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File:Nightbeat07.jpg

2008-04-08T00:52:11Z

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[[Nightbeat (Armada)|Nightbeat]] activates [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe's]] dragster mode, from ''Armada'' episode 31 "[[Past, Part 1]]".

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Acid pellet

2008-04-07T22:45:49Z

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'''Acid pellets''' are small projectiles formed of [[acid]]. The [[Autobot]] [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] uses a gun that is capable of firing acid pellets, as well as lasers. [[Scattershot]] wields an atomic acid pellet gun, which is also used by [[Computron]]. A shot from Scattershot or Computron will burn you. And irradiate you.

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Talk:Sentinel Prime (Animated)

2008-04-07T17:37:12Z

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Where is this sourced from?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 20:08, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

== Re: Where's this sourced from? ==

It's sourced from the NTFA clip of Animated. Keep the article. [[User:72.194.91.250|72.194.91.250]]
# Please use spoiler tags when describing things in unaired episodes.
# Please adhere to the style guide. That means writing in-universe, so using phrases "as seen at NTFA" in the fiction section is right-out wrong.
# I love donuts.
:--[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:37, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
::Can I blame this this sort of writing on the Wikipedia? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:45, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
:::Personally I had to ask because it had been added by you-know-who, and was a direct copy of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 03:56, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

His main image caption goddamn well better be '''''SPOOOOOOON!!!'''''. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 00:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:Granted --[[User:Hunter-113|Hunter-113]] 01:05, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Surely, this cartoon will be the Epic Battle of the Chins. --[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 01:25, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

:Agreed, but we all know [[Starscream (Animated)|Chinscream]] will win. --[[User:Dynamus Prime|Dynamus Prime]] 17:14, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

: Allright, who changed the awesome cations of this page?--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 16:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
::I know I changed the main image quote from "SPOOOOOOON!" to another caption. However the caption that I changed it to was still a Tick quote, specifically from "The Tick vs. The Tick." I considered it appropriate.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 16:29, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
::I still think the original caption of his first image to be better fitting with "spoon!" below it. I just can't see that he would willingly call himself a jerk with that huge ego.(because his high and mighty statues, i would even bet he will hate humans.)--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 17:25, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
:::Ah, but that jerk line's another Tick reference. And a much more fitting one might I add, just based on Sentinel Prime's personality as we've seen it. [[User:155.33.129.146|155.33.129.146]] 17:37, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

==changing jerk to dick==

: Why does someone change all the words with jerk in it into dick? I'm not the one doing it, but it's annoying to see 1à edits of it on the "recent changes" list. And why bother with something like that anyway?--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 19:26, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
::Some anon keeps doing it. I think it's an attempt to use a stronger word than jerk. Personally, I prefer jerk, since I'd rather not have little kids come here looking for info and start using it in sentences. Kids shouldn't pick up swear words on the internet...they should hear them at school, from television, and from their parents, like the rest of us were. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 19:43, 8 March 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Deep Metal

2008-04-07T02:22:40Z

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{{picsneeded}}
[[Image:Deep Metal title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|Looks trustworthy enough.]]

'''Depth Charge arrives on Earth, continuing his obsessive quest to hunt down Protoform X.'''

{{episodenav |BW |season=3 |2 |prev=Optimal Situation |next=Changing of the Guard}}

==Summary==
On Earth, in their new base in the newly fortified [[Mount St. Hilary]], Rhinox has trouble working with the hardware salvaged from the ''[[Axalon]]''. Primal considers this as another reason they need help from the [[Maximal Elder]]s to arrive soon as possible, but Rhinox doubts the help is coming. Yet as they speak, help from Cybertron is indeed coming—just not exactly the kind they were hoping for.

Outside, the mountain, Inferno leads Rampage in a planned invasion of the Maximals' current base. But the stranger entering Earth's atmosphere distracts Rampage away from the exercise, leaving Inferno to attack the Maximals on his own. The fire ant is easily defeated by a rock. It was a pretty big rock.

Cheetor also notices the [[starhopper|spacecraft]] descending and flies to check it out. Receiving a radio contact from Cheetor, Primal heads out to join him. Cheetor watches the spacecraft landing in a body of water, but in the middle of a radio update to Optimus, Rampage fires a rocket to blast the Maximal out of the air. Underwater, the newly arrived Maximal, Depth Charge, scans a manta for his beast mode and leaves his transport, eager to hunt Protoform X. Surveying the area, Depth Charge finds Cheetor sinking to the bottom of the water. Depth Charge rescues his fellow Maximal, but doesn't explain who he is or much of anything else when he strands the cat-bot on an island.

Megatron, wondering where Rampage went after abandoning Inferno, sends Quickstrike to hunt the giant crab.

Underwater again, Rampage surprises Depth Charge, greeting him as "old playmate". The two battle, and Depth Charge lifts their combat into the air. Rampage blasts the manta and the forces the fight onto the beach, but finds himself impaled on a stalagmite. While the two giant Transmetals are disabled, Primal arrives and meets with Cheetor, who fills in the Maximal commander on what's happened and tells him of Depth Charge...a name that Primal recognizes.

Rampage heals and approaches Depth Charge, but Depth Charge awakens and fights back. The two show off their abilities, but Depth Charge wins the fight by throwing his tail-spike into Rampage's weaponry, causing explosive feedback. Quickstrike shows up and fires at Depth Charge with a disabling poison blast, but Primal easily takes out Quickstrike. But thanks to Quickstrike's interruption, Rampage has had the time to sneak away. Primal and Cheetor bring Depth Charge back to their base.

As Depth Charge heals, Primal and Rhinox explain that Depth Charge was in charge of security for [[Colony Omicron]] before Protoform X devoured all the other inhabitants of it. Seeking vengeance, Depth Charge captured the maniac and petitioned the [[Maximal High Council|High Council]] to find some way of executing him, but instead Protoform X was placed on the ''Axalon'' to be dumped. Depth Charge thus followed the ''Axalon'' through [[transwarp]] by tracking X's energy signature, intending to finish the job he started.

Depth Charge awakens repaired and exits the CR Chamber. He blows off the Maximals, showing obvious contempt for Optimus Primal. He leaves to go hunt Protoform X, with no interest in the rest of the Beast Wars and saving history. Meanwhile, Rampage destroys the vehicle Depth Charge used to come to the planet.

==Quotes==
"Inferno blow up, Waspinator must salvage. Waspinator blow up, ''nobody'' salvage! Why universe hate Waspinator?
:—'''Waspinator''' bemoans his fate at the hands of cruel <strike>writers</strike> destiny.

"Greetings, old playmate. So glad you could come!"<br>
"X!"<br>
"I'm called Rampage now! A bit obvious, but to the point. Don't you think?"<br>
:—'''Rampage''' and '''Depth Charge''' reintroduce themselves.

"It's not revenge I'm looking for, it's justice."
:—Words to live by from '''Depth Charge'''

"X is not alone. He's a Predacon now under Megatron's control. There are six of them."<br>
"I gotta hand it to ya, Primal, when you screw up, you do it big time. But thanks."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' attempts to warn '''Depth Charge''', for all the good it does.

"It was really so very nice of you to come. So glad you could stay. Oh, we'll have so much fun."
:—'''Rampage''' offers a hearty welcome to his arch-nemesis.

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Larry DiTillio]]<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' November 1, 1998

'''Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]], '''[[Depth Charge]],''' [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], '''[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]],''' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], [[Rattrap]]

==Notes==

*This is the debut appearance of Depth Charge.

===Technical/Animation Glitches===

*When Depth Charge first scans his beast form, he yells "Maximize" to transform to beast mode instead of saying "Beast mode." He does this many more times over the course of the season. It could be that Depth Charge has his activation code keyed for activating his alt-mode (now his beast mode), while most others prefer to use it for going to robot mode.

===Continuity Errors===
*Waspinator appears in this episode and does not get scrapped in any way. Run for the bomb shelters, it's the end of the world!

===Transformers References===

*When Depth Charge first enters Earth's solar system, he is informed by his ship's navi-computer that the area was declared off-limits by order of the High Council. This is a reference to backstory given by the story-editors that never got explicitly mentioned on the show, but was spelled out by their posts on the Internet, wherein Earth is off-limits because of some undecided-upon catastrophe, as well as to protect it from time-altering thieves such as Megatron.

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Before the Storm

2008-04-07T01:53:43Z

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'''Inferno brings Megatron an alien golden disk that causes him to offer a too good to be true cease fire to the Maximals.'''

{{episodenav |BW |season=1 |24 |prev=Law of the Jungle |next=Other Voices, Part 1}}

==Summary==
Within the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] is woken by his computer. It reports an energy anomaly in the mountainside, and that it is of alien origin. Megatron, suspects this count be the start of something big and thus sends [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] to investigate. The fire ant burrows into a mountain pulsating with a suspicious energy, and he recovers an [[Golden Disk (Vok)|strange discus.]]

[[Image:MegsHeadHologram.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Megs as a Magical floating head... why does this seem so [[Grand Mal|familiar?]]]][[Optimus Primal|Primal]] is in a scouting run looking for the same energy anomaly that Megatron already found (Why the [[Axalon]] couldn't detect it as the Darksyde could is unclear). He sees a strange probe, and follows it. The probe stops and forms into a holoform of Megatron. He proposes to meet about a truce on neutral ground, between both leaders.

When they meet, Megatron insists that the truce is not an act of treachery. He explains that he has no time to fight [[Maximal]]s, and he needs time to think. Primal reluctantly agrees to a truce, bound by Maximal code. [[Rhinox]] proposes that it's about the alien energy. Primal agrees, stating that something scared Megatron very badly. [[Rattrap]] is sent - despite his usual complaints - to infiltrate the Darksyde.

Meanwhile, [[Tarantulas]] hacks his way into a holding chamber to steal one of the Predacon ship's remaining Transwarp cells. [[Waspinator]] surprises him and demands an answer, and Tarantulas easily defeats him. Megatron, watching the exchange, decides to let Tarantulas do his work, and throw another kink in it - [[Blackarachnia]].

[[Airazor]] delivers Rattrap to the Predacon base - unarmed - and drops him off quickly before hailing the Predacon channels. Megatron casually disarms the perimeter defenses and asks Airazor to leave. As she leaves, he stops her a moment and suggests she take Rattrap with her. Foiled, they return to the base and report to Primal, but exchange knowing glances - the distraction was enough for [[Tigatron]] to make his entrance.

Blackarachnia surprises Tarantulas, and in the confusion, Megatron hacks the Transwarp cell and adds his own programming.

Tigatron hacks the Predacon database in a cool VR world, and discovers the second Golden Disc's datatracks. Terrorsaur finds Tigatron hacking and sounds the alarm, but Tigatron uses Terrosaur and Scorponok's goonery against each other. Under orders not to fire, the Predacons chase Tigatron, leading into a battle with the rest of the Maximals.

Under the limitations of a truce, the Predacons and Maximals battle without using their weapons. Primal steals a wire from Inferno's rocket. Terrorsaur fails at dodging a piece of sheet metal that Cheetor and Rhinox move into position. The spiders are smart enough to avoid one trap set by Dinobot, but in doing so, are crushed by another. Without firing a single shot, the Maximals have won the day... unless, of course, Megatron intentionally let them get away.

On the Maximal base, Tigatron explains what Megatron discovered: a golden disk similar in size to the one Megatron originally stole, this one created by the same aliens who crafted the flying island, planted the energon on Earth, and made the runes. The disk itself was part of a signal that the aliens sent, ensuring that the planet recieved a message:

[[Vok|The aliens]] are on their way. And they are not very happy...

==Quotes==
'''Inferno:''' Yes, my queen.<br>
'''Megatron:''' I wish he wouldn't call me that.

'''Optimus Primal:''' When Predacons talk truce, it just means they need time to reload their weapons.<br>
'''Megatron''': Uh, normally, yes.

'''Rattrap:''' Ehhhh we're gonna diieeee!<br>
'''Airazor:''' Isn't there a rule that heroes have to face destruction with dignity?<br>
'''Rattrap:''' Hey! What's the use of dyin' if ya can't enjoy it?

"There is a storm approaching. A storm of such magnitude, of such power... it is ''beyond imagination''. And to think, I was once satisfied with mere energon. To think that my ambitions lofted no higher than the conquest of Cybertron. ''*laughs* *coughs*'' Well, no longer. For I have been given a glimpse of power. Real power. And that power shall be ''mine!''"
: -- '''Megatron''' starts to acquire a taste for godhood.

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Larry DiTillio]] and [[Bob Forward]]<br>
'''Original air date:''' February 21, 1997

''' Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Tigatron]], [[Megatron]], [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], [[Optimus Primal]], [[Rattrap]], [[Dinobot]], [[Rhinox]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]
[[Tarantulas]], [[Waspinator]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]

==Notes==
*Bob Forward has said this was originally planned to be part of a 4-part Other Visits but the plans were changed at the last minute -- "Apparently anything more than a two-parter is too hard to schedule. Before The Storm had to be made into a stand-alone ep." [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&&q=bob+forward+interview+inferno+megatron]

===Technical/Animation errors===
* While Megatron is in his closing words of the episode, he is missing his beast mode "kibble", except the head of course.

===Transformers references===
*When Megatron is talking to Inferno in his room, there is a G1 [[seeker]] head on his shelf, with an expression of pure horror. Either this is a reference to Starscream's treachery in the previous episode, or Megatron has some weird taste in ornaments.
*There's also a replica of [[Megatron (G1)|G1 Megatron's]] [[fusion cannon]] on the shelf below the head.

===Real-world references===
*On the shelf in Megatron's room (aside from the seeker head and a picture of himself), there is a Transformer sized trophy and bowling pin. Must be good at that non-sport until he traded his hand for another head.
* When accessing the transwarp cell's programming, Megatron's code "A T T override" is a reference to the Usenet newsgroup [[alt.toys.transformers]]
* Megatron mused that "There is a storm coming. A storm of such power, such magnitude, it is beyond imagination!" This was a reference to the website of fan James Hooks, called "Beyond Imagination," which itself was a reference to part of the tagline of [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|the original movie]].

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Call of the Wild

2008-04-07T01:37:01Z

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{{picsneeded}}

'''The Predacons steal the rectifier coil from the Maximal base, which causes the Maximals to revert into a more feral state.'''

{{episodenav |BW |season=1 |19 |prev=Spider's Game |next=Dark Voyage}}

==Summary==
A cheetah enthusiastically chases some antelopes, when the ground around it breaks up and it is sent falling into hot lava. Before the cat gets burned, the sequence ends, revealed to be a dream of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor's]]. Cheetor awakens from his nightmare in time to hear the alarms triggered by a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] assault. As the other [[Maximals]] prepare [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] drags Cheetor outside to battle.

[[Optimus Primal|Primal]] exits the Maximals' control room via the roof hatch, but is unable to prevent [[Waspinator]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] from grabbing a piece of Maximal hardware off the roof and retreating with the other Predacons. A well-placed rocket from [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] prevents Primal from chasing the fliers. [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] is just able to catch the Maximal leader before he crashes into the ground, but lowering Primal after taking a hit from Terrorsaur seriously taxes Airazor's systems. On the upside, the Predacons are no longer attacking.

Inside the base, recuperating, the Maximals suddenly feel the harmful effects of Energon build-up. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] explains that without the [[rectifier coil]] the Predacons stole, the Maximals will be have to stay in Beast Mode. Meanwhile, the Predacons, after an uncharacteristically successful mission, enjoy a hearty laugh together.

Days later, Rhinox interrupts a dream Primal has (of being a real ape) to mention that Predacons are still haunting the local area. [[Rattrap]] suffers frustration from his Beast Mode's diminutive size and limb length. Primal and Rattrap almost get into a fight with each other, their minds suffering from bestial traits leaking into their personalities, but Rhinox lays down the line. Once the Preds leave, the Maximals take some much-needed rest.

In his dreams, Primal is tormenting by eyes glowing in the dark, Dinobot dreams of hunting surprisingly tiny hadrosaurs, and Rattrap dreams of rat stuff. The dreams overpower their respective dreamers, and the Maximals awaken, trapped in the mindsets of the creatures whose forms they wear. The animals all eventually exit [[Axalon|their base]]. Their foes' intellects gone, Megatron and the Predacons begin their hunt.

Airazor exits the [[CR Chamber]] to meet [[Tigatron]] in the empty Maximal base. Tigatron resolves to reform his Maximal companions before they're killed, while Airazor has her own mission. She heads to the unoccupied [[Darkside|Predacon base]], deftly dodging the automated defenses. Inside, the rectifier coil is under no protection she can't destroy.

In the jungle, Tigatron comes to face the feral Cheetor and Rhinox. The two follow him for reasons their animal minds don't comprehend. Next Tigatron recruits the primal Optimus into his party, and finally Dinobot and Rattrap. His friends gathered, Tigatron speaks to the dormant minds of his friends. He explains how the schism that exists between the Maximal's two modes is a side effect of a programming block, and as long as that program exists, the animal and Maximal identities will never reach cohesion. Now embracing the beasts within, the restored Maximals are ready to "Slag some bot!"

Primal swings Megatron off of his throne as the two Maximal cats tackle the two Predacon goons who were carrying their leader. Dinobot's raptor mode conquers [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Rhinox knocks over a tree to ground the Predacon fliers, and a ratball special puts Rattrap into position to pump gunfire into Terrorsaur. After the Predacons start to feel the effects of Energon build-up, Megatron orders a retreat.

==Quotes==

"Predacons, fall back!"<br>
"Now he tells me!"
:{{m-}}'''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s order comes a wee bit too late to save '''Tarantulas'''.

"Hunting from the air with automatic weapons—now ''that's'' a sport!"
:{{m-}}'''Terrorsaur'''

"She stoops to conquer!"
:{{m-}}'''Airazor''' shows some wit.

"Rat...robot. Rat...robot. I'm a robot ''and'' a rat! Yeahh, I ''like'' it!"<br>
"Hrmf, I do not see why."
:{{m-}}'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Remember, do not fight your beast instincts. Let them help your robot both forms both in battle and in peace. But for now, let us maximize (''transforms into robot mode), AND SLAG SOME BUTT!"
:{{m-}}'''Tigatron''' delivers solid advice.

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Bob Forward]]<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' January 7, 1997

'''Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], [[Tarantulas]], [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Waspinator]], [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], [[Tigatron]]

==Notes==
* In his beast dream, Dinobot is chasing a ''Parasaurolophus''. While his toy bios and a previous statement from Rattrap seem to establish that Dinobot's beast mode is a ''Velociraptor'', scaled up to match Dinobot's size, that would make Dinobot's Mongolian beast mode quite a traveler in order to hunt instinctively a North American Hadrosaur—which, by the way, was waaay to small for a ''Parasaurolophus''. (It may have been a juvenile or infant, although the crest may have been too developed.) Although Dinobot may actually be a Utahraptor, which did live in North America, it still doesn't explain the [[scale|size discrepancy]], since while Utahraptors were bigger than Velociraptors, they were still considerably smaller than a full-grown Parasaurolophus.
* This episode may or may not get its title from the name of a song by Deep Purple or a novel by Jack London.
* This episode explores many themes that several of the same characters would later explore in ''[[Beast Machines]]''. The idea of the Maximals taking on more bestial personalities because of their beast modes is used in the episode "[[Forbidden Fruit]]". A similar concept would have been touched on in the unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[A Greater Ape]]".

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The Answer Studio

2008-04-06T23:58:06Z

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'''The Answer Studio''' is a Japan-based animation studio founded in 2004. Previously, the company was known as ''Walt Disney Animation (Japan)'' and had worked on such Disney animation as ''Gargoyles'', ''Aladdin the Series'', ''The Tigger Movie'', ''101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure'' and other Disney projects. When Disney pulled the plug on virtually all their foreign animation studios, the staff and talent formed the Answer Studio, an independent animation organization.

Since then, some of their work has included ''The Cat that Looked at a King'' (a short film created for the 40th anniversary ''Mary Poppins'' DVD), ''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!'' and ''NeposNapos''.

They are currently one of the three studios hired to animate ''[[Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''.

==Episodes animated==
{{collist|2|
* Ep.4 - [[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]
* Ep.7 - [[The Thrill of the Hunt]]
* Ep.8 - [[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]]
* Ep.10 - [[Sound and Fury]]
* Ep.13 - [[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]]
* Ep.14 - [[Nature Calls]]
* Ep.16 - [[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]
}}

==External links==
*[http://mag.awn.com/?article_no=2271&ltype=all Interview with Answer Studio founder Motoyoshi Takunaga]

[[category:Animated]]
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Popular beast alternate modes

2008-04-06T21:12:18Z

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When arriving on Earth, there are millions of animal species a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan for an [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

{{note|For the sake of saving space, characters on this list who share a toy mold are combined into a single line.}}

==Molluscs==
===Cephalopods===
* [[Tako Tank]]
* [[Dead End (BWN)]]

''Squids'' (order Teuthida)
* [[Tentakil (G1)]] / [[Tentakil (Masterforce)]] / [[Tentakil (Energon)]] / [[Scylla]]
* [[Claw Jaw]] / [[Scuba]] / [[Ikard]]

==Arthropods==
===Insects===
''Stag beetles'' (family Lucanidae)
* [[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]
* [[Chop Shop]]
* [[Insecticon (BW)]]
* [[Beetle]]
* [[Scarem]]

''Scarabs and rhinoceros beetles'' (family Scarabaeidae)
* [[Bombshell]] / [[Salvo]]
* [[Barrage (Decepticon)]]
* [[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm]]
* [[Needler]]
* [[Insecticon (Energon)]]

''Grasshoppers and locusts'' (order Caelifera)
* [[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Shothole]]
* [[Ransack (G1)]]
* [[Scourge (BW)]]

''Wasps and ants'' (order Hymenoptera)
* [[Waspinator]] / [[Dirgegun]]
* [[Buzz Saw]]
* [[Injector]] / [[Rartorarta]] (partially)
* [[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony]]
* [[Scavenger (BW)]]

===Spiders===
'''Generation 1 / Beast Era'''
* [[Arachnid]]
* [[Tarantulas]]
''Black Widow Spiders'' (''Latrodectus mactans'')
* [[Blackarachnia]]
* [[Arcee (G1)]]
* [[Crystal Widow]]

'''Animated'''
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]

===Crabs===
* [[Covenant|Cancix]]
* [[Octopunch]]
* [[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]
* [[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]
* [[Razor-Sharp]]

===Scorpions===
'''Generation 1/Beast Era'''
* [[Double Punch (G1)]]
* [[Pincher]]
* [[Poison Bite]]
* [[Scorpia]]
* [[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)#Masterforce anime|BlackZarak]]
* [[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]] / [[Double Punch (BW)]]
* [[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Scorpulator]]

'''Unicron Trilogy'''
* [[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)#Fan Club Cybertron comics|Dark Scorponok]]

'''Transformers (2007)'''
* [[Scorponok (Movie)]]

==Fishes==
===Manta Rays (''Manta birostris'')===
*[[Seawing (G1)]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]] / [[Seawing (Energon)]] (unreleased)
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]
*[[Depth Charge]]

===Sharks===
'''Great White Shark''' (''Carcharodon carcharias'')
*[[Overbite (G1)]]/[[Sea Phantom]]/[[Overbite (Energon)]] (unreleased)
*[[Cybershark]] / [[Sky-Byte]]

'''Hammerhead Shark''' (genus ''Sphyrna'')
*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (Universe)]]
*[[Air Hammer]] (partially)
*[[Hammerstrike]]

'''Sawshark''' (genus ''Pliotrema'' and genus ''Pristiophorus'')
*[[Sharp Edge]]

==Dinosaurs==
===''Tyrannosaurus''===
'''Generation 1/Beast Era'''
* [[Grimlock (G1)]]
* [[Overkill#Timelines|Overkill]] 
* [[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]
* [[Trypticon]] / [[Gigastorm]]
* [[Tyrannitron]]
* [[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Chromebite]]

'''Unicron Trilogy'''
* [[Grimlock (Energon)]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]]
* [[Predacon (Armada)]]

'''Animated'''
* [[Grimlock (Animated)]]

'''Timelines'''
* [[Grimlock (Timelines)]]

===''Triceratops''===

'''Generation 1/Beast Era'''
* [[Slag]]
* [[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon]]
* [[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]]

'''Dinobots'''
* [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]

'''Animated'''
* [[Snarl (Animated)]]

===''Stegosaurus''===

'''Generation 1/Beast Era'''
* [[Snarl]]
* [[Slugfest]]
* [[Saberback]] / [[Striker]]

