Clipper (G1)

2007-08-01T02:04:16Z

24.166.213.219: /* Victory cartoon */

:''Clipper is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Clipper-r.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Still, at least she doesn't go all weepy and useless, putting her above most other Japanese females.]]

'''Clipper''' hails from Planet [[Micro]], home of the Micromasters. She is obstensibly the "girlfriend" of [[Holi]], though like any girl-kid-character who deals with boy-kid-characters in kid-aimed-anime, she's serious-minded and sometimes bossy and frustrated by the doofiness of her male associates, who she's smarter than to boot.

:''English-Maylay dub name'': '''Rose'''

==Fiction==
===Victory cartoon===
When Clipper and Holi witnessed the accidental death of the [[Decepticon]] [[Deathcobra]] at fellow Decepticon [[Hellbat]]'s hands, Hellbat realized he could blame the pair for Deathcobra's demise. As implausible as this seemed, the rest of [[Breastforce]] bought it, securing Hellbat's position as part of their combined form [[Liokaiser]]. The giant went after the two Micromasters, only to have [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] step in the way.

==Trivia/Notes==
* Clipper's model is basically a leaner, visor-less rendition of the [[Decepticon]] [[Sports Car Patrol]] Micromaster [[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Hyperdrive]]. A year later, that mold was released by [[Takara]] in very Clipper-esque maroon-and-white colors as part of the Autobot [[Super Car Patrol Team]]... but named [[Gingham]] (who had his own similar-but-more-toylike animation model). Still, Gingham makes a decent substitute toy for Clipper, while a semi-ambitious customizer can make do with Hyperdrive.

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The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1

2007-08-01T00:39:16Z

24.166.213.219: /* Animation and/or technical glitches */

'''[[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation One]] > [[Generation 1 (cartoon)#Season 3|Season 3]]'''

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

==Detailed synopsis==
While on a deep-space mission to test a new [[Impervious Alloy|heat- and radiation-resistant alloy]] that they have developed, scientists [[Jessica Morgan]] and [[Greggory Swafford]] detect a ship carrying Optimus Prime's body (see ''[[Dark Awakening]]'') on a collision course with a planetoid orbitting a star they are researching nearby. Despite Greggory's reservations (his face was scarred in a previous scuffle between Optimus and Megatron, which he blames on Optimus), he is talked into helping Jessica rescue Prime's body before the ship collides with the planetoid, the impact of which also sets off the star into a supernova and coating their ship with unusual spores. Upon return to Earth, Jessica's father studies the spores and learns that they are not only alive, but are an [[Hate Plague|incredibly contagious viral agent]] that induces hatred and destructive urges into whoever they contaminate. After a new scuffle between the Technobots and Terrorcons over the new alloy gravely injures Jessica, her father is convinced by Greggory to try and resurrect Prime's body as a carrier of the spores against the Autobots, a sentiment exacerbated when it's learned Jessica was paralyzed from the waist down in the accident and now needs a special exosuit to walk. However, when reviving Prime's body turns out to be impossible for them, Greggory and Jessica's father decide to use it as bait for the other Autobots, forcing Jessica into luring them into a spore trap at the lab.

The trap goes off without a hitch, mostly due to Rodimus' reckless haste in recovering his predecessor's corpse in lieu of caution, and several Autobots - including Superion and Defensor, two of the most powerful Autobot gestalts - are infected. However, the Decepticons had learned about Optimus Prime's recovery as well, and have shown up to terminate the once Autobot leader permanently, but are instead infected themselves. Fortunately, Rodimus, Jessica, and Galvatron manage to escape unharmed, the former two with Optimus' body; a few other Autobots manage to escape infection as well, but are badly wounded while attempting to subdue a sickened and crazed Superion. Back at Autobot City, Rodimus pleads to Wreck-Gar to try and repair Prime, but Prime is too far gone even for Junkion medical experience. Desperate, Rodimus contacts Sky Lynx and orders him to locate and bring back a Quintesson, remembering that they had [[Dark Awakening|once before restored Optimus to life]], before disconnecting Metroplex, keeping the city-former from becoming infected. However, just as he finishes the final steps to do so, an infected Ultra Magnus appears and has a short chase with Rodimus before being temporarily subdued by Wreck-Gar...who ends up becoming infected, and infecting Rodimus in return, for his efforts.

Now, with the Hate Plague, as it's now called, rampaging even to the ends of the galaxy, Sky Lynx finds an uninfected Quintesson who he's able to convince to help revive Optimus, even though he warns that - should anything go too awry during the process - there's a good chance that Optimus will never live again. It's touch-and-go for a while, but eventually, the Quintesson manages to pull through and Optimus is restored to full life, declaring that "no force in the Universe will be able to stop him".

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

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

===Featured characters===
*Featured characters

==Notable quotes==
*Quotes

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*When Rodimus is done talking to Optimus's statue, his head slides backwards. Twice.
*When Soundwave looks down after having Ratbat inserted into him, his faceplate stays in its old position of looking upwards.
*In one scene, Bruticus is the same size as all the regular Decepticons, or the regular Decepticons are the same size as Bruticus.

===Continuity Errors===
*Optimus Prime's body is shown to be in perfect condition despite him having lost an arm and half of his face at the end of [[Dark Awakening]]. In addition, when his body is rescued, the ship is not being fired upon as it was shown to be previously.

===Transformers references===
*References

===Real-World references===
*References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*Trivia

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