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The Catalyst

2008-06-04T01:19:22Z

162.83.236.54: /* Quotes */

[[Image:Catalyst_titlescreen.jpg|thumb|300px|Looks like [[Rumble|Rumble]] had a bit of a run in with [[Lockdown|Lockdown]].]]

{{episodenav |BM |season=1 |12 |prev= The Key |next=End of the Line}}

'''Rattrap uses a catalyst program to accelerate the growth of the plants at the Maximal stronghold, and Blackarachnia learns the truth about Thrust.'''

==Summary==
Extended summary

Everyone is relaxing... well, [[Optimus Primal]] is worrying, [[Blackarachnia (BW)]] is reclining, [[Rattrap]] is fiddling with a bit of computer stuff, and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] is... okay, sleeping. Suddenly plants spring up around everywhere, and Nightscream wakes up with an alarmed squeak. [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] bursts in, and attacks Nightscream. Ouch. Blackarachnia webs him, and hears a groan of "why wa-I mean thrust always get hurt?" he crawls away, and it dawns on Blackarachnia who he really is.

==Quotes==
"Your glorious army will shine less brightly without his guiding...can I have his tank drones?"
:—'''Jetstorm''', that greedy son of a...

"Nooooooo. Doggie-bot not here."
:—'''Waspinator's''' first words when reactivated in Thrust's body.

"Blackarachnia. Oh, dark poison of my heart!"
:—'''Silverbolt's''' first words when reactivated in Jetstorm's body.

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Bob Skir]] & [[Marty Isenberg]]<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' December 11, 1999

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

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity Errors===
* Silverbolt and Waspinator seem unaware that they are in Vehicon bodies with drones at their command. This is odd, considering that Rhinox was fully aware (or so he claims) within the body of Tankor, and even more so when Silverbolt feels guilt when he finally returns to the Maximal fold (although these can both be chalked up to the Maximals tampering with their respective programming). Even a few seconds ''before'' Waspinator acts oblivious to his command over the drones, he confesses "Chicks dig the cool biker-bot!", ''acknowledging'' his role as Thrust. ''Huh?''

===Transformers References===

* [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Waspinator]]'s Beast Wars personalities emerge in this episode, albeit for a few minutes.

===Real-World References===
*Reference

===Trivia===

* It seems unusual that Megatron would threaten the [[Diagnostic Drone]] with a [[spark extractor]], seeing as how it doesn't ''have'' any to begin with.

==External Links==
*Link
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes|Catalyst]]<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>

The Catalyst

2008-06-04T01:05:14Z

162.83.236.54: /* Quotes */

[[Image:Catalyst_titlescreen.jpg|thumb|300px|Looks like [[Rumble|Rumble]] had a bit of a run in with [[Lockdown|Lockdown]].]]

{{episodenav |BM |season=1 |12 |prev= The Key |next=End of the Line}}

'''Rattrap uses a catalyst program to accelerate the growth of the plants at the Maximal stronghold, and Blackarachnia learns the truth about Thrust.'''

==Summary==
Extended summary

Everyone is relaxing... well, [[Optimus Primal]] is worrying, [[Blackarachnia (BW)]] is reclining, [[Rattrap]] is fiddling with a bit of computer stuff, and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] is... okay, sleeping. Suddenly plants spring up around everywhere, and Nightscream wakes up with an alarmed squeak. [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] bursts in, and attacks Nightscream. Ouch. Blackarachnia webs him, and hears a groan of "why wa-I mean thrust always get hurt?" he crawls away, and it dawns on Blackarachnia who he really is.

==Quotes==
"Your glorious army will shine less brightly without his guiding...can I have his tank drones?"
:—'''Jetstorm''', that greedy son of a...

"Oooooooohhhh. Doggie-bot not here."
:—'''Waspinator's''' first words when reactivated in Thrust's body.

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Bob Skir]] & [[Marty Isenberg]]<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' December 11, 1999

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

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity Errors===
* Silverbolt and Waspinator seem unaware that they are in Vehicon bodies with drones at their command. This is odd, considering that Rhinox was fully aware (or so he claims) within the body of Tankor, and even more so when Silverbolt feels guilt when he finally returns to the Maximal fold (although these can both be chalked up to the Maximals tampering with their respective programming). Even a few seconds ''before'' Waspinator acts oblivious to his command over the drones, he confesses "Chicks dig the cool biker-bot!", ''acknowledging'' his role as Thrust. ''Huh?''

===Transformers References===

* [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Waspinator]]'s Beast Wars personalities emerge in this episode, albeit for a few minutes.

===Real-World References===
*Reference

===Trivia===

* It seems unusual that Megatron would threaten the [[Diagnostic Drone]] with a [[spark extractor]], seeing as how it doesn't ''have'' any to begin with.

