Transformers: Robots In Disguise: Constance Zimmer Potentially Confirms Season 3

I'm sure CN or someone could cancel the show before this makes it through finalization, but I still sincerely hope there's a season three. I really want them to explore that whole Cybertron council thing that Ratchet hinted at in the finale.

MrBlack wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing Jazz again, either.

That's a high possibility. Jazz answers directly to the council IIRC from "Can You Dig It?", so if they do expand it next season, we could be seeing him once again. Perhaps as part of the new "team" on Cybertron.

PrymeStriker wrote:I'm sure CN or someone could cancel the show before this makes it through finalization, but I still sincerely hope there's a season three. I really want them to explore that whole Cybertron council thing that Ratchet hinted at in the finale.

MrBlack wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing Jazz again, either.

That's a high possibility. Jazz answers directly to the council IIRC from "Can You Dig It?", so if they do expand it next season, we could be seeing him once again. Perhaps as part of the new "team" on Cybertron.

Did season 2 already end? Was Jazz in season 2 also? How many episodes were in season 2?

Seibertron wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:I'm sure CN or someone could cancel the show before this makes it through finalization, but I still sincerely hope there's a season three. I really want them to explore that whole Cybertron council thing that Ratchet hinted at in the finale.

MrBlack wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing Jazz again, either.

That's a high possibility. Jazz answers directly to the council IIRC from "Can You Dig It?", so if they do expand it next season, we could be seeing him once again. Perhaps as part of the new "team" on Cybertron.

Did season 2 already end? Was Jazz in season 2 also? How many episodes were in season 2?

Season 2 ended in the UK, but Part 1 of its two-part finale will air on Cartoon Network in the U.S. tomorrow morning. Jazz was not in season 2 (but another familiar face is). Season 2 has only 13 episodes. Season 3 will air in the Fall according to an interview TFormers did with Hasbro at BotCon.

Though, with Ms. Zimmer posting about her recording new episodes, surely the episodes set to air this Fall must be done by now, right? Storyboarder Kirk Van Wormer previously Tweeted about working on "Season 4", so this recording session that Zimmer Tweet could very well be for the show's fourth season.

TV cartoons typically take 9-12 months to produce. When they're not ADR/post dubbed (ala Armada, Energon, Cybertron), the voice recording comes first (per Beast Wars, Beast Machines). If Zimmer is currently or recently recording Strongarm, the implication is that next year a new season (or other incarnation, e.g.: movie) would appear.

Deathsanras wrote:TV cartoons typically take 9-12 months to produce. When they're not ADR/post dubbed (ala Armada, Energon, Cybertron), the voice recording comes first (per Beast Wars, Beast Machines). If Zimmer is currently or recently recording Strongarm, the implication is that next year a new season (or other incarnation, e.g.: movie) would appear.

Yeah, so, the recordings for the Fall episodes should be done by now, so I guess Kirk Van Wormer was serious when he said that he was storyboarding for "Season 4".

In other words, WOOO, Season 4's coming, guys!

Sabrblade wrote:

Deathsanras wrote:TV cartoons typically take 9-12 months to produce. When they're not ADR/post dubbed (ala Armada, Energon, Cybertron), the voice recording comes first (per Beast Wars, Beast Machines). If Zimmer is currently or recently recording Strongarm, the implication is that next year a new season (or other incarnation, e.g.: movie) would appear.

Yeah, so, the recordings for the Fall episodes should be done by now, so I guess Kirk Van Wormer was serious when he said that he was storyboarding for "Season 4".

In other words, WOOO, Season 4's coming, guys!

Respectfully, I must reply to this deduction with a very modest

HELL YEAH!

Now that Season 3 has been confirmed for this Fall, will Bumblebee's voice actor, Will Friedle, finally get to voice a Decepticon for the new season?

psj333 wrote:Now that Season 3 has been confirmed for this Fall, will Bumblebee's voice actor, Will Friedle, finally get to voice a Decepticon for the new season?

What do you mean "finally"? He's already voiced a Decepticon. He voiced Chop Shop's component Righty.

Sabrblade wrote:What do you mean "finally"? He's already voiced a Decepticon. He voiced Chop Shop's component Righty.

