RID Cartoon screenshots & episode details (season 1)

Judging by the source and the Chinese subtitles, the RID cartoon is going to be released in Asian markets very soon, as someone has posted up some screen-caps already.

Possibly some spoilers, if you've been reading news postings about the cartoon and its characters.

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A couple of frames suggests there being two mini-cons becoming Drift's wrist-guards... so I wonder if or how they'd translate into the toys. Since the RID toys have been rather simple and small so far for the younger demographic, Minicon accessories could be too small for that demographic, or there must be a bigger size-class Drift toy coming to accommodate them.

Aaaaaahhhh http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/w...excitedplz.gif Jazz is looking a bit husky hahaha (skip ahead a few page on the discussion)

Until a better image shows up, this is a pic of RID Jazz on the cartoon.

It looks like a Jazz, but with all that red could this possibly be Smokescreen?

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Originally Posted by Paulbot

It looks like a Jazz, but with all that red could this possibly be Smokescreen?

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So far it looks like only Bumblebee and Optimus Prime will be returning from the old TFP cast; although I wouldn't mind seeing more, especially Knockout. I hope that the story will at least try and explain what happened to the old crew rather than just conveniently forgetting that they ever existed. :rolleyes:

I might not have been active on the forum lately but I still jump around reading reading some post, I also fell in the habit of making memes, so yeah.....

http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/16/60/39/49/roflbo10.jpg
(mature content warning)

I think I'll enjoy this series. I was thinking about how all the 'cons have beast-esque robot modes, sort of like transmetals: mechanical alt mode and "organic" robot mode.

A short video has emerged (Chinese dubbed/subbed).

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They have K-Class Transformers?! :eek:

This is Animated season 2 all over again. Screenshots and clips from overseas countries and assumptions all over the place.

I think overall it shows there is interest in the new show despite what felt like a majority of negativity early on. And that's a good thing.

So it seems that the first 13 episodes are already released in China, which will mean a lot of screen-caps, clips and maybe even whole episodes will be showing up online in the next week or so.

The cartoon is supposed to start in America soon, so we'll probably see a second wave of images and videos by the end of the month when the American fans see it first time and think it is a world first.

These screen-caps show a few images of Jazz.

These screen-caps show a number of Decepticons, some of which we know - Fracture (brown?), Hammerstrike (blue shark), Thunderhoof (dark blue), Bisk (bright orange), Underbite (purple).

Just following up on the previous post, the first 13 episodes are indeed available for viewing in China online, but only preview clips are available to non-Chinese viewers.

Links can be found here if you wanted to try them out.

Also included are the episode synopsis of those first 13 episodes, so spoilers there, and here...


Episode 1
An image of Optimus Prime instructs Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm to head to earth. Fixit's Prisonship has crashed landed on earth and inmates scattered all over the planet. Denny and Russell are father and son living in Crown City whose hobby is collecting old vehicles and running a scrapyard.

Episode 2
Bumblebee and his team befriends an escaped Decepticon prisoner; Dinobot Grimlock. Underbite and Tusk terrorize Crown City and Denny and Russell uses an old aluminum car as a bait to lure them away into a trap. At a critical moment Optimus Prime appears. Optimus and Bumblebee now leads the team into battle.

Episode 3
A hammerhead shark has attacked a Crown City Oil Tanker. Paranoia grips the entire planet. The shark turns out to be Decepticon Hammerstrike. Bumblebee and Grimlock teams up to defeat him. However, Strongarm doesn't trust Grimlock entirely and Grimlock leaves.

Episode 4
A Decepticon prisoner named Butcher steals appliances to build a spacecraft to leave earth. Bumblebee and his team heads to arrest him with the help from Fix-it.

Episode 5
Decepticon Prisoner Pod was discovered in Crown City Natural History Museum. Denny and Russell disguise themselves as archeologists to investigate. A bison-shaped Deception attacks pedestrians and Bumblebee and his team must stop him.

