Transformers: Robots In Disguise Updates - Episode Synopses, Full Cast and Intro Sequence
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Autobots
Bumblebee: Will Friedle
Grimlock: Khary Payton
Fixit: Mitchel Whitfield
Strongarm:Constance Zimmer
Sideswipe: Darren Criss
Optimus Prime: Frank Welker Peter Cullen
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
Butch: Will Friedle
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
Episode List
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:
Butch 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 Butch.
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.
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Posted by Shadowman on January 3rd, 2015 @ 3:52am CST
Sabrblade wrote:To be fair, this will be the first time since Animated that Jazz will actually be voiced by an African American voice actor, rather than by a Caucasian voice actor doing an impression of an African American. It helps make the role feel more authentic.Emerje wrote:I can't be the only one annoyed by this. Troy Baker already does an amazing Jazz in the Aligned games, why swap him out for some other guy in RID? It'd be one thing if Troy Baker wasn't in the cartoon at all, but to have him in there playing someone else is really disappointing. Sometimes I think it's only the fans that remember that these are supposed to be the same continuity.
Trying to bring race into Transformers is hilarious. They're robots from outer space, Earth ethnicity do not apply to them the same way they do to humans. Even funnier when you consider Jazz only "acts" black based on his exposure to the media. You know, like a lot of white people do! Incidentally, Jazz is, himself, white.
Va'al wrote:Strongarm confronts the reformed Decepticon Grimlock, mistrustful of him, causing Grimlock to leave.
The new TV series from the people who never played Fall of Cybertron...
Posted by psj333 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 7:44am CST
Posted by Madeus Prime on January 3rd, 2015 @ 11:27am CST
psj333 wrote:Since Filch is a bird Decepticon, does she also possess a vehicle mode as well, just like all other beast-like Decepticons for this series?
My guess, it's a drone place of some sort.
For those of you who aren't keeping track who's based on what animal and what they turn into:
Steeljaw: Troy Baker - Wolf - Wolf-inspired armored car
Underbite: Liam O'Brien - Dog - Cybertronian Vehicle
Thunderhoof: Frank Stallone (younger brother of Sylvester Stallone!) - Stag - Offroad truck? (based on the tires and kibble)
Clampdown: Jim Cummings - Crab - unknown
Fracture: Kevin Pollak - Cybertronian plane?
Airrazor and Divebomb (Fracture's minicons): Roger Craig Smith and Khary Payton - Bombs
Hammerstrike: David Kaye - Hammerhead Shark - Submarine
Chop Shop: Will Friedle - unknown - unknown
Ped: Eddie Deezen - Earthworm - unknown (BTW, it's from the Greek pedon, meaning earth)
Quillfire: Andy Milder - Porcupine - unknown
Springload: John Steven Rocha - Frog - unknown
Terrashock: Kevin Michael Richardson - unknown - unknown
Filch: Constance Zimmer - Crow - unknown
Bisk: Khary Payton - Lobster - Cybertronian car or boat
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 11:30am CST
This was a boo boo on my part.Madeus Prime wrote:Chop Shop: Will Friedle
Chop Shop is voiced by David Hunt.
Posted by Dylvatron2005 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 12:30pm CST
Posted by Dylvatron2005 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 12:31pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 12:33pm CST
Yeah, this will be his second Transformers show, having already played Taylor in Rescue Bots.Dylvatron2005 wrote:Even though he plays as a mini con, still stoked about roger Craig smith being on the show, loving his work as the infamous ezio aditore de frienze from assassins creed
Posted by Bluespindash97 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 1:14pm CST
Roger Craig Smith- Current Sonic the Hedgehog
Great, I'll spend my whole time watching waiting for someone to yell 'WAY PAST COOL' or 'PINGAS'!
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 1:16pm CST
SatAM Robotnik, you mean.Bluespindash97 wrote:Jim Cummings- Aosth Dr Robotnik
AoStH Robotnik was the late great Long John Baldry (rest his soul).
Posted by Bluespindash97 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 1:34pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:SatAM Robotnik, you mean.Bluespindash97 wrote:Jim Cummings- Aosth Dr Robotnik
AoStH Robotnik was the late great Long John Baldry (rest his soul).
Whoops sorry!
I'll have to wait for 'OH THATS GOOD' and 'SNIVLEY!'