'''Dinobots'''
* [[Snarl (Dinobots)|Snarl]]

===''Velociraptor''===

'''Generation 1/Beast Era'''
* [[Dinobot]] / [[Grimlock]] / [[Thrustor]]
* [[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon]]
* [[Razor Claw]]

'''Dinobots'''
* [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]

==Pterosaurs==

===''Pteranodon''===
'''Generation 1/Beast Era'''
* [[Swoop (G1)]] / [[Ravenus]]
* [[Graphy]]
* [[Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]]
* [[Terranotron (BM)]]
* [[Reptix]]

'''Unicron Trilogy'''
* [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]
* [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]]

'''Dinobots'''
*[[Terranotron (Dinobots)]]

'''Animated'''
* [[Swoop (Animated)]]

==Dragons==
'''Generation 1/Beast Era'''
* [[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Cryotek]]
* [[Deathsaurus]]
* [[Galvatron (BWII)]] / [[Unicron]]
* [[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]]
* [[Savage/Noble|Savage]]
* [[Snapdragon]]

'''Robots in Disguise'''
* [[Megatron (RID)]]

'''Unicron Trilogy'''
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)]]

==Reptiles==
===Crocodylians===
''American alligator'' (''Alligator mississippiensis'')
* [[Skullcruncher]]
* [[Megatron (BW)]]
* [[Terragator]] (partially)
* [[Soundwave (BW)]]
* [[Gatoraider]]

===Turtles===
''Snapping turtles'' (genus ''Chelydra'' and ''Macroclemmys'')
* [[Snaptrap]] / [[Turtlar]] / [[Halfshell]] / [[Snaptrap (Energon)]]
* [[Snapper]]
* [[Terragator]]

===Snakes===
''Cobras'' (genus ''Naja'' and others)
* [[Cohrada]]
* [[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Nightviper]] (even though vipers aren't cobras)
* [[Cobrabreast]]

===Lizards===
'''Generation 1 / Beast Era'''
* [[Geckobot]]
* [[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] (partially)
* [[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (Timelines)]] / [[Dirge (Descent into Evil)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (Universe)]]

''Frilled lizard'' (''Chlamydosaurus kingii'')
* [[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt]]
* [[Reptilion]]

'''Unicron Trilogy'''
* [[Wreckloose]]

==Birds==
''Eagles'' (order Accipitriformes)
* [[Divebomb (G1)]]
* [[Squawktalk]]
* [[Eaglebreast]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BW)]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Screech]]
* [[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]]

''Condors'' (genus ''Vultur'' and ''Gymnogyps'')<br>
'''Generation 1 / Beast Era'''
* [[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil]] / [[Sundor]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]]
* [[Blockrock]]

'''Unicron Trilogy'''
* [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]]

''Hawks and falcons'' (order Falconiformes)<br>
'''Generation 1 / Beast Era'''
* [[Hawkbreast]]
* [[Wingspan]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Airazor]]
* [[Sights]]

'''Unicron Trilogy'''
* [[Airazor (Armada)]]
* [[Divebomb (Energon)]]

==Mammals==
===Rodents===
* [[Rattrap]]
* [[Packrat]]
* [[Night Glider]] / [[Dark Scream]]

===Bats===
* [[Batbreast]]
* [[Mindwipe]]
* [[Nightscream (BM)]]
* [[Nightshriek]]
* [[Noctorro]] (partially)
* [[Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]
* [[Ratbat]]
* [[Doubledealer|Skar]] / [[Clouder]]
* [[Sonar]]
* [[Soundwave (BW)]]
* [[True One]]

===Carnivores===
====Bears (genus ''Ursus'')====
* [[Chainclaw]]
* [[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]
* [[Icebird]]
* [[Kuma Kinkin]]

====Canines====
'''Wolves / Dogs''' (''Canis lupus'')

'''Generation 1/Beast Era'''
* [[Carnivac]]
* [[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB|Max-B]]
* [[Weirdwolf]]
* [[Sixshot]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Quickstrike (BM)]]
* [[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (Timelines)]]

'''Unicron Trilogy'''
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)]]

====Felines====
'''Jaguars''' (''Panthera onca'')
* [[Ravage]] / [[Glit]] / [[Howlback]]
* [[Panther]]
* [[Battle Ravage (Energon)]]
* [[Jaguarbreast]]

'''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'')
* [[Rampage (G1)]]
* [[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexis]]
* [[Tigerbreast]]
* [[Toraizer]]
* [[Tigatron]]
* [[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Bantor]] (partially)

'''Lions''' (''Panthera leo'')
* [[Angela]] / [[Dark Eggleo]] / [[Eggleo]]
* [[Lio Convoy]]
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]
* [[Lionbreast]]
* [[Covenant|Leonicus]]
* [[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]
* [[Razorclaw (G1)]]
* [[Lionizer]]
* [[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion]]
* [[Lione]]
* [[Steeljaw]]
* [[Under-3]]
* [[Victory Leo]]

'''Pumas''' (''Puma concolor'')
* [[Pounce]]
* [[Quickswitch]] / [[Sixknight]]

'''Cheetahs''' (''Acinonyx jubatus'')
* [[Cheetor]]
* [[Cataclysm]]
* [[CatSCAN]]

'''Sabertoothed cat''' (genus ''Smilodon'')
* [[Catilla]]

===Elephants=== 
* [[Shuffler]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]
* [[Torca]] / [[Elephorca]] (partially)
* [[Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)]]

===Odd-Toed Ungulates===
====Rhinos====
'''Generation 1/Beast Era'''
* [[Headstrong]]
* [[Ramhorn]]
* [[Rhinox (BW)]]
* [[Stranglehold]]
* [[Greatshot]] (partially)
* [[Rhinobreast]]
* [[Top-Heavy]]

'''Unicron Trilogy'''
* [[Backstop]]
* [[Rhinox (Armada)]]

===Even-Toed Ungulates===
====Bovines====
* [[Tantrum]]
* [[Bisonbreast]]
* [[Horri-Bull]]
* [[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]
* [[Noctorro]] (partially)
* [[Longhorn (BM)]]

===Primates===
====Gorillas (''Gorilla gorilla'')====
'''Generation 1/Beast Era'''
* [[Apeface]]
* [[Apelinq]]
* [[Beastbox]]
* [[Optimus Primal]]
* [[Primal Prime]]

'''Unicron Trilogy'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)]]

'''Go-Go-GoBots'''
* [[Gorillabot]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]

[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Toys]]
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Megatron Rising - Part 2

2008-04-06T01:28:13Z

155.33.129.146:

[[Image:SexyBeast.JPG|right|thumb|300px|He's bringing sexy back, yeah!.]]

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'''The Autobots are decimated by the Decepticon invasion, but still must rally to prevent the All Spark from falling into their clutches. '''

==Summary==
[[Image:MegaPrime.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Oh, it is so on.]]
As Megatron descends to ground level, Optimus, Prowl and Bulkhead look on in disbelief. As he lands, Bulkhead takes point, launching his wrecking ball, but Megatron calmly slices it off, before backhanding Bulkhead into a nearby building. Prowl then attacks, but his throwing stars are easily deflected, and he finds himself on the defensive, dodging Megatron's swords. Taking cover behind a bridge support, he manages to avoid them, but Megatron's attacks destroy it, and two children are nearly crushed under the falling rubble, saved only by Optimus borrowing "a move from the Bumblebee play book", using a combination of his wheels and ax to dash forward and snatch the children up. Meanwhile Prowl is pinned under Megatron's foot, who draws a sword, ready to take revenge for Prowl slicing off the remains of his arm fifty years ago. Optimus saves him by using a combination of his grappler and his ax to knock the sword from Megatron's grasp. The two leaders face off, but Megatron simply blocks Prime's blow, and kicks him away. As he reaches for his dropped sword, Optimus launches a grappler, tripping him. Megatron follows up by snapping the grappler's line, and using it to swing Optimus into the side of a building.
[[Image:PayThePiper.JPG|left|thumb|200px|Megatron punishes Starscream for betrayal?! This makes no sense!!!]]
In the tower, Blitzwing wants to join the fight, but Lugnut won't allow him to interfere in Megatron's business. As the two Decepticons argue, Dr. Sumdac tries to make a break for it, only to be blocked by Blitzwing. Meanwhile Starscream holds a struggling Bumblebee while watching Optimus and Megatron battle, trying to decide who he gains more from by helping, the Autobot or his would-be leader? On the ground, Optimus is taking a beating but says he will never reveal the AllSpark's location. Unfortunately Megatron simply plans to use the key to track down the AllSpark. Punching Prime hard enough to send him skidding across the tarmac, Megatron calls out to his loyal Decepticons. Lugnut and Blitzwing immediately respond, and Starscream casually comments on his decision being made for him and throws Bumblebee away. As Lugnut prostrates himself, Starscream drops down on his head, ready to renew his tenure as Second in Command. Megatron comments on the appropriateness of Starscream's presence, takes aim on the Autobots...then quickly jams the key into Starscream's chest, seemingly draining him of life. Dropping the offline seeker, Megatron asks if there are any other dissenters. Getting a negative response, he turns back to the Autobots, only to discover they used the distraction to escape. Blitzwing wants to chase after them, but Megatron believes the AllSpark takes priority. At his command the Decepticons transform and roll- er, rise up.

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marty Isenberg]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Ben Jones]], [[Ciro Nieli]], & [[Shunji Oga]]
*'''Original airdate:''' April 5, 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]] (1)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (10)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |

*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (5)
*[[Lugnut]] (6)
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (11)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (7)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (12)

|}

==Quotes==

"Time to borrow a move from the Bumblebee playbook."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' realising that a giant ax can't solve everything.

"Decepticons, transform and rise up!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' has his own version of [[roll out]].

'''Isaac''': Oh dear, this is all my fault!<br>
'''Sari''': What? It's not like you built Megatron in your lab or anything.<br>
''[Isaac Sumdac looks away and uncomfortably taps his fingers]''<br>
'''Sari''': YOU BUILT MEGATRON IN YOUR LAB?!<br>
'''Ratchet''': On the bright side, now I don't feel so bad about losing your key.<br>
:{{m-}}'''Isaac Sumdac''' and '''Sari''' have an awkward moment, with '''Ratchet''' feeling a bit better about things.

"If we go down, we go down fighting. And I can't think of a better band of Autobots I'd be prouder to fight along side."<br>
"Not even the Cybertron Elite Guard? Because I sure wouldn't mind having them here now."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' prepares to [[Furmanism|fight and die]] while '''Bumblebee''' would rather fight and live.

'''Ratchet''': Electromagnetic pulse, kid!<br>
''[Bumblebee and Ratchet cross their powers together and short out Blitzwing]''<br>
'''Calm Blitzwing''': Curious. My electrical systems have gone offline. Which means{{m-}}<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': {{m-}}I'M FALLING!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
:{{m-}}'''Calm Blitzwing''' is hit by '''Ratchet''' and '''Bumblebee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[electromagnetic pulse]], while '''Crazy Blitzwing''' is oddly excited that he's about to crash.

"YOU WANT HEAT!? I'LL GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE{{m-}}OH FRAG, NOT AGA{{m-}}!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Angry Blitzwing''', his own worst enemy.

"I trust you are comfortable in your chair!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' to '''Isaac Sumdac'''. The choice of furniture was destined to come back to haunt him.

==Other notes==

===Continuity errors===
* At the beginning of the series, years were measured as solar cycles to Transformers, but Megatron refers to years as stellar cycles.
* Megatron said that Prowl slashed off his arm, while he actually lost it due to Starscream who planted a bomb on Megatron's back. Prowl ''did'', however, slash a part off that remained after the explosion.
* Sari recognizes Megatron from his new earth alt mode despite never seeing it before, she also seems to know who Megatron is, despite never being told, either. Unless you count her experience with the All-spark, which never gives a name, just an image.

===Animation errors===
*When Ratchet catches Sari after Blackarachnia drops her, his right arm is intact. In the next scene, it's gone again.
*Also, when Ratchet, Bumblebee and Prowl are planning on how to stop Blitzwing, Ratchet's arm is intact again, but in the next shot, it's gone again.
* When Blitzwing changes faces after Megatron coldcocks Starscream, his face rotates vertically, not horizontally as it usually does.

*The black lanyard attached to Sari's [[Sari Sumdac's Key|key]] keeps disappearing and reappearing.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Ark in mountain.jpg|150px||thumb|right|Moral of the story: [[Ark II|Autobots]] [[Ark-19|cannot]] [[Ark (G1)|drive]].]]
*The manner in which the [[Ark (Animated)|Ark]] sticks out of the rock is reminescent to the [[Ark (G1)|original Ark]].
*Megatron's method of absorbing the power of the Allspark, as well as Optimus's way of defeating him, are both nods to the 2007 Movie.

===Real-world references===
*

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*The intro has a number of new sound effects added in.

*Despite the fact the Ark crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] and co are nowhere to be seen. [[Slag (slang)|''Slag!!!!'']]

*Putting the Allspark into his chest did not kill Megatron, unlike his [[Megatron (Movie)|second cousin twice removed]].

*Virtually since the beginning of the series, fans have been theorizing that Sari might be a robot, given that she has no evident mother, her dad doesn't seem like the type that could hold down a relationship and she's been isolated her whole life. Tara Strong fanned the flames of speculation in an interview when she commented that Sari's "entire identity could be a surprise." While the "robot" origin doesn't really seem to line up with what we saw in "[[Along Came a Spider]]" (where Sari withers and grows old) and "[[Nature Calls]]" (where she catches a cold), this episode gives us our first in-series hint that there is ''something'' mysterious going on in the Sumdac family, when Professor Sumdac attempts to tell Sari "something important" when he thinks its possible that they're about to die. Additionally, a point is repeatedly made of noting that the Allspark "chose" Sari, and when she asks it why, an image of a DNA strand, with a [[spark|glowing blue orb]] at its center, appears. Hmmmn...

*After 24 years, the Decepticons ''finally'' have an equivalent of "Transform and roll out". And it's one that makes perfect sense, considering that traditionally, all Decepticons can fly.

*Megatron's transforming sequence from helicopter to robot is just the sequence of robot to helicopter played backwards.

*Megatron actually punished Starscream for betraying him. You can count on your fingers all the times that has happened in all TF series combined.

*This episode proves that Animated Megatron is awesome and a total badass. But we had already guessed that.

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Megatron (Animated)

2008-04-06T01:00:15Z

155.33.129.146:

{{disambig3|Megatron}}

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

[[Image:Megatronanimated.jpg|300px|thumb|An insult to [[Megatron (G1)|G1]], we swear!]]

If you were to ask '''Megatron''' to describe himself in one word, he'd probably go with "heroic". He sees himself as a freedom fighter, leading the Decepticons out of the days of [[Autobot]] tyranny. The fact he's hoping to replace that with [[Supreme Leader|Decepticon tyranny]] isn't really a concern. A fanatic at heart, he revels in every Autobot who suffers at Decepticon hands and doesn't register humans as anything more then "collateral damage."

Megatron demands loyalty from the Decepticons, loyalty he gains by his awe-inspiring power. With the combined threat of a sharp mind, his [[fusion cannon]], a deadly sword and simple brute strength, there aren't many who'd dare cross him. Still, he has no problem manhandling troops as a gentle reminder.

A loss of a body and his former power is only a minor setback for him, as Megatron is a master manipulator. He's effortlessly got [[Isaac Sumdac]] helping him.

{{Quote|Decepticons! Transform and rise up!|Megatron, as he copies Optimus's famous catchphrase|"[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==

===Transformers Animated cartoon===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[Corey Burton]] (English), [[Jan Spitzer]] (German)

[[Image:Megatron Cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|Pointier than thou.]]

Aboard his [[Nemesis (Animated)|massive flagship]], Megatron went after the ''Ark'' after detecting the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]]. When [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] volunteered to attack, Megs saw right through him, pointing out "I didn't spend the last four million solar cycles combing the galaxy just so you can get your greasy wings on the All Spark." He even crumpled a part of said wings to make his point. Later, Starscream approached the Decepticon leader again, wishing him "luck", to which Megatron replied, "I do not believe in luck." Starscream got his own back by planting a bomb on Megatron, which blew just as his fusion cannon was about to breach the ''Ark'''s hull. The Autobot crew managed to steer the now-failing ship through an asteroid field and into a nearby [[space bridge]].

With the ''Ark'' now plummeting through the Earth's atmosphere, a wounded Megatron still managed to thrash the crew soundly and nearly claimed the All Spark. Quick thinking on the part of [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] sent the Decepticon leader out the cargo hatch and into free fall. Megatron [[Megatron (Movie)|fell from the sky]] and crashed in Paw Paw, Michigan, where his head was found by a young [[Isaac Sumdac]]. Over the next fifty years, Sumdac built a robotics empire by reverse-engineering Megatron's components, [[Sector 7|inspired to do so no doubt]] . {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

[[Image:Animatedmegatronhead1.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Hey Megatron, don't lose your... oh.]]

Fifty years later, [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] used her [[Sari Sumdac's key|key]] to sneak into her father's lab. He stopped her from seeing anything it contained, but the All Spark energy from the key was absorbed by Megatron's head, reawakening his spark and bringing him back online. Confused and disoriented, he automatically brought up video footage of Starscream and the Autobots. Furious both at Starscream's betrayal and the fact he didn't have the hands to reach out and take the All Spark which was finally within his grasp, he released a burst of energy which activated a small drone Dr. Sumdac had been working on. Megatron thus realized he could control the extremely primitive (by his standards) technology around him. Learning Sari was going to spend the night at the Autobot base, he secreted his drone into her backpack.

Once she arrived, Megatron sent the drone to look for the All Spark, but his search was fruitless. He decided to try a simpler method: kill the Autobots and extract the data from their lifeless corpses. Interfacing with the factory's assembly line, he attacked. As the Autobots fought back, he decided to cut out the middleman and knocked a hole in a fuel tank. Prowl arrived, realized the factory was working via motion sensors, and managed to get close to the control panel. To counter him, Megatron simply took over the factory arms and snatched up Prowl. However, he failed to stop Bumblebee, due to the primitive tools he was forced to use. With his plans foiled, Megatron was out of patience, refusing to work through these worthless machines. He needed a body. Perhaps it was time to reveal something more advanced to Sumdac... {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

Megatron soon revealed to Isaac that he still functioned and, when Isaac guessed he was a friend of the Autobots, Megatron played along. He persuaded Isaac to keep his existence secret until Isaac had built him a new body, as then the Autobots would be more forgiving of how Isaac had reverse-engineered their friend. He then helped construct the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s, deliberately programming them to go on a rampage and building fire-breath into them as a prototype for a planned army of drones. When they were defeated, Megatron despaired he might never gain a new body, but upon discovering they'd been turned into sentient Transformers, he quickly convinced them that cars, trucks and "[[Autobot|car robots]]" were evil beings that ate dinosaurs.

During their second rampage, Isaac realized Megatron had deliberately built weapons into the Dinobots. The tyrant feigned shame, saying he'd added experimental features out of a desire to have a body again. Isaac promised not to tell the Autobots and that Megatron would have a body again one day... {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

Soon, Dr. Sumdac began attempting to build him some new servos, but these proved inadequate. Megatron revealed that his body would need [[Destronium]] to work, but Isaac responded there was only a small amount available and that it would have to be delivered across town in less then 10 minutes or it would become unstable. Taking notice of an experimental turbo suit Sumdac's labs were developing (with flaws that possibly precluded Isaac considering it as a solution), Megatron manipulated computer systems so the suit was delivered to small-time hood [[Nanosec|Nino Sexton]]. Once Sexton began using the suit to commit crimes too quickly to be stopped, Megatron contacted him with an offer of much money out of Dr. Sumdac's private account if Sexton used the suit to steal and deliver the Destronium. Between Autobot interference and the suit aging him prematurely, Sexton failed. Worse, the Destronium was at critical levels, risking an explosion that would destroy [[Detroit]]. The Autobots barely managed to send the Destronium sample into the upper atmosphere before it exploded, and they were left to wonder why a human had tried to steal it in the first place. {{storylink|Nanosec}}

After Megatron learned of the power of [[Sari Sumdac's key|Sari's key]] and the careless nature in which she used it, he attempted to trick her into assisting him. He designed [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], a musical toy that was secretly meant to grow more powerful every time Sari used her key upon it, until eventually it would be a suitable robotic body for Megatron himself. When the Key instead brought Soundwave into independent life, Megatron changed his plan and, with convincing logic, recruited Soundwave as a Decepticon warrior. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

When [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut]] arrived on Earth, Megatron, remembering Starscream's betrayal, was hesitant to act. After witnessing a battle between his soldiers and the Autobots, Megatron concluded that Blitzwing was too unstable while Lugnut was genuinely loyal. He contacted Lugnut only, instructing him to locate the All Spark, which would help restore him. Later, he also informed Lugnut about Sari's key. Unfortunately, Lugnut and Blitzwing were defeated and damaged by the Autobots, severing Lugnut's link with Megatron—and Megatron's only link to the outside world. {{storylink|Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found}}

[[Image:Sumdac megatron's body.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Yeah, it's a fixer-upper.]]

Although Megatron himself was not mentally involved, his headless body was infected with [[space barnacles]], causing the barnacles to mutate into a semi-sentient form. After absorbing two mining bots and possibly killing a [[Sparkplug Witwicky|familar-looking]] miner, it was defeated by [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]. Later, it was discovered (minus space barnacles) by [[Isaac Sumdac]], and most likely brought back to his laboratory. Sumdac was heard to remark that Megatron would be ''very'' pleased... {{storylink|Nature Calls}}

[[Image:MegRisingRebuilt.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years.]]
Sumdac attempted to rebuild Megatron, but progress was slowed by a power failure. Frustrated, Megatron again contacted Lugnut and ordered him to bring him the Key. This communication triggered Starscream's curiosity, and the treacherous jet located Megatron. Starscream didn't have time to slay Megatron before he was distracted by the Autobots--and Megatron used that distraction to take Starscream by surprise and eject him from the lab. When Blitzwing and Lugnut arrived with the Key, Megatron revealed his true identity to Sumdac, who could only watch and wail in horror as the Decepticon tyrant used the power of the AllSpark to reconstruct himself, more powerful than ever. Finally restored, he burst through the roof of Sumdac Tower, to the horror of the Autobots and Starscream{{m-}}ready to unleash his vengeance on all of them. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part I}}

{{spoiler|Megatron Rising - Part II}}

Megatron quickly showed that vengeance to be brutal and fast. Trashing the Autobots in short order, he called his Decepticons to him. As Starscream boot licked, Megatron powered up his fusion cannon to destroy the one responsible for his defeat{{m-}}then used the key to send a painful power surge through Starscream, both punishing the traitor and reinforcing his authority over Blitzwing and Lugnut. Commanding them to "transform and rise up" the three Decepticons took to the sky, using the key to track the All Spark.

Finding it aboard the Autobot's ship, the Decepticons caused it to crash on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], where Megatron proceeded to beat the [[slag (slang)|slag]] out of Optimus Prime. Getting into the ''Ark'', Megatron removed the All Spark from it's casing and placed it in his chest, preparing to devastate Earth before conquering Cybertron. However, Professor Sumdac used a device to damage his equilibrium sensors, causing Megatron to drop the key. Optimus Prme used it to force a surge of power through the All Spark within Megatron, causing it to explode and disperse its energy.

However, it was not a total loss for Megatron, for he had managed to grab Sumdac in the chaos. Asking the human if he was comfortable in his "chair", Megatron noted that their fates were once again tied together. Only this time, Sumdac was Megatron's prisoner...{{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part II}}
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==Toys==
===Transformers Animated===
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Megatron: The Battle Begins''' (Deluxe class figure multi-pack, 2008)
[[Image:TFAnimated_Deluxe_BattleBegins_Megatron_toy.jpg|thumb|left|250px|SPAAAACE ROOOAAACH!]]

: Transforms into a sleek spacecraft with VTOL turbofans (''uhh...''). Megatron's signature fusion cannon forms the central chassis and cockpit section of the spacecraft; his sword sections mount on the sides of the cannon for storage. The figure also features a silver color scheme and battle damage paint applications.
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*'''CYBERTRON Mode Megatron''' (Voyager, 2008)
[[Image:Animated_megatron_voyager.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Curse you, Earth's atmosphere!]]

