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[intense music]

- [grunts]

[grunting]

[growls]

[grunts]

[thuds]

[crowd cheering]

[grunting]

[crowd cheering]

Ugh! Ugh!

Augh!

Ahh!

[tires squealing]

[grunts]

[growls]

Augh!

Augh! [crowd cheering]

[groans]

[grunting]

[grunting]

Ahh!

Ahh-augh!

[exhales]

[crowd cheers, horn blares]

[groans]

Ahh! Ahh!

[whimpers]

- Yeah! - Yeah!

- Yes!

- Yeah! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

[intense music]

[footsteps thud]

[crowd cheering]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[electricity crackling]

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

[car horns honking]

[funky music]

- I know Mom and Dad don't want to risk anybody seeing us,

but it's the middle of the night.

So we'll be in and out before they even wake up.

- We can be ourselves among humans?

- Oh! Our first big road trip, and we came to Philly.

- Yeah. - [beatboxing]

- OK, check it.

You love this.

OK.

[percussive music]

- [laughs]

♪ ♪

- Yeah.

[all gasping]

- Hm?

[percussive music]

- Is this what freedom tastes like?

- There's so much more of it than I imagined.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Ah-ha-ha!

I'm so happy I could just--

oh.

- Well, that person doesn't seem happy to see us.

- [scoffs] Transformers.

- He probably thought we were causing trouble.

- But we were just standing there.

- Don't worry about it, OK?

Philly is the City of Brotherly Love.

Let's go explore it.

- Ah, yeah, baby.

These tires need some city mileage.

- Oh! I'm going to hit all the top photo ops,

and I'm going to use all my filters.

[camera clicking]

- Nightshade's getting a head start.

- Well, let's go.

- Wait.

We have to stick together.

- Everyone, grab a buddy.

- Meet back here in two hours, please.

[groans]

- [laughs] Whoo!

[engine revving]

[ominous music]

[sirens wailing]

- [whimpering]

♪ ♪

Help.

♪ ♪

Somebody.

♪ ♪

- Keep it down.

Hand over your bag, and things won't get ugly.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- [screams]

- Look over here.

[funky music]

This is one of my favorite things to do.

The subway's down there.

So just wait till the train goes by,

and yell into the wind!

- Ooh! Ha-ha-ha-ha! - Whoo!

- I'm on the subway!

What else can we try tonight?

- Hey, youse guys are Transformers, right?

[imitating transformers]

- Yeah, uh, you don't have to do that.

- Hey, no disrespect.

You guys want to see a wrestling match?

- Did you say wrestling?

- I'm on my way to the biggest Bot Brawl in town.

I'm just saying, it'd be perfect for you guys.

[funky percussive music]

I hear they got another Autobot in the ring tonight.

- Hey, lady, wait for us.

- Shouldn't we--

♪ ♪

- Whoa.

[crowd cheering]

- Oh, hear that? The match is already on.

- I wonder what league this is and who the champ is

and what their special move is, and what--

- Ahh!

[ominous music]

[both gasp]

♪ ♪

- Main event's about to start.

[electricity crackling]

- [whimpers]

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Whoa.

- Welcome to FDR.

- Robby?

- Stevie?

- Yo, are you serious right now?

- Are you serious with that front three?

I remember you ripping, but wow.

- A lot's changed since you moved, man.

You'd know if you ever texted.

- Sorry.

Witwicky's kind of a dead zone in a lot of ways.

Stevie, meet my sisters, Twitch and Hashtag.

[gentle music]

- Hey.

- It's super great to meet you.

- Hiya.

- Cool.

Well, I'd invite you to ride,

but I don't have a board your size.

So--

- That's OK.

I don't need wheels.

- Whoa, oh!

- [laughs]

- Ha. Your Transformers ain't like

other ones I've read about.

- They're not my Transformers.

- Oh, I didn't mean it like that.

- Good, because they're my family.

- But, like, not human.

They aren't us.

- Ahh!

- [laughs]

- You good?

[gentle music]

Keep up if you can.

- Need a ride?

[energetic music]

♪ ♪

- Yeah!

Ha-ha! Oh.

- My turn!

Uh! Oh!

[metal crunching]

[laughter]

[somber music]

♪ ♪

"Transformers go home"?

But we were born here.

This is our home.

- Don't let it get under your skin.

Whoever wrote that trash probably meant Decepticons,

so it's not like it's even about you.

- But it doesn't say Decepticons.

It says Transformers.

- Decepticons, Autobots, Terrians--

we're all Cybertronian people.

- Whoa, don't freak out.

- We're not freaking out.

This just isn't OK.

- Yeah.

Well, my dad says invading the Earth wasn't OK either.

- Stevie, you know that's wrong.

- Relax, Robby.

You know I'm not like that.

Can we forget it and--

- Nah, we're done here.

[somber music]

♪ ♪

- What?

That's it?

[owl hooting]

- Whoa.

- Ohh! Put me down.

Put me down.

Oh.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- Ooh.

I like your pins.

I am Nightshade.

My pronouns are they/them.

- Thanks.

I'm Sam.

I'm she/they.

But you already know that.

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

- Wow.

What an amazing city.

♪ ♪

- I'm sorry for how I reacted.

It's just sometimes the world can be a scary place.

It's hard to know who's dangerous or not.

- Hmm. That's true, though disappointing.

- Hey, it's OK.

I know I'm safe when I'm with my friends

or other non-binary people.

- Non-binary?

- People who aren't female or male.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have assumed.

