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The New Cybertron City

2010-10-28T06:24:02Z

125.237.200.120: /* Featured characters */

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=5
|prev=Megatron's Sword
|next=Megatron Resurrected
|title="The New Cybertron City"
|japanese=新たなサイバトロンシティ
|romaji=Arata na Cybertron City
|translation=New Cybertron City
|image=E5_titlecard.jpg
|caption=For the last time, we're not calling it Destron City!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Shōji Tonoike]]
|director=[[Masayuki Ōseki]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[February 6|6 February]] [[2004]] (Japan) [[February 28]], 2004 (US)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''An energon scout team on a frozen mountain is the target of the latest Terrorcon attack.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] wanders lost through a snow-blown wasteland, finding an [[energon (Energon)|energon]] beam coming down from the sky and having no recollection of how he got there. He sees a familiar mountain...then wakes up in his own bed.

He looks up the mountain on his computer, confident that it's an [[energon point]].

Kicker, a [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]], and [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] scout the mountain for energon, ahead of a main team including [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. Ironhide's not happy about the unhelpful Demolishor coming along, while Demolishor is still stunned by the possibility of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] being alive.

[[Image:Energon-Cyclonus-Galvatron-Corpse.jpg‎|230px|thumb|left|He is not pining! He has passed on! He is no more! He has ceased to be! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! He has kicked the bucket, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible! He is an ex-Decepticon!]]

[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] and [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] arrive at [[Unicron]] with more energon and find Megatron's corpse. Cyclonus beats on him a bit, trying to wake him up. They go question [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] about it, only to get sent off by [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] for—you guessed it—more energon.

[[Rad White|Rad]] and [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]] have restored and improved the [[Prime Force]] drones, and they send them back to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] on [[Earth]]. Prime gets an update on the scout team and orders the energon point's coordinates relayed to Dr. Jones as soon as they find it. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] voices concern over Demolishor's loyalty, but Prime won't hear it.

Demolishor refuses to help carry supplies, leading to a childish argument between him and Ironhide that nearly comes to blows. Hot Shot stifles it, but Demolishor stomps off in a huff.

Fog and snow cancel the search mission, and soon Kicker is caught in a whiteout and falls into a crevasse. Hot Shot sends Demolishor and Ironhide off together to look for Kicker.

[[Image:Energon-Ironhide-Argue-Demolishor.jpg‎|230px|thumb|right|"Quit being such a poopy-head" "You're the poopy-head!"]]

In a daze at the bottom of a ravine, Kicker recalls drifting weightless as a child, aboard a starship as he and his family head home. They make a stop to find energon, and young Kicker feels nervous...

Kicker wakes up and realizes his predicament. Hot Shot makes radio contact with him and notifies the others.

In [[Ocean City]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] detects an enemy force headed directly for Kicker's position. Cyclonus and Tidal Wave arrive and attack, causing an avalanche that sweeps away Hot Shot. [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s attack Ironhide and Demolishor.

Kicker tries to fly out with Grindor, but the walls are too steep. An avalanche deposits enough snow to get them closer to the top, where Kicker detects the energon seam, though he still can't reach it.

Hot Shot meets up with Ironhide and Demolishor, who are battling the Terrorcons. Cyclonus arrives, and he and Hot Shot spar verbally for Demolishor's loyalty. Cyclonus leaves after seeing the Strongarm, assuming that's where the energon will be. Demolishor continues to fight alongside the Autobots.

[[Image:Energon-New-Cybertron-City.jpg|230px|thumb|left|That's no moon!]]
Strongarm retrieves Kicker and Grindor, and he transmits their coordinates to Dr. Jones on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Optimus and Inferno arrive and lead the recon team away as the Terrorcons start digging for energon. Dr. Jones activates "a present", and something huge descends from the sky: [[Cybertron City (city)|Cybertron City]]! The Terrorcons flee, but many are crushed by the descending city. The city lands and seals the energon point.

Scorponok arrives and leads a new attack, but the city's defenses make mincemeat of his troops. A [[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]] scans Scorponok for "[[cloning]] purposes", explaining that he's "planning for the future". Overmatched, Scorponok retreats with no energon.

Demolishor reasons that if Megatron was alive, he'd have been out on the front lines of the battle. Kicker reflects that even now, his dad is still looking after him.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (3)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (4)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (5)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (6)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (13)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (14)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (17)
* [[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]] (18)

|c2=
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (7)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (8)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (1)
* [[Rad White]] (10)
* [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (11)

|c4=
* [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (2)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (9)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (15)
* [[Battle Ravage|Battle Ravage drones]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Talk to me, your evilness! I'm here for ya! Yoo-hoo! Anybody in there?" [''beats on Megatron''] 
"Stop that!"
:—'''Cyclonus''' and '''Tidal Wave'''

"Hey, why don't you carry some stuff?" 
"No. I'm not some kind of pack animal. That's a job for rookies like ''you''!"
:—'''Ironhide''' and '''Demolishor''' start to squabble.

"Ironhide, apologize to Demolishor." 
"Why should I have to apologize?! He ''started'' it!"
:—'''Hot Shot''' and '''Ironhide'''

"I sent Strongarm to the ravine to help him get out of there, Ironhide." 
"So you know where he is?!" 
"Yeah. And it's a real deep one."
:—'''Hot Shot''' and '''Ironhide''' are awkward conversationalists.

