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The Best Episodes of The Transformers

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The Best Episodes of The Transformers

The Transformers is the first animated television series in the Transformers franchise. The series depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles...

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  1. Background image for War Dawn
    8.5/10(191 votes)

    #1 - War Dawn

    S2:E44

    Some Aerialbots start to have doubts about their cause, some have started to admire Megatron, and are thinking of switching sides. They get pulled into a time warp, and end up on Cybertron, before the current war began. They'll discover more about Megatron, and the origin of one of their own.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise
  2. Background image for Starscream's Brigade
    8.2/10(181 votes)

    #2 - Starscream's Brigade

    S2:E47

    Failing to topple Megatron, an exiled Starscream plans his revenge. He uses World War II era machines and five personality components to create the Combaticons, which prove very powerful in their Bruticus form.

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  3. Background image for The Key to Vector Sigma (1)
    8.0/10(160 votes)

    #3 - The Key to Vector Sigma (1)

    S2:E39

    The Decepticons acquire the Key that will give them access to Vector Sigma. After using Vector Sigma, they find the Key is also capable of making organics turn into machines. Megatron prepares to use it against Earth and The Autobots will need new allies in this battle, but their creation will come at a high price.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise
  4. Background image for The Key to Vector Sigma (2)
    7.9/10(155 votes)

    #4 - The Key to Vector Sigma (2)

    S2:E40

    The Decepticons acquire the Key that will give them access to Vector Sigma. After using Vector Sigma, they find the Key is also capable of making organics turn into machines. Megatron prepares to use it against Earth and The Autobots will need new allies in this battle, but their creation will come at a high price.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise
  5. Background image for Desertion of the Dinobots (2)
    7.8/10(156 votes)

    #5 - Desertion of the Dinobots (2)

    S2:E20

    Both Autobots and Decepticons are facing tough times as they are in need of the element called Cybertonium. The Decepticons quickly get as much as they need, but the only way for the Autobots to get it is to rely on the Dinobots, who have been unaffected by all this. However, the Dinobots have been getting annoyed with the Autobots lately and leave them.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Earl Kress
  6. Background image for The Secret of Omega Supreme
    7.8/10(152 votes)

    #6 - The Secret of Omega Supreme

    S2:E29

    Omega Supreme reveals his past to Optimus Prime, which involves a city's destruction, Megatron and Constructicons.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise
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  8. Background image for The Search for Alpha Trion
    7.8/10(152 votes)

    #7 - The Search for Alpha Trion

    S2:E32

    Elita-1, leader of a group of female Autobots causing trouble for the Decepticons, is captured and used as bait to lure Optimus Prime into a deadly trap. However, Elita-1's strange time manipulation technique saves him, but leaves her close to death. Her only chance for survival lies in Alpha Trion.

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    Director:Unknown
  9. Background image for Megatron's Master Plan (1)
    7.7/10(167 votes)

    #8 - Megatron's Master Plan (1)

    S2:E15

    Megatron and a politician team up to slander the image of the Autobots.

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    Director:Unknown
  10. Background image for Megatron's Master Plan (2)
    7.7/10(167 votes)

    #9 - Megatron's Master Plan (2)

    S2:E16

    While Megatron and Shawn Berger enjoy Decepticon Day in Central City, Spike tries to find video evidence that proves the Autobots are innocent!

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    Director:Unknown
  11. Background image for Desertion of the Dinobots (1)
    7.7/10(156 votes)

    #10 - Desertion of the Dinobots (1)

    S2:E19

    Both Autobots and Decepticons are facing tough times as they are in need of the element called Cybertonium. The Decepticons quickly get as much as they need, but the only way for the Autobots to get it is to rely on The Dinobots, who have been unaffected by all this. However, the Dinobots have been getting annoyed with The Autobots lately and leave them.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Earl Kress
  12. Background image for The Revenge of Bruticus
    7.6/10(145 votes)

    #11 - The Revenge of Bruticus

    S2:E48

    Seeking revenge against Autobot and Decepticon alike, the Combaticons hijack the Space Bridge and use it to alter Earth's orbit, putting it on a collision course with the Sun. With the only means to get off-world damaged in battle, Optimus Prime and Megatron must race against time to stop the Combaticons before the Earth is destroyed.

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    Director:Unknown
  13. Background image for Dinobot Island (2)
    7.5/10(179 votes)

    #12 - Dinobot Island (2)

    S2:E4

    The Decepticons' tampering on the island creates openings to other times, allowing all sorts of things from various times to arrive in the present. The Autobots race to reverse this before it's too late and to stop the Decepticon plot. But in the end, their best hope may be the Dinobots.

