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Talk:SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy

2008-06-01T08:04:15Z

213.49.71.241: /* Arcade video games references */ new section

Whoah whoah whoah. Someone wanna actually protect this page from anons like it's supposed to be? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:11, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
:I don't think he's actually doing anything wrong. Looks like this is today's moose episode.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 16:20, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
::It is. Aired this morning. - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 16:20, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
:::The moose be praised--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 16:26, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
::::Keen. I'll have to check my usual source for the moose, and then I'll be more than happy to start writing summaries.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 16:30, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::Moose? I'll have you know Canada is the land of moose AND hockey! Don't forget the best part! ;) --[[User:Nightshade83|Nightshade83]] 03:19, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

The legitimacy of this specific edit doesn't matter. The page is supposed to be protected from anons, because I defy you to tell me with a straight face that it WON'T need it, and soon. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:30, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
:Got it. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:32, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
::It won't need it. Last week, it was an anon who wrote the summary for [[A Fistful of Energon]]. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 17:03, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
:::And? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 17:09, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
::::And anons can do good as well as evil. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:34, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::Again, and? Does this magically negate all the shit that's gone down in the recent past that's the reason the warning templates and protections were put up in the first place? No, it doesn't. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 17:42, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
::::::At this point, you should push for anon editing to be disabled completely (as Toughpigs suggested during the whole Monacoisation thing) if you feel so strongly. If any articles are to be open to anon editing, this one should be opened now. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 22:49, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

:::That was me that wrote last weeks summary. I was going to do something now too, but I guess I can't. In the meantime someone else can add the trivia that the last three numbers of Archer's, Princess', and Nanosec's mugshot IDs represent the number of the episode they first appeared in.--[[User:Raijin K|Raijin K]] 19:15, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
::If you're a registered user, you should be able to write a summary for it. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 19:16, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
:::Still not seeing any edit button on the page. I think I'm still too "new".--[[User:Raijin K|Raijin K]] 19:19, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
::::Write it in a new section here, or on a sandbox page or somesuch, and ask for it to be moved over... - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 22:49, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

:Okay, now someone should unlock it. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 19:50, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
It means that for the other ones, they still need to be semi-protected. As for this one, the episode has aired in Canada. I don't think it needs to be semi-protected. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 17:45, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
:Yeah, and now that we have a stable non-stub article to work from, I fully support yoinking the semi-protect from the article.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 03:25, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

==Most guest voices?==
Hey... has any other episode so far had three "guest" voices (or more)? Fred, Brian and Kath... --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 00:05, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

==Error?==
Didn't Slow-Mo say she used her clock to restore Nanosec's youth, so is it alright if we remove the "Continuity Error"? [[User:RyuHane|RyuHane]] 00:58, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

== Arcade video games references ==

The arcade that P. Princess attacks has some video games references on its facade. A green mushroom, a red turtle with spikes, a space invaders alien, a Tetris game and a line of yellow dots like in Pacman. Worth mentioning ?--[[Special:Contributions/213.49.71.241|213.49.71.241]] 08:04, 1 June 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Talk:Starscream clone (Animated)

2008-05-29T11:12:55Z

213.49.71.241: /* Spongescream and Patrick */

=="G1 redeco will be a store exclusive"==
Any idea which store will be getting the exclusive? Perhaps Target because they got the movie g1 starscream redeco?--[[User:Skyglide|Skyglide]] 16:34, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

:I put in that piece of trivia, and I don't know which store will carry it. all I've been told was that the guys at BotCon said they will release the mold in all the shown color schemes (and what I read they had shown Starscream together with his clones, which were in G1 seeker colors of Thundercracker, Skywarp and Starscream), and that the one in G1 SS colors would be a store exclusive, they also said that they love bringing out the seeker mold of each line in all three color variations.[[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 13:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

==Army-Building reference in the trivia==

*The [[Army-building|Starscream clones]] clearly only exist [[to sell toys]]

I think that is prefect for the trivia. The fact that there is a lot of seemingly same deco(A) starscreams makes it seem like hasbro is encouraging army building of the Starscream figure. The fact that because of the movie line, the toys and episode doesn't line up seems irrelevant to me. As does [[A Prime Problem]]. We are all very aware that the fictions only purpose is [[to sell toys]]. If in the fiction there are numerous identical starscreams, I think the connection is obvious.
[[Image:Lotta starscreams.jpg | thumb | left |(A)]]