'''Hot Shot:''' "Demolishor, you're our friend! You know you can trust us!" 
'''Demolishor:''' "I'm your friend?" 
'''Cyclonus:''' "Sheesh, don't be such a sap! He's only ''saying'' that!"

"Optimus Prime! Super mode! Powerlinx! Optimus Prime! Super mode!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''', going to his Super Mode via Powerlinx.

''He can't be alive. Cause if he were, he would have been out on that front line for sure. At least...that's the Megatron I remember.''
:—'''Demolishor''' continues to wonder.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
This episode's dub is remarkably faithful to the original, with very little changed or lost.

* Rad calls the [[Prime Force]] by its Japanese name, Grand Force.
* Demolishor ''insists'' on looking for Kicker, considering it part of his job as guard.
* The sensing rod that young Kicker plants in the ground glows red in ''Super Link''. This bit of animation is missing in the dub.
* The dub adds a soft white border to Kicker's flashback scenes.

===Pain count===
Kicker's first dream sequence is nearly a full minute of non-stop "huh" and "uh". Then more during the second dream. Then even more as Kicker wakes up again in the ravine.

* "Uh?": 10
* Stock footage: 4
* We need/want energon: 5
* We're a team: 2
* Let's do it: 1

===Continuity errors===
* The Terrorcons can suddenly vocalize in this episode. Normally, they're restricted to generic bird shrieks and cat growls.

===Trivia===
*Kicker's eye makes a very loud *whump* noise when he awakes from his first dream (a dub addition).
*The writers actually remembered that Grindor is a Transformer!
*The [[Prime Force]] was damaged [[Megatron's Sword|last episode]].
*Boy, the stuck-in-a-ravine subplot sure adds a lot to this episode.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 002 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:New Cybertron City}}
[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Megatron's Sword

2010-10-28T06:21:35Z

125.237.200.120: /* Featured characters */

{{disambig2|episode 4 of the [[Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' cartoon]]|the weapon sometimes called "Megatron's sword"|Energon Sword}}
{{picsneeded}}

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=4
|prev=Scorpinok
|next=The New Cybertron City
|title="Megatron's Sword"
|japanese=メガトロンの証
|romaji=Megatron no Akashi
|translation=Proof of Megatron
|image=Energon Megatron'sSword.JPG
|caption=Not your father's [[Wikipedia:Excalibur|Excalibur]]
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Shōji Tonoike]]
|director=[[Tadao Ōkubo]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 30|30 January]] [[2004]] (Japan) [[February 21]], 2004 (US)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''The survivors on Mars are attacked again, but the Autobots must turn their attention elsewhere.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] can feel the newly captured [[energon (Energon)|energon]] reviving the form of his master, [[Unicron]]. But it's not fast enough, due to the [[Autobot]]s' interference. Alpha Q plots their destruction, by re-energizing the inert form of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. This, of course, requires energon.

In a practice session, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] aren't having much luck in [[Powerlinx]]ing, as Ironhide can't seem to properly synchronize his breathing with Jetfire. Jetfire leaves in a huff, but Ironhide seems to have a revelation.

A comet-thing approaches [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. At the battered [[Mars City]] base, a group of [[Transformer]]s have found a new energon source, and [[radio]]ed the Autobots for backup. They nervously await a response.

[[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]] radios the discovery to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Prime]] and asks for backup. Prime wants to evacuate Mars City completely, because the mining operations can't happen there without the [[Omnicon]]s. Ironhide jumps at the chance to go on the mission.

Two Transformers approach Mars City without identifying themselves. The Transformers there prepare to defend themselves. The Transformers turn out to be Transformers, including [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], who presents himself as a friend... till he confirms that there is energon on the planet. Hordes of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s attack. Tidal Wave attacks and blasts into the mine. The [[Energon Saber|Energon Saber Mini-Con team]] makes their escape from the mine, into a sky filled with Terrorcons.

The Autobots are about to deploy from [[Ocean City]], but Prime suddenly hesitates to leave the city, anticipating an attack in their absence. He calls off the mission, to Ironhide and [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]]'s frustration. Kicker waits for the attack to come; suddenly a [[space bridge]] opens, and a squad of [[Omnicon]]s arrives, along with [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]. [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] greets his old comrade. Cyclonus scuffles a bit with him, however, taunting him that he's forgotten how to fight, and telling him that "[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]'s been reactivated" and will lead the Decepticons to new glory. The Energon Saber team arrives as well, reporting the situation on Mars.

[[Image:Energon AlphaQ with Megatron'sSword.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Star Saber or Light Saber? You decide.]]

The comet-ship-thing returns to Unicron, and Alpha Q delivers a reward to Scorponok: Megatron's mighty sword, the [[Energon Sword|Star Saber]], pulled from his very carcass.

Like the Energon Saber Mini-Con team, Ironhide and Kicker are restless, wanting to go help out on Mars. Meanwhile, a Terrorcon shows up at another [[Earth]] city, and the Transformers stationed there prepare for attack. Prime's team prepares to move out; Prime refuses to allow Demolishor and Cyclonus to tag along, but they head off on their own anyway.

