Transformers deleted scenes/dialogue

The following is a list of storyboard scene numbers and dialogue lines that were deleted from Transformers episodes, after the scripts had been passed out of story editing.
The information for these cuts is sourced from the dialogue scripts available at the archive's main Transformers page, as well as cross-referencing with the available full scripts and storyboards.

* - line truncated, but partially used
+ - storyboard scene cut, but dialogue retained and moved.

Storyboard scenes

MP 4023 More Than Meets The Eye, part 1: 1-14: 1 scenes, 15-56: 18 scenes, 57-264: 85 scenes, 265-272: 1 scene, 273-452: 85 scenes, 464-531: 36 scenes. WIP

MP 4024 More Than Meets The Eye, Part 2: 1-3, 17, 39, 40, 51-55, 85, 99, 105-114, 127, 134-142, 144, 147-150, 155, 156, 160, 175, 176.196, 199, 201, 205-210, 217-221, 230 (Only Act I information available at present)

MP 4025 More Than Meets The Eye, part 3: 1-242: 54 scenes, 245-275: 16 scenes, 281-302: 5 scenes, 309-320A: 8 scenes, 325-335: 7 scenes, 338-502: 53 scenes. Final scene: 514

MP 700

02 Roll For It: 1-27: 7 scenes, 31, 41, 42, 44-46, 51-58, 61-65, 67-73, 76-79, 90, 98, 100, 133-159: 18 scenes, 205-208, 213, 214, 215-218 moved to 198A-198D, 277-279, 299-308, 385, 400, 401, 418, 421-423, 427, 430, 437*, 439, 440, 443-452, 461, 463-477: 2 scenes, 482-486: 2 scenes, Final scene: 516

05 S.O.S Dinobots: 8-12, 14-16 (some dialogue moved), 17B, 18, 31-34, 36-38, 43, 44, 45 no pan, 46-50 (dialogue moved), 56 no truck-out, 57, 82-84 revised, 99 no pan, 100 and 101 swapped, 147, 150, 167-170, 174, 177-180, 237, 238, 240-243, 267, 268, 273 (dialogue moved to 272), 288, 304-306, 329 no pan, 342-351,

11 Countdown To Extinction: 1 no pan, 9 and 10 before 2, 11 replaced with 700-10 footage, 14 flopped, 16, 25, 28-36, 38, 69, 70, 99-102, 167-173, 175-185, 188, 189, 202-204, 213, 311-317.

Final scene: 397.    

13 Heavy Metal War: 39, 40, 41 revised, 44-51, 54, 64, 72-88, 89 truncated, 92-96, 101, 109, 110, 113, 114, 146-148, 150 revised, 155, 165, 166, 173-178, 185-189, 196, 202, 219 revised, 221, 223-238, revision scene inserted before 239, 240, no dialogue 262, 263, 264, 267 no pan, 274 no pan, 279-281, 309, 310, 321, 323, 326-329, 331 revised, 332, 333, 346, 371, 372, 374-385, 386 revised, 392, 411. Final scene: 433

16 Autobot Spike: 139, 149*, 151 revised to add Laserbeak, 152-167, 168-170 Soundwave replaced by Laserbeak, 174 (Act II information only).

18 City Of Steel: 6,7, 9, 18, 23-25, 53-56, 58, 60, 73-98, 166-168, 215-219, 232, 302, 304, 345-351.  Final scene: 449

19 Attack Of The Autobots: 7, 8, 9A-11, 20-25, 45-54, 86, 97, 103, 140 action on 139 layout, 141-158, 164 before 163, 188, 190, 193, 194, 202, 205, 208, 209A-218, 222-226, 240, 251 and 252 before 247, 263, Backgrounds changed for 260-279, 280-285, 304-308, 310-313, 318, 379, 385, 394-397, 398, 436, 440 and 441 revised, 469*, 473-475, 482, 484, 486, 488, 497, 500.

