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Spark (episode)

2012-08-01T02:13:25Z

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{{disambig3|Spark}}

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=50
|prev=Destructive Power
|next=The Sun
|title="Spark"
|japanese=コンビネーションスパークの力
|romaji=Combination Spark no Chikara
|translation=The Combination Spark's Power
|image=E50 titlecard.jpg
|caption=Which [[Spark]]?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Kei'ichirō Kawaguchi]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[December 17|17 December]], [[2004]] (Japanese) [[March 19]], [[2005]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Expanded to enormous proportions, Optimus and Galvatron wage their final battle in space and on Jungle Planet.'''

==Synopsis==
Super-sized [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] flies off into space, followed by his loyal troops, who wonder where he's heading. The [[Autobot]]s attack, and a melee ensues. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]] and [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] wonder where Galvatron is heading, but suspect he's being led to the same place that they are. Optimus tells Rodimus to take over leadership if he doesn't return from the upcoming final struggle with Galvatron.

The [[Omnicon]]s continue feeding Super [[Energon star]]s into [[Primus]], who's slowly coming out of sleep mode. The Omnicons have depleted their reserves.

[[Image:Energon-Optimus-Hand-Hit-Galvatron.jpg|170px|thumb|left|No, this isn't an [[animation error]].]]

Optimus and [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega]] recombine and attack Galvatron, hitting him in the nosecone. But Prime splits off from Omega, saying that this battle is soly between him and Galvatron. He begins powering up, attacking as a glowing ball of light. His arms emerge, super-sized, and hurl Galvatron away. He emerges enlarged, the same size as his nemesis. The two titans battle, and Optimus bashes Galvatron to the surface of [[Jungle Planet (Energon)|Jungle Planet]].

Optimus follows, and they face off, preparing for the final battle. As Galvatron prepares himself, his eyes regain their [[Unicron|greenish tint]]. Troops from both sides scramble to reinforce their respective leaders. The ancient Energon guardians squabble and begin to fight.

Optimus and Galvatron battle. Prime throws Galvatron away, then rocks back. And forth. And back. And forth. And back. (yes, I counted.) They continue to battle; Optimus orders his troops to stay out of it, and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] likewise holds back the Decepticons from helping. Galvatron runs Optimus through with his sword, but takes a blow at the same time; both fall. But Prime rises and continues waling on him.

[[Image:Energon-Super-Galvatron-Stabs-Super-Optimus.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Ouch.]]

On Cybertron, [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] is out for a stroll, when he realizes that Galvatron is in trouble. But [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] appears and says he'll have to get through him first.

[[Superion Maximus|Superion]] takes on [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus]] and [[Constructicon Maximus|Constructicon]]. When they get him down, he launches his limbs, which pin Constructicon Maximus to a wall. [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Superion's central component]] charges Constructicon in a ball of light, causing him to die. Laser blasts from Bruticus destroy Superion Maximus's limbs before he can recombine.

Galvatron and Prime continue fighting, with a notable lack of quips and taunts from both combatants. As [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] approaches the battle, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] says that he senses Unicron... from both of them.

[[Image:Energon-Superion-Constructicon-Fatal-Punch.jpg|170px|thumb|left|Yo Constructicon, mind if I borrow your limbs in a bit?]] The Unicron orb still exists.

Kicker senses this.

No really, the Unicron orb still exists.

Kicker orders Jetfire into space, to destroy Unicron.

Bruticus crushes what's left of Superion, until a shot from out of the blue destroys one of Bruticus's arms. Superion briefly sees a vision of his deceased brother... and then leaps, merges with Constructicon Maximus's abandoned limbs, and counterattacks. He strikes his fellow guardian in the chest, triggering a huge explosion.

[[Image:Superionmaximus kills bruticus.jpg|right|170px|thumb|]]
Kicker and Jetfire continue flying into space (where the Unicron orb still exists). Kicker abruptly orders Jetfire to leave him, as he can sense things more clearly when he's alone.

Prime and Galvatron struggle on. Galvatron refuses Optimus's offer to become an Autobot, saying that the power he gained from Unicron is still growing. He explodes his old form, replacing it with one even bigger. Optimus follows suite, vanishing in a flash of light and reappearing in his "Optimus Supreme" form, now with his [[Prime Force]] drones attached, without actually having to combine with Omega Supreme to do so.

[[Image:Energon-Colossal-Cel-Optimus-VS-Galvatron.jpg|170px|thumb|left|Their normal size is cel-shaded, giant is traditional CGI, and colossal is hand-drawn. What would happen if they grew even bigger?]] Jetfire is hesitant to leave Kicker, even with the [[Energon Saber]]. [[Misha Miramond|Misha]] contacts him, desperate to join him, but Kicker says he must do it alone. Kicker sends his love and assures her he'll come back, and heads off into space.

Prime and Galvatron are still fighting. As Galvatron begins to gain the upper hand, Optimus uses his [[Spark of Combination]] to seize Galvatron's Unicron energy. Both titans disolve, returned to their normal size... and Galvatron realizes Optimus planned this all along.

[[Image:Energon-Kicker-Observes-Unicron-Spark.jpg|170px|thumb|right|Wait...that's ''it''?!]] The Unicron orb still exists.

Galvatron leaves to go destroy Unicron, promising to return for Optimus. The Decepticons follow. The Autobots tend to Prime.

Kicker senses something, and finds what he's looking for: the Unicron orb! The... apple-sized Unicron orb. Kicker realizes that this tiny orb, barely bigger than his fist, is all that remains of Unicron. Kicker is furious at the waste of time, and raises the Energon Saber to destroy the orb, as the watching Alpha Q implores him not to do it.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (6)
*[[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (7)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (8)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (9)
*[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] (12)
*[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (13)
*[[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (14) (powerlinked to Rodimus)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (17)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (18)
*[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] (20)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (22)
*[[Superion Maximus]] (25)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (28)
*[[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]] (29)
*[[Sky Shadow (Energon)|Sky Shadow]] (30)
*[[Terradive (Energon)|Terradive]] (31)
*[[Treadshot (Energon)|Treadshot]] (32)
*[[Windrazor (Energon)|Windrazor]] (33)
*The ghost of "[[Anonymous Maximus]]" (34)
*[[Inferno (Energon)|Roadblock]] (38)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (1)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (2)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (3)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (4)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (5)
*[[Constructicon Maximus]] (23)
*[[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] (24)
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (27)

|c3=
*[[Rad White]] (16)
*[[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (19)
*[[Kicker Jones]] (21)
*[[Misha Miramond]] (26)
*[[Miranda Jones]] (36)
*[[Sally Jones]] (37)

|c4=
*[[Primus]] (15)
*[[Energon Saber]] (35)
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (39) (voice only)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't explain it, Kicker, but I got a bad feeling something big's about to happen. It's a good thing I powered up. But no matter what happens, we gotta remain ''calm'' and ''cool''. 
"I hope you know I'm going along with you, Jetfire."
:—With only two episodes left in the series, '''Jetfire''' and '''Kicker''' struggle to resolve all the critical plot points.

'''Bruticus Maximus:''' "The time has come to back our fearless leader." 
'''Constructicon Maximus:''' "Sorry, Bruticus, but I'm not hanging around with you." 
'''Bruticus Maximus:''' "''So!'' Are you planning on deserting the great Galvatron?" 
'''Superion Maximus:''' "Oh, would you two ''please'' quit bickering!" 
'''Constructicon Maximus:''' "Stop it, Superion! Since when are you the boss of me? Now run along and find someone who cares!" 
'''Bruticus Maximus:''' "I suggest we forget our differences and back up Galvatron." 
'''Superion Maximus:''' "Grrr. Let's DO it!" ''[attacks]''
:—WHAT DO YOU DOING!!!

"Don't worry, Jetfire. I'm not alone. You see, ever since I was a kid, I've felt I had a special purpose. And that's to bring peace, once and for all, to the universe."
:—'''Kicker''' isn't one to make small plans.

==Other Notes==
===Lost in translation===
While the dub doesn't openly get anything drastically ''wrong'', its constant mangling of dialogue into stilted nonsense ''really'' blunts the basic point of this episode, which is that both Galvatron and Optimus Prime have been overcome by the essence of Unicron, with Unicron having actively taken possession of Galvatron to use as a new body, and Prime having drawn on the power of Unicron that exists within him and all Transformers. Prime's plan is to engage Galvatron in battle on the gamble that the Decepticon leader's hatred of Prime will allow him to overcome Unicron's influence (which it does). The character's eyes switch back and forth from their normal colors to green-tinted, the latter reflecting Unicronian possession (a key moment occurs when Galvatron's eyes turn back to normal, he comments on how much he hates Optimus Prime, and his eyes then turn green again), but it's fairly obvious that the English scriptwriters didn't ''get'' this, since the dubbed characters happily yammer on with their own personalities, regardless of what color their eyes are.

* In ''Super Link'', Optimus tells Rodimus that he's being drawn to the same place that Galvatron is. The dub flubs it, having Optimus say "I suspect he's being drawn to the same place ''we'' are", as if it's come up before, and as if anyone besides Optimus himself feels the pull of Unicron.
* The point of Kicker and Jetfire's first conversation (dub version quoted above) is supposed to be Kicker announcing that he's going into space. The dub transmogrifies it into random sentences.
* Galvatron's "I loathe you": dub addition.
* Rodimus's "This is insane": dub addition.
* The dub butchers the conversation between the combiners (dub version quoted above.) The gist of it is supposed to be: Bruticus and Construction say they must go help their leader, and therefore have no time for Superion. They then rib Superion, asking if he shouldn't be off saving his own master; Superion says he has no ''master'', and that Prime is his ''friend''. The other two reply that they've never been able to stand that kind of babble, and that at least Galvatron destroyed Superion's brother (providing a tie-in to his appearance later in the episode.)
* Arcee reports that Galvatron and Optimus are ''heading'' to Jungle Planet... long after they've already landed there. In ''Super Link'', she reports that they've ''crashed'' there.
* Snow Cat's inexplicable declaration that "Besides, I wouldn't want to ''hurt'' Optimus!" is a dub flub. He's supposed to be saying that he doesn't want to be attacked by the two combatants.
* In ''Super Link'', Superion Maximus makes a comment to the effect of "I'm borrowing these!" as he takes Constructicon Maximus's limbs. The line isn't present in the dub, making the rapidly-animated scene even more confusing.
* In the dub, Optimus says he can't allow Unicron to exist anymore, then ''very'' randomly tells Galvatron that he could get out of his predicament by becoming an Autobot. He's supposed to be saying that he will ''overcome'' Unicron's power within him, and that Galvatron should be able to do the same, if he's strong-willed enough. Optimus's challenge then angers Galvatron enough for him to break through Unicron's control.
* Kicker's ridiculous "I must bring peace to the universe" speech is ''supposed'' to be him saying that he is not alone because he has the ''wishes of his friends for peace in the universe'' with him. ...Okay, either way it's a bunch of ridiculous wiffle, but still.
* Kicker isn't mad because his time was wasted; he's mad because... well, y'know. Because it's Unicron.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 9
* Stock footage: none! Even a combination sequence is actually animated within the context of the scene—maybe a first for the series.
* Listen up: 1
* It's time to: 2
* We've gotta: 1
* Let's do it/this: 3
* Are you serious: 2
* Come on: 2
* That's impossible: 1
* Not if I can help it: 1
* We're counting on you: 1

===Animation and technical errors===
* The opening pan of Galvatron's giant jet-mode is supposed to be fantastically impressive. Except—rather than actually animate the jet in motion- the animators have dragged a still image of the jet seen from the side across the frame—removing all depth or parallax from the scene and (due to the unfortunate alignment of two yellow sections at that angle) making it almost impossible to figure out what you're actually ''seeing'' until they cut to the wide shot.
* Superion Maximus's first line of dialog is, essentially, in Starscream's voice.
* When Superion Maximus steals Constructicon Maximus's limbs to defeat Bruticus Maximus, Superion has Steamhammer's shovel. The weirdness of this is increased by the fact that the character model of Steamhammer as Constructicon Maximus's torso frequently omits the shovel.
*Optimus and Galvatron's cel-animation fight doesn't flow quite as well in ''Energon'' as it does in ''Super Link'' due to unfinished animation at times.

===Continuity errors===
* After all this time, just ''two little laser blasts'' destroy all four of Superion Maximus's limbs? ''Why has this never worked before?!?''
* When striking the final blow against Bruticus, Superion cries out "Power link!" Shouldn't that be reserved for when he combines with the limbs?
* Constructicon Maximus calls the [[Air Team]] "Superion Maximus" after they have broken up into component Transformers.
* Bruticus Maximus calls Storm Jet "Superion".
* Omega Supreme makes an appearance while he is powerlinked to Optimus Prime.
- This may not be totally a continuity error. In Superlink, Grand Convoy mentions he can use Unicron's power
to be at his most powerful, and his most powerful form is as Omega Convoy. Since this Omega Supreme is a
manifestation of Unicron's power, Omega Supreme himself is actually still on his own that allows for his
appearance later in the episode.

===Trivia===
* That huge explosion? That's Bruticus Maximus dying. They forgot to mention that.
* A rough surface texturing is used to indicate Galvatron and Optimus's Unicron-empowered inflated sizes, while flashes of green in their eye lighting further indicate the Unicron infection.
* It's not exactly an error, but the fade-cut away from Ironhide and Scorponok charging at each other is strangely abrupt. In ''Super Link'', it's a commercial cut.
* If the "limb" robots of the Maximus combiner teams are actual individuals (with personalities and such), then Superion Maximus's appropriation of Constructicon Maximus's limbs for his own use is a violation of their free will, and quite creepy. ("Fortunately", ''Energon'' never shows the limbs in robot mode or suggests they have any personality of their own.)
* Galvatron gets the cel animation upgrade as he shows off his new, even-bigger body. Prime does too a moment later. Can you imagine what that fight would have been like without it?
* Even after growing to their colossal forms that would easily dwarf Unicron himself, Prime and Galvatron are still within Jungle Planet's atmosphere. Apparently Jungle Planet is the size of a small star.
* How do you defeat Unicron's raw essence? ''Hit it with a sword!''

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 013 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Linkup

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{{picsneeded}}
{{episode|
|series=Armada
|ep=26
|prev=Tactician
|next=Detection
|title="Linkup"
|japanese=合身 (りんくあっぷ) - link up
|romaji=Gasshin [Link Up]
|translation=Fusion (Link Up)
|image=Armada_ep_26_jet_optimus.JPG
|caption=
|production code=TF: A-26
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Isao Shizuya]]
|director=[[Osamu Kamijō]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.]]
|airdate=[[January 29]], [[2003]] (English) [[July 4|4 July]] [[2003]] (Japanese)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''With Optimus in the repair bay, Jetfire is the Autobots' best hope against the Decepticons.'''

:''Polish title:'' "'''Połączenie'''"

==Synopsis==
[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] has been badly damaged in a recent battle with the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], and the prognosis is uncertain. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] tells the kids that [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] will take over Optimus's role while the leader is in the repair bay. [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is not impressed by Jetfire's overconfident bragging, and neither are the kids.

[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] is also unimpressed, but at the failure of [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]]'s plan. [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] are merely amused by its failure, and Thrust blames it on a miscalculation in the form of Jetfire. He says he'll come up with a new plan and takes some shooting stars as a sure sign of victory.

The [[Autobot|Autobots]] discuss Thrust and how he led the Decepticons to victory on the planets [[Vector]], [[Orga]] and [[Duke (planet)|Duke]], almost wiping out the Autobots. [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] thinks that while they have Jetfire on their team, they don't have anything to worry about on that score. [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] attempts to report to Jetfire, but the Autobot doesn't speak [[Mini-Con]], and [[Rad White|Rad]] has to translate that there's a suspicious bot flying over the base. They soon recognise Thrust, and Jetfire immediately runs off to confront the Decepticon.

Thrust takes off as soon as he sees Jetfire coming, goading the Autobot into following. Unsurprisingly, they reach a zone where the Decepticons are waiting, and the kids plead with Jetfire not to fire on the swarm of Mini-Cons accompanying them. He assures them he won't and shoots at Cyclonus, who protests that Thrust said the Autobot wouldn't fire with the Mini-Cons around. Thrust orders the Mini-Cons to attack, and soon Jetfire is being strafed with laser fire. Starscream closes in, but Jetfire is able to dodge the null laser cannon.

At base, the Autobots puzzle over how they're going to help Jetfire, when [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] spots an island near where the battle is taking place. [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]], Hot Shot and [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] warp to the island, and Smokescreen prepares to fire his longarm cannon, but is blasted by Demolishor and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. Demolishor boasts that Thrust's plan is to steal the Skyboom shield and opens fire on the Autobots, who are forced to use the shield for cover.

[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]], still at base, admires the Decepticons' trap, but the kids think he should take action. Rad contacts Red Alert in the repair bay, informs him of the situation, and lets him know they need Optimus.

[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] arrives on the island and tells his men to get on with it and demand the Shield from the Autobots. At Hot Shot's goading, Megatron calls the Star Saber to him and begins the attack anew. Hot Shot suggests they should withdraw. Smokescreen is confident the Skyboom Shield will protect them, but the other two Autobots talk him into withdrawing. The trio begin their escape, hampered by the Decepticons' weapons fire.

Jetfire attempts to come to their aid, but is surrounded by the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team]] and is again almost blasted by Starscream. He flies towards the Decepticon, but is grazed by a blast from the null laser cannon. Again surrounded by the Mini-Cons, he's unable to take a shot at Thrust.

Red Alert reports that Optimus is almost combat ready, and Carlos stresses the urgency of the situation.

On the island, Megatron has Smokescreen pinned down while Blurr and Hot Shot are busy with Demolishor and Sideways.

While Red Alert and Scavenger are about to join the battle, an alarm indicates that someone's in the launch area: Optimus Prime! Though Red Alert and the kids protest that he's not ready, Optimus asks to be warped to Jetfire's coordinates.

As Thrust and Starscream prepare to finish off Jetfire, Optimus appears overhead. The Autobot leader freefalls towards Jetfire, and the pair [[Powerlinx|combine]]. After making short work of Starscream, Optimus flies to the island and knocks Megatron into the ocean. For an encore, he picks up Demolishor and drops the protesting Decepticon into the water as well. Sideways wisely retreats. The impressed kids cheer.

Optimus suggests to Jetfire that he might want to be a bit more cautious next time, to which the Autobot says he's learnt his lesson.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (3)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (4)
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] (15)
*[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] (16)
*[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] (17)
*[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (21)

|c2=
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (10)
*[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (11)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (13)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (14)
*[[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (24)

|c3=
*[[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (5)
*[[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (6)
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (7)
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (8)
*[[Rad White]] (9)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (18)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (19)
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (20)
*[[Air Military Mini-Con Team]] (22)
*[[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==

"He'll be signing autographs later."
:—'''Hot Shot''' on Jetfire's smug boasting

"It's time for you to taste my plasma blaster. See if this makes your teeth whiter and brighter."
:—'''Jetfire''', shooting at Cyclonus

"I am Demolishor, the fierce Decepticon warrior!"
:—'''Demolishor''' introduces himself 26 episodes too late.

"In your dreams! If you want it, why don't you come and get it? That is, unless you're a little bit of a wimp. Well, are ya?"
:—'''Hot Shot''' taunts Megatron. Brave lad.

"They don't call him Starscream for nothing."
:—'''Optimus''' after Starscream falls screaming through the clouds

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Legend''===
* Although numerous minor changes were made to the animation in ''Micron Legend'', "Linkup" is one of the most prominent examples. Multiple scenes were completely redrawn and reanimated with higher quality animation, in comparison to the ''Armada'' airings. Among the changes: problems such as Jet Optimus being drawn in his Super Mode colors, along with having the wrong legs, have been fixed, while numerous close-up shots were also redrawn. <ref>[http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Knight/6670/my_micron/armada-legend.html Comparisons between screenshots]</ref>
* Convoy was in the repair bay for maintainence and was told not to leave to help Jetfire as the maintainence was incomplete and a lot of his important systems had not been rebooted.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*In the overhead shot of Hot Shot, Blurr and Smokescreen retreating, Smokescreen doesn't have the Skyboom Shield.
*Thrust refers to the Air Military Mini-Con Team as the Air ''Defence'' Mini-Con Team (who are busy being the Star Saber).
*The combined form of Optimus and Jetfire is referred to throughout as "Jet Convoy", the Japanese name for Jet Optimus.
*Jet Optimus is drawn incorrectly twice. When firing at Starscream, his chest is colored red instead of white, and has a Decepticon [[insignia]]. Later, when Jet Optimus is landing on the island, he is shown with his lower body being his trailer, instead of it being Jetfire.
*Multiple times, Carlos' eyes have whites.

===Continuity errors===
*Optimus didn't really seem so badly damaged at the end of "[[Tactician]]" that he'd require a whole episode in the repair bay.

===Transformers references===
===Real-world references===
===Trivia===
*"Linkup" first aired in the United States on [[January 31]], [[2003]].
*Shooting stars on the moon are not possible, because it has no atmosphere for objects to burn up in.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Micron Legend'' — Volume 7 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Vol:09 ([[Warner Bros.|Warner Music Video]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part One ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume One ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Armada episodes]]

Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003

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{{stub}}

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=Chō Robot Seimeitai Transformers Micron Densetsu Year Book 2003
|image=Tf micron legend year book 2003 cover obi.jpg
|caption=Don't drop them, don't drop them...
|japanese=超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーマイクロン伝説 YEAR BOOK 2003
|translation=Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Legend of the Microns Year Book 2003
|publisher=[[JIVE]]
|written by=
|date=[[March 7|7 March]] [[2004]]
|illustrated by=
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
|pagecount=111
|ISBN=ISBN 4902314282 ISBN 978-4902314281
|price=2,800 yen
}}

Published in March 2004, '''''Chō Robot Seimeitai Transformers Micron Densetsu Year Book 2003''''' summarizes all 52 episodes of the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Micron Densetsu]]'' cartoon into 4 seasons, as well random trivia (such as various cameos) and episode notes, model sheets, and others. The book is entirely in Japanese.

==Contents==
===Season 1===
Covers episodes 1 to 12.

===Season 2===
Covers episodes 13 to 25.

===Season 3===
Covers episodes 26 to 39.

===Season 4===
Covers episodes 40 to 52.

===Toy photos===
===Animation model sheets/concept sketches===
===Interview with Aaron Archer===
[[Image:ArcherinterviewArmadayearbook.jpg|left|300px|thumb|]]
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Included instructions on how to win the special present [[Unicron of Light|Hikari no Unicron]], limited to 10 winners.
*Comments from the Story Writer explains why the 'Evolution' or Powerlink gimmick was not as impressive as it should have been (we can't kill characters with toys in every episode) and why they stopped being used, except for when Starscream was used his null-ray cannons to attack Unicron, after Stepper was introduced (we wanted to work on the storyline more).

[[Category:Needs Translation]]
[[Category:Armada]]
[[Category:Reference texts]]

Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003

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{{cleanup|March 2009|Formatting and possibly translation required}}
{{stub}}

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=Chō Robot Seimeitai Transformers Micron Densetsu Year Book 2003
|image=Tf micron legend year book 2003 cover obi.jpg
|caption=Don't drop them, don't drop them...
|japanese=超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーマイクロン伝説 YEAR BOOK 2003
|translation=Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Legend of the Microns Year Book 2003
|publisher=[[JIVE]]
|written by=
|date=[[March 7|7 March]] [[2004]]
|illustrated by=
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
|pagecount=111
|ISBN=ISBN 4902314282 ISBN 978-4902314281
|price=2,800 yen
}}

Published in March 2004, '''''Chō Robot Seimeitai Transformers Micron Densetsu Year Book 2003''''' summarizes all 52 episodes of the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Micron Densetsu]]'' cartoon into 4 seasons, as well random trivia (such as various cameos) and episode notes, model sheets, and others. The book is entirely in Japanese.

==Contents==
===Season 1===
Covers episodes 1 to 12.

===Season 2===
Covers episodes 13 to 25.

===Season 3===
Covers episodes 26 to 39.

===Season 4===
Covers episodes 40 to 52.

===Toy photos===
===Animation model sheets/concept sketches===
===Interview with Aaron Archer===
[[Image:ArcherinterviewArmadayearbook.jpg|left|300px|thumb|]]
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Included instructions on how to win the special present [[Unicron of Light|Hikari no Unicron]], limited to 10 winners.
*Interviews with the Story Writer explains why the 'Evolution' or Powerlink gimmick was not as impressive as it should have been (we can't kill characters with toys in every episode) and why they stopped being used, except for when Starscream was used his null-ray cannons to attack Unicron, after Stepper was introduced (we wanted to work on the storyline more).

[[Category:Needs Translation]]
[[Category:Armada]]
[[Category:Reference texts]]

Latolata

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:''Rartorata is a [[Blendtron]] from the [[Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BWNAnimeRartorarta1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Defies logic by being uglier than his name.]]
'''Rartorata''' (ラートラータ ''Rātorāta'', also spelled Rartorarta, Rartalarta, Roto-Rooter, Ratatouille, and Nancy) is a cruel servitor of [[Unicron]] with an impossibly goofy name that basically fails to make sense in any language, be it human or [[Cybertronian languages|Cybertronian]]. Rartorata is easily the most vicious of the Blendtron trio, ready to sacrifice anything, even his team-mates [[Elephorca]] and [[Drancron]], to accomplish his mission.

