Transformers: Robots In Disguise Combiner Force Episodes 1-7 Description and US Air Times
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Episode 46: "King of the Hill - Part 1", 4/29/2017Overconfidence leaves the Bee Team unprepared when they face a Stunticon that can fire guided missiles on the desert ground above a nuclear waste disposal site.
Episode 47: "King of the Hill - Part 2", 4/29/2017The harried Autobots' Stunticon enemy proves more formidable and crafty than they anticipated, using his guided missiles to threaten a nuclear waste disposal site.
Episode 48: "Defrosted", 5/06/2017Grimlock begs to learn new fighting methods from reluctant teacher Drift and puts them into action when The Autobots travel to the Antarctic to battle the Decepticon Prong - unfrozen from a melting glacier.
Episode 49: "Blurred", 5/13/2017After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer - Rescue Bot Blurr.
Episode 50: "Sphere of Influence", 5/20/2017The Bee Team discovers a mysterious artifact that has a strange effect on Cybertronian minds, turning the bots against one another. Now, the Bee Team must keep obsessed treasure-hunter Springload from accidentally destroying Crown City.
Episode 51: "Bee Cool", 5/27/2017Bee, trying to prove that he can be as cool as Sideswipe and his intern Blurr, struggles to lead the Autobots against two Stunticons who stole a trailer full of Cybertronian weapons.
Episode 52: "The Great Divide", 6/03/2017After combining into the Ultra Bee Team Combiner, the Autobots find Sideswipe has split into two individuals. Now, the two Sideswipes must overcome their differences and learn to work together as the Bee Team pursues Stunticon Drag Strip.
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 27th, 2017 @ 1:14pm CDT
Posted by o.supreme on April 27th, 2017 @ 1:16pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Episode 49: "Blurred", 5/13/2017After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer - Rescue Bot Blurr.
ok...I'm confused....
is supposed to be...
???
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 27th, 2017 @ 1:18pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Episode 49: "Blurred", 5/13/2017After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer - Rescue Bot Blurr.
ok...I'm confused....
is supposed to be...
???
At least they transform the same, unlike Bee, Prime, and Sideswipe when they crossed over to Rescue bots. It makes sense though, the basic design, colors, and feel were there, but the designs were still just different enough, so this does work
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 1:19pm CDT
Everyone and their mother here was insisting that they had to be the same Blurr back when his RID toy was first revealed.o.supreme wrote:ok...I'm confused....
is supposed to be...
???
Posted by Kurona on April 27th, 2017 @ 1:21pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on April 27th, 2017 @ 1:22pm CDT
Posted by o.supreme on April 27th, 2017 @ 1:29pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Everyone and their mother here was insisting that they had to be the same Blurr back when his RID toy was first revealed.
For the record I didn't, in fact I never even gave it a thought. Always thought they were two completely separate characters that happen to have the same name (like FoC Grimlock & RiD15 Grimlock)...
At least when characters crossed over into RB they had the same color scheme and basic look.
As for changing modes...well...Honestly I never took Rescue Bots seriously. I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing. The designs on RB are all simplified, there's no way they could do in simple flash animation what Prime or BB would look like from TFP. They got the colors and basic design down.
To me the two Blurr's look nothing alike, but I know they can scan new modes. No doubt they'll just have a throw away line about him scanning a new form or something.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 1:50pm CDT
Same with Sideswipe, too:
Even the video games were guilty of this. Optimus has one body in WFC, then suddenly has a completely new look in FOC with zero in-universe explanation, which we're just supposed to accept as being how he already looked.
Posted by o.supreme on April 27th, 2017 @ 2:00pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:The Aligned media rarely ever gave two cents about aesthetic consistency. Across the Prime cartoon, Rescue Bots cartoon, and RID cartoon, we're supposed to believe that the bodies that Optimus and Bumblebee appear in within each cartoon are all the SAME bodies across the board, with the only exception being Optimus's upgraded body and Bee's black-recolored body in Prime season 3.
