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What happened to Ratchet!?

 

I don't know, but I am most definitely looking forward to seeing it. It's probably MECH's fault, anyhow.  

 

Looks like Arcee is taking Ratchet duties while Ratchet is knocked out drunk.

 

Looks that way, don't it?

Too much Synthetic Energon, I'll say.

 

I have the strangest feeling that Ratchet gives away his voice. THen the show would be ruined forever.

 

I'm guessing Ratchet offers to transplant his T-Cog to Bee, as Ratchet rarely goes out in the field- or even TRANSFORMS for that matter.

 

Coming soon: Action Master/Robot Replicas Ratchet!

 

If that happens, that'll just make me ask why they can't just get a Tcog from one of the thousands of Vehicon mooks they kill.

 

this^ makes sense being ratchet showed remorse when talking about how "that medic" saved BB but could have done better.

 

Anyone notice Raf next to Bumblebee?

 

Well, if a T-Cog is biology, maybe a Decepticon Cog is different from an Autobot one, and thus would be rejected from an Autobot body.

Of course, then the question becomes "Then how could Mech use Bee's Cog in their machinery?"

 

I doubt that's at all possible or Ratchet would have mentioned it earlier. Remember, if we keep going with the "not parts, organs" premise, then their individual T-cogs may not be compatible. Bumblebee would probably need a T-cog from another 'bot who would have the same frame (mold) as him. Like you mentioned, though, that doesn't explain why it seems to cooperate with MECH's robot..

 

Yea I agree! Out of all the vehicons killed, they should transplant the T-cog aaand the voicebox bumblebee needs! If they are getting killed off, might as well use them for extra parts. Interesting of starscreams explanation to MECH about their innerparts and also about energon.

 

-crosses fingers- Please be Lockdown, please be Lockdown...

 

Organ harvesting of Vehicons is probably against the Autobot code of conduct. Humans have to sign donor cards or give consent to transplants so it's not unreasonable for the Autobots to have similar ethical standards.

As for the MECH robot...... don't know what to say about that one yet because we haven't seen what it is going to turn out as yet.

 

I really hope not, but It looks like a possibility; I hate Transformers that can't transform. Kinda reminds me of the Movie Ratchet bio, although never supported in the films, Movie Rachet had multiple backup systems so he could transplant living parts. Wait that means his Medical equipment can't transform out of him, could BB finally get melee weapons.

 

Poor Ratchet. I hope nothing bad happens to him and that, as others have suggested, this is just him donating his T-Cog. I wouldn't entirely mind. He's barely ever in vehicle mode anyway.

 

So mass slaughtering them is okay...but taking a part from one of them before (or maybe after) killing them isn't? Okay then.

 

It doens't explain why BB is laying there though. As we saw, BB had his cog removed & got up right after that. If Ratchet was having his cog removed, he would be the one puttting it into BB. BB wouldn't have to be laying there until Ratchet was going to operate.