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 1:44pm CST
Funnily enough, this will be both of them's second TF cartoon, since Roger Craig Smith and Jim Cummings have also been in Rescue Bots, with Smith voicing Taylor (a local airplane pilot with EMT training who has caught Dani's attention) and Cummings as Colonel Quint Quarry (an eccentric, illegal big game hunter who has twice sought to capture the Rescue Bots and Optimus Prime in their Dinobot modes).Bluespindash97 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:SatAM Robotnik, you mean.Bluespindash97 wrote:Jim Cummings- Aosth Dr Robotnik
AoStH Robotnik was the late great Long John Baldry (rest his soul).
Whoops sorry!
I'll have to wait for 'OH THATS GOOD' and 'SNIVLEY!'
Posted by Shadowman on January 3rd, 2015 @ 2:35pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Funnily enough, this will be both of them's second TF cartoon, since Roger Craig Smith and Jim Cummings have also been in Rescue Bots, with Smith voicing Taylor (a local airplane pilot with EMT training who has caught Dani's attention) and Cummings as Colonel Quint Quarry (an eccentric, illegal big game hunter who has twice sought to capture the Rescue Bots and Optimus Prime in their Dinobot modes).Bluespindash97 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:SatAM Robotnik, you mean.Bluespindash97 wrote:Jim Cummings- Aosth Dr Robotnik
AoStH Robotnik was the late great Long John Baldry (rest his soul).
Whoops sorry!
I'll have to wait for 'OH THATS GOOD' and 'SNIVLEY!'
He was also Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 5 (incidentally the only person to play Chris multiple times) opposite DC Douglas as Albert Wesker, who is also on Rescue Bots.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 3:05pm CST
Nice! It's great when all these actors overlap with each other across multiple works.Shadowman wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Funnily enough, this will be both of them's second TF cartoon, since Roger Craig Smith and Jim Cummings have also been in Rescue Bots, with Smith voicing Taylor (a local airplane pilot with EMT training who has caught Dani's attention) and Cummings as Colonel Quint Quarry (an eccentric, illegal big game hunter who has twice sought to capture the Rescue Bots and Optimus Prime in their Dinobot modes).Bluespindash97 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:SatAM Robotnik, you mean.Bluespindash97 wrote:Jim Cummings- Aosth Dr Robotnik
AoStH Robotnik was the late great Long John Baldry (rest his soul).
Whoops sorry!
I'll have to wait for 'OH THATS GOOD' and 'SNIVLEY!'
He was also Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 5 (incidentally the only person to play Chris multiple times) opposite DC Douglas as Albert Wesker, who is also on Rescue Bots.
Posted by Shadowman on January 3rd, 2015 @ 3:35pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Nice! It's great when all these actors overlap with each other across multiple works.Shadowman wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Funnily enough, this will be both of them's second TF cartoon, since Roger Craig Smith and Jim Cummings have also been in Rescue Bots, with Smith voicing Taylor (a local airplane pilot with EMT training who has caught Dani's attention) and Cummings as Colonel Quint Quarry (an eccentric, illegal big game hunter who has twice sought to capture the Rescue Bots and Optimus Prime in their Dinobot modes).Bluespindash97 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:SatAM Robotnik, you mean.Bluespindash97 wrote:Jim Cummings- Aosth Dr Robotnik
AoStH Robotnik was the late great Long John Baldry (rest his soul).
Whoops sorry!
I'll have to wait for 'OH THATS GOOD' and 'SNIVLEY!'
He was also Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 5 (incidentally the only person to play Chris multiple times) opposite DC Douglas as Albert Wesker, who is also on Rescue Bots.
I bet that's super easy for Nolan North and Kevin Michael Richardson. Also for Troy Baker and Laura Baily, who both seem to be playing catch up as far as number of roles go.
Posted by psj333 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 3:35pm CST
Posted by Shadowman on January 3rd, 2015 @ 3:37pm CST
psj333 wrote:For this series, the main Decepticons for this show are, Underbite, Steeljaw, Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Thunderhoof, Filch, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, Fracture, and Clampdown. Of all these Decepticons, one of these is the actual boss, since that Megatron isn't here?
From the episode descriptions, it doesn't sound like any of them are in charge, since they appear to just break out and begin doing their own thing.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 3:45pm CST
We don't know...psj333 wrote:For this series, the main Decepticons for this show are, Underbite, Steeljaw, Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Thunderhoof, Filch, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, Fracture, and Clampdown. Of all these Decepticons, one of these is the actual boss, since that Megatron isn't here?