Scorponok and Tidal Wave lead the Terrorcons against the city; Cyclonus and Demolishor arrive and find themselves facing off against their old comrade. Prime's team arrives. Prime sends Hot Shot to draw the Terrorcons away, and Ironhide to help out any civilians left in the city.

As Tidal Wave argues and fights with Cyclonus, Scorponok unleashes the sword's power. Ironhide and Kicker contemplate violating their orders; Kicker notes that he doesn't sense anyone in the city, meaning that everyone got out. Upon seeing the sword, Prime wonders if Megatron could still be alive, while Demolishor and Cyclonus have panic attacks on hearing that, and Tidal Wave declares that with energon, they can resurrect him. It's unproven, circumstantial, and something any reasonable mind can reject—which is probably why Cyclonus decides to switch sides, but Demolishor isn't so sure, and is left confused and hesitant.

[[Image:Demolishor MegSword.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
The Energon Saber team combines and offers themselves to Kicker as a weapon/hoverboard. Ironhide manages to Powerlinx successfully with Jetfire; Kicker gives him the sword, and they manage to save Prime from Scorponok. Demolishor stares at the sword in further confusion. Prime and Ironhide double-team Scorponok, who retreats before they can do any damage. Scorponok leads his troops away, and Cyclonus follows.

Demolishor is left full of doubts. Prime thanks Ironhide for the save, and reassures him that despite the day's tragedies, he did well.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (2)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (3)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (10)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (11)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (16)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (18)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (19)

|c2=
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (12)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (20)

|c3=
* [[Rad White]] (8)
* [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (9)
* [[Kicker Jones]] (10)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson]] (1)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (4)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (5)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (6)
* [[Battle Ravage|Battle Ravage drones]] (13)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (14)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (15)
* [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"Look. The energon flows through him. Perhaps we can ''use'' him!"'
:—'''Alpha Q''' hasn't thought this whole reviving-Megatron thing through very well.

"Yes, Optimus. There is still some energon at Mars City. We thought that it had been completely decimated but a hidden reserve was discovered by a squadron of Mini-Cons. I was hoping you could send a support team there to investigate." 
"There are Mini-Cons at Mars City?"
:—'''Dr. Jones''', who doesn't keep track of current events, and '''Optimus Prime''', who can't keep track of his own troops.

"Mars City?! I'm in! I know I can teach those rookies a thing or two. You gotta let me lead the mission, sir!"
:—'''Ironhide''' is a victim of bad dubbing

"Huh? Where are those Autobots go."
:—'''Demolishor''' speak pretty one day.

"You chump! Scorponok wants you to believe Megatron is still alive to ''use'' you!" 
"But I have proof!" 
"Oh yeah? Well let's see it then!" 
"Not now. Later." 
"I ''knew'' you'd say that! Heheheahahahaha!"
:—'''Cyclonus''' reasons with '''Tidal Wave'''. Now ''there's'' a true battle of the wits.

"'''Demolishor''': "Megatron's still alive?!" 
'''Cyclonus''': "What do mean he's still alive?! He can't be! Can he?" 
'''Tidal Wave''': "We need energon for his resurrection." 
'''Cyclonus''': "No problemo! HAHAHAHA!" 
:—'''Cyclonus''' defects in his own unique way.

"Kicker. Help me. I don't know what I am anymore!"
:—'''Demolishor''''s self-doubt begins to grow.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
*Jetfire claims that Ironhide needs to "synchronize his breathing" in order for them to combine. Err, right. In the original version, he talked about feeling the pulse of his [[Spark of Combination]].
*The dub presents the Autobots manning Mars City as Mini-Cons, when in actuality, they're ''Optimus Prime's own team of trainees'', as seen in the [[Cybertron City (episode)|first episode]] of the series. ''This'' is why Ironhide is so determined to accompany Prime's team to Mars (to save his old friends), and why Prime and he share an emotional moment at the end of the episode (because they fail to save them).
* In ''Super Link'', when Cyclonus arrives, Demolishor tells him a rumor that Megatron has revived; Cyclonus is skeptical, and they both think Tidal Wave is an idiot for going along with it. In ''Energon'', Cyclonus tells Demolishor a rumor that ''Scorponok'' has been revived, despite the fact that neither of them have ever met Scorponok before.
* In ''Super Link'', the sword was made ''from'' Megatron and infused with his [[spark]]. ''Energon'' mangled this into the sword having belonged to Megatron.
*In one of the more famous ''Energon'' dub gaffes, Alpha Q claims that the Megatron Sword is the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], which makes absolutely no sense.
* Ironhide speculates that "there could still be Mini-Cons on Mars who need our help!" Well, yes, there's a whole ''city'' of them.
*When Ironhide and Jetfire finally Powerlinx together, they refer to it as Superlinking.
* The entire point of this episode, which is that the surviving Transformers on Mars are possibly getting wiped out, is pretty much glossed over. Can't have a bunch of guys getting killed in a kids' show!

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 3
* Stock footage: 3
* We need/they want energon: 6
* We've gotta: 4
* Let's do it: 1

===Animation and technical glitches===
* In the ''Energon'' version of this episode, when Scorponok destroys Optimus Prime's [[Prime Force]] drone units with a sweep of the Megatron Sword, instead of properly animated explosions, pulsating red circles appear.
* The animation of the ending battle sequence is amazingly unclear.

