The Transformers BotBots Show Comes to Netflix March 24

the big news for me is that the air bud franchise is still a thing in 2022

william-james88 wrote:the big news for me is that the air bud franchise is still a thing in 2022

And it's not another Buddies movie, for once!

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:the big news for me is that the air bud franchise is still a thing in 2022

And it's not another Buddies movie, for once!

Wait a minute, aren't those disney movies? Is there some rights wrangling going on here?

I'm amusingly intrigued by that teaser image in the news

Sweet!!!!!

This also means that Netflix isn't producing a Transformers Legacy cartoon for now.

TulioDude wrote:This also means that Netflix isn't producing a Transformers Legacy cartoon for now.

Netflix didn't produce War For Cybertron Trilogy, either. They just streamed it.

Sabrblade wrote:

TulioDude wrote:This also means that Netflix isn't producing a Transformers Legacy cartoon for now.

Netflix didn't produce War For Cybertron Trilogy, either. They just streamed it.

I imagine that part of the budget that Rooster Teeth used was from the Netflix exclusivity.

LOS ANGELES, CA (February 22, 2022) - Hasbro’s entertainment studio, eOne, and Netflix launch TRANSFORMERS: BOTBOTS, the first ever comedy series in the beloved TRANSFORMERS franchise, set to premiere on March 25, 2022 on Netflix with 10, twenty-two minute episodes.

TRANSFORMERS: BOTBOTS is an animated series, full of high energy humor that will delight kids, transporting the next generation of viewers into a brand new world of mischievous little ‘bots. When a mall is hit with Energon, everyday objects from the food court, the hardware store and other locations spring to life and convert into tiny Transformers robots called BotBots.

This series offers a little something for everyone as BotBots come in a wide and unique range of hysterical characters, who are the epitome of… MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE. They formed squads based on the store they came from, but not every ‘bot was in their correct store when they came to life. By day, these BotBots hide quietly on mall store shelves but at night, they jump headfirst into adventure until a misfit group of BotBots called ‘The Lost Bots’ run into the mall security guard and put all the ‘bots in danger. Will these zany ‘bots be able to overcome their differences, defeat the security guard and gain acceptance with the other ‘bots? The entire family will enjoy this hilarious new series that is silly, wacky, and fun!

Executive produced by Kevin Burke and Chris “Doc” Wyatt (Spider-Man, Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy, Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters) they also serve as showrunners on the series.

You can even check out (region locked) clips below along with the image released.

So Toy Story meets Night at the Museum?

We got some news on the voice director and voice cast, and this time, it's another new talent pool never before used in Transformers: the Toronto voice acting pool.

Alyson Court (Jubilee from the 90s X-Men cartoon, Loonette the Clown from The Big Comfy Couch, Emily Elizabeth from the 1988 Clifford's Fun With... video series, Claire Redfield in four of the Resident Evil video games, and much more) is confirmed to be the voice director, and has announced that some of the voice cast are James Hartnett, Joseph Motiki, Josette Jorge, Devon Mack, Louisa Zhu, and two others named "Lisa" and "Christian" (Court doesn't give their surnames).

Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt are also confirmed as crew members.

This seems oddly entertaining, i will check it out

I like it! I'm keen to show my wife the trailer for her reaction.

Here's the trailer that's the talk of the community at the moment. It's for the new BotBots show coming out next month on Netflix. As you can see in the trailer, the show really commits to the lore brought on by the toyline, with the idea of different tribes and it stars the lost Bots. You will see that several different animation techniques are blended together similarly to the beloved World of Gumball show. So far, the trailer seems to have redeemed a lot of fears fans had but let us know if you feel the same.

Also, interesting to see that Pizza vehicle in action in the trailer. Hopefully that means it will finally be coming out (image below).

It probably isn't him, what with the show being voiced in Toronto and all, but the security guard's voice sounds an awful lot like Ian James Corlett.