==External Links==
*Link
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes|Catalyst]]<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>

The Catalyst

2008-06-04T01:04:50Z

162.83.236.54: /* Quotes */

[[Image:Catalyst_titlescreen.jpg|thumb|300px|Looks like [[Rumble|Rumble]] had a bit of a run in with [[Lockdown|Lockdown]].]]

{{episodenav |BM |season=1 |12 |prev= The Key |next=End of the Line}}

'''Rattrap uses a catalyst program to accelerate the growth of the plants at the Maximal stronghold, and Blackarachnia learns the truth about Thrust.'''

==Summary==
Extended summary

Everyone is relaxing... well, [[Optimus Primal]] is worrying, [[Blackarachnia (BW)]] is reclining, [[Rattrap]] is fiddling with a bit of computer stuff, and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] is... okay, sleeping. Suddenly plants spring up around everywhere, and Nightscream wakes up with an alarmed squeak. [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] bursts in, and attacks Nightscream. Ouch. Blackarachnia webs him, and hears a groan of "why wa-I mean thrust always get hurt?" he crawls away, and it dawns on Blackarachnia who he really is.

==Quotes==
"Your glorious army will shine less brightly without his guiding...cna I have his tank drones?"
:—'''Jetstorm''', that greedy son of a...

"Oooooooohhhh. Doggie-bot not here."
:—'''Waspinator's''' first words when reactivated in Thrust's body.

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Bob Skir]] & [[Marty Isenberg]]<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' December 11, 1999

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

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity Errors===
* Silverbolt and Waspinator seem unaware that they are in Vehicon bodies with drones at their command. This is odd, considering that Rhinox was fully aware (or so he claims) within the body of Tankor, and even more so when Silverbolt feels guilt when he finally returns to the Maximal fold (although these can both be chalked up to the Maximals tampering with their respective programming). Even a few seconds ''before'' Waspinator acts oblivious to his command over the drones, he confesses "Chicks dig the cool biker-bot!", ''acknowledging'' his role as Thrust. ''Huh?''

===Transformers References===

* [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Waspinator]]'s Beast Wars personalities emerge in this episode, albeit for a few minutes.

===Real-World References===
*Reference

===Trivia===

* It seems unusual that Megatron would threaten the [[Diagnostic Drone]] with a [[spark extractor]], seeing as how it doesn't ''have'' any to begin with.

==External Links==
*Link
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes|Catalyst]]<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>

Revelations Part II: Descent

2008-06-03T21:52:48Z

162.83.236.54: /* Quotes */

[[Image:Revelations2_titlescreen.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

{{episodenav |BM |season=1 |08 |prev= Revelations Part I: Discovery |next=Revelations Part III: Apocalypse}}

'''Cheetor and Rattrap make a surprising discovery about their missing memories and the identity of Tankor.'''

==Summary==

A gazelle-like beast watches [[Optimus Primal]] swing from tree to tree in a mysterious forest, following a trail of floating [[Spark]]s towards their nexus, the [[Allspark]]. Suddenly, the Allspark vanishes, and Primal is suddenly restrained by vines. As he watches, the placid forest disappears, the trees and grass replaced by buildings and steel. Before him, the face of Megatron laughs triumphantly as the organic vines become technological.

Optimus awakes, shaken. The dream is revealed to be an [[Vector Sigma|Oracle]]-induced vision. [[Cheetor]] explains that he was worried about his leader, as Primal was yelling and fearful. Primal rebukes him, saying that they should leave him alone no matter how worried they are. With Primal back in the Oracle, Cheetor takes over. Explaining to the Maximals that the Sparks of the [[Vehicon]] generals are subverted Maximal sparks, he tells them that they must extract the sparks somehow and [[reformatting|reformat]] them into other technorganic Maximals to help them accomplish their goal (whatever that may be).

Cheetor suggests going after [[Tankor]] first, as he is slower then the others (in both speed and mentality). [[Blackarachnia]] suggests going after Thrust (for [[Silverbolt (BW)|obvious reasons]]). However, she is the minority, so Tankor wins out. Cheetor splits them into two groups: [[Nightscream]] and [[Blackarachnia]] will distract [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] and [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]], while he and [[Rattrap]] will (hopefully) extract Tankor's spark and place it in a new body.

The three Generals are entrenched at a spaceport, supervising work. Tankor is coordinating the loading of a spacecraft, Jetstorm supervises the defense from the sky, and Thrust...is doing something important too. Probably.

Nightscream distracts the two latter Generals by destroying a building, prompting Jetstorm to give chase to the bat. Nightscream manages to escape and drains the [[energon]] from Jetstorm's body, weakening the Vehicon. Blackarachnia tries to talk to Thrust about his past identity, and he begins to experience flashbacks of prehistoric [[Earth]], seeing "Optimal" Optimus, Rhinox, Cheetor, and Blackarachnia (all in their final incarnations) looking at him.

