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The Worst Episodes of The Transformers

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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 and other objects.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Transformers Season 3 Episode 14 - Carnage in C-Minor
    5.2/10(163 votes)

    #1 - Carnage in C-Minor

    S3:E14

    The Autobots and Decepticons find that the voices of three aliens (Allegra, Zebop Scandana and Basso Profundo) can make a powerful weapon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Buzz Dixon

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  2. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 49 - B.O.T.
    5.7/10(165 votes)

    #2 - B.O.T.

    S2:E49

    During a battle, the Protectobots finish off the Combaticons, with the exception of Swindle. Megatron orders Swindle to reconstruct his destroyed comrades or else a bomb in his head will go off, destroying him. As Swindle works to complete this task in time, three students get a hold of Brawl's personality component and use it for their science project, B.O.T., with disastrous results.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Earl Kress

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  3. The Transformers Season 3 Episode 19 - Nightmare Planet
    6.0/10(141 votes)

    #3 - Nightmare Planet

    S3:E19

    Daniel's nightmare troubles get a lot worse when the Quintessons make them real. Autobots and Predacons are forced to join forces in order to fight these nightmares.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Beth Bornstein

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  4. The Transformers Season 3 Episode 12 - Surprise Party
    6.1/10(139 votes)

    #4 - Surprise Party

    S3:E12

    Wheelie and Daniel want to have a party for Ultra Magnus after a recent good deed of his. However, Ultra Magnus' birthday is unknown, even to him. Wheelie and Daniel try to find out the answer from Autobot records. Unfortunately for them, Cyclonus decides to intervene.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Barbara Petty, Steve Mitchell

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  5. The Transformers Season 3 Episode 28 - The Face of Nijika
    6.2/10(128 votes)

    #5 - The Face of Nijika

    S3:E28

    A group of Autobots, Cyclonus and Quintessons become trapped within a Quadrant Lock Disc that has also kept the planet Zimojin and it's inhabitants trapped for thousands of years. To get out the Quintessons need a component belonging to Perceptor, but he has several parts taken out which are used by Katsudan to make repairs on a robot. Now in the small form, Perceptor learns the Zimojins were trapped there by the Quintessons out of fear.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mary Skrenes, Steve Skeates

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  6. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 30 - Child's Play
    6.3/10(167 votes)

    #6 - Child's Play

    S2:E30

    The space bridge accidentally sends several Autobots and Decepticons to a strange world in which they are no bigger than toys.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Beth Bornstein

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  7. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 46 - Kremzeek!
    6.3/10(157 votes)

    #7 - Kremzeek!

    S2:E46

    A creature made out of energy, Kremzeek, gets made and causes trouble for the Autobots, Decepticons and Japan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise

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  8. The Transformers Season 3 Episode 10 - Thief in the Night
    6.4/10(140 votes)

    #8 - Thief in the Night

    S3:E10

    Octane locates the defeated Trypticon and brings him to Carbombya. There, they follow orders from Fakhaddi in order to get energon. They begin stealing landmarks around the world for him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Paul Davids

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  9. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 35 - The Girl Who Loved Powerglide
    6.5/10(168 votes)

    #9 - The Girl Who Loved Powerglide

    S2:E35

    The Decepticons are trying to learn the secret surrounding a man's invention and go after his teenage daughter. Powerglide intervenes to rescue her, but this causes her to fall in love with him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise

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  10. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 1 - Autobot Spike
    6.6/10(200 votes)

    #10 - Autobot Spike

    S2:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Donald F. Glut

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  11. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 33 - Auto-Bop
    6.6/10(154 votes)

    #11 - Auto-Bop

    S2:E33

    Innocent people fall under Megatron's control through music being played at a club.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise

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  12. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 37 - Sea Change
    6.6/10(146 votes)

    #12 - Sea Change

    S2:E37

    Seaspray falls in love, but the object of his affection is part of a rebel movement on another world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Booth

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  13. The Transformers Season 3 Episode 13 - Madman's Paradise
    6.6/10(138 votes)

    #13 - Madman's Paradise

    S3:E13

    Daniel leaves a banquet being hosted by his parents. He and Grimlock end up discovering a Quintesson chamber and get stuck in a magical world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Craig Rand

