Original subtitles

[upbeat music]

- Not so fast, Decepticon.

- Not so fast, Decepticon.

- Well, I'm getting your Energon, Autobot.

♪ ♪

[drone whirring]

[drone whirring]

Can't stop me that way, Twitch.

- How about this way? Ha!

- How about this way? Ha!

- Enjoy the sidelines, Decepticreep.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Unguarded Energon?

Too easy.

- Ha! It's shielded.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Autobots always win.

- [gasps]

- [gasps]

- Oh!

- You called for a lift to Loserville?

- Twitch, grab their flag.

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

Ugh!

Augh!

Augh!

- Hey! Who took the flag?

- Flag? What flag?

[grunting]

- Cough it up, Bike Boy.

- Let him go.

- Mm.

I guess the lesson we've all learned today

I guess the lesson we've all learned today

is not to let your guard down.

Decepticons will get you every time.

- Hey, we played fair and square.

- Hey, we played fair and square.

- Except the cheating part.

Get him, Twitch!

- [grunting]

- [grunting]

- Uh, game's over.

You can quit now.

Stop biting your sister!

[pan sizzling]

[pan sizzling]

- I never saw such a good breakfast.

The perfect start to a great day.

The perfect start to a great day.

both: Augh!

- [groaning]

- Family. Meeting.

- Family. Meeting.

[transforming pulses]

- [grunting]

- Ugh!

- Accidents happen.

I get that.

I get that.

But maybe now is a good time for us

to talk about the house rules.

to talk about the house rules.

- I'm sensing a fun-killer.

- You already know most of them.

Help out the family.

Use your words when you're upset.

Use your words when you're upset.

- And keep hidden from the outside world.

Remember, we're undercover.

- If ghost agents knew Terrans existed, they'd take you away.

- If ghost agents knew Terrans existed, they'd take you away.

And nobody is breaking up this family.

- Speaking of breaking, we're adding one more rule.

- Speaking of breaking, we're adding one more rule.

No Bots in the house.

- [grumbles]

- [grumbles]

- Robby and I have lived by the rules for ages.

They're easy-peasy.

- Easy is my favorite type of peasy.

- Easy is my favorite type of peasy.

Count me in.

- And me out.

- You haven't heard about the chore chart yet.

- Oh, Dad. Not the stickers.

- Oh, Dad. Not the stickers.

- You get stickers!

- Ooh!

- Ooh!

- When you pitch in with a chore,

you earn a star sticker.

The kid with the most stars by the weekend gets a reward!

The kid with the most stars by the weekend gets a reward!

- It's like a game?

- Easy, Twitch.

- Easy, Twitch.

You're gonna short circuit our nervous systems

with that happy.

- Well, I'm still not buying it.

The rules don't even seem fair.

The rules don't even seem fair.

- Most of the time, you barely even have to think about them.

And when you do, I'll help you, T.

And when you do, I'll help you, T.

- [sighs] Fine.

- Shouldn't I be "T" and Thrash be "Th"?

- Just let them have their moment.

- Just let them have their moment.

[birds chirping]

- Thanks for trying, Mo.

But a backyard fort's really not the same

But a backyard fort's really not the same

as hanging out in your room.

- Maybe if I got my fish tank and beanbag chair?

- Maybe if I got my fish tank and beanbag chair?

- Oh, better idea.

Bots can't go in the house, but bikes can.

If I transform, your mom won't even know I'm there.

If I transform, your mom won't even know I'm there.

- Oh, Mom knows.

Mom always knows.

- Mo, honey!

- Mo, honey!

- See?

- We're heading to the lumberyard.

Be good.

- Mo, this is perfect!

- Mo, this is perfect!

No Bots in the house is your parents' rule.

Since they're gone, we can ignore it.

Since they're gone, we can ignore it.

- I guess that makes sense?

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

Watch your fenders, please.

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

You're good.

This way. Stay in first gear.

This way. Stay in first gear.

[engine revving]

[gasps]

[gasps]

- Ahh.

