Transformers: Generation 1 Capsule Episode Descriptions, version 2 This list was compiled by Steve-o Stonebraker (srstoneb@bu.edu) in April 2001. Aaron Marsh's thorough G1 episode guide was used as a reference. Episodes are listed in some semblance of chronological order, but, there's no single "right" way to arrange them (the production and airing schedules were different, and *neither* is fully consistent with the story events). I've separated the seasons with blank lines. These descriptions are not meant to fully describe the events of an episode. They are written for people who have already seen these cartoons but need a little reminder about which episode is which (like me). If you want them to fit in 78 columns, you can't say too much. For that reason, I've stripped "The" and "A" from title beginnings, shortened a few with ellipses (...), and used some abbreviations in the descriptions. Oh, and some of the descriptions are a bit tongue-in-cheek, so don't take them literally. Here's the URL of Aaron's TF information website, which includes his full episode guide: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Comet/5606/ More Than Meets The Eye 1 - TFs arrive on Earth. Fight on oil rig. More Than Meets The Eye 2 - Sherman Dam battle. Roller in the ruby mine. More Than Meets The Eye 3 - Holo-rocket base. Mirage stops Con ship. Transport to Oblivion - Space Bridge. BB reprogrammed to trick Bots. Roll For It - Chip has the anti-matter formula! Divide and Conquer - Bots need spare parts from Cyb. Acid rain! Fire in the Sky - Skyfire found in a glacier. SOS Dinobots - 3 Dinobots built, deactivated, reactivated. Fire on the Mountain - Skyfire returns. Crystal in Incan pyramid. War of the Dinobots - Dinos defect. 2 new dinos built to stop them. Ultimate Doom 1 - Sparkplug hypno-chipped. Cybertron visits. Ultimate Doom 2 - Natural disasters and a jaunt to scenic Cyb. Ultimate Doom 3 - Megs' ship blows up and knocks Cyb away. Countdown to Extinction - SS & Arkeville try to blow up the Earth. Plague of Insecticons - Insects show in South America. Lightning fight. Heavy Metal War - Constructicons appear. Cons fall into lava. Autobot Spike - Spike's brain in a Frankenformer's body. Immobilizer - Megs steals Wheeljack's new EI/AD. Carly intro. Dinobot Island 1 - Dinos go on vacation, but the Cons crash it. Dinobot Island 2 - Time warps from the island wreak havoc. Traitor - Has Mirage betrayed the Autobots??? Enter the Nightbird - Robo-Ninja babe steals World Energy Chip. Changing Gears - Gears' switch turned from "grouchy" to "nice". Prime Problem - Dup.Prime lures Bots to bot-killing crystals. Atlantis Arise - Atlantians help Megatron take over Wash DC. Attack of the Autobots - Bots turn evil due to sabotaged rechargers. Master Builders - Hoist, Grapple, & Cons build solar energy tower. Microbots - Megs installs Heart of Cyb. Bot shrinky-dinks. Insecticon Syndrome - Insecticons get super-charged and take over. Day of the Machines - Torq3 enslaved by Cons, destroyed by Bots. Megatron's Master Plan 1 - } Megatron deports the Autobots, but sets their Megatron's Master Plan 2 - } ship's course to go into the Sun. Auto Berserk - Red Alert helps SS steal a superpowerful tank. City of Steel - Megs takes Manhattan. Prime = Metal Alligator. Desertion of the Dinobots 1 - } Cybertronium depletion requires Dinos to go Desertion of the Dinobots 2 - } to Cybertron and back to save the Bots. Decepticon Raider... - Low-energon TFs joust in jolly olde England. God Gambit - Astrotrain is God to Titan's crystal-rich ppl. Core - Dominator disks, Devastator, big drill. Make Tracks - Raul carjacks Tracks. Con car drones run wild. Blaster Blues - Blaster jams to stop the Decep's radio jammer. Autobot Run - Charity race + Transfixatron = Bad News. Golden Lagoon - Beachcomber's idyllic electrum pond goes boom. Quest for Survival - Morphobots (plants) and Insecticon drones. Secret of Omega Supreme - Crystal City & the Robo-Smasher. Much pathos. Child's Play - The TFs are like toys for a giant alien boy! Gambler - Smokescreen hits the jackpot. Defcon hits Cons. Search for Alpha Trion - Elita-1 time freezes to save Prime & her gals. Auto-Bop - Blaster vs Soundwave at a hypnotic dance club. Prime Target - Lord Chumley lays ridiculous traps for Prime. Girl Who Loved Powerglide - Astoria's father's invention saves Powerglide. Triple Takeover - 3Changers start their own bizarre drone army. Sea Change - Seaspray becomes a merman. Rumble, a tree. Hoist Goes Hollywood - Hoist and some others star in a movie. Key to Vector Sigma 1 - } Stunticons and Aerialbots are given life by Key to Vector Sigma 2 - } VS. The Key can turn organics into metal. Masquerade - Bots disguise themselves as the Stunticons. Trans-Europe Express - Weather-controlling pearl. Big race. Stunticons. Cosmic Rust - Perceptor's CORROSTOP clears Megs' complexion. War Dawn - Aerials visit the Golden Age, meet Orion Pax. Starscream's Brigade - SS creates the Combaticons. Revenge of Bruticus - Brut rampages on Cybertron until SS stops him. Aerial Assault - Prince Hassan is Swindled. Aerialbots assist. B.O.T. - Kids put Brawl's brain in their robot project. Kremzeek! - Cute lil' Kremzeek overruns Japan. Five Faces of Darkness 1 - Metroplex needs a cog. Charr is depressing. Five Faces of Darkness 2 - Rod in Matrix, Galvy found, Quints resurface. Five Faces of Darkness 3 - Planet Goo. M Fairborne. Quints & Cons ally. Five Faces of Darkness 4 - Rodimus learns the TF origin from the Matrix. Five Faces of Darkness 5 - Trypticon. Predacons. Quints freeze TFs. Killing Jar - Travel into a negative universe. Chaos - Super-bazooka fires crystals shed by Mr. Chaos. Forever... Long Time Coming - Time-switch. Gaurdian robots & A-3 guest star. Surprise Party - Perilous quest to find Ultra Magnus' birthdate. Madman's Paradise - Daniel & Grim in Quint's magic prison dimension. Carnage in C-Minor - Sonic weapons and pre-school animation. Fight or Flee - Pacifist Sandstorm loses his world to the Cons. Thief in the Night - Octane and Trypticon steal Earth's monuments. Starscream's Ghost - Cyclonus gets possessed and teams with Octane. Web World - Cyc takes Galvy to a psychiatric planet. Ghost in the Machine - SS's ghost gets a new body from Unicron. Dweller in the Depths - Transorganics attack. Bots have new power core. Nightmare Planet - Quintessons manipulate Daniel's dreams. Ultimate Weapon - First Aid steals Tryp's cog to replace Metro's. Big Broadcast of 2006 - Quints send hypnotic TV shows to Junkion. Quintesson Journal - Quint records of perpetuating a war are found. Only Human - "Snake" turns the Autobots into humans. Grimlock's New Brain - Grim becomes smart, builds Technobots. Money is Everything - M Fairborne loves Han Solo. Technos & Terrors. Call of the Primitives - Unicron's creator has a new masterpiece. Face of the Nijika - A planet imprisoned by the Quints is released. Burden Hardest to Bear - Rodimus broods. Scourge gets the Matrix. Dark Awakening - Quints reanimate Prime. Return of Optimus Prime 1 - OP's body saved. Hate plague. OP revived again. Return of Optimus Prime 2 - W/ new undercoat, OP cures plague with Matrix. Rebirth 1 - Fight over PEC leads to Nebulos. HeadMasters. Rebirth 2 - TargetMasters. Scorponok. Rebirth 3 - Cyb gets engines, goes to Earth. Fort Max. List copyright 2001 by Steve-o Stonebraker. Not-for-profit distribution is fully permitted as long as the list is not modified and credit is given to Steve-o. Thanks go to Aaron Marsh and Zobovor.