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* OffModel: This episode's animation is ''notorious'' for maybe two or three shots in the entire episode being ''on''-model. It can't even keep day and night straight, as the humans build B.O.T. in the middle of the night only for it for to be ''broad daylight'' when the Autobots arrive; either the animators screwed up or everyone just sat in the building for several ''hours'' to wait for the Autobots, which makes zero sense given B.O.T. has already started rampaging by this point.
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* VehicleBasedCharacterization: Spineless but intelligent Elise drives a Volkswagon Beetle, the car of nebbishes everywhere.

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* BoundAndGagged: Elise has her mouth taped by Roland and Martin at the end of the episode before they drag her away. In front of the Autobots, no less.



* BoundAndGagged: Elise has her mouth taped by Roland and Martin at the end of the episode before they drag her away. In front of the Autobots, no less.



* ExplosiveLeash: Soundwave forces Swindle to reassemble his fellow Combaticons by installing a bomb in his head. It gives him 15 hours.

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* ExplosiveLeash: Soundwave forces Swindle to reassemble his fellow Combaticons by installing a bomb in his head. It gives him head that will go off in 15 hours.



** Megatron's cannon is supposedly powerful enough to knock UsefulNotes/TheMoon out of orbit. However, the worst we see it do is knock a few Decepticons over.

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** Megatron's cannon is supposedly powerful enough to knock UsefulNotes/TheMoon out of orbit. However, the worst we actually see it do is knock a few Decepticons over.



* SelfDestructButton: Megatron's new device has a convenient "OVERCHARGE" button located on a human-level control panel.

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* SelfDestructButton: Megatron's new device has a convenient "OVERCHARGE" button [[InventionalWisdom located on a human-level control panel.panel]].
%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Martin and Roland.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Brawl is able to move about without a part of his brain, but cannot function well enough for the Combaticons to combine.



** Thanks to the flawed perspective when Optimus congratulates the three humans at the end of the episode, Bumblebee is again drawn as being ridiculously small, dwarfed next to Ironhide who previously was only about OneHeadTaller than him.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Brawl is able to move about without a part of his brain, but cannot function well enough for the Combaticons to combine.
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** Thanks to the flawed perspective when Optimus congratulates the three humans at the end of the episode, Bumblebee is again drawn as being ridiculously small, dwarfed next to Ironhide who previously was only about OneHeadTaller than him.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Brawl is able to move about without a part of his brain, but cannot function well enough for the Combaticons to combine.
%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Martin and Roland.
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* ComplexityAddiction: Assuming Megatron's plan ends with him building a hydroelectric plant at the flooded canyon, he could just build said plant at a random river.
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** Thanks to the flawed perspective when Optimus congratulates the three humans at the end of the episode, Bumblebee is again drawn as being ridiculously small, dwarfing next to Ironhide who previously was only about OneHeadTaller than him.

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** Thanks to the flawed perspective when Optimus congratulates the three humans at the end of the episode, Bumblebee is again drawn as being ridiculously small, dwarfing dwarfed next to Ironhide who previously was only about OneHeadTaller than him.
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** During the opening, ''all'' of the Combaticons, including Blast Off and Vortex, are able to drive on the city streets side by side comfortably.

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BOT went on a rampage because Elise put Brawn's personality component on it


%% * BrainyBrunette: Elise Presser.

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%% * BrainyBrunette: Elise Presser.Presser is a stereotypical nerd girl, with NerdGlasses, matching clothes and the brains to go with them.



* KarmaHoudini: Despite being the ones who actually caused B.O.T. to go on his rampage, neither Roland or Martin get so much as a chewing out by anyone. And when they tape Elise's mouth shut in front of the Autobots, all they do is watch the boys take her away Without even so much as a calling out for this action.

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* BoundAndGagged: Elise has her mouth taped by Roland and Martin at the end of the episode before they drag her away. In front of the Autobots, no less.



* DidNotThinkThisThrough: When the Autobots are trapped in the school's break room, B.O.T blocks the entrance from the outside, and attepts to break it are ineffective. [[FailedASpotCheck Elise points out there's another door]], and they make their escape.

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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: When the Autobots are trapped in the school's break room, B.O.T blocks the entrance from the outside, and attepts attempts to break it are ineffective. [[FailedASpotCheck Elise points out there's another door]], and they make their escape.



* KarmaHoudini: Despite being the ones who actually caused B.O.T. to go on his rampage, neither Roland or Martin get so much as a chewing out by anyone. And when they tape Elise's mouth shut in front of the Autobots, all they do is watch the boys take her away.

