The Road to Easy Identification
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 It would be least easier & more difficult if they're red-eyed, grey, and messed up. | ||||||
| "The Road to Easy Identification" (Wakari Yasui Miwake Hō e no michi) | ||||||
| Airdate | July 13, 2015 | |||||
| Writer | Kotaro Ishidate | |||||
| Director | Kotaro Ishidate | |||||
| Animation studio | DLE | |||||
Optimus, Bumblebee and Lockdown discuss how to differentiate between Autobots and Decepticons.
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Synopsis
Continuing their discussion, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee agree that it's not as simple as pulling any stunt to win new fans, they have to stay true to the Transformers formula. For this reason, they will go over previous series and reflect on their pros and cons to improve the franchise while staying within established rules (Lockdown comments that Mystery of Convoy broke many rules). Starting with Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers, Optimus and Bumblebee praise the show's unique "living robot" premise, easy to understand Autobot and Decepticon factions, enduring popularity and memorable designs for Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. They prepare to move on to Transformers 2010 only to be stopped by Lockdown, who points out that they didn't actually reflect on any of the show's faults. For one, if the Autobots and Decepticons are fighting an ancient galaxy-spanning war, why do their battles feature no real strategy? The other two respond that it has to be easy for kids to understand, prompting Lockdown to ask why the premise needed such a large-scale conflict to begin with then. His next complaint is that the designs make it difficult for children to tell who's a good guy and who's a bad guy, since the main difference usually comes down to a small insignia. Optimus and Bumblebee argue that Autobots mostly have blue eyes and mostly turn into cars while Decepticons mostly turn into fighter jets, but their repeated use of "mostly" does little to convince Lockdown.
Having identified a problem, the three decide to think of a easy way to identify Autobots and Decepticons. Bumblebee suggests uniforms such as those worn by sports teams, which everyone agrees is a very fashionable idea, even Lockdown, and everyone laughs at how out of character his sudden agreeability is. Optimus's idea is to give everyone verbal tics, such as having Decepticons end their sentences with "-ticon", a suggestion that causes the other two to crack up.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Notes
Continuity notes
- Bumblebee notes that they talked about sports last time, which didn't make it into the actual episode.
- The characters' human designs from "Mystery of the 30th Anniversary Merchandise" reappear as models for Bumblebee's uniform idea, now joined by a human Red Alert and Shockwave.
Real-world references
- This episode takes place at AEON MALL Musashimurayama.
Trivia
- After the credits, Optimus reiterates how fashionable Bumblebee's idea was.
