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Strika (BM)

2011-04-13T05:16:07Z

125.237.205.165: /* Fiction */

{{factions|vehicon|decepticon|unicron|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Strika}}

:''Strika is a [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] from the [[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BMStrika.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Show-accuracy|Toy accuracy]]? I ''laugh'' at toy accuracy.]]

'''Strika''' is one of the greatest generals in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s history, and the consort of [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]. She had her spark removed by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], only to later have it replaced within a Vehicon body. She joined the ranks of the [[Vehicon general|Vehicon generals]], taking the place of [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] as commander of [[Heavy Artillery Drone|heavy artillery]].

While she was pretending to have all the brains of a calculator watch, her [[activation code]] (and, indeed, her entire vocabulary) was "terminate". She dropped the word when the ruse was over.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Image:FFOD4-StrikaGlyph.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
Strika was one of the Transformers alive millions of years ago during the [[Quintesson]]s' enslavement of their people. She and [[Glyph (G1)|Glyph]] stood in shock as a peer was destroyed for his insolence. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}<ref>"[[Flames of Yesterday]]"</ref>
{{note|Surprise! She's retroactively Strika.}}
{{-}}

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Patricia Drake]] (English), [[Rikako Aikawa]] (Japanese), [[Carla Pompílio]] (Portuguese from Brazil), [[Regine Albrecht]] (German)

[[Image:Sparkwar1-itsatrap.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Admiral Ackbar, your line?]]

Like Obsidian, Strika wasn't given an alternate personality, as the previous Vehicon generals had. However, her primary directive was to protect Cybertron, but since Megatron was Cybertron now, her loyalty was misplaced. Built at the same time as Obsidian, Strika remained silent as [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] admired the two new recruits (though she did give him a dirty look). Attacking a topside [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], she went after the bat when they split up, grounding him with cannon fire. Before she could crush him, though, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] dropped into her party and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] trapped her in a web, though it didn't hold for long under her attempts to escape. Cheetor tried to reason with her, but she turned and sped off, reuniting with Obsidian. When the [[Maximal]]s cornered the two generals, the trap was sprung, as hundreds of drones surrounded the Maximals. Strika expressed smug amazement that the Maximals had fallen for her and Obsidian's "dumb generals" act, complete with faked battle cries/activation codes of "Terminate!" and "Obliterate!"

[[Image:Sparkwar1-thrustthinkshestheboss.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Old help, meet the new help.]]

Forced to retreat, the Maximals attempted to escape into the sewers, but Strika's drones popped out from every manhole, cutting them off. After they'd barricaded themselves in the Citadel, [[Optimus Primal]] realized they had been herded there, at which point Obsidian contacted them and revealed himself and Strika. Only the timely intervention of [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] saved the Maximals, her seeds disrupting the drones' targeting systems. Strika was upset to discover her side's scans of Botanica were drastically incomplete. With the Maximals gone, Strika returned with Obsidian to Megatron to accept their punishment for failure, but they were congratulated instead, having given Megatron time to formulate his plan for the sparks. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike}}

When Optimus split his team to investigate a vision from the Oracle, Strika was waiting for [[Rattrap]] and Botanica at the Citadel. Ambushing the Maximals, she gave chase but temporarily lost them when they hid in a building. However, it didn't take long to locate them, and she mercilessly attacked Botanica while Rattrap was plugged into a holographic pleasure terminal. Disabling them, Strika prepared to administer the coup de grace to Botanica, but Rattrap intervened and plugged her into the terminal instead, leaving her admiring the beauty of an undamaged Cybertron. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search}}

[[Image:Sparkofdarkness-strikacloseup.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Not everyone can be Pamela Andertron.]]

As Megatron prepared to enact his plan, Strika and Obsidian were assigned to guard the [[Grand Mal]]'s exterior. When the Maximals attempted to enter the Grand Mal, Silverbolt, Cheetor and Nightscream caused some major problems for the two with Rattrap's signature-altering devices—until Strika used one of the devices to send feedback through the other units, allowing the Maximals to be detected. She then got thrown into Obsidian by Noble. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege}}

With Megatron's seeming destruction, Obsidian and Strika were at a loss. Offered a place with the Maximals by Cheetor, Strika was incredulous at the notion, but she and Obsidian accepted after a crazed mutant zombie thing tried to scrap her and everyone else present. Thrust slagged them off for this, pointing out they were loyal to everyone and that meant loyal to no one. When Megatron's crazed spark entered the Grand Mal, Obsidian and Strika moved to intercept. It wasn't too successful. However, when Megatron's spark was repolarized and bonded to a Diagnostic Drone, Strika and Obsidian seized him and vacated the premises, swearing their loyalty to Megatron once more: Thrust's words had made an impact on them. Megatron, however, was infuriated and refused to accept it was tactically necessary to have withdrawn. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}}

[[Image:Endgame2-floaters.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Gross, Cheetor left a floater!]]

