Original subtitles

- "On nights just like this one,

- "On nights just like this one,

"from deep in the trees,

"an icy fog rolls in.

"an icy fog rolls in.

"Cloaked in night's shadow,

"this monster glides on leathery wings.

"this monster glides on leathery wings.

"Its glowing eyes pierce the dark and see all.

"Its ears hear every whimper as it hunts

"Its ears hear every whimper as it hunts

"for a lost child.

"When it finds one,

"When it finds one,

"and it always finds one,

"it swoops down, silent as starlight.

"it swoops down, silent as starlight.

"The prey never sees it,

"and there is no escape from...

"and there is no escape from...

the Wakwak!"

the Wakwak!"

- Aah! - [screaming]

[groans]

Twitch, Thrash,

you can't sneak up on people like that!

you can't sneak up on people like that!

- You can't have story time and not invite us.

- Ru-ude.

- Ru-ude.

- It's my fault.

I was so excited to share folktales

that I forgot to expand the guest list.

[laughs] Sorry.

- You could tell it again, Dad.

- Enjoy.

I'm too old for this "Wakwak" stuff anymore.

I'm too old for this "Wakwak" stuff anymore.

- The Wak, what now?

- Too old?

My grandfather fought the Wakwak

My grandfather fought the Wakwak

with these bastons and he saved the lost child's life.

- But you never saw the Wakwak, right?

- But you never saw the Wakwak, right?

- That never stopped us from searching for it

every time the signs appeared.

every time the signs appeared.

You'll always have to be ready.

[cell phone chimes]

- Speaking of ready,

I'm late for gaming practice.

I'm late for gaming practice.

- Thanks for the bedtime story, Dad.

Love you.

Love you.

- We don't sleep, so...

- [clears throat]

- "On nights just like this one..."

[electricity buzzing, crackling]

[electricity buzzing, crackling]

[bright music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[electronic music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Vile Cybertronian.

I, Dr. Meridian,

will rid this planet of your invasive species.

will rid this planet of your invasive species.

[laser blasts] [grunts]

[grumbles]

[grumbles]

[laser beeping]

Ugh, why didn't I choose an arm with a built-in weapon?

Ugh, why didn't I choose an arm with a built-in weapon?

[groans]

[groans]

[laughter]

So many volunteers for my next target.

So many volunteers for my next target.

[robots whirring gently]

[sighs] Your laughter is earned.

[sighs] Your laughter is earned.

If I am to end this world's suffering,

I must evolve into the hero it needs.

I must evolve into the hero it needs.

Arachnamechs, Cybertronians are all around us,

hiding in plain sight.

hiding in plain sight.

To destroy them, I must become them.

Find their kind and bring me their parts!

Find their kind and bring me their parts!

[birds chirping]

[birds chirping]

[keys clicking softly]

- Robby! - Aah!

- Guess what day it is? [thud]

- Ugh, Dad, I don't wanna go to the Wakwak hunt this year.

- Ugh, Dad, I don't wanna go to the Wakwak hunt this year.

I have a game tournament today.

- But this is our special thing, Robby.

We'll sing, practice our kali.

We'll sing, practice our kali.

You used to love it.

- Maybe when I was a kid.

Now it's just boring.

Now it's just boring.

- It's a celebration of our family heritage.

- Then why don't you just take Mo?

[off-key string music]

[off-key string music]

- Sorry, Dad.

Thrash just discovered music

and I should probably coach him through this.

and I should probably coach him through this.

[light string music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- I'll be waiting at the big stump

if you change your mind.

- Have fun. Love you. Bye!

[curious music]

[curious music]

- [indistinct]

[basketball bouncing]

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Ooh, Dr. M. dropping straight buckets

- Ooh, Dr. M. dropping straight buckets

from way downtown.

Seriously, how'd you do that?

- I'm happy to show you.

- I'm happy to show you.

Actually, there's a lot I could share with you today

if you're free.

if you're free.

- This isn't another attempt to read my diary, is it?

- I'm a history professor.

Having a primary source is...

Having a primary source is...

not what today's about.

I'd like to share a Malto tradition with you,

I'd like to share a Malto tradition with you,

show you my history and culture.

- Whoa.

- Whoa.

If that's part of it, I'm in.

[peaceful music]

[peaceful music]

♪ ♪

- Robby, what's a tradition?

I heard Dad talking about 'em.

Do I have one?

Do I have one?

