Transformers SuperCross

**This is about the cancelled Transformers series called Transformers SuperCross,which was supposed to be the first multiversal show in history if it was'nt cancelled. This has been one of the biggest series that ever got cancelled.**

The concept of the multiverse

The concept of the multiverse back in 2004 was'nt as advanced as it is today. Yet it had made huge steps,which were more than enough for a project centered around this concept to enter production. Instead of Transformers Energon,Transformers Armada's sequel was supposed to be Transformers SuperCross,a 4 seasons show centered around transformers from across the multiverse,teaming up to defeat Unicron. Back then,Unicron has been described as a multiversal singularity,travelling between universe at will and so,this idea was the centered of the show,as even characters from G1 were trapped within Unicron.

Season 1

Picking up after Armada,everyone is trapped within Unicron alongside other transformers from other universes and they learn of Unicron's goal to erase all life and all existence. Everyone,both Armada and G1 characters team up to get out of Unicron and stop him. Unicron's power influenced everyone,bringing both new powers and some issues,such as the minicons becoming omnicons and Megatron,who believed he can control Unicron if he touches his spark,was mutated and went insane. Unicron is searching of allsparks,which are the most pure sparks. (Kinda like what they did in Transformers Animated.)

Season 2

The Autobots and the Decepticons returns to Earth 4 years after Armada to continue their battle. The kids from Armada are back. They did this to trick Unicron into travelling to the other side of the universe. Megatron begins to get even more sick from Unicron's influence and being mutated further,thus he is replaced as leader of the Decepticons by someone else. In the coming battle against Unicron,the Autobots and the Decepticons seek to recruits allsparks to aid them,thus characters from G1 and Beast Wars are found and recruited. The power from Energon ae featured here as well. A precursor of them,at least, (The combination thing)and the Decepticons also gets war-like powers which fits their personalities. Everyone eventually decides to go to Cybertron to stop Unicron and prevent him from attacking Earth.

Season 3

Unicron intercepts them and is in pursuit of them across the universe. But with their powers,they can hold him off a few times. The Ark is also attacked by the Decepticons as they wanted to get to Cybertron first. Megatron regains control of himself and gets a new form,which allows him to retake command of the Decepticons and Unicron destroys the universes of other transformers,thus keeping them trapped in the Armada universe forever.

Season 4

Both sides build massive armies on Cybertron to kill Unicron and are aided by Primus and Vector Sigma. The ghosts of several classic characters join the fight and in the end,Unicron is killed but his spark is set adrift in space,leaving a door open for his return in the final part of the trilogy.  Those ghosts return to Primus to be reformatted. Cybertron is restored but the Decepticons decide to leave,but they wish to return to Cybetron one day to continue the war.

The cut characters revived through Cyberverse

Characters such as Cheetor,Rattrap,Soundwave and Grimlock,among others were meant to be part of the action. Cyberverse did revive a bit of this concept but SuperCross seems to have been a highly ambitious project in its own right.

Cancellation

The reason behind this show's cancellation is a complete mystery,as well as the fact that Hasbro has made the choice to actually go on with a different project (Energon) and committed a big mistake for the franchise rather than following a more ambitious and better fleshed out project to see the light of day. However,it is believed that the idea of including several characters from other continuities along with the Armada one might have required some more budget in order to have it put together and executed.        

Cyberverse

The idea of the multiverse was'nt forgotten,as it was at least visited in Cyberverse. I'm not counting the Transtech comics and the Robots in disguise and G1 crossover (Portal).                                                                      

The original Plan Of The Transformers Prime Movie

**This is about the original plan of the movie.**

The original title of the movie and the theatrical release

The original title was going to be Chaos Rising. It was firstly planned to be released in theaters,like they did with the Transformers G1 movie. So basically,this refers to the original theatrical movie the show was supposed to have while Predacons Rising was the tv movie.  Also,the show originally supposed to have a Season 4 and that mentioned movie was meant to be set after Season 4 with a possible release date by the end of 2014 or in the debut of 2015. Therefore,it was supposed to end Season 4 instead of Season 3. Therefore,it would have been the actual conclusion of Transformers Prime. Something changed in their schedule after the production of the movie,leading it to premiere on TV instead and a direct to DVD on the same day of premiere,like the official site confirmed.

