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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:56 pm

Comics Continuum has posted a 30 second preview of the next new episode of Transformers Prime, "Sick Mind", scheduled to air Saturday, April 30 at 7PM (ET). Click here to watch!

A Decepticon plague infects Optimus Prime, so Arcee and Bumblebee sneak onto the Nemesis to find the cure.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:14 pm

"Cybonic" Plague? "Saibonic" Plague? "Sibonic" Plague? "Sybonic" Plague? Can we get an official spelling on this?

Well, at least it seems to be an original name instead of a rehash of some existent disease.

by **BATTOUSAIXD** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:15 pm

NO! Why do we have to wait another week?

News Credits: 3599 · by **Seibertron** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:18 pm

This plot sounds familiar. * cough * beast wars * cough *

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:23 pm

Seibertron wrote:This plot sounds familiar. * cough * beast wars * cough *

Save for the fact that Optimus is in a weakened, painful state rather than turned into a berserker. :roll:

by **King Slick** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:54 pm

So we have to wait another week to see the most under appreciated Autobot of all time? COME ON! I swear, these people are seriously sick in the head! WE WANT MORE RACHET NOW!!!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:32 pm

I tell ya, whatever goes on in this episode, it's gonna be very tough to top last week's episode. I mean, "Predatory" was the best episode of this series yet. Quite possibly this show's first "quality episode", going above and beyond the standard episode formula that we've seen in this show until then. I want more episodes like that one. This new episode, however, will have serious difficulty in making such an impression.

News Credits: 1 · by **burning_sirius** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:12 pm

Did anyone notice what appears to be Bumblebee's voice. At the tail end when it zooms to his eyes, you hear a voice that is unlike any voice we have heard in the series yet. Also, remember that Bumblebee in G1 had superior visual abilities in addition to a fuel efficient body which is why his job was a scout. I am really hoping we hear Bumblebee's real voice and none of this R2-D2 nonsense.

News Credits: 1 · by **mattyc1007** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:16 pm

27 years and Prime may eventually drop dead for ever?... Oh wait kids show :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:24 pm

burning_sirius wrote:Did anyone notice what appears to be Bumblebee's voice. At the tail end when it zooms to his eyes, you hear a voice that is unlike any voice we have heard in the series yet. Also, remember that Bumblebee in G1 had superior visual abilities in addition to a fuel efficient body which is why his job was a scout. I am really hoping we hear Bumblebee's real voice and none of this R2-D2 nonsense.

I thought about that at first, but then I listened to it again and it's really Ratchet's voice being spoken in a different tone.

They previously said that they'd go into Bumblebee's voice issue during the show's second season.

News Credits: 2 · by **Twitchythe3rd** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:35 pm

I'm going to guess Ratchet is going to take control of Bumblebee's body with that "psyhcic patch".

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:36 pm

King Slick wrote:So we have to wait another week to see the most under appreciated Autobot of all time? COME ON! I swear, these people are seriously sick in the head! WE WANT MORE RACHET NOW!!!

that's exactly what I said a few posts ago! Rachet has been constantly absent! I said " I Hope the events in shadowzone are followed by a good ol' fashioned "Bulkhead!!! I NEEDED THAT!!!""

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:37 pm

Twitchythe3rd wrote:I'm going to guess Ratchet is going to take control of Bumblebee's body with that "psyhcic patch".

I think it's more like whatever BB sees is shown on screen on the monitors at the Autobot base, so that Ratchet can guide both BB and Arcee through the Nemesis's corridors.

News Credits: 37 · by **SlyTF1** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:22 am

What the f...It's not coming out this week!? Why, damnit!? Just when I thought I had reason to look forward to the end of the week, they decide to delay it; again!? Damn it all!!! :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:01 am

wait, april.... ok.... thats the part I heard right. I also heard we had to wait 3 weeks for speed metal. I was upset, but understanding. but this... THIS IS F"CKING BULL SH*T!!!!! EVERY SATURDAY IS WHAT I WAS TOLD!!! AND PSN IS GETTING HACKED AND NO-ONE I KNOW HAS ACCESS!!!! ****! ****! *****! ******* PIECE OF***** I guess i'm just pissed off right now........ ANONYMOUS IS HACKING PSN! :sad:

News Credits: 1 · by **burning_sirius** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:24 am

Sabrblade wrote:I thought about that at first, but then I listened to it again and it's really Ratchet's voice being spoken in a different tone.

They previously said that they'd go into Bumblebee's voice issue during the show's second season.

On second thought, maybe it was just Ratchet. I am just sick of voiceless Bumblebees. You cannot blame a guy for hoping right?

News Credits: 1 · by **Heavy B** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:22 am

soooo is this the formula now? new episode, old episode. new episode, old episode. new episode, old episode. uncool hub

by **Red 50** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:23 am

So, they just go to the Nemesis again? Just bridge there like goin' to a mall? Why not then just cripple their ship and then bridge it to alaska or Artic ocean. (Oh, right. I rmemeber.)

Still, they could just cripple it so it would crash and go BOOM! Presumably over an ocean so that humans would have no evidence or sighting of it. Seein' how Cybertronians don't make well in Artic temperatures so Artic ocean would be perfect: even if they'd survive the crash, they'd still freeze till offline (Just like Arcee and Prime would have and Scraplets did.)