: A larger, bulkier, more detailed, and more gimmick-laden version of the Deluxe toy above. Note that while both modes of both toys look very similar, they have different transformation mechanisms. Where the deluxe version is straight silver, this version has a pearl-gray paint scheme.
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*'''Megatron''' (Leader, 2008)
[[Image:Animated_megatron_leader.jpg|left|thumb|250px|He will kill you until you are dead.]]
: Megatron's "Earth" robot mode bears a significant resemblance to ''Generation 1'' [[Megatron (G1)#Battlestars: Return of Convoy (Japan-only)|Super Megatron]] from the ''Battlestars'' storyline, and thus, in turn, to his original G1 body. His alt-mode is a dual-rotored helicopter design, somewhat like an [[Incinerator (Movie)|Osprey]] [[Obsidian|helicopter]] or the [[Cobra]] Mamba; its rotors form double-bladed swords. The toy has a [[gimmick|voice chip]] with three quotes: "Crush the Autobots!", "Where is the AllSpark?", and evil laughter. It is compatible with the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]] toy.
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:AnimatedMegatronMovieHat.jpg|150px|thumb|They moonlight as lawn darts.]]
* Megatron's pre-Earth head has a rather pointed resemblance to the somewhat early head of 2007 movie's [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], which went unused in the actual movie but appeared on loads of promotional materials and merchandise.

* Megatron will [[Megatron Rising - Part I|forever]] [[Megatron Rising - Part II|hold it]] against Professor Sumdac that he used his hand as a chair.

* Yes, his outer-space altmode, shown for all of 20 seconds, is getting ''two'' toy molds devoted to it.

* So let's see what we've learned so far. Megatron is an absolute badass, wicked awesome, and (probably) the most powerful main figure that Transformers has seen to date. Suck it, [[Megatron (Armada)|ya beetleborg]].

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Starscream (Animated)

2008-04-06T00:47:19Z

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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, 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), Starcream 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.]]
Over the next fifty solar cycles, Starscream searched for the All Spark 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 [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]] 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 All Spark, partially because he [[Megatron (BW)|spent too much time gloating]]. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] grabbed Starscream in midair, and they opened the All Spark, 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 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. 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}}

{{spoiler|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

Starscream watched with interest as Megatron trashed the Autobots, tossing Bumblebee around absentmindedly. As Megatron called his loyal decepticons out, 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 Allspark Key into Starscream's chest, seemingly offlining the Seeker, and he crumpled to the floor. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

About time, huh.

==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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Lugnut (Animated)

2008-04-06T00:44:13Z

155.33.129.146: /* Transformers Animated cartoon */

{{disambig2|the Animated-series Decepticon military plane|The Cybertron-series Decepticon motorcycle|Lugnutz}}

:''Lugnut is an [[Decepticon]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:LugnutPromoModel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The secret love child of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]].
]]

If mighty [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] were to command '''Lugnut''' to jump, the powerful Decepticon would be in the upper atmosphere long before his master could specify precisely how high. In Lugnut's optic, bold, heroic Megatron embodies the Decepticon cause, and his devotion is total. It's easy to misinterpret Lugnut’s blind zeal for a lack of overall processing power, but this is not the case. Though he isn't the brightest Decepticon around, Lugnut does not care, for wise Megatron is brilliant enough for a thousand Decepticons.

Renowned throughout Cybertron as one of the most destructive fighters for the Decepticon cause, Lugnut has no time or patience for contemplation or strategy when he could just as easily level an entire Autobot battalion with a single explosive punch. He knows that his unparalleled strength, endurance, and seemingly limitless missile payload is enough to serve glorious, bold, fresh-scented MEGATRON! Autobots that know him know the only way to survive a fight with him is to stay clear of his path.

{{quote|I believe only two things: The Decepticons will rule Cybertron, and Megatron will rule the Decepticons!|Lugnut, Megatron loyalist|"[[Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Transformers Animated cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[David Kaye]] (English), [[Uwe Jellinek]] (German)

[[Image:Megatron prayer.jpg|left|150px|thumb|In glorious Megatron's name we pray, AMEN!!!]]
Lugnut was on board the [[Nemesis (Animated)|''Nemesis'']] with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] when they discovered the All Spark. Doubting that it was near, Starscream insulted Megatron (out of the latter's presence, of course) as a fool who was chasing a ghost. Furious, Lugnut leapt in and roared at the "traitor" about how Megatron would lead the Decepticons to a new age. Blackarachnia mocked him, asking if the speech was memorized or just hardwired into his one-track processor. Blitzwing indirectly defended Lugnut by insulting Blackarachnia, but soon burst into song, prompting all the Decepticons to argue until the entry of Megatron silenced them. Later, when it became clear the ''Nemesis'' was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Lugnut showed uncharacteristic intelligence by fleeing in an escape pod. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

[[Image:Lugnutfist.JPG|right|150px|thumb|LUGNUT SMASH!]]
After arriving on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Lugnut and Blitzwing discovered the ''Nemesis'', near where Blitzwing mentioned that [[Lockdown]] had last reported. Heading to Earth, the two crash landed at a construction site, where Lugnut interrogated a crane on Megatron's whereabouts with little success. After randomly destroying everything in sight, Lugnut and Blitzwing had a battle with the Autobots. Lugnut easily outgunned the Autobots himself, and was able to throw [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] around like he was nothing. When he demanded managed to where Megatron was, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] mentioned that he was reduced to a "fireball somewhere over [[Cleveland]]". Screaming "Megatron lives", Lugnut knocked out the Autobots with his [[rocket punch]] (which Blitzwing says he told him "a thousand times" to warn him before using), which convinced Megatron that Lugnut could be trusted. He contacted Lugnut only, instructing him to find the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]], which would be able to restore Megatron. Blitzwing thought that Lugnut had finally overheated his motherboard.

Heading for Lake Erie, the two Decepticons tracked down the ''[[Ark (Animated)|Ark]]''. Once they'd followed the Autobots below its surface, Lugnut showed remarkable intelligence by being reluctant to enter the underwater smokescreen [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] had created, although he still entered to follow Blitzwing. Obscured by kicked-up dust, his targeting systems still found a body in the haze. Pleased that his targeting sensors had not failed him, he fired{{m-}}on Blitzwing. The Autobots seemed to have the upper hand when Lugnut again displayed unexpected smarts by transforming and using his jet thrusters to blow away the obscuring dirt. Unfortunately for him and Blitzwing, just as they were going destroy the Autobots, [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Sari Sumdac]] brought the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapon systems online. The two Decepticons were blasted to the shores of Lake Erie in several pieces, severing Megatron's radio link with Lugnut and thus leaving the poor lunk to believe that his master had forsaken him. The next morning, Starscream appeared and promised to repair them—if they swore loyalty to him. {{storylink|Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found}}

For reasons unknown, Lugnut agreed to Starscream's request. However, when Megatron contacted him, Lugnut immediately repledged himself to Megatron. The Decepticon leader told Lugnut to locate the [[Sari Sumdac's key|key]] and bring it to him. Taking it from [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], Lugnut blabbed the whole Decepticon thing to [[Isaac Sumdac]], forcing him to kneel to Megatron. Now that he knew Lugnut wasn't totally bonkers (like him), Blitzwing used the key to help Megatron repair his body and restore him. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

{{spoiler|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}
As Megatron proceeded to beat up the Autobots, Blitzwing and Lugnut decided not to intervene, and keep an eye on Proffessor Sumdac. As Megatron called his loyal troops to him, Lugnut looked on as Starscream was made an example of. The Decepticons took to the air, locating and attacking the Ark as it travelled from the lake to the Tower, from the Tower to Dinobot Island, where it was shot down. Bulkhead leapt into the air and Jet-Judo'd Lugnut, and the two landed in the forest. Although Lugnut was the physically stronger of the pair, and tossed Bulkhead around like a beach ball, his zealous qualities let him down as he prepared to use his powerful Punch...and Bulkhead slammed the ignition point with his Wrecking-ball, causing a powerful explosion that defeated Lugnut. Bulkhead commented, "And you talk too much." {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}
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==Toys==
===Transformers Animated===
*'''Lugnut''' (Voyager, 2008)

: Luggy transforms into a big ol' retro-futuristic bomber plane. He also suffers from [[Bulkhead_%28Animated%29#Animated|Bulkhead]] syndrome, as his robot mode is tiny compared to most Voyagers. A good portion of his vehicle mode transforms into a bigass mace, almost as big as Lugnut himself. He features three automorph gimmicks in his head, mace, and hands.

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Dinobot Island (Animated)

2008-04-05T23:10:58Z

155.33.129.146: /* Transformers Animated cartoon */

{{disambig3|Dinobot Island}}

:''Dinobot Island is an island in the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Dinobot Island''' is a small island located in the middle of [[Lake Erie]]. Once a military research facility, the island is now the home to the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s, where they live in peace away from the [[car|fossil feeder]]s and [[Autobot]]s.

==Fiction==

===Transformers Animated cartoon===
Initially, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] took [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to the island to train him in martial arts. After the two Autobots liberated the Dinobots, they left them on the island, feeling that they would be safe and happier there. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

When evidence arose that the Dinobots were responsible for the kidnapping of [[Sari Sumdac]], Prowl and Bulkhead travelled to Dinobot Island, with [[Captain Fanzone]] following them. The three discovered that [[Prometheus Black]] had set up a base there and used his [[acid]] touch to enslave the Dinobots. Black was attempting to develop a method to create [[transformation|transformable]] [[human]], and the island provided privacy and security in the form of the Dinobots. When Captain Fanzone restrained Black in one of his own protective suits, the Dinobots extended their resignations to Black, and proceeded to beat the [[slag (slang)|slag]] out of [[Colossus Rhodes]] and two earlier test subjects. Black and Rhodes were taken into custody, while the mutants fates were unspecified. They may have been left on the island...or [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] is using their bones to pick his [[teeth]]. {{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}}

When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] learned that the Dinobots were alive, Bulkhead and Prowl took him to Dinobot Island to try and convince the Dinobots to help them fight off the [[Decepticon]]s. Grimlock had a "[[frag]] off" kind of attitude toward the Autobots, saying that the Dinobots didn't need robots to fight, but would rather ''destroy'' robots. Prime reminded the Dinobots that they were also robots...which seemed to cause them to fight amongst themselves. When Grimlock gives an order, the Dinobots follow it to the letter.{{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

{{spoiler|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

When the Decepticons [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], [[Lugnut]], and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] shot down the ''[[Ark (Animated)|Ark]]'', the ship crashed into Dinobot Island's caldera. The Autobots were able to defeat the Decepticons, but the All Spark was dispersed in the process. No sign of the normally territorial Dinobots. Maybe they were too busy beating each other up...{{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

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List of Transformers Animated episodes

2008-04-05T21:53:09Z

155.33.129.146: /* Season 2: 2008–? */ As per http://www.tv.com/transformers-animated/show/74991/episode_listings.html?season=2&tag=nav_bar;2

==Season 1: 2007–2008==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
!#!!Title!!Writer!!Director!!Original airdate!!Production code
{{Episode list
|Title="[[Transform and Roll Out!#Part 1|Transform and Roll Out! (Part One)]]"
|EpisodeNumber=1
|OriginalAirDate=December 26, 2007
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]],<br />[[Yutaka Kagawa]],<br />[[Minoru Yamaoka]],<br />[[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and his small crew of [[Autobot]]s come into possession of the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]], a powerful [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]ian artifact that attracts the attention of their long-forgotten enemies—the [[Decepticon]]s—and sends them crashing to a strange and distant planet known as [[Earth]].
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Transform and Roll Out!#Part 2|Transform and Roll Out! (Part Two)]]"
|EpisodeNumber=2
|OriginalAirDate=December 26, 2007
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]],<br />[[Yutaka Kagawa]],<br />[[Minoru Yamaoka]],<br />[[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Transform and Roll Out!#Part 3|Transform and Roll Out! (Part Three)]]"
|EpisodeNumber=3
|OriginalAirDate=December 26, 2007
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]],<br />[[Yutaka Kagawa]],<br />[[Minoru Yamaoka]],<br />[[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]"
|EpisodeNumber=4
|OriginalAirDate=January 5, 2008
|Aux1=[[Michael Ryan]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]],<br />[[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The Autobots settle into their new home base, an abandoned automobile manufacturing plant, but the ancient assembly line machinery seems to have developed a mind of its own.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Total Meltdown]]"
|EpisodeNumber=5
|OriginalAirDate=January 19, 2008
|Aux1=[[Rich Fogel]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]],<br />[[Naoto Hashimoto]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=A bio-engineering genius experiments with some of [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]'s hydraulic fluid and accidentally transforms himself into [[Prometheus Black|Meltdown]], whose corrosive touch can melt anything—including Autobots!
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Blast from the Past]]"
|EpisodeNumber=6
|OriginalAirDate=January 12, 2008
|Aux1=[[Kevin Hopps]]
|Aux2=[[Irineo Maramba]],<br />[[Ben Jones]],<br />[[Kentaro Mizuno]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=[[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] upgrades a trio of animatronic dinosaurs from a local theme park, but the creatures develop minds of their own and become rampaging [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s, bent on destroying the Autobots.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]"
|EpisodeNumber=7
|OriginalAirDate=January 19, 2008
|Aux1=[[Andrew Robinson]]
|Aux2=[[Derrick J. Wyatt]],<br />[[Ben Jones]],<br />[[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=While the Autobots encounter a [[Lockdown|mysterious muscle car]] creating havoc in [[Detroit]], [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] keeps flashing back to his "tour of duty" in the [[Great War|Great Autobot-Decepticon War]].
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]]"
|EpisodeNumber=8
|OriginalAirDate=January 26, 2008
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]],<br />[[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Bumblebee's self-proclaimed title as "fastest thing on wheels" is threatened by [[Nanosec]], a super speedster crook on a deadly mission that could destroy all of Detroit.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Along Came a Spider]]"
|EpisodeNumber=9
|OriginalAirDate=February 16, 2008
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]],<br />[[Irineo Maramba]],<br />[[Yutaka Kagawa]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]'s first Halloween turns even spookier when they encounter a giant spider that turns out to be the deadly Decepticon [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]].
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Sound and Fury]]"
|EpisodeNumber=10
|OriginalAirDate=February 23, 2008
|Aux1=[[Henry Gilroy]]
|Aux2=[[Ben Jones]],<br/>[[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=[[Sari]]'s new [[Soundwave (Animated)|toy musical robot]] seems to have an evil streak—and the ability to control other machines—but Bulkhead is the only one who sees it.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found]]"
|EpisodeNumber=11
|OriginalAirDate= March 1, 2008
|Aux1=[[Rich Fogel]]
|Aux2=[[Irineo Maramba]], <br/>[[Yutaka Kagawa]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The Autobots clash with Decepticons [[Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who come to Earth searching for their missing leader, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]].
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Survival of the Fittest]]"
|EpisodeNumber=12
|OriginalAirDate=March 8, 2008
|Aux1=[[Steven Granat]]
|Aux2=[[Irineo Maramba]],<br />[[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Sari is kidnapped and the evidence points to the Dinobots. So [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and Bulkhead head to a mysterious island to investigate—with a highly suspicious [[Captain Fanzone]] on their tail.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]]"
|EpisodeNumber=13
|OriginalAirDate=March 15, 2008
|Aux1=[[Michael Ryan]]
|Aux2=[[Ben Jones]],<br/>[[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=A [[Headmaster (Animated)|disgruntled Sumdac employee]] seeks revenge and profit by taking control of one of the Autobots and sending him on a rampage.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Nature Calls]]"
|EpisodeNumber=14
|OriginalAirDate=March 22, 2008
|Aux1=[[Todd Casey]]
|Aux2=[[Ben Jones]],<br/>[[Bouakeo Thongkham]],<br/>[[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Prowl, Bumblebee and Sari get more than they bargained for when they head out to the remote woods to investigate a mysterious energy signal.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Megatron Rising - Part 1]]"
|EpisodeNumber=15
|OriginalAirDate=March 29, 2008
|Aux1=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|Aux2=[[Irineo Maramba]],<br />[[Ciro Nieli]],<br />[[Kentaro Mizuno]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Prime begins to doubt his leadership abilities as the Decepticons mobilize for a big invasion of Earth.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]"
|EpisodeNumber=16
|OriginalAirDate=April 5, 2008
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Ben Jones]],<br/>[[Ciro Nieli]],<br/>[[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The Autobots are decimated by the Decepticon invasion, but still must rally to prevent the All Spark from falling into their clutches.
}}
|}

==Season 2: 2008–?==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
!#!!Title!!Writer!!Director!!Original airdate!!Production code
{{Episode list
|Title="[[The Elite Guard]]"
|EpisodeNumber=17
|OriginalAirDate=April 12, 2008
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] arrives on Earth to retrieve the All Spark and relieve Prime and his crew of their post, but they prove less than adept at blending in with the human world.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Return of the Headmaster]]"
|EpisodeNumber=18
|OriginalAirDate=April 26, 2008
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Optimus Prime is forced to team up with his rival [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] after Sentinel has a humiliating and potentially fatal encounter with the Headmaster.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Mission Accomplished]]"
|EpisodeNumber=19
|OriginalAirDate=May 3, 2008
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Convinced there are no Decepticons left on Earth, the Elite Guard prepares to take Optimus Prime and his crew back to Cybertron, unaware of the increasing Decepticon activity taking place under their very noses.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]"
|EpisodeNumber=20
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=All Spark energy turns a junk pile into a [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|sentient robot]] who tries to help the Autobots, but ends up doing more harm than good.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Velocity]]"
|EpisodeNumber=21
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Investigating a mysterious race car, Bumblebee gets involved with an illegal underground street racing circuit, which also captures the attention of the Decepticons.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Rise of the Constructicons]]"
|EpisodeNumber=22
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Bulkhead befriends a pair of [[Constructicon (Animated)|construction vehicles]] brought to life by All Spark energy. But the Decepticons have their scanners set on the duo for their latest construction project.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[A Fistful of Energon]]"
|EpisodeNumber=23
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], but finds some competition in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy]]"
|EpisodeNumber=24
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Aided by a mysterious benefactor, Detroit's B-level villains team up to take down the Autobots once and for all.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Autoboot Camp]]"
|EpisodeNumber=25
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=On the trail of an escaped Autobot traitor, Bumblebee flashes back to a previous encounter with the traitor when he first met Bulkhead in Autobot Boot Camp.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]]"
|EpisodeNumber=26
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Blackarachnia enlists Prometheus Black, also known as Meltdown, to aid her with a dangerous experiment, while Prime and [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] are forced to team up to stop them.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Sari, No One's Home]]"
|EpisodeNumber=27
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Left alone in the Autobots' home base, Sari must defend it against an intrusion by the Constructicons.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[A Bridge Too Close - Part I]]"
|EpisodeNumber=28
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The Decepticons kidnap Bulkhead to aid in [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's]] ultimate plan to take over Cybertron.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[A Bridge Too Close - Part II]]"
|EpisodeNumber=29
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The fates of Cybertron and Earth lie in the balance as Optimus Prime and his Autobots battle Megatron and his Decepticons in a fight to the finish and the fight for the Allspark.
}}
|}

==Season 3: ?==

[[Category: Animated episodes| ]]
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Megatron Rising - Part 1

2008-04-05T21:46:55Z

155.33.129.146:

{{episodenav|animated|15|season=1|prev=Nature Calls|next=Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[Image:MegRisingRebuilt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Oh SH*T, what are we gonna do now?!]]

'''Prime begins to doubt his leadership abilities as the Decepticons mobilize for a big invasion of Earth.'''

==Summary==

[[Image:MegRisingBodyLab.jpg|left|thumb|This is what happens when you don't have proper rust proofing.]]

[[Detroit]] is in the midst of a blizzard, and as Isaac Sumdac starts to repair Megatron's body he comments that they were fortunate to have found it beforehand, while at the same time praising it for being well-constructed enough to withstand 50 years of exposure to the elements. Megatron silently gloats that Cybertronian technology is more powerful than any force on Earth. The bad weather causes a blackout and forces [[Sumdac Tower]] onto its backup generator; when Sumdac decides this will force a delay in the repairs, Megatron alternates between bluster and sweet-talk to try to get his way, but it's no use. Megatron attempts to call Lugnut again for assistance.

Lugnut and Blitzwing have just finished rebuilding themselves (after some squabbling over the last piece) in a distant forest. Starscream mocks them for in-fighting and reminds them that he is their new chosen and sworn sovereign; his two subjects retort that they serve him only under threat, not by choice. At that moment, Megatron successfully contacts Lugnut, whose newly reverential and respectful attitude both pleases and confuses (''but mostly pleases'') Starscream. When Starscream finds out Lugnut "thinks" he's hearing Megatron, the new leader is infuriated, and in his anger almost exposes that fact that it was himself, and not the Autobots, who defeated Megatron in the first place. Megatron orders Lugnut to retrieve the [[Sari Sumdac's key|Key]] and bring it to him; Starscream then notices that, regardless of the source, Lugnut is indeed being contacted by someone. He orders Lugnut and Blitzwing to obey the strange orders for now, while he himself will track the transmissions to their source and see who is trying to undermine his authority.

As the Decepticons move out, the Autobots' HQ computer notices their increased activity. The Autobots are worried about a possible full-scale Decepticon invasion. As if Optimus Prime wasn't stressed enough, Bulkhead and Prowl then take the opportunity to finally tell him bout the continued survival of the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Prime is furious that his orders were disobeyed, but decides that given the circumstances they should try to use all resources available--but insists that he will lead the new mission to contact the Dinobots.

Optimus Prime is especially worried about the Key, both because Sari can't protect it, and because she once again is using it as a toy (this time for model-plane dogfighting). When he orders her to turn it over, Sari angrily reminds him that she was chosen for this role by the [[All Spark (Animated)|AllSpark]] itself. Prime then orders Ratchet to magnetically take the key from her, and, reluctantly, Ratchet obeys. Sari feels heartbroken and betrayed, and flees the base. An upset Bumblebee defends Sari's role as part of the team, to which Optimus responds that since Bumblebee has been such a poor team performer who makes so many mistakes, he isn't a good character witness. Bumblebee retorts that the Autobots' desperate, seemingly hopeless situation means Optimus isn't a good leader--then he leaves in pursuit of Sari. Prime orders Ratchet to take the Key to the [[Ark (Animated)|Autobot spaceship]] beneath Lake Erie, and they all depart.

Sari walks down the street, dejected and pouting about how untrustworthy the Autobots turned out to be. But she's being watched--by Blackarachnia, who abducts the girl and mockingly praises her for seeing the light. Still hoping to cure herself of her techno-organic body, Blackarachnia attempts to bargain with Sari to hand over the key. They exchange "snappy banter" for a while, which leaves Blackarachnia bored. When Sari again mentions how the Autobots no longer trust her, Blackarachnia tells her more about her own sad past and how only the power of the AllSpark can give her back a normal life. Sari seems moved....

En route to the Autobot ship, Ratchet is ambushed by Blitzwing and Lugnut, in a battle about as one-sided as Bambi vs Godzilla. He seems to challenge Blitzwing to a battle to the finish--but the three-faced robot simply freezes Ratchet solid and cracks off his crystallized arm, taking the Key with it.

On Dinobot Island, the Autobots are confronted by the Dinobots who--again--are hostile to trespassers. Prime seemingly worsens the situation, as a stranger with a heavy-handed attitude. When their familiar protector Prowl reveals himself and tries to speak, the Dinobots calm down slightly (though Prime is further frustrated to learn the [[Meltdown (Animated)|extent of his troops' misadventures]] on Dinobot Island). But in the end, the Dinobots refuse to help against the Decepticons, saying they don't want to help any robots--they ''fight'' robots. Optimus points out that the Dinobots are robots themselves.... prompting them to begin fighting each other. When Ratchet calls and informs Prime of the key's theft, the Autobots to return to the mainland. Bulkhead asks what their next course of action is, and Prime admits he doesn't know, thinking that Bumblebee was right about Prime being unfit for command.

[[Image:Megatron rising 1 Starscream freakout.jpg|thumb|150px|Bumblebee violated rule number 37 of the good guy code: never interrupt the villain during the monologue.]]
Starscream traces the source of Lugnut's messages back to Sumdac Tower. Blasting his way in, he is shocked to find Megatron alive--but regains his composure at the sight of his former leader dismantled and helpless. The two have an elaborately deceptive conversation about loyalty: Megatron knows Starscream betrayed him, but Starscream doesn't know he knows and wants to [[Wikipedia:The Incredibles|"monologue"]] a bit before delivering the final blow. Meanwhile, Bumblebee's search for Sari leads him to the tower; when he spots Starscream through the wrecked wall, he squeezes himself into an elevator and prepares for a one-on-one battle (after using the classic "cellphone interference" ploy to avoid talking to Optimus). Right when Starscream is finally about to finish Megatron off, Bumblebee charges in, stingers blasting wildly--striking Starscream at full force and causing no damage at all. Starscream effortlessly thrashes Bumblebee, more angry at having his monologue interrupted than anything else. During this diversion, Megatron activates some of the lab machinery, propelling both Starscream and Bumblebee out of the lab and onto the tower roof.