Episode 6
Thunderhoof is disguised as a mythological deer monster and commands humans to collect materials to build a Spacebridge to go back to Cybertron. An accident traps Bumblebee and Sideswipe in the portal. Thunderhoof is transported to somewhere else and meets Grimlock

Episode 7
Pickpocket; a bird-shaped Decepticon is stealing from pedestrians. It’s up to Bumblebee and his team to capture him. Strongarm realizes that her partners are more important than rules and regulations.

Episode 8
One of Steeljaw's minions; a lice-shaped Decepticon attaches himself to Grimloack and gains control of his mind. Bumblebee and Spideswipe must find a way to detach him from Grimlock. Steeljaw and Tusk escapes.

Episode 9
Strongarm is on patrol alone for the first time trying to track a frog-shaped Decepticon who still thinks that he’s in Cybertron trying to find The Lost City. Bumblebee is secretly following Strongarm to help her if needed.

Episode 10
Autobot Jazz arrives to investigate an earthworm-like Decepticon burrowing tunnels on earth to collect Energon. Bumblebee and his team use Energon crystals as bait to capture the Decepticon.

Episode 11
Bumblebee is poisoned during a fight and acts like a child. A herd of Elephants in the Zoo is released by the Decepticon. Bumblebee and Grimlock rides the elephants to bring them back to the Zoo.

Episode 12
Two Cybertronian spacecrafts landed on the west side of the Crown forest. Autobots are hunting Fracture. Drift saves Bumblebee and his team and Bumblebee thanks him after the battle. However, Fracture manages to escape.

Episode 13
A crab-like Decepticon named Clampdown appears in Crown City's flood control channel and is rallying other Decepticons to hunt for hidden treasure. Steeljaw requests Clampdown to join with him.

i really like the new style .... can't wait for it to be released ....

I'm okay with what I've seen so far but I still think Prime had enough unexplored themes to last another season or two.

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John DiMaggio will be playing Jazz, and Daran Norris will reprise his role as Knock Out.

CAST AND VOICE ACTORS

Someone has posted up screenshots of the closing credits cast listing from the first 13 episodes available in China... but be aware of spoilers, because it will give away which characters that aren't the main cast (like Decepticons), will show up in certain episodes.
(which would actually be a spoiler, as it would spoil the surprise of who shows up as the villain in each episode)

As such, I've removed the episode numbers next to each name below...

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Autobots

Bumblebee - Will Friedle
Strongarm - Constance Zimmer
Sideswipe - Darren Criss
Fixit - Mitchell Whitfield
Grimlock - Khary Payton
Optimus Prime - Peter Cullen
Jazz - Arif S. Kinchen
Drift - Eric Bauza
Jetstorm - Roger Craig Smith (One of Drift's Mini-cons)
Slipstream - Roger Craig Smith (One of Drift's Mini-cons)

Recurring Human Allies

Denny Clay - Ted McGinley
Russell Clay - Stuart Allan

Decepticons

Underbite - Liam O'Brien
Steeljaw - Troy Baker
Hammerstrike - David Kaye
Bisk - Khary Payton
Chop Shop - David Hunt
Terrashock - Kevin Michael Richardson
Thunderhoof - Frank Stallone
Filch - Constance Zimmer
Springload - John Steven Rocha
Ped - Eddie Deezen
Quillfire - Andy Milder
Fracture - Kevin Pollak
Airazor - Roger Craig Smith
Divebomb - Khary Payton
Clampdown - Jim Cummings

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A couple of promo clips as well.

Heh, interesting to see that Hasbro have decided to use the name of a previously obscure Japanese Autobot. And the caretaker from Hogwarts is now a Decepticon! :p </cheek>

Some preview clips on the Hasbro Transformers site.

Episode 14 plot details.

(spoilers, obviously... but this is the topic for cartoon plot spoilers)

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Optimus trains under the Minicon member of the Thirteen in order to better capture the Decepticons. The skunk-like Decepticon Stench, with the ability to spray an incapacitating toxin, appears, leading a gang of four. Grimlock, Sideswipe and Strongarm succumb to the toxin but Bumblebee is able to save the day. After the battle, Bumblebee reminds his team members of the value of focus and unity in their mission.

