New Robots In Disguise Episode Premiering at Paley Center for Media

Wonder if the new episode will be the same one that airs that Saturday on CN, or if it will be a later episode.

Watched the latest episode...Out Of The Shadows
aye it was ok

it was funny when Sideswipe & Grimlock got fused together(but would that make them SideLock or GrimSwipe ) Shadowraker was interesting(but yet another bloody insecticon! of which we've seen quite a few already...in recent times) but this one's a flying Beetle...but weirdly has the ability to shoot webbing like a spider oh....& we find out that Drift used to be called Deadlock.

Anywhoo....here's a link to the ep(or wait for Sabr's links, which most of you do anyway!)
http://www.mywatchseries.ac/link/thevideo.me/15201197

MoonHelix-888 wrote:Episode 10 "Disordered Personalities" (sans the end credits) is up on DailyMotion.

I was looking for this....many thanks

i'm sure there was a red car in the race that looked a lot like TF Prime Knock Out

Slashmark's my favourite Decepticon yet. He's like an evil competent Tracks.

Kurona wrote:Slashmark's my favourite Decepticon yet. He's like an evil competent Tracks.

His stuffy, upperclass attitude made be think of an evil Midnight Express.

I'm just not enjoying this season. It's bad enough the 'Cons were practically background characters in previous seasons, now the core group are turning into a bunch of morons.

It's like this season has been dumbed down. Pretty much over it.

Burn wrote:I'm just not enjoying this season. It's bad enough the 'Cons were practically background characters in previous seasons, now the core group are turning into a bunch of morons.

It's like this season has been dumbed down. Pretty much over it.

I agree with this sentiment. I haven't even watched past "The Great Divide" but the episodes I did see felt rather cheap and second-rate. Like, the show wasn't anything amazing to begin with, but to go from the Starscream arc (which had its own couple of piece-of-sh*t episodes in "Strongarm's Big Score" and "Pretzel Logic") to these episodes which only have so much density to them as if they were written on a 10-minute break, it indicates to me that something's slipping behind the scenes. I sense these writers are either getting another Beast Hunters shoved up their ass here (in which case, seriously, f*ck Hasbro), or they've truly dried up in the ability to write anything remotely standard in quality.

You know your show's jumping the shark when My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is airing alongside it and feels like it's got a more competent writing staff.

PrymeStriker wrote:You know your show's jumping the shark when My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is airing alongside it and feels like it's got a more competent writing staff.

FIM's been airing for seven years now. They've obviously been doing something right.

And I actually enjoyed this episode. Slashmark was powerful and competent, just the kind of enemy Team Bee needs to fight more often. And I'll admit, the whole "body switch" thing has been done to death, but it was handled pretty well here.

You have not lived until you see Drift animated with Grimlock's facial expressions.

bluecatcinema wrote:FIM's been airing for seven years now. They've obviously been doing something right.

They're not, really. The only thing keeping that show going is it's rabid adult fanbase chucking money at it, which is why Hasbro hasn't reinvented MLP's wheel a fifth time. I've been rewatching the show episode-by-episode for the past two years and the only season with consistent writing quality is season two. With every other season, it's good episode followed by bad episode followed by mediocre episode followed by good episode, because they've got 19,000 writers and a very loose direction for the show, so you're getting out of character moments, forced morals, rushed pacing, and sometimes stupid conflicts left and right. Compared to most shows I watch, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is on a relatively low rung due to its overall inconsistent quality.

But they even still have managed to keep the show moving forward with at least the bare minimum of standard writing for longer than two seasons. Robots in Disguise is prematurely running out of steam, and I wonder if that's studio conflict like Transformers: Prime and Transformers Animated or if the writers are truly getting lazy. The pessimist in me likes to pin this on the writers.

If anyone is interested, the next two episodes have been announced. Looks like they've taken a break after Disordered Personalities, because it doesn't show the next one airing till after the middle of July. Problem is, TFwiki and IMBd (the latter not to much of a reliable source and the former being a secondary source) shows there to be three upcoming episodes announced, while Wikipedia (again, a secondary source) and this site only show two. I'll post the two they have if you don't want to open the link.

