"Aerial Assault", the Transformers, December 10, 1985
Not the most offensive episode set in the Middle East, if that means anything.
This focuses on the Aerialbots as they run afoul of the Combaticons. One by one they are picked off and stripped of vital parts. The surviving bots happen across a young boy named Hassan who gives them the lowdown. To wit, the once peaceful country was ruled by Prince Jumal, until he was deposed by the traitor Ali, who not only seeks to strip the country of its wealth but he's also allied himself with Megatron!
Yup, seems the parts that are being stolen are to be the key parts to a new series of drone fighters Megatron is building.
Also a giant purple griffin, because why not?
Yeah bit of mess. The Combaticons are here yet we don't have their origin (that would air next month in '86) so the familiarity everyone has is a bit confusing. Plus there is also the plot point that the Aerialbot's parts are also being used for cars which doesn't make sense even by 1980's cartoon logic.
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