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Megatron Rising - Part 2

2008-05-26T14:29:24Z

195.7.34.249: /* Quotes */

[[Image:SexyBeast.JPG|right|thumb|350px|He's bringing sexy back, yeah!.]]

{{episodenav|animated|16|season=1|prev=Megatron Rising - Part 1|next=The Elite Guard}}

'''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|left|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, and the Decepticon draws a sword, ready to take revenge for Prowl slicing off the remains of his arm fifty years ago. Optimus saves Prowl by using a combination of his grappler and 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 Megatron 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|right|thumb|200px|Megatron punishes Starscream for betrayal and goes against everything natural to Transformers lore.]]

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 whom he'll gain 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 [[Sari Sumdac's key|key]] to track down the [[AllSpark (Animated)|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 traitor, Megatron asks if there are any other dissenters. Getting a negative response, he turns back to the Autobots, only to discover they've 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, tracking their prize.

Isaac rushes outside to find the Autobots badly damaged, and confesses to them that he had rebuilt Megatron. Bulkhead and Prowl seem angry, but Prime decides they have more urgent problems to worry about: they were outclassed by the Decepticons even when in perfect operating condition, and now no longer can rely on Sari's key to repair them. Isaac suspects that there may be enough residual radiation from the key left in his lab machinery to repair the Autobots, and they give his idea a try.

Ratchet, working to get the submerged [[Autobot ship (Animated)|Autobot ship]] flight-ready, sends out a security scan which detects the approach of Blackarachnia and Sari. Apparently the girl's sympathy from the previous episode was a ruse: she had been deliberately leading Blackarachnia in circles on the ice to waste time, and also had assumed the half-organic creature would not be able to stay underwater for long—a guess confirmed to be true by an outraged Blackarachnia, who becomes very threatening to Sari. Before the situation can get uglier, Ratchet surfaces the ship through the ice beneath them, rescuing Sari and catapulting Blackarachnia helplessly through the sky. Sari's gratitude at being rescued quickly fades when she finds out that despite "all that crud" about responsible handling, Ratchet lost her key.

Back at Sumdac Tower, the Autobots are more or less repaired by the leftover energy in the lab machines. Knowing they are still sore at him, Optimus apologizes for his earlier bad attitude and asks them to repair their friendships as well. Sumdac is still feeling guilty about rebuilding Megatron and offers his assistance, though the Autobots are skeptical—both of his loyalty and of what a mere human could offer them. Before they can decide, Ratchet and Sari arrive in the Autobots' ship. The Autobots board the ship, which by now has come under heavy bombardment from the Decepticons.

[[Image:Megatron Rising 2 Autobots assemble.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"[[Avengers]], assemble!"]]

The Autobots attempt to fly the ship into space, drawing the Decepticons away from Earth's civilians—but some well-aimed missiles wreck the ship's vital systems and that idea along with it. The vessel crashes into the side of the volcanic cone on [[Dinobot Island]]. The Autobots gear up for what will surely be a climactic battle; Prime states he is proud to have his current team by his side, while Bumblebee says he'd just as happily have the [[Elite Guard]]. The Decepticons close in for their attack, and the Autobots use some of their tactics learned throughout the series to throw them off-balance: Ratchet and Bumblebee combine powers to generate an electromagnetic pulse that temporarily disables Blitzwing, and Bulkhead uses his sheer... ''Bulkheadness''... to force Lugnut to crash. Back on the ship, Isaac is trying to jerry-rig a weapon to use against Megatron; recognizing that they might not survive, he tries to tell Sari something that had been a secret, but instead of listening she rushes off to ask the AllSpark to give her more power so she can help her friends. She asks it why she had been chosen in the first place, but doesn't understand its cryptic "charades" answer.

[[Image:Megatron Rising 2 All Spark Megs boom.jpg|200px|thumb|Oh, this is gonna hurt...]]

