{{episode
|series=Victory
|ep=35
|image=Terrorofthegianttidalwaves.jpg
|title="The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves"
|japanese=巨大津波の恐怖
|romaji=Kyodai Tsunami no Kyōfu
|airdate=[[November 28|28 November]] 1989
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Yoshikata Nitta]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Deadly tidal waves put the world in danger when the Decepticons raise Atlantis.'''

:''Omni Productions dub name: '' '''"The Tidal Wave"'''
:''Also known as:'' '''"Terror of the Giant Tsunamis"'''

==Synopsis==
A month has passed since the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]' last attack, and [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] and [[Holi]] are feeling restless, so they pay a visit to [[Braver]]'s lab. It turns out that Braver has been putting the downtime to good use, rebuilding, perfecting and mass-producing his Decepticon brainwave scanner. The five completed units are distributed amongst the [[Autobot]]s, and [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]], [[Victory Leo]] and the [[Multiforce]] begin using them to scour the planet for the silent Decepticons.

[[Image:Victory35 falconpunch.jpg|left|180px|thumb|FALCON PUNCH!]]
At the bottom of the ocean, aboard the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'', [[Leozack]] gets yet ''another'' chewing-out from [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], who is so entirely fed up with his failures that he refuses to listen to any more of his plans and just beats up Leozack instead. [[Hellbat]] chooses this moment to pop up and curry Deathsaurus's favour with a secret message. A little later, Hellbat happily dances off down the hallway...straight into Leozack's fist. Like Deathsaurus, he is at the end of his patience with his scheming subordinate, and Hellbat desperately dodges Leozack's attacks until he can sweet-talk his superior into going along with his plan. Hellbat has, to his credit, actually discovered the lost city of [[Atlantis]], and is encouraging Deathsaurus to use all of the Decepticons' stockpiled energy to raise it, so that they can ransack its energy stockpiles. Deathsaurus is hesitant to use up their entire energy reserve, but the prospect of finally reactivating his fortress convinces him to take the risk.

The ''Thunder Arrow'' relocates to the site of Atlantis, off the coast of [[Portugal]], where the [[Dinoforce]] unload the Decepticons' collected energy and position it strategically around the seabed. Using his [[Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon]], Deathsaurus detonates the energy, causing a monumental explosion that tears the ocean floor apart, dislodging Atlantis and hurling it to the surface of the sea.

[[Image:Victory35 trainofdeath.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Like a bridge over troubled robots...]]
Meanwhile, the Autobots are having no luck with their search until [[Wingwaver]] picks up a faint trace off the coast of Portugal, and he arrives just as Atlantis breaks through the surface, causing a series of monstrous tidal waves of globally threatening proportions. Wingwaver contacts Star Saber, who quickly dispatches the other Autobots to coastal cities all across the world for rescue operations and then joins up with Wingwaver to investigate Atlantis. Moving stealthily between the pillars, they watch as the Dinoforce carry up armfuls of energy from Atlantis's stockpiles and load it into the ''Thunder Arrow''. Unfortunately, the growing number of disasters on land require Star Saber's attention, and he leaves Wingwaver to keep watch while he and Victory Leo head for [[Spain]] to help an evacuation train reach its destination. The two Autobots have to hold up a broken railway bridge to allow the train to cross over, but as they are doing so, the [[Breastforce]] suddenly attack, leaving them unable to do anything to defend themselves or the humans. Hellbat blows up the bridge, just as Wingwaver reports in that the Dinoforce have finished extracting as much energy as they can. With time running out, Star Saber and Victory Leo merge into Victory Saber, and the Breastforce respond by merging into [[Liokaiser]] to hold him back.

[[Image:Victory35 saberwave.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Surf's up—and I'm talkin' UP!]]
In Atlantis, Deathsaurus announces that he is pulling out, and he withdraws inside the ''Thunder Arrow''. When [[Gōryū]] inquires what the Dinoforce are to do next, Deathsaurus says he will return for them shortly. The ''Thunder Arrow'' flies above Liokaiser and Victory Saber's battle, and Deathsaurus instructs Liokaiser to retreat. Liokaiser complies, just as a second tidal wave crashes down on Spain, and Victory Saber is swept up and battered by the surf. He is not the only victim; as Atlantis begins to descend back beneath the waves, the sea rushes over it, sweeping the abandoned Dinoforce away into the foam.