Besides transforming into a hideous fish/bee monster, Rattata carries a "ceremonial rapid-fire poison arrow launcher", which may in fact make him some kind of ninja. Sometimes there are lots of him.

While his resemblance to [[Injector]] has been noted by the Predacon forces, he is apparently ''much'' bigger than the Fuzor.

You go, Lartarartolarltorartlroar. And yes, we know he isn't from Kamen Rider OOO.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Nobuyuki Saitō]] (Japanese)

{{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} {{storylink|The Seized Capsules}} {{storylink|Pursue the Blendtrons!|Chase the Blendtrons!}} {{storylink|Angry Magmatron}} {{storylink|Illusion? Lio Convoy}} {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}}

{{charstubfiction}}

===''Beast Wars Neo'' comic===
===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:Rartorata machine.jpg|left|150px|thumb|But I don't want to go to Earth. I'll miss [[As the Kitchen Sinks|all my soaps]].]]
In the wake of Unicron's [[The Void! (US)|last]] attempt at eating Cybertron, the hidden cells of [[Unicron cultist|cultists]] continued to operate in secret. As the dead god's consciousness called out to his scattered followers, Larrylatta was chosen to be reformatted into a Blendtron. Joining with former construction bot [[Elephorca]] and ex-gladiator [[Drancron]], he was instructed by the Chaos Bringer to help gather malcontents to the warlord [[Shokaract]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 3}}

Flattering their "leader" and offering him capsules of [[Angolmois]], the Blendtrons convinced Shokaract they were facilitating his ascension to the pantheon of [[Lords of Chaos|Dark Gods]] that spawned Unicron himself. As his [[Matrix of Conquest|Anti-Matrix]] filled, he would be transfigured and Cybertron would be remade in his image. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} However, they were in secret agents of Unicron, seeking only to use Shokaract as a "vessel" for the resurrection of their true patron.

[[Image:Rartorata IDWEarth.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[JaAm|mY liFE iS PaIn]].]]
Raratartarsauce was dispatched by Unicron to Earth to deal with the possible threat of the gathered Maximal and Predacon troops, and upon arriving immediately stung [[Razorbeast]], turning him into a raging feral animal. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}} Subdued by the combined Maximal and Predacon forces, Rakorata was freed when his fellow Blendtrons arrived. Razorbeast told his allies to flee as he charged in to take on the immense Blendtron. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}} Ralorata was ultimately destroyed when [[Lazorbeak]] and [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] impaled Drancron on his stinger, causing a volatile Angolmois reaction that eradicated them all. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars Neo===
[[Image:InjectorRobot.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Lio Convoy| Lion!]] [[Tigatron| Tora!]] [[Cheetor| Cheetah!]] ''RaTah RaTah LaToraTah!'']]
*'''Rātorāta''' (Deluxe Blentron, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''X-6'''
**''Accessories'': Spring-loaded "ceremonial rapid-fire poison arrow launcher", "poison arrow"

: Lertlerta is a barely-altered [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Deluxe [[Fuzor]] [[Injector]], transforming into a hornet-lionfish fusion. Pressing down on a plate on the back of his head in either mode tilts it forward and deploys spring-loaded spines on his skull. His beast-mode stinger detaches to form a spring loaded missile launcher (the aforementioned "ceremonial rapid-fire poison arrow launcher").

: Basically, the only differences between Rappakaffalatta and Injector are that Throatwarbler Mangrove has a lighter, charcoal gray plastic instead of Injector's black, plus his [[rubsign]] uses the Blentron [[insignia]] rather than the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] one.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Blendtron/Rartorarta/rartorarta.htm More information on Bartfargo at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Many attempts were made to [[Romanization|romanize]] the character's nonsense name until finally, in 2007, the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] ''Beast Wars'' comics set down a canonical English name for the little fella. Which ''still'' doesn't make any goddamn sense. It's like the whole [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] thing all over again, only there wasn't an option that looked like it ''meant'' something. You'd think they could have just called him "Dave" or something.

* One vaguely likely explanation for the name of this guy is that the scientific name for a species of lionfish is ''Pterois '''lunulata''''', and even that's a bit of a stretch. Considering 'L' is pronounced like an 'R' in Japanese, this seems the most likely explanation... well, the ''only'' explanation.

[[Category:Blendtrons]]

Ransack (Cybertron)

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{{disambig3|Ransack}}
:''Ransack is a [[Decepticon]] from planet [[Velocitron]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

[[Image:Cyb-Ransack-card.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Wow, what a great audience!"]]
'''Ransack''' is the brains of the Decepticon front on [[Velocitron|the Speed Planet]]... but that's not saying very much at all, since [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] is dumb as a bag of hammers and [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] is so fixated on grinding [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] into the dirt he doesn't care about anything else. In fact, Ransack is pretty dumb in his own way, but his gift for motor-mouthed, sneaky weaseling borders on genius.

He's a coward, a sneak, a luckless loser and small-time chiseler who's had his optics opened to a far greater form of evil and power previously unimagined, yet completely lacks the intelligence to attain it. Sometimes it seems [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] only tolerates him because his antics keep the Autobots distracted. If he has a good point to him, it's that he and Crumplezone seem to actually be friends, even though Ransack clearly takes advantage of his huge partner's bulk to lend muscle to his schemes, or as cover when said schemes almost invariably end up in the gutter.

The only time Ransack acts alone is... in his act. Yes, Ransack has tried stand-up comedy. He dreams of one day becoming a star, but his attempts have been met with little success. Not even his grab for the Velocitronian entertainment industry has caught the eye of Override, his secret crush. Of course, she finds him to be little more than an obnoxious troublemaking moron and is totally oblivious to his "affections".

:''Japanese name:'' '''Gasket'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Fosztogató''' (Looter)

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Louis Chirillo]] (English), [[Sam Vincent]] ("[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]" only, English), [[Hiroaki Hirata]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Cyb_ep14_little_red_wagon.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Aw, man! All my friends are watchin'!"]]
Ransack and Crumplezone were the first Velocitronians approached by Megatron, and were quickly cowed into servitude. Under Megatron's command, they sought out clues to the planet's [[Cyber Planet Key]], first terrorizing [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] and [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]], then convincing [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] to help them win the [[Planet Cup]] race. All throughout, they snuck around, trying to manipulate and cheat their way though, eventually abandoning Dirt Boss during the desert portion of the race. They made it to the final leg of the race, a vast, twisting track deep inside the planet, but blew all their power ''very'' early in the race and were left eating dust by [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and Override. They decided to attempt to just flat-out steal the Planet Cup, and naturally failed.

After their failure to capture the Speed Planet's Cyber Planet Key, Ransack and Crumplezone joined Megatron's forces off-planet attempting to collect the other Cyber Planet Keys. When [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] gave Megatron a false map that was in fact a trap, Ransack was trapped out in deep space within a steel globe for a while with Megatron, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]].

Once freed, Ransack joined his boss on the return to [[Earth]], fighting against both the Autobots and the Decepticons under Starscream's command. The battlefield quickly shifted to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where Ransack narrowly avoided becoming lunch for a swarm of [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]]... his pal Crumplezone was not so lucky, however. Crumplezone was revived by Megatron shortly after, and the grateful duo continued to follow Megatron, all the way to [[Gigantion]] the Giant Planet. There... they suffered humiliating defeat after humiliating defeat, pretty much. For a brief moment they had a shot at actually achieving something for Megatron by kidnapping the [[Mini-Con]] [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], but were outsmarted by [[Coby Hansen]] and his new [[Cobybot]], then subsequently blasted through a few layers of Gigantion by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] using [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex's]] colossal axe "Sparkdrinker", which was really overkill.

[[Image:RansackVsGigantion.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The very definition of "can't catch a break".]]
When Megatron-then-Galvatron finally obtained the [[Omega Lock]] and all four Cyber Planet Keys, they followed him back to Cybertron and the edge of the [[Unicron Singularity]]. There, when threatened by hundreds of Transformers from across the colony worlds, Galvatron used the powers of the Omega Lock to make his lackeys gigantic and incredibly powerful. Ransack was thrilled for about five seconds, until he realized he was still the smallest of the crew, and that even at his new size, he was no bigger than the Transformers from Gigantion, who decided to gang up on him, of course.

After Galvatron's plans to accelerate the growth of the Unicron Singularity failed, Ransack and the other now-normal-sized Decepticons left Galvatron, realizing that he had had no intention of sparing their lives from the cataclysm should he have succeeded. They re-appeared on the displaced [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], as the citizens and Autobots were trying to prevent one of the massive planetary engines that was returning the world to its rightful place from falling over. Surprising everyone, they ''helped'' right the engine, having decided to try being good guys and being on the winning side for a change.

Ransack, Crumplezone and [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] journeyed together across each of the colony worlds, trying to find a place to fit in. Ultimately failing, on Earth they cobbled together a makeshift rocket and headed for the stars, shanghaiing Thundercracker before they left, eager to become the [[New Decepticon Army]].

The rocket crashed on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], to comedic effect.
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Ransackcybtoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Featuring "Alien Crotch Rocket" mode.]]
*'''Ransack''' (Scout class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GD-05'''
**''Accessories'': Twin-barreled blaster, Speed Planet Cyber Key

: Ransack transforms into a Cybertronic motorcycle. By inserting a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the cycle mode's back end, a pair of non-firing guns flip out to form thrusters. This assembly becomes his blaster-weapon in robot mode. He comes with a Velocitron-style Cyber Planet Key; the original [[Hasbro]] version of this lacks the silver paint border of other versions, but has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] '''sc92''' on the back.

: This mold was also used to make the [[BotCon 2006]] [[exclusive]] [[Rattrap#Timelines|Rattrap]] and used for the model for pre-beast mode [[Tarantulas]] seen in [[Theft of the Golden Disk]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Ransack/ransack.htm More information on Ransack at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Police}}
[[Image:GF-Ransack-police.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Still funnier than the ''Police Academy'' movies.]]
*'''Gasket Police-Type''' (Scout class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''EX-08'''
**''Accessories'': Twin-barreled blaster, Speed Planet Cyber Key

: In Japan, a special police-deco version of Ransack was made available as a [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]] on [[October 7]]th 2005, with the purchase of 4000 yen (approximately $35 US) worth of ''Transformers'' product.

{{note|The idea of Ransack as a cop, aside from being pretty funny really, has not been been given an official in-fiction explanation.}}

::*''[http://tfu.info/2005/Destron/Gasket/gasket.htm More information on Gasket Police-Type at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|GTS}}
[[Image:Ransackgtstoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The green makes him feel pretty.]]
*'''Ransack GTS''' (Scout class, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Twin-barreled blaster, Speed Planet Cyber Key

: Ransack was [[redeco]]ed for the "[[Primus Unleashed]]" portion of ''Cybertron'' in a "stealth" paint job in primarily black and yellow. This coloration was made available only in the [[Hasbro]] line. He again comes with a silver-bordered Speed Planet Key, this time with the Key code '''s2w5''' stamped on the back.

{{note|Fictionally, it appears the "stealth" paint job is no more effective than Ransack's normal paint job, but he seems to think it works.}}

::*''[http://tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/RansackGTS/ransack.htm More information on Ransack GTS at TFU.info]''

{{--}}
===Attacktix===
[[Image:AttacktixRansack.jpg|right|250px|thumb|WAR FORK]]
*'''Ransack''' (Booster, 2006)
{{attacktix
|ID=TF18
|faction=Decepticon
|class=Specialist
|special=Recover -- 14/26 (54%)
|cost=20
|speed=8
|attacktype=Prodder/Twist and Throw Fork
}}
{{-}}
:Just like his cartoon counterpart, ''[[Attacktix]]'' Ransack is good mates with his pal [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)#Attacktix|Crumplezone]]. Ransack's "Recover" special power allows him to stand up as long as you have a Crumplezone piece in-play.

:Ransack's weapon is a unique Prodder attack. You can use it as a standard prodder, triggering it to knock an opponent down. You can also position the prongs on an opponent and turn them to throw them. This attack is a compromise on what Hasbro had planned as a corkscrew attack.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/AttacktixRansack/ransack.htm more information on Attacktix Ransack at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Universe (2008)===
[[Image:UniverseWarriorsFromThreeWorlds.jpg|thumb|300px|This seems like a lot of trouble to go through just for ''Ransack''...]]
*'''Warriors From Three Worlds''' 3-pack (Multi-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories'': Twin-barreled blaster, Speed Planet Cyber Key

:This pack of three Scout class figures contains unchanged Ransack GTS, [[Repugnus (Cybertron)|Repugnus]] and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)#Toys|Scattorshot]] figures. This three-pack has been sighted at Family Dollar and Walgreens stores in the United States, in Sainsburys stores in the United Kingdom, in Canadian Tire stores in (where else?) Canada for the 2009 holiday period and at Kmart in New Zealand and Australia in the latter half of 2010.
{{-}}

==Notes==
[[Image:RANSACKvh1.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Note the proper position of the wheel struts.]]
* All releases of Ransack/Gasket [[Misassembly|are actually mis-assembled]]; the rear wheel struts are put on the wrong sides, raising his rear end up higher in cycle mode. The Hasbro version of the mold actually [[Retool|retooled]] his wheel struts to adjust for the rear wheel rubbing against the back end due to this mis-assembly. The development line-art shown on Hasbro's web site by entering Ransack's [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] shows the intended assembly. Some fans have made the adjustment themselves, as it is only a metal pin keeping the wheel struts attached to the main body of the cycle. However, this does take a bit of force, plus carries the risk of damage to the strut pieces, which use a softer type of plastic. The error appears to have been finally corrected when the mold was redecoed into "[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]" [[Rattrap]] for [[BotCon 2006]].

* Ransack's English-language vocal characterization appears to have been patterned after [[wikipedia:David_Lander|David Lander]]'s portrayal of Andrew "Squiggy" Squigman in ''[[wikipedia:Laverne & Shirley|Laverne & Shirley]]''.

* Ransack's robot-mode CGI model appears in the viewscreen of the Hasbro version of the [[Real Gear Robots]] toy [[Spy Shot 6]].

* Ransack appears on a Transformers Cybertron wallpaper on Monkeybar TV... Yet he's with the Autobots.

[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Cybertron characters]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Entertainers]]
[[Category:Japanese promotion exclusives]]
[[Category:Saboteurs]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]
[[Category:Velocitron]]

Any Old Iron

2010-08-09T05:56:57Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Ironhide]]'' #4
|prev=Ironing Out the Details
|next=
|image=Transformers Ironhide 4A.jpg
|title="Any Old Iron"
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date= [[August 4]], [[2010]]
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Casey Coller]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Neil Uyetake]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2010)]]
}}
'''Ironhide kicks some serious skidplate.'''

==Synopsis==
{{issuestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (2)
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (3)
* [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (4)
* [[Scamper]] (5)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (6)
|c2=
* [[Insecticon swarm]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"I know. Look, why don't we save time and you just make a list of all the things you don't understand? That way, I'll be all the way to [[Varas Centralus]] before you finish."
: - '''Alpha Trion''' is a condescending [[Anatomic euphemism#Piston_rod|piston rod]].

==Errors==
* TBA

==Items of note==
* This issue finally makes some progress towards reconciling pre-[[All Hail Megatron]] Cybertron (uninhabitable and toxic due to radiation) with Cybertron as-seen since then (radioactive, but not enough for anyone to actually comment on it): Alpha Trion has been working behind-the-scenes with Metroplex to eliminate the radioactive elements from the atmosphere, and he had already been doing so prior-to AHM. Not the best [[retcon]], but hey, it's something.
* This also explains who/what Metroplex was protecting as alluded to in [[Spotlight: Metroplex]].

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Ironhide threatens Alpha Trion; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]].
* '''Cover B:''' Ironhide ready to chew up some Insectichops; art by [[Casey Coller]] with colors by [[Joana Lafuente]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Text-free "virgin" version of Cover B.

<gallery>
Image:Transformers Ironhide 4A.jpg|
Image:Transformers Ironhide 4B.jpg|
Image:Transformers Ironhide 4 CoverRI.jpg|
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* TBA

[[Category:IDW Generation 1 issues]]

Any Old Iron

2010-08-09T05:54:57Z

203.47.226.21: /* Items of note */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Ironhide]]'' #4
|prev=Ironing Out the Details
|next=
|image=Transformers Ironhide 4A.jpg
|title="Any Old Iron"
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date= [[August 4]], [[2010]]
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Casey Coller]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Neil Uyetake]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2010)]]
}}
'''Ironhide kicks some serious skidplate.'''

==Synopsis==
{{issuestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (2)
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (3)
* [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (4)
* [[Scamper]] (5)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (6)
|c2=
* [[Insecticon swarm]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"I know. Look, why don't we save time and you just make a list of all the things you don't understand? That way, I'll be all the way to [[Varas Centralus]] before you finish."
: - '''Alpha Trion''' is a condescending [[Anatomic euphemism#Piston_rod|piston rod]].

==Errors==
* TBA

==Items of note==
* This issue finally makes some progress towards reconciling pre-[[All Hail Megatron]] Cybertron (uninhabitable and toxic due to radiation) with Cybertron as-seen since then (radioactive, but not enough for anyone to actually comment on it): Alpha Trion has been working behind-the-scenes with Metroplex to eliminate the radioactive elements from the atmosphere, and he had already been doing so prior-to AHM. Not the best [[retcon]], but hey, it's something.
* This also explains who/what Metroplex was protecting as alluded to in Spotlight: Metroplex.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Ironhide threatens Alpha Trion; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]].
* '''Cover B:''' Ironhide ready to chew up some Insectichops; art by [[Casey Coller]] with colors by [[Joana Lafuente]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Text-free "virgin" version of Cover B.

<gallery>
Image:Transformers Ironhide 4A.jpg|
Image:Transformers Ironhide 4B.jpg|
Image:Transformers Ironhide 4 CoverRI.jpg|
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* TBA

[[Category:IDW Generation 1 issues]]

Sideburn's Obsession

2010-05-18T07:18:29Z

203.47.226.21: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=7
|title="Sideburn's Obsession"
|japanese=スピードブレイカーの危機!
|romaji=Speedbreaker no Kiki!
|translation=Speedbreaker's Crisis!
|image=Sideburnsobsession titlecard.jpg
|caption=[''[[Template:Sic|sic]]'']
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]] (Japanese) [[Richard Epcar]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 2000 (Japanese) [[September 15]], 2001 (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Side Burn likes sports cars''' 
'''Megatron is in disguise''' 
'''Fatal attraction'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Megatronsideburn.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Megatron's milkshake brings Side Burn to the junk yard]]
It all starts with [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chasing down a weird looking red car. [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] tries to stop them but loses them. Side Burn follows the car into a junkyard and is shocked and upset to discover that the red car is actually [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]. (Which brings up an interesting point, does Side Burn care about the car's gender?) The [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] apparently know about his taste in cars and used it to trick him. Side Burn is then captured by the Predacons and is now part of their evil plan.

The next day [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] and Side Burn's brothers are all worried that he hasn't checked in and go out to search for him. They are stopped by the Predacons who leave a message that if they want to see Side Burn again, Optimus has to go get him alone. Optimus decides to go, against the wishes of his soldiers who know it's a trap.

[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Sideburngasskunkdarkscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cue "Dueling Banjos"]]
Meanwhile [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] is with his friend [[Karl]] and Karl's father at a car crushing facility. The Predacons attack and order them to leave. As they run, Koji spots Side Burn as their prisoner and stays to see if he can help. Inside the Predacons tell Side Burn their plot. They're going to use Side Burn to lure Optimus into a trap and then hand him over to [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]].

Back at the base Prowl and [[X-Brawn]] convince [[T-AI]] to send the [[Spy Changer|Spychangers]] to help Optimus. The two brothers decide to help out by going in disguise. Sadly it doesn't seem that Prowl has any imagination (he's wearing a NO ENTRY bib and holding a NO ENTRY sign while asking his brother to guess who he is) and X-Brawn tells him that it's the dumbest disguise he has ever seen. Thankfully X-Brawn has imagination...but no taste; he and Prowl wind up in vehicle mode but covered in goofy looking paint jobs.

[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Sideburntricycle.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I want to ride my tricycle. I want to ride my trike.]]
Meanwhile the Predacons are curious as to why Side Burn is into red sport cars. Side Burn then tells a woeful tale of when he was a classic blue sports car and how he met a classic red sports car, but after a tragic accident Side Burn was left all alone. Now the Predacons are all feeling sorry for him, particularly after hearing how, when Side Burn was just a young tricycle, a red tricycle was his first love. Of course, as an irritated [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] reminds them, Side Burn is from Cybertron and was never a classic blue sports car or a tricycle.

Optimus finally arrives and, even though Side Burn tries to warn him, is captured in Energon ropes. Outside, Prowl and X-Brawn arrive and witness Megatron arriving. Fortunately he doesn't notice them and goes inside the building. Inside, Sky-Byte hands over Optimus, and Megatron uses this moment to use the helpless Autobot leader as a punching bag. (Low, Megatron, even for you.)

Outside, Prowl and X-Brawn need a plan to help their brother and leader. They spot Koji and contact him through his phone. Prowl asks him to switch on the magnetic machine so he can get into the building unnoticed. As the machine lifts him into the air the Predacons all agree that Prowl is one ugly car. As Prowl lands on the conveyor belt he transforms and blasts the machine which powered the Energon ropes, freeing Optimus and Side Burn. The Spychangers suddenly show up and Optimus and Side Burn decide that it's time for payback. After a rousing fight, the Predacons flee back to base, where Sky-Byte neatly shifts the blame onto Gas Skunk and Dark Scream.

Side Burn apologises and says he'll never chase a red sports car again. Sadly (and very predictably), the moment he promises this a red sports car whizzes by and he tails it screaming that he thinks he's in love.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (2)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[T-AI]] (9)
*[[X-Brawn]] (10)
*[[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] (15)
*[[R.E.V.]] (16)
*[[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]] (17)
*[[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] (18)
*[[W.A.R.S.]] (19)
*[[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]] (20)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (4)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (5)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (6)
*[[Dark Scream]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (11)
*[[Koji Onishi]] (12)
*[[Karl]] (13)
*Karl's father (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Oh baby, you're looking fine, you know I can't resist a red sportscar!"
:—'''Side Burn''', admiring Megatron's ass.

"Oh man, what a downer."
:—'''Side Burn''', realizing the sportscar he's been admiring is actually Megatron in disguise.

"Sometimes you're as stubborn as a Packbot!"
:—'''X-Brawn''', on Side Burn

"I know it's not right to seek revenge. Think we should just turn the other fender, maybe cut 'em a break?" 
"Let's teach these creeps a lesson they won't forget!" 
"Works for me!"
:—'''Side Burn''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
* During the chase of Side Burn at the beginning, Prowl's line in ''Car Robots'' when stopping at the red light isn't what he says below in Trivia - he's ''obeying traffic laws''.
* When X-Brawn and Mach Alert ask Ai to scramble the Spychangers, so that they can keep an eye on Fire Convoy, she says that no one can be scrambled unless Fire Convoy gives the order. She only relents when she is told that Fire Convoy is in danger.

===Animation or technical errors===
* Side Burn's name is incorrectly spelled as one word in the episode title.

===Continuity errors===
* T-AI says the Spychangers are "on assignment", but when she contacts them, they're not actually doing anything.

===Transformers references===
* Slapper mentions [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]] in this episode.

===Trivia===
* The red car Side Burn chases at the end of the episode has a license plate 97-99.
* Prowl's "Jet Boosters!" attack involves... throwing his gun at his opponent (Megatron bats it aside). Unsurprisingly that's the sum total of Prowl's contribution to the fight. Way to go, genius.
* While chasing Side Burn (and Megatron), and despite the fact he's running both lights and sirens, as well as having taken over control and responsibility for a high-speed pursuit originally requiring four police cars, Prowl ''stops'' at a red light of an empty intersection. He later claims that "they lost me". Presumably he also doesn't arrest criminals who state that they "didn't do it, man".
* Starting this episode, the opening of Car Robot has Team Shinkansen appearing in CG rather than traditional cel.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 2 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Volume One ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[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'' — Battling the Predacons (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Special Edition 2-Disc Set (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-07-sideburns-obsession.php "Sideburn's Obsession" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise episodes]]

Sideburn's Obsession

2010-05-18T07:17:16Z

203.47.226.21: /* Differences with Car Robots */

{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=7
|title="Sideburn's Obsession"
|japanese=スピードブレイカーの危機!
|romaji=Speedbreaker no Kiki!
|translation=Speedbreaker's Crisis!
|image=Sideburnsobsession titlecard.jpg
|caption=[''[[Template:Sic|sic]]'']
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]] (Japanese) [[Richard Epcar]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 2000 (Japanese) [[September 15]], 2001 (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Side Burn likes sports cars''' 
'''Megatron is in disguise''' 
'''Fatal attraction'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Megatronsideburn.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Megatron's milkshake brings Side Burn to the junk yard]]
It all starts with [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chasing down a weird looking red car. [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] tries to stop them but loses them. Side Burn follows the car into a junkyard and is shocked and upset to discover that the red car is actually [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]. (Which brings up an interesting point, does Side Burn care about the car's gender?) The [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] apparently know about his taste in cars and used it to trick him. Side Burn is then captured by the Predacons and is now part of their evil plan.

The next day [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] and Side Burn's brothers are all worried that he hasn't checked in and go out to search for him. They are stopped by the Predacons who leave a message that if they want to see Side Burn again, Optimus has to go get him alone. Optimus decides to go, against the wishes of his soldiers who know it's a trap.

