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Transformers: Prime: Season 2

26 episodes Premiered Feb 18, 2012
Previously on Transformers: Prime

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Transformers: Prime Season 1.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (22): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

Orion Pax (1)

Feb 18, 2012

Megatron manipulates the impaired Optimus into joining the Decepticons.

S2·E2 Core

Orion Pax (2)

Feb 25, 2012

Jack learns how to restore Optimus' memory.

S2·E3 Core

Orion Pax (3)

Mar 3, 2012

Optimus begins to piece together his real identity using several clues (including Starscream referring to his as a "prime" -- whoops!), and eventually rebels against Megatron’s ord

S2·E4 Core

Operation: Bumblebee (1)

Mar 10, 2012

Bumblebee questions his worthiness to his team after he is compromised.

S2·E5 Core

Operation: Bumblebee (2)

Mar 17, 2012

Bumblebee discovers that MECH and Starscream are responsible for his troubles; Ratchet confronts demons from his Cybertronian past.

S2·E6 Core

Loose Cannons

Mar 24, 2012

Wheeljack returns to Earth, hot on the the trail of Skyquake's brother Dreadwing.

S2·E7 Core

Crossfire

Mar 31, 2012

Megatron sends Dreadwing, Airachnid and Breakdown to investigate the trail of a potential Energon source, but what Airachnid doesn't know is that Dreadwing and Breakdown have actua

S2·E9 Core

Grill

Apr 14, 2012

Following from the events of the previous episode, Agent Fowler is sat down to explain recent events to his superior, the cynical and disbelieving General Bryce. Threatened with a

S2·E10 Core

Armada

Apr 21, 2012

Bulkhead is trapped on the Decepticon Warship and amid dual tries on Megatron's life.

S2·E11 Core

Flying Mind

Apr 28, 2012

Megatron infuses The Nemesis w/ his own supply of Dark Energon which results in the ship taking on a life of its own with its own agenda. Meanwhile Optimus reluctantly decides to

S2·E12 Core

Tunnel Vision

May 5, 2012

Megatron goes on a conquest to reveal the rest of the relics while Arcee and Bumblebee race him to New York City before Megatron gets there.

S2·E13 Core

Triangulation

May 12, 2012

Optimus Prime travels to Antarctica to hunt down the second relic, but while there he is confronted by Dreadwing and Starscream, and finds himself caught between shifting alliances

S2·E14 Core

Triage

May 19, 2012

During a relic hunt, Ratchet and Wheeljack get a one-of-a-kind opportunity when Soundwave's flying minion, Laserbeak, is disabled.

S2·E15 Mytharc

Toxicity

May 26, 2012

Bulkhead, on mission for the fourth relic, came back in critical condition via ground bridge. What happened?!? One epic showdown as Bulkhead and Hardshell go head-to-head in the on

S2·E16 Core

Hurt

Aug 24, 2012

Miko and Wheeljack embark on a quest for revenge.

S2·E17 Core

Out of the Past

Aug 31, 2012

Arcee and a friend uncover a feat of Decepticon engineering intending to destroy the Autobots.

S2·E18 Core

New Recruit

Sep 7, 2012

Starscream goes on a quest for Red Energon; a new Autobot joins Team prime.

S2·E19 Core

The Human Factor

Sep 14, 2012

After being granted a new start in his life, the ever stone-faced Silas begins to see the world in a new light and makes an out-of-character decision to go to Megatron in the hopes

S2·E20 Core

Legacy

Sep 21, 2012

Now that the location of the relics have been exposed by Orion Pax, the race is on to find the next one. New recruit Smokescreen and Jack are on the job with the Autobots looking t

S2·E21 Core

Alpha; Omega

Sep 28, 2012

The Autobots find out about the Omega Keys and their secret. Meanwhile, Megatron attempts to control the power of the Primes.

S2·E22 Core

Hard Knocks

Oct 5, 2012

As the race for the Omega Keys grows more desperate, Knock Out harnesses the power of sound, and Starscream the power of hyper-speed.

S2·E23 Core

Inside Job

Oct 12, 2012

When the Decepticons take him captive, Smokescreen learns of the location of the final Omega Key - and attempts to retrieve all of the other stolen keys from Megatron.

S2·E24 Core

Patch

Oct 19, 2012

In an effort to secure a peaceful truce that would be beneficial to all parties involved, Starscream offers Megatron a ceasefire but Dreadwing has other ideas and does whatever he

S2·E25 Mytharc

Regeneration

Oct 26, 2012

The Autobots and Megatron's Decepticons are drawn into Cybertron to face each other in a heroic battle over their mutual quests for the coveted Omega Lock, which, once unlocked wit

S2·E26 Mytharc

Darkest Hour

Nov 2, 2012

Due to Megatron's crafty plan, Optimus must make a hard decision which could affect the whole Autobot team.