Too bad I've read that this is the last season.  Why does Hasbro repeat this pattern? Shows get good, then they get cancelled. Hopefully enough fans will buy the figures making Hasbro recognize numbers. Don't just write in your support for the show to Hasbro, write to the advertisers you see during the show. They're who are paying for part of the show too.

Lending my opinion with the others; except Miko (who I begrudgingly admits improves in Season Two), both Jack and Raf are not annoying. Jack's bland in Season One, but he gets better in Season Two. Raf is just adorable.

Can't say much else for TFP in general. I still think it's an average series. I admit I legitimate got excited when I saw the second clip for Beast Hunters, but I think a good part of this is Stockholm Syndrome for this damn show at this point.

I like the humans . . . I know Raf is hella pecocious and Miko needs to lay off the caffiene, but at least the adults -- Silas and Agent Fowler -- have earned their keep. Dude, Silas is voiced by Clancy Brown . . . has he ever let down viewers in any animated series?

Right now, the storyline is centered on artifacts from Iacon . . . and the latest stuff (Omega Keys) have the power to restore Cybertron. The most memorable moment thus far? Optimus Prime redefining the word "baller" by pulling the Star Sabre from a mountain . . . which Megatron was getting toted away by air, because he couldn't pull it out himself. Once Prime landed and struck a He-Man pose, Megatron dropped the mountain. Prime responded by 1. Cutting the mountain in two with the sword and 2. "Sword beaming" a blast into the Decepticons' flagship. And Megatron's jaw friggin' drops over the development. So awesome.

I hate the kids too, but TFP has turned out to be an excellent series in spite of them. I'll never NOT watch a TF series with Cullen and Welker as Prime and Megatron, but there have been plenty of interesting story developments and plots along the way. The fate of Breakdown was extraordinary, if you think about it; they could NEVER do anything like that with a human character. Megatron means business, Starscream is as vicious and cunning as you could want, and the silent but incredibly dangerous Soundwave is sparingly used but always cool to see. I don't love the Decepticon goon-clones, or Bumblebee's grating speed impediment, or Soundwave being mute, but I can deal with those things.

Who the fuck is taking flash photography of a TV screen? Amateurs. :\

Also Prime rocks!

Jesus Christ, did someone gasp at the start of that video? I have never been so into a cartoon that it made me audibly fucking gasp.

That said, TF:P is alright and you should give it another chance, Rob. Starscream is a hoot, Knock Out is the break-out character of this continuity and.... Reason Three.

The kids are being used sparingly and intelligently.  In several episodes they have not appeared at all.

A couple times they have resorted to a "robots can't do this for some reason so the kids must."  However, a few plotlines with them have really been notable:

 -Two recurring villains (a rogue Decepticon and a paramilitary techno-nut) find Jack's Facebook page, then kidnap his mother to draw out an Autobot to capture.  Lasting repercussion: Jack's mom knows about the 'bots.

-Megatron fries the shit out of Raf by shooting Bumblebee while the kid's inside.  Then laughs about it.  Jack's mom has to save his life because Ratchet knows nothing of human medicine (and he bitterly curses himself for it).-Optimus suspects that he's about to get brain-wiped, and gives the Key to Vector Sigma to Jack, without telling him what it is.  Turns out the Key, after a trip to Cybertron, can restore Optimus.  The Autobots are shocked that Optimus did this, when they find out, but Ratchet trusts Optimus and tells him to keep it.  Turns out Optimus is playing everybody...Jack and Arcee return from Cybertron to find Megatron beating the rest of the team to a pulp looking for the key.  He then starts beating Arcee to a pulp, allowing Jack to pull a Frodo, walk right up to Optimus, and restore him.

-Miko and Wheeljack draw out and assassinate a Decepticon in retaliation for that Decepticon's maiming of Bulkhead.  Wheeljack is angrily thrown off the base for allowing Miko on a mission like that.  Miko's also been used sparingly since, other than a heart-to-heart talk with Arcee and being Bulkhead's "physical therapist."-Megatron sics a Decepticon (actually the paramilitary guy from before puppeteering a corpse) on the kids, who are trying to hack his death-beam satellite.  The Autobots manage to tackle the guy roughly a second before he would have fired a shell into the room they were sitting in, which happens to be the littlest kid's HOUSE.-Smokescreen just joined the cast as the "super gung-ho naive Autobot" and Jack, after having two years of character development and also starting out pretty responsible, is actually being a good "reasonable guy" partner to him.-Finally, we just learned that Soundwave have been tracking and compiling evidence on the kids all along, which has allowed him to deduce the location of the Autobots' base, just in time for the last few episodes of the season.  Remember that in this show, the Decepticons outnumber the Autobots by as much as hundreds to one.  Even though most of them are weak individually, the Autobots can't just fight all the Decepticons, let alone allow their base to be invaded.  And the Decepticons can essentially teleport any number of troops to anywhere.They are also using Agent Fowler for things the kids can't reasonably do, like beat up/murder those paramilitary guys, fight Decepticons with jets, and warrior-bond with Bulkhead.

Honestly the kids are the least annoying pack of brats from any incarnation.

You sure that beast isn't the new transformer, Thundertron?

I've heard they'll have him in it and he's a lion transformer.

The kids aren't THAT bad, Rob! Certainly 100x better than shitty Armada kids. You're letting your stupid bias make you miss out on a fantastic series. You need to suck it up and watch the show before you continue shitting on it.

I noticed that the Smokescreen character is not in the clip so I assume after this key story line he will be gone.  They really need to add on to the Autobots with real new characters.  

It's not can't miss T.V. but it's a decent show.

I know you'll probably dismiss this as the ramblings of a heretic, but here goes: the kids are actually useful in this one. Jack serves as a counterpoint to Arcee's "by the book" nature, and helped her get over her war trauma. Raf is there as "motivational tool" for Bumblebee, where Bee teaches him to be less wimpy and more independent. And Miko, she...uh...well...what does she do again?

interesting they took scorponixs form and look for predaking. as for the kids they proably will show up as maybe predakings first catch used as bait to get prime and the autobots

is that bee, striking his 'come to me sexy and drive me' pose?

Well they aren't dead, but their roles have been SIGNIFICANTLY reduced!!!