Final scene: 503

20 Traitor: 102-115: 10 scenes, 121-229: 5 scenes, 231-279: 4 scenes. Final scene count: 403

21 The Immobilizer: 25, 32 (Bumblebee dialogue on 33), 41-44, 50, 61A-63, 77-84, 163-166, 172, 175, 176, 179, 180, 186, 190-199, 201, 227, 240-244 moved to 237A-237E, 265, 266, 288, 289, 291-294, 308 no pan, 338-341, 349 and 350 combined, 351-353, 358-361, 365-367, 376-379, 381-384, 391, 393, 398-400, 440A, 447 moved to 444A, 445, 446 moved to 450A, 488 moved to 501A, 

22 The Autobot Run: 42, 66, 67, 71, 91, 141-159: 10 scenes, 189-229: 4 scenes, 235, 237-244: 5 scenes, 259-300: 3 scenes, 316, 319-406: 25 scenes. Final scene: 430

23 Atlantis, Arise!: 1-4: 2 scenes, 24, 25, 62, 63 after 64, layouts revised 66-73, 74 revised, 77*, 79 before 78, 89, 91-100, 103-106, 108-122, 123 revised, 129-139, 141, 145, 150, 161, 172*, 176 dialogue on 175, 178, 189, 191, 192, 194-197, 200-202, 203*. 204*, 210 before 208, 211-227, 231-233, 238, 241, 248, 249, 252, 251A and B added, 324 revised, 372, 394 revised, 395-401, 425, 426, 449 and 450 combined, 458, 463, 464, 479, 480, 537-544.  Final scene: 544

24 Day Of The Machines: 1-17: 4 scenes, 34, 35, 38, 46, 129-217: 34 scenes, 219, 220, 224-265: 15 scenes, 347-457: 7 scenes, 459-483: 7 scenes. Final scene 486

25 Enter The Nightbird: 31, 32, 113-115, 131-149: 6 scenes, 154-226: 17 scenes, 231-288: 9 scenes, 298-301, 307-317: 3 scenes, 322-326: 2 scenes, 330-401: 11 additional scenes. Final scene 472

27 The Core 1-7 3 scenes, 12-20: 6 scenes, 79, 90-138: 3 scenes, 149-213: 3 scenes, 219, 339-381: 17 scenes, 383-388: 2 scenes, 390-399: 2 scenes, 451-460: 3 scenes, 462, 465-476

28 The Insecticon Syndrome: 84-137, 202-206, 285-302: seven scenes, 321-350, 385-396. Final scene: 485

38 Blaster Blues

45 The Secret Of Omega Supreme

48 Sea Change: 1, 17, 21, 22, 35-37, 39, 51-57, 85-87. 96-98, 101-103, 120 before 116, 125-129, 134 (dialogue on 135), 138-154 (140 dialogue on new scene 137A), 161, 164 before 163, 186, 197 no zip pan, 200 repeated shot on Act break, 218 action on 220 layout, 232-234, 236-241, 249-252, 254-256 (some dialogue moved), 258-261. 263, 293-296, 305-310, 313+, 326, 330-336, 348+, 365-368, 371-375, 381-385, 386 changed to underwater BGs, 388-393, 399, 401-402 no dialogue, 404, 405, 417, 431, 432, 437-439, 445-455.  Final scene: 505.

57 Aerial Assault

60 Cosmic Rust: 

Cut in final revision: 3 and 4 dialogue, 8, 17-19, 21, 35-37, 65-67, 80-83, 122, 123, 155, 162, 163, 167-170, 176-182, 266, 281 

Cut at Toei or in Post: 11, 12, 15, 39, 41+, 45+, 49 action on 50 layout, 69, 74+, 85+, 86*, 90 action on 91 layout, 113, 116+, 118, 128+, 161+, 164 and 166 combined, 185, 196-201, 203, 223, 224, 261+, 273, 282, 291*, 322-324, 370*, 375*, 380 action on 381 layout, 383.

