Triple Takeover

Episode Name: Triple Takeover
Series: The Transformers (classic, 1985), Season 2
Rating: Four Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
It's Traitor Day, and Astrotrain, Blitzwing, and Starscream are the ones creating and celebrating it! These three make a plan to overthrow Megatron and take over the Decepticons. Megatron falls for the trap, but the luring-guy, Starscream, gets caught as well, leaving leadership of the 'Cons divided between the triple changers. But their different rules and campaigns are causing trouble for the city... Will everyone make it out okay?

Mission Report:
This is one of my favorite episodes... more because it's very amusing. There are some story flaws, and places where the story wasn't enjoyable (therefore, lost a Spaceship). It's best to look at this episode as amusing.
For one thing, it was fun to watch Blitzwing misinterpret the football coach's advice, and turn it into something bad. Like the major maze that was a "zone defense", or his laser-bomb idea that came from "long bomb". And his keeping track of his "game's" score on the football scoreboard was kind of amusing.
It was just funny to watch Astrotrain try to lead. All his attempts ended up pretty much in failure! And then Starscream's whining "I'm stupid! I'm stupid..." Hah! That was fun!
And then we actually see a good part to Megatron. Because it was better for the whole Decepticon cause, Megatron was willing to let the three traitors off with a warning (which we all know that all but Starscream listened to). It's odd to see forgiveness in a bad guy, but it's nice to see it there all the same.
So when you watch this episode, it's best to watch it for the amusing parts, and just enjoy the triple-changers' failed plans and the Autobots saving the day from the side-effects of their short rule.