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Gregg Berger

2010-10-08T12:33:41Z

195.194.239.130: /* Notes */

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[[Image:GreggBerger.png|right|180px|thumb|I'm seriously waiting for him to split down the middle and a tiny Grimlock to pop out.]]
'''Gregg Berger''' ([[December 10]], [[1950]] - ), sometimes credited as '''Greg Berger''', is a prolific American voice actor. Some of his animation roles include Odie from ''Garfield and Friends'', ''The Garfield Show'' and the various Garfield CG-animated films, Mysterio from ''[[Spider-Man|Spider-Man the Animated Series]]'', Agent Kay from ''Men in Black the Series'' and Cornfed from ''Duckman''. Outside of cartoons, he is known among video game enthusiasts for his work on high-profile video games such as ''Final Fantasy X'', ''Viewtiful Joe'', and ''Metal Gear Solid 3''. He also substitutes for [[Peter Cullen]] as the voice of Eeyore within the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series.

Berger also wrote the introduction for the [[Titan Books]] trade paperback, ''[[Treason]]''.

==Generation 1==
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
*[[Outback]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]]
*[[TORQ III]]

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon]] ([[BotCon 2001|2001]], [[BotCon 2009|2009]])

==Notes==
[[Image:Bergergrim.gif|right|120px|thumb|Me Voice Actor?]]
* The head of Grimlock's [[Pretender]] shell bears a passing resemblance to Mr. Berger. Though it also looks like [[wikipedia:Ed_Asner|Ed Asner]], so, ''um''.

* Gregg Berger is known for participating in fan events, such as a fan script reading at TFCon 2008 in Toronto, where he reprised his roles of Skyfire, Grimlock and Outback.

* Gregg Berger stated he prefers characters that think before they act, yet he truly loves [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]].

* Grimlock is [[wikipedia:Odie|not]] the only dummy being voiced by Gregg Berger.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0074185/ Gregg Berger at the Internet Movie Database]

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[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Convention guests]]

Headmaster (episode)

2010-09-17T10:09:15Z

195.194.239.130: /* Trivia */

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{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|series2=AniJapan
|ep=13
|ep2=13
|prev2=Survival of the Fittest
|next2=Megatron Rising - Part 1
|title="Headmaster"
|image=TFA Headmaster robot mode.JPG
|caption=Mstr. Henry Masterson, master of the Headmaster.
|airdate=[[March 15]], [[2008]]
|written by=[[Michael Ryan]]
|directed by=[[Ben Jones]] [[Shunji Ōga|Shunji Oga]]
|animation studio=[[The Answer Studio]]
}}
'''A disgruntled Sumdac employee seeks revenge and profit by taking control of one of the Autobots and sending him on a rampage. '''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Henrymastersonandhead.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Behold, my brilliant infringement on Marvel copyright!]]

On a secluded [[Sumdac Systems]] testing ground, [[Isaac Sumdac]] is interviewing an eager new employee: Henry Masterson, a web-jargon-spewing young hotshot engineer/inventor who has risen quickly through the company ranks on the recommendation of his superiors. Eager to impress his new boss and long-time idol, Masterson unveils his magnum opus: the Headmaster unit, a head-shaped piloted command unit/battle station that replaces the heads of other automatons in order to take control of their bodies. Sumdac is horrified, however, when he realises the militaristic intentions of the immature Masterson and his creation. When the warbot Masterson is using as a test subject buckles under the weight of the Headmaster unit and launches a missile towards Detroit, the Professor is understandably furious and immediately fires the belligerent geek.

[[Image:Daniel and robot.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Scarred for life.]]

Meanwhile, in the city centre, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] is in the middle of a different kind of interview: a televised streetside one-to-one with the sensationalist [[News Bot]]. Bulkhead hopes it will clear up misunderstandings about his large and intimidating appearance, but it's going rather less well than he might have hoped. Having accidentally ripped off News Bot's arm midway through his interview, Bulkhead is fortunately able to excuse himself from his press commitments when [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Prime]] radios in to tell him to intercept the missile heading for downtown. Speeding into action, he reaches the missile ahead of the other Autobots and destroys it before it can impact. His success is offset, however, by the destruction he himself causes in the process, including the totaling of the unfortunate News Bot, to the distress of [[Daniel Witwicky (Animated)|innocent onlookers]].

