A revised scripted is available for this episode, which can be read in full at the Sunbow and Marvel Productions Script/Storyboard Archive. The original script was written by Douglas F. Glut on 01/07/1985, whilst Ron Friedman's revised script is dated 01/13/1985.

Unfortunately Ron used a pretty thick marker pen to cross out bits he changed, so it's often hard to tell what was there originally.


ACT 1
ACT 2
ACT 3



ACT 1

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BUMBLEBEE
Bumblebee to Optimus Prime. Are we getting close?


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OPTIMUS PRIME
You and Powerglide are heading toward the strange energy waves Teletraan I detected.


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PRIME (VO-CONT)
Your report will be of extreme importance.


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BUMBLEBEE
Where you goin'?!


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POWERGLIDE (VO)
Joy ridin', little bee buddy!


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POWERGLIDE (VO-CONT)
I'm in a cloud climbing mood!


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POWERGLIDE (VO-CONT)
Watch me!


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BUMBLEBEE
Pull out -you're gonna hit...



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BUMBLEBEE (CONT)
...the energy waves!



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BUMBLEBEE
Well, they've giving me dizzy diodes!



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POWERGLIDE
Nothin' to it when you got the zap! Heh heh!



This line was cut.


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POWERGLIDE
Great! Ol' Powerglide loves mystery!



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BUMBLEBEE
What's that?



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POWERGLIDE
Let's see how big, mean 'n gruesome likes the ol' Powerglide "pow"!



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BUMBLEBEE
Come on, jet pack -you can do it!



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BUMBLEBEE (CONT)
You keep to the sky, Powerglide. I'd better stick to the road. Aw, my jet pack's shot.



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POWERGLIDE
Not with ol' doc Powerglide on the case! Give it here!




The script notes Powerglide's heat ray should come out of his nose. The animators had it come out from his head.


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POWERGLIDE
Yeah, I never saw a place like this before.



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BUMBLEBEE
Well I have... in pictures! When the Dinobots were being constructed.



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BUMBLEBEE (VO-CONT)
This is just how the planet Earth looked during the dinosaur age... about a hundred million years ago!



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BUMBLEBEE (CONT)
That flying trouble maker was a pteranodon...



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BUMBLEBEE (CONT)
...the model for Swoop, and... yaaaah!



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POWERGLIDE
Flyin' can't. Hop on!



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BUMBLEBEE
Amazing. And all we went to investigate was some weird energy waves!



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SPIKE
Wow! Live dinosaurs! I'd sure like to visit that island!



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CLIFFJUMPER
(chuckles) We have enough headaches with Dinobots -the last thing we need is dinosaurs!



In the episode, this line is not a voice over.


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HUFFER (CONT)
But go ahead with your demonstration -it'll only prove my point.



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WHEELJACK
Ahem... I think you're gonna eat those words on a silicon wafer... let's show him. Grimlock!



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WHEELJACK (VO)
Transform!

GRIMLOCK
Yes! Me Grimlock transform!


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WHEELJACK
Good! Now uh, help me out, Blaster. Transform and play something, uh, nice.



So, if you missed it above, Blaster's original name was Blastbox. Strangely on the script's cast list, Blastbox isn't listed, even though he gets a couple of lines.



In the episode, no classical music is heard here -no music is heard at all.


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WHEELJACK (VO)
All right, Grimlock -demonstrate your fine-tuned laser-breath!



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BLASTER (VO)
Get down and trilly hop to town, yeah!



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SLUDGE
Huhgh, Sludge not know. Maybe time to "do our thing"!



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SPIKE
Hey, Wheeljack did it!



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WHEELJACK
Your verdict, Optimus?



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OPTIMUS PRIME
Very impressive, Wheeljack. But what about the other Dinobots?



This line for Sludge was cut.


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SWOOP
Yes Snarl... me want!



This added line for Snarl isn't heard in the episode.



ACT 2

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SPIKE
Teletraan I!!



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RED ALERT
Are you ready, Inferno?

INFERNO
Ready ready, Red Alert! I'm always ready for action!!



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RED ALERT
Gangway! Don't interfere!



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RATCHET
Hey! We were trying to fix that!



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CLIFFJUMPER
Clumsy oafs!

SIDESWIPE
Come on! We'll fight 'em to a standstill!



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OPTIMUS PRIME
No, that won't be necessary Sideswipe.



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OPTIMUS PRIME (CONT-VO)
Grimlock -stop stumbling around and end this chaos! Transform.


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GRIMLOCK
Yes. Me Grimlock stomp stumbling.



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GRIMLOCK (CONT-VO)
Dinobots! Transform and end chaos. Me, Grimlock command you.



