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Battle for Cybertron

2009-11-26T01:53:50Z

60.242.28.87: /* Notes */ Adding little error regarding dinosaurs

{{comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[Big Looker|Big Looker storybooks]]
|next=The Great Car Rally
|seriesissue2=[[Kid Stuff|Kid Stuff audiobooks]]
|next2=The Great Car Rally
|image=Battle_For_Cybertron_cover.jpg
|caption=Prime is either working on his crip walk or his car-surfing technique.
|title=Battle for Cybertron
|publisher=[[Marvel Books]], [[Kid Stuff]]
|coverdate=1984
|written by=[[Scott Siegel]]
|art by=[[Earl Norem]]
|pagecount=35 pp
|ISBN=
}}
'''Yet another retelling of how the Autobots came to Earth, but this time with awesome Earl Norem art.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Battle_For_Cybertron_battle.jpg|left|125px|thumb|This may be the most badass storybook art ever.]]
On the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], war raged between the peaceful [[Autobot]]s and the evil [[Decepticon]]s. The Decepticons want to conquer the universe, while the Autobots bravely resist them. The war raged for over a thousand years, shaking Cybertron out of its orbit. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] headed up a special mission to save Cybertron from its certain destruction. Other brave Autobot heroes agreed to join him.

The Autobots save Cybertron, but at a great cost - the evil Decepticons ambushed them, forcing Optimus Prime to crash the Autobot ship into the distant planet of [[Earth]]! Four million years later, a volcanic eruption awakens the Autobots' ship, which sets about repairing the crew... and the Decepticons! Awakening first, the Decepticons attack the Autobot ship, but the Ark, the Autobot ship's computer, is smart enough to put up a force field. Weakened by a lack of fuel, the Decepticons retreat, allowing [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] Witwicky to approach the mysterious craft.

[[Image:Battle_for_Cybertron_Autobots.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Okay, this one is pretty badass too...]]
[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] rolls out to meet them and brings the humans inside, where Sparkplug's mechanical know-how gets the Autobots up and rolling again. As the Witwickys ride home in [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], they discover that the Decepticons beat them there... and drained the city's energy! Once they were done refueling, they were certain to come back and finish off the Autobots. The Autobots, actually ''using their vehicle disguises for once'' hid out in vehicle mode and waited for the Decepticons to strike. Sure enough, the Decepticons assaulted the empty Autobot ship, finding themselves thoroughly thwarted by its defenses. Flanking around, the Decepticons strike in two waves. The first wave is easily dispatched by the disguised Autobots, but the second wave is much tougher. A null-ray blast from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] disables Optimus Prime and starts a panic amongst the Autobot forces. Luckily, Sparkplug repairs Prime, and the reinvigorated Autobots drive the Decepticons away.

Laughter, smiles, credits.

==Quotes==

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* Unidentified Autobot warriors (1-3)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (in shadow) (8)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (9)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (in shadow) (10)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]? (in shadow) (11)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (in shadow) (12)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (13)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]? (in shadow) (14)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (in shadow) (15)
* Unidentified Autobot soldier (19)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (31)
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (32)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (33)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]](34)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (35)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (36)
* [[Bluestreak]] (37)
|c2=
* Unidentified Tetrajet [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s (4-6)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (20)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (21)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (22)
* Unidentified Seekers (23-24)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] or [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (25)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (28)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (29)
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] or [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (30)
|c3=
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (26)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (27)
|c4=
* Some [[dinosaur]]s (16-18)
}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Battle_For_Cybertron_SCALE.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hold me closer, tiny Volkswagen.]]
* For a book called ''Battle for Cybertron'' they sure do leave Cybertron before it's halfway over.
* The unidentified Autobot troops at the beginning resemble Bumblebee's Cybertronian mode, but can fly in space.
* When Bumblebee is the first to volunteer for the mission to save Cybertron, Optimus Prime LAUGHS AT HIM. Then basicallly dares the rest of the Autobots to prove that they're as brave as Bumblebee.
* Bumblebee is a [[Scale|downright scrawny Beetle]] - he barely comes up to Sparkplug's chest!
* The trademark Earl Norem "headlight eyeballs" only show up once, as Bumblebee meets the Witwickys.
* Bumblebee is a "code name."
* Sparkplug is a total badass in this one. It's him, not Spike, that decides to investigate the Autobot ship, and then he performs repairs on Optimus Prime in the MIDDLE OF COMBAT.
* Sparkplug is a goddamned genius, too. Not only does he help repair the entire Autobot force and save Optimus Prime, he teaches the Autobots about geothermal energy (they ARE sitting on top of a volcano, you know.)
* Spike and Sparkplug live in the city of Kimball. There are a half-dozen Kimballs in the United States, none of which are larger than a couple-thousand people, and certainly not large enough to have their own nuclear power facility.
* Soundwave reads the brain of the Autobot ship - and it laughs at him.
* Did we mention that "The Ark" is the name of the Autobot ship's ''computer''? And it's got a personality?
* There are ''dozens'' of [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s in this one.
* The ship's collision into Earth sends the dinosaurs running about 61 million years after they became extinct.

==External links==
* [http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/books/big-looker/battle.html Battle for Cybertron] at Steve-o's Transformers Site

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Ransack (ROTF)

2009-06-27T07:13:22Z

60.242.28.87: /* Scout Class Toys */

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:''Ransack is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ROTFtoy-RansackScout.jpg|right|thumb|300px|So Hasbro said to themselves, "We can make just about anything for the movie line and people'll buy it? Well, let's go for friggin' broke."]]

Early in the development of flight technology on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], countless ages ago, '''Ransack''' was a pioneer. One of the first flying aces, his ruthlessness was feared by all. These days, though, he's old and outdated.

==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' novelization===
When [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] transported [[Sam Witwicky]]'s group through a [[Space bridge|transspacial portal]] to Egypt, the energy discharge caught the attention of Ransack, who followed them through his own portal. Ransack flew towards the group until his engine sputtered out and he crashed in front of Jetfire. Ransack then transformed and started to pick a fight with Jetfire, calling him a traitor. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] wanted to intervene, but Sam convinced him that the dispute was between the two of them and they shouldn't get involved.

Ransack took a shot at Jetfire, which caused no damage. Jetfire abruptly ended the conflict by stomping Ransack to [[death]].

Jetfire later identified himself and Ransack as [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]]s. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====Scout Class Toys====
[[Image:ROTF Ransack BattleMode.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Battle mode.]]
*'''Ransack''' (Scout Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-09'''
: Ransack is part of the second wave of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Scout Class figures. He transforms into a German [[:wikipedia:Albatros D.III|Albatros D.III]] biplane. This means he's really awesome. He has a non-firing weapon on each arm and totally metal details around the very large Decepticon [[insignia]]s on his wings. His official battle mode may be designed to give him mechanically-aided robot-mode [[flight]] capabilities. The ball joints on his shoulders are especially loose, and the pegs that hold his hands in place in vehicle mode (as well as the joints in his elbows) are much stronger. As such, his arms are going to pop off about 90% of the time while converting the figure.

==Notes==
* Ransack's ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Ransack (G2)|counterpart]] also has a propeller-driven airplane [[alternate mode]], though it's a single-wing fighter. The name Ransack has thus been used for both the only WWI era and WWII era Tranformer planes.
* [[Simon Furman]] has promised "Ransack is certainly a character that I'll be 'larging up'" in the [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] comic strip. [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/it-begins-again/]
* Ransack is not named in the novelization, but he is described as an elderly biplane with Decepticon insignias on his wings.

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[[Category: Revenge of the Fallen characters]]

Scorponok (BW)

2009-06-03T10:26:42Z

60.242.28.87: Adding info regarding Sourcebook

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:''Scorponok is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Scorponokbwpostcard.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Transforms into a scorpion. Surprise?]]
'''Scorponok''''s personality seems to have two main features: He's dumb, and he's loyal to [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (surprisingly so, considering Megatron's [[Terrorsaur (BW)|other]] [[Tarantulas|crew]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|members]]), and of those two features, only the loyalty seems to be consistent. He tries to serve Megatron to the best of his abilities, but when [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] is able to outwit you, there's only so much you have to offer.

Scorponok begins as Megatron's [[Sub-Commander|second-in-command]] on the ''[[Darksyde]]'', though he is insecure about the title and constantly tries to assert himself among the other Predacons who, aware of his shortcomings, generally dismiss or ignore him.

Scorponok's only other real contribution to Megatron's cause is in developing cyber-viruses that he delivers with his cyberbee drone. (This is impressive, actually, given his otherwise limited mentality.) However, these generally don't work out as he hoped, and so they've done little to increase his standing in the eyes of the other Predacons.

:''Japanese name'': '''Scorpos'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Scorpinor'''
:''Italian name'': '''Scorpionok'''
:''Polish name'': '''Skorpinor''' (Scorpinor. Surprise?)

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
[[Image:Scorponokbwdawn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Looking at him, he was probably called "Scorponok" before the Beast Wars, too.]]