- Huh? It's just a thing you always do.

Like whenever I'm in an online tournament,

I use my lucky chair pillow.

I use my lucky chair pillow.

- Is our secret handshake a tradition?

- Well...

- Well...

It's great, but no.

Traditions mean something.

Traditions mean something.

Being part of 'em is how you know you belong.

- Then how do I know?

- Then how do I know?

- [whistling]

Today is about observation and reflection.

Today is about observation and reflection.

Nature can teach us about ourselves.

- [groans, sighs]

- [groans, sighs]

I think it just taught me I don't like trees.

♪ ♪

- This oak's been around a long time.

- This oak's been around a long time.

See, here?

This mark shows when the tree

was hit by lightning and here is a year with good rain.

was hit by lightning and here is a year with good rain.

- You can tell all that from a stump?

- My grandfather taught me everything carries a story.

He's why I love history.

He used to say, "The past is a present

He used to say, "The past is a present

the present passed."

- What does that mean?

- [laughs] I don't know.

- [laughs] I don't know.

I just enjoy remembering things my lolo said.

- Lolo?

- That's Tagalog for "grandfather."

- That's Tagalog for "grandfather."

Have I never told you I grew up in Bohol in the Philippines?

- What? I've won drag races

- What? I've won drag races

at the old Tagbilaran City Airport.

- No kidding?

I'd love to hear your-- [clears throat]

I'd love to hear your-- [clears throat]

Let me tell you why we're out here today:

the Wakwak.

the Wakwak.

- Wait, Witwicky has a Wawak?

- You know what the Wakwak is?

- A huge vampire bird that attacks people?

- A huge vampire bird that attacks people?

Not something you forget.

[odd caw]

[odd caw]

The legends say it makes less noise

the closer it comes to its prey.

the closer it comes to its prey.

- Then it's time for my lolo's lesson

on Wakwak defense.

- All right, stick it to me.

- Ah, you flatter me with your wordplay.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[video game battle sounds]

- Covering you, Daxilon24.

- Covering you, Daxilon24.

I-- [tapping on window]

What's up, Twitch?

- Since I don't have a tradition,

- Since I don't have a tradition,

would it be okay if I borrowed the one you have with Dad?

- Sure. - Great!

Can you show me what to do?

Can you show me what to do?

- Mm-hmm.

Right now?

[groans] [player whining]

[groans] [player whining]

I am paying attention.

So for a Wakwak hunt, you need to get some sticks.

- On it!

- On it!

How's this?

- Are those the trees Mom just planted?

- Are those the trees Mom just planted?

- Not anymore.

They're tradition sticks.

- Yeah, you're gonna wanna put those back

before she gets home from work.

before she gets home from work.

- [gasps] Is that part of the tradition?

- Uh, no.

Now you go act like you're hunting something.

Now you go act like you're hunting something.

Dad said he'd be at the big stump.

- [squeals happily]

I'm gonna catch the Wakwak.

I'm gonna catch-- [crash]

I'm gonna catch-- [crash]

[game over sound] - Oh, come on!

[bird cawing]

[bird cawing]

[mysterious music]

- Dad? Bumblebee?

- Dad? Bumblebee?

Ready for my first tradition, Dad.

Are you already hunting the Wakwak?

I'll chase 'em over to you.

I'll chase 'em over to you.

Ha!

[grunting]

Huh, I don't feel different.

Maybe I did it wrong?

Maybe I did it wrong?

Or maybe this tradition is only a Robby-Dad thing.

Or maybe this tradition is only a Robby-Dad thing.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Huh?

[groaning]

[groaning]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[mysterious music]

- What? What?

- What? What?

[grunting]

You're not a Wakwak.

You're not a Wakwak.

Are you?

- Incredible.

Though I never programmed my drones with speech,

Though I never programmed my drones with speech,

it seems this one's AI has evolved.

I will attempt conversation.

I will attempt conversation.

Greetings, my drone.

- I'm not your drone. I'm Twitch.

- Sparks! It named itself.

- Sparks! It named itself.

Go into sleep mode.

- Uh, go into "get lost" mode.

- My creation has developed a personality.

- My creation has developed a personality.

Dissect for future study.

- Hey!

You wanna try that again?

You wanna try that again?

- You're a Cybertronian.

No Autobot I know.

Decepticon? - Neither.

Decepticon? - Neither.

I'm a Terran.

- The new beings Optimus told us about.