Granted, but the pictures you posted make my point. Though there are obvious differences in each character(based on each shows animation style)
Objectively speaking...you could show someone who's unfamiliar with these characters and they would be able to match which are Prime with Prime, BB with BB, Sideswipe with Sideswipe, heck even the Cyclone Mini-Con design on RB was recognizable. But with the two Blurr's they are completely different....I'm not saying its not possible/plausible, or that its a bad or wrong decision, I'm just saying the recognition is not instantaneous as it is with all the others.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 2:06pm CDT
Believe me, man, I was on the same side as you before back when the toy was first revealed, but even before the cartoon trailer came out everyone in the toy thread shut me up for even daring to consider the possibility that it might not be Rescue Bots Blurr because everyone was SO SURE it was Rescue Bots Blurr because he looked SO MUCH LIKE Rescue Bots Blurr.o.supreme wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The Aligned media rarely ever gave two cents about aesthetic consistency. Across the Prime cartoon, Rescue Bots cartoon, and RID cartoon, we're supposed to believe that the bodies that Optimus and Bumblebee appear in within each cartoon are all the SAME bodies across the board, with the only exception being Optimus's upgraded body and Bee's black-recolored body in Prime season 3.
Granted, but the pictures you posted make my point. Though there are obvious differences in each character(based on each shows animation style)
Objectively speaking...you could show someone who's unfamiliar with these characters and they would be able to match which are Prime with Prime, BB with BB, Sideswipe with Sideswipe, heck even the Cyclone Mini-Con design on RB was recognizable. But with the two Blurr's they are completely different....I'm not saying its not possible/plausible, or that its a bad or wrong decision, I'm just saying the recognition is not instantaneous as it is with all the others.
Posted by william-james88 on April 27th, 2017 @ 2:17pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing.
Just like everything else in the alligned continuity
Only in RID comics and RID season 2 did they actually connect the show with prime.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 2:19pm CDT
That's more than Energon connected with Armada.william-james88 wrote:o.supreme wrote:I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing.
Just like everything else in the alligned continuity
Only in RID comics and RID season 2 did they actually connect the show with prime.
Posted by william-james88 on April 27th, 2017 @ 2:25pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:That's more than Energon connected with Armada.william-james88 wrote:o.supreme wrote:I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing.
Just like everything else in the alligned continuity
Only in RID comics and RID season 2 did they actually connect the show with prime.
What about Cybertron with Energon?
Posted by o.supreme on April 27th, 2017 @ 2:53pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Believe me, man, I was on the same side as you before back when the toy was first revealed, but even before the cartoon trailer came out everyone in the toy thread shut me up for even daring to consider the possibility that it might not be Rescue Bots Blurr because everyone was SO SURE it was Rescue Bots Blurr because he looked SO MUCH LIKE Rescue Bots Blurr.
wow sorry to hear that...well unfortunately I don't collect RiD toys (other than getting the deployers and Mini-Cons for my son), so I missed out on all that.
that would have been tough, especially with only the toys to compare before we saw any animation. It will be interesting to see in a couple weeks if they address the change at all, or just "business as usual"
Also don't get me started on Cybertron. . Maybe I was jaded after seeing some Galaxy Force episodes first, but I knew from the get-go it had nothing to do with Armada/Energon, why they had to shoehorn continuity was beyond me. To make matters worse, TT caved and did in fact retcon it to connect the other series somehow long after it aired... Should have stuck to their guns on that one.
Posted by PeterPrime on April 27th, 2017 @ 3:12pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on April 27th, 2017 @ 3:36pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 6:05pm CDT
In all honesty, Cybertron was supposed to be another sequel from its conception. GONZO either missed that memo or chose to ignore it when they made the cartoon into being a standalone series. It wasn't America tampering with a Japanese work so much as it was Japan mucking up what America had originally planned for the series in the first place. After all, it was Aaron Archer who drew up and outlined the earliest ideas for it on the so-called "Napkin of Revelation".o.supreme wrote:Also don't get me started on Cybertron. . Maybe I was jaded after seeing some Galaxy Force episodes first, but I knew from the get-go it had nothing to do with Armada/Energon, why they had to shoehorn continuity was beyond me. To make matters worse, TT caved and did in fact retcon it to connect the other series somehow long after it aired... Should have stuck to their guns on that one.
