Transformers: Prime

Optimus's Team Prime hides in an old missile silo near Jasper, Nevada: Arcee, Bumblebee, Bulkhead and the medic Ratchet. When Starscream kills Cliffjumper, three teens, Jack, Miko and Raf, get pulled in and become Autobot allies, along with Agent Bill Fowler. Megatron returns from exile with Dark Energon, which can reanimate the dead, and tries to use a space bridge, which the Autobots take down. Knock Out and Airachnid turn up over the season. At the end, Unicron awakens in Earth's core and sets off natural disasters around the globe. Megatron allies with the Autobots, and Optimus uses the Matrix of Leadership to put Unicron back into stasis. The price is steep: Optimus loses his memory.

1. Behind the scenesFrom the 2007 film's writers

   Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, co-writers of Transformers and Revenge of the Fallen, created the show with Duane Capizzi and Jeff Kline.

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2. CameoThe classic voices return

   Peter Cullen returns as Optimus and Frank Welker as Megatron and Soundwave. Jeffrey Combs voices Ratchet and Steve Blum plays Starscream.

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3. ReferenceA mute Bumblebee, like the films

   As in the live-action films, Prime's Bumblebee can't speak and communicates in beeps.

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4. Behind the scenesAn Emmy nod for Optimus

   Peter Cullen's Optimus in Prime earned him a 2011 Daytime Emmy nomination.

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