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Proving Grounds (BW)

2012-05-03T23:01:22Z

50.98.203.13: /* Notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=46
|image=Proving Grounds title shot.JPG
|caption=Quick, before Silverbolt comes!
|title= "Proving Grounds"
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[February 14]], 1999
|written by= [[Arthur Sellers]]
|directed by= [[William Lau]]
|animation studio= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Blackarachnia leaves the Maximals, and is drawn into a dangerous hunt with Dinobot.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Proving Grounds Blackarachnia scan.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Nice curves.]]
The [[Maximal]]s examine [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], using a machine to display her insides. [[Rattrap]] is unimpressed with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], but [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] finds the lady's structure to be fascinating. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] finds the location of the [[shell program]] that [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] installed in Blackarachnia's protoform to make her into a Predacon. When the test is over, Blackarachnia responds aggressively to Rattrap's suspicion and Cheetor's infatuation, but [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] orders her to stand down. Frustrated with not yet being accepted, she leaves the [[Maximal]] base using a secret tunnel, but [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]], spying on the Maximals, watches her exit and follows.

In the outdoors, Blackarachnia reflects on her situation to a stray butterfly. Before she can execute the butterfly, she notices Dinobot hunting her. She leaps through trees and starts to hunt the predator. Soon, she ensnares and suspends Dinobot by her webbing. Dinobot cuts himself free and transforms to his robot mode. He accuses her of being a coward and walks away.

In the Maximal base, Rattrap enjoys a video game, but [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] deactivates the game to use the computers to find Blackarachnia. Rattrap cries over his lost game, while the [[Fuzor]] determines Blackarachnia to be in Predacon territory. Silverbolt convinces Rattrap to not report Blackarachnia's irregular whereabouts to Optimus Primal by mentioning [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]].

[[Image:Proving Grounds Dinobot trees.jpg|right|200px|thumb|What is it with Dinobot and logs?]]
In darker woods, Blackarachnia and Dinobot find each other again. But the spider realizes she has been fooled by a hologram, while the real Dinobot attacks her from behind using a strong tail swipe. The two fire at each other, and Dinobot dodges a falling tree. Blackarachnia runs, but Dinobot blasts down two trees, pinning the widow's legs under two massive pieces of lumber. Before he can carve into her, Blackarachnia is able to grab her gun and fire a shot into Dinobot at close range. With her enemy down, Blackarachnia tries to radio for help, but doesn't notice Dinobot being repaired by his [[Transmetal 2]] energies. Luckily, Silverbolt is already searching for his lady friend, tracing her scent.

The other Maximals figure out that Blackarachnia and Silverbolt are in Megatron's jamming zone.

[[Image:Proving Grounds Silverbolt.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Silverbolt was strapped the wrong way around on Goldfinger's table.]]
Blackarachnia keeps her guard up, aware that Dinobot is still hunting her. Silverbolt arrives, and is promptly shot directly in the chest. The two males battle, with Dinobot getting an upper hand. As Dinobot uses his heat vision to slowly burn Silverbolt's face, Blackarachnia fires her machine guns at her lover, announcing the fight is between Predacons.

Blackarachnia tries to convince Dinobot to form a private alliance. Dinobot rejects the idea and stuns her with a beam from his eyes. But Blackarachnia's conversation gives Silverbolt the time to stand up again. Dinobot's attacks, but discovers too late that Silverbolt had created a hologram of himself using the vaguely sexual looking holo-projector. He blasts the Transmetal 2 over the edge of one of those surprisingly common steep cliffs—but Dinobot climbs back up to level. However Blackarachnia fires a missile directly into his face, making sure he won't be able to climb up again.