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* KarmaHoudini: Despite being the ones who actually caused B.O.T. to go on his rampage, neither Roland or Martin get so much as a chewing out by anyone. And when they tape Elise's mouth shut in front of the Autobots, all they do is watch the boys take her away.away Without even so much as a calling out for this action.
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Commonly considered to be the worst episode of the original Transformers cartoon, if not the worst thing ever animated in the entire franchise.

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* LameComeback: When Martin and Roland meet Elise, she mentions they'll be working together. One of the boys tells her "You'll be working together".

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* KarmaHoudini: Despite being the ones who actually caused B.O.T. to go on his rampage, neither Roland or Martin get so much as a chewing out by anyone. And when they tape Elise's mouth shut in front of the Autobots, all they do is watch the boys take her away.
* LameComeback: When Martin and Roland meet Elise, she mentions they'll be working together. One of the boys tells her "You'll be working together".

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Violation of Common Sense is gameplay only.


Commonly considered to be the worst episode of the original Transformers cartoon, if not the worst in the ''entire franchise''. Let's see what the fuss is about, why dont we?

As Megatron plans on knocking the moon out of its orbit to fill a single canyon with water to gain limitless power, three students find Brawl's brain on a junkyard, and create a super-intelligent robot with it. Okay...

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Commonly considered to be the worst episode of the original Transformers cartoon, if not the worst thing ever animated in the ''entire franchise''. Let's see what the fuss is about, why dont we?

As
entire franchise.

Bruticus rampages through a town for no clear reason, only to be destroyed by Defensor. Swindle survives and tries to rebuild his companions, only to switch halfway through to selling their parts for money instead.

After
Megatron plans on knocking finds out what he did, he orders Swindle to gather all their pieces back together because he needs an intact Bruticus to use a cannon. This cannon will knock the moon Moon out of its orbit to orbit, which will fill up a single canyon with water to water, from which he will gain limitless power, power... somehow.

Swindle finds all the pieces except for Brawl's brain, which is recovered by
three students find Brawl's brain on from a junkyard, and with it they create a super-intelligent robot with it. Okay...
it.



* BizarreAlienBiology: Brawl is able to survive without a part of his brain, and the kids can hear what Brawl is hearing through it. The only thing it really affects is that the Combaticons cannot combine without it.
* BrainyBrunette: Elise Presser.
* BrilliantButLazy: Martin and Roland.

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* BizarreAlienBiology: Brawl is able to survive without a part of his brain, and the kids can hear what Brawl is hearing through it. The only thing it really affects is that the Combaticons cannot combine without it.
%% * BrainyBrunette: Elise Presser.
* BrilliantButLazy: Martin and Roland.Roland are able to make a laser in school that can burn through walls, yet their professor berates them for not doing any useful work.



* ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale:
** When the Autobots are trapped in the school's break room, Bumblebee is either human-sized or the door is ridiculously large.
** Thanks to the flawed perspective when Optimus congratulates the three humans at the end of the episode, Bumblebee is again drawn as being ridiculously small, dwarfing next to Ironhide who previously was only about OneHeadTaller than him.



* ThoseTwoGuys: Martin and Roland.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Three students manage to create a super-intelligent robot... Using ''Brawl's'' brain. Keep in mind, Brawl is an idiot.

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* YourSizeMayVary: The Transformers franchise is full of this, but this episode is especially glaring with it.
** When the Autobots are in the school, the furniture and doors are drawn as if they were human-sized, but the actual humans are still dwarfed by them, so the surroundings seem far too big.
** Thanks to the flawed perspective when Optimus congratulates the three humans at the end of the episode, Bumblebee is again drawn as being ridiculously small, dwarfing next to Ironhide who previously was only about OneHeadTaller than him.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Brawl is able to move about without a part of his brain, but cannot function well enough for the Combaticons to combine.
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ThoseTwoGuys: Martin and Roland.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Three students manage to create a super-intelligent robot... Using ''Brawl's'' brain. Keep in mind, Brawl is an idiot.
Roland.
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As Megatron plans on knocking the moon out of it's orbit to fill a single canyon with water to gain limitless power, three students find Brawl's brain on a junkyard, and create a super-intelligent robot with it. Okay...

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As Megatron plans on knocking the moon out of it's its orbit to fill a single canyon with water to gain limitless power, three students find Brawl's brain on a junkyard, and create a super-intelligent robot with it. Okay...