Unable to match the Decepticons in sheer power, the Autobots manage to prevail by using their own teamwork and playing off the Decepticons' weaknesses—thanks to some clever 'bot tactics, the schizoid Blitzwing and overly talkative Lugnut are basically encouraged to defeat themselves. But Megatron has no apparent weaknesses, except perhaps being cluttered with little shards of Optimus Prime after he finishes beating on the Autobot. Their one-sided fight carries them into the hold of the ship, where Megatron succeeds in acquiring the AllSpark. Before he can celebrate, he is temporarily downed by Isaac, who knows enough about Megatron's circuitry to disable his equilibrium sensors—but although he drops the key in his stumble, the tyrant isn't down for long. Megatron is about to finish Prime, when Sari hurls Prime the key and he jams it into the AllSpark's spherical casing, cracking it open. A destabilized Megatron flees the ship before the AllSpark explodes inside his chest, dispersing its energy throughout the atmosphere.

The key is now the single most powerful Cybertronian artifact, and too important to be entrusted to the care of an Autobot—so Prime returns it to Sari, who uses it to repair all her friends as usual. Megatron still functions and has plans for his new prisoner, Isaac Sumdac.

==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." 
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' realising that a giant ax can't solve everything.

'''Starscream''': I am ready to serve as your ever faithful second-in-command. 
'''Megatron''': Ah, Starscream. How fitting to have you by my side as I finally take my revenge on the one responsible for my fifty stellar cycles of helplessness and humiliation. 
''[Megatron aims the fusion cannon at Optimus, powers it up, then suddenly in a move [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Stavro_Blofeld a certain classic evil genius would be proud of] shoves the AllSpark key into Starscream, causing him to go offline]'' 
'''Megatron''': Does anyone else have a problem with my leadership? 
'''Random Blitzwing''': Uh, no, we're fine. 
'''Lugnut''': NEVER! 
:{{m-}}Megatron kills Starscream, reestablishes the pecking order, and causes Random Blitzwing to go an entire scene without cackling hysterically.

"Decepticons, transform and rise up!" 
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' coins his own version of [[Roll out|"Transform, and roll out!"]].

'''Isaac''': Oh dear, this is all my fault! 
'''Sari''': What? It's not like you built Megatron in your lab or anything. 
''[Isaac Sumdac looks away and uncomfortably taps his fingers]'' 
'''Sari''': YOU BUILT MEGATRON IN YOUR LAB?! 
'''Ratchet''': On the bright side, now I don't feel so bad about losing your key. 
:{{m-}}One of several awkward moments in this episode for Isaac Sumdac.

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

'''Ratchet''': Kid, electromagnetic pulse! 
''[Bumblebee and Ratchet cross their powers together and short out Blitzwing]'' 
'''Icy Blitzwing''': Curious. My electrical systems have gone offline. Which means{{m-}} 
'''Random Blitzwing''': I'M FALLING! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
:{{m-}} Random Blitzwing finds humor in everything.

'''Bumblebee''': I thought I saw him go down somewhere along the shore. 
''[Blitzwing appears in tank mode and starts firing at the Autobots]'' 
'''Random Blitzwing''': The only one going down, is you!
:{{m-}} Random Blitzwing quickly disses Bumblebee.

'''Bumblebee''': So what do we do now? Wait for him to turn back into a tank and crash like last time? 
'''Ratchet''': Nobody gets that lucky twice. 
'''Prowl''': Perhaps we can make our own luck. I've noticed a connection between Blitzwing's multiple personalities and his vehicle modes. We can use that weakness against him...but it will require using Bumblebee's greatest strength. 
'''Bumblebee''': What, my stingers? My turbo-speed? 
'''Prowl''': Your obnoxious personality. 
:{{m-}}Prowl nails friend and foe alike with ninja precision.