Back at Autobot headquarters, [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] attempt to console a downcast Bulkhead, with varying degrees of success and sincerity. Sensing that the gentle giant might benefit from a creative outlet for his sensitive, emotional side, Sari decides to introduce Bulkhead to the concept of art. After some false starts and a violation of [[Detroit]]'s graffiti laws, and despite the slight bemusement of his Autobot colleagues, Bulkhead gradually gains a tentative grasp of basic painting and sculpture skills. He remains acutely self-conscious of his own heavy-handedness, however, and continues to express embarrassment both about himself and his artwork. As such, Sari's sudden declaration that she has arranged an exhibition of Bulkhead's creations in a real art gallery goes down poorly; the sensitive ''artiste'' has a panic attack and bolts.

[[Image:Rock em'.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Rock 'em, Sock 'em Sumdac.]]

Masterson, meanwhile, has returned to his lab to brood over his rejection, using Headmaster units to convert warbots into ersatz [[:Image:Rock 'em an' sock 'em, Rhinox.jpg|Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots]] to ease his frustration. Deciding that he will instead create his own company to manufacture Headmasters, he formulates a plan to acquire the two things that will make his "wicked-sick" dream a reality: large amounts of cash and a body big enough to support a Headmaster. As he does so, he focuses in on an image of Bulkhead on the TV and hits upon his solution.

Indeed, moments later, Bulkhead is trudging alone down the darkened streets of Detroit, lamenting over his artistic difficulties, when he is suddenly incapacitated with a shock to the chestplate. He retains consciousness just long enough to see the Headmaster unit fire its metal-cutting laser and to hear a soon-to-be familiar proclamation of "TOTAL OWNAGE!!" When he awakens, he discovers, to his considerable distress, that he is nothing more than a disembodied head, with his body nowhere to be found.

[[Image:TFA Headmaster statue fire.JPG|right|200px|thumb|The hottest thing to hit the art world in years!]]

Having brought Bulkhead's head safely back to headquarters, Prime, [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] depart to assist the police investigation, leaving the bodiless Bulkhead, much to his annoyance, in the care of the not-wholly-sympathetic Bumblebee. After taking the opportunity to belittle Bulkhead for his newly diminished stature and use him as a bowling ball, Bumblebee agrees to help Bulkhead create more art pieces for his gallery show. However, 'Bee manages to set the resulting sculpture on fire, then tries to incorporate Bulkhead's head into the art itself, which convinces Bulkhead that acquiring a body of his own should be his top priority.

Meanwhile, the police investigation, at Professor Sumdac's request, follows the trail of the body to Masterson's lab, where they find residual traces of Bulkhead's Cybertronian energy, but no signs of the body's current whereabouts. All of these factors become moot, however, when Bulkhead, who has in the meantime commandeered the luckless [[Tutor Bot]]'s body to complete his painting project, begins to sense and react remotely to his stolen body's actions. Checking the news broadcast, Bumblebee and Bulkhead see that the body, now under full Headmaster control, has stormed the Detroit Solar Fusion Power Plant. Furthermore, Masterson, now referring to himself as "[[Headmaster (Animated)|The Headmaster]]", appears on air, demanding a ransom of 700 billion dollars to be delivered personally by Professor Sumdac, or else he will overload the plant, thus destroying the entire state of Michigan.