--[[User:Skyglide|Skyglide]] 23:19, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
{{-}}
:There is no reason to believe that the clone army is a toy-sales-driven move. We've seen no altered-color-clone redecoes announced, which would be the big indicator... and at this stage, odds are appropriate redecoes would be created-after-the-fact items like the Premium movie toys. I really can't fathom Hasbro going "hey Marty, make Starscream clone himself so we can encourage multiple-buying of this one toy." It is far, far, FAR more likely that the genesis of the clone story is the simple "wouldn't it be neat to reference this thing that happened in G1, just like how Starscream died but came back". To claim unambiguously that it's a toy-sales-driven move is weak and tenuous at best. "To sell toys" is kind of dependent on "toy first". If Hasbro REALLY wanted to go that route, one of the clones would have been Skywarp, who we HAVE seen officialy announced as a toy... and Hasbro said he wasn't intended to be a show character. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 04:49, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
::And, sad to say, it's the most logical approach to a bunch of guys with the same body type. Bit more interesting take on it than G1, even. Having an army of them has an in-story purpose, and having them all resemble Starscream is easily explained by his vanity. This being a continuity that, aside from some noteworthy exceptions, has largely unique body types for each character.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 05:27, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

:::I guess I see your point M Sipher. I still believe it should be noted somewhere that that photo I labeled (a) seems to encourage [[army-building]]. I now think my phrasing it as "clearly only exist" is probably wildly inaccurate, but again i think it should be noted. Also, i think that when the writers where coming up with the story for Animated, they probably expected the toys releases to coincide with airing. Like Soundwave being in wave 2 since he appeared late in season 1. Stupid Allspark Power line, I blame you for all my problems!

Also, Rosicrucian, i am not quite sure which side you are supporting :/

cheers!--[[User:Skyglide|Skyglide]] 22:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
:I am saying that even on the chance that this is "to sell toys" it has more solid fictional support than... well... nearly all past Seeker redecos.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 15:28, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

::::I think we should add this to Trivia instead.

::::* Starscream is clearly an [[Army_building|Army Builder]].
::::: And is the Yoda quote really needed here? We're using it as the caption on the pic in the Fist Full of Energon Main article.[[User:Shadow Mask Prime|Shadow Mask Prime]] 12:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Yea really, the clone wars thing is really out of place here. And yea, Starscream is clearly an [[Army-building|Army Builder]] works well too.--[[User:Skyglide|Skyglide]] 19:18, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

==Clone V clone==

Ok, I checked. Terms like drone or jet or whatever are always started with a capital. In fact I couldn't find one similar themed page where all the words didn't have capitals in em [[User:GWolfv2]] 15.51 May26th
:EVERY ARTICLE ON THE WIKI starts with a capital letter. But if subsequent terms in the article title are not proper nouns, they stay lower case. This is a well established policy (see [[:Category:Nameless things]] for some examples.) Quit tryin' to fight it. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 15:06, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

::Clearly it should be lowercase. however, shouldn't it be Starscream clones since the article talks about more then one? i mean after all it is an army of them. and the page goes into further detail about specific ones.--[[User:Skyglide|Skyglide]] 22:25, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

:::Yes and no. Yes in that it would be more logical, no in that everything's put in the singular so that you can type <nowiki>[[Starscream clone]]s</nowiki> to produce [[Starscream clone]]s as a link, but would have to do <nowiki>[[Starscream clones|Starscream clone]]</nowiki> if it was the other way around. It sacrifices the logical page title for ease of linking (not a convention I agree with, but one well established...) - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 15:22, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
::::It's singular because it talks about a type of character, the Starscream clone. Or, at least, it's supposed to. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:58, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

== G1 references ==

I'm not sure we should put those in for these guys, unless we get something beyond coloring (hopefully, they'll get real names when released as toys, or at least much better clues) - I mean, the coloring doesn't even fit that well for either of them (G1 Starscream definitely wasn't brickred/brown, and Skywarp has, if anything, reversed coloring), and they don't seem to share any personality similarities either.

