The Transformers
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The Transformers

"More than Meets the Eye!"

7.8/10 1984 4 Seasons 95 Episodes Ended

The Transformers is the first animated television series in the Transformers franchise. The series depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects.

Season: 1 2 3 4

Season 3 Episodes

S3E1
E1
The Five Faces of Darkness (1)
22 min 1986

While everyone continues to rejoice in their victory, unknown assailants capture Ultra Magnus, Kup and Spike. After bein…

S3E2
E2
The Five Faces of Darkness (2)
22 min 1986

The Autobots make it out of Charr, but Rodimus is down and looks out. In reality, he has made a trip to the Matrix and l…

S3E3
E3
The Five Faces of Darkness (3)
22 min 1986

The destruction of Quintessa causes the Autobots to arrive at Goo and poor Springer loses some parts. Blurr and Wheelie …

S3E4
E4
The Five Faces of Darkness (4)
22 min 1986

Galvatron learns what has been going on recently and meets up with the Quintessons. Rodimus again looks for answers, dis…

S3E5
E5
The Five Faces of Darkness (5)
22 min 1986

The Constructions use the newly created Trypticon to battle Metroplex, who is still unable to transform, on Earth. Sky L…

S3E6
E6
The Killing Jar
22 min 1986

The Quintessons use Wreck-Gar, Cyclonus, Ultra Magnus and Marissa as research subjects, watching how they interact. Unfo…

S3E7
E7
Chaos
22 min 1986

An alien is discovered to have a powerful weapon that fires crystals, which are taken from a creature Kup knows of, Chao…

S3E8
E8
Dark Awakening
22 min 1986

On the run from Galvatron, Spike, Daniel and several Autobots enter a mausoleum and find a surprisingly not dead Optimus…

S3E9
E9
Starscream's Ghost
22 min 1986

Octane is on the run from The Decepticons. He is forced to hide in a crypt, where the ghost of Starscream lies in wait a…

S3E10
E10
Thief in the Night
22 min 1986

Octane locates the defeated Trypticon and brings him to Carbombya. There, they follow orders from Fakhaddi in order to g…

S3E11
E11
Forever Is a Long Time Coming
22 min 1986

The Quintessons plan to use a portal through time to prevent the Transformers' revolt against them. Several Autobots win…

S3E12
E12
Surprise Party
20 min 1986

Wheelie and Daniel want to have a party for Ultra Magnus after a recent good deed of his. However, Ultra Magnus' birthda…

S3E13
E13
Madman's Paradise
22 min 1986

Daniel leaves a banquet being hosted by his parents. He and Grimlock end up discovering a Quintesson chamber and get stu…

S3E14
E14
Carnage in C-Minor
22 min 1986

The Autobots and Decepticons find that the voices of three aliens (Allegra, Zebop Scandana and Basso Profundo) can make …

S3E15
E15
Fight or Flee
22 min 1986

The Decepticons attack a planet home to several Autobots and easily win as these Autobots prefer peace to fighting. Once…

S3E16
E16
Webworld
22 min 1986

Galvatron goes into therapy, but it does not exactly agree with him. Every one of the doctors' attempts at treating him …

S3E17
E17
Ghost in the Machine
22 min 1986

Starscream, in Scourge's body, attempts to complete three assignments for the damaged Unicron in exchange for getting a …

S3E18
E18
The Dweller in the Depths
22 min 1986

The Quintessons trick the Decepticons into releasing the dangerous Trans-Organics. One of them, the Dweller, begins taki…

S3E19
E19
Nightmare Planet
22 min 1986

Daniel's nightmare troubles get a lot worse when the Quintessons make them real. Autobots and Predacons are forced to jo…

S3E20
E20
The Ultimate Weapon
22 min 1986

Metroplex's transformation cog is taken by Swindle and First Aid blames himself for not stopping him. Meanwhile, Galvatr…

S3E21
E21
The Quintesson Journal
22 min 1986

Two planets are locked in a destructive war and the Autobots attempt to bring about peace. Things do not go so well, how…

S3E22
E22
The Big Broadcast of 2006
22 min 1986

The Junkions fall victim to subliminal messages from the Quintessons, who are trying to get a journal off the Planet of …

S3E23
E23
Only Human
22 min 1986

After the Autobots interfere with one of his plans, Victor Drath gets help from Ol' Snake (none other than the notorious…

S3E24
E24
Grimlock's New Brain
22 min 1986

Grimlock becomes a genius after trying to stop anti-electrons (released by Scukzoid and Slizardo) from causing disruptio…

S3E25
E25
Money Is Everything
22 min 1986

Marissa Fairborne and the Technobots encounter Dirk Mannis, who possesses the dangerous Recreator. Turns out the Quintes…

S3E26
E26
Call of the Primitives
22 min 1986

The evil Primacron plans to use an energy being named Tornadron to defeat the Transformers and help in his universal con…

S3E27
E27
The Burden Hardest to Bear
20 min 1986

Being the leader takes it toll on Rodimus and his attempt to relax gets him into a fight, in which he loses the Matrix. …

S3E28
E28
The Face of Nijika
22 min 1986

A group of Autobots, Cyclonus and Quintessons become trapped within a Quadrant Lock Disc that has also kept the planet Z…

S3E29
E29
The Return of Optimus Prime (1)
20 min 1987

While testing a new ship alloy, Jessica Morgan and Gregory Swafford (who hates Transformers) stumbled upon the ship Opti…

S3E30
E30
The Return of Optimus Prime (2)
22 min 1987

Optimus Prime is back and leads a team to Charr to retrieve the ship alloy from Galvatron. Galvatron guides them to it's…

Cast

Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen
Optimus Prime (voice)
Frank Welker
Frank Welker
Galvatron / Chromedome (voice)
Richard Gautier
Richard Gautier
Hot Rod (voice)
Jack Angel
Jack Angel
Ultra Magnus / Cyclonus (voice)
Susan Blu
Susan Blu
Arcee (voice)
Corey Burton
Corey Burton
Spike Witwicky (voice)
David Mendenhall
David Mendenhall
Daniel Witwicky (voice)
Victor Caroli
Victor Caroli
Narrator (voice)

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