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Professor Princess

2009-06-15T02:28:36Z

141.225.195.120: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the young girl with the My Little Pony almost as big as she is|the '''other''' young girl with the [[My Little Pony]] almost as big as she is|little girl}}
:''Professor Princess is a [[human]] <s>protector of innocents</s> supervillain from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Professor princess.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I'll get those Powerpuff Girls!]]

'''Professor Princess''' (real name '''Penny Princess, Ph.D.''') is a little girl out to rid the world of violent boys' [[Toy|toys]]... by violently destroying them and any who stand in her way. Also, she hates rock music. (No accounting for taste...) Her arsenal includes a magic wand, razor-edged flowers, exploding kitten dolls, and her toy flying unicorn, '''Powdered Sugar''', which fires both beam and projectile weaponry from its horn.

Go ahead and laugh, but she took out [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and humiliated [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]].

She insists she is just trying to save people from dangerous, corrupting influences, and will not classify herself as a criminal or villain.

{{quote|This girl needs to cut down on sweets.|[[Sari Sumdac]], "[[Sound and Fury]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kath Soucie]] (English), [[Carmen Katt]] (German)

{{note|Events from [[IDW Publishing]] comics are in italics}}
''Professor Princess came across [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] lying in a forest, trapped in [[stasis lock]] after his battle with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] over the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]]. Starscream attempted to get her to reactivate him fully via manual restart switch... but because he didn't say "please", she gave him a faceful of Powdered Sugar's rainbow beam. After Starscream finally asked "nicely" for her help, Princess said that she'd fix him up... which actually meant give him a rather ridiculous makeover, complete with a pink wig and lipstick. Starscream's indignant cries earned him another rainbow blast, which actually jump-started his systems, letting him move freely. The only thing that saved Princess was the threat that should any harm befall her (or Powdered Sugar), an image of the "made-up" Starscream would be broadcast across the planet, if not galaxy. Starscream politely let Princess go... failing to notice she had drawn happy rainbows and daisies all over his back.'' {{storylink|Whatever Happened To Whatisname?}}

[[Image:TFA Professor Princess Powdered Sugar head.JPG|left|200px|thumb|She shouldn't have refused the Don.]]

Later, Professor Princess attacked a toy store where [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Sari Sumdac]] were shopping as part of her crusade to destroy "awful, violent toys" (''oh, the irony...''). In her opening attack, she succeeded in incapacitating Bulkhead. However, Sari weakened her with a concentrated attack of very loud music from a [[Key]]-enhanced stereo, and Bulkhead pinched Powdered Sugar's laser horn as it was about to fire, causing it to explode. The wannabe supervillainess was left bawling in the middle of the street, her unicorn's decapitated head on her lap. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

[[Slo-Mo]] later recruited her along with [[Nanosec]] and the [[Angry Archer]] to form [[Society of Ultimate Villainy|a villainous team]] to defeat the Autobots once and for all. Professor Princess was initially opposed to the idea of classifying herself as a villain, but showed little aversion to stealing a large sack full of dolls on the team's first crime spree. Soon, [[Swindle (Animated)|a mysterious benefactor]] recruited the group to steal components for a massive weapon. While seeking out the weapon parts they needed, Princess used her magic wand to neutralize Angry Archer's nasty violent exploding arrows, preferring her own rainbow-and-pink-glitter colored explosions instead. At the end of that mission, Swindle betrayed his human lackeys. The group joined forces with [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] to stop Swindle, but the villains would not completely reform. Botching their getaway by attempting to use the disabled Swindle in vehicle mode, they were captured again and sent back to jail. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

''Professor Princess actually became a brief ally of Bulkhead during [[Porter C. Powell]]'s control of [[Sumdac Systems]], as she was completely offended by the proliferation of the clunky, ugly "[[Bulkhead (vehicle)|Bulkhead]]" mega-van (though she kinda liked the one deco'd with flowers and rainbows). As the Autobot Bulkhead chased after the Angry Archer, who was escaping a bank heist in his own Bulkhead, Princess swooped in to attack and rant. She flew away when the Archer's vehicle exploded shortly after rolling over and crashing.'' {{storylink|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}
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==Trivia==
* Professor Princess is an obvious spoof of many toy franchises for young girls, such as [[wikipedia:Rainbow_Brite|Rainbow Brite]] and [[My Little Pony]].

