Megatron Rising - Part 2

2008-04-06T02:12:19Z

58.160.59.123: /* Summary */

[[Image:SexyBeast.JPG|right|thumb|300px|He's bringing sexy back, yeah!.]]

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'''The Autobots are decimated by the Decepticon invasion, but still must rally to prevent the All Spark from falling into their clutches. '''

==Summary==
[[Image:MegaPrime.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Oh, it is so on.]]
As Megatron descends to ground level, Optimus, Prowl and Bulkhead look on in disbelief. As he lands, Bulkhead takes point, launching his wrecking ball, but Megatron calmly slices it off before backhanding Bulkhead into a nearby building. Prowl then attacks, but his throwing stars are easily deflected, and he finds himself on the defensive, dodging Megatron's swords. Taking cover behind a bridge support, he manages to avoid them, but Megatron's attacks destroy it, and two children are nearly crushed under the falling rubble, saved only by Optimus borrowing "a move from the Bumblebee play book", using a combination of his wheels and ax to dash forward and snatch the children up. Meanwhile, Prowl is pinned under Megatron's foot, and the Decepticon draws a sword, ready to take revenge for Prowl slicing off the remains of his arm fifty years ago. Optimus saves Prowl by using a combination of his grappler and ax to knock the sword from Megatron's grasp. The two leaders face off, but Megatron simply blocks Prime's blow and kicks him away. As Megatron reaches for his dropped sword, Optimus launches a grappler, tripping him. Megatron follows up by snapping the grappler's line and using it to swing Optimus into the side of a building.
[[Image:PayThePiper.JPG|left|thumb|200px|Megatron punishes Starscream for betrayal]]
In the tower, Blitzwing wants to join the fight, but Lugnut won't allow him to interfere in Megatron's business. As the two Decepticons argue, Dr. Sumdac tries to make a break for it, only to be blocked by Blitzwing. Meanwhile, Starscream holds a struggling Bumblebee while watching Optimus and Megatron battle, trying to decide whom he'll gain more from by helping, the Autobot or his would-be leader. On the ground, Optimus is taking a beating but says he will never reveal the AllSpark's location. Unfortunately, Megatron simply plans to use the key to track down the AllSpark. Punching Prime hard enough to send him skidding across the tarmac, Megatron calls out to his loyal Decepticons. Lugnut and Blitzwing immediately respond, and Starscream casually comments on his decision being made for him and throws Bumblebee away. As Lugnut prostrates himself, Starscream drops down on his head, ready to renew his tenure as Second in Command. Megatron comments on the appropriateness of Starscream's presence, takes aim on the Autobots...then quickly jams the key into Starscream's chest, seemingly draining him of life. Dropping the offline traitor, Megatron asks if there are any other dissenters. Getting a negative response, he turns back to the Autobots, only to discover they've used the distraction to escape. Blitzwing wants to chase after them, but Megatron believes the AllSpark takes priority. At his command the Decepticons transform and roll—er, rise up.

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marty Isenberg]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Ben Jones]], [[Ciro Nieli]], & [[Shunji Oga]]
*'''Original airdate:''' April 5, 2008

===Featured characters===

(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
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! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (10)

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

*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (5)
*[[Lugnut]] (6)
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (11)

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

*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (7)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (12)

|}

==Quotes==

"Time to borrow a move from the Bumblebee playbook." 
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' realising that a giant ax can't solve everything

"Decepticons, transform and rise up!" 
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' has his own version of [[roll out]].

'''Isaac''': Oh dear, this is all my fault! 
'''Sari''': What? It's not like you built Megatron in your lab or anything. 
''[Isaac Sumdac looks away and uncomfortably taps his fingers]'' 
'''Sari''': YOU BUILT MEGATRON IN YOUR LAB?! 
'''Ratchet''': On the bright side, now I don't feel so bad about losing your key. 
:{{m-}}One of several awkward moments this episode for '''Isaac Sumdac'''

"If we go down, we go down fighting. And I can't think of a better band of Autobots I'd be prouder to fight alongside." 
"Not even the Cybertron Elite Guard? Because I sure wouldn't mind having them here now." 
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' prepares to [[Furmanism|fight and die]] while '''Bumblebee''' would rather fight and live.

'''Ratchet''': Electromagnetic pulse, kid! 
''[Bumblebee and Ratchet cross their powers together and short out Blitzwing]'' 
'''Calm Blitzwing''': Curious. My electrical systems have gone offline. Which means{{m-}} 
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': {{m-}}I'M FALLING!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
:{{m-}}'''Crazy Blitzwing''' finds humor in everything.

"YOU WANT HEAT!? I'LL GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE{{m-}}OH SLAG, NOT AGA{{m-}}!" 
:{{m-}}'''Angry Blitzwing''', his own worst enemy.

"I trust you are comfortable in your chair!" 
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' to '''Isaac Sumdac'''. The choice of furniture was destined to come back to haunt him.

==Other notes==

===Continuity errors===
* At the beginning of the series, years were measured as solar cycles to Transformers, but Megatron refers to years as stellar cycles.
* Megatron said that Prowl slashed off his arm, while he actually lost it due to Starscream planting a bomb on his back. Prowl ''did'', however, slash a part off that remained after the explosion.
* Sari recognizes Megatron from his new earth alt mode despite never seeing it before, she also seems to know who Megatron is, despite never being told, either. Unless you count her experience with the All-spark, which never gives a name, just an image.
* Megatron asks Professor Sumdac if he is comfortable in his chair in the form of Megatron's hand, despite it being the wrong hand.

