Rise of the Constructicons

'''Bulkhead befriends a pair of construction vehicles brought to life by AllSpark energy. But the Decepticons have their scanners set on the duo for their latest construction project. '''

Stats

 * Written by: Stan Berkowitz
 * Directed by: Ben Jones, Irineo Maramba, & Shunji Oga
 * Original airdate:

Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Quotes
Angry Blitzwing: I WILL POUND THEM INTO SHEETMETAL! ''[changes into Crazy Blitzwing and finds a plate of sheetmetal] Crazy Blitwing: OHHH! Oh wait! We've already got some!
 * Ah, good ol' Blitzwing.

[Scrapper bangs his shovel into Mixmaster] Mixmaster: Hey, watch where you're pointing that thing, shovel-head! Scrapper: Who you calling "shovel-head", cement-breath?! Mixmaster: My name ain't "cement-breath", okay? It's...it's...uh... Scrapper: Your little name tag says "Mixmaster". Mixmaster: Nah, that's too long. Just call me "Mix". Scrapper: All right, Mix. And you call me... ''[Sees a sign that says "scrap"] Scrapper: Scrap. Mixmaster: All right, that's too short. How 'bout "Scrapper"? Scrapper: I like it.
 * The Constructicons come to life and name themselves. They had an easier time than Wreck-Gar.

"Where did Bulkhead find these two?" "I've got a feeling it wasn't charm school".
 * Colour Prowl and Ratchet unimpressed.

''[Lugnut charges his "powerpunch" and sneaks up behind the Constucticons] Megatron: "Wait." ''[Lugnut loses his balance and stumbles into the mine, cosing his punch to back fire on him] Lugnut: "I'm OK."

Transformers references

 * The Constructicons' repeated "hitting" on cars is not unlike Side Burn's reputation from Robots in Disguise.


 * Megatron corrupting the Constructicons may also be a nod to G1, where he did the same thing in "The Secret of Omega Supreme". Except, instead of using the Robo-Smasher, he got them robo-smashed...


 * The two surveyors on top of the bridge are decked out in blue jeans, white shirts, tan jackets and yellow hard hats and boots, just like a disproportionate amount of humans from the Generation 1 cartoon.


 * A construction crane which appears in a few scenes early in the episode is colored in the traditional Constructicon green-and-purple. Purple and green excavation vehicles were previously seen in "Nature Calls", and yet the Animated Constructicons themselves are yellow and grey! Suck on that, fanboys!

Real-world references

 * The Constructicons often hit on cars (which could be the equivalent for them to female 'bots...or something), just like real cartoon construction workers with passing women.
 * Oil seems to be identified as some kind of liquor, with even Megatron having his own personal brew.

Miscellaneous trivia

 * This episode first aired in Dubai, around two weeks before its English-languge broadcast premiere in Canada.
 * The Constructicons first start off as Constructobots, a portmanteau of construction and Autobot, but later Megatron gives them a new name, formed from construction and Decepticon instead.
 * It seems Megatron can actually be nice at times (either that, or he's a really good actor).
 * Even assuming the Constructicons don't drink anything off-screen, they still consume what looks like half their weight in oil over the course of the episode. Where does it go?
 * On second thought, don't think about it.