92 Chaos

Dialogue lines

29 Dinobot Island, Part 1: 115, 116, 196.

30 Dinobot Island, Part 2: 29-34, 48, 49, 90, 115, 116, 130, 131, 146-148, 155-158, 167.

31 The Master Builders: 63, 72, 120, 121, 161, 177, 185.

32 Auto Berserk: 1, 26, 40, 87, 90, 95, 234.

33 Microbots: 80, 83, 84, 86, 92-94, 98-99, 104-106, 141-146, 178, 179, 201, 210, 215.

34 Megatron's Master Plan, part 1: 43, 64, 82, 105, 113, 128?, 129?, 173, 185, 212, 213.

35 Megatron's Master Plan, part 2: 16-25, 94, 141, 1 (additional)

36 Desertion Of The Dinobots, Part 1: 14, 49-54, 61, 74, 92, 99, 100, 108, 136.

37 Desertion Of The Dinobots, Part 2: 79, 91-98, 105-108, 111, 112, 133*-135, 139, 154, 184.

38 Blaster Blues: 8-10, 16-22, 89, 122-124, 159, 167, 173, 174, 196, 202, 203, 213-219, 223-227, 229.

39 A Decepticon Raider In King Arthur's Court: 1, 14, 15, 17*, 30, 43*, 44-50, 51*, 61, 72*, 77*, 81-84*, 95*, 99*, 130-131, 155, 159, 166, 168, 187, 199-204, 227, 246-256, 287, 288, 300*, 301-304,

40 The Golden Lagoon: 49, 50, four lines 111-119, three lines 124-169, 176.

41 The God Gambit: 50-54, 70-73, 82, 126, 130, 145, 166, 168, 169, 185-188, 191, 193, 194, 198, 202, 211,214, 223, 232 replaced.

42 Make Tracks: 21, 22, 131, 153, 154, 174, 182, 186, 206-215, 217, 224.

43 Child's Play: 1, 4-6, 11, 18, 20, 30-32, 35, 66, 198, 199.

44 Quest For Survival: 5, 12, 57-73, 93, One line 100-107, 110-114, four lines 121-129, five lines 135-149, four lines 164-186, four lines 222-238, two lines 240-247.

45 The Secret Of Omega Supreme: 7, 33, two lines 65-70, 74, 75 93, five lines 103-118, three lines 120-127, two lines 131-137, eleven lines 139-163, four lines 190-197, four lines 203-232, six lines 240-266.

46 The Gambler: 4-13, 20-23, seven lines 151-181, fourteen lines 201-227, two lines 231-263.

47 Kremzeek!: 4, 5, 16-18, 27-34, 43, 49 71-73, 87-89, 91, 92, 109, 124, 142-148.

48 Sea Change: 15, 21, 22, 26, 27, 58, 59, 61, 65, 67, 78-82, 88-96, 100, 103, seven lines 118-136, six lines 151-160, 163-166, 168-172, fourteen lines 182-213, 228, 232-239, eight lines 242-252, 258-263, three lines 273-280, 284, 285, five lines 289-296, 310, five lines 312-318, 332.

49 Triple Takeover: 25-61, 103, four lines 106-125, eleven lines 130-162, seven lines 176-188, 206, eight lines 237-252.

50 Prime Target: 33, 34, 40, 43*, 45, 55, 60-65, 68, 80, 112, 128, 140, 141, 143, 144, 148, 196-198, 203, 214-216.

51 Auto-bop: 5-8, 18-22, 25, 26, 30-32, 34-36, 69, 78-84, 87-101, One line 109-125, five lines 127-145, 155, 156, 166, 167, One line 170-182, 187-190, nine lines 213-229, eight lines 234-252.

52 The Search For Alpha Trion: 27, 31,40, 84-88, 91, four lines 100-117, four lines 119-148, 152-159, seven lines 171-199, four lines 208-227, 252.

53 The Girl Who Loved Powerglide: 6-8, 36, 43, 51, 90-93, 95-106, three lines 115-132, two lines 139-143, three lines 150-163.