The Megatronus argument

During the course of the entire series,Megatronus was always rumored or theorized to appear as the main villain at the end of each season,even going as far as being rumored to possess Megatron or even be the one who convinced Megatron to wage war on Cybertron. From possession to rising from the dead,all possibilities were taken into consideration as the show went from season to season and apparently,he might have been considered the villain for Chaos Rising. He was rumored to have returned on the restored Cybertron,either being corrupted and possessed by Unicron or by his own will and raise an army of beasts to destroy Cybertron to exact his revenge for the loss of Solus Prime and his banishment. His role was taken over by Unicron and his revenge story was kept for Transformers Robots in disguise. Megatron might have been meant to stay dead or was implied to be turned into a Sharkticon by the time according to the original season 3,season 4 and the toyline rather than a revenant possessed by Unicron. However,after some complicated changes,the possessed Megatron (Of course Unicron himself) became the villain and this is when people has started to call Megatron as ''Megatronus''. But it doesn't stop there. Other people called him Galvatron and some others simply called him Unicron. Everyone got confused on what to actually call him and because of this,it has became an argument over the character's name. In the movie,Optimus and other bots officially calls him Megatron. However,some details refers Megatron as Relevant Megatron. Same goes to Airachnid as Relevant Airachnid.

Airachnid,the Queen of the dead

As they settled on the revenant Megatron as the main villain,a revenant version of Airachnid was also meant to appear along with an army of relevant Insecticons. Megatron and Airachnid were actually going to be the king and the queen of the death. However,this was simply because Megatron wanted to make her his queen as to add up to his army of undead beasts and Airachnid was meant to be finished by the Autobots. Bombshock had a toy in the Predacons Rising toyline,which further confirmed he was originally going to appear in the movie alongside Airachnid.

Prowl and others..

Autobots such as Bluestreak,Traillcutter and Huffer were considered for the movie,with Bluestreak even appearing in the Predacons Rising toyline but they were dropped. A certain Autobot almost made it in the movie and before the release,he was heavily rumored to be in this movie,even going as far as being being depicted alongside other Autobots in Smokescreen's or Knockout's place in the Predacons Rising section of the Covenant of Primus book. That Autobot was Prowl,who was going to come back to Cybertron as he learned of its restoration and join forces with his allies to repel the undead invasion but it is unknown why he was left out of the movie. On the Decepticons' side,maybe they were meant to get little help too,but maybe from just once other Decepticon like Barricade or someone else because in the end,the main thread was'nt theirs but the undeads'.

Beasts and dinos

Aside from Prowl,even the Dinobots were once rumored for Predacons Rising because of their involvement in the Beast Hunters comics and the final issue of this comic took place after Predacons Rising. And perhaps as both follow-up to what the original plans wanted to establish and a set-up for the original sequel Prime,more than 3 alive Predacons and also Maximals were meant to be seen. Maximals were in the original plan for season 3 and 4 and so in Chaos Rising,they might have been seen. Abominus would have been seen as well,considering he had a toy in the Predacons Rising toyline.

The darkest piece of media yet

Predacons Rising ended up being a little more chilled than what was seen before in Prime but Chaos Rising was originally going to be very dark. Compared to both Prime and Beast Machines at the time,Chaos Rising was meant to end up as the darkest piece of TF media in history. Not counting the live action movies. The undead invasion was going to be more brutal than what we got and so was going to be the relevant Megatron. Revenant Airachnid and her undead Insecticons were also brutal in their own right,but in order to finish them,the Autobots had to also resort to much higher brutality in combat,resulting in a gory demise for Airachnid and her Insecticons. This was extended to the beast army too. They were meant to be much stronger and relentless,going as far as finishing one or two characters from either Autobots or Decepticons,or both sides. Revenant Megatron might have shared the courtesy with them too. This was mostly pointed out by the sudden appearance of Prowl in either Smokescreen or Knockout's place in the Covenant of Primus,as such,one if not both of them were meant to be finished by revenant Megatron and his army. Optimus was originally going to finish off Predaking at the end of Season 3 but this was scrapped out and it was suggested they would have made Optimus sacrificing himself to completely restore Cybertron in the movie. Shockwave's fate might also have been going that he was meant to be finished. Like finished for good when the undead Predacons attacked him. Hasbro either wanted to avoid having him permanently finished so they can reduce the death toll and make the movie more kid friendly or have planned to preserve him for Robots in disguise. He would've return in the cancelled sequel,anyway. And as for Starscream,his fate was also a back and forth. They would've had him actually not surviving the assault from Predaking,Darksteel and Sky-Lynx at the end of the movie,but they saved him for Robots in disguise instead. It is not certain if Revenant Megatron was meant to be also brutally finished but either way,they ended up with the redemption of Megatron instead.