Posted by o.supreme on April 28th, 2017 @ 9:34am CDT
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Posted by MoonHelix-888 on April 29th, 2017 @ 8:40am CDT
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Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on April 30th, 2017 @ 12:26pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 30th, 2017 @ 2:47pm CDT
Outside of one flashback of one episode, there are no Predacons in this show.GalvatronG1 wrote:so far pretty cool, I hope by the end of the series we see more Predacons
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on April 30th, 2017 @ 4:28pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Outside of one flashback of one episode, there are no Predacons in this show.GalvatronG1 wrote:so far pretty cool, I hope by the end of the series we see more Predacons
I know, I still wish to see some, or some generics using the models of predacons
Posted by Sabrblade on April 30th, 2017 @ 6:29pm CDT
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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 30th, 2017 @ 7:21pm CDT
GalvatronG1 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Outside of one flashback of one episode, there are no Predacons in this show.GalvatronG1 wrote:so far pretty cool, I hope by the end of the series we see more Predacons
I know, I still wish to see some, or some generics using the models of predacons
We may get a Ser-Ket yet
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 30th, 2017 @ 7:34pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on April 30th, 2017 @ 8:47pm CDT
And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.
Posted by BG the Robit on April 30th, 2017 @ 8:59pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 30th, 2017 @ 9:05pm CDT
Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.
And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.
The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here
Posted by Kurona on April 30th, 2017 @ 9:12pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.
And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.
The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here
Simple; TFP Breakdown and RiD Wildbreak are both based upon the same G1 character and have similar visual characteristics, TFP Breakdown's much bigger mass notwithstanding. So naturally one gets to wondering if they were doing a resurrection, especially when we've had quite a few TFP characters come back in the show recently. It's a fair assumption to make.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 30th, 2017 @ 9:14pm CDT
Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.
And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.
The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here
Simple; TFP Breakdown and RiD Wildbreak are both based upon the same G1 character and have similar visual characteristics, TFP Breakdown's much bigger mass notwithstanding. So naturally one gets to wondering if they were doing a resurrection, especially when we've had quite a few TFP characters come back in the show recently. It's a fair assumption to make.
Um, what?
TFPrime Breakdown was a beefed up G1 Breakdown basically, and Wildbreak doesn't even come close to sharing colors or look with him
Posted by Kurona on April 30th, 2017 @ 9:20pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.
And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.
The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here
Simple; TFP Breakdown and RiD Wildbreak are both based upon the same G1 character and have similar visual characteristics, TFP Breakdown's much bigger mass notwithstanding. So naturally one gets to wondering if they were doing a resurrection, especially when we've had quite a few TFP characters come back in the show recently. It's a fair assumption to make.
Um, what?
TFPrime Breakdown was a beefed up G1 Breakdown basically, and Wildbreak doesn't even come close to sharing colors or look with him
? Both of them have their primary colour as dark blue, their secondary colour as grey and have a red face. We are talking about the same Wildbreak, right?
And yeah, TFP Breakdown was much more bulky; I'm not saying there's an exact resemblance or anything. But considering the precedent we have for characters from TFP looking very different even in body shape (Soundwave most especially), I still think it was a fair theory to have. It's not like I'm theorising one of Galvatronus' limbs is Bulkhead; there was fair grounding and reasoning for this.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 30th, 2017 @ 9:22pm CDT
Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.
And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.
The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here
Simple; TFP Breakdown and RiD Wildbreak are both based upon the same G1 character and have similar visual characteristics, TFP Breakdown's much bigger mass notwithstanding. So naturally one gets to wondering if they were doing a resurrection, especially when we've had quite a few TFP characters come back in the show recently. It's a fair assumption to make.
Um, what?
TFPrime Breakdown was a beefed up G1 Breakdown basically, and Wildbreak doesn't even come close to sharing colors or look with him
? Both of them have their primary colour as dark blue, their secondary colour as grey and have a red face. We are talking about the same Wildbreak, right?