- I always knew my pronouns felt right,

but what a wonderful word for a wonderful experience.

- How can wrestling betray me like this?

[crowd cheering]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[crowd cheering]

- Yeah!

All right!

Yeah!

- Yeah!

- Whoo-hoo!

- Okay!

- Next up, we got newcomer--

- [whispers] Jawbreaker.

- --Jawbreaker.

- You tricked us.

- Eh, it's a living.

- Well, what are the rules?

- Rules?

This is a Cybertronian smack down where bots duke it out.

No stingers, no blasters.

And the winner goes home with a supply of Energon.

- And the loser's scrapped for parts.

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

- [grunts, spits]

[cackles]

- And in the other corner, from parts unknown,

the big bot basher,

four-wheeled dasher,

two-horned grappler.

- [whimpering]

- Bumblebee!

- Jawbreaker?

What are you doing here?

- We just wanted to see wrestling.

- That doesn't answer--

never mind.

Listen, JB.

I'm here on a secret mission, and you can't blow my cover.

- Now, that's enough yapping.

Let the brawling begin.

[rock guitar riff]

- Yeah! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

- They want us to fight?

- How about we give them a wrestling match instead?

[rock music]

Ahh…ahh!

- Oh!

[crowd cheers]

Ahh! Ahh!

Argh!

- Oh, oh, oh! - Ahh!

- Ow. That--ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.

- Ha-ha! Yes. Uh-huh.

Ah…gah!

♪ ♪

[together] One, two, three.

- Yeah!

- Well, put that down as the fastest round on record.

Ugh.

- And he's still in one piece.

The boss ain't going to like this.

- You three need to go home right now.

I won't be far behind.

- Hold onto your hubcaps, y'all.

It's time for Bumblebee to match metal

with our reigning champion.

- Yeah!

- Good luck.

- You're going to need it.

[dramatic music]

[crowd cheering]

- Yeah!

- [cackling]

Yeah!

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[footsteps thudding]

- Grimlock!

- [roars]

[dramatic music]

- [growls]

- [gulps]

- Grimlock?

Yes! Ha-ha!

You'd think king of the Dinobots

might be easier to track down, but--

- [roars]

- Eh, doesn't look like he wants to be found.

- Scatter and stay small, kids.

Grimlock, it's me, your old pal Bumblebee.

- He's an Autobot in the comics,

so why is he trying to eat Bumblebee?

- He's been working undercover.

We lost track of him months ago.

Optimus got a tip, and that's why I'm here.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- [giggles]

It looks like someone's going extinct.

- And it ain't the dino.

[laughs] No, seriously, he's in trouble.

- Oh! Ugh!

[gasps]

- [growls]

[growls]

- I've been looking for you, pal.

We're friends, remember?

[sighs]

- [roars]

Ah!

Get back!

Ugh.

- Yeah!

- Ooh, that's got to hurt.

[dramatic music]

[crackling]

- [roars]

- OK, time-out.

- [roars]

- Uh, can they do that?

- Well, Frenzy, I believe they can.

Wait, oh, I actually don't know the answer.

Let me check the rule book real quick.

- Grimlock's feral.

I can't stop till I help him remember who he is.

[gasps]

- Get in there, Bumblebutt.

There's no quitting in Bot Brawl.

- Tag-team rules.

Now it's our turn.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- [grunting]

♪ ♪

- Ready to tag out.

♪ ♪

Tagging out.

- Ha-ha-ha!

Not sure who ordered the rodeo clowns,

but this is hi-larious.

- [laughs] Yeah, too bad it won't last long.

♪ ♪

- I got ya.

I got ya.

♪ ♪

- What's that?

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

- Finally, a weapon worthy of me.

When all your pickings are from the losers,

it's hard to be choosy.

Still, I'd say aligning with this Bot Brawl business has

been a success ever since I turned that dino-problem

into my dino-advantage.

[chuckles]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- We got to get rid of that thing on Grimlock's chin.

♪ ♪

- Ahh!

[clangs]

Uh, fetch?

- [roaring]

- Ahh!

- Get the popcorn. - Buh-bye.

- Here's the finishing move.

♪ ♪

both: Ahh!

- [grunts]

- Huh?

Ahh!

- I'm riding the subway!

[tires squealing]

♪ ♪

- Nice Dinobot.

Please don't eat me.

♪ ♪

[grunts]

- What?

[crowd cheering]

- [groaning]

[ominous music]

- [whirring]

♪ ♪

[roars]

[growls]

- Whoo-hoo! - Oh!

♪ ♪

[all screaming]

- Whoo-hoo! Ahh!

[all screaming]

- Whoa!

- We'll reason with Grim once he calms down.

[roaring]

[somber music]

♪ ♪

- They aren't like I remember.

Nothing is.

- [sighs] It's 'cause of us, isn't it?

Us Terrans, we changed you.

- You didn't ruin anything.

I don't want you to ever feel like that's

what happened today.

- But what about Stevie?

- If that's how Stevie's going to behave,

he doesn't get me as a friend.

It's his loss.

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

- [cawing]

Ah-ha-ha, my family!

I have so much to tell you.

But I see we are incomplete.

Where are the others?

- They're with Bee.

- Robby.

- Hey, guys.

- There you are.

- I came here to find Grimlock.

I don't have time to call for backup,

and I have a team I trust right here.

You're ready for a real Autobot mission.

[uplifting music]

♪ ♪

- Over there.

♪ ♪

- All right, team.

First real mission.

Ready?

- Let's go find Grimlock.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