Episode
The Transformers: Ghost in the Machine
Overview
Starscream, in Scourge's body, attempts to complete three assignments for the damaged Unicron in exchange for getting a new body.
Details
- Series
- The Transformers
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1986-10-21
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Ghost in the Machine is Episode 17 in Season 3 of The Transformers. It aired on 1986-10-21. The runtime is 22 min.
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The Quintessons trick the Decepticons into releasing the dangerous Trans-Organics. One of them, the Dweller, begins taking control over Autobots and Decepticons alike.
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Episode 13: Madman's Paradise
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Episode 21: The Quintesson Journal
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Episode 12: Surprise Party
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Episode 22: The Big Broadcast of 2006
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Episode 11: Forever Is a Long Time Coming
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