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Garbage In, Garbage Out

2008-05-06T04:56:40Z

151.199.18.121:

[[Image:Wreck-Gar-Ani.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Good luck understanding that which baffled [[Servo]]...]]

{{episodenav|animated|20|season=2|prev=Mission Accomplished|next=Velocity}}

'''AllSpark energy turns a junk pile into a sentient robot who tries to help the Autobots, but ends up doing more harm than good.'''

==Summary==
Garbage is piling up all over [[Detroit]], as the trash-bots are malfunctioning and [[Sumdac Systems]] CEO Porter C. Powell refuses to repair them until the city and he can come to an agreement on payment. In Powell's office, a technician demonstrates a new form of the nanobots that [[Transform and Roll Out|caused big problems a while back]], designed this time to break down garbage into its component molecules, quickly and cheaply solving the garbage problem (while allowing Powell to charge the city a hefty fee).

Elsewhere, the [[Autobot]]s are trying to patch up their still-damaged reputation by helping pile garbage into scows. Ratchet ends up getting into a shouting match with an old man whose car ended up under a garbage mound, resulting in the car being dumped in the river and the two old grouches almost coming to blows. Captain Fanzone arrives to break up the scene and remarks that Ratchet needs to work on his "people skills". Prime agrees and assigns Bumblebee and Sari to try and help out Ratchet while they work more on the garbage problem. Ratchet is not happy with this.

Just before the Autobots depart, though, [[Sari Sumdac's key|Sari's key]] glows, but she quickly disregards this, and so she misses the emergence of a junk-robot from the scow, brought to life by an [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] shard. The confused machine tries to figure out his identity using the scraps around him, but is unsatisfied with the results. Spying a passing blimp with a sign for the Detroit police department with the slogan "We're Here to Help", the robot happily goes about trying to find some police for some help with his identity.

At the Decepticon base, Lugnut detects a surge in AllSpark energy, and Megatron concludes that another fragment must have turned up. Megatron orders Lugnut to retrieve it, and Lugnut continues his glory-spouting as he leaves. Megatron's optical sensor begins to twitch noticeably.

Stuck in a traffic jam, Ratchet is about to display some serious road rage when Bumblebee puts on his siren and clears a path for them. Heading through, they a find [[Witwicky|a familiar couple]] who are expecting a child, but their car has broken down on the way to the hospital. Ratchet agrees to take them to the hospital, then jets off at high speed, despite Sari's warning to keep the mother calm.

Meanwhile, the new robot is walking through downtown Detroit, nearly causing several accidents. The police, pursuing the Angry Archer, crash into the robot, who subsequently asks them for help. Archer tells the robot to throw them aside so that they can escape, and the robot agrees. When Archer inquires as to his identity, the robot responds that he is "worthless-wreck-walking-pile-of-garbage," (all things he had been called by citizens who nearly slammed into him) so the Archer dubs him Wreck-Gar for short. He tries to explain the that they steal from the rich and give to the poor (themselves), but Wreck-Gar gets the Archer's words confused. Seeing a passing armored car, Archer tells Wreck-Gar that they must "knock it over", so Wreck-Gar proceeds to chase the armored car and do just that.

[[Image:New Spike and Carly.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Oh ''shit'', what are we gonna do now?!]]

Meanwhile, expecting mother Carly asks her husband, Spike, to ask the driver to slow down, only for Spike to learn that there is only a little girl in the car{{m-}}and no driver! Ratchet tells them to keep quiet as he tries to find a hospital, only for the armored car knocked over by Wreck-Gar to land in his way. Jettisoning the humans, Ratchet and Bumblebee try to stop Wreck-Gar, but before they can do anything, the Angry Archer snags and flees with a canister that was in the armored car. Sari points out that Autobots are supposed to catch the bad guys, and Wreck-Gar assumes that he is an Autobot, slaps on an [[Insignia|Autobrand]], and goes after the Archer. Bumblebee and Sari go after him, while Ratchet offers to drive Spike and Carly to the hospital. They say they'll take a cab, leaving Ratchet miffed at their rudeness.

Outrunning the swinging Archer, Wreck-Gar hurls him into the air so he can "catch" him, allowing the Angry Archer to escape, but the canister falls into Wreck-Gar's backpack. As the Autobots and Sari show up, her key starts to glow, and they realize that Wreck-Gar was created by an AllSpark fragment. Ratchet rudely tells Wreck-Gar that he is not an Autobot and is only good for one thing: GARBAGE! Wreck-Gar therefore [[Transformation|transforms]] into his garbage truck vehicle mode and leaves to deliver garbage to the people of Detroit{{m-}}starting by covering Sari and the Autobots in a pile of it.
[[Image:Wreckgarbutton.jpg|thumb|right|100px|High-five!]]
Meanwhile, Lugnut has reached the city, and he confronts Wreck-Gar at the military base he and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] previously visited. Lugnut demands the AllSpark fragment from the vehicle's driver, but Wreck-Gar transforms, revealing his robotic nature. When Wreck-Gar repeats Ratchet's statement that he's no Autobot, Lugnut concludes that Wreck-Gar is a loyal Decepticon, so Wreck-Gar slaps on a Decepticon symbol.

Back at the crime scene, Ratchet is removing the driver of the armored car when Powell and Fanzone show up. Powell reveals that the car was carrying the garbage-devouring microbots to a demonstration for Mayor Edsel. However, the canister carrying them is gone. Sari is more than willing to let Powell suffer, but Ratchet is concerned about what the microbots might do if infused with AllSpark energy. Tracking Wreck-Gar to the base, Ratchet demands the Microbots, only for Lugnut to transform and activate his bomb punch. Wreck-Gar interprets this as the [[universal greeting]], and gives Lugnut a high five. Sari and the Autobots barely manage to avoid ground zero. As Lugnut transforms to attack, Wreck-Gar takes out the canister, which has cracked, allowing some of the microbots to touch Lugnut. Crying out in pain, Lugnut commands Wreck-Gar to get them off, so Wreck-Gar dissects Lugnut, causing his tail end, still carrying Wreck-Gar, to crash onto a garbage scow. Bumblebee declares their problems over, but Ratchet is worried. If those microbots could eat through Decepticon [[armor-plating]], there's no telling what they'll do to downtown Detroit.

On the river bank, Powell arrives to cancel the presentation with the mayor, only for the group see the microbots eat the garbage on the scow. Powell quickly takes advantage of the situation to start wheeling and dealing. As the scow gets closer, Ratchet jumps from a nearby bridge to stop it. He tries to reason with Wreck-Gar, but everything fails, forcing Ratchet to make the ultimate sacrifice...and apologize. He tells Wreck-Gar he can be whatever he wants, and Wreck-Gar decides to save the city, vacuuming up the microbots. However, the microbots overload Wreck-Gar's backpack, causing him to fall into the river. Ratchet tries to pull him out with his magnets, but only finds junk. As Bumblebee and Sari declare Ratchet a hero, Powell cries foul, saying that Ratchet destroyed his product. Thus there is no deal with the city, and the garbage dispute will continue. Ratchet picks up Powell, the Mayor, and the Mayor's aide, and tells them to make peace or be thrown into the river. Powell and Edsel agree to a small increase to re-service the garbage bots, ending the dispute. Ratchet decides the cheering bystanders are lauding him, leading him to conclude that he does have people skills. Sari and Bumblebee know differently, however.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the river, Wreck-Gar, buried shoulder-deep in sediment, assures the sea life that he is a hero and is there to help. First, however, he needs a hand. Or a fin. [[Lost and Found (Animated episode)#Quotes|Maybe a pelvis?]]

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marty Isenberg]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Ben Jones]] & [[Shunji Oga]]
*'''Original airdate:''' May 3, 2008

===Featured characters===

(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] (9)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Lugnut]] (10)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (11)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Porter C. Powell]] (1)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (6)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (8)
*[[Spike (Animated)|Spike]] (12)
*[[Carly (Animated)|Carly]] (13)
*[[Angry Archer]] (14)
*[[Mayor Edsel]] (15)
|}

==Quotes==

"You, quit harassing the Autobot. You, put down the citizen".
:{{m-}}'''Fanzone''' keeps the peace.