54 Hoist Goes Hollywood: 33-36, 41,123, three lines 125-162, 218, six lines 219-236.

55 The Key To Vector Sigma, Part 1: 9-14, 44, 45, 57, 74, 101-106, 129-132, 134-140, 146-148, 161, 162, 177-179, 192-194, 210, 211, 215, 216, 239.

56 The Key To Vector Sigma, Part 2: 1-14, 22-25, 30, 48, 49, 59, 61, 62, 71, 72, 86-92, 120-123, 173, 174, 177-179, 181-184, 189, 198-200, 210, 228, 245-249.

57 Aerial Assault: 1*, 10*-12, 18, 51-54, 56, 57, 73, 77, 78, 98, 99, 112-138, 141-162, 184, 185, two lines 188-193, 228*.

58 War Dawn: 5, 8, 16, 20-22, 25, 26, 29-31, 33, 37, 42-44, 47, 54, 57, 71-76, 78, 84, 90, 145, 147, 2 lines 149-162, seventeen lines 169-217, 230, five lines 220-244, four lines 246-277, 279, 280, six lines 291-310.

59 Trans-Europe Express: 24, 26, 36, 40-48, 50-55, 73, 124, 132, 134-145, 155*, 157-159, 168, 202, 214, 253.

60 Cosmic Rust: 2, 4, 12, 13, 15-17, 26, 36, 41, 42, 65, 70, 71, 89-93, 96-100, 101, 108-110, 121, 122, 149, 163*, 170, 204, 205, 220, 237.

61 Starscream's Brigade: 30, 50, 58-61, 63, 64, 66, 72-76, 97, 127, 141, 144, 145, 153, 154, 158-159, 161, 171, 172, 175-179, 186-195, 205, 210-212, 227, 229. (incomplete due to heavy re-write of ending)

62 The Revenge Of Bruticus: 12,34, 36, 37, 57, 63, 74, 78, 79, 206.

63 Masquerade: 11*, 31-33, 54, 74, 129, 137, 146, 158, 159, 178-183, 194-197, 206, 242-247, 249, 267.

64 B.O.T: 14-18, 24, 25, 39, 41, 51, 62, 69, 74, 75, 82, 92, 99, 100, 105-109, 118-122, 125, 128, 130, 135-137, 156.


86 Five Faces Of Darkness, Part 1: 1, 3-5, 7, 9, 10, 21-34, 44, four lines 57-63, 65, 70, 71, 73, 74, 85, five lines 111-121, three lines 131-140, three lines 147-156, 166-174, two lines 201-207, 221.

87 Five Faces Of Darkness, Part 2: 9-18, 20, 27, 28, 35, 71, 119, five lines 132-148, eight lines 150-163, 179, 183, two lines 186-192, 204.

88 Five Faces Of Darkness, Part 3: 4-6, 81, 103, 114, 115, two lines 120-138, 1 line 142-146, 163.

89 Five Faces Of Darkness, Part 4: 13-22, 34, 35, 47, 48, 52-56, 64, 65, 71, 79-83, four lines 156-169, one line 171-179, one line 188-195, five lines 212-228.

90 Five Faces Of Darkness, Part 5: 27, 78, 79, 82, 83, 96-98, 125, 127, 128, 164, 197, 211, 212.

91 The Killing Jar: 32, 43, 51A, 52, 82, 86-88, 96, 129A, 134, 136, 140, 142, 145, 155, 160, 226, 228, 246, 247.

92 Chaos: 4, 5, 15, 25, 29, 30, 57, 64, two lines 68-71, 76, 79, 105-107, 112, four lines 139-162, four lines 164-177.

93 Dark Awakening: 9, 10, 38, 64, 89-94, 114, 146-155, 193, 201, 210, 211, 236, 252, 257, 258.

94 Forever Is A Long Time Coming: 19-23, 32-34, 36, 42, 58-63, 91-93, 96, 99-104, two lines 175-188.

95 Starscream's Ghost: No original script

96 Thief In The Night: 1-9, 12, 13, 24-28, 35, 37, 38, 51-57. 74-84, 93, 94, nineteen lines 107-129, 133, ten lines 148-179, 196-203, two lines 205-212, ten lines 214-232, 239, 242.