Conclusion

Considering the problems with the sales and TV rating,it stands no reason that those original darker plans never came to fruition and has results into the more kid friendly version of the movie.

Starscream's Dark Motive In Season 2 Ff Transformers Cyberverse

**This is based on what writer Mae Catt has confirmed on Twitter.**

You might be wondering what's up with the Starscream of Transformers Cyberverse. Well,this is something darker than you thought. Not only is Starscream the leader of the seekers,he is in fact a cult leader. Yeah you heard me.. Confirmed by Mae Catt on Twitter. By the way he is acting in Season 2,this pretty much confirms it as well. So basically,Starscream's club of Seekers at the old silo is actually a cult. What's a cult? It's a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object. In other words,it's a group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister. In Starscream's case,I think his cult is a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person because of the way the seekers act up in Season 2. 
Something happened offscreen in Season 2 where Starscream (alive) came back at the Decepticon base and orders the seekers to take Vector Sigma. Because Starscream is their true leader,they decides to follow his orders. He then explains to them about his plan. Hmmm.. More like about his cult and what he truly wants from them. We do of course see what happens in the Season so I would skip that. He uses Vector Sigma and the Allspark to revive the Primes,thus giving them their new bodies: Scraplets. That would be a story for another time. But! I need to talk about episode 12 because it feels really important. So Starscream has the power of the Allspark,right? And the Allspark is inside of him. If you remember that time Starscream was black,blue and white,you'll understand what I mean. He then takes control of the Seekers' bodies and takes their spark. Mae Catt explained that it's naturally what cult leaders do. Yeah it's some kind of a sacrifice ritual. If you know what this mean,well yeah.. But before that,we do clearly see that the Seekers agreed on that. You hear me that right. Except Slipstream because she snapped out of this,believing Starscream is insane. Oh and if the seekers knew what was going to happen,why didn't they escape in time before Starscream takes their spark? Because again,they had an agreement. They accepted going back to the Allspark. I know this is crazy to think about but this whole Starscream thing (cult) is very dark now if you think about it. Seriously,think about it. You won't think otherwise than this.

Transformers Cyberverse Clobber

Clobber is obviously designed to be a new version of Lugnut, the fanatically loyal Decepticon from Transformers Animated. However, according to series writer Mae Catt, the character ended up diverging enough from the original during Chapter Two's development that both the show's staff and Hasbro agreed she wasn't really "Lugnut" anymore, leading to her name change. Evidently, this change came rather late; she's still called Lugnut in some of the dubs for non-English speaking markets. In addition, the backside of her toy packaging uses the masculine inflection of "Bruiser" for her function in French, Spanish, and Portuguese, and her official description on Hasbro's website uses male pronouns to describe the toy. So this means that the whole ''Clobber being a brand new character and just being a lookalike'' is just purely made up lie all this time in order to avoid the truth of the trademark problem.

Steeljaw was originally going to have Terrashock and Octopunch

**This is based from that one episode of Season 1.**

So for those of you you who have seen Season 1 of Transformers Robots in disguise must have recognize the episode that i'm talking about. Yes,the episode Lockout. At some point,Steeljaw tries to free Terrashock and Octopunch until the Autobots stopped the Stasis Pods. Well,this is more of a what if idea or an original idea but if the Autobots didn't stop the Stasis Pods in time,this would've mean that Steeljaw would have gotten Terrashock and Octopunch in his pack. It makes sense,considering he didn't try to free them for nothing. In fact,he was supposed to free a Decepticon named Firebolt,which never made it in the show. Imagine Steeljaw with Terrashock and Octopunch.. His pact would have being much larger. The Autobots fighting them over again. Terrashock would counter Grimlock since both characters use brute force. As for Octopunch,he would've be the comedic relief of the gang,like Clampdown does. 