===Animation errors===
* When Ratchet catches Sari after Blackarachnia drops her, his right arm is intact. In the next scene, it's gone again.
* Also, when Ratchet, Bumblebee and Prowl are planning on how to stop Blitzwing, Ratchet's arm is intact again, but in the next shot, it's gone again.
* When Blitzwing changes faces after Megatron coldcocks Starscream, his face rotates vertically, not horizontally as it usually does.

*The black lanyard attached to Sari's [[Sari Sumdac's Key|key]] keeps disappearing and reappearing.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Ark in mountain.jpg|150px||thumb|right|Moral of the story: [[Ark II|Autobots]] [[Ark-19|cannot]] [[Ark (G1)|drive]].]]
* The manner in which the ''[[Ark (Animated)|Ark]]'' sticks out of the rock is reminiscent of the [[Ark (G1)|original ''Ark'']].
* Megatron's method of absorbing the power of the AllSpark, as well as Optimus's way of defeating him, are both nods to the 2007 Movie.

===Real-world references===
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===Miscellaneous trivia===
* The intro has a number of new sound effects added in.

* Despite the fact the ''Ark'' crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] and company are nowhere to be seen. [[Slag (slang)|''Slag!!!!'']]

* Putting the AllSpark into his chest did not kill Megatron, unlike his [[Megatron (Movie)|second cousin twice removed]].

* Virtually since the beginning of the series, fans have been theorizing that Sari might be a robot, given that she has no evident mother, her dad doesn't seem like the type that could hold down a relationship, and she's been isolated her whole life. Tara Strong fanned the flames of speculation in an interview when she commented that Sari's "entire identity could be a surprise." While the "robot" origin doesn't really seem to line up with what we saw in "[[Along Came a Spider]]" (where Sari withers and grows old) and "[[Nature Calls]]" (where she catches a cold), this episode gives us our first in-series hint that there is ''something'' mysterious going on in the Sumdac family, when Professor Sumdac attempts to tell Sari "something important" when he thinks its possible that they're about to die. Additionally, a point is repeatedly made of noting that the AllSpark "chose" Sari, and when she asks it why, an image appears of a DNA strand with a [[spark|glowing blue orb]] at its center. Hmmm...

* After 24 years, the Decepticons ''finally'' have an equivalent of "Transform and roll out." And it's one that makes perfect sense, considering that traditionally, all Decepticons can fly.

* Megatron's transforming sequence from helicopter to robot is just the sequence of robot to helicopter played backwards.

* Megatron actually punished Starscream for betraying him. You can count on your fingers all the times that has happened in all TF series combined.

* This episode proves that ''Animated'' Megatron is awesome and a total badass. But we had already guessed that.

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Headmaster (Animated)

2008-03-16T00:48:13Z

58.160.59.123: /* Animated */

:''The Headmaster is a [[human]] in the [[Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Headm_anim.JPG|right|thumb|180px|Galactus and the Leader's secret lovechild.]]

The '''Headmaster''' is the alternate identity of '''Henry Masterson''', a disgruntled [[Isaac Sumdac|Sumdac]] employee with the ability to take control of robots by replacing their heads with robotic heads that he controls. He's a gigantic dork who plays too many video games and seems to have crossed the line between reality and fiction. His vocabulary sounds like it's been taken out of an Internet blog, using terms like "noobs" and "total ownage!"

{{quote|The only thing better than getting toys... is breaking toys!|The Headmaster|"[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Animated===
:''Voice actor'': [[Alexander Polinsky]] (English)
{{spoiler|Headmaster (episode)}}
Henry Masterson was a nerd with an emo hairstyle who came up with a machine that can replace the heads of war robots. However, [[Isaac Sumdac]] did not like the idea, since Sumdac does not make war robots. So, in a fit of Donald Trump-esque rage, he dismissed Henry.

Henry decided that he didn't need Sumdac to produce his headmaster units, and reasoned that having his own company would be "wicked sweet." However his main problem was that he made the Headmaster unit much larger than most robot bodies could support, causing their legs to buckle and break. Henry was hard-pressed to find a proper host for the unit until he saw Bulkhead on television. The emo jerk ambushed Bulkhead and decapitated him before going on a rampage in the Autobot's body.

Then, the lunatic decided to activate a solar nuclear reactor ''thing'' that would BLOW UP ALL OF DETROIT WITH HIM IN IT. The Autobots managed to remove him from Bulkhead's body, only for him to activate the Headmaster unit's rocket jets. Thinking fast, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] tethered bulkhead's noggin to his grappling line and knocked the evil nerd from the sky. Unfortunately he still managed to elude capture by activating his invention's backup systems, demonstrating that it was a robot in its own right. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

==Toys==
===Animated===
*'''Bulkhead''' (Leader, 2008)
:The Headmaster appears as a second head that can be fitted over Bulkhead's head. This feature is available on all Leader class toys. Applying the head alters the sound gimmicks of said toys, causing them to play clips of the Headmaster.

==Trivia==
*The Headmaster is the first human supervillain in Transformers Animated who was not captured by the end of the episode. Guess he isn't a ''total'' loser.
*Like [[Nanosec|many]] villains in the series, his real name is a pun on his eventual supervillain name (''H. Masterson'', after all).
*The Headmaster unit DOES look alot like Galactus.

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