Transformers: Armada Episode Guide
| Episode 1: First Encounter In which two teenagers activate a beacon. Episode 2: Metamorphasis Episode 3: Base | The series started with a 1 hour movie that included the first three episodes. The episode starts as a narrator giving a description of the Transformers history. It then goes tells us of the war between the warring factions, The Autobots and Decepticons and how the war changed when a new race of robots called Mini-Cons awakened. The war had created massive fatalities and both sides cam to a truce. In this truce, they had created a massive ship for the Mini-Cons to escape, never to be used in a war again, forever hurling them though space. Then after drifting through space, the ship crashed on Earth temporarily awakening the Mini-Cons and sending them to all the ends of the Earth then shutting them down once again. After t [...] |
| Episode 4: Comrade In which we discover some Mini-Cons can combine. | The episode begins as the Autobots locate a Mini-Con, with Sureshock and Alexis pinning down the exact coordinates. Red Alert provides the kids with padded armour suits, and the Autobot team sets off to recover the Mini-Con. Using a warp gate [...] |
| Episode 5: Soldier In which a Mini-Con hides. | The episode begins with a scene to emphasise the disparity between Hot Shot and Red Alert and their respective experience and ranks. Shortly afterwards, a Mini-Con is discovered at the South Pole, and the race is once again on against the Decepti [...] |
| Episode 6: Jungle In which Starscream captures a Mini-Con. | The Decepticons and Autobots are having a battle in a desert. Cyclonus and Demolishor hold off the Autobots while Starscream transforms, flies behind enemy lines, and fires at Optimus. The Autobot leader shoots him down, and when he hits the g [...] |
| Episode 7: Carnival In which kids and Mini-Cons go for a walk. | Carlos and Rad are trying to figure out how to activate the Mini-Con panel the Autobots found in "Soldier" when Alexis comes in and tells them to clean up; we see they've left their belongings strewn all over the floor. The Autobots are making r [...] |
| Episode 8: Palace In which a Mini-Con hides secrets in the desert. | The race is on to find a Mini-Con whose existence is hinted at by a tribal legend (!) and the Autobots are required to draw upon the kids' experience of deserts. When they face Demolisher, the Autobots are rendered almost helpless by the lack of [...] |
| Episode 9: Confrontation In which the Autobots have to save the kids. | Fred and Billy are having a heated debate about where the Transformers come from when they see the other three kids in the distance. They lose sight of Alexis, Carlos and Rad as they enter a forest, but Cyclonus spots the three and makes to attac [...] |
| Episode 10: Underground In which the kids are followed by an unknown Transformer. | Hot Shot and Red Alert are working on the underground base as a Mini-Con alert comes in. The Autobots head out to the city mentioned, and prepare to begin exploring the subway system. Driving in, Optimus almost hits a train head-on... perhaps thi [...] |
| Episode 11: Ruin In which the Autobots go diving for a Mini-Con. | The Autobots are busy fitting jets to the side of Optimus' trailer when Carlos bursts in with a story about a holographic girl appearing on the computer at Autobot HQ and asking for help, and the Black Squirrel having been seen as far afield as L [...] |
| Episode 12: Prehistory In which both sides gain a Mini-Con advantage. | Rad is still thinking about the undersea city which was destroyed in the previous episode. Elsewhere, Megatron tries in vain to activate part two of the Air Defense Team set. Optimus Prime gives the kids a lesson in Cybertronian history. The M [...] |
| Episode 13: Swoop In which the Air Defense Team are the centre of attention. | The Mini-Con Sonar tells Megatron the approximate location of the Autobot base. Megatron sends Cyclonus to find the base. Soon Cyclonus finds the base and sends the coordinates to Decepticon HQ. Meanwhile the kids show Billy and Fred around th [...] |
| Episode 14: Overmatch In which the Autobots face a Decepticon arrival. | We open on an attempted Mini-Con capture scene in which Starscream zooms across the top of a hill and Demolisher approaches on the ground. Hot Shot has other ideas, and uses the Star Saber to defeat Starscream whilst Smokescreen heads after the M [...] |
| Episode 15: Gale In which we don't know which side Sideways is on. | On a busy highway, a purple motorbike zooms out of a blast radius... it's fairly obvious that this is probably a Transformer. Elsewhere, Hot Shot is recalling his fight with Scavenger in Autobase. The boys (including Fred and Billy) watch him tra [...] |
| Episode 16: Credulous In which he's with the Autobots. For now. | The episode opens with the Autobots and Decepticons fighting in a desert over a new Mini-Con... however neither faction knows where it is. Hot Shot (with the Star Saber) and Sideways advance on the Decepticons, and together manage to corner th [...] |
| Episode 17: Conspiracy In which Scavenger joins the Autobots! | Since losing the Star Saber to the Decepticons, the Autobots have lost many battles, resulting in the Decepticons acquiring several new Mini-Cons. Starscream, now equipped with the Star Saber, has been pushing around his fellow Decepticons, bu [...] |
| Episode 18: Trust Scavenger must decide whether to save Optimus Prime. | Hot Shot has been training with Scavenger for the past week. The kids go to watch him train, but Hot Shot explains that when he started training, Scavenger fell asleep. Carlos and Smokescreen voice their lack of trust in Scavenger, but Red Ale [...] |
| Episode 19: Vacation In which the kids go on vacation, funnily enough. | Alexis arrives at the Autobot base to find the Autobots about to warp out. They're taking a vacation, and the kids are going with them. Alexis had never heard about this, and though Rad and Carlos insist they forgot to tell her, she thinks t [...] |
| Episode 20: Reinforcement In which a morally ambiguous Autobot joins up. | The Autobots are losing another battle to the Decepticons. Red Alert tries to take out Demolishor, who has found the Mini-Con, but fails. Just before Demolishor warps back to base with his comrades, the Mini-Con is shot out of his hands by a [...] |