Then again that would pretty much reduce the Decepticons Drones numbers from possible few hundred to only several or few dozen. And since the autobots can slag the drones pretty easily as seen on few episodes, that would mean that the D'Cons would pretty much be slagged.

Still, they could cripple Nemesis enough to ground it permanently. (Or at least for long enough to start a new crime-spree to steal construction supplies.)

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:56 pm

Red 50 wrote:So, they just go to the Nemesis again? Just bridge there like goin' to a mall? Why not then just cripple their ship and then bridge it to alaska or Artic ocean. (Oh, right. I rmemeber.)

Still, they could just cripple it so it would crash and go BOOM! Presumably over an ocean so that humans would have no evidence or sighting of it. Seein' how Cybertronians don't make well in Artic temperatures so Artic ocean would be perfect: even if they'd survive the crash, they'd still freeze till offline (Just like Arcee and Prime would have and Scraplets did.)

Then again that would pretty much reduce the Decepticons Drones numbers from possible few hundred to only several or few dozen. And since the autobots can slag the drones pretty easily as seen on few episodes, that would mean that the D'Cons would pretty much be slagged.

Still, they could cripple Nemesis enough to ground it permanently. (Or at least for long enough to start a new crime-spree to steal construction supplies.)

Do you really think that just Arcee and Bumblebee alone have the means do disable the whole Nemesis by themselves? And without getting caught by any of the many Vehicon troops onboard?

by **Predaprince** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:06 pm

Sabrblade wrote:"Cybonic" Plague? "Saibonic" Plague? "Sibonic" Plague? "Sybonic" Plague? Can we get an official spelling on this?

Well, at least it seems to be an original name instead of a rehash of some existent disease.

First off, I'm guessing it is spelled Cybonic Plague. Second, you must never have heard of the Bubonic Plague. Third, it is my guess that Ratchet is going to take control of BB rather than just see what he sees. This would explain the voice at the very end. Lastly, this is not an original concept. It was done plenty of times in G1, one of which was specifically just Optimus Prime, as well as in other TF shows.

Btw, I agree with Ryan that this was seen in Beast Wars, since the fact that Optimus Primal went berserk was not the Predacon's plot. Also, even though it made him go berserk, it made him malfunction and caused the Maximals to go on the offensive to retrieve the cure.

I'm also wondering why it is you are giving the roll your eyes emoticon to the founder of this forum website.

by **Red 50** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:21 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Red 50 wrote:So, they just go to the Nemesis again? Just bridge there like goin' to a mall? Why not then just cripple their ship and then bridge it to alaska or Artic ocean. (Oh, right. I rmemeber.)

Still, they could just cripple it so it would crash and go BOOM! Presumably over an ocean so that humans would have no evidence or sighting of it. Seein' how Cybertronians don't make well in Artic temperatures so Artic ocean would be perfect: even if they'd survive the crash, they'd still freeze till offline (Just like Arcee and Prime would have and Scraplets did.)

Then again that would pretty much reduce the Decepticons Drones numbers from possible few hundred to only several or few dozen. And since the autobots can slag the drones pretty easily as seen on few episodes, that would mean that the D'Cons would pretty much be slagged.

Still, they could cripple Nemesis enough to ground it permanently. (Or at least for long enough to start a new crime-spree to steal construction supplies.)
Do you really think that just Arcee and Bumblebee alone have the means do disable the whole Nemesis by themselves? And without getting caught by any of the many Vehicon troops onboard?

Okay, so maybe not the two of 'em alone, but if they'd bring Bulkhead then the only real threat would be: Starscream, Soundwave, Breakdown, Knock out-

Dang, you're right.
So yeah, we saw how they scrapped the Vehicons aboard Nemesis in "The Darkness Rising Pt 4". But it does take more effort to defeat Knock Out and Breakdown. Screamer and Wavevy are unknown since they've never really been on close-combats (Except for SS, who got kicked by Wheeljack.)

Still, you would think that getting into Decepticons flagship should be harder than that: Bulkhead simply drove up the hill and jumped aboard it, Jackie and Arcee Bumblebee got bridged there (Technically Jackie did get bridged back and RC & BB have yet to warp).

by **AshesOfPain** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:10 pm

Being as it is now just past 8pm, on the 30 of April, This trailer is about a week off. This week was Convoy,next week will be Sick Mind I must say this series is almost as addicting as the original G1, however I find the animation of GI Joe: Renegades just a little more organic. Hand-drawn, while I know both are computerized.

by **Predaprince** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:07 pm

AshesOfPain wrote:Being as it is now just past 8pm, on the 30 of April, This trailer is about a week off.

Today is April 23 not the 30th.

News Credits: 1 · by **Janus Prime** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:54 pm

A plague from Cybertron!... again. And they have to get inside the Nemesis!... again. But in order to do it they have to defeat a large number of Vehicones!... again. And let me guess, all will be fine by the end of the episode... again.
Although Megatron is supposed to appear in the following episode, right? Maybe Sick Mind won´t be as predictable after all.

by **AshesOfPain** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:52 pm

Predaprince wrote:
AshesOfPain wrote:Being as it is now just past 8pm, on the 30 of April, This trailer is about a week off.

Today is April 23 not the 30th.

Sorry. I blame not being at work, I normally know the actual date. I guess I really do need to take a break.