[[Image:Megatron Rising 2 Blitzwing tank crash.jpg|thumb|200px|Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the tank as it fell was ''"Oh slag, not again"''. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the tank had thought that, we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.]]
'''Bumblebee''': Hey, Blitzbrain! Is that your jet mode, or did your pal Lugnut dump out some spare parts? 
''[Blitzwing in jet mode fires two ice missiles at Bumblebee, narrowly missing him]'' 
'''Bumblebee''': How come you have three faces? Couldn't decide which was the ugliest? 
''[Two more missiles from Blitzwing miss Bumblebee]'' 
'''Bumblebee''': And who uses ice as a weapon? What are you? A refrigerator? 
'''Hothead Blitzwing''': YOU WANT HEAT?! I'LL GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE! ''[Transforms to tank mode from jet mode]'' OH SLAG, NOT AGAI{{m-}}!
 ''[Crashes through ice into the lake]'' 
:{{m-}} Hothead Blitzwing is his own worst enemy.

"You all fought like Autobots! I can't tell you how proud I am of each and every one of you." 
"Go on, tell us. We can take it!" 
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' praises the Autobots while '''Bumblebee''' showcases his recently discussed "greatest strength".

"I trust you are comfortable in your chair!" 
:{{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 planting a bomb on his back. Prowl ''did'', however, slash a part off that remained after the explosion.
* In "[[Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found]]", Ratchet reveals that even with the key, the ship would not be operational for a "long, long time," but in this episode he is able to get it spaceworthy in about two minutes—without the key and with only one arm. However, the course of the series makes it clear that many months are going by, so it's possible the Autobots had enough of a "long time" necessary to repair the ship off-camera.
* 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 AllSpark, which never gives a name, just an image.
* Megatron asks Professor Sumdac if he is comfortable in his chair in the form of Megatron's hand, despite it being the wrong hand.

===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. This happens constantly during the final battle.
* 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.
* Optimus Prime appears ''really'' tiny when he's shown sitting at the Autobot ship's door at the end.

===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 [[Autobot ship (Animated)|Autobot ship]] is left sticking out of the rock is reminiscent of the [[Ark (G1)|original ''Ark'']].

* [[Cyber Planet Key|A key as the most powerful Cybertronian artifact?]] [[Key to Vector Sigma|Most familiar]].

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

*The AllSpark gets dispersed in this episode, just like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Prime]] did with a [[Matrix of Leadership|nearly identical artifact]] after his [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|resurrection]].

*After ''"killing"'' Starscream, Megatron asks his minions if anyone else has a problem with his leadership which is somewhat similar to the original movie where Galvatron asks if anyone else wanted to fill the destroyed Starscream's shoes.

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

* Despite the fact the Autobot ship crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] and company are nowhere to be seen.

* Since virtually the beginning of the series, fans have been theorizing that Sari may be more than she appears (see [[Sari Sumdac#Sari and fans|her own article]] for all the details), and this episode includes the first serious in-show hint in that direction. In addition to Professor Sumdac attempting to tell Sari "something important" when he thinks it's possible that they're about to die, a point is repeatedly made of noting that the AllSpark "chose" Sari, and when she asks it why, it projects an image of a DNA strand with a [[spark|glowing, blue orb]] at its center. Hmmm...

* Sari bites Blackarachnia's hand, and somehow, the latter feels pain. Ordinarily, this could be explained away if one supposes that Blackarachnia's hand in robot mode is organic, but you can hear a metallic clang as Sari chomps down on it. That girl has some ''teeth'' on her.

* 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, most Decepticons can fly. Even after taking that into consideration, the frequent depiction in Transformers lore of the Decepticons as an insurgent army ''rising'' to glory and conquest lends it a certain poetic elegance as well. "Decepticons, transform and rise up!"

* Megatron's [[stock footage|transforming sequence]] from helicopter to robot is ''mostly'' the sequence of robot to helicopter played backwards with a few shots added—or possibly, the robot-to-helicopter sequence is ''actually'' the helicopter-to-robot sequence played backwards with certain shots ''removed''. The added/deleted shots are seemingly designed solely for a vehicle-to-robot sequence (such as the reveal of his hands, head, and final elegant "Power Pose"), making the latter guess more likely.

