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Also, if you are looking for copies of any the episodes, do NOT e-mail me. I don't have copies of all the episodes, or the time to be making copies even if I did. Your best bet is to look for people selling copies in alt.toys.transformers (Dejanews is a good way to do a search).

The guide was compiled from some original tapes, from various other listings I've collected, and quite a bit of information provided by others. I have tried to list the episodes in their original order, however this task is more difficult than it would first appear. The episodes were apparently produced in a different order than they were shown, and airdates for the bulk of second and third season episodes seem to vary depending on the local stations (although the order is preserved). There also appear to be a few order discrepancies between different cities which I have tried to note.

Just to make things even more complicated, certain episodes have to take place after events seen in episodes that weren't produced and/or shown until later. Again, I have tried to note this.

Episodes are listed in the closest original airing order I can determine. The numbers are in reference to production order, which is what I believe the SF channel used (although they did pull most of the episodes out of their run as the G2 series took over the rights for those episodes.

Anyone with more airdate information, please contact me ASAP so I can try and incorporate it. I am guessing that first season episodes had definite airdates, but have yet to see any info on what they are.

The guide is available at http://www.cs.rit.edu/~abm4111/tfepgd.txt or in html form (nothing fancy, though) at http://www.cs.rit.edu/~abm4111/tfepgd.html

With their energy reserves dwindling, the Autobots set out to find new reserves in their ship but are followed by the Decepticons who attack inside a meteor shower. They board the Autobot ship, and in the battle which ensues, the ship is damaged and thrown off course to crash land on Earth. Several million years later, an eruption of a volcano causes the computer to reactivate and its repair program kicks in, repairing the closest Transformer to the specifications on Earth vehicles gathered by a probe. That Transformer happens to be Skywarp who moves his fellow 'cons into the repair beam. They leave the Autobots behind and prepare to raid the world's resources, but Starscream unwittingly causes the Autobots to be reactivated. Some Autobots track down the Decepticons' base, but are discovered and barely escape. The 'cons attack an oil rig manned by humans Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky, and when the Autobots arrive, they and the humans are caught up in the destruction of the platform.

The Autobots escape from the rubble and save the humans. Spike and Sparkplug return to Autobot HQ with them to help them in their battle. The Decepticons continue to plunder Earth's resources and make Energon cubes, planning on returning to Cybertron with enough energy to lead the Decepticons to victory. The Autobots intervene, but are not able to stop the 'cons plot. In an attempt to trap the 'cons in the cave they are mining in, Bumblebee and Sparkplug go in to set an explosive device. They run into problems and Prime send Roller in to help. The device goes off, trapping Bumblebee and Sparkplug and injuring Prime through Roller.

Bumblebee and Sparkplug are quickly rescued, but the Decepticons are able to blast their way out. Hound and Prime come up with a plan to trick the 'cons. The captured Ravage is allowed to escape, having overheard the (false) location of a rocket base. The Autobots await the Decepticons attack at a holographic rocket base generated by Hound. The 'cons arrive, but Megatron has anticipated the plot and the 'cons are actually dummies, with the real 'cons attacking the real site. The Decepticons have built a new ship to take them back to Cybertron. Prime and the Autobots make every attempt to stop them and fail, but the Decepticon ship sabotaged by Mirage who has unbeknownst to his fellow Autobots stowed away on the ship. The Decepticon ship crashes into the ocean.

The Decepticons, working out of an undersea base created from their crashed ship, create a "space bridge" back to Cybertron. Bumblebee and Spike are caught spying and are to be used to test the device which has already failed to work once. Bumblebee is reprogrammed to lead the Autobots into a trap, but Megatron must call off his assault on them since the space bridge is reactivated and must be used within a short period of time. Spike is saved by Bumblebee, and the Energon being transported is detonated, throwing Megatron into the bridge as it is activated.

The Decepticons, now led by Starscream, continue to attack targets on Earth, but are easily Thwarted by the Autobots. Prime sends Prowl and Bluestreak after the Decepticon attack force, but they bite off more than they can chew. A very much alive Megatron contacts the Earth-bound Decepticons and returns via space bridge. Meanwhile, Bumblebee, Spike, and wheelchair-bound computer-whiz friend Chip Chase visit a human project to develop an anti-matter formula. A backup is given to Chip for safe-keeping. At home, Chip receives a distress call from Prowl and assumes control of him, enabling him and Bluestreak to overcome the Decepticons they have tracked down. Megatron and the Decepticons attempt to steal the anti-matter formula, but the scientist is able to delete it from the computer. Megatron is quickly able to extract the location of the backup from the scientist and has Chip kidnapped. The Decepticons take over the anti-matter project compound and hold Chip hostage. Hound and Mirage manage to infiltrate the compound using their unique skills and get Chip out. The Autobots attack, but anti-matter powered Megatron is too powerful. Eventually, the anti-matter becomes too unstable and Megatron must jettison it and retreat.

