The Transformers Nitpickers Podcast Show
By: John Sobey and Paul MacPherson
Language: en
Categories: Comedy, Tv, Film, Reviews, Leisure, Animation, Manga
Every Monday and Thursday, Paul and John review an episode of a Transformers series until they finish that series. Then they start another one. Archived reviews include G1, Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Gobots, Animated, Prime, and a growing list of movies.
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W.W.O.D.?
Dec 15, 2025Yeehaw!
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Duration: 00:18:33More Than Meets The Eye
Dec 11, 2025There sure don't seem to be many Earthlings here on Earth.
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Duration: 00:18:12Trust Exercises
Dec 08, 2025Two new Decepticons are located, so the team has to split up.
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Duration: 00:19:28Pilot - Part II
Dec 04, 2025Now on Earth, Bumblebee and his allies must try to capture a dangerous, escaped Decepticon.
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Duration: 00:20:18Pilot: - Part I
Dec 01, 2025Three years after the events of Predacons Rising, Bumblebee receives a quest from an apparition of Optimus Prime.
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Duration: 00:19:59The 80s: Wrap-up
Nov 10, 2025Paul and John look back at the shows they watched this season and decide if they'd watch them again.
Titlecard left image: John receiving Optimus Prime for his fifth birthday in 1985
Titlecard right image: Paul receiving He-Man and Battle Cat for Christmas 1984
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Duration: 00:23:31The Transformers
Nov 06, 2025Paul and John finish their review of the 80s with The Transformers: Heavy Metal War.
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Duration: 00:18:04TigerSharks
Nov 03, 2025It's Thundercats meets Inhumanoids meets The Snorks meets He-Man meets every other cartoon of the 1980s.
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Duration: 00:17:05Voltron
Oct 30, 2025Activate interlocks!
Dyna-therms connected!
Infra-cells up!
Mega-thrusters are go!
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Duration: 00:15:56Sectaurs
Oct 27, 2025It's not He-Man. It's different. This time they're bug-people.
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Duration: 00:16:53Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors
Oct 23, 2025Another cartoon which was written around a preexisting toy-line.
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Duration: 00:17:32Turbo Teen
Oct 20, 2025Nothing you read here can prepare you for the nonsense of Turbo Teen.
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Duration: 00:27:04Cybatron Saturday: Explosion on Mars!! Maximus is in Danger
Oct 18, 2025Originally aired: January 29th, 2025
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Duration: 00:23:03Cybatron Saturday: Rush
Oct 11, 2025Originally aired: November 23rd, 2023
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Duration: 00:18:52Cybatron Saturday: Ultra Zod
Oct 04, 2025Originally aired: June 21st, 2021
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Duration: 00:23:03A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Oct 02, 2025Before Tiny Toons, there was A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
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Duration: 00:18:56The Legend Of Zelda
Sep 29, 2025Well excuuuUUuuUuuse me, Princess!
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Duration: 00:18:15Captain Power
Sep 25, 2025It's not a cartoon, but Paul and John both watched it... and had the toys.
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Duration: 00:21:15Pole Position
Sep 22, 2025Almost five years to the day after they reviewed the first episode of 1984's Pole Position, Paul and John have reviewed the second episode.
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Duration: 00:18:33Muppet Babies
Sep 18, 2025If Muppets age, can they die?
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Duration: 00:16:32Jem and the Holograms
Sep 15, 2025This episode of TFNPS is outrageous. Truly, truly outrageous.
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Duration: 00:23:35My Little Pony
Sep 11, 2025Before the Bronies, there was a cartoon for little girls about magical horses.
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Duration: 00:10:55Captain N: The Game Master
Sep 08, 2025A half hour commercial for Nintendo animated by people who have clearly never played a single Nintendo game.
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Duration: 00:20:29Dinosaucers
Sep 04, 2025It's another show neither Paul nor John had ever watched!
Requested by Dear Listener Jason Salyer.
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Duration: 00:19:23Care Bears
Sep 01, 2025Paul and John watch a cartoon about a wedding just before John's wedding.
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Duration: 00:17:47M.A.S.K.
Aug 28, 2025It's not quite G.I. Joe, it's not quite Transformers... it's M.A.S.K.
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Duration: 00:19:16Duck Tales
Aug 25, 2025If you didn't get enough Disney in the last episode, here's some more.
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Duration: 00:22:19Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Aug 21, 2025It's a Disney classic.
Requested by Dear Listener Melanie Kaklamanis.
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Duration: 00:18:28Inhumanoids
Aug 18, 2025Scientists in battle armour fighting monsters from below the Earth. In theory, this should be a good show.
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Duration: 00:20:08Astroboy
Aug 14, 2025What if Pinocchio could fly, had super strength, and fired lasers out of his butt?
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Duration: 00:17:07Ghostbusters
Aug 11, 2025No... not the good one. The Filmation one.
Requested by Dear Listener Ben Pearlman.
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Duration: 00:18:30Star Blazers
Aug 07, 2025Paul and John recap another episode of a cartoon they'd never watched before.
Requested by Dear Listener Justin Samlal.