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    Director:Unknown
  14. Background image for Microbots
    7.5/10(170 votes)

    #13 - Microbots

    S2:E11

    The Decepticon ship that shot down the Ark has been found and Megatron manages to find a component containing great power. With this power a danger to everyone, Perceptor, Bumblebee and Brawn shrink down and journey through Megatron's body to get it away from the Decepticon leader.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise
  15. Background image for The Golden Lagoon
    7.5/10(156 votes)

    #14 - The Golden Lagoon

    S2:E27

    A lagoon within a forest is discovered and found to contain a substance called electrum, which can make anyone invincible. The bad news is that the Decepticons manage to use it on themselves first.

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    Director:Unknown
  16. Background image for Cosmic Rust
    7.5/10(140 votes)

    #15 - Cosmic Rust

    S2:E45

    Megatron causes his fellow Decepticons to be infected with the deadly Cosmic Rust. Perceptor is captured to find a cure and he does, learning that element X will do the job. The Decepticons are cured, but then they use Perceptor to spread the Cosmic Rust to the Autobots and element X is in short supply.

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    Director:Unknown
  17. Background image for Dinobot Island (1)
    7.4/10(186 votes)

    #16 - Dinobot Island (1)

    S2:E3

    Proving to be a danger even to their own allies, the Dinobots are sent away to train on a recently discovered island in the hopes that they will learn how to effectively work together. The island, however, is far from ordinary as it is populated by dinosaurs. Meanwhile, the Decepticons make advances toward the island so they can acquire it's natural resources.

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    Director:Unknown
  18. Background image for Enter the Nightbird
    7.3/10(175 votes)

    #17 - Enter the Nightbird

    S2:E6

    The Decepticons send the recently stolen Nightbird on a mission to steal an informative chip from the Autobots.

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  19. Background image for Changing Gears
    7.3/10(172 votes)

    #18 - Changing Gears

    S2:E7

    The Decepticons plans to take energy from the center of the sun using a circuit from one of their enemies, Gears. The Autobots must defeat the Decepticons and rescue their compatriot.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Larry Parr
  20. Background image for The Rebirth (3)
    7.3/10(146 votes)

    #19 - The Rebirth (3)

    S4:E3

    After capturing Daniel and Arcee and acquiring the Plasma Energy Chamber key, Scorponok and the Decepticons make their way to Cybertron. The Autobots head after them, but Spike and Cerebros stay on Nebulos and come up with a strategy to use a Hive city as a weapon against Scorponok. Meanwhile, the Decepticons and Scorponok begin to threaten Earth and it is up to the Autobots and their allies to stop them.

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    Director:Jaeho Hong
    Writer:David Wise
  21. Background image for The Immobilizer
    7.2/10(178 votes)

    #20 - The Immobilizer

    S2:E2

    Wheeljack's new invention, the Immobilizer, is capable of rendering any Transformer hit immobile for a short time. Once the Decepticons get their hands on it, however, they modify it and begin leaving many Autobots immobile.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Earl Kress
  22. Background image for Atlantis, Arise!
    7.2/10(169 votes)

    #21 - Atlantis, Arise!

    S2:E9

    The legendary Atlantis is proven to be real and it's residents aren't exactly peaceful.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Booth
  23. Background image for Day of the Machines
    7.2/10(156 votes)

    #22 - Day of the Machines

    S2:E14

    Megatron seizes control of the Torq III computer, enabling him to control the flow of oil.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise
  24. Background image for Make Tracks
    7.2/10(146 votes)

    #23 - Make Tracks

    S2:E25

    After someone steals him, Tracks is briefly unable to transform or talk. This isn't so bad, however, as it leads to the discovery that Decepticons are planning to turn stolen cars into weapons.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise
  25. Background image for Traitor
    7.1/10(173 votes)

    #24 - Traitor

    S2:E5

    Failing to cause a divide between the Decepticons and Insecticons, Mirage's mind suddenly becomes enslaved and he is used by them in a plot against the Autobots.

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  26. Background image for A Prime Problem
    7.1/10(175 votes)

    #25 - A Prime Problem

    S2:E8

    The latest Decepticon plot to destroy the Autobots involves the creation of a Optimus Prime duplicate. They hope this duplicate will be able to convince the other Autobots he is the genuine article and will lead them into a chasm that will destroy them.

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Best Episodes Summary

"War Dawn" is the best rated episode of "The Transformers". It scored 8.5/10 based on 191 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by David Wise, it aired on 12/24/1985. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Starscream's Brigade".