Decepticon Air

'''The Decepticons break free from their prison and Swindle comes back to life. Meanwhile, the Earth Autobots were making a new Space Bridge.'''

Synopsis
The Autobots were having arguments about the Space Bridge. Sari however accesses the controlls with a multi fingered hands.

Meanwhile, Perceptor, Alpha Trion and Cliffjimper were contacting Sentinal from Cybertron about Ultra Magnus. They were on their way home but they had to take a short cut to a purple light filled with lightning which freed Swindle from his locked nap. He freed all the decepticonson the ship and decided to take revenge on the Elite Guard.

Back on earth, Optimus receives a call from Sentinal that he is under attack.

Lugnut was about the finish them but apparently, he didn't because Swindle wishes him not to for Megatron.

Sari gets the space bridge running and Optimus warps to the ship.

Swindle gives the seekers new helmets (making them look like their Gl selves) to help him reconise them more. Optimus accidently warped into Swindle's tummy case and fights the Decepticons and helps the other Autobots. The Decepticons were back in bars except Lugnut and Swindle.

Sentinal drops of Optimus and heads back to Cybertron to show that he as captured the Decepticons.

Meanwhile, Lugnut lands on to Omega Supreme and goes inside by the help of his old leader and his fellow second in comand.

Quotes
Isaac Sumdac: Fine, I'll just recalibrate the field-sequencers myself! Bulkhead: Not before I do the calculations myself! Isaac Sumdac: You think I can not isolate a transwarp frequency barrier?! Bulkhead: I'm just saying you don't have the same experience as me. Isaac Sumdac: I have done it before! Bulkhead: Yeah, for Megatron!
 * What happened to the good ol' days where Bulkhead would just break stuff?

Sentinel Prime: All due respect, Alpha Trion, the Council should concern itself with more important matters, like beefing up security for the Decepticon prisoners that... ahem... I captured. Cliffjumper: I thought that was Prowl.
 * Sentinel, a jerk to transend the ages.

Sentinel Prime: Those bureaucratobots couldn't find their own diodes with a bitmap and a homing beacon.
 * Looks like Prime isn't the only one who talks behind bots' backs.

Swindle: My my, what a golden opportunity. Lugnut:The Autobot fools will pay for their insolence. Remove these stasis cuffs at once! Swindle: All in good time. First we need to discuss compensation. You get freedom but what do I get? You see where I'm going here?
 * You too can have freedom, at an all new low cost of only three easy payments of $19.99!

Lugnut: The honor of serving of Megatron should be reward enough! Swindle: Megatron! Why didn't you say so!? The ol' warmonger's my #1 customer!
 * Wonder who his #2 customer is?

Swindle: Now let's see about getting you rearmed. It's been stellar cycles but I never forget a weapon.
 * Where have we heard that before?

Swindle: Naturally, everything comes with a million solar cycle warranty, excluding battle damage of course.
 * Swindle does aim to please.

Lugnut: You Autobots will pay! Pay with your Sparks! Swindle: I also accept all major credit-downloads.
 * Swindle also accepts Visa, Mastercard, and Galactic Express.

Jazz: The alarms didn't make a peep! Sentinel: How is that even possible? Swindle The Sonic Jammer 3000! Don't leave Cybertron without it! But wait, there's more, it also has a stasis suspension ray, handy for those tight spots.
 * Buy now and get this lovely assortment of Supreme Class Cheetors for free! Call now before this offer ends!

Swindle: Never could get the hang of cloning. Why don't you try these on for size, just so I can tell you bots apart?
 * And so Hasbro can make plans for future sales.

Starscream: So... now we're picking up hitchhikers? Megatron:(smacks Starscream at the back of head.)
 * Starscream is bitter, while Megatron is not amused.

Animation and/or technical glitches



 * One one scene with the Autobots making the space bridge, Sari's hair looks like her younger self as in previous seasons.

Continuity errors

 * Swindle gives the new helmets to the Starcreams so he can "tell them apart". So even with all those upgrades, Swindle is color-blind?
 * It doesn't seem like anybody ELSE has noticed that the clones are different colors...


 * How did Swindle get the Decepticons' weapons (or identical weapons with their color schemes) anyway? Seems his storage-dimension is clearly very well-stocked indeed.