Righty doesn't speak nor he has any dialogue for the role. Also, he is not a Decepticon, but a Minicon. Deal with it!.

psj333 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:What do you mean "finally"? He's already voiced a Decepticon. He voiced Chop Shop's component Righty.

Righty doesn't speak nor he has any dialogue for the role. Also, he is not a Decepticon, but a Minicon. Deal with it!.

Go watch the show again. He has a voice. He makes noises. Cackling noises. Those were done by Will Friedle. That counts as a voice role. Friedle's even credited for it in the show's end credits. YOU deal with it.

Also, Mini-Cons are faction-aligned. He's a Decepticon, and treated as one by this show.

Also also, what is your source for labeling him a Mini-Con? The show never did that.

Yeah, chop shop was a combiner decepticon. he was never labelled a minicon

I'm sure that most of you do already know that the Decepticons for this show have mostly animal robot modes and vehicle modes, while a few of them still do retained their original Beast Wars transformations, that is: humanoid robot modes and beast modes. Which brings me to say that should Hasbro decides to introduce a spy character (excluding Shifters) for Season 3, is it likely that they might possibly introduce a character that has two robot modes, and two alt modes, just like the one in Animated way back in 2008? We all do know that Shockwave or Longarm as he was called by the Autobots has two human robot modes and two vehicle modes. With that said, I was just wondering if they can use this same concept for Robots In Disguise in the near future, mostly likely in Season 3, or quite possibly even in Season 4. Only this time, however, they will most likely introduce a character that has either one human robot mode, one animal robot mode, and one vehicle mode, or even better, that is, two human robot modes, one beast mode, and one vehicle mode? I mean, how cool would that be for a spy character like that in Robots In Disguise for Season 3 and Season 4? What are your thoughts? Why and why not?

Are Vehicons the new Seekers? Maybe someday we'll get a bunch of those multicolored Vehicons as new figures... That'd be cool.

Was Grimlock's new disguise supposed to be a reference to the other RiD Grimlock? I know I certainly thought of that guy, even if it's not an exact match.

Optimum Supreme wrote:Are Vehicons the new Seekers? Maybe someday we'll get a bunch of those multicolored Vehicons as new figures... That'd be cool.

Was Grimlock's new disguise supposed to be a reference to the other RiD Grimlock? I know I certainly thought of that guy, even if it's not an exact match.

It was meant to be a reference, yeah. To be fair RiD Grimlock is also the only other Grimlock that's green and speaks in full sentences, so this was just completing the reference it seems.

If by 'new seekers' you mean cannon fodder that come out of nowhere just so the Autobots have something to punch... yeah, I guess so. I doubt we'll get those Vehicons tbh since they played so minor a role - and if they get a new non-redeco figure before friggin' Glowstrike and Saberhorn I just give up.

So I saw the first part of Decepticon Island.

Here's my big, GIANT problem with it:

The Autobots mention that they don't have time to call Cybertron and get a strike team there in time to help them. I've always hated the fact that they've completely ignored Unit E's space bridge, but this was the last straw. Optimus, Bumblebee, and Ratchet are all there and they've all used it! And it would literally do exactly what they just said couldn't be done! Ratchet's appearance gave them the perfect chance to explain what happened to it; they could have one-lined it away with a "too bad Unit E's space bridge was dismantled" or something, and they didn't do it.

Don't get me wrong, I like the show, but the only way I can watch it is as a sequel to events that happened similar to, but not exactly like, Prime, the same way you have to look at the Aligned books, comics, and games. Because otherwise, if you take RiD as a direct sequel to Prime, the way it's billed, Unicron could fit through the plot holes.

WiseMan wrote:So I saw the first part of Decepticon Island.

Here's my big, GIANT problem with it:

The Autobots mention that they don't have time to call Cybertron and get a strike team there in time to help them. I've always hated the fact that they've completely ignored Unit E's space bridge, but this was the last straw. Optimus, Bumblebee, and Ratchet are all there and they've all used it! And it would literally do exactly what they just said couldn't be done! Ratchet's appearance gave them the perfect chance to explain what happened to it; they could have one-lined it away with a "too bad Unit E's space bridge was dismantled" or something, and they didn't do it.

Don't get me wrong, I like the show, but the only way I can watch it is as a sequel to events that happened similar to, but not exactly like, Prime, the same way you have to look at the Aligned books, comics, and games. Because otherwise, if you take RiD as a direct sequel to Prime, the way it's billed, Unicron could fit through the plot holes.