At the docks, Rattrap distracts Tankor by throwing a bomb at him, irritating him enough to give chase. Cheetor [[transform]]s to robot mode and leaps from Drone to Drone as Tankor fires at him. Rattrap interfaces with a crane and knocks Tankor away into some crates. Rattrap then attempts to interface with his mind. After some effort he finally manages to access Tankor's past memories and break his own amnesia.

Rattrap discovers that Megatron broke free of the Shuttle in transwarp space, where he was sucked away, and remarks that "that was the last of him." Eventually, the team returned to Cybertron and was immediately shot down by orbiting satellites.

Rattrap takes a breather from watching these records and wonders why they all seem to be from his point of view. He then plugs back into Tankor's brain. He sees Cheetor (in his [[Transmetal|Transmetal 2]] form) and Primal (in "Optimal" configuration) escaping from tank drones. But the drones fire canisters that explode and release a [[Transformation virus|green gas]] that envelops the Maximals.

Rattrap watches the Transmetals revert to their pre-Transmetal beast modes, while Silverbolt remains in the same form but lies on the ground helplessly. Stranger, though, is that Rattrap sees ''himself'' reverting as well. He wonders why this is, if these are his own memories. But then he sees his reflection in an approaching tank drone, and the mirrored face is [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s. Which means that Tankor is Rhinox!

As Thrust and Blackarachnia talk, Jetstorm (now strengthened) arrives, buries Nightstorm under fallen rubble, and accuses Thrust of fraternizing with the "enemy". Thrust denies this, and Jetstorm puts pressure on him to remove Blackarachnia's spark. Grudgingly, Thrust shoots her and uses the device to steal it. Jetstorm prepares to take the spark to Megatron.

==Quotes==
"Nice try! Someone need his targeting system recalibrated? Ha ha!"
:—'''Cheetor''', still a kid at heart, even as a leader.

"And it's a hard fly to left field. He's going, going...GONE!
:—'''Cheetor''', again proving that he's a kid at heart.

"These blasts! Gah! They're ''devolving'' us!"
:—'''Cheetor''', mastering the obvious.

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Marv Wolfman]]<br>
'''Original air date:''' November 6, 1999

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

==Notes==
* Technically, this would be the first appearance of Rhinox since his disappearance in Beast Machines, albeit from Tankor's unlocked memories.

===Technical/Animation glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity errors===
*We never discover what the [[Tank Drone (BM)|tank drones]] are loading onto the spacecraft or why. Sure seems to be important, though.
*Although the Maximals' [[Transmetal]] modes seem to be powerful enough to injure and occasionally kill other sentient Cybertronians, and their vehicle forms seem to be extremely fast, there seems to be no evidence of the Maximals putting up a fight against the Vehicons, nor evidence of them using vehicle modes to escape.
*Not so much an error, but certainly an ''ambiguity,'' is that the nature of the green gas and its relationship to the [[Transformation virus|virus]] are unclear at best. Those who were "devolved" (probably better put as "de-Transmetallized") were also spared the immediate paralytic effect of the virus. But Silverbolt was one of the fully-paralyzed victims, despite the fact that he ''did'' have Transmetal qualities (as evidenced by his immunity to the [[Metal Hunter]]'s weapon). Perhaps he simply wasn't Transmetal ''enough'' to resist the virus. Ultimately, there are no clear answers.
*Blackarachnia isn't seen escaping the Vehicons, though she is briefly seen aboard the shuttle. It is likely that she immediately fled underground after the Maximals run away (as indicated by [[The Reformatting|the first episode]]), but not before being hit by the virus.

===Transformers references===
*References

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

==External links==
*Link
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]<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>

Revelations Part II: Descent

2008-06-03T21:49:26Z

162.83.236.54: /* Quotes */

[[Image:Revelations2_titlescreen.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

{{episodenav |BM |season=1 |08 |prev= Revelations Part I: Discovery |next=Revelations Part III: Apocalypse}}

'''Cheetor and Rattrap make a surprising discovery about their missing memories and the identity of Tankor.'''

==Summary==

A gazelle-like beast watches [[Optimus Primal]] swing from tree to tree in a mysterious forest, following a trail of floating [[Spark]]s towards their nexus, the [[Allspark]]. Suddenly, the Allspark vanishes, and Primal is suddenly restrained by vines. As he watches, the placid forest disappears, the trees and grass replaced by buildings and steel. Before him, the face of Megatron laughs triumphantly as the organic vines become technological.

Optimus awakes, shaken. The dream is revealed to be an [[Vector Sigma|Oracle]]-induced vision. [[Cheetor]] explains that he was worried about his leader, as Primal was yelling and fearful. Primal rebukes him, saying that they should leave him alone no matter how worried they are. With Primal back in the Oracle, Cheetor takes over. Explaining to the Maximals that the Sparks of the [[Vehicon]] generals are subverted Maximal sparks, he tells them that they must extract the sparks somehow and [[reformatting|reformat]] them into other technorganic Maximals to help them accomplish their goal (whatever that may be).