* The ammo fired from Professor Princess's bazooka in "Sound and Fury"—balls that "pop" open into (exploding) cat dolls—appears to be a reference to ''[[wikipedia:Popples|Popples]]''.

* Her theme music is similar to that of the main/title character from ''[[wikipedia:Sailor_Moon|Sailor Moon]]''.

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Talk:This Is Why I Hate Machines

2009-05-23T10:23:20Z

141.225.195.120:

Really? Sentinel is supposedly emulating Bush in this episode, and not Nixon or McCarthy or some such?

''Really''?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 12:38, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

:He's imitating both, but the note at the end of the episode about making tough choices to protect, would do it again etc... was Bush. Neither Nixon nor McCarthy ever ''made'' those kinds of decisions-- even Nixon just inherited Vietnam, he never ran a fist strike. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 13:43, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::Granted, I missed the first five minutes of the episode, so I only saw the stuff after Sentinel first saw Omega (so if he led some kind of preemptive strike on the Decepticon colonies, I missed it). But honestly, if his behavior in this episode is even meant to ''be'' a parallel, one to Bush is...rather flimsy. I mean, I dislike Bush and all, but I still don't remember him ever even trying to imprison political dissidents, no matter how much some said he would - even after they started outright vandalism and destruction of property. Plus, he didn't launch any "first strike" without congressional approval - and a big bit of this episode was Sentinel deciding to mobilize everything on his own. Hell, [[wikipedia:John Tyler#Presidency 1841–1845|John Tyler]] looks like it would fit better, such as how he achieved the presidency and Congress' response to it.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 18:31, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::: Actually, while Bush didn't imprison political dissidents, there are suspicions that some of the Guantanamo inmates may have been innocent Afghans -- and Iraqis? -- pinched during America's efforts to detain al-Qaida agents, Taliban, and Afghanistan/Iraq insurgents. That being said, there is a great fear that the innocent, once free, will be (understandibly) mad with America. Not unlike Sentinel's wrongful detention of Wasp. I know for a fact that he's imitating Bush when he uses the line "...and I approve of this message." W. First used this line at the end of his 2000 Presidential commercials, and continued to do so in 2004 against Kerry. Other politicos -- Democrat, Republicon, and fictional -- have borrowed this line ever since. -- Cybertronian [[Special:Contributions/141.225.195.120|141.225.195.120]] 06:23, 23 May 2009 (EDT).
:::If you ask me Sentinel is channeling the worst aspects of every generic, well meaning, incompetent and near-tyrannical leader of a free-nation. He doesn't seem like he's imitating anyone specific, his actions read more like a generic list of "what not to do" than a deliberate parody. [[User:(Undecided)|(Undecided)]] 19:25, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::::The entire "I make the tough decisions that nobody else can and if I had to do it all again I totally would" bit was in places word-for-word taken from statements made by GWB. The whole "shutting down public spaces because terrorists" is an exaggeration, but the connection is there. [[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 22:19, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::::A [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=XlN&q=I+make+the+tough+decisions+that+nobody+else+can&btnG=Search rough search] indicates that google doesn't think that line is unique to Bush - in fact, I didn't see any mention of Bush in connection to that line until many pages in. Really, it's a pretty common line for people in charge being criticized - I remember a line very close to it being used in that Bionicle movie that aired quite a few years back. Hell, Bill Dauterive from King of the Hill went through all this behavior when he became the leader of the flood shelter in that one episode. This is just generic "Paranoid, incompetent leader" stuff.
::::I get that "the funny stays", and this may seem unimportant, but honestly, the bit in the article just reads as desperate and pulling at straws politically, and just not at all humorous. I mean, at the very least, please take out the bit implying that Bush tried to accuse or prosecute people for treason for disagreeing with him, 'cause that's just complete and total bullshit. He wasn't one of our most or possibly even average competent presidents, but he wasn't freaking Stalin.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 02:44, 10 May 2009 (EDT)