Faced with this diabolical threat, Prime concocts a plan to outwit the Headmaster. Sumdac, Sari and [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] are sent into the plant in a convoy of vehicles, actually Prowl, Ratchet, Bumblebee and Prime, with Optimus himself carrying the "ransom" in a [[Optimus Prime (G1)|familiar-looking trailer]]. Once inside, they are confronted by the Bulkhead-mounted Headmaster, who falls for the ruse thoroughly enough to reveal his true intention: he's going to renege on the deal and destroy the city—and Sumdac Systems—even with the ransom paid, thereby eliminating his competition and creating a crisis that will fuel demand for his Headmaster units, whose construction the ransom money will finance. He initiates the plant's overload sequence, and, at Sumdac's suggestion, opens the trailer to count his money, only to find instead the enraged head of Bulkhead, who leaps out, demanding his body back. This is the Autobots' cue to transform and attack the Headmaster, who retaliates using the unit's sizable onboard arsenal, not to mention the strength of its host body. After some violent exchanges, the Autobots are able to overpower the Headmaster, but not without their conflict inadvertently destroying the control terminal for the fusion core.

[[Image:TFA Headmaster headbutt.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Boink!]]

With overload imminent, Masterson decides to abandon the stolen body, activating the Headmaster unit's thrusters to make an aerial escape, but Bulkhead is able to bring him down to earth by using Prime's grapplers to turn his own head into a makeshift wrecking-ball projectile. With Headmaster apparently subdued, Bumblebee and Sari uses the [[AllSpark Key]] finally to reunite Bulkhead's head with his body. Unfortunately, they attach it backwards. Taking advantage of the distraction, Masterson transforms his Headmaster unit into a small robot, in which he flees the scene. Pursuit of the Headmaster is impossible, however, due to the imminent overload of the fusion core. Sumdac realises that the only remaining method of preventing meltdown is to enter the core and physically reset the solar dampeners, an unsurvivable task for human or Autobot. Prime volunteers himself, but Bulkhead, drawing on his newly developed creative instincts, instead rallies the Autobots to assemble hastily a crude robot, which Sari is able to activate with the Key. Entering the core, the robot is able to withstand the blistering heat just long enough to reset the dampening rods and stabilise the core with just seconds to spare.

[[Image:TFA Headmaster war art.JPG|right|200px|thumb|The art of war.]]

Some time later, the melted remnants of the makeshift robot are relocated to the museum, where they become the centrepiece of Bulkhead's well-attended art exhibition. Looking on Bulkhead's print of the Autobots together, Optimus comments that he finally understands that art is about feeling, due to the emotion he feels looking at it: pride.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (6)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]] (1)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (2)
*[[Daniel Witwicky (Animated)|Daniel]] (9)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (10
*[[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] (12)

|c4=
* [[News Bot]] (4)
* [[Tutor Bot]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Mr. Masterson! I have told my staff time and again: we do not make military robots or headmaster units that takeover other military robots for...more military things!
:—'''Isaac Sumdac''' has a firm moral center. He just has trouble articulating it.

"I'm sure it wasn't that bad. You saved the city, right?" 
"After destroying half of it." 
"Not helping."
:—'''Sari Sumdac''' gives Bulkhead a pep talk, and '''Bumblebee''' just rips the poor guy.

''[Bulkhead is painting a picture while Bumblebee poses for him]'' 
'''Optimus Prime''': I'm afraid I don't see the logic in trying to reproduce an image with such primitive tools. 
'''Prowl''': I believe it's more about creating something from one's imagination, like this one for instance. 
'''Bulkhead''': Actually, that was an accident I had with Ratchet's blow torch. 
'''Ratchet''': You ask me, it's all a waste of time. No 'bot ever saved anyone with art. 
'''Bulkhead''': I'm not trying to save anyone. I'm just—I don't know—I'm trying to express how I feel. 
''[Bulkhead's paintbrush snaps, and he wrecks the picture in rage]'' 
'''Bumblebee''': I'm guessing you're feeling anger?
:—The Autobots discuss art.

"Total OWNAGE!"
:—'''The Headmaster''', many, many times.

"See? What'd I tell you? Your vision and my hands. It's magnificent. It's inspiring." 
''[Smoke alarm sounds as the statue begins to blaze]'' 
"It's on fire!!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Bulkhead'''

"I got a way with machines."
:—'''Captain Fanzone''' after smashing the control panel. The man's a bit scary.