We don't know...
Can't give you an answer here.
We don't know...
We don't know...
How much more can that be clear?
I don't know what else there is to say.
Can we just move on...?
The facts never help in these anyway.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 5:37pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:We don't know...psj333 wrote:For this series, the main Decepticons for this show are, Underbite, Steeljaw, Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Thunderhoof, Filch, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, Fracture, and Clampdown. Of all these Decepticons, one of these is the actual boss, since that Megatron isn't here?
We don't know...
Can't give you an answer here.
We don't know...
We don't know...
How much more can that be clear?
I don't know what else there is to say.
Can we just move on...?
The facts never help in these anyway.
Actually we do. From reading the synopses one of the aforementioned Decepticons begins to organize them into an army, willingly or by force
Posted by Cobotron on January 3rd, 2015 @ 6:38pm CST
I feel like the "monster of the week" will be a nice change of pace. I like a good running plot line, but some times good action is all the entertainment I need. I love nothing more than to be immersed for months in the world of Legend of Zelda, but sometimes I just wanna play Mario Kart for a half hour.
So glad everyone is liking these Beast Cons. So far it is my favorite thing about this show.
Sabrblade-thanks for digging up all the news on this.
Posted by Madeus Prime on January 3rd, 2015 @ 7:45pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:We don't know...psj333 wrote:For this series, the main Decepticons for this show are, Underbite, Steeljaw, Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Thunderhoof, Filch, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, Fracture, and Clampdown. Of all these Decepticons, one of these is the actual boss, since that Megatron isn't here?
We don't know...
Can't give you an answer here.
We don't know...
We don't know...
How much more can that be clear?
I don't know what else there is to say.
Can we just move on...?
The facts never help in these anyway.
Actually we do. From reading the synopses one of the aforementioned Decepticons begins to organize them into an army, willingly or by force
My money is on Steeljaw or Fracture.
Posted by psj333 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 8:24pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 9:17pm CST
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 9:46pm CST
Madeus Prime wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:We don't know...psj333 wrote:For this series, the main Decepticons for this show are, Underbite, Steeljaw, Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Thunderhoof, Filch, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, Fracture, and Clampdown. Of all these Decepticons, one of these is the actual boss, since that Megatron isn't here?
We don't know...
Can't give you an answer here.
We don't know...
We don't know...
How much more can that be clear?
I don't know what else there is to say.
Can we just move on...?
The facts never help in these anyway.
Actually we do. From reading the synopses one of the aforementioned Decepticons begins to organize them into an army, willingly or by force
My money is on Steeljaw or Fracture.
One of those is correct. I'd say which one but some people have a real A**l clench about spoilers.
Posted by william-james88 on January 4th, 2015 @ 8:15am CST
Posted by psj333 on January 4th, 2015 @ 9:45am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 4th, 2015 @ 11:06am CST
No one knows the exact altmodes of any of the Decepticons besides Steeljaw, Underbite, Chop Shop, kind of Bisk, and possibly Hammerstrike.psj333 wrote:By the looks of Clampdown in the picture posted by Saberblade above, it seems that he turns into some kind of a car. Is the most likely a muscle car, exotic car, a boyracer, or a mixture of all three? As for Chop Shop, does he actually has a vehicle mode?
Posted by YRQRM0 on January 4th, 2015 @ 11:32am CST
Posted by william-james88 on January 4th, 2015 @ 11:50am CST
Madeus Prime wrote:psj333 wrote:Since Filch is a bird Decepticon, does she also possess a vehicle mode as well, just like all other beast-like Decepticons for this series?
My guess, it's a drone place of some sort.
For those of you who aren't keeping track who's based on what animal and what they turn into:
Chop Shop: Will Friedle - insecticon combiner - insecticons
Posted by Sabrblade on January 4th, 2015 @ 3:09pm CST
Images and info courtesy of TFClub.
As these are some mild spoilers, here's a big gap of nothingness first to avert those who wish not to see this.