We don't know how much time has passed on Earth between Prime and RiD. Both Bumblebee and Ratchet have considerably aged since the previous series, and there certainly had to be time for Cybertron to massively repopulate the way it did by the time of Pilot (Part 1), let-alone for Strongarm, Sideswipe, and the Minicons to be born and for a new council to be established. That stuff just doesn't happen overnight. Unit: E could be roof-deep in sand and Jack, Miko, and Raf could be long dead.

>when you want to read but your phone won't let you highlight the spoiler tag

I think it was stated 10 years had passed. If the question was about "why don't they just call unit:e/fowler/etc."... That's a bit of a problem I've had with the series as a whole. The criticism can be applied the momemt Bumblebee stepped on Earth in Pilot Part 1.

Kurona wrote:>when you want to read but your phone won't let you highlight the spoiler tag

I think it was stated 10 years had passed. If the question was about "why don't they just call unit:e/fowler/etc."... That's a bit of a problem I've had with the series as a whole. The criticism can be applied the momemt Bumblebee stepped on Earth in Pilot Part 1.

I'd like to see a source for that, honestly. Because every official announcement regarding the series I've ever seen has given a vague time period like "years after" or "set some time after the events of". The Unicron Trilogy set each of their shows 10 years after the last, but this isn't Energon.

Also, I'd honestly be shocked and disturbed that Strongarm is 10 years old, or younger.

PrymeStriker wrote:We don't know how much time has passed on Earth between Prime and RiD. Both Bumblebee and Ratchet have considerably aged since the previous series, and there certainly had to be time for Cybertron to massively repopulate the way it did by the time of Pilot (Part 1), let-alone for Strongarm, Sideswipe, and the Minicons to be born and for a new council to be established. That stuff just doesn't happen overnight. Unit: E could be roof-deep in sand and Jack, Miko, and Raf could be long dead.

Cybertron would have been repopulated seconds after the ending of Predacons Rising; otherwise all of those sparks would have just died. Though it would have take time to rebuild Cybertron.

And call me crazy, but if I had an artifact like the space bridge that was my only hope to save myself against an alien incursion like the one that just happened, I'd be pretty damn sure to make sure it doesn't get lost.

PrymeStriker wrote:Also, I'd honestly be shocked and disturbed that Strongarm is 10 years old, or younger.

I mean, that sort of thing happens all thr time in Transformers and no-one blinks an eye - probably because they're robots.
The dinobots, stunticons and quite a few others back in G1, Airazor was implied in Beast Wars; eveb as recent as Wreck-Gar and the Constructicons in Animated.
It's really nothing new. It sounds and feels weird sure, but likely because it's the first time you've really actually thought and stated to yourself "... Wait, that would make her ten years old."

In any case, I'm not actually sure if it is ten years, was just going by memory. I don't really think it was enough time for Raf to have lived his whole life though, and you'd think something on the subject would have been said by now.

Kurona wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Also, I'd honestly be shocked and disturbed that Strongarm is 10 years old, or younger.

I mean, that sort of thing happens all thr time in Transformers and no-one blinks an eye - probably because they're robots.
The dinobots, stunticons and quite a few others back in G1, Airazor was implied in Beast Wars; eveb as recent as Wreck-Gar and the Constructicons in Animated.
It's really nothing new. It sounds and feels weird sure, but likely because it's the first time you've really actually thought and stated to yourself "... Wait, that would make her ten years old."

In any case, I'm not actually sure if it is ten years, was just going by memory. I don't really think it was enough time for Raf to have lived his whole life though, and you'd think something on the subject would have been said by now.

Yes, but in the Aligned universe (at least the cartoon universe), natural cybertronians are born, not built on an assembly line like anyone from G1. Meaning Strongarm would likely be wielding a "My First Blaster" if she was 10 years old. Another example of this universe's characters aging is Slipstream, who was a whining preschool child in "The Tragedy of Slipstream" when a Cyclone stole his toy ball.

My point is, with the Earth bridge, it's all very vague. Nobody said the Prime humans are still around, so to expect them to be integrated anywhere is expecting too much. Also, I don't think it's a plot hole, 'cause it's not really contradictory. It's just open-ended. Wanna talk plot holes between Prime and RiD? Let's complain about Windblade's backstory some more.