Plus, the Clone that fits Skywarp the best looks like it appears as part of the whole army, anyway.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 02:24, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
:Reddish brown Starscream is clearly based off of G1 Starscream, and his personality as the manipulator makes perfect sense. The coward seems more like Armada Skywarp. AniScream doesn't have as varied a colour scheme as G1 btw, so you really only have two colours to changed, his grey and his purple. As for personalities, they embody elements of Starscream. Giving one a Skywarp personality makes no sense [[User:GWolfv2]] 20.42 May 28th
::People have claimed that all sorts of things are "clearly" references that goddamn aren't, this included. The only thing that's "clear" is that people are reaching desperately for references. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:43, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
::You're very testy about this. I know why, but still...anyway, you assume they aren't, I assume they are(at least the second clone). And the world keeps spinning [[User:GWolfv2]] 22.02 May 28th

== Spongescream and Patrick ==

Was Starscream forgetting Bulkhead's name supposed to be a joke about how they are best friends on SBSQ? Or was it a reference to when Starscream first appeared, and I'm just crazy?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 02:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

:: Maybe it was a reference to the fact that Bulkhead is the only one who doesn't have a G1 counterpart. After all, it's the "G1 color hommage" clone.<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

A Fistful of Energon

2008-05-25T08:48:10Z

213.49.71.241: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

[[image:samprowl.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'kay, let's ignore the fact that Samurai and Ninja are polar opposites, and bask in the awesomeness that is Samurai Prowl.]]

{{episodenav|animated|23|season=2|prev=Rise of the Constructicons|next=S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

'''Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive Starscream, but finds some competition in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter. '''

==Summary==
As the Elite Guard's ship proceeds on its journey, an explosion rocks the hull, and out flies Starscream, declaring vengeance against Megatron once again.

On Dinobot Island, Prowl and Bulkhead are on the lookout for their feral friends in response to reports of some rampaging going on. Prowl has been sent along with Ratchet's EMP generator and some stasis cuffs, but doubts he will need them since the Dinobots are such gentle spirits when left alone and he has always been able to reason with them. Grimlock soon contradicts Prowl's perspective by charging into the clearing like an angry rhino. Prowl is still determined to take it easy on the big guy until Grimlock's jaws get dangerously close to a nest filled with adorable little baby birdies. Using an EMP blast, Prowl quickly incapacitates Grimlock.

[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-ProwlEMPGenerator.jpg|right|thumb|125px| We can use my wrist thingy to track Bender's [[Personality component|brain]].]]

Prowl and Bulkhead are both surprised that it came to that, but Prowl rationalizes that he did what he had to do to save the little birds. At this point, he notices a thorn stuck in Grimlock's paw as the likely source of the Dinobot's extra aggression. With some advice from Ratchet over the comm, Prowl uses controlled bursts from the EMP to stabilize the affected area, and Bulkhead yanks out the spike. Grimlock sighs in relief, and everything is all better.

[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Grimlockfootshard.jpg|left|thumb|150px| So painful, resting in between my toes harmlessly!]]

Before they can head home, however, Ultra Magnus contacts the Autobot base with a message that Starscream has escaped and was last seen headed back to Earth. They would have sent that message sooner, but it seems [[Mission Accomplished|their tachyon transmitter has gone missing]]. Megatron, who has been intercepting the message, takes a look at his own tachyon transmitter and sarcastically wonders where the Autobots' could have gone. He then wastes no time putting out a bounty on the escaped Decepticon traitor.

Back on the island, Prowl is feeling pretty tough after taking down the big, bad Grimlock all by himself and is already contemplating a similar hunt for Starscream. At the very least, while they're in the neighborhood, he and Bulkhead use Teletran 1's sensitive scanners to locate Starscream's AllSpark fragment...on the Moon. Prowl believes they have everything they need to go after him right away, but Bulkhead reminds him that Starscream is a little out of their league if it's just the two of them. Prowl agrees, but as soon as Bulkhead is off the ship and his back is turned, Prowl takes off in a shuttle by himself and heads for the Moon.

Prowl tracks the AllSpark fragment to the remains of the Decepticon warship. Optimus and Ratchet try to warn him how crazy his plan is and order him to return, but Prowl disregards them with some unconvincing fake static and heads inside the ship. He believes the mission of apprehending Starscream is best suited to a single bot built for stealth. Then, as he's sneaking around, his target finds him first. Way to use that stealth.

