- 6.6/10184 votes6.6/10(184)
#1 - Autobot Spike
Season 2 Episode 1
Aired 9/23/1985
Spike is severely hurt during a battle. His mind is placed into Sparkplug's recent creation, Autobot X, until his body can be saved by an operation. But the Autobot X body was unstable to begin with and Spike soon ends up betraying his friends.
Director: N/A
Writer: Donald F. Glut
- 7.1/10170 votes7.1/10(170)
#2 - The Immobilizer
Season 2 Episode 2
Aired 9/24/1985
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Earl Kress
- 7.4/10177 votes7.4/10(177)
#3 - Dinobot Island (1)
Season 2 Episode 3
Aired 9/24/1985
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Donald F. Glut
- 7.5/10170 votes7.5/10(170)
#4 - Dinobot Island (2)
Season 2 Episode 4
Aired 9/26/1985
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Donald F. Glut
- 7.1/10164 votes7.1/10(164)
#5 - Traitor
Season 2 Episode 5
Aired 9/27/1985
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: George Hampton, Mike Moore
- 7.3/10166 votes7.3/10(166)
#6 - Enter the Nightbird
Season 2 Episode 6
Aired 9/29/1985
The Decepticons send the recently stolen Nightbird on a mission to steal an informative chip from the Autobots.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sylvia Wilson, Richard Milton
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- 7.3/10164 votes7.3/10(164)
#7 - Changing Gears
Season 2 Episode 7
Aired 9/30/1985
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry Parr
- 7.1/10165 votes7.1/10(165)
#8 - A Prime Problem
Season 2 Episode 8
Aired 10/1/1985
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bryce Malek, Dick Robbins
- 7.2/10161 votes7.2/10(161)
#9 - Atlantis, Arise!
Season 2 Episode 9
Aired 10/2/1985
The legendary Atlantis is proven to be real and it's residents aren't exactly peaceful.
Director: N/A
Writer: Doug Booth
- 7.0/10153 votes7.0/10(153)
#10 - Attack of the Autobots
Season 2 Episode 10
Aired 10/3/1985
Jazz, Bumblebee and Sparkplug are up against insurmountable odds when Megatron manages to turn the recharging Autobots evil.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Wise
- 7.5/10162 votes7.5/10(162)
#11 - Microbots
Season 2 Episode 11
Aired 10/6/1985
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Wise
- 7.0/10154 votes7.0/10(154)
#12 - The Master Builders
Season 2 Episode 12
Aired 10/7/1985
The Constructicons trick Grapple and Hoist with claims of having left Megatron. They construct a tower Grapple thought up to absorb solar energy, which Optimus Prime did not want to be built for fear of The Decepticons getting their hands on it. Not surprisingly, The Constructicons betray them.
Director: N/A
Writer: David N. Gottlieb, Herb Engelhardt
- 7.1/10152 votes7.1/10(152)
#13 - The Insecticon Syndrome
Season 2 Episode 13
Aired 10/8/1985
The Insecticons become extremely powerful after they consume an energy source. They enslave every Decepticon except for Megatron. The Decepticon leader and the Autobots will have to team up to return the Insecticons to normal.
Director: N/A
Writer: Doug Booth
- 7.2/10148 votes7.2/10(148)
#14 - Day of the Machines
Season 2 Episode 14
Aired 10/9/1985
Megatron seizes control of the Torq III computer, enabling him to control the flow of oil.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Wise
- 7.7/10158 votes7.7/10(158)
#15 - Megatron's Master Plan (1)
Season 2 Episode 15
Aired 10/13/1985
Megatron and a politician team up to slander the image of the Autobots.
Director: N/A
Writer: Donald F. Glut
- 7.7/10158 votes7.7/10(158)
#16 - Megatron's Master Plan (2)
Season 2 Episode 16
Aired 10/14/1985
While Megatron and Shawn Berger enjoy Decepticon Day in Central City, Spike tries to find video evidence that proves the Autobots are innocent!
Director: N/A
Writer: Donald F. Glut
- 7.0/10144 votes7.0/10(144)
#17 - Auto Berserk
Season 2 Episode 17
Aired 10/15/1985
Red Alert is damaged during a battle, making him rather paranoid. This causes him to join forces with Starscream, who wants to get a hold of the Negavator.
Director: N/A
Writer: Antoni Zalewski
- 7.1/10155 votes7.1/10(155)
#18 - City of Steel
Season 2 Episode 18
Aired 10/16/1985
The Decepticons plan to take New York and turn it into their new home base, disassembling Optimus Prime in the process. The rest of the Autobots must save Optimus and New York City without their leader.
Director: N/A
Writer: Doug Booth
- 7.7/10149 votes7.7/10(149)
#19 - Desertion of the Dinobots (1)
Season 2 Episode 19
Aired 10/20/1985
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Earl Kress
- 7.7/10148 votes7.7/10(148)
#20 - Desertion of the Dinobots (2)
Season 2 Episode 20
Aired 10/21/1985
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Earl Kress
- 7.0/10141 votes7.0/10(141)
#21 - Blaster Blues
Season 2 Episode 21
Aired 10/22/1985
From the moon, Megatron manages to interfere with the radio transmissions on Earth. Blaster and Cosmos go to put an end to his plot as the other Autobots work to help those affected by the loss of radio transmissions.
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry Strauss
- 6.7/10150 votes6.7/10(150)
#22 - A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court
Season 2 Episode 22
Aired 10/23/1985
Spike, Hoist and Warpath find their battle with a group of Decepticons interrupted when they all get sent back in time to the middle ages.
Director: N/A
Writer: Doug Booth
- 6.8/10139 votes6.8/10(139)
#23 - The God Gambit
Season 2 Episode 23
Aired 10/27/1985
Astrotrain tricks a race living on one of Saturn's moons, Titan, into thinking he is a god and gets them to do his bidding, which includes getting a hold of a newly discovered power.
Director: N/A
Writer: Buzz Dixon
- 6.9/10136 votes6.9/10(136)
#24 - The Core
Season 2 Episode 24
Aired 10/28/1985
Megatron plans to drill his way to Earth's core in hopes of getting large amounts of energy. The Autobots try to stop him and initiate their new plan to take control over Devastator. When both sides battle for controlling Devastator, though, it causes disaster.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dennis Marks
- 7.2/10137 votes7.2/10(137)
#25 - Make Tracks
Season 2 Episode 25
Aired 10/29/1985
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Wise
The Best Episodes of The Transformers Season 2
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Network:Syndication
Episodes
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Autobot Spike" is the best rated episode of "The Transformers" season 2. It scored 6.6/10 based on 184 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Donald F. Glut, it aired on 9/23/1985. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Immobilizer".