I frikkin love it

This seems like the kind of show to seem cheesy at-a-glance, but is a little weightier than the trailer implies Also, why is the voice acting in this better than all of the WFC cartoons combined? Like there’s actual effort or something

Stormshot_Prime wrote:This seems like the kind of show to seem cheesy at-a-glance, but is a little weightier than the trailer implies Also, why is the voice acting in this better than all of the WFC cartoons combined? Like there’s actual effort or something

It's a different talent pool of Toronto voice actors and a different voice director. A different team of different people altogether. Expect it to be a voice cast of people who have never been in a Transformers cartoon before, as Transformers has never been voiced in Toronto before.

RIP TRANSFORMERS

BERSEKAEL wrote:RIP TRANSFORMERS

Forgotten about EarthSpark so soon, have we?

I'm willing to give it a chance, at the very least I may get a few chuckles out of it, I'm not expecting some deep engaging show that's for sure.

BERSEKAEL wrote:RIP TRANSFORMERS

RIP your sense of humour more like.

From the same cesspool of ideas that thought you would love "Thundercats Ho!", comes something actually worse than Michael Bay's Transformers. Netflix is proud to present..."Not Bots"....

I'm so glad these never got a major release in Japan. They're not Transformers in any way shape or form.

I'm at the point where I just don't care. I'll just focus on collecting cool toys.

Is this an actual Notbots image?

Regardless, I think I know what the OP's views on Notbots are...

I'm guessing there is no scale to any of these hijinks. Wondering if pizza vehicle has a bot mode or how many seasons until combining botbots appear.

As long as it keeps the kids entertained and buying toys is the main thing. Might even be better than Cyberverse XD

Interesting. Maybe this show being so comedy-centered will be contrasted by EarthSpark being more action-packed and serious?

blackeyedprime wrote:Might even be better than Cyberverse XD

Gonna be a hard bar to get over, but I think this looks like a lot of fun, so I think this will be a fun series in a different way than Cyberverse.

I'm excited for it!

Quackles needs to get at least a "yeeeeesssss" or they have failed the Fandom.

Flashwave wrote:Quickies needs to get at least a "yeeeeesssss" or they have failed the Fandom.

Oh my!

Sabrblade wrote:

Stormshot_Prime wrote:This seems like the kind of show to seem cheesy at-a-glance, but is a little weightier than the trailer implies Also, why is the voice acting in this better than all of the WFC cartoons combined? Like there’s actual effort or something

It's a different talent pool of Toronto voice actors and a different voice director. A different team of different people altogether. Expect it to be a voice cast of people who have never been in a Transformers cartoon before, as Transformers has never been voiced in Toronto before.

Really? Not even during the Mainframe shows? Huh, didn't know that.

BERSEKAEL wrote:RIP TRANSFORMERS

primalxconvoy wrote:From the same cesspool of ideas that thought you would love "Thundercats Ho!", comes something actually worse than Michael Bay's Transformers. Netflix is proud to present..."Not Bots"....

I'm so glad these never got a major release in Japan. They're not Transformers in any way shape or form.

Welp, guess TFWiki's gonna add another entry to the "Ruined FOREVER" page.

Honestly, though, Transformers is an ecletic enough brand that can encompass different genres and approaches, including lighter ones, as previous preschool shows like Go-Bots and especially Rescue Bots demonstrated. And this show already has a massive advantage over TTG or "Thundercats Ho!": they're using new characters already designed to be comedic and silly instead of poorly adapting more serious pre-established characters to a comedy setting.

Now all that's left to see is if it'll be good random comedy or TTG-level of random comedy. Given the trailer so far, it can go either way, but I'm hopeful.

MaximalNui wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stormshot_Prime wrote:This seems like the kind of show to seem cheesy at-a-glance, but is a little weightier than the trailer implies Also, why is the voice acting in this better than all of the WFC cartoons combined? Like there’s actual effort or something

It's a different talent pool of Toronto voice actors and a different voice director. A different team of different people altogether. Expect it to be a voice cast of people who have never been in a Transformers cartoon before, as Transformers has never been voiced in Toronto before.