====Timelines====
The Predacon that would be called Scorponok and [[Backslash]] were part of a mission to steal the sacred [[Maximal]] relic, the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], on behalf of [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]; in actual fact, "Scorponok" was loyal to [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and in on his plan to take the disk for himself. He was meant to bomb a power plant to aid [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|his partner's]] attack; he was almost caught by a guard but Backslash saved him, berating him for being sloppy. Later on, when Backslash was caught by a guard, "Scorponok" laughed and happily triggered the bombs, killing his alleged comrade. Nice guy. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

With the Disk in their hands, the thieves were picked up by their other comrades in a stolen ship, newly christened the ''Darksyde''. Soon after leaving Cybertron, the ''Darksyde'' was involved in a space battle with the Maximal vessels ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and ''[[Chromia 10]]'' and an unidentified Predacon ship. At its conclusion, only the ''Axalon'' and the ''Darksyde'' survived, and both ships passed through a [[transwarp]] portal to an unknown destination. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

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====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Don Brown]] (English), [[Masashi Endō]] (Japanese)

[[Image:BW Scorponok BW1.jpg|left|300px|thumb|I'm not dumb! I'll prove it by taking on Dinobot all by myself.]]
Crash-landing on an unknown planet, Scorponok and his peers were forced to take on organic beast modes to shield themselves from the planet's dangerous levels of raw [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]. Scorponok now transformed into an organic scorpion. When Dinobot furiously berated Megatron for foolishly marooning them on the wrong planet and attempted to attack his leader, Scorponok stood behind Megatron and waited for his cue to fire on Dinobot, sending the traitor far into the distance. Later, Scorponok participated in the first battle between the Maximal and Predacon factions and managed to trap [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor's]] leg under a boulder. However, the Predacons soon succumbed to energon overload. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

After recovering in beast mode, Scorponok and the lower-ranking Predacons were wagering who would win the battle between [[Optimus Primal]] and Dinobot until Megatron ordered them to fire on the unwitting combatants. After their shots failed to destroy the Maximals but instead revealed a massive energon cache buried inside a mountain, the Predacons moved out, followed by the Maximals. The two parties confronted each other at the energon cache, and Scorponok fought Dinobot in the one-on-one clashes that ensued. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

He shockingly succeeded in something, retrieving a mega-cannon and badly wounding Cheetor in an early mission... though only because [[Tarantulas]] helped. {{storylink|The Web}} Still, his loyalty was never in question, to the extent that when [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] took over, Scorponok simply walked off and fixed Megatron the ''instant'' Terrorsaur wasn't looking. {{storylink|Power Surge}}

Later, Megatron tasked Scorponok with a mission to create a virus for his [[cyberbee]] that would turn Optimus Primal into a coward. Ambushing the Maximal leader and Dinobot as they were on a botanical study near a waterfall, Scorponok managed to have his cyberbee latch onto Optimus when he attempted to help the traitor. Unfortunately, Optimus Primal fired off a shot before going down, dislodging the log Scorponok was sitting upon and sending him over the edge of the waterfall. To greater misfortune, Scorponok had botched the virus, turning Optimus Primal not into a coward, but a fearless, ultra-aggressive berserker. Both Scorponok and Megatron were blown up with the cyberbee when Primal ripped it off and chucked it at Megatron's back. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}} Other than this, Scorponok's major contributions to the Predacons were all related to the fact that he possessed nothing but heavy artillery for weapons. Sadly for Scorponok, the actual value of any shots he fired was limited with more or less a single exception: when he blinded the Maximals by detonating an energon deposit. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}}

Although he rarely did anything of importance, Scorponok once fought Dinobot one-on-one and gave a very good account of himself. When the Maximals invaded the ''Darksyde'' to retrieve their comrade [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], Scorponok not only held his own, but dominated the fight, up until the point where Dinobot used his rotary blade weapon to win. This is even more impressive when one takes into account he'd already gone a few rounds with the smirker [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] just prior. {{storylink|Dark Designs (episode)|Dark Designs}}

[[Image:BW Scorponok Terrorsaur deaths.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Oh, the... robotity?]]
After learning of Optimus Primal's destruction, Scorponok laughed along with his fellow Predacons, then congratulated Megatron, but was pushed away by his leader. Scorponok died along with Terrorsaur when the two, affected by the transwarp wave that turned Megatron into a [[Transmetal]], crashed their hover platforms into each other and tumbled into the lava beneath the Predacon base during the explosion of the [[Vok]]'s artificial moon. No one much noticed, though Blackarachnia pointed out that only Waspinator was present with Megatron when the Predacons arrived at the ''Axalon'' (only to keep herself from getting blasted). {{storylink|Aftermath}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' Sourcebook===

However, Scorponok and Terrorsaur were not actually dead-they were just in stasis lock. They awakened after the Beast Wars ended, finding themselves in Transmetal bodies. Scorponok got shafted, though-his new body didn't have a third vehicle mode like everyone else's. He had hover-fans with which he could fly, though, so that's likely a decent thing.

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=== Beast Wars Playstation Game ===
==== Predacon Mode ====
Scorponok is playable for the Predacon story mode. However, unlike the beefy rockets he cannons from his claws in the series, in the game, he fires an incredibly unimpressive stream of little green bolts, giving him low firepower. Like the rest of the characters in the game, his voice bears very little similarity to what he sounds like in the TV series, sounding more like a little girl with a cold.

==== Maximal Mode ====
In Maximal story mode, Scorponok is the boss for the Desert stages. The bout starts with him standing outside his base (yep, his own personal base), protected by a shield and complete with two autoguns (he'd been saving up for his own little place in the wasteland, obviously), on the opposite side of a canyon from the Maximal. Whilst the autoguns fire, he also unleashes volleys of his "almighty" green bolts. Once the guns are destroyed, the whole shield program shuts down. Scorponok then begins strafing and firing, but after a few more hits, he falls into the canyon. However, the guy isn't finished yet. The next stage starts with the Maximal jumping into the canyon and battling Scorponok close up. The two still fire at each other with guns, though, as the game has no melee. However, Scorponok boasts an unexpected advantage in this fight: He is quite short, meaning that if you're playing a taller character, sometimes the only easy way to hit him is to jump over the Predacon's head and shoot him. After a few more blasts, Scorponok collapses (and presumably the Maximal loots his base).

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
* '''Scorponok''' (Mega, 1996/1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-2'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:Scorponok transforms into a fairly organic but highly inaccurate black scorpion. The right pincer contains a small, spring-loaded [[Cyberbee|bee drone]]-type gimmick which can be launched, while his left pincer has a firing missile launcher. He also features exactly the same transformation as pretty much every Scorponok toy ever, transforming into a robot with his pincers serving as his arms and his tail hiding behind him. Owing to his design's extensive usage of ball joints, he has a high range of articulation.

: In Japan, Scorponok was released without notable changes at first. Come 1997, he and most of the rest of the show-cast toys were [[redeco]]ed to be more "show-accurate", with wildly varying degrees of success. Scorponok's black plastic was replaced with a charcoal gray, and that's about it.

: This mold was later used to make [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]] and [[Double Punch (BW)|Double Punch]].

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[[Image:VS2-PolarClawScorponok.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"North Pole Showdown"? Good luck, Scorp.]]
*'''North Pole Showdown: Whiteclaw VS Scorpos''' (Vs set, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-2'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: In Japan, Scorponok was available both as an individual and in a two-pack with [[Polar Claw]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases. It is unknown if the set ever came with the [[Redeco|redecoed]] "show-like" version of Scorponok.

: Amusingly, both toys are packaged in beast mode with their smaller partners deployed, making it look like the fight isn't going so well for Polar Claw.

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[[Image:McScorponok-toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Oo oo. C'mon party people. Oo oo. Put your claws in the air.]]
* '''Scorponok''' (Happy Meal premium, 1998)

: Since Scorponok got killed off in order to introduce [[To sell toys|new prod—er, ''characters'']], he was granted a "Transmetal" toy as part of the second McDonald's ''Beast Wars'' Happy Meal promotion. He transforms like every other Scorponok, except his shoulders can't go lower than a few degrees from pointing up, meaning all he can do is "raise the roof." It's cast mostly in gauche magenta and "metallic" gold soft-plastics to prevent little kiddies from breaking it.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:ToyFair96ScorpGriz.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The most effective stealth ever.]]
* Scorponok was first advertised on the back of the [[Optimus Primal]] versus [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] two-pack at the start of the ''Beast Wars'' line with a completely different color scheme. The toy itself was cast completely in transparent orange and blue plastic, which would have made it remarkably fragile at the joints. Another version cast in pink translucent plastic and having the final claw coloration surfaced in 2006, although this could likely be explained by the random plastics used in [[Prototype|test shots]].

* Scorponok's pre-Beast form in "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]" is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Shortround]], but in "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]" he is based on [[Scorponok (Energon)|''Energon'' Scorponok]], even though the latter story is set immediately after the former, with no real opportunity for him to change bodies in between.

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Scorponok/scorponok.htm Scorponok at TFU.info]

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Scorponok (Movie)

2009-06-03T10:17:51Z

60.242.28.87: Adding info regarding the RotF repaint of the Deluxe

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:''Scorponok is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie Scorponok Procterrender1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|This is his first major role since ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' as Scorpitron. This role he likes better because he doesn't get blown up.]]

'''Scorponok''' is a small [[Transformer]] with a symbiotic connection to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]. His main drives are to hunt, destroy, and hunt some more, and nobody knows if he's truly barely sentient or is actually a cunning opponent getting friend & foe alike to underestimate him. Just as Blackout would often be found looming powerful and silent by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], Scorponok is always near Blackout, except in those times he has been sent to kill.

Since he can tunnel underground with frightening speed, he's incredibly good at ambushing. His favorite pastime is playing Hide and Seek with unsuspecting players, be they robotic or organic. He prefers to be hider ''and'' seeker. On Cybertron, he was deliberately left behind on battlefields so he could use his chameleon mesh armour plating to blend in perfectly with the background, then ambush any Autobot patrols that would arrive. Thanks to this, Megatron gave him more autonomy than other Decepticons would get, as he admired Scorponok's genocidal zeal.