"Ahh, I'm picking up a new AllSpark energy signal, my liege..." 
"No doubt another fragment has surfaced. Retrieve it, Lugnut, before the Autobots get their filthy servos on it." 
"Stasis lock itself could not deter me from your grand and glorious plan, oh wise and noble Megatron!" 
''[left optic twitches]'' "Just...go..." 
"Yes, my liege!" 
:{{m-}}'''Lugnut's''' blind worship of his <s>queen</s> commander can get too much even for '''Megatron''' sometimes.

"I don't suppose you can tell me what I am, funny green man?" 
"You are...my partner-in-crime. They call me Angry Archer!" 
"They call me 'worthless-wreck-walking-pile-of-garbage'!" 
"Oh, really? Bit of a mouthful. Perhaps we should just call you 'Wreck-Gar' for short." 
:{{m-}}'''Angry Archer''', Renaissance Man, does some on-the-spot dubbing.

"I am Wreck-Gar!"
:{{m-}}The opening to pretty much everything '''Wreck-Gar''' says from the moment he gets his name.

''[Sari, Spike, and a very pregnant Carly are almost crushed by an axle carelessly discarded by Ratchet]'' 
"Uh, I don't know much about these things, lady, but I think you're s'posed to breathe or somethin'?"
:{{m-}}'''Sari''' the midwife.

'''Bumblebee''': ''[at Wreck-Gar]'' "What are you?" ''[To Sari]'' "What is he?" 
'''Sari''': "I don't know, but he's givin' off a ton of AllSpark energy." 
'''Wreck-Gar:''' "I am Wreck-Gar! I give off a ton of AllSpark energy!" 
'''Bumblebee''': "So, what, an AllSpark fragment just brought a junk pile to life and made some new kind of Autobot?!" 
'''Wreck-Gar''': "I am Wreck-Gar! I am some new kind of Autobot?!" 
'''Ratchet''': "Listen up, scrapheap. You're not an Autobot, and you never will be an Autobot. You're only good for one thing: GARBAGE!" 
'''Wreck-Gar''': "I am Wreck-Gar! I am only good for one thing: GARBAGE! I must deliver garbage to all!" ''[transforms and rolls out]''
:{{m-}} Ratchet's lack of people skills backfires again.

'''Lugnut''': Human! The AllSpark fragment{{m-}}now! 
'''Wreck-Gar''': No human here. I am Wreck-Gar! I am only good for one thing: ''GARBAGE''! 
'''Lugnut''': Are you an Autobot? 
'''Wreck-Gar''': I am Wreck-Gar! I am not an Autobot and will never be an Autobot! 
'''Lugnut''': Ah! Then you must be a Decepticon! 
'''Wreck-Gar''': I am Wreck-Gar! I...must be a Decepticon! 
''[Wreck-Gar places a Decepticon badge on his chest]'' 
'''Lugnut''': Aah, ALL HAIL MEGATRON! 
'''Wreck-Gar''': All hail Megatron! Uh...w-what's a 'Megatron'? 
:{{m-}} Wreck-Gar makes a new friend.

'''Lugnut''': Those accursed Autobots will pay for their insolence! 
'''Wreck-Gar''': Right! ''[Wreck-Gar pulls a burnt-out cash register]'' Cash, check or charbroil? 
'''Lugnut''': ''[Knocking the register out of Wreck-Gar's hands]'' ATTACK! 
'''Wreck-Gar''': Right! What kind of tack would you like? Thumb tack? Carpet tack? Income tack? 
'''Lugnut''': Rhaaah, nevermind. 
:{{m-}} Wreck-Gar can certainly teach Crazy Blitzwing a thing or two about being bonkers.

"You glitch-head! You're gonna destroy the whole city! You wouldn't dare do something THAT stupid!" 
"I am Wreck-Gar! I ''dare'' to be stupid! I will destroy the whole city!"
:{{m-}} '''Ratchet''' and '''Wreck-Gar'''. Yes, but does he count his chickens before they hatch?

"Fear not, fellow creatures of the deep, I am Wreck-Gar! I am a hero! Um...e-excuse me, c-could someone give me a hand...or-...or a fin...anyone?""
:{{m-}}'''Wreck-Gar''' begins a new life under the sea.

==Other notes==
* This episode was first shown on Friday, April 25th, at [[BotCon 2008]]. The version aired still had the time-code running in the top-left corner.

* This episode is the first to feature Ratchet's full robot-to-vehicle transformation animation sequence.

===Continuity errors===
* When removing trash into a boat, Optimus transforms, and suddenly his trailer evaporates, together with all the trash on it.

* Why don't Sari or Ratchet react to the key when it starts to glow, indicating the presence of AllSpark energy?

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Beemeatcycle.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Most fanwanky episode ever?]]
* Wreck-Gar interprets Lugnut's incoming rocket punch as an invitation to a high-five, and he happily delivers the [[universal greeting]].
* Wreck-Gar's shifting allegiance and red optics as he faces down Ratchet on the garbage scow appear to be callbacks to the [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|original Wreck-Gar]], who at first appeared to be an enemy to the Autobots in his movie appearance, complete with red optics, and was even marketed as such in television [[commercial]]s.

* The ''Animated'' incarnations of Spike and Carly, who made a cameo in [[Transform and Roll Out!|the pilot episode]], re-appear with speaking lines and even get their names called out. Corey Burton even reprises his post-[[The Transformers: The Movie|Movie]] voice for the adult [[Spike Witwicky]].

* Generation 1 Wreck-Gar's motorcycle alt mode can be spotted amongst the garbage that Wreck-Gar throws at Bumblebee.

===Real-world references===
* Wreck-Gar's "I ''dare'' to be stupid!" is, of course, a reference to one of [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s most well-known songs, "Dare to be Stupid", a Devo "style parody" that appeared on the soundtrack to [[The Transformers: The Movie|the original animated movie]] in the scene with the original Wreck-Gar.

* While driving Spike and Carly to the hospital, Ratchet drives past the Wyatt Toys toy store, a reference to Art Director [[Derrick Wyatt]] previously seen in "[[Sound and Fury]]".

* The line "You like me, you really like me!" refers to Sally Field's Oscar acceptance speech in 1985. Does this mean we can refer to the unnamed mayor Ratchet is holding as "Oscar"?

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Even Megatron gets annoyed by Lugnut's constant worshiping. [[Inferno (BW)|Sound familiar]]?

* The mayor still doesn't talk, letting his aide speak for him instead.

* Aside from Wreck-Gar, Weird Al also voiced the Sumdac Systems technician who explains the new version of the nanobots to Porter C. Powell.

* This is the first time we see Lugnut use his mace/axe weapon. It is awesome. It gets eaten by microbots.

* Given that Carly is about to give birth when she seemed to have a wafer-thin profile in [[Transform and Roll Out!|the pilot]], the Autobots seem to have spent at least six months or so in Detroit.

*This episode sees the return of the human newscaster.

*Bulkhead appears, but has no lines.

*When Wreck-Gar Picked up two policeman, One of them Resembles Officer Dibble from [[wikipedia:Top Cat|Top Cat]]
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Garbage In, Garbage Out

2008-05-04T15:09:45Z

151.199.18.121: /* Quotes */

[[Image:Wreck-Gar-Ani.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The [[Wikipedia:Raging Bender|Gender Bender]]!]]

{{episodenav|animated|20|season=2|prev=Mission Accomplished|next=Velocity}}

'''AllSpark energy turns a junk pile into a sentient robot who tries to help the Autobots, but ends up doing more harm than good.'''

