Transformers: Generation One (TV series)

Transformers: Generation One is an American animated TV series based on the Transformers franchise. It is a remake of the original series from 1984.

Plot
Years after crash landing on Earth, the benevolent Autobots and malevolent Decepticons are awaken by a volcanic eruption and their years old war begins again - this time with humans in between.

Mini Series

 * 1) More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1 - Due to the war between the Autobots and Decepticons, the planet of Cybertron is dying. Sentinel Prime decides to take what remaining Energon the Autobots can find and flee the dying planet in a large ship called the Ark. As the Autobots depart their homeworld for possibly the last time, they are stopped dead in their tracks by a deadly Decepticon blockade.
 * 2) More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2 - A tense standoff is building between the Autobot ship of exile, the Ark, and the Decepticon Armada. When a battle breaks out, Sentinel spots a space bridge opening and orders the Autobots to head straight for it. The maniacal Decepticon leader Megatron orders that the Decepticons ram their flagship into the Ark, causing both of them ungodly damaged and sending them hurtling into the space bridge. Both ships soon crash onto prehistoric Earth, taking everybody offline.
 * 3) More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3 - Four million years later, a volcanic eruption causes both sides to wake up. Scanning the area, they gain new forms based on human vehicles. Megatron detects a large amount of Energon deposits; these are left over from when both ships crashed, spreading their respective Energon loads across the globe. The Decepticons set out to locate and retrieve the Energon, so the Autobots set out to stop them. The two sides find themselves in yet another standoff on an oil rig. Also present on the oil rig is Jesse Pinkman; a teenager who followed his father, Richard "Spike" Pinkman, to work. Both soon find themselves involved in the conflict. During the battle, the rig catches fire and has to be evacuated, but Spike and Jesse end up in the Autobot base instead of back home. Megatron badly injures Sentinel in combat, but before he can fire the fatal shot, a young Autobot named Orion Pax jumps in the way. Returning to base, the Autobots find their wounds to be fatal. Sentinel gives the Autobot Matrix of Leadership to Orion, watching him regenerate and then reformat before dying of his wounds. The Autobots have a new leader; Optimus Prime.

Season 1

 * 1) Transport to Oblivion - Discovering some pillars in the damaged hull of his ship, Megatron decides that the best way to collect all of the Energon is by space bridge, and resolves to build one. During another confrontation, the Autobots steal some of the pillars and both teams race to build a space bridge.
 * 2) Fire in the Sky - Megatron decides to experiment with the space bridge by going to the North Pole. When he arrives, he is shocked to find a frozen Decepticon; Skyfire, who awakens and is ready to take on the Autobots.
 * 3) Fire on the Mountain - To make up for his past mistakes, Skyfire must help the Autobots in reaching a mountain peak before the Decepticons do, who have pinpointed an Energon cache there.
 * 4) The Immobilizer - The Autobots invent an experimental weapon which could stop the Decepticons once and for all; the Immobilizer, which halts any Transformer in it's tracks. Unfortuanetly, during a battle, the Immobilizer falls into the wrong hands.
 * 5) Dinobot S.O.S. - Always welcoming a little extra muscle, the Autobots use some dinosaur bones, only recently uncovered, to build the Dinobots. However, they prove hard to control and escape. They are ultimately captured and imprisoned in the Autobot base.
 * 6) Heavy Metal War - Megatron introduces the Constructions, hoping to use them to build his space bridge. They also prove useful in quelling the Autobot problem.
 * 7) War of the Dinobots - An accident in the Autobot base allows the Dinobots to escape. They are lured into a trap by Megatron and turned on the Autobots.
 * 8) The Plague - The Insections arrive on Earth and after weaking havoc, decide to align themselves with the Decepticons.
 * 9) Divide and Conquer - A battle between the two sides leaves Optimus frozen solid, putting him out of action and the making the Autobots vulnerable.
 * 10) Enter the Nightbird - A new human invention, the Nightbird, is stolen by Megatron and turned into a weapon.
 * 11) The Ultimate Doom - The Autobots head for Maharaja, believing they have a major Decepticon problem there. However, it turns out to be a distraction, which allows the Decepticons to invade their base. Only Jesse, who was left at the base, can save it.
 * 12) Countdown to Extinction, Part 1 - Megatron's space bridge is complete and the Earth is falling into chaos, not to mention the Decpeticon's newfound ally; Dr Arkeville.
 * 13) Countdown to Extinction, Part 2 - Being infused with Cybertronian technology has driven Arkeville completely insane, so he hijacks the space bridge and plans to use it to wipe out humanity. The fate of the Earth rests on the shoudlers of the uneasy alliance between Optimus and Megatron.

Season 2

 * 1) Roll For It - With Megatron presumed dead after the battle with Arkeville, Starscream seizes leadership of the Decepticons.
 * 2) Dinobot Island, Part 1 - Due to their destructive nature, the Dinobots are transported to a small, uninhabited island. However, Jesse also ends up accidentally trapped there and with the Autobots away, he must find a way to stop the Decepticon's plot.
 * 3) Dinobot Island, Part 2 - The Autobots are alerted to the growing crisis on the island and race to save their friends.
 * 4) The Master Builder - The Constructicons appear to defect to the Autobots, but it is in fact a ruse. They obtain the schematics for a new building, which the Decepticons plan to exploit.
 * 5) Auto Berserk - Red Alert's circuits are damaged during a battle and he becomes paranoid, believing that the other Autobots are plotting something.
 * 6) City of Steel - Optimus must unravel the Decepticon's mysterious planning, soon learning that they plan to hit New York.
 * 7) Blaster Blues - Radios across the world begin to suffer technical difficulties. The Autobots figure out that it's simply part of the latest Decepticon plot.
 * 8) The Insection Syndrome - A new power core is revealed to the public, but the Autobots must protect it from the Insecticons.
 * 9) Make Tracks - Following a rash of car thefts, some of the Autobots investigate and encounter the thief, who turns out to be a Decepticon conspirator.
 * 10) The Autobot Run - The Decepticons decide to try and steal the Autobot's t-cogs, preventing them from transforming.
 * 11) Auto-Bop - A local dance club suddenly skyrockets to fame and becomes a big attraction. However, the club turns out to be controlled by Soundwave, who is brainwashing the partying humans.
 * 12) Desertion, Part 1 - The Dinobots have disappeared, and it couldn't of happened at a worse time. Megatron has returned and reclaimed Decepticon leadership, and has also revealed his latest plan; sabotaging the Seattle space needle to turn it into a weapon capable of harvesting Earth's sun.
 * 13) Desertion, Part 2 - The Decepticons are at full strength again with Megatron back and with the Dinobots still missing, the Autobots are forced to take them on alone.