The Decepticon jets badly damage Optimus Prime in an attack on a power plant. A group of Autobots must go to Wheeljack's lab on Cybertron to obtain a part needed to repair Optimus. The Decepticons attack while the Autobots are thus weakened, but Prime is repaired at the last minute and answers Megatron's challenge for a one-on-one combat. The 'cons are defeated and retreat.

The Decepticons are plotting to drain the Earth's energy through a crystal at the North Pole. They discover a Transformer, Skyfire, buried in the ice and revive him. Skyfire, a scientist, crash-landed on Earth before the Autobot ship crashed during a survey mission with Starscream. He allies himself with the Decepticons because of Starscream, and takes Spike and Sparkplug prisoner, being too powerful for the Autobots to stop. However, when he sees how Megatron treats his human prisoners, he changes sides. The Decepticons are defeated, but only at the cost of Skyfire, who ends up frozen in the ice once again.

The Autobots discover fossilized dinosaurs in their cave and it leads them to creating three Dinobots, Grimlock, Slag, and Sludge to help them. They are, however mentally unstable, and Prime orders them deactivated. When all the Autobots are captured by Megatron, Wheeljack violates Prime's previous orders and reactivates the Dinobots. They save the others, thereby proving their worth, and Prime allows them to stay activated.

The Decepticons plan to use an ancient crystal as an energy source for their new weapon. After the Autobots detect the energy source, the newly-unthawed Skyfire is dispatched with Windcharger and Brawn to survey the area. They discover Decepticon activity and the entire Autobot force comes in to restore the crystal to its rightful place.

The three Dinobots get out of the Autobots' control and ally themselves with the Decepticons. The Autobots design two more Dinobots to bring the others back under their control.

The Autobots learn that an attack on the Maharaja was nothing more than a diversion by the Decepticons to leave the Ark unguarded. The Decepticon tapes get inside the Ark and manage to capture Sparkplug in the middle of the commotion. Sparkplug is taken to the Decepticons' underwater base where a hypno-chip is put in him in order to turn him into a mindless slave. The hypno-chip was designed by Megatron's new human ally, Dr. Arkeville, in order to create an army of human slaves to build a giant and more powerful Space Bridge that could transport Cybertron itself into Earth's orbit. The energy released by this act would be converted into Energon and easily transported to Cybertron. Sparkplug is rescued by the Autobots who take him back to the Ark, unaware that he is under Arkeville's control. The Autobots are attacked by the Decepticons, who got inside the Ark due to the controlled Sparkplug sabotaging Teletran 1. Spike is able to repair Teletran, forcing the Decepticons to make their escape. The Autobots find the location of the new Space Bridge and attack, but Optimus Prime is forced to open the Space Bridge or the already-approaching Cybertron would be destroyed. As Cybertron passes through the Space Bridge, the Earth's weather begins to turn violent.

As the Autobots battle the elements and the Decepticons, Megatron's slaves are lost, prompting the Decepticons to return to their base to capture more. The Autobots send out the Dinobots to handle the raging tidal waves, floods, and earthquakes while they form a plan, but the volcano housing the Ark erupts, forcing Ironhide to plug it to prevent the loss of their base. When Optimus Prime finds out that Sparkplug has been taken to Cybertron, he sends Skyfire, Trailbreaker, Wheeljack, Brawn, Bumblebee, and Spike to their home planet to rescue him. Brawn, Bumblebee, and Spike fall into a trap that leads right to the Decepticon lab, where they learn the truth about the hypno-chips. Sparkplug is located within the lab, and the hypno-chip is activated, forcing Sparkplug to sound the alarm and alert the Decepticons of the Autobot presence.

The Autobots manage to escape, but have no choice but to leave Sparkplug behind. They hide in Wheeljack's lab, where they began to build a device that would free the slaves from the hypno-chip's control. On Earth, Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots arrive at Megatron's energy-generating base as they await the oncoming tidal waves. On Cybertron, Wheeljack is able to use his device to free Sparkplug and escape back to Earth. The Autobots follow Megatron to his island outpost as the slaves load his starcruiser with the newly created Energon cubes. Megatron discovers Starscream's deceit once more as he tries to develop his own way of creating Energon. He escapes Megatron's wrath as the Autobots attack. Wheeljack frees the remaining slaves with his device while the Autobots defeat the Decepticons. Megatron makes a last ditch attempt to escape on his starcruiser, but is shot down by the Autobots, with the Energon on board exploding and forcing Cybertron back out into orbit. The Autobots recover as Megatron floats through space awaiting his revenge.

