Transformers Animated takes place on Earth in the near future in Detroit. The series begins when the alien Transformers are thrust into a world populated by humans and automatons. As visitors to Earth, the Transformers -- Ratchet, Prowl, Optimus Prime, Bulkhead and Bumblebee -- work in the human world, interacting with the "natives." Following the Autobots across the galaxy to their new home is the megalomaniacal Megatron and his army of ruthless Decepticons, a brutal race of war-mongering robots who seek to use the Allspark as their ultimate weapon of destruction.