Along with Obsidian and Thrust, Strika led the final assault on the Grand Mal, though she spent her time chasing Maximals rather than attacking the floating base (and chasing Thrust around for a while after Nightscream planted a device on her that made her see others as Maximals). {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral}}

After making a massive assault on the downed fortress and taking out Blackarachnia personally, Strika, Obsidian and Thrust cornered Cheetor in the Grand Mal's engine room. However, the crafty cat activated the anti-gravity drive, sending Strika and Obsidian hurtling up into Cybertron's orbit. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall}}
{{-}}

====Singularity Ablyss====
As Megatron's polarized spark traveled from body to body near the end of the [[Spark War]], it settled in an [[Aero Drone]] body and attacked Strika, Obsidian, Nightscream, and Cheetor. Though it could not communicate in this form, it silently cursed Strika and Obsidian for switching allegiances at the first opportunity.
{{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}

====''Universe: Featuring the Wreckers''====
Though marooned in orbit, Strika and Obsidian were otherwise undamaged and were able to serve Cybertron once more. When the [[Quintesson]]s invaded technorganic Cybertron one week after the [[Great Reformatting]], Obsidian rewired an orbiting monitoring station for combat, while Strika used its artillery to take down an impressive target. The Quintesson ship ''[[Paradigm]]'' was destroyed in low orbit over [[Polyhex]]. Strika and Obsidian turned their attentions to the planetary defense grid. Though they had faith in the Maximals below, as they ''had'' bested even ''them'', the two still served the lofty goal of protecting Cybertron from invaders. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|right|300px|thumb|See her way in the back? Falling into the goop?]]

At the end of the [[Universe war]], [[Optimus Primal]]'s [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] fought one last desperate battle within [[Unicron]] against the [[Minion of Unicron|Minions of Unicron]]. "Nemesis" Strika was of these minions, and she met a gruesome end when Unicron himself vanished beneath them, somehow due to the [[Unicron Singularity]]. Though Optimus Primal and his warriors were able to escape through a dimensional portal to their home dimensions, Nemesis Strika and Obsidian fell to their doom in the molten lakes of the [[Pit]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

{{note|Nemesis Strika is presumably an alternate-universe version of Strika, similar to ''Universe''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Obsidian and [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]], but since all we know about her is her appearance in this panel, that's not something we can know for certain.}}
{{--}}

===Wings of Honor===
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

==Toys==
===Beast Machines===
[[Image:BMtoy-Strika.jpg|right|thumb|300px|You will spend hours activating my addictive gimmickry.]]
* '''Strika''' (Deluxe, 2000)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:Part of the first wave of Deluxes in the ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' "Battle For the Spark" [[subline imprint|subline]], Strika transforms into a Cybertronic six-wheeled assault tank. Two pressure-launch missiles are mounted on top, and pressing the figure's [[spark crystal]] causes them to pom-pom back and forth to simulate firing. Both gimmicks are fully functional in both modes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Vehicon/Strika/stryka.htm More information on Strika at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Universe (2003)===
[[Image:TFU03-toy_NemesisStrika.jpg|right|300px|thumb|More like Nemesis Reprolabels.com, am I right?]]
*'''Nemesis Strika''' (Deluxe, 2005)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles

: Nemesis Strika is a [[redeco]] and minor [[retool]]ing of the original ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Strika toy. The figure's chest was retooled to accommodate the addition of a [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]. Unusually, this insignia is not a [[tampograph]]ed [[Paint operation|paint application]], but a [[sticker|paper sticker]] (and ''not'' the one seen in the [[:Image:Nemesisstrikatoy.jpg|Hasbro stock photography]] of the toy).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/NemesisStrika/nemesisstrika.htm More information on Nemesis Strika at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Beast Wars Returns===
{{anchor|BWR}}
[[Image:BWRtoy-VehiconStrika.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The show model didn't have one bit of lavender, yet, hey, here we are.]]
*'''Vehicon Strika''' (Deluxe, 2005)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:In 2005 the toy was [[redeco]]ed and released as part of the Japanese [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]] ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)#2005 (Beast Wars Returns)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' series, the Japanese name for ''Beast Machines''. Having been produced several years after the cartoon, this version casually attempted a more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] look than the original by swapping out the originally silver plastic for magenta and lavender, but making no other deco changes. The figure retained the mold changes used for the ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' release (see above), and since no actual paint operations were changed, details on the chestplate's sculpt that no longer exist are still painted.
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Story editor [[Bob Skir]] wanted to depict Obsidian and Strika's return to Cybertron after the reformatting wave hit in the last episode, making them the only two purely mechanical beings remaining. However, this never made it into the series.

* The name "Strika" is possibly derived from "[[wikipedia:Stryker|Stryker]]", a type of eight-wheeled all-wheel-drive armored combat vehicle.