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Duration: 00:16:36Denver The Last Dinosaur
Aug 04, 2025Paul and John review an episode of a cartoon they never watched.
Requested by Dear Listener Mike.
This podcast episode is not endorsed by the National Education Association.
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Duration: 00:19:30Dungeons & Dragons
Jul 31, 2025Rile up your Satanic panic and join Paul and John as they review an episode of Dungeons & Dragons.
Requested by Dear Listener Chloe.
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Duration: 00:22:30Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jul 28, 2025When you find out that one of your Dear Listeners is an actual tortoise, you review an episode of TMNT.
Requested by Dear Listener Henri the Sonoran tortoise.
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Duration: 00:23:03The Real Ghostbusters
Jul 24, 2025Who ya gonna call?
Tuh-fin-piss!
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Duration: 00:22:24Kidd Video
Jul 21, 2025Technically, this is an episode of something that is technically a cartoon.
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Duration: 00:21:26Robotech: The New Generation
Jul 17, 2025Robotech is Paul's favourite television program from his childhood and "Lonely Soldier Boy" is his favourite episode.
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Duration: 00:23:40Inspector Gadget
Jul 14, 2025Paul and John recap an episode of Inspector Gadget and have a go-go-gadget-great-time!
Requested by Dear Listener Bethany Nichols.
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Duration: 00:21:19ThunderCats
Jul 10, 2025Meeeeow! Paul and John recap an episode of Thundercats.
Requested by Dear Listener Ben Pearlman.
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Duration: 00:24:43She-Ra: Princess of Power
Jul 07, 2025How to you market He-Man to girls? You fill it full of pastel colours and unicorns.
Requested by John's fiancee.
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Duration: 00:22:41The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
Jul 03, 2025A lot of television shows in the 1980s included/hid cocaine in the budget.
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Duration: 00:19:31G.I. Joe
Jun 30, 2025"One is never over or under-dressed with a little black dress."
- Karl Lagerfeld
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Duration: 00:24:21The Raccoons
Jun 26, 2025This is TFNPS. Quiet, peaceful, serene…
That is, until John and Paul start recording!
Luckily, they have some Dear Listeners to help them out.
Life would be simple at TFNPS except for: Herman J. Peckerwiener.
And his life would be simple except for The Transformers Nitpickers Podcast Show!
Run With Us - Lisa Lougheed
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Duration: 00:19:08Blackstar
Jun 23, 2025Our first request episode of the season!
Dave Janča watched Blackstar as a kid and asked us to review it... so we did.
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Duration: 00:18:05The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
Jun 19, 2025This episode has it all!
Adam West!
Casey Kasem!
An origin story!
Batman crying!
What more could you ask for?
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Duration: 00:24:23Bravestarr
Jun 16, 2025It wouldn't be the 80s without a drugs-are-bad episode.
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Duration: 00:16:57Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
Jun 12, 2025Tuh-fin-piss! Tuh-fin-piss! Reviewing the dumb 80s shit!
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Duration: 00:21:23Ulysses 31
Jun 09, 2025John and Paul review a cosmic space opera you've probably never heard of, based upon a 2800 year old poem.
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Duration: 00:20:06The Smurfs
Jun 05, 2025We're smurfin' this smurftastic review right up your smurfhole!
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Duration: 00:17:00He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Jun 02, 2025Paul and John have decided to watch a lot of the cartoons they grew up with, and some of the ones they didn't. Up first: 1983's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe!
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Duration: 00:22:13Transformers One
May 17, 2025Is Transformers One the best Transformers movie ever made? John and Paul discuss the topic as they review the movie.
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Duration: 01:34:29Headmasters: Wrap-up
Mar 27, 2025Paul and John discuss the good and the bad of a lost 80s gem, then they interview each other.
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Duration: 00:33:40The Final Showdown on Earth: Part II
Mar 24, 2025All good things must end. So must Headmasters.
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Duration: 00:14:29The Final Showdown on Earth: Part I
Mar 20, 2025It's the beginning of the end!
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Duration: 00:17:28Duel on the Asteroid
Mar 17, 2025Chromedome and Sixshot duel on the planet* Jolo**.
*asteroid
**Pallas
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Duration: 00:15:43My Friend Sixshot!
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Duration: 00:19:22Operation: Destroy the Decepticons
Mar 10, 2025Don't worry, everyone! Chromedome has a plan!
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Duration: 00:16:27The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide
Mar 06, 2025Can the Autobots stop Scorponok from building a thing? Does any of this matter?
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Duration: 00:15:28The Master Sword Is in Danger!!
Mar 03, 2025Fortress decides to sacrifice everything for Wheelie.
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Duration: 00:19:39Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters: Part II
Feb 27, 2025Don't get too invested in Sappo.
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Duration: 00:18:39Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters: Part I
Feb 24, 2025A buncha new jerks enter the show.
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Duration: 00:16:10I Risk My Life for Earth
Feb 20, 2025Sparkle gets in the way.
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Duration: 00:19:07The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg
Feb 17, 2025Galvatron has had many silly plans in this series. Here's another one.
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Duration: 00:16:05Ultra Magnus Dies!!
Feb 13, 2025Spoiler alert... Ultra Magnus dies.