Transformers Robots in disguise missing episode: State of siege

**This is about a missing episode of the series. And no,it has nothing to do with the French title of a certain episode. It's a separate episode.**

During production of Transformers Robots in disguise,there was meant to have 27 episodes for Season 1. The missing episode would have occured before the events of Lockout. It was called State of siege and was about Steeljaw waking up Decepticons from their stasis pods with his crew. This was the first part,considering that's what happens in the episode Lockout. However,in part 2 (Lockout),Steeljaw seizes the Scrapyard and the Autobots search up a way to take their base back. Sounds familiar? Yeah this is basically what we got in Season 1,2 and 4. There have been similar situations around the same plot. So in part 1 (State of siege),Steeljaw wakes up the Decepticon Firebolt,an Insecticon with possibly fire power. Kinda similar to Glowstrike,I must say. It's up to Bumblebee and the Autobots to defeat Firebolt,Steeljaw and his pack before too late. However,it was too late as in part 2 (Lockout),he decides to wake up Terrashock,Quillfire and Octopunch from stasis,like he tried to do in the final production. The Autobots succeed on getting Terrashock,Quillfire and Octopunch back to their stasis pods but Firebolt escapes with Steeljaw and his pack. Later on,they have abandoned this episode and cancelled the character Firebolt,which is the reason why we only got Lockout and the improvised plot we got.

Robots in disguise Season 8

Episode 1: Go-Getters
Megatron wakes the Autobots early to assist on a party celebration. The party soon gets ruined by a frog Decepticon.

Featured Decepticon: Spittor

Episode 2: Let's investigate
After capturing Spittor,Strikimus Prime has dissapeared from their signs. The Autobots split out in search for him. 

Featured Decepticon: Spittor

Cameo: Armorhide

Episode 3: Alert at the central
With Strikimus Prime gone,Megatron struggles to lead the Autobots. Meanwhile,Armorhide is itching to get rid of the remaining Autobots while he have the chance.

Featured Decepticon: Armorhide

Episode 4: Fair treatment
Swampmander accidentally injured Underbite when they battled Fearstrike. Being no longer able to walk,it's up to Bearclaw to protect his partner.

Featured Decepticon: Fearstrike

Episode 5: Unsurped mind
Tension has been rising among the city of the Autobot ranks. Sawdrill is emerging in the shadows as Fixit race himself to heal Underbite.

Featured Decepticons: Sawdrill and Armorhide

Episode 6: The voice in my head
Jetstorm hears a voice in his head,telling him to go near a park where he meet with a familiar Autobot. As the star saber shatters,they must retrieve it before Flipshake does.

Featured Decepticon: Flipshake

Episode 7: The ambush
Clampdown think he would be better off without Thunderhoof so he exiles himself out. A minicon has lead him to a Decepticon ambush.
Featured Decepticons: Armorhide,Sawdrill and Flipshake

Episode 8: Rolling in the deep
Armorhide wants revenge on the Autobots for his defeat last time. He digs trough the Scrapyard and hijack the stasis pods.

Featured Decepticons: Armorhide,Sawdrill,Flipshake,Stealthfire and Krammerquake

Episode 9: Unable to transform
Drift was hit by a brute wave and is unable to transform. Trackdown finds Dreadwing in a train station to get answers.

Featured Decepticon: Dreadwing

Episode 10: The new Prime
The Autobots could'nt handle Strikimus Prime's death anymore so they consider Megatron their new Prime.

Featured Decepticon: Krammerquake and Armorhide

Episode 11: Under pressure
When Armorhide discovers the Autobots are still alive,they must fight to make it out of their enemy's grasp.

Featured Decepticon: Armorhide,Krammerquake,Stealthfire,Flipshake and Sawdrill

Episode 12: Fatal alliance
After an explosion has separated both Grimlock and Flipshake from their teams,they are forced to make an alliance together to find their way back. 