As the sea settles and the Autobots overlook the destruction on the coast, Holi and Jean cry out for Victory Saber, who, after a tense moment, emerges from beneath the watery ruins. The Autobots return to the Shuttle Base, where they resolve to end the threat of the Decepticons once and for all.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (1)
*[[Holi]] (3)
*[[Braver]] (4)
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] (5)
*[[Machtackle]] (6)
*[[Wingwaver]] (7)
*[[Victory Leo]] (8)
*[[Dashtacker]] (9)
*[[Wing (Victory)|Wing]] (15)
*[[Tackle]] (16)
*[[Mach]] (17)
*[[Blacker]] (18)
*[[Waver]] (25)
*[[Pīpō]] (26)
*[[Fire]] (27)
*[[Laster]] (28)

|c2=
*[[Leozack]] (10)
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] (11)
*[[Hellbat]] (14)
*[[Gōryū]] (19)
*[[Gairyū]] (20)
*[[Rairyū]] (21)
*[[Doryū]] (22)
*[[Yokuryū]] (23)
*[[Kakuryū]] (24)
*[[Guyhawk]] (29)
*[[Killbison]] (30)
*[[Jallguar]] (31)
*[[Drillhorn]] (32)
*[[Liokaiser]] (33)

|c3=
*[[Jean Minakaze]] (2)

|h4=[[Breast Animal]]s|c4=
*[[Eaglebreast]] (12)
*[[Tigerbreast]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==

"Hellbat! Have you come to make me happy?"

:—'''Deathsaurus'''

"La la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la..." 
"DA-DAN DA-DAN!"
:-'''Hellbat''''s happy mood is interrupted by '''Leozack''''s less-than-happy fist.

{{Note|The following quotes are from the Omni Productions dub}}

"He is so happy, and he praises you a lot, you know." 
"Is that right?" 
"Yeah, you're the apple of his eye! It's true. He ''loves'' you."
:—'''Hellbat''' and '''Leozack''' discuss Deathsaurus.

"Be careful, Hellbat! They're no pussycats!"
:—'''Guyhawk''' with a timely warning about the Autobots.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
Among the changes made by the [[Omni Productions]] dub:
* Star Saber's computer analysis indicates the Decepticons are hiding underground, so naturally they search the oceans.
* The conversation between Deathsaurus and Leozack in the original episode is largely Deathsaurus grousing about how all of Leozack's plans have failed, while in the dub Leozack claims to have come up with a new plan, and Deathsaurus spends the whole time telling him it better not fail.
* Wing reports he's in Africa rather than over the Atlantic, Tackle says he's in South America, despite the obvious minarets behind him. Wing later reports that he's detected a faint signal off the east coast of America, which is followed by Blacker checking out Spain on his computer. Star Saber says he'll go check it out, and orders the others to check the coast of Spain. Riiiight.

===Transformers references===
* Braver's original brainwave scanner was introduced (and destroyed) way back in "[[The New Warrior - Hellbat]]".

* The discovery of Atlantis parallels (intentionally or unintentionally) the discovery of [[Lemuria (G1)|Lemuria]] during the finale of ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''. It also puts the lie into "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]", where the city of [[Sub-Atlantica]] was (incorrectly, it turns out) believed to have been the basis for the "legend" of Atlantis.

===Continuity errors===
* Hellbat claims Leozack has never hit him before. It's possible he has memory loss from the previous instances.

===Trivia===
*It... really doesn't look like that train makes it across the bridge before Hellbat blows it up. Yikes. Likewise, the Autobots are never shown helping a cruise ship that is the first victim of the tidal waves. Lotta dead folks about.
*Looks like the Breastforce are tired of Victory Saber's long stock footage sequence, since they interrupt it partway through to merge into Liokaiser. They finish first too!
*Deathsaurus really shows that he's evil here. He tells the Dinoforce that he'd be back for them when he intended to let them go down into the sea. That's cold.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 02 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Victory'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Optional [[Omni Productions|Omni]] dub. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) — Optional Omni dub.

