Episode
The Transformers: The Quintesson Journal
Overview
Two planets are locked in a destructive war and the Autobots attempt to bring about peace. Things do not go so well, however, until a Quintesson Journal is found and provides evidence of Quintesson involvement in the war.
Details
- Series
- The Transformers
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1986-11-10
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
The Quintesson Journal is Episode 21 in Season 3 of The Transformers. It aired on 1986-11-10. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 20: The Ultimate Weapon
Metroplex's transformation cog is taken by Swindle and First Aid blames himself for not stopping him. Meanwhile, Galvatron threatens to use a powerful weapon.
Episode 22: The Big Broadcast of 2006
The Junkions fall victim to subliminal messages from the Quintessons, who are trying to get a journal off the Planet of Junk. This also causes the Junkions to attack Sky Lynx and Astrotrain, which brings the Autobots and Decepticons into the situation. Unfortunately, a screw up makes the Junkions send out the subliminal messages on their own, bringing about mass confusion and destruction.
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Episode 23: Only Human
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Episode 18: The Dweller in the Depths
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Episode 24: Grimlock's New Brain
Grimlock becomes a genius after trying to stop anti-electrons (released by Scukzoid and Slizardo) from causing disruptions in the new power generator. This proves very useful to the Autobots, especially when Grimlock learns Unicron is the source of the anti-electrons. The Autobots journey to Unicron to prevent more anti-electrons from being obtained, but Galvatron and his forces are also heading that way.
Episode 17: Ghost in the Machine
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Episode 25: Money Is Everything
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Episode 16: Webworld
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Episode 26: Call of the Primitives
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Episode 15: Fight or Flee
The Decepticons attack a planet home to several Autobots and easily win as these Autobots prefer peace to fighting. Once the Autobots arrive, they try to persuade their peaceful comrades that only battling the Decepticons will solve their problems.
Episode 27: The Burden Hardest to Bear
Being the leader takes it toll on Rodimus and his attempt to relax gets him into a fight, in which he loses the Matrix. The Stunticons escape with it and Rodimus reverts to Hod Rod. At first, Hod Rod is perfectly fine with no longer being in charge, but he soon understands he must get the Matrix back. It will not be easy, though, as Scourge has already seized the power of the Matrix.