He may retreat, but he'll come back. He kills Autobots. He never gives up.<ref>Character Profile: Scorponok in [[Transformers #9]] (Titan)</ref>

:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Wēn-yì''' (瘟疫, "Plague")

== Fiction ==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie prequel comics===
Scorponok and Blackout, who ordinarily never leave [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s side, were dispatched to join [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s forces elsewhere on Cybertron while Megatron closed in on the [[All Spark]]. After the group realized that both the All Spark and Megatron had left Cybertron, Blackout ended an argument with Starscream over what to do next by deploying the fearsome Scorponok. {{storylink|Planetfall}}

Soon after the Decepticons launched a battlecruiser to pursue [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s starship, they were unwittingly led into a trap and crippled by mines. Also damaged was Starscream's forward scout [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]], who was rescued by Scorponok. The Decepticons limped back to Cybertron in humiliation. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

[[Image:HoorayScorponok.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Adorably bloodthirsty.]]
After repairs were made to their ship, they followed the energy signature of the All Spark to [[Mars]], then to [[Earth]], where Scorponok adorably helped out in the massacre of a United States military installation in [[Afghanistan]]. {{storylink|Planetfall}}

{{note|IDW's comics thus far have the only two fictional depictions of Scorponok's robot mode (which was designed for the toy) and show that he has always had a scorpion beast mode, meaning it was not a form he assumed once on Earth. His beast mode is just alien enough to work, but you can explain his name yourself.}}
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===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
Scorponok helped Blackout fight [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and later sabotaged the ''Ark''. [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] trashed Scorponok for this act. He was saved by Blackout, who was still recovering from a massive beating by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. What a pal. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

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===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
[[Image:Movie Blackout Scorponok eject1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Oh, slag, I forgot the Bungee cord!]]

During Blackout's attack on the [[United States Military|US]] [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], the Decepticon helicopter dispatched Scorponok to seek out and destroy an escaped unit under the command of [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]].

[[Image:Movie Scorponok leapsout.jpg|250px|thumb|HUUUGZ!!!]]

The next morning, as the surviving soldiers discussed the attack, Scorponok observed their conversation from a distance while hidden in the sand. Targeting Lennox for elimination, Scorponok followed the unit as they made their way to [[Mahfouz|the human boy's]] village. Choosing his moment to strike just as the men stopped on the outskirts of the settlement, his attack was foiled when [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] saw the metal scorpion tail pointed at Lennox's back and shouted a warning. (Well, it wasn't so much a warning as it was a very, very panicked "''WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!''" followed by gunfire, but hey, it counts.) The other soldiers joined in the firefight as Scorponok dove under the sand to confuse them before impaling [[Donnelly|Sgt. Donnelly]] and dragging him below.

[[Image:Scorponok hurt.JPG|left|250px|thumb|I'm not having fun any more.]]

Driving the soldiers into the village, Scorponok fired a barrage of missiles, which destroyed the ruins that the village had grown around and critically injured [[Jorge Figueroa|Figueroa]]. Unfortunately for Scorponok, Lennox's distress call to the [[Pentagon]] had gotten through, and an [[United States Air Force#MQ-1 Predator|MQ-1 Predator]] drone relayed images of the Decepticon to astonished US military commanders. They immediately sent two [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|A-10 Thunderbolt IIs]] to attack Scorponok, to little effect, then followed up with an [[United_States_Air_Force#AC-130_Spectre|AC-130 Spectre gunship]], which damaged Scorponok enough for him to dive back into the sand and escape, leaving his broken tail behind.

Scorponok's tail was transported back to the States aboard a [[United_States_Air_Force#C-17_Globemaster_III|C-17 transport]]. Lennox, Epps, and several other soldiers examined it en route, which led to the discovery that the only damage the armor didn't either shrug off or quickly heal was the "6000-degree magnesium burn" of a sabot round. Armed with this knowledge, the humans knew they now had a weapon that could hurt the invaders. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' comics===
{{note|The following event is unique to the Titan Magazines continuity.}}
[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and a team of US Special Forces went looking for Scorponok. (Captain Lennox was originally meant to oversee this mission but was reassigned.) Hunting his hunters, Scorponok attacked Ironhide and took control of his motor functions, having him rampage through the humans. Luckily, one of them was able to sever the connection with a shot, and Ironhide smashed the Decepticon to pieces. {{storylink|Scorpion Sting}}

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[[Image:SkyblastVersusScorponok.jpg|left|260px|thumb|"DIE, empty space next to Autobot! DIE!"]]

Scorponok spied on a team of Moon-based Autobot reinforcements {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} and later helped [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] battle them. {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}}

''Much'' later, during the [[Decepticon Civil War]], he was Blackout's trump card against [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]. He not only failed, he was thrown as a ''projectile weapon'' against Blackout. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}
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===Toy bios===

Scorponok actually ''led'' the hunt for the AllSpark during the absence of Megatron, and this gave him a taste of command. He happily started using Megatron's own style of super-brutality to keep the troops in line, and looked forward to bumping off his leader and taking full command of the Decepticons. {{storylink|#Deluxe Class toys|Desert Attack}}

The disastrous failure on Earth evidently cocked ''that'' up, as poor Scorpy was left behind by the other Decetpicons in the [[Middle East]]. His attempt at remaining out of sight have failed, and he is constantly being pursued by Bumblebee. {{storylink|#Legends Class toys|Legends Scorponok}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
He's back! {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

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==Games==
==="Flight of the Bumblebee" online game===
Scorponok was one of a group of Decepticons who trapped Bumblebee in a canyon. He stood around on a rocky butte, walking back and forth and waiting for Bumblebee to drive up to him. When the Autobot dropped in, Scorponok immediately opened fire, blasting Bumblebee continuously. Unfortunately, Bumblebee had the idea to shoot back, blasting him right out of the picture with just one shot. {{storylink|Flight of the Bumblebee}}

===Transformers The Game===
[[Image:Scorponok 2007game babygotback.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Coolest. Backpack. Ever.]]
After Blackout scrapped the military base in Qatar, Scorponok was sent to destroy five mobile communications vehicles, succeeding in his task. Scorponok went and did his own thing while Blackout searched the databanks for information on Megatron and the All Spark, but reunited with Blackout in time for their escape.

After arriving in [[Mission City]], Scorponok fought through a horde of [[Energon drone|Energon drones]] to secure the All Spark. Sam Witwicky nearly handed Scorponok the All Spark, but Ironhide punted Scorponok. That made Blackout very mad... {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}
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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Voyager Class Blackout companions====
[[Image:MiniScorponok.jpg|right|144px|thumb|I'm just an accessory.]]
*'''Blackout''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-01'''

: Blackout comes packed with a small silver figurine of Scorponok, who himself features a spring-loaded tail. He is usually stored in a cage on the rear of Blackout's helicopter mode. (Note: The spring in the figurine's tail is oriented not to spring the tail forward, but to help propel the figure out of the cage so that it lands right-side up.)

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* '''Blackout Ver. 4500X''' (Lawson exclusive Voyager Class, Japan 2007)

:This Voyager Class Blackout repaint, exclusive to the Japanese convenience store chain Lawson with the purchase of the movie DVD, came with a redeco of the small Scorponok figurine that came with the regular Voyager Class Blackout, in metallic colors that better match the Deluxe Class Scorponok toy (and the movie CG design, of course).

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[[Image:Mov2007-toy PremiumScorponok.JPG|right|162px|thumb|I'm just a Premium accessory. But face it, I got better colours.]]
* '''Blackout''' ("Premium Series" Voyager Class, USA 2008)

:This redeco of the Voyager Class Blackout toy appears to be based on the same plastic color layout and paint mask as the Japanese Lawson exclusive "Version 4500X" redeco of Voyager Blackout, down to the improved paint on the Scorponok mini-figure. As a matter of fact, both toys might turn out to be outright ''identical'', packaging aside.

:Unlike some of the early "Premium Series" toys, Blackout was available as a mass release.

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====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Legends Bumblebee Scorponok toys.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ironically, more robot-like than the deluxe-sized one.]]
*'''Bumblebee vs. Scorponok''' (Legends Allspark Battles two-pack, 2008)

: Legends Scorponok is the smallest transforming figure of ''Movie'' Scorponok yet. He features a better-proportioned robot mode and better articulation for the legs than the Deluxe Class version. In fact, he's one of the best articulated Legends-sized toys to date. Even his claw hands are able to rotate. He does bear a resemblance to a [[Scorponok (BW)|previous version]], though. The only version of the mold released thus far comes packed with a slightly redecoed Legends Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Face it, ''he'' should've come with Voyager Blackout.

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:Move DeluxeScorponok toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ever notice [[Scorponok (disambiguation) |every Scorponok]] has the same transformation? Claws into claws, legs from the main body, tail sits behind, hoping to be ignored...]]
*'''Scorponok''' (Deluxe Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-04'''

: Scorponok is a robotic scorpion. His body is covered in military warning and command designation markings, suggesting he forms part of a larger military vehicle ([[Blackout (Movie)|hint, hint]]). Two wheels on the bottom of his beast mode, when pushed along a flat, smooth surface, rotate gears that cause the turbines in his body and the pincers on his arms to spin. His tail features a spring-loaded, yet non-launching stinger that extends when a latch is released.