== Saur/Zaur ==

Since our article for Saur currently lives at "Saur," I've cleared out all the links to 'Zaur.' We can place the animated Article there with no conflicts.

(This might change, since IMO the official spelling of Zaur ''should'' count as an official spelling for the G1 'bot's name as well, but we can stick the Animated 'bot's article at "Zaur" (Wyatt's spelling) while we debate that. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:02, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

I figured I'd put this here. In the article for Zaur, in that picture to the left is a female transformer who has something like a hover skirt and I'd swear it was Botanica. Should this go on the appearance list or not?--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 21:06, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
:That's artwork by Wyatt. Look at the image page. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:18, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

His main picture's lifted from the April Fools, so no. --[[User:Professor Icepick|Professor Icepick]] 21:18, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
:My bad. Damn, I gotta pay a little more attention to that stuff.--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 21:21, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

== Capitalization ==

Shouldn't this page be at [[This is Why I Hate Machines]], not [[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]?--[[Special:Contributions/86.87.28.191|86.87.28.191]] 14:03, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
:I had the same thought, but I'm not sure. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:06, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
: "Is" is a verb. Verbs are capitalized in titles. It is only short prepositions which are uncapitalized. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:11, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::I see... it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is! -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:38, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
:::Fuckity. It's not like me to forget that "is" is a verb.--[[Special:Contributions/86.87.28.191|86.87.28.191]] 16:13, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::Short prepositions (the general limit seems to be four letters) and conjunctions. (Hence, title capitalization that seem weird to some, like "[[The House that Wheeljack Built!]]" The "that" in that phrase is actually a conjunction.) [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:33, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

==Continuity error==
Your continuity error isnt one.
Starscream states that Megatron managed to unlock the transformation of Omega supreme and to control the transwarp system, but not the weapons.

A true continuity error lies in the fact that when Omega transwarps at the end of the episode its in robot mode, and then it comes out of transwarp in ship mode. {{unsigned|85.247.43.111|17:34, 9 May 2009}}

:Yup, all Starscream does is complain about not having control over Omega's weapons, though it's Lugnut who says that Megatron regained control of Omega's transformation and transwarping, not Starscream. Also it looks like the Decepticons took Omega back to Earth at the end of the episode and considering that it took multiple transwarp jumps to reach Cyberton in ''Transwarped'', I don't think it's a continuity error for Omega to be in vehicle mode. The 'Cons would have had time to transform him off-screen. [[User:(Undecided)|(Undecided)]] 19:08, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

::No - at the end of [[TransWarped]] Omega Starscream makes it in a single jump. In the first instance (which you're thinking of), Omega conked out halfway through the jump, which is why they "land" in the middle of nowhere. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 20:37, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

Talk:This Is Why I Hate Machines

2009-05-23T10:22:50Z

141.225.195.120:

Really? Sentinel is supposedly emulating Bush in this episode, and not Nixon or McCarthy or some such?