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I kinda wanted this as a new topic because it reveals so much about the characters (and possibly future toys), but there are way too many spoilers in this deconstruction of the RID cartoon... and since this topic is already for plot and character (potential) spoilers, I figured it was probably safest to just keep all the spoilers together in this one topic.


What is below, has been taken from this site, and reworked to make a little more sense, as a lot of it was written so that they could work in links to other pages on their site like a wiki.


CHARACTERS (most of the ones from the first few episodes)

DECEPTICONS - most have Animal Motifs, in both name and visual attributes.
Bisk, a Decepticon with a distinctly crustacean look, including eye stalks and snapping claws.
Chop Shop, a combiner(!) composed of five giant spiders that merge into a humanoid robot. He can split apart into five robot spiders, and each of them seem to have a mind of their own. One of them even manages to make their escape despite the rest of the combiner body being frozen and later imprisoned inside of a stasis pod.
Clampdown, similar to Underbite in that he lacks a humanoid shape, so looks like a straight-up robot crab.
Filch, a giant mechanical bird Decepticon that is strong enough to lift an RV and two Autobots, and likes to collect shiny objects. The only female Decepticon at this stage.
Fracture - the odd Bot out of the Decepticons, as he appears to not have a beast element to his physical appearance.
Hammerstrike, a shark-like Decepticon who resembles a hammerhead.
Nitan, a tiny louse-like Decepticon who is employed by Steeljaw to control Grimlock's behavior.
Ped, an earthworm-like Decepticon.
Quillfire, a Decepticon with porcupine characteristics.
Springload, a Decepticon with frog-like features.
Steeljaw, who has a wolf-like appearance.
Stench, a Decepticon who has the ability to produce debilitating toxins.
Thunderhoof, whose otherwise humanoid look features some impressive antlers and cloven hooves on his feet. His appearance allowed him to masquerade as a mythical Wendigo (a beast spirit in a semi-humanoid form), allowing him to form a cult out of some gullible humans who believe him to be a supernatural creature and trick them into helping him build a space bridge back to Cybertron.
Terrashock, a Decepticon with bull-like features, and is usually on all fours when standing or moving about in bot mode.
Underbite resembles some manner of hyper-stylized mecha-bulldog. He gets stronger by eating inorganic matter, so is quick to start chowing down at any opportunity.

(Decepticons were in Stasis Pods when the prison ship crashes, with the Pods ending up scattered around the world, like Beast Wars... as each Decepticon awakens from their Pod, they are first confused at where they are.)


AUTOBOTS - a team that is newly created by circumstance, who have to somehow work together and get along with each other.
Bumblebee - The Leader... doubts being as good as Optimus (like Cheetor, Rodimus & HotShot), but is not the leader of all Autobots (like Animated Optimus & Beast Wars Optimus). Is equipped with a multi-form weapon that takes several episodes to figure out how to properly use.
Grimlock - The Muscle/big guy... he starts out as a Decepticon in this series, which is odd because he's an Autobot in every single other appearance he's had in the Aligned universe, including the Beast Hunters comics, which directly tied the events of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and Transformers Prime together— presumably, something is up that will hopefully be addressed in the series later.
Fixit - The Smart guy... a Minicon guard from the Prison Ship.
Strongarm - The Girl... A Cadet from the Police Academy who strictly enforces the laws by constantly citing and projecting a holographic rule-book from her arm.
Sideswipe - The Soldier who's a bit rebellious like Gen1 HotRod... a polar opposite and constant irritant of Strongarm. One is all about the Rules, while the other is all about bending/breaking them.
Optimus Prime - The Spirit, or spiritual advisor, who even has a statue built of him on Cybertron in his honour.


ART STYLE - The series uses a mixture of cel shaded CGI with hand-painted backgrounds, as opposed to the full CGI of Prime. Whilst recognisable traits from the previous series are present, it also looks to be incorporating a little of the cartoony expression of Transformers Animated as well as bearing some similarity to Transformers Rescue Bots. The series has been purposefully made to be tonally more "fun" than its predecessor.
Being part of the Aligned Universe, the planet Cybertron bears the exact same design as originated in Transformers: War for Cybertron. "Tron Lines" (lighting) were a notable design feature of the Cybertronian forms of the characters in the games, and this series makes a return to using them more prominently.