[[Image:MegRisingHeadKey.jpg|left|thumb|Cyber Key power!]]

Dr. Sumdac rushes in, hearing the disturbance. At first Megatron keeps up his usual act, warning that the Decepticons will be back soon and that he needs his new body immediately. The doctor agrees, trying to repair it as quickly as possible, while Megatron observes the rooftop action on a viewscreen and tries to electrocute Starscream through a spotlight. Lugnut and Blitzwing arrive, praising their leader, and finally it's time for the charade to end. Seeing Megatron, Blitzwing finally understands that Lugnut wasn't crazy. Lugnut forces Sumdac to genuflect to Megatron, who in turn gloats at the sight and how easily he was able to lie to his captor. Blitzwing inserts the Key into Megatron's head; its power is now his to command. Megatron quickly (''and beautifully'') repairs himself, using metal from the lab as patch-up material when necessary; in the process he steals Sumdac away to an as-yet-undisclosed location.

Up on the roof, Starscream is about to finish off Bumblebee, and down on the street the Autobots are just arriving to try to help, but all are reduced to staring in horror and disbelief as Megatron blasts up into the sky, an armored colossus.

{{-}}
==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marsha Griffin]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Ciro Nieli]], & [[Kentaro Mizuno]]
*'''Original airdate:''' March 29, 2008
*'''Animation studio:'''

===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]] (7)
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (10)
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (11)
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (13)
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (14)
* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (15)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (2)
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (4)
* [[Lugnut]] (5)
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (12)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
* [[Isaac Sumdac]] (1)
* [[Sari Sumdac]] (3)

|}

==Quotes==

'''Lugnut''': "And the universe will rejoice! All hail your grand and glorious return!"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Okaaay, what's ''his'' malfunction?"<br>
'''Calm Blitzwing''': "Technical glitch. It happens."<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "A lot, actually! Ahahahaha!"<br>
'''Lugnut''': "It is ''not'' a glitch! It is Megatron, and he commands us to deliver him the key!"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Megatron?! Did you just say Megatron? Did he just say ''MEGATRON''?! ''THERE IS NO MEGATRON!'' MEGATRON IS OFFLINE! TERMINATED! I DID IT MYSEL{{m-}}''saw'' it myself."
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''', you master of deception, you.

"Lugnut! Blitzwing! Do as our mystery caller commands! Track the energy signal and find that key! Meanwhile, I will locate the source of the transmission."<br>
"And locate our grand and glorious leader!"<br>
"Uh, fine, yes, whatever."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Lugnut'''. Screamer's the master of deception, we say!

"The fate of the Earth and Cybertron hang in the balance and all I've got in my command are a bunch of undisciplined, insubordinate MALFUNCTIONS!"
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' has quite the bad temper when he's dissatisfied with his troops. ''[[Megatron (BW)|Yesssss.]]''

"What's your damage, Prime? Sari is a part of this team!"<br>
"Considering your own history of mistakes, you aren't exactly the greatest character witness, Bumblebee."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Optimus Prime''' exchange harsh words. Ouch.

'''Angry Blitzwing''': "The key, Autobot!" <br>
'''Ratchet''': "You'll have to pry it from my cold, offline servo." <br>
''[Blitzwing switches to his calm face, freezes Ratchet, then switches to his crazy face]''<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "Well, it's not exactly offline, but it's certainly cold. Ahahahaha!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Blitzwing''' cheats by stealing the key from '''Ratchet''' instead of fighting for it.

'''Grimlock''': "Cycle and car robots good! Truck robot bad!"<br>
'''Prowl''': "Truck robot good. Our ''friend''."<br>
'''Grimlock''': "Hmmmm...friend?"
:{{m-}}'''Prowl''', the Dinobot whisperer

"Evil forces are about to invade this planet and destroy everything in their path. If we want to survive, we must join forces and fight them together."<br>
"Dinobots not need robots to fight! Dinobots destroy robots!"<br>
"In case you haven't noticed, Dinobots ''are'' robots."
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' gives '''Grimlock''' a dose of reality.

"Look what the capacitor dragged in."<br>
"Megatron?! Alive? And looking...magnificent, as always."<br>
"Starscream. How good it is to be reunited with such a ''devoted'' and ''faithful'' subject in my time of need."<br>
"I would have come sooner, o grand and illustrious leader, but naturally we all assumed you perished at the hands of the Autobot scum. What...great...joy to discover you did not."<br>
"Yes. Delight is written all over your face."
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' exchange warm and heartfelt pleasantries.

"'''YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!'''"
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''' seriously freaks out when Bumblebee shoots him.

'''Lugnut''': "We have come for our glorious leader, Megatron!"<br>
'''Megatron''': "I am here, Lugnut."<br>
'''Lugnut''': "Oh, Master, I am not worthy! I am not worthy{{m-}}...what happened to your body?"<br>
'''Megatron''': "...long story."<br>
'''Calm Blitzwing''': "So, you didn't have voices in your head..."<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "...you had a ''head'' in your head!"
:{{m-}}Typical Decepticon reunion.

"''Decepticons?'' But, you told me you were an Autobot."<br>
"And I hated every moment of that humiliating charade."
:{{m-}}'''Isaac Sumdac''' finally learns the truth, and from '''Megatron''' himself.

{{-}}

==Other notes==
===Continuity errors===
* When Bulkhead brings up the Dinobots, Optimus says that they were destroyed, "weren't they?" However, the last time the Dinobots were mentioned was in "[[Survival of the Fittest]]", when Optimus thought the Dinobots were ''missing,'' and also suspected they were involved in the kidnapping of Sari. He has no known reason to think they were ''destroyed.''

* Despite her initial sarcasm, Sari has apparently forgotten (or is willing to forget) how Blackarachnia's use of the All Spark key nearly killed Sari herself and all organic life for miles around. She also doesn't seem to mind being kidnapped onto a rooftop again. Lesson: Never betray a kid's trust; it makes them act '''really''' stupid.

* Not so much an error as just an oddity: When Starscream stands over a dangling Bumblebee on the Sumdac Tower rooftop, Megatron sends a power surge through a roof fixture and zaps Starscream. When the scene cuts back to the roof a few minutes later, Bumblebee's back on the roof, which he likely managed while Starscream was stunned, and Screamer's confronting him again. However, with no time given for them to talk or react about the transition, the previous roof scene may as well not have happened.

===Animation Errors===
[[Image:Sari's leg.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It's a new fashion trend.]]

* The [[scale|size of Megatron's head]] fluctuates greatly between scenes, often appearing gigantic even compared to large characters.

* When Sari is telling Blackarachnia about the Autobots taking away her key, her right leg is drawn awkwardly... almost as if it's growing out of her skirt. Though this is very likely in order to prevent a [[Teletraan 15|pre-teen panty shot]].

* After Ratchet reports to Prime that he lost the key, his EMP blaster wound briefly disappears as he lowers his arm.

* Starscream's Decepticon insignia is occasionally upside-down.

===Transformers references===
* Prime finally refers to [[Dinobot Island]] by that name.

===Real-world references===
* Ratchet's remark to Blitzwing about prying the key from his cold, offline servo is a reference to an NRA slogan.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* The Decepticon symbol on Megatron's body that was so clear [[Nature Calls|last episode]] is nowhere to be seen now. Of course, neither is the chestplate it resided on.

* The R/C Plane Sari was flying resembles a MiG-15 Fighter.

* We learn that Prowl and Bulkhead not only didn't tell Prime that the Dinobots were still around, but also didn't tell him that [[Meltdown]] was the one behind Sari's kidnapping in "[[Survival of the Fittest]]". So, when they returned with Sari after the events of that episode, they apparently told him ''none'' of the truth. What ''did'' they tell him?

* This is the first episode in which we see an extended transformation sequence for Starscream.

* When Megatron's energized body sends out cables to its detached hand, in which Prof. Sumdac is sitting, the hand grips around Sumdac, then is yanked under the flooring and over to the body, where it opens back up—with Sumdac no longer within it. (Nothing up Megatron's sleeve!)

* At one point during Starscream's transformation, he strongly resembles the Gerwalk mode of the [http://www.new-un-spacy.com/macrossplus/yf-19.htm YF-19 Alpha One] from the anime ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macross_Plus Macross Plus],'' one of the apparent influences for his alternate mode.

* It appears that Grimlock has gotten over his hatred of [[Car Robots]], but [[Grimlock (G1)|he still hates Optimus Prime]].

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Jan Spitzer

2008-04-05T21:05:11Z

155.33.129.146:

'''Jan Spitzer''' is a German actor and voice actor, he was born on May 16, 1947.

His career as an actor begun in 1968, when he had finished his education at the ''Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Bush" Berlin''. Even as a student he acted in the German motion picture ''Abschied''(Farewell), an adaption of the roman by Johannes R. Becher. Many movie and TV roles followed...

Since 1990, he has also worked as a voice actor. He has lent his voice to Chris Cooper, [[Jon Voight]], Ted Levine, Danny Trejo, Joaquim de Almeida, [[Brad Garrett]] and many more.

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Machines''===
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]

===''Transformers'' (2007 movie)===
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]

===''Transformers Animated''===
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]

==External links==
*[http://german.imdb.com/name/nm0819176/ Jan Spitzer at the Internet Movie Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spitzer, Jan}}
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Beginning

2008-04-05T16:08:49Z

155.33.129.146: /* Detailed synopsis */

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{{episodenav|Cybertron|51|prev=Unfinished|next=Inferno}}

==Detailed synopsis==
With the Cybertronian war and the threat of Galvatron finally ended, representatives from each planet converge on Cybertron - [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] from the [[Jungle Planet]], [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] from [[Gigantion]], [[Override]] from the [[Speed Planet]], and [[Colonel Franklin]], ambassador for [[Earth]], "greeted by none other than [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]." They sit down for the first intergalactic peace conference, and start off with the issue of what to do with the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. Optimus Prime proposes that they be used to create a [[space bridge]], connecting their worlds not only to one another, but to all worlds in the corners of the universe.

The proposal is well-met, and Prime volunteers to lead the construction crew, leaving leadership of [[Cybertron]] to [[Jetfire]]. The crew prepares for takeoff, to be joined by a select group of [[human]] astronauts, "and [[Dr. Lucy Suzuki|one friendly professor.]]" Everyone groups together to give Prime their tearful farewells before he takes off, promising to come back again. Around this time, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] investigates a rocket taking off, finding it to be full of "the new [[Decepticons]]," who are already tired of the peaceful new age. They promptly grab him and make him part of their group once again, blasting off into the sky.

The main theme accompanies the final takeoff, sweeping across crowds of people and characters, be they waving goodbye or blasting off to parts unknown. Optimus Prime, seeing the image of Vector Prime somewhere out in space, sends everyone off with a stirring speech as they set out to bridge the cosmos.

[['til all are one]].

==Quotes==
"I think I've only got seven lives left.."
:{{m-}} '''Leobreaker''' after losing a wrestling match with '''Scourge'''.

Crumplezone: "Man, it's always pretty boys like [[Hot Shot]] that win."<br>
Ransack: "Yeah, and I was trying to impress the ladies!"<br>
Thunderblast: "There's nothing you can ever do to impress me."<br>
Ransack: "CZ! Why didn't ya tell me she was behind me?"<br>
Crumplezone: "Aw, give it up Ransack. She's not interested in little guys like you."<br>
Ransack: "Some friend you are, wide load!!"<br>
Crumplezone: "''Wide load?!?!?''"
:{{m-}}*punch fight*

"I ''hate'' emotional goodbyes."<br>
"What could be emotional about--saying goodbye to you?"
:{{m-}}'''Leobreaker''' and '''Scourge''', who is about to burst into tears.

"Fire up the engines to full throttle! We have a course set to the far reaches of the universe, and it's time to go! Courage, hope for the future, and teamwork {{m-}} our adventure will continue as long as we remember the words of Primus: 'Til all are one!"<br>
"TRANSFORM!!!"
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' and '''everyone''' go forth.

==Stats==
'''Written by: ''' ???<br>
'''Original airdate:''' 2006???

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
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! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
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* Forthcoming.
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* Forthcoming.
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* Forthcoming.
|}

==Other notes==
===Pain count===
*"Cyber key power!": ???

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* None known.

===Continuity errors===
* None known.

===Miscellaneous trivia===

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Frenzy (G1)

2008-03-31T18:18:28Z

155.33.129.146: /* Animated continuity */

{{Template:Disambig3|Frenzy}}

:''Frenzy is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Frenzyhahaha.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Frenzy is blue, but the sound effect's still [[FIBRIR|confused]].]]

For '''Frenzy''' it's not about any "Decepticon cause," it's not about any quantifiable cause, or goal, or purpose at all. It's about violence, fear, destruction, and mayhem. Frenzy lives to fight. He lusts to destroy with an intensity that borders on insanity. War is his fuel, his oxygen. Despite his small stature he'll lead a charge into battle against robots many times his size, screaming for destruction with every microchip of his being. This single-minded obsession makes him a hard bot to associate with personally, but a frightening asset on the battlefield. His partner and brother, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], is only too eager to back him up.

Frenzy's manic attack style and his "battle cry" (a sonic attack produced by special drums in his torso that can severely disrupt electrical flows, resulting in all sorts of mechanical malfunctions and balance issues) make him difficult to get close to in combat, but cool and measured reaction to his wild ragings is usually the most effective strategy.

{{quote|Yeah, lets kick tailgate!|Frenzy, bravely preparing to blindly attack [[Devastator]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie|The Transformers movie]]''}}

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Frénétik'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Tartar'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Tomboló''' (Raver/Rampager)

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====

When the crew of the [[Nemesis]] boarded the [[Ark]] four million years ago, Frenzy was among the warriors who took the fight to the Autobots. Their battle was interrupted when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] threw that fateful switch and crashed the ship into the planet below, leaving all on board inactive until the volcano they crashed into exploded in 1984, shaking the repair systems back online. Frenzy and the other Decepticons abandoned the Ark immediately, and began making plans to claim the planet's vast resources. They began by disassembling a nuclear power plant as raw materials for a vast fortress on an Oregon cliffside. {{Storylink|Power Play!}} They then kidnapped a local mechanic (and potential friend of the Autobots) named [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] to devise a method of transforming Earth fuel into a form they could properly intake. The Autobots came to rescue their friend, and so [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and Frenzy confronted the enemy. Rumble attempted to disable their foes with some seismic tremors, but the burly [[Brawn]] fought through the shaky ground to punch out the "junk punk" Decepticon. Enraged, Frenzy used a sonic blast to disable the Autobot, and carried his brother back to the fortress for repairs. On the way, though, they encountered [[Gears]] and [[Spider-Man]] infiltrating the base, and were tripped up by some webbing, taking them out of action. {{Storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

Frenzy and Rumble were repaired several days later, after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived and took control of the Decepticons from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{Storylink|The New Order}} Though he didn't particularly care which master he had to serve, Frenzy was still a robot of action. Shockwave's slow and methodical approach to conquest grated on Frenzy's nerves and, after several days of inaction in a hostily-occupied [[Blackrock]] aerospace plant, Frenzy was climbing the walls. He threw a temper tantrum in front of their human slaves after overhearing on the news that [[G.B. Blackrock]] had designed a new "anti-robot cannon" to take back his plant. Shockwave nearly bit his head off for the insubordination (or rather, he would've had [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] do it), but [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] stepped in and suggested a day out for mayhem and carnage would be good for troop morale. However, their attack on Blackrock was interrupted not only by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (whom had recently made a protection deal with the business magnate in exchange for fuel), but also the neophyte robot hunter named [[Circuit Breaker]]. Things got too hot for the Decepticons, and they fled. {{Storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

It got a little confusing to be a low-ranking Decepticon for a few months after that. Shockwave was tossed into a bog by Optimus Prime, and ''[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] briefly took command before'' Megatron returned as well. This led into a period where Soundwave, the cassettes, and [[Seeker]]s would sometimes serve Shockwave, and other times Megatron, often without even informing the respective commanders that they were pulling "double shifts". ''Frenzy in particular got the short end of the stick when he was ordered to accompany Shockwave to the Decepticon's old fortress. Supposedly their mission was "salvage", but Frenzy clearly saw Shockwave was on edge because of Megatron's rumored return. Frenzy was sick of dealing with this balancing act, and really wanted a chance to hit something. He was given a chance, because [[Buster Witwicky]] was also spoiling for a fight. The young human had been given a robot suit by Wheeljack and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] so that he could protective himself. Looking for a chance to prove himself after Prime tried to shut down the project, Buster came to the old fortress and spotted Frenzy. He shot the Decepticon in the back, but even the littlest Decepticon could easily shrug off Buster's onboard weaponry. Only by employing an echo cell Wheeljack had installed did Buster survive, reflecting Frenzy's own sonic power back at him. Still, that HAD to be humiliating. {{Storylink|Robot Buster}}''

On a subsequent mission, Frenzy accompanied Megatron and several others in an attack on the unguarded Ark. Unfortunately, they ran into the Autobots' new defense system, by the name of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Frenzy was one of a half dozen Decepticons who didn't walk away from that fight, and was taken prisoner by the Autobots for an extended period of time. {{Storylink|Command Performances!}} He was eventually recovered by the Constructicons who, under [[Ratbat]]'s orders, used a major Decepticon assault on the Autobots as cover to sneak aboard the Ark and retrieve their fallen comrades. {{Storylink|Totalled!}}

{{note|In the UK comics, Frenzy revived earlier than he did in US stories, coming back online in late 1986. This was during the period that [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] first travelled to the past. Frenzy (along with [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and Shockwave) was thus soon shunted off to [[Limbo]] when three Autobots also travelled to the 20th century to deal with the future Decepticon. When we was returned, he remained active amongst the Earth Decepticons. Since as far as the US strip was concerned he was still dormant in the Ark during this time, he only appeared in original UK stories for some time, presumably forever 'just off camera' in the reprints of US material. When the Constructicons' retrieval of the fallen Decepticons was reprinted in the UK title, the name-label on Frenzy's box was edited out.}}

Frenzy's revival did him little good, however, as he remained largely unheard from for the next few years.

====Generation 2====

Frenzy was among [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s warriors when Megatron resumed command of the Decepticons, and began working alongside the Autobots as well once Megatron acknowledged the threat posed by the second generation [[Cybertronian]]s. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was onboard the Warworld's bridge when Jhiaxus attacked, expositing about Starscream's treachery and how the Cybertronians knew all the weak spots to target. {{storylink|Total War!}} He apparently took an escape pod down to the surface, because he was seen on Earth during the fight with the [[Swarm]]. In final combat, Wheeljack cooked up a way to supercharge Frenzy's sonic powers and fend off their attacker. The feedback apparently overloaded his body, destroying him. {{Storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

===Animated continuity===
[[Image:Frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|You've got [[FIBRIR|red]] on you.]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japan-See note) [[Katsumi Suzuki]] ("Attack of the Autobots" and "Day of the Machines" only)

Frenzy first appeared on Earth shortly after [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was pulled into [[Earth]]'s orbit, hence it might be presumed that he had been on Cybertron up until that point, and hooked up with the Decepticons on Earth before the planet was blasted back into space. When first seen, he was performing some menial work in the Decepticons' base, and voiced his discontent with the workload, requesting [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'s job instead. When Skywarp stomped on Frenzy in return, Frenzy threw the [[Seeker]] into a wall, after which he was pummeled in the face by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]].{{storylink|Countdown to Extinction}}

Frenzy proceeded to do very little in the cartoon, except accompany Rumble on occasion. He also traded in his "battle cry" for a pair of piledrivers exactly like Rumble's, and talked practically the same way. The two of them were part of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s attack on [[New York]], where they faced off against a group of Autobots in Central Park. Frenzy later tried to ram a train into [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], but his vehicle was blown apart before he reached them. {{storylink|City of Steel}}

Megatron would later take Frenzy and Rumble with him to help take control of a fleet of oil tankers by using circuit linker cards connected to [[TORQ III]]. Frenzy was then assigned to defend the [[force field]] generator around the oil platform where the Decepticons were emptying the tankers, but failed this task when he was distracted by [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] taunting him, letting [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] sneak up and destroy the generator. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}}

Frenzy and Rumble later accompanied Soundwave on a mission to secure the [[Negavator]] for the Decepticons. They failed, but not before A) Frenzy single-handedly tackled Optimus Prime and B) Rumble nearly disintegrated him with that oh so indiscriminate Negavator. All in all, a very interesting day for Frenzy. {{Storylink|Auto Berserk}}

In 2005, Frenzy was involved in the assault on [[Autobot City]]. He joined Rumble, Ratbat and [[Ravage]] in preventing [[Blaster]]'s distress call to the Moonbases. After swarming over Blaster and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] like [[Scraplet]]s, however, Blaster unleashed his [[Mini-Cassette]]s to even the score. This was, sadly, the last real cassette war we got to witness.

After Megatron was defeated and the Decepticon fled Earth aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], a fight for control of the army broke out after [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] tossed their injured commander into space. Soundwave called the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s inferior, [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] called him uncrazamatic and, well... it got ugly. Rumble and Frenzy popped out just as the Constructicons began to merge into [[Devastator]] (slag, Astrotrain is roomy) and turned their piledrivers on the floor to upset their combination ritual (slag, Astrotrain is sturdy). This Decepticon Civil War was shortlived, however, as Starscream assumed command by the time they reached Cybertron. {{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

''(Note: In the Japanese dub of the Transformers, Frenzy was portrayed as the more frequently seen blue cassette to more accurately reflect the toy colors.)''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Frenzy was one of the earliest recruits into Megatron's Decepticons over nine million years ago, apparently associated with Soundwave and his "Cassetticons" from the very beginning. Frenzy was [[FIBRIR|possibly]] involved with Shockwave's major assault on [[Iacon]], shortly after Optronix rose to become Optimus Prime. {{Storylink|The War Within}} In later years, he and the other cassettes joined Soundwave under Shockwave's command during the [[Dark Ages]], as part of the main Decepticon faction.

Four million years ago, Frenzy was onboard the Nemesis when Megatron and it's crew attempted to hijack the Ark, and crashed on the planet Earth to spend millions of years in stasis lock. In 1984, a volcanic eruption woke the sleeping Transformers, and they reactivated to carry on their war for nearly a decade on our planet. We know exactly bupkis about this time, so let's move on. The Decepticons were eventually defeated and captured by the Autobots, who placed Frenzy and the others on-board a spacecraft called the [[Ark II]] which they planned to fly back to Cybertron. The craft was sabotage, however, and exploded on its maiden flight, leaving the world believing the Transformers dead when in fact they had plummeted into the Arctic waters.

Many Transformers were salvaged by the human arms dealer known as [[Lazarus]], who wanted to turn them into Weapons of Mass Destruction for the highest bidder. Frenzy was not seen among Lazarus's stock, though, implying he was too damaged to activate at the time, or was only recovered by the Decepticons later after they regained control of their facilities.