==Summary==
Garbage is piling up all over [[Detroit]], as the trash-bots are malfunctioning and [[Sumdac Systems]] CEO Porter C. Powell refuses to repair them until the city and he can come to an agreement on payment. In Powell's office, a technician demonstrates a new form of the nanobots that [[Transform and Roll Out|caused big problems a while back]], designed this time to break down garbage into its component molecules, quickly and cheaply solving the garbage problem (while allowing Powell to charge the city a hefty fee).

Elsewhere, the [[Autobot]]s are trying to patch up their still-damaged reputation by helping pile garbage into scows. Ratchet ends up getting into a shouting match with an old man whose car ended up under a garbage mound, resulting in the car being dumped in the river and the two old grouches almost coming to blows. Captain Fanzone arrives to break up the scene and remarks that Ratchet needs to work on his "people skills". Prime agrees and assigns Bumblebee and Sari to try and help out Ratchet while they work more on the garbage problem. Ratchet is not happy with this.

Just before the Autobots depart, though, [[Sari Sumdac's key|Sari's key]] glows, but she quickly disregards this...and misses the emergence of a junk-robot from the scow, brought to life by an [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] shard. The confused machine tries to figure out his identity using the scraps around him, but is unsatisfied with the results. Spying a passing blimp with a sign for the Detroit police department with the slogan "We're Here to Help", the robot happily goes about trying to find some police for some help with his identity.

At the Decepticon base, Lugnut detects a surge in AllSpark energy, and Megatron concludes that another fragment must have turned up. Megatron orders Lugnut to retrieve it, and Lugnut continues his glory-spouting as he leaves. Megatron's optical sensor begins to twitch noticeably.

Stuck in a traffic jam, Ratchet is about to display some serious road rage when Bumblebee puts on his siren and clears a path for them. Heading through, they a find [[Witwicky|a familiar couple]] who are expecting a child, but their car has broken down on the way to the hospital. Ratchet agrees to take them to the hospital, then jets off at high speed, despite Sari's warning to keep the mother calm.

Meanwhile, the new robot is walking through downtown Detroit, nearly causing several accidents. The police, pursuing the Angry Archer, crash into the robot, who subsequently asks them for help. Archer tells the robot to throw them aside so that they can escape, and the robot agrees. When Archer inquires as to his identity, the robot responds that he is "worthless-wreck-walking-pile-of-garbage," so the Archer dubs him Wreck-Gar for short. He tries to explain the that they steal from the rich and give to the poor (themselves), but Wreck-Gar gets the Archer's words confused. Seeing a passing armored car, Archer tells Wreck-Gar that they must "knock it over", so Wreck-Gar proceeds to chase the armored car and do just that.

[[Image:New Spike and Carly.JPG|thumb|left|200px|"Oh Shit! What are we gonna do now!"]]

Meanwhile, expecting mother Carly asks her husband, Spike, to ask the driver to slow down, only for Spike to learn that there is only a little girl in the car{{m-}}and no driver! Ratchet tells them to keep quiet as he tries to find a hospital, only for the armored car knocked over by Wreck-Gar to land in his way. Jettisoning the humans, Ratchet and Bumblebee try to stop Wreck-Gar, but before they can do anything, the Angry Archer snags and flees with a canister that was in the armored car. Sari points out that Autobots are supposed to catch the bad guys, and Wreck-Gar assumes that he is an Autobot, slaps on an [[Insignia|Autobrand]], and goes after the Archer. Bumblebee and Sari go after him, while Ratchet offers to drive Spike and Carly to the hospital. They say they'll take a cab, leaving Ratchet miffed at their rudeness.

Outrunning the swinging Archer, Wreck-Gar hurls him into the air so he can "catch" him, allowing the Angry Archer to escape, but the canister falls into Wreck-Gar's backpack. As the Autobots and Sari show up, her key starts to glow, and they realize that Wreck-Gar was created by an AllSpark fragment. Ratchet rudely tells Wreck-Gar that he is not an Autobot and is only good for one thing: GARBAGE! Wreck-Gar therefore [[Transformation|transforms]] into his garbage truck vehicle mode and leaves to deliver garbage to the people of Detroit{{m-}}starting by covering Sari and the Autobots in a pile of it.

Meanwhile, Lugnut has reached the city, and he confronts Wreck-Gar at the military base he and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] previously visited. Lugnut demands the AllSpark fragment from the vehicle's driver, but Wreck-Gar transforms, revealing his robotic nature. When Wreck-Gar repeats Ratchet's statement that he's no Autobot, Lugnut concludes that Wreck-Gar is a loyal Decepticon, so Wreck-Gar slaps on a Decepticon symbol.

Back at the crime scene, Ratchet is removing the driver of the armored car when Powell and Fanzone show up. Powell reveals that the car was carrying the garbage-devouring microbots to a demonstration for Mayor Edsel. However, the canister carrying them is gone. Sari is more than willing to let Powell suffer, but Ratchet is concerned about what the microbots might do if infused with AllSpark energy. Tracking Wreck-Gar to the base, Ratchet demands the Microbots, only for Lugnut to transform and activate his bomb punch. Wreck-Gar interprets this as the [[universal greeting]], and gives Lugnut a high five. Sari and the Autobots barely manage to avoid ground zero. As Lugnut transforms to attack, Wreck-Gar takes out the canister, which has cracked, allowing some of the microbots to touch Lugnut. Crying out in pain, Lugnut commands Wreck-Gar to get them off, so Wreck-Gar dissects Lugnut, causing his tail end, still carrying Wreck-Gar, to crash onto a garbage scow. Bumblebee declares their problems over, but Ratchet is worried. If those microbots could eat through Decepticon [[armor-plating]], there's no telling what they'll do to downtown Detroit.

On the river bank, Powell arrives to cancel the presentation with the mayor, only for the group see the microbots eat the garbage on the scow. Powell quickly takes advantage of the situation to start wheeling and dealing. As the scow gets closer, Ratchet jumps from a nearby bridge to stop it. He tries to reason with Wreck-Gar, but everything fails, forcing Ratchet to make the ultimate sacrifice...and apologize. He tells Wreck-Gar he can be whatever he wants, and Wreck-Gar decides to save the city, vacuuming up the microbots. However, the microbots overload Wreck-Gar's backpack, causing him to fall into the river. Ratchet tries to pull him out with his magnets, but only finds junk. As Bumblebee and Sari declare Ratchet a hero, Powell cries foul, saying that Ratchet destroyed his product. Thus there is no deal with the city, and the garbage dispute will continue. Ratchet picks up Powell, the Mayor, and the Mayor's aide, and tells them to make peace or be thrown into the river. Powell and Edsel agree to a small increase to re-service the garbage bots, ending the dispute. Ratchet decides the cheering bystanders are lauding him, leading him to conclude that he does have people skills. Sari and Bumblebee know differently, however.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the river, Wreck-Gar, buried shoulder-deep in sediment, assures the sea life that he is a hero and is there to help. First, however, he needs a hand. Or a fin. [[Lost and Found (Animated episode)#Quotes|Maybe a pelvis?]]

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marty Isenberg]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Ben Jones]] & [[Shunji Oga]]
*'''Original airdate:''' May 3, 2008

===Featured characters===

(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] (9)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Lugnut]] (10)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (11)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Porter C. Powell]] (1)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (6)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (8)
*[[Spike (Animated)|Spike]] (12)
*[[Carly (Animated)|Carly]] (13)
*[[Angry Archer]] (14)
*[[Mayor Edsel]] (15)
|}

==Quotes==

"You, quit harassing the Autobot. You, put down the citizen".
:{{m-}}Fanzone '''keeps''' the peace.

"Ahh, I'm picking up a new AllSpark energy signal, my liege..." 
"No doubt another fragment has surfaced. Retrieve it, Lugnut, before the Autobots get their filthy servos on it." 
"Stasis lock itself could not deter me from your grand and glorious plan, oh wise and noble Megatron!" 
''[left optic twitches]'' "Just...go..." 
"Yes, my liege!" 
:{{m-}}'''Lugnut's''' blind worship of his <s>queen</s> commander can get too much even for '''Megatron''' sometimes...