 * Warpath is visible in the crowd scene, despite being seen as a corpse in the episode "TransWarped". He is also the size of the other Autobots, despite having been at least Bulkhead's size in the episode "Five Servos of Doom".


 * Swindle has affectionately referred to Megatron as an old warmonger before, in his first appearance.


 * Isaac Sumdac refers to Sari's key as if it were lost. WTF? Did Ratchet forget to give it back to her after attemping to repair Bumblebee?

Transformer references



 * The Elite Guard Ship's elevator duct looks very similar to the passageways of the Axalon from Beast Wars.


 * When Sari types on the computer, her hands somewhat resemble those of Frenzy from the 2007 live-action film.


 * Swindle gives new helmets to Liar Starscream and Sycophant Starscream, making them look much more like the Generation 1 Seekers their color schemes are derived from. However, they still have yet to be called by individual names, or credited as anything but "Starscream".


 * Swindle also mentions the planets Quintessa, Nebulos, and Pz-Zazz, all of which came from the Generation 1 cartoon and Marvel Comics. Quite fondly.


 * When driving through the ship, Optimus Prime stops, and most of his fire truck mode leaves him, turning and disappearing offscreen, mimicking the long-standing Optimus tradition of ditching one's trailer just offscreen before returning to humanoid mode, leaving fans across the generations wondering just where the heck it goes.


 * Many cameos of templates near the end include the Transformers Animated versions of Warpath, Mainframe, Huffer, Autrooper, Flip Sides, Tracks, Cosmos, and Beachcomber. In addition, the platforms carrying Sentinel and Decepticon prisoners are Grandus and his incarnation for the Brave series, Dag Base.

Real-world references

 * Sentinel tells Jazz, "Full energon ahead". This is a Cybertronian twist on "Full steam ahead".


 * When the mouth clamps are activated by remote control, a sound similar to the activation (or deactivation) of a car alarm is heard.


 * The episode's title is a reference to the movie "Con Air".


 * There are multiple movie homages in this episode, including Superman II, Die Hard, Con Air, Broken Arrow, and Mission Impossible. Sari's extending/separating her fingers while typing may be a reference to Ghost in the Shell.


 * The device Swindle has on his hand resembles a Poké Ball from Pokémon, and is even seen being used in a similar fashion.


 * The manner wherein Swindle introduces the Sonic Jammer 3000 is similar to Home Shopping Network.

Miscellaneous trivia

 * Sentinel Prime is still a jerk.


 * "Transform and rise up!" finally makes a return. If Megatron can't be around to say it, it's fitting that his most loyal follower - and the voice actor who has played him more than any other - do so.


 * It would seem that Sentinel is to become the next Magnus. Well, "We're still all gonna die!"


 * Also thrust into an awkward leadership role, Lugnut seems to call the shots in this episode but finds his new command rather brief.


 * All the Decepticons are still missing their weaponry in the beginning due to past events.




 * Sentinel wrongly takes credit for the capture of the Decepticons. Jerk. At least Cliffjumper seems to remember correctly. (Or at least, he remembers what Optimus told him. The truth will probably never be told.)


 * Swindle's Transwarp compartment makes generic video game power up sound with each component acquired.


 * Swindle recreates the famous cartoon scene wherein a character ran over by a vehicle comes out flattened.


 * For years, fans of Japanese animation have debated exactly how the mechanic of "Hammerspace" would function. Swindle just managed to describe it in one sentence: "Hey, that's my personal Transwarp to my private storage dimension!" Within Transformers fiction, it also serves as an explanation for mass-shifting and objects that appear only when needed, such as various Primes' trailers.


 * Since their new headgear is not a natural part of their designs, it seems sort of odd that the Starscream clones are both able to transform without them getting in the way.
 * The Starscream clones don't talk for the rest of the episode after Swindle gives them their helmets.


 * It has been stated that the Magnus Hammer is the Animated equivalent to the Matrix, being the Autobot symbol of leadership. Shockwave having it is a bad thing indeed.


 * Alpha Trion speaks for the first time in Animated.


 * As with several previous Elite Guard episodes, most of the main Autobots aren't seen, though Prowl is mentioned.


 * The Transformers once again speak to each other in the vacuum of space, presumably through comlinks.


 * The jet twins somehow use wind attacks in airless space.