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  14. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 22 - A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court
    6.7/10(165 votes)

    #14 - A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court

    S2:E22

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Booth

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  15. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 34 - Prime Target
    6.7/10(153 votes)

    #15 - Prime Target

    S2:E34

    A hunter sets his sights on Optimus Prime and uses several captured Autobots to force him into a confrontation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Buzz Dixon, Flint Dille

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  16. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 36 - Triple TakeOver
    6.7/10(149 votes)

    #16 - Triple TakeOver

    S2:E36

    Astrotrain and Blitzwing leave The Decepticons to do things their way, which includes capturing Megatron and Starscream and seizing control of a stadium.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Larry Strauss

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  17. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 38 - Hoist Goes Hollywood
    6.7/10(143 votes)

    #17 - Hoist Goes Hollywood

    S2:E38

    Hoist gets a big break into show business after rescuing stuntmen. Sunstreaker, Powerglide, Warpath and Tracks are along for the ride as well. On the road to a movie career, however, they learn Dirge has stolen a device from Wheeljack's lab.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Earl Kress

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  18. The Transformers Season 3 Episode 25 - Money Is Everything
    6.7/10(128 votes)

    #18 - Money Is Everything

    S3:E25

    Marissa Fairborne and the Technobots encounter Dirk Mannis, who possesses the dangerous Recreator. Turns out the Quintessons want the Recreator for themselves and Dirk is happy to give it to them so long as he gets paid. Marissa and the Technobots get tangled into the resulting betrayals and scheming.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Gerry Conway, Carla Conway

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  19. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 23 - The God Gambit
    6.8/10(158 votes)

    #19 - The God Gambit

    S2:E23

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Buzz Dixon

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  20. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 26 - The Autobot Run
    6.8/10(159 votes)

    #20 - The Autobot Run

    S2:E26

    Most of the Autobots lose their ability transform to robot mode after the Decepticons use a device on them. A handful of Autobots still capable of transforming are their only hope.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Donald F. Glut

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  21. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 31 - The Gambler
    6.8/10(153 votes)

    #21 - The Gambler

    S2:E31

    With the others rendered powerless, Smokescreen has to enter the gambling world to get the Energon needed to revive them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Charles Hill

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  22. The Transformers Season 2 Episode 41 - Aerial Assault
    6.8/10(143 votes)

    #22 - Aerial Assault

    S2:E41

    The Decepticons work with a smuggler to take over a Mideast palace and begin acquiring plane parts for the construction of a air fortress. The Aerialbots head to the scene, but Slingshot and Sky Dive get into trouble. But a young man known as Hassan comes to their aid to help save the day.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Booth

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  23. The Transformers Season 3 Episode 7 - Chaos
    6.8/10(149 votes)

    #23 - Chaos

    S3:E7

    An alien is discovered to have a powerful weapon that fires crystals, which are taken from a creature Kup knows of, Chaos. Galvatron plans to construct his own powerful weapon on Chaos' home and several Autobots race to prevent him from using it on Cybertron.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Paul Davids

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  24. The Transformers Season 3 Episode 21 - The Quintesson Journal
    6.8/10(128 votes)

    #24 - The Quintesson Journal

    S3:E21

    Two planets are locked in a destructive war and the Autobots attempt to bring about peace. Things do not go so well, however, until a Quintesson Journal is found and provides evidence of Quintesson involvement in the war.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Merwin

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  25. The Transformers Season 3 Episode 22 - The Big Broadcast of 2006
    6.8/10(126 votes)

    #25 - The Big Broadcast of 2006

    S3:E22

    The Junkions fall victim to subliminal messages from the Quintessons, who are trying to get a journal off the Planet of Junk. This also causes the Junkions to attack Sky Lynx and Astrotrain, which brings the Autobots and Decepticons into the situation. Unfortunately, a screw up makes the Junkions send out the subliminal messages on their own, bringing about mass confusion and destruction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Carnage in C-Minor" is the worst rated episode of "The Transformers". It scored 5.2/10 based on 163 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Buzz Dixon, it aired on 10/13/1986. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "B.O.T.".