"I don't suppose you can tell me what I am, funny green man?" 
"You are...my partner-in-crime. They call me Angry Archer!" 
"They call me 'worthless-wreck-walking-pile-of-garbage'!" 
"Oh, really? Bit of a mouthful. Perhaps we should just call you 'Wreck-Gar' for short." 
:{{m-}}'''Angry Archer''', Renaissance Man, does some on-the-spot dubbing.

"I am Wreck-Gar!"
:{{m-}}The opening to pretty much everything '''Wreck-Gar''' says from the moment he gets his name.

''[Sari, Spike, and a very pregnant Carly are almost crushed by an axle carelessly discarded by Ratchet]'' 
"Uh, I don't know much about these things, lady, but I think you're s'posed to breathe or somethin'?"
:{{m-}}'''Sari''' the midwife

'''Bumblebee''': ''[at Wreck-Gar]'' "What are you?" ''[To Sari]'' "What is he?" 
'''Sari''': "I don't know, but he's givin' off a ton of AllSpark energy." 
'''Wreck-Gar:''' "I am Wreck-Gar! I give off a ton of AllSpark energy!" 
'''Bumblebee''': "So, what, an AllSpark fragment just brought a junk pile to life and made some new kind of Autobot?!" 
'''Wreck-Gar''': "I am Wreck-Gar! I am some new kind of Autobot?!" 
'''Ratchet''': "Listen up, scrapheap. You're not an Autobot, and you never will be an Autobot. You're only good for one thing: GARBAGE!!" 
'''Wreck-Gar''': "I am Wreck-Gar! I am only good for one thing: GARBAGE!! I must deliver garbage to all!" ''[transforms and rolls out]''
:{{m-}} '''Ratchet'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s lack of people skills backfires again.

'''Lugnut''': Human! The AllSpark fragment{{m-}}now! 
'''Wreck-Gar''': No human here. I am Wreck-Gar! I am only good for one thing: ''GARBAGE''! 
'''Lugnut''': Are you an Autobot? 
'''Wreck-Gar''': I am Wreck-Gar! I am not an Autobot and will never be an Autobot! 
'''Lugnut''': Ah! Then you must be a Decepticon! 
'''Wreck-Gar''': I am Wreck-Gar! I...must be a Decepticon! 
''[Wreck-Gar places a Decepticon badge on his chest]'' 
'''Lugnut''': Aah, ALL HAIL MEGATRON! 
'''Wreck-Gar''': All hail Megatron! Uh...w-what's a 'Megatron'? 
:{{m-}}'''Wreck-Gar''' makes a new friend in '''Lugnut'''.

'''Lugnut''': Those accursed Autobots will pay for their insolence! 
'''Wreck-Gar''': Right! ''[Wreck-Gar pulls a burnt-out cash register]'' Cash, check or charbroil? 
'''Lugnut''': ''[Knocking the register out of Wreck-Gar's hands]'' ATTACK!!! 
'''Wreck-Gar''': Right! What kind of tack would you like? Thumb tack? Carpet tack? Income tack? 
'''Lugnut''': Rhaaah, nevermind. 
:{{m-}} '''Wreck-Gar''' can certainly teach Crazy Blitzwing a thing or two about being bonkers.

"You glitch-head!! You're gonna destroy the whole city! You wouldn't dare do something THAT stupid!" 
"I am Wreck-Gar! I ''dare'' to be stupid!"
:{{m-}} '''Ratchet''' and '''Wreck-Gar'''. Yes, but does he count his chickens before they hatch?

"I will destroy the whole city!"
:{{m-}} '''Wreck-Gar''', getting the hang of the Decepticon lifestyle.

"Fear not, fellow creatures of the deep, I am Wreck-Gar! I am a hero! Um...e-excuse me, c-could someone give me a hand...or-...or a fin...anyone?""
:{{m-}}'''Wreck-Gar''' begins a new life under the sea.

==Other notes==
* This episode was first shown on Friday, April 25th, at [[BotCon 2008]]. The version aired still had the time-code running in the top-left corner.

* This episode is the first to feature Ratchet's full robot-to-vehicle transformation animation sequence.

===Continuity errors===
* When removing trash into a boat, Optimus transforms, and suddenly his trailer evaporates, together with all the trash on it.

* Why don't Sari or Ratchet react to the Key when it starts to glow, indicating the presence of AllSpark energy?

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Beemeatcycle.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Most fanwanky episode ever?]]
* Wreck-Gar interprets Lugnut's incoming rocket punch as an invitation to a high-five, and he happily delivers the [[universal greeting]].

* Wreck-Gar's shifting allegiance and red optics as he faces down Ratchet on the garbage scow appear to be callbacks to the [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|original Wreck-Gar]], who at first appeared to be an enemy to the Autobots in his movie appearance, complete with red optics, and was even marketed as such in television [[commercial]]s.

* The ''Animated'' incarnations of Spike and Carly, who made a cameo in [[Transform and Roll Out!|the pilot episode]], re-appear with speaking lines and even get their names called out. Corey Burton even reprises his post-[[The Transformers: The Movie|Movie]] voice for the adult [[Spike Witwicky]].

* G1 Wreck-Gar's motorcycle alt mode can be spotted amongst the garbage that Wreck-Gar throws at Bumblebee.

===Real-world references===
* Wreck-Gar's "I ''dare'' to be stupid!" is, of course, a reference to one of [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s most well-known songs, "Dare to be Stupid", a Devo "style parody" that appeared on the soundtrack to [[The Transformers: The Movie|the original animated movie]] in the scene with the original Wreck-Gar.

* While driving Spike and Carly to the hospital, Ratchet drives past the Wyatt Toys toy store, a reference to Art Director [[Derrick Wyatt]] previously seen in "[[Sound and Fury]]".

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Even Megatron gets annoyed by Lugnut's constant worshiping. [[Inferno (BW)|Sound familiar]]?

* The mayor still doesn't talk, letting his aide speak for him instead.

* Aside from Wreck-Gar, Weird Al also voiced the Sumdac Systems technician who explains the new version of the nanobots to Porter C. Powell.

* This is the first time we see Lugnut use his mace/axe weapon. It is awesome. It gets eaten by microbots.

* Given that Carly is about to give birth when she seemed to have a wafer-thin profile in [[Transform and Roll Out!|the pilot]], the Autobots seem to have spent at least six months or so in Detroit.

*This episode sees the return of the human newscaster.

*Bulkhead appears, but has no lines.

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Terradive (Armada)

2008-05-02T17:12:19Z

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{{disambig3|Terradive}}

:''Terradive is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Terradive''' is the thrill-seeker of the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team]], much to his more serious-minded teammates' chagrin. His favorite tactic is to dive-bomb a target them pull up at the very last possible second. This takes a severe toll on his body (especially when he stalls or mistimes pulling up) and he's constantly having to get maintenance done to his system because of it, but the thrill, to him, is all worth it.

An alternate-universe incarnation of Terradive is partnered with the herald of [[Unicron]] [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]], but shares none of Terradive's personality traits... he hasn't ''got'' a personality anymore. Untold millenia of servility to the dark Transformer have left him -and his fellow Mini-Cons- little more than drones, utterly subservient to his master's will.

:''Japanese name'': '''Recon'''

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' animated continuity===

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic continuity===

===''Cybertron'' animated continuity===
====Fun Publications ''Cybertron'' comic====

==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Air Military Mini-Con Team''' (Basic, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-11'''

: Terradive transforms into a stealth fighter somewhat similar to a Blackbird. He also has a third "weapon" mode, a triple-bladed claw best used by attaching him to a larger toy's arm via [[Powerlinx]] plug. He was normally only available in a three-pack with his teammates [[Gunbarrel]] and [[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Falcia]], [[Blitz]], ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Shockwave (Cybertron)|Shockwave]] and [[Mugen]].

*'''Thrust w/ Air Military Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number'': ''MS-06''

: The entire Air Military Team was packaged with [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] and [[Inferno (Armada)|Inferno]] in a special Japanese multi-pack as well as the normal individual releases.