[Roger M. Wilcox notes that this three parter is very similar to the five part GoBots premiere, "Battle for Gobotron," in plot]

Both the Autobots and Decepticons recover from the aftermath of Cybertron's proximity to Earth. Megatron returns to lead the Decepticons. Starscream breaks into Dr. Arkeville's lab, and connects the exponential generator there on a timer, which will cause it to explode and destroy Earth. He then travels to Cybertron, where he will collect the released energy. Megatron and Prime, warned by Shockwave, team up to stop the explosion; Starscream returns to find out what went wrong, and is dragged away by a none-too-pleased Megatron.

Both the Autobots and Decepticons move to investigate the appearance of several new Transformers, the Insecticons. The first battle is between Skyfire and the Insecticons. The Decepticons form an alliance with them, and steal oil from a refinery. The Autobots intervene, but are seriously damaged by the lightning bolts shot at them by one of the Insecticons. They realize that if they transform they are insulated from the electricity with their rubber tires and defeat the Insecticons. The Decepticons and Insecticons end up turning against one another.

Megatron has built the Constructicons to create a machine capable of transferring all the Decepticons' special powers over to him. He then challenges Prime to a fight which he must accept by a code of honor. Megatron defeats Prime, and the Autobots must keep their side of the bargain and abandon Earth. Meanwhile, the Constructicons have broken into Autobot headquarters to deactivate Teletran 1 before it can reveal that Megatron has cheated. They are confronted by the Dinobots and, even as Devastator, are defeated by the Autobots once they discover the truth. The Decepticons are all driven into a chasm.

Episodes ran weekdays, beginning in September 1985

[Buzzsaw and Frenzy make occasional appearances in episodes 17-26, but no other new characters are introduced until episode 27, when second year characters begin to appear without explanation (and don't ask why #28 is first year characters only. My best guess is some sort of production delay)]

Wheeljack has created the Immobilizer, a new weapon that can temporarily stop any Transformer in its tracks. The Decepticons manage to steal it partly due to Carly (first appearance) distracting Ironhide from his lookout post. During the battle which follows, Ironhide rescues Carly from the Decepticons, but they have made the Immobilizer's affect permanent and start immobilizing Autobots left and right. With the assistance of Brawn and Jazz, Spike and Carly manage to reverse the effects of the Immobilizer and save the Autobots. The Immobilizer is then destroyed.

Powerglide and Bumblebee discover a prehistoric island filled with dinosaurs. The Dinobots destructive fighting tactics end up causing harm and havoc to the Autobots during a demonstration. As a result, Prime orders the Dinobots to be secluded on an island where they will train to better control themselves in combat, and to be able to work better as a group when they fight. The Decepticons find out about the island and want to tap the many natural resources for power. Megatron eventually learns of this, and then discovers that the island is rich in energy. The Decepticons arrive on the island and proceed to turn the energy into energon cubes. They confronted by the Dinobots, and Megatron stampedes some dinosaurs to force the Dinobots into a tar pit, trapping them.

Omega Supreme tells his story to Optimus Prime of how he was guardian of Crystal City on Cybertron. There he was friends with the Constructicons until Megatron changed them and they destroyed the city. Now he seeks revenge and has pursued them to Earth.

En route to Earth from the planet of giants, the Autobots are captured and de-energized by a gambler and con-man. Smokescreen is unaffected and teams up with the being to win - via gambling - enough energon to restore the ship and the Autobots. The Decepticons Astrotrain, Dirge, and Ramjet attempt to interfere, but are driven off with the help of another Autobot, Defcon.

The Autobots and Aerialbots travel to Cybertron on Omega Supreme to stop Megatron's latest plan. The gullible Aerialbots are tricked by the Decepticons and sent back to the beginning of time, but due to the timely intervention of the Autobots, are only transported back by in time a few million years where they observe how Transformer Orion Pax and his friends were recreated by Alpha Trion into Optimus Prime and others and became leaders of the Autobots on Cybertron against the forces of Megatron.

Somehow, an energy being is created who is small compared to the Autobots, and runs around yelling Kremzeek! Kremzeek! He goes into the electrical lines and ends up in Japan. At some point, a Japanese scientist helps the Autobots. An army of little Kremzeeks becomes a very big Kremzeek but the Autobots transmit it into the Decepticon base using the 'cons energy magnet.