Transformers: Robots In Disguise - Drift Fight Scene Video Clip

In a preview clip episode #11 of Robots In Disguise, a beige Decepticon who transform into an armored militarized pickup truck is revealed as Flamefeather, You might remember him from G1 as a Firecon as a comics-only character. As his name suggests, Flamefeather is described as some type of bird, just like his G1 counterpart. In episode #7, there is another bird-like Decepticon called Pickpocket. Because trucks don't fly, this lead us to believe that Flamefeather himself is actually a ratite, which means a flightless bird. Pickpocket on the other hand, does fly, which lead us to believe that when he transform into vehicle mode, he will be some type of a plane of sorts. What you say about that? Do you admire the fact that Flamefeather is both a bird and a truck at the same time, as opposed to his G1 self?

Maybe the purple guys are Fracture, Divebomb and Airazor, from the Kre-O line. Underbite has a little partner as well called Ped. It´s an OK concept, I don´t hate it but I´m not super stoked about it.

psj333 wrote:In a preview clip episode #11 of Robots In Disguise, a beige Decepticon who transform into an armored militarized pickup truck is revealed as Flamefeather, You might remember him from G1 as a Firecon as a comics-only character. As his name suggests, Flamefeather is described as some type of bird, just like his G1 counterpart. In episode #7, there is another bird-like Decepticon called Pickpocket. Because trucks don't fly, this lead us to believe that Flamefeather himself is actually a ratite, which means a flightless bird. Pickpocket on the other hand, does fly, which lead us to believe that when he transform into vehicle mode, he will be some type of a plane of sorts. What you say about that? Do you admire the fact that Flamefeather is both a bird and a truck at the same time, as opposed to his G1 self?

And just where are you getting any of this information? Do you live in China, where the show already premiered? It would explain the awkward grammar, at the very least...

What I did, Metro Prime, was I previewed the clips online from 1905.com while I was in Canada. And that`s where I got all the information from. By analyzing the clips, I do get all the information from where I realized what to these new animal-based Decepticons will be like in the new show once it hits in the West.

Hmmm...the minibots are interesting, I am liking the idea of Fracture's being bombs and Drift's being shuriken.

reminds me of how soundwave and blaster eject their mini robots for battle

I can't help but see RID Drift and think Bludgeon. *sigh*

Seibertron wrote:I can't help but see RID Drift and think Bludgeon. *sigh*

Yeah, those colors mixed with a samurai motif are VERY Bludgeon-esque.

If I didn't know any better, I'd think it was Bludgeon too (though, I'd also question his mustache and lack of a skull face ).

About time they brought Jazz back! He's always been my favorite Transformer ever since 1984! And he looks awesome! Hopefully he'll appear in more than one episode, maybe he'll be like how Wheeljack was in Transformers Prime. I hope he either has Transformers Animated voice actor or Fall of Cybertron voice actor. Can't wait! Oh and I hope they make a toy of course…maybe a masterpiece...

Now that I have permission from their source (user Unluckiness of Allspark.com), here are the English translations of the Chinese synopses for episodes 1 through 14 that were posted on 1905.com.

Do note that obvious spoilers lie ahead.

Episode 1:
Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm follow the guidance given by a vision of Optimus Prime. From the planet Cybertron, they face a new challenge: Minicon Fixit's prison ship crashes on Earth, with the Decepticons prisoners aboard. Their stasis pods are scattered about. Denny and Russell are a father and son duo who live in Crown city. Danny's hobby is collecting used machine parts from a large junkyard.

Episode 2:
Bumblebee's team awakens the Dinobot Grimlock who fights and defeats Underbite. Underbite tries to escape to Crown City but Russell and Sideswipe use an aluminum car model as bait to lead Underbite into a quarry where he is defeated by being pushed into a pit. The image of Optimus Prime appears and commands Bumblebee to lead the team in defending Earth

Episode 3:
An oil tanker near Crown City is attacked by Hammerstrike. Hammerhead paranoia grips the seas throughout the planet. Bumblebee and Grimlock team up to defeat Hammerstrike. Strongarm confronts the reformed Decepticon Grimlock, mistrustful of him, causing Grimlock to leave.

Episode 4:
Chop Shop appears, having been stolen equipment to build a spaceship to leave Earth, lacking only the fuel to power the ship. Bumblebee is dispatched to capture him. Fixit's timely assistance allows him to defeat Chop Shop.