* Nemesis Strika is currently the only Transformer named "Nemesis _________" who isn't a [[Black repaint|black clone]] of the original. Her actual relationship to said original is currently unknown; she might be an alternate version, she might be the original. Nobody knows, but for simplicity's sake, we're putting her on this page either way.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Strika''' (ストライカ ''Sutoraika'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Strategists]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Vehicons]]

Strika (BM)

2011-04-13T05:15:30Z

125.237.205.165: /* Fiction */

{{factions|vehicon|decepticon|unicron|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Strika}}

:''Strika is a [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] from the [[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BMStrika.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Show-accuracy|Toy accuracy]]? I ''laugh'' at toy accuracy.]]

'''Strika''' is one of the greatest generals in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s history, and the consort of [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]. She had her spark removed by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], only to later have it replaced within a Vehicon body. She joined the ranks of the [[Vehicon general|Vehicon generals]], taking the place of [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] as commander of [[Heavy Artillery Drone|heavy artillery]].

While she was pretending to have all the brains of a calculator watch, her [[activation code]] (and, indeed, her entire vocabulary) was "terminate". She dropped the word when the ruse was over.

==Fiction==
===cartoon continuity===
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Image:FFOD4-StrikaGlyph.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
Strika was one of the Transformers alive millions of years ago during the [[Quintesson]]s' enslavement of their people. She and [[Glyph (G1)|Glyph]] stood in shock as a peer was destroyed for his insolence. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}<ref>"[[Flames of Yesterday]]"</ref>
{{note|Surprise! She's retroactively Strika.}}
{{-}}

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Patricia Drake]] (English), [[Rikako Aikawa]] (Japanese), [[Carla Pompílio]] (Portuguese from Brazil), [[Regine Albrecht]] (German)

[[Image:Sparkwar1-itsatrap.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Admiral Ackbar, your line?]]

Like Obsidian, Strika wasn't given an alternate personality, as the previous Vehicon generals had. However, her primary directive was to protect Cybertron, but since Megatron was Cybertron now, her loyalty was misplaced. Built at the same time as Obsidian, Strika remained silent as [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] admired the two new recruits (though she did give him a dirty look). Attacking a topside [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], she went after the bat when they split up, grounding him with cannon fire. Before she could crush him, though, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] dropped into her party and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] trapped her in a web, though it didn't hold for long under her attempts to escape. Cheetor tried to reason with her, but she turned and sped off, reuniting with Obsidian. When the [[Maximal]]s cornered the two generals, the trap was sprung, as hundreds of drones surrounded the Maximals. Strika expressed smug amazement that the Maximals had fallen for her and Obsidian's "dumb generals" act, complete with faked battle cries/activation codes of "Terminate!" and "Obliterate!"

[[Image:Sparkwar1-thrustthinkshestheboss.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Old help, meet the new help.]]

Forced to retreat, the Maximals attempted to escape into the sewers, but Strika's drones popped out from every manhole, cutting them off. After they'd barricaded themselves in the Citadel, [[Optimus Primal]] realized they had been herded there, at which point Obsidian contacted them and revealed himself and Strika. Only the timely intervention of [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] saved the Maximals, her seeds disrupting the drones' targeting systems. Strika was upset to discover her side's scans of Botanica were drastically incomplete. With the Maximals gone, Strika returned with Obsidian to Megatron to accept their punishment for failure, but they were congratulated instead, having given Megatron time to formulate his plan for the sparks. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike}}

When Optimus split his team to investigate a vision from the Oracle, Strika was waiting for [[Rattrap]] and Botanica at the Citadel. Ambushing the Maximals, she gave chase but temporarily lost them when they hid in a building. However, it didn't take long to locate them, and she mercilessly attacked Botanica while Rattrap was plugged into a holographic pleasure terminal. Disabling them, Strika prepared to administer the coup de grace to Botanica, but Rattrap intervened and plugged her into the terminal instead, leaving her admiring the beauty of an undamaged Cybertron. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search}}

[[Image:Sparkofdarkness-strikacloseup.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Not everyone can be Pamela Andertron.]]

As Megatron prepared to enact his plan, Strika and Obsidian were assigned to guard the [[Grand Mal]]'s exterior. When the Maximals attempted to enter the Grand Mal, Silverbolt, Cheetor and Nightscream caused some major problems for the two with Rattrap's signature-altering devices—until Strika used one of the devices to send feedback through the other units, allowing the Maximals to be detected. She then got thrown into Obsidian by Noble. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege}}

With Megatron's seeming destruction, Obsidian and Strika were at a loss. Offered a place with the Maximals by Cheetor, Strika was incredulous at the notion, but she and Obsidian accepted after a crazed mutant zombie thing tried to scrap her and everyone else present. Thrust slagged them off for this, pointing out they were loyal to everyone and that meant loyal to no one. When Megatron's crazed spark entered the Grand Mal, Obsidian and Strika moved to intercept. It wasn't too successful. However, when Megatron's spark was repolarized and bonded to a Diagnostic Drone, Strika and Obsidian seized him and vacated the premises, swearing their loyalty to Megatron once more: Thrust's words had made an impact on them. Megatron, however, was infuriated and refused to accept it was tactically necessary to have withdrawn. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}}

[[Image:Endgame2-floaters.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Gross, Cheetor left a floater!]]

