Transformers: Cybertron - TV-Y7-FV

Latest robot series steps into the final frontier.

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  • TV Rating: TV-Y7-FV
  • Network: Cartoon Network
  • Cast: Sam Vincent, Sarah Edmondson, Ryan Hirakida
  • Genre: Children, Cartoons, & Animation
  • >Available On: DVD,Download

Parents need to know

Parents need to know that, in robot form, each Transformer has some sort of built-in weapon, and shooting wars are commonplace. It's often difficult to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys, since they're all robots, and they change to and from various vehicles. The series is very much male-dominated -- the only recurring female role is Lori, one of the kids who befriend the Autobots.

Families can talk about how the Transformers use their individual abilities. What's unique about each of them? What are their special powers? What are some of kids' own abilities that make them proud? Parents also can use the show's concept to encourage imaginative play. If you could choose one thing to become at will, what would it be? Would you have any special powers? How would you use them to help others?

Message

Social Behavior:

Although they're not obvious, characters exhibit some morals and social responsibilities. Lack of female role models -- only one female character, period.

Consumerism:

Part of an extensive product line revolving around toy robots.

Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:

Violence

Autobots engage in shooting wars, but as they're all mechanical, there's very little harm done.

Sex

Language

Common Sense says

What's the story?

Reviewed by Emily Ashby

TRANSFORMERS: CYBERTRON follows in the footsteps of Transformers: Armada and Transformers: Energon, and, like its predecessors, it's both a TV show and a line of action figures by Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara. Unlike the others, however, Transformers: Cybertron takes viewers to the final frontier with plotlines that revolve around space travel. A black hole in space has threatened the existence of Transformers from the planet Cybertron, so they emigrate to Earth to seek refuge. There they befriend brothers Coby (voiced by Sam Vincent) and Bud (Ryan Hirakida) and their friend Lori (Sarah Edmondson), who help the mechanical newbies navigate their new home. The only way the gang can stop the spread of the black hole is to collect four Cyber Planet Keys, which are hidden on four different planets: Earth, Velocitron, Jungle Planet, and Gigantrion. The mission would be simple but for the fact that the Transformers' nemeses, the Decepticons, are also after the Keys for their own goal of domination. The race is on, and it leads to a galaxy-wide scavenger hunt as the characters work to identify the disguised Keys.

Is it any good?

4

Transformers: Cybertron features a decipherable plot, dynamic graphics, and multi-dimensional characters. As the three kids teach the Autobots about life on Earth, viewers see undertones of principles and lessons. In one episode, for example, Bud begs Autobot Scattershot (Richard Ian Cox) to bend the rules and take him into space. Once there, an accident sends them off-course and threatens Bud's oxygen supply, and it's only some quick-thinking help from another Transformer that gets them back to Earth. Bud learns that rules exist for a reason, and Scattershot finds that responsibility can come with a price if you're not ready for it.

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Transformers: Armada
Transformers: Energon
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Parents and kids say

All Reviews

There are 4 reviews.

5

Posted on 02/18/08 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 8

A must see TV action series

There are Cyber Keys that boost the Transformers power as well as the Mini-Cons.
4


Posted on 08/10/07 by awfuldude32 (Formerly gamecubefreak32/evildude32) Kid contributor, age 13

Not as good as Gen. 1 but okay

I like this series okay, but it's just not as good as the others. It's good as an anime series but it's just not Transformers. The only violence is R vs. R (robot vs. robot) and there are laser guns but nothing bad at all.
4


Posted on 07/24/07 by The-Edge Kid contributor, age 14

Trasformers rule!!!

This series of transformers I think isn't the best so far but a good show on the whole. The story in the series is quite original but the one thing they fail to explain about the story is "how did Unicron get destroyed in the first place!" And one other thing, the vehicle modes in the series are so posed to be earth vehicles, but they're so futuristic compared to the earth vehicles that are actually on earth. Other than that good story good fighting in general, good characters, great use of transformation techniques(especially on Megatron) and in a nutshell: not bad transformers series.
5


Posted on 07/12/07 by novablast101 Kid contributor, age 13

Great show

This show is great, it's cool and fun to watch. I know commonsense THINKS it's hard for kids to distinguish one transformer to another, it's not. If your kids are fans of the Transformers, they will who the Autobots (good guys) and the Decepticons (bad guys) are. There are some laser guns, but it's not that much. Transformers is a great series and it teaches the value of teamwork.

Adult Reviews

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Kids Reviews

There are 4 reviews.

5

Posted on 02/18/08 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 8

A must see TV action series

There are Cyber Keys that boost the Transformers power as well as the Mini-Cons.
4


Posted on 08/10/07 by awfuldude32 (Formerly gamecubefreak32/evildude32) Kid contributor, age 13

Not as good as Gen. 1 but okay

I like this series okay, but it's just not as good as the others. It's good as an anime series but it's just not Transformers. The only violence is R vs. R (robot vs. robot) and there are laser guns but nothing bad at all.
4


Posted on 07/24/07 by The-Edge Kid contributor, age 14

Trasformers rule!!!

This series of transformers I think isn't the best so far but a good show on the whole. The story in the series is quite original but the one thing they fail to explain about the story is "how did Unicron get destroyed in the first place!" And one other thing, the vehicle modes in the series are so posed to be earth vehicles, but they're so futuristic compared to the earth vehicles that are actually on earth. Other than that good story good fighting in general, good characters, great use of transformation techniques(especially on Megatron) and in a nutshell: not bad transformers series.
5


Posted on 07/12/07 by novablast101 Kid contributor, age 13

Great show

This show is great, it's cool and fun to watch. I know commonsense THINKS it's hard for kids to distinguish one transformer to another, it's not. If your kids are fans of the Transformers, they will who the Autobots (good guys) and the Decepticons (bad guys) are. There are some laser guns, but it's not that much. Transformers is a great series and it teaches the value of teamwork.
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