*'''Air Military Micron X-Dimension''' (Basic, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-12'''

: For their [[X-Dimension]] [[redeco]], the entire Air Military Team was redone in black, clear-black and white plastics, plus given a light white paint-wash. This set was released at normal retail, but in smaller numbers than the normal coloration.

*'''Unicron with Dead End''' (Bonus pack, 2003)

: Late in the US line, Wal-Mart stores got [[exclusive]] [[Unicron]] toys that came with the Air Military Team in a bubble attached to the top of the box. This set was sold for the normal retail price of Unicron... hey, free Mini-Cons!

===Universe===
*'''Ramjet w/ Thunderclash, Gunbarrel, Thunderwing, & Terradive''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: Available as part of a Toys "R" Us exclusive "Spring Value Pack" with his master Ramjet, this version of Thunderwing was redecoed in mostly darker shades of his original colors, though his entuire cockpit area was painted orange, the most immediately-noticeable difference. This set also came with redecoes of the Mini-Cons [[Thunderclash]], Gunbarrel and Thunderwing.

*'''Stockade & Magna Stampede with Prowl & Terradive''' (Ultra, 2004)

: Terradive was redecoed again in ''[[Universe]]'', this time for normal retail release, in an Ultra-level multi-pack with [[Stockade]], [[Magna Stampede]] and the Mini-Con [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]]. It's worth noting that the packaging for this toy lists both Mini-Cons as Autobots.

==Trivia==
* The packaging for the Toys "R" Us Ramjet sets shows an air Military Team in very different colors. Terradive ended up primarily white with medium blue accents, possibly a reference to the ''[[Generation 2]]'' [[Cyberjet]] version of [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Terradive/terradive.htm Terradive at TFU.info]

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Dirt Boss (Armada)

2008-05-02T17:07:07Z

151.199.18.121: /* External links */

{{picsneeded}}{{disambig2|the Armada-series Mini-Con van|the Cybertron-series monster truck|Dirt Boss (Cybertron)}}

:''Dirt Boss is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ArmDirtBossCard.jpg|thumb|250px|I say, I'll give you a sound thrashing!]]

Filthy both physically and verbally, '''Dirt Boss''' intentionally skips maintenance checkups to keep his engine loud and misfiring, despite the risks this poses to him. Foul-mouthed and foul-smelling, he enjoys shocking and annoying those around him. Few can stand to be around him for any length of time; even his [[Race Mini-Con Team]] allies, who are likely the only ones who willingly spend ''any'' time with him at all, occasionally need to just get away.

And yet, Dirt Boss might actually be the ''smartest'' of the team, with extensive knowledge of high-level physics and entropy studies. Not that he ever really looks for a useful application for this information... but it certainly does give some insight into his attitude.

:''Japanese name'': '''Drift'''

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' Animated continuity===
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics continuity===

===''Cybertron'' toy bios===
Dirt Boss was sent to [[Velocitron]] under the "protection" of [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], in order to split the Road Assault Team up to make it harder for [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] to steal the entire Team and re-assemble the Skyboom shield.

Meanwhile, an alternate-universe version of Dirt Boss fell through a rip in space-time and landed on [[Earth]]. He was found by [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], who took the grimy Mini-Con under his wing. They probably get along great together.

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==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Race Mini-Con Team''' (Basic, 2002/2003)
:''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-05'''

: Dirt Boss transforms into an SUV similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_M-Class Mercedes M-Class] like [[X-Brawn]]. He also unfolds to form the middle portion of the Skyboom shield with his teammates Downshift and Mirage. He was normally only available as part of the complete Race Mini-Con Team set. The complete Team was also included as bonus add-ons with the Max-Cons [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] and [[Predacon (Armada)|Predacon]] (though what retail chain offered these is unknown at this time).

: This mold was also used to make [[Midship]].

*'''Grap & Lift with Race Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number'': '''MS-02'''

: The Race Team was available in Japan both as an individual team, and in a multi-pack with [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]].

*'''Race Micron X-Dimension''' (Basic, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-10'''

: A limited-edition (but still regular-retail) [[redeco]] of the Race Team was made available in Japan. The entire Team was given a deco in varying shades of blue.

*'''Drift''' (Micron Booster, 2003)
:''Booster ID number:'' '''6'''

: Part of the first [[Micron Booster]] set, this version of Dirt Boss is almost totally identical to the retail version, only this uses a slightly-sparkly plastic and paint. Whoopee.

*'''Drift''' (Change Micron, 2003)

: Another nigh-identical Japanese release, this version came as a "[[candy toy]]" produced by [[Kabaya]] as part of the [[Change Micron]] assortment. This toy is actually a new molding, though based on the original mold.

*'''Road Assault Mini-Con Team''' (Basic, 2003)

: A late-series redeco of the Race Team --under a new Team name-- was released alongside the [[Destruction Team|Road Wrecker Team]]. In Japan, individually-bagged members of this Team were given away randomly with the purchase of ''Armada'' [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] or [[Tidal Wave]] at Ito Yokaido stores in August.

===Universe===
*'''Dirt Boss''' (Tiny Tin, 2004)

: The entire Race Team was made available as individual [[Tiny Tins]] releases under the ''[[Universe]]'' banner. The toys in this release are identical to the original ''Armada'' ones.

===Energon===
*'''Race Mini-Con Team & Space Mini-Con Team''' (Multi-Pack, 2004)

: An unaltered version of the Road Assault Mini-Con Team (yet named the Race Team again) was released as part of an ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''-series "Mini-Con 6-pack" with the [[Space Mini-Con Team]].

===Cybertron===
*'''Red Alert w/ Dirt Boss''' (Bonus pack, 2006)
*'''Landmine w/ Dirt Boss''' (Bonus pack, 2006)

: A new redeco of Dirt Boss with a Tiny Tin carrying mini-case was packed in special Wal-Mart exclusive sets. Dirt Boss was packaged with both [[Red Alert (Armada)#Cybertron_2|Red Alert]] and [[Landmine (Energon)#Cybertron_2|Landmine]].

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==Trivia==
* [[Hasbro]] copy writer [[Forest Lee]] confirms that the ''Cybertron'' Tiny Tins exclusives were originally planned with two different Race Team decos in mind, hence the backstory involving one version of the Team being from an alternate universe and the Tins' decos showing the Mini-Cons in silhouette rather than the normal full-color images. He could not confirm ''what'' the then-chosen decos were, however, but it seems likely they were re-packs of the two schemes from ''Armada'', given the use of "Road Assault Team".

* The Race Team are the only one of the three "legendary Mini-Con weapons" Teams to be released in all three chapters of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/DirtBoss/dirtboss.htm Dirt Boss at TFU.info]

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Starscream (Animated)

2008-04-28T05:17:30Z

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{{disambig3|Starscream}}

:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Starscreamanimated.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Specialist skills: backstabbing, aggressive negotiating, self-resurrection, chin-stroking.]]

'''Starscream''' is easily as accomplished, powerful and deserving of leadership as Megatron. At least, that's what he thinks. Power-hungry and driven by jealousy, Starscream operates through three ideals: lying, manipulation and deception. And when all else fails, a bit of sabotage never goes astray. [[Megatron (Animated)|Wise bots]] are careful about turning their backs on Starscream, just in case it's the day he finally decides to shove in the knife.

Though not nearly as powerful as Megatron (despite what he thinks of himself), Starscream is by no means a wimp. His [[null-ray]]s can demolish large buildings, and he can fly around so fast that he can break free of [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet's]] magnetic powers.

He's very fond of villainous speeches. You ''really'' don't want to interrupt him in the middle of one of those.