Really? Not even during the Mainframe shows? Huh, didn't know that.

BERSEKAEL wrote:RIP TRANSFORMERS

primalxconvoy wrote:From the same cesspool of ideas that thought you would love "Thundercats Ho!", comes something actually worse than Michael Bay's Transformers. Netflix is proud to present..."Not Bots"....

I'm so glad these never got a major release in Japan. They're not Transformers in any way shape or form.

Welp, guess TFWiki's gonna add another entry to the "Ruined FOREVER" page.

Honestly, though, Transformers is an ecletic enough brand that can encompass different genres and approaches, including lighter ones, as previous preschool shows like Go-Bots and especially Rescue Bots demonstrated. And this show already has a massive advantage over TTG or "Thundercats Ho!": they're using new characters already designed to be comedic and silly instead of poorly adapting more serious pre-established characters to a comedy setting.

Now all that's left to see is if it'll be good random comedy or TTG-level of random comedy. Given the trailer so far, it can go either way, but I'm hopeful.

It's not the fact that it's "comedy" it's the fact that ANYTHING can be a "Transformer", and that even if that is "accepted", they crossed the line by making them made out of the same materials as their alt modes. This means the burger bot is literally made out of edible materials. It would have been funnier if they were all "metal" still, as if the humans tried to eat them, they would break their teeth, etc. Making them "proper" Transformers in this way would have been great. Heck, even Beast Wars/Machines TFs weren't actually organic, but rather a combination of both organic and synthetic components, usually mixed at a molecular level, to various degrees, depending on the show.

I'm not asking for a detailed, serious explanation of that in the show, but there should be some sort of visual/plot explanation in the first ep that gets it out of the way quickly for us to suspend disbelief and enjoy the show. The creators must know TF fans might be watching.

As for the other kiddie TF shows, I loved them. However, they still had some semblance of plot and didn't fart all over established TF lore, even at the most nonsensical of times.

MaximalNui wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stormshot_Prime wrote:This seems like the kind of show to seem cheesy at-a-glance, but is a little weightier than the trailer implies Also, why is the voice acting in this better than all of the WFC cartoons combined? Like there’s actual effort or something

It's a different talent pool of Toronto voice actors and a different voice director. A different team of different people altogether. Expect it to be a voice cast of people who have never been in a Transformers cartoon before, as Transformers has never been voiced in Toronto before.

Really? Not even during the Mainframe shows? Huh, didn't know that.

Nope. Those and the Unicron Trilogy were all voiced in Vancouver.

MaximalNui wrote:Welp, guess TFWiki's gonna add another entry to the "Ruined FOREVER" page.

Nah, two naysayers out of countless fans isn't enough. Besides, that page hasn't had any additions to its list in seven years.

primalxconvoy wrote:It's not the fact that it's "comedy" it's the fact that ANYTHING can be a "Transformer", and that even if that is "accepted", they crossed the line by making them made out of the same materials as their alt modes.

You're about four years and 345 figures (plus 69 yet to be released) too late to be now complaining about the BotBots' core design aesthetic.

william-james88 wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Quickies needs to get at least a "yeeeeesssss" or they have failed the Fandom.

Oh my!

*Quackles

Dang Autocorrect.

primalxconvoy wrote:It's not the fact that it's "comedy" it's the fact that ANYTHING can be a "Transformer", and that even if that is "accepted", they crossed the line by making them made out of the same materials as their alt modes. This means the burger bot is literally made out of edible materials. It would have been funnier if they were all "metal" still, as if the humans tried to eat them, they would break their teeth, etc. Making them "proper" Transformers in this way would have been great. Heck, even Beast Wars/Machines TFs weren't actually organic, but rather a combination of both organic and synthetic components, usually mixed at a molecular level, to various degrees, depending on the show.

I'm not asking for a detailed, serious explanation of that in the show, but there should be some sort of visual/plot explanation in the first ep that gets it out of the way quickly for us to suspend disbelief and enjoy the show. The creators must know TF fans might be watching.

