When Professor Sumdac upgrades animatronic dinosaurs, they develop minds of their own.

"Cars and Trucks , Bad !!!"

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I'm sure this guy will be the first to have it on Youtube. He hasn't done so yet but he should do soon.

Quite possible this thread will get turned into it, so...BIG SPOILERS BELOW.






I am definitely digging this Megatron. Love the subtle vocal change in his voice when he's trying to sugarcoat Sumdac, and he becomes less villainous and almost...likable. Very well done.

As soon as he said "my propsects on this planet are GRIM..." I chuckled a bit...then he added "locked, on this planet". So now we've got an origin for this Grimlock's name.

Kinda wonder why no one picked up on the Dinobots looking different after they got hit with the EMP/key storm. Just a simple "hmm, looks like the energy burned off their synthskin" would've been enough.

Nice to know we're in the year 21XX, now.

What the heck are up with Fanzone's eyes? I don't remember them looking like that before. He's got the weird "eyes closed" thing going on (like Kitsune from Love Hina).

Tons of great one-liners here. "You call breathing fire a glitch?"

Definite shades of G1 here. Prime's a jerk and is more than ready to shut the Dinobots down...for good. As soon as Bulkhead said "transport them somewhere they'll do less damage" I thought "Dinobot Island"...and was glad to see them end up there. Very interesting to see Bulkhead and Prowl go out of their way to save the Dinobots. At the rate he's going, Prowl will be able to overthrow Prime based on strength of personal relationships alone.

loved Grimlocks voice perfect


I loved Bulkhead useing Slags line agenst him!

dinobot Island!

does he do the old "Me Grimlock" thing?

"Me Grimlock!"

Oh, nerdgasm.

Loved the episode. Loved it. Plausible origin story for the fan-favorite Dinobots. More character development (the Prowl/Bulkhead relationship), nice use of humor (BH: "He said good thinking." BB: "And Bulkhead!"), a manipulative Megatron. What more could you ask for?

I was glad to see Grimlock transform before the end of the ep. MAN I want one now.

Final thought: Prowl just keeps growing on me. At this rate, he could end up my favorite Autobot by the time it's all said and done.

rather liked this ep, Grimlock is spot on. kinda wonder if swoop and slag have the same competence as him yet though. I did laugh when Bulkhead used Slags line on him.

Megatron playing Sumdac is definetly working well. and the bulkhead/Prowl Growth was interesting as well.

I squeaaalled. What can I say, I like the dinos ^_^ And of note, while the key thing is getting even more use, it may become a problem now that Megs knows about it. BTW- Sumdac is just digging himself in even deeper.

Can we now agree that this episode was much more preferred than the intended Meltdown episode?

Didn't this episode also cover Ratchet's past or is that another episode?

This ep did not feture Ratchet but insteed focased on Bulkheads clumsyness

So....would you guys say they were more like their dumb as fence post G1 cartoon selves.....or more like their Comic book interpretation? I have to wait for a torrent.

Dumb as a fence, though in THIS case it might just be because they are newborns. Grimlock seemed to be the only one who has learned to talk so far.

Thay where the Dinobots..nuff said

How can we possibly compare the two when we've only seen one?

Swoop sounds like Birdramon.

(also, I liked this episode.)

I've not seen either and given the choice I'd rather see the Dinobots episode.

Oh man the end was great.

Touching moment, and then "FIGHT LIKE A DINOBOT NATURE!".

I want to see more of them now.

Also, I think Megs is going to have Vehicons by the time his body is complete.

I just hope Swoop and Slag learn to speak and transform by their next appearance as that was the only thing I didn't like about the episode.

anyone else get a terminator feeling with the dinobot music?

Also i see we are back to megatron and attack drones

Torrent is up! http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=161859

Was a fun episode overall. I'd like to see the Dinobots revisit their old "stomping grounds" in a later ep, though.

Not quite as good as last weeks. Grimlocks voice was win. G1 epic. Sad that Swoop and Slag haven't learned to talk yet.

Megatron is moving silently in the background, poor Sumdac's too absentminded to realize what he's up too. Little stretching the credibility there.

Still enjoyable! Can't wait till next week.

STOOPID NATURE! Come back and FIGHT like DINOBOT!



This episode was great. I found myself giddy when we first saw the theme park robot rubber skins burning away to reveal the Dinobots beneath.

I about died laughing at Bulkhead's "Scuse me!"

And I really, really like Prowl so far. He and Bulkhead win for Unlikeliest Friends Ever, which just adds to the coolness factor for both of them.

To Magnusblitz' comment in previous thread, about Prime wanting to shut the Dinobots down... I wonder if that's going to eventually set up another G1-ish moment in a later episode, recalling one of my favorite G1 Prime lines ever which I will now probably misquote: "Even the wisest of man and machine can make an error." This Optimus seems like one who might do what Rodimus Prime, in my opinion, should've done better in G1: "grow up" into his role as time goes on.

I enjoyed it, but I will admit that my enjoyment was rather hampered by Swoop and Slag being mute. But Grimlock's voice was perfect.