{{Quote|''Yes!'' Right then. Solemn face, solemn face.|Starscream about to tell the other Decepticons that he is the new leader|"[[Transform and Roll Out!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Animated'' cartoon===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Stefan Staudinger]] (German)

Like [[Starscream (disambiguation)|others of his kind]], Starscream seeks to betray [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and take over leadership of the Decepticons. This time, however, he's not afraid to plant bombs on his mighty leader. In the aftermath of the explosion, Starscream got so caught up in his own greatness that he didn't notice that his comrades abandoned him on a [[Nemesis (Animated)|ship]] hurtling towards an exploding space bridge.

[[Image:Starscreamseg.jpg|thumb|right|150px|You check in, but you don't check out. SCH-WING~!]]
Over the next fifty [[units of time|solar cycles]], Starscream searched for the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] on his own, using the damaged ship as a base (and probably getting a few screws loose in his [[central processor]]). He later discovered that the AllSpark was on [[Earth]] and adopted a jet fighter as an alternate mode to search for it. When he revealed himself to the Autobots, he quickly thrashed each of them individually. Starscream mocked them, apparently assuming that the Autobots thought ''they'' had really defeated Megatron (whom he referred to as "the great Megatron" without sarcasm, so he seems to have at least a loathing respect for his leader's power). All too boastful of his cunning, Starscream boldly admitted that Megatron was already defeated by the bomb which Starscream himself had put on him. Despite being more powerful than the Autobots, Starscream failed to take the AllSpark, partially because he [[Megatron (BW)|spent too much time gloating]]. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] grabbed Starscream in midair, and they opened the AllSpark, releasing a massive wave of energy. Optimus was killed by the energy surge and subsequent fall (he got better), but Starscream's fate was unspecified. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

After Megatron woke up, he found a tape of Starscream's confession and watched it. His reaction was typical: [[The Transformers: The Movie|"STAAAAARSCREEEEAM!"]] {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

It turns out Starscream had been hiding on Earth this whole time, until he decided to reveal himself to a badly damaged [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut]], offering them help in exchange for their loyalty. It also seems that for his skill he never mastered parallel-parking, as evidenced by the wreckage of the ''Nemesis'' on Earth's moon. {{Storylink|Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found}}

[[Image:Megatron rising 1 Starscream freakout.jpg|thumb|left|150px|"Do you have any idea how long I spent preparing that speech!?"]]
After repairing Lugnut and Blitzwing, Starscream continually had to reassert his authority over the two walking malfunctions. As Lugnut went prostrate with praise, Starscream was initially quite flattered by the hulking Decepticon's obsequity, but quickly learned that the big guy was being manipulated by an outside source. Tracking the transmission, he came to [[Sumdac Tower]] and was quite surprised to find the disembodied head of his former leader. Beginning the smug monologue to end all smug monologues, he was interrupted by the senseless heroics of the Autobot [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]. Focusing his attentions on the yellow little squirt, he mistakenly assumed that Megatron was helpless, an oversight that allowed the galactic despot to control the lab's machinery and defenestrate the traitor. Even so Starscream remained fixated on Bumblebee, and thus was caught unaware when the repaired form of Megatron burst from the tower roof. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[Image:PayThePiper.JPG|right|thumb|150px|Ghost in three...two...one...]]

Starscream watched with interest, tossing Bumblebee around absentmindedly as Megatron trashed the Autobots. When Megatron called out his loyal Decepticons, Starscream gracefully landed on Lugnut's head, ready to return to his position as second-in-command. Megatron prepared to fire on the Autobots, but quickly lashed out and rammed the [[Sari Sumdac's key|AllSpark Key]] into Starscream's chest, seemingly offlining the traitor, who then crumpled to the ground. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

{{spoiler|Mission Accomplished}}
[[Image:Jagged.JPG|left|thumb|150px|All tied up and ready for [[Kiss Players]]]]
Sometime later, Starscream awoke on a barge. He found he couldn't detect any Decepticons, not even himself! Panicking, he wondered he if was dead, but recovered when he realised he was still on Earth. Furious, he managed to track down Lugnut and Blitzwing, and follow them to the Decepticon base. There he challenged Megatron and was soundly sliced, blasted and thrown off a cliff. However, he again revived, except now he had no spark! Starscream discovered he was being kept alive by an AllSpark fragment embedded in his head. Using this newfound immortality to his advantage he again, attacked Megatron...and again and again and again in a montage, each time taking a trouncing and having his corpse thrown off a cliff. Discovering another fragment, he set up a trap that would draw Megatron out and blow up both him and the city. He embedded the shard in a train engine, and as the overloading machine drew out Megatron, Blitzwing, the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] AND the Earth team, the plan seemed to be working. Unfortunately, the Autobots stopped the train, and Megatron knocked him out of the sky, sending him crashing into the midst of the Autobots. He blasted [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and took back his fragment, but was put into stasis lock when Optimus slipped [[Stasis cuffs|some cuffs]] on him. He was last seen bound, gagged and being taken onto the [[Elite Guard's ship|Elite Guard vessel]].{{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

==Toys==
===Animated===
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 x missiles

[[Image:TFAnimated_Voyager_Starscream_toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|What? Decepticon sigil not upside down? HERESY! HERESY!]]

: Starscream transforms into a futuristic, forward-swept wing fighter jet based upon the [http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/s37/ Su-47 (S-37) Berkut Experimental Fighter] and the [http://www.new-un-spacy.com/macrossplus/yf-19.htm YF-19 "Alpha One"] from the series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macross_Plus Macross Plus].'' This shape allows him to have his faction symbols right-side-up on his wings in robot mode.

:Going [[Starscream (G1)|by]] [[Starscream (Armada)|past]] [[Starscream (Movie)|experience]], there is a [[Thundercracker|fifty]]-[[Skywarp|fifty]] chance this mold will be [[Seeker|retooled and redecoed]].

{{comingsoontoy}}
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*'''Starscream''' (Activators, 2008)

{{comingsoontoy}}
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Sentinel Prime (Animated)

2008-04-28T05:09:18Z

151.199.18.121: /* Animated */ (Now, if anyone can distill this further...)

{{disambig3|Sentinel Prime}}

:''Sentinel Prime is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Animated SentinelPrime earthrobot.jpg|250px|right|thumb|"Where is the jerk that calls himself Sentinel Prime?" "I am that jerk!"]]

'''Sentinel Prime''' is a member of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]. Sentinel has a history of rivalry with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], who attended the [[Autobot Academy]] with him. In his academy days, he was somewhat of a maverick, leading the more responsible Optimus to refer to him as a "walking malfunction." Of course, he's the one that ended up on the Elite Guard while Optimus was sent off to repair space bridges, of which fact he's all too fond of reminding his former classmate. He also has a bit of a superiority complex toward non-guardsmen Autobots, not to mention that he's intensely organic-phobic.


All things considered, he's kind of a jerk.

His alt-mode is a snow plow truck. He possesses an energy lance and an arm-mounted shield which can be expanded into a force-field, as well as tossed about as a weapon. Basically, he's a knight in shining armor...if he wasn't such a jerk.

{{quote|But Sentinel...}}{{quote|...is a glitch-head. All due respect.|[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] sum up Sentinel Prime|"[[The Elite Guard]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Animated===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[Townsend Coleman]] (English), [[Peter Reinhardt]] (German)
[[Image:animated_sentinel1.JPG|left|thumb|200px|"You're gonna need tickets to{{m-}}THE GUN SHOW!"]]

