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Triage (episode)

2012-05-20T10:10:40Z

199.247.230.7: /* Continuity errors */

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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 40
|prev=Triangulation
|next=Toxicity
|image=
|caption=
|title="Triage"
|airdate=[[May 19]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''During the third relic hunt, Ratchet and Wheeljack get a one-of-a-kind opportunity when Soundwave's Deployer is disabled.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] rendezvous with [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] in a wooded area to search for the third of four relics. Though Wheeljack rubs Ratchet up the wrong way, they take off in the [[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]] to find the relic and soon pick up [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] as company. After Wheeljack dogfights with Soundwave for a few minutes, Soundwave releases [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] to take over the attack on the ship. Wheeljack is more than happy to chase Laserbeak instead though as they chase the drone, it almost cause them to hit the side of a mountain. He finally scores a hit on Laserbeak, but as it goes down, a random shot hits the Jackhammer, bringing the ship down as well.

Ratchet is keen to resume the search for the relic, but Wheeljack spots the downed Laserbeak. They examine it, and Wheeljack hits on the idea of planting a grenade in it to provide the Decepticons with a surprise. It gives Ratchet a better idea—implanting a virus to get them access to the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]'' computer and uplift the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database. He contacts base and asks [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] to prepare a virus. At Raf's suggestion, they implant a grenade into Laserbeak as well to provide a decoy that the Decepticons will find and throw them off the scent of the virus. Wheeljack leaves Ratchet to find Soundwave so he can buy Ratchet time.

Meanwhile, Soundwave has located the relic, the [[Resonance Blaster]], and dug it up. Wheeljack quickly locates him and attacks. They trade blows until Soundwave relieves Wheeljack of a sword and uses his tentacles to throw the Autobot around. Wheeljack manages to use Soundwave's tentacles against each other and cracks the Decepticon's visor with his head. They go flying off the cliff, but Wheeljack finally has Soundwave at his mercy, at least until Soundwave grabs the Resonance Blaster with a tentacle and uses it on Wheeljack. Wheeljack succumbs to the weapon's effects.

Ratchet and Raf begin uploading the virus into Laserbeak, but as they need it online to do so, the drone activates and tries to fly off, forcing Ratchet to hold it down. Soundwave is about to finish off Wheeljack when he detects activity from Laserbeak and heads off to investigate. Wheeljack has time to warn Ratchet before falling unconscious, and the virus download finishes in time for Ratchet to hide before Soundwave arrives. After some tense moments, the Decepticon picks up Laserbeak, but appears to be alerted to Ratchet. Soundwave's tentacles venture into Ratchet's hiding place, but as it turns out they're merely after a lost piece of Laserbeak. Having retrieved it, Soundwave heads off back to the ''Nemesis''. Ratchet, unable to raise Wheeljack, goes to help his comrade.

[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] is happy with Soundwave's find, though disappointed at [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s performance. Megatron has Knock Out examine Laserbeak and they find the grenade which Knock Out disposes of (after some initial panic). Soundwave returns to working on the Iacon database.

Returning to the Jackhammer, Ratchet calls for a [[GroundBridge]], having forged a mutual respect with Wheeljack. He bridges back to base, where the computers are busily downloading the Iacon database. A short time later, Raf reports that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] is returning to base, but as they open the GroundBridge, Bulkhead comes flying through, his back smoking.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (1)
* [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (2)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (8)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (9)

|c3=
* [[William Fowler]] (5)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
“I'll be sure to be on my best behavior, Doc." 
"Please don't call me 'Doc'." 
"Whatever you say, Sunshine." 
:—'''Wheeljack''' pulls out a rather unfitting nickname for '''Ratchet'''. 

"Wait a minute, a grenade inside of Laserbeak, inside of Soundwave? Like a turducken!" 
"I'm sorry?" 
"It's a turkey, stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a...never mind." 
:—'''Raf''' fails to enlighten '''Ratchet'''. 

"Here I go again, shattering expectations."
:—Here '''Wheeljack''' goes again, homaging [[Shattered Expectations|past series.]]

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* After Soundwave's face lens is cracked by Wheeljack, the cracks disappear and reappear at various times.

===Continuity errors===
* Soundwave flips... ''something'' out of his arm before fighting Wheeljack, but it's gone by the time his arm is seen again.
*Ratchet maintains his ability to Transform, even though he gave his T-cog to Bumblebee.

===Continuity notes===
* This episode happens concurrently with the previous two and the following one. Knock Out returns from his mission in "[[Tunnel Vision]]", which was a failure, and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] has already returned after losing the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]] to Starscream in "[[Triangulation]]". On the Autobot side of things, Bulkhead returns from his mission, which takes place in the [[Toxicity|following episode]], diving through the GroundBridge with severe damage to his back.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===
* For those who are wondering, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken turducken is real.]