As for the other kiddie TF shows, I loved them. However, they still had some semblance of plot and didn't fart all over established TF lore, even at the most nonsensical of times.

Just a simple suggestion, but maybe step back, take a look in the mirror, and completely re-asses your life. From obsessing over YouTubers to being butt-hurt over a cartoon ... you really do come across a whiny spoilt man-baby.

And hey, if that's your thing you're going for, kudos to you.

But seriously, it's a cartoon. Get over it.

Just watched the trailer, and am carefully optimistic. The plot seems relevant enough and a night watchman (I'm assuming) as the main incompetent antagonist makes it all promising.

And guys, it's a show that shouldn't be taken too seriously. It's just all about fun!


I wonder if this will be our version of Teen Titans Go!

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:And guys, it's a show that shouldn't be taken too seriously. It's just all about fun!

I don't think this can be emphasised enough.

It would be funny if some deep-lore stuff happened in this cartoon.Like talking about the nature of the AllSpark and the Transformers race.

I plan to watch it with my kids. But the mention of cholesterol makes me think that there will be a few jokes that I'll get that will fly over their heads.

BERSEKAEL wrote:RIP TRANSFORMERS

MaximalNui wrote:Welp, guess TFWiki's gonna add another entry to the "Ruined FOREVER" page.

TRUKK NOT PIZZA

I think it looks like lots of fun, and may even be a TF cartoon my wife will enjoy.

RotorstormNZ wrote:

BERSEKAEL wrote:RIP TRANSFORMERS

MaximalNui wrote:Welp, guess TFWiki's gonna add another entry to the "Ruined FOREVER" page.

TRUKK NOT PIZZA

No no, see, it's TRUKK NOT KOFFY, since it's Coffeemus Prime this time.

Sabrblade wrote:

RotorstormNZ wrote:

BERSEKAEL wrote:RIP TRANSFORMERS

MaximalNui wrote:Welp, guess TFWiki's gonna add another entry to the "Ruined FOREVER" page.

TRUKK NOT PIZZA

No no, see, it's TRUKK NOT KOFFY, since it's Coffeemus Prime this time.

That is genius.

Sabrblade wrote:

RotorstormNZ wrote:

BERSEKAEL wrote:RIP TRANSFORMERS

MaximalNui wrote:Welp, guess TFWiki's gonna add another entry to the "Ruined FOREVER" page.

TRUKK NOT PIZZA

No no, see, it's TRUKK NOT KOFFY, since it's Coffeemus Prime this time.

I forgot about this one.

Man, so much potential for fun

New clip:

That looks so fantastic, I am loving it already

Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian Sabrblade, we have news that the upcoming Transformers Botbot series has released a new clip via Netflix on Youtube!

Transformers Botbots is set to follow the wacky escapades of our favorite little Transformers that literally turn into anything and everything that might be found in a mall after an Energon cloud strikes and brings them to life. In this new clip, we see Burgertron finding himself in the lost and found, where he has found and is introducing himself to the Lost bots, a group of Botbots who all ended up in the lost and found and have no idea that the outside world exists. Burgertron gives us a nice bit of exposition for the series in the clip.

Check it out below, and watch for Botbots to drop on March 25 on Netflix!

And another:

This clip reminds me of my younger cousins. Poor Burgertron...

Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian Sabrblade, we have news that the upcoming Transformers Botbot series has released another new clip via Netflix on Youtube!

Transformers Botbots is set to follow the wacky escapades of our favorite little Transformers that literally turn into anything and everything that might be found in a mall after an Energon cloud strikes and brings them to life. In this new clip, we see Burgertron trying to get the Lost bots, a group of Botbots who all ended up in the lost and found and have no idea that the outside world exists, motivated to return the phone of the mall security guard. Being lost bots, the botbots are more interested in playing with the phone and its many apps than actually returning it.

Check it out below, and watch for Botbots to drop on March 25 on Netflix!

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This just continues to look like so much fun