Episode 5:
A stasis pod is discovered near the Crown City Museum of Natural History. Denny and Russel, disguised as archaeologists and the Autobots in car form manage to obtain the stasis pod. The bull-like Terrashock emerges from the stasis pod. Bumblebee's team is exposed to the public during the ensuing fight thanks to Danny and Russell.

Episode 6:
Thunderhoof masquerades as a monster from local folklore known as the Kospego and commands humans to collect components to construct a space bridge leading back to Cybertron. The activation of the space bridge causes unexpected consequences, trapping Bumblebee and Sideswipe within the portal. Thunderhoof is transported elsewhere and runs into Grimlock.

Episode 7:
A bird-like Decepticon, Filch, is detected and is successfully captured by Bumblebee's team after some difficulty. Reality show director Denny wants to interview Larry LaRue, an antique collector but is rejected. Strongarm realizes that her teammates are more important than a rigid adherence to rules and regulations.

Episode 8:
Steeljaw secretly plants a Nitan, a louse-like device, inside Grimlock's body to control him. Grimlock is sent to attack a car junkyard and obtains Underbite's stasis pod. Bumblebee and Sideswipe manage to expel the Nitan and bring Grimlock back to normal. Steeljaw and Underbite manage to escape.

Episode 9:
While on patrol alone, Strongarm encounters Springload, a frog-like Decepticon. Springload believes that he is still on Cybertron and searches for the legendary lost city Doradas. Bumblebee, secretly tailing Strongarm, helps her to defeat Springload.

Episode 10:
The Autobot Jazz arrives from Cybertron to investigate the crash of the prison ship. The earthworm-like Decepticon Ped excavates the area near a scrapyard in search for energon crystals. The Autobots place energon near the residual energy signal of the stasis pod as bait to apprehend Ped.

Episode 11:
Bumblebee engages Quillfire in battle but is infected with a toxin that renders his intelligence at a child-like level. Quillfire later releases the elephants at the zoo but Bumblebee and Grimlock manage to corral them. Bumblebee defeats Quillfire and the toxin wears off.

Episode 12:
Two Cybertronian spacecraft land to the West of the Crown Forest. The Autobots pursue the Decepticon Fracture. Drift saves Bumblebee from Fracture, for which Bumblebee thanks him after the battle but Fracture manages to escape.

Episode 13:
The crab-like Decepticon Clampdown appears in Crown City's flood control channel. Clampdown's MO is to persuade others to uncover hidden treasure. During the fight, Clampdown is saved by Steeljaw and forced to join his army

Episode 14:
Optimus trains under the Minicon member of the Thirteen in order to better capture the Decepticons. The skunk-like Decepticon Stench, with the ability to spray an incapacitating toxin, appears, leading a gang of four. Grimlock, Sideswipe and Strongarm succumb to the toxin but Bumblebee is able to save the day. After the battle, Bumblebee reminds his team members of the value of focus and unity in their mission.

Dat Jazz. There better be a figure. Shut up and take my money Hasbro!

Looks interesting.

By the way Flamefeather was not a comics only character. In fact he was available in G1 and G2.

As the day for its airing in the west draws near, we have the Robots in Disguise Official Opening (intro) available, thanks to Youtuber Gokai Jolt. It is very reminiscent of Transformers Animated with a quick spotlight on the main autobots.

And for those in anticipation of the show and its toys, we have a bunch of high definition galleries for the various toys available here.

What is it with Hasbro Studios and Transformers cartoon themes? Do they honestly think "generic action music" = "catchy theme song"? First Prime gets a boring tune and now RID gets an incomprehensible one.

This just means that Rescue Bots still has the best theme song of the three Hasbro Studios-made TF cartoons.

There's a tad too many sound effects. It disrupts the theme song, which does sound pretty good. I hope we see an isolated/instrumental version of that single track at some point.

Sabrblade wrote:What is it with Hasbro Studios and Transformers cartoon themes? Do they honestly think "generic action music" = "catchy theme song"?

They do in my book.

Sabrblade wrote:What is it with Hasbro Studios and Transformers cartoon themes? Do they honestly think "generic action music" = "catchy theme song"? First Prime gets a boring tune and now RID gets an incomprehensible one.

Ugh, I agree. Transformers needs a fun theme song, not theme music. Especially stuff as boring as that. TFA was about as close as we'll get to a catchy redux of the original theme.

