History Heartwarming / TransformersPrime

*** It's even more so on a meta level: Ever since the Season 2 finale, the Autobots have been on the ropes. Now, for the first time in almost a year, an episode ended on one of the biggest high-notes of the series.

* In a meta-example, during a panel at [[FanConvention BotCon 2011]], Creator/JoshKeaton (Jack's voice actor) admitted that he'd never owned an Optimus Prime toy growing up. Before the panel ended, someone had found him one (admittedly not a ''difficult'' task at a Transformers convention). Creator/PeterCullen even signed it for him.
* Susan Blu, the original voice actress for Arcee in G1 and Transformers Animated, was the voice director for the first episode of the show: Darkness Rising, Part 1. It was here that she got to meet and talk to Sumalee Montano, who recounted in an interview being filled with "nervous energy" when they met. Soon after, Montano had blurted out "Why aren't YOU playing Arcee?", to which Blu sweetly said 'it was time to pass the torch'. Montano had mentioned the impact Blu's take on the character had on her own, so hearing about the original Arcee pass the torch to the new voice actress is nothing short of incredible.

* Breakdown perturbed the favor by protesting Starscream’s order to attack Bulkhead. Unfortunately, Breakdown was left no choice after Starscream threatened him.

* In it's own totally bizarre way, Bulkhead rescuing Breakdown from MECH was oddly heartwarming.