Season Guide
Transformers: Animated Season 1
Season 1 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
Season 1 of Transformers: Animated premiered 2007-12-26 and ran 16 episodes through 2008-04-05.
Episodes
1
Our Take A busy premiere that spends most of its runtime establishing the new look and attitude of this reboot, which will either charm you or grate depending on your…
2
Our Take The second half of the pilot settles into the show's actual rhythm, and the art style starts to make sense once the action gets room to breathe. The…
3
Our Take The finale of the three-parter wraps up the Detroit showdown with some genuinely fun action, and the Autobots finally clicking as a team lands well. Blitzwing and Lugnut…
4
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
5
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
6
Our Take A fun monster-movie style hour that introduces the Dinobots and gives Professor Sumdac's backstory some real weight. The Dinobot designs are goofy in a good way, and Megatron's…
7
Our Take A solid step up for the season, mostly because Lockdown makes for a genuinely creepy villain with a design and voice that stick with you. The action moves…
8
Our Take This is a lightweight Bumblebee spotlight that plays everything for laughs, and the villain is basically a walking punchline without much menace. The comedy bits land often enough…
9
Our Take A rare flashback-heavy episode for this show, and it mostly works because it gives Optimus some actual backstory instead of just hero posturing. The tragedy angle lands better…
10
Our Take A rare villain-focused episode that lets Soundwave shine, and the synth-heavy music and cold, methodical pacing give it a genuinely unsettling tone the series rarely attempts. The plot…
11
Our Take This is the episode where the season finally gets some real muscle behind its villains, and the fight scenes deliver more weight than anything since the premiere. Blitzwing's…
12
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
13
Our Take A decent season capper that leans on comedy more than action, and your mileage will depend on how funny you find a smug corporate jerk piloting Bulkhead's body…
14
Our Take A low-key camping outing with Prowl, Bulkhead, and Sari that turns into a Dinobot story, and honestly the slower first half is the best part. Prowl's quiet-guy routine…
15
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
16
Our Take A proper payoff after a season of buildup, with Megatron finally getting a body and immediately showing why he's the scariest thing in the show. The action is…