- The new beings Optimus told us about.

Let me start over.

I am Wheeljack.

It seems you took your vehicle mode

from one of my inventions.

from one of my inventions.

Sorry for the mix-up.

- You built the drone I scanned?

- One of my better inventions.

- One of my better inventions.

No accidental self-destructions.

Yet.

- You're kind of like... my dad!

- You're kind of like... my dad!

- No, no, no, no, that's not how it works.

- But I already have a dad.

Ooh, I know!

Ooh, I know!

You can be my dad number two!

So what are we doing out here, Dad2?

So what are we doing out here, Dad2?

- And we aren't doing anything.

I'm chasing mechanoid spider-creatures.

- [gasps] Like the Wakwak hunt!

- [gasps] Like the Wakwak hunt!

- The what-what hunt? - It's a family tradition.

We can do it together.

We just need sticks.

- Eh, sorry, Twitch.

- Eh, sorry, Twitch.

I can't play.

- But I can help.

- You can!

- You can!

By pretending we never met.

Bye now.

[engine roaring]

[tires squealing]

[tires squealing]

♪ ♪

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

[victory music] - Oh, yes!

[victory music] - Oh, yes!

First place!

Dad, guess what?

[soft music]

[soft music]

Mo? Thrash?

You're never gonna believe...

You're never gonna believe...

Twitch?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[branches snapping]

[branches snapping]

- [gasps]

[suspenseful music]

[groans nervously]

Aah!

Aah!

[upbeat electronic music]

[upbeat electronic music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Nice moves, Rob--Bee.

- Nice moves, Rob--Bee.

- Alex, your kids are seriously missing out

by not being here.

- [sighs] Somehow this tradition

- [sighs] Somehow this tradition

went from cool to boring when I wasn't looking.

We do it for the family memories.

We do it for the family memories.

They make us who were are, like...

like those tree rings.

like those tree rings.

- I'm gonna go get Robby and Mo.

They need to know how important this is to you,

and when I'm back, you're teaching me

that basketball shot.

that basketball shot.

[engine roars]

- I've already been doing that.

All in the wrists.

All in the wrists.

[arachnamechs hum]

[arachnamechs hum]

♪ ♪

[arachnamechs chirping]

[arachnamechs chirping]

♪ ♪

- [engine roaring]

- [engine roaring]

- Bumblebee!

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

[ominous music]

[device beeping]

- Whoa! - See? I'm helping.

- Whoa! - See? I'm helping.

♪ ♪

- [hisses] - Aah!

- Aw, you lost him.

- Aw, you lost him.

- Why didn't you use your EMP on that thing?

- Because I don't have an EMP?

- You're a Wheeljack drone.

You have that and more.

- Can you teach me how it works?

- Under one condition.

- Under one condition.

- I'm still calling you Dad2.

- I was going to say you help me catch that arachnabot.

- I was going to say you help me catch that arachnabot.

- Mm. - Okay. Two conditions.

[soft music]

[soft music]

♪ ♪

[twig snaps]

[strange whooshing]

[strange whooshing]

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

There is no Wakwak.

There is no Wakwak.

There is no Wakwak.

There is no Wakwak.

There is no Wakwak.

There is no Wakwak.

[mechanical whirring]

[gasps]

Wakwak!

Wakwak!

[panting]

[light cheery music]

- Your EMP is part of the drone's power matrix.

- Your EMP is part of the drone's power matrix.

To access it, you need to look for the--

- Found it!

- Fast learner.

Do you think you can activate your shield tech?

- I have that too?

- It should be nearly instinctual

- It should be nearly instinctual

once you identify a threat.

Nice work, Twitch.

Nice work, Twitch.

- Bet you can't do it again.

- Oh, yeah?

Lemme show you how we did things

on Cybertron.

on Cybertron.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Surprise! [giggles]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[tense music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- [grunting]

- [grunting]

♪ ♪

Whew.

I know I didn't program that.

I know I didn't program that.

Impressive tactics, Twitch.

- Thanks, Dad2.

Um, is that really how you did things on Cybertron?

Um, is that really how you did things on Cybertron?

Did you have family traditions

that maybe you could teach me right now?

- Well, they're kind of hard to pull off on Earth,

- Well, they're kind of hard to pull off on Earth,

and I don't exactly fit in with the local culture.

and I don't exactly fit in with the local culture.

- You feel like you don't belong.

Me too sometimes.