[[Image:Proving Grounds Silverbolt Blackarachnia.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Shoulder massages always help.]]
As the sun rises, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt discuss the conversation about her betrayal that he overheard. She explains it was an attempt to fool Dinobot—a stalling tactic. Blackarachnia decides to leaves the Maximals—no longer desiring to let them distrust her as they do. Blackarachnia tries to leave, but her headbutt harms both Silverbolt and herself. Primal lands and explains that it's up to Blackarachnia if she wants to have the shell program removed. Blackarachnia is surprised to find out Optimus is pro-choice. Blackarachnia agrees to stay with the Maximals, but keeps herself the way she is.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (1)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Rattrap]] (5)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (7)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot II]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"What's the matter? Don't you trust me?" 
"Huh, about as far as an anvil can jump." [''forcibly grabbed by the neck''] "Of course, I mean that in the best possible way."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Hands off the metal, Sir Drools-a-lot."
:—'''Rattrap''' to Silverbolt

"Mood, setting...all I need now is my dance partner."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' on her "hunt"

'''Silverbolt:''' You're going to hear the truth if it... 
[''Blackarachnia turns around and headbutts Silverbolt, knocking him down.''] 
'''Blackarachnia:''' Warned ya...ohh, not such a great idea. 
[''Blackarachnia falls to the ground; she and Silverbolt groan.'']
:—'''Blackarachnia''' learns not to do something stupid the hard way.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Blackarachnia jumps out of the X-ray machine, she's missing her beast mode legs.
* The way the trees fall on Blackarachnia, her head and torso would have been trapped, with her legs sticking out.
* During the scene where the Maximals work out where Silverbolt and Blackarachnia have gone, a piece of green metal clips through Rhinox's chest.

===Transformers references===
* Blackarachnia refers to Optimus Primal as "[[Apeface]]" when she explains to Silverbolt why she's leaving the Maximals.

===Real-world references===
* The video game Rattrap plays has some aspects modelled after ''Street Fighter''. Optimus Primal tosses a projectile similar to Ryu's "Hadoken" and performs a spinning kick similar to Ryu's "Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku". The two characters in the game are a miscolored Megatron (Transmetal body) and Optimus Primal (using the body of pre-beast mode Megatron from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|"Beast Wars" (Part 1)]]).
*The next game Rattrap plays is a first person shooter, a la ''Wolfenstein 3D'' and ''Doom''. It consists of blasting many [[Waspinator]]s.
*When Dinobot is chasing Blackarachnia there is a shot in which she runs underneath a log while Dinobot runs right through it. This is a reference to a scene in the movie ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' in which the Jeep is being chased by the ''T. rex'' after its initial attack and they drive under a fallen tree while the ''T. rex'' smashes through it.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sauvetage'''" (Canada, "Rescue")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''In fuga''' ("On the Run")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Love Typhoon'''" (ラブタイフーン)

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fazendo Escolhas'''" ("Making Choices")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Prueba'''" ("The Test")

:*''Title:'' "'''La Prueba'''" (America, "The Test")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Love Typhoon ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 2 (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Proving Grounds (BW)

2012-05-03T23:00:41Z

50.98.203.13: /* Notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=46
|image=Proving Grounds title shot.JPG
|caption=Quick, before Silverbolt comes!
|title= "Proving Grounds"
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[February 14]], 1999
|written by= [[Arthur Sellers]]
|directed by= [[William Lau]]
|animation studio= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Blackarachnia leaves the Maximals, and is drawn into a dangerous hunt with Dinobot.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Proving Grounds Blackarachnia scan.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Nice curves.]]
The [[Maximal]]s examine [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], using a machine to display her insides. [[Rattrap]] is unimpressed with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], but [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] finds the lady's structure to be fascinating. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] finds the location of the [[shell program]] that [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] installed in Blackarachnia's protoform to make her into a Predacon. When the test is over, Blackarachnia responds aggressively to Rattrap's suspicion and Cheetor's infatuation, but [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] orders her to stand down. Frustrated with not yet being accepted, she leaves the [[Maximal]] base using a secret tunnel, but [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]], spying on the Maximals, watches her exit and follows.

In the outdoors, Blackarachnia reflects on her situation to a stray butterfly. Before she can execute the butterfly, she notices Dinobot hunting her. She leaps through trees and starts to hunt the predator. Soon, she ensnares and suspends Dinobot by her webbing. Dinobot cuts himself free and transforms to his robot mode. He accuses her of being a coward and walks away.

In the Maximal base, Rattrap enjoys a video game, but [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] deactivates the game to use the computers to find Blackarachnia. Rattrap cries over his lost game, while the [[Fuzor]] determines Blackarachnia to be in Predacon territory. Silverbolt convinces Rattrap to not report Blackarachnia's irregular whereabouts to Optimus Primal by mentioning [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]].