===Trivia===
* Soundwave's retrieved relic emits sonic blasts. How predictable.
* Laserbeak is named for the first time in-series.

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Toei Animation

2012-04-01T08:50:47Z

199.247.230.7:

[[Image:ToeiLogo1.gif|right|130px|thumb|Pero, Toei's mascot]]
'''Toei Animation Co., Ltd''' (東映アニメーション株式会社 ''Tōei Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha'') is an animation studio based in Japan and owned by [[Wikipedia:Toei Company|Toei Company, Ltd]]. They are responsible for most of the animation produced for the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] television series. They are known for animating many American and Japanese cartoons, such as ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'', ''Devilman'', ''Sailor Moon'', ''Voltron'' (aka ''Golion''), ''Tranzor Z'' (aka ''Mazinger Z''), ''Getter Robo'', ''Steel Jeeg'', ''Grendizer'', ''Daiku Maryu Gaiking'', the ''Dragonball'' franchise, ''One Piece'', ''Digimon'', Fist of the North Star, Kinnikuman,''[[Susan Hoffman#Related characters|The Real Ghostbusters]]'', ''Zatch Bell'', ''Bobobo-bo-Bobobo'', the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', ''[[Spider-Man]] and his Amazing Friends'', ''Pryde of the [[Wolverine (superhero)|X-Men]]'', ''Kinnikuman''... look, it might just be shorter to list the stuff they ''haven't'' worked on.

==''Transformers'' work==

Toei Studios animated the entirety of season 1 of the Generation 1 cartoon, including the three-part pilot episode [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|More Than Meets the Eye]]. Following that, season 2 got split up between Toei, [[AKOM]] and an [[Unknown Filipino animation studio|unnamed studio from the Philippines]]<ref>[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/60-astrominutes/paul-davids/paul_davids_3.html Interview with production coordinator Paul Davids at the Cybertron Chronicle, confirming the use of a studio from the Philippines]</ref>, with Toei animating 39 episodes<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030106085836/www.toei-anim.co.jp/oldies/collabo2.html Archived version of Toei's resume for joint productions, confirming their share in seasons 2 and 3]</ref>, whereas the other two studios would handle the remaining ten episodes.

Toei also animated ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and "[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]" (which contained 15 minutes of all-new footage) as well as all the animated television [[commercial]]s, the [[title sequence]]s for season 1, 2, 4 and 5 (4 and 5 being composed of commercial animation Toei had done), all the season 1 and season 2 [[Commercial bumper|bumpers]] and all five [[public service announcement]]s.

Season 3 (''[[Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]'' in Japan) saw a decline in Toei's participation, as they were gradually outsourced by AKOM's more cost-efficient animation, thus only producing 13 episodes for this season. The short-lived Season 4 (the three-part "[[The Rebirth]]" series finale) was then handled entirely by AKOM.

Despite that, Toei would be solely responsible for the unique animation seen in all ''Transformers'' toy commercials, even during and after 1986, when the animated series itself had largely switched to AKOM.

After [[Hasbro]] stopped funding further ''Transformers'' cartoon episodes, [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] would retain Toei to animate all of the Japanese-exclusive cartoons: [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|''Headmasters'']] (35 episodes using all-new footage), [[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|''Super-God Masterforce'']] (43 episodes), [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|''Victory'']] (38 episodes) and the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' OVA]].

In 1998, eight years after animating ''Zone'', Toei were called upon once again to animate the ''[[Beast Wars II (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' segment of the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]'' theatrical movie, "[[Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!]]".

==Notes==

* Perhaps unflatteringly, Toei is notorious among Western anime distributors for their difficulty to work with. For distributers releasing their material outside of Japan, Toei often refuses to provide quality video masters. The masters they ''do'' provide are often of terrible picture and sound quality, and some times are even ''incomplete'' in their material. The masters for ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' cartoon Toei provided to [[Metrodome]] for UK release contained none of the before credits recaps and next episode segments; unfortunate, as some of those segments contained new content and not just clips. For the US releases of ''[[Scramble City (episode)|Scramble City]]'', [[Sony]] was provided the video but refused the soundtrack (forcing them to replace it with a non-optional audio commentary). [[Shout! Factory]] fared even worse, being outright denied in their request for ''Scramble City'' entirely, citing, "Toei has no interest in licensing to third parties". Toei later denied them a distribution license for the ''[[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Zone]]'' OVA. Toei's stubbornness to cooperate with Western companies is infamous outside of ''Transformers'', particularly among Western distributors of ''Sailor Moon'' material.

==External links==
* [http://www.toei-anim.com/ Toei's Official English-language Website]

==Footnotes==
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