* Megatron actually punishes Starscream for betraying him. You can count on one hand all the times that has happened in every Transformers series prior to this, combined. And [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] blasting [[Starscream (G1)|him]] to dust doesn't count.

* The ''Animated'' Decepticons seem to do a better job battling the Autobots when Megatron isn't commanding them.

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

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The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1

2008-05-21T13:43:39Z

195.7.34.249: /* Notable quotes */

[[Image:ReturnOptimusPrime1 Optimus lives.JPG|thumb|350px|And there was much rejoicing (yay).]]
{{episodenav|g1|season=3|29|prev=The Burden Hardest to Bear|next=The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

'''The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1''' is the first part of the two-part season finale of Season 3 of the ''[[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]]''.

'''Japanese title:''' "The Resurrection of Convoy - Part 1"

==Detailed synopsis==
While on a deep-space mission to test a new [[Impervious Alloy|heat- and radiation-resistant alloy]] that they have developed, scientists [[Jessica Morgan]] and [[Gregory Swofford]] detect a ship carrying Optimus Prime's body (see ''[[Dark Awakening]]'') on a collision course with a planetoid orbiting a star they are researching nearby. Despite Gregory's reservations (his face was scarred in a previous scuffle between Optimus and Megatron, which he blames on Optimus), he is talked into helping Jessica rescue Prime's body before the ship collides with the planetoid, the impact of which also sets off the star into a supernova and coating their ship with unusual spores.

Upon return to Earth, Jessica's father studies the spores and learns that they are not only alive, but are an [[Hate Plague|incredibly contagious viral agent]] that induces hatred and destructive urges into whoever they contaminate. After a new scuffle between the Technobots and Terrorcons over the new alloy gravely injures Jessica, her father is convinced by Gregory to try and resurrect Prime's body as a carrier of the spores against the Autobots, a sentiment exacerbated when it's learned Jessica was paralyzed from the waist down in the accident and now needs a special exosuit to walk. However, when reviving Prime's body turns out to be impossible for them, Gregory and Jessica's father decide to use it as bait for the other Autobots. Dr. Morgan forces Jessica to lure them into a spore trap at the lab.

The trap goes off without a hitch, mostly due to Rodimus' reckless haste in recovering his predecessor's corpse in lieu of caution, and several Autobots - including Superion and Defensor, two of the most powerful Autobot gestalts - are infected. The Decepticons have learned about Optimus Prime's recovery as well, and have shown up to terminate the once Autobot leader permanently, but are instead infected themselves. Fortunately, Rodimus, Jessica, and Galvatron manage to escape unharmed, the former two with Optimus' body; a few other Autobots manage to escape infection as well, but are badly wounded while attempting to subdue a sickened and crazed Superion.

Back at Autobot City, Rodimus pleads to Wreck-Gar to try and repair Prime, but Prime is too far gone even for Junkion medical experience. Desperate, Rodimus contacts Sky Lynx and orders him to locate and bring back a Quintesson, remembering that they had [[Dark Awakening|once before restored Optimus to life]]. He then sets about disconnecting Metroplex to keep the city-former from becoming infected. However, just as he finishes the final steps to do so, an infected Ultra Magnus appears. He gives chase to Rodimus before he's temporarily subdued by Wreck-Gar...who ends up becoming infected, and infecting Rodimus in return.

With the Hate Plague, as it's now called, rampaging even to the ends of the galaxy, Sky Lynx finds an uninfected Quintesson who he saves from infected Sharkticons in exchange for reviving Optimus. The Quint warns that - should anything go too awry during the process - there's a good chance that Optimus will never live again. It's touch-and-go for a while, but eventually, the Quintesson manages to pull through and Optimus is restored to full life, declaring that "no force in the Universe can stop me."