[[Image:Proving Grounds Dinobot trees.jpg|right|200px|thumb|What is it with Dinobot and logs?]]
In darker woods, Blackarachnia and Dinobot find each other again. But the spider realizes she has been fooled by a hologram, while the real Dinobot attacks her from behind using a strong tail swipe. The two fire at each other, and Dinobot dodges a falling tree. Blackarachnia runs, but Dinobot blasts down two trees, pinning the widow's legs under two massive pieces of lumber. Before he can carve into her, Blackarachnia is able to grab her gun and fire a shot into Dinobot at close range. With her enemy down, Blackarachnia tries to radio for help, but doesn't notice Dinobot being repaired by his [[Transmetal 2]] energies. Luckily, Silverbolt is already searching for his lady friend, tracing her scent.

The other Maximals figure out that Blackarachnia and Silverbolt are in Megatron's jamming zone.

[[Image:Proving Grounds Silverbolt.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Silverbolt was strapped the wrong way around on Goldfinger's table.]]
Blackarachnia keeps her guard up, aware that Dinobot is still hunting her. Silverbolt arrives, and is promptly shot directly in the chest. The two males battle, with Dinobot getting an upper hand. As Dinobot uses his heat vision to slowly burn Silverbolt's face, Blackarachnia fires her machine guns at her lover, announcing the fight is between Predacons.

Blackarachnia tries to convince Dinobot to form a private alliance. Dinobot rejects the idea and stuns her with a beam from his eyes. But Blackarachnia's conversation gives Silverbolt the time to stand up again. Dinobot's attacks, but discovers too late that Silverbolt had created a hologram of himself using the vaguely sexual looking holo-projector. He blasts the Transmetal 2 over the edge of one of those surprisingly common steep cliffs—but Dinobot climbs back up to level. However Blackarachnia fires a missile directly into his face, making sure he won't be able to climb up again.

[[Image:Proving Grounds Silverbolt Blackarachnia.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Shoulder massages always help.]]
As the sun rises, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt discuss the conversation about her betrayal that he overheard. She explains it was an attempt to fool Dinobot—a stalling tactic. Blackarachnia decides to leaves the Maximals—no longer desiring to let them distrust her as they do. Blackarachnia tries to leave, but her headbutt harms both Silverbolt and herself. Primal lands and explains that it's up to Blackarachnia if she wants to have the shell program removed. Blackarachnia is surprised to find out Optimus is pro-choice. Blackarachnia agrees to stay with the Maximals, but keeps herself the way she is.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (1)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Rattrap]] (5)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (7)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot II]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"What's the matter? Don't you trust me?" 
"Huh, about as far as an anvil can jump." [''forcibly grabbed by the neck''] "Of course, I mean that in the best possible way."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Hands off the metal, Sir Drools-a-lot."
:—'''Rattrap''' to Silverbolt

"Mood, setting...all I need now is my dance partner."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' on her "hunt"

'''Silverbolt:''' You're going to hear the truth if it... 
[''Blackarachnia turns around and headbutts Silverbolt, knocking him down.''] 
'''Blackarachnia:''' Warned ya...ohh, not such a great idea. 
[''Blackarachnia falls to the ground; she and Silverbolt groan.'']
:—'''Blackarachnia''' learns not to do something stupid the hard way.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Blackarachnia jumps out of the X-ray machine, she's missing her beast mode legs.
* The way the trees fall on Blackarachnia, her head and torso would have been trapped, with her legs sticking out.
* During the scene where the Maximals work out where Silverbolt and Blackarachnia have gone, a piece of green metal clips through Rhinox's chest.

===Transformers references===
* Blackarachnia refers to Optimus Primal as "Apeface" when she explains to Silverbolt why she's leaving the Maximals.

