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The main focus of our cartoons section is the original 1980s Transformers series, though if you check out 'Other Resources' on the navigation bar above you'll find some resources and links for other series.
Our forum has episode guides and commentary by Blackjack for Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Robots in Disguise and the currently-ongoing Prime. Upload into main site is pending. We don't have guides (yet) for Armada, Energon, Cybertron and Animated.
A guide to the original 'G1' Transformers series by DrSpengler, including synopses, short reviews, character appearances, production errors and notes where versions collected on DVD in recent years differ from those broadcast. Season three and four episodes after Five Faces of Darkness are reviewed by Blackjack.
Episode order is story chronology,
as per the popular Prime Targets guide. For a list ordered by broadcast dates, click here.
► More than Meets the Eye, Part 1
► More than Meets the Eye, Part 2
► More than Meets the Eye, Part 3
► Transport to Oblivion
► Roll for it
► Divide and Conquer
► Fire in the Sky
► S.O.S. Dinobots
► Fire on the Mountain
► War of the Dinobots
► The Ultimate Doom, Part 1
► The Ultimate Doom, Part 2
► The Ultimate Doom, Part 3
► Countdown to Extinction
► A Plague of Insecticons
► The Heavy Metal War
Often split into three episodes when broadcast on TV. Unlike many other series, for which an animated movie was the end, Transformers soldiered on in the US for a further two seasons. Watching the movie before them is strongly recommended, as there are many cast changes.
► Scramble City ► Movie Review and Commentary by DrSpengler ► Movie Review and Commentary by Blackjack ► Transformers the Movie Resources | In Japan an original animation titled Scramble City was initally released in place of the movie, the movie itself being delayed until 1989. |
► The Rebirth, Part 1 ► The Rebirth, Part 2 ► The Rebirth, Part 3 | A fifth season was broadcast, but consisted of existing episodes introduced by a stop-animation Powermaster Optimus Prime and a kid referred to as Tommy Kennedy. Season four was replaced in Japan with several extra original series. More on that to come! |