: In beast mode, Scorponok can combine with the underside of [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] helicopter mode to exploit the larger Decepticon's own gear gimmick system. A geared shaft linked to Blackout's rotor mechanism connects to a geared peg on Scorponok's back. Thus, pressing the button on Blackout's tail not only rotates his blades, but also rotates Scorponok's pincers and the turbines in his body. (This can also be done with [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] due to him being a retool of Blackout.) This gimmick can also be activated (more easily) by rotating the geared wheels on Scorponok's undercarriage instead.

: Deluxe Scorponok can transform into what might be ''charitably'' called a robot mode, but was most likely added as an afterthought to the design for added play value (and possibly so Hasbro could actually justify selling the toy as a "Transformer" by itself). The later Legends Class toy features a considerably better-executed bipedal robot mode. In any case, this robot mode never appears in the movie, but does appear briefly in the second Target-sponsored [[Planetfall|Movie Prequel comic]] and in [[The Reign of Starscream issue 1]].

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[[Image:Movie DecepticonDesertAttack 2pack.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ignoring the vast difference in scale between Scorponok's two figures while linked to Blackout takes some imagination.]]
*'''Decepticon Desert Attack''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive two-pack, 2007)

: This package, based on their first appearance in the film, features an unchanged Voyager Blackout packaged with an unchanged Deluxe Scorponok, which was exclusively available at Toys "R" Us stores. Since Voyager Blackout was gang-molded with the miniature Scorponok figure the single release came with, this means that the set contains ''two'' Scorponok toys in different sizes.

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*'''Ultimate Bumblebee Bonus Value pack''' (Wal*Mart exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

:A Wal*Mart-exclusive special pack of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Ultimate Bumblebee]] with Deluxe Class [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]] and Scorponok as bonus figures. None of the three toys are changed from their respective original releases.

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[[Image:Movie ScreenBattles DesertAttack.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Scorponok now comes with little people to kill.]]
*'''Desert Attack''' (Screen Battles, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SB-03'''

:This pack features a minor [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class Scorponok sporting "sand" paint applications on his body. The pack also comes with non-posable figurines of [[Epps|Sergeant Epps]], [[Jorge Figueroa]] and [[Donnelly|Sergeant Donnelly]]. They are packaged in a special window box featuring a diorama depicting the battle at [[Mahfouz]]'s village.

:According to details listed in an official checklist on Hasbro's website<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=Collectors/Checklist Hasbro Transformers Collectors Checklist]</ref>, this pack was originally supposed to include "4 soldiers". Apparently budget ultimately only allowed for three. The fourth one was most probably supposed to be [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]], who was included with the Screen Battles "Capture of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]" set instead, colored as a [[Sector Seven]] soldier.

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===Attacktix===
[[Image:Attacktix-MovMegsScorp.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I am going to KILL Yukon Cornelius.]]
*'''Battle Masters Megatron and Scorponok''' (Battle Master set, 200?)

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Voyager Class Grindor companions====
*'''Grindor''' (2009)
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====Deluxe Class Toys====
*'''Stealth Scorponok''' (2009)

:A redeco of the original Deluxe Scorponok toy in black, grey, and red. The deco scheme bears a strong resemblance to [[Scorponok (BW)|another Scorponok.]]
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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Rhscorpprime.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ripped straight from that scene they didn't appear together in.]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Scorponok''' (2007)

:Scorponok is naturally sculpted in his beast mode for his Robot Heroes release. Cast in gray plastic, he has gold and black paint apps for color. His head is quirked to the side, and his pedipalps are bent into a ''possible'' standard-issue smile. He is articulated only at the pincers' shoulder joints, but his tail and legs are made of soft enough plastic to wiggle about. (The tail is much too short to sting anything other than his own back.)

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==Notes==
* In the film, Scorponok is a silent hunter-killer sent by Blackout. This has caused some conflicting depictions in the fiction and toy bios of Scorponok's level of intelligence. Some present him as being barely alive and merely an animalistic drone, and this is a commonly accepted view. After all, [[Ratbat (G1)#Trivia|non-humanoid Transformers aren't important or noteworthy]]. Another bio, by contrast, describes him as having ''leadership'' ambitions, and his Titan Magazines profile implies strongly that he fakes being a bestial drone to give him a psychological edge.
[[Image:Movie Scorponok headprop.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Now I'm the Headmaster!]]
* Real physical props of Scorponok's head and tail were made by ILM's crew for certain scenes, most notably Lennox and Epps's examination of the tail leftovers on the plane. The head prop was used in the close-up of Scorponok stalking the SOCCENT survivors.<ref>[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/PROJPAGE_Trans_08.html Ben Procter's portfolio, depicting CGI models and life-sized props for Scorponok]</ref>

* According to writer [[Roberto Orci]] on the official Transformers Movie board, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] was originally going to appear in the movie (back when Blackout was still supposed to be [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]])<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=234188&postcount=2008 Roberto Orci confirms that Ravage was replaced by Scorponok at the official movie boards]</ref>, but was later changed to Scorponok when the setting of the opening scene was changed from jungle to desert.<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=234188&postcount=2008 Roberto Orci confirms that Ravage would have appeared in a different terrain at the official movie boards]</ref> This would make Scorponok's scorpion form the ''robot mode'' (in the same fashion Ravage's panther mode was the robot mode), whereas his "alternate mode" is actually a part of Blackout's engine.

[[Image:Geturboshaftengine.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Turboshaft engine that film Scorponok transforms from. You can almost see the bits of Donnelly.]]
* Exactly ''which'' parts of Blackout turn into Scorponok is a little unclear. The center of his body appears to be made of a [[wikipedia:General_Electric_T64|General Electric T64]] turboshaft engine; his transformation/separation sequence in the movie shows that his forearms are made up of part of the side exhausts, and therefore ''also'' consist of parts of T64 engines. How this is possible, considering an MH-53 Pave Low only features ''two'' T64 engines, is up to anyone's guess.

* Meanwhile, the various markings found on the CGI model's design, the life-sized props and Hasbro's Deluxe toy are taken from all kinds of places on Blackout's helicopter mode, most prominently the cockpit and the tail.<ref>[http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/mh53jreferencefr_1.htm Detail close-up photos of a real MH-53 Pave Low]</ref> Some of those markings can also be found on props used for the scene which features the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] dumping the Decepticons' remains into the ocean.<ref>[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2006/10/pics-from-uss-shoup-of-transformer.html Behind the scenes photos taken aboard the [[Wikipedia:USS Shoup (DDG-86)|''U.S.S. Shoup'']], depicting props from the movie used for the scene which features the US Navy dumping the Decepticons' remains into the ocean]</ref> Considering Blackout didn't appear to be missing any integral parts of his alternate mode in the movie's final act, it seems that either Scorponok reattached himself to Blackout after he escaped the US Air Force's counterattack in Qatar (and was therefore part of Blackout during the final battle), or Blackout somehow magically regrew the parts that were previously made up by Scorponok.

* In the feature "From Script to Sand: The Skorponok Desert Attack" on the movie's bonus DVD, production designer [[Jeff Mann]] suggested that Scorponok was "birthed" from Blackout, thus suggesting that he might be more of an autonomous extension of Blackout himself, similar to [[Roller]]. Screenwriter Roberto Orci later confirmed that as far as he was concerned, Scorponok was something between a symbiont and a "drone", rather than a fully fledged character.<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showpost.php?p=1159482&postcount=9822 Orci confirming his view of Scorponok]</ref> The [[Ghosts of Yesterday]] novel would go on to unambiguously identify him as a symbiont.

* A leaked early draft of the script<ref>Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref> spells his name "Skorponok". That spelling is also used by [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s [[Transformers (novel)|novelization]] of the movie and in the menus for the movie's bonus DVD (most notably the featurette named "From Script to Sand: The Skorponok Desert Attack"). Hasbro themselves used the [[Scorponok (G1)|traditional]] [[Scorponok (BW)|spelling]] "[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]" for their toys, even though a wallpaper on Hasbro's website spells the name "Scorponock".<ref name="hasbrodemolishor">[http://www.hasbro.com/objects/content/wallpaper.cfm?img=wp_transformers651_1280.jpg&brand_id=496&lang_id=1 Wallpaper at Hasbro's website calling Brawl/Devastator "Demolisher".]</ref> Meanwhile, in interviews, Michael Bay constantly refers to him as "Scorponox", and a preorder listing for the movie score even uses the spelling "Skorpinok".<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Steve-Jablonsky/dp/B000VFGQHK Amazon.com preorder for the movie score]</ref> Come on, people! It's not like his name's Mxyzptlk. (Even though misspelling Scorponok's name is not quite [[Scorpinok|unprecedented]].)

* Speaking of real, the famous shot of Scorponok leaping from the sand in pursuit a trio of soldiers, the shot used in a lot of the promos? Scorponok is the ''only'' element of CGI in that shot. The sand-explosion behind the soldiers is real, caused by carefully timed explosives placed under the dunes, which certainly must have encouraged the actors to run like hell—the looks of fear on their faces are 100% genuine. The overwhelming majority of explosions, flying cars, and broken buildings in the movie are similarly real effects, not CGI.

* Scorponok is the only Transformer in the movie whose name is not spoken or stated in any way. Well, arguably [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] fits in that category too...

* In [http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-04-01-transformers-first-look_N.htm an interview] for [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]] Roberto Orci stated that the Decepticon beasts didn't speak because it would be "strange," for audiences to hear Scorponok's English accent.

==Footnotes==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Scorponok/scorponok.htm Scorponok at TFU.info]

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[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Movie characters]]
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Depthcharge (ROTF)

2009-06-03T10:09:00Z

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{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'' character|the [[Imperial Peace Marshal]] from [[Beast Wars]]|Depth Charge}}

:''Depthcharge is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ROTFtoy-DepthChargeScout.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Slag land, I'm a boat, motherslagger!]]