- We'll just sit quietly and watch pro wrestling.

What can go wrong?

What can go wrong?

[birds chirping]

- Ahh!

- One, two, three, victory!

- One, two, three, victory!

- Whoo!

[laughs]

- Morgan Violet Malto and Thrash--

um, Malto.

um, Malto.

- Ugh.

- You two are grounded.

- You two are grounded.

[engine revving]

[engine idling]

[engine idling]

[engine revving]

[tires squealing]

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

[tires squealing]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[tires squealing]

[tires squealing]

[loud crash]

[metal screeching]

[metal screeching]

- [groaning]

- [groaning]

[transforming pulses]

[footsteps stompin]

[footsteps stompin]

- Energon scanner. Could give me a lead on Hardtop.

[grunts]

[grunts]

[electricity crackling]

Ugh.

Energon force fields.

Energon force fields.

[transforming pulses]

[engine revving]

[tires squealing]

- [breathing heavily]

- [breathing heavily]

Rogue Decepticon on the package.

Requesting local backup.

[pounding]

- Thanks for the help, Bee.

That repair was so fast.

But you know what would make it even faster?

But you know what would make it even faster?

Pew-pew.

- Alex, for the last time, I'm not using my stinger

- Alex, for the last time, I'm not using my stinger

for DIY projects.

- Think of how fast we could strip paint.

- Think of how fast we could strip paint.

Cut wood?

Toast tortillas?

- Come on, weed.

- Come on, weed.

[groans]

Ugh.

No reward is worth this.

No reward is worth this.

- You're quitting?

What about the chore chart?

You won't get your star.

- I'll pick an easier chore later.

- I'll pick an easier chore later.

- Well, can I finish the weeding and get your star?

- Knock yourself out.

- Knock yourself out.

- ♪ Gonna get a star, maybe I'll get two ♪

♪ Doing all the chores Robby hates to do ♪

♪ Doing all the chores Robby hates to do ♪

- [whines]

- [whines]

- [groans]

- Uh-uh.

House rule three: use your words.

- No phones, no friends, no fun.

- No phones, no friends, no fun.

We're dying of boredom.

- Augh, I'm lucky I lived through that suntan.

- Augh, I'm lucky I lived through that suntan.

- Ranger Malto, Decepticon spotted downtown.

A first responder is requested on-scene ASAP.

A first responder is requested on-scene ASAP.

- Have to talk later, kids.

- Have to talk later, kids.

[engine revving]

Got to go ground someone else who broke the rules.

- If she's going to treat us like Decepticons,

- If she's going to treat us like Decepticons,

we might as well be Decepticons.

It was more fun.

- Mo, it's like you're thinking my thoughts before me.

- Mo, it's like you're thinking my thoughts before me.

- But we're still grounded.

- True.

- True.

But nobody said where we had to be grounded.

- It's kind of assumed you stay home.

- It's kind of assumed you stay home.

- Decepticons wouldn't.

[transforming pulses]

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

- [grunting]

[twig snaps]

[twig snaps]

♪ ♪

[grunts]

[engine turns over, revving]

[both shouting]

- See, Mo, this--this is what being grounded is about.

- See, Mo, this--this is what being grounded is about.

Ahh, fresh air!

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

[tires squealing]

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

[transforming pulses]

[electronic chirp]

- [groans] Stealing's a lot harder solo.

Too bad there's no place I can pick up a partner.

Too bad there's no place I can pick up a partner.

What's this?

What's this?

Bot without a badge?

Hmm, time to make a new friend.

- This will distract those ghost goons.

[loud explosion] - Huh?

[tense music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Hey! Grab more extinguishers.

Get a hose.

[transforming pulses]

- [gasps]

- [gasps]

- No time to talk.

Follow me if you want to get out of here alive.

[transforming pulses]

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

[transforming pulses]

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

- [gasps]

[yelps]

[tires squealing]

[tires squealing]

[transforming pulses]

- You're lucky old Swindle found you

- You're lucky old Swindle found you

before anybody else did.