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GRIMLOCK
Dinobots not want to make mess, Optimus Prime!



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OPTIMUS PRIME
It's just that you Dinobots are too big to train here. You need more room for...



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SPIKE
Fantastic! Real live dinosaurs!



The above scene was cut from the episode. It was scripted to happen after Spike's "live dinosaurs" line.



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OPTIMUS PRIME
Remember -you will remain on the island until you have truly mastered your powers.



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SLAG
More room to stomp!

SLUDGE
Ungh... more room good for big Sludge!



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WHEELJACK
You'll all be back soon. I'd bet on it!



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POWERGLIDE
Hey -- ol' Powerglide loves guiding tourists!



In the episode, Wheeljack says his line before Powerglide's canopy closes.



The script has a note about showing how the Dinobots fly. The animators went with neither option -the Dinobots can just fly without anything special.



The shot of the Autobots walking back into the volcano was cut.



In the episode, Megatron's line isn't a voice over. It cuts to a shot of him before he says it.


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MEGATRON
Not yet. This mysterious island intrigues me.



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SOUNDWAVE
As you command, Megatron!



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SPIKE
That was really... unbelievable.



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POWERGLIDE (CONT-VO)
Uh-oh. Fun's over, there's work to do.



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POWERGLIDE (CONT-VO)
Fasten your safety belt and return your seat to the fully upright position, heh heh heh.



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GRIMLOCK
Me Grimlock love Dinobot Island!



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SPIKE
It's like... an encyclopedia come to life!



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SPIKE (CONT-VO)
A lost world where time stands still! It's perfect for the Dinobots!



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POWERGLIDE
Heh heh. Good thing those Decepti-coo coos don't know about it!



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SNARL
Snarl like too, Sludge! Like, like like whole bunch!



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POWERGLIDE (CONT)
Don't you agree with me Spike? Spike? Spike!


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SPIKE
Wow, Dinobot Island it too much! I could stay here forever!



Quick note here -Spike's encounter with the pterosaur-style dinosaur isn't in the script. Only the below scene with him getting attacked by the plesiosaur (elasmosaurus in the script) is.


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SPIKE
Man, everywhere you look, it's... it's unreal!



In the episode, Spike says "No! Let go!" before calling out for help. This wasn't in the script.




ACT 3

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SWOOP
But Dinobot is!



This was cut down in the episode, the part where Swoop creates a wind was cut.


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SPIKE
Thanks, guys! Dinobot Island's all yours!



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SPIKE
Bye, Grimlock. Bye, guys! I'd write... but, uh, you can't read!



In the episode, no image of the good guys appears on the Decepticon's computer screen.


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MEGATRON
Huhh... a raw and primitive place.



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MEGATRON
And an energy paradise, ripe for plundering!



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STARSCREAM
But what about the strange waves Laserbeak reported? They might be dangerous!



This shot of the Decepticons leaving their base was cut.


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GRIMLOCK
Good place for Dinobot tests!



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SNARL
You Grimlock leader.



The script wanted Grimlock to be holding a sword here, but in the episode he only has his gun.


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GRIMLOCK
First: target practice!



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GRIMLOCK (VO-CONT)
Hit big rocks!



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GRIMLOCK (CONT)
Now, harder tests. Dinobots -- transform!



In the episode, Grimlock isn't seen shaking his head here.


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MEGATRON
It is beyond the calculations of a Cybertronic electro pod! Behold, Starscream...



In the episode, Thundercracker doesn't move out of frame for this shot.


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MEGATRON
Continue the energy collection!



This line was cut.



In the episode, Swoop's eyes don't glow or crackle for this shot.




In the episode, the animators used Blitzwing instead of Ramjet for this shot.



In the episode, no smoke can be seen from Slag's mouth during this shot.


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BUMBLEBEE
Am I seeing things?



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SPIKE
You're not "seeing things", Bumblebee... you're seeing that!



In the episode, no additional mammoth shapes are seen in the warp for this shot.




In the episode, this was changed so a car is seen hitting a truck, and then another car swerves and hits a post box, rather than a street lamp. The script mentions nothing about the car exploding, but that's what happens in the episode.


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BUMBLEBEE
They must have come through a time warp! But how?!




The building Spike and Bumblebee run into was meant to have a sign on it saying "condemned", according to the script. In the episode, you can briefly see a sign, but it appears to say "OPNE" on it.



In the episode, Bumblebee has a line here, which wasn't in the script: "Look out, Spike!"



This was cut from the episode. It was scripted to happen after Ramjet, Thrust and Skywarp put down some energon cubes.



Megatron's line here was cut.


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SKYWARP
Let's attack at once!



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