[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Sideburngasskunkdarkscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cue "Dueling Banjos"]]
Meanwhile [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] is with his friend [[Karl]] and Karl's father at a car crushing facility. The Predacons attack and order them to leave. As they run, Koji spots Side Burn as their prisoner and stays to see if he can help. Inside the Predacons tell Side Burn their plot. They're going to use Side Burn to lure Optimus into a trap and then hand him over to [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]].

Back at the base Prowl and [[X-Brawn]] convince [[T-AI]] to send the [[Spy Changer|Spychangers]] to help Optimus. The two brothers decide to help out by going in disguise. Sadly it doesn't seem that Prowl has any imagination (he's wearing a NO ENTRY bib and holding a NO ENTRY sign while asking his brother to guess who he is) and X-Brawn tells him that it's the dumbest disguise he has ever seen. Thankfully X-Brawn has imagination...but no taste; he and Prowl wind up in vehicle mode but covered in goofy looking paint jobs.

[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Sideburntricycle.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I want to ride my tricycle. I want to ride my trike.]]
Meanwhile the Predacons are curious as to why Side Burn is into red sport cars. Side Burn then tells a woeful tale of when he was a classic blue sports car and how he met a classic red sports car, but after a tragic accident Side Burn was left all alone. Now the Predacons are all feeling sorry for him, particularly after hearing how, when Side Burn was just a young tricycle, a red tricycle was his first love. Of course, as an irritated [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] reminds them, Side Burn is from Cybertron and was never a classic blue sports car or a tricycle.

Optimus finally arrives and, even though Side Burn tries to warn him, is captured in Energon ropes. Outside, Prowl and X-Brawn arrive and witness Megatron arriving. Fortunately he doesn't notice them and goes inside the building. Inside, Sky-Byte hands over Optimus, and Megatron uses this moment to use the helpless Autobot leader as a punching bag. (Low, Megatron, even for you.)

Outside, Prowl and X-Brawn need a plan to help their brother and leader. They spot Koji and contact him through his phone. Prowl asks him to switch on the magnetic machine so he can get into the building unnoticed. As the machine lifts him into the air the Predacons all agree that Prowl is one ugly car. As Prowl lands on the conveyor belt he transforms and blasts the machine which powered the Energon ropes, freeing Optimus and Side Burn. The Spychangers suddenly show up and Optimus and Side Burn decide that it's time for payback. After a rousing fight, the Predacons flee back to base, where Sky-Byte neatly shifts the blame onto Gas Skunk and Dark Scream.

Side Burn apologises and says he'll never chase a red sports car again. Sadly (and very predictably), the moment he promises this a red sports car whizzes by and he tails it screaming that he thinks he's in love.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (2)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[T-AI]] (9)
*[[X-Brawn]] (10)
*[[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] (15)
*[[R.E.V.]] (16)
*[[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]] (17)
*[[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] (18)
*[[W.A.R.S.]] (19)
*[[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]] (20)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (4)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (5)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (6)
*[[Dark Scream]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (11)
*[[Koji Onishi]] (12)
*[[Karl]] (13)
*Karl's father (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Oh baby, you're looking fine, you know I can't resist a red sportscar!"
:—'''Side Burn''', admiring Megatron's ass.

"Oh man, what a downer."
:—'''Side Burn''', realizing the sportscar he's been admiring is actually Megatron in disguise.

"Sometimes you're as stubborn as a Packbot!"
:—'''X-Brawn''', on Side Burn

"I know it's not right to seek revenge. Think we should just turn the other fender, maybe cut 'em a break?" 
"Let's teach these creeps a lesson they won't forget!" 
"Works for me!"
:—'''Side Burn''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
* During the chase of Side Burn at the beginning, Prowl's line in ''Car Robots'' when stopping at the red light isn't what he says below in Trivia - he's ''obeying traffic laws''.
* When X-Brawn and Mach Alert ask Ai to scramble the Spychangers, so that they can keep an eye on Fire Convoy, she says that no one can be scrambled unless Fire Convoy gives the order. She only relents when she is told that Fire Convoy is in danger.

===Animation or technical errors===
* Side Burn's name is incorrectly spelled as one word in the episode title.

===Continuity errors===
* T-AI says the Spychangers are "on assignment", but when she contacts them, they're not actually doing anything.

===Transformers references===
* Slapper mentions [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]] in this episode.

===Trivia===
* The red car Side Burn chases at the end of the episode has a license plate 97-99.
* Prowl's "Jet Boosters!" attack involves... throwing his gun at his opponent (Megatron bats it aside). Unsurprisingly that's the sum total of Prowl's contribution to the fight. Way to go, genius.
* While chasing Side Burn (and Megatron), and despite the fact he's running both lights and sirens, as well as having taken over control and responsibility for a high-speed pursuit originally requiring four police cars, Prowl ''stops'' at a red light of an empty intersection. He later claims that "they lost me". Presumably he also doesn't arrest criminals who state that they "didn't do it, man".

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 2 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Volume One ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[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'' — Battling the Predacons (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Special Edition 2-Disc Set (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-07-sideburns-obsession.php "Sideburn's Obsession" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise episodes]]

The Hunt for Black Pyramid

2010-05-18T07:12:18Z

203.47.226.21: /* Differences with Car Robots */

{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=5
|title="The Hunt for Black Pyramid"
|japanese=決死のジャンプ! マッハアラート
|romaji=Kesshi no Jump! Mach Alert
|translation=Resolute Jump! Mach Alert
|image=Hunt for Black Pyramid Pyramid.jpg
|caption=Everything's better down where it's wetter.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Tadashi Hayakawa|Tadashi Hayakawa]] (Japanese) [[Marc Handler|Marc Handler]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[May 3|3 May]] 2000 (Japanese) [[September 14]], 2001 (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Undersea pyramid.''' 
'''A Predacon power source?''' 
'''Swim! Autobots, swim!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Boat on viewscreen.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Who messed up the CAD to get THAT?]]
Still needing more energy to power the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]' base, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] sets his sights on a new source of power: the undersea [[Black Pyramid|Black Pyramid]]. [[Gas Skunk|Gas Skunk]] and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] wire the pyramid up to the ship's energy systems, but while making the installation, Slapper fears being discovered by the [[Autobot|Autobots]]. Above, on a research vessel, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and the wily scientist [[Doctor Okasai|Doctor Okasai]] prepare for their trip to see the Black Pyramid, unaware the Predacons are there.

From his [[Megastar|own ship]], Megatron sees the research vessel approaching. [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and [[Dark Scream|Dark Scream]] are sent to destroy the ship before it discovers the Predacons' activity, and as the two Predacons leave, it's clear Sky-Byte and Dark Scream have a grudge with each other.

[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Okasaikoji.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I've had this ice cream bar since I was a child!]]
Dr. Okasai and Koji buckle up and prepare for aquatic descent. Pieces of the ship shift their alignment as the entire vessel rotates its nose downwards until the ship is vertical. Once the ship is standing in the water, the compartment holding Koji and the Doctor lowers into the sea—where they're unintentionally dangled in front of Sky-Byte. The crew of the ship panic, while Dark Scream attacks the sections of the ship above sea level. Sky-Byte rams the compartment, knocking Doctor Okasai out cold, and Koji radios for help from his Autobot friends.

[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Prime]], about to get waxed, hears Koji's distress message and leaves the fire hall he was stored at (leaving behind one very confused attendant). He travels out to sea on the [[Global Space Bridge]] while [[T-AI]] orders the [[Autobot Brothers]] to follow Prime (although she has a bit of difficulty getting [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] to follow instructions). The four Autobots meet up together and reach the end of the Global Space Bridge's ability to extend out to sea - a large distance short of the ship.

[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Sideburnchicken.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Not the drink I had in mind!]]
Side Burn, eager to show off, is the first to leap from the end of the road, but he chickens out at the last moment. [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] is the next to try jumping, making use of his jet boosters, but he only makes it far enough to baffle and confuse [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (who happens to be on a fishing trip). While Optimus prepares to make a mighty full-throttle leap, Side Burn and [[X-Brawn]] swim towards their destination. Prime makes an incredible leap, breaking a handful of the laws of physics, and reaches the ship.

Prime knocks Dark Scream off of the research vessel. Sky-Byte leaps from the sea to confront Prime, and after Sky-Byte recites some bad poetry, the two plunge into the sea as they begin their battle. T-AI asks Koji for a situation report, and he tells her that Prime is at a disadvantage underwater and losing badly. T-AI orders X-Brawn to help repair the damage done to the research vessel.

[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Skybyteoptimus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hey, guys, I've found Nemo!]]
While Prime continues to battle Sky-Byte, being tossed around by the shark, X-Brawn works to repair the ship. Finally he asks Prowl to give it a push, and the ship returns to horizontal alignment, lifting Sky-Byte and Prime out of the water. No longer at such a disadvantage, Prime puts on one of the "gloves" from his super mode and punches Sky-Byte back into the depths. With Sky-Byte's defeat, Megatron destroys the Black Pyramid so the Autobots can't use it.

Although the day has been saved, the Autobots know that there's still a Predacon threat. Prime states that he and the Autobots will continue to defend the planet.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (12)
*[[T-AI]] (13)
*[[X-Brawn]] (14)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (15)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (16)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (2)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (3)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (6)
*[[Dark Scream]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi|Koji]] (4)
*[[Doctor Okasai]] (5)
*Ship Captain (8)
*Crewman #1 (9)
*Crewman #2 (10)
*Fireman (11)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"Don't tell me to relax, I ''hate'' to relax!"
:—'''Slapper'''

"Whatever, you pathetic little guppy." 
"What did you just say—?" 
"Nothing! I said I wish I... had a puppy."
:—'''Dark Scream''' and '''Sky-Byte''' bicker

"It's a robot squirrel or hamster or something!"
:—Crewman, on seeing Dark Scream

"Now you got me as worried as a steer in a steakhouse." 
"Dude, where do you come ''up'' with this stuff?"
:—'''X-Brawn''' and '''Side Burn'''

"I'm going to pretend that didn't happen."
:—'''Kelly''', after seeing a police car fall out of the sky in the middle of the ocean

''The cobalt ocean roils ''
''zephyrs blow cold, ''
''and another hapless foe is crushed beneath my heel.''
:—'''Sky-Byte''''s poem

"You might do better with limericks! Your imagery is derivative. It lacks semiotic cohesion, and the 'hapless foe' is you!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''''s critique

"My ''next'' poem will be your eulogy, as you rust away in a watery grave. ''Then'' we'll see whose imagery lacks semiotic cohesion!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''''s retort

"It's not happening, it's not happening, it's not happening... I'm going to sleep."
:—'''Kelly'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
* The dub of this episode gussies up the Black Pyramid as an energy-generating "Matrix Chamber". In ''Car Robots'', it's just an ordinary archaeological ruin that the Predacons have hidden the ''[[Megastar]]'' in so that they can (as is pretty obvious from the visuals) tap the nearby undersea oil pipeline.
* In ''Car Robots'', [[Dark Scream|Dark Scream]] says "地獄耳" (''jigoku mimi''), literally "Hell ears" and meaning "sharp hearing", when [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] heard a comment Dark Scream didn't meant for him to hear.
* Also in ''Car Robots'', when the Autobots realize the [[Space bridge|Cybertron Network]] didn't have enough of a reach, [[X-Brawn]] comments "帯に短し、襷に長し" (''obi ni mijikashi, tasuki ni nagashi''). It's a proverb meaning literally "too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie"; in essence "neither one, nor the other". A tasuki is a length of cord used to tie kimono sleeves out of the way, while an [[wikipedia:Obi_(sash)|obi]] is the sash/belt that ties the kimono closed and in place on the wearer.
* In ''Car Robots'', Optimus points out that Sky-Byte's "bad poetry" is a [[wikipedia:Senryū|senryū]], a Japanese poem form similar to [[wikipedia:haiku|haiku]] but in the more dark humor or cynical context. And that it was not funny at all.
* Doctor Okasai's original Japanese name is Akashi.

===Continuity errors===
* The Black Pyramid's location is described first as being west, then ''east'' of [[Zuma Point|Zuma Point]]. ''Whups!''

===Real-World references===
* The pyramid is based on [[wikipedia:Yonaguni_Monument|actual underwater structures]] off the coast of Japan.
* The unusual phrasing of this episode's title suggests it is a reference to the book/film ''[[wikipedia:The_Hunt_for_Red_October|The Hunt for Red October]]''.

===Trivia===
* [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]]'s boat has the registry number UF 26 S/C.
* One of the crewmen knows about the Predacons, confirming (along with "[[Bullet Train to the Rescue]]") that the Transformers' war is common knowledge. Yet Kelly still has no idea what's going on. She needs to watch the news once in a while.
* After Prowl jumps into the water, he's missing for the entire underwater fight, only showing up at the end to give the ship a nudge. What was he ''doing''?!

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 2 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Volume One ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[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'' — Evil Intent (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Special Edition 2-Disc Set (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise / Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation / Action Man'' (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-05-the-hunt-for-the-black-pyramid.php "The Hunt for Black Pyramid" transcript on RiDForever.info]
*[http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/phikent/japan/japan2.html Pyramid pictures]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt for Black Pyramid}}
[[Category:Robots in Disguise episodes]]

Ginrai (human)

2010-04-13T07:45:43Z

203.47.226.21: /* Notes */

{{disambig2|the American trucker|the Nebulan scientist who is sometimes called Ginrai thanks to trademark issues|Hi-Q}}
{{factions|autobot}}
{{featured}}

:''Ginrai is a [[human]] and [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]] from the [[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ginrai comb1.gif|right|320px|thumb|"Hair this perfect doesn't just happen!"]]
Being a soldier is not the life for '''Ginrai''' (ジンライ ''Jinrai''). Command structures, fixed routines, forced formality, following orders, knowing your place and toeing the line are his complete antithesis—so it was really the worst luck in the world for him to be born [[Japan|Japanese]]. A Nagano native, Ginrai found the atmosphere of his home country unbearably stifling, and left for the [[United States of America|United States]] at the young age of seventeen to "find himself." The very definition of a free spirit and a lone wolf, he took a job as a long-haul truck driver for [[Union Transportation]] which offered him the freedom and solitude of the open road. Despite his desire for isolation and self-exploration, however, he is hugely popular amongst his "brothers" in the trucker fraternity, as his easygoing personality allows him to get along with people like a house on fire.

Ginrai's life was turned upside down when he discovered that he was an [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]] and became bonded to a [[Transtector]] from the [[G Nebula 89|G Nebula]]. Now wearing the visage of the legendary Autobot commander [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Ginrai has found his entire worldview changed by the evil of the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], a force he painfully realizes is too great for him to overlook. It would not, Ginrai figures, be a good thing for the Decepticons to rule the world. After all, he lives there.

Ginrai's signature attack technique is the "Atomic Fire Guts", which sees him condense his [[Chōkon Power]] into his gun and release it as a blast of roiling flame. Ginrai can combine with his own trailer to become '''Super Ginrai''', upgrading his attack into the more-powerful "Special Fire Guts", and then again with the drone [[Godbomber]] to become '''God Ginrai'''. As God Ginrai, his Fire Guts attack is powered up once more, becoming the ultimate single-strike final attack known as the "God Fire Guts", which transforms Ginrai's entire body into a blazing fireball.

:''English/Malay dub name'': '''Optimus Prime'''
:''Russian TV dub name'': '''Оптимус Прайм''' (Optimus Prime)

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Hiroshi Takemura]] (Japanese)

The events that would bring Ginrai into contact with the Transformers began an indeterminate number of years ago, when the super-energy alien being and self-styled "Decepticon god" [[Devil Z]] stole several [[Transtector|Transtectors]], including one intended to be used by the legendary Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], from an area of space known as the [[G Nebula]]. Already filled with the [[Chōkon Power|Tenchōkon]] of the nebula, the Transtectors were then scattered across the Earth by Devil Z, that they might absorb the planet's [[Chōkon Power|Chichōkon]]. Devil Z planned to have human beings bond to the Transtectors, adding their inherent [[Chōkon Power|Jinchōkon]] to the equation, thereby creating a new super-robotic lifeform: [[Godmaster|Godmasters]]. {{storylink|You Too Use the Masterforce to Transform|Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super Secrets}}

[[Image:Ginraiarmor.jpg|left|180px|thumb|It rides up the crotch.]]
Through undivulged circumstances, the Transtector intended for Prime assumed the form of a red tractor trailer cab and came to rest in a small garage in California. The unwitting [[Garage owner (Masterforce)|garage owner]] rented the cab to several truckers, but always found it returned early with complaints of unusual, even supernatural, incidents.

Two years after coming to America, Ginrai happened to be transporting an ill dolphin from [[Baney Aquarium]] to the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], which was run, unbeknownst to him, by the Autobot [[Pretender]] [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]]. Destiny stepped in when Ginrai's truck broke down on the way, and he pulled in at this very garage, where the owner rented him the Transtector to complete his delivery. In the glove box of the cab, he discovered a pair of [[Master-Brace|Master-Braces]] and slipped them on his wrists, only to discover that he was unable to remove them. When Diver laid eyes upon the bracelets, he recognized the basic design of them and insisted that Ginrai take him back to the garage where he had found the truck. On the way, however, they were attacked by the Decepticon Godmaster brothers [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], who forced the truck off a cliff. Accidentally touching the bracelets as he attempted to escape the crushed cab, Ginrai was infused with the Masterforce, and a suit of armor materialized around him, healing both himself and the Transtector as they combined and transformed. Now a Godmaster himself, Ginrai saw the shocked Decepticons off. {{storylink|A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai}}

[[Image:Ginrai 1stapp.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You think my front looks great, wait until you see my back!]]
Ginrai was at first unsure of what to make of his new powers and was not entirely keen on joining the Autobots, as the notion of operating as part of a command structure and being tied down to a specific place ran directly counter to his desire for freedom in his life. Although he promised to aid them when necessary "for the sake of the world"—a mantra for which he admitted he had a weakness—he soon bore witness to the true evil of the Decepticons when Hydra and Buster killed several of his fellow truckers while searching for him. In spite of this, Ginrai was still not entirely willing to join the Autobots, but fate would continue to pushing him into doing so. {{storylink|Ginrai: God On of Rage!!}}

Ginrai soon suffered a prophetic dream, after which he discovered three more pairs of Master-Braces in his Transtector, indicating the presence of more Godmasters on Earth. When Ginrai brought the bracelets to Japan for study at the [[Autobot Base (Masterforce)|Autobot base]], {{storylink|A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva}} events began to escalate as his Transtector activated on its own, transporting Ginrai to his birthplace of Nagano, or more specifically, a construction site at the base of Mount Yatsugatake there. Blasting for a tunnel through the mountain had been blocked by a mysterious object, which proved to be a trailer for Ginrai's truck, which burst from the tunnel during another battle with Buster and Hydra. {{storylink|Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!}} Later still, the two brothers lured Ginrai into a public battle so that they might blame the conflict on him and turn public opinion against the Autobots. The plan failed, but a friend of Ginrai's offered the suggestion that his becoming a Godmaster was the will of God Himself. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}}

[[Image:Superginrai 1stapp.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Super Ginrai!]]
Not long thereafter, in a battle with [[King Poseidon]], Ginrai discovered that his cab and trailer were capable of performing a "Double On", merging together to create the super-robot "Super Ginrai". {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}} Additionally, after appearing on television in hopes of locating the remaining three Godmasters, to whom he would give the Master-Braces, Ginrai successfully located [[Lightfoot]], {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}} [[Ranger]] {{storylink|An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger}} and [[Road King]] and recruited them to the Autobot side. {{storylink|At Full Strength! The Four Godmaster Gunmen}} During this time, Ginrai was also challenged to a duel by the wandering [[Six Changer]], [[Sixknight]], who had been manipulated into doing so by the Decepticons. Sixknight lost the fight and was shocked to discover that he had been bested by a human being, {{storylink|A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer}} but was affected so deeply by Ginrai's explanation for how this could be so that he wound up siding with the Autobots. After this string of successes the Autobot leader [[Metalhawk]] stepped down as commander and requested that Ginrai take his place. After some deliberation and much hassling from the other Autobot Pretenders, who wouldn't let him say no, Ginrai accepted. {{storylink|The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!}}

[[Image:Ginrai defeated.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Though badly wounded, I must go home for the show!"]]
When [[Grand Maximus]] arrived on Earth to inform Ginrai's Autobots of the impending arrival of the Decepticon super-weapon, [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]], he provided them with the schematics necessary to create the drone [[Godbomber]]. {{storylink|Life? Death? Lightfoot Must Choose}} Metalhawk and the Pretenders raced to finish the construction of Godbomber, but as the so-called "Bomber Project" neared completion, Ginrai was lured into the desert by a disguised Buster and Hydra (under the auspices of performing some stunt driving for a movie) and was attacked and beaten within an inch of his life by the Decepticon Ambassador of Destruction, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?}} Following a failed attack on the Bomber Project facility, {{storylink|Will the Bomber Project Be Destroyed!?}} the barely healed Ginrai insisted upon taking the fight to the Decepticons, combining with the completed Godbomber to form "God Ginrai". {{storylink|God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!}} In his new form, Ginrai confronted Overlord and BlackZarak on the moon, where he fully embraced his role as protector of Earth and defeated the Decepticons with the aid of Grand Maximus. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon}}

[[Image:Godginrai onmoon.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Ginrai, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes!]]
Upon returning to Earth, Ginrai was lured into a trap in the Middle East by Overlord, during which Godbomber revealed a hidden power by transforming into a robot mode. {{storylink|Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado}} Godbomber's robot mode also helped save the day when Ginrai and Lightfoot were entombed in a cave when attempting to stop the eruption of an underwater volcano, {{storylink|Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts}} leading the Decepticons to target him for destruction. Luring Ginrai to the heartland of America, the villains ambushed and badly wounded the Autobot leader, leaving him unable to use his Chōkon Power to animate Godbomber. Luckily, the day was saved when the Headmaster Juniors discovered they were able to take control of Godbomber together. {{storylink|Destroy Godbomber!!}}

When it seemed as though the Autobots had finally been joined by the final Godmaster, a young man named [[Clouder]], Ginrai welcomed him into their ranks with open arms. Metalhawk, however, proved to be less trusting, and soon exposed Clouder as a Decepticon spy. Unfortunately, this was not enough to stop the plan the Decepticons had put in motion; while Ginrai and the Godmasters were occupied battling Buster and Hydra in a nearby city, the Autobot base was crippled by Clouder's sabotage and attacked by the rest of the Decepticons en masse. {{storylink|Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!}} Ginrai was unable to prevent the destruction of the base, but was approached by Clouder in the aftermath. Clouder had been left to die in the base by the other Decepticons, and now wanted to work with the Autobots, which Ginrai permitted. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}

[[Image:Godginrai vs blackzarak.jpg|right|180px|thumb|She can't take anymore, Cap'n!]]
After failing to contact Grand Maximus, Ginrai headed out into space to search for him and found him trapped inside a powerful [[black hole]]. Ginrai too fell victim to the singularity's pull, but he and Grand Maximus were able to combine their energies to destroy it from within and escape. The black hole had, in fact, been created by BlackZarak, who had been able to travel to Earth and join the Decepticons there during Ginrai's imprisonment. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}} With BlackZarak now bolstering their forces, the Decepticons' campaign grew ever more aggressive, with Ginrai only just managed to save the planet from the villains' unholy [[Death Para-Machine]]. {{storylink|Crisis! The Day of the Downfall of Humanity}}

[[Image:Godfireguts.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Itching, burning sensation?]]
When [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] was captured by the Decepticons, Ginrai was forced to come to the villains' base alone and unarmed in exchange for his safety. Things looked bad for the heroes until the self-doubting Decepticon [[Cancer]] finally switched sides and saved the day. {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} With Cancer's aid, Ginrai was able to lead the Autobots in an all-out attack on the Decepticon base, during which Devil Z fused with BlackZarak, creating an even more powerful composite foe. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}}

[[Image:Ginrai juniors.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Go go, Transformo Rangers!]]
After conclusive final battles with Hydra and Buster {{storylink|Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn}} and Overlord, {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} Ginrai confronted the fused Devil Z/BlackZarak entity atop the Matterhorn. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} As their battle raged down the mountain, Ginrai succeeded in decapitating the villain, but BlackZarak simply assumed a new, serpentine alternate mode and kept on fighting. The Headmaster Juniors boarded Ginrai's chest cockpit and joined their energies with him, allowing him to destroy BlackZarak's body with his God Fire Guts attack, exposing Devil Z. As the alien raged impotently, Ginrai and the Juniors united every last drop of their Chōkon Powe into the almighty Final Fire Guts attack, which destroyed Devil Z once and for all.