Rogue Cons don't last long out here.

- Oh, we're not Decepticons. I'm Thrash, and this is Mo.

- Oh, we're not Decepticons. I'm Thrash, and this is Mo.

- Are we in danger?

- Not anymore.

But you might want to stick close.

But you might want to stick close.

I won't turn you in.

But Optimus and his ghost goons, ooh.

But Optimus and his ghost goons, ooh.

They're everywhere.

- You know Mr. Optimus too?

Isn't he great?

- Yeah, that's one word for him.

- Yeah, that's one word for him.

Hey, what do you say we ditch half-pint here

and go for a drive?

- Mo's my sister.

- Mo's my sister.

Where I go, she goes.

- Good.

You passed my first test.

- Test?

- Test?

- Yeah.

Nobody gets into my crew unless they're loyal.

Still, doesn't mean you got what it takes.

Still, doesn't mean you got what it takes.

- [scoffs] Uh, we totally do.

And what's so great about your crew anyway?

And what's so great about your crew anyway?

- Nothing...if you hate fun.

- We love it, but we're grounded.

- We love it, but we're grounded.

The rules say--

- There's no rules out here, tiny tot.

I do whatever I want.

I do whatever I want.

And if you roll with me, you can too.

- You know, your mom could really

learn something from this guy.

learn something from this guy.

- One ticket to Fun Town.

- One ticket to Fun Town.

[suspenseful music]

- [grunts]

[metal clanking]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Um, don't those signs mean no trespassing?

- Um, don't those signs mean no trespassing?

- [grunts] Oh, yeah.

But you know something?

They don't say no skate sledding!

They don't say no skate sledding!

- One kind of requires the other.

[rock music]

[rock music]

[laughs]

- Hold on! Whoo!

[laughs] Hey, check this out.

[laughs] Hey, check this out.

Yeah! - Ha-ha.

Race you to the cornfield.

[transforming pulses]

[transforming pulses]

[engine revving]

- [laughs] I love being grounded!

[laughs]

[engine revving]

[birds chirping]

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

[laughs]

- Try to keep up, tricycle.

- Try to keep up, tricycle.

- Hey, I was made for this!

- Yeah!

Um, we can stand all the corn up again.

Um, we can stand all the corn up again.

Right?

- Ah!

- Ah!

Suffering succotash!

- Whoo-hoo!

[engines revving]

[engines revving]

[tires screeching]

- [laughs] Beat you by a sidecar.

- [laughs] Beat you by a sidecar.

- You sure did.

The only other Bot I know who can do that...

[sniffles]

Is my brother Hardtop.

- Aw, Swindle.

- Aw, Swindle.

Are you okay?

- No.

He disappeared while saving orphans during the war.

He disappeared while saving orphans during the war.

Being with you makes me miss him even more.

[wrist-communicator chimes]

[wrist-communicator chimes]

- You should come home with us.

Maybe my family can help you find Hardtop.

Maybe my family can help you find Hardtop.

- Really?

[transforming pulses]

[engine revving]

- Really.

[engine revving]

- The more marks the merrier.

- The more marks the merrier.

[birds chirping]

- No way you did all of that today.

[engine whirring]

[engine whirring]

- Can you add one for egg collecting?

- What? Where did you get those?

We don't even have chickens.

- Star, Robby.

- Star, Robby.

[engine revving]

- Just so you know, the prizes for this are lame.

Last time, it was soap.

Last time, it was soap.

- Mom said the winner gets to choose what

Dad's gonna cook all week.

- Oh, man.

Seven days of Dad's bebincas.

Seven days of Dad's bebincas.

Wait.

You don't even eat food.

- I feed off the thrill of victory.

- Well, get ready to go hungry, because Robby

- Well, get ready to go hungry, because Robby

is back in the game.

[transforming pulses]

[transforming pulses]

- You are gonna love our family.

- Stop, Bee!

- He's our friend!

- No, he's not.

He's a Decepticon.