===Real-world references===
* The video game Rattrap plays has some aspects modelled after ''Street Fighter''. Optimus Primal tosses a projectile similar to Ryu's "Hadoken" and performs a spinning kick similar to Ryu's "Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku". The two characters in the game are a miscolored Megatron (Transmetal body) and Optimus Primal (using the body of pre-beast mode Megatron from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|"Beast Wars" (Part 1)]]).
*The next game Rattrap plays is a first person shooter, a la ''Wolfenstein 3D'' and ''Doom''. It consists of blasting many [[Waspinator]]s.
*When Dinobot is chasing Blackarachnia there is a shot in which she runs underneath a log while Dinobot runs right through it. This is a reference to a scene in the movie ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' in which the Jeep is being chased by the ''T. rex'' after its initial attack and they drive under a fallen tree while the ''T. rex'' smashes through it.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sauvetage'''" (Canada, "Rescue")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''In fuga''' ("On the Run")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Love Typhoon'''" (ラブタイフーン)

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fazendo Escolhas'''" ("Making Choices")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Prueba'''" ("The Test")

:*''Title:'' "'''La Prueba'''" (America, "The Test")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Love Typhoon ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 2 (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Other Victories

2012-02-03T06:34:12Z

50.98.203.13: /* Featured characters */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=50
|image=OVic opening.JPG
|caption=Sure is nice in the lifeless void.
|title="Other Victories"
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[May 5]], [[1999]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[William Lau]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''The aliens send their powerful new emissary Tigerhawk to Earth to stop the continued disruption of the time stream.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Oh yeah, we still have these two guys.]]
Somewhere in the vast universe, two entities are discussing the experiment on "[[Earth|Nexus Earth]]". Though the project was "sterilized", there remains a threat. The entities then reveal [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], then merge their bodies together, creating a new [[Transformer]]. The aliens inhabit the body and depart in a ball of energy, while two [[spark]]s follow.

[[Image:Judge Megatron.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Believe it or not, you may have better luck on [[Quintessa]].]]
At the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] are holding a "trial" for [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. [[Waspinator]] is the "defense", [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] and [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] are the jury, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] is taking the minutes, and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] is the judge, not to mention the fact that he's all dressed up for the occasion. Quickstrike begs for mercy, saying he doesn't know what [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s intentions for destroying the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] were, but offers to hunt him down for Megatron. Suddenly, the sensors detect an energy surge on a ballistic approach for the base. Tarantulas and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] both detect the surge as well and recognize that it can only be one thing.

The aliens are back.

[[Image:OtherVictories clash.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Flying Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]
The Predacons' automated defenses are ineffective against the anomaly, and Megatron orders them to abandon the base. Making contact, the energy ball destroys the Predacon ship instantly. [[Optimus Primal]] heads for the base, fearing that the spark of [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]] may have been destroyed, and sends [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] to assist.

From the ashes of the Predacon base, the alien Transformer appears and introduces himself as [[Tigerhawk]], emissary of the [[Vok]]. He dispatches the other Predacons with ease, then sentences Megatron to death for his interference with the timestream. The two battle, but Tigerhawk is victorious. During the fight, Cheetor is incapacitated. As Tigerhawk prepares the killing blow, Optimus arrives. Tigerhawk greets him in a friendly manner, but asks him not to interfere. Optimus tries to explain Megatron's situation, but is entombed in the earth for his efforts. However, Tigerhawk is attacked by Tarantulas's [[Arachnoid|spider drones]], which allows Tarantulas to drag him to his lair. Meanwhile, an unconscious Cheetor dreams that he is visited by the sparks of Tigatron and Airazor, who fuse together before he is attacked by the two Vok seen in the beginning of the episode. He wakes up to see the fused spark, which guides him to the lair and the emissary.

[[Image:Tarantulas death.JPG|right|150px|thumb|The most hardcore death of ''Beast Wars''.]]
At the lair, Tigerhawk revives and claims to know Tarantulas. The mad scientist states that he intends to use Tigerhawk to destroy the [[Maximal|Maximals]] while he detonates the ''Ark''. He also reveals why he wants to destroy it: Tarantulas and the [[Tripredacus Council]] are not descendants of the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], but have "other origins". This would allow them to control [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and conquer the universe. Cheetor jumps in around this time and looks on amazed at the scene. As Tarantulas activates the deprogramming device, the two Vok entities emerge from Tigerhawk's mouth and enter him. The device then shoots a bolt of energy at Tarantulas, which throws him into a nearby [[Energon crystal]]. The crystal detonates, destroying Tarantulas and the two aliens in a freakish yet totally hardcore manner. Cheetor manages to drag Tigerhawk out, but is knocked unconscious when the lair explodes.