With Devil Z's death, the bond he had forged between Transtector and human ceased to exist, and Ginrai and the other humans were separated from their Transtectors. The Transtectors, however, had been evolved through their partnership with the humans and continued to exist as true super-robot life forms. Having been imprinted with his human partner's personality, Ginrai's Transtector departed for space to pursue the surviving Decepticons and rejoin the greater war. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}

====''Victory'' cartoon====
[[Image:Godginrai vs deathsaurus.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Vultures wait until you're dead. Deathy, not so much.]]
The Ginrai Transtector—now having taken its human partner's name as its own, becoming known as Ginrai itself—joined with the Autobot forces in space, where he became good friends with [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] and his adopted human son, [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]]. Before long, Star Saber was appointed Supreme Commander of the Autobots, while Ginrai became commander of the Defense Force for Space Sector Two. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}} Operating out of a base in the G Nebula, Ginrai's time was occupied battling the Decepticon forces under Overlord's control, so much so that Star Saber occasionally had to respond to emergencies in Sector Two, such as a [[Breastforce]] attack on planet [[Micro]]. {{storylink|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior}}

[[Image:Deadginrai.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Not Optimus death No#435.]]
Feeling guilty over taking up Star Saber's time in such a manner, Ginrai was quick to come to his aid when the newly reunited Breastforce [[combiner]] [[Liokaiser]] proved too much for Star Saber to handle, {{storylink|Unite! Liokaiser}} and also later when Star Saber was lured into a trap on Earth by Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]] [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]. Confronting Deathsaurus in battle, Ginrai was struck by a blast from the villain's Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon and fatally damaged. {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} Despite the best medical efforts of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and [[Minerva]], Ginrai's body was left useless and immobile. Due to a slip by Perceptor, however, he learned of the existence of a reconstruction process conceived by Star Saber that would allow him to become a power-up for the Autobot leader. Star Saber refused to allow him to submit to the process, revolted at the notion of using his close friend's body in such a way, but Ginrai insisted. {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} Perceptor and Wheeljack brought his life functions to an end, then restored him to Star Saber's specifications as [[Victory Leo]]. {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}}
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====''Kiss Players''====
Operating under the direction of the [[Sparkbot|Sparkbots]], [[Marissa Faireborn]] travelled forward in time from 2007 to witness Ginrai's first battle with Overlord in the desert. Thinking he was Optimus Prime, she kissed him to obtain a fragment of what she believed was the "[[AllSpark]]" that had bonded to him (although in actuality, it was a fragment of [[Unicron]]'s [[Angolmois|lifeforce]]). Discovering he was a human man, she was somewhat horrified to find that she had kissed someone ''other'' than Optimus Prime, and begged her Sparkbot companion [[Angela]] not to tell anyone. {{storylink|Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players radio drama #43}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' comic===
[[Image:Ginrai manga.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Dude, get out of the way, that truck's coming right at you!]]
When Ginrai, the first Autobot Godmaster, was discovered in America by Diver, it was immediately arranged for him to travel to Japan to meet with the rest of the Autobots. As Metalhawk and the Headmaster Juniors awaited his arrival at [[Harumi Wharf]], however, they were attacked by the Decepticon Godmasters, Hydra and Buster. The Autobots were unable to match the Decepticons' power, but salvation soon came in the form of a red tractor trailer: Ginrai had arrived, and saw the villains off with a blast of Chōkon Power. In the aftermath of the battle, Metalhawk commented on Ginrai's similarity to Optimus Prime and wondered if he could be his reincarnation. Ginrai dismissed the notion, explaining that he had chosen to do this not because he was fated to, but specifically because he had only one life, and wanted to use it in service of the forces of good. {{storylink|Enter on the Stage! The Name of the Savior Is Ginrai!}}

[[Image:Superginrai manga.jpg|right|250px|thumb|If he gets a [[black repaint]], I'm outta here.]]
As leader of the Autobots, Ginrai led the heroes in investigating a mysterious Decepticon plan, only for the team to come under attack from what appeared to be a large army of legendary Decepticons, led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Attacked by [[King Poseidon]], Ginrai was severely outmatched until the other Autobot Godmasters, Lightfoot, Ranger and Road King arrived with a trailer for his Transtector. Combining with the trailer, Ginrai became Super Ginrai and defeated King Poseidon, revealing that the legendary Decepticons were nothing more than holograms. {{storylink|Burn, Super Soul! The New Commander Super Ginrai!}}

After traveling to planet [[Athenia]] and being appointed the new [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}} Ginrai received a power-up in the form of a transforming drone named Godbomber. When the Decepticon Ambassador of Destruction Overlord then attacked Tokyo, the newly-formed "God Ginrai" attacked him and lured him into space, where the powerful Decepticon warrior BlackZarak was in process of battling other Autobots there. Ginrai was able to turn the two villains' powers against themselves, and they badly wounded each other and fled. {{storylink|God Ginrai's Amazing Super-God Combination!}}

[[Image:Ginrai juniors manga.jpg|left|180px|thumb|An older man hugging several youngsters…uh huh.]]
After a mission to rescue Shūta and [[Cab]] from the Decepticons with the help of Grand Maximus, {{storylink|The Earth Family of Good and Evil}} a mission to [[Mount Everest]] saw Ginrai struck down by the newest Decepticon Godmaster, [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]. Left temporarily blind by the Decpticons' new [[A.O. Laser]], Ginrai was helpless, but luckily for him, an insulting remark from Cancer prompted the fickle Doubleclouder to switch sides to the Autobots and help him defeat the villains' plans. {{storylink|Decepticons' Great Counterattack!}}

After several further battles, events culminated in Devil Z taking over BlackZarak's body and turning against the other Decepticons, attempting to drain Overlord and Ginrai's Jinchōkon Power to transform himself into the ultimate lifeform. Saved by the Autobot Pretenders, Ginrai and Overlord led their respective factions in combining their energies into the "Perfect Transformer Attack" and destroying Devil Z and BlackZarak for good. With Devil Z's death, the bond he had forged between Transtector and human ceased to exist, and Ginrai and the other humans were separated from their Transtectors. The Transtectors, however, had been evolved through their partnership with the humans and continued to exist as true super-robot life forms. Having been imprinted with his human partner's personality, Ginrai's Transtector informed Overlord that they would finish their fight out in space, and the Transformers departed the planet, leaving Ginrai and the other Autobot humans to return to their lives. {{storylink|The Birth of the Super Lifeforms}}

==Toys==
===Super-God Masterforce===
[[Image:Superginrai toy generations.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Wait, the Japanese toy has shortened smoke stacks?!]]
*'''Super Ginrai''' (1988)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-307'''
**''Accessories:'' Godmaster Transtector, 2 Superconductor Rifles, 2 Particle Beam Cannons, Super Ginrai head

:A remolded version of the American [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Powermaster Optimus Prime figure]], Ginrai is a red, blue and grey tractor trailer, only able to transform into robot mode when the small Ginrai human figure is put into engine mode and snapped into place in the truck's grill, unlocking the clasp that holds the legs in place. When the cab is in robot mode, the trailer can become a battle station. Either robot or station can be armed with any of the toy's weapons, including two black "Superconductor Rifles", and two grey double-barrelled "Particle Beam Cannons," (referred to as "Cannon Craft" in "[[The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops]]"), which can be piloted by any small Godmaster figures. Cab and trailer can be merged into "Super Ginrai", whose head is a separate piece, and can go on to combine with the separately sold Godbomber to become God Ginrai.

:Differences between Ginrai and Powermaster Optimus Prime include retractable super-robot fists, a die-cast metal cab with translucent blue plastic windows, shortened smokestacks, a more metallic grey plastic, chrome on the Godmaster Ginrai engine, and silver paint rather than stickers for the small robot's upper legs.

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*'''God Ginrai''' (1988, 2002)[[Image:GodGinrai toy.jpg|right|275px|thumb|I can almost touch my toes! (not really)]]
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-310'''
**''Accessories:'' Godmaster Transtector, 2 Superconductor Rifles, 2 Particle Beam Cannons, Super Ginrai head, God Cannon, Tachyon Missile

:Super Ginrai was also sold in a gift set with Godbomber, who can interact with Ginrai in several ways. Trailer-mode Godbomber can hook up either directly to Ginrai's cab or to the back of Ginrai's own trailer and be towed along behind him, while any of Ginrai's weapons can plug into the holes in Godbomber's wings and chassis. Most prominently, of course, Godbomber diseassembles into various component parts that combine with Super Ginrai to form God Ginrai. Godbomber's legs become boots known as "God Legs", to which Ginrai's Particle Beam Cannons attach; his chest and wings form the "God Wing" backpack; his arms clip over the top of Ginrai's own as the "God Punch"; and his back becomes a chromed chestplate called the "God Breast", into the top of which the spring-loaded, missile-firing "God Cannon" plugs. The toy also features a secondary, lesser combination referred to as the "God Breaster," which involves attaching the God Breast to Super Ginrai, and plugging Godbomber's wings into his arms.

:The God Ginrai gift set was reissued in Japan in 2002 with the notable modification of blue eyes for the small Ginrai robot and a slightly different shade of red paint on the cab. However, it was notoriously over-produced, and online retailers were still selling it even years later, at greatly reduced prices.

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[[Image:Firegutsginrai toy.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Remember kids, always use the proper sunscreen.]]
*'''Fire Guts God Ginrai''' (e-Hobby exclusive, 2002)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-310E'''
**''Accessories:'' Godmaster Transtector, 2 Superconductor Rifles, 2 Particle Beam Cannons, Super Ginrai head, God Cannon, Tachyon Missile

:Released to coincide with the 2002 reissue of the God Ginrai giftset, this redeco casts the Autobot leader in reds and oranges, representing Ginrai using his "God Fire Guts" attack from the animated series. Fire Guts God Ginrai featured his own unique packaging, with recolored [[package art]], and was limited to 1600 pieces.

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===Transform Jr===
*'''Ginrai''' (1988)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TF Super Ginrai 1'''
**''Accessories:'' Blue gun, robot head, die-cast Super Ginrai figurine

[[Image:Ginrai junior toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
:Like the other figures in the ''[[Transform Gōkin|Transform Jr]]'' line, this version of the basic Ginrai cab robot is a simplified version of its larger counterpart. And when we say simplified, we ''mean'' simplified—the figure features no Godmaster engine gimmick, and its head is simply pulled off and set aside for transformation. The figure comes packaged with a small die-cast metal figurine of Super Ginrai.

*'''Shirei Kichi''' (司令基地 "Command Base") (1988)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TF Super Ginrai 2'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 red guns, Trailer post, 2 wheel pieces, ramp, Super Ginrai head

:This ''Transform Jr'' figure is a simplified version of Ginrai's trailer, which can transform to base mode, hitch up to the separately sold cab robot and combine with it to form Super Ginrai. The toy includes a cardboard mock-up of Ginrai in torso mode to complete the super robot's look in-package.

*'''God Ginrai''' (1988)
**''Accessories:'' Blue gun, small robot head, die-cast Super Ginrai figurine, 2 red guns, trailer post, 2 wheel pieces, ramp, Super Ginrai head, "God Breast" chestpiece, 2 "God Punch" arms

:This giftset includes both the ''Jr'' "Ginrai" and "Shirei Kichi" figures and all the accessories which came with them plus the attachments necessary to transform Super Ginrai into God Ginrai. Due to the nature of his construction, though, God Ginrai's fist-holes are blocked off, leaving him unable to hold the weapons which came with his components. Furthermore, as his attachments consist only of two arms and a chestpiece (no boots, no backpack), they cannot combine into Godbomber. The set also includes some sort of plastic "shield" with a cardboard insert depicting the Autobot [[insignia]], which appears to be a pocket or belt clip, or something. We really don't know.

==Merchandise==
===Super-God Masterforce===
[[Image:Ginrai masterbrace toy.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Jinchōkon bling]]
*'''Godmaster-Braces—Ginrai''' (1988)

:Ginrai's Master-Braces came alive with this role-play set, including two golden-chromed bracelets with handcuff-style hinges, and a small clip-on "communicator" pin.

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===Parody Deformed===
*'''Super Ginrai''' (1990)

[[Image:Ginrai pd models.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Gundam? Never heard of it.]]
:A small blue and white, non-transforming [[super-deformed]] model kit of Super Ginrai was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Parody Deformed]]" line of [[Candy toy|candy toys]]. The seventh figure in the series, he came with a "[[Transformer PD Type]]" comic about himself, "Fight! Super Ginrai!", and something that could charitably be described as "chocolate".

*'''God Ginrai''' (1990)

:A similar model kit of God Ginrai followed in the next wave of the "Parody Deformed" series, this time packaged with something accused of being "gum". As the thirteenth figure of the line, God Ginrai came with the "Transformer PD Type" comic, "Now! Deliver the Finishing Blow! God Ginrai!!".

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===Super Collection Figure===
*'''God Ginrai''' (2000)

[[Image:Ginrai scfs.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Insert Super Saiyan joke here.]]
:This PVC figure was available in the first act of [[Takara]]'s "Super Collection Figure" series, in both full-color and clear plastic versions. In 2002, it was released as "Powermaster Optimus Prime in Apex Armor" in the first wave of [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' line.

*'''Super Ginrai''' (2000)

:The second "Super Collection Figure" of Ginrai was available in the second act of the series series, in both full-color and clear plastic versions.

*'''Fire Guts God Ginrai''' (2001)

:The original God Ginrai PVC was re-released in solid metallic golden four the fourth act of the "Super Collection Figure" series, available only as a rare chase figure. The "Fire Guts" concept was apparently the inspiration for the "Powermaster Optimus Prime Spark Attack" figure that was released in the second wave of the ''Heroes of Cybertron'' line, although that figure was cast entirely in translucent yellow-orange plastic, rather than solid golden.

*'''Ginrai''' (2001)

:The fourth and final Ginrai PVC rendered the character in his basic robot form. The PVC, which was released in the fifth, ''Masterforce''-centric act of the series, was available in both full-color and metallic silver "petwer" versions. In eight out of every ten cases, the pewter version of Ginrai came packaged with the head and torso of the wave's BlackZarak "Build-A-Figure".

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==Notes==
* The human Ginrai's appearance is designed after screen actor [[Wikipedia:Yujiro Ishihara|Yūjirō Ishihara]].

* According to his [[tech specs]], there is a generator named '''[[Ultra Matrix]]''', which contains far more energy than the [[Sun]], mounted within Ginrai's Transtector. No actual fiction ever featured this device, though it was mentioned in magazines such as ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]''.

* Ginrai's supplementary [[bio]] card states that he is 20 years old. It also implies that he is an American of Japanese descent instead of a native of Japan.

* ''Super-God Masterforce'' head writer [[Masumi Kaneda]] stated that God Ginrai (ゴッドジンライ) was named so that omitting every other Japanese syllable yields the word Gojira (ゴジラ), better known in the west as [[Godzilla]].

* According to the episode "[[The Earth Family of Good and Evil]]", Ginrai is good at surfing and skateboarding.

*The relationship between Ginrai and Optimus Prime is a bit... sketchy, to say the least. Precisely why Ginrai's Transtector looks so much like Optimus Prime is not detailed in the series itself, with the explanation only being delivered in the featurette added to the video release of "[[You Too Use the Masterforce to Transform]]". Here, it is stated that the Transtector was created for Optimus Prime, but stolen by Devil Z... only for this to be seemingly contradicted seconds later, when it is said that the Transtector's trailer was to be used by a hero from planet Master. One might presume that this just means the trailer alone wasn't intended for use by Prime, or perhaps that the plan was not to use the Transtector to ''resurrect'' Prime, but to create a ''new'' Optimus Prime. It's all terribly odd. Whatever the original ill-defined intention may have been, years later, the [[Kiss Players (radio drama)|''Kiss Players'' radio drama]] clarified things by outright stating the Transtector was created as part of a plan to resurrect Prime after his [[Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime|most recent death]].
In the manga, Metalhawk makes mention that Ginrai looks like the legendary Cybertron warrior, Convoy. However, nothing is actually mentioned about a relationship with the two other than cosmetics similarities.

*An odd point, Ginrai gains ownership of the truck even though he rented it when he first got it. What? He bought it so he could keep transforming into a giant robot?

*The reissue God Ginrai giftset was the basis for the [[Commemorative Series]] "Powermaster Optimus Prime with Apex Armor" release, which was notable for referring to the Powermaster figure as "Ginrai," rather than by the traditional name of Prime's Powermaster partner, [[Hi-Q]]. [[Dreamwave Productions]]' "[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]" profile series sidestepped any mind-bending continuity conundrums by just presenting Ginrai as a different name for Hi-Q.

* When Hasbro wanted to create an ''[[Alternators]]'' Dodge Ram toy, Takara reportedly demanded that it be made into [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to help the figure sell, only for the ''Binaltech'' release of the toy to wind up being solicited not as Prime, but as Ginrai. Ultimately, ''[[Binaltech]]'' Ginrai was cancelled, and the figure was later released as Prime in the ''Alternators'' and ''Kiss Players'' lines, but not before [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] produced character and story information to go along with it. This storyline, made available in 2007's unofficial publication, ''The Transformers Binaltech Stories: Profiles and Technical Specifications'', would have seen Ginrai travel back in time from the far future and possess a Binaltech body intended for [[Roller]] in order to repair the damage caused to the timeline by [[Operation: Distant Thunder]], thereby preserving his own future. Unlike the unreleased story for his fellow ''Binaltech'' cancellation victim, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], which can be fit into the published ''Binaltech'' continuity, Ginrai's intended story was modified into [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Black Convoy]]'s fiction and therefore is not compatible with the official ''Binaltech'' continuity.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Cybertron/SuperGinrai/superginrai.htm Ginrai at TFU.info]

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Puppet

2010-03-10T03:10:26Z

203.47.226.21: /* Differences with Micron Legend */

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{{episode|
|series=Armada
|series2=Micron Legend
|ep=43
|prev=Miracle
|next=Uprising
|title=Puppet
|japanese=怪物 (にせもの) - puppet
|romaji=Kaibutsu [Nisemono]
|translation=Monster (Counterfeit)
|image=
|caption=
|production code=TF: A-43
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Ryō Motohira]]
|director=[[Masayuki Motsumoto]]
|animation studio=[[Actas]]
|airdate=[[September 19]], 2003 (CA) [[November 7]], 2003 (US) [[October 24|24 October]] 2003 (Japan)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Autobots and Decepticons land on a mysterious planet where there's an evil version of Optimus.'''

==Synopsis==
On the bridge of [[Hydra Cannon|his ship]], Megatron blogs to himself about how happy he is that Optimus is alive again, which confuses his minions.

On top of the hull of the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', Optimus gets reintroduced to his crew, and the [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] escorting the ship. But the welcoming party is cut short by an electrical space anomaly that suddenly appeared in the ship's path. Hot Shot and Red Alert are pulled into the hole, which fades away.

On a strange alien landscape, Hot Shot and Red Alert reawaken. Red Alert quickly acts responsibly and sends a beacon to the Autobot ship. Next, the two survey the irregular terrain they arrived in. A dark copy of Optimus Prime assaults and chases the two.

Elsewhere, the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] begin their hunt on the planet for their enemies. Their attention is brought to the noise of the Autobots' fight. The three Decepticons transform to assist the black scourge who introduces himself as Nemesis Prime. Using an amazing ability to alter his own shape, Nemesis Prime turns on Megatron, holding the Decepticon leader in the air.

The Decepticons and Autobots both fight against Nemesis Prime, but the battle quickly comes down to Megatron resorting to the use of the [[Requiem Blaster]]. The resulting explosion destroys the Prime-doppleganger and damages the Autobots.

In space, the Mini-Cons guide the Autobot ship to the planet with their two missing friends.

Megatron prepares to finish off both Autobots. Starscream interjects, suggesting using the Autobots as captives. Megatron buys Starscream's disguised compassion. Nemesis Prime re-forms from fragments on the ground and battles the Decepticons again, this time with [[Vorpal Saber|a sword]], but the arrival of Mini-Cons takes the menace down. Before they leave again, the Mini-Cons bathe the gathered bulks in energy, repairing them and giving the large Transformers as well as themselves new colors and a boost in power.

The ''Axalon'' arrives over the planet, dropping Optimus and Overload onto the surface. A giant Nemesis Prime emerges from the ground for a third attempt at destroying the Transformers. When Optimus and Megatron combine their ordnance, the creature finally dies, revealing a brief transparent image of [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] before vanishing. With Nemesis Prime destroyed, the planet begins to disintegrate, and so the Autobots and Decepticons return to their ships and continue on their voyage to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] (4)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (5)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (14)
*[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] (15)
*[[Side Swipe (Armada)|Sideswipe]] (16)
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]] (17)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (24)
*[[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] (25)

|c2=
*[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (6)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron/Galvatron]] (7)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (12)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (13)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (21)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (8)
*[[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (9)
*[[Alexis]] (10)
*[[Rad White]] (11)
*[[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (18)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
*[[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] (1)
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (2)
*[[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] (23)

|c5=
*[[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]] (20)
*[[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (26)
}}

==Quotes==
"I got kinda banged up and it looks like I sustained some collateral damage."
:—'''Red Alert''' gives Hot Shot an enigmatic damage report.

"Nemesis Prime will... destroy!"
:—'''Nemesis Prime'''

"This fighting must end."
:—'''Longarm'''

"I look like.... Thundercracker."
:—'''Starscream'''

"As Galvatron, I have even more power!"
:—'''Meg-err, Galvatron'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Legend''===

*Starscream, upon gaining his super mode, just wonders what is up with the different colours on his mode. He makes no references to Thundercracker.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* None known.

===Continuity errors===
*Optimus doesn't wish to use the Space Team Mini-Cons as weapons but has no problem suggesting Megatron use them?Think of the fact that it was necessary to destroy the very dangerous Nemesis Prime.

===Real-world references===
* None known.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Jetfire only appears in a single wide shot of the bridge that is reused several times throughout the episode. He has no dialogue.
* The intro to the episode has a unique narration that mentions the kids, which flows into a recap of [[Miracle|the last episode]].
* Nemesis Prime has a trailer in the animation, the toy does not.
* Why couldn't Prime have arrived on the planet seconds before the Mini-Con and received his [[Powerlinx]] colors like the rest of the Transformers with Powerlinx colors? Only Stephen Colbert knows, and he's not telling.
* Thrust and Cyclonus also had Powerlinx colorations that were never used in the series.
* Overload's sudden appearance was on the "to-do" list of things to be explained in the [[Linkage (comic)|Linkage]] series, but there was never time for it. So all we can infer is that it's a big weapon set that for whatever reason Prime was unable to bring to battle before.

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[[Category:Armada episodes]]

Mortal Combat

2010-03-10T02:24:25Z

203.47.226.21: /* Differences with Micron Legend */

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{{episode|
|series=Armada
|series2=Micron Legend
|ep=52
|prev=Origin
|next=Cybertron City (episode)
|title=Mortal Combat
|japanese=死闘 - mortal-combat
|romaji=shitō
|translation=to the death
|image=Armada 52 - Prime hangon to Galvatron.jpg
|caption=Test your might!
|production code=TF: A-52
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Ryō Motohira]]
|director=[[Hidehito Ueda]], [[Mitsuru Kawasaki]] (asst. dir.)
|animation studio=[[Actas]]
|airdate=[[October 3]], 2003 (UK) [[December 12]], 2003 (US) [[December 26|26 December]] 2003 (Japan)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Optimus and Galvatron wage their final brutal battle, while the rest of the Transformers deal with Unicron.'''

==Summary==
Unicron is no longer functional, his body lying dormant in space. Hot Shot lets the assembled armies return to Cybertron to begin the rebuilding.

Inside of Unicron, Galvatron holds onto the idea that he can still become the sole ruler of the universe. Now that Unicron is gone, it's left to Optimus and Galvatron to finish the war. Optimus and the kids try to argue that now that the two militaries have been united, there's no need to continue the fight, but Galvatron reminds his foe that the hatred left over from an unfinished war would repower Unicron.

On Cybertron, Side Swipe alerts the other that Unicron is in motion again. Hot Shot decides to go to Unicron to retrieve Optimus, but Jetfire takes Hot Shot's place. Cyclonus follows Jetfire.

Optimus says goodbye to the children; the kids don't want to go, but he convinces them that the final battle must be fought. After throwing away the Matrix (so it isn't damaged in battle), Prime starts the fight with some gunfire and a knee to Galvatron's face. When Megatron gets up, he and Prime blast their firepower at each other.

Outside of Unicron, Jetfire and Cyclonus pick up the kids and bring them back to Cybertron. The kids report on what the two leaders are doing, and it seems Unicron isn't quite dead either. Under heavy pressure, Hot Shot orders the attack against Unicron to be resumed, with special care taken not to harm the leaders.

Inside, Prime and Galvatron continue to rumble. Prime throws one of his wheels directly into Galvatron's primary cannon. The resulting explosion blasts Galvatron through a wall, but the Decepticon is only amused by the ferocity of the combat. Unicron's words echo in Prime's mind. Galvatron uses his extending antlers to toss Prime around. Prime breaks off the blades and uses them against his rival, but Galvatron scores a critical hit through Optimus with his hidden wrist blade.

The Transformers buzz around Unicron, blasting him through his own trenches. Alexis notices that during the combat, a large, growing black hole has appeared on Unicron's surface.

Prime stands up, refusing to give up the fight. Decompression sends the warriors outside of Unicron, onto his external surface. Galvatron acquires a nearby pipe to use as a battle staff, but Optimus displays amazing agility and stands on the staff, prancing along it to kick Galvatron in the face. While Galvatron is still stunned, Optimus hefts his foe and cramps Galvatron's midsection, but in the process, the metal pipe is shoved down Prime's back.

The two warriors break for a moment, and Galvatron admits that even though he lost the battle, he enjoyed the thrill of it. The moment of peace between the two is disturbed by Unicron transforming into his planet mode. Prime is stuck holding onto Galvatron as the two are sucked toward Unicron's maw. Galvatron, determined to see only one winner of the war (even if it isn't him) instructs Prime to let him fall. Prime refuses, so Galvatron cuts himself loose and free-falls into oblivion. As soon as Galvatron is absorbed, Unicron vanishes. Left floating in space, Optimus decides he's unworthy of the Matrix.

