• Air date: 23 Sep '85 49 episodes
      The Transformers is the first animated television series in the Transformers franchise. The series depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects.
  • List of Episodes (49)
    • 26. The Autobot Run

      30 Oct '85
      Most of the Autobots lose their ability transform to robot mode after the Decepticons use a device on them. A handful of Autobots still capable of transforming are their only hope.
    • 27. The Golden Lagoon

      03 Nov '85
      A lagoon within a forest is discovered and found to contain a substance called electrum, which can make anyone invincible. The bad news is that the Decepticons manage to use it on themselves first.
    • 28. Quest for Survival

      04 Nov '85
      On the way to Earth with a type of insecticide to use against the Insecticons, Spike, Bumblebee and Cosmos encounter Morphobots. They get away just fine, but they inadvertently take Morphobots along for the ride.
    • 29. The Secret of Omega Supreme

      05 Nov '85
      Omega Supreme reveals his past to Optimus Prime, which involves a city's destruction, Megatron and Constructicons.
    • 30. Child's Play

      06 Nov '85
      The space bridge accidentally sends several Autobots and Decepticons to a strange world in which they are no bigger than toys.
    • 31. The Gambler

      10 Nov '85
      With the others rendered powerless, Smokescreen has to enter the gambling world to get the Energon needed to revive them.
    • 32. The Search for Alpha Trion

      11 Nov '85
      Elita-1, leader of a group of female Autobots causing trouble for the Decepticons, is captured and used as bait to lure Optimus Prime into a deadly trap. However, Elita-1's strange time manipulation technique saves him, but leaves her close to death. Her only chance for survival lies in Alpha Trion.
    • 33. Auto-Bop

      12 Nov '85
      Innocent people fall under Megatron's control through music being played at a club.
    • 34. Prime Target

      13 Nov '85
      A hunter sets his sights on Optimus Prime and uses several captured Autobots to force him into a confrontation.
    • 35. The Girl Who Loved Powerglide

      17 Nov '85
      The Decepticons are trying to learn the secret surrounding a man's invention and go after his teenage daughter. Powerglide intervenes to rescue her, but this causes her to fall in love with him.
    • 36. Triple TakeOver

      18 Nov '85
      Astrotrain and Blitzwing leave The Decepticons to do things their way, which includes capturing Megatron and Starscream and seizing control of a stadium.
    • 37. Sea Change

      19 Nov '85
      Seaspray falls in love, but the object of his affection is part of a rebel movement on another world.
    • 38. Hoist Goes Hollywood

      20 Nov '85
      Hoist gets a big break into show business after rescuing stuntmen. Sunstreaker, Powerglide, Warpath and Tracks are along for the ride as well. On the road to a movie career, however, they learn Dirge has stolen a device from Wheeljack's lab.
    • 39. The Key to Vector Sigma (1)

      24 Nov '85
      The Decepticons acquire the Key that will give them access to Vector Sigma. After using Vector Sigma, they find the Key is also capable of making organics turn into machines. Megatron prepares to use it against Earth and The Autobots will need new allies in this battle, but their creation will come at a high price.
    • 40. The Key to Vector Sigma (2)

      25 Nov '85
      The Decepticons acquire the Key that will give them access to Vector Sigma. After using Vector Sigma, they find the Key is also capable of making organics turn into machines. Megatron prepares to use it against Earth and The Autobots will need new allies in this battle, but their creation will come at a high price.
    • 41. Aerial Assault

      09 Dec '85
      The Decepticons work with a smuggler to take over a Mideast palace and begin acquiring plane parts for the construction of a air fortress. The Aerialbots head to the scene, but Slingshot and Sky Dive get into trouble. But a young man known as Hassan comes to their aid to help save the day.
    • 42. Masquerade

      15 Dec '85
      The Autobots capture the Stunticons during one of their thefts. With the Stunticons now imprisoned, Wheeljack presents a way to disguise Autobots as them. Going undercover, Optimus Prime, Jazz, Mirage, Sideswipe and Windcharger infiltrate the Decepticons and learn the Stunticons were trying to steal a part for a laser. However, the plan hits a snag after the real Stunticons escape.
    • 43. Trans-Europe Express

      22 Dec '85
      Some Autobots take part in a charity race in Europe, but it's all a Decepticon ploy to obtain metal from Augie Canay's car in order to house the Pearl of Bahoudin. With their teammates damaged by the Stunticons, it will be up to Bumblebee, Bluestreak and Tracks to stop the Decepticon plot.
    • 44. War Dawn

      24 Dec '85
      Some Aerialbots start to have doubts about their cause, some have started to admire Megatron, and are thinking of switching sides. They get pulled into a time warp, and end up on Cybertron, before the current war began. They'll discover more about Megatron, and the origin of one of their own.
    • 45. Cosmic Rust

      25 Dec '85
      Megatron causes his fellow Decepticons to be infected with the deadly Cosmic Rust. Perceptor is captured to find a cure and he does, learning that element X will do the job. The Decepticons are cured, but then they use Perceptor to spread the Cosmic Rust to the Autobots and element X is in short supply.
    • 46. Kremzeek!

      26 Dec '85
      A creature made out of energy, Kremzeek, gets made and causes trouble for the Autobots, Decepticons and Japan.
    • 47. Starscream's Brigade

      06 Jan '86
      Failing to topple Megatron, an exiled Starscream plans his revenge. He uses World War II era machines and five personality components to create the Combaticons, which prove very powerful in their Bruticus form.
    • 48. The Revenge of Bruticus

      07 Jan '86
      Seeking revenge against Autobot and Decepticon alike, the Combaticons hijack the Space Bridge and use it to alter Earth's orbit, putting it on a collision course with the Sun. With the only means to get off-world damaged in battle, Optimus Prime and Megatron must race against time to stop the Combaticons before the Earth is destroyed.
    • 49. B.O.T.

      08 Jan '86
      During a battle, the Protectobots finish off the Combaticons, with the exception of Swindle. Megatron orders Swindle to reconstruct his destroyed comrades or else a bomb in his head will go off, destroying him. As Swindle works to complete this task in time, three students get a hold of Brawl's personality component and use it for their science project, B.O.T., with disastrous results.