EASTER EGGS?
In the first episode, Optimus's spirit helps Bumblebee get to Earth by showing him the planet engraved on a circular golden disk. Golden disks are a common plot device in Transformers media, going all the way back to ''Beast Wars'.
The Wilhelm Scream is apparently used by a Decepticon being crushed by Grimlock in an Episode.

I hope all those creatively designed, beast-themed Decepticons exist because Hasbro has planned toys for them.
Some sound really interesting, if done well - like the combiner of five spiders (Chop Shop). But seeing the simplicity of the toys so far, and most being gimmick or non-Transforming toys, I don't have my hopes too high. :(

Something we already knew was that the cartoon would show up on Cartoon Network in America and here, but now a press-release from Hasbro makes it official, and notes that it is for any country with a Cartoon Network channel.

Posting up the English episode titles for the first 13 episodes, to go with the plot descriptions that were posted up here earlier.

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101 – Pilot (Part 1)
102 – Pilot (Part 2)
103 – Trust Exercises
104 – More Than Meets the Eye
105 – W.W.O.D.?
106 – As the Kospego Commands!
107 – Collect ‘m All
108 – True Colors
109 – Rumble in the Jungle
110 – Can You Dig it?
111 – Adventures in Bumblebee-sitting!
112 – Hunting Season
113 – Out of Focus

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Episode 1
An image of Optimus Prime instructs Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm to head to earth. Fixit's Prisonship has crashed landed on earth and inmates scattered all over the planet. Denny and Russell are father and son living in Crown City whose hobby is collecting old vehicles and running a scrapyard.

Episode 2
Bumblebee and his team befriends an escaped Decepticon prisoner; Dinobot Grimlock. Underbite and Tusk terrorize Crown City and Denny and Russell uses an old aluminum car as a bait to lure them away into a trap. At a critical moment Optimus Prime appears. Optimus and Bumblebee now leads the team into battle.

Episode 3
A hammerhead shark has attacked a Crown City Oil Tanker. Paranoia grips the entire planet. The shark turns out to be Decepticon Hammerstrike. Bumblebee and Grimlock teams up to defeat him. However, Strongarm doesn't trust Grimlock entirely and Grimlock leaves.

Episode 4
A Decepticon prisoner named Butcher steals appliances to build a spacecraft to leave earth. Bumblebee and his team heads to arrest him with the help from Fix-it.

Episode 5
Decepticon Prisoner Pod was discovered in Crown City Natural History Museum. Denny and Russell disguise themselves as archeologists to investigate. A bison-shaped Deception attacks pedestrians and Bumblebee and his team must stop him.

Episode 6
Thunderhoof is disguised as a mythological deer monster and commands humans to collect materials to build a Spacebridge to go back to Cybertron. An accident traps Bumblebee and Sideswipe in the portal. Thunderhoof is transported to somewhere else and meets Grimlock

Episode 7
Pickpocket; a bird-shaped Decepticon is stealing from pedestrians. It’s up to Bumblebee and his team to capture him. Strongarm realizes that her partners are more important than rules and regulations.

Episode 8
One of Steeljaw's minions; a lice-shaped Decepticon attaches himself to Grimloack and gains control of his mind. Bumblebee and Spideswipe must find a way to detach him from Grimlock. Steeljaw and Tusk escapes.

Episode 9
Strongarm is on patrol alone for the first time trying to track a frog-shaped Decepticon who still thinks that he’s in Cybertron trying to find The Lost City. Bumblebee is secretly following Strongarm to help her if needed.

Episode 10
Autobot Jazz arrives to investigate an earthworm-like Decepticon burrowing tunnels on earth to collect Energon. Bumblebee and his team use Energon crystals as bait to capture the Decepticon.

Episode 11
Bumblebee is poisoned during a fight and acts like a child. A herd of Elephants in the Zoo is released by the Decepticon. Bumblebee and Grimlock rides the elephants to bring them back to the Zoo.

