https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=121.45.196.191 2026-06-02T19:12:14Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.45.3 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Ruby_crystal_mines_of_Burma&diff=488144 2010-08-08T00:26:46Z

<p>121.45.196.191: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Rubycrystalminesofburma.jpg|right|240px|thumb|Why'd you say Burma? I panicked.]]<br /> The '''Ruby Crystal Mines of [[Burma]]''' are a place where (presumably) Burmese [[Human|humans]] mine ruby crystals containing great and unexplained power, yet the 'Earth humans' merely use the crystals for decoration and jewellery. Foolish flesh creatures!<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Cartoon continuity===<br /> Shortly after their successful raid at [[Sherman Dam]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] foolishly wasted their efforts by hooking the [[Energon (fuel)|energon cubes]] to a cannon, forcing the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] to make a second energy raid at the Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma. While the other Decepticons toiled away in the mines, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] claimed that the rubies contained enough energy to power all of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], leading [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to rant that the rubies would give them the means to defeat the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and conquer the Universe! <br /> <br /> Until [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] buried the Decepticons in the mine with a small bomb. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> * Sparkplug Witwicky claims to have once worked in the mines. He sure gets around.<br /> <br /> * Burma happens to look a lot like [[United States of America|North America]].<br /> <br /> * The crystal mines appear to be a reference to Burma's real-life &quot;Valley of Rubies.&quot; The gems are the country's biggest export, and make up 90% of the world's supply of rubies.<br /> <br /> * Based on the evidence presented in this episode, any one of the rubies we humans wear as jewellery could be from Burma, and thus are liable to explode at any moment. So when your spouse asks why you didn't get them rubies for Valentine's Day, say you're doing them a favour.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Generation 1]]<br /> [[Category:Earth]]<br /> [[Category:MacGuffins]]</div>

121.45.196.191 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Ruby_crystal_mines_of_Burma&diff=488143 2010-08-08T00:26:27Z

<p>121.45.196.191: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Rubycrystalminesofburma.jpg|right|240px|thumb|Why'd you say Burma? I panicked.]]<br /> The '''Ruby Crystal Mines of [[Burma]]''' are a place where (presumably) Burmese [[Human|humans]] mine ruby crystals containing great and unexplained power, yet the 'Earth humans' merely use the crystals for decoration and jewelry. Foolish flesh creatures!<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Cartoon continuity===<br /> Shortly after their successful raid at [[Sherman Dam]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] foolishly wasted their efforts by hooking the [[Energon (fuel)|energon cubes]] to a cannon, forcing the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] to make a second energy raid at the Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma. While the other Decepticons toiled away in the mines, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] claimed that the rubies contained enough energy to power all of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], leading [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to rant that the rubies would give them the means to defeat the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and conquer the Universe! <br /> <br /> Until [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] buried the Decepticons in the mine with a small bomb. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> * Sparkplug Witwicky claims to have once worked in the mines. He sure gets around.<br /> <br /> * Burma happens to look a lot like [[United States of America|North America]].<br /> <br /> * The crystal mines appear to be a reference to Burma's real-life &quot;Valley of Rubies.&quot; The gems are the country's biggest export, and make up 90% of the world's supply of rubies.<br /> <br /> * Based on the evidence presented in this episode, any one of the rubies we humans wear as jewelry could be from Burma, and thus are liable to explode at any moment. So when your spouse asks why you didn't get them rubies for Valentine's Day, say you're doing them a favor.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Generation 1]]<br /> [[Category:Earth]]<br /> [[Category:MacGuffins]]</div>

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