Soon after the Decepticons reorganized and began fighting the Autobots again, both sides were confronted with an unexpected visit from Cybertron -- Shockwave and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] working side-by-side in a unified Cybertronian government. Quickly dispatching Megatron, Shockwave demanded the loyalty of the remaining troops from the Nemesis. {{Storylink|New World Order}} Back on Cybertron, he used Rumble and Frenzy to further his own purposes by freeing the psychopathic [[Stunticon]]s from the detention facility, distracting Magnus and the [[Wrecker]]s. Starscream was also making schemes, though, and intervened on their mission to extract the [[Combaticon]]s as well. {{Storylink|Cold War}} With Soundwave's assent, Frenzy and the rest of the Nemesis crew agreed to follow Starscream back to Earth and pillage and plunder its energy resources. {{Storylink|Revelation (comic issue)|Revelation}}

Things didn't quite go as planned. Starscream's "brigade" and the remaining Autobots posted on Earth each imposed heavy losses on each other, and Frenzy was one of the Decepticons taken prisoner aboard the Ark. {{Storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} They were freed by [[Bruticus]], but ran smack into [[Sunstorm]]: exposure to his [[energon]] radiation quickly took Frenzy and friends off-line once more. {{Storylink|Black Sunshine}} They were quickly taken back into Autobot custody. In order to deal with Sunstorm, however, the Autobots were forced to deal with Starscream, and he bartered for his troops' release at 50% power levels in exchange for his help. {{Storylink|Skyfire (comic issue)|Skyfire}} That was meager compensation, though, and so when Megatron made contact with Soundwave shortly thereafter, the Decepticons jumped at the chance to mutiny against Starscream. Frenzy was last seen sliding confortably back into Megatron's command. {{Storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics continuity===
Frenzy was one of the many Transformers recovered from the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' by [[Cobra]]. He was repaired and retrofitted by [[Doctor Mindbender]], who proudly displayed him, Soundwave, and his fellow Mini-Cassettes to [[Destro]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Frenzy was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ratbat]], and [[Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Center]]. Frenzy was the first of the [[Battle Android Trooper]]s to fall when [[Sci-Fi]] fired a laser through his head. His body was taken into custody by [[G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

===IDW comics continuity===

Millions of years ago, Frenzy and Rumble were working together as "industrial equipment" on minig outpost C-12, harvesting energon veins for Cybertron. Their services were suddenly declared "not necessary" by the Senate, however, as the mines were being retrofitted to require only automated workers. When Megatron took violent action against the Senator delivering the news, a riot broke out and Frenzy and Rumble joined in the melee. They and the other surviving members of the uprising were taken into custody after a brief skirmish, and prepped for transport to a penal facility known as "[[The Rig]]". Rumble broke out of his chains and attacked the guards on their transport shuttle, prompting Megatron and the other prisoners to join in. They hijacked the ship and took it to ground in the bad part of [[Kaon]], fleeing into the underground. {{Storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1}}

Staying together, Frenzy, Rumble, and Megatron hooked up with a deathsport tournament that had been growing under the direction of a robot named [[Clench]]. In only a short period of time, Clench was "retired" and Megatron assumed control of the deathsport, with Rumble and Frenzy as his top lackeys. As his power grew, so did Megatron's ambition, and he forged an alliance with Soundwave, middleman for the corrupt Senator Ratbat who was feeding information and technology to the gladiators. Once Soundwave was firmly in Megatron's camp instead of Ratbat's, the up-and-coming "Decepticon" leader began planning to take the games out into the streets. {{Storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}}

As part of the endgame, Frenzy and Rumble were modified to lose their vehicle modes and instead fit inside Soundwave's chest compartment. When [[Sentinel Prime]] and his security services team raided the arena and took the gladiators prisoner, then, they played a key role in the Trojan Horse plan. Soundwave received clemency due to his Senate connections, and was given free roam of the facilities. When the word was given, Soundwave unleashed Frenzy, Rumble and his other cassettes and chaos reigned through the Kaon Council chambers. The other newly-minted Decepticons were released, given weapons and badges, and went out to lay waste to the city. Frenzy and Rumble were present for Megatron's final beatdown on Sentinel Prime. {{Storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4}}

Frenzy's current whereabouts are unknown. Neither he nor Rumble were seen to be in Soundwave's care during the communication officer's actions on Earth in 1984, so they may be active elsewhere in Decepticon command.

===''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity===
Frenzy was guarding the borders of the Decepticon factory, when [[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]] arrived. At Bonaventure's request, Frenzy escorted him to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. (Frenzy is not named outright, so he could be Rumble instead, but to be consistent with his portrayal in comic books, we've assumed he's Frenzy.) {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Frenzy/Laserbeak''' (Mini-Cassettes, 1984/1985)

: His mold was also used to create [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], and is the basis of [[Enemy]].

* '''Frenzy''' (Cassettron, 1985/1986/1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''18''', '''D-58''', '''D-103'''

: For the Japanese market, Frenzy was packaged individually with a clear-plastic cassette case. He made available for three years straight, from the original series through ''[[Scramble City]]'' and finally again during ''[[Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]]''.

*'''Frenzy/Ratbat''' (Mini-Cassettes, 1984/1985/1986)

: For 1986's Hasbro line, Frenzy's pack-mate was changed to [[Ratbat]], and for some of the Frenzy/Ratbat sets the weapons were gold chrome colored, changed from the silver chrome used previously. Much later 1986 releases of Frenzy also used black plastic for his toes instead of die-cast metal, and the stickers on his shins were removed.

===Generation 2===
* '''Frenzy''' (Go-Bot, 1995)

: ''[[Generation 2]]'' saw the return of Frenzy as a [[redeco]] of the [[Go-Bot]] [[Blowout]], transforming into a Porsche 959 sports car in purple and gray. He features through-axle wheels for super-fast rolling on smooth surfaces, and is designed to work with most "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" car sets, despite being made by competitor companies.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed for ''Generation 2'' Go-Bots [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], then later to make ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]].

==Trivia==
[[Image:Frenzyname.jpg|right|thumb|Boy, times change.]]

*The US cartoon accidentally reversed the colors of the two Decepticon cassettes, portraying Rumble as blue and Frenzy as red. (See [[FIBRIR]].)

*Sunbow casting documents indicate that "Frenzy" was originally considered as a name for the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]], [[Rippersnapper]], but was dropped - presumably because that name was already in use.

*According to the cardbacks of Generation 2 figures, the Go-Bots version of Frenzy was originally planned to be in red... which would've just added more fuel to the FIBRIR/FIRRIB debates. [http://transformersgallery.iquebec.com/jouet/bots92-1.jpg]

*According to his toy's bio, he "Can roll his drums to produce high-pitch, grating sound of 200dB." This is about 100 times as loud as the famous [[Wikipedia:Krakatoa|Krakatoa]] volcanic eruption, which was audible ''3,000 miles away,'' and is actually louder than the theoretical limit for noise in a normal Earth atmosphere.
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Frenzy/frenzy.htm Frenzy at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Frenzy Frenzy's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Starscream (Animated)

2008-03-31T01:23:58Z

155.33.129.146: /* Transformers Animated cartoon */

{{disambig3|Starscream}}

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

[[Image:Starscreamanimated.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Specialist skills: backstabbing, aggressive negotiating, 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), Starcream 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.

Over the next fifty solar cycles, Starscream searched for the All Spark 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 [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]] 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 All Spark, partially because he [[Megatron (BW)|spent too much time gloating]]. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] grabbed Starscream in midair, and they opened the All Spark, releasing a massive wave of energy. Optimus was killed by the energy surge (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 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}}

{{spoiler|Megatron Rising - Part I}}
[[Image:Megatron rising 1 Starscream freakout.jpg|thumb|left|150px|]]
After repairing the two walking malfunctions, Starscream continually had to reassert his authority over Lugnut and Blitzwing. 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. 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 I}}

==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)

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Nature Calls

2008-03-29T23:54:16Z

155.33.129.146: /* Quotes */

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[[Image:spacebarnaclemonster.jpg|300px|right|thumb| Zoinks! Like, It's the Tar Monster!]]
'''Prowl, Bumblebee and Sari get more than they bargained for when they head out to the remote woods to investigate a mysterious energy signal.'''

==Synopsis==
Far outside of Detroit, a lone worker monitoring [[Constructicons (G1)|some oddly coloured]] mining machines hears a strange noise. Alerted, he looks around, but returns to his drink... only to be attacked by ''something''. The construction machines stop their work, and they too get attacked.

Outside Detroit, Prowl, in his alternate mode, looks on at the snow covered city, before a plow comes along and rather rudely covers him in snow.

When Prowl returns to the base, he goes on a tangent about nature's beauty and how humanity destroys it at every turn. Bumblebee and Sari are playing a video game, ignoring his vent. Prowl looks down on Bumblebee and asks if he was listening, where Bumblebee retorts by noting that Prowl is "electrical components" too, nudging his Autobot insignia to activate a hologram of Prowl. Optimus Prime interrupts the friendly banter by noting that there is a strange energy signature coming from the forest, and so sends Prowl and Bumblebee to investigate. Bumblebee is horrified at the idea at venturing into the tech-less wilderness, while Sari uses the opportunity to go camping with the two Autobots.

[[Image:Sumdac megatron's body.jpg|thumb|150px|FINALLY! I can resurrect the most ruthless warlord in the galaxy and damn my planet to untold suffering and horror! GO ME!!]]

==Stats==
*'''Written by:''' [[Todd Casey]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Ben Jones]], [[Bouakeo Thongkham]], & [[Shunji Oga]]
*'''Original airdate:''' March 22, 2008
*'''Animation studio:''' [[The Answer Studio]]

===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" |
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's Body]] (5)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (2)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (6)

|}

==Quotes==
'''Bumblebee''': At least I can get this junk out of me. I was feeling kinda bloated.<br>
''[Electronic devices suddenly fall out of him, Prowl gives him a look]''<br>
'''Bumblebee''': What? You said to pack the bare essentials!<br>
'''Prowl''': Since when are surround-sound speakers, a strobe light, and a hand-held media player "bare essentials?"<br>
'''Bumblebee''': You should've seen what I left back at the plant.<br>
'''Prowl''': Where did you find room for all of this junk?<br>
''[Bumblebee taps his fingers uncomfortably]''<br>
'''Bumblebee''': [[Exhaust port|I'd...rather not say.]]<br>
:{{m-}}'''Bumblebee''' and '''Prowl'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s conversation takes a decidedly uncomfortable turn.

"First we must determine this creature's intentions."<br>
''[Creature knocks Prowl aside without provocation]''<br>
"I'm gonna say 'hostile'."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Prowl''' and '''Bumblebee''' meet the monster.

'''Bumblebee''': Hey! Why don't you pick on someone your own size?!<br>
''[Creature swipes at Bumblebee and Sari]''<br>
'''Bumblebee''': Okay. Maybe we're a little unclear on the concept of "your own size".<br>
'''Sari''': Maybe you should stop talking logic to a ''creature that has no head!''<br>
:{{m-}}'''Bumblebee''' and '''Sari'''.

"What did I tell you about camping? ''Monsters''. TV is ''always'' right."<br>
"So, wait. Monsters ''are'' real? Tutor Bot is such a liar!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Bumblebee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s faith in [[Television]] is reinforced, while '''Sari Sumdac'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s faith in [[Tutor Bot]] is shattered.

"Attention, barnacle monster! Come out with your hands over your...okay, you don't have a head. But you get the idea."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Bumblebee''' instructs the creature to surrender.

"We're ''[[Slag (slang)|slag]]ged''!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Bumblebee,''' after Prowl was infected with barnacles and was about to attack him and Sari.

'''Sari''': And then, they were back to normal, like nothing ever happened. Meanwhile, I'm stuck riding home with no dry clothes and the only Autobot whose car mode doesn't have a ''heater''!<br>
''[Sari sneezes]''<br>
'''Optimus''': You showed a lot of courage and ingenuity, Sari. And hopefully, you'll stop... backfiring soon.<br>
'''Sari''': Hel-''lo'', it's called "sneezing".<br>
''[Sari sneezes, then blows her nose]''<br>
'''Bumblebee''': I don't even wanna know what ''that's'' called.<br>
:{{m-}}The Autobots discover the concept of the common cold.

"Megatron will be so surprised!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Isaac Sumdac''', cheerfully dooming us all.

==Other notes==
===Continuity errors===
* If space barnacles are killed by heat, how did any survive atmospheric entry?

===Transformers references===
[[Image:aniconstructionvehicles.jpg|right|thumb|150px|They're so [[neon]].]]

* The construction drones are [[Constructicons (G1)|green and purple.]] [[Constructicons (Animated)|Foreshadowing]] [[Scrapper (Animated)|much]]?

* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's]] body ends up in the [[Megatron (Movie)|deep freeze.]]

* Bumblebee's combined stinger attack also [[Cheetor (BW)|rings a few bells]].

* Sari remarks that Bumblebee has no heater. Remember that 'Bee took his alternate mode from [[Captain Fanzone]]'s car... and if ''any'' car in Detroit would be old and decrepit and lacking basic amenities, it'd be Fanzone's.

*This episode revisits a [[Beast Machines (cartoon)|concept of the balance between technology and nature]], with Prowl advocating [[Optimus Primal|the benefits of nature]], Bumblebee advocating [[Megatron (BW)|the benefits of technology]], and Sari advocating [[Vector Sigma#Beast Machines cartoon|the benefits of balance]].

[[Image:anisparkplugwitwicky.jpg|right|thumb|150px|This kind of stuff never happened in [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma|Burma]]...]]

* The construction worker looks very [[Sparkplug Witwicky|familiar.]] (He's only credited as "Worker," and is voiced by [[Bumper Robinson]].)

===Real-world references===
* There are actually [[wikipedia:barnacle|barnacles ''not'' from space]]. Neat, huh?

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* So... what happened to that mine worker, anyway?

* Ratchet, Bulkhead, and Megatron ('s head), while mentioned, make no appearances in this episode.

* Tutor Bot is mentioned, and in the voice credits for the episode, but does not actually appear.

*...[[Tom Kenny|space barnacles?]]

* Why didn't Sari get scalded by hot water when she soaked Prowl and 'Bee?

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Megatron Rising - Part 1

2008-03-29T23:43:37Z

155.33.129.146: /* Other notes */

{{episodenav|animated|15|season=1|prev=Nature Calls|next=Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

'''Prime begins to doubt his leadership abilities as the Decepticons mobilize for a big invasion of Earth.'''

==Summary==

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marsha Griffin]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Ciro Nieli]], & [[Kentaro Mizuno]]
*'''Original airdate:''' March 29, 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]] (7)
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (11)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (10)
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (13)
* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (15)
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (14)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (2)
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (4)
* [[Lugnut|Lugnut]] (5)
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (12)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
* [[Isaac Sumdac]] (1)
* [[Sari Sumdac]] (3)

|}

==Quotes==
'''Lugnut''': "And the universe will rejoice! All hail your grand and glorious return!"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Okaaay, what's ''his'' malfunction?"<br>
'''Calm Blitzwing''': "Technical glitch. It happens."<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "A lot, actually! Ahahahaha!"<br>
'''Lugnut''': "It is ''not'' a glitch! It is Megatron, and he commands us to deliver him the key!"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Megatron?! Did you just say Megatron? Did he just say ''MEGATRON''?! ''THERE IS NO MEGATRON!!'' MEGATRON IS OFFLINE! TERMINATED! I DID IT MYSEL{{m-}}''saw'' it myself."
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''', master of deception.

'''Starscream''': Lugnut! Blitzwing! Do as our mystery caller commands! Track the energy signal and find that key! Meanwhile, I will locate the source of the transmission.<br>
'''Lugnut''': And locate our grand and glorious leader!<br>
'''Starscream''': Uh, fine, yes, whatever.
:—Master of deception, we say!

'''Megatron''': "Look what the capacitor dragged in."<br>
'''Starscream''': "Megatron?! Alive? And looking...magnificent, as always."<br>
'''Megatron''': "Starscream. How good it is to be reunited with such a ''devoted'' and ''faithful'' subject in my time of need."<br>
'''Starscream''': "I would have come sooner, o grand and illustrious leader, but naturally we all assumed you perished at the hands of the Autobot scum. What...great...joy to discover you did not."<br>
'''Megatron''': "Yes. Delight is written all over your face."
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' exchange warm and heartfelt pleasantries.

"YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!!!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''' seriously freaks out when Bumblebee shoots him.

'''Lugnut''': "We have come for our glorious leader, Megatron!"<br>
'''Megatron''': "I am here, Lugnut."<br>
'''Lugnut''': "Oh, Master, I am not worthy! I am not worthy{{m-}}...what happened to your body?"<br>
'''Megatron''': "...long story."<br>
'''Calm Blitzwing''': So, you didn't have voices in your head..."<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': ...you had a ''head'' in your head!"<br>
:{{m-}}Decepticon reunion.

"''Decepticons?'' But, you told me you were an Autobot."<br>
"And I hated every moment of that humiliating charade."
:{{m-}}'''Isaac Sumdac''' finally learns the truth, and from '''Megatron''' himself.

==Other notes==

===Continuity errors===
* Despite her initial sarcasm, Sari has apparently forgotten (or is willing to forget) how Blackarachnia's use of the All Spark key nearly killed Sari herself and all organic life for miles around. She also doesn't seem to mind being kidnapped onto a rooftop again. Lesson: Never betray a kid's trust; it makes them act REALLY stupid.

* Not so much an error as just an oddity: When Starscream stands over a dangling Bumblebee on the Sumdac Tower rooftop, Megatron sends a power surge through a roof fixture and zaps Starscream. When the scene cuts back to the roof a few minutes later, Bumblebee's back on the roof, which he likely managed while Starscream was stunned, and Screamer's confronting him again. However, with no time given for them to talk or react about the transition, the previous roof scene may as well not have happened.

* While it may be explained in part two, when Megatron's energized body sends out cables to its detached hand, in which Prof. Sumdac is sitting, the hand grips around Sumdac, then is yanked under the flooring and over to the body, where it opens back up—with no Sumdac visible.

===Transformers references===
*Prime mention the Decepticons are preparing for a "full-scale assault". This phrase was taken directly from the original G1 movie.

* The scene in which Bumblebee spots Starscream through a hole in Sumdac Tower is strongly reminiscent (and likely a purposeful homage) to the scene in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the '86 movie]] in which Hot Rod sees Starscream and the Decepticons through a hole in the Autobot shuttle on the way to Autobot City.

* Prime finally refers to [[Dinobot Island]] by that name.

===Real-world references===
* Ratchet's remark to Blitzwing about prying the key from his cold,offline servo is a reference to an NRA slogan originated by Charlton Heston.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* The R/C Plane Sari was flying resembles a MiG-15 Fighter.
* This is the first episode in which we see an extended transformation sequence for Starscream.

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Megatron Rising - Part 2

2008-03-29T17:40:28Z

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'''The Autobots are decimated by the Decepticon invasion, but still must rally to prevent the All Spark from falling into their clutches. '''

==Summary==

==Stats==

*'''Written by:'''
*'''Directed by:'''
*'''Original airdate:''' April 5, 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
|-
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| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

|}

==Quotes==

==Other notes==
*Note

===Continuity errors===
*Error

===Transformers references===
*Ref

===Real-world references===
*Ref

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*Trivia

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Autobot Super Scramble

2008-03-26T01:21:06Z

155.33.129.146: /* Toy */

:''Autobot Super Scramble is an unnamed [[Autobot]] combiner in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AutobotSuperScramble.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Call me . . . DEFPUTION! Err, no, that sounds horrible. Compernsor? Supenstron? Okay, "Supenstron", that's not half bad . . . ]]

'''Autobot Super Scramble''' is a [[Scramble City|Scramble City-type]] [[combiner]] composed of Transformers from three different subgroups.

He is made up of of:
*''[[Technobot]]s''
**[[Scattershot]], who grants heavy firepower. (Torso and gun)
**[[Nosecone]], a tough bot with high durability. (Right foot)
*''[[Aerialbot]]s''
**[[Skydive (G1)|Skydive]], who give the giant a high speed punch. (Left arm)
**[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]], the strategic genius for the team. (Right arm)
*''[[Protectobot]]''
**[[Blades]], who empowers the combiner to move quickly. (Left foot)

These members give Autobot Super Scramble high intelligence, speed, and firepower.

''Possibly he is the arch-rival of the [[Decepticon Super Scramble]], but the canon is slim on this topic.''

:''Original Japanese name'': '''Cybertron Super Scramble'''

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==Toy==
[[Image:Autobot Super Scramble toy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Scramby shouldn't be!]]
There was no official release of Autobot Super Scramble, but fans can create him using the [[Aerialbot|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot|Technobots]].
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==See also==
* [[Abomenaticus]]
* [[Comperian]]
* [[Decepticon Super Scramble]]
* [[Scramble 7]]

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Megatron Origin issue 4

2008-03-26T00:38:26Z

155.33.129.146: /* Synopsis */

[[Image:MO_4_b.jpg|thumb|200px|right|I... Need... A... Breathmint!!!]]
{{comicnav|Megatron Origin|4|seriesname=''The Transformers: Megatron Origin'' |prev=Megatron Origin issue 3|}}
'''Kaon is taken. Sentinel Prime and Megatron battle. The Great War begins.'''

==Synopsis==
Autobot security escorts Starscream away from the other detained Decepticons held in the [[Kaon]] holding cells. They take Starscream to stand before the Council of the district, to whom Starscream delivers a message: Everything that has happened is the council's fault. As punishment for their sins, Starscream and Soundwave destroy the council, etching their [[insignia|symbol]] into the meeting room's view screen.

The next stage in Megatron's master plan carried out by Starscream is to free all the inmates. Starscream releases them all, the criminals holding no prior association with Megatron being liberated into his new army. Soundwave provides armaments, and Starscream introduces Megatron to a new arm-mounted [[fusion cannon]]. Blasting a hole in the wall with his new weapon, Megatron orders the group to attack with an offensive that is as simple as it is destructive: Everything burns.

In an area inhabited by Cybertron's high class, snooty recreation comes to an end when Skywarp and Thundercracker fire upon an airborne vessel, causing it to crash below, destroying an incredible amount on the way down.

Soundwave meets with his boss, Senator Ratbat. The senator admits that not only did he aid Megatron's cause by supplying arms, he also was the one who arranged for Megatron to be removed from the mining operation where he was originally working. Now that Megatron's forces have destabilized the area, the senator embezzles what he can. Soundwave, however, shoots Ratbat, takes that which Ratbat has embezzled, and seals his [[spark]] inside of a frame{{m-}}his new "cassette" body. Evidently, Soundwave prefers Megatron as his new boss.

Sentinel Prime and the other [[Autobot]]s fight to retake Kaon from the rioting rebellion. However, the rebels are causing massive damage, have jammed communications with [[Iacon]], and just won't give an inch of ground. Running out of options, Sentinel Prime decides to bring his incredible assortment of firepower (using his Apex System) head to head against Megatron. An incredible explosion blasts Megatron out of sight.

Sentinel Prime radios to the other Autobots that he's created a route that can be used to fight against the enemy. But Hound's tossed body reveals that Megatron still functions. Their struggle takes them over an edge as they battle while discussing Megatron's goal: Megatron wants to transform the world. With a final strike, Megatron (possibly) kills the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]].

The other Autobots arrive, following Sentinel Prime. They find their leader's body. Prowl, becoming the interim leader by default, orders a retreat.

Megatron sits on his throne and discusses the victory with Soundwave. Now that Kaon has been taken, the next step is clear{{m-}}the rest of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] shall be conquered. But they will not do is as Cybertronians. From this day forward, they are the [[Decepticon]]s.

The [[Great War]] has begun...

==Credits==
'''Writer:''' [[Eric Holmes]]<br>
'''Art:''' [[Alex Milne]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Josh Perez]], [[Mark Bristow]]<br>
'''Edits:''' [[Chris Ryall]]<br>

* ''Original release date:'' October 24, 2007
===Major 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:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
* [[Sentinel Prime]] (19)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (20)
* [[Blades]] (21)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (22)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (23)
* [[Trailbreaker]] (24)
* [[Springer]] (29)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (30)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (2)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (3)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (4)
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (5)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (6)
* [[Squawkbox]] (7)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (8)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (9)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (10)
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (11)
* [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (12)
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (13)
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (14)
* [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (15)
* [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (16)
* [[Drag Strip]] (26)
* [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (27)
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (28)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
* [[Grapple]] (17)
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (18)
* [[Ratbat (G1)|Senator Ratbat]] (25)
|}

==Quotes==
"Heh. Nobody's perfect."
:'''{{m-}}Starscream''', after hearing a long list of charges against him.

"Through your own interests you created this. You brought us here. You didn't just make it possible{{m-}}you made it happen."
:'''{{m-}}Starscream''', before the court.

"Hmm. Yes. There's something about this."
:'''{{m-}}Megatron''', upon receiving his arm cannon.

"Situation{{m-}}war. Resources{{m-}}limited. Optimal solution{{m-}}repurpose valuable resource."
:'''{{m-}}Soundwave''', while downgrading Senator Ratbat.

