth Speculating it's that obvious.

LiverMatrix wrote:I can't see any of the established Autobots switching sides, even the likes of Smokescreen and Wheeljack (although if Armada's anything to go by, Wheeljack would make sense...)
I'm thinking there's more chance of a new Autobot arriving on the scene, and then switching sides by the end of the first or second episode.

As for the Con, it's not even worth Speculating it's that obvious.

RAcast wrote:

LiverMatrix wrote:I can't see any of the established Autobots switching sides, even the likes of Smokescreen and Wheeljack (although if Armada's anything to go by, Wheeljack would make sense...)
I'm thinking there's more chance of a new Autobot arriving on the scene, and then switching sides by the end of the first or second episode.

As for the Con, it's not even worth Speculating it's that obvious.

But Armada Wheeljack isn't even really Wheeljack. He's a Sideswipe homage!

Things are looking pretty epic in this exclusive shot from tonight's new episode of Transformers Prime. Don't miss the penultimate episode of Season 2, tonight at 7 pm ET on The Hub TV Network!

El Duque wrote:Reminder: Transformers Prime "Regeneration" airs this evening on the Hub at 7:00 PM ET. We also have another teaser image from tonight's episode courtesy of the official Transformers facebook page. We've mirrored the image below.

Things are looking pretty epic in this exclusive shot from tonight's new episode of Transformers Prime. Don't miss the penultimate episode of Season 2, tonight at 7 pm ET on The Hub TV Network!

PrymeStriker wrote:

RAcast wrote:

LiverMatrix wrote:I can't see any of the established Autobots switching sides, even the likes of Smokescreen and Wheeljack (although if Armada's anything to go by, Wheeljack would make sense...)
I'm thinking there's more chance of a new Autobot arriving on the scene, and then switching sides by the end of the first or second episode.

As for the Con, it's not even worth Speculating it's that obvious.

But Armada Wheeljack isn't even really Wheeljack. He's a Sideswipe homage!

And Prime Wheeljack is a Drift homage. It's still Wheeljack.

Archanubis wrote:

El Duque wrote:Reminder: Transformers Prime "Regeneration" airs this evening on the Hub at 7:00 PM ET. We also have another teaser image from tonight's episode courtesy of the official Transformers facebook page. We've mirrored the image below.

Things are looking pretty epic in this exclusive shot from tonight's new episode of Transformers Prime. Don't miss the penultimate episode of Season 2, tonight at 7 pm ET on The Hub TV Network!

If that's a space bridge, that's an unusual orientation.

PrymeStriker wrote:I'm sad and happy Dreadwing's dead. I liked Dreadwing a lot, but I'm glad he's not joining the Autobots. Didn't want that to happen.

Then again, if he did join the Autobots I would hope for him to be reformatted into Depth Charge to fit in with the Beast Hunters. Oh well

Mindmaster wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:I'm sad and happy Dreadwing's dead. I liked Dreadwing a lot, but I'm glad he's not joining the Autobots. Didn't want that to happen.

Then again, if he did join the Autobots I would hope for him to be reformatted into Depth Charge to fit in with the Beast Hunters. Oh well

Didn't Mr. Todd say that he finished recording his lines for Season 3? He may not be dead, despite their mantra "when we kill a character, it stays dead". Or it could end up being a flashback.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:I'm sad and happy Dreadwing's dead. I liked Dreadwing a lot, but I'm glad he's not joining the Autobots. Didn't want that to happen.

Then again, if he did join the Autobots I would hope for him to be reformatted into Depth Charge to fit in with the Beast Hunters. Oh well

Didn't Mr. Todd say that he finished recording his lines for Season 3? He may not be dead, despite their mantra "when we kill a character, it stays dead". Or it could end up being a flashback.

Or Tony Todd plays another character for Season 3. They're not confined to one character to voice.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:I'm sad and happy Dreadwing's dead. I liked Dreadwing a lot, but I'm glad he's not joining the Autobots. Didn't want that to happen.

Then again, if he did join the Autobots I would hope for him to be reformatted into Depth Charge to fit in with the Beast Hunters. Oh well

Didn't Mr. Todd say that he finished recording his lines for Season 3? He may not be dead, despite their mantra "when we kill a character, it stays dead". Or it could end up being a flashback.

Or Tony Todd plays another character for Season 3. They're not confined to one character to voice.

ebilly99 wrote:It's the Well of Allsparks I think.

lonrac wrote:looking forward to the season finale, just as long as 'Cybertron's toxic atmosphere' doesn't give the kids super powers or something.

lonrac wrote:Lame moment, the kids just showing up again.

ausbot wrote:As this was their most important mission why didn't they contact wheeljack to help?

RAcast wrote:

ausbot wrote:As this was their most important mission why didn't they contact wheeljack to help?

He's allegedly still beat to a pulp and since he doesn't have Main Character Syndrome, he can't magically recover like Bulkhead.

Bubbah wrote:

RAcast wrote:

ausbot wrote:As this was their most important mission why didn't they contact wheeljack to help?

He's allegedly still beat to a pulp and since he doesn't have Main Character Syndrome, he can't magically recover like Bulkhead.

How did Bulk "magically" recover? He spent like 3 episodes recovering and getting better. In fact short of death, Prime spent more time on his injury than any other animated series spent on someone's injuries that I can think of off hand. Most characters got shot or banged up and the next week looked & acted as if nothing ever happened. Speedy recovery has always been a part of Transformers, and I was actually surprised and impressed with the fact that showed Bulkhead recovering for so long.

