- Starscream: Someday, I'll be giving the orders, Rumble. You'll do what I say.
- Rumble: Look Starscream, Megatron is strong. He's merciless. He can't be beaten. And you'll never be our leader.
- Starscream: I will find a way. Everyone has a weakness.
- Rumble: Yeah? Well, not Megatron.
- [first lines]
- Narrator: Many millions of years ago, on the planet Cybertron, life existed. But, not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots, that could think and feel inhabited the cities. They were called Autobots and Decepticons. But, the brutal Decepticons were driven by a single goal, total domination. They set out to destroy the peace-loving Autobots, and a war between the forces of good and evil raged across Cybertron. Devastating all in its path. Draining the planet's once rich sources of energy. The Autobots, on the verge of extinction, battle valiantly to survive.
- Optimus Prime: Any luck, Jazz?
- Jazz: Negative. The other side of Cybertron's blacker than the inside of a drive-shaft.
- Optimus Prime: Jazz, organize a battle unit. We're going after them.
- Jazz: Prowl. Trailbreaker. Wheeljack. Ironhide. Mirage. Sunstreaker. Sideswipe. Autobots, start your engines! Ready Prime.
- Optimus Prime: Let's roll!
- Starscream: We did it, Megatron! The energy is ours, we can go back to Cybertron!
- Megatron: You fool, Starscream! This is but a small fraction of the energy we need. We must suck this planet Earth dry.
- [first lines of the series]
- Narrator: Many millions of years ago, on the planet Cybertron, life existed. But, not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots, that could think and feel inhabited the cities. They were called Autobots and Decepticons. But, the brutal Decepticons were driven by a single goal, total domination. They set out to destroy the peace-loving Autobots, and a war between the forces of good and evil raged across Cybertron. Devastating all in it's path. Draining the planet's once rich sources of energy. The Autobots, on the verge of extinction, battle valiantly to survive.
- Megatron: Starscream, only a select few ever lead.
- Starscream: My time will come, Megatron.
- Megatron: Never. Never!
- Sparkplug Witwicky: [trapped in the oil barge wreckage] Help! Help! We can't get out!
- Spike Witwicky: Somebody, save us!
- [Optimus swims over to them]
- Sparkplug Witwicky: The fire! It's coming closer!
- Optimus Prime: [struggling to lift the wreckage] I... can't lift it. Too heavy. Grab onto me. Keep your heads above water!
- Optimus Prime: This new planet is rich with sources of energy, but the Decepticons must know this, too. So we must find them and stop them. Hound?
- Hound: Right here, Prime.
- Optimus Prime: Scout the area. See if you can locate the Decepticons.
- Hound: Just turn me loose, Prime. I'll sniff 'em out.
- Cliffjumper: I'm going, too. I'm gonna boot some Decepticon right in his turbocharger.
- Optimus Prime: Easy, Cliffjumper. Just find them. We'll deal with them later.
- Hound: [to Laserbeak] Eat my dust, birdbrain!
- Cliffjumper: You couldn't hit an Autobot with a moonbeam.
- Megatron: Much time has passed. We are on a planet far from Cybertron, but our mission has not changed.
- Skywarp: How do we know Cybertron still exists?
- Megatron: It must exist. And if this land is filled with resources, we shall return home with the power to build the ultimate weapon and conquer the universe.
- [Starscreams fires at the crashed Autobot ship]
- Megatron: Starscream!
- Starscream: I'm just saying goodbye.
- Megatron: Save your energy. The Autobots have taking their last flight.
- Starscream: Thanks for the ride, Prime. Too bad you can't go the rest of the way.