'''Depthcharge''' is an expert in a field that is neglected by most Autobots and [[Decepticon]]s—ocean tactics. Using his stealth boat mode, he is a skilled spy on the water.

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Scout Class Toys====
*'''Depthcharge''' (Scout Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-12'''

:Depthcharge transforms into a stealth warship. He features swiveling (non-firing) missile pods on [[ball joint]]s on his shoulders in robot mode and the aft of his ship mode. He also has an official battle mode.

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[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category: Strategists]]
[[Category: Spies]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Cyberbee

2009-04-24T11:25:21Z

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:''The Cyberbee is a piece of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] technology from the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Cyberbee.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

==Fiction==
===Beast Wars cartoon===
[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok's]] '''cyberbee''' made its debut attaching itself to [[Optimus Primal]] in an attempt to weaken him and make him a coward. Instead, out of Scorponok's own incompetence, it turned him into a [[wikipedia:Berserker|berserker]]. He gained control only long enough to get out, then go Rambo on the Preds. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] offered him a deal: his allegiance in exchange for the anti-virus. Optimus refused and proceeded to rip the bee off of himself, initiating the detonation sequence, and threw it square on the back of Megatron's neck. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] grabbed the anti-virus and injected it into Optimus, reviving him. Scorponok pulled the bee off of Megatron just in time for it to blow up in their faces (quite literally). {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare|Gorilla Warfare}} It was used once again to scout out the [[Flying island|Flying Island]], allowing Scorponok to see what exactly was there. Unfortunately, [[Tigatron]] got ahold of it and reprogrammed it to send a message to the [[Maximal|Maximals]]. Cheetor automatically shot at the bee when it arrived, but thankfully, he missed. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1|The Trigger, Part 1}} A Cyberbee was successfully used to record damage the Maximal base had taken in an electrical storm. It was then scrapped by Cheetor. {{storylink|Possession|Possession}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Scorponok''' (Mega, 1996)

Available only with Scorponok, the Cyberbee transforms from part of Scorponok's claw to a bee.

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[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Beast Wars characters]]

Headmaster (Animated)

2009-03-22T06:41:50Z

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{{disambig3|Headmaster}}
:''The Headmaster is a <s>L33T H4x0r</s> [[Human|human]] from the [[Animated|Animated]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[Image:Headm anim.JPG|right|300px|thumb|LOLbots.]]
The '''Headmaster''' is the alternate identity of '''Henry Masterson''', a disgruntled [[Sumdac Systems|Sumdac Systems]] 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 is littered with slang from teh internets, with terms like "n00bs" and "Total ownage!"

The Headmaster's control unit possesses a veritable arsenal of onboard weaponry, with grenades, missiles, and lasers, the latter of which can be used for combat or to decapitate his robot victims. The control unit can also transform from head to bipedal robot.

{{quote|TOTAL OWNAGE!|The Headmaster...all the time.|"[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]]"}}
==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Alexander Polinsky|Alexander Polinsky]] (English), [[Alexander Doering|Alexander Doering]] (German)

[[Image:Henrymastersonandhead.jpg|left|200px|thumb|All ur face r belong 2 us.]]
Henry Masterson grew up tinkering with Sumdac Systems robots and got a job as an engineer for them at a relatively young age. His genius caught the attention of his superiors, and he eventually had the honor of presenting his "Headmaster" project, a human-piloted transforming battle suit that could remove and replace the heads of automatons, to [[Isaac Sumdac|Isaac Sumdac]] himself. The demonstration went awry when the Headmaster unit proved to be too heavy for his robotic test subject, making it collapse and sending its weaponry towards [[Detroit|Detroit]]. Sumdac, incensed by Masterson's plans to put his invention to military use, fired him in a fit of Donald Trump-esque rage.

[[Image:Headmastertotalownage.jpg|right|150px|thumb|im in ur body shootn ur doods]]
Masterson apparently absconded with his Headmaster prototype and went off to sulk and play with his Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots. He decided that having his own company would be "wicked sweet", as would exacting his revenge on Sumdac. Needing a robot sturdy enough to support his control unit, he chanced upon a news report on [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. The emo jerk ambushed and decapitated Bulkhead and subsequently went on a rampage in the Autobot's body.

He demolished several Sumdac [[Police drone|police drones]] en route to a solar power plant. Dubbing himself "the Headmaster", he hijacked local television broadcasts to deliver his ultimatum: Unless he was paid $700 billion, personally delivered by Isaac Sumdac, he would set the [[Solar fusion reactor|solar fusion reactor]] to overload, which would result in the obliteration of the entire state of [[Michigan|Michigan]] (including Masterson himself). Sumdac arrived in a [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|tractor trailer]], accompanied by [[Sari Sumdac|his daughter]], [[Captain Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]], and a [[Bumblebee (Animated)|small]] [[Prowl (Animated)|convoy]] of [[Ratchet (Animated)|vehicles]]. Sumdac offered Henry the money, but the Headmaster grabbed him and announced his intention to take the ransom money and destroy the city of Detroit anyway, then use the threat of future robot attacks to sell his Headmaster units to the military.

[[Image:TFA Headmaster Bulkhead body rampage.JPG|left|175px|thumb|I d00 it for teh lulz!]]
When he checked the trailer for the money, he found only the enraged head of Bulkhead. The convoy of vehicles revealed themselves as the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and engaged the Headmaster in combat. After taking a pounding from them, the Headmaster unleashed the weaponry of his control unit. He managed to corner Optimus Prime and began to slice the Autobot leader's head off. Prevented from doing so thanks to an ambush by Bulkhead's severed head, the Headmaster was soon felled by Prowl. Masterson decided to flee, but his flying Headmaster unit was knocked out of the sky by the still-disembodied Bulkhead. With the Autobots distracted by the overloading reactor, the Headmaster transformed his head unit into robot mode and fled. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

Once [[Porter C. Powell|Porter C. Powell]] took control of Sumdac Systems, he was quick to rehire Masterson in the interest of reaping that lucrative arms market for which Isaac lacked the taste. Powell gave Masterson Sari's bedroom as his office while in the process of kicking her out of it. Masterson was quick to make himself comfortable and started planning renovations to hook the place up for some major gameage. Powell wasn't about to let his employee just slack around, though, and put him to work on a new Headmaster Unit project, even giving him [[Tutor Bot|Tutor Bot]] and [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]] to outfit with smaller Units and laser-shooting upgrades.

[[Image:Returnofheadmaster headmastersvictim.jpg|right|150px|thumb|0v3rc10ck3d.]]
The Headmaster wanted more than just little bots to tinker with, however, and stole [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]'s body, upgrading it as well. He would have gotten away with it, but Optimus managed to track him down, defeat Sentinel's possessed body, and take the Headmaster to justice. At least, he was ''almost'' brought to justice, until Powell showed up and wriggled his employee out of a legal loophole. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster|The Return of the Headmaster}}

[[Image:TFA ABTC2 Head Starscream.jpg|left|150px|thumb|This ended in EPIC FAIL]]
When the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] completed the [[Space bridge|space bridge]] that would transport them to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] had [[Lugnut|Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] retrieve a Headmaster unit from Sumdac Tower to coerce Bulkhead into helping them repair the bridge. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}} During a battle between the Decepticons and [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and his [[Starscream clone|clones]], Isaac Sumdac of all people used the Headmaster to body-jack Starscream, only to be decapitated by an unimpressed Megatron. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Furious that his Headmaster unit had been absconded with, Masterson was unintimated when Sari returned to [[Sumdac Tower]] with Isaac in tow, informing the Sumdacs that the Autobots would return his Headmaster unit to him and or "heads would roll". At which point Optimus Prime picked him up from behind and asked for clarification on whose heads would be rolling. Furious at their actions while running the company, Isaac Sumdac immediately fired both Porter C. Powell and Henry Masterson.

[[Image:TFA TransWarped Masterson captured.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Say it with us, folks: "Total ownage!"]]
Enraged that he had been fired again, Masterson tracked his Headmaster unit to the mine, where he discovered [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'s body, ready to be taken over. After a brief fight with Bulkhead the next day, Masterson returned to Detroit, then listened in on Isaac Sumdac's phone calls. Learning that Sumdac was heading to meet Sari at [[Burger Bot]], Masterson ambushed the "happy family", only to be interuppted by Optimus Prime again. A struggle followed, destroying the Burger Bot in the process. Finally, Prime taunted Masterson into transforming, saying that a "n00b" like him might have trouble with it. Screaming that nobody called him a "n00b", Masterson iniated a transformation, only for his Headmaster unit to be crushed and shot off Starscream's body when it began. As Starscream's body flew into the river, Masterson was captured by Optimus Prime and turned over to the police. Lets see how far his slang gets him in prison. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

{{spoiler|Three's a Crowd}}

Following the battle, Masterson's battered Headmaster unit was brought to Isaac Sumdac's laboratory, where the professor expressed distress over how it seemed to be watching him wherever he stood. When Sumdac and Bulkhead started constructing a space bridge in the room, an accident tore a hole in the floor, sending the Headmaster unit plunging through several floors of Sumdac Tower alongside a forklift and a few [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] fragments. Reacting to these two components, the fragments gave life to [[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]]; a [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicon]] with the ability to take control of other Transformers' motor functions. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}}

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==Toys==
===Animated===
*'''Bulkhead''' (Leader, 2008)

:A non-transforming Headmaster accessory comes packaged with Bulkhead, able to snap into place over the head of the figure and alter its electronic sound and light gimmicks. Once attached, the Headmaster will scream "Total ownage!" and all of Bulkhead's lights (normally yellow) turn red. The Headmaster can attach to all other ''Animated'' Leader class figures, although Megatron's instructions do not refer to this feature, and the Headmaster does not alter his electronics. In comparison, Ultra Magnus's instructions ''do'' call out of the gimmick, but the Headmaster still apparently does not unlock any new sounds or lights.

