The first appearance of any character named Skyquake in animated form.
During his speech, Starscream refers to himself as the "Emperor of Destruction". This title is commonly given to Decepticon leaders in the Japanese Transformers stories and translations.
Upon the release of Skyquake there is a sound within the activation of the stasis pod which originated from the TV series Stargate SG-1, the distinctive sound coming from the alien origin pistol named the " zat'nik'tel "