Sentinel took Optimus and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] on a mission looking for an old Decepticon warship, hoping to get all the [[energon]] stored within. However, they ran into a pack of massive arachnids. Sentinel tried to hold them off long enough for Optimus and Elita to escape. When he came across a ship that Optimus and Elita had found, Optimus had to drag him away from the exploding energon, forcing them to leave Elita-1 behind. Optimus's radar couldn't find Elita's energy signature, and he assumed that she was dead. A furious Sentinel blamed Optimus for what happened, even though this whole disaster had been ''his'' idea. Jerk. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Years later, he was still a jerk. When Optimus Prime rang up the Cybertron Elite Guard to tell them of the Decepticons in pursuit, he sneered that a screw-up like Optimus wasn't worth the attention of Ultra Magnus. Piping through a visual of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] from the cargo hold of the ''Ark'' shut him up quickly enough. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

[[Image:Sentl prime alt.jpg|right|thumb|200px|When the snow starts a-falling, There's a man you should be calling...]]
Later, the Elite Guard visited Earth to reclaim the AllSpark. When [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] decided to take a closer look at the humans, Sentinel warned that organics could spew out slime that melts through armor plating, deliberately goading Optimus Prime with memories of Elita One's fate. He decontaminated Optimus Prime's crew after setting a force field around the ship. When he heard that they'd defeated the Decepticons, he didn't believe Optimus, almost causing a fight between him and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. Sentinel boasted to Ultra Magnus that he had taken the initiative and scanned some "typical" Earth vehicles so they would not draw undue attention. He had, in fact, scanned massive, destructive vehicles for them both.

En route to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], Sentinel further evidenced how subtlety obviously isn't his strong point by driving through a blockade and off an overpass still under construction. When he, Optimus and Magnus arrived, they encountered the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s, and Sentinel began to attack, believing their technology was primitive. [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]'s subsequent [[transformation]] caught him off guard. They then went back to the city to take care of malfunctioning police drones. Sentinel started to act like a jerk again, more worried about organic contamination, and vowed to see Optimus arraigned on charges of high treason, but Optimus finally told Sentinel off, saying to his former friend that Sentinel was on his turf now. Even when shown proof of the AllSpark not being destroyed, Sentinel's attitude did not change. He was thus rather surprised when Ultra Magnus said that Optimus had characteristics that Sentinel himself could stand to learn.

Ha ha. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

[[Image:Sentinelprimeanimatedbattlemask.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Come one, come all! Join the merriment at the Cybertronian Renaissance Faire!.]]
[[Image:Sentinelprimeanimatedknightmode.jpg|thumb|right|150px|He's here to eat giant turkey legs and kick butt... and he's all out of giant turkey legs.]]
Not taking the criticism to heart at all, he continued to be a general jerk to Optimus, the local police, humans, and pretty much everyone. His comeuppance would soon come in the form of a humiliating body-jacking by the Headmaster. Putting his reputation (and his noggin) in Optimus Prime's hands, he trusted his comrade to help him get his body back without letting anybody else find out. In this state he was slightly less condescending to Optimus, but it was hard to talk down to someone when reduced to 1/10th his size. He still had choice words about Optimus' practices in the process of saving his body however, such as ripping its arm off and using his head as a soccer ball. Deep down, Optimus was enjoying himself.

After recovering his body, Sentinel had to face the embarrassing prospect of reporting to Ultra Magnus, but surprisingly enough, Optimus covered for him. It took every ounce of effort for the big guy to utter a "thank you" to his comrade later.

While in the Headmaster's possession, Sentinel's body's weapons were upgraded into more powerful forms. At the moment it's not clear whether Sentinel got to keep the upgrades when the Headmaster Unit was separated or not.
{{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

{{spoiler|Mission Accomplished}}

Unfortunately, the whole Headmaster debacle ''still'' failed to purge Sentinel of even a dram of his jerk quotient. When Optimus protested Ultra Magnus's decision to have his crew join the rest of the Autobots off-Earth, Sentinel was quick to jump on Optimus, saying that ''no'' sign of Decepticon activity had been detected (failing to consider that they'd been dampening their signals). He even went so far as to bribe Optimus with an offer of reinstatement in the Elite Guard if he went along with the official story. Through all this, he was more than slightly keen to slap [[stasis cuffs]] on Optimus in order to get him to comply with Magnus's orders.

When Starscream's AllSpark fragment trap was detected by the Elite Guard's ship, Sentinel was irritated to find that he had to stay behind and nursemaid Maintenance Prime while Ultra Magnus and Jazz set off to investigate. The situation got worse when, discovering Decepticon presence, Optimus goaded Sentinel into a blind attack, and took the opportunity to slap the stasis cuffs on ''him.'' Poor sap...{snicker}

Sentinel eventually worked his way out of the cuffs and pursued Optimus to where the AllSparked train had stopped, threatening to have him tried and blacklisted for assaulting an Elite Guard, dismissing out of hand Optimus's justification of Decepticon involvement. Fortunately for Optimus, Megatron and Blitzwing chose that moment to blast Starscream to the ground in front of them. Sentinel had to take more time than the other Elite Guards to rally—unlike Magnus and Optimus, he had never seen a Decepticon before. Initial dismay aside, Sentinel did manage to last longer than the other Autobots against Starscream's onslaught, but the only reason he didn't fall was that Optimus took the stasis cuffs he had brought with him (anticipating Optimus's formal arrest as he was) and slapped them onto Starscream. Sentinel still thinks Optimus drew that out on purpose.

Afterwards, Magnus expressed admiration over Optimus's willingness to disregard what were clearly ill-informed orders—praise that Sentinel, predictably, objected to. This just earned him another chastisement from Magnus about how sometimes the right thing ''was'' to trust one's gut over the book. Shortly afterwards, the Elite Guard departed for Cybertron. Sentinel could probably sigh in relief—no more looking worse than the "washout". {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Deluxeanimatedsentinel.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Must suck that [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|the washout]] gets better toys.]]
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (Deluxe, 2008)
: Sentinel Prime transforms into a monster-truck snowplow, and is armed in robot mode with his trademark shield and lance. Unfortunately, due to the size it will be incompatible with the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]] accessory (which only works with Leader class toys).
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Trivia==

[[Image:TFASentinel.jpg|right|thumb|'''''Spoooon!''''']]
* Sentinel Prime's blue coloration and ''especially'' pronounced chin (even by normal ''Animated'' standards!) really make him look like [[wikipedia: Tick (comics)|The Tick]]. He's even voiced by Townsend Coleman, who provided the voice of the Tick in his 1990s animated series. At the Cartoon Network panel at BotCon 2008, it was confirmed that Sentinel's design was created after Coleman was cast for the role. It's pretty evident that the writers are running with it, having him utter silly, Tick-esque lines like "Energon-y goodness!"
* Sentinel Prime's shield-tossing fighting style is a fairly direct reference to [[Captain America]]. Far more coincidentally, one of Captain America's many sobriquets is the "Sentinel of Liberty".
* In "[[The Elite Guard]]", it is revealed that the "Prime" in his and Optimus's name is a designation of rank, so despite Optimus being an academy washout, he's still Sentinel's equal. This no doubt irritates Sentinel quite a bit.
* This is the first time the name "Sentinel Prime" has been used outside the comics.

[[Category: Animated characters]]
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Sentinel Prime (Animated)

2008-04-24T04:09:53Z

151.199.18.121:

{{disambig3|Sentinel Prime}}

:''Sentinel Prime is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Animated SentinelPrime earthrobot.jpg|250px|right|thumb|"Where is the jerk that calls himself Sentinel Prime?" "I am that jerk!"]]

'''Sentinel Prime''' is a member of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]. Sentinel has a history of rivalry with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], who attended the [[Autobot Academy]] with him. In his academy days, he was somewhat of a maverick, leading the more responsible Optimus to refer to him as a "walking malfunction." Of course, he's the one that ended up on the Elite Guard while Optimus was sent off to repair space bridges, of which fact he's all too fond of reminding his former classmate. He also has a bit of a superiority complex toward non-guardsmen Autobots, not to mention that he's intensely organic-phobic.


All things considered, he's kind of a jerk.

His alt-mode is a snow plow truck. He possesses an energy lance and an arm-mounted shield which can be expanded into a force-field, as well as tossed about as a weapon. Basically, he's a knight in shining armor...if he wasn't such a jerk.

{{quote|But Sentinel...}}{{quote|...is a glitch-head. All due respect.|[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] sum up Sentinel Prime|"[[The Elite Guard]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Animated===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[Townsend Coleman]] (English), [[Peter Reinhardt]] (German)
[[Image:animated_sentinel1.JPG|left|thumb|200px|"You're gonna need tickets to{{m-}}THE GUN SHOW!"]]