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Duration: 00:14:05
Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship
Feb 10, 2025Arrrgh, Matey!
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Duration: 00:17:20
Head Formation of Friendship
Feb 06, 2025Another episode. Another planet. Another energy source to be stolen.
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Duration: 00:17:44
Find Megazarak's Weak Spot!!
Feb 03, 2025A whole lot of people get murdered in a children's cartoon.
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Duration: 00:19:27
Battle for Defense of the False Planet
Jan 30, 2025Another episode. Another alien race on a planet we'll never encounter again.
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Duration: 00:16:43
Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!
Jan 27, 2025The Autobots try to stop the Decepticons from stealing from a bunch of thieves.
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Duration: 00:17:11
Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!
Jan 23, 2025A stellar negotiator Sparkle is not.
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Duration: 00:16:52
SOS from Planet Sandra
Jan 20, 2025The Autobots decide to give a man a fish.
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Duration: 00:15:36Return of the Immortal Emperor
Jan 16, 2025Somehow Galvatron has returned.
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Duration: 00:15:51Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears
Jan 13, 2025“You blew it* up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!”
*Mars
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Duration: 00:13:56Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger
Jan 09, 2025John finds an episode he truly enjoys.
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Duration: 00:22:50Head On!! Fortress Maximus
Jan 06, 2025Scorponok has a green thumb.
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Duration: 00:20:23The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts
Jan 02, 2025Happy New Year!
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Duration: 00:17:49The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok
Dec 30, 2024Two space-faring races get overly excited that they're launching a single satellite.
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Duration: 00:18:02Cybertron Is in Grave Danger: Part II
Dec 26, 2024Will the Headmasters be able to stop Scorponok's evil plan and save Cybaton from exploding? Spoilers... They will not.
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Duration: 00:15:41Cybertron Is in Grave Danger: Part I
Dec 23, 2024The Decepticons invade Cybaton in an attempt steal all the "cyber" which is a new type of metal or whatever.
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Duration: 00:14:42Rise Of The Beasts
Dec 21, 2024A year and a half after they saw the movie in theatres, Paul and John take a sober second look at Rise of the Beasts.
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Duration: 01:18:28Terror! The Six Shadows
Dec 19, 2024An unknown robot threaten to steal all the energy from Earth unless Earth gives him all their energy.
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Duration: 00:16:21The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery
Dec 16, 2024After walking into an obvious trap, the Headmasters are saved by a series of flashbacks.
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Duration: 00:13:27Approach of the Demon Meteorite
Dec 12, 2024Danny has to grow a set of balls, and save the universe from Galvatron's latest creation.
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Duration: 00:16:24Rebellion on Planet Beast
Dec 09, 2024The Transformers venture to another planet caught up in war due to the Transformers.
Nobody wins.
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Duration: 00:16:58The Great Cassette Operation
Dec 05, 2024Somehow Soundwave returned.
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Duration: 00:15:05Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime
Dec 02, 2024The Autobots rush to aid Optimus Prime who surely won't die!
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Duration: 00:14:15The Mystery of Planet Master
Nov 28, 2024Roadimus and Billy search for the Powerpack in order to aid Optimus.
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Duration: 00:19:24Four Warriors Come Out Of The Sky
Nov 25, 2024It's a brand new series! ...kind of.
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Duration: 00:19:08Age of Extinction: Commentary
Oct 28, 2024Paul and John watch two hours and forty-five minutes of a thing that insists it's a Transformers movie.
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Duration: 02:46:25Go-Bots: Wrap-up
Oct 18, 2024Paul and John reminisce about the shortest series they've ever watched.
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Duration: 00:12:19Racer-Bot Road Rally
Oct 17, 2024I'm seein' double here... four Racer-Bots!
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Duration: 00:08:08Reptron's Rampage
Oct 16, 2024There are rules against making a TV show about alien robots that transform (or convert) into vehicles without including a dinosaur.
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Duration: 00:07:16Arctic Oil Spill
Oct 15, 2024Another idiot Go-Bot shows up on Earth and trashes the place.
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Duration: 00:06:46Typhoon Twister
Oct 14, 2024If you thought the last GoBots series Paul and John reviewed was immature and a waste of everybody's time, boy do we have a series for you!
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Duration: 00:06:28Rankings + The Q&A Spectacular!
Oct 07, 2024Paul and John rank the ten series they've watched so far, from least favourite to favourite. Then they answer your questions.
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Duration: 01:18:26Kingdom: Wrap-up
Sep 26, 2024Paul lists his least favourite and favourite Predacons, Decepticons, Maximals, and Autobots while John lazily lumps Predacons with Decepticons, and Maximals with Autobots.
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Duration: 00:27:52Transformers One (No Spoilers)
Sep 23, 2024Paul and John watched Transformers: One and they want to tell you how amazing it is.
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Duration: 00:12:17Kingdom: Episode 6
Sep 23, 2024Optimus and the Autobots return to Cybertron just in time for one last round of deus ex machina.
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Duration: 00:20:07Kingdom: Episode 5
Sep 19, 2024Teletraan 1 finds himself.
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Duration: 00:20:36