[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|To be continued]]...

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' February 24, 1987

===Featured characters===
("Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (10)
*[[Strafe]] (11)
*[[Lightspeed]] (12)
*[[Scattershot]] (13)
*[[Nosecone]] (14)
*[[Computron]] (16)
*[[First Aid]] (17)
*[[Blades]] (18)
*[[Hot Spot]] (19)
*[[Wide Load (G1)|Wide Load]] (20)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (21)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (22)
*[[Rodimus Prime]] (23)
*[[Streetwise]] (25)
*[[Groove]] (26)
*[[Defensor]] (27)
*[[Silverbolt]] (28)
*[[Skydive]] (29)
*[[Fireflight]] (30)
*[[Slingshot]] (31)
*[[Superion]] (32)
*[[Chase]] (33)
*[[Freeway]] (34)
*[[Searchlight]] (35)
*[[Wheelie]] (36)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (37)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (38)
*[[Steeljaw]] (39)
*[[Kup]] (50)
*[[Sky Lynx]] (52)
*[[Metroplex]] (53)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Cutthroat]] (5)
*[[Rippersnapper]] (6)
*[[Sinnertwin]] (7)
*[[Blot]] (8)
*[[Hun-Gurrr]] (9)
*[[Abominus]] (15)
*[[Ratbat]] (24)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (40)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (41)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (42)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (43)
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (44)
*[[Drag Strip]] (45)
*[[Motormaster]] (46)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (47)
*[[Wildrider]] (48)
*[[Brakedown]] (49)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (54)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (55)
*[[Razorclaw]] (56)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*Gregory Swofford (1)
*[[Jessica Morgan]] (2)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (51)
*[[Quintesson]] (57)
*[[Sharkticon]] (58)

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Computron think too much!" 
:-- '''Abominus''', who subsequently shoots Computron.

"Where's that punk Rodimus Prime?! I want him!" 
"There you are, you wimp!" 
"You can't escape, Rodimus! I can track your gas fumes anywhere!" 
:-- several lines from infected '''Ultra Magnus''' as he tracks down Rodimus Prime. ''In virus veritas,'' indeed.

"The Autobots are acting like madmen!" 
"It's a madness plague, Galvatron. If one of those Transformers touches you, you're infected." 
"You're lying!" 
"Fine. Whatever makes you a happy Decepticon. Just watch your rear thruster." 
:-- '''Galvatron''' and '''Rodimus Prime'''

"I'm a doctor, not a forklift!" 
"His engines, they cannae take the strain!" 
"He's dead, Jim." 
:-- '''Wreck-gar''''s inspired medical descriptions of Optimus Prime's condition

"It's over kid. I've won!" 
"Don't believe it, old friend!" 
:-- infected '''Ultra Magnus''' blocks '''Rodimus Prime''', who evades him.

"It's as I said before, kid. It's all over. What...? ARGH!" 
"And as I said before: Don't believe it." 
:-- infected '''Ultra Magnus''' corners '''Rodimus Prime''', only to be lassoed by Wreck-gar.

"I'm a pepper! Wouldn't you like to be a pepper, too?" 
:-- '''Wreck-gar''' merrily spreads the infection.

"They've all gone mad. This is no place for me!"
:--The irony is lost on '''Galvatron.

"The world needs a leader, now!" 
:-- '''Sky Lynx''' on the reactivation of Optimus Prime.