Optimus locates Cheetor and Tigerhawk as the merged sparks of Tigatron and Airazor enter the emissary. Welcoming their old friends and new friend back, the Maximals depart for home…as Megatron watches on.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (3)
*[[Tigatron]] (4)
*[[Tigerhawk]] (5)
*[[Rattrap]] (13)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (14)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (15)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (16)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (6)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot II]] (8)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (9)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (10)
*[[Waspinator]] (11)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (12)

|c4=*Magenta-eyed [[Vok]] (1)
*Yellow-eyed Vok (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ooooo, Waspinator ''like'' defense! A little ''more'' defense, and maybe Waspinator not get blown up all the time!" 
''gulp'' "Looks like this is my last round-up." 
"Aheh-ahem! Two-Head throw Megatron in lava pit. Megatron ''angry''. Think Two-Head a traitor. Want to ''slag'' Two-Head. Waspinator down with that!"
:—'''Waspinator''' "defends" '''Quickstrike'''.

"I — I plum don't know! But I do know this. That dang spider double-crossed ''both'' of us. I'd be happy to track him down for ya, a-and kick his keister!" 
"Ah hah hah. 'Dang spider'. I applaud your good intentions. But we are ''through'' being lenient with traitors!"
:—'''Quickstrike''' learns that '''Megatron''' is no longer [[Master Blaster|tolerant of treachery.]]

"Well, i-i-if it's not a comet, what is it?" 
"Somethin' I thought we'd never see again."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Rhinox''', monitoring Tigerhawk's approach toward prehistoric Earth.

"They're back... just like Tarantulas always said they'd be."
:—'''Blackarachnia'''

'''Tigerhawk''': "I am Tigerhawk, emissary of the Vok. Your form's changed, but I know you, Megatron. The Vok charge you with the willful disruption of time and space. Surrender to me immediately. Violence will not be tolerated." 
'''Megatron''': [''chuckles''] "Megatrons do not surrender." [''transforms to robot mode''] "We conquer! Predacons, attack!"

"You're insane!" 
"So they say. Bblbllllaah!"
:—'''Tarantulas''' proves '''Tigerhawk'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s assertion.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*As the Predacons scramble for battle stations, Megatron's eyes are green instead of their usual purple.
*Before Megatron orders to abandon the ''Darksyde'', Waspinator screams "What should we do?!", then seems to practically vanish, dropping out of frame extremely rapidly and looking oddly two dimensional.
*As the Predacons open fire on Tigerhawk, Dinobot II fires a green beam instead of a red one.
*When Tarantulas' [[arachnoid|arachnoids]] attack Tigerhawk, he is missing the green visor over his eyes when one latches onto his face.

===Continuity errors===
*Despite being described as having "different origins" than being Decepticon descendants, in "[[The Agenda (Part 1)|The Agenda]]", the Tripredacus Council specifically refer to the Decepticons as being their ancestors while talking ''in private to themselves''. Bit of a glaring [[Retcon|retcon]] there (We could be charitable and assume they meant the Decepticon-born [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]).
*Considering at least some time has passed since the last episode, there's no logical explanation for why no one had bothered to explain to Rattrap that Megatron now had the original Megatron's spark and thus why he needed it explained to him in this episode. Nor has Rattrap been portrayed as anything but intelligent up until this point so that he'd need this explained to him a second time if we're to assume they did tell him and he just... forgot. This was likely only done to serve as exposition for the audience.