Transformer ages in relation to their births are all really one big kerfuffle when you think about it.

Going by just the Beast Wars cartoon, Tigatron was "born" an old man while youngster teenage Cheetor was "older" than him.

Animated had both an adult Ratchet and a teenage Prowl alive during the Great War, a time that Optimus Prime didn't yet live to experience. Yet, while Ratchet is even older an adult during the present day era of the Animated cartoon, Prowl is still only a teen bot (probably a late teen by this point) while the "younger" Optimus Prime is Prowl's senior as a young adult.

And then we have the Aligned versions of Optimus Prime and Megatron. Optimus's first reincarnation resulted in him being born from the Well of All Sparks as the young bot Orion Pax, and as one of the first generation of bipedal Cybertronians near the beginning of the Age of Evolution. Eons later, the bot who would become Megatron was born from the Well during the Age of Wrath, long after Orion Pax was born. And yet, by the time the two come to meet each other during the Age of Rust, Orion is perceived as being "Megatronus's" junior, with the former looking up to the latter as the more seasoned bot, suggesting that Megatron was born from the well as an adult rather than born as a young bot like Orion was.

Thus, for all we know, Strongarm could have been born as a much older bot than Slipstream was.

Sabrblade wrote:Transformer ages in relation to their births are all really one big kerfuffle when you think about it.

Going by just the Beast Wars cartoon, Tigatron was "born" an old man while youngster teenage Cheetor was "older" than him.

Animated had both an adult Ratchet and a teenage Prowl alive during the Great War, a time that Optimus Prime didn't yet live to experience. Yet, while Ratchet is even older an adult during the present day era of the Animated cartoon, Prowl is still only a teen bot (probably a late teen by this point) while the "younger" Optimus Prime is Prowl's senior as a young adult.

And then we have the Aligned versions of Optimus Prime and Megatron. Optimus's first reincarnation resulted in him being born from the Well of All Sparks as the young bot Orion Pax, and as one of the first generation of bipedal Cybertronians near the beginning of the Age of Evolution. Eons later, the bot who would become Megatron was born from the Well during the Age of Wrath, long after Orion Pax was born. And yet, by the time the two come to meet each other during the Age of Rust, Orion is perceived as being "Megatronus's" junior, with the former looking up to the latter as the more seasoned bot, suggesting that Megatron was born from the well as an adult rather than born as a young bot like Orion was.

Thus, for all we know, Strongarm could have been born as a much older bot than Slipstream was.

Interesting assessment on the Orion/Megatronus points. I guess, in the end, we just don't know what's going on in terms of time period on RiD, and thus the fate of our Prime humans and the Unit: E bridge is vastly unknown. Therefore, the best response to your complaint, WiseMan, is the show's not over yet. There's still plenty of time to explain that, and you should probably only get "pissed" if they never do so. It personally never bothered me, though. I'd say just take the finale for everything else that it is and don't hang yourself on that icing-on-the-cake that it could've been. A while back, I'd ruin shows for myself over expecting so much. Besides, the season two finale kicks multiple asses. The return of Ratchet, better pacing in relationship to the season one finale, fantastic Optimus/Bumblebee development, and the possible beginning of a new, interesting story.

Well, at last! There you all are! Where have you've guys been? I've been waiting for almost a week just for you to say something. Now we do already know that Season 3 will be airing this fall, there are some few things that we all need to discuss, no matter who is right or wrong. Okay. Let's get this things started. Now that Steeljaw's army have been jailed and taken back to Cybertron, who is going to be the next main bad guy for Season 3 as a successor to Steeljaw? Will Hssbro also introduce brand-new Decepticons for both Seasons 3 and 4 who will have god-like powers, that is, as powerful as Unicron or Primus?

Another thing that we need to talk about is you might remember Shockwave from Animated who was known to the Autobots as Longarm. He had 2 humanoid robot modes, and 2 vehicle modes. Using this exact same concept by Hasbro, I do have a strong prediction that somewhere between Season 3 or 4, Hasbro will very likely introduce a spy Transformer either for the Autobots or Decepticons that will most likely have 2 humanoid robot modes, 1 beast mode, and 1 vehicle mode. How cool would that be? I do understand that some animal Decepticons only have a humanoid robot mode and a beast mode, but no vehicle mode. Fine, I get that! But what if they have an additional altmode, which is the vehicle mode? What would that be like? Tell me what you guys think.

psj333 wrote:Well, at last! There you all are! Where have you've guys been?