"And when you've crossed the planet with your little gang of thugs, what will you do then?"<br>
"I will create desolation{{m-}}and call it peace!"<br>
:'''{{m-}}Sentinel Prime''' and '''Megatron'''

==Items of note==
* Civilians cry out "[[Primus]]!" when they are attacked by Thundercracker and Skywarp. His name is only used as a curse here, but it is the first time their creator's name is mentioned in this continuity in which writer [[Simon Furman]] has claimed Primus and [[Unicron]] will never take part.
* According to Alex Milne, Sentinel Prime isn't actually dead, despite all appearances. [http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=37405#37405] He says the issue was written to show him looking like he could go either way, but the art makes it look quite definitive, and the dialog misses addressing his status.
* A bot resembling [[Straxus]] is one of the Senate's guards.
* Sentinel Prime uses Apex armor, a reference to the [[Hasbro]] reissue of [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].
* Megatron's intention to "create a desolation{{m-}}and call it peace!" derives ultimately from the Roman historian [http://en.wikipedia.org/Tacitus Tacitus's] biography of his father-in-law [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricola_%28book%29 Agricola]: the words are those of the British general Calgacus, describing the destructive imperialism of the Romans. It may also be a node to his original motto: "Peace through tyranny".

==Errors==
* On page 10, Trailbreaker is depicted grabbing Starscream as the Decepticon makes his escape. Starscream then kicks the Autobot off, sending him into what is heavily implied to be his death (what with the long fall into a massive explosion and all), despite Trailbreaker turning up alive and well many years later in the previously published [[Spotlight: Kup|''Spotlight'': Kup]]. This is not be the [[Fastback|first time]] that the ''Megatron Origin'' books would [[Outback|conflict]] with the events in ''Spotlight:'' Kup.

===Covers (3)===
[[Image:MO_4_a.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Um... Spoiler alert!]]
* '''Cover A:''' Megatron over dead Sentinel Prime by [[Alex Milne]] (pencils) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors)
* '''Cover B:''' Megatron screaming by [[Marcelo Matere]] (pencils) and [[Andrew Elder]] (colors)
* '''Cover RI-A:''' uncolored cover A

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Skywarp (disambiguation)

2008-03-24T04:04:39Z

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The name '''Skywarp''' has been applied to several Transformers characters.

*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] the [[Decepticon]] fighter jet from [[Generation 1]].

*[[Skywarp (BWII)|Skywarp]] the [[Maximal]] eagle and [[Magnaboss II]] combiner from [[Beast Wars II]].

*[[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] the Decepticon jet and cousin to [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]].

Skywarp should not be confused with...

*'''Spacewarp''', the production name for the toy that would eventually become [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|Astrotrain]] from the Unicron Trilogy.

*'''Sky Wrap''', which does not exist.

*Too damn many characters whose names start with "Sky" to list.

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Talk:Nature Calls

2008-03-23T01:10:18Z

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==Real-World refs==
I find both of these highly questionable. The mine-chase is only "similar" in that it involves a mine, and the "infection/bust-down door" could be from any number of zombie movies, shows, whatever. Vague similarity does not a reference make. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
: Argh. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:15, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

== Decepticon Symbol ==

*Wait, at the end of the episode, Megatron's body has the Decepticon symbol completely visible when Isaac Sumdac discovers it. Shouldn't he be able to recognize the logo, considering he was held captive by Starscream in the first episode? --[[User:155.33.129.146|155.33.129.146]] 01:10, 23 March 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Nature Calls

2008-03-22T22:23:43Z

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{{episodenav|animated|14|season=1|prev=Headmaster (episode)|next=Megatron Rising, Part One}}

'''Prowl, Bumblebee and Sari get more than they bargained for when they head out to the remote woods to investigate a mysterious energy signal.'''

==Synopsis==

==Stats==
*'''Written by:''' [[Todd Casey]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Ben Jones]], [[Bouakeo Thongkham]], & [[Shunji Oga]]
*'''Original airdate:''' March 22, 2008
*'''Animation studio:''' [[The Answer Studio]]

===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" |
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's Body]] (5)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (2)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (6)

|}

==Quotes==
'''Bumblebee''': You said to pack the bare essentials!<br>
'''Prowl''': Since when are surround-sound speakers, a strobe light, and a hand-held media player "bare essentials?"<br>
'''Bumblebee''': You should've seen what I left back at the plant.<br>
'''Prowl''': Where did you find room for all of this junk?<br>
''[Bumblebee taps his fingers uncomfortably]''<br>
'''Bumblebee''': [[Exhaust port|I'd...rather not say.]]<br>
:{{m-}}Awkward conversation between '''Bumblebee''' and '''Prowl'''.

"First we must determine this creature's intentions."<br>
''[Creature knocks Prowl aside without provocation]''<br>
"I'm gonna say 'hostile'."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Prowl''' and '''Bumblebee''' meet the monster.

'''Bumblebee''': Hey! Why don't you pick on someone your own size?!<br>
''[Creature swipes at Bumblebee and Sari]''<br>
'''Bumblebee''': Okay. Maybe we're a little unclear on the concept of "your own size".<br>
'''Sari''': Maybe you should stop talking logic to a ''creature that has no head!''<br>
:{{m-}}'''Bumblebee''' and '''Sari'''.

"Monsters are real? [[Tutor Bot]] is such a liar!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Sari Sumdac'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s faith in Tutor Bot is shattered.

"Attention, barnacle monster! Come out with your hands over your...okay, you don't have a head."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Bumblebee''' instructs the creature to surrender.

'''Sari''': And then, they were back to normal, like nothing ever happened. Meanwhile, I'm stuck riding home with no dry clothes and the only Autobot whose vehicle mode doesn't have a heater.<br>
''[Sari sneezes]''<br>
'''Optimus''': You showed a lot of courage and ingenuity, Sari. And hopefully, you'll stop...backfiring soon.<br>
'''Sari''': Hello, it's called sneezing.<br>
''[Sari sneezes, then blows her nose]''<br>
'''Bumblebee''': I don't even wanna know what that's called.<br>
:{{m-}}The Autobots discover the concept of the common cold.

==Other notes==
*

===Continuity errors===
* If space barnacles are killed by heat, how did any survive atmospheric entry?

===Transformers references===
[[Image:aniconstructionvehicles.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] and [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] with [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]'s head.]]
* The construction drones are [[Constructicons (G1)|green and purple.]]
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's]] body ends up in the [[Megatron (Movie)|deep freeze.]]
[[Image:anisparkplugwitwicky.jpg|right|thumb|150px|This kind of stuff never happened in [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma|Burma]]...]]
* The construction worker looks very [[Sparkplug Witwicky|familiar.]] (He's only credited as "Worker," and is voiced by [[Bumper Robinson]].)
* Bumblebee's combined stinger attack also [[Cheetor|rings a few bells]].

===Real-world references===
*

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* So... what happened to that mine worker, anyway?

* Ratchet and Bulkhead, while mentioned, make no appearances in this episode.

* Tutor Bot is mentioned, and in the voice credits for the episode, but does not actually appear.

*...space barnacles?

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Nanosec (episode)

2008-03-22T17:57:26Z

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{{disambig2|an episode of Transformers Animated|the supervillain the episode is named for|Nanosec}}

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'''Bumblebee's self-proclaimed title as "fastest thing on wheels" is threatened by Nanosec, a super speedster crook on a deadly mission that could destroy all of Detroit.'''

==Synopsis==
During a nighttime fireworks display, a small-time thief named Nino Sexton takes advantage of the distraction to pull a heist not far from [[Detroit|Detroit's]] boardwalks. He eludes the easily bamboozled police drones, but makes the mistake of trying to steal the not-so-easily-bamboozled [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] for a getaway car. Bumblebee toys with the crook for a bit, showing off his speed, but [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] arrives and tells him to knock it off. As they argue, Sexton tries to leave, but Bulkhead stops him with his wrecking ball—which cracks apart the boardwalk, sending all three plunging down. The two 'bots hit the water while Sexton hangs on desperately to a shattered board. He is saved in the nick of time by [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], who turns him in to the police.

Meanwhile, in [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac's]] private lab, his attempt to construct a servo for [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] fails, as Megatron knew it would. The [[Decepticon]] says that [[Destronium]] is necessary to build parts of sufficient quality, but Sumdac responds that the only available Destronium is a small amount synthesized on Earth.

The next day, Prime reprimands Bulkhead and Bumblebee, then says that Bumblebee will spend the day working with [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and Bulkhead on using his head instead of his thrusters. This upsets [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]], who has been looking forward to sharing with 'Bee one of her dad's latest prototypes: a set of turbo boosters. Bumblebee's all too eager to get them attached, but [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] absolutely nixes the idea. Sari protests that her dad's equipment is perfectly safe.

Across town, a technician reports to Professor Sumdac that there are problems with the new turbo-blade cyber suit as the test subject hurtles helplessly around the test track. Sumdac resignedly asks for the design specs so he can work out the bugs. Once the suit is perfected, it will increase human speed and reaction time a thousandfold. Megatron insists that the Destronium take priority, but Sumdac notes that the available sample is too unstable; transporting it from across town would leave it useless—or worse, highly explosive—unless it could be delivered in under ten minutes. He notes that nothing is that fast, but Megatron eyes the display of the plans for the cyber suit.

Shortly, Nino Sexton is informed that someone has posted his bail, though the police drone has no info on who it was. Bemused, he walks outside, where a delivery drone hands him a package "from a friend." Nino opens it to find the cyber suit.

In traffic, Bumblebee refuses to slow down and blend in. He points out that a riderless motorcycle hardly blends in either, so Prowl generates a holographic driver, but Bumblebee still refuses to cooperate—until a traffic jam forces him to do so. When a group of police vehicles speed by, Bumblebee takes the excuse to put on his own police roof light and do some "blending".

The police turn out to be responding to a sudden rash of thefts by a hyper-fast Nino Sexton. Just after one theft, a teller comments in shock that the money vanished in a nanosec. Nino overhears and decides he likes the name. He then proceeds to elude the police easily, then encounters Bumblebee. This time, [[Nanosec]] gets away, and Bumblebee can only marvel at his speed. However, for all his speed, Nanosec finds his big bags of loot rather heavy, and he pauses to catch his breath—only to be confronted by Prowl. The crook soon escapes, but Bumblebee's had time to catch up. He's still not fast enough to overtake Nanosec before the speedster zooms through a railroad crossing with a train closing in fast. Losing his nerve at the last second, Bumblebee slams on the brakes but gets stuck on the tracks. Bulkhead manages to grab the train in time to save 'Bee from getting crushed and holds it long enough that his buddy can get out of the way.

As Nanosec rejoices in his escape, he is contacted by Megatron, who is using a strobing signal that can only be detected at ultra-high speeds. Megatron offers Nanosec a substantial reward—$50 million—for delivering the Destronium. As a downpayment, he provides an ATM code that delivers a large amount of cash out of Isaac Sumdac's private bank account. All he has to do is get the Destronium from the lab to [[Sumdac Tower]] within ten minutes.

At the Autobots' base, Bumblebee continues to try to beat his speed record, but to no avail. As he begs Ratchet to give him the turbo booster upgrade, Nanosec heists the Destronium from Sumdac Labs. Prime arrives to announce Nanosec's latest activity and location, and commands everyone to roll out to capture the villain. A dejected Bumblebee thinks it's impossible, but Sari holds up her All Spark key and says there might be a way.

As Nanosec races into town, Prime stops him with a spread of negative-friction lubricant, but once he lassos the criminal out of the puddle, Nanosec's speed allows him to turn Prime's grappling lines against him. Prime calls for back-up, so Sari activates Bumblebee's newly installed boosters with her key. Prime finally manages to catch Nanosec by his legs, but Bumblebee rockets into him, out of control, allowing the villain to escape. 'Bee and Sari nearly zoom off the edge of a half-built bridge, but Prime's line catches them. Even so, it's a struggle for the Autobot leader to hold them, so 'Bee throws it in reverse. This gets him away from the drop, but otherwise doesn't help much.

Down the road, Ratchet uses his magnets to catch Nanosec, then checks the container he was carrying. He quickly realizes the danger involved—if the Destronium detonates in its current state, it could wipe out half of Detroit. Then Bulkhead notices Nanosec, whose hood has come off, now has grey hair when he used to be a redhead. Just then, Bumblebee rockets by, still out of control and now in reverse, again knocking Nanosec free to resume his delivery. Ratchet suggests Bee switch to robot mode, which is a MUCH bigger help. Prime catches up and orders Ratchet to disable the boosters, but there's no time; Nanosec has to be caught and stopped NOW. Prime tells everyone to roll out—without any vehicle mode modifications, thank you. As they proceed, Bulkhead wonders if the Destronium turned Nanosec's hair white, but Prowl responds that loss of hair color in organics is a sign of aging. Realizing what's going on, Bumblebee activates his boosters (which are apparently under control now) and races after Nanosec, using his head AND his thrusters. Once he catches up to the slowing speedster, 'Bee easily zaps the Destronium out of his grasp and rolls off with it. He then taunts the criminal into pursuing him at top speed until Nanosec becomes literally too old for this stuff and collapses.

By this time, the Destronium is very near its flash point, and according to Ratchet, the only safe place to take it is the upper atmosphere. With a two-stage boost assist from Bulkhead and Prowl, Bumblebee manages to use his thrusters to take the Destronium high enough and chuck it away before it explodes. Ratchet and Prime then slow him down and cool him off during his reentry. As the media cover Nanosec's arrest and the averted disaster, Prime congratulates everyone on a job well done, and Prowl even offers to race Bumblebee back to the plant, but 'Bee says he and Sari will walk.

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marty Isenberg]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Matt Youngberg]] & [[Shunji Oga]]
*'''Original airdate:''' January 26, 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" |
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (8)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (9)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (6)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Nanosec]] (1)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (5)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (7)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (10)
|}

==Quotes==
"I'm kinda new to this planet, but I believe you're supposed to pay for those things before you run off with them."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' holding Nanosec after he robs the warehouse

"Couldn't I just ask your Autobot friends to help?"<br>
"NO! I...do not wish them to see me in this weakened state."
:—'''Megatron''' tells '''Isaac Sumdac''' the absolute truth, for once.

'''Bumblebee:''' "Turbo boosters! Suh-weet!"<br>
'''Optimus:''' "You're not actually thinking of hooking these things up to yourself, are you?"<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "Oh, of course not! I was gonna ask the doc-bot to do it for me."<br>
'''Ratchet:''' "Have you got your processor up your exhaust port? These things are untested, incompatible—"<br>
'''Sari:''' "And totally wicked fast!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' gets a few mixed signals.

"I ain't nobody's errand boy...uuunless the price is right!"
:—'''Nanosec''' hustling Megatron

'''Prowl:''' "The point of this exercise is to blend into your environment."<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "Oh, right! 'Cause nothing says 'blend' like a motorcycle driving itself."<br>
''Prowl generates a hologram of a policeman driver for himself''<br>
'''Prowl:''' "Happy?"
:—Houston, we have [[Mustache Man]] sighting.

"Word of advice: Super speed doesn't equal super strength."
:—'''Prowl''' tells it like it is.

"You know, there might be another way to get that turbo booster upgrade."<br>
"But, Prime's orders—"<br>
"Were to catch Nanosec. He didn't say HOW."
:—'''Sari''' plays the little devil on '''Bumblebee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s shoulder.

'''Bumblebee:''' "You ROCK!"<br>
'''Sari:''' "No, YOU rock!"<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "No, YOU rock!"<br>
'''Sari:''' "No, YOU rock!"<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "I said YOU rock!"<br>
'''Sari:''' "I said YOU rock!"<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "YOU rock!"<br>
'''Sari:''' "YOU rock!"
:—Mercifully, the exchange ends here.

"Transform and roll out! ''(to Bumblebee)'' In your ORIGINAL vehicle mode!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"How do you suppose this Nanosec fellow got hold of my experimental turbo suit?"<br>
"I suspect it was an inside job."
:—Delightfully layered-meaning dialog between '''Prof. Sumdac''' and '''Megatron'''

"Race you back to the plant?"<br>
"If it's all the same to you, I think we'll walk."
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Bumblebee'''

==Other notes==

===Continuity errors===
* Prof. Sumdac seems woefully dim about his own creation, stating that nothing could be fast enough to bring the Destronium across town in time, '''right after''' talking about the turbo suit. However, as the suit has just been shown to have problems, perhaps Sumdac is instead exercising some sensible caution by not even considering using it.

* Ironically, judging from the position of the train at the time Bumblebee stopped on the tracks, he ''would'' have made it if he'd kept going.

* It's an odd ATM that accepts credit card code without swiping or inserting the card itself.

* Comparing Megatron's directions to a map of the Detroit-Monroe area, he seems to recommend taking a primarily north-south route, which seems to be the shortest distance. However, Prime says Nanosec's taking I-94, the east-west highway, which would require a substantially longer route. Even given his super speed, why would Nanosec make it harder on himself to make the 10-minute deadline? (It's possible maps.megatron.com's route doesn't use highways, meaning more traffic lights, but the map's semi-fictionalized, so it's hard to tell.)

* Apparently, news spreads as fast as Nanosec can run. No one seems to be around to hear him say he likes the name after he hears the teller use the word, yet within a few hours, Prime and Sari somehow know his name as well. Maybe he quickly put up some P.R.?

* Sumdac claims that the Destronium has to be delivered quickly, or it will become too unstable. Yet Ratchet says moving the substance at high speed is what makes it volatile. So it was a lose-lose situation from the beginning. Perhaps Megatron needs to run a few more self-diagnostics before he starts his galactic conquest gig again...

* What would Megatron actually ''do'' with the destronium, even if he got it, without letting Sumdac know about it? He needs ''help'' to get his body back.

===Animation errors===
*As Bumblebee is about to go over the closed bridge, just before he goes into reverse, Sari's All Spark key is stuck in his ignition...and also depicted hanging from its lanyard around her neck.

===Transformers references===
* Bumblebee uses the term "Big Bot", which was also [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor's]] affectionate name for [[Optimus Primal]] in ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.

* Megatron is made up of [[Destronium]] circuits. The Decepticons are called [[Destron]]s in Japan. Or maybe they got it from [[Destro|a certain Scottish arms dealer...]]

* Bumblebee's battle mask bears a striking similarity to the toy-face of the original [[Generation 1]] [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] toy.

* Sumdac's new police drones, first seen (sort of) in [[Total Meltdown]], have been adopted by the Detroit police department...they still need to work out some bugs.

* Prowl can project a hologram of a police officer riding him...and the hologram has a [[Moustache Man|mustache]].

* Although this may not be intentional, Sari finding a loop-hole in Optimus's orders is similar to [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] doing it with [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] in the second episode of [[Beast Machines]].

===Real-world references===
* Going by the semi-fictional map Megatron provides, Sumdac Tower appears to be near the interchange of I-96 and State Highway 39, while the lab with the Destronium is somewhere near the suburb of Berlin, just east of I-75. For comparison, the robot plant shown in "[[Transform and Roll Out!]]" is on the lakeshore in Monroe, about six miles further southwest.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* This is the first time Bumblebee uses his battle mask.
* This is also the first time we see Bumblebee's rocket boosters. He loses them during atmospheric reentry, but it's possible he'll get them back.
* In the previous week's episode, "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]", Ratchet repaired his war wound—the exposed circuitry on the dorsal side of his left forearm—when he installed his EMP generator, regained from the bounty hunter [[Lockdown]]. Only a few shots in this episode provide a view of that part of his arm, and most of them show it as whole. However, the one good view available—after the Destronium theft, when Bumblebee is begging Ratchet to install the boosters—distinctly shows the war wound still present. It's possible he's left the generator unattached so he may continue to remember the circumstances of its loss [[Arcee (Animated)|"for those who can't,"]] as he puts it.
* In this episode, Bumblebee tries to be responsible, while Sari is the one who opts for breaking the rules. Wow. That's a role reversal from [[Unicron Trilogy|previous fictions]].
* Isaac Sumdac is still using Megatron's hand as a chair. For a fleshling, he's got brass.
* Bumblebee ran Nanosec, already slowed enough to make them equal, into old age on purpose for no apparent reason. That is COLD.

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Along Came a Spider

2008-03-22T17:55:52Z

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{{episodenav|animated|9|season=1|prev=Nanosec (episode)|next=Sound and Fury}}

'''Bumblebee and Bulkhead's first [[Halloween]] turns even spookier when they encounter a giant spider that turns out to be the deadly Decepticon [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]].'''

==Synopsis==
[[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] introduces [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] to the concept of Halloween, starting with selecting pumpkins. As she explains the idea of choosing just the right costume, Prime's attention is distracted by a large black widow spider decoration. He remembers back to his academy days...

[[Image:Alongcameaspiderthreefriends.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"So once again, we find that evil of the past seeps into the present like salad dressing through cheap wax paper, mixing memory and desire."]]
''On an organic world, Optimus and his friend '''Elita-1''' admire the strange webbing stretching across the high rocks, not knowing what it is, until [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] calls to them to hurry up. Optimus cautions about the fact that such worlds are normally considered off-limits to Autobots, but there's supposedly a real Decepticon ship somewhere in the area. Elita's there for the historical value, but Sentinel just wants to get his hands on the [[energon]] cache that must be in it. Prime's still wary of potential punishment should they get caught, but figures he has to keep the other two from getting in over their heads. Sentinel insists that never happens{{m-}}right before the ground crumbles under their feet, sending all three plunging into a deep cavern. Strange, skittering noises echo from its dark reaches. Optimus activates his shoulder-light to see...''

Bulkhead snaps Prime's attention back to the present by donning a bedsheet (which just covers his head) and going "Boo," startling his leader. Prime claims a ghost from his past just has him jumpy, then stalks off.

Back at the Autobot base, Sari critiques Bumblebee and Bulkhead's costumes, but says her own costume is only one surprise planned for the night. Noticing Prime lost in thought, she uses her key to activate one of the car plant's cranes, swinging another spider decoration in his face. The unexpected sight of it gives Prime a bad flashback, and he quickly hacks the fake spider to bits. He admonishes Sari for making frivolous use of the All Spark Key, and she counters about him needlessly using his axe. Prime stares down at the remains of the decoration, and his thoughts travel back again...

''As Prime, Elita and Sentinel walk through the cavern, Sentinel enthuses about the rich hoard of energon he's sure they'll find soon. Prime shushes him as he hears something, and soon all three are casting their lights about, trying to pinpoint the skittering. The source reveals itself as an enormous, alien spider, which quickly traps Elita with some webbing. As Prime fights it off, Sentinel frees her with his charged shield, but the spider abruptly takes him down. Elita starts using her special power-download ability, but Optimus, holding back the spider, tells her it won't work on organics. She instead borrows the unconscious Sentinel's shield power and shield itself, using them to defend herself, then to bring down a huge stalactite to impale the spider. As Sentinel wakes up and Elita returns his shield, Prime says that it's not worth staying around, be it for history or energon. Sentinel still insists on one good reason to leave, and he gets three when another trio of giant spiders drop down to confront them. Sentinel quickly puts up his shield's energy barrier, covering Prime and Elita's retreat. Prime rolls out, and Elita follows, calling his name...''

[[Image:Saricostume.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Arise, Sarimus Prime.]]
Prime suddenly becomes aware of Sari calling his name to show off her costume{{m-}}a costume of him. He doesn't appreciate her vocal impersonation of him, and declines to join the trio on their trick-or-treat outing.

As Sari and the two Autobots progress though a local neighborhood, Bumblebee is a bit spooked by the atmosphere. Sari reminds him it's all pretend...unaware they're being tracked by an enormous spider traveling over the rooftops. As she coaches them through their first actual "trick or treat," Bumblebee spots the spider watching them and freaks out, but it's gone before anyone else sees it. Sari teases him for being more timid than Optimus, but 'Bee protests he knows the difference between a fake decoration and a real giant spider. Listening in from headquarters, Prime has Bumblebee clarify what he saw, then heads out to meet them, advising them to stay put.

''Racing through the caverns, Prime reaches the wreckage of a Decepticon warship. Separated from the other two, he heads inside, hoping to find them there. Instead, he finds an impressive stash of energon cubes, just as Sentinel predicted. He also finds an impressive stash of giant spider eggs. As the spiderlings hatch and start attacking, Prime gets stuck on some webbing, but Elita shows up in time to help. As they fight to escape from more full-grown spiders, Prime has Elita borrow his grappler ability. They bring down a huge stalactite through the ship's ruined overhead, grappling their way out as the energon detonates below them. However, Elita's download ability times out just then, and she goes plunging back too fast for Prime to catch her. Sentinel arrives on top of the ship as she plummets into the hold, but knowing the energon is going to blow any second, Prime grapples himself and Sentinel to safety rather than risk going after Elita just then. Once they break the surface, Prime scans for Elita's energy signature, but doesn't find it. A furious Sentinel blames everything on Prime.''