Episode 12
Two Cybertronian spacecrafts landed on the west side of the Crown forest. Autobots are hunting Fracture. Drift saves Bumblebee and his team and Bumblebee thanks him after the battle. However, Fracture manages to escape.

Episode 13
A crab-like Decepticon named Clampdown appears in Crown City's flood control channel and is rallying other Decepticons to hunt for hidden treasure. Steeljaw requests Clampdown to join with him.

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So episode 14 aired in Singapore a few weeks ago (which matched the description that was listed for episode 13 in Australia, causing confusion when Optimus wasn't in the episode), and now there are episodes listed in Canada for 15 & 16.
So even though some countries are having a mid-season break after episode 13, North America looks like it could be playing the full 26 episodes at once, as they are still only at episode 8 (yesterday), which gives them another 7 weeks to start showing the second half.

PROBABLY SPOILERS



One of the upcoming episodes must have the introduction of Megatronus, as screenshots have been posted of him fighting Optimus... who I thought was a ghost... so is either a flashback or a return of him in the world of the living.

AWESOME!

From a French website comes episode details for 16-18... with each appearing to focus on a different Autobot character.

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#16: Sideswipe perd la tête (Sideswipe Loses His Head)
"When the last team training leaves Sideswipe without strength, the young Autobot realizes that he can not always rely on his physical strength."
#17: L'honneur avant tout (The Honor Above All)
"Drift returns to Earth in pursuit of a fugitive Jetstorm. At the same time Team Bumblebee faces Springload and Quillfire who escaped."
#18: La blessure de Grimlock (The Injury to Grimlock)
"Unaware that Grimlock hides a serious injury, Bumblebee and the team make their way to the ocean in pursuit of an escaped Decepticon."

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Three more episode descriptions from France... and still no sign of Optimus Vs Megatronus.
We do get a new Decepticon (I think) called Groundpounder, which is probably yet another Decepticon that doesn't get a toy. :(

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#19: Le Champion (The Champion)
Groundpounder, former gladiator now Decepticon, escapes and takes part in a televised fight. He will face Grimlock.
#20: Dysfonctionnement (Dysfunction)
Fixit becomes increasingly buggy. Denny tries to repair him, but it wakes his guard program. Armed with an arsenal, he tries to attack the others.
#21: Etat de siège (State of Siege)
Steeljaw and his band manage to get into the scrap yard to release cryogenically Decepticons and Autobots to maintain remotely using a sonic wave field. Our hero will have to show cunning to thwart their plan and regain control of the premises.

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The next three episodes for France, as they seem to be showing three episodes at a time once a week.

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#22: Amis jurés (Sworn Friends)
Dinobot Grimlock discovers an escaped prisoner with whom he sympathizes. He helps them flee, but it does not take long to destroy everything and terrorize humans. Our hero will have to join forces to stop it. Denny redecorates a motorhome for Russell who is afraid that his father makes too cheesy decor.
#23: La reine des abeilles (The Queen Bee)
Autobot Sideswipe meets a loner missioned by Primus. The newcomer agrees to team up with the little band of Bumblebee to face a Decepticon that looks very much like a queen bee ...
#24 Fantômes et imposteurs (Ghosts and Imposters)
Bumblebee decides to show his team the beauty of planet Earth. He takes them to a ghost town in the Far West. But a Decepticon able to take any form awaits them...

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Only two more episodes until the end of Season One, which we should know about next weekend... and then in two weeks time we should hopefully hear about Season Two at BotCon.

Details of the final two episodes have been found....







SPOILERS







You were warned...

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#25: Le retour d'Optimus (The Return of Optimus)
The threat to the Earth becomes clearer and the Primes decide to send Optimus, although his training is not yet complete. Meanwhile Steeljaw's gang allows a particularly formidable opponent to arrive on Earth: Megatronus.
#26: La vengeance de Megatronus (The Revenge of Megatronus)
Megatronus is preparing to reduce the Earth dust, but Bumblebee's strategic skills, courage and loyalty of his team, assisted by a particularly powerful Optimus, will get the better of him!

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I'm hoping Foxtel shows these soon (I know some are on iTunes but I already pay for Foxtel).