I thought this was a pretty good pilot. It was interesting to see all those cameos. You even make fun of this in a later episode. The best joke was probably the Breakfast Club. Yeah, I was thinking it was like College University or Family Guy too! I guess it's something to do with Optimus Prime.
He's in everything nowadays. It's nice to be introduced to these characters. The animation does look primitive. It definitely gets better later on. It's cool to see where the series started.