To impress a girl who likes him, Jack is challenged to a race against a school bully. However, while Jack's willing to enter the world of street-racing, Arcee isn't...but Bumblebee is. Meanwhile, Knockout is being pressured by Starscream to continue his work on repairing Megatron...and is annoyed that their doctor keeps taking time off to go street racing.


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!!Tropes:
* ActingUnnatural: Miko and Raf's attempts to lie to Optimus. He isn't fooled.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Knockout likes street racing, even though he dislikes humans.
* BigSisterInstinct:
--> '''Arcee:''' 'Bee, do not engage. Your first priority is to keep Jack safe...*''murmurs''* until I get my hands on him.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[BadBoss Starscream's]] punishment to [[TheDandy Knockout]], rather than seriously punish him, he just scratches his chest build. Knockout and Breakdown both consider it terrible.
* CurbStompBattle: Just as it seems like Knockout is about to get away with his hostage, [[BigDamnHeroes Prime shows up]], rips off his door, rescues the human hostage, and chases the Decepticon away. All in barely a minute.
* DisappointedInYou: Optimus doesn't sound too happy about seeing the Autobots this time around, [[OhCrap and they all show it]].
--> '''Optimus:''' We must first get this boy to safety. Explanations can come later... from ''all of you''.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Knock Out ''runs a guy off the road'' for keying his vehicle mode.
--> "You scratch my paint, I scratch yours."
* AFatherToHisMen: Optimus comes in to save the day when the Autobots need him most...and acts like a disappointed father shortly afterward (as they did all sneak out without his permission).
* FascinatingEyebrow: Optimus' response to Miko and Raf's ActingUnnatural is to do this, utterly unconvinced.
* ItsPersonal: When Jack wants to race just to impress Sierra, Arcee refuses. When Vince calls Arcee ugly, though...
-->'''Arcee:''' That's it! The Yahoo's going down!\\
''[...]''\\
'''Arcee:''' Winning isn't enough, Jack. You want to make him ''cry.''
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: When Optimus rips out Knock Out's ''door''. He only complains about how ''hard to replace'' it is, like it's torn clothing and not an injury.
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Knock Out's reaction to Starscream's "cosmetic" punishment. Maybe not so much of an overreaction, seeing as Breakdown also winces when he watches it happen.
* MistakenIdentity: Jack (correctly) assumes that Knockout took Vince because he thought that Vince was Jack... and he was targeting Jack because he thought that Jack was "Bumblebee's human friend" (Raf). Justified in that the Decepticons don't spend enough time around humans to be able to distinguish one from the other.
* MuggingTheMonster: The drag racer who scratched Knockout's paint job gets driven off a cliff.
* OhCrap: Knock Out got one when Starscream tells him that his punishment will be "cosmetic."
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Starscream to Knock Out on his rank:
-->'''Starscream:''' It. Is. LORD!
* SaveTheVillain: Vince isn't as bad as the Decepticons, but he's a school bully who goes out of his way to humiliate Jack in front of his crush. But, when Knockout mistakes him for one of the Autobots' human allies, he kidnaps him to lure the Autobots into a trap and has to be rescued by Prime. He's unconscious when rescued, and never [[UngratefulBastard thanks Jack for saving him]]. Nor does he stop bullying him, as later episodes show.
* StealthInsult:
--> '''Starscream:''' The day our master emerges from stasis, I will graciously relinquish the title. But I believe that outcome is unlikely - something to do with the quality of the medical care around here...
* TookAThirdOption: Jack can't compete in Vince's race without Arcee, but Vince will decimate his social life (and chances with Sierra) if he doesn't show. What does he do? Ask Bumblebee to race with him instead.
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