Sometime later, Hot Shot and Jetfire return the kids to Earth. They agree that they've all learned a lot from each other ever since their first encounter. Carlos, Fred, and Billy start to cry. Alexis gazes down at her pendant that contains the Mars stone that Starscream gave her, smiling sadly as if remembering him. With the war over, Prime narrates the closing moments. But hidden behind a distant, green planet, Unicron endures.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (2)
* [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] (3)
* [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] (4)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
* [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] (13)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (14)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (15)
* [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]] (16)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (5)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (17)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (18)
* [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] (19)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (23)

|c3=
* [[Rad White|Rad]] (7)
* [[Alexis]] (8)
* [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] (9)
* [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (10)
* [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (11)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
*[[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] (12)
*[[Race Mini-Con Team]] (20)
*[[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]] (21)
*[[Space Mini-Con Team]] (22)

|h5=Other|c5=
* [[Unicron]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"This probably isn't the time to ask, but when are we gonna eat, you guys?" 
"Zip it, Fred, or I'll give you my fist to chew on!" 
:—'''Fred''' and '''Billy'''

"Your mindless ambitions are fueled only by your greed. You'll stop at nothing to get what you want. I should have let Unicron destroy you!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' to Galvatron

"Why can't we all just get along?!"
:—'''Fred'''

"Children, the future is yours!" 
"Good riddance, humans!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''' bid farewell to the kids in their own unique ways.

"Don't be surprised, Galvatron. This is exactly what you wanted. And I fight you not as the leader of the Autobots, but as the leader of ''all'' Transformers!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' tosses aside his Matrix of Leadership before attacking Galvatron.

"Farewell, Optimus Prime. Victory is all yours. Now go look after your men, they need you!"
:—'''Galvatron's''' last words until [[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Legend''===
* After tossing out the Matrix before his final battle against Super Megatron, Convoy says 'I am not fighting you as a Commander but as a Transformer called Convoy!' In the American version, Optimus says that he was fight Galvatron as the leader of ALL Transformers! Ego much?

* Near the end where Optimus is refusing to let go of Galvatron from being sucked into Unicron, there's a change of translation. Galvatron practically yells at Optimus to let go so that Unicron will die from the lack of evil and to watch over the Autobots after slicing his own tread in ''Armada''. In ''Micron Legend'', Galvatron observes that despite their differences in appearances, both might have been looking for the same thing, and that Optimus is the light while he's darkness. On slicing his own tread, he adds that even in the next generation (or world), Prime is destined to be his rival, plus that so long as there's light there will be darkness, and to not forget that evil is eternal. Where Optimus yells his rival's name after disappearing into Unicron in ''Armada'', he whispers "Megatron" in ''Micron Legend''.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*When Hot Shot yells "Attack!" as Unicron is transforming back into planet mode, the animation actually shows the Transformer fleet ''escaping'' (which would make sense), which suggests Hot Shot's line was a scripting error.

===Continuity errors===
===Transformers references===
[[Image:ArmadaRhinoxTV.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"We never had any evil gods on prehistoric Earth."]]
* During the raid against Unicron, [[Rhinox (Armada)|Rhinox]] is visible in the hangar. Because of the unanticipated success of ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', he and the other ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' remolds were released, but they were unable to receive larger roles in [[Armada (cartoon)|the show]].
{{-}}

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:Tf ml 01 52 comparison title card.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Time for kanji quiz, kids!]]
* This is the third Armada episode to have a title with more than one word.
* [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] is a ''flying'' skateboard.
* Does it seem like over the course of the Unicron Battles, Alexis's hair has actually grown slightly longer?
* Galvatron hasn't used his antlers to attack anyone since "[[Swoop (episode)|Swoop]]".
* This is the second time in ''Armada'' that Megatron has used his wrist blade.
[[Image:Armada 52 - Prime and no Matrix.jpg|left|175px|thumb|How many Autobot [[insignia]]s does he have...?]]
* During the second-to-last shot, Prime has returned to his original colors, but hasn't reclaimed the Matrix, as his Matrix compartment is visibly empty during his transformation.
* Unlike the previous 51 episodes, the title card in the Japanese airing of this episode didn't have the usual [[Wikipedia:furigana|furigana]] over the [[Wikipedia:kanji|kanji]] title, as seen on the right.

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Optimus Prime (Armada)

2010-03-10T02:09:40Z

203.47.226.21: /* Armada */

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{{disambig3|Optimus Prime}}
:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader in the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:ArmadaOptimusPrime dvd.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Prime, Prime, and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Prime]].]]
'''Optimus Prime''' fights for truth, justice, and the Autobot way. He has led the search for the [[Mini-Con]]s, faced the resurrection of a [[Unicron|dark god]], and now aims to stop [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] from obtaining the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. He's also died a couple times, and tends to find a second-in-commandy-type to combine with to form a super robot.

He learns martial arts from [[Scavenger (Armada)|whoever]] turns into a [[Landmine (Energon)|bulldozer]], thinks [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] has leadership potential and tends to recruit teenage children.

Also, he wants to make sure you don't sit too close to the TV screen. <ref>It's true! In a pre-show warning screen before every episode of ''Super Link'' (the Japanese version of ''Energon''), Optimus Prime would appear in still frame, telling kids to make sure they watch the show in a well-lit room, and not to sit too close to the screen. This isn't particularly uncommon in anime...not after, well. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denn%C5%8D_Senshi_Porygon You know.]</ref>

:''Japanese name'': '''[[Convoy]]''' (''Micron Legend''), '''Jet Convoy''' (combined with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], '''Grand Convoy''' (''Super Link''), '''Galaxy Convoy''' (''Galaxy Force''), '''Liger Convoy''' (combined with [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Ligerjack]]), '''Sonic Convoy''' (combined with [[Wing Saber|Sonic Bomber]])
:''Hungarian name'': '''Első Optimusz''' ("Optimus, the First" or "Uproar of the Country's Little Fandom")
:''Polish ''Armada'' name'': '''Optimus Pierwszy''' (Optimus First)

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====
[[Image:DWArmadaPreview OptimusPrime ouch.jpg|left|200px|thumb| Oh slag. There goes my bonus.]]
One million years ago, Optimus Prime was in the satellite room of Autobot Headquarters in [[Cyber City]] when [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] unexpectedly arrived, carrying unsettling news of an attack on the [[Mini-Con]] Village D-10 by Transformers calling themselves "[[Decepticon]]s". {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1}} While the Autobots investigated the remains of Mini-Con Village D-52, Optimus Prime demanded that they find clues as to what had occurred, as he did not know why the Mini-Cons had been taken and feared that these Decepticons had started a civil war. Soon afterwards, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and his Decepticons invaded Cyber City and declared that the inhabitants now belonged to him. The Autobots arrived to defend the city, but were soundly beaten by the Mini-Con augmented Decepticons. Realizing that they were no match for the Decepticons, Optimus Prime ordered a retreat, for if they stayed and fought, they would die. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2}}

Over the next million years, the Mini-Con empowered Decepticons steadily conquered the planet. Concerned that the conflict could escalate and put other worlds at risk, the [[Universal Peacekeeping Committee]] sent the famed mediator [[Fflaxl]] to the relatively unknown [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in an attempt to settle the dispute between the Autobot and Decepticon "tribes" peacefully. However, just as he arrived, Megatron and Optimus Prime were in the midst of a battle, and Optimus Prime was sent flying, eventually landing on [[Bix]], Fflaxl's bodyguard. The diplomat, seeing the scale of the war and its participants, decided that some conflicts were best left untouched and that everything would work out in the end. {{storylink|Armada Preview}} Meanwhile, the [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-Con escape ship]] crash landed on a distant world known as [[Earth]], dispersing the occupants all over the planet. A member of the indigenous [[human]] species, [[Rad White]], stumbled upon the crash site and inadvertently activated the Mini-Con homing device, where it was detected by both Autobot and Decepticon forces. Optimus Prime resolved to go to this planet Earth, believing that this might be their second chance to being back justice to their home. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3}}

[[Image:DWArmada4 OptimusPrime bruteforcelecture.jpg|right|200px|thumb| Oh no they DIDN'T!]]
The Autobots led by Optimus Prime used the [[space bridge]] to travel to Earth, unfortunately appearing right in front of a [[Miss Ruby|group of human children]] on a field trip to the [[Allspark Power Generator Station]]. Optimus Prime quickly decided that stealth was of the utmost importance and that they should minimize contact with the local inhabitants, a policy that was questioned by [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]], who just wished to tear through the planet to find the Mini-Cons, as their own troubles were of greater concern. This brought on them an angry rebuke from Optimus who declared that they weren't about to endanger Earth or its inhabitants to serve Autobot interests, but he also understood their frustration, telling them to save their anger for the Decepticons. Meanwhile, the Decepticons had also arrived on Earth and were giving chase to Rad, [[Alexis]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and their Mini-Con friends, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]]. As [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] caught up to the fugitives, Optimus Prime and Scavenger appeared and knocking them out of the sky. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4}}

When Megatron arrived on the scene, Optimus Prime bided his time while Smokescreen got into position and distracted his enemy by trash talking, mocking that for all of Megatron's Mini-Con-enhanced power, he had continually failed to defeat the Autobots. Alexis thought that he was a "big red blabbermouth" while Carlos opined that it was like watching a wrestling match due to all the talking they were doing before fighting. Suddenly, Smokescreen pulverised the cliff Megatron was perched upon, burying the Decepticon leader in rubble. At first, Prime was able to beat on Megatron, but the Decepticon's Mini-Con advantage proved too much, and Megatron [[Powerlinx]]ed with all of his Mini-Cons, intending to obliterate all of Prime's circuits for his disrespect. Fortunately, [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]'s team of Mini-Cons arrived, saving Rad and the others, then Powerlinking with the Autobots to force the Decepticons into retreat. The Mini-Cons requested an alliance with the Autobots, on the condition that they were equals in partnership. Optimus Prime agreed, stating the Autobots desperately needed the Mini-Cons' powers, but it was ultimately the choice of the diminutive robots to make. With the alliance formed, Optimus Prime ordered the Autobots to find suitable Earth vehicle modes and the construction of a local headquarters, for he had a feeling they were going to stay on this alien world for a long time. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5}}

[[Image:DWArmada7 OptimusPrime StarSaber.jpg|left|350px|thumb| Alas, Optimus failed where King Arthur would soon succeed.]]
Later, Optimus Prime sought out the kids at the [[Black Hills]] to tell them goodbye, as he felt they had been dragged into their war too deeply already. He wanted Sparkplug's support in the decision, but before the Mini-Con could fully voice his opinion, he received an emergency transmission from [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]], who were under attack by the Decepticons in [[Rapid City]], [[South Dakota]]. Sparkplug proposed a covert rescue operation, but Optimus Prime flatly refused, fearing the Autobot Mini-Cons could be captured by the Decepticons. Fed up with Prime telling them what they could and couldn't do, the Mini-Cons and the kids went on their own. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6}} Meanwhile, Megatron had modified and forced the Air Defense Team to powerlink together to form the mighty [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], and used it to attack the [[Autobase (Armada)|Autobase]] in [[Nebraska|Lincoln]]. During the ensuing battle, Optimus Prime implored for the Air Defense Team to resist Megatron's manipulations and free themselves, as the power came from the three of them, not the one weapon, a concept that Megatron found unfathomable, as all he cared about was controlling the power. Sparkplug and the others returned to make amends, powerlinking with the Autobots to give them the edge they needed. Now on equal footing, Optimus fought back, telling Megatron and the Air Defense Team that it was about ''respect'': respect for the power and for the individual. The Air Defense Team broke free of their bonds and attacked the Decepticon leader. After the Decepticons retreated, so too did the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] and the Air Defense Team. Prime felt that because there was now a balance to the war, the non-aligned Mini-Cons were right to leave and not tip the balance for either side. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7}}

[[Image:DWArmada10 OptimusPrime Illbeback.jpg|right|200px|thumb| Optimus Schwarzenegger.]]
Soon afterwards, a monolith crashed in Tranquility, [[Kansas]] and sent out a signal which summoned all Mini-Cons on Earth to converge at the monolith's location. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] was not especially concerned considering the Autobot Mini-Cons could come and go as they pleased and that they might have just needed some time to cool off, but Optimus Prime was worried: after the situation with the Air Defense Team, he was unsure of what they might do next. While the Mini-Cons were in their trance-like state, the Decepticons arrived, intent on claiming all of Earth's Mini-Cons for themselves. Rad used Sparkplug's communications systems to call Optimus Prime for help, which soon arrived. Unfortunately, while the Autobots and Decepticons fought amongst themselves, the Mini-Cons (and Rad) entered the monolith and blasted off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8}} As the Autobots left for home, Optimus Prime explained to the kids the significance of the giant Mini-Con symbol that had been burned into the ground and that Rad had been taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. He also told them the story about how the Mini-Cons had escaped Cybertron and eventually crashed their ship on the Moon, breaking it in half and sending the bow to Earth. Optimus' only plan was to wait for Megatron to make his move, and try to stop them, for they had no options for reaching the Moon that would not require specialised equipment or actions that would compromise their security on Cybertron. However, an opportunity provided itself when the majority of the Decepticon left for the Moon {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9}}, allowing Hot Shot and Red Alert to erase any Decepticon sensor logs while Optimus Prime used the space bridge to travel to the Autobase on Cybertron. Unfortunately, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] had his hands full and resented Optimus Prime not leading the Autobots on Cybertron. However, Optimus did manage to get his hands on an [[Autobot shuttle|Autobot Transport Gunship]] {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10}}, which he used to travel to the Moon. Unbeknownst to Optimus, however, the selfish and cruel [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Team]] leader [[Dualor]] had strapped Rad into one of the space mines protecting to Moon, and now Optimus was preparing to destroy the minefield, but he hesitated. While Sparkplug's Mini-Con friends and the [[Space Mini-Con Team|Space Team]] were working on rescuing Rad, Optimus Prime realised an itchy trigger finger would be disastrous. Optimus correctly deduced that [[Sky Blast]] meant no harm and allowed him to dock with the gunship whilst towing the dummy mine containing Rad. After blasting Cyclonus into pieces for attacking their ship, Optimus thanked Sky Blast for his help, and gave those back on the [[Mini-Con Fortress Base]] transportation to Earth promising them that he and his compatriots were in for a lot of changes in how the Autobots treated them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11}}

[[Image:DWArmada13_Autobots_Mini-Cons.jpg|thumb|left|350px|]]

Prime's word was soon tested when two crises occurred at the same time: Scavenger and Smokescreen had detected the Decepticons building some sort of rocket launch facility in Death Valley, [[California]], and a Mini-Con escape pod from the Moon had been detected in northern [[Alaska]]. At first, the Autobot leader preferred to deal with the Decepticon situation, until Sparkplug convinced him that if he didn't assist the Mini-Cons, the ones in the Autobase would be walking out. With political concerns in mind, Optimus Prime offered the full resources of the Autobots in mounting a rescue mission, which seemed to satisfy the fractious Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} Unfortunately, additional problems presented themselves when [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], overjuiced on the full power of the Destruction Team, began attacking any and all targets while Megatron was blasting them with his [[Solar scalpel]], a superweapon deployed from the rocket in Death Valley. With little choice, Optimus asked Sparkplug to powerlink with him at maximum power, enabling the Autobot to defeat Cyclonus. With the crisis averted and the Mini-Cons rescued, a disappointed Optimus asked Sparkplug why he had been holding back on him, as he thought they trusted one another. As Sparkplug told him the legend of the Mini-Cons having the power to save the universe or destroy it, Optimus was suddenly taken to Cybertron, where he witnessed its destruction...{{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13}}

[[Image:WorldsCollide4_JetOptimus.jpg|thumb|250px|Feel the power!]]

While the Autobots tried to figure out what had happened to him, Optimus wandered across the blasted ruins of Cybertron, he discovered [[Spinister (G1)|a lone survivor]], who had been reduced to a gibbering wreck. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Optimus Prime refused to believe the confused, fragmented story the survivor told: Prince of Nothingness came, the heavens opened up, and their final judgment was pronounced. All those who fought perished and everything was destroyed. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} As [[Unicron]], the devourer of worlds closed in on Cybertron, Optimus begged the survivor to tell him of any way to fight back against the monster. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} Sadly, the survivor was beyond help, allowing himself to be sucked into the oblivion of Unicron's maw, despite Optimus' pleas for him to resist. Unicron noticed the lone Cybertronian and took the form of the survivor, proclaiming that like this reality's [[Optimus Prime (Worlds Collide)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot would fall and his universe would be consumed - the gateway was being prepared by his heralds. Suddenly, Jetfire appeared, having jumped through a space bridge portal after destroying the Decepticon space bridge nexus that Unicron's heralds were using to open up space for their master to enter that reality. As this fallen Cybertron crumbled, Sparkplug, [[Comettor]] and the mysterious Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] appeared, having crossed realities to find the Autobot leader. Over-Run handed Optimus the [[Mini-Con Matrix]], the essence of this doomed Cybertron's Mini-Cons, giving the two Autobots the power to transform and combine into Jet Optimus. With one mighty blast, Jet Optimus delivered a broadside to Unicron, giving them enough time to escape back to their reality. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

With the fate of their universe at stake, Optimus called on the Mini-Cons scattered on Earth to join the Autobots and Decepticons in fighting Unicron. As Cybertron's general, Optimus stood as the bulwark against the Chaos Bringer's onslaught, leading their combined forces until the Mini-Cons united their power to delivery an almighty blast at Unicron, sending him back into the unknown. Though victorious, Optimus Prime considered that with such pure evil, [[Furmanism|it may never be over]], and they must be eternally vigilant. {{Storylink|The End}}
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====''Energon''====
[[Image:Optimusprime ut armada px.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Optimus Prime (Powerlinx) during the years between the Unicron Battles and Energon. He thinks if he's not red and blue, nobody will recognize him.]]
Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, Over-Run showed Prime how to commune with Cybertron itself. Doing so reformatted the Autobot leader into a body capable of [[Powerlinx|Powerlinking]] with a team of 'drone' vehicles, and granted him (and the other Autobots) the ability to combine with each other.

Upon returning to Earth, he decided that the Autobots would no longer hide from the inhabitants, but work with them openly. This decision led, among other things, to the Autobots' induction into the UN.

When last seen ''(before the bankruptcy of [[Dreamwave Productions]])'', he was attempting to escape from within the remains of [[Unicron]], after Megatron's trapped spark used him to regain his freedom.

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===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Tōru Ōkawa]] (Japanese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Pierre-Peters Arnold]] (German), [[Niclas Ekholm]] (Swedish)

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[[Image:Pre-arm-scavenger.JPG|left|180px|thumb|"Maybe we shouldn't have fired lasers at the mirrors."]]
[[MYA|Millions of years ago]], a young Optimus Prime fought with a great Decepticon warrior known as [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]]. So frequent were their clashes, and so familiar were they to each other, the pair eventually became friends, and Scavenger signed up with the Autobots. Seeing great potential in the young Autobot leader, Scavenger taught Optimus Prime how to fight in hand-to-hand combat. Later, veteran Autobot [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] trained Optimus in [[metallikato]] shortly before leaving [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus later notes that their training made him the warrior and soldier he is today. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Many years later, it was a more mature Optimus Prime that led a small Autobot unit to [[Earth]] after the activation of the [[Mini-Con]] homing beacon. This beacon signaled to all the Transformers on Cybertron that the much-coveted Mini-Cons had survived their million years-long disappearance. After warping to Earth, Optimus saved [[Rad White|three]] [[Carlos Lopez|human]] [[Alexis|children]] from the [[Decepticon]] leader, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], who arrived on the alien world first.

[[Image:FirstEncounter_Prime.jpg|right|180px|thumb|He's part Optimus Prime, part [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], part [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and all Optimus Prime.]]
Clashing with his arch enemy, Optimus Prime bought the children and their Mini-Con [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] time to escape while around them, other Transformers warped into the battlefield. Later, after the Decepticons had reformatted themselves into suitable new vehicle modes, Optimus Prime saved the children again, joined by his two subordinates [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

Befriending these children, he introduced his crew of Autobots to them. The children aided Prime as he led his crew around the world, searching for the long-lost Mini-Con Transformers, before the Decepticon forces could take them and use them for their own evil deeds.

[[Image:Arm ep 4 supermode prime max burst.jpg|left|180px|thumb|You feel lucky, punk?]]
Soon afterward, both the Autobots and Decepticons detected a Mini-Con signal located in the [[Grand Canyon]]. With the help of the kids, Optimus Prime managed to pinpoint the location of the Mini-Con panel before he was confronted by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], powerlinked to [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]]. Outgunned, Optimus Prime was saved when Starscream arrogantly underestimated the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team's]] combined form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. This distraction gave Optimus the opportunity to activate the Mini-Con panel, revealing that its occupant was [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], Optimus Prime's old Mini-Con partner and friend. Together they Powerlinked, activating Optimus' powerful Maximum Blast which sendt the Decepticons into retreat. {{storylink|Comrade}}

Through the treachery of [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], the Decepticons managed to secure all three of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|legendary]] [[Skyboom Shield|Mini-Con]] [[Requiem Blaster|weapons]] that form the [[Hydra Cannon]], the most powerful weapon in the universe. Mounting their new doomsday device aboard a starship, Megatron decided to wipe out the Autobot base on Earth, regardless of the massive collateral damage to the planet itself. Optimus Prime and Jetfire launched a pre-emptive strike against the warship in the hopes of disabling the weapon and rescuing the Mini-Cons. However, they were outnumbered, forcing a desperate Optimus to throw himself into the path of the cannon and use the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to save Earth, but at the cost of his life. {{storylink|Crisis}}

Under the leadership of Hot Shot, the other Autobots gave chase to the Decepticons aboard the [[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]. During a confrontation with their enemies, the Mini-Cons reached out to each other and resurrected Optimus from within the Matrix. There was little time to rejoice, as the Autobots pursued the Decepticons on their way back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Miracle}}

[[Image:Armada 52 - Prime with tread piece.jpg|left|250px|thumb|My God, it's full of stars...]]
After Unicron's apparent defeat, both Optimus Prime and Galvatron succumbed to their base natures and had one last battle within the Chaos Bringer. Fighting each other to a standstill, both were surprised when Unicron suddenly came back to life, feeding off their hate for each other. Galvatron was drawn toward Unicron's maw, with Prime holding onto his tank treads, telling him to hold on. His nemesis then made the decision to sacrifice his life, giving Prime a final victory, so that Unicron might be destroyed and their race would survive.

In the aftermath, Optimus Prime reflected that he didn't deserve the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and left both the Autobots and Cybertron for places unknown. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

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====''Energon''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Katsuyuki Konishi]] (Japanese), [[Niclas Ekholm]] (Swedish)

[[Image:EnergonOptimusForms.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Me, myself, and I... and ''me'']]
8,000 eons ago, Optimus Prime stayed on Cybertron to continue its defense, even as Rodimus led a group of Transformers away from the planet, into space, in search of a new home. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}}

A few years after the defeat of Unicron, Optimus Prime returned from exile to a newly-unified Cybertron where Autobots and Decepticons lived side-by-side in peace. Reassuming leadership of the Autobots, Optimus Prime established a dialogue with the Earth governments with the help of his human friends. Earth sent a delegation to Cybertron, consisting of the three kids and [[Dr. Brian Jones]], the foremost expert in the newly discovered ore [[Energon (Energon)|energon]] that both worlds coveted.

Jones brought along his young son, [[Kicker Jones|Chad]] (also known as 'Kicker'), who was frightened by the tall, menacing robots. When the boy ran away to a ruined and abandoned part of Cybertron, Optimus Prime gave chase, warning Kicker that the area was strictly off limits. The boy accidentally fell and found his way into a massive darkened chamber where an energy being known as [[Primus]] saved him. Optimus Prime found his way into the chamber just as Primus evolved the human child. Sometime after this, Primus (now known as the creator-god of the Transformers), gave Optimus the [[Spark of Combination]], allowing Optimus to grant combining powers to other Autobots. Prime could also now combine with a squad of four drone vehicles, which rode around with him in his trailer when not in use.