Before Starscream can fire his null ray, a well-placed shuriken disables it. The fight begins, and thanks to the EMP, Prowl manages to hold his own. Starscream eventually gets in a direct hit, but on a hologram. The real Prowl gets into position, and an EMP blast knocks out the Decepticon. As soon as the fugitive is stasis-cuffed, a newcomer walks up and offers to take the bounty off his hands. It's Lockdown...wearing a poncho? He and Prowl start to fight over the prize while Starscream comes to and heckles them from the sidelines. Neither combatant appreciates Starscream's comments, and both yell at him to shut up. He does, but as he's silent for about two seconds, they look back to notice it's because he escaped. Outside, Starscream (who is strangely orange-coloured) blasts Prowl's shuttle and flies off toward Earth. Lockdown decloaks his own ship and takes pursuit, with Prowl hitching a ride on the hull.

Lockdown is finding it difficult to locate Starscream's Decepticon signal when Prowl ambushes him, deflecting a counter-attack with a shield mod borrowed from Lockdown's own display case. Once they're at a standstill, Prowl points out that he knows how to track Starscream's AllSpark fragment, but he'll need Lockdown's sensors to do it. Thus a partnership is created, and Lockdown offers his new friend a few more upgrades to make sure they get the job done right.

[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdownwithhelmet.jpg|right|thumb|125px|I can't believe they ran out of voice-changer helmets!]]

Lockdown's ship touches down in Detroit and disguises itself as a building again. Lockdown and Prowl transform and roll out, with Prowl enjoying the feel of his new samurai armor/sidecar. They track the signal to a highway where Starscream is cowering beneath a bridge. When they confront him, they notice he's acting considerably more cowardly than usual, and is painted considerably more purple. Prowl shows off his upgrades, flying circles around the fleeing Decepticon and eventually taking him down with an EMP blast. Lockdown is impressed. With the bounty secured, he contacts Megatron and sets up a meeting at an abandoned warehouse. Prowl is shocked to learn the two-faced bounty hunter he'd partnered with had been working for someone evil and attempts to cross him. However, Lockdown ''double''-crosses Prowl, tying him up with a bola, and drives off with his bounty in tow.

[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-StarscreamPurpleclone.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Has the Allspark Power line ended yet? Is it safe for redecos to come out now?]]

The other Autobots show up to untie their errant companion and chew him out, but Prowl is more interested in continuing pursuit of Starscream. The rest of the team follow, but point out that Prowl is starting to sound too much like Lockdown, as the mods are going to his head.

They almost catch up with Lockdown and the purple Starscream when they're stopped on the road by the arrival of ''another'' Starscream. This one sports an orange color scheme and a sneaky, manipulative personality. He attempts to negotiate a pact with the Autobots to work together and destroy Megatron, but Prowl turns down the offer and attacks. Using his new arsenal, he leads, disarms, and disables the orange Screamer. It's a cool but messy victory. Ratchet scolds Prowl for not just taking him out with a single EMP blast. Prowl attests that his way was more fun, but Ratchet points out all the collateral damage he caused, including a knocked down bird's nest with its eggs broken all over the sidewalk. Prowl feels awful upon realizing what he has done, but puts it aside. Chasing Lockdown is still more important.

The Autobots crash the Decepticons' warehouse meeting, and a Cybertronian standoff occurs. Then, when Megatron notices there are two Starscreams, he demands an explanation. The clones open their cockpits to reveal a pair of ticking time bombs. The real Starscream's voice announces that it was all part of his plan to take his enemies all out at once. Megatron isn't about to sit around and be blown up, though, so he shoots the skylight and calls for the Decepticons to transform and rise up. The bad guys escape, but the good guys can't let the bombs just explode or the blast would take out half the city. Prowl gets an idea and uses his mods to weld the Starscreams together and jam their jets on so they rocket straight up into the atmosphere. The explosion doesn't harm the city (besides setting off a lot of car alarms) but does do a number on the fleeing Decepticons.

While Lockdown is escaping from the planet again, he contacts Prowl and offers a permanent partnership, since they're so much alike. Prowl turns down the offer, claiming it was fun while it lasted, but the super-charged bounty hunter life just wasn't his style. With all his upgrades shorted out or gone, Prowl detaches the one mod that got out without a scratch, Ratchet's EMP generator, and returns it to its rightful owner.
[[image:Lotta_starscreams.jpg|right|thumb|Sure, [[army-building]] is good, but this is ''ridiculous!'']]
Later, Starscream sits within his new base aboard the wreckage of the Decepticon warship and watches an announcement from Megatron stating that the bounty on the fugitive has been increased, but whoever captures him had better make sure it's the real deal. Starscream himself is furious that his trap failed, but it doesn't matter, as he has plenty more decoys where that came from...