Along with Obsidian and Thrust, Strika led the final assault on the Grand Mal, though she spent her time chasing Maximals rather than attacking the floating base (and chasing Thrust around for a while after Nightscream planted a device on her that made her see others as Maximals). {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral}}

After making a massive assault on the downed fortress and taking out Blackarachnia personally, Strika, Obsidian and Thrust cornered Cheetor in the Grand Mal's engine room. However, the crafty cat activated the anti-gravity drive, sending Strika and Obsidian hurtling up into Cybertron's orbit. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall}}
{{-}}

====Singularity Ablyss====
As Megatron's polarized spark traveled from body to body near the end of the [[Spark War]], it settled in an [[Aero Drone]] body and attacked Strika, Obsidian, Nightscream, and Cheetor. Though it could not communicate in this form, it silently cursed Strika and Obsidian for switching allegiances at the first opportunity.
{{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}

====''Universe: Featuring the Wreckers''====
Though marooned in orbit, Strika and Obsidian were otherwise undamaged and were able to serve Cybertron once more. When the [[Quintesson]]s invaded technorganic Cybertron one week after the [[Great Reformatting]], Obsidian rewired an orbiting monitoring station for combat, while Strika used its artillery to take down an impressive target. The Quintesson ship ''[[Paradigm]]'' was destroyed in low orbit over [[Polyhex]]. Strika and Obsidian turned their attentions to the planetary defense grid. Though they had faith in the Maximals below, as they ''had'' bested even ''them'', the two still served the lofty goal of protecting Cybertron from invaders. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|right|300px|thumb|See her way in the back? Falling into the goop?]]

At the end of the [[Universe war]], [[Optimus Primal]]'s [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] fought one last desperate battle within [[Unicron]] against the [[Minion of Unicron|Minions of Unicron]]. "Nemesis" Strika was of these minions, and she met a gruesome end when Unicron himself vanished beneath them, somehow due to the [[Unicron Singularity]]. Though Optimus Primal and his warriors were able to escape through a dimensional portal to their home dimensions, Nemesis Strika and Obsidian fell to their doom in the molten lakes of the [[Pit]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

{{note|Nemesis Strika is presumably an alternate-universe version of Strika, similar to ''Universe''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Obsidian and [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]], but since all we know about her is her appearance in this panel, that's not something we can know for certain.}}
{{--}}

===Wings of Honor===
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

==Toys==
===Beast Machines===
[[Image:BMtoy-Strika.jpg|right|thumb|300px|You will spend hours activating my addictive gimmickry.]]
* '''Strika''' (Deluxe, 2000)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:Part of the first wave of Deluxes in the ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' "Battle For the Spark" [[subline imprint|subline]], Strika transforms into a Cybertronic six-wheeled assault tank. Two pressure-launch missiles are mounted on top, and pressing the figure's [[spark crystal]] causes them to pom-pom back and forth to simulate firing. Both gimmicks are fully functional in both modes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Vehicon/Strika/stryka.htm More information on Strika at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Universe (2003)===
[[Image:TFU03-toy_NemesisStrika.jpg|right|300px|thumb|More like Nemesis Reprolabels.com, am I right?]]
*'''Nemesis Strika''' (Deluxe, 2005)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles

: Nemesis Strika is a [[redeco]] and minor [[retool]]ing of the original ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Strika toy. The figure's chest was retooled to accommodate the addition of a [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]. Unusually, this insignia is not a [[tampograph]]ed [[Paint operation|paint application]], but a [[sticker|paper sticker]] (and ''not'' the one seen in the [[:Image:Nemesisstrikatoy.jpg|Hasbro stock photography]] of the toy).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/NemesisStrika/nemesisstrika.htm More information on Nemesis Strika at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Beast Wars Returns===
{{anchor|BWR}}
[[Image:BWRtoy-VehiconStrika.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The show model didn't have one bit of lavender, yet, hey, here we are.]]
*'''Vehicon Strika''' (Deluxe, 2005)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:In 2005 the toy was [[redeco]]ed and released as part of the Japanese [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]] ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)#2005 (Beast Wars Returns)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' series, the Japanese name for ''Beast Machines''. Having been produced several years after the cartoon, this version casually attempted a more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] look than the original by swapping out the originally silver plastic for magenta and lavender, but making no other deco changes. The figure retained the mold changes used for the ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' release (see above), and since no actual paint operations were changed, details on the chestplate's sculpt that no longer exist are still painted.
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Story editor [[Bob Skir]] wanted to depict Obsidian and Strika's return to Cybertron after the reformatting wave hit in the last episode, making them the only two purely mechanical beings remaining. However, this never made it into the series.

* The name "Strika" is possibly derived from "[[wikipedia:Stryker|Stryker]]", a type of eight-wheeled all-wheel-drive armored combat vehicle.