''Really''?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 12:38, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

:He's imitating both, but the note at the end of the episode about making tough choices to protect, would do it again etc... was Bush. Neither Nixon nor McCarthy ever ''made'' those kinds of decisions-- even Nixon just inherited Vietnam, he never ran a fist strike. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 13:43, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::Granted, I missed the first five minutes of the episode, so I only saw the stuff after Sentinel first saw Omega (so if he led some kind of preemptive strike on the Decepticon colonies, I missed it). But honestly, if his behavior in this episode is even meant to ''be'' a parallel, one to Bush is...rather flimsy. I mean, I dislike Bush and all, but I still don't remember him ever even trying to imprison political dissidents, no matter how much some said he would - even after they started outright vandalism and destruction of property. Plus, he didn't launch any "first strike" without congressional approval - and a big bit of this episode was Sentinel deciding to mobilize everything on his own. Hell, [[wikipedia:John Tyler#Presidency 1841–1845|John Tyler]] looks like it would fit better, such as how he achieved the presidency and Congress' response to it.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 18:31, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::: Actually, while Bush didn't imprison political dissidents, there are suspicions that some of the Guantanamo inmates may have been innocent Afghans -- and Iraqis? -- pinched during America's efforts to detain al-Qaida agents, Taliban, and Afghanistan/Iraq insurgents. That being said, there is a great fear that the innocent, once free, will be (understandibly) mad with America. Not unlike Sentinel's wrongful detention of Wasp. I know for a fact that he's imitating Bush when he uses the line "...and I approve of this message." W. First used this line at the end of his 2000 Presidential commercials, and continued to do so in 2004 against Kerry. Other politicos -- Democrat, Republicon, and fictional -- have borrowed this line ever since.
:::If you ask me Sentinel is channeling the worst aspects of every generic, well meaning, incompetent and near-tyrannical leader of a free-nation. He doesn't seem like he's imitating anyone specific, his actions read more like a generic list of "what not to do" than a deliberate parody. [[User:(Undecided)|(Undecided)]] 19:25, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::::The entire "I make the tough decisions that nobody else can and if I had to do it all again I totally would" bit was in places word-for-word taken from statements made by GWB. The whole "shutting down public spaces because terrorists" is an exaggeration, but the connection is there. [[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 22:19, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::::A [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=XlN&q=I+make+the+tough+decisions+that+nobody+else+can&btnG=Search rough search] indicates that google doesn't think that line is unique to Bush - in fact, I didn't see any mention of Bush in connection to that line until many pages in. Really, it's a pretty common line for people in charge being criticized - I remember a line very close to it being used in that Bionicle movie that aired quite a few years back. Hell, Bill Dauterive from King of the Hill went through all this behavior when he became the leader of the flood shelter in that one episode. This is just generic "Paranoid, incompetent leader" stuff.
::::I get that "the funny stays", and this may seem unimportant, but honestly, the bit in the article just reads as desperate and pulling at straws politically, and just not at all humorous. I mean, at the very least, please take out the bit implying that Bush tried to accuse or prosecute people for treason for disagreeing with him, 'cause that's just complete and total bullshit. He wasn't one of our most or possibly even average competent presidents, but he wasn't freaking Stalin.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 02:44, 10 May 2009 (EDT)

== Saur/Zaur ==

Since our article for Saur currently lives at "Saur," I've cleared out all the links to 'Zaur.' We can place the animated Article there with no conflicts.

(This might change, since IMO the official spelling of Zaur ''should'' count as an official spelling for the G1 'bot's name as well, but we can stick the Animated 'bot's article at "Zaur" (Wyatt's spelling) while we debate that. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:02, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

I figured I'd put this here. In the article for Zaur, in that picture to the left is a female transformer who has something like a hover skirt and I'd swear it was Botanica. Should this go on the appearance list or not?--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 21:06, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
:That's artwork by Wyatt. Look at the image page. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:18, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

His main picture's lifted from the April Fools, so no. --[[User:Professor Icepick|Professor Icepick]] 21:18, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
:My bad. Damn, I gotta pay a little more attention to that stuff.--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 21:21, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