In other threads on this board, as there's plenty more relevant stuff to talk about here than just this cartoon. With no new episodes until the Fall, and no recent news about the show, there's not much else current to discuss about it.

PrymeStriker wrote:and the possible beginning of a new, interesting story

I didn't get that from the last episode at all. It was left rather blasé. If we didn't get some sort of confirmation at BC that more episodes were coming, there were no indicators based on the last episode that the series would continue. It just sort of *ended* as unsatisfying and anti-climactic as it was. I still say this is *really* a continuation of S2, more than S3, but whatever...hopefully the new episodes will have a better storyline than the previous batch of 13, not that there weren't some good moments, but overall it just kind of fell flat.

psj333 wrote:Well, at last! There you all are! Where have you've guys been? I've been waiting for almost a week just for you to say something. Now we do already know that Season 3 will be airing this fall, there are some few things that we all need to discuss, no matter who is right or wrong. Okay. Let's get this things started. Now that Steeljaw's army have been jailed and taken back to Cybertron, who is going to be the next main bad guy for Season 3 as a successor to Steeljaw? Will Hssbro also introduce brand-new Decepticons for both Seasons 3 and 4 who will have god-like powers, that is, as powerful as Unicron or Primus?

Another thing that we need to talk about is you might remember Shockwave from Animated who was known to the Autobots as Longarm. He had 2 humanoid robot modes, and 2 vehicle modes. Using this exact same concept by Hasbro, I do have a strong prediction that somewhere between Season 3 or 4, Hasbro will very likely introduce a spy Transformer either for the Autobots or Decepticons that will most likely have 2 humanoid robot modes, 1 beast mode, and 1 vehicle mode. How cool would that be? I do understand that some animal Decepticons only have a humanoid robot mode and a beast mode, but no vehicle mode. Fine, I get that! But what if they have an additional altmode, which is the vehicle mode? What would that be like? Tell me what you guys think.

Beyond just wild speculation out of nowhere and going "wouldn't this be cool?" as you have done, there isn't really much to discuss about the future of the series to any meaningful end until we have actual information.

o.supreme wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:and the possible beginning of a new, interesting story

I didn't get that from the last episode at all. It was left rather blasé. If we didn't get some sort of confirmation at BC that more episodes were coming, there were no indicators based on the last episode that the series would continue. It just sort of *ended* as unsatisfying and anti-climactic as it was. I still say this is *really* a continuation of S2, more than S3, but whatever...hopefully the new episodes will have a better storyline than the previous batch of 13, not that there weren't some good moments, but overall it just kind of fell flat.

The Cybertron council regime isn't the possible beginning of a new, interesting story? 'Cause I'm pretty sure most people got the vibe that they're going to focus on that next season at some point at the very least. Also, faux definitive endings are going to be common place in every finale because the writers are never sure Cartoon Network will allow them to continue another season. I certainly felt by the end of season two that more was to come, and never assumed that there was no "next season". I think the announcement was already out by the time it aired anyway?

PrymeStriker wrote:The Cybertron council regime isn't the possible beginning of a new, interesting story? 'Cause I'm pretty sure most people got the vibe that they're going to focus on that next season at some point at the very least. Also, faux definitive endings are going to be common place in every finale because the writers are never sure Cartoon Network will allow them to continue another season. I certainly felt by the end of season two that more was to come, and never assumed that there was no "next season". I think the announcement was already out by the time it aired anyway?

I just watched episode 39 again to see if there was anything I missed since it was several weeks ago. Well there was...but it is more of a detraction than an improvement. What was with Simacore? Random color change, and complete different personality, and apparently voiced by John DiMaggio now? Normally I would chalk it up to the fact that there were so many cons with similar body types, but the fact that he went after Grimlock for his "trophy" clearly indicated it was a callback from episode 32 "Brainpower". DiMaggio is a great VA, but I'm sorry, none of that made sense.

The one throw away line you are referring to is hardly enough to get me excited. At the end of Season 1, Megatronus was soundly defeated and Steeljaw was thrown far off (ala Galvatron in TF:TM or even Serpentor in GIJoe:TM) so you knew he would return, with his team... something to look forward to.

