- More Than Meets The Eye, part 1
- The episode starts with a view of space, slowly the camera zooms in on Cybertron. The
narrator tells the Cybertonian history in short: Many milions of years ago on the
planet Cybertron life existed. But not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots that
could think and feel inhabited the cities. They were called Autobots and Decepticons. But
the brutal Decepticons were driven by a single goal: total domination. They set out to
destroy the pieceloving Autobots and a war between the forces of good and evil raged
across Cybertron, devastating all in its path, draining the planets once rich sources of
energy. The Autobots on the verge of extinction battled valiantly to survive.
Wheeljack and Bumblebee appear from beneath a hatch. They have found some energy
conductors which they plan to bring to Iacon. On their way to there they are attacked by
Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp and some unnamed jets. They escape the Decepticons and
arrive at their destination. Soundwave is observing Iacon, he sends Laserbeak to spy on
the Autobots. Laserbeak overhears a discussion between Optimus Prime, Jazz, Prowl and
Trailbreaker. They are planning to start a search mission for energy. Soundwave goes back
to Megatron to report. Megatron plans to follow Optimus Prime on his search, he gives
Shockwave command of Cybertron during his absence. The Autobots board their ship, the Ark,
and take off. The Decepticons take off directly after them. Two astroid collide precisely
in front of the Ark, the Autobots use their lasers to cut a way through the meteorides,
the Decepticons follow them in their path. Prowl notices the Decepticon ship. The Autobot
try the lasers, but they are exhausted. The Decepticon ship comes along and the
Decepticons board the Ark. A battle starts on board, no one is left at the controls. The
ships get into the gravity of a planet and get seperated. The Ark with both Autobots and
Decepticons on board, crashes into a vulcano. Four milion years later a vulcanic eruption
reactivates the Arks main computer, Teletran one. It sends a probe to explore the planet,
the probe sees a military jet and sends scematics of it to the Ark. Teletran One repairs
the Transformer which is closest by: Skywarp, Teletran One makes his transformation a jet.
Skywarp drags Megatrons body to Teletran One and he too is repaired. Together they repair
all other Decepticons. The Decepticons leave the Ark and decide to plunder the planet and
then to conquer the universe. Starscream gives a shot as a goodbye to the Autobots. Inside
the Ark, Optimus Primes body falls backwards in the repair beam of Teletran One. He too is
reactivated. The Decepticons start making a new base with materials of a electric station
that they have wrecked. More and more it becomes clear that Starscream is planning to
overthrow Megatron. Optimus Prime has repaired the other Autobots and he orders Hound and
Cliffjumper to explore the planet and find the Decepticons. When they have found them,
Hound wants to head back to Optimus Prime, but Cliffjumper takes a shot at Megatron. He
misses and Soundwave sends Laserbeak to investigate the source of the shot. Laserbeak
attacks them, Hound falls into a ravine and Cliffjumper gets back to the Ark. Ratchet and
Cliffjumper head back to retrieve Hound. Thundercracker and Reflector see a car and think
it might be an Autobot. Soundwave sends Ravage to investigate the car, the Decepticons
have thus their first encounter with humans. On a oilrig Sparkplug Witwicky and his son
Spike are working when the Decepticons attack. The Decepticons start storing oil in
energon-cubes. The Autobots arrive and attack the Decepticons. The Deecpticons leave with
the energon-cubes. The oilrig sinks slowly into the water. The Autobots are all floating
in the water, which is covered by burning oil. Optimus Prime does his best to save
Sparkplug and Spike.