[[Image:Blackarach anim beast.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Wikipedia:Spider-Woman_%28Jessica_Drew%29#Spider-Woman|To know her is to fear her!]]]]
In the present, still en route to Sari and company's location, Prime swears he won't let it happen again. Meanwhile, Bumblebee stresses that they have to stay vigilant until Prime arrives{{m-}}even as Sari is yanked out from under them by the giant spider. Bumblebee quickly cuts Sari free, but as he and Bulkhead surround the spider, it transforms into a female robot who calls herself '''Blackarachnia'''. Sari's not too surprised or impressed by her femininity, but it makes a much bigger impression on Bulkhead{{m-}}right up to the point Blackarachnia stabs him with two of her spider legs, knocking him out. She quickly gives Bumblebee the same treatment, then tells Sari they should go, now that Sari's safe. Sari protests the two Autobots are her friends, and Blackarachnia apologizes, pretending she can't tell which robots are good or bad on Earth. As Sari futilely tries to revive Bulkhead with her All Spark Key, Blackarachnia notes that the organic nature of her venom precludes that solution, since the All Spark doesn't affect organics. She offers to try helping the Autobots if Sari will just hand her the key, but her ruse is interrupted when Prime lassos her legs out from under her. Blackarachnia appears shocked to see him, but quickly frees herself and starts fighting back{{m-}}using Bumblebee's stingers and Bulkhead's strength. Instead of borrowing any of Prime's powers, though, she judo-throws him across the street, then kidnaps Sari.

Prime desperately pursues the pair across the rooftops. He catches up, stuns BA with a faceful of foam, then grapples Sari free. Despite this respite and Sari's warning, Blackarachnia still catches Prime half-unaware. He fights back, but she dodges him constantly, claiming to know all his textbook Autobot Academy moves. Prime wonders if he knows her, and she berates him for forgetting his friends{{m-}}even if he remembered Sentinel. Prime is stunned to realize he's facing Elita-1. She finally relates what really happened that day:

''Trapped in the ship and surrounded by the spiders, Elita tries desperately to download their abilities. Instead, she is infected with their venom, and it mutates her into a freak, a half-organic, half-robotic being.''

Prime realizes that her half-organic nature is what masked her energy signature from his scans. BA sneers that if he'd known and saved her, she'd just have been dismantled and examined on some lab table on Cybertron. Prime reproves her for joining the Decepticons, but she counters that at least she knows where she stands with them. She webs up Prime and snatches Sari's key, certain that if anything can purge her organic half, it can. She plugs it into herself, but the unleashed energies begin causing all organic life in range, including Sari, to wither and sicken. Prime breaks free, but before he can stop Blackarachnia, she grabs up Sari and throws her off the roof. Sari snags a flagpole long enough for Bumblebee and Bulkhead to save her, leaving Prime free to deal with Blackarachnia. She collapses on her own, though. Prime surmises her spark can't survive without her organic half, but she's too weak to pull out the key and stop the reaction. Prime forces through the energy barrier around her and removes it for her, restoring the organic life in the area to normal. As he helps her up, Blackarachnia asks him to go, not wanting to be seen like that. Still calling her Elita, Prime asks her to come with them, promising his group will find a cure, and allow him to earn back her trust. She seems to respond positively, but it's another sham. Blackarachnia stabs him unconscious and leaves, vowing it will be a long time before she trusts another Autobot, especially him.

Later, Prime returns Sari's key. She thanks him and admits he was right{{m-}}maybe it's time she gave the key a rest. Bumblebee trundles in painfully, still damaged from his fall after catching Sari, and asks if she could use it once more. Bulkhead asks who the bug-bot lady was, and Prime responds it was someone he should never have left behind. Elsewhere, Blackarachnia stands on a rooftop, gazing at the moon and sobbing over her fate.

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marty Isenberg]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Matt Youngberg]], [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]]
*'''Original airdate:''' February 16, 2008

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
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! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead ]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated) |Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] (Flashback) (5)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated) |Sentinel Prime]] (Flashback) (6)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (7)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (1)
|}

==Quotes==
"Beautiful, isn't it?"<br>
"Yeah...what is it?"<br>
"I have no idea."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Elita-1''' and '''Optimus Prime''' admire the webs.

'''Optimus''': Somebody's gotta keep you two walking malfunctions from getting in over your heads.<br>
'''Sentinel''': We ''never'' get in over our heads.<br>
''[The ground crumbles underneath them, causing them to fall into a cavern. Optimus gives Sentinel a look.]''<br>
'''Sentinel''': What?<br>
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Sentinel Prime'''

'''Bumblebee''': ''[Bad Slavic accent]'' Velcome. I am Count Dracubot. I vant to drink your motor oil.<br>
'''Bulkhead''': Hey, guys! I finally found something big enough for my ghost costume.<br>
''[Fumes surround his feet, causing Sari to cough]''<br>
'''Sari''': Bulkhead, where did you get that sheet?<br>
'''Bulkhead''': It was just draped over some house. Weird place to put a bed sheet.<br>
'''Sari''': Oh, that's not a bedsheet. It's a fumigation tent.<br>
'''Bulkhead''': Really...? What's a fumigation tent?<br>
''[As well as the fumes, Bulkhead's feet are now covered in dead cockroaches.]''
:{{m-}}'''Sari''' sees the Autobots' costumes.

"I've got a good feeling about this. Any cycle now, we're gonna be overflowing with rich, All Spark-infused, energon-y goodness!"<br>
"Did you really just say 'energon-y goodness'?"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Prime's''' speech <strike>tick</strike>{{m-}}er, tic bemuses '''Elita-1'''.

'''Sari''': Optimus! Check out my costume!<br>
''[Camera reveals that Sari is Optimus Prime]''<br>
'''Sari''': ''[Imitating Optimus]'' Oh, look at me. I'm Optimus Prime. I'm scared of spiders.<br>
''[Bumblebee and Bulkhead chuckle]''<br>
'''Optimus''': That's ''not'' what I sound like...is it?<br>
'''Bumblebee''': Last chance to join us, Boss Bot.<br>
'''Optimus''': Thanks, but I'll pass. Just be careful out there, all right?<br>
'''Sari''': Don't worry. I'll keep these guys out of trouble. ''[Imitating Optimus]'' Transform and roll out!<br>
''[Optimus gives Sari a look]''<br>
'''Sari''': Couldn't resist.<br>
:{{m-}}'''Sari''' and the Autobots roast '''Optimus Prime'''.

'''Bumblebee''': Who are you?<br>
'''Bulkhead''': What are you?<br>
'''Sari''': Duh. She's a girl.<br>
:{{m-}}The gang meets '''Blackarachnia'''.

"This is all ''your fault!''"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Prime''', blaming Optimus for the disaster that happened on an excursion he suggested. Jerk.

"So, who ''was'' that bug-bot lady?"<br>
"Someone I never should have left behind."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Bulkhead''' and '''Optimus Prime''' talk some heavy stuff.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Shortly after Sentinel says that he and Optimus should go back for Elita when the Decepticon ship explodes, his nose and forehead are painted silver, like Optimus.
===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
* In the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]], [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] was [[Optimus Prime (G1)|G1 Optimus Prime's]] paramour. The ''Animated'' incarnation of the character refrains from attempting to visually homage the original pink-and-white Elita, instead creating a blue-and-yellow pony-tailed character who bears a resemblance to Elita's earlier (pony-tailed) form, [[Ariel]]. Her relationship with Prime is less distinct (it almost appears as if she's ''Sentinel's'' girlfriend at one point), with this episode's flashbacks not suggesting any romantic connection between the two, but the present-day scenes suggesting ''some'' kind of personal tension (though that could be guilt on Prime's part and anger on Elita's).
* Sentinel Prime is depicted here as Optimus Prime's friend and peer, whereas in all other series he's either been Prime's mentor, a superior officer, or a predecessor. In this way it seems the roles of Sentinel and [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] have been reversed from past continuities.
* With this episode, [[energon cube]]s make their first appearance in Transformers cartoons since ''Beast Wars''. They look ''exactly'' like they did in the Generation 1 cartoon, which even ''Beast Wars'' didn't pull off.

===Real-world references===
* Bulkhead's "ghost" costume, with its constant cloud of pesticides at the bottom, coincidentally resembles "Pig-Pen's" costume from ''[[wikipedia:It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown|It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]].''
* Judging how Blackarachnia [[Spider-Man|can swing from a thread]], the Autobots had best take a look overhead.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* This is the first episode to not feature [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] or [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]].
* In a flashback, prior to Blackarachnia's transformation, a helmet can be seen sitting in a corner of the Decepticon ship. In the present day, she appears to be wearing it, possibly to hide the extent of her transformation.
* This episode makes a point of how Sari has been overusing her key previously, and that it can't be used to cure every TF injury. The writers evidently anticipated that reaction from the audience.
* Referring to himself as "vertically challenged," Bumblebee seems to be over his height complex, which was such a major point in "[[Total Meltdown]]".
* This is the first time Sentinel Prime has been fully on screen. When he appeared in [[Transform and Roll Out]], all that was seen of him was his head.
*This episode explains why Sentinel Prime hates Optimus.
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Nature Calls

2008-03-22T17:38:04Z

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Nature Calls

2008-03-22T15:09:11Z

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Blitzwing (Animated)

2008-03-21T01:52:19Z

155.33.129.146:

{{disambig3|Blitzwing}}

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

[[Image:AniBlitzwingPromoModel.jpg|thumb|200px|"HOGAN!!"]]

'''Blitzwing''' not only has three modes (robot, jet, and tank), he also has three alternate personalities (a cold strategist, a short-tempered hothead, and a total nutcase) along with the faces rattling around in his head to go with them. He's as liable to have a conversation with himself as he is to say a word to his fellow Decepticons. Pretty much the only thing that keeps him in line is that all three of his personalities are scared to death of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]].

Blitzwing's cold personality is represented by a long, blue face [[Wikipedia:Hogan's Heroes#Colonel Klink|with a monocle]] and talks with quiet disdain. His easily angered personality has a red face and is gap-toothed, making him look and sound like a certain [[wikipedia:Arnold Schwarzenegger|Austrian musclehead]]. Finally, his crazy personality's face looks like nothing so much as a black jack-o'-lantern and just sounds [[Inferno (BW)|hysterical]]. All three personalities have a German accent, and apparently he has trouble flying in a straight line. [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/animated/default.cfm?page=Bio&character=blitzwing]

Blitzwing's special power is based on ice-rays, flame-rays, or laser-rays, depending on which personality is dominant at the time.

Basically, he's the Purple Baron.

{{quote|Ze name iz Blitzwing, [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|insect]]—remember it! Cause it's ze last thing you're gonna hear before I—express my feelings in song!|Blitzwing switching personalities like we switch shoes}}

==Fiction==
===Transformers Animated cartoon===
{{ongoing}}

[[Image:Animated_blitzwing_faces1.JPG|left|thumb|170px|"So [[wikipedia:Colonel Dietrich|Dietrich]], [[wikipedia:Arnold Schwarzenegger|Arnold]] and [[wikipedia:Phantom Blot|Blot]] walk into a bar..."]]

:''Voice actor:'' [[Bumper Robinson]] (English)

Blitzwing was aboard the [[Nemesis (Animated)|''Nemesis'']] with the other Decepticons at the time of the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]]'s re-discovery. He partially froze [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]'s arm, commenting on how her demeanor was as unpleasant as her organic beast mode. When Blackarachnia advised him to blow it out his actuator, Blitzwing angrily demanded that she refer to him by his proper name, or else he would...''express his feelings in song!'' His out-of-tune rendition of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" got all the Decepticons arguing until Megatron entered, prompting Blitzwing to fall silent with the rest.

When it became clear the ''Nemesis'' was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Blitzwing fled in an escape pod. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

After Megatron's disappearance, Blitzwing placed a bounty on [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], intending to punish him for destroying Megatron. Fifty solar cycles later, the bounty hunter [[Lockdown]] contacted Blitzwing, saying he had Prime. Blitzwing promised that Lockdown would receive payment once Blitzwing received Prime—then asked if he could ''please, please please'' see Prime turn into a fire truck. {{storylink|Thrill of the Hunt}}

Blitzwing and [[Lugnut]] followed a beacon to the [[Moon]] to find the wreckage of the ''Nemesis''. The pair of them had similar problems determining the dominant species on Earth as the Autobots did, mistaking Earth's automatons and machines for sentient beings. During an encounter with the Autobots, Megatron opted to radio Lugnut exclusively, leaving Blitzwing struggling to work out what exactly was going on. Blitzwing believed Lugnut was only listening to voices in his head, so Lugnut had to take him along forcibly. Uncertain of the number and strength of the Autobots' "reinforcements" (the Detroit Police Department), the pair scanned Earth vehicles for disguises so they could lay low. Blitzwing's calculating persona wanted to scan a fighter jet, while his aggressive side wanted a tank. After a brief argument, his crazy side won out and scanned both.

The two Decepticons followed the Autobots to [[Lake Erie]], where Blitzwing froze the lake. When the Autobots submerged, he followed them in tank form. Blitzwing was lured by the Autobots towards the ''[[Ark (Animated)|Ark]]'' and blasted by one of its weapons systems. He and Lugnut were left fragmented but functional and floated to the surface, only to be met by [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], who offered to repair them in exchange for a pledge of undying allegiance... {{storylink|Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
*'''Blitzwing''' (Voyager, 2008)

:Blitzwing transforms into a futuristic "Mech-Warrior"ish-tank with large, anti-aircraft-like guns and a squat jet with tracks. The robot mode has three faces, which can be switched around. He looks awesome.

{{comingsoontoy}}

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==Trivia==
* [[Marty Isenberg]] originally envisioned a [[Skyfall (G1)|character who could change into anything]]. When that (obviously) proved unworkable in toy terms, the character of Blitzwing as a triple-changer was suggested for the role. [http://tformers.com/transformers-interview-transformers-animated/8992/news.html]

* His helmet is an obvious nod to a World War II-era German [[wikipedia:Stahlhelm|Stahlhelm]] helmet and goggles. Given the overall design in robot mode, the nature of his personalities and even his name itself, this ''really'' isn't very surprising.

* Blitzwing's face-changing [[gimmick]] was in part inspired by [[Wikipedia:Man-E-Faces|Man-E-Faces]] from ''Masters of the Universe.''<ref>According to [[Hasbro]] employees speaking at the 2007 Comic-Con International.</ref> He's not the first Transformers toy to feature multiple rotating faces; [[Alpha Q]], inspired by the five-faced Generation 1 [[Quintesson]]s, holds that distinction. Whether Blitzwing (or the Quintessons) have any roots in such larger cultural currents as the many three-faced depictions of [http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&safe=off&q=three-faced+buddha the Buddha] and [http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Trimukha+Ganapati&gbv=2 various gods from the Hindu pantheon] (or at least [[wikipedia:Ashuraman|Japanese cartoon characters from the 80s based on them]]) remains unknown.

* Blitzwing's decision to scan both a tank and a jet in [[Lost and Found]] was an interesting one, possibly implying that Blitzwing wasn't a Triple Changer to begin with, and perhaps that other Animated-era Transformers can take on multiple forms if they just scan other vehicles. He's only a tank when he's in angry mode, and only a jet when in his colder, calculating personality, so if a requirement to being a Triple Changer is having a few bolts loose, maybe that's not a road other Transformers wish to take.
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==Footnotes==
<references />

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[[Category: Decepticons]]
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Darksyde (BW)

2008-03-18T22:25:23Z

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:''The ''Darksyde'' is a spaceship in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Darkside1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Welcome to the Darksyde. Your hostess will be serving you a choice of beverages and honey-roasted nuts.]]

The '''''Darksyde''''' (sometimes '''''Darkside''''') is the name of the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] vessel that [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s troops "borrowed" to get to [[Earth]] after he stole the [[Golden Disk]]. [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] named her, though [[Waspinator]] wanted to call her the "Buzzerbot". After it crashed on prehistoric Earth, the Predacon [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] preferred to call the ship "the Colony", though just about everyone else referred to it as the '''Predacon Base'''.

:''Japanese name:'' '''''Terra Crusher''''' (or something to that effect; see Trivia)

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Beast Wars''====

[[Image:Darksyde_chase.jpg|thumb|left|Note the space dart board behind it]]

Exiting [[Transwarp]], the ''Darksyde'' was immediately fired upon by the pursuing Maximal science vessel [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']], though the better armed Predacon ship quickly took the upper hand. Despite the urging of his [[Dinobot (BW)|first officer]] to destroy the ''Axalon'' when the Maximal's shields failed, Megatron arrogantly decided to merely toy with his opponents by slowing down the ship enough for the ''Axalon'' to catch up, then unleashing a broadside from the ''Darksyde''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s side guns, severely damaging the Maximal ship.

However, Megatron would not have long to gloat, as several well-aimed plasma cannon shots from the ''Axalon'' strafed the hull of the ''Darksyde'', crippling the ship. Soon afterwards, both ships crash-landed on the planet's surface. {{Storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

The crashed ''Darksyde'' became the Predacon base, their center of operations on Earth. The ship apparently crashed in a volcanically-active area, as the impact created lava-filled concentric cracks around it, and an upwelling of lava in the main control center. While it's arguably dangerous to have a control room where you can't walk across the floor without ''melting,'' it does look seriously badass.

The base contained a main control and monitoring center with a holographic projector; given the absence of a proper floor, hover platforms were commonly used by the Predacons to get around much of the base. The base also included CR tanks capable of restoring severely damaged Predacons (or Maximals) to full functionality; a private suite used by Megatron, including a CR tank/hot tub; a lab area used by Tarantulas; holding cages suspended over the lava pits (keyed to Megatron's voice command); and a secure storage area which held the Predacons' remaining Transwarp cells. The grounds surrounding the base were laced with automatic weapons, programmed to scan for and target Maximal energy signatures.

[[Image:Darksyde_sideguns.jpg|thumb|right|''How electrifying!'']]

In addition to day-to-day Predacon operations, the base was the scene of several battles. The first involved a messy and destructive hunt for Cheetor, who accidentally teleported into the control room. {{storylink|Equal Measures}}. Another resulted from Megatron's attempt to reprogram Rhinox into a Predacon; the rogue Maximal very nearly brought Megatron down from power by taking out first his troops, then his kneecaps. Rhinox's comrades stormed the base to recover him, however. {{storylink|Dark Designs}} The Maximals forced their way into the base a third time when Optimus Primal was infected with a rage-inducing virus; the berserk Maximal leader stormed through the Predacon base, taking out troops one after the next, until his comrades arrived to heal and retrieve him. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}}

The Maximals also managed to infiltrate the base more covertly on numerous occasions. When the Predacons managed to hack into Maximal communications, Rattrap went undercover as a turncoat. He escaped from one of the suspended prison cages and searched through the Predacon base till he found a Maximal codebreaker chip installed in one of its communication panels. {{storylink|A Better Mousetrap}} Rattrap entered on another occasion to install a spy camera and cable; when the Predacons discovered it, they faked their own destruction, drawing the Maximals into the abandoned base to salvage space drive parts. Optimus Primal noted that even abandoned, a Predacon ship was still a dangerous place. {{storylink|Victory}} Using Rattrap and Airazor as a distraction, Tigatron slipped into the base to search for information about the latest alien site to have revealed itself (though this turned out to have been exactly what Megatron wanted all along.) {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

At least once, the base's lava pits proved to be a distinct liability. When the planet was hit by a quantum surge in the wake of the Planet Buster's destruction, Terrorsaur and Scorponok lost control of their hover platforms, collided, and tumbled off. The two sank into the lava and were never seen again. {{storylink|Aftermath}}

Tarantulas proved able to cut power to the base at will; he did so once with a magna pulse {{storylink|Spider's Game}}, and again through unknown means when Ravage and the Maximals arrived to take Megatron prisoner. The base took considerable damage while under assault from Ravage's Transwarp cruiser. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

After the destruction of the Maximal base, Megatron's troops stole the Sentinel shield module from the Maximals, and installed it in the Predacon base, providing it with a defensive energy shield. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

The battered vessel was finally destroyed by the [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk (BW)|Tigerhawk]].

:''('''Note''': In the Japanese dub, the Darksyde's computer AI was named [[Navi|Navico]].)''

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==Crew==
[[Image:Darksyde_wreck.jpg|thumb|left|"Terra Crasher"]]

The original crew of the ''Darkside'' included:
* Megatron - Captain/Commander
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] - Second-in-command.
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] - Engineer, later second-in-command after Dinobot turned on Megatron.
* [[Tarantulas]] - Weapons/Special Ops. Secretly a spy for the [[Tripredacus Council]].
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)]] - Fighter
* [[Waspinator]] - Pilot

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==Trivia==

* The name of the Predacon ship comes from fandom interpretation of [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]'s line from the ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[Equal Measures]]," which welcomes [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] "to the dark side," upon Cheetor's arrival within the Predacon ship. Since there wasn't an established name for the ship at the time, some fans thought that Terrorsaur may have been speaking more than metaphorically. The name was used in the ''[[ Transformers Beast Wars: Transmetals]]'' video game, making the name official, and again years later in the booklet inside [[Kid Rhino]]'s ''Beast Wars'' season 1 DVD set. In the [[BotCon 2006]] exclusive toy box set and accompanying story, "Darksyde" was spelled with a "y" to avoid possible trademark problems. Despite the glee with which the name is joyfully batted around in the fandom, the show itself never specifically called it anything other than "the Predacon base" or "Predacon ship".

* In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', the Predacon ship was given an official name long before "Darksyde" was canonized in the West. Unfortunately, the Japanese name of the ship is rendered so nebulous by alternately acceptable transliterations that it's impossible to tell what they were actually ''going for'' in English. The katakana for the ship's name - テラクラッシャー ''te-ra-ku-ra-sshā'' - can reasonably be read as "Terra Crasher", "Terror Crasher", "Terror Crusher" or "Terra Crusher". Given the sense of humor forcefully injected into the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', it's possible they wanted "Terra Crasher" because the ship literally smacks into the Earth, but that admittedly doesn't make a lot of sense in-context. So who knows.

==Toys==
===Beast Wars 10th Anniversary===
* '''Megatron''' (2006)

: A small toy of the Darksyde was included with the ''Beast Wars'' Tenth Anniversary version of Megatron. The packaging calls it the '''<s>Preadcon</s> Predacon ship''', possibly due to trademark issues. (A typo on the packaging was corrected by a sticker.)

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Terrorsaur (BW)

2008-03-18T22:18:25Z

155.33.129.146: /* Beast Wars */

{{picsneeded}}{{disambig3|Terrorsaur}}

:''Terrorsaur is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]]/[[Beast Era]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Terrorsaur-jp.jpg|thumb|300px|Smugly [[Starscream (disambiguation)|Starscream]]ish]]

Power-hungry and opportunistic, but lacking in the courage department, '''Terrorsaur''' never misses a chance to improve his standing within the Predacons. From cutting deals with [[Maximal]]s to finding and keeping new power sources for himself, Terrorsaur is always thinking two steps ahead. Unfortunately, the big guns of the Beast Wars are usually thinking at least ''four'' steps ahead, and Terrorsaur always ends up on the short end.

:''French name:'' '''Dinomenace'''<br>
:''Japanese name:'' '''Terrorsaurer'''<br>
:''Spanish name:'' '''Terrorsaurio'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====Theft of the Golden Disk====

While the Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] stole the [[Maximal]] relic, the [[Golden Disk]], the Predacon who would later call himself Terrorsaur, along with [[Waspinator|the future Waspinator]] and [[Buzzbomb]], secured a getaway ship. They were meant to be working for [[Cryotek]]—however, Megatron had his own agenda that "Terrorsaur" was in on and Buzzbomb wasn't. True to form, "Terrorsaur" shot Buzzbomb in the back. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

====Dawn of Future's Past====
[[Image:Terrorsaurbwdawn.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Don't let him name your stolen ship.]]
"Terrorsaur" and "Waspinator" stole the Predacon gang's ship. The two had a contest to decide who would get to name the ship, and "Terrorsaur" won. He settled on ''[[Darksyde]]'', though Megatron agreed that the loser's suggested name, ''Buzzerbot'', would have been more desirable.