Thus far, the focus of RiD15 has been on BB's team on Earth, which now has basically nothing going on. If however...the focus of the show were to switch to Optimus Prime & Cybertron, that would be amazing...but I don't see that happening considering how hard they tried to build the series around BB. Of course I would love to be wrong.

The announcement of new episodes was basically an "oh by the way" line from toy producers at Botcon which was from April 7th to 10th. Episode 39 aired first on April 16th, then finally on CN May 14th, so I think we can stop with all the spoiler font now. The fact that it was brought to my attention that Hasbro studios didn't even appear at BC this year to promote RiD or Rescue Bots was very disappointing news indeed.

o.supreme wrote:I just watched episode 39 again to see if there was anything I missed since it was several weeks ago. Well there was...but it is more of a detraction than an improvement. What was with Simacore? Random color change, and complete different personality, and apparently voiced by John DiMaggio now? Normally I would chalk it up to the fact that there were so many cons with similar body types, but the fact that he went after Grimlock for his "trophy" clearly indicated it was a callback from episode 32 "Brainpower". DiMaggio is a great VA, but I'm sorry, none of that made sense.

That... That wasn't Simacore. That was Groundpounder.

Groundpounder:


Simacore:


Not the same person.

o.supreme wrote:I just watched the finale again to see if there was anything I missed since it was several weeks ago. Well there was...but it is more of a detraction than an improvement. What was with Simacore? Random color change, and complete different personality, and apparently voiced by John DiMaggio now? Normally I would chalk it up to the fact that there were so many cons with similar body types, but the fact that he went after Grimlock for his "trophy" clearly indicated it was a callback from episode 32 "Brainpower". DiMaggio is a great VA, but I'm sorry, none of that made sense.

No, that's Groundpounder. He was the focus of the season one episode "The Champ" where Grimlock fought and beat him in a robot death match. Simacore was a made out of Groundpounder's model.

Someoonneee skippped an episooode.

The one throw away line you are referring to is hardly enough to get me excited. At the end of Season 1, Megatronus was soundly defeated and Steeljaw was thrown far off (ala Galvatron in TF:TM or even Serpentor in GIJoe:TM) so you knew he would return, with his team... something to look forward to.

Except, it's not a throw-away line. It was mentioned three times throughout the two-parter. They clearly want to do something with it, even if it's a B-plot to the Bee plot.

Thus far, the focus of RiD15 has been on BB's team on Earth, which now has basically nothing going on. If however...the focus of the show were to switch to Optimus Prime & Cybertron, that would be amazing...but I don't see that happening considering how hard they tried to build the series around BB. Of course I would love to be wrong.

Are you forgetting that season two had several episodes that Bumblebee wasn't in? Optimus and Windblade were already on an away team for pretty much the entire season with Drift and Sideswipe. They'd just use the same formula again, but this time on Cybertron and with Ratchet. Maybe Jazz too, since he reports to the council. Would explain the lack of his model use in S2.....

The announcement of new episodes was basically an "oh by the way" line from toy producers at Botcon which was from April 7th to 10th. The final episode aired first on April 16th, then finally on CN May 14th, so I think we can stop with all the spoiler font now. The fact that it was brought to my attention that Hasbro studios didn't even appear at BC this year to promote RiD or Rescue Bots was very disappointing news indeed.

Okay, so it was out there when it aired. That's why I never assumed it was the end, then.

ok sorry my bad...I wonder if they purposefully planned to have 2 cons with the same body type, both have contests with Grimlock...

PrymeStriker wrote:Someoonneee skippped an episooode.

nah...I saw it, just didn't remember it, that's how good it was.

PrymeStriker wrote:Except, it's not a throw-away line. It was mentioned three times throughout the two-parter. They clearly want to do something with it, even if it's a B-plot to the Bee plot.

I only heard it once, unless it was mentioned twice in episode 38, which I didn't watch again yet

PrymeStriker wrote:Are you forgetting that season two had several 3 episodes that Bumblebee wasn't in?

Fixed for accuracy Those were my favorites btw... aside from the Soundwave episode.

o.supreme wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Someoonneee skippped an episooode.

nah...I saw it, just didn't remember it, that's how good it was.

How could you forget THAT one?!! It was awesome! An all-out beatdown between Grimlock and Groundpounder that nearly literally brought down the house!