Episode 13: Clashmouth
Fixit has put Steeljaw into his ultimate test throughout his training regiment and earns a new name.
Featured Decepticon: Silverware

Episode 14: Brother in arms
Trackdown let himself capture in order to fight to save his old friend from the clutches of Armorhide.

Episode 15: New arrival
Commandix comes back with old friends to fight back against a Decepticon who has partnered up with a minicon capable of invisibility. 

Featured Decepticon: Fatalsteel

Episode 16: Headlines
With the return of Silverware,Armorhide is more than power hungry. Meanwhile,the Autobots have to deal with a thread that would cause big trouble to humans.

Episode 17: Falling inside the black
The lost of Shelock has made the Autobots fail their missions over and over. A Decepticon under the name of Turncoat manipulates them to turn against themselves.
Featured Decepticon: Turncoat

Episode 18: The Elder Gods
Bumblebee learns the truth about the Primes. It is revealed that the other one is seeking revenge on him. 

Episode 19: Disciples of the Thirteen
Alchemist Prime makes an offer to Bumblebee to bring Iaconus into the battlefield.

Episode 20: Binder of revelation
With Iaconus on their side,the Autobots tends to brawl with the Decepticons. 

Episode 21: Crystal guardian
Alchemist Prime takes in the form of Maccadam to help the Autobots win their fight against Armorhide and his arsenals. 

Episode 22: Galactic Warfare
Discovering that Armorhide plans to retrieve the Requiem Blaster,the Autobots must protect 3 minicons from his hands. 

Episode 23: A criminal's mind
A strange signal intrigued the Autobots' attention. A giant Decepticon Chompazoid twice the size of Grimlock and Underbite appears in Crown City's construction site.

Episode 24: Terror trap

Megatron X recruits some criminals alongside Wildwheel to counter Bumblebee and Armorhide's team. Meanwhile,Armorhide wants to form an alliance with Bumblebee.

Episode 25: The spell of darkness
Wildwheel berates his team for failing to capture the Autobots and not taking his side.

Episode 26: Inception
Megatron X captures both Autobots and Decepticons. Their weapons being taken away.

Episode 27: Hostile takeover
Trying to escape from omprisonment,the Autobots works together with fellow Decepticons to take down Megatron X.

Episode 28: Switching sides
After being rejected by his master,Wildwheel decides to switch side. However,things aren't easy for him,as he is treated differently from the others.

Episode 29: The mysterious bot
A mysterious bot helps Bumblebee's team to outwit Decepticon criminals and grab and energon shard. But Shadowstriker doesn't trust him.

Episode 30: Inside Troubledrill's spark
While struggling to get Troubledrill out of the loop,Sidesways comes to the rescue for just this once from a toxin that would soon affect the Autobot.

Episode 31: And away we go
Grimlock find himself stuck with two 6 years old twins Rumble and Frenzy,two little troublemakers from his past. They steal another energon shard to create a machine that allows them to drain the spark of Autobots and Decepticons alike.

Episode 32: Twice the trouble
Rumble and Frenzy returns with a new power: An ability to combine into the gigantic Doubble Clutch,which puts Geargrinder to shame. When Double Clutch overwhelmed the Autobots,Fixit gets the ability to transform. Sparkplug joins the Decepticons,whom makes his life better somehow.

Episode 33: Retribution
After finding their next energon shard,the Autobots accidentally unearth an ancient intergalactic Decepticon named Ranatos who attacks them.

Episode 34: The triumph card
Armorhide gets frustrated by the fact he loses most of his Decepticons. He declares Bumblebee guilty of this,not aware of the Alchemor's true intention.

Episode 35: The power of a minicon
With Fixit's new transformation mode,he scouts around Crown City,hoping to capture a Decepticon himself. At the Decepticon base,Megatron X orders Sparkplug to mess with fellow minicon Fixit. He holds a power that no other minicon can do,but what is it?

Episode 36: Infinite energon
Bumblebee and Armorhide locates the last energon shard. Russell gets a robot armor to join in their mission this time around. Their goal for defeating Megatron X is getting closer than ever.

Episode 37: Reprogram
Bumblebee plans to reprogram Sparkplug into an Autobot minicon in order to help him out of Megatron X's control. Commandix,Bumblebee and Shadowstriker summons their minicons to accomplish their mission.