He's a Decepticon.

[grunting]

- Go, go, go!

- [grunting]

- [grunting]

- Remember me, Bumblebee?

We fought the Battle of the Bay.

We fought the Battle of the Bay.

I'm gonna enjoy this.

[grunting]

- My beautiful kitchen!

- Ow, ow.

Bumblebee, I said I surrender.

[metallic thud]

[metallic thud]

[grunting]

Nice family you got here.

I'll take them.

I'll take them.

[grunting]

[transforming pulses]

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

[transforming pulses]

[blaster firing]

[transforming pulses]

- [groans]

- [groans]

- Bumblebee, please!

Swindle doesn't mean any harm.

- Yeah!

- Yeah!

You come out blasting, and you don't know anything about him!

- Typical Autobots.

- Typical Autobots.

All I wanted was a little help.

[transforming pulses]

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

- Sneaking out is one thing, but bringing

a Decepticon to our home?

- He was nice to us!

- He was nice to us!

And he didn't try to control us with bogus rules.

- Rules like keep your identity secret from the enemy?

- Rules like keep your identity secret from the enemy?

Obviously.

I'm in hiding too. Remember?

- You guys never give a Bot a chance,

not Swindle, not Twitch and me.

- I actually have no complaints.

- I actually have no complaints.

- You are different from Swindle.

Cons weren't born into that life; they chose it.

And anyone who wears that badge can't be trusted.

And anyone who wears that badge can't be trusted.

- They aren't all bad.

Right, Mom?

You're friends with Megatron.

- That's different.

- That's different.

Megatron has truly changed.

- Which you learned when you gave him a chance.

- Which you learned when you gave him a chance.

Well, I deserve a chance too,

One without a bunch of rules that stop me from being me.

One without a bunch of rules that stop me from being me.

[transforming pulses]

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

[somber music]

♪ ♪

- You're still grounded, but we love you.

- You're still grounded, but we love you.

[wrist-communicator chimes]

- You feel angry, sad, and...

- You feel angry, sad, and...

hurt?

- I know we broke the house rules.

- I know we broke the house rules.

But what if they're wrong?

- Mom and Dad just want to keep us safe.

- Mom and Dad just want to keep us safe.

- They break rules too.

Your family is hiding us from ghosts.

Optimus is keeping Bumblebee secret.

Optimus is keeping Bumblebee secret.

Swindle needs our help to find his brother.

It's the right thing to do.

- Thrash, we'd be grounded for life.

- Thrash, we'd be grounded for life.

- If you were missing, I'd break every rule

in the world to get you back.

in the world to get you back.

- But Swindle is a Decepticon.

- I can't stay with a family that won't help someone

just because they don't like how they look.

just because they don't like how they look.

[wrist-communicator chimes]

- Then your family is going with you.

I still think it's a bad idea.

I still think it's a bad idea.

But somebody's got to protect my little brother.

- [laughs]

- Okay, getting sick now.

- Okay, getting sick now.

[cricket chirping]

- I got these suckers exactly where I want them.

- I got these suckers exactly where I want them.

Right on schedule.

[sobbing]

[sobbing]

[transforming pulses]

- Sorry about that back there.

[sobbing]

[sobbing]

- Thrash? Mo?

[sobbing]

- If you're not too mad at us

- If you're not too mad at us

we were thinking we could help you find your brother.

- That sounds just great.

- That sounds just great.

- Come on. Keep up.

Hardtop's there in that truck.

Hardtop's there in that truck.

[camera shutter clicks]

[camera shutter clicks]

- Oh, you're a genius, sis.

- Oh, you're a genius, sis.

- Here. Bolt cutters are for the gate.

Or the guards.

Your call.

- We're not hurting anybody, Swindle.

- We're not hurting anybody, Swindle.

We'll help you find your brother, and that's all.

- [groans]

- [groans]

[metallic clanking]

[grunts]

- Any complaints about this?

- No, because you're putting that back when we're done.

- I don't need to listen to this pint-sized pipsqueak.