Almost a decade later, the energon mining facilities in Sol's asteroid belt, as well as their base on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], were attacked by a mysterious force of beast-like Transformers. Primus warned Optimus that the enemy was after the energon, causing Optimus to assemble a unit so he could personally assess the situation. Finding no life on Mars, his unit then moved to Earth, where he saved Kicker and Ocean City from an attack by the same creatures. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

Prime agreed to the evacuation of Ocean City, then led a counterattack against the Terrorcons at [[Lunar City]]. He assigned the headstrong Kicker to be partners with the rookie Ironhide, suspecting that the experience would be difficult but beneficial for both of them. {{storylink|Energon Stars}} Prime prepared his troops to defend Earth's Cybertron Cities from further attack. {{storylink|Scorpinok}} Eventually the Terrorcons' attacks forced him to make a difficult call, abandoning the survivors at [[Mars City]] in favor of remaining to defend Ocean City. In the battle that followed, the sight of Megatron's sword caused Prime to wonder if his old nemesis might still be alive. At the same time, the Decepticon troops under his command began abandoning the cause one by one. {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}}

Optimus continued to lead his team against Terrorcon attacks, but soon found himself face-to-face with his oldest and greatest foe. {{storylink|Megatron Resurrected}} In a subsequent battle at Ocean City, the two threw down with all their power. Armed with a copy of Megatron's sword, Optimus was able to defeat him and force the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}}

Optimus soon found himself stalked by the ghostly Starscream, who secretly followed him around Ocean City, hoping for a chance to assassinate him. Prime lured Starscream to the Moon, where they could battle without interference or collateral damage. Starscream revealed his plans to revive Unicron, causing Prime no small measure of consternation. Though the teleporting Starscream maintained the advantage, Optimus was able to generate "[[Energon Blaster|Hot Shot's blaster]]" during a subsequent Decepticon attack, using it to drive off the attackers. {{storylink|Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary}}

Prime then led a team into the asteroid belt, where they destroyed an asteroid that looked nothing like Unicron, because it looked like Unicron. {{storylink|Battle of the Asteroid Belt}}

Prime continued to lead Earth's defense until Dr. Jones's [[Energon Tower]] could be completed, ensuring the planet's safety. {{storylink|Energon Tower (episode)|Energon Tower}} This role forced him into a difficult decision, detonating the energon stores of [[Jungle City]] in the midst of an overwhelming attack. Although the explosion repulsed the attacking Decepticons, it also obliterated some of Earth's most ancient ruins and an entire Cybertron city. {{storylink|Crisis in Jungle City}}

Prime next clashed with Megatron at [[Lunar City]], but once again a newly-arrived Energon Tower cut the battle short.
{{storylink|Kicker Beware!}} He then led a space-based defense against several giant "comets" that Megatron had created to destroy Earth, which was ultimately saved by the final completion of the energon grid. {{storylink|Energon Grid}}

With Earth secure, Optimus decided to lead his team into space, to pursue and destroy Unicron before Megatron could revive the planet-eater. {{storylink|Rodimus: Friend or Foe?}} As the Autobots prepared to leave Earth's [[solar system]] aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', the Decepticons attacked once more; struggling with Megatron, Optimus narrowly avoided getting caught by the ship's energon grid. Demolishor wasn't so lucky. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}}

Optimus had his team follow Kicker's energon-finding instincts, leading them to a misadventure on a frozen planet. {{storylink|The Return of Demolishor}} Soon after, Optimus was confronted by Rodimus—who shocked him with the proposal that Unicron must not be destroyed, but rather restored! Optimus wasn't convinced, and Rodimus went his own way. {{storylink|A Tale of Two Heros}} Optimus soon was forced to carry out his plan to lure Unicron into the space bridge and to Cybertron, where Rad assaulted Unicron with the planet's energon grid, massively damaging him. {{storylink|Battle Stations}}

With Unicron repulsed, Optimus led a team to Cybertron's surface, where the Decepticons were in rebellion. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}} They soon learned that the Decepticon criminal [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] had escaped, and pursued him to the very chamber of Primus. Shockblast escaped, however, and Optimus soon had other concerns: Kicker was returning to Cybertron, with the head of Unicron! {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}

At Kicker's insistence, Optimus met with the alien Alpha Q and heard his story. Moved, he agreed to help Alpha Q revive his planets, but the defense of Cybertron remained his top priority. When Unicron began lashing out at his captors, it was Optimus who recognized the actions as blind survival instinct. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}

Prime returned to Cybertron's surface to lead the planet's defense as Megatron attacked again. He was present to witness Wing Dagger's death at the hands of Shockblast. {{storylink|Each One Fights...}} He subsequently led his team in a direct counter-attack against Unicron, seeking to infiltrate it and defeat Megatron inside. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} Prime was fully prepared to face down his enemy in a one-on-one showdown, but instead was ambushed by a vengeful Shockblast and left damaged. Alone and facing two Decepticons, he was revived and saved by the arrival of an energon infusion from Earth. {{storylink|Open Fire!}}

Wing Dagger, now rebuilt as [[Wing Saber]], arrived and revealed that he and Optimus could combine, greatly enhancing their power. Prime rallied his troops to complete their mission of destroying Megatron. Before it could happen, however, Megatron triggered a catastrophic energon reaction, ripping [[Rift (Energon)|a hole in the fabric of space]] and fleeing into it. Optimus gamely led a team in pursuit of him. {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}}

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{{storylink|Jungle Planet (episode)|Jungle Planet}}
{{storylink|Bulkhead (episode)|Bulkhead}}
{{storylink|Farewell Inferno}}
{{storylink|Crash Course}}
{{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}}
{{storylink|A Heroic Battle}}
{{storylink|The Power}}
{{storylink|Optimus Supreme}}
{{storylink|Unicron Perishes}}
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{{storylink|Galvatron!}}
{{storylink|Break Through}}
{{storylink|Distribution}}
{{storylink|The Omega Train}}
{{storylink|Deception Army}}
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{{storylink|Formidable}}
{{storylink|Galvatron Terror}}
{{storylink|Destructive Power}}
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====''Cybertron''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Taitem Kusunoki]] (Japanese), [[Eberhardt Haar]] (German)

[[Image:CybertronPrime finalbattlepose.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"Weapons Primed..."]]
Primus' plan to trap Unicron inside an energon sun failed, and this star collapsed into a [[Unicron Singularity|massive black hole]]. Optimus Prime faced the greatest test in his existence when his home planet was threatened with destruction, but realised there was no choice but to evacuate the population to Earth. As they made plans to leave, a mysterious time-travelling Transformer named [[Vector Prime]] appeared, advising Optimus to search for the [[Cyber Planet Key|Cyber Planet Keys]], the only means of restoring Primus' spark, and the only way they can save Cybertron and the rest of the universe from oblivion. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}

Arriving on Earth, Optimus Prime was forced to break his own strict orders to hide from the human population when he rescued the injured [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] and three human children from [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. Befriending the children, named [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]], he relied on them to educate the Autobots about their new home and how to blend into the environment as Robots in Disguise. {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}} {{storylink|Hidden}}

Soon afterward, the children's hometown of Boulder, Colorado was threatened. The newest tunnels in a recently-dug gold mine had destabilized a mountain, making its collapse imminent. This alone would only have damaged the mountain's immediate area, but matters were complicated when Autobot scans revealed the presence of an underground reservoir that would be forced out by the collapse, causing flooding. Coby had the idea of using Optimus Prime's pumping equipment to drain the reservoir, allowing [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] to shatter the mountain with his largest missiles and collapse it safely, averting disaster. {{storylink|Collapse}}

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===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Early in the war, Optimus confronted Megatron in [[Yellowstone National Park]], warning the Decepticon leader that the area they were in was geologically unstable and warfare could aggravate things catastrophically. Megatron ignored him and almost defeated Prime, until the intervention of [[Riptide]], [[QuickFire]] and [[Jake Williams]]. The unlikely team managed to see Megatron off, albeit with the loss of Williams's [[Starheart|beloved '57 Ford pickup]] into a mud pit. Optimus promised to retrieve and restore the truck, and suggested that Riptide and QuickFire return to hiding, to prevent the Decepticons from capturing them. {{storylink|Lonesome Diesel}}

Following his destruction by the Hydra Cannon, Optimus Prime found himself in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where he encountered an [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from [[Generation 1 continuity family|another universe]], and two versions of [[Optimus Primal]] from that same universe. After establishing the possibility that alternate universe existed, the other three were able to help Optimus Prime overcome some of his doubts over his leadership abilities. That done, Optimus returned to life in time to save [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Prime Spark}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
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==Games==
===The Energon Within===
As Optimus and Hot Shot prepare to escort a truckload of energon away from a mine, the Decepticons launch a full scale assault. Their objective is to steal 100 energon cubes. Though they eventually succeed, the cost is high and the mine remains in Autobot hands. {{storylink|The Energon Within}}

As Optimus and Hot Shot prepare to escort a truckload of energon away from a mine, the Decepticons launch a full scale assault. Their objective is to steal 100 energon cubes. Before they can succeed, Hot Shot inadvertently blows up the mine. {{storylink|The Energon Within}}

===''Transformers''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English)

Optimus Prime was dueling with Megatron atop a very high building just before Megatron received the Mini-Con beacon. Following his nemesis to prevent him from using the Mini-Cons for evil, Prime arrived on a new planet: Earth.

Arriving in the Amazon, he familiarized himself with the territory before going and recovering the first Mini-Con Panel. (Which Mini-Con it is varies with the game difficulty, with [[Lock-On]] being released on the first two difficulty levels). He then traversed a [[Scale|disproportionate]] bridge, had a brawl inside a temple, and scaled a pathway up a cliff face before arriving at a run-down temple and encountering Cyclonus. Cyclonus (sporting a fanciful, comic British accent) ordered a [[Heavy Unit]] to attack him, declaring Earth as "Decepticon property". Prime took care of the Heavy Unit, and Hot Shot and Red Alert joined him. Soon they discovered their old Mini-Con partners. (Sparkplug remains with Optimus for the remainder of the game, activating a rather pointless "Powerlinx" Max Payne-esque bullet time mode which drains Prime's health.)

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==Toys==
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==Notes==
[[Image:MonsterConvoy.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Arise, Bigfootimus Prime.]]
* According to the [[Transformers (Melbourne House)|''Armada'' Playstation 2 game]] instruction booklet, Optimus Prime's ''Armada'' body has the following statistics:

:Mass: 18,960 lbs
:Robot height: 22' 11"
:Robot top speed: 31 mph
:Vehicle height: 8' 3"
:Vehicle top speed: 125 mph
:Vehicle power: 700 hp @ 2500 rpm

* One of the earliest ''Armada'' Optimus Prime concepts depicts him as being an ENORMOUSLY HUGE MONSTER TRUCK. Makes one wonder about the origins of the "Monster Convoy" inscription on Super Base Optimus Prime's tires.

* For at least part of the ''Energon'' animated series, the CGI model for Optimus Prime's handgun resembled an oversized six-shooter rather than the actual toy's chamber-less handgun for unknown reasons.

* ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime has some design similarities to GaoGaiGar from ''[[wikipedia:The_King_of_Braves_GaoGaiGar|The King of Braves GaoGaiGar]]'', such as the chin protrusion and cheekguards. In addition, his [[Super Mode]] resembles ChoRyuJin from the same series (having the same chest and cannons), and his combination with [[Leobreaker]] recalls GaoGaiGar's combination with Goldymarg. His combination with Wing Saber also invokes the image of Galeon's head on GaoGaiGar's chest. This would not be the [[Optimus_Prime_(RID)|first such GaoGaiGar reference]] Transformers would see... [[Safeguard_(Animated)|or the last]].
* Said Super Mode also evokes [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Powermaster Optimus Prime]].

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]
* [http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/optimus_prime_mini_optimus_prime/ Energon Optimus Prime redeco with Smallest Transformers Optimus Prime gallery]

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Optimus Prime (Armada)

2010-03-10T02:06:37Z

203.47.226.21: /* Armada */

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:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader in the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:ArmadaOptimusPrime dvd.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Prime, Prime, and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Prime]].]]
'''Optimus Prime''' fights for truth, justice, and the Autobot way. He has led the search for the [[Mini-Con]]s, faced the resurrection of a [[Unicron|dark god]], and now aims to stop [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] from obtaining the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. He's also died a couple times, and tends to find a second-in-commandy-type to combine with to form a super robot.

He learns martial arts from [[Scavenger (Armada)|whoever]] turns into a [[Landmine (Energon)|bulldozer]], thinks [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] has leadership potential and tends to recruit teenage children.

Also, he wants to make sure you don't sit too close to the TV screen. <ref>It's true! In a pre-show warning screen before every episode of ''Super Link'' (the Japanese version of ''Energon''), Optimus Prime would appear in still frame, telling kids to make sure they watch the show in a well-lit room, and not to sit too close to the screen. This isn't particularly uncommon in anime...not after, well. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denn%C5%8D_Senshi_Porygon You know.]</ref>

:''Japanese name'': '''[[Convoy]]''' (''Micron Legend''), '''Jet Convoy''' (combined with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], '''Grand Convoy''' (''Super Link''), '''Galaxy Convoy''' (''Galaxy Force''), '''Liger Convoy''' (combined with [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Ligerjack]]), '''Sonic Convoy''' (combined with [[Wing Saber|Sonic Bomber]])
:''Hungarian name'': '''Első Optimusz''' ("Optimus, the First" or "Uproar of the Country's Little Fandom")
:''Polish ''Armada'' name'': '''Optimus Pierwszy''' (Optimus First)

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====
[[Image:DWArmadaPreview OptimusPrime ouch.jpg|left|200px|thumb| Oh slag. There goes my bonus.]]
One million years ago, Optimus Prime was in the satellite room of Autobot Headquarters in [[Cyber City]] when [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] unexpectedly arrived, carrying unsettling news of an attack on the [[Mini-Con]] Village D-10 by Transformers calling themselves "[[Decepticon]]s". {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1}} While the Autobots investigated the remains of Mini-Con Village D-52, Optimus Prime demanded that they find clues as to what had occurred, as he did not know why the Mini-Cons had been taken and feared that these Decepticons had started a civil war. Soon afterwards, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and his Decepticons invaded Cyber City and declared that the inhabitants now belonged to him. The Autobots arrived to defend the city, but were soundly beaten by the Mini-Con augmented Decepticons. Realizing that they were no match for the Decepticons, Optimus Prime ordered a retreat, for if they stayed and fought, they would die. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2}}

Over the next million years, the Mini-Con empowered Decepticons steadily conquered the planet. Concerned that the conflict could escalate and put other worlds at risk, the [[Universal Peacekeeping Committee]] sent the famed mediator [[Fflaxl]] to the relatively unknown [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in an attempt to settle the dispute between the Autobot and Decepticon "tribes" peacefully. However, just as he arrived, Megatron and Optimus Prime were in the midst of a battle, and Optimus Prime was sent flying, eventually landing on [[Bix]], Fflaxl's bodyguard. The diplomat, seeing the scale of the war and its participants, decided that some conflicts were best left untouched and that everything would work out in the end. {{storylink|Armada Preview}} Meanwhile, the [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-Con escape ship]] crash landed on a distant world known as [[Earth]], dispersing the occupants all over the planet. A member of the indigenous [[human]] species, [[Rad White]], stumbled upon the crash site and inadvertently activated the Mini-Con homing device, where it was detected by both Autobot and Decepticon forces. Optimus Prime resolved to go to this planet Earth, believing that this might be their second chance to being back justice to their home. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3}}

[[Image:DWArmada4 OptimusPrime bruteforcelecture.jpg|right|200px|thumb| Oh no they DIDN'T!]]
The Autobots led by Optimus Prime used the [[space bridge]] to travel to Earth, unfortunately appearing right in front of a [[Miss Ruby|group of human children]] on a field trip to the [[Allspark Power Generator Station]]. Optimus Prime quickly decided that stealth was of the utmost importance and that they should minimize contact with the local inhabitants, a policy that was questioned by [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]], who just wished to tear through the planet to find the Mini-Cons, as their own troubles were of greater concern. This brought on them an angry rebuke from Optimus who declared that they weren't about to endanger Earth or its inhabitants to serve Autobot interests, but he also understood their frustration, telling them to save their anger for the Decepticons. Meanwhile, the Decepticons had also arrived on Earth and were giving chase to Rad, [[Alexis]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and their Mini-Con friends, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]]. As [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] caught up to the fugitives, Optimus Prime and Scavenger appeared and knocking them out of the sky. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4}}

When Megatron arrived on the scene, Optimus Prime bided his time while Smokescreen got into position and distracted his enemy by trash talking, mocking that for all of Megatron's Mini-Con-enhanced power, he had continually failed to defeat the Autobots. Alexis thought that he was a "big red blabbermouth" while Carlos opined that it was like watching a wrestling match due to all the talking they were doing before fighting. Suddenly, Smokescreen pulverised the cliff Megatron was perched upon, burying the Decepticon leader in rubble. At first, Prime was able to beat on Megatron, but the Decepticon's Mini-Con advantage proved too much, and Megatron [[Powerlinx]]ed with all of his Mini-Cons, intending to obliterate all of Prime's circuits for his disrespect. Fortunately, [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]'s team of Mini-Cons arrived, saving Rad and the others, then Powerlinking with the Autobots to force the Decepticons into retreat. The Mini-Cons requested an alliance with the Autobots, on the condition that they were equals in partnership. Optimus Prime agreed, stating the Autobots desperately needed the Mini-Cons' powers, but it was ultimately the choice of the diminutive robots to make. With the alliance formed, Optimus Prime ordered the Autobots to find suitable Earth vehicle modes and the construction of a local headquarters, for he had a feeling they were going to stay on this alien world for a long time. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5}}

[[Image:DWArmada7 OptimusPrime StarSaber.jpg|left|350px|thumb| Alas, Optimus failed where King Arthur would soon succeed.]]
Later, Optimus Prime sought out the kids at the [[Black Hills]] to tell them goodbye, as he felt they had been dragged into their war too deeply already. He wanted Sparkplug's support in the decision, but before the Mini-Con could fully voice his opinion, he received an emergency transmission from [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]], who were under attack by the Decepticons in [[Rapid City]], [[South Dakota]]. Sparkplug proposed a covert rescue operation, but Optimus Prime flatly refused, fearing the Autobot Mini-Cons could be captured by the Decepticons. Fed up with Prime telling them what they could and couldn't do, the Mini-Cons and the kids went on their own. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6}} Meanwhile, Megatron had modified and forced the Air Defense Team to powerlink together to form the mighty [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], and used it to attack the [[Autobase (Armada)|Autobase]] in [[Nebraska|Lincoln]]. During the ensuing battle, Optimus Prime implored for the Air Defense Team to resist Megatron's manipulations and free themselves, as the power came from the three of them, not the one weapon, a concept that Megatron found unfathomable, as all he cared about was controlling the power. Sparkplug and the others returned to make amends, powerlinking with the Autobots to give them the edge they needed. Now on equal footing, Optimus fought back, telling Megatron and the Air Defense Team that it was about ''respect'': respect for the power and for the individual. The Air Defense Team broke free of their bonds and attacked the Decepticon leader. After the Decepticons retreated, so too did the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] and the Air Defense Team. Prime felt that because there was now a balance to the war, the non-aligned Mini-Cons were right to leave and not tip the balance for either side. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7}}

[[Image:DWArmada10 OptimusPrime Illbeback.jpg|right|200px|thumb| Optimus Schwarzenegger.]]
Soon afterwards, a monolith crashed in Tranquility, [[Kansas]] and sent out a signal which summoned all Mini-Cons on Earth to converge at the monolith's location. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] was not especially concerned considering the Autobot Mini-Cons could come and go as they pleased and that they might have just needed some time to cool off, but Optimus Prime was worried: after the situation with the Air Defense Team, he was unsure of what they might do next. While the Mini-Cons were in their trance-like state, the Decepticons arrived, intent on claiming all of Earth's Mini-Cons for themselves. Rad used Sparkplug's communications systems to call Optimus Prime for help, which soon arrived. Unfortunately, while the Autobots and Decepticons fought amongst themselves, the Mini-Cons (and Rad) entered the monolith and blasted off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8}} As the Autobots left for home, Optimus Prime explained to the kids the significance of the giant Mini-Con symbol that had been burned into the ground and that Rad had been taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. He also told them the story about how the Mini-Cons had escaped Cybertron and eventually crashed their ship on the Moon, breaking it in half and sending the bow to Earth. Optimus' only plan was to wait for Megatron to make his move, and try to stop them, for they had no options for reaching the Moon that would not require specialised equipment or actions that would compromise their security on Cybertron. However, an opportunity provided itself when the majority of the Decepticon left for the Moon {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9}}, allowing Hot Shot and Red Alert to erase any Decepticon sensor logs while Optimus Prime used the space bridge to travel to the Autobase on Cybertron. Unfortunately, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] had his hands full and resented Optimus Prime not leading the Autobots on Cybertron. However, Optimus did manage to get his hands on an [[Autobot shuttle|Autobot Transport Gunship]] {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10}}, which he used to travel to the Moon. Unbeknownst to Optimus, however, the selfish and cruel [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Team]] leader [[Dualor]] had strapped Rad into one of the space mines protecting to Moon, and now Optimus was preparing to destroy the minefield, but he hesitated. While Sparkplug's Mini-Con friends and the [[Space Mini-Con Team|Space Team]] were working on rescuing Rad, Optimus Prime realised an itchy trigger finger would be disastrous. Optimus correctly deduced that [[Sky Blast]] meant no harm and allowed him to dock with the gunship whilst towing the dummy mine containing Rad. After blasting Cyclonus into pieces for attacking their ship, Optimus thanked Sky Blast for his help, and gave those back on the [[Mini-Con Fortress Base]] transportation to Earth promising them that he and his compatriots were in for a lot of changes in how the Autobots treated them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11}}

[[Image:DWArmada13_Autobots_Mini-Cons.jpg|thumb|left|350px|]]

Prime's word was soon tested when two crises occurred at the same time: Scavenger and Smokescreen had detected the Decepticons building some sort of rocket launch facility in Death Valley, [[California]], and a Mini-Con escape pod from the Moon had been detected in northern [[Alaska]]. At first, the Autobot leader preferred to deal with the Decepticon situation, until Sparkplug convinced him that if he didn't assist the Mini-Cons, the ones in the Autobase would be walking out. With political concerns in mind, Optimus Prime offered the full resources of the Autobots in mounting a rescue mission, which seemed to satisfy the fractious Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} Unfortunately, additional problems presented themselves when [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], overjuiced on the full power of the Destruction Team, began attacking any and all targets while Megatron was blasting them with his [[Solar scalpel]], a superweapon deployed from the rocket in Death Valley. With little choice, Optimus asked Sparkplug to powerlink with him at maximum power, enabling the Autobot to defeat Cyclonus. With the crisis averted and the Mini-Cons rescued, a disappointed Optimus asked Sparkplug why he had been holding back on him, as he thought they trusted one another. As Sparkplug told him the legend of the Mini-Cons having the power to save the universe or destroy it, Optimus was suddenly taken to Cybertron, where he witnessed its destruction...{{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13}}

[[Image:WorldsCollide4_JetOptimus.jpg|thumb|250px|]]

While the Autobots tried to figure out what had happened to him, Optimus wandered across the blasted ruins of Cybertron, he discovered [[Spinister (G1)|a lone survivor]], who had been reduced to a gibbering wreck. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Optimus Prime refused to believe the confused, fragmented story the survivor told: Prince of Nothingness came, the heavens opened up, and their final judgment was pronounced. All those who fought perished and everything was destroyed. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} As [[Unicron]], the devourer of worlds closed in on Cybertron, Optimus begged the survivor to tell him of any way to fight back against the monster. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} Sadly, the survivor was beyond help, allowing himself to be sucked into the oblivion of Unicron's maw, despite Optimus' pleas for him to resist. Unicron noticed the lone Cybertronian and took the form of the survivor, proclaiming that like this reality's [[Optimus Prime (Worlds Collide)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot would fall and his universe would be consumed - the gateway was being prepared by his heralds. Suddenly, Jetfire appeared, having jumped through a space bridge portal after destroying the Decepticon space bridge nexus that Unicron's heralds were using to open up space for their master to enter that reality. As this fallen Cybertron crumbled, Sparkplug, [[Comettor]] and the mysterious Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] appeared, having crossed realities to find the Autobot leader. Over-Run handed Optimus the [[Mini-Con Matrix]], the essence of this doomed Cybertron's Mini-Cons, giving the two Autobots the power to transform and combine into Jet Optimus. With one mighty blast, Jet Optimus delivered a broadside to Unicron, giving them enough time to escape back to their reality. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

With the fate of their universe at stake, Optimus called on the Mini-Cons scattered on Earth to join the Autobots and Decepticons in fighting Unicron. As Cybertron's general, Optimus stood as the bulwark against the Chaos Bringer's onslaught, leading their combined forces until the Mini-Cons united their power to delivery an almighty blast at Unicron, sending him back into the unknown. Though victorious, Optimus Prime considered that with such pure evil, [[Furmanism|it may never be over]], and they must be eternally vigilant. {{Storylink|The End}}
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====''Energon''====
[[Image:Optimusprime ut armada px.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Optimus Prime (Powerlinx) during the years between the Unicron Battles and Energon. He thinks if he's not red and blue, nobody will recognize him.]]
Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, Over-Run showed Prime how to commune with Cybertron itself. Doing so reformatted the Autobot leader into a body capable of [[Powerlinx|Powerlinking]] with a team of 'drone' vehicles, and granted him (and the other Autobots) the ability to combine with each other.

Upon returning to Earth, he decided that the Autobots would no longer hide from the inhabitants, but work with them openly. This decision led, among other things, to the Autobots' induction into the UN.

When last seen ''(before the bankruptcy of [[Dreamwave Productions]])'', he was attempting to escape from within the remains of [[Unicron]], after Megatron's trapped spark used him to regain his freedom.

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===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Tōru Ōkawa]] (Japanese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Pierre-Peters Arnold]] (German), [[Niclas Ekholm]] (Swedish)

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[[Image:Pre-arm-scavenger.JPG|left|180px|thumb|"Maybe we shouldn't have fired lasers at the mirrors."]]
[[MYA|Millions of years ago]], a young Optimus Prime fought with a great Decepticon warrior known as [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]]. So frequent were their clashes, and so familiar were they to each other, the pair eventually became friends, and Scavenger signed up with the Autobots. Seeing great potential in the young Autobot leader, Scavenger taught Optimus Prime how to fight in hand-to-hand combat. Later, veteran Autobot [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] trained Optimus in [[metallikato]] shortly before leaving [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus later notes that their training made him the warrior and soldier he is today. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Many years later, it was a more mature Optimus Prime that led a small Autobot unit to [[Earth]] after the activation of the [[Mini-Con]] homing beacon. This beacon signaled to all the Transformers on Cybertron that the much-coveted Mini-Cons had survived their million years-long disappearance. After warping to Earth, Optimus saved [[Rad White|three]] [[Carlos Lopez|human]] [[Alexis|children]] from the [[Decepticon]] leader, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], who arrived on the alien world first.

