Commandos

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{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode|the Decepticon subgroup in that episode|Commando}}
{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=15
|title="Commandos"
|japanese=5体合体! バルディガス
|romaji=Gotai Gattai! Baldigus
|translation=Quintuple Merge! Baldigus
|image=Decptidam.jpg
|caption="All we need is a pet dog with a racist name and we're sorted!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], NAS, Studio Gallop
|written by=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]] (Japanese) [[Marc Handler]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[July 12|12 July]] 2000 (Japanese) [[September 24]], 2001 (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''New troops prove themselves''' 
'''Decepticons versus dam''' 
'''Four Optimuses?!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] demonstrate their firepower to [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] by destroying a dam at a remote location. They then plan to attack another one on which people depend. [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], meanwhile, is angry that the Decepticons are gaining Megatron's interest, and he enlists [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], [[Dark Scream]] and [[Gas Skunk]] for his plan to steal the credit for Scourge's next plan by disguising themselves as Autobots.

[[Image:Commandos Optimi.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"No, I'm Optimus!"]]
For their part, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] have witnessed the Commandos' assault, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] sends patrols to a number of other dams. At the [[Sherman Dam]] near the [[Los Bogus]] desert resort, [[Koji Onishi]] and his friend [[Doctor Bridget]] are going on a tour of the dam by themselves. Meanwhile, [[X-Brawn]] is patrolling the dam as well when he encounters Scourge, [[Mega-Octane]], [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] and [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]]. He engages the Decepticons in battle, only to be thrown by Scourge into the water, where he finds he can't swim to the surface. The [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] watch all this from a distance. When the Decepticons start to plant their [[Pulsar bomb|pulsar bombs]], Koji alerts Optimus, who sends in [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]]. Meanwhile, Sky-Byte orders his disguised Predacons to attack the Decepticon group, who are still planting bombs as they climb up the dam. Scourge goes to deal with this diversion and ends up attacking Side Burn and Prowl, throwing the two into the same water as X-Brawn, where they find themselves similarly stuck. As this occurs, Sky-Byte sends Dark Scream to install a transmitter to take control of the bombs.

[[Image:Commandos Megatron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all...]]
While Optimus Prime arrives elsewhere, Megatron broadcasts his threats to Los Bogus, which relies on the dam and includes a casino [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] is visiting. Megatron orders Scourge to destroy the dam, but when Scourge obediently trips the detonator, nothing happens, because Sky-Byte has taken control of it. Sky-Byte then says ''he'' will trigger the bombs at Megatron's word, but just as Megatron finishes a three-count for him, Optimus intervenes, and the detonator falls into the water where the Autobot Brothers are waiting. Angered at being made a fool of in front of the humans, Megatron orders Scourge to destroy the dam by any means necessary. Mega-Octane fires at the main bomb, blasting a hole in the dam and causing a blackout in the casino just as Kelly is close to getting a jackpot. While Optimus Prime wrestles with Scourge, the Autobot Brothers slide towards the Commandos and attempt to overturn them. [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] and [[Movor]] try to provide air support, only to be blocked by [[Team Bullet Train]].

[[Image:Commandos Scourgeoptimus.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Dance off!]]
Sky-Byte and the Predacons hope to take out both parties with some indiscriminate fire, but the plan boomerangs on them when Scourge tries to shoot at the dam, only for Optimus to tackle him. He unwittingly fires at Sky-Byte and company, sending them into the water.

Team Bullet Train decides to combine into [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]], but the Commandos counter this by forming [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. They initially pin down the giant Autobot, but the three Autobot Brothers jump into the fray, allowing Rail Racer to blast Ruination into his separate components. Scourge is forced to abort the mission.

The dam is then repaired and power is restored, revealing to Kelly that she didn't win anything. Meanwhile, Megatron is angry with Scourge, while Sky-Byte vows to make Earth his own personal domain.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[T-AI]] (9)
*[[X-Brawn]] (15)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (16)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (17)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (19)
*[[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] (20)
*[[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] (21)
*[[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] (22)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (1)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (3)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (4)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (5)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (6)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (7)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (10)
*[[Dark Scream]] (11)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (12)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (23)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (13)
*[[Doctor Bridget]] (14)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==
"Rollbar is all-terrain terror!"
:—'''Scourge''''s <s>sales pitch</s> introduction for his teammate.

'''Slapper''': "Well, if we're gonna dress up like Autobots, then I'm gonna look like Optimus Prime! Yeah, that's it!" 
'''Gas Skunk''': "No, I'm gonna be Optimus Prime! I'll have a red helmet and a siren..." 
'''Dark Scream''': "I'll be Optimus Prime, I want him!" 
'''Sky-Byte''': "Stop this nonsense! If you had any brains, you'd be dangerous. I, of course, shall be Optimus Prime." 
'''Slapper''': "Well, ain't that just prime."
:—The Predacons seem to have a slight fixation.

"Ha! Hey, I like being a good guy, as long as I can blow things up."
:—'''Slapper''' has a keen sense of priorities.

'''Sky-Byte''': "Silence! I'm Optimus Prime, I told you that!" 
'''Slapper''': "Whoa, check him out. He really went all out." 
'''Gas Skunk''': "We've got four Optimus Primes here." 
'''Dark Scream''': "It's kind of...embarrassing, you know!"
:—The Commandos fell for '''''THIS?!?''''' Who swapped their intelligence?

'''Side Burn''': "We must have some options." 
'''X-Brawn''': "Sure we do! I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with 'F'." 
'''Side Burn''': "Oh, I hate that game. How about we play a round of Old Maid instead, huh?" 
'''Prowl''': "Don't encourage him, X-Brawn. Next thing you know, he'll be down here playing Go Fish!" 
'''Side Burn''': "HA HA HA HA HA!"
:—The Autobot Brothers amuse themselves while stuck at the bottom of the dam.

"Someone will pay for this! They are all going to feel my wrath!" 
"I like that line. 'They are all going to feel my wrath.' Who wrote this script, somebody's fiancée?"
:—'''Megatron''' talks big, and '''Kelly''' gets nasty.

'''Megatron''': "I can't believe I trusted you, Sky-Byte! You made me look like an idiot! It's terrible, people are laughing at me!" 
'''Sky-Byte''': "He came out of nowhere—like lightning! It was Optimus Prime!" 
'''Megatron''': "AAUUUGGHHH, NOT PRIME AGAIN! I CAN'T ''STAND IT''! ....hooo, got this under control. Scourge, you're going to blow up that dam RIGHT NOW, understand? I don't care how. Blast it with your lasers. Burn it with your flamethrowers. RIP it apart with your BARE HANDS. Just MAKE IT GO AWAY!" 
'''Scourge''': "We can do that."
:—Megatron in full diva mode.

"I've been waiting for you, Prime." 
"Then you've been waiting for trouble!"
:—'''Scourge''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===

===Continuity errors===
*The Autobot brothers have no trouble swimming in "[[The Hunt for Black Pyramid]]", but in this episode they sink like rocks.

===Transformers references===
*Slapper quotes [[Optimus Primal]]: "Well, ain't that just Prime."
*[[Sherman Dam]] is named after the dam which appeared in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]".

===Real-world references===
* When Kelly criticises Megatron's speech, she is standing next to a man who bears a striking resemblance to Spike of ''[[wikipedia:Cowboy_Bebop|Cowboy Bebop]]''

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 4 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 1 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season One (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/transformers-transcripts/rid-episode-15-commandos.php "Commandos" transcript on RIDForever.info]

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