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==Energon Trilogy==
Comprised of the shows ''Armada'', ''Energon'', and ''Cybertron'', which are also called the ''Unicron Trilogy'' due to the antagonist's return to the spotlight after being virtually nonexistent since The Movie. Anime reinterpretation of G1, decaying from "poor but watchable" to "completely unwatchable drek" for all the reasons people hate [[/a/]]: bad dubbing(though many people did like Gary Chalk, now voicing Optimus ''Prime'' after doing Primal for the Beast series'.), overly lengthy scenes of nothing, a shift to crappy CGI, and a plot that is so terribly paced and search-questy that you'd be praying for your GM to be railroading this. On the plus-side: competent badass Starscream (who unfortunately inspired a whole generation of [[Edgy|Linkin Park listening wannabes]]). On the downside: far too much focus on humans and not enough on giant robots trying to kill each other. Kicker, from the later series, is considered one of the worst human sidekicks the Transformers have ever had. 
It has been said that, for all the failings of ''Beast Machines'', at least it's better than Armada and Energon.

===Linkage===
''Linkage'' was a short manga packaged with the Japanese DVD release of Armada. It's about a young woman named Stella Holley who befriends a team of Minicons, and gets involved in a lot of the things that the background minicons are doing through the second half of the series. 

===Transformers (Prelude to Energon)=== 
This PlayStation 2-era game from Atari was not so much ''part'' of the Energon Trilogy as it was ''inspired'' by it. Essentially the ''Armada'' cartoon retooled as a third-person action game, the player took control of Optimus Prime, Hot Shot, and Red Alert and searched the world for Mini-Cons, fighting an army of Decepticlones and full-fledged Decepticons(Starscream, Cyclonus, Tidal Wave, and Megatron) as Boss Fights. In addition to Mini-Cons, you could also find Data-Cons that provided production artwork, background information, and some unaired Transformers versions of the old G.I. Joe. PSAs, complete with "And knowing is half the battle" catchphrase. It was actually a good game, especially by Transformers standards, and considered the best video-game adaptation until ''War For Cybertron'' came along. 

===Galaxy Force===
Transformers Galaxy Force, The show that was butchered into Transformers Cybertron is more fondly remembered by fans. As it made of the strange choice of dubbing a male character into a woman. While butchering most of the series by making it a gag-dub by giving [[derp| alien robots stupid accents]]. Also inserting dialogue over scenes that didn't require them.  The kids are also less annoying while the dub shoehorned in older versions of the Armada and Energon brats at the last minute during the final episode. This is because Gonzo created it as an independent entry until Hazblow retconned it into the Energon trilogy. Years later the Japanese would follow suit and retconned it into a trilogy as well.