Cheetor suggests going after [[Tankor]] first, as he is slower then the others (in both speed and mentality). [[Blackarachnia]] suggests going after Thrust (for [[Silverbolt (BW)|obvious reasons]]). However, she is the minority, so Tankor wins out. Cheetor splits them into two groups: [[Nightscream]] and [[Blackarachnia]] will distract [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] and [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]], while he and [[Rattrap]] will (hopefully) extract Tankor's spark and place it in a new body.

The three Generals are entrenched at a spaceport, supervising work. Tankor is coordinating the loading of a spacecraft, Jetstorm supervises the defense from the sky, and Thrust...is doing something important too. Probably.

Nightscream distracts the two latter Generals by destroying a building, prompting Jetstorm to give chase to the bat. Nightscream manages to escape and drains the [[energon]] from Jetstorm's body, weakening the Vehicon. Blackarachnia tries to talk to Thrust about his past identity, and he begins to experience flashbacks of prehistoric [[Earth]], seeing "Optimal" Optimus, Rhinox, Cheetor, and Blackarachnia (all in their final incarnations) looking at him.

At the docks, Rattrap distracts Tankor by throwing a bomb at him, irritating him enough to give chase. Cheetor [[transform]]s to robot mode and leaps from Drone to Drone as Tankor fires at him. Rattrap interfaces with a crane and knocks Tankor away into some crates. Rattrap then attempts to interface with his mind. After some effort he finally manages to access Tankor's past memories and break his own amnesia.

Rattrap discovers that Megatron broke free of the Shuttle in transwarp space, where he was sucked away, and remarks that "that was the last of him." Eventually, the team returned to Cybertron and was immediately shot down by orbiting satellites.

Rattrap takes a breather from watching these records and wonders why they all seem to be from his point of view. He then plugs back into Tankor's brain. He sees Cheetor (in his [[Transmetal|Transmetal 2]] form) and Primal (in "Optimal" configuration) escaping from tank drones. But the drones fire canisters that explode and release a [[Transformation virus|green gas]] that envelops the Maximals.

Rattrap watches the Transmetals revert to their pre-Transmetal beast modes, while Silverbolt remains in the same form but lies on the ground helplessly. Stranger, though, is that Rattrap sees ''himself'' reverting as well. He wonders why this is, if these are his own memories. But then he sees his reflection in an approaching tank drone, and the mirrored face is [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s. Which means that Tankor is Rhinox!

As Thrust and Blackarachnia talk, Jetstorm (now strengthened) arrives, buries Nightstorm under fallen rubble, and accuses Thrust of fraternizing with the "enemy". Thrust denies this, and Jetstorm puts pressure on him to remove Blackarachnia's spark. Grudgingly, Thrust shoots her and uses the device to steal it. Jetstorm prepares to take the spark to Megatron.

==Quotes==
"Nice try! Someone need his targeting system recalibrated? Ha ha!"
:—'''Cheetor''', still a kid at heart, even as a leader.

"These blasts! Gah! They're ''devolving'' us!"
:—'''Cheetor''', mastering the obvious.

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Marv Wolfman]]<br>
'''Original air date:''' November 6, 1999

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

==Notes==
* Technically, this would be the first appearance of Rhinox since his disappearance in Beast Machines, albeit from Tankor's unlocked memories.

===Technical/Animation glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity errors===
*We never discover what the [[Tank Drone (BM)|tank drones]] are loading onto the spacecraft or why. Sure seems to be important, though.
*Although the Maximals' [[Transmetal]] modes seem to be powerful enough to injure and occasionally kill other sentient Cybertronians, and their vehicle forms seem to be extremely fast, there seems to be no evidence of the Maximals putting up a fight against the Vehicons, nor evidence of them using vehicle modes to escape.
*Not so much an error, but certainly an ''ambiguity,'' is that the nature of the green gas and its relationship to the [[Transformation virus|virus]] are unclear at best. Those who were "devolved" (probably better put as "de-Transmetallized") were also spared the immediate paralytic effect of the virus. But Silverbolt was one of the fully-paralyzed victims, despite the fact that he ''did'' have Transmetal qualities (as evidenced by his immunity to the [[Metal Hunter]]'s weapon). Perhaps he simply wasn't Transmetal ''enough'' to resist the virus. Ultimately, there are no clear answers.
*Blackarachnia isn't seen escaping the Vehicons, though she is briefly seen aboard the shuttle. It is likely that she immediately fled underground after the Maximals run away (as indicated by [[The Reformatting|the first episode]]), but not before being hit by the virus.

===Transformers references===
*References

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

==External links==
*Link
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]<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>