Due to a production error, Frank Welker's voice is not modulated with a vocoder for the line "Ratbat has found a deposit of..." in this episode. The result is Soundwave sounding like Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget (1983).
A different version of Torkulon appears in the Transformers: Regeneration One series from IDW.
Final appearance of the Dinobot Sludge, in robot mode.