* Nemesis Strika is currently the only Transformer named "Nemesis _________" who isn't a [[Black repaint|black clone]] of the original. Her actual relationship to said original is currently unknown; she might be an alternate version, she might be the original. Nobody knows, but for simplicity's sake, we're putting her on this page either way.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Strika''' (ストライカ ''Sutoraika'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Strategists]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Vehicons]]

Speed Metal

2011-04-13T04:58:39Z

125.237.205.165: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 11
|prev=Deus ex Machina
|next=Predatory
|image=SpeedMetal-startyourengines.jpg
|caption=Temptation, thy name is woman!
|title="Speed Metal"
|airdate=[[April 9]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Dean Stefan]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Knock Out and Jack are both drawn into the world of street racing.'''

==Synopsis==
Cruising along a road at night, [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] listens to a news report about illegal street racing. Switching it off, he pulls up alongside three other cars waiting to race. The [[Fast Willy|driver of one]] decides to put a long scratch in Knock Out's paintwork, rousing the [[Decepticon]]'s ire. After the race starts, Knock Out runs the other driver off the mountain road, informing the stunned human, "You scratch my paint, I scratch yours," before racing off.

[[Image:SpeedMetal-whispering.jpg|left|thumb|250px|There are so many captions for this, all of them dirty.]]

Outside the high school, [[Jack Darby|Jack]] encounters school bully [[Vince]], who mocks [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]]'s vehicle mode. Jack and Arcee leave, but while stopped at a traffic light, Jack's called out to by [[Sierra]], who's keen on a ride. Before Jack can answer, Vince pulls up and challenges him to a race. Jack's still thinking about it when the light changes and Arcee takes off, reminding Jack of the rules about abusing their power. Vince catches up with them at the next light and insults Arcee's motorcycle mode, goading her to suspend the rules, just this once. The pair let Vince know they're ready for the race, and Sierra and [[Sierra's friend|her friend]] turn out at an old dirt road to spectate. Arcee's driving abilities far outstrip Vince's, and they win easily, but Arcee turns down Jack's suggestion that they should offer Sierra a lift.

On the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] is buffing the comatose [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] wanders in to check on the patient and wonders aloud where Knock Out's got to. The 'Con himself walks in a few moments later, complaining about the scratch some "skinjob" put in his finish. Starscream is most disapproving that Knock Out's been street racing again, though what ''really'' annoys him is Knock Out's failure—and glib refusal—to refer to Starscream as "Lord".

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], Arcee reminds Jack not to tell anyone about the race, but it turns out [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] already know, having heard about it at school. Jack swears them to secrecy.

At school, Sierra tells Jack she was impressed with the outcome of the race, but Vince challenges Jack to race again, this time at the circuit. Jack's compelled to agree, but Arcee flatly refuses to race.

Knock Out is out cruising a road somewhere near [[Jasper]], when a speeding street racer car gets his attention, and he heads toward the town.

Jack asks Raf if he can borrow [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] so he can go street racing. Raf isn't so sure (much to Bumblebee's dismay), but Miko and Jack talk him into it. Jack and Bumblebee haul up at the race track, as does Knock Out. As the race begins and Bumblebee and Vince jostle for lead position, Knock Out recognizes Bumblebee and begins chasing the Autobot while firing. Jack finds he has problems overcoming the communications barrier with 'Bee.

Back at base, Miko and Raf are playing a [[Generic racing game|video game]] when Arcee asks them if they've seen Jack. They attempt to cover for their friend, but Arcee immediately works out what's up, and a short time later, Bumblebee's distress call comes though.

Bumblebee dumps some oil to slow Knock Out down, then ducks under a bridge. At first, it seems they've lost the Decepticon, but Vince hauls in to confront Jack and demand he finish the race. Jack tries to warn Vince of the danger, but Vince's headlights have attracted Knock Out, who grabs the boy, renders him unconscious, drives off. Knock Out contacts Breakdown to announce he's captured "Bumblebee's" human friend. Arcee and Bulkhead join Bumblebee, but before Arcee can start a lecture, Jack tells her about Vince, and they head off to mount a rescue.

[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] walks into the base and wonders where everyone else is. Raf and Miko give him the least convincing replies ever.

[[Image:PrimeScreamer'sFingerOfDoom.JPG|right|thumb|250px|"Not the gumdrop buttons!"]]

The three Autobots track Knock Out to a warehouse area, and Bulkhead and Bumblebee stroll in while Arcee scales a nearby water tower. Bulkhead and Bumblebee are ambushed by Breakdown. Just as Knock Out is wondering where Arcee is, she jumps on top of him. Knock Out decides to bail, but at least has the courtesy to radio Breakdown and let him know. Unfortunately, the call distracts Breakdown long enough for Bulkhead to deck him with a street lamp. Knock Out streaks down a road with Arcee in pursuit, but is suddenly sideswiped by Optimus, who knocks him onto the embankment. With the 'Con unable to flee, Optimus rips his door off and retrieves the unconscious Vince. Knock Out is outraged at the damage done to him, but retreats when the rest of the Autobots arrive. Vince finally recovers in Bumblebee on the way back to his car, and Jack spins a story to cover the whole thing.