===Continuity errors===
*The fact that Mars City was previously a smoking bomb crater, with no detected life signs, is completely forgotten in this episode. Instead, Dr. Jones reports to Prime that an energon source has been discovered there, rather than the more crucial fact that there were survivors of the first attack.
* Why at this point would Demolishor know or care who Scorponok is?
* Skyboom is called "Sonar" by Optimus—perhaps not so surprising since Skyboom's toy is a retool of Sonar.
* Cyclonus was last seen guarding the moon base before it was attacked and destroyed in "[[Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City]]". So... where's he ''been'' all this time?. And why were there Omnicons with him when he came back?
* All the characters recognise the sword as Megatron's, when he ''never used it before''. This manages to make even ''less'' sense in the Japanese version, where the sword was explicitly created anew by Alpha Q.

===Trivia===
* More spiffy generics in this one, both in Mars City and in the unnamed [[Plains City]]. One of the Mars group is totally wearing a trash can lid on his head. With some slight modification, this same character model would later be recycled as [[Padlock]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Scorpinok (episode)

2010-10-28T06:20:13Z

125.237.200.120: /* Featured characters */

{{disambig2|the third episode of the [[Energon (cartoon)|Energon animated series]]|the characters whose names you can't spell correctly|Scorponok (disambiguation)}}

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=3
|prev=Energon Stars
|next=Megatron's Sword
|title="Scorpinok"
|japanese=メガザラックの罠
|romaji=MegaZarak no Wana
|translation=MegaZarak's Trap
|image=E3_titlecard.jpg
|caption=What the...? Surely they can't make a mistake this bad again?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Shōji Tonoike]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 23|23 January]] [[2004]] (Japan) [[February 14]], 2004 (US)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''At Desert City, the Autobots fend off the first Terrorcon attack against Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
Somewhere in space, a giant ship thing of some sort emerges from some kind of glowing spatial space thing. In space. Within, as [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] prepares to depart, [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] gives him a "little gift": a holographic image showing a fried husk.

[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] wonders where he's being taken. Alpha Q tells him that they merely require his services... and he doesn't get a say in the matter.

On his [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] orbital station, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] searches video records for evidence of where Tidal Wave and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] went. Suddenly, he observes a comet-like object, which abruptly vanishes.

[[Image:Energon-Tidal-Wave-Meets-Scorponok.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Scorponok tells Tidal Wave they can resurrect Megatron. Unfortunately for Scorponok, he will shortly discover he was telling the truth.]]

In [[Ocean City]], [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] briefs his troops on the mining operations underway there and in [[Plains City]] and [[Desert City]]. He sends [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to defend the other two stations. [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] passes along Carlos's comet sighting. [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] continues to grumble about his assignment, and Prime gives him a short dressing-down. Elsewhere, [[Misha Miramond|Meeka]] refuses to leave her city, to [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]]'s frustration.

Aboard his comet-ship, Scorponok explains that they need Tidal Wave's help in reviving someone. Tidal Wave asks who, and Scorponok shows him the hologram—the corpse of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. Scorponok explains to Tidal Wave that his superior needs his help to revive Megatron, via large quantities of [[energon (Energon)|energon]]. Tidal Wave is ready and willing.

Hot Shot arrives at Desert City, reassures Meeka, and briefs some generic troops on the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] threat. Jetfire does likewise at [[Plains City]]. An enemy force is detected just then; the [[Autobot]]s wonder where they're headed, but Kicker is certain they're bound for Desert City. Optimus believes his intuition, and they prepare to move out. The [[Omnicon]]s power them up and provide them with extra [[energon weapon]]s.

[[Image:Energon-Ironhides-1st-Energon-Weapon.jpg|230px|thumb|right|This'll last a whole battle, right?]]

Hot Shot's troops defend Desert City as Tidal Wave leads a fleet of Terrorcons. Hot Shot is miffed to see that their former ally is attacking. That anger turns to shock when he hears Tidal Wave say "must revive Megatron". Scorponok soon arrives as well. As Tidal Wave advances, the Autobots fall back to defend the mine entrance.

Meeka frets as the battle closes in on the research center. The [[Omnicon]]s hurry as well, but decide not to abandon their posts. Gotta respect bots who will keep working in the face of certain death.

The Terrorcons break through, head into the mine, and begin munching away at all the tasty, yummy, energony goodness. Prime and company drive down out of the sky and head for the mine entrance. Tidal Wave attacks them, but Prime holds him off while the others head for the mine.

Prime demands an explanation from Tidal Wave, getting a "Must revive Megatron" in response. Scorponok introduces himself for no reason, then immediately orders Tidal Wave to destroy Prime. Kicker and Ironhide find Hot Shot. Informed that Meeka is still in the [[Extraterrestrial Research and Development Center|R&D center]], Kicker heads that way with Ironhide following.

[[Image:Energon-Ironhide-Faces-Sunset.jpg|230px|thumb|left|I turn my face towaaaard the barren sun.]]

The Omnicons create a special [[energon star]] to revive Hot Shot. The group loads him up and heads out the back exit from the mines just ahead of the swarming Terrorcons, only to find themselves face-to-claw with the mighty Scorponok. Ironhide attempts to hold him off but is no match for the titan. The Omnicons give him the energon star meant for Hot Shot, but Scorponok leads the Terrorcons away before Ironhide can attack them. Tidal Wave tries to grab a raw energon star and gets a shock for his troubles.

