- Starscream's Brigade
- This episode starts in black and white: you see images of the battle at Guadalcanal in
1943. Then you see the island as it is in 1985; covered with junk from WWII. In Decepticon
Headquarters Starscream is arguing with Megatron again. Starscream shoots at Megatron, but
Megatron survives the blast. Megatron shoots Starscream unconscious and Laserbeak dumps
Starscreams body on Guadalcanal. Starscream finds the war-wreckage, he decides to make his
own army. He takes the spacebridge and on Cybertron he gets the personality components of
the Renegade Decepticons. Back on Earth, he uses these to make the Combaticons: Brawl,
Swindle, Blast-Off, Vortex and Onslaught. He orders them to help him to overthrow
Megatron. He did not equip them with energy absorbers, so they need him to keep alive. He
and the Combaticons capture Jazz and Cliffjumper in a village where a statue of Optimus
Prime is revealed. Shockwave reports to Megatron that someone has liberated the
personality components of the Renegade Decepticons on Cybertron, Megatron suspects the
Autobots of the theft. He attacks Autobot Headquarters and orders the return of the
personality components. Optimus Prime demands the release of Jazz and Cliffjumper.
Megatron suddenly understands what is going on and leaves. The Autobots do some research
and now they also understand the situation. Starscream has a confrontation with Megatron
at a trainstation. Megatron refuses to give Starscream the command of the Decepticons.
Megatron, Thundercracker, Reflector and Soundwave escape, Dirge and Ramjet are captured.
Starscream uses the four captured Transformers to give energy to the Combaticons. Both
Decepticons and Autobots find Starscreams hideout. Megatron leading Soundwave,
Thundercracker, Rumble and the Constructicons, attacks Starscream and the Combaticons. The
Constructicons form Devastator. Starscream surprises Megatron, by the appearance of
Bruticus. Unnoticed, the Autobots free Jazz and Cliffjumper during the battle. Bruticus is
too strong, Megatron orders a retreat. Megatron is captured before he can retreat and he
is forced to accept Starscream as leader. The Stunticons arrive and quickly they oversee
the situation. They don't like the prospect of Starscream as Decepticon leader. They form
Menasor and surprise Bruticus by a giant blow. A few moments later a crater is at the
location where Bruticus stood. Starscream is lying next to the crater, he hears a sound
and he looks whether it is Bruticus. But the sound came from Megatron. Starscream and the
Combaticons are banished from Earth forever. Astrotrain dumps them on an astroid.