Oh...was that the one where Grimlock did the Godzilla tail slide from G vs Megalon? Yeah...that was pretty good. Sorry its been a while. I watched them all online when they initially came out. Then when they finally showed up on Netflix, my son binge watches them, and I don't have time to go back...And of course I have the DVD season 1 set still to get on my wish list. I don't know why...But for me every episode of Transformers Prime was something so epic I looked forward to each week, and RiD15 is more like a chore I just get out of the way.

o.supreme wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Someoonneee skippped an episooode.

nah...I saw it, just didn't remember it, that's how good it was.

Really? "The Champ" was one of the highlights from season one for me. Not the best (that prize goes to "W.W.O.D?"), but still a highlight.

PrymeStriker wrote:Except, it's not a throw-away line. It was mentioned three times throughout the two-parter. They clearly want to do something with it, even if it's a B-plot to the Bee plot.

I only heard it once, unless it was mentioned twice in episode 38, which I didn't watch again yet

It was literally the entire explanation of why Ratchet was on Earth in the first place, and it was clearly something important considering how much time they spent on explaining how corrupt Cybertron had become. It also explained why Bumblebee wasn't something more prestigious than law enforcement on Cybertron. The dialogue proceeds, so you don't have to rewatch it:

Denny: "What about you, Ratchet? What brought you to our neck of the solar system?"

Ratchet: "After we thought Optimus was no more, I joined others helping rebuild Cybertron. Over time, however, I learned they blamed Optimus and those who followed him for the ruination of our world, and they wanted to forget he ever existed."

Windblade: "That's ridiculous! Optimus's team saved the galaxy!"

Ratchet: "That's what I tried to tell them. In response, I was given a job tracking down war criminals. Undertone, here, became my partner."

Drift: "Essentially, you were banished."

Ratchet: "Exactly. But it was better than imprisonment, which I feared might be my fate if I had protested."

I also thought it was mentioned at another point during base-time in Part 1, but upon recollection, that might have been that episode's only focus on it. Still, they wouldn't just reveal all this information if it wasn't part of the story in some manner. Otherwise, what's the point of it at all?

Also, one of the recent press releases talked about a "special" this Fall (either the season premiere or something different) where "Optimus Prime takes flight" or some sh** like that. Point is, they're following Optimus for something, and if he's going back to Cybertron, I wonder what that something is...

PrymeStriker wrote:Are you forgetting that season two had several 3 episodes that Bumblebee wasn't in?

Fixed for accuracy Those were my favorites btw... aside from the Soundwave episode.

You're right. I was thinking in terms of how many episodes the away team was focused on in general rather than the ones Bee was absent from. That included the premiere and the finale. My point still stands, though: it's not like they're afraid of taking the story somewhere else for a couple episodes.

Bumblebee's Night Off is still my favorite episode.

PrymeStriker wrote:Also, one of the recent press releases talked about a "special" this Fall (either the season premiere or something different) where "Optimus Prime takes flight"

An Optimus? That can FLY?

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Bumblebee's Night Off is still my favorite episode.

Hell yeah. That one was THOROUGHLY entertaining and awesome. In fact, "Bumblebee's Night Off" is the close second behind "Portals" for me.

Kurona wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Also, one of the recent press releases talked about a "special" this Fall (either the season premiere or something different) where "Optimus Prime takes flight"

An Optimus? That can FLY?

It's a miracle. At long last, we finally get to see a flying Optimus!

PrymeStriker wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Bumblebee's Night Off is still my favorite episode.

Hell yeah. That one was THOROUGHLY entertaining and awesome. In fact, "Bumblebee's Night Off" is the close second behind "Portals" for me.

Can we just marvel for a second at the thought that Bee and Bisk were fighting on a concert stage during a rock concert inspired by 80's bands, with flames and spaceships and all the awesome jazz that makes 80's rock awesome? Favorite fight scene behind the Magnus/Jackie/Predaking fight in Prime.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Bumblebee's Night Off is still my favorite episode.

Hell yeah. That one was THOROUGHLY entertaining and awesome. In fact, "Bumblebee's Night Off" is the close second behind "Portals" for me.