Ironhide is awarded a [[Spark of Combination|Combination Spark]] for his bravery, making him a full-fledged member of Prime's team.

At Ocean City, Demolishor wonders if Tidal Wave is right—can Megatron be re-awakened?
{{-}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (9)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (10)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (11)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (14)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (17)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (18)

|c2=
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (4)

|c3=
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (6)
*[[Kicker Jones]] (12)
*[[Misha Miramond|Meeka]] (13)
*Scientist (19)

|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson]] (1)
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (2)
*[[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (3)
*[[Battle Ravage|Battle Ravage drones]] (5)
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (15)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave!(...)"
:—'''Tidal Wave''' works really hard to not forget his name.

"Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Where are you taking me?!"
:—'''Tidal Wave''' demands answers in his own unique style.

"Hey, let me put it this way. 'Worried' is putting it mildly."
:—'''Hot Shot''', master orator

"Man! Why doesn't that girl ever ''listen'' to me?!" 
"Hm. That kid might want to eat more fiber."
:—'''Kicker''', observed by '''Demolishor'''

"Wouldn't a cannon have been simpler?"
:—'''Ironhide''' comments on the Omnicons' energon weapons.

"You can never have too many weapons."
:— '''Optimus Prime''', champion of the Autobot ideals of peace and justice.

"Man that kid really gets under my armor!"
:—'''Ironhide''''s reaction is not exactly unique among the Autobots.

"This just doesn't make any sense. How is it possible Tidal Wave said 'reanimated'?"
:—'''Demolishor''' questions Tidal Wave's potential to have a vocabulary.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
Amazingly, almost nothing:

* Jetfire mentions the enemy's penchant for rushing blindly toward energon, not mentioned in the dub but pretty clear from the animation.
* "Meeka" and her fellow scientist are worried about getting attacked because of the energon star the Omnicons are working to create, a point lost in the dub.
* At the end of the battle, Ironhide originally comments on Tidal Wave's intelligence, prompting Kicker to make a similar crack about Ironhide. This is why Ironhide is visibly frustrated at the end of the scene.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 7
* Stock footage: 3
* "It's time to:" 2
* Gimme a break: 1
* We're a team: 3

===Animation and technical errors===
* What is that chick's name? Mika? Meeka? Misha? Whatever.
* The Terrorcons' energon stars are animated differently in ''Super Link''. In ''Energon'', the entire Terrorcon glows purple as the star is generated; in ''Super Link'', just the star itself lights up.
* After Skyblast gives Optimus an energon star, Optimus thanks Strongarm.
* When Ironhide runs toward the mine entrance, the background is animated so slowly it appears to be staying still. A more visible scroll was used in the ''Super Link'' version.
* When Tidal Wave is shocked by a raw energon star, the background shows a night sky. All other shots show early evening.
* Nobody can spell "[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]", apparently.
* The whereabouts of the missing "o" in "Scorpinok" (and the source of the "i") would eventually be revealed in "[[Imprisoned Inferno|Improsoned Inferno]]".

===Continuity errors===
* The disappearing comet is Scorponok and Alpha Q's ship, but its disappearing act is never explained.
* So, did Tidal Wave retreat, or what? He's last shown getting zapped by the energon star he attempts to grab.

===Trivia===
* The Street Action Mini-Cons make an appearance in their combined form as Perceptor, and Sureshock as Kicker's ATV, but they're never mentioned by name or given anything to do beyond acting as Kicker's vehicle(s). In ''Super Link'', [[Sureshock (Armada)|Charge]] at least gets mentioned by name as Kicker tells her to transform into vehicle mode, but this was removed in the dub for some reason.
* There's a lot of sweet looking generic bots shown in Desert City and Plains City.
**Multiple generic [[Padlock]]s and "[[Padlock#Orange jet Autobot|orange jet Autobots]]" are among Hot Shot's troops at Desert City.
* The identities of Skyblast and Strongarm are very confused after this episode. They're clearly shown in Ocean City, but identical 'bots with identical voices are also shown in Desert City at the same time. Apparently there's just a lot of the same dude running around.
* Seriously. The energon powerups are totally useless. Ironhide hits ''one Terrorcon'' with his energon weapon, and it promptly fades away.
* "Out of energon" doesn't have the same meaning in this series as any other.
* Nobody seems to give a crap about all the generics who get shot up in this episode, seemingly exploding and dying after a single hit. Only Hot Shot matters!
*Paramount's home video releases corrected the titlecard of the episode to show "Scorp'''o'''nok".

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Energon Stars

2010-10-28T06:18:10Z

125.237.200.120: /* Featured characters */

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=2
|prev=Cybertron City (episode)
|next=Scorpinok
|title="Energon Stars"
|japanese=輝け! エネルゴンスター
|romaji=Kagakaye! Energon Star
|translation=Shine! Energon Stars
|image=E2_titlecard.jpg
|caption=Unfortunate mental image ahoy!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Jun Kawagoe]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 16|16 January]] [[2004]] (Japan) [[February 7]], 2004 (US)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''The Autobots prepare for the Terrorcons' second strike, but it's not where they expected.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], now an official of some importance, is driven into [[Ocean City]] on [[Earth]]. She meets [[Sally Jones|Sally]], but can't stay and chat—she has a meeting, much to Sally's disappointment.