:While box photography show the Headmaster accessory with [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] solid pink antennae, the final production version has clear plastic antennae. Although this is presumably intended to utilise a light-piping style technique in order to light up from Bulkhead's flashing lights, it... doesn't work very well.

==Trivia==
* The Headmaster is the first ''Animated'' supervillain to escape capture by the end of his first episode. Guess he isn't a ''total'' loser.

* Like [[Nanosec|some]] villains in the series, his real name is a pun on his eventual supervillain name.

* Because the Headmaster unit is not a Transformer, its transformation sound is very different.

* Headmaster seems to be the Transformers equivalent of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Freak_%28villain%29" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Control_Freak_(villain)">Control Freak</a> from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Titans_%28TV_series%29" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Teen_Titans_(TV_series)">Teen Titans cartoon</a>, even having the same voice actor, [[Derrick Wyatt|creator]], and similar manner of speaking. Although Headmaster's peculiarities are centered around computers, Control Freak's were centered around television.

* [[Derrick J. Wyatt|Derrick J. Wyatt]] incorporated a number of features common to a number of [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] heads into Masterson's robot, although his pointy bits and coloration are a loose homage to [[Loafer|Loafer]].

* Wyatt stated that the anime series ''<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann">Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann</a>'' did not have any influence on the design of Headmaster's head-robot, as Wyatt had not seen the series till most of the first season of ''Animated'' was complete. He expressed regret, as in retrospect, he'd have liked to include some of the ''Gurren Lagann'' design elements.<a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a>

* Masterson is every phony Internet tough guy you've ever met.

==References==
<div class="references-small">
<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0">[#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&postID=8564559979841180115 Comments section of "Back from Botcon" in Derrick Wyatt's blog]</ol></div>

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Dinobot (BW)

2008-06-10T11:10:33Z

60.242.28.87: /* Beast Wars */

{{Template:Disambig3|Dinobot}}

:''Dinobot is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] and [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Dinobotbwx.jpg|thumb|right|250px| "You lived like a warrior ans died to an hero."[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/ee52db9e103fd5a8?hl=en&]]]

'''Dinobot''' is a Predacon ruled by honor. He lives to die gloriously in battle. When he aided [[Megatron_(BW)|Megatron]] in the theft of the [[Golden Disk]] under the order of [[Cryotek]], Dinobot believed he was in the pursuit of endless glory. But when he and his Predacon peers crashed on what seemed to be the wrong planet alongside a Maximal exploration vessel, he rebelled against Megatron and joined the Maximal team. It would be an uneasy alliance, fraught with turns of loyalty and turns of Shakespearean phrase. But it also led to strong friendships and even the salvation of all humanity.

{{quote|The question that has haunted my being has been answered: The future is not fixed. My choices are my own. And yet, how ironic, for I now find I have no choice at all. I am a warrior; let the battle be joined.|Dinobot|"[[Code of Hero]]"}}

:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Kung-lung''' ("Dinosaur"), '''Muo Lung''' ("Demonic dinosaur")
:''Cantonese name:'' '''Dillonburg'''

==Fiction==
===''Dreamwave's More Than Meets The Eye''===

During the theft of the [[Golden Disk]], [[Megatron (BW)|He Who Would Be Megatron]] also scanned the historical datatrax of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s. He failed to notice the approaching guard until Dinobot dispatched him with his sword and insisted they speed up the operation.

===''Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past''===

Megatron and Dinobot joined [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] in escaping the archives with the Golden Disk, avoiding patrolmen [[Unit 1]] and [[Unit 2]]. They made their way to the rendezvous with the [[Darksyde]], and headed off into space to activate their transwarp drive. The [[Axalon]] and the [[Chromia 10]] took chase, but Dinobot blew the smaller ship out of the sky.

===Beast Wars===
''Voice Actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Keiji Fujiwara]] (Japanese), [[Luiz Carlos de Moraes]] (1st voice), [[Jorge Barcellos]] (2nd voice) (Brazil)

[[Image:BWDinobot_arrival.jpg|left|thumb|"Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair... wher''ever'' the hell we are."]]

When Megatron stole the Golden Disk and fled to prehistoric [[Earth]], Dinobot was among his followers. But immediately after crash-landing, Dinobot turned on his leader, claiming that he had led them to the wrong planet. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} Unfazed by the tirade, Megatron had Scorponok blast him, and he left Dinobot for dead.

Focused solely on Megatron's destruction, Dinobot sought out the Maximals and attempted to take command of their group. He forced [[Optimus Primal]] into a fight to the death, which was interrupted by a Predacon attack. After Dinobot helped the Maximals, Optimus accepted him into the fold - not as a leader, of course, but still as a valued team member. This didn't sit well with the other Maximals, particularly [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], but over time the two became a strange sort of friends. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

Dinobot provided not only brute force, but an understanding of the enemy: When [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] infiltrated the Maximal base, Dinobot feigned a desire to team up with him and overthrow Megatron. Lulling him into a false sense of security, Dinobot eventually took care of him with the trash disposal unit - all without firing a shot, and the other Maxies never even knew. {{storylink|Equal Measures}}

But through it all, Dinobot had only one true loyalty: to his personal sense of honor. This he described as Predacon in nature, although he often appeared far nobler than his former comrades. Still, he was really no Maximal either; his ethics stemmed from his hard, warrior outlook. Always the first to call for action, he was often the recipient of Primal's lectures. For instance, when the Maximals unexpectedly created a transporter to the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], Dinobot demanded they send a bomb to destroy them all. Primal, however, insisted on a thirty-second timer to allow them time for evacuation, along the theory that if they lose their base, they're helpless anyway - no need to kill them outright.

[[Image:2char8.jpg |thumb|right|[http://xahlee.org/p/titus/act4s2.html "Villain, I have done thy mother."]]]

As time went on, Dinobot inevitably became attached to the Maximals (This was especially obvious in his love/hate relationship with Rattrap, and the respect shared between Optimus and himself). When a Cybertronian probe was detected, he helped his teammates attempt to contact it, despite the fact he dreaded a return home. After all, he was a criminal even in Predacon terms, and he had no hope for a warm Maximal reception. {{storylink|The Probe}} Thus, when the Maximals later thought that Megatron's band had been destroyed, Dinobot elected to remain on Earth while the Maximals repaired their ship and launched it. However, just as Dinobot wandered off to explore the world that had become his, he stumbled across the not-so-dead Predacons, who attacked the Axalon and grounded the Maximals once again.{{storylink|Victory (Beast Wars episode)|Victory}}

Despite his increasing loyalty to the team, his violent heart occasionally created rifts. Most notable was his reaction to [[Tigatron]]'s pacifism: When the tiger tried to leave the Maximals in grief over the accidental death of his best friend, Dinobot argued vociferously with the "coward." He simply could not comprehend what Tigatron was saying: that in order to stop the fighting, someone had to lay down his gun. Dinobot could only see desertion, and for that he nearly killed Tigatron, who refused to fight back. But Primal interrupted before any damage was done, and Tigatron later came back to battle to save Dinobot from a Predacon attack, making the whole point moot. {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}}

[[Image:Coc getshorty.jpg|thumb|left|"The course of true love never did run smooth".]]
The confrontation with Tigatron revealed more than just Dinobot's warrior ethic. He explained to Tigatron a bit of his motives for turning against Megatron: He feared that if Megatron used Earth's energon supply to wage a new war, Cybertron would burn as a result. But, of course, Dinobot had helped Megatron steal the disk in the first place, the stated goal having been to find energon. This appeared to be a contradiction (or massive change of heart) on Dinobot's part, but later revelations would fill in a larger picture.

The catalyst for these insights would be the destruction of the [[Planet Buster]] moon and most of the energon deposits, making it obvious that they were on Earth after all. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} Dinobot broke into the Predacon base and stole the golden disks. He gave the [[Alien Disk|Vok disk]] to [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], but the Voyager disk he hid from both sides. He knew that it contained information about the future, and it cut to the core of his being: "If the future is indeed immutably foretold, then my demise is but moments from that confirmation, for I could not live if not the master of my fate."

[[Image:BWDinobot_decision.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"To Bay or not to Bay; that is the question, and here is the sunset"]]

His desire to discover whether the future could be changed kept him focused on Megatron's actions. When Predacon installations were placed in a Voyager-disk-like pattern, Dinobot remarked, "So, Megatron, your plan proceeds even without the disk." {{storylink|Maximal, No More}} This apparent knowledge of Megatron's plans had two implications: It explained Dinobot's original allegiance to the thief, which had nothing to do with energon-gathering. And it gave him reason to rejoin Megatron's circle as the possibility of the original plan's fruition reemerged.

Thus, he resubmitted himself to Megatron's command, but the Maximal influence still showed itself. When he was pitted in a deathmatch against [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in a bizarre test of loyalty, Dinobot subdued his foe but refused to kill him, offering to train him instead. But Megatron accepted the prodigal son anyway, as long as he returned the Golden Disk. Dinobot complied. He admitted to himself that he might be sacrificing his own race, but "either way I will know the truth at last."