==Notes==
===Animation Errors===
* After Bulkhead runs through the wall upon finding out Sari booked an exhibition at an art gallery we see Sari turn her head and her right ear and pigtail stay in place, so it appears that she has three pigtails and an ear on her face.

===Continuity errors===
* Captian Fanzone is driving [[Captain Fanzone's car|his old car]] again after [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] totally crushed it in "[[Blast from the Past]]".
* How is Bulkhead able to live without his Spark, unless it's in his head? (Granted, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] spends most of Season 1 pulling the exact same trick....)

===Transformers references===
[[Image:TFA Headmaster Optimus trailer.JPG|right|175px|thumb|And the fandom rejoiced (and complained).]]
* The [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster concept]] was originally part of the ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' series and has seen [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|sporadic]] [[Sideways (RID)|use]] [[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus|in]] [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|other]] [[Overload (Armada)|series]] since.

* Optimus tows a trailer with a [[Optimus Prime (G1)|certain paint job]]. Somewhere, a [[Customizing|kitbasher]] is already working on a version he can sell you.

* When Captain Fanzone switches Bumblebee's radio to something he likes, Bumblebee [[Bumblebee (Movie)|switches back]] to the previous radio channel. Fortunately, this reference is taken no further, so at no point does he make out with anyone on Bumblebee's hood.

* The song that Bumblebee likes is the same song that [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] dances to in "[[Sound and Fury]]".

* [[Daniel Witwicky (Animated)|Daniel]] appears again, crying his eyes out because of Bulkhead accidentally breaking a reporter-bot. Although the woman who comforts him is listed in the end credits as "Mother," she does not use the same [[character model]] as [[Carly Witwicky (Animated)|Carly Witwicky]].

*When the Headmaster unit detaches from Bulkhead, it transforms similarly to the Headmaster exosuits, with the face of the head ending up as a sort of backpack.

*When the fusion core is about to explode, Optimus volunteers to go in and stabilize it himself at the cost of his own life. [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|He sure likes to do this.]]

===Foreign dubbing===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le cérébro-pilote'''" ("The Cerebro-Pilot")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das irre Genie'''" ("The Mad Genius")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 9|9 July]] [[2008]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''ヘッドマスターをくいとめろ!''' (''Headmaster wo Kuitomero!'', "Rein in the Headmaster!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 26|26 June]] [[2010]]
* Bulkhead and Ratchet do the intro, Bulkhead questioning about the transformation sound effect and sounding out "gi-go-ga-go-go", the onomatopoeia used when transformation occurs in the various [[manga]] series.
* Interestingly, the [[title sequence]] has a variety of additional sound effects that range from the jets flying over the ocean to weapons fire to the transformation sound effect whenever any one of the Transformers switches their other mode.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Greatestref.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Bumblebee, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"]]
*Among the works of art that [[Tutor Bot]] shows Bulkhead to inspire him are Leonardo Da Vinci's ''[[wikipedia:Mona_Lisa|Mona Lisa]]'', Vincent Van Gogh's ''[[wikipedia:The_Starry_Night|The Starry Night]]'', and James McNeill Whistler's ''[[wikipedia:Whistler's_Mother|Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother]]''.

* Masterson plays "Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots" with his Headmaster drones.

* When Bulkhead creates an image of the Autobots, he does so with the sound of a dot matrix printer.

* In the scene with Bulkhead painting his hand, Bumblebee's pose (one leg behind his head, carrying a baby, in front of an overturned Jeep) is a direct reference to the 1980 film ''[[wikipedia:Airplane!|Airplane!]]'', in which the main character is in a mental hospital and is painting a very similar image with a live model. (Bumblebee is missing the Tommy gun and explosion backdrop, but he does have one of his stingers deployed, close enough for the first one.)

* Also in the above scene, it is revealed that Bulkhead is actually painting his own thumb. This is a gag that is literally decades old and that has appeared in numerous shows and films, from ''[[wikipedia:Looney_Tunes|Looney Tunes]]'' to ''[[wikipedia:M*A*S*H_(TV_series)|M*A*S*H]]''.