The Golden Knight
Season 3 - Jul 22, 2017
An ancient Cybertronian signal sends Bumblebee and chivalry-obsessed Fixit to a remote English island for a routine scouting mission that quickly turns into the duo's very own call to adventure.

The Fastest Bot Alive!
Season 3 - Jul 29, 2017
Grimlock acquires uncontrollable superspeed, which proves to be a problem when the Autobots have to deal with a revenge-minded Simacore and his army of Mini-Con clones.

Zap2it has all of that information too, which is probably where all those other sites you mentioned originally got that info from.

It also lists a third upcoming episode called "Guilty as Charged", but which has no airdate yet, only a description:

Strongarm worries that her Academy classmate Chicane may still harbor a grudge, but when a powerful foe comes after her old friend, Strongarm and the Bee Team put their sparks on the line to protect her.

TFWiki has this one listed as the very next episode, but I'd have to look into where they got that or if it's just a guess. Otherwise, it'll need to be corrected.

Sabrblade wrote:Zap2it has all of that information too, which is probably where all those other sites you mentioned originally got that info from.

It also lists a third upcoming episode called "Guilty as Charged", but which has no airdate yet, only a description:

Strongarm worries that her Academy classmate Chicane may still harbor a grudge, but when a powerful foe comes after her old friend, Strongarm and the Bee Team put their sparks on the line to protect her.

TFWiki has this one listed as the very next episode, but I'd have to look into where they got that or if it's just a guess. Otherwise, it'll need to be corrected.

Yeah, this was the "third" episode i was talking about. Curious, though. Why the almost... three week? break?

Nexus Knight wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Zap2it has all of that information too, which is probably where all those other sites you mentioned originally got that info from.

It also lists a third upcoming episode called "Guilty as Charged", but which has no airdate yet, only a description:

Strongarm worries that her Academy classmate Chicane may still harbor a grudge, but when a powerful foe comes after her old friend, Strongarm and the Bee Team put their sparks on the line to protect her.

TFWiki has this one listed as the very next episode, but I'd have to look into where they got that or if it's just a guess. Otherwise, it'll need to be corrected.

Yeah, this was the "third" episode i was talking about. Curious, though. Why the almost... three week? break?

The most likely guesstimate is "Because Cartoon Network."

There has been a change in cast behind the cast for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force! While the character of Windblade will be returning, Kristy Wu will no longer be voicing the Camien, and is instead going to feature the voice of Erica Lindbeck - famous for Barbie, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, and more. Check out her Twitter announcement below!

THRILLED to be voicing Windblade in #Transformers : RID Combiner Force , airing Saturday mornings on @cartoonnetwork

Fellow Seibertronian Terrsolpix has sent us a screenshot with Transformers: Robots in Disguise news! Episodes 8 (Get a Clue), 9 (Out of the Shadows) and 10 (Disordered Personalities) of the Combiner Force tranche of the new season for the animated series are now available on the Cartoon Network app, though you need an account to view them. Check it out!

*cough* 10 is also available but my screen wasn't big enough for all 3 to fit *cough*

We don't need to use the app - episode was broadcast yesterday morning in the UK. ep 11, 12 next weekend. Is the US still on ep12? uk date 3.1 10/6/17 3.13 22/7/17 - us date 3.1 29/4/17 3.13 15/7/17

Prime Nova wrote:We don't need to use the app - episode was broadcast yesterday morning in the UK. ep 11, 12 next weekend. Is the US still on ep12? uk date 3.1 10/6/17 3.13 22/7/17 - us date 3.1 29/4/17 3.13 15/7/17

Last one 'murica got was 10.

Have they changed the dates - ep 10 should of been in the US 24/6/17 - UK air 9/7/17. So us in the UK could be ahead then?

So uhh Blastwave is a bloody toad looking dude who is a bounty hunter and speaks in sign language.

At least it looks more like the toy than the card art.