RAcast wrote:

Bubbah wrote:

RAcast wrote:

ausbot wrote:As this was their most important mission why didn't they contact wheeljack to help?

He's allegedly still beat to a pulp and since he doesn't have Main Character Syndrome, he can't magically recover like Bulkhead.

How did Bulk "magically" recover? He spent like 3 episodes recovering and getting better. In fact short of death, Prime spent more time on his injury than any other animated series spent on someone's injuries that I can think of off hand. Most characters got shot or banged up and the next week looked & acted as if nothing ever happened. Speedy recovery has always been a part of Transformers, and I was actually surprised and impressed with the fact that showed Bulkhead recovering for so long.

Granted, but it seemed like they made a big deal of him being nigh-permanently out of commission. I mean, it's not surprising that they decided to write him back in when they did, but it just seemed like they made a really big deal out of his getting a bit beat up.

PrymeStriker wrote:He recovered too fast. In "Hurt" when Ratchet said he may never be fully functional again, I thought this was a great opportunity for him to come back in Season 3 after spending the rest of Season 2 in stasis. Especially since the Autobots have the Forge now, they could've pounded him some new armor to upgrade into, as the writers told us to look out for upgrades in Prime.

But then he recovers in 3 episodes. Ratchet's a damn liar.

I still think they'll use the Forge to give their Autobots these upgrades in-show:

RAcast wrote:I thought they hinted at them coming across a wrecked ship full of weapons and such, which was where they'd get the upgraded weapons and armor from?

PrymeStriker wrote:

RAcast wrote:I thought they hinted at them coming across a wrecked ship full of weapons and such, which was where they'd get the upgraded weapons and armor from?

Don't recall. Even if that is the case, I hope they use the Forge to their disposal. A new voice box for Bumblebee? Perhaps a shuttle? HQ Defense Systems?

Unless they lose it in the season finale

RAcast wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

RAcast wrote:I thought they hinted at them coming across a wrecked ship full of weapons and such, which was where they'd get the upgraded weapons and armor from?

Don't recall. Even if that is the case, I hope they use the Forge to their disposal. A new voice box for Bumblebee? Perhaps a shuttle? HQ Defense Systems?

Unless they lose it in the season finale

The Cons do know where their base is, don't they? Laserbeak and such... I foresee it ending badly, very badly.

PrymeStriker wrote:

RAcast wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

RAcast wrote:I thought they hinted at them coming across a wrecked ship full of weapons and such, which was where they'd get the upgraded weapons and armor from?

Don't recall. Even if that is the case, I hope they use the Forge to their disposal. A new voice box for Bumblebee? Perhaps a shuttle? HQ Defense Systems?

Unless they lose it in the season finale

The Cons do know where their base is, don't they? Laserbeak and such... I foresee it ending badly, very badly.

Yeah, they do. How are defense systems are a bad thing in the event the Decepticons ever commence a surprise attack?

PrymeStriker wrote:Huh? I'm talking about using the Forge to craft hidden exterior defense systems that manually activate in the future event that they detect a Decepticon in-bound. You still haven't answered my question as to how that would end "badly," and now we're bringing up shields that pop out of their flooring, and a defense grid I never mentioned?

PrymeStriker wrote:

RAcast wrote:I thought they hinted at them coming across a wrecked ship full of weapons and such, which was where they'd get the upgraded weapons and armor from?

Don't recall.

With the threat of PREDAKING looming over them all, every AUTOBOT dedicates himself to discovering some means of battling the PREDACON overlord. But it is the scout BUMBLEBEE who discovers what may be the key to victory. Buried deep within data recovered alongside one of the Iacon Relics he finds evidence of a derelict transport starship - a courier packed with weapons more ancient than any relic yet recovered - set adrift ages ago among the asteroids girdling Earth's solar system. With no other way to reach the ancient ship, and not wanting to waste time, he contacts WHEELJACK, hoping the AUTOBOT mercenary can provide transport and - if it turns out to be a trap - an extra blaster.


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PrymeStriker wrote:

RAcast wrote:I thought they hinted at them coming across a wrecked ship full of weapons and such, which was where they'd get the upgraded weapons and armor from?

Don't recall. Even if that is the case, I hope they use the Forge to their disposal. A new voice box for Bumblebee? Perhaps a shuttle? HQ Defense Systems?

Unless they lose it in the season finale

RAcast wrote:The Cons do know where their base is, don't they? Laserbeak and such... I foresee it ending badly, very badly.

Archanubis wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

RAcast wrote:I thought they hinted at them coming across a wrecked ship full of weapons and such, which was where they'd get the upgraded weapons and armor from?

Don't recall. Even if that is the case, I hope they use the Forge to their disposal. A new voice box for Bumblebee? Perhaps a shuttle? HQ Defense Systems?

Unless they lose it in the season finale

I don't see how that can happen. Seems to me they left it back at base.

RAcast wrote:The Cons do know where their base is, don't they? Laserbeak and such... I foresee it ending badly, very badly.

They know the approximate area the base is in. They don't know EXACTLY where, though. And even the approximate area may change, since the 'cons grabbing the kids may force them to move. Who knows.

Archanubis wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

RAcast wrote:I thought they hinted at them coming across a wrecked ship full of weapons and such, which was where they'd get the upgraded weapons and armor from?

Don't recall. Even if that is the case, I hope they use the Forge to their disposal. A new voice box for Bumblebee? Perhaps a shuttle? HQ Defense Systems?

Unless they lose it in the season finale

I don't see how that can happen. Seems to me they left it back at base.