== Capitalization ==

Shouldn't this page be at [[This is Why I Hate Machines]], not [[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]?--[[Special:Contributions/86.87.28.191|86.87.28.191]] 14:03, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
:I had the same thought, but I'm not sure. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:06, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
: "Is" is a verb. Verbs are capitalized in titles. It is only short prepositions which are uncapitalized. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:11, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::I see... it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is! -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:38, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
:::Fuckity. It's not like me to forget that "is" is a verb.--[[Special:Contributions/86.87.28.191|86.87.28.191]] 16:13, 9 May 2009 (EDT)
::Short prepositions (the general limit seems to be four letters) and conjunctions. (Hence, title capitalization that seem weird to some, like "[[The House that Wheeljack Built!]]" The "that" in that phrase is actually a conjunction.) [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:33, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

==Continuity error==
Your continuity error isnt one.
Starscream states that Megatron managed to unlock the transformation of Omega supreme and to control the transwarp system, but not the weapons.

A true continuity error lies in the fact that when Omega transwarps at the end of the episode its in robot mode, and then it comes out of transwarp in ship mode. {{unsigned|85.247.43.111|17:34, 9 May 2009}}

:Yup, all Starscream does is complain about not having control over Omega's weapons, though it's Lugnut who says that Megatron regained control of Omega's transformation and transwarping, not Starscream. Also it looks like the Decepticons took Omega back to Earth at the end of the episode and considering that it took multiple transwarp jumps to reach Cyberton in ''Transwarped'', I don't think it's a continuity error for Omega to be in vehicle mode. The 'Cons would have had time to transform him off-screen. [[User:(Undecided)|(Undecided)]] 19:08, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

::No - at the end of [[TransWarped]] Omega Starscream makes it in a single jump. In the first instance (which you're thinking of), Omega conked out halfway through the jump, which is why they "land" in the middle of nowhere. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 20:37, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

Standing Stones

2009-05-23T07:06:22Z

141.225.195.120: /* Beast Wars cartoon */

[[Image:Standing stones chain of command.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Where the demons dwell! Where the banshees live, and they do live well!]]
The '''Standing Stones''' is a [[Vok]] facility on ancient [[Earth]].

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
Shortly after arriving on prehistoric Earth, the [[Maximal|Maximals]] notice a strange formation of rocks. [[Rhinox (BW)| Rhinox]] observes that neither Maximals nor [[Predacon (BW)| Predacons]] had built it. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)| Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

The Maximals later investigate the monument. Rhinox confirms that it is not a natural rock formation. During the course of their investigation, they discover an energon crystal in the center of the formation. [[Rattrap]] worries that the energon feels like bait. As the Maximals move to retrieve the crystal, the Predacons arrive and a brief skirmish ensues, ended when the energon crystal gets hit by a stray shot. Rather than the blast they expect, the crystal sends a signal into space. With the crystal destroyed, both sides withdraw.

[[Image:Vok Probe.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Invasion of the Pod Bots]]
Some time later, an alien probe emerges from Transwarp Space and enters the atmosphere. Both sides head to the Standing Stones to intercept it, though the Predacons think it a [[stasis pod]]. [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Dinobot (BW)| Dinobot]] confront [[Megatron (BW)| Megatron]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] but when they transform and begin to battle, the Probe puts out an energy burst. Primal vanishes and the other are rendered unconscious and returned to their respective bases.

Though without a body, Primal's consciousness contacts the other Maximals from within the probe. Following a confrontation with the Predacons, the Maximals return to the standing stones with a device designed to extract Optimus from the Probe. The Predacons anticipate this move and attack them at the standing stones. Rhinox's device does not function correctly, but when Waspinator is blasted into one of the stones they all begin to glow. Rhinox comes to the conclusion that the entire structure is a single device even as the probe recreates Primal's form. The Predacons are driven off, but the Probe dematerializes before the Maximals can decide what to do with it. Rhinox muses that the [[Vok| aliens]] now know that the Beast Warriors possess reason and destructive capabilities, while Dinobot wonders why the aliens want to know. {{storylink|Chain of Command|Chain of Command}}

==Trivia==
*The Standing Stones are based on the actual monument of [[wikipedia:Stonehenge|Stonehenge]].
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