Episode 38: The final accomplishment
The Autobots puts their final efforts to defeat Megatron X for good.

Top 8 Autobots I wanted for Transformers Cyberverse

**This is based on my opinion. Feel free to comment down your list below.**


1. Jazz

An Autobot mentioned in Season 3,it was a missed opportunity from Hasbro. However,there was supposed to have a scene in Season 1 where Jazz plays Cyber-bass at Maccadam's Oil House,but it was cut. Yeah,they cancelled Jazz but later mentions him in Season 3. Huh.. They did rejected Skywarp in Season 1 and brought her up in Season 3 so why not Jazz?

2. Powerglide

Cosmos was a surprise already. They should have done the same with Powerglide. I don't care if it's just for one episode. Many of the RID Adventures toyline hinted characters for Cyberverse so it was still possible.

3. Steeljaw (Autobot)

No,not the one from Robots in disguise.. The cute small yellow lion from G1. He's one of the most recognizable Autobots in the entire franchise. They could have made a Steeljaw species,like they did with Airhammer.

4. Bantor

Mentioned by Grimlock in Season 2,they should have go with a Bantor species to go with the Airhammers and the Injectors. 

5. Hotshot

The beloved young Autobot we know from Armada,I don't see why not. It would've appeal kids like they were doing with Bumblebee. Or better: Making Bumblebee become Hotshot himself!

6. Bulkhead

That would have being Alphastrike's Autobot counterpart. Grimlock being her counterpart was dumb and rushed in the last minute.. So bringing Bulkhead would've do much better than that.

9. Ironhide

One of the characters people wanted is Ironhide. Technically,I was one of those people. Hasbro wasted such an opportunity to add him. Like,come on! 

Top 10 Decepticons I wanted to appear in Transformers Cyberverse

**This is based on my own opinion. Suggest yours below.**

1. Blackarachnia (Predacon)

Yes,she is a Predacon,I know. But since Cyberverse gave the Autobots Cheetor,then why not having Blackarachnia for the Decepticons as the opposite of Cheetor? That would not only revive the Beast Wars formula but make both characters why they were introduced. They did nothing more with Cheetor as all they did was making him the guardian of the Allspark and joins the Autobots. Yeah until he sacrifices himself to restore Cybertron,that is. But that was it. No storytelling about him. Nothing. So introducing Blackarachnia would have discussed further about him and maybe a mention about their war during the Beast Era where they fought each other.

2. Blackout

It's been a long time we haven't got Blackout in a main Transformers series. It would have been a cool addition because he's a fan favorite and probably would make Cyberverse even more enjoyable to watch.

3. The Constructicons

They lied about them so I have to list them somehow. Back when news has spread for Season 2,the Constructicons were hinted to appear. However,it turns out this was just a lie. Or I must say ''a misunderstanding''. While we did have the Spark Armor in which some of them kinda looks like construction bots,it doesn't change the fact that the Constructicons or even Devastator were forgotten.

4. Runamock/Runabout

While not being really a fan of these two,I have added them to the list because I feel like it would have been someone Hasbro would have used. Seriously. Why not them? They were part of G1. 

5. Cyclonus

One of the most popular character ever since G1 is Cyclonus. Megatron should've have recruit him if he had the chance. But no.. What a waste..

6. Scourge

Pretty much the same reason as Cyclonus..

7. Flamesnort

Apart from Transformers Robots in disguise,a true origin for Flamesnort would have been given in Cyberverse. Like why does he thinks the war is still going on,for example? How did he get on Earth to begin with? How is he left behind?

8. Dreadwing

One of the most honorable Decepticons,it would've been very logical if they ever added him in the show. Something that would keep the fans happy.

9. Scorponok

Yet another fan favorite,Scorponok would have been a good opportunity because it has such a great design. A new character named Scorponok that isn't relate to Beast Wars would work. I mean,Hasbro does that a lot,am I right? So why not Scorponok?

10. Leozack

A revival of Transformers Victory. Why not? An origin to Leozack would work quite well. If Season 3 was'nt rushed and ended,we would have gotten a Season 4 with Astrotrain being the Decepticon leader and Leozack would've been among the Decepticons he choose from.