- You're a new species.

- You're a new species.

You have so much to teach us, so much promise.

- So much pressure!

Am I a Cybertronian?

Am I a Cybertronian?

A Malto? A drone?

All of them? None?

I don't even have a tradition.

I don't even have a tradition.

- Why do you want one?

- So I know I'm part of something.

Not different and alone.

Not different and alone.

- You need to think like a scientist.

Look at the data: you have a family that loves you.

Look at the data: you have a family that loves you.

Here's the thing about family:

you can always find new traditions with them.

you can always find new traditions with them.

[rustling]

[mysterious music]

- Dad? You out here?

- Dad? You out here?

[rustling]

[rustling]

[arachnamechs clicking]

[gasps]

[arachnamechs chirping]

[arachnamechs chirping]

[tense music]

[tense music]

[arachnamechs hiss] - Okay.

You got me.

What do you want?

What do you want?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

My Cybersleeve?

Well, we come as a package!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[grunting]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[panting]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Huh?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Uh? - [screeches]

- Aah!

- Aah!

[roars]

- [gasps]

- [gasps]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- [squeals]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[crash] - [groans]

[soft music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[arachnamechs whirring]

[arachnamechs whirring]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- You wanna go? I'm ready!

- You wanna go? I'm ready!

[grunts]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

You can't have my sleeve unless you rip my arm off!

[arachnamechs chirping]

[arachnamechs chirping]

- That wasn't an invitation.

Aah!

Aah!

Whoa! - [hisses]

- Aah! - [screams]

- Huh?

- I don't like to hurt spiders,

but when you mess with my son, you leave me no options.

but when you mess with my son, you leave me no options.

[upbeat dramatic music]

[upbeat dramatic music]

[grunting]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Dad, where did you learn that?

- Dad, where did you learn that?

- My lolo's Wakwak hunts.

- You know the moves.

- You know the moves.

[bright music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- [gasps] Robby!

- What is it? What's wrong?

- He's in trouble.

- He's in trouble.

[suspenseful music]

- And so are we.

- And so are we.

Get to safety!

- [grunting]

- [grunting]

[bright triumphant music]

♪ ♪

You would make my lolo proud.

You would make my lolo proud.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Twitch, up high.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Down low.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Whoo-hoo! - Whoo, yeah.

- Look at all these specimens.

I've been hunting these things for weeks.

I've been hunting these things for weeks.

Thank you, Twitch.

I'm truly honored you chose

to scan my drone.

[soft melancholic music]

[soft melancholic music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

So much to study and questions to answer.

Who created these mechanical menaces?

Who created these mechanical menaces?

What's their power source?

Why are they here?

- I guess this is goodbye, huh?

- I guess this is goodbye, huh?

- Mm-hmm.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

But I think we should make mechanical spider hunting

our tradition.

What do you say?

What do you say?

♪ ♪

- Sorry I chose the video game tournament

- Sorry I chose the video game tournament

over spending time with you, Dad.

- I know you have many important things in your life.

- I know you have many important things in your life.

Just keep a little time for your tatay, okay?

- Is it too late for today's Wakwak hunt?

[rustling]

[rustling]

[breezy music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Robby!

No wonder I didn't find you.

You were already with your dad.

You were already with your dad.

- ♪ But he did find us ♪

And we have a surprise for you, Dad!

And we have a surprise for you, Dad!

Hit it, Thrash!

♪ ♪

- Is that my lolo's song?

- Is that my lolo's song?

- If you have a really good imagination.

Be honest, Dad.

Be honest, Dad.

Have you ever really seen a Wakwak?

- Well-- both: Aah!

- Incoming! Whoo-hoo.

- Incoming! Whoo-hoo.

Hi, Dad! Hi, Robby!

- Twitch!

- Strange, I used to have a colleague

- Strange, I used to have a colleague

that used similar technology.

- Robby, I did it!

I hunted arachnamechs

I hunted arachnamechs

and made my own tradition with Wheeljack.

- You met Wheeljack?

- You met Wheeljack?

- That's me.

Howdy, y'all.

- Dad, I'd like you to meet--

- Dad, I'd like you to meet--

- Dad2.

- [gasps] Eeeh!

[thud]

[thud]

- Hey, that makes you my Dad2 too.

[basketball bouncing]

[basketball bouncing]

[bright music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- It worked.

I gotta spend more time with Alex.

I gotta spend more time with Alex.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