After the artifact was back in Megatron's hands, Rattrap attacked and was quickly immobilized. As a final test of allegiance, Dinobot was ordered to kill his former teammate. This task proved too much for him, and he turned once again on the Predacon leader. Megatron retreated with the disk in his possession, and it's implied that Dinobot then told Optimus about Megatron's plan to attack [[Ark (G1)|the Ark]].

After contemplating suicide and enduring Rattrap's recriminations, Dinobot decided to set things right. {{storylink|Code of Hero}} He tracked Megatron down and found him testing the Voyager disk. Megatron had discovered a mountain whose image was recorded on the disk, and he was blowing the peak up just as Dinobot arrived. From a distance, Dinobot saw his greatest hope and worst fear simultaneously: The disk's image changed. Dinobot's future was his own... but Megatron had virtually limitless power.

[[Image:Dinbot_funeral.jpg|left|thumb|"Out, out, brief spark! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor mech that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more"]]

When the Predacons launched an attack on a tribe of proto-humans, attempting to destroy the future human race, Dinobot singlehandedly took all of the Predacons on. Having already been blindsided by Tarantalus, he waded through the attack squad. Ignoring the damage he sustained, the warnings of his own internal computer, and the danger to himself, Dinobot defeated everyone save Megatron. Mocking the weakened Dinobot, Megatron tallied the score firmly in his own favor: He had unimaginable power via the disk, the valley of the proto-humans was in ruins, and he had hostages. Refusing to quit, Dinobot jammed a rock through a stick and attacked with the makeshift hammer. Megatron dropped the disk, and Dinobot blasted it to pieces with his last bit of energy. A short time after the rest of the Maximals arrived, Dinobot's spark left his frame.

He was given a hero's funeral, with his body cremated as the Maximal fliers executed a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_man_formation Missing Man formation]. His legacy remained even with the anthropoids, who found his hammer and used it as a weapon.

Dinobot died as he lived: paraphrasing Shakespeare. "Tell my tale to those who ask," his last words had been, "Tell it truly—the ill deeds along with the good—and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence."

Except then Megatron [[Dinobot II|cloned him]]. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}}

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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Dinobot''' (Deluxe, 1996/1997)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-4''', '''VS-4'''

[[Image:BeastWars_Dinobot_1996_toy.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Wasn't he in ''Jurassic Park''?]]

: Part of the first wave of ''Beast Wars'' product, Dinobot transforms into something kinda resembling an organic Utahraptor. His tail detaches and separates to form a gear-powered spinning-blade weapon, while the central "tail bone" separates to be used as a sword. The entire assembly can store in robot mode by flipping down the tail-mount and pegging the blade's base to the peg on his lower back. Like all early Deluxe-and-up ''Beast Wars'' toys, he has a "mutant mask", halves of a dino-skull that flip up to cover his more robotic head.

: The original Dinobots shipped on cards with "rocky"-shaped bubbles. Later (and more numerous) assortments moved to a smooth, rounded bubble, leading the first packaging type to become sought-after collectibles on the secondary market.

: In Japan, Dinobot was available both individually and in a "Vs" set with [[Tarantulas]]. This version was identical to the [[Hasbro]] version. In January 1997, Takara [[redeco]]ed many of the ''Beast Wars'' toys and re-released them in slightly more show-like tones; Dinobot actually got ''less'' tan to his dino-skin (moving further from the show model), and his helmet was painted in metallic gold. This version was also sold in a Vs set.

:It should also be noted that this and the Fox Kids redeco, as well as some other versions of this mold, had the robot mode's biceps on the wrong arms, with the skin-like texture inside and the weight-reducing cavities on the outside. Later molds, such as the 10th Anniversary release, had this error corrected.

: This mold was used to make... lots of guys. ''Beast Wars'' [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], ''[[Dinobots (toyline)|Dinobots]]'' [[Grimlock (Dinobots)|Grimlock]], ''[[Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Hardhead (BWN)|Hardhead]], [[Dinotron]], and [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]].

*'''Dinobot''' (Happy Meal Transmetal, 1998)

: Part of the second McDonald's ''Beast Wars'' Happy Meal promotion, [[Transmetal]] Dinobot transforms into a metal velociraptor. His molding looks more like a Transmetal 2 than a normal Transmetals, though.

*'''Dinobot''' (Fox Kids Deluxe, 1999)

: The Fox Kids repaint of Dinobot is more dark brown than the original, with red stripes instead of the original's brown, a red face (the original was blue), and green eyes.

===Beast Wars 10th Anniversary===

*'''Dinobot''' (Tenth Anniversary Deluxe, 2006)
[[Image:BW10Dinobot_toy.jpg|left|thumb|300px|He disagrees with everything that T-Rex says, but you know they're best friends.]]

: This release is a redeco of the original Dinobot toy, though its "show-accuracy" is questionable at best, with an excessively dark (faintly bronzed) brown base-colour and, oddly, using blue on his kneepads, metallic green on his rib-like shin ridges, and inexplicably substituting the red interior of his rotor weapon with blue.

: ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' Dinobot came with the left arm to the "build-a-bot" figure [[Trans-Mutate]], plus a DVD containing the obvious Dinobot episode, "[[Code of Hero]]".
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===Timelines===
*'''Darksyde Dinobot''' (Dawn of Futures Past multi-pack Deluxe, 2006)
[[Image:Botcon2006Dinobot_toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Can you dig it?]]

: Part of the five-toy [[BotCon 2006]] [[exclusive]] boxed set (along with [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Optimus Primal]], [[Rattrap]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]), "Darksyde Dinobot" is a redeco of the ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]] mold, itself a [[retool]] of ''[[Armada]]'' [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]]. Dinobot uses almost all of Longrack's new-mold parts save for the head; Hoist's was a dead ringer for Dinobot in the first place. He transforms into a Cybertronic excavator. Inserting a [[Cyber Key]] or [[Golden Disk Key]] into his shoulder assembly unlocks a shovel-punch attack activated by pressing on the plunger mechanism above the key port. Like Longrack, he does ''not'' come with a [[Mini-Con]] partner (dammit).

: The original version of this mold was also used to make ''[[Universe]]'' [[Ransack (Universe)|Ransack]].

===Beast Wars Telemocha Series===
[[Image:Japanese10thDinobot.jpg|left|thumb|250px|At last, I CAN TALK!]]

*'''Dinobot''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TM-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Rotating weapon, sword
:Celebrating Japan's (one year later than the West) 10th anniversary of ''[[Beast Wars]]'', this version of Dinobot is another redeco of the venerable tooling. While definitely more [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]] than the Hasbro 10th Anniversary version from the previous year, some of its color-scheme decisions favor the robot mode, such as bronze/gold shoulder joints. The effect of this however is to have a less consistently colored beast mode than the Hasbro version. It is worth noting that even this version lacks the medium blue used for the base of the show model's lower legs and torso (though this may be due to them being on the same sprue as his "lightpipe" and mutant helmet), so the "ultimately totally show-accurate-colored" version still has yet to be done.

: Perhaps most significant of all, however, is that this version of Dinobot ''finally'' has a mouth, though it is in the form of a paint operation, rather than a newly-sculpted head.

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==Merchandise==
*'''Dinobot mini bust''' (2007)

[[Image:BWDinobot_minibust.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Legs are for the weak]]

: In 2006, [[First 4 Figures]] announced a seven-inch tall mini-bust of Dinobot, featuring his upper torso mounted upon a Maximal pedestal. He was sculpted by Ryan Bailey and is limited to 1,996 pieces. He is based upon his animated appearance, mounted on a silver pedestal adorned with the Maximal sigil.

: As of writing, this product has not been released yet.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:BWRConcept04.jpg|right|thumb|Dinobot's control art. The beast head displays a more rigid grill structure.]]

* It's been rumored that Dinobot's first toy borrowed some molding from an unproduced [[Kenner]] ''Jurassic Park'' dino. There's no evidence at all to support this, however, and it is incredibly unlikely to begin with.
[[Image:TMDinobotConcept.jpg|right|thumb|Raptor and... squatting Raptor? It's a jet powered squat, surely.]]
* An actual (IE non-McDonald's affiliated) Transmetal Dinobot apparently made it to concept art stages, but not much further. It would have been notable for having the lamest "transport mode" of all the Transmetals if produced, however. Several elements of the design were recycled on Transmetal [[Terrorsaur]].

* The [[Timelines]] "Darksyde Dinobot" color scheme is actually based on his Tenth Anniversary toy.

* Some fans humorously refer to Dinobot's spinning blade weapon as a "Rotate Blade". However, both the full-length version of the first ''Beast Wars'' toy commercial and a later commercial (starring Dinobot, Waspinator and Tarantulas) refer to the weapon as being his "spinning Veloci-Rotor blades" whereas his packaging referred to it as a "Cyberslash" weapon.

* Dinobot was second under Megatron before rebelling....probably because he was the only one who knew one end of a blaster from the other.

*It's interesting to note that almost every single character in the Beast Wars gets thrashed twice as hard as Dinobot in his final battle and yet they all came back good as new. [[Waspinator|Some]] rarely even have to bother with Stasis Lock. Funny, that.

*Dinobot's death was likely related more to energon depletion than actual damage, evidenced by his internal computer urging him into stasis lock because of a critical loss in power. The injuries he received are probably what caused this depletion, making them the indirect cause of his demise, but not the sole contributing factor.
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Dinobot/dinobot.htm Dinobot at TFU.info]
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/ee52db9e103fd5a8?hl=en& "Dinobot's Old Technology" by MG-Dinobot]

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Legends Class (2005)

2008-06-01T07:44:17Z

60.242.28.87: /* Wave IV */ Added Australia to the list of places where these can be found as singles, as I found Bonecrusher on his own.

