Aerial Assault

Slingshot and Skydive allow themselves to be captured by plane nappers to discover who is stealing them.

Detailed synopsis
In an unnamed country near Qatar and Carbombya, the Aerialbots are searching for clues to a group that is stealing planes. After flying over a bazaar (which has a hauntingly familiar jeep being driven by a suspicious man loading equipment) the Aerialbots recieve a distress call. Heading into a nearby canyon, they are attacked by the Combaticons and Dirge, whith Slingshot being buried within a cave by Blast Off. However, Optimus Prime, Jazz, Ratchet, and Hoist arrive and drive off the Decepticons. After unearthing Silverbolt, the Autobots return to a nearby air base for repairs. Slingshot is fixed, but his weapons systems were damaged, and he needs a new console from the base. Skydive gets the idea to let himslef serve as bait, which Silverbolt, in his infinite wisdom, believes is a good idea, and Slingshot decides to join as well. As night comes, the two Aerialbots are soon stolen by the planenappers, but they are disassembled, and their radios are disabled.

Being carried in laundry trucks, the planenappers manage to get past security, but are followed by a young boy named Hasan. Getting into the truck carrying the Aerialbots nosecones, he meets up with them, and identifies the man heading this operation as Ali. As it turns out, Ali has deposed Prince Jamal, the young ruler of the country, and has allied with Megatron to create plane drones to be used to conquer the oil fields of the Middle East, along with a...Giant Purple Griffin that will...do...stuff. As the convoy reaches the Palace, the Decepticons begin reassembling the planes, but the Aerialbots cause themselves to short circuit, leaving their parts free to be reassembled. They manage to get everything except Slingshot's chest plate, but Hassan manages to borrow the bumpers from a car that Prince Jamal owned.

As the Deceticons prepare to mobilize, Skydive and Slingshot manage to contact the other Aerialbots, who come to help. Meanwhile, Hassan has slipped aboard the...fortress to steal a new weapons console for Slingshot. As the Aerialbots arrive, Blast Off, Vortex, and Ramjet take control of the drone forces. The Aerialbots are able to dispatch the drones and their commanders, so Onslaught decides to off them himself, only to be stopped by Slingshot. Blast Off orders the Combaticons to transform into Bruticus. Slingshot bravely tries to prevent the merge, as Fireflight's absence prevents them from merging into Superion. Eventually, Bruticus forms, after Slingshot is thrown into the head of the now mobile...fortress. Hassan gets a weapon console to Slingshot, frees them, then heads to attack Bruticus. Fireflight finally arrives, and the Aerilbots form Superion, and damage the...fortress, causing it to crash into an oil field. Superion separates into his Aerialbot components, causing the diving Bruticus to fall into the oil field. The Aerialbots then set fire to the field, causing the Decepticons to retreat.

At the palace, the Aerialbots are trying to figure out what to do with Ali, and what he did with Prince Jamal, only to discover that Hassan is Prince Jamal. He explains that Silverbolt may keep the new chest plate as a gift, as Jamal's hobby is fixing old junk cars. Slingshot feels honored...until he thinks that Jamal is calling him a piece of junk.

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Animation and/or technical glitches

 * When Bruticus punches Skydive, the cel is misdrawn. Now that is one hell of a punch if the artist drawning Skydive felt it.

Continutity errors

 * The Combaticons first appeared in this episode, but their origin wouldn't get explained in Starscream's Brigade, which premiered well after this episode aired. Somebody was obviously impatient to sell toys.

Transformers references

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Real-world references

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Miscellaneous trivia

 * The Giant Purple Griffin has become one of the most mocked creations in Transfandom. Obviously.

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