Starscream is ''very'' upset with Knock Out's antics. Knock Out assures Starscream that he's learned his lesson and paid the price. Unfortunately for Knock Out, he once again addresses Starscream as "Commander" instead of "Lord", so Starscream gives him some more scratches as punishment.

At school again, Sierra asks Jack for a ride, but he turns her down. Arcee, however, is feeling more accommodating—just this once—and soon Jack and Sierra are zooming through town.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (14)
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (15)

|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (1)
*[[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] (8)
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] (10)
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon drones]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Fast Willy]] (2)
*[[Jack Darby]] (3)
*[[Vince]] (5)
*[[Sierra]] (6)
*[[Sierra's friend]] (7)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (11)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, Jack? A lady's vital stats are her own business."
:—'''Arcee''' doesn't want Jack bragging about the different aspects of her body.

"Winning isn't enough, Jack. You want to make him ''cry''."
:—'''Arcee''' explains her method of getting even.

"No worries, ''herr commandant''." 
"It is 'Lord' to you." 
"Only if Megatron takes a nosedive." 
"''Hhhnnn.'' The day our master emerges from stasis, I will graciously relinquish the title. But I believe that outcome is unlikely. Something to do with the quality of medical care around here. So continue ''buffing''. We do want Megatron looking his best for the memorial." 
(''Starscream leaves the room.'') 
"Buff ''this''." 
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Starscream''' don't exactly see eye-to-eye.

'''Arcee''': Have you guys seen Jack? 
'''Miko''': ...not since we last saw him. 
'''Arcee''': They're out racing, aren't they? 
'''Raf''': Just this once. 
'''Arcee''': Did you know about this? 
'''Bulkhead''': NO. Maybe. A little.
:—No one on [[Team Prime]] can lie.

[[Image:SpeedMetal-OptimusEyebrow.jpg|thumb|250px|Highly [[Leonard Nimoy|illogical]].]]

'''Raf''': We should just tell Optimus the truth. 
'''Miko''': Absolutely not! We made a deal. Just act completely normal. 
'''Optimus''': Raf, Miko, do either of you know where the others have gone? 
'''Miko''': Why, no, sir. We do not know. 
'''Raf''': ''(stiffly)'' Miko is correct. We do not know. 
'''Miko''': Why would we know? 
'''Optimus''': Hmm.
:—Seriously, it's a minor miracle the kids haven't blown their cover with their parents yet.

"Do you know how hard that is to replace?!"
:—'''Knock Out''' loses a door to Optimus Prime.

"Knock Out! Was I not clear? You have defied my orders yet again!" 
"My mistake, Commander Starscream. But, I've learned my lesson... and paid the price. 
"It. Is. '''LORD'''! And you have paid when I say you have paid! ''[extends a sharpened finger]'' Do not worry, your punishment shall be merely... cosmetic." 
"No, not the finish! Anything but the finish! GAAAAHHHH!!!" 
:—<s>Commander</s> '''LORD Starscream''' reminds '''Knock Out''' where he stands.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
*Sierra's right eye blinks when she says "Go Jack!". Perhaps the poor girl just has a really bad case of astigmatism.
*When Jack and Arcee stop at the second traffic light, Arcee's front wheel is shown not moving at all, as if it were sliding on the asphalt instead of spinning.
*When Arcee and Jack drive along the street (while debating Jack's decision to accept Vince's second challenge), all the traffic lights are shown as if they were upside down; red lights are in the place of green lights and vice versa.

===Continuity errors===
*Vince challenges Jack to a race on a "dirt road", but the road they race on is sealed and marked.
*How could Knock Out mistake Vince for "Bubblebee's human friend" ? Didn't he see Jack in his mirror ?

===Foreign dubbing===

===Real-world references===
*Knock Out calls Fast Willy a "skinjob," a derogatory slang term used to refer to the human-like [[Wikipedia:Cylon (reimagining)|Cylons]] in the 2004 re-imagining of ''[[Wikipedia:Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', itself an homage to ''[[Wikipedia:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]''.
*Vince refers to Jack as "Ponch", a motorcycle-based reference to Erik Estrada's cycle-riding cop character from ''[[Wikipedia:CHiPs|CHiPs]]''.
* "Drucker's Ranch" is presumably a reference to [[Steve Drucker]], longtime [[Hasbro]] creative person.

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode to premiere on a Saturday.
* This is the first episode not to include [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]].
* Several of the other street racing cars in this episode are simply recolored variations of Bumblebee and [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]'s alternate modes (sans horns in the case of the latter). Hello, easy [[redeco]]es!
* Bulkhead once again decides to forgo saving someone out of simple dislike. What a jerk!
* Sierra's friend continues to remain nameless, despite having appeared in more episodes then Sierra herself at this point. This girl really needs to introduce herself!
*This is the second episode to not feature Soundwave

==Home video releases==

==External links==

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Darkness Rising, Part 5

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|prev=Darkness Rising, Part 4
|next=Masters & Students
|image=DarknessRising5-OptimusStand.jpg
|caption=Spoilers: the good guys win.
|title="Darkness Rising, Part 5"
|airdate=[[December 3]], [[2010]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''The Autobots race to stop Megatron from raising an undead army on Cybertron.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] imagines in dread what will happen if [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] uses the [[Dark Energon]] to raise an army of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and brings them to conquer [[Earth]].