Sentinel took Optimus and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] on a mission looking for an old Decepticon warship, hoping to get all the [[energon]] stored within. However, they ran into a pack of massive arachnids. Sentinel tried to hold them off long enough for Optimus and Elita to escape. When he came across a ship that Optimus and Elita had found, Optimus had to drag him away from the exploding energon, forcing them to leave Elita-1 behind. Optimus's radar couldn't find Elita's energy signature, and he assumed that she was dead. A furious Sentinel blamed Optimus for what happened, even though this whole disaster had been ''his'' idea. Jerk. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Years later, he was still a jerk. When Optimus Prime rang up the Cybertron Elite Guard to tell them of the Decepticons in pursuit, he sneered that a screw-up like Optimus wasn't worth the attention of Ultra Magnus. Piping through a visual of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] from the cargo hold of the ''Ark'' shut him up quickly enough. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

[[Image:Sentl prime alt.jpg|right|thumb|200px|When the snow starts a-falling, There's a man you should be calling...]]
Later, the Elite Guard visited Earth to reclaim the AllSpark. When [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] decided to take a closer look at the humans, Sentinel warned that organics could spew out slime that melts through armor plating, deliberately goading Optimus Prime with memories of Elita One's fate. He decontaminated Optimus Prime's crew after setting a force field around the ship. When he heard that they'd defeated the Decepticons, he didn't believe Optimus, almost causing a fight between him and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. Sentinel boasted to Ultra Magnus that he had taken the initiative and scanned some "typical" Earth vehicles so they would not draw undue attention. He had, in fact, scanned massive, destructive vehicles for them both.

En route to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], Sentinel further evidenced how subtlety obviously isn't his strong point by driving through a blockade and off an overpass still under construction. When he, Optimus and Magnus arrived, they encountered the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s, and Sentinel began to attack, believing their technology was primitive. [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]'s subsequent [[transformation]] caught him off guard. They then went back to the city to take care of malfunctioning police drones. Sentinel started to act like a jerk again, more worried about organic contamination, and vowed to see Optimus arraigned on charges of high treason, but Optimus finally told Sentinel off, saying to his former friend that Sentinel was on his turf now. Even when shown proof of the AllSpark not being destroyed, Sentinel's attitude did not change. He was thus rather surprised when Ultra Magnus said that Optimus had characteristics that Sentinel himself could stand to learn.

Ha ha. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

{{spoiler|The Return of the Headmaster}}
[[Image:Sentinelprimeanimatedbattlemask.jpg|thumb|left|150px|He's got the lance, the shield ... and apparently the knight-style helmet.]]
[[Image:Sentinelprimeanimatedknightmode.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Looks like he stepped out of Cybertronian Medieval Times.]]
Not taking the criticism to heart at all, he continued to be a general jerk to Optimus, the local police, humans, and pretty much everyone. His comeuppance would soon come in the form of a humiliating body-jacking by the Headmaster. Putting his reputation (and his noggin) in Optimus Prime's hands, he trusted his comrade to help him get his body back without letting anybody else find out. In this state he was slightly less condescending to Optimus, but it was hard to talk down to someone when reduced to 1/10th his size. He still had choice words about Optimus' practices in the process of saving his body however, such as ripping its arm off and using his head as a soccer ball. Deep down, Optimus was enjoying himself.

After recovering his body, Sentinel had to face the embarrassing prospect of reporting to Ultra Magnus, but surprisingly enough, Optimus covered for him. It took every ounce of effort for the big guy to utter a "thank you" to his comrade later.

While in the Headmaster's possession, Sentinel's body's weapons were upgraded into more powerful forms. At the moment it's not clear whether Sentinel got to keep the upgrades when the Headmaster Unit was separated or not.
{{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

==Trivia==

[[Image:TFASentinel.jpg|right|thumb|'''''Spoooon!''''']]
* Sentinel Prime's blue coloration and ''especially'' pronounced chin (even by normal ''Animated'' standards!) really make him look like [[wikipedia: Tick (comics)|The Tick]]. He's even voiced by Townsend Coleman, who provided the voice of the Tick in his 1990s animated series. At present, we don't know if the character was designed to look like the Tick and the casting was done based on that, or if the casting of Coleman prompted the Tick-style design, or some other combination of factors, but it's pretty evident that the writers are working with it, having him utter silly, Tick-esque lines like "Energon-y goodness!"
* Sentinel Prime's shield-tossing fighting style is a fairly direct reference to [[Captain America]]. Far more coincidentally, one of Captain America's many sobriquets is the "Sentinel of Liberty".
* In "[[The Elite Guard]]", it is revealed that the "Prime" in his and Optimus's name is a designation of rank, so despite Optimus being an academy washout, he's still Sentinel's equal. This no doubt irritates Sentinel quite a bit.
* This is the first time the name "Sentinel Prime" has been used outside the comics.
* If he doesn't get a toy, there will be much sadness.

==External links==

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Sentinel Prime (Animated)

2008-04-14T01:22:48Z

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Tailgate (G1)

2008-04-12T02:36:07Z

151.199.18.121:

:''Tailgate is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:tailgate_universe.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"Shake harder, boy!"]]

'''Tailgate''' is an Autobot scout, not so much for his skill (for he is mediocre at best) but for two unrelated reasons. First, his hood conceals a ridiculously powerful iron-cobalt magnet, which he can use to tailgate closely beside other vehicles and travel far into enemy territory without fuel. Second, his bizarre ''idees fixees'' make him extremely poor company for other [[Autobot]]s.

Nobody knows where Tailgate got his screws knocked loose. Some say he was traumatized in a hazing ritual that went terribly wrong; others think it's simply the length of the war taking its toll. At any rate, he began causing problems soon after arriving on [[Earth]], proclaiming speed limits to be an affront to liberty, and attempting to liberate "enslaved" household appliances from their alleged slavemasters. Nothing the veteran Autobots could do would dissuade him from his mad quest, or convince him of non-sentient machines on Earth. Eventually, it was decided to make him a scout, with strict orders not to break cover for any reason.

Still, every time he sees a bicycle chained to a pole, his [[spark]] burns hot with righteous anger. "Some day, my brothers will wear no chains," he thinks. "Some day, we shall break free!"

''French-Canadian name:'' '''Hayon'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
:''Voice actor: ? (US), ? (Japan)''

Tailgate was one of a group of [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]] that defended the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] from [[Trypticon]] shortly after the latter's awakening. It didn't go very well.

===Marvel Comics continuity===
:''('''Note''': Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.)''

''Tailgate was one of the Autobots working with [[Emirate Xaaron]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus']] covert cell on Cybertron, and was briefly seen when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] came to Cybertron and rallied the troops for an assault on [[Darkmount]].'' {{Storylink|Resurrection! Part 1}}

''He eventually finished his training at the Autobot Military Academy, but upon graduation was provoked into joining [[Flattop (Autobot)|Flattop]] and [[Subsea]] in venturing [[Underworld|underground]], in order to prove his courage. When a group of [[Mutant (G1)|Cybertronian mutants]] attacked and slaughtered his fellow cadets, Tailgate stood his ground and successfully fought off the sewer-dwellers, thus proving he was neither a coward... nor very good at watching his friends' backs in a fight.'' {{Storylink|Underground!}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Tailgate''' (Mini Vehicle, 1986)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-61'''

:Tailgate is a white-and-blue [[retool]]ing of the 1984 Autobot [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], transforming into a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am sports car. His head sculpt is much more elaborate than the earlier toy's (which shared the [[Microchange]] sculpt), and his chest sticker bears an odd resemblance to a portable radio.

:The original version of this mold is used by [[Camaro]] and [[Rook (Universe)|Rook]]. Tailgate was used as the model for the non-toy comic character [[Wipe-Out]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Tailgate/tailgate.htm Tailgate at TFU.info]

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[[category: Generation 1 characters]]
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