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- Episode 02x49

Episode: 02x49
Title: B.O.T.
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 700-64
First Aired: Jan. 09, 1986

Season 2 » Episode #49 - B.O.T.

Summary: The Combaticons (all except for Swindle) got scrapped after a battle with the Autobots, and Swindle needs to repair them. He throws their spare parts on the scrap-yard where they are found by three kids who use them to create their own robot for a school-project.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Elise Presser	voiced by Samantha Newark
Blast Off	voiced by Milt Jamin
Onslaught	voiced by S. Marc Jordan
Bluestreak	voiced by Casey Kasem
Teletraan I	voiced by Casey Kasem
Defensor	voiced by Chris Latta
Gears	voiced by Don Messick
Brawl	voiced by Tony St. James
Thundercracker	voiced by John Stephenson

	Season 2 / Episode 49: - B.O.T. City junkyard attendant: What's goin' on? Swindle: [glares at the attendant] I'm unloading some junk. You got a problem with that? City junkyard attendant: [stammers in fear] Uh, n-n-no, sir. Starscream: So that's where all the parts are! I think that sleaze is up to something!
	Season 2 / Episode 49: - B.O.T. Megatron: Combaticons, transform to Bruticus! Starscream: [to Megatron, pointing angrily at Bruticus] Your stupid warrior is just standing there! Megatron: Bruticus! Transform back to the Combaticons!

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

PLOT: The way the orbit disruptor cannon is built makes no sense: it has human-height control panel and large switch marked with huge letters "OVER LOAD", conveniently enabling BOT to operate the cannon against the Decepticons and destroy it.
CHAR: Megatron's insistence that Bruticus will fire the orbit disruptor cannon does not make sense: if there was need for Decepticon combiner, Megatron could use either Devastator or Menasor, who are more reliable than Bruticus. As things turned to be, even small primitive robot like BOT could operate the cannon effectively - so there was no real need for Bruticus or any of the combiners. Thus Megatron or any of the other Decepticons could fire the cannon as well.
FAKE: Although according to Bumblebee the condemned building has at least thirty floors, there are only twelve indicator lights above the elevator doors.
CONT: When picking up the distress signal from the school, Gears says "It's coming from a one-level brick structure". But when the Autobots arrive at the school, it's clearly a two-story building.
CONT: After Bruticus is blown to pieces, Swindle comes out of the junk pile from beneath yellow board, although the only yellow part of Bruticus is Swindle himself.

TRIVIA

The last episode of season 2, the final one that takes place in the eighties. The following entries, the movie and season 3 all happen 20 years later in the storyline.
On top of the building, where the Protectobots' headquarters is located, there is advertising billboard for E-Cola.
Many Transformers fans think of this episode as the worst in the department of story-telling. It has various plot and animation oddities, and the characters are rather unlikable as well. Above that, the villains' plan is so over-complicated, that it hardly makes sense.

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