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** Megatron's cannon is supposedly powerful enough to knock UsefulNotes/TheMoon out of orbit. However, the worst we see it do is knock a few Decepticons over.



** Megatron's cannon is supposedly powerful enough to knock UsefulNotes/TheMoon out of orbit. However, the worst we see it do is knock a few Decepticons over.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: When the Autobots are trapped in the school's break room, B.O.T blocks the entrance from the outside, and attepts to break it are ineffective. [[FailedASpotCheck Elise points out there's another door]], and they make their escape.


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* LameComeback: When Martin and Roland meet Elise, she mentions they'll be working together. One of the boys tells her "You'll be working together".
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* ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale:
** When the Autobots are trapped in the school's break room, Bumblebee is either human-sized or the door is ridiculously large.
** Thanks to the flawed perspective when Optimus congratulates the three humans at the end of the episode, Bumblebee is again drawn as being ridiculously small, dwarfing next to Ironhide who previously was only about OneHeadTaller than him.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Martin and Roland

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* ThoseTwoGuys: Martin and RolandRoland.
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* BrainyBrunette: Elise Presser
* BrilliantButLazy: Martin and Roland

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* BrainyBrunette: Elise Presser
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* BrilliantButLazy: Martin and RolandRoland.
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Commonly considered to be the worst episode of the original Transformers cartoon. Let's see what the fuss is about, why dont we?

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Commonly considered to be the worst episode of the original Transformers cartoon.cartoon, if not the worst in the ''entire franchise''. Let's see what the fuss is about, why dont we?
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** Megatron's cannon is supposedly powerful enough to knock UsefulNotes/TheMoon out of orbit. However, the worst we see it do is knock around a few Decepticons.

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** Megatron's cannon is supposedly powerful enough to knock UsefulNotes/TheMoon out of orbit. However, the worst we see it do is knock around a few Decepticons.Decepticons over.

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* InformedAbility: Despite the acronym, B.O.T is not biomechanical nor does he communicate.

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* InformedAbility: InformedAbility:
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Despite the acronym, B.O.T is not biomechanical nor does he communicate.communicate.
** Megatron's cannon is supposedly powerful enough to knock UsefulNotes/TheMoon out of orbit. However, the worst we see it do is knock around a few Decepticons.
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* ViolationOfCommonSense: Three students manage to create a super-intelligent robot... Using ''Brawl's'' brain.

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* ViolationOfCommonSense: Three students manage to create a super-intelligent robot... Using ''Brawl's'' brain. Keep in mind, Brawl is an idiot.
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B.O.T. Commonly considered to be the worst episode of the original Transformers cartoon. Let's see what the fuss is about, why dont we?

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B.O.T. Commonly considered to be the worst episode of the original Transformers cartoon. Let's see what the fuss is about, why dont we?
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* BrainyBrunette: Elise Presser
* BrilliantButLazy: Martin and Roland


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* ThoseTwoGuys: Martin and Roland
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Brawl is able to survive without a part of his brain, and the kids can hear what Brawl is hearing through it. The only thing it really affects is that the Combaticons cannot combine without it.
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As Megatron plans on knocking the moon out of it's orbit to fill a single canyon with water to gain limitless power, three student's find Brawl's brain on a junkyard, and create a super-intelligent robot. Okay...

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As Megatron plans on knocking the moon out of it's orbit to fill a single canyon with water to gain limitless power, three student's students find Brawl's brain on a junkyard, and create a super-intelligent robot.robot with it. Okay...
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B.O.T. Commonly considered to be the worst episode of the original Transformers cartoon. Let's see what the fuss is about, why dont we?

As Megatron plans on knocking the moon out of it's orbit to fill a single canyon with water to gain limitless power, three student's find Brawl's brain on a junkyard, and create a super-intelligent robot. Okay...

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* CurbStompBattle: Bruticus gets utterly destroyed with a single shot from Defensor. Only Swindle survives intact.
* ExplosiveLeash: Soundwave forces Swindle to reassemble his fellow Combaticons by installing a bomb in his head. It gives him 15 hours.
* FunWithAcronyms: B.O.T stands for Biotronic Operational Telecommunicator.
* InformedAbility: Despite the acronym, B.O.T is not biomechanical nor does he communicate.
* MissingStepsPlan: It's not explained how exactly flooding a single canyon with controlled tides creates a limitless amount of power.
* SelfDestructButton: Megatron's new device has a convenient "OVERCHARGE" button located on a human-level control panel.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Three students manage to create a super-intelligent robot... Using ''Brawl's'' brain.

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