Original episode 5: Total Meltdown

[The Doctor]

Cartoon Network skipped it, but it can be found on the youtube. I can see why. Every series has a stinker and this is it! Hard to believe it's the same show. Generic pap, but at least the whole episode wasn't interminably dull wrestling. Ah well, they can't all be winners. I shall watch the Dinobot episode this evening!

-Ralph

[Jaymz]

Yeah, didn't personally care for the human nemesis. I prefer the Autobot vs Decepticon dynamic, will hopefully be more of that in later eps.

[Hero]

The torrent is also available.

[duffism1981]

It was a fairly poor episode, but I have to say that I am surprised that a kids cartoon is including steroids, especially in this day and age where there is a huge debate and government investigations in american sports and "sports entertainment".

I could be wrong but my opinion looks like it may be the 'Roids factor why this episode was pulled from tv. I don't know how long it takes to but on of these shows together, but I am guessing this episode would have been already in production or even completed in July, when all the controversy arose with Chris Benoit killing his wife and kids. The reports and belief is still roid rage, as well as conflicting reports that Benoit had a brain damage that was that of an 80 year old man with alzheimers.

I didn't catch his name, but the guy Bumblebee wrestlers with the roid implants goes on a rampage which could be compared to roid rage. With this being such a controversial subject, I think it was right of the cartoon network to pull this episode. They would have gotten alot of bad press for airing this kind of show while roids and roid rage are still a big problem in American sports and wrestling.

[Deleted]

looks like we're gonna get a chance to see it

Airing on February 5th 2008 will be the previously skipped Episode #5 : "Total Meltdown".

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[kayevcee]

You know Colin, you're the first person to suggest that as a reason for not broadcasting the episode (at first, it seems), and I think you're right. I was travelling to the States when it happened last year and I remember it being all over the papers and what few news broadcasts I caught.

-Nick

[duffism1981]

Thats just my theory, but we shall see if there are any editing differences from the ON Demand version, and the TV version when the show airs.

It's just usually in these type of shows when human types get engineered, they may use terms like genetic implants, genetic experiment etc... which usually have the same sort of effects from steroids, without actually referring to them as steroids.

[Bogatan]

If that is the reason I think its a shame. Surely the episode is showing the dangers of drugs unless your watching it and seeing the Autobots as the bad guys.

Andy

[duffism1981]

Knowing the reputation the PTC have in America, they probably thought every kid was going to hear the word steroid, see how big the guy becomes in a short space of time, and all become roid monsters. They will see it to roids leads to roid rage, which leads to killing your wife and child.

Crazy Americans.

I applaud the writers for trying to break the barrier, but it may just be too soon for all the parent groups.

[Deleted]

i loved this EPs
Episode 5: Total Meltdown
quote - Ratchet -
"let him stew in his own juices"

this was in regards to the villian Meltown whos power was to shoot corresive acid that could melt anything (except the force field they trapped him in ) - they let him "melt down"

score "another human death" to the 'bot