===Continuity notes===
* Cheetor has his last of four strange dreams in this episode, wherein Airazor and Tigatron appear to him and fuse together before his eyes. When he wakes up, he sees and follows the new joint spark over the landscape. He also sees the Vok in this dream before he sees them in real life, perhaps because Tigerhawk shows him or perhaps precognitive.
* Not only is this the first time that Airazor and Tigatron have appeared since being abducted in "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]," it's the first time they've even been directly mentioned by other characters. Some friends the Maximals are.
* In the comics continuity, Tarantulas survives this encounter and really used it as a means to absorb the Vok. That makes the fact that this super genius character idiotically killed himself by repeatedly blasting his death ray machine thing until it turned around and killed him... a little easier to swallow.
* This is the last episode to show Tarantulas, The Vok, Tigatron, Airazor and the [[Darksyde]].
*The ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' is seen on Tarantulas's computer. It will have significance in the [[Nemesis Part 1|series]] [[Nemesis Part 2|finale]]. They also show he's got the warship ready to be activated, so its presence on his computer screen may (in-universe) mean he was about to use it himself...
*When Tigerhawk is under the influence of the Vok his optics are solid green. Once Tigatron and Airazor's sparks enter his body, his optics are red with a yellow slit pupil.
*The gun Dinobot uses during Quickstrike's trial is one of the guns Rampage used in "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:TarantulasVok SignOfTheCross.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"The power of [[Christmas]] compels you!"]]
* During Quickstrike's court-martial, Megatron wears a barrister's wig like those worn by British attorneys and judges. Inferno acts as stenographer (complete with typewriter).
* As the Vok approach Tarantulas, he attempts to ward them off by forming a [[Jesus|crucifix]] with his fingers, a sacred item often used to ward off [[Energy vampire|vampires]] in folklore.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Victoire'''" (Canada, "The Victory")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un nuovo amico'''" ("A New Friend")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tadaima de Gozaru'''" (ただいまでござる, "I Hath Returned")

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Vitórias'''" ("Other Victories")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otras Victorias'''" (America, "Other Victories"

===Trivia===
* This episode [[To sell toys|really wants you to buy a Tigerhawk toy]]. Can you tell?
* In a bit of classic irony, Tarantulas has been trying to destroy the Vok for most of the series and has been attempting to manipulate their creations towards his own plans. However when he actually faces the Vok themselves he utterly loses it and just starts shooting like a maniac out of fear.
*While Tigerhawk is easily able to defeat six Predacons and hold off an entire Decepticon [[Nemesis (G1)|warship]] by himself, he is no match for a group of arachnoids.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — We Have Returned ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Proving Grounds (BW)

2012-02-02T07:53:24Z

50.98.203.13: /* Featured characters */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=46
|image=Proving Grounds title shot.JPG
|caption=Quick, before Silverbolt comes!
|title= "Proving Grounds"
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[February 14]], 1999
|written by= [[Arthur Sellers]]
|directed by= [[William Lau]]
|animation studio= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Blackarachnia leaves the Maximals, and is drawn into a dangerous hunt with Dinobot.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Proving Grounds Blackarachnia scan.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Nice curves.]]
The [[Maximal]]s examine [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], using a machine to display her insides. [[Rattrap]] is unimpressed with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], but [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] finds the lady's structure to be fascinating. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] finds the location of the [[shell program]] that [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] installed in Blackarachnia's protoform to make her into a Predacon. When the test is over, Blackarachnia responds aggressively to Rattrap's suspicion and Cheetor's infatuation, but [[Optimus Primal]] orders her to stand down. Frustrated with not yet being accepted, she leaves the [[Maximal]] base using a secret tunnel, but [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]], spying on the Maximals, watches her exit and follows.

In the outdoors, Blackarachnia reflects on her situation to a stray butterfly. Before she can execute the butterfly, she notices Dinobot hunting her. She leaps through trees and starts to hunt the predator. Soon, she ensnares and suspends Dinobot by her webbing. Dinobot cuts himself free and transforms to his robot mode. He accuses her of being a coward and walks away.

In the Maximal base, Rattrap enjoys a video game, but [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] deactivates the game to use the computers to find Blackarachnia. Rattrap cries over his lost game, while the [[Fuzor]] determines Blackarachnia to be in Predacon territory. Silverbolt convinces Rattrap to not report Blackarachnia's irregular whereabouts to Optimus Primal by mentioning [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]].

[[Image:Proving Grounds Dinobot trees.jpg|right|200px|thumb|What is it with Dinobot and logs?]]
In darker woods, Blackarachnia and Dinobot find each other again. But the spider realizes she has been fooled by a hologram, while the real Dinobot attacks her from behind using a strong tail swipe. The two fire at each other, and Dinobot dodges a falling tree. Blackarachnia runs, but Dinobot blasts down two trees, pinning the widow's legs under two massive pieces of lumber. Before he can carve into her, Blackarachnia is able to grab her gun and fire a shot into Dinobot at close range. With her enemy down, Blackarachnia tries to radio for help, but doesn't notice Dinobot being repaired by his [[Transmetal 2]] energies. Luckily, Silverbolt is already searching for his lady friend, tracing her scent.