Isn't that the remode of Megatronus & used for Bludgeon. I'll have to have a look at the toys

Prime Nova wrote:Isn't that the remode of Megatronus & used for Bludgeon. I'll have to have a look at the toys

Yup it is Blastwave but his toy doesn't look like him.

It was also confirmed on Twitter by one of the guys who worked on the show that Bludgeon is a toy only character and will not appear on the show.

Can't remember the guy's name right now but i think it was Adam.

latest episodes

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Hasbro updated their website's Robots in Disguise section to both give a synopsis on the current season (which is officially titled as Season 4) and an episode count fo the series.

The episode count (if true) gives us the first hint at more episodes to come. We knew season 4 would have 26 episodes, but that only gives us a total episode count of 71. Hasbro instead writes a total count of 78 episodes, so there are 7 episodes beyond season 4. Maybe this will be similar to that Starscream arc made up of only 6 episodes.

Here is the previously mentioned synopsis:

Combine and conquer Season 4 with your favorite Transformers: Robots in Disguise. Bumblebee’s rogue team of young Autobots increases their sphere of influence and their fight against the Decepticons from the Antarctic to the moon! Whether handling road races or runaway trains, fugitives or viruses, this team is out of the shadows and ready to combine and conquer! Blurr Roll into adventure with new teammates and your favorite Transformers: Robots in Disguise.

Makes one wonder who wrote that description since both the Hasbro brand team (John Warden and Ben Montano, at least) and the show's creators (Adam Beechen, at least) treat the Starscream arc as an extension of Season 2 and current season as the third.

Also, whoever wrote it snuck in a few episode titles in there ("Sphere of Influence", "Out of the Shadows").

Though, the repetition of "combine and conquer" is a little odd, as is calling Bumblebee's team a "rogue" team.

But people part of the show did call it season 4. remember this?

a now removed instagram post from Tim Cahill, confirming a Fourth Season is in the works

He's a Hasbro studios writer.

Plus I have it under very good authority that the voice cast was also given the info that the starscream episodes were season 3.

Anyways, watching the new episodes and I realized that Blastwave is using the Megatronus model so an accurate toy should have been a redeco of Megatronus and not Bludgeon.

william-james88 wrote:But people part of the show did call it season 4. remember this?

a now removed instagram post from Tim Cahill, confirming a Fourth Season is in the works

He's a Hasbro studios writer.

Plus I have it under very good authority that the voice cast was also given the info that the starscream episodes were season 3.

A similar thing happened back with Beast Wars in which Doug Parker (Terrorsaur's voice actor) once mentioned (at a time before Season 2 premiered) his having recorded Terrosaur lines for "Season 3" of that show when Terrorsaur died in the first episode of Season 2.

Hold on? did Nitra just say that Blastwave escaped from Trypticon prison? does this mean that we might see Trypticon in this?(kinda like we saw Metroplex & Fort Max in TF Animated)

Stuartmaximus wrote:Hold on? did Nitra just say that Blastwave escaped from Trypticon prison? does this mean that we might see Trypticon in this?(kinda like we saw Metroplex & Fort Max in TF Animated)

I'm pretty sure it's just a reference and a name-drop -- RiD's been fond of those lately. Maybe, but especially since we don't see much of Cybertron in this series; don't hold your breath.

Stuartmaximus wrote:Hold on? did Nitra just say that Blastwave escaped from Trypticon prison? does this mean that we might see Trypticon in this?(kinda like we saw Metroplex & Fort Max in TF Animated)

Nightra was lying about his escape, since he's the bounty hunter after her and not vice versa like she initially claimed.

As for Trypticon Prison, since the Nemesis was made from Trypticon, who in turn was originally made from Trypticon Station, it's possible that this Trypticon Prison is the Nemesis having been refitted into a prison after it was downed in Predacons Rising.

Sabrblade wrote:Nightra was lying about his escape, since he's the bounty hunter after her and not vice versa like she initially claimed.

As for Trypticon Prison, since the Nemesis was made from Trypticon, who in turn was originally made from Trypticon Station, it's possible that this Trypticon Prison is the Nemesis having been refitted into a prison after it was downed in Predacons Rising.