Meanwhile, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] is marvelling at his new armor in his room, when an alarm sounds. He panics, and trips over a conveniently placed bench—then realizes, much to his frustration, that the alarm is sounding for the meeting.

[[Image:Energon-Optimus-Holds-Kicker.jpg|230px|thumb|left|A rather interesting specimen, wouldn't you say?]] At the meeting, Prime, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] and others watch a satellite transmission showing a motionless [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], repeating his name and being carried away by a swarm of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] jaguars. A closeup reveals that the creatures eat [[energon (Energon)|energon]]. Alexis explains that the Terrorcons are high-tech androids, called... Terrorcons. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]] deduces that the Terrorcons' next target will be the energon mines on [[Earth]], and Alexis agrees. However, to fight the Terrorcons would go against the [[Earth Federation Treaty]], which forbids [[Transformer]]s to take up arms against other Transformers. Kicker doesn't take well to this, of course, interrupting the meeting.

Alexis concludes that the only option is to evacuate Ocean City. Kicker starts shouting and arguing, demanding that nobody take him away from Earth. Optimus allows him to stay on Earth with the [[Autobot]]s, but tells him he'd better learn to follow orders. A [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] wonders if the [[Omnicon]]s will be evacuated too, but before he can get an answer, a [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] verbally drags him away to get back to work.

As the evacuation of the city proceeds, Kicker watches Sally leave and comments on how strange it will be without them. [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] informs him that he is now Kicker's guardian. Neither Kicker nor Ironhide are particularly happy about the situation.

Optimus Prime sends a [[radio]] transmission informing the other troops that they are moving to Defcon level 4 and that they know very little about their enemy. All the humans have been evacuated except for [[Misha Miramond|Mika]] and Kicker as the city submerges.

Ironhide grumbles about having to guard a boring [[human]] and vows that one day he'll get his [[Spark of Combination]]... then reality sets in and Ironhide deflates.

[[Image:Energon-Tidal-Wave-Carried-Away.jpg|230px|thumb|right|He was once Megatron's huge secret weapon, now being carried off by the guys who explode in one hit. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.]]

On the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] can hardly wait for the battle to start, already firing off his guns. His shots are answered as a horde of Terrorcons attacks. Prime is taken by surprise, having anticipated an attack on Earth. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] prepares to take the [[space bridge]] to the Moon as an initial reinforcement, and Kicker insists on coming along, to Ironhide's relief.

Ocean City raises, activating the space bridge. Hot Shot assures Ironhide that Prime will hear about it if he does well. The Omnicons power up Prime's team with [[energon star]]s, and the team then drives off into the sky.

On the Moon, Jetfire and Kicker have their hands full. Prime's team arrives and counterattacks, while Ironhide heads for the energon mines. After passing several fallen Transformers near the entrance, Ironhide heads down the elevator shaft, interrupting the Terrorcons at work there. Despite his [[energon star]] running out, he holds his own against them for a while, till Kicker and the others arrive to back him up. The surviving Terrorcons retreat.

[[Image:Energon-Kicker-Finds-Mine.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Hello? Anyone there?]]

The Autobots return to Earth with the damaged Ironhide, who blames himself for the loss. Kicker starts to storm off, but Prime forcefully reminds him that Ironhide's his partner, so the human tries to cheer him up—by kicking him and arguing with him, of course. It works.

Demolishor asks what happened on the Moon and if they saw Cyclonus there. The Autobots report that there was no trace of him, to Demolishor's concern. Prime starts to remember something, but stops short of sharing it with the others.

[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] muses that his army will soon be more powerful even than the [[Decepticon]]s, as [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] arises...
{{-}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (2)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (5)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (9)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (11)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (12)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (16)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (17)
* [[Generic|Generic Autobots]] (18 - 22)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (23)

|c3=
* [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (1)
* [[Sally Jones]] (3)
* [[Kicker Jones]] (4)
* [[Miranda Jones]] (10)
* [[Misha Miramond]] (14)

|c4=
* [[Battle Ravage]] (6)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] (7)
* [[Primus]] (15)
* [[Alpha Quintesson]] (24)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (25)

}}

==Quotes==
"I ''ordered'' you to team up with Ironhide! Or did you forget that." 
"Aw, gimme a break." 
"If you want to ignore my orders, then I have no choice but to send you back to your ''mother''." 
"You ''wouldn't!''" 
"''Try me.''"
:—'''Optimus''' knows how to push '''Kicker'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s buttons