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Andrew Robinson]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Matt Youngberg]], & [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
*'''Original airdate:'''
*'''Animation company:''' [[Mook]]

===Featured characters===

(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s

! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s

! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |

*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (10)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (11)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |

*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Icy Blitzwing]] (14)<ref>Yes, it's true. Blitzwing went the entire episode without switching personalities.</ref>
*[[Lockdown]] (15)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

|}

==Quotes==
''[Ratchet and Prime are communicating with Prowl over the radio]'' 
'''Ratchet''': "Prowl, any sign of the Dinobots?" 
'''Prowl''': "Negative, Ratchet. I'm starting to think those reports of rampages were nothing but exaggerations". 
'''Optimus''': "We're not taking any chance, Prowl. That's why I had Ratchet lend you his EMP generator and those stasis cuffs". 
'''Prowl''': "Still, I hardly think they're necessary. The Dinobots are territorial, but if they're left alone, they're perfectly happy". 
''[Grimlock roars, then runs out of the forest, charging the Autobots]'' 
'''Bulkhead''': "He doesn't look too happy to me!" 
:{{m-}}The Autobots are Dinobot hunting...and things are not going well.

"I'm afraid Sari and Bumblebee left on an important fact-finding mission this morning. To someplace called... 'Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom'."
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' gets duped.

"Personally, I've always found Bumblebee's fake static to be a lot more convincing."
:{{m-}}'''Ratchet''' doesn't get duped.

'''Starscream''': You call this a fight? I'll rust before someone wins! And I'm in the vacuum. 
'''Prowl''' and '''Lockdown''': Will you keep quiet?!
:{{m-}}Prowl and Lockdown tell Starscream where to stick it.

"No! No, please! Leave me alone!" 
"Maybe it's me, but that doesn't sound like the Starscream I know..."
:{{m-}}His reaction to '''Starscream-Purple's''' plea for mercy leaves one wondering if '''Lockdown''' has ever met the real Screamer...

'''Starscream-Red''': "Well, if it isn't my favorite band of plucky little Autobots." 
'''Optimus''': "Autobots, prepare for battle!" 
'''Starscream-Red''': "Wait, you misunderstand. Noble Optimus Prime, wise Ratchet, stealthy Prowl and ''mighty''...eh..." 
'''Bulkhead''': "Bulkhead!" 
'''Starscream-Red''': "Ooh, that's too bad."
:{{m-}} "Starscream" gives his sympathy

"Did you really think I would offer so little a challenge? I allowed you to capture these ''clones'' to fulfill my plan to eliminate you all! Especially you, MegaFOOL! Mwa-hah-ha-ha-ha! In mere moments you will be blown to bits, and I will become the Supreme Leader of ALL DECEPTICONS!"
:{{m-}} Speaking through his clones, the real '''Starscream's''' speech-making tendencies are undimmed, even if he now prefers to do it from a safe distance.

==Other notes==
* This episode was first aired in Dubai.

* Starscream's fate at the end of "[[Mission Accomplished]]" was a little on the ambiguous side, but now we know just what happened to him at the end of it.

===Animation errors===
* The large spike stuck in Grimlock's foot is nowhere to be seen in the full-body shots previous to Prowl discovering it.

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
* The Starscream clones are, of course, a reference to the [[Seeker]]s, with one seemingly mimicking the colour scheme of [[Starscream (G1)|G1 Starscream]](albeit slightly more orangey), while the other is more along the lines of [[Skywarp (Armada)|''Armada'' Skywarp]].

===Real-world references===
*This episode contains numerous references to [[Wikipedia:Fistful of Dollars|''A Fistful of Dollars'']], including the title, Lockdown wearing a poncho in his first appearance, and the Mexican standoff scene in the warehouse.

[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdowninponcho.jpg|right|thumb|100px| Space banditos? Never heard of them.]]

*Grimlock's foot problem recalls "The Lion and the Mouse", an Aesop's fable about a mouse who befriends a lion by pulling a thorn out of his paw. Or the tale of the Christian Saint Jerome, whose life was saved by the lion he'd helped when he later encountered it in a Roman circus. Or the story of Androcles and the Lion...it's been done a lot.

*Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Six Flags|Six Flags]] chain of amusement parks.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] are absent from this episode, with Optimus saying that they're on an "important fact-finding mission" (actually, an amusement park). Neither of them appear on screen so we don't get to see if Sari's hair grew back since [[Rise of the Constructicons|last episode]].

*[[Lugnut|Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], on the other hand, appear but say nothing, as do [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] and even [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. Result!

* The clones seem to embody elements of Starscream's personality, the purple Starscream representing Starscream's cowardice and the (not surprisingly) Generation-1-styled Starscream representing Starscream's manipulative and deceitful nature.

* The other Autobots, and eventually Prowl as well, treat his upgrades as a bad thing. In the story, this makes sense because Lockdown acquires his trophies by hacking them off other Transformers, a practice the other characters had [[The Thrill of the Hunt|previously shown]] to find extremely distasteful (at best). But note that this goes against [[retool|everything Hasbro wants us to believe]].

*So Prowl finds a sidecar in Lockdown's ship that's in his color scheme and is capable of becoming samurai-esque armour, and wears it for the majority of the episode. [[To sell toys|Wonder why that is]].

* The thorn supposedly jammed through Grimlock's foot looks like it's merely stuck betwixt his toes.

*So...where did Starscream get the clones from? Ultra Magnus' comment suggests Starscream's escape actually happened some time ago [[Units of time|(Depending on how long a deca-cycle is in Animated)]].

*While Ratchet seems to be the moral compass of this episode, the day is only saved by Prowl's use of his upgrades.

*Apparently Starscream put a few extra zeros in when programming the timer on the clones, his plot might have worked if he hadn't given Megatron three minutes to run away.

*It's not the first time in Animated that an Autobot [[Nanosec (episode)| sacrifices a new upgrade to launch a bomb that could destroy Detroit in upper atmosphere]]. Autobots HATE birds.

==References==
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Talk:Carmine Fanzone

2008-05-22T21:17:33Z

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Why is he in the supervillains category? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 23:41, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
:He is clearly a Decepticon. >=(
::No, way, he's definitely a Predacon. You just can trust mustaches like that... [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 00:42, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Maybe he IS Moustache Man! D: -[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 20:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
: Dr. Eggman's long lost cousin, perhaps? Or something more...wow, we really ARE desperate for new info on this guy. [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 22:55, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
:: I think you mean ROBOTNIk.
::: No, I mean Eggman. He was always known as Eggman in Japan; the name Robotnik, as well as the belief that the games took place on "Mobius", was the result of American localization. Kind of like the whole "Optimus Prime vs. Convoy" scenario, except actually fixed by making one name universal...but we're getting off topic. [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 04:27, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
::::I THINK YOU MEAN ROBOTNIK. >=(
:::::...and you didn't read a word I just said. Thumbs-up. (-_-')[[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 20:32, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
:::::: I believe he ''thinks'' you mean ''Robotnik.'' --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 20:28, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
::::Obnoxious anonymous point: BOTH names are equally valid before and after the fix. Sonic was developed on both shores, and actually came out in the US first (by all of 3 days...). Also, unless they've fixed it more.. it was Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. So. Everybody more or less wins. Kinda like the millions of equally canon G1s. [[User:76.28.159.16|76.28.159.16]]

If he was related to Robotnik, then that would be kinda funny, considering how Fanzone is technophobe, Er, I mean hates machines....

Personally, I think he looks like Captain Stottlemeyer [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/monk/images/ted-levine-2.jpg from Monk]. --[[User:Criminallyinane|Criminallyinane]] 15:40, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
::personally I think he is a visual cue to the police chief in inspector gadget. Chief Quimby , Gontier in the original version.
::::He's clearly inspired by the Chief Quimby. He has the mustache, the blue suit, and the "car destroyed" running-gag is similar to the "self-destruct message" running-gag.

== family ==

Are we allowed to add that he has family. In Velocity he says in response to the gps's directions "If I need a backseat driver Ill call my mother-in-law." So that means he at least has a wife right? [[User:Proconix|Proconix]] 17:00, 17 May 2008 (UTC)Proconix
:It had been established that he was married back in [[Total Meltdown]], which we mention in the article, so it's kinda redundant. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 17:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>