Wow that was some hot garbage! I didn't watch the Prime series but for a few scene's here and there. But based on this new series versus the Prime series, Prime was way more impressive looking. I think the rings in the eyes worked in Prime but that's it, we got a new lame TF series in 2015...'nuff said!

Voice cast!

Autobots
Bumblebee: Will Friedle
Grimlock: Khary Payton
Fixit: Mitchel Whitfield
Strongarm:Constance Zimmer
Sideswipe: Darren Criss
Optimus Prime: You know who
Drift: Eric Bauza
Slipstream & Jetstorm (Drift's minicons): Roger Craig Smith
Jazz: Arif S. Kinchen

Decepticons
Steeljaw: Troy Baker
Underbite: Liam O'Brien
Thunderhoof: Frank Stallone (younger brother of Sylvester Stallone!)
Clampdown: Jim Cummings
Fracture: Kevin Pollak
Airrazor and Divebomb (Fracture's minicons): Roger Craig Smith and Khary Payton
Hammerstrike: David Kaye
Chop Shop: David Hunt
Ped: Eddie Deezen
Quillfire: Andy Milder
Springload: John Steven Rocha
Terrashock: Kevin Michael Richardson
Filch: Constance Zimmer
Bisk: Khary Payton

Humans
Russel: Stuart Allen
Denny: Ted McGinley

Sabrblade wrote:What is it with Hasbro Studios and Transformers cartoon themes? Do they honestly think "generic action music" = "catchy theme song"? First Prime gets a boring tune and now RID gets an incomprehensible one.

This just means that Rescue Bots still has the best theme song of the three Hasbro Studios-made TF cartoons.

Wow. Sabrblade and I are exactly on the same page about this.

I'd figure it would have to happen some time

I liked Prime's opening.. and Animated for that matter... this sucks. LET ME GUESS, the next show's subtitle is going to be called MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE. HOW ORIGINAL...

Animated and Prime had themes/intro music that matched their tone. This though, if it matches the show then each episode will be a jumbled mass of video because that theme sounded like it was recorded on a dieing hard drive. I can't even make out the actual music over the weird noises and effects going on.

Nemesis Destron wrote:Wow that was some hot garbage! I didn't watch the Prime series but for a few scene's here and there. But based on this new series versus the Prime series, Prime was way more impressive looking. I think the rings in the eyes worked in Prime but that's it, we got a new lame TF series in 2015...'nuff said!

They seem to be going for Tron Uprising's style, with cel shading and lower framerate to giving it a sort of motion-comic look.

I did not like that about Tron Uprising, and I certainly don't like it here. You're right, it's a major step down from Prime.

Shadowman wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:Wow that was some hot garbage! I didn't watch the Prime series but for a few scene's here and there. But based on this new series versus the Prime series, Prime was way more impressive looking. I think the rings in the eyes worked in Prime but that's it, we got a new lame TF series in 2015...'nuff said!

They seem to be going for Tron Uprising's style, with cel shading and lower framerate to giving it a sort of motion-comic look.

I did not like that about Tron Uprising, and I certainly don't like it here. You're right, it's a major step down from Prime.

If you ask me, it means they can now afford to put more effort into everything other than the animation, which seemed to be their Priority One for Prime, and everything else suffered in Prime because of that.

I disagree. Prime had great animation, but it also had a great story, characters, and music.

Cthulhunicron wrote:I disagree. Prime had great animation, but it also had a great story, characters, and music.

The animation was still the best thing about it. In my book, looks shouldn't trump story and characters. Those two should be the best things of all.

It would appear that the previous video is not entirely the right version of the opening.

Remember how certain episodes of Prime (and Rescue Bots) would sometimes play a shortened version of the theme song? That's what that video is.

This video here is what the full, proper version of the theme song is, an it sounds MUCH better:

Sabrblade wrote:It would appear that the previous video is not entirely the right version of the opening.

Remember how certain episodes of Prime (and Rescue Bots) would sometimes play a shortened version of the theme song? That's what that video is.

This video here is what the full, proper version of the theme song is, an it sounds MUCH better:

your right it does sound a lot better

Yeah that looks alright. Still uneasy about checking this series out, but I'll still try it.

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Yeah that looks alright. Still uneasy about checking this series out, but I'll still try it.

I don't see what's off about it since it's the same team that did Prime.