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The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!

2011-05-31T18:31:05Z

24.71.19.149: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=Victory
|ep=33
|image=Deathbringingspaceinsects.jpg
|title="The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!"
|japanese=死を呼ぶ宇宙昆虫!!
|romaji=Shi o Yobu Uchū Konchū!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|airdate=[[November 14|14 November]] 1989
|writer=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The Decepticons unleash a swarm of metal-eating insects on the unsuspecting Autobots.'''

:''Omni Productions dub name: '' '''"The Assassin Bugs"'''
:''Also known as:'' '''"The Death-Bringing Space Bug"'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Victory33 hellbatdorya.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Gaah, forgot to wash my hands when I was done!]]
On a forbidding jungle planet somewhere in the dark reaches of the cosmos, [[Hellbat]] is on a mission. As he nervously steps into a dark cave, a small, green insect plops down onto his shoulder, and the horrified [[Decepticon]] runs screaming from the cavern, realizing that he has found what he's looking for.

[[Image:Victory33 kakuryudorya.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Get 'em off me!]]
Some time later, Hellbat returns to the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'' on [[Earth]] with specimens of the insects, and the Decepticons breed the little monsters in their science lab. [[Drillhorn]], [[Gōryū]] and [[Kakuryū]] (who ''loves'' insects) bring a specimen jar of the insects into [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s throne room, where Leozack is explaining the situation to the [[Emperor of Destruction]]. The insects are known as "[[Dorya]]", which Drillhorn heard about while visiting [[Planet X (Victory)|Planet X]]. When Deathsaurus asks why he should care, Leozack demonstrates the power of the creatures by having Kakuryū let the insects out of the jar. The beasties lunge at the hapless [[Dinoforce|Dinoforcer]]... and begin to devour his metallic body! Drillhorn quickly saves him by rounding the Dorya back up, and Gōryū escorts Kakuryū to the infirmary while a slack-jawed Deathsaurus begins scheming immediately.

At the [[Shuttle Base]], [[Victory Leo]] is helping [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] train in the ''[[Illumina II]]'' by having him ram a slab of rock, but when Leo plays Lucy to Jean's Charlie Brown and whips the rock away, [[Holi]] busts a gut laughing at the upended Jean. The miffed Jean decides to ram Holi instead, and for his pain, Holi douses him with a blast of coolant.

[[Image:Victory33 starsaberdorya.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Dorya check in, but they don't check out.]]
Flying over [[Italy]], [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] reports to [[Blacker]] in the Shuttle Base that the monolith known as "[[Egg Rock]]" has been destroyed overnight. Knowing that oil is said to flow beneath the rock, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] suspect Decepticon involvement, and Star Saber heads in to investigate. Venturing into the crater left by the destruction of Egg Rock, Star Saber is suddenly surrounded by four huge pylons, which flare into life and surround the crater with a debilitating energy barrier that brings the [[Supreme Commander]] to his knees almost immediately. The cackling forms of Deathsaurus and the [[Breastforce]] appear atop the pylons, and Deathsaurus sneers that he has a present for Star Saber. At this command, Leozack releases the Dorya into the crater, and they begin swarming over Star Saber, burrowing into his joints and eating him from the inside out.

Unable to make contact with Star Saber, the Autobots at the [[Shuttle Base]] prepare to go to his aid. Jean talks Blacker into allowing him and Holi to go along, and they board [[Galaxy Shuttle]] with the [[Brainmaster|Brainmasters]] while [[Victory Leo]] flies alongside. Although the Autobots arrive quickly, the Breastforce keep them at bay by firing from turrets on the pylons, blasting the Brainmasters and Victory Leo with the damaging energies of the barrier shield. When Victory Leo is hit, Jean rushes in aboard the ''Illumina II'', taking several hits from the barrier ray and forcing Victory Leo to withdraw and scoop him up.