Autobots
Optimus Prime
Debut: Episode 1
Voice: Peter Cullen
Bumblebee
Debut: Episode 1
Voice: Will Friedle
Strongarm
Debut: Episode 1
Voice: Constance Zimmer
Sideswipe
Debut: Episode 1
Voice: Darren Criss
Fixit
Debut: Episode 1
Voice: Mitchell Whitfield
Grimlock
Debut: Episode 1
Voice: Khary Payton
Jazz
Debut: Episode 10
Voice: Arif S. Kinchen
Drift
Debut: Episode 12
Voice: Eric Bauza
Jetstorm (one of Drift's Mini-Cons)
Debut: Episode 12
Voice: Roger Craig Smith
Slipstream (one of Drift's Mini-Cons)
Debut: Episode 12
Voice: Roger Craig Smith
Humans
Denny Clay
Debut: Episode 1
Voice: Ted McGinley
Russell Clay
Debut: Episode 1
Voice: Stuart Allan
Decepticons
Underbite
Debut: Episode 1
Voice: Liam O'Brian
Steeljaw
Debut: Episode 3
Voice: Troy Baker
Hammerstrike
Debut: Episode 3
Voice: David Kaye
Bisk
Debut: Episode 4
Voice: Khary Payton
Chop Shop
Debut: Episode 4
Voice: David Hunt
Terrashock
Debut: Episode 5
Voice: Kevin Michael Richardson
Thunderhoof
Debut: Episode 6
Voice: Frank Stallone
Filch
Debut: Episode 7
Voice: Constance Zimmer
N/A
Debut: Episode 8
Voice: N/A
Springload
Debut: Episode 9
Voice: John Steven Rocha
Ped
Debut: Episode 10
Voice: Eddie Deezen
Quillfire
Debut: Episode 11
Voice: Andy Milder
Fracture
Debut: Episode 12
Voice: Kevin Pollak
Airazor (one of Fracture's Mini-Cons)
Debut: Episode 12
Voice: Roger Craig Smith
Divebomb (one of Fracture's Mini-Cons)
Debut: Episode 12
Voice: Khary Payton
Clampdown
Debut: Episode 13
Voice: Jim Cummings
Posted by william-james88 on January 4th, 2015 @ 3:40pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 4th, 2015 @ 3:48pm CST
The exact airdate is still unknown, but it should air sometime early this year on Cartoon Network.william-james88 wrote:when does the show start in north america?
Posted by Shadowman on January 4th, 2015 @ 11:54pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 5th, 2015 @ 8:04am CST
Good question. Maybe Bee feels this is a mission they should do on their own, without any kind of government support.Shadowman wrote:So here's a thought...why are they working out of a scrapyard and not the military installation they were situated in at the end of Prime? The one with the Ground Bridge in it?
Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 5th, 2015 @ 11:56pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on January 6th, 2015 @ 12:33am CST
Sabrblade wrote:I smell a new fan-favorite Con!
Is he in robot or alt mode?
Posted by Sabrblade on January 6th, 2015 @ 12:38am CST
Robot.william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I smell a new fan-favorite Con!
Is he in robot or alt mode?
Clampdown's altmode looks to be some sort of car.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 6th, 2015 @ 12:50am CST
Posted by mooncake623 on January 6th, 2015 @ 8:25am CST
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Posted by psj333 on January 6th, 2015 @ 9:15am CST
Posted by Lockdownhunter on January 6th, 2015 @ 9:25am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 6th, 2015 @ 10:05am CST
I don't know. No one does. That's why I said "some sort of" car.psj333 wrote:Sabrblade, you recently said that Clampdown's altmode looks to be some type of car. What kind of car is Clampdown really is?
Posted by Sabrblade on January 6th, 2015 @ 10:39am CST
Go figure.
Posted by ishigoto on January 6th, 2015 @ 11:14am CST
Posted by psj333 on January 6th, 2015 @ 11:58am CST
Posted by President-prime on January 6th, 2015 @ 1:57pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 6th, 2015 @ 2:57pm CST
Yeah it's probably part of a ruse or a gag or something.President-prime wrote:Did anyone notice, in the "meet sideswipe," sideswipe sport a red orange deception logo. The scene where he was fighting steel jaw. Maybe they're gonna join up haha
Posted by WarzoneBeta on January 6th, 2015 @ 4:15pm CST
Posted by psj333 on January 6th, 2015 @ 4:49pm CST
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on January 6th, 2015 @ 9:41pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 6th, 2015 @ 9:47pm CST
They did it!
They actually did it.
People have been asking for it, and they finally did it.
Ladies and gentlemen, what we have here, this new RID cartoon, is "Rescue Bots with Decepticons!"