Sabrblade wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Yeah that looks alright. Still uneasy about checking this series out, but I'll still try it.

I don't see what's off about it since it's the same team that did Prime.

That's kinda what makes me uneasy. Prime looked good, and each episode was alright, but it didn't really have a story, so much as it had several stories that were messily wrapped up in different parts of the last 13 episodes, or some that were forgotten altogether. The character design is something I can probably get used to.

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Yeah that looks alright. Still uneasy about checking this series out, but I'll still try it.

I don't see what's off about it since it's the same team that did Prime.

That's kinda what makes me uneasy. Prime looked good, and each episode was alright, but it didn't really have a story, so much as it had several stories that were messily wrapped up in different parts of the last 13 episodes, or some that were forgotten altogether. The character design is something I can probably get used to.

Ah, now I see what's up.

I agree that the storytelling of Prime wasn't the best. Or at least, for its first season. Seasons 2 and 3 had better stories than the first, even if there still were some issues with them. I guess we can say that Animated spoiled us with its more serialized format of storytelling.

Though, the episodic format seems to be what's in these days since past interviews with the Prime crew had them explain that the reason they told the kinds of stories that could usually be wrapped up at the end of each episode was to prevent from alienating new viewers who's come into the show midway, and so viewers could easily jump right into the show at any point and watch any episode at any time without necessarily having to go back and catch up ones that they've missed.

I myself don't necessarily agree with their thinking since that kind of storytelling kind of defeats the purpose of having a progressive, ongoing narrative that spans multiple episodes, thereby making the act of following said narrative from start to finish less engaging since chapters wouldn't flow together as well as they would if they built upon each other. This is why the Omega Keys arc of Prime is probably my favorite portion of that show.

Conversely, I can let the episodic format of Rescue Bots slide since that show isn't on the same scale as the bigger kid cartoons and isn't intended to be as ambitious (even if that show does tend to sometimes go the extra mile in its storytelling, but that isn't meant to be its norm, so they're special cases).

dreadwing95 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It would appear that the previous video is not entirely the right version of the opening.

Remember how certain episodes of Prime (and Rescue Bots) would sometimes play a shortened version of the theme song? That's what that video is.

This video here is what the full, proper version of the theme song is, an it sounds MUCH better:

your right it does sound a lot better

This sounds like a completely different song. I really wish they found a way to work the "Transformers, More than meets the eye" lyric/musical motif in somehow. I think the last time that happened was in Cybertron? Perhaps it has to do with the lawsuit a few years ago?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I really wish they found a way to work the "Transformers, More than meets the eye" lyric/musical motif in somehow. I think the last time that happened was in Cybertron?

Animated?

At the end of the theme song, anyone else thinking that that looks like the Immobilizer in Bee's hands?

Steeljaw: Troy Baker
Underbite: Liam O'Brien
Thunderhoof: Frank Stallone (younger brother of Sylvester Stallone!)

No way, Frank Stallone gets work after all. And troy baker being here is areally cool. Also, who plays Optimus?

Just messing

william-james88 wrote:Also, who plays Optimus?

Frank Welker

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Also, who plays Optimus?

Frank Welker

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:Wow that was some hot garbage! I didn't watch the Prime series but for a few scene's here and there. But based on this new series versus the Prime series, Prime was way more impressive looking. I think the rings in the eyes worked in Prime but that's it, we got a new lame TF series in 2015...'nuff said!

They seem to be going for Tron Uprising's style, with cel shading and lower framerate to giving it a sort of motion-comic look.

I did not like that about Tron Uprising, and I certainly don't like it here. You're right, it's a major step down from Prime.

If you ask me, it means they can now afford to put more effort into everything other than the animation, which seemed to be their Priority One for Prime, and everything else suffered in Prime because of that.

Because limited animation worked wonders for the Unicron trilogy, huh?

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:Wow that was some hot garbage! I didn't watch the Prime series but for a few scene's here and there. But based on this new series versus the Prime series, Prime was way more impressive looking. I think the rings in the eyes worked in Prime but that's it, we got a new lame TF series in 2015...'nuff said!

They seem to be going for Tron Uprising's style, with cel shading and lower framerate to giving it a sort of motion-comic look.

I did not like that about Tron Uprising, and I certainly don't like it here. You're right, it's a major step down from Prime.

If you ask me, it means they can now afford to put more effort into everything other than the animation, which seemed to be their Priority One for Prime, and everything else suffered in Prime because of that.