97 Surprise Party: 53-55, 72, 73, 100.

98 Madman's Paradise: 22, 30, 31, 80, 83, 96, three lines 98-104, 115, 122, 137, 144, three lines 154-163, 190, six lines 199-207, 209, two lines 219-232, two lines 234-239, 241, 242, 246, 248, 249, 254, 256, 258, two lines 263-274.

99 Nightmare Planet: 3, 12, 13, 15-18, 24, 36-44, 46, 50, 51, 60, 61, 82, 95, 101, three lines 111-115, six lines 120-140, two lines 143-149, five lines 151-157, 196, two lines 201-209.

100 Ghost In The Machine: 56-58, 61, 62, three lines 119-130, seven lines 132-154, sixteen lines 181-217.

101 Webworld: 3-5, 10, 11, 14, 15, 20, 22, 23, 25, 36, 39, 47-49, 61, 66, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 84-86, 90, two lines 163-175, 181-183, ten lines 214-223, two lines 225-246, three lines 251-258.

102 Carnage In C-Minor: 65-68, 72, 74, 75, 78, 88, 94, 95, 103, 129, 132, 133, 142, thirteen lines 144-159, 168-171, 175, five lines 177-202, two lines 207-215, eight lines 223-237, 240.

103 The Quintesson Journal: 8, 9, 24, 32, 57, 83, 84, 92.

104 The Ultimate Weapon:

105 The Big Broadcast of 2006:

106 Fight Or Flee:

107 Dweller In The Depths: 8, 39, 50-59, 65, 73, 77, 78, 85, 89, 91-93, six lines 96-110, two lines 112-115, seven lines 118-140, 168, 172, 173, six lines 175-187, five lines 210-231, six lines 248-270.

108 Only Human: 7, 13, 15, three lines 133-142, one lines 144-149, two lines 151-173, 206.

110 Grimlock's New Brain 77, 78, 81, 82, four lines 98-103, 136-141, nine lines 146-176, 179-182, three lines 197-205, two lines 225-230.

111 Money Is Everything 21, 37, 57, 92, three lines 115-133, three lines 135-143, eleven lines 150-179, 182, 204, 205, 229, three lines 231-238, 282.

112 Call Of The Primitives 12, 18, 19, 23, 24, 40, 155, three lines 159-179.

113 The Face Of The Nijika 1-5, 35, 43, 44, 79-81, 84, 96-98, six lines 180-219.

114 The Burden Hardest To Bear 3-5, 11, 12, 33, 58, 65, 68, 77, 78, five lines 216-229, 248.

115 The Return Of Optimus Prime, Part 1: 37-39, 60-65, 94, 95, 105-108, 111, 113, 120, 138 -145, 158, 166-168, 178, 179, 182.

116 The Return Of Optimus Prime, Part 2: 64-67, 102, 104, 107, 111, 128, 137, 145, 156, 172, 229.

Sunbow co-production codes (1990's, incomplete)

Co-production partners noted in parentheses

1992

100 Conan The Adventurer (Season 1: Graz Entertainment, Season 2: Creativite et Developpement)
200 My Little Pony Tales (Graz Entertainment)

1993

93-400 The Tick (Graz Entertainment)
93-500 Sgt Savage And His Screaming Eagles (Graz Entertainment)

1994

94-300 Conan And The Young Warriors

1995
804 G.I Joe Extreme (Season 1: Graz Entertainment, Season 2: Gunther-Wahl Productions)

November 2019 additions

MP 700  Transformers

Added my own digital reconstruction of scripts.  Using the few Friedman revision copies where all the original dialogue can be seen, they have been restored essentially to first draft status as much as possible.

