Episode
The Transformers: Forever Is a Long Time Coming
Overview
The Quintessons plan to use a portal through time to prevent the Transformers' revolt against them. Several Autobots wind up getting sent back to the fight and a robot with an important future arrives in the present. And the Quintesson time portal begins to have disastrous effects on the universe.
Details
- Series
- The Transformers
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1986-10-07
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Forever Is a Long Time Coming is Episode 11 in Season 3 of The Transformers. It aired on 1986-10-07. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 12: Surprise Party
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Episode 7: Chaos
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Episode 15: Fight or Flee
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Episode 6: The Killing Jar
The Quintessons use Wreck-Gar, Cyclonus, Ultra Magnus and Marissa as research subjects, watching how they interact. Unfortunately for all of them, the ship they are on is heading for a black hole and this unusual group will have to work together to survive.
Episode 16: Webworld
Galvatron goes into therapy, but it does not exactly agree with him. Every one of the doctors' attempts at treating him fail before they consider using one last option. Cyclonus tries to stop them, however, after learning it would make the Decepticon leader an invalid.
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Episode 17: Ghost in the Machine
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