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* In ''Super Link'', Alexis doesn't just tell Sally about a meeting; she has her help assemble everyone. Sally is a bit unsure about telling her brother. The dub mangles their conversation in all sorts of strange ways, including having ''Sally'' say that she thought she'd never get past Demolishor (even though she ''lives in the city''), and having her ask Alexis if she's seen Kicker around—even though Alexis ''just got there''.
* Alexis identifies the attackers as ''Transformers'', not ''Terrorcons'' as in the dub.
* In ''Energon'', Alexis says that the Earth government has declared that Transformers can't take up arms against other Transformers. What she's supposed to be explaining is that the Earth government has declared the battle to be entirely between Transformers, and hence is unwilling to interfere. ''That'' is why Kicker abruptly blows his stack at Alexis and everyone else.
* The dub then makes it sound like Alexis is calling for the evacuation of the entire planet, rather than just Ocean City.
* Subtitles in the ''Super Link'' version identify Plains City, Jungle City, and Desert City during Prime's evacuation announcement. They remain unnamed in the dub.
* ''Super Link'' Ironhide is more angry that Kicker gets to leave ahead of him than relieved at being rid of him.
* Optimus originally tells the overconfident Ironhide not to rely too heavily on the Energon Star, a point lost in the dub.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 29
* Stock footage: 3
* Listen up: 1
* It's time to: 2
* (X) is counting on you/me/us: 1
* "Gimme a break": 2
* "You can't be serious": 1
* Like: 2
* Aw man: 4

===Continuity errors===
* The [[Mars City|Mars base]] is misidentified as "Cyber City"; later Ocean City is misidentified as "Cybertron City" ''and'' "Cyber City".
* Is she "Misha" or "Mika"?
* Are they energon ''cells'' per the dialog, or ''stars'' per the title? (Never mind that they're energon ''chips'' in the toyline...)
* Ironhide doesn't even fire a shot before his energon star fades out.
* Prime is initially fine with Kicker running off with Jetfire, yet later berates him for not teaming up with Ironhide.
* Hot Shot complains about running out of energon, even though he still clearly has an energon star.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Cybertron City (episode)

2010-10-28T06:14:40Z

125.237.200.120: /* Featured characters */

{{disambig2|the first episode of the Energon cartoon|the Autobot bases in the Energon cartoon|Cybertron City (city)}}
{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=1
|next=Energon Stars
|title="Cybertron City"
|japanese=浮上! オーシャンシティ
|romaji=Fujō! Ocean City
|translation=Arise! Ocean City
|image=E1_titlecard.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Yutaka Satō]], [[Jun Kawagoe]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 9|9 January]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[January 31]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, a new threat arises...'''

==Synopsis==
Deep within the shattered remains of [[Unicron]], [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]—one of Unicron's many victims—is resurrected, to gather [[energon (Energon)|energon]] to revive Unicron. Alpha Q releases a horde of [[energon (Energon)|energon]]-eating [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s, which will scavenge [[Earth]]'s abundant supplies of the power source.

[[Image:Energon Ocean City rises.jpg|thumb|left|200px|We built this city on rock and roll!]]
As [[Ocean City]] and bridge rise and unfold from one of Earth's oceans, [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] narrates: it has been ten years since [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and Unicron disappeared in the depths of space. He and the other surviving [[Decepticon]]s have had to suffer through working with the [[Autobot]]s and [[human]]s in search of energon, and he's ''not'' happy about it.

The city has surfaced so that the human known as [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] can go out on his motorbike and get some fresh air, much to Demolishor's consternation. [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] shows up too, and berates Demolishor for neglecting his work before running off in pursuit of the wayward Kicker. Kicker's tired of being cooped up in the submerged city and taking orders from 'bots. Suddenly, his hair flashes golden.

Below the waves, the [[Omnicon]]s are hard at work mining; they suddenly hit a golden glowing seam.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Rad White|Rad]] pays a visit to Earth's [[Extraterrestrial Research and Development Center]], where he communicates briefly with [[Sally Jones|Sally]]. Rad tells Kicker's father, [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]], that the Omnicons have hit a big vein of energon right where Dr. Jones predicted. Energon is a clean energy source, needed to get Earth through an energy crisis, as well as the Transformers' requirements for the repair of Cybertron.

[[Image:Cybertron City Optimus and Ironhide train.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Primedouken!]]

On an asteroid colony, two 'bots give the stoic [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] a hard time about his terminal silence. Suddenly, a barrage of lights from the depths of space pound the colony, as the Terrorcon drones attack.

In a training arena, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] spars with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], and is ready to go again despite getting put down. Optimus comments that the young 'bot reminds him a lot of Hot Shot, which Ironhide regards as about the best compliment ever.

Rad and Dr. Jones report the attack to Optimus, telling him that their [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] depot is under attack, as reported by Carlos. Prime speaks with [[Primus|a great glowing light]] about the strange development. Prime rounds up [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] to check out the situation, and Ironhide insists on coming too. Rad activates a [[space bridge]] gate, and the four Autobots roll out.

Arriving on Mars, the four find the smoking ruins of [[Mars City|the planet's Cybertron city]]. The team detects no life, even though there were many Transformers working there. They quickly head to Earth.

[[Image:E01 shinjiface.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This is my "Shinji" face.]]
At Ocean City, Sally and [[Miranda Jones|her mother]] observe the Omnicons' energon research, and squabble with Kicker. Kicker recalls arriving on planet Cybertron as a very young boy with his father, and meeting the gargantuan and rather terrifying Autobots. Present-day Kicker grumbles that he doesn't need any [[Transformer]]s to protect him.

[[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] reports that the Mars base was destroyed by asteroids. Kicker urgently tells Hot Shot that they're under attack, and he must submerge the city. He and Hot Shot race outside.

[[Image:E01 hentai iminent.jpg|right|200px|thumb|'''Finding God:''' Yer doing it wrong!]]
:''Optimus Prime searches for young Kicker, who, driven by his robot hatred, has run away and hidden in a restricted zone. Falling into a void, Kicker is snared by a glowing light. The voice of Primus speaks, wondering what energy source powers humans.''