[[Image:FirstEncounter_Prime.jpg|right|180px|thumb|He's part Optimus Prime, part [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], part [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and all Optimus Prime.]]
Clashing with his arch enemy, Optimus Prime bought the children and their Mini-Con [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] time to escape while around them, other Transformers warped into the battlefield. Later, after the Decepticons had reformatted themselves into suitable new vehicle modes, Optimus Prime saved the children again, joined by his two subordinates [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

Befriending these children, he introduced his crew of Autobots to them. The children aided Prime as he led his crew around the world, searching for the long-lost Mini-Con Transformers, before the Decepticon forces could take them and use them for their own evil deeds.

[[Image:Arm ep 4 supermode prime max burst.jpg|left|180px|thumb|You feel lucky, punk?]]
Soon afterward, both the Autobots and Decepticons detected a Mini-Con signal located in the [[Grand Canyon]]. With the help of the kids, Optimus Prime managed to pinpoint the location of the Mini-Con panel before he was confronted by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], powerlinked to [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]]. Outgunned, Optimus Prime was saved when Starscream arrogantly underestimated the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team's]] combined form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. This distraction gave Optimus the opportunity to activate the Mini-Con panel, revealing that its occupant was [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], Optimus Prime's old Mini-Con partner and friend. Together they Powerlinked, activating Optimus' powerful Maximum Blast which sendt the Decepticons into retreat. {{storylink|Comrade}}

Through the treachery of [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], the Decepticons managed to secure all three of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|legendary]] [[Skyboom Shield|Mini-Con]] [[Requiem Blaster|weapons]] that form the [[Hydra Cannon]], the most powerful weapon in the universe. Mounting their new doomsday device aboard a starship, Megatron decided to wipe out the Autobot base on Earth, regardless of the massive collateral damage to the planet itself. Optimus Prime and Jetfire launched a pre-emptive strike against the warship in the hopes of disabling the weapon and rescuing the Mini-Cons. However, they were outnumbered, forcing a desperate Optimus to throw himself into the path of the cannon and use the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to save Earth, but at the cost of his life. {{storylink|Crisis}}

Under the leadership of Hot Shot, the other Autobots gave chase to the Decepticons aboard the [[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]. During a confrontation with their enemies, the Mini-Cons reached out to each other and resurrected Optimus from within the Matrix. There was little time to rejoice, as the Autobots pursued the Decepticons on their way back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Miracle}}

[[Image:Armada 52 - Prime with tread piece.jpg|left|250px|thumb|My God, it's full of stars...]]
After Unicron's apparent defeat, both Optimus Prime and Galvatron succumbed to their base natures and had one last battle within the Chaos Bringer. Fighting each other to a standstill, both were surprised when Unicron suddenly came back to life, feeding off their hate for each other. Galvatron was drawn toward Unicron's maw, with Prime holding onto his tank treads, telling him to hold on. His nemesis then made the decision to sacrifice his life, giving Prime a final victory, so that Unicron might be destroyed and their race would survive.

In the aftermath, Optimus Prime reflected that he didn't deserve the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and left both the Autobots and Cybertron for places unknown. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

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====''Energon''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Katsuyuki Konishi]] (Japanese), [[Niclas Ekholm]] (Swedish)

[[Image:EnergonOptimusForms.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Me, myself, and I... and ''me'']]
8,000 eons ago, Optimus Prime stayed on Cybertron to continue its defense, even as Rodimus led a group of Transformers away from the planet, into space, in search of a new home. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}}

A few years after the defeat of Unicron, Optimus Prime returned from exile to a newly-unified Cybertron where Autobots and Decepticons lived side-by-side in peace. Reassuming leadership of the Autobots, Optimus Prime established a dialogue with the Earth governments with the help of his human friends. Earth sent a delegation to Cybertron, consisting of the three kids and [[Dr. Brian Jones]], the foremost expert in the newly discovered ore [[Energon (Energon)|energon]] that both worlds coveted.

Jones brought along his young son, [[Kicker Jones|Chad]] (also known as 'Kicker'), who was frightened by the tall, menacing robots. When the boy ran away to a ruined and abandoned part of Cybertron, Optimus Prime gave chase, warning Kicker that the area was strictly off limits. The boy accidentally fell and found his way into a massive darkened chamber where an energy being known as [[Primus]] saved him. Optimus Prime found his way into the chamber just as Primus evolved the human child. Sometime after this, Primus (now known as the creator-god of the Transformers), gave Optimus the [[Spark of Combination]], allowing Optimus to grant combining powers to other Autobots. Prime could also now combine with a squad of four drone vehicles, which rode around with him in his trailer when not in use.

Almost a decade later, the energon mining facilities in Sol's asteroid belt, as well as their base on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], were attacked by a mysterious force of beast-like Transformers. Primus warned Optimus that the enemy was after the energon, causing Optimus to assemble a unit so he could personally assess the situation. Finding no life on Mars, his unit then moved to Earth, where he saved Kicker and Ocean City from an attack by the same creatures. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

Prime agreed to the evacuation of Ocean City, then led a counterattack against the Terrorcons at [[Lunar City]]. He assigned the headstrong Kicker to be partners with the rookie Ironhide, suspecting that the experience would be difficult but beneficial for both of them. {{storylink|Energon Stars}} Prime prepared his troops to defend Earth's Cybertron Cities from further attack. {{storylink|Scorpinok}} Eventually the Terrorcons' attacks forced him to make a difficult call, abandoning the survivors at [[Mars City]] in favor of remaining to defend Ocean City. In the battle that followed, the sight of Megatron's sword caused Prime to wonder if his old nemesis might still be alive. At the same time, the Decepticon troops under his command began abandoning the cause one by one. {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}}

Optimus continued to lead his team against Terrorcon attacks, but soon found himself face-to-face with his oldest and greatest foe. {{storylink|Megatron Resurrected}} In a subsequent battle at Ocean City, the two threw down with all their power. Armed with a copy of Megatron's sword, Optimus was able to defeat him and force the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}}

Optimus soon found himself stalked by the ghostly Starscream, who secretly followed him around Ocean City, hoping for a chance to assassinate him. Prime lured Starscream to the Moon, where they could battle without interference or collateral damage. Starscream revealed his plans to revive Unicron, causing Prime no small measure of consternation. Though the teleporting Starscream maintained the advantage, Optimus was able to generate "[[Energon Blaster|Hot Shot's blaster]]" during a subsequent Decepticon attack, using it to drive off the attackers. {{storylink|Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary}}

Prime then led a team into the asteroid belt, where they destroyed an asteroid that looked nothing like Unicron, because it looked like Unicron. {{storylink|Battle of the Asteroid Belt}}

Prime continued to lead Earth's defense until Dr. Jones's [[Energon Tower]] could be completed, ensuring the planet's safety. {{storylink|Energon Tower (episode)|Energon Tower}} This role forced him into a difficult decision, detonating the energon stores of [[Jungle City]] in the midst of an overwhelming attack. Although the explosion repulsed the attacking Decepticons, it also obliterated some of Earth's most ancient ruins and an entire Cybertron city. {{storylink|Crisis in Jungle City}}

Prime next clashed with Megatron at [[Lunar City]], but once again a newly-arrived Energon Tower cut the battle short.
{{storylink|Kicker Beware!}} He then led a space-based defense against several giant "comets" that Megatron had created to destroy Earth, which was ultimately saved by the final completion of the energon grid. {{storylink|Energon Grid}}

With Earth secure, Optimus decided to lead his team into space, to pursue and destroy Unicron before Megatron could revive the planet-eater. {{storylink|Rodimus: Friend or Foe?}} As the Autobots prepared to leave Earth's [[solar system]] aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', the Decepticons attacked once more; struggling with Megatron, Optimus narrowly avoided getting caught by the ship's energon grid. Demolishor wasn't so lucky. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}}

Optimus had his team follow Kicker's energon-finding instincts, leading them to a misadventure on a frozen planet. {{storylink|The Return of Demolishor}} Soon after, Optimus was confronted by Rodimus—who shocked him with the proposal that Unicron must not be destroyed, but rather restored! Optimus wasn't convinced, and Rodimus went his own way. {{storylink|A Tale of Two Heros}} Optimus soon was forced to carry out his plan to lure Unicron into the space bridge and to Cybertron, where Rad assaulted Unicron with the planet's energon grid, massively damaging him. {{storylink|Battle Stations}}

With Unicron repulsed, Optimus led a team to Cybertron's surface, where the Decepticons were in rebellion. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}} They soon learned that the Decepticon criminal [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] had escaped, and pursued him to the very chamber of Primus. Shockblast escaped, however, and Optimus soon had other concerns: Kicker was returning to Cybertron, with the head of Unicron! {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}

At Kicker's insistence, Optimus met with the alien Alpha Q and heard his story. Moved, he agreed to help Alpha Q revive his planets, but the defense of Cybertron remained his top priority. When Unicron began lashing out at his captors, it was Optimus who recognized the actions as blind survival instinct. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}

Prime returned to Cybertron's surface to lead the planet's defense as Megatron attacked again. He was present to witness Wing Dagger's death at the hands of Shockblast. {{storylink|Each One Fights...}} He subsequently led his team in a direct counter-attack against Unicron, seeking to infiltrate it and defeat Megatron inside. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} Prime was fully prepared to face down his enemy in a one-on-one showdown, but instead was ambushed by a vengeful Shockblast and left damaged. Alone and facing two Decepticons, he was revived and saved by the arrival of an energon infusion from Earth. {{storylink|Open Fire!}}

Wing Dagger, now rebuilt as [[Wing Saber]], arrived and revealed that he and Optimus could combine, greatly enhancing their power. Prime rallied his troops to complete their mission of destroying Megatron. Before it could happen, however, Megatron triggered a catastrophic energon reaction, ripping [[Rift (Energon)|a hole in the fabric of space]] and fleeing into it. Optimus gamely led a team in pursuit of him. {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}}

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{{storylink|Team Optimus Prime}}
{{storylink|Protection}}
{{storylink|Improsoned Inferno}}
{{storylink|Jungle Planet (episode)|Jungle Planet}}
{{storylink|Bulkhead (episode)|Bulkhead}}
{{storylink|Farewell Inferno}}
{{storylink|Crash Course}}
{{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}}
{{storylink|A Heroic Battle}}
{{storylink|The Power}}
{{storylink|Optimus Supreme}}
{{storylink|Unicron Perishes}}
{{storylink|Ambition}}
{{storylink|Wishes}}
{{storylink|Galvatron!}}
{{storylink|Break Through}}
{{storylink|Distribution}}
{{storylink|The Omega Train}}
{{storylink|Deception Army}}
{{storylink|Ironhide Team}}
{{storylink|Formidable}}
{{storylink|Galvatron Terror}}
{{storylink|Destructive Power}}
{{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}}
{{storylink|The Sun}}

====''Cybertron''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Taitem Kusunoki]] (Japanese), [[Eberhardt Haar]] (German)

[[Image:CybertronPrime finalbattlepose.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"Weapons Primed..."]]
Primus' plan to trap Unicron inside an energon sun failed, and this star collapsed into a [[Unicron Singularity|massive black hole]]. Optimus Prime faced the greatest test in his existence when his home planet was threatened with destruction, but realised there was no choice but to evacuate the population to Earth. As they made plans to leave, a mysterious time-travelling Transformer named [[Vector Prime]] appeared, advising Optimus to search for the [[Cyber Planet Key|Cyber Planet Keys]], the only means of restoring Primus' spark, and the only way they can save Cybertron and the rest of the universe from oblivion. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}

Arriving on Earth, Optimus Prime was forced to break his own strict orders to hide from the human population when he rescued the injured [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] and three human children from [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. Befriending the children, named [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]], he relied on them to educate the Autobots about their new home and how to blend into the environment as Robots in Disguise. {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}} {{storylink|Hidden}}

Soon afterward, the children's hometown of Boulder, Colorado was threatened. The newest tunnels in a recently-dug gold mine had destabilized a mountain, making its collapse imminent. This alone would only have damaged the mountain's immediate area, but matters were complicated when Autobot scans revealed the presence of an underground reservoir that would be forced out by the collapse, causing flooding. Coby had the idea of using Optimus Prime's pumping equipment to drain the reservoir, allowing [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] to shatter the mountain with his largest missiles and collapse it safely, averting disaster. {{storylink|Collapse}}

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===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Early in the war, Optimus confronted Megatron in [[Yellowstone National Park]], warning the Decepticon leader that the area they were in was geologically unstable and warfare could aggravate things catastrophically. Megatron ignored him and almost defeated Prime, until the intervention of [[Riptide]], [[QuickFire]] and [[Jake Williams]]. The unlikely team managed to see Megatron off, albeit with the loss of Williams's [[Starheart|beloved '57 Ford pickup]] into a mud pit. Optimus promised to retrieve and restore the truck, and suggested that Riptide and QuickFire return to hiding, to prevent the Decepticons from capturing them. {{storylink|Lonesome Diesel}}

Following his destruction by the Hydra Cannon, Optimus Prime found himself in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where he encountered an [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from [[Generation 1 continuity family|another universe]], and two versions of [[Optimus Primal]] from that same universe. After establishing the possibility that alternate universe existed, the other three were able to help Optimus Prime overcome some of his doubts over his leadership abilities. That done, Optimus returned to life in time to save [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Prime Spark}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
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{{storylink|Touchdown! Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|The Devil's Dogfight! Coby's Courage}} {{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|The Temple of Hell! Overhaul}}

==Games==
===The Energon Within===
As Optimus and Hot Shot prepare to escort a truckload of energon away from a mine, the Decepticons launch a full scale assault. Their objective is to steal 100 energon cubes. Though they eventually succeed, the cost is high and the mine remains in Autobot hands. {{storylink|The Energon Within}}

As Optimus and Hot Shot prepare to escort a truckload of energon away from a mine, the Decepticons launch a full scale assault. Their objective is to steal 100 energon cubes. Before they can succeed, Hot Shot inadvertently blows up the mine. {{storylink|The Energon Within}}

===''Transformers''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English)

Optimus Prime was dueling with Megatron atop a very high building just before Megatron received the Mini-Con beacon. Following his nemesis to prevent him from using the Mini-Cons for evil, Prime arrived on a new planet: Earth.

Arriving in the Amazon, he familiarized himself with the territory before going and recovering the first Mini-Con Panel. (Which Mini-Con it is varies with the game difficulty, with [[Lock-On]] being released on the first two difficulty levels). He then traversed a [[Scale|disproportionate]] bridge, had a brawl inside a temple, and scaled a pathway up a cliff face before arriving at a run-down temple and encountering Cyclonus. Cyclonus (sporting a fanciful, comic British accent) ordered a [[Heavy Unit]] to attack him, declaring Earth as "Decepticon property". Prime took care of the Heavy Unit, and Hot Shot and Red Alert joined him. Soon they discovered their old Mini-Con partners. (Sparkplug remains with Optimus for the remainder of the game, activating a rather pointless "Powerlinx" Max Payne-esque bullet time mode which drains Prime's health.)

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{{storylink|Transformers (Melbourne House)}}

==Toys==
{{main|Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys}}

{{--}}

==Notes==
[[Image:MonsterConvoy.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Arise, Bigfootimus Prime.]]
* According to the [[Transformers (Melbourne House)|''Armada'' Playstation 2 game]] instruction booklet, Optimus Prime's ''Armada'' body has the following statistics:

:Mass: 18,960 lbs
:Robot height: 22' 11"
:Robot top speed: 31 mph
:Vehicle height: 8' 3"
:Vehicle top speed: 125 mph
:Vehicle power: 700 hp @ 2500 rpm

* One of the earliest ''Armada'' Optimus Prime concepts depicts him as being an ENORMOUSLY HUGE MONSTER TRUCK. Makes one wonder about the origins of the "Monster Convoy" inscription on Super Base Optimus Prime's tires.

* For at least part of the ''Energon'' animated series, the CGI model for Optimus Prime's handgun resembled an oversized six-shooter rather than the actual toy's chamber-less handgun for unknown reasons.

* ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime has some design similarities to GaoGaiGar from ''[[wikipedia:The_King_of_Braves_GaoGaiGar|The King of Braves GaoGaiGar]]'', such as the chin protrusion and cheekguards. In addition, his [[Super Mode]] resembles ChoRyuJin from the same series (having the same chest and cannons), and his combination with [[Leobreaker]] recalls GaoGaiGar's combination with Goldymarg. His combination with Wing Saber also invokes the image of Galeon's head on GaoGaiGar's chest. This would not be the [[Optimus_Prime_(RID)|first such GaoGaiGar reference]] Transformers would see... [[Safeguard_(Animated)|or the last]].
* Said Super Mode also evokes [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Powermaster Optimus Prime]].

==Footnotes==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]
* [http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/optimus_prime_mini_optimus_prime/ Energon Optimus Prime redeco with Smallest Transformers Optimus Prime gallery]

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Warp

2010-02-12T09:54:23Z

203.47.226.21: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=38
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=39
|image=Cyb_ep38_warp.jpg
|caption=Attack of the ''Super Friends'' Scene Change
|title="Warp"
|japanese=超時空トンネル突破
|romaji=Chōjikū Tunnel Toppa
|translation=Breaking Through the Super Space-Time Tunnel
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Manabu Ishikawa]]
|director=[[Matsuo Asami]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[October 1]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 12]], 2006 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots head for the warp-hole leading to the alternate universe where Gigantion rests.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb_ep38_not_depressed_honestly.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

In the [[Autobot]] base on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (which is still in the form of [[Primus]]'s robot mode), [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is working on a deactivated [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] checks in on him, and Coby enthusiastically replies he's been tinkering...though Optimus knows he's doing it to keep from being depressed about his brother [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], who is stranded along with [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] aboard the missing ''[[Atlantis]]'' starship. Presently, [[Vector Prime]] contacts them, calling them up to the command room so that he can tell the assembled Autobots about the space-time tunnel he has discovered in the [[Skeleton Nebula]], which leads to the alternate universe where [[Gigantion]] and the final [[Cyber Planet Key]] wait. He explains that the tunnel is only open for a few days before closing down for an entire year. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] warns that travelling through the unstable, constantly warping tunnel could separate their minds from their bodies, a prospect that scares Jetfire considerably, though Red assures them all that they've created a vaccine program to keep them safe. Coby and [[Lori]] express some concern over their own well-being, but Vector Prime reminds them that [[human]] children and [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] are already immune to the tunnel's effects.

[[Image:Ogygia-landing.jpg|right|thumb|220px|You wanna get that thing outta my driveway? I gotta get to work!]]
[[Wing Saber]] is ready and raring to go, but the Autobots have no ship capable of getting the non-flying Autobots there (or, as Leobreaker quips, a "really big slingshot"). [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] grins that it's not going to be a problem, as he patches in a communication from [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] who has returned to Cybertron with a surprise...the colony-ship that brought [[Ancients|her ancestors]] and a Cyber Planet Key to [[Velocitron]], the ''[[Ogygia]]''. She recounts that [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] and [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] had been searching for the legendary craft and finally uncovered it recently. As the Autobots prep the ''Ogygia'' and load it with supplies, Coby, Lori and [[Six-Speed]] pique [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]'s curiosity with a large crate that they are pushing into the bay. Coby simply says it's a surprise.

[[Image:Cyb_ep38_this_may_sting.jpg|left|thumb|220px|That's the look my dentist gives me all the time.]]

With the ship ready, the Autobots line up to install Red Alert's vaccine program, which apparently is done via injection. Leobreaker is apprehensive about needles, but not as much as Jetfire, the last Autobot in line. To try and avoid the shot, Jetfire suggests that he should stay behind to keep watch over the power-drained Primus...and then Primus steps in via glowing orb, saying his power levels are rising and he'll be just fine, thank you, so you can all go on to Gigantion. Shut down by god, Jetfire hems and haws a lot, then finally admits defeat and gets the shot, which Red Alert takes a mild sadistic pleasure in administering.

With everyone all shot up, the ''Ogygia'' takes off for the tunnel. Vector Prime warns everyone that the tunnel is unstable, and that even the psychic imprints formed by doubts, fears, etc. might distort the warp and basically destroy them. Coby grips Lori's hand to reassure her (aww). However, as they enter the tunnel, they come under attack from behind by the ''Atlantis''! The Autobots realize they can't shoot back, because of their comrades trapped aboard the ship.

Speaking of, Bud peers out a window to see the ''Ogygia'', confused by the appearance of what looks like another ''Atlantis''. Jolt picks up Six-Speed's energy signature coming from it, which gets Bud excited and ready to act! He encourages the Mini-Cons to follow him: Jolt is scared, but Reverb doesn't hesitate.

[[Image:WarpBudWrench.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Bud has been reading too many comics.]]

Another blast takes out the ''Ogygia''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main engine, and the ship starts to sink towards the edges of the tunnel. Coby volunteers his mechanical skills to fix the engines, and Optimus sends Red Alert and Six-Speed to help him. The trio speed to the engine room, where Coby hits on the idea of re-routing the power from the weapons, which they are unable to use, to the engines. He and Six-Speed re-patch the cables and hit the activation switch at the last moment, bringing the engines back online and allowing the ''Ogygia'' to pull away from the tunnel edge. The celebration is short-lived, however, when Scattorshot reports that a gigantic asteroid is now right in the ''Ogygia''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s path, with no room to dodge and no weapon power to blast it! Things are looking bad, until Coby gets a communication from Bud on the ''Atlantis'', who has a plan of his own.

[[Image:Cyb_ep38_full_blast.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Care Bears stare!]]

Bud, Jolt and Reverb start smashing up the engine room, which causes the ship to lag behind and give the Autobots some breathing room. Optimus Prime decides the only way to get past the asteroid is to get up close and personal with it, and all of the available Autobots with projectile [[Cyber Key]]s exit the ship and stand on its bow. As one, the Autobots unleash a mighty combined blast upon the asteroid, the power of their attack actually ''melting''' a hole clean through the gigantic space rock, which allows the ''Ogygia'' to fly through it safely.

A little later, Coby wakes up, having been knocked out by a jolt of a feedback when the asteroid was blasted, to find they have safely traversed the tunnel and are now in the alternate universe. The Autobots thank Coby for saving them, and they head for Gigantion...

...but they are not the first to get there. Guided through the [[fire dimension]] by [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] have made it to Gigantion first! Megatron surveys the planet and vows to obtain the fourth Cyber Planet Key and become ruler of the universe!
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Vector Prime]] (3)
* [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (4)
* [[Wing Saber]] (5)
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (6)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (7)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (8)
* [[Six-Speed]] (10)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (11)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (12)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (13)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (14)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (15)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (17)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (18)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (19)
* [[Primus]] (20)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (21)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (25)
* [[Nemesis Breaker]] (26)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (27)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (28)
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (29)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (30)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (31)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (34)

|c3=
* [[Coby Hansen]] (1)
* [[Lori]] (9)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (23)

|c4=
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (16)
* [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (24)
* [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (32)
* [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]] (33)
}}

==Quotes==
"What matters is not how you ''start'' a race, but how you ''finish'' it."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

'''Leobreaker''': Would you cool your turbines, Wing Saber?! Some of us can't just take off, y'know! 
'''Wing Saber''': Uh, I almost forgot! Not all Transformers know how to fly. 
'''Snarl''': That doesn't mean flying Autobots are better. 
'''Hot Shot''': Yeah, but where are we gonna find a spaceship? 
'''Leobreaker''': Or a really big slingshot?
:—The Autobots' "strategy" on how to get to Gigantion

"Hey, Big Sister! Where you been?" 
"Well, I took your advice, Lori...and went ''shopping''."
:—'''Lori''' and '''Override''' as the latter returns with the ''Ogygia''
[[Image:Coby-plug.jpg|right|180px|thumb|So many quips, so little space.]]

"Are you Auto''bots'' or Auto''nots''?"
:—'''Bud'''

"I've learned from the Autobots that sometimes one must save the moment before he can save the whole day!"
:—'''Coby'''
{{--}}
==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*''Galaxy Force'' includes a "previously on" segment that summarizes the events of "[[Titans]]".
*The Skeleton Nebula is not named in ''Galaxy Force''.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Leobreaker wonders what the odds are of another ship crashing nearby, causing Snarl to facefault. Like Bud's crack about the possibility of Cybertron transforming back in "[[Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron]]", this is terribly on the nose (and Snarl's reaction is a bit excessive), so ''Cybertron'' replaces it with the slingshot gag quoted above.
*In ''Cybertron'', Coby guesses the name of the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]]'s starship as "Brigadoon" (see "Real-world references," below). In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, he (correctly, somehow!) guesses it as "[[Lemuria]]". For the ''Cybertron'' dub, "Lemuria" was made the name of the Gigalonian starship; the Jungle Planet's ship is later named the ''[[Hyperborea]]''.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Coby responds to Vector Prime's warning to not let his emotions rule him by pointing out that he would not have been able to pass through the tunnel if he was not focused. In ''Cybertron'', he instead makes the "save the day" remark quoted above.

===Animation or technical errors===
* When Override asks Jetfire why he thinks he should stay behind, it's Hot Shot who steps forward. Of course, we don't see anyone's lips moving...but characters in this series tend not to move unless they have lines...so take whichever way it works out that makes you happier.