And yeah, TFP Breakdown was much more bulky; I'm not saying there's an exact resemblance or anything. But considering the precedent we have for characters from TFP looking very different even in body shape (Soundwave most especially), I still think it was a fair theory to have. It's not like I'm theorising one of Galvatronus' limbs is Bulkhead; there was fair grounding and reasoning for this.
I'm... I'm still not seeing it at all. That is unmistakingly Wildrider. It's not really Breakdown blue and the secondary colors don't really match up either; a little, but not much, but even then it is pretty Wildrider than Prime Breakdown
Posted by Kurona on April 30th, 2017 @ 9:26pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.
And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.
The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here
Simple; TFP Breakdown and RiD Wildbreak are both based upon the same G1 character and have similar visual characteristics, TFP Breakdown's much bigger mass notwithstanding. So naturally one gets to wondering if they were doing a resurrection, especially when we've had quite a few TFP characters come back in the show recently. It's a fair assumption to make.
Um, what?
TFPrime Breakdown was a beefed up G1 Breakdown basically, and Wildbreak doesn't even come close to sharing colors or look with him
? Both of them have their primary colour as dark blue, their secondary colour as grey and have a red face. We are talking about the same Wildbreak, right?
And yeah, TFP Breakdown was much more bulky; I'm not saying there's an exact resemblance or anything. But considering the precedent we have for characters from TFP looking very different even in body shape (Soundwave most especially), I still think it was a fair theory to have. It's not like I'm theorising one of Galvatronus' limbs is Bulkhead; there was fair grounding and reasoning for this.
I'm... I'm still not seeing it at all. That is unmistakingly Wildrider. It's not really Breakdown blue and the secondary colors don't really match up either; a little, but not much, but even then it is pretty Wildrider than Prime Breakdown
I'm looking at it closer and it does seem like his main colour is close to Wildrider. Think we'll put this down to a blue-and-black-dress/white-and-gold-dress thing.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 30th, 2017 @ 10:23pm CDT
Anyway, anyone got any thoughts on the two-part premiere, now that we finally have episode links?
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 30th, 2017 @ 10:46pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I was pretty sure that the fact that there was no one named "Breakdown" on this team already made it a given that Prime Breakdown wouldn't be part of this Stunticon team.
Anyway, anyone got any thoughts on the two-part premiere, now that we finally have episode links?
Well, seeing Ultra Bee that early was a surprise, and the Stuntwing visit was very unexpected and felt very weird, though Bee flying was cool. I love Motormaster's voice too.
Posted by Kurona on April 30th, 2017 @ 10:50pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I was pretty sure that the fact that there was no one named "Breakdown" on this team already made it a given that Prime Breakdown wouldn't be part of this Stunticon team.
Anyway, anyone got any thoughts on the two-part premiere, now that we finally have episode links?
I TELL YOU WHAT, IT WAS alright. Not terrible, nothing amazing; just alright. Kinda how I feel about most of RiD 2015; it's a simple fun kids' show with little risks but that's alright and it's still fun.
I guess the biggest thing I have to say is that I'm not sure how I feel about the cutaways to Russel. On one hand it was a pretty good moral that is a rather important thing to learn and it was nicely done... on the other hand it was really awkwardly chucked into the episode and cut to; it had nothing to do with the rest of the plot and each time it showed up I was just thinking "GET BACK TO THE ACTION!"
So yeah, nice thing, just not very well placed. Also, bit of a shame that Heatseeker doesn't really have any personality outside of evil laughter and saying the word 'chief'. Oh wellllllllllllllllll
Also also, goddammit Soundwave's talkative
Posted by PrymeStriker on April 30th, 2017 @ 11:04pm CDT
So you can imagine how this makes the first part look when there's a bunch of production problems atop an uneventful story. However, the second part I found improved on everything. The animation wasn't unnatural anymore, the plot was actually going somewhere given we were now focusing more on Bumblebee's overconfidence (which is one of the best things about this two-parter), and then there's all the spoilerific tease at the end. Ultimately, part two was a lot more up-to-speed. Also, for how weirdly Russel's b-plot was shoved into this premiere, I did kinda like it.
