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Originally Posted by wentwood

Finished Trans Formers The Movie (1986) and it looked to be it's own thing. I saw a behind the scenes clip on upscale restoration for it and dang the clean up was a nightmare. I suspect that Shout Factory had some trouble reworking the series as it was seen on TV but they even kept the Transformers bumpers at the break. In the G1 episodes when does Optimus Prime meet his end? I'll be starting Series II soon.

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Originally Posted by Fredbob392

The movie isn't it's own thing, it's in continuity with the G1 cartoon. It takes place between seasons 2 and 3

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Originally Posted by wentwood

Thanks. I split the movie into 3 episodes yesterday. It was my first run on it.

Onto the regular series.

How in the name of Alpha Trion did you perceive the '86 Movie as a standalone piece!?

In any event, anyone who bridges Season 2 and 3 with the Movie will notice a plethora of inconsistencies!

Many later Season 2 characters won't appear in the Movie cause of the time between production and release regarding both the Movie and the Series.

The animation in Season 3 will have some pretty glaring dips in quality with Akom handling a good chunk of it. The original series as a whole used Toei, Akom, and at least one more unidentified studio. This is also where the continuity starts to splinter. Headmasters is Toei, while Akom did Rebirth.

Debates and fan theories regarding the Movie over the years have been extensive. Is Brawn dead? Which 'Con became Cyclonus? Why are there so many Cyclonus and Sweep units depicted in Season 3 when the Movie only shows a handful? What the hell does Unicron mean "...and his armada!"? Where the hell is Snarl?

Season 3 was also largely in the pipeline by the time the Movie was set. As such, there are inconsistent uses of outdated character models and a reliance on early drafts of the Movie in Season 3.

The Movie also helps to make the Japanese G1 Continuity a convoluted mess cause the Movie wasn't released in Japan at the same time as the US. Scramble City was the bridge between Seasons in the Japanese Continuity. As such, characters who should be dead appear throughout from Headmasters onward. Prime's fate is also depicted much differently. This ultimately led to extensive use of time-travelling, dimension-hopping, and retcons on top of retcons which are sprinkled with more retcons and seasoned with more retcons.

None of this should detract from the enjoyment of the Movie, though the Movie isn't by any means perfect.