IMPORTANT! The first 4 episodes’ audio commentary tracks (“Darkmount”-“Rebellion”) are the same commentary tracks from the Dawn of the Beast Target-exclusive DVD.
Dagnabbit! Then I bought that Target DVD for nothing.
There was also going to be a lot more done with The Wreckers, including bringing in Seaspray (a Batman-like character who hummed “sea-shanty” tunes to make his enemies paranoid)
Knew that from the SDCC panel.
The destruction of Jasper and Megatron’s attack of the military is meant to imply there’s been a significant amount of human casualties
Even though we still got Fowler saying a couple of times that he got the residents of Jasper out and evacuated to safety.
Peter Cullen apparently became a little upset while first reading the script, not yet knowing at the time if Optimus would survive. He’s still worried about making kids upset and sad over losing Optimus like what happened back in G1, and doesn’t want to let that happen again…
Here that, guys? Cullen's a strong advocate of keeping Optimus alive. So if ya'll ever want an Optimus who dies and stays dead, ya'll likely wanna not have Cullen voice him.
TFP is recorded “radio play” style with all cast members in studio together, this adds a lot to the cast chemistry
Knew that from past interviews.
About Starscream, after all he’s gone through in S2, by this point in time he is completely on Megatron’s side 100%.
To all who ever doubted Starscream's new loyalty to Megatron, official word of mouth right there!
Mairghread Scott: “No one loves Miko the way I love Miko and I’m going to make people like her!”
Seeing all the hate Miko still gets, I don't think Ms. Scott succeeded.
A show like TFP with serialized story-telling and long running plots are still seen as somewhat risky in terms of retaining viewership within children’s cartoons, so they’re happy viewership remained high
This is one of the reasons why children's action cartoons are a dying genre.
Bumblebee’s beeps and boops are written as actual lines in English in all scripts. In order to keep the flow of scenes going, Megatron would read for BB in recording sessions, even creating a specific “Bumblebee voice”
Knew this from the Autobits
The silver Seekers are an offscreen gift from Megatron to Starscream in celebration of his return
So... they were always there? Were they just, what, kept in storage in the Nemesis for all of seasons 1-2? Or did Megs order a ton a Jet Vehicons be given extreme makeovers for the occasion?
The Decepticon warship is indeed called the Nemesis in scripts
And back in episode 15.
Alpha Trion is indeed well and truly dead
Figured. But, wait, does that mean that he was writing the few present day entries in the Covenant of Primus from beyond the grave or something?
Soundwave will likely come back at some point in the future, he’s a ghost in the machine right now, he’ll be king of the Shadow Zone…
See? He'll be back, guys.