===Continuity or plotting errors===
* Why doesn't Red Alert push the toggle switch to restart the engines, being right there and not apparently doing much, rather than have the two tiny beings that are ''smaller'' than the switch do it? Other than laziness, that is.

===Transformers references===

*Red Alert's work on the vaccine program was introduced back in "[[Family]]".
*Sideways obtained the data on the location of the warp tunnel from Jolt's memory in "[[Memory]]".

===Real-world references===
* Just as the ''Atlantis'' is named after a "real" mythical lost land, so too is the [[wikipedia:Ogygia|Ogygia]].

* Coby guesses "Brigadoon" as the name of another colony-ship. "[[wikipedia:Brigadoon|Brigadoon]]" is actually a musical play from 1947, about a (made-up) town in Scotland that only appears one day every hundred years. [[Brigadoon]] is also the Japanese-given name of the Vok island seen in the ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' two-parter, "[[The Trigger, Part 1|The]] [[The Trigger, Part 2|Trigger]]".

* Optimus gives the order "Second star to the right, then straight on 'til Gigantion!", referencing the directions for flying to [[wikipedia:Neverland|Neverland]] in the "[[wikipedia:Peter_Pan|Peter Pan]]" stories. ("Second star to the right, then straight on 'til morning!") In a way, this mirrors Vector Prime's whole "happy thoughts" deal in the warp-hole later...intentional?

* Bud muses "Do Mini-Cons dream of electric ships?" This is a play on the title of the [[wikipedia:Philip_K._Dick|Philip K. Dick]] novel ''[[wikipedia:Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep?|Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'', which was adapted into the movie ''[[wikipedia:Blade_Runner|Blade Runner]]''.

* This is one reference-heavy episode! Wing Saber quips "It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that Wing!", a play on the jazz hit "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)".

===Trivia===
* Dirt Boss is barely seen in the flashback to the ''Ogygia'''s uncovering; he's got his back to the camera in the slow pan across the crew. Apparently, he turned over a new leaf. (Hence his being listed as an "Other" in the cast list above.)

* Nemesis Breaker makes one of his two exceedingly rare robot-mode, non-stock-footage appearances here. The other is in [[Escape (episode)|"Escape"]].

* Vector Prime uses his Cyber Key-activated chest-cannon for the first time since "[[Haven]]".

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Titans

2010-02-12T09:53:18Z

203.47.226.21: /* Synopsis */

{{disambig3|Titan}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=37
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=38
|title="Titans"
|japanese=激突! 砕け散る野望
|romaji=Gekitotsu! Kudakechi no Yabō
|translation=Clash! The Crushed Ambition
|image=Cyb_ep37_war_of_the_worlds.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Megumi Sakai]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[September 24]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 11]], 2006 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots' attempt to reactivate Primus leads to a literal war of the worlds!'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb_ep37_bud_welding.jpg|left|thumb|220px|The moral of this story is that its okay to deface public property.]]

Somewhere in space, aboard the ''[[Atlantis]]'' starship, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] is feeling very pleased with himself for gaining so much ground in the race for the fourth [[Cyber Planet Key]]. [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] warns that they shouldn't let their guard down, but neither he nor Starscream are aware of how right he is to be so cautious. Unbeknownst to them, elsewhere in the massive ship, the stranded [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] are doing their part to help the other [[Autobot]]s track them down. Unable to use his communicator since Starscream would detect the transmission, Bud uses a welding torch to sear the Autobot [[insignia]] into chunks of metal, which the Mini-Cons then jettison through the trash chute, leaving a proverbial trail of breadcrumbs in the ''Atlantis'''s wake.

Meanwhile, the Autobots on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] are working on a plan of their own, as they try to figure out a way to combine [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] with the three [[Cyber Planet Key]]s they have acquired in order to stabilize the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] before they depart for [[Gigantion]]. Of course, they have to ''find'' Gigantion first, and [[Vector Prime]] is hard at work studying the [[Planet Map]], trying to pinpoint the gateway that will lead them to the alternate universe in which the planet lies.

[[Image:Cyb_ep37_meet_soundwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]

[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Wing Saber]] have been assigned to search space for the ''Atlantis'', and are soon lucky enough to stumble across Bud's marked garbage. Unfortunately for the two Autobots, [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] spies on them as they follow Bud's trail back to the ''Atlantis'', and she soon leads [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and the other [[Decepticon]]s after them. As the two heroes try to deal with both the firepower of the ''Atlantis'' and the threat of Megatron's Decepticons, Sideways powers up the ship's warp drive, and teleports the ''Atlantis'' away before Jetfire can get Bud and the [[Mini-Con]]s off it. The same cannot be said of the ship's other unwilling passengers, however—Decepticon stowaways [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] are able to disembark and rejoin Megatron's forces before the ship vanishes, but Megatron randomly blasts Ransack in anger over losing the ''Atlantis''. Wing Saber and Jetfire quickly depart...and as such, they are not around to witness the sudden arrival of an enigmatic new robot, who introduces himself as [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], and informs the Decepticons that he can lead them to Gigantion.

[[Image:Cyb_ep37_gimmie_that_spark.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

Back on Cybertron, Optimus Prime receives Jetfire's disappointing report with sadness, but is forced to put such thoughts from his mind when [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] announces that they have completed setting up the equipment. Using the Matrix to activate the [[Omega Lock]], Optimus is able to re-energize Primus, who silently focuses the entirety of his power into a beam that he shoots directly into the heart of the black hole. With the beam holding steady, things are looking good...until the ''Atlantis'' suddenly warps into view above the beam. Having sensed Primus's reactivation from across the galaxy, Starscream has arrived to finish the job he started on Earth. The treacherous Decepticon dives headlong into Primus's beam of energy and begins absorbing the power of his [[spark]]. As the horrified Autobots watch, Starscream is transformed by the power of Primus into a cosmic titan the size of a planet!

[[Image:Cyb_ep37_primus_cannons.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

When Coby sees the ''Atlantis'' floating past, he immediately runs to leave the room, knowing that his brother is on the ship. Optimus Prime stops him and talks some sense into him: after all, what can he do with a planet-sized Starscream in the way? With Coby reined in, the Autobots rush into action, quickly erecting an energy shield to protect Primus's immobile body from the attacks that the gargantuan Starscream immediately begins unleashing upon their creator. Dragging cables and equipment with them as they run from sector to sector, the Autobots are forced to redistribute the flow of power throughout Primus's body, shutting down the black hole-stabilizing beam in an attempt to restore the god's mobility. At the last second, just after Starscream shatters the shield and unleashes a blast from his [[Cyber Key]]-powered cannon, the final connection is made, and Primus springs into life, deflecting Starscream's shot with a wave of his open palm.

[[Image:Cyb_ep37_moon_maces.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

Primus calls upon a Cyber Key of his own, activating giant cannons in his forearms, but Starscream is able to detonate his blasts with a swipe of his arm, and remains undeterred. Nobody is prepared for Primus's next amazing move, however: projecting beams of energy from his hands, Primus lassos ''his own moons'', transforming the two satellites into planetary-scale flails which he uses to mercilessly pummel Starscream. A series of irresistible blows from these moon-flails sends Starscream slamming into a nearby rocky planetary body, which actually ''explodes'' from the impact. Starscream is consumed in the cosmic explosion, and, his energy drained, shrinks back down to his prior height. As his charred body floats amidst the remains of the planet, and he weakly vows to continue reaching for power, Sideways steers the ''Atlantis'' nearby and activates its warp system, teleporting Starscream away alongside it.

Down on Primus's surface, Coby collapses in tears at the sight of the ''Atlantis'' disappearing, taking his brother with it. The Autobots are silent as the boy cries, when suddenly, Vector Prime bursts into the room with the news that will change everything: he has located the gate to Gigantion!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (4)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (5)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (7)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (8)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (11)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (12)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (13)
*[[Vector Prime]] (14)
*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (15)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (16)
*[[Wing Saber]] (17)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (18)
*[[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (27)
*[[Six-Speed]] (28)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (29)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (30)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (19)
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (20)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (21)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (22)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (23)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (24)

|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (3)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (9)
*[[Lori]] (10)

|c4=
*[[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (1)
*[[Primus]] (6)
*[[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]] (25)
*[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (26)
}}

==Quotes==

"Yeah, Primus! Moon that loser!"
:—'''Coby''' made a pun!

"This... is... not the end of me... even if I have to bear the unbearable... I'll keep reaching... and soon... I will hold the universe in my hands..."
:—'''Starscream'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*''Galaxy Force'' includes a "previously on" segment summarizing the events of "[[Family]]".
*In ''Cybertron'', Optimus Prime worries about Coby and Lori, thinking about how hard they are working and wishing that he could do more to help them. In ''Galaxy Force'', he is more concerned with Wing Saber and Jetfire's ability to work together in their search.
*''Galaxy Force'' consistently refers to "Primus's spark" when talking about his energy, with such odd turns of phrase as "focusing his spark on his chest" and "restore the spark to the other parts of his body". As that's... well, not really what a spark ''is'', ''Cybertron'' touches the dialogue up to simply talk about his energy.
*Upon Starscream's defeat, ''Cybertron'' has Sideways comment: "Guess I'm in business for myself!" which is just completely wrong, because he picks up Starscream and they're still working together in the next episode. ''Galaxy Force'' just has him say it's time for a retreat.

===Animation or technical glitches===
*As he and Crumplezone recline in the ''Atlantis'', Ransack is missing the black "mask" that normally surrounds his eyes.

===Real-world references===
*Upon witnessing Starscream and Primus's battle, Scattorshot exclaims "Talk about when worlds collide!", referring to the 1932 science fiction novel [[Wikipedia: When Worlds Collide|of the same name]].

===Trivia===
* ''Galaxy Force'' introduces its fifth and final opening sequence with this episode. This opening stands out in comparison to the four prior sequences by at last being composed almost entirely of ''new'' footage, versus the heavy use of clips and stock footage seen in the other openings. A little stock footage appears (Prime and Wing Saber's Sonic Wing Mode combination, Dark Claw Mode and Sonic Wing Mode's "super moves"), while unique footage includes: Override outracing all the other Autobots on a track; the kids watching as the Autobots swoop down out of the air; a long pan of the assembled Autobot forces; individual shots of the planet leaders standing in front of their worlds (with [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] blacked out for now), along with Sideways and Soundwave appearing in front of [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]; Starscream standing among flames; the kids looking rather wistfully out over different vistas of nature; Colonel Franklin and Lucy Suzuki at an air force base at sunset on opposite sides of the fence, their backs to one another when the shot pans them pass each other (OTP ''kawaiii desu neeeee'' o^-^o); the four Cyber Planet Keys swirling around Primus; Leobreaker and Scourge battling; Jetfire and Thundercracker fighting in mid-air, Thunderblast and Wing Saber engaging in a firefight; and the assembled Autobots and Decepticons staring each other down on the [[moon (moon)|Moon]].
*Coby and Lori both start wearing new clothes in this episode. ''Cybertron'' doesn't mention where they come from; in the previous episode of ''Galaxy Force'', however, it was noted that Lori's mother packed them.
*Speaking of Coby and Lori, they sure do a lot of snuggling in this episode, as he catches her when she falls, and then doesn't let her go for, like, five minutes. It's one of the first real hints (Lori's nervous laughter at the notion of their getting married in the [[Family|previous episode]] being another) at the romance that is going to eventually bloom between the two characters.

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Warp

2010-02-05T08:21:21Z

203.47.226.21: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=38
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=39
|image=Cyb_ep38_warp.jpg
|caption=Attack of the ''Super Friends'' Scene Change
|title="Warp"
|japanese=超時空トンネル突破
|romaji=Chōjikū Tunnel Toppa
|translation=Breaking Through the Super Space-Time Tunnel
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Manabu Ishikawa]]
|director=[[Matsuo Asami]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[October 1]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 12]], 2006 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots head for the warp-hole leading to the alternate universe where Gigantion rests.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb_ep38_not_depressed_honestly.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

In the [[Autobot]] base on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (which is still in the form of [[Primus]]'s robot mode), [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is working on a deactivated [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] checks in on him, and Coby enthusiastically replies he's been tinkering...though Optimus knows he's doing it to keep from being depressed about his brother [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], who is stranded along with [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] aboard the missing ''[[Atlantis]]'' starship. Presently, [[Vector Prime]] contacts them, calling them up to the command room so that he can tell the assembled Autobots about the space-time tunnel he has discovered in the [[Skeleton Nebula]], which leads to the alternate universe where [[Gigantion]] and the final [[Cyber Planet Key]] wait. He explains that the tunnel is only open for a few days before closing down for an entire year. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] warns that travelling through the unstable, constantly warping tunnel could separate their minds from their bodies, a prospect that scares Jetfire considerably, though Red assures them all that they've created a vaccine program to keep them safe. Coby and [[Lori]] express some concern over their own well-being, but Vector Prime reminds them that [[human]] children and [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] are already immune to the tunnel's effects.

[[Image:Ogygia-landing.jpg|right|thumb|220px|You wanna get that thing outta my driveway? I gotta get to work!]]
[[Wing Saber]] is ready and raring to go, but the Autobots have no ship capable of getting the non-flying Autobots there (or, as Leobreaker quips, a "really big slingshot"). [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] grins that it's not going to be a problem, as he patches in a communication from [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] who has returned to Cybertron with a surprise...the colony-ship that brought [[Ancients|her ancestors]] and a Cyber Planet Key to [[Velocitron]], the ''[[Ogygia]]''. She recounts that [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] and [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] had been searching for the legendary craft and finally uncovered it recently. As the Autobots prep the ''Ogygia'' and load it with supplies, Coby, Lori and [[Six-Speed]] pique [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]'s curiosity with a large crate that they are pushing into the bay. Coby simply says it's a surprise.

[[Image:Cyb_ep38_this_may_sting.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

With the ship ready, the Autobots line up to install Red Alert's vaccine program, which apparently is done via injection. Leobreaker is apprehensive about needles, but not as much as Jetfire, the last Autobot in line. To try and avoid the shot, Jetfire suggests that he should stay behind to keep watch over the power-drained Primus...and then Primus steps in via glowing orb, saying his power levels are rising and he'll be just fine, thank you, so you can all go on to Gigantion. Shut down by god, Jetfire hems and haws a lot, then finally admits defeat and gets the shot, which Red Alert takes a mild sadistic pleasure in administering.

With everyone all shot up, the ''Ogygia'' takes off for the tunnel. Vector Prime warns everyone that the tunnel is unstable, and that even the psychic imprints formed by doubts, fears, etc. might distort the warp and basically destroy them. Coby grips Lori's hand to reassure her (aww). However, as they enter the tunnel, they come under attack from behind by the ''Atlantis''! The Autobots realize they can't shoot back, because of their comrades trapped aboard the ship.

Speaking of, Bud peers out a window to see the ''Ogygia'', confused by the appearance of what looks like another ''Atlantis''. Jolt picks up Six-Speed's energy signature coming from it, which gets Bud excited and ready to act! He encourages the Mini-Cons to follow him: Jolt is scared, but Reverb doesn't hesitate.

[[Image:WarpBudWrench.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Bud has been reading too many comics.]]

Another blast takes out the ''Ogygia''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main engine, and the ship starts to sink towards the edges of the tunnel. Coby volunteers his mechanical skills to fix the engines, and Optimus sends Red Alert and Six-Speed to help him. The trio speed to the engine room, where Coby hits on the idea of re-routing the power from the weapons, which they are unable to use, to the engines. He and Six-Speed re-patch the cables and hit the activation switch at the last moment, bringing the engines back online and allowing the ''Ogygia'' to pull away from the tunnel edge. The celebration is short-lived, however, when Scattorshot reports that a gigantic asteroid is now right in the ''Ogygia''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s path, with no room to dodge and no weapon power to blast it! Things are looking bad, until Coby gets a communication from Bud on the ''Atlantis'', who has a plan of his own.

[[Image:Cyb_ep38_full_blast.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Care Bears stare!]]

Bud, Jolt and Reverb start smashing up the engine room, which causes the ship to lag behind and give the Autobots some breathing room. Optimus Prime decides the only way to get past the asteroid is to get up close and personal with it, and all of the available Autobots with projectile [[Cyber Key]]s exit the ship and stand on its bow. As one, the Autobots unleash a mighty combined blast upon the asteroid, the power of their attack actually ''melting''' a hole clean through the gigantic space rock, which allows the ''Ogygia'' to fly through it safely.

A little later, Coby wakes up, having been knocked out by a jolt of a feedback when the asteroid was blasted, to find they have safely traversed the tunnel and are now in the alternate universe. The Autobots thank Coby for saving them, and they head for Gigantion...

...but they are not the first to get there. Guided through the [[fire dimension]] by [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] have made it to Gigantion first! Megatron surveys the planet and vows to obtain the fourth Cyber Planet Key and become ruler of the universe!
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Vector Prime]] (3)
* [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (4)
* [[Wing Saber]] (5)
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (6)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (7)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (8)
* [[Six-Speed]] (10)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (11)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (12)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (13)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (14)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (15)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (17)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (18)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (19)
* [[Primus]] (20)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (21)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (25)
* [[Nemesis Breaker]] (26)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (27)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (28)
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (29)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (30)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (31)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (34)

|c3=
* [[Coby Hansen]] (1)
* [[Lori]] (9)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (23)

|c4=
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (16)
* [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (24)
* [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (32)
* [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]] (33)
}}

==Quotes==
"What matters is not how you ''start'' a race, but how you ''finish'' it."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

'''Leobreaker''': Would you cool your turbines, Wing Saber?! Some of us can't just take off, y'know! 
'''Wing Saber''': Uh, I almost forgot! Not all Transformers know how to fly. 
'''Snarl''': That doesn't mean flying Autobots are better. 
'''Hot Shot''': Yeah, but where are we gonna find a spaceship? 
'''Leobreaker''': Or a really big slingshot?
:—The Autobots' "strategy" on how to get to Gigantion

"Hey, Big Sister! Where you been?" 
"Well, I took your advice, Lori...and went ''shopping''."
:—'''Lori''' and '''Override''' as the latter returns with the ''Ogygia''
[[Image:Coby-plug.jpg|right|180px|thumb|So many quips, so little space.]]

"Are you Auto''bots'' or Auto''nots''?"
:—'''Bud'''

"I've learned from the Autobots that sometimes one must save the moment before he can save the whole day!"
:—'''Coby'''
{{--}}
==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*''Galaxy Force'' includes a "previously on" segment that summarizes the events of "[[Titans]]".
*The Skeleton Nebula is not named in ''Galaxy Force''.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Leobreaker wonders what the odds are of another ship crashing nearby, causing Snarl to facefault. Like Bud's crack about the possibility of Cybertron transforming back in "[[Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron]]", this is terribly on the nose (and Snarl's reaction is a bit excessive), so ''Cybertron'' replaces it with the slingshot gag quoted above.
*In ''Cybertron'', Coby guesses the name of the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]]'s starship as "Brigadoon" (see "Real-world references," below). In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, he (correctly, somehow!) guesses it as "[[Lemuria]]". For the ''Cybertron'' dub, "Lemuria" was made the name of the Gigalonian starship; the Jungle Planet's ship is later named the ''[[Hyperborea]]''.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Coby responds to Vector Prime's warning to not let his emotions rule him by pointing out that he would not have been able to pass through the tunnel if he was not focused. In ''Cybertron'', he instead makes the "save the day" remark quoted above.

===Animation or technical errors===
* When Override asks Jetfire why he thinks he should stay behind, it's Hot Shot who steps forward. Of course, we don't see anyone's lips moving...but characters in this series tend not to move unless they have lines...so take whichever way it works out that makes you happier.

===Continuity or plotting errors===
* Why doesn't Red Alert push the toggle switch to restart the engines, being right there and not apparently doing much, rather than have the two tiny beings that are ''smaller'' than the switch do it? Other than laziness, that is.

===Transformers references===

*Red Alert's work on the vaccine program was introduced back in "[[Family]]".
*Sideways obtained the data on the location of the warp tunnel from Jolt's memory in "[[Memory]]".

===Real-world references===
* Just as the ''Atlantis'' is named after a "real" mythical lost land, so too is the [[wikipedia:Ogygia|Ogygia]].

* Coby guesses "Brigadoon" as the name of another colony-ship. "[[wikipedia:Brigadoon|Brigadoon]]" is actually a musical play from 1947, about a (made-up) town in Scotland that only appears one day every hundred years. [[Brigadoon]] is also the Japanese-given name of the Vok island seen in the ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' two-parter, "[[The Trigger, Part 1|The]] [[The Trigger, Part 2|Trigger]]".

* Optimus gives the order "Second star to the right, then straight on 'til Gigantion!", referencing the directions for flying to [[wikipedia:Neverland|Neverland]] in the "[[wikipedia:Peter_Pan|Peter Pan]]" stories. ("Second star to the right, then straight on 'til morning!") In a way, this mirrors Vector Prime's whole "happy thoughts" deal in the warp-hole later...intentional?

* Bud muses "Do Mini-Cons dream of electric ships?" This is a play on the title of the [[wikipedia:Philip_K._Dick|Philip K. Dick]] novel ''[[wikipedia:Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep?|Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'', which was adapted into the movie ''[[wikipedia:Blade_Runner|Blade Runner]]''.

* This is one reference-heavy episode! Wing Saber quips "It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that Wing!", a play on the jazz hit "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)".

===Trivia===
* Dirt Boss is barely seen in the flashback to the ''Ogygia'''s uncovering; he's got his back to the camera in the slow pan across the crew. Apparently, he turned over a new leaf. (Hence his being listed as an "Other" in the cast list above.)

* Nemesis Breaker makes one of his two exceedingly rare robot-mode, non-stock-footage appearances here. The other is in [[Escape (episode)|"Escape"]].

* Vector Prime uses his Cyber Key-activated chest-cannon for the first time since "[[Haven]]".

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Fred (Armada)

2010-01-14T01:21:08Z

203.47.226.21: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Fred}}
:''Fred is a [[human]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Fred.JPG|right|300px|thumb|"My therapist says..."]]

'''Fred''' is quite possibly one of the most important human characters in the entire ''Transformers'' mythos. He f***in' owns you. Admit it.

Fred was the best (and possibly only) friend of [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]], Lincoln Middle School's resident would-be-bully. Fred was rather unmotivated by the prospect of bullying [[Rad White|Rad]] and [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], preferring to occupy his time with eating assorted snack foods and mentioning that he was still hungry.

Later on, he and Billy became good friends with their former would-be victims, participating in many adventures with them due to the fact Fred is awesome and indispensable to the Autobots. Plus, somebody had to bring all the food along.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Jim'''

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Tony Sampson]] (English), [[Nobuyuki Kobushi]] (Japanese), [[Johan Wilhelmsson]] (Swedish)

One day, Rad and Carlos went out investigating the caves under the local observatory, so Billy and Fred followed, intent on discovering what the two were up to, as well as wanting to bully them for no apparent reason.

Unfortunately for Fred, Rad's activation of [[Exodus (Armada)|something in the caverns]] caused an earthquake that almost buried them alive. (Fred, you knew the job was dangerous when you took it.) When he and Billy finally crawled out of the rubble, they were greeted by the sight of gigantic, body-shaped depressions and footprints in the valley floor. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

Later, Billy and Fred managed to discover the truth about Rad and Carlos's [[Mini-Con|toy robots]] and after the [[Hot Shot (Armada)|giant yellow robot]] saved their lives, they were forced to promise to keep the existence of the Transformers a secret. {{storylink|Carnival}}

While attempting once again to harass Rad and Carlos, Billy and Fred were captured by the [[Decepticon]]s for nefarious purposes and imprisoned in one of those conveniently abandoned ghost towns that seem to populate Earth. While imprisoned, Fred offered the Decepticon Mini-Con [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] some potato chips, which appeared to earn him the Mini-Con's friendship. When the [[Autobot]] rescue attempt went awry, Fred was proven pivotal in securing their freedom from the Decepticons and their nefarious purposes because Leader-1 refused to do anything to harm the humans. Afterwards, the pair joined the Autobot team. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

{{charstubfiction}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
[[Image:Fredarmadadw.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He was going to be in more Dreamwave comics, but their cheques bounced.]]

He's not [[Sid and Seth|Sid]]!

When Billy started a fight with Rad, Fred blocked Carlos from getting involved, stating it was a private grudge match. He was then mildly confused by a [[High Wire|bicycle flying overhead]] before he came under direct attack by [[Sureshock|a malevolent scooter]]. In the face of this, he quite naturally looked horrified and dived for cover. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8}}

{{-}}

==Trivia==
* Despite Fred's love of food, he has been known to offer potato chips to [[Mini-Con]]s, even if said Mini-Cons have no means of ingesting the offered food. Because that's the kind of great guy Fred is.

* According to the ''[[Micron Legend Year Book 2003]]'', the producers of the ''Armada'' cartoon kept meaning to write Billy and Fred out of the series (is anyone honestly surprised by this?), but ultimately never got around to it. Their staying through to the end of the show was thus wholly unintentional.

* When asked about their status post-''Armada'', [[Aaron Archer]] joked that Billy and Fred now spend their time partying in the south of [[France]]. Go, Fred!

* Fred is beyond the need for mortal appreciation.

* Fred's mom makes great spaghetti and meatballs. The sauce is a haunting blend of herbs and spices and the things she can do with a pot roast are truly inspirational. {{storylink|Runaway}}

* In Micron Densetsu, Fred's dialogue is less food related. He does actually worry about the present situation instead of how hungry he is and does make insightful comments from time to time. Unless his American counterpart.

[[Category:Armada characters]]
[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Humans]]