[[Image:Victory33 finishhim.jpg|right|180px|thumb|BOOM—gut shot!]]
Retreating to cover, the Autobots discover that the ''Illumina II'' has not been affected by the barrier ray because it is not made of super-robot lifeform metal. Realizing that this means the ''Illumina II'' will be able to get through the barrier imprisoning Star Saber, the Autobots spring into action again, with the Brainmasters drawing the Breastforce's fire while Victory Leo gets Jean up to the barrier. The ''Illumina II'' easily leaps through the barrier shield, and Victory Leo is able to follow through the gap that it creates, but the feral Autobot is promptly set upon by the Dorya. The Brainmasters also get a taste of the bugs' bite when Hellbat sends his [[Breast Animal]] to rain canisters of the creatures down on them. Jean, however, is ignored by the insects, and Star Saber deduces that the Dorya detect their prey based on the heat they emit. Victory Leo wastes no time in blasting the Dorya with a "Freezer Beam" from his fingertips, which renders them dormant and stops them in their tracks. Jean leaps back through the barrier, but Star Saber and Victory Leo are unable to move fast enough to follow him out through the gap he creates, and so Jean rams the nearest pylon with the ''Illumina II''. Fending off Breastforce attacks with the ''Illumina II'''s smokescreen, Jean succeeds in toppling the tower and deactivating the barrier shield, freeing Star Saber and Victory Leo, who immediately combine into Victory Saber and make short work of Leozack, Drillhorn and Deathsaurus. Holi zaps the last of the Dorya with his coolant spray, and the Brainmasters chase off the Breastforce, except for Hellbat, who is so distracted by all the fighting that he spills Dorya over himself and flees, squealing in horror.

After the battle, the Autobots all commend Jean on his courage, and [[Laster]] dubs him a true Autobot warrior.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (7)
*[[Victory Leo]] (8)
*[[Holi]] (10)
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] (11)
*[[Blacker]] (12)
*[[Laster]] (16)
*[[Braver]] (17)
*[[Machtackle]] (18)
*[[Dashtacker]] (19
*[[Wingwaver]] (20)

|c2=
*[[Hellbat]] (1)
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] (2)
*[[Leozack]] (3)
*[[Gōryū]] (4)
*[[Kakuryū]] (5)
*[[Drillhorn]] (6)
*[[Jallguar]] (13)
*[[Killbison]] (14)
*[[Guyhawk]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Jean Minakaze]] (9)

|h4=[[Breast Animal]]s|c4=
*[[Hornbreast]] (21)
*[[Kōmoribreast]] (22)
*[[Bisonbreast]] (23)
*[[Jaguarbreast]] (24)
}}

==Quotes==

{{Note|The following quotes are from the Omni Productions dub}}

"Ahahahaha! You're so useless, Meekon!"
:—'''Holi''' gives Jean support and encouragement.

"These bugs are killers! They live by devouring our bodies!"
:—'''Star Saber'''

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
Among the changes made by the [[Omni Productions]] dub:
* Leozack says the Dorya come from "planet X2".
* Egg Rock goes unnamed, and instead the Decepticons have destroyed a number of monoliths, which are said to be in [[Wikipedia:Province of L'Aquila|L'Aquila]].

===Animation or technical errors===
*When he punches Hellbat, Leozack is colored like Drillhorn.
*The stock footage for Star Saber and Victory Leo combining starts with Star Saber putting on his battle helmet, but he was already wearing it.

===Transformers references===
*Hellbat's hatred of the wilderness was established back in "[[Mach and Tackle]]".
*The ''Illumina II'' was introduced in "[[Jean - Defend the Campus!!]]", where it previously displayed its smokescreen-creating abilities.
* Exactly what did the Decepticons feed the Dorya on during their breeding program? Come to think of it, why do only two members of the Dinoforce appear in this episode?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 02 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Victory'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Optional [[Omni Productions|Omni]] dub. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) — Optional Omni dub.

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[[Category:Victory episodes]]