"I've done it! Optimus Prime lives!" 
"It's true. Our leader is back." 
"Yes, Sky Lynx, and this time, no force in the universe can stop me." 
:-- '''Quintesson''' and '''Sky Lynx''' as the decidedly confident '''Optimus Prime''' is revived.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[Image:Swindle_TROOP.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"So we bought your daughter's exosuit from a Decepticon . . . what's so bad about that?"]]
*When Rodimus is done talking to Optimus's statue, his head slides backwards. Twice.
*When Gregory and Jessica's father rush at the hospital and find the Autobots, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] is amongst them.
*When Soundwave looks down after having Ratbat inserted into him, his faceplate stays in its old position of looking upwards.
*When Ratbat is inserted into Soundwave, he is white instead of a purplish-magenta colour.
*Also pertaining to Soundwave, those wacky voice editors forgot to use the [[vocoder]] on his voice in this ep, again [[Roll For It|making him sound like Dr. Claw]]
*In one scene, Bruticus is the same size as all the regular Decepticons, or the regular Decepticons are the same size as Bruticus.
* Before entering the lab to retrieve Prime's body, Rodimus gives orders to Defensor...though Defensor is shown as the one making all of those orders.
*In the same scene as above, Goldbug is somehow right in front of Defensor, but Bumblebee wasn't rebuilt into him yet.
*When Wreck Gar is about to infect Rodimus, Rodimus is all red before he's been infected.

===Continuity errors===
*Optimus Prime's body is shown to be in perfect condition despite him having lost an arm and half of his face at the end of [[Dark Awakening]]. In addition, when his body is rescued, the ship is not being fired upon as it was shown to be previously.
*When Jessica Morgan asks who built Optimus Prime in the first place, Rodimus Prime responds by saying the Quintessons did so, yet Optimus was modified from [[Orion Pax]] who was repaired by [[Alpha Trion]], though he might have meant who built him in his original form.

===Transformers references===
*References

===Real-world references===
*Wreck-Gar's lines: "I'm a doctor, not a forklift!" and "He's dead, Jim." Reference popular quotes from Star Trek medic [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Leonard_H._McCoy/ Dr. Leonard H. McCoy].
**Similarly "His engines, they cannot take the strain!" comes from another Star Trek character, namely [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Montgomery_Scott Montgomery Scott] (AKA Scotty), though this is often claimed to not be attributed to the character except for its use in parodies.
*Wreck-Gar's comment: "I'm a pepper! Wouldn't you like to be a pepper, too?" is a reference to an old [[Wikipedia:Dr. Pepper|Dr. Pepper]] ad campaign in the late 70's to early 80's.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*Trivia

==External links==
* [http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/the_return_of_optimus_prime_part_1.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

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The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1

2008-05-21T13:43:21Z

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The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1

2008-05-21T13:42:54Z

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[[Image:ReturnOptimusPrime1 Optimus lives.JPG|thumb|350px|And there was much rejoicing (yay).]]
{{episodenav|g1|season=3|29|prev=The Burden Hardest to Bear|next=The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

'''The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1''' is the first part of the two-part season finale of Season 3 of the ''[[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]]''.

'''Japanese title:''' "The Resurrection of Convoy - Part 1"

==Detailed synopsis==
While on a deep-space mission to test a new [[Impervious Alloy|heat- and radiation-resistant alloy]] that they have developed, scientists [[Jessica Morgan]] and [[Gregory Swofford]] detect a ship carrying Optimus Prime's body (see ''[[Dark Awakening]]'') on a collision course with a planetoid orbiting a star they are researching nearby. Despite Gregory's reservations (his face was scarred in a previous scuffle between Optimus and Megatron, which he blames on Optimus), he is talked into helping Jessica rescue Prime's body before the ship collides with the planetoid, the impact of which also sets off the star into a supernova and coating their ship with unusual spores.

Upon return to Earth, Jessica's father studies the spores and learns that they are not only alive, but are an [[Hate Plague|incredibly contagious viral agent]] that induces hatred and destructive urges into whoever they contaminate. After a new scuffle between the Technobots and Terrorcons over the new alloy gravely injures Jessica, her father is convinced by Gregory to try and resurrect Prime's body as a carrier of the spores against the Autobots, a sentiment exacerbated when it's learned Jessica was paralyzed from the waist down in the accident and now needs a special exosuit to walk. However, when reviving Prime's body turns out to be impossible for them, Gregory and Jessica's father decide to use it as bait for the other Autobots. Dr. Morgan forces Jessica to lure them into a spore trap at the lab.