And thus began Kicker's strange powers.

Hot Shot and Kicker observe as a huge swarm of Terrorcons appear in the sky, opening fire. Hot Shot returns fire. Demolishor soon finds himself against a pile of the creatures. The timely arrival of Optimus's crew saves Kicker from another group. Prime unleashes his [[Prime Force]] drones, then gives Hot Shot a [[Spark of Combination]], allowing him to [[Powerlinx]] with Inferno. Prime merges with his drones, and blows away ton of the Terrorcons.

Kicker leaps aboard Ironhide and makes good use of his cannon, but ultimately has to be saved by Prime, who grants him a suit from his father to protect him. Kicker is furious—this is his planet and nobody can tell him what to do!

Alpha Q observes that the first attack was a failure, but there are many hands yet to be played.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (4)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (7)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (8)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (9)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (13)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (14)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (15)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (16)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (17)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (5)
* [[Rad White]] (10)
* [[Sally Jones]] (11)
* [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (12)
* [[Carlos Lopez]] (18)
* [[Miranda Jones]] (20)
* [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (21)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (1)
* [[Battle Ravage|Battle Ravage drones]] (2)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (3)
* [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (6)
* [[Primus]] (19)
* [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
"You're not the boss of me, Hot Shot!"
:—'''Demolishor''' apparently liked taking orders from [[Megatron (Armada)|his last boss]] more.

"She said our Earth station has detected molecular activity at the precise coordinates where you suspected energon to be."
:—'''Rad''' begins the grand ''Energon'' tradition of things making no sense at all.

"Is that energon?" 
"Yes. It's the energy source that all life forms need to survive, Sally." 
"I'm not sure I get it, Mom."
:—'''Sally''' and '''Mrs. Jones''', who doesn't know much about biology

"Kicker! Don't be an idiot!"
:—'''Hot Shot''' is a real optimist

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* There are two distinct English-language dubs of this episode—a version broadcast on television, which is a straight dub of the Japanese edition of the episode, and the substantially-altered version released on DVD. In addition to a ''heavily'' re-written script, the DVD version re-orders several scenes, chief among them the opening sequence with Alpha Q and Kicker's flashbacks, and inserts a new opening monologue from Optimus Prime, along with clips from ''Armada''.
* The prolonged sequence of Ocean City rising up from beneath the waves differs across the various editions of this episode. The original Japanese version features only music and sound effects. The English TV-broadcast version features a monologue from Demolishor touching upon the events of the last ten years, to cement the series as a continuation of ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''. The English DVD version replaces this monologue with an argument between Kicker and [[Misha Miramond|Misha]] about raising the city. Misha does not actually appear in the episode, though, and shouldn't actually ''be'' in Ocean City anyway.
* In the opening sequence of this episode, Alpha Q states that Unicron has brought him back on-line, in order to stop Unicron from going offline—a claim that is totally at odds with what we will learn of the character and his history as the series progresses. As an error, it's entirely confined to the English dub, but unlike the multitude of errors that would come to populate the dub, this one was ''not'' a product of stupidity, but instead, a very deliberately inserted line. This "minion of Unicron" role was Hasbro's intention for the character, and it's how he is portrayed in the [[Energon (comic)|Dreamwave comic]], but the Japanese production staff wound up creating an entirely different story for the character that contradicted it. To get things back in order, the line was deleted from the DVD release of the dubbed episode.
* Curiously, the DVD version of this episode removed the cameos of young Alexis, Carlos and Rad departing the Autobot starship [[Axalon (Armada)|''Axalon'']] from Kicker's flashback sequence, instead jumping straight to Dr. Jones and Kicker leaving the vessel.

===Pain count===
The "Uh?"s start very early:

* "Uh?": 9
* Stock footage: just 2, but one of them is Prime's ultra-dull drone combination sequence.

===Animation and technical errors===
* In the version broadcast on television, there is an audio synch mistake when Rad and Dr. Jones watch Prime's Autobots depart for Mars; their dialogue begins too soon, cringingly causing their lip movements to lag behind it. Surprisingly, this was fixed for the DVD release.
* During the attack on Ocean City, Sally wonders where her brother is, and her mother adds "Where's Kicker?" in Sally's voice. Oops. This was not fixed for the DVD release.

===Continuity errors===
*In Optimus Prime's opening monologue on the DVD version of the episode, he refers to the series as taking place 20 years after the Unicron Battles of Armada, rather than 10.
*Optimus Prime is somehow able to identify the Terrorcons by name, before he has any way to know what they are. Again, this line was not in the original Japanese version, and was removed for the DVD release of the dub.

===Transformers references===
*The corpse of [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] is briefly seen in the opening scene, when the camera is moving through Unicron's body.

===Trivia===
* According to the ''[[Unicron Trilogy guidebooks|Transformers Energon Official Guidebook]]'', the sparring match was Optimus Prime training the others in the martial arts discipline [[Wikipedia:Kumite|Kumite]].
* Compared to later episodes, this one is ''astonishingly'' well-animated and acted.
* Kicker is seriously annoying.
* Primus sounds ''creepily'' like the late Megatron.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]