Current scripts restored:

24 - Day Of The Machines
25 - Enter The Nightbird
31 - The Master Builders
32 - Auto-Berserk
38 - Blaster Blues
39 - A Decepticon Raider In King Arthur's Court

Episode runtime

As the archive acquires script scans, I have been keeping track of the approximate unedited runtime of the episodes based on page count.  Alongside this, I have timed out the broadcast episode' original story animation, meaning no intro, credits, bumpers or repeated footage.  Recaps are only included if they are accounted for in the scripting.

The majority of scripts are timed based on a standard of 30 second per page.  Some scripts from 1983 and up to the summer of 1984 worked to an older timing standard, of around 20 to 25 second per page.

Page count

October 2019 additions

MP 700 Transformers

Thanks to contributors we_are_forest and Nathan Stacy respectively.  The archive now hosts both the unedited script and full storyboards for episode 700-60 Cosmic Rust (FKA Rust In Peace).

If there are any other script or storyboard owners who wish to contribute to the archive, but lack a dedicated scanner.  Then an alternative can be the use of Adobe Scan, used for the above storyboards:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/mobile/scanner-app.html

If time is an issue and it is not possible to scan all in one go, contributions can be sent in instalments to later be stitched together with the use of Adobe Pro.

MP 6610 Bucky O'Hare

The 7 scripts already hosted at the archive have undergone digital cleanup and restoration work to correct the poor scans made by Sunbow in the early 2000's.

Before:

After:

August 2019 additions

Transformers

Thanks to walruslaw at TFRaw for contributing a copy of the show bible, as found on the 2009 Shout Factory DVD.  This edition covers the 1984 cast with addendums for Jetfire, the Dinobots, Insecticons and Constructicons.

Thanks to nmeofthast8 at tfw2005 for contributing an unedited copy of the War Of The Dinobots script.   This version features the original character of Dr. Lynn Hyashi and a subplot of Sparkplug being jealous of her, mirroring Grimlock's jealousy of Prime.  In story-editing, Lynn was replaced by Chip Chase and eventually the jealousy subplot was dropped entirely.


G.I Joe

I have compressed the file size of the G.I Joe: The Movie script down to 19mb for easier access and viewing.


Bucky O'Hare And The Toad Wars

Having tracked down and bought a copy of the 2004 Metrodome DVD, I have uploaded 7 of the 13 full scripts.  This was the first show in Sunbow's 1991 return to full length animation since the conclusion of Jem in 1988 and the last to be co-produced by Marvel Productions.

Note that while the other 6 scripts are available on the DVD, they are explicitly forbidden from being uploaded online.

Also added a sizeable Marvel Productions model pack and lists.

July 2019 new additions

Here are the new additions to the archive for this month

Transformers, part 1

• A modern reproduction, created by TheRoboplasticApocalypse and posted with permission, of the original Marvel Comics treatment for The Transformers.  Written by Jim Shooter, this treatment would form the foundation for both the comic and the cartoon.
• A transcript of Marvel Productions' internal correspondence from story editors Bryce Malek and Dick Robbins, to Margaret Loesch and Lee Gunther, detailing their development work on the main Transformers series as of April 30th, 1984.
• A second version of the Transport To Oblivion script.  This computerised revision on June 8th, 1984 preceding the handwritten final revisions on 22nd June, 1984.

Transformers, part 2

• A transcript of The Eye Of The Beholder, one of five premises submitted to Sunbow by Cary Bates and Greg Weisman in April 1986.  None of the premises were taken forward to the outline stage.  Bates and Weisman would make their television writing debut on the Jem episode Video Wars.  Written likely in spring 1987, aired February 1988.

Once again, I invite all those viewing this blog:  If you have production material and wish to preserve it for posterity, please get in touch.  Especially interested in....

• Premises, outlines or full scripts
• Storyboards
• Voice actor call sheets
• Dialogue scripts.  Including those that contain all original dialogue that can replace "as broadcast" copies
• Memos and internal correspondence

If Sunbow Productions commissioned it and/or Marvel Productions produced it, it is welcome here.