This line of 3" Transformers was originally available in smaller "[[Market six]]" chain stores like Meijers for around $3.99, although later waves were available at Toys "R" Us and K-Mart. The molds are scaled down versions of [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]-original figures, with less detail and different transformations.

Later, the molds were [[redeco]]ed in G1-style color schemes for the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' line. The latest entries in the line features character designs from the new live-action [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'' movie]], with more ''Classics'' themed redecos of the ''Cybertron'' molds as part of a new [[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe line]] due in 2008.

{{Note|There is some confusion as to the actual name of the price-point. It was variously solicited online as'' Cybertron All-Stars, Cybertron Micro Series, ''and'' Legends of Cybertron. ''However, both the'' Classics '' and live action movie versions and Hasbro Toyshop now list the figures as being'' Legends ''class, so that title seems to have won out.}}

==''Cybertron''==

===Wave I===
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]

===Wave II===
*[[Evac]]
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]]
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]

===Wave III===
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (''Cybertron Defense'')
*[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]
*[[Vector Prime]]

===Wave IV===
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (Excellion)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (''Galaxy Force'')
*[[Sunstorm (LOC)|Sunstorm]]
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]

==''Classics''==

===Wave I===
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]
*[[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Trypticon]]

===Wave II===
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]
*[[Whirl]]

==''Movie (2007)''==

===Wave I===
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

===Wave II===
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]

===Wave III===
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]

===Wave IV===
*Some of these were included as Allspark Battles. These were only released in Europe and Australia as singles.
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie) | Cliffjumper]]
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)| Bonecrusher]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)| Recon Barricade]]

==''Animated''==
*HasbroToyShop has a catagory for Animated Legends, but so far none are listed.

==''Universe''==
*[[Brawn (G1) | Autobot Brawn]]
*[[Hound | Authobot Hound]]
*[[Jazz (G1) | Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Beachcomber (G1) | Beachcomber]]
*[[Megatron (G1) | Megatron]]
*[[Onslaught]]
*[[Red Alert (G1) | Red Alert]]
*[[Starscream (G1) | Starscream]]

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Sludge (G1)

2008-05-30T10:21:55Z

60.242.28.87: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Dinobot brontosaurus|the Wal*Mart-exclusive Dinobots series dimetrodon|Sludge (Dinobots)}}

:''Sludge is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sludgeg1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Me transform into non-existent dino!"]]

"'''Sludge''' dumb," is how [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander himself, describes the plodding Autobot. The Dinobots have a perhaps undeserved reputation for being dimwitted, but Sludge is the genuine article. He makes the other four look like scholars in comparison.

As Sludge can't make much of an impression in the mental department, he likes to make his presence known physically. He'll stomp his hefty hide around just so you know he's there.

None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] share an especially intense dislike for him. But Sludge genuinely believes in the Autobot cause, so he tolerates Prime. Beyond that, Sludge is actually what you might call nice...Maybe not to [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]'s level, but nicer than [[Grimlock (G1)|the]] [[Slag (G1)|other]] [[Snarl (G1)|guys]].

{{quote|Sludge no like [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Let's stomp!|Sludge's solution to every problem|"[[Call of the Primitives]]"}}

:''Preliminary names'': '''Brontobot''', '''Piledrive''', '''Bronton'''
:''Italian name'': '''Bronto''' 
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Terro'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}

While the Autobots remained dormant inside [[Mount St. Hilary]], the ''[[Ark]]'' detected Cybertronian life. Dispatching a probe, the ''Ark'' learned that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had come to Earth and was wandering the [[Savage Land]]. The ''Ark'' used data gathered from the Savage Land to convert five of the dormant Autobots into the Dinobots. They traveled to fight Shockwave, but all combatants became trapped in a tar pit. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The Dinobots were later freed by [[Ratchet]] and helped him fight and defeat Megatron.'' {{storylink|Repeat Performance}}

''Sludge, like the other Dinobots, went a-wandering after this but reverted to his base instincts after his primary [[cybo-dendron]]s burnt out, probably because the insulation that protected them had been eroded by [[Repeat Performance | 4 million years submerged in a tar-pit]]. Sludge ended up in the waterways of Littlewood, California, where he was befriended by [[Joy Meadows]]. Unfortunately, the Decepticons attacked, took him away from his newfound love, and made him fight [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]].'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

''While Sludge was recovering from brain surgery, he dreamed of Joy'' {{storylink|Victory!}}'', and when he'd recovered, he saw her on TV and decided to search her out. It was lucky he did, because the [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] had marked her for death to protect their [[Robot-Master]] story. Sludge saved her life, and she hooked up with the Dinobots, though both she and they viewed Sludge's open crush as quite weird. However, even the power of unrequited love couldn't stop the Decepticons from defeating the Dinobots and forcing Joy to stop her investigation. {{storylink|In the National Interest}}.'' ''Later on, he ended up fighting [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], {{storylink|Fallen Angel}}'' being destroyed by an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] before being revived with [[Nucleon]] by Grimlock, and fighting [[Unicron]] before being killed and then resurrected by the [[Last Autobot]] as the Autobots finally won...

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====

''In 2008, Sludge and the Dinobots were one of several special units unleashed on the Decepticon attack force when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] led the 'Cons on a siege of the Autobots' main base on Cybertron. Autobot High Command soon learned this assault was only a distraction, however, engineered by [[Unicron]] himself who was reconstructing himself on the planet of [[Junk]]. When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] returned from Junk with this news, [[Rodimus Prime]] gathered [[Scattershot]], Grimlock, and the rest of the Dinobots with him to make an assault on Junk. Much to Rodimus's dismay, Sludge and the Dinobots didn't hold back at all when attacking the [[Junkion]]s Unicron had mind-controlled into doing his bidding, and tore through them as if they were any other enemy. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}''

=====Earthforce=====
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''After Grimlock revived the Dinobots under mysterious circumstances, Shockwave and his Decepticons attempted to beat the information out of the Dinobots. Didn't work too well. Sludge engaged in some serious swordplay with [[Motormaster]], pitting [[energo sword]] against [[ionizer sword]]. The Decepticons were quickly driven off. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} Naturally, when Optimus Prime put Grimlock in charge of Autobot activity on Earth, Sludge and the Dinobots joined his new Earthforce. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}''

''Early on, the Dinobots tried to teach Grimlock the value of a good joke; he pelted them with the world's largest snowball. {{storylink|Snow Fun!}} Later, they tried to teach Slag the value of not killing everyone in sight and chewing on their circuitry; he got a little [[Fire-breath|hot and bothered]] and left them a little...run down. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}}''

''Later, Snarl began to suffer from the rusting disease called [[corrodia gravis]], leaving Earthforce in the uncomfortable position of getting help from the only Transformer who could give Snarl a compatible systems boost: [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Fortunately, they found the perfect opportunity for quid pro quo when they came upon the Decepticons' Louisiana headquarters and found Starscream under attack by Megatron, Shockwave and a group of assassins. Grimlock stuttered a bit on the order, but he sent Sludge and Swoop to keep Starscream alive. They fought off the Mayhems and kept Starscream around long enough for him to give Snarl the boost. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

=====''Another Time and Place''=====

Several months after the golden age of Cybertron was reintroduced, Sludge and most of his fellow Dinobots had succumbed to the transfiguring effects of Nucleon and lost their ability to transform. When Grimlock received information that the Hydrus Four facilities had reopened, and discovered a means of reversing Nucleonic changes, the Dinobots jumped at the idea. Despite Prime's half-hearted warnings, Sludge and his teammates followed Grimlock back to Hydrus Four in the hopes of becoming Transformers once again. They were followed by the "exiled" Decepticons, however, and a battle with a huge native creature delayed the Dinobots long enough for Bludgeon's crew to get ahead of them and take over the Nucleon facility. The Dinobots were laid low by a [[Holocaust Trigger]], overloading their sensory circuits so that they were helpless before the Decepticons. Cruelly tortured, the Dinobots were still left alive so that they could witness the rebirth of Megatron, thanks to the Nucleon infusions Bludgeon was feeding him. Luckily, the Autobots had long since learned to become worried whenever the Dinobots were out of sight for too long, and had followed them to Hydrus Four. [[Roadhandler]], [[Tote]] and several [[Micromaster]]s managed to free the injured Dinobots, and an Autobot strike force brought down their Decepticon captors. The Nucleon reversion process was a success, and Sludge and his comrades were restored to fully operational Transformers. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

====Generation 2====
Sludge and the Dinobots were fighting alongside Grimlock and a small group of Autobot firestormers when they uncovered the [[Cybertronian Empire]] and their terraforming measures. After calling in Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots, they became part of a major offensive against not only [[Jhiaxus]] and his ilk, but everything they represented. {{storylink|War Without End!}} Despite Prime serving as overall commander, however, Sludge and his buddies were still Dinobots first and foremost. So when Grimlock wanted to take first strike action against Prime's orders, there was no question who they'd follow. Sludge and the others were captured almost immediately, though, and only escaped thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime and his more loyal group of soldiers. {{storylink|Devices and Desires!}}

Sludge continued to fight alongside the Autobots with his Dinobot comrades, on both Earth and Ethos. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} {{storylink|Escalation!}} Later, after the Autobots forged an alliance with the first-generation Decepticons against the Cