The TFA episode where Blurr refuses to break cover while he's being remote controlled by some random human with an allspark fragment is an untapped goldmine tbh
We know from Bumblebee & Blitzwing that they're perfectly capable of speech while being controlled, fully conscious of their actions but unable to control it
Forced to stay in a trailer or wherever Master Disaster decides to leave him when he's not being made to race lest he blow his cover