[[Jack Darby|Jack]] arrives at [[KO Burger]] and encounters [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]], who muses that her recent loss of a [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|friend]] makes it hard for her to say goodbye to him. The Autobots have pinpointed Megatron's [[space bridge]] in Earth orbit and must use the [[ground bridge]] to reach it, despite the risks this poses. Arcee and Jack arrive back in time for Arcee to join the mission, and Optimus leads the team (minus [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]) through the bridge. They land on the space bridge terminal and look up to see the [[Nemesis (Prime)|Decepticon ship]] moving into position. Megatron observes their presence, but [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] says that [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] is locking on to Cybertron's coordinates.

As the Autobots assume attack positions, Arcee notes that the Decepticons haven't done anything. Optimus scans the ship, and learns that Bulkhead damaged its interstellar navigation dish during [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s rescue. Since a target as far as Cybertron needs pinpoint accuracy, the Decepticons will be unable to use it to aim the space bridge without an alternate targeting system. Raf reasons that the Decepticons may be using a radio dish array in [[Texas]], but Fowler is still too out of it to alert the array staff to the danger. [[Rafael Esquivel|Raf]] attempts to hack in, but the array's firewalls are too good. Jack thinks they should go on site, and they talk Optimus into letting them do it.

Meanwhile, Megatron sends out the Decepticon forces to attack the Autobots. Battle commences.

The kids ground-bridge to the array and sneak in. In a small, unused room, Raf finds a computer and determines that the Decepticons have also hacked in, but takes the opportunity to download their space bridge plans onto his flash drive. Little do the kids know that [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] is in the very next room, plugged into the computer system as well. He aligns the array, which sets the space bridge ready to use, but Raf promptly realigns it. Responding to Starscream's requests to know what's going on, Soundwave taps into the installation's security systems and locates the three kids. While the kids are discussing what the Decepticons could do, Soundwave's tentacle slithers into the room behind them and attacks. As it goes after Raf, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] grabs an axe and strikes at it. She completely misses, and the tentacle strikes her backward before picking up the axe itself. Though the kids believe it's about to attack them with the weapon, the tentacle withdraws. The kids run to the next room, where they found Soundwave has realigned the dishes and used the axe to cut the hard line, making it impossible to undo his work. Miko then takes a cell phone photo of Soundwave. Before Soundwave leaves, he takes a photo of them.

Starscream activates the space bridge, and Megatron physically throws a huge chunk of Dark Energon through. The Dark Energon strikes Cybertron, swiftly covering the planet and turning millions of dead Transformers into millions of Terrorcons. Optimus realizes that the only course of action left to them is to destroy the space bridge. Raf supplies the specs he downloaded earlier, and Ratchet sets about working out a way to do so. As Optimus faces Megatron, Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee go to implement some sabotage.

[[Image:DarknessRising5-Megatronsword.jpg|right|thumb|220px|He can do the ''ultimate'' bird flip.]]

Megatron manages to defeat Prime, but as he raises his sword, Starscream alerts him to the actions of the other Autobots. Optimus takes advantage of the distraction to blast Megatron, but the Decepticon leader transforms and flies off to find Prime's team. Arcee's team has succeeded in rigging the space bridge to blow when Megatron attacks and blasts her off into space. The Autobots jump into the ground bridge, Bumblebee collecting Arcee on the way. Megatron realizes his ship appears to be absent, but before his army of Terrorcons can come through, the space bridge explodes in his face.

A short distance away in the ship, Starscream notes that there's totally no way Megatron could have survived that, and he is leader now.

The Autobots make it back to their base, though Arcee's in a bad way. Optimus announces that there's totally no way Megatron could have survived the space bridge explosion. Fowler thanks the Autobots for saving him, then leaves. Optimus gives a big speech and sends a signal into space to let the galaxy know that Earth is defended by the Autobots.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (2)
* [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (3)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (6)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (9)
* [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] (10)
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)
* [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (13)

|c3=
* [[Jack Darby]] (1)
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Rafael Esquivel]] (8)
* [[William Fowler]] (12)

|c4=
* [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"Optimus, if you leave me stranded on a planet teeming with humans, I will never forgive you."
:—'''Ratchet'''

"Optimus Prime never disappoints. Unlike YOU, Starscream!"
:—'''Megatron''', burning a disappointing '''Starscream'''

"Surely, Lord Megatron, the Autobots are up to something." 
"Really, Starscream?"
:—'''Starscream''' observes the Autobots and '''Megatron''' lays on the sarcasm.

"I hold no illusions about engaging your army, Megatron. But I might derail its objective...[[Decapitation|by removing its head.]]"
:—'''Optimus Prime's''' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|solution to most problems]].