The other Maximals figure out that Blackarachnia and Silverbolt are in Megatron's jamming zone.

[[Image:Proving Grounds Silverbolt.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Silverbolt was strapped the wrong way around on Goldfinger's table.]]
Blackarachnia keeps her guard up, aware that Dinobot is still hunting her. Silverbolt arrives, and is promptly shot directly in the chest. The two males battle, with Dinobot getting an upper hand. As Dinobot uses his heat vision to slowly burn Silverbolt's face, Blackarachnia fires her machine guns at her lover, announcing the fight is between Predacons.

Blackarachnia tries to convince Dinobot to form a private alliance. Dinobot rejects the idea and stuns her with a beam from his eyes. But Blackarachnia's conversation gives Silverbolt the time to stand up again. Dinobot's attacks, but discovers too late that Silverbolt had created a hologram of himself using the vaguely sexual looking holo-projector. He blasts the Transmetal 2 over the edge of one of those surprisingly common steep cliffs—but Dinobot climbs back up to level. However Blackarachnia fires a missile directly into his face, making sure he won't be able to climb up again.

[[Image:Proving Grounds Silverbolt Blackarachnia.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Shoulder massages always help.]]
As the sun rises, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt discuss the conversation about her betrayal that he overheard. She explains it was an attempt to fool Dinobot—a stalling tactic. Blackarachnia decides to leaves the Maximals—no longer desiring to let them distrust her as they do. Blackarachnia tries to leave, but her headbutt harms both Silverbolt and herself. Primal lands and explains that it's up to Blackarachnia if she wants to have the shell program removed. Blackarachnia is surprised to find out Optimus is pro-choice. Blackarachnia agrees to stay with the Maximals, but keeps herself the way she is.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (1)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Rattrap]] (5)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (7)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot II]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"What's the matter? Don't you trust me?" 
"Huh, about as far as an anvil can jump." [''forcibly grabbed by the neck''] "Of course, I mean that in the best possible way."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Hands off the metal, Sir Drools-a-lot."
:—'''Rattrap''' to Silverbolt

"Mood, setting...all I need now is my dance partner."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' on her "hunt"

'''Silverbolt:''' You're going to hear the truth if it... 
[''Blackarachnia turns around and headbutts Silverbolt, knocking him down.''] 
'''Blackarachnia:''' Warned ya...ohh, not such a great idea. 
[''Blackarachnia falls to the ground; she and Silverbolt groan.'']
:—'''Blackarachnia''' learns not to do something stupid the hard way.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Blackarachnia jumps out of the X-ray machine, she's missing her beast mode legs.
* The way the trees fall on Blackarachnia, her head and torso would have been trapped, with her legs sticking out.
* During the scene where the Maximals work out where Silverbolt and Blackarachnia have gone, a piece of green metal clips through Rhinox's chest.

===Real-world references===
* The video game Rattrap plays has some aspects modelled after ''Street Fighter''. Optimus Primal tosses a projectile similar to Ryu's "Hadoken" and performs a spinning kick similar to Ryu's "Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku". The two characters in the game are a miscolored Megatron (Transmetal body) and Optimus Primal (using the body of pre-beast mode Megatron from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|"Beast Wars" (Part 1)]]).
*The next game Rattrap plays is a first person shooter, a la ''Wolfenstein 3D'' and ''Doom''. It consists of blasting many [[Waspinator]]s.
*When Dinobot is chasing Blackarachnia there is a shot in which she runs underneath a log while Dinobot runs right through it. This is a reference to a scene in the movie ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' in which the Jeep is being chased by the ''T. rex'' after its initial attack and they drive under a fallen tree while the ''T. rex'' smashes through it.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sauvetage'''" (Canada, "Rescue")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''In fuga''' ("On the Run")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Love Typhoon'''" (ラブタイフーン)

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fazendo Escolhas'''" ("Making Choices")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Prueba'''" ("The Test")

:*''Title:'' "'''La Prueba'''" (America, "The Test")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Love Typhoon ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 2 (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]