Transformers B.O.T (Transformers)

"After Swindle sells the components of his fellow Combaticons, three kids get their hands on Brawl's brain, using it to make a robot.

Or...

Worst. Episode. Ever."

- TF Wiki

Transformers B.O.T. is an episode from the original Transformers G1 cartoon, it is the forty-ninth/final episode of season 2, is the last episode before the movie "Transformers The Movie" and overall, the sixty-second episode of the show.

Summary
When three teenage kids (Martin, Roland, and Elise) create a robot which they dubbed B.O.T. (short for Robot), it goes on a rampage, so Bumblebee and co. set off to stop it.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) This episode lacks logic, which is inexcusable in a Transformers episode.
 * 2) Very confusing introduction to the episode, it first starts with the Stunticons forming Bruticus, and about to terrorize the city.....only to out-of-nowhere be defeated in one shot by Defensor, talk about anticlimactic.
 * 3) Question, when on earth do robots NEED MONEY???
 * 4) Re-used character designs, for example, during the school session, you can see two class-mates that are literary recolored versions of Jems and the Holograms characters, which is flat out lazy.
 * 5) Despite being a Transformers episode, it mainly focuses on Roland, Martin, and Elise.
 * 6) Somewhat misleading Title: While B.O.T. is the center focus of the episode, it's mainly about Roland, Martin, and Elise making a mess.
 * 7) Roland and Martin are extremely unlikable one-time characters as they boost a laser to a level that could grievously injure or kill someone as a prank, and this happens at school.
 * 8) What's even worse is that after the teacher finds out, instead of expelling them from school, or better yet, arresting them for you know, tempering with a freaking laser, he ships them off to work with Elise.
 * 9) Lots of bland and poor filler.
 * 10) Strange animation choices, one example is Elise, who for some reason has lines on top of her eyes, even off an impression that she has a constant sad expression on her eyes.
 * 11) Many, many, many errors in the animation.
 * 12) * The scenery in this episode is always huge. In the opening scene, the five Combaticons are driving down a downtown street in a row (yes, even the fliers are driving on the ground) with plenty of room. Humans are drawn tiny compared to the doors of their buildings, and the Autobots fit easily inside human structures.
 * 13) * The Combaticons get the wrong transformation sound effect (ascending pitch) when transforming to their vehicle modes.
 * 14) * Swindle's vehicle mode is missing its Decepticon symbol as he gets stuck against Brawl.
 * 15) * It's inherent to their color models, but the combination sequence makes it really obvious that Onslaught completely changes color from blue to white while transforming into Bruticus.
 * 16) * The Bruticus scrap pile changes between shots; first, it's a few scattered parts on the street, then it's a solid pile of them.
 * 17) * Swindle pops out of the junk pile from beneath a yellow rectangle with wheels. The only yellow component on Bruticus is... Swindle.
 * 18) * As Swindle drives past the guy with the radio on the docks, he's layered too far to the left and appears to be hovering above the road.
 * 19) Strangely, the Autobots are easily defeated by B.O.T., you know, something that was created by KIDS.
 * 20) For some strange reason, the Autobots can't break WOODEN doors that are also blocked by WOODEN boxes, despite them being large Super Robots.
 * 21) Serveral plot holes.
 * 22) Why did the teacher leave the Laser at school?
 * 23) How do Martin, Roland, and Elise know how to contact the Protectobots/Autobots?
 * 24) How is B.O.T. that powerful and intelligent despite being created by the kids?
 * 25) Tho this is likely due to it having a Cybertron Personality Component, which gives it strength.
 * 26) Why does the elevator still work even after the building burnt down?
 * 27) Biggest Plot-Hole: Why the heck did the Decepticons install an OVERLOAD button in the Desrubter???
 * 28) Horrible Ending: After the Autobots defeat the Decepticons with the help of Roland, Martin, Elise, and B.O.T., and then arrive at their base, Elise says that they could build another one like B.O.T., but after saying that, Roland and Martin, for absolutely no reason what so ever, gags her mouth with duck tape and drag her off, and the Autobots just stand there and watch. Uh yeah, never mind the fact that two teens just capture a teenage girl.
 * 29) Roland and Martin never received any punishment for their actions.
 * 30) EXTREMELY bad placement and timing: Despite the lack of content, very child-dish humor that does not fit with Transformers and overall randomness of the episode, this is not only the last episode of the second season but its also the last episode before the Transformer movie, which is a dark and action film, so to have an episode like this before the film is just insulting, not to mention very Whip-lash due to that change in tone.
 * 31) This is overall a bad way to end the second season of Transformers.
 * 32) Because of the overall quantities of the episode, coupled with the fact that the Transformers are not the main focus, B.O.T. feels more like a basic cartoon show than a Transformers show.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) While a little bit generic, Elise is a likable character.
 * 2) In the Transformers: United Wars comic, it's reviled that Martin, Roland, and Elise have grown up became scientists, and have created B.O.T. II, so at least Martin and Roland became better characters.
 * 3) On that topic, aside from the comics, Roland and Martin are never seen again after this episode.
 * 4) The Autobots are also likable as they always are.
 * 5) Thankfully, the plots of the episode have been ignored, so you can say that this episode is 100% non-canon.

Reception
Transformers B.O.T. received overwhelmingly negative reviews by fans and critics alike, with many fans crediting Roland and Martin as characters, frustrating writing, confusing moments, and overall silly plot and premise, because of this, many have considered Transformers B.O.T. not one as one of the worst episode of the second season of Transformers, but also considered as one of the single worst episodes of Transformers of all time. The Transformers Wiki spends the entire article moaning and ending that it needs a stiff drink.