- I don't need to listen to this pint-sized pipsqueak.

[grunts]

[electricity crackling]

[electricity crackling]

- Uh, where's Hardtop?

- Never mind that.

You, the fleshy one, get in there and release that lock.

You, the fleshy one, get in there and release that lock.

- I'm not doing that.

- [groans]

- [groans]

- Swindle?

- Do what I say or else.

- [grunts]

- [gasps]

[whooshes]

[whooshes]

[gears grinding]

- Quit stalling.

Stick your little hand in there.

Stick your little hand in there.

Hurry it up, runt.

[gears grinding]

- [grunts]

[machinery whirring, hissing]

[machinery whirring, hissing]

- Finally.

Hey, Autobrat, give me a hand.

Hey, Autobrat, give me a hand.

- [grunts] Nobody threatens my sister!

[clanking and thudding]

[clanking and thudding]

Ugh!

[transforming pulses]

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

[blaster firing]

[grunting]

[grunting]

- Thrash!

- Thrash!

- [grunts]

- I'm a big fan, Thrash,

- I'm a big fan, Thrash,

size, speed, the total Bot package.

Too bad you're with the Autobozos.

Too bad you're with the Autobozos.

Not too late, though.

Still time to come on over to the good guys.

Or else.

Or else.

[blaster firing]

- Thanks, sis.

- [grunts]

- Ahh! Ahh!

- Ahh! Ahh!

- Jeez. Take the hint already.

And now for the gnat.

- [gasps]

- [gasps]

[breathing heavily]

[grunts]

- Come out, come out wherever you are.

- Come out, come out wherever you are.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Ah! - [yelps]

- Not so tough without your little family, huh?

- Not so tough without your little family, huh?

[loud thud]

- Ahh! - [chuckles]

- Ahh! - [chuckles]

I'm gonna to enjoy this.

[engine whirring]

[engine whirring]

[tires squealing]

- Mom rule number one, don't mess with my babies.

- Mom rule number one, don't mess with my babies.

[blaster firing]

[tires squealing]

- You better run, coward.

- You better run, coward.

- Oh. Good job calling for backup, Mosey.

- [groaning]

- [groaning]

- Thrash!

- I took Swindle out for you.

- I took Swindle out for you.

You're welcome.

- You okay, baby? - Yeah.

Thanks for saving me.

And for always being there, even when maybe

And for always being there, even when maybe

I don't make it super-easy.

- That's what family does.

- Kind of makes the rules worth it.

- Kind of makes the rules worth it.

I'm sorry for joining the Decepticons, Mom.

- Decepticons are only bad if they choose to be.

- Decepticons are only bad if they choose to be.

It's hard to be told what to do.

I know, but our rules exist to keep

I know, but our rules exist to keep

everyone safe and together.

So what do you say?

All in? both: All in.

- Still grounded? - Still grounded.

- Still grounded? - Still grounded.

- Last chore left.

First one done with their half of the lawn

gets the final star and sweet victory.

gets the final star and sweet victory.

- Are we talking or mowing?

- Oh, it's on.

Three, two, one, go!

Three, two, one, go!

[drone whirring]

[cutting blade buzzing]

[cutting blade buzzing]

Huh? A tie?

- That's worse than losing!

- That's worse than losing!

both: Augh!

Last stars. - You don't even like bebincas.

- Well, I've never had them yet.

- Ahem

- Ahem

[drone whirring]

[transforming pulses]

The lawn's mowed forever!

How many stars is that worth?

How many stars is that worth?

- None.

But as part of their 80-year grounding,

Mo and Thrash can re-sod that tomorrow.

Mo and Thrash can re-sod that tomorrow.

- Okay, now for a good surprise.

[together] Whoa.

- So Thrash, Twitch, and Bee can join us when we're inside.

- [chuckles]

- And Bee has promised to cook tortillas

- And Bee has promised to cook tortillas

with his stinger tonight.

- No, I haven't.

- Worth a shot.

- Worth a shot.