[Armada][TV] "The Unicron Battles" approaches

According to the eplist at TVTome, Cartoon Network began airing new
episodes in October (Friday nights), after a five-month hiatus.  I've
started watching again because I learned that they'd be running into
Unicron (again; it's becoming something of a tradition, like the death
of the latest Optimus).  Those would be:

f-03-oct 38 Threaten
f-10-oct 39 Crisis
f-17-oct 40 Remorse
f-24-oct 41 Depart -- initiates "The Unicron Battles"
f-31-oct 42 Miracle
f-07-nov 43 Puppet
f-14-nov 44 Uprising
         45 Dash
            ...
         52 Mortal Combat

http://tvtome.com/TransformersArmada/eplist.html

The teaser clips shown before "Depart" include instant-color-changes
for Megatron (white), Starscream (blue), and Hot Shot (red); a
spacegoing fleet of robots-and-ships (finally, "Armada" features an
actual *armada*); and a brief image of Unicron himself.  It appears
that his jaws match those of the toy -- a single pair of sawtooth
chompers, instead of TF:TM's circle of teeth.  Oh, and Optimus
returns.

The color-changes transpire in "Puppet", when a group of Mini-cons
appear to heal Megatron ("Call me Galvatron,"), Starscream ("I look
like Thundercracker!"), Hot Shot, Red Alert, and Demolishor.  "They
reformatted us and fused our armor," explained Red. 

Optimus is resurrected in "Miracle", by the auspices of the Mini-cons
and the (new look!) Autobot Matrix of Leadership (previously called
"the Matrix of the Commander").

Unicron appeared briefly in 24-"Chase" (when the kids, their
Mini-cons, and Sideways were sucked into cyberspace), emerging from an
ominous dark cloud that had appeared even earlier.  He appeared in
planet-mode (to Rad), looking very much as he did in TF:TM -- i.e., a
circular ring of teeth.  The giant pair of glowing yellow eyes that
were superimposed on his shadow were a bit melodramatic, IMHO.

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