Yeah I'm going with the whole "turning the dead spaceship into a prison" although it's likely grounded and on Cybertron there is a possibility that the Nemesis was fixed and is now a mobile prison ship like the Alchemor.

If that's the case how long before Trypticon crashes here to eh?

I can't wait until Mecha Godzilla speeds down to the planet at impossible speed, killing all life instantly.

So.....toywise....Nightra & Flamesword will just be repaints of Strongarm & Crazybolt

btw it was cool to see a full reveal of Motormaster(who looks even better than the toy does)

Wait, shoot, is there a link to the other episode(s)? I only saw the one with Nightra.

Kurona wrote:Wait, shoot, is there a link to the other episode(s)? I only saw the one with Nightra.

Have a look again....i posted both

Bee brings up a good point in episode 12, that villains don't think they are doing wrong. I have already heard people talking about this concept IRL but its nice to add it to the show for people who have not thought of it yet.

WreckerJack wrote:Bee brings up a good point in episode 12, that villains don't think they are doing wrong. I have already heard people talking about this concept IRL but its nice to add it to the show for people who have not thought of it yet.

Except for cases where it's villains who boast such rhetoric as "My evil will reign supreme!" or "You cannot defeat the powers of evil!" or even just "Of course I'm a bad guy, I'm EVIL!"

Stuartmaximus wrote:So.....toywise....Nightra & Flamesword will just be repaints of Strongarm & Crazybolt

btw it was cool to see a full reveal of Motormaster(who looks even better than the toy does)

I don't think them getting Toys is a sure thing. Remember that polar bear who had steel jaws model?

Sabrblade wrote:

WreckerJack wrote:Bee brings up a good point in episode 12, that villains don't think they are doing wrong. I have already heard people talking about this concept IRL but its nice to add it to the show for people who have not thought of it yet.

Except for cases where it's villains who boast such rhetoric as "My evil will reign supreme!" or "You cannot defeat the powers of evil!" or even just "Of course I'm a bad guy, I'm EVIL!"

https://youtu.be/uxeR95aYer0?t=2m16s

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...This is the cartoon thread.

Episode 13 up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Hp9Z6vaL8

& hopefully episode 14'll be along shortly too!

Cartoon network on demand only has up to episode 10 up.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Cartoon network on demand only has up to episode 10 up.

The U.S. CN hasn't aired any new episodes past that one. Episodes 11-13 of Combiner Force have aired in the UK.

Us in the UK are going to have to wait for ep 3.14 until 2 months after it has been shown in the US but we'll see the 3.26 a month before. I hope that they don't do a DVD Movie like with Prime. Then it'll be released in the US then on TV & us in the UK have to wait 3 years for it to be released on DVD & never shown on TV

So I finally got caught up and watched episodes 11-13 of season 3. The episodes were pretty good. I liked all the little nods. The most frustrating thing is...where is this season going?

I mean with season two there were obviously two directions (Team Bee and away missions with Team Prime)...

But this season...I don't know...It appears just random stuff goes on, then at the end you are reminded...Hey The Stunticons are out there, and Hey Soundwave is collecting Decepticon Hunters for some reason... To what end?

It clearly appears there are two separate threads to this season, and they don't mesh well together, and it shows. Also I think the idea of slowly revealing your adversary is a novel idea, but we are 13 episodes in, No Menasor, and they haven't figured out the whole BB combiner thing yet...its getting old, especially for a kids show where you want the action to be up front and fast. I think the slow reveal of a complex Combiner team would have been great on Transformers: Prime, but on this show it just isn't working. Also I immensely miss Optimus Prime, what the heck is going on with his "Investigation"...I definitely want to see some of that, but perhaps that will be the 7 episode "finale" or whatever is planned...

I guess I'm just a bit spoiled. season 2 was a bit underwhelming, then we had that amazing 6 episode Starscream Arc. I guess just a general lack of interest in this show makes it seems more like chore now, then something fun I should look forward to when new episodes come out.

On a positive note, I'll give kudos to the show for introducing Blastwave the first Transformer to use Sign Language. My daughter thought this was especially neat as she is learning ASL.