Picking up the rest of their group, with the Golden Disk in tow, they left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron's]] orbit. After a space battle with the [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']], the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', and an unidentified Predacon ship, both the ''Axalon'' and the ''Darksyde'' entered a [[transwarp]] portal to an undisclosed time and place. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

====''Beast Wars''====
'''Voice Actor:''' [[Doug Parker]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese), [[Marcos Henrique Melo Hailer]] (Portuguese)

One of the original members of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron's]] crew that stole the [[Golden Disk]], Terrorsaur usually teamed up with [[Waspinator]] to act as the Predacons' air power. Throughout the Beast Wars Terrorsaur turned on Megatron at the drop of a hat, and was willing to team up with anyone who suggested doing so. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Rattrap]], and an evil [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] each took a turn "teaming up" with Terrorsaur in his efforts.{{storylink|Equal Measures}} {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}} {{storylink|Dark Designs}} In "[[Double Jeopardy]]" Megatron exposed Terrorsaur's incompetence to the rest of the Predacons, which made any remote possibility of them ever wanting to work for him even more remote.

His shining moment came when Terrorsaur discovered a floating mountain with an unstable cache of [[energon]] that super charged his frame and allowed him to easily depose Megatron. However, the power boost was brief in duration, and the Maximals were able to destroy the floating mountain before Terrorsaur could implement any of his grand designs. Even worse, none of the Predacons followed his lead and they brought Megatron back online while he was fighting the Maximals.{{storylink|Power Surge}}

Eventually, after being beaten back into line after each attempted takeover, Terrorsaur seemed to resign himself to his station... or, at least, decided to bide his time.

Terrorsaur's Beast Wars adventures came to an end when he was knocked into a lava pool by the [[quantum surge]] that resulted from the [[Planet Buster]]'s destruction.

===Beast Wars Metals Manga===

===Beast Wars Playstation Game===
Terrorsaur flew rescue missions, using his flight capabilities to rescue captured Predacons from the Maximals' prison ships.

===3H Universe Comics===
Terrorsaur (or an alternate-universe incarnation of him) was one of the many Cybertronians kidnapped from his timestream by agents of [[Unicron]] and held in the [[Cauldron]]. Terrorsaur escaped and (presumably) returned to his timestream thanks to the efforts of [[Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]].

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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Terrorsaur''' (Basic)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-5'''

: Part of the first wave of ''Beast Wars'' toys, Terrorsaur transforms from an organic pteranadon to robot mode with a spring-loaded one-step transformation. In Japan, there are two different versions of this toy: one nearly identical to the [[Hasbro]] version, another with a more show-like coloration, lacking the green spots and purple paint, adding yellow to its beak and lightening the black plastic to gray.

: This mold was later used for [[Fractyl]], [[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]], [[Lazorbeak]] and [[Dinobots (toyline)|Dinobots]] [[Terranotron (Dinobots)|Terranotron]].

*'''Terrorsaur''' (Deluxe Transmetal)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-43'''

: Transmetal Terrorsaur transforms into a robotic pteranodon. It has a third "vehicle" mode; reconfiguring its wings and revealing VTOL fans, plus its tail section splits open to reveal twin thruster engines. In robot mode, its wing-tips detach to form blade weapons.

: This mold was later [[redeco]]ed and slightly [[retool]]ed to make [[Beast Machines]] [[Terranotron (BM)|Terranotron]], and then redecoed and retooled ''differently'' to make [[Armada]] Terrorsaur. The mold was also the base model for the non-toy characters of ''Wreckers'' [[Fractyl]] and ''Armada'' [[Ravenus]].

===Merchandise===
* A [[Kabaya]] "[[candy toy]]" version of Terrorsaur was made available in Japan. Since he was [[gang molding|gang molded]] with the other three toys in the assortment, this unpainted plastic kit was mainly peach and yellow.

* An adorable "super-deformed" magnet of Terrorsaur was made as part of a set of show-cast ''Beast Wars'' magnets in Japan.

==Trivia==
* Terrorsaur apparently knows how to disarm a bomb (if he has enough time), since in "[[Equal Measures]]" Megatron orders him to disarm the Maximal bomb that was sent into the Predacon base.
* As Terrorsaur was dying in lava, his hand was briefly seen glowing, indicating that Terrorsaur was going through [[transmetal|transmetalization]]. This was probably included as a "Trap Door" so the writers could resurrect Terrorsaur or Scorponok if they needed them later.

* Terrorsaur's CGI model in "Theft of the Golden Disc" is based on [[Skyblast]] with a new head design. However, his CGI model is slightly different from his appearance in "Dawn of Future's Past".

*Terrorsaur is the first known contributor to the plight of the Bald Eagle, by eating one.
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Terrorsaur/terrorsaur.htm Terrorsaur at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Predacon leaders]]
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Lugnut (Animated)

2008-03-18T22:16:22Z

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{{disambig2|the Animated-series Decepticon military plane|The Cybertron-series Decepticon motorcycle|Lugnutz}}

:''Lugnut is an [[Decepticon]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:LugnutPromoModel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The secret love child of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]].
]]

If wise [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] were to command '''Lugnut''' to jump, the mighty Decepticon would be in the upper atmosphere long before his master could specify precisely how high. In Lugnut's optic, bold, heroic Megatron embodies the Decepticon cause, and his devotion is total. It's easy to misinterpret Lugnut’s blind zeal for a lack of overall processing power, but this is not the case.
Renowned throughout Cybertron as one of the most destructive fighters for the Decepticon cause, Lugnut has no time or patience for contemplation or strategy when he could just as easily level an entire Autobot battalion with a single explosive punch. He knows that his unparalleled strength, endurance, and seemingly limitless missile payload is enough to serve glorious, mighty, fresh scented MEGATRON!
Autobots that know him, know the only way to survive a fight with him is to stay clear of his path.

{{quote|I believe only two things: The Decepticons will rule Cybertron, and Megatron will rule the Decepticons!|Lugnut, Megatron loyalist|"[[Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Transformers Animated cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[David Kaye]] (English)

[[Image:Megatron prayer.jpg|left|150px|thumb|In glorious Megatron's name we pray,
AMEN!!!]]
Lugnut was on board the [[Nemesis (Animated)|''Nemesis'']] with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] when Starscream insulted Megatron (out of the latter's presence, of course). Lugnut leapt in and roared about how Megatron would lead the Decepticons to a new age. Blackarachnia mocked him, asking if the speech was memorized or just hardwired into his one-track processor. Blitzwing indirectly defended Lugnut by insulting Blackarachnia, but soon burst into song, prompting all the Decepticons to argue until the entry of Megatron silenced them. Later, when it became clear the ''Nemesis'' was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Lugnut showed uncharacteristic intelligence by fleeing in an escape pod. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

[[Image:Lugnutfist.JPG|right|150px|thumb|LUGNUT SMASH!]]
After arriving on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Lugnut and Blitzwing discovered the ''Nemesis'', near where Blitzwing mentioned that [[Lockdown]] had last reported. Heading to Earth, He interrogated a Crane with little success, Lugnut and Blitzwing had a battle with the Autobots. Lugnut managed to knock out the Autobots with his super-powerful punch (which Blitzwing says he told him "a thousand times" to warn him before using), which convinced Megatron that Lugnut could be trusted. He contacted Lugnut only, instructing him to find the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]], which would be able to restore Megatron. Blitzwing thought that Lugnut had finally overheated his motherboard.

Heading for Lake Erie, the two Decepticons tracked down the ''[[Ark (Animated)|Ark]]''. Once they'd followed the Autobots below its surface, Lugnut showed remarkable intelligence by being reluctant to enter the underwater smokescreen [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] had created, although he still entered to follow Blitzwing. Obscured by kicked-up dust, his targeting systems still found a body in the haze. Pleased that his targeting sensors had not failed him, he fired{{m-}}on Blitzwing. The Autobots seemed to have the upper hand when Lugnut again displayed unexpected smarts by transforming and using his jet thrusters to blow away the obscuring dirt. Unfortunately for him and Blitzwing, just as they were going destroy the Autobots, [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Sari Sumdac]] brought the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapon systems online. The two Decepticons were blasted to the shores of Lake Erie in several pieces, severing Megatron's radio link with Lugnut and thus leaving the poor lunk to believe that his master had forsaken him. The next morning, Starscream appeared and promised to repair them—if they swore loyalty to him. All things considered, Lugnut is ''still'' drifting through the lake in several pieces. {{storylink|Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found}}

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==Toys==
===Transformers Animated===
*'''Lugnut''' (Voyager, 2008)

: Luggy transforms into a big ol' retro-futuristic bomber plane. He also suffers from [[Bulkhead_%28Animated%29#Animated|Bulkhead]] syndrome, as his robot mode is tiny compared to most Voyagers. A good portion of his vehicle mode transforms into a bigass mace, almost as big as Lugnut himself. He features three automorph gimmicks in his head, mace, and hands.

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Transmutate (episode)

2008-03-14T23:53:08Z

155.33.129.146: /* Transformers References */

{{disambig2|the Beast Wars cartoon episode|the spotlight character of this episode|Transmutate}}

[[Image:Transmutate title.jpg|thumb|350px|]]

'''A strange creature emerges from a damaged stasis pod, and both Rampage and Silverbolt find a strange type of kinship with it.'''

{{episodenav |BW |season=2 |10 |prev=Code of Hero |next=The Agenda (Part 1)}}

==Summary==
Extended summary

==Quotes==
"Are we all Predacons now?! Do we destroy that what does not fit our view of perfection?!"
:{{m-}}'''Silverbolt''', who is very pissed off of what the Maximals want to do with Transmutate.

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Christy Marx]]<br>
'''Original air date:''' March 10, 1998 (Cartoon Network Preview); May 2, 1998 (Regular Syndication)

'''Major characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters<br>
'''Minor characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

==Notes==
* When new, this episode was at the center of an April Fool's joke gone horribly, horribly wrong. A copy of the script was altered by persons unknown at Mainframe to include some rather lurid scenes, such as [[Rattrap]] mounting Transmutate. Regardless of whomever the victim of the joke was intended to be, the altered script found its way onto [[alt.toys.transformers]], to the horrified chagrin of the fandom <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/a0692716a917082/2e1b7bbc8c17d4bb?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#2e1b7bbc8c17d4bb It's like a wreck on the freeway.]</ref> <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/d437ac801e991775?hl=en&&q=transmutate+script You don't want to look, but you know you will.]</ref>.

* As if that weren't bad enough, the script was leaked ''before'' the episode actually aired in the US, leaving the fandom debating whether the entire story, and the naughty bits in particular, were actually legitimate.

===Technical/Animation glitches===
* When Transmutate unleashes a burst of energy upon exiting its pod, knocking Silverbolt and Rampage for a loop, Rampage is missing his robot mode "[[kibble]]".

* When Silverbolt declares to Rampage "This one is not for you!", he's missing his wing assembly.

===Continuity errors===
*Error

===Transformers References===
*[[Rattrap]] claims that [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] is his great-aunt.
*Also, [[Susan Blu]], Arcee's voice actor, provided the voice of Transmutate.

===Real-world references===
*Reference

===External Links===
<references/>

==External links==
*Link

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Transmutate (episode)

2008-03-14T23:50:14Z

155.33.129.146: /* Quotes */

{{disambig2|the Beast Wars cartoon episode|the spotlight character of this episode|Transmutate}}

[[Image:Transmutate title.jpg|thumb|350px|]]

'''A strange creature emerges from a damaged stasis pod, and both Rampage and Silverbolt find a strange type of kinship with it.'''

{{episodenav |BW |season=2 |10 |prev=Code of Hero |next=The Agenda (Part 1)}}

==Summary==
Extended summary

==Quotes==
"Are we all Predacons now?! Do we destroy that what does not fit our view of perfection?!"
:{{m-}}'''Silverbolt''', who is very pissed off of what the Maximals want to do with Transmutate.

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Christy Marx]]<br>
'''Original air date:''' March 10, 1998 (Cartoon Network Preview); May 2, 1998 (Regular Syndication)

'''Major characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters<br>
'''Minor characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

==Notes==
* When new, this episode was at the center of an April Fool's joke gone horribly, horribly wrong. A copy of the script was altered by persons unknown at Mainframe to include some rather lurid scenes, such as [[Rattrap]] mounting Transmutate. Regardless of whomever the victim of the joke was intended to be, the altered script found its way onto [[alt.toys.transformers]], to the horrified chagrin of the fandom <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/a0692716a917082/2e1b7bbc8c17d4bb?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#2e1b7bbc8c17d4bb It's like a wreck on the freeway.]</ref> <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/d437ac801e991775?hl=en&&q=transmutate+script You don't want to look, but you know you will.]</ref>.

* As if that weren't bad enough, the script was leaked ''before'' the episode actually aired in the US, leaving the fandom debating whether the entire story, and the naughty bits in particular, were actually legitimate.

===Technical/Animation glitches===
* When Transmutate unleashes a burst of energy upon exiting its pod, knocking Silverbolt and Rampage for a loop, Rampage is missing his robot mode "[[kibble]]".

* When Silverbolt declares to Rampage "This one is not for you!", he's missing his wing assembly.

===Continuity errors===
*Error

===Transformers References===
*[[Rattrap]] claims that [[Arcee]] is his great-aunt.
*Also, [[Susan Blu]], Arcee's voice actor, provided the voice of Transmutate.

===Real-world references===
*Reference

===External Links===
<references/>

==External links==
*Link

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File:Windcharger wheeljack otp.jpg

2008-03-14T00:30:05Z

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[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] and Wheeljack both got killed in the battle for autobot city in [[The Transformers: The Movie]].
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File:Windcharger wheeljack otp.jpg

2008-03-14T00:29:24Z

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[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] and Wheeljack both got killed in the battle for autobot city in [[Transformers: The Movie (1986)|The Transformers: The Movie]].
{{hastak}}
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Devastator (G1)

2008-03-11T20:02:36Z

155.33.129.146:

{{disambig3|Devastator}}

:''Devastator is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DevastatorManga1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He devastates things. Devastates them right in the mouth.]]

'''Devastator''' is an immensely powerful warrior, and in that sense the combination of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s into a merged being is a huge success. Mentally, on the other hand, he's very much less than the sum of his parts. Devastator's primitive psyche is limited to only the thoughts and actions on which all his components can agree, which results in raging bouts of destructive fury. Given the sheer power Devastator brings to these rages, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] has no complaints.

Nominally he is composed of the six robots...
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper (Leader)]]
*[[Hook]]
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
*[[Mixmaster]]
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]

However, in at least one reality, he goes from being a six-robot combiner to a five-bot one, Hook and Mixmaster being replaced by [[Hightower (Classics)|Hightower]].

{{quote|Nothing defeats the Devastator, nothing!|Devastator|"[[Heavy Metal War]]"}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Devastar'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Dévastateur'''
:''Hungarian Marvel name:'' '''Pusztító'''
:''Hungarian movie name (second dub):'' '''Mega-robot''', '''Pusztító'''
:''German original TV dub name:'' '''Devastator'''
:''German second TV dub and G2 name'': '''Vernichter''', occasionally '''Devastator'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Arthur Burghardt]] (US), [[Seizō Katō]] (Japan)

The Constructicons did not initially have the power to merge into Devastator. That ability was given to them by Megatron after he warped their minds into servitude with the [[Robo-Smasher]].

Millions of years later, in 1984, Megatron had the Constructicons built on Earth to steal high-tech electronic components for his [[Power chip rectifier]] furnace, as well as tunneling under the [[Ark]] to destroy [[Teletraan I]]. Teletraan I, sensing the imminent danger, activated the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The Dinobots responded and started pounding on the Constructicons, opening up a lava channel in the process. The battle not going in their favor, the Constructicons pulled out one last trick and combined into the super warrior, Devastator. And then all hell broke loose.

The returning Autobots saw the battle between one giant psycho and five ticked off dinosaurs, but were unable to help (due to losing a tournament which prevented them from interfering with the Decepticons). Inside the Ark, Teletraan-I was able to show that Megatron had cheated and the Autobots rushed outside to help the Dinobots. Distracted by one of [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]’s holograms, Devastator was shot by Optimus Prime and fell apart into the lava. {{Storylink|Heavy Metal War}}.

Devastator was continuously called upon during battle for many years to come. Some of his adventures include scaling the Empire State Building like King Kong {{storylink|City of Steel}}, helping [[Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] build their solar tower {{storylink|The Master Builders}}, being brainwashed by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s [[dominator disc]]s into serving the Autobots {{storylink|The Core}} and going up against the Dinobots on several occasions, most notably the [[Battle of Autobot City|battle]] at [[Autobot City]] (he took out Grimlock and Sludge, Slag knocked him through a wall, but before Swoop could get in, some rubble dropped on him, so essentially, they all beat themselves up). When the Decepticons later argued amongst themselves who would lead them after Megatron's "death", Scrapper stated that since the Constructicons could transform into the powerful Devastator, they should rule. They proceeded to try to form Devastator, but were shaken apart mid-transformation by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]].

====''The Transformer'' manga====

===''Zone'' OVA and manga===
'''Voice Actor:''' [[Hirohiko Kakegawa]] (Japan)

[[Image:DevastatorZone1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|PHALLIC!]]

Devastator was selected by Violen Jygar as one of his 9 Decepticon Demon-Generals. Given the rank of Technology General and gifted with a new bitchin' drill-weapon (not unlike the ones his toy had) and armor, Violen Jygar sent Devastator to the [[Earth]] to steal the [[Zodiac]] before the Autobots could get it. After destroying the World Trade Center (Not cool, man, not cool!), Devastator drilled deep within the planet, reaching the Zodiac's chamber, and went toe-to-toe with [[Dai Atlas]]. He managed to get the Zodiac first and pass it off to [[King Poseidon]]. Devastator had the upper hand in battle until Dai Atlas opened a vein of hot lava upon the Decepticon. Devastator was washed-away in the molten magma, apparently killed by it. (Although he did survive a lava dip years earlier in [[Heavy Metal War]], so who knows?) {{storylink|Enter the new Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
The Constructicons were the first (and, as it turned out, the last) new Decepticons created by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] on Earth, using the residual power of the [[Creation Matrix]] that was within his captive [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Their first mission was to construct a massive communications dish, allowing [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to broadcast a message to long-lost Cybertron. When the dish came under attack by a squad of Autobots, the Constructions merged to form Devastator, much to the surprise of the attacking Autobots.

Devastator was powerful and tough, but slow and confused as well. Soundwave was connected to the scrambler dish and unable to defend himself; when Huffer threatened to destroy the dish, it took Devastator quite some time to figure out which Autobot Soundwave wanted him to attack ("Destroy Autobot.... which Autobot.... not these Autobots...")

When [[Bomber Bill]] cut Soundwave's connections to the dish, causing feedback which destroyed it, he ordered the Constructions to disassemble and retreat, noting that their performance as a single unit had been "notably deficient." {{Storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}}

Devastator reappeared when Optimus Prime led an Autobot offensive on the heavily fortified Decepticon coal mining base. The defenses held the Autobots to a standstill, and Shockwave ordered the Constructicons to merge to tip the balance in their favor. But the attack was a nothing but a ruse to draw out Devastator. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] was monitoring the Constructicons' transformation pattern, and as soon as he successfully recorded it, Optimus Prime ordered a retreat. The information eventually allowed the Autobots to create their own team of [[combiner]]s, the [[Aerialbot]]s. {{Storylink|Command Performances!}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Devastator was the first combiner, the end result of the Constructicon's research into [[mass intellect]]. However, he suffered a huge drawback in that he would only do what his components agreed on, which was usually smash stuff. None the less, Megatron was pleased with Devastator's power, and authorized the [[Stunticon]]s and [[Combaticon]]s to undergo a similar process. When Megatron and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] disappeared, the Decepticons and Autobots fractured, and signed the [[Crisis Intervention Accords]], ruling the [[Special Teams]] non-alinged. However, [[Ratbat]] managed to convince the Constructicons to side with the [[Ultracon]]s. The Combaticons formed Devastator when Ratbat tried to take the [[Tagan Heights]]. He battled [[Defensor]], but was eventually defeated when the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s forced the Constructicons to separate. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

After Megatron freed the other Decepticons from [[Adam Rook]]'s control, he sent Devastator down the west coast of North America. Along the way, Devastator destroyed a US Navy submarine, before arriving at his destination, San Francisco.

Devastator helped destroy the city until he was initially stopped by [[Superion]], and finally put into stasis lock when Optimus Prime shot him point-blank in the head. His fate was left unconfirmed, but he was last seen falling to the bottom of the sea, so it is likely that he was put into terminal stasis. {{storylink|Prime Directive}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Devastator''' (Giftset, 1985)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-37'''
[[Image:G1devastator_toy.jpg|right|thumb|125px|Devastator was here first, Scramble-boys!]]

: Normally, Devastator could only be assembled by buying all six individual Constructicons with the additional large-scale weapons components that were assigned to them. However, six-robot gift sets were made available in many markets, including the US, Japan, and several European countries.

: Devastor's forearms are also spring-loaded missile launchers, able to fire his fists as well as his drill attachments. He also comes armed with a large purple laser rifle.

: Unlike the later [[Scramble City]]-style combiners, Devastator's limbs cannot be rearranged into any other configurations.

*'''Devastator with Scorpulator''' (Action Master, 1990)

[[Image:ActionMaster_Devastor.gif|left|thumb|150px|Scorpulator, alligator.]]

: A non-transforming action figure compatible with any other [[Action Master]] vehicle or accessory, Devastator's sculpt is a combination of the original animation model and several more toy-based elements. He came with his small animal partner [[Scorpulator]].

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===Generation 2===
*'''Devastator''' (1993)
[[Image:G2Devastator_toy.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Yellow, but not mellow.]]

: During ''[[Generation 2]]'', the Constructicons were only available as individuals, never as a giftset. The team was released in two different colors, initially in yellow, then later in bright orange. All individual members are tampographed with the G2 Decepticon symbol and the words 'Decepticon'.

:Other than colour scheme and the lack of [[rubsign]]s, G2 Devastator is functionally identical to the original release.

===Classics===
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Multi-pack, 2007)
[[Image:Devastatorclassics.jpg|left|thumb|100px|And then there were five.]]

: For ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'', Devastator is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' combiner [[Constructicon Maximus]]. He was available only in a full five-pack, [[exclusive]] to Wal-Mart stores.

: Since the new classics combiner contains only five robots, rather than the original's six, the Constructicon team here contains only [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], [[Hightower (Classics)|Hightower]] (who may or may not be related to [[Hook]] and/or [[Mixmaster]] as his bio seems to combine attributes of both), [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] and [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]. Also, because of the combination method used, he can use any of the ''Energon''-series limb-robots. Hightower and Long Haul are identical except for color (being made using the same [[mold]]), as are Bonecrusher and Scrapper.

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==Merchandise==
*'''Devastator''' (Bust, 2003)
[[Image:Devastatorbust.jpg|right|thumb|DEVASTATOR BEND METAL BAR FOR FOOD.]]

:This bust of Devastor was released by Hard Hero, and was based on his G1 cartoon appearance.

*'''Devastator''' (KT Figure Collection, 2004)
This is a diorama figure inspired by one scene from the "[[Battle of Autobot City]]" in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. The diorama contains not only Devastator, but also features [[Hot Rod]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]].

*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Heroes of Cybertron, 2004)
This PVC figure was based on the cartoon rendition of Devastator.

*'''Devastator''' (Statue, 2006)
[[Image:Palisades_Devastator.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Brother, won't you spare a dime?]]

:This statue of Devastator was released by Palisades.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:PreDevastator.jpg|right|thumb|150px|This is why "revisions" exist.]]

* Devastator's (or rather, his ''[[Diaclone]]'' counterpart's) concept design was decidedly less imposing than the final. Interestingly, it is only composed of five components, the core being a long-nosed truck cab.

*The name "Devastator" was used by Marvel Comics long before the Transformers series came about. In issue 186 of the second ''Incredible Hulk'' title (released in April 1975), a Russian supervillain named Kirov Petrovna, aka The Devastator, made his debut.<ref>[http://www.comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=10585 Marvel's original "Devastator" at the Comic Book Database]</ref>

* Though a yellow version of the Constructicons were released in the European market at the tail end of Generation 1, they did not come with any of the parts to form Devastator. In fact, [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] and [[Hook]] had the connector parts on their actual toys removed.

* It has been rumored that the orange ''Generation 2'' Constructions were a Kay-Bee Toys exclusive, but this is unconfirmed.

* In later years, toys sporting the name "Devastator" required an additional "Constructicon" prefix for [[trademark]] reasons, hence making the official name "'''Constructicon Devastator'''".

* The head design for Devastator's cartoon model was completely different than that of the original toy.
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==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Devastator/devastator.htm Devastator at TFU.info]

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