The trap goes off without a hitch, mostly due to Rodimus' reckless haste in recovering his predecessor's corpse in lieu of caution, and several Autobots - including Superion and Defensor, two of the most powerful Autobot gestalts - are infected. The Decepticons have learned about Optimus Prime's recovery as well, and have shown up to terminate the once Autobot leader permanently, but are instead infected themselves. Fortunately, Rodimus, Jessica, and Galvatron manage to escape unharmed, the former two with Optimus' body; a few other Autobots manage to escape infection as well, but are badly wounded while attempting to subdue a sickened and crazed Superion.

Back at Autobot City, Rodimus pleads to Wreck-Gar to try and repair Prime, but Prime is too far gone even for Junkion medical experience. Desperate, Rodimus contacts Sky Lynx and orders him to locate and bring back a Quintesson, remembering that they had [[Dark Awakening|once before restored Optimus to life]]. He then sets about disconnecting Metroplex to keep the city-former from becoming infected. However, just as he finishes the final steps to do so, an infected Ultra Magnus appears. He gives chase to Rodimus before he's temporarily subdued by Wreck-Gar...who ends up becoming infected, and infecting Rodimus in return.

With the Hate Plague, as it's now called, rampaging even to the ends of the galaxy, Sky Lynx finds an uninfected Quintesson who he saves from infected Sharkticons in exchange for reviving Optimus. The Quint warns that - should anything go too awry during the process - there's a good chance that Optimus will never live again. It's touch-and-go for a while, but eventually, the Quintesson manages to pull through and Optimus is restored to full life, declaring that "no force in the Universe can stop me."

[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|To be continued]]...

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' February 24, 1987

===Featured characters===
("Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (10)
*[[Strafe]] (11)
*[[Lightspeed]] (12)
*[[Scattershot]] (13)
*[[Nosecone]] (14)
*[[Computron]] (16)
*[[First Aid]] (17)
*[[Blades]] (18)
*[[Hot Spot]] (19)
*[[Wide Load (G1)|Wide Load]] (20)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (21)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (22)
*[[Rodimus Prime]] (23)
*[[Streetwise]] (25)
*[[Groove]] (26)
*[[Defensor]] (27)
*[[Silverbolt]] (28)
*[[Skydive]] (29)
*[[Fireflight]] (30)
*[[Slingshot]] (31)
*[[Superion]] (32)
*[[Chase]] (33)
*[[Freeway]] (34)
*[[Searchlight]] (35)
*[[Wheelie]] (36)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (37)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (38)
*[[Steeljaw]] (39)
*[[Kup]] (50)
*[[Sky Lynx]] (52)
*[[Metroplex]] (53)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Cutthroat]] (5)
*[[Rippersnapper]] (6)
*[[Sinnertwin]] (7)
*[[Blot]] (8)
*[[Hun-Gurrr]] (9)
*[[Abominus]] (15)
*[[Ratbat]] (24)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (40)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (41)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (42)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (43)
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (44)
*[[Drag Strip]] (45)
*[[Motormaster]] (46)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (47)
*[[Wildrider]] (48)
*[[Brakedown]] (49)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (54)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (55)
*[[Razorclaw]] (56)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*Gregory Swofford (1)
*[[Jessica Morgan]] (2)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (51)
*[[Quintesson]] (57)
*[[Sharkticon]] (58)

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Computron think too much!" 
:-- '''Abominus''', who subsequently shoots Computron.

"Where's that punk Rodimus Prime?! I want him!" 
"There you are, you wimp!" 
"You can't escape, Rodimus! I can track your gas fumes anywhere!" 
:-- several lines from infected '''Ultra Magnus''' as he tracks down Rodimus Prime. ''In virus veritas,'' indeed.