Robots in Disguise (2015) has always had these really polarizing premieres. It usually goes that way, where one part is good and the other part is garbage. You just kind of have to go "ehh" by the end of it all, even if one part was worth watching. Therefore, this is just another RID premiere. By-the-numbers.
Posted by Flashwave on May 1st, 2017 @ 12:52am CDT
It was nice seeing Team Bee go up against an actual Decepticon and fall flat on their face. They talked about losing their sharpness and all, but the Bee Team spent all of its "training" up against recently released prisoners. Sure, ther was Screamer, but they had help for him. That being said, I don't feel like this really needed to be 2 episodes. I am not sure what you cut out to to condense it, other than the totally unneeded Football game, as most of the action sequences were needed. but Heatseeker alone wasn't really enough to warrant two episodes. He felt repetitve. I liked his motives, and his stregy, and dare I say it his aggressiveness, although I completely agree with Pryme Striker
on hi vocal delivery., whoever Heatseeker's voice actor is really sucks donkey ass. The line delivery on that 'con was absolutely abysmal and cringeworthy.
Sideswipe/Strongarm felt like a step backwards. Surely by now they should be working in better synce in spite of each other's idiosyncracies. Iam kinda tired of that, too.
Poor Grimlock.
The Minicon really felt like a "To Sell Toys!" moment. ZFlying Bunblebee served no purpose, and as far as knocking loose his DH and scanner, that could easily have been chalked up to his regular battle with HeatSeeker. Is what it is though, I guess.
I am however, truly excited to see the Stunticons in action. Not sure why, but I have really resonated with them and even before Season 2 thought they would be good opponents for an Earth-based Autobot team. No huge interstellar plots, just good old King of the Road.
Soundwave spoke! While I, Like a lot of others, enjoyed his silent Prime run, lets be realistic, how else is he going to communicate when he's in another dimension? Gesture wildly? Shadow puppets? Long as he is not a chatterbox.
Fanfiction idea: What if, instead of Megatronus, it was Soundwave who orchestrated the crashing of the Alchemor on Earth? I've toyed with that thought for a long time, had they done that, they would have saved a season of "How is this a Sequel?"
I wonder how Soundwave gets loose from the Shadowzone?
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 1st, 2017 @ 10:45am CDT
Posted by Randomhero on May 1st, 2017 @ 12:21pm CDT
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on May 1st, 2017 @ 2:39pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:I tried to watch them. Downloaded the app and everything then said you need to create an account. So I watched attack on Titan and Dragon Ball Super instead lol
watching Episode 3 on Google fiber on Demand, if youre recording the show, go to DVR and scheduled then go to saturday and you'll see the play symbol, press play to view the episode,
love the fact Fix-it get's addicted to a game with Super Mario Sounds
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 1st, 2017 @ 4:35pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 1st, 2017 @ 5:01pm CDT
Hope you enjoyed the #TransformersRID season premiere! Now get ready for 25 more new episodes! @willfriedle @ConstanceZimmer @kharypayton
Posted by PrymeStriker on May 1st, 2017 @ 5:50pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 1st, 2017 @ 6:06pm CDT
PrymeStriker wrote:So the Starscream thing is more or less officially under the second season. Alright. TFWiki will be undergoing some edits I imagine. And that means RID 2015 will contain at least 71 episodes.
Correct, correct, and correct. Cartoon network still sees Combiner Force as season 4, but I think the show editor should win that argument
Posted by Windsweeper on May 1st, 2017 @ 6:40pm CDT
The football game was completely unnecessary. The hermit too. Only thing I hate more than human characters in Transformers is sport.
Heatseekers voice was awful. To be honest I wish they'd kill off Drift and Grimlock.
It was one of the better Soundwave voices in the franchise thankfully though nothing has come close to his G1 voice.
Still, overall I've enjoyed RID.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 1st, 2017 @ 6:56pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on May 1st, 2017 @ 7:26pm CDT
So how exactly does Drift's transformation into sword form work? It doesn't look like it should really be possible...