Can we just marvel for a second at the thought that Bee and Bisk were fighting on a concert stage during a rock concert inspired by 80's bands, with flames and spaceships and all the awesome jazz that makes 80's rock awesome? Favorite fight scene behind the Magnus/Jackie/Predaking fight in Prime.

Indeed. The fight scene was one of the coolest RiD has ever offered. The comedy was especially on-point in this episode too. Just a wonderful experience.

PrymeStriker wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Bumblebee's Night Off is still my favorite episode.

Hell yeah. That one was THOROUGHLY entertaining and awesome. In fact, "Bumblebee's Night Off" is the close second behind "Portals" for me.

Can we just marvel for a second at the thought that Bee and Bisk were fighting on a concert stage during a rock concert inspired by 80's bands, with flames and spaceships and all the awesome jazz that makes 80's rock awesome? Favorite fight scene behind the Magnus/Jackie/Predaking fight in Prime.

Indeed. The fight scene was one of the coolest RiD has ever offered. The comedy was especially on-point in this episode too. Just a wonderful experience.

And that episode convinced me Bisk would be a great character to have as a toy. And the humor was good, very much so

More Season 4 confirmation:

Sabrblade wrote:More Season 4 confirmation:

Digging around on other sites after seeing this and supposedly good ol' Frank Welker is back to voicing for the fourth season. So maybe Megatron (or Soundwave) are going to be back I hope? I'm reasonably skeptical though.

so I'm *guessing* if they are supposedly recoding S4, and S3 hasn't even aired yet, then these will all be 13 episode seasons?

S1-1-26
S2-27-39

*possible*

S3-40-52
S4-53-65

65 episodes seems like the typical number they would end a series with. Hopedully we get some news out of SDCC late next week

o.supreme wrote:so I'm *guessing* if they are supposedly recoding S4, and S3 hasn't even aired yet, then these will all be 13 episode seasons?

S1-1-26
S2-27-39

*possible*

S3-40-52
S4-53-65

65 episodes seems like the typical number they would end a series with. Hopedully we get some news out of SDCC late next week

78 episodes was the original number given previously. If season 4 could be another 26-episode season, that would make a full 78.

Tyrannacon wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:More Season 4 confirmation:

Digging around on other sites after seeing this and supposedly good ol' Frank Welker is back to voicing for the fourth season. So maybe Megatron (or Soundwave) are going to be back I hope? I'm reasonably skeptical though.

Welker's generally a recurring voice actor to Transformers, whether in his most popular roles or not.

Great! I'm glad to hear that Season 4 will be available. This means that Robots In Disguise will continue as confirmed in Botcon 2016. As many of you do already know, TFCon will be held on July 15, 2016 and SDCC on July 21, 2016. During these events, here are the questions that many of you should ask Hasbro during the convention:

1. Now that Season 3 and 4 are confirmed by Robots in Disguise, will there be brand-new Decepticons that will be much powerful than the ones in the previous seasons and will have god-like powers?

2. Are there any remaining animal-based Decepticons that are still on the loose? If so, how many?

3. So far the majority of all Decepticons in this show have animal-bot modes and vehicle modes, something that we have never seen before. Will you introduce brand new Autobots that will also have this type of transformation as well, animal to vehicle?


4. Now that Steeljaw and his men are captured on the ship and taken back to Cybertron, will the ones remained at Bee's scrapyard be released once again? And who will be the new successor or replacement for Steeljaw?


5. Now that Robots In Disguise will continue, will you finally introduce brand-new toys for the Decepticons that should have be made in the first place, including Pseudo?

6. Will flying animal-based Decepticons finally have vehicles modes, just like the land animal-based Cons had in the series?


Based on the questions given above, do you think that you're confident in asking Hasbro these questions when these conventions hit both in Toronto and California soon enough?

This is awesome news. I can't wait for season three myself.

psj333 wrote:Based on the questions given above, do you think that you're confident in asking Hasbro these questions when these conventions hit both in Toronto and California soon enough?

I'll totally waste my money on tickets for you, my lord.

Kurona wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:More Season 4 confirmation:

Digging around on other sites after seeing this and supposedly good ol' Frank Welker is back to voicing for the fourth season. So maybe Megatron (or Soundwave) are going to be back I hope? I'm reasonably skeptical though.

Welker's generally a recurring voice actor to Transformers, whether in his most popular roles or not.

True, I'm just hopeful because I am admittedly a Megatron fanboy.