Episode
The Transformers: A Prime Problem
Overview
The latest Decepticon plot to destroy the Autobots involves the creation of a Optimus Prime duplicate. They hope this duplicate will be able to convince the other Autobots he is the genuine article and will lead them into a chasm that will destroy them.
Details
- Series
- The Transformers
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1985-10-01
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
A Prime Problem is Episode 8 in Season 2 of The Transformers. It aired on 1985-10-01. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 7: Changing Gears
The Decepticons plans to take energy from the center of the sun using a circuit from one of their enemies, Gears. The Autobots must defeat the Decepticons and rescue their compatriot.
Episode 9: Atlantis, Arise!
The legendary Atlantis is proven to be real and it's residents aren't exactly peaceful.
More episodes from this season
Episode 6: Enter the Nightbird
The Decepticons send the recently stolen Nightbird on a mission to steal an informative chip from the Autobots.
Episode 10: Attack of the Autobots
Jazz, Bumblebee and Sparkplug are up against insurmountable odds when Megatron manages to turn the recharging Autobots evil.
Episode 5: Traitor
Failing to cause a divide between the Decepticons and Insecticons, Mirage's mind suddenly becomes enslaved and he is used by them in a plot against the Autobots.
Episode 11: Microbots
The Decepticon ship that shot down the Ark has been found and Megatron manages to find a component containing great power. With this power a danger to everyone, Perceptor, Bumblebee and Brawn shrink down and journey through Megatron's body to get it away from the Decepticon leader.
Episode 4: Dinobot Island (2)
The Decepticons' tampering on the island creates openings to other times, allowing all sorts of things from various times to arrive in the present. The Autobots race to reverse this before it's too late and to stop the Decepticon plot. But in the end, their best hope may be the Dinobots.
Episode 12: The Master Builders
The Constructicons trick Grapple and Hoist with claims of having left Megatron. They construct a tower Grapple thought up to absorb solar energy, which Optimus Prime did not want to be built for fear of The Decepticons getting their hands on it. Not surprisingly, The Constructicons betray them.
Episode 3: Dinobot Island (1)
Proving to be a danger even to their own allies, the Dinobots are sent away to train on a recently discovered island in the hopes that they will learn how to effectively work together. The island, however, is far from ordinary as it is populated by dinosaurs. Meanwhile, the Decepticons make advances toward the island so they can acquire it's natural resources.
Episode 13: The Insecticon Syndrome
The Insecticons become extremely powerful after they consume an energy source. They enslave every Decepticon except for Megatron. The Decepticon leader and the Autobots will have to team up to return the Insecticons to normal.
Episode 2: The Immobilizer
Wheeljack's new invention, the Immobilizer, is capable of rendering any Transformer hit immobile for a short time. Once the Decepticons get their hands on it, however, they modify it and begin leaving many Autobots immobile.
Episode 14: Day of the Machines
Megatron seizes control of the Torq III computer, enabling him to control the flow of oil.