"The Autobots are acting like madmen!" 
"It's a madness plague, Galvatron. If one of those Transformers touches you, you're infected." 
"You're lying!" 
"Fine. Whatever makes you a happy Decepticon. Just watch your rear thruster." 
:-- '''Galvatron''' and '''Rodimus Prime'''

"I'm a doctor, not a forklift!" 
"His engines, they cannae take the strain!" 
"He's dead, Jim." 
:-- '''Wreck-gar''''s inspired medical descriptions of Optimus Prime's condition

"It's over kid. I've won!" 
"Don't believe it, old friend!" 
:-- infected '''Ultra Magnus''' blocks '''Rodimus Prime''', who evades him.

"It's as I said before, kid. It's all over. What...? ARGH!" 
"And as I said before: Don't believe it." 
:-- infected '''Ultra Magnus''' corners '''Rodimus Prime''', only to be lassoed by Wreck-gar.

"I'm a pepper! Wouldn't you like to be a pepper, too?" 
:-- '''Wreck-gar''' merrily spreads the infection.

"They've all gone mad. This is no place for me!"
:--'''The irony is lost on Galvatron.

"The world needs a leader, now!" 
:-- '''Sky Lynx''' on the reactivation of Optimus Prime.

"I've done it! Optimus Prime lives!" 
"It's true. Our leader is back." 
"Yes, Sky Lynx, and this time, no force in the universe can stop me." 
:-- '''Quintesson''' and '''Sky Lynx''' as the decidedly confident '''Optimus Prime''' is revived.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[Image:Swindle_TROOP.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"So we bought your daughter's exosuit from a Decepticon . . . what's so bad about that?"]]
*When Rodimus is done talking to Optimus's statue, his head slides backwards. Twice.
*When Gregory and Jessica's father rush at the hospital and find the Autobots, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] is amongst them.
*When Soundwave looks down after having Ratbat inserted into him, his faceplate stays in its old position of looking upwards.
*When Ratbat is inserted into Soundwave, he is white instead of a purplish-magenta colour.
*Also pertaining to Soundwave, those wacky voice editors forgot to use the [[vocoder]] on his voice in this ep, again [[Roll For It|making him sound like Dr. Claw]]
*In one scene, Bruticus is the same size as all the regular Decepticons, or the regular Decepticons are the same size as Bruticus.
* Before entering the lab to retrieve Prime's body, Rodimus gives orders to Defensor...though Defensor is shown as the one making all of those orders.
*In the same scene as above, Goldbug is somehow right in front of Defensor, but Bumblebee wasn't rebuilt into him yet.
*When Wreck Gar is about to infect Rodimus, Rodimus is all red before he's been infected.

===Continuity errors===
*Optimus Prime's body is shown to be in perfect condition despite him having lost an arm and half of his face at the end of [[Dark Awakening]]. In addition, when his body is rescued, the ship is not being fired upon as it was shown to be previously.
*When Jessica Morgan asks who built Optimus Prime in the first place, Rodimus Prime responds by saying the Quintessons did so, yet Optimus was modified from [[Orion Pax]] who was repaired by [[Alpha Trion]], though he might have meant who built him in his original form.

===Transformers references===
*References

===Real-world references===
*Wreck-Gar's lines: "I'm a doctor, not a forklift!" and "He's dead, Jim." Reference popular quotes from Star Trek medic [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Leonard_H._McCoy/ Dr. Leonard H. McCoy].
**Similarly "His engines, they cannot take the strain!" comes from another Star Trek character, namely [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Montgomery_Scott Montgomery Scott] (AKA Scotty), though this is often claimed to not be attributed to the character except for its use in parodies.
*Wreck-Gar's comment: "I'm a pepper! Wouldn't you like to be a pepper, too?" is a reference to an old [[Wikipedia:Dr. Pepper|Dr. Pepper]] ad campaign in the late 70's to early 80's.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*Trivia

==External links==
* [http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/the_return_of_optimus_prime_part_1.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes|Return of Optimus Prime, The]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>