"Starscream! Where is my ship?" 
"We would never make it, Lord Megatron! Don't be a fool! Take flight and retreat!"
:—'''Starscream''' fruitlessly tries to get '''Megatron''' to flee the detonating space bridge.

"Decepticons, it is with deep sorrow that I note for the log...Megatron's spark has been extinguished. All hail Starscream."
:—Looks like '''Starscream''' is back to his old self again.

"Without a means of leaving this world, we Autobots take strength in the bonds we have forged with our three young friends - true warriors. If not in body, then in spirit. My name is Optimus Prime, and I send this message. Though we did not choose to be of Earth, it would seem that we are here to stay. If you approach this planet with hostile intent, know this: We will defend ourselves. We will defend humanity. We will defend... our home."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' Giving a [[Transformers (2007)movie]] styled speech.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
===Continuity errors===
* The Terrorcons are able to leave Cybertron and pass through the space bridge despite the fact that it's in space. Even accounting for the fact that Decepticon corpses might have flight capabilities, it seems unlikely that every Terrorcon would.
* Despite Megatron being able to ''cut off half of Prime's blade'' earlier in their battle, when Optimus resisted, the other blade was nearly as resistant as Megatron's own blade.

===Astronomical errors===
* The Autobots somehow jump from the detonating space bridge straight into the waiting ground bridge vortex, which is positioned below the space bridge, even though there ''is no gravity in space!'' (Though a possible explanation for this is that the ground bridge creates its own gravity.)

===Transformers references===
* There are two references which are directly related to [[The Transformers: The Movie|the 1986 animated movie]]. First Ratchet says, "Then by all means, let us light our [[darkest hour]]." Later, Optimus exchanges with Megatron: "One shall stand, one shall fall."
* Optimus's Energon blade and Megatron's hidden fusion cannon blade are references to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)| their movie]] [[Megatron (Movie)|counterparts]].
* Optimus's speech at the end is similar to the ones Movie Optimus gives at the end of both movies.

===Foreign dubbing===

===Real-world references===
[[Image:DarknessRising5-Michelangelo.jpg|thumb|250px|Or it could be another [[Steven Spielberg|Spielberg]] reference.]]
* Miko tries to use an axe on [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]]'s tentacle, which is the same tactic Tom Cruise's character tries on the Tripod tentacle in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''War of the Worlds''. Of course, both attempts fail.
* Miko refers to space as "the final frontier". "Space. The final frontier" is the first line of the opening credits of several ''[[Wikipedia: Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' TV shows. ''Prime'' show developers [[Alex Kurtzman]] and [[Roberto Orci]] are also the screenwriters of the current ''Star Trek'' movies.
* Megatron, when he rises out of the Decepticon ship with the boulder of Dark Energon on his back, is clearly meant to evoke the classic [[Wikipedia:Atlas|Atlas]] pose.
* The shot of Megatron reaching out to a Terrorcon before the space bridge implosion is reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:Michelangelo|Michelangelo]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:The Creation of Adam|The Creation of Adam]]''.

===Trivia===
* Winged versions of the Vehicons make their appearance here.
* The Decepticons are unable to simply warp to Cybertron thanks to Bulkhead ripping off a vital piece of equipment in the previous episode.
* While it's unlikely anything from ''[[Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron|Exodus]]'' applies to the cartoon, a number of Autobots, including [[Ultra Magnus (Prime)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Omega Supreme (Prime)|Omega Supreme]] and the [[Wrecker]]s, were left behind on Cybertron at the end of that book. Sure hope they weren't around when the Terrorcons came crawling. In a similar vein, [[Shockwave (Prime)|Shockwave]] is also still on Cybertron at the end of the novel. Granted, it's established fact that the war had continued on other worlds after Cybertron's shutdown, though (as stated by [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] in the [[Transformers: Prime (comic)|prequel comic]]) it's probable that all of them have since moved on to less hostile locales in the intervening years.
* When the kids arrive at the radio array, they note that the place seems deserted. A brief shadowy glimpse of a human slumped against the wall suggests that, like [[Blackout (Movie)| Blackout]], Soundwave isn't keen on leaving survivors or witnesses.
* When Starscream tries to convince Megatron to retreat, there is a surprising tone of concern in his voice. Either that, or he's a much better actor than certain other [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscreams]].
* It ''seems'' to take a lot longer for the Terrorcon army to come from Cybertron across the space bridge than it took for the Dark Energon to get there in the first place. [[Wikipedia:Doomsday (Doctor Who)|Must've been the sheer mass of all of them]].
* A short video showing a rehearsal or an earlier take of the confrontation between Optimus Prime and Megatron was screened at both [[BotCon 2010]] and San Diego Comic-Con 2010 <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvW4nsr3ZDo#t=2m53s "Transformers: Prime" panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2010]</ref>. The dialogue was somewhat different, with Optimus referring to battle on an alien world when ordering the Autobots away, and lacking the "One shall stand, one shall fall" exchange. Instead, it had Megatron shouting Optimus's name in a rather exaggerated manner.

==Home video releases==

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