I'm really hoping here that this will form into a plotpoint at a later stage.

Personally, I think this episode shows that the morals are starting to get too heavy-handed. The cartoon is becoming less about telling a good story and more about preaching morality. If this keeps up, Animated could turn into another "Krypto the Superdog".

These aesops were a prat of Transformers Animated from the start. Maybe you only realized it now, but these 'Wheel of Morality" storylines aren't new to this incarnation of the show.

 

I do agree that they may come across as rather forced at times, but on the other hand, they're not as in your face as this one:

I liked it.. Animated Starscream in G1 colors (lol) .. Prowl doing something other than being a preachy wise ass. Sidecar action is a lot cooler than I was expecting..

 

I dunno.. I was expecting something more from Lockdown.. but it just didn't come. I think it would of been better if they left it kind of open ended, but it was still good. I like it when they take established characters out of their element .. even though in this case, Prowl's was kind of more forced than other defining character moments and so forth.

I thought it was a great episode. The animation was very slick, especially during the fight sequences.

I really hate being on the back end of the curve. CURSE YE, CANADA!

 

Episode was good, interesting to see a set-up for the seekahs.

I really hate being on the back end of the curve. CURSE YE, CANADA!

 

Episode was good, interesting to see a set-up for the seekahs.

And as clones, they'll have just as much characterization as the seekers in the G1 cartoon!

Something I must say about Prowl in this episode: I honestly think he was pretty in-character. He's always seemed like a bit of a show-off to me. Usually he's calm and collected, but he never misses the chance to show off how cool he is. For example, thoroughly pwning Bumblebee and Bulkhead at Twister (Home is Where the Spark Is), and posing while setting up a tent (Nature Calls). Getting all those upgrades just made him a little (or a lot) cocky, bringing out the show-off in him. Not out-of-character, just a different side of his character. Just my opinion.

 

 

Also, the samurai armor is :awsum