Headmaster (episode)

'''A disgruntled Sumdac employee seeks revenge and profit by taking control of one of the Autobots and sending him on a rampage. '''

Stats

 * Written by: Michael Ryan
 * Directed by: Ben Jones, Shunji Oga
 * Original airdate: March 15, 2008

Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Transformers references

 * The Headmaster concept was originally part of the G1 series & has seen sporadic use in other series since.


 * Optimus tows a trailer with a certain paint job. Awesome.


 * When Captain Fanzone switches Bumblebee's radio to something he likes, Bumblebee switches back to the previous radio channel.


 * The song that Bumblebee likes is the same song that Soundwave dances to in Sound and Fury.


 * Daniel Witwicky appears again, crying his eyes out because of Bulkhead.


 * In their endless generosity, the Autobots send an innocent cobbled together robot in to do their explosive, suicidal dirty work.


 * when prime is fighting headmaster, bumble-bees line "we have to help prime!" is a direct quote from the original 1980s movie

Real-world references

 * The original Headmaster unit bears a striking resemblance to the Jet Piloter fron Mazinger Z.
 * Masterson plays Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots with his Headmaster drones.
 * When Bulkhead creates an image of the Autobots, he does so with the sound of an early 90s printer.
 * In the scene with Bulkhead painting his hand, Bumblebee's pose (one leg behind his head, infront of a Jeep) is a direct refrence to the 1980 film "Airplane!" In which the main character is in a mental hospital and is painting a very similar image. (Bumblebee is missing the assualt rifle and explosion backdrop, however.)