===Trivia===
*Unlike Isaac Sumdac himself, Masterson is capable of building a large, fully transformable, mobile robot. This, along with his lack of regard for human life, just goes to show that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] is working with the wrong guy.
*This episode is notable in that Sari does not abuse the AllSpark Key, only using it to reattach Bulkhead's head and make a working robot to save the city.
*The AllSpark Key has, on an number of occasions, been shown to have the power to give sentient life to previously [[Spark]]-less automatons, notably [[Dinobot (Animated)|the Dinobots]] and [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]. In this episode, Sari used the Key on the sculpture robot they sent in to sacrifice itself, which makes some fans think it may have been truly alive. On the other hand, Sari has used the Key on countless other unsophisticated machines (and a few semi-sophisticated ones like Tutor-Bot) that apparently did not gain sentience. Also, the two times Keyed robots ''have'' gained Sparks, they were reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology designed by Megatron; the former with an unusual burst of makeshift EMP mixed into the Key energy, the latter specifically designed to evolve through ''multiple'' uses of the Key. These facts suggest that the sculpture robot was not a sentient being. It's debatable—maybe we'll get an official explanation at a BotCon panel some time.
*Masterson claimed that the fusion core overloading would take out the entire state of Michigan. However, he planned to blow it up even though he had the money, apparently thinking he could both get far enough away before it exploded and get work from the government even though he ''destroyed a state''.
*This episode shows evidence that Bulkhead does have [[teeth]] after all.

==Home video releases==
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season One ([[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|Paramount]]) — English and Spanish audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Three: Megatron Rising (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Three: Megatron Rising (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Drei: Megatrons Auferstehung (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2010 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Vol. 4 (Paramount) — Japanese audio only.

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Huffer (Animated)

2010-06-22T12:41:43Z

195.194.239.130: /* Notes */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Huffer}}

:''Huffer is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
It-sa heem! '''Huffer!'''

[[Image:Animated_Huffer.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Swing your arms from side to side, come on it's time to go!"]]

__TOC__
==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
Huffer was among the crowd welcoming home [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel "Magnus"]] and cheering on the capture of several [[Decepticon]] prisoners. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}
He was later seen among the group of Autobots that [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] Transwarped into {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

==Notes==
* Huffer was first revealed on [[April 1]]st 2009 on [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2009/03/april-fools.html Derrick Wyatt's blog], as part of a group shot of characters who may or may not have gone on to appear in the cartoon. While Huffer did, his lookalike, Pipes (based on the [[Pipes|original Pipes]], who was himself a [[retool]] of the [[Huffer (G1)|original Huffer]]) did not.

* Huffer's character model is based pretty heavily on [[wikipedia:Mario|Mario]], mustachioed plumber and protagonist of about a billion Nintendo games. Pipes looked like [[wikipedia:Luigi|his brother Luigi]].

*He also has a resemblance to the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]].
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[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]

Huffer (Animated)

2010-06-22T12:40:55Z

195.194.239.130: /* Notes */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Huffer}}

:''Huffer is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
It-sa heem! '''Huffer!'''

[[Image:Animated_Huffer.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Swing your arms from side to side, come on it's time to go!"]]

__TOC__
==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
Huffer was among the crowd welcoming home [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel "Magnus"]] and cheering on the capture of several [[Decepticon]] prisoners. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}
He was later seen among the group of Autobots that [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] Transwarped into {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

==Notes==
* Huffer was first revealed on [[April 1]]st 2009 on [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2009/03/april-fools.html Derrick Wyatt's blog], as part of a group shot of characters who may or may not have gone on to appear in the cartoon. While Huffer did, his lookalike, Pipes (based on the [[Pipes|original Pipes]], who was himself a [[retool]] of the [[Huffer (G1)|original Huffer]]) did not.

* Huffer's character model is based pretty heavily on [[wikipedia:Mario|Mario]], mustachioed plumber and protagonist of about a billion Nintendo games. Pipes looked like [[wikipedia:Luigi|his brother Luigi]].

*Fans often mistaken him as a [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicon]].
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[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]