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I loved the episode. It was a much more enjoyable ep than the g1 introduction.

The debate between Prowl/Sumdac where Sumdac kept saying it's just a machine, to justify melting/killing etc... The reckless human tendency to disregard lower beings vs the autobot philosophy of protection. It's a nice angle to explore for a kid's show. In g1 it was just Ratchet/Wheeljack wanting to save face/save their pride by making an invention work.

Megatron playing Sumdac is nice to see. As was the video convincing the Dinobots that cars EAT dinosaurs. Megatron played them well too.

Not to mention, the autobots are starting to get more and more suspicious about Sari's key. Who was it? Bumblebee that mentioned the possibility of the new dinobots being partially the fault of Sari's key mixed with the EMP?

Like the EMP too. Creative use of powers and powerful.

Prowl continues to shine. He's easily my favorite character on the show. Ninja skill, compassion, etc... He leads more than Prime does.

Also, Animated Prime is a dick. He's just like eh melt em down-they're just machines. Right after Prowl says they might have sparks.
No wonder he washed out of the academy.

Also, to anyone in the older threads who didn't think they adequately showed Bulkhead's super strength...WATCH THIS EP!

Oh and Grimlock HATES the japanese version of Robots In Disguise (RID)

Grimlock does have a good voice. You could almost think it was the same actor (Gregg Berger was it?) as in G1.




Yeah, I keep smiling whenever he says "Car Robots". Thats got to be an intentional reference.


Oh and if only Windcharger was there instead of Ratchet. He would have beaten the Dinobots easily...


LOL. "Excuse me!" to Slag. Nice G1 movie reference to there!

Yeah, David Kaye is doing a fantastic job of channelling Berger's voice.

I just love the fact that Grimlock's name actually makes sense in this continuity.

It was an enjoyable romp. Megatron continues to prove that whatever else happens, he knows how to manipulate the situation to his advantage.

Sumdac is gonna be in soooo much trouble when the Autobots find out.

EDIT: I also enjoyed the various subtle homages. From Car Robots to Slag's "excuse me!" to Dinobot Island.

Actually, I think it was Megatron that noticed the power of Sari's key while watching the incident on TV. I have a feeling Meg's is gonna try to get his hands on it soon(well, if he HAD hands anyway).

I hope we get here hear the Dinobots discuseing who the good guys are like they did in G1.

"We help Autobots!"

"Witch ones Autobots?"

"Ones with fice like this, me think..."

So much so that I thought he was Berger.

episode replays at 11 am tomorrow

I'll agree to that. There are a few parts when you can notice it isn't Berger, but overall...it's pratically an exact copy.

I love these Voice Actors!

Great as it was, I noticed an overarching plot hole that's kind of important to the whole thing. Sumdac is on a first-name basis with Megatron, given that he almost says it in this episode. That's all fine and good... except Sumdac was there in the pilot movie when Bulkhead said Megatron was the leader of the Decepticons (and of course there's the part with Starscream talking about him that we know was recorded and in turn was probably part of a news report, let alone being accessible by Sumdac's computer to begin with). Smooth-talking aside, he should be able to put two and two together.

Maybe Starscream confused him. Starscream was definitely a bad guy...and he talked about destroying Megatron. So maybe Sumdac got confused and figured that if star scream killed/hurt him, then he must be good.

Sumdac's been showcased to be extremely absent minded. And given the events that followed immediatly after that, I wouldn't at all be surprised if no one even remembers what was exactly said.

Where is Starscream anyway?

Would he really be the type to have stayed away from this kind of action?

Absent minded isn't the word for it. I'm convinced that Sumdac is a savant. He's got a lot of talent when it comes to robotics and various other scientific pursuits, but he's easily manipulated and has rather poor memory when his work isn't involved. Makes me wonder how he was able to found and control a huge corporation given how easily he's manipulated(Maybe the missing Mrs Sumdac actually ran the business side of things).

Alright episode, not as good as the others we've seen so far IMO.

Still fun.

"'Scuse me" got a genuine LOL from me though. Nice touch.

I liked it. The Dinobot Island reference in particular was great, as was Prowl doing his Ninja Rick thing with Bulkhead.

Animated Grimlock look amazing in robot mode. Flaming Swords are always epic win.

I hope Slag gets some personality/development of his own, if only for the exchange of snarky verbal jabs with ol' Grims.

I think Prowl was expecting too much from Bulkhead. Bulkhead is built like an elephant - big body, short limbs - whereas Prowl has a slim body and long limbs. Obviously Bulkhead just can't be as graceful as Prowl, its just the way his body was designed.

I think it fits in with last week. Bulkhead was frustrated by people only wantign him to smash things and wanting to be more sensative and gentle. Prowl is the best person to try and teach him such, escpailly after nearly destrying that dino exhibit

Well, it's Prowl. He is a dick.

G1 Prowl and RiD Prowl, yeah - they're dicks. This Prowl is much more likeable and cool.