Because limited animation worked wonders for the Unicron trilogy, huh?

Japanese TF cartoons don't seem to take themselves as seriously as Western TF cartoons (since BW, that is).

The voice of Orson Welles keeps popping into my head every time I see Underbite. He's got chubby proportions and a weird beard/lower jaw thing, and it gets weirder every time I look at it. He almost looks like he could be related to Unicron.

I admit, what I've seen so far leads me to worry that this series won't be very good. But then again, I thought TFA would stink and it surprised me. So I'll give them a chance.

But the Decepticon designs seem kind of random. They're robots, and they turn into vehicles, but their robot modes have ANIMAL parts.... They're all over the map this time out. Plus the overall storyline seems a bit too much like "Pokemon", with the Autobots acting as dog-catchers.

I'm disappointed, as this is a 'sequel' to TF Prime, that they don't even seem to be making honorable mention of the main human characters from TF Prime. Bumblebee and Raf were supposed to have 'bonded' in TF Prime and be bosom buddies. Yet it seems in this series, they're just pretending that Miko, Raf and Jack never existed.

The Decepticons look too goofy, and don't seem to have an air of menace. They also don't seem like an organized threat - just a bunch of random 'Cons they're using as a 'monster of the week' for the Autobot dog-catchers to chase. It doesn't look too good so far. But as I say, I'll give the actual show a chance to see how it shapes up. Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised.

Metro Prime wrote:

Woah, I never saw Unicron's beard as being this pronounced!

Shockwave7 wrote:
But the Decepticon designs seem kind of random. They're robots, and they turn into vehicles, but their robot modes have ANIMAL parts.... They're all over the map this time out. Plus the overall storyline seems a bit too much like "Pokemon", with the Autobots acting as dog-catchers.

This is WITHOUT A DOUBT my favourite aspect of the show so far. I love those designs and wish I had toys for all of them. Most especially Thunderhoof who has a real badass design. The monster of the week formula does not sound bad at all for a kid's show and makes it easy for reruns.

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:Wow that was some hot garbage! I didn't watch the Prime series but for a few scene's here and there. But based on this new series versus the Prime series, Prime was way more impressive looking. I think the rings in the eyes worked in Prime but that's it, we got a new lame TF series in 2015...'nuff said!

They seem to be going for Tron Uprising's style, with cel shading and lower framerate to giving it a sort of motion-comic look.

I did not like that about Tron Uprising, and I certainly don't like it here. You're right, it's a major step down from Prime.

If you ask me, it means they can now afford to put more effort into everything other than the animation, which seemed to be their Priority One for Prime, and everything else suffered in Prime because of that.

Because limited animation worked wonders for the Unicron trilogy, huh?

Japanese TF cartoons don't seem to take themselves as seriously as Western TF cartoons (since BW, that is).

Maybe I should be more clear: No, limited animation does not mean improved storytelling, (Because the Unicron trilogy had none of those things) nor does quality animation mean the story will be terrible. (Such as Avatar, which had amazing animation and writing) Seriously, do you think that if the animators put in more effort, suddenly the writers start slacking off?

....Yeah....Transformers intros are a load of shit.

Almost all Transformers cartoons are a load of shit too.

PrymeStriker wrote:....Yeah....Transformers intros are a load of ****.

The Japanese intros are cool, though.

I just want to go back to the Galaxy Force intro. Till I heard it, I wouldnt think it was possible to stray that much from the original sound while maintaining the same words. Was it just me or were they going for a more urban feel? Good thing animated came and reconciled things.

william-james88 wrote:I just want to go back to the Galaxy Force intro. Till I heard it, I wouldnt think it was possible to stray that much from the original sound while maintaining the same words. Was it just me or were they going for a more urban feel? Good thing animated came and reconciled things.

Do you mean the Australian-sung Cybertron theme? Cuz neither of Galaxy Force's themes were based on the original English one.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I just want to go back to the Galaxy Force intro. Till I heard it, I wouldnt think it was possible to stray that much from the original sound while maintaining the same words. Was it just me or were they going for a more urban feel? Good thing animated came and reconciled things.

Do you mean the Australian-sung Cybertron theme? Cuz neither of Galaxy Force's themes were based on the original English one.

Yes yes, I meant the english speaking intro. I just use galaxy force because I find it a better and less confusing name to use for that toyline.