| Episode 21: Decisive Battle In which two Mini-Con teams are pitted against each other. | Now possessing both Star Saber and Skyboom shield, Megatron decides to challenge autobots to the final battle. Other Decepticons agree, but Sideways asks if he should first master using the Sky Boom. At Autobot base, Hot Shot´s ego gets som [...] |
| Episode 22: Vow In which Optimus has to decide whether to sacrifice himself. | In the smartest move he's made since the beginning of the series, Optimus orders the kids to stay out of the Autobots' base while they come up with a plan. On the moon, Megatron commands Bonecrusher, Knockout, Barrage, Buzzsaw, Dualor, Backtra [...] |
| Episode 23: Rebellion In which Starscream and Megatron clash. | Sideways is seen on the moon composing a report for an unknown audience. He has come to a conclusion that the Decepticons are losing the battle with the Autobots because of Megatron´s poor leadership. Later, in Decepticon headquarters, Sid [...] |
| Episode 24: Chase In which the kids are trapped. And chased. By a planet. | The kids are alone at the base while the Autobots are on patrol. Alexis berates Carlos and Rad for wanting to slack off, saying the Decepticons could attack at anytime. Carlos says the base hasn't been attacked since Red Alert put up a protect [...] |
| Episode 25: Tactician In which two new characters arrive. |
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| Episode 26: Link Up In which the Decepticons are foiled by Jet Convoy. | Optimus was heavily damaged in the last battle, and is in recovery. Jetfire, the second in command, will be taking over his duties until he is at his full strength again. Scavenger and Blurr tell Hot Shot how Thrust led the Decepticons to over [...] |
| Episode 27: Detection In which Sideways is discovered to be a traitor. |
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| Episode 28: Awakening In which Tidal Wave arrives. | The Autobots and Decepticons are fighting on a beach when the ground begins to shake. A huge aircraft carrier is seen in the sky, and it slowly flies over to the battle before landing on the water. Thrust announces this new arrival as the Dece [...] |
| Episode 29: Desperate In which a big powered-up fight occurs. | The kids have chased the Mini-Con into a dead end, so it panics and shoots at them. The Street Action Team forms Perceptor to protect the kids, but the Mini-Con hides behind Rad. The other Autobots lure Tidal Wave away from Jet Convoy, but h [...] |
| Episode 30: Runaway In which the kids face Thrust with the Space Team. | Megatron is having his Mini-Cons give him a tune-up when Thrust arrives for orders. Megatron instructs him to find a way to get the Requiem Blaster from the Autobots. On Earth, most of the Autobots are urging Optimus to use the Requiem Blas [...] |
| Episode 31: Past, Part 1 In which an old friend returns... but is he still a friend? |
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| Episode 32: Past, Part 2 In which Sideswipe arrives and Wheeljack fights an old pal. |
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| Episode 33: Sacrifice In which Smokescreen falls in battle. |
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| Episode 34: Regeneration In which Smokescreen changes his name to Hoist. |
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| Episode 35: Rescue In which the Autobots become more proactive. |
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| Episode 36: Mars In which Starscream joins the Autobots. | Starscream is angry that he has failed to get his revenge. He has started to question his decision to join the Autobots. On the Decepticon moon base Megatron is using the Recreium Blaster to get rid of his anger after losing the Mini-Cons. Else [...] |
| Episode 37: Crack In which Starscream is accused of Mini-Con theft. |
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| Episode 38: Threaten In which the Deceptions launch a warship. |
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| Episode 39: Crisis In which the Decepticons threaten Earth some more. |
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| Episode 40: Remorse In which the Autobots mourn Optimus Prime. |
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| Episode 41: Depart In which the Autobots prepare to leave for Cybertron. |
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| Episode 42: Miracle In which something quite surprising happens |
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| Episode 43: Puppet In which Autobots and Decepticons come under attack. |
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| Episode 44: Uprising In which the Transformers return to Cybertron. |
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| Episode 45: Dash In which we learn Thrust’s true allegiance. |
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| Episode 46: Drift In which we learn the Mini- Cons’ relationship with Unicron. | Starscream and the three kids follow the Decepticon Thrust into an underground cavern. Thrust has stolen the Skyboom shield and Requiem Blaster, and is fleeing to carry them to Unicron. Starscream jumps ahead and corners Thrust in front of [...] |
| Episode 47: Portent In which Unicron arrives. |
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| Episode 48: Cramp In which Starscream pays the ultimate price. |
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| Episode 49: Alliance In which Autobot and Decepticon join up against a common foe. |
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| Episode 50: Union In which Unicron attacks Cybertron. |
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| Episode 51: Origin In which Sideways reveals the ultimate secret. | With the threat of Unicron overwhelming the Transformers, Optimus Prime and Galvatron head into Unicron's enormous body to fight the beast from within. While they are inside, the kids also go in search. The combined forces of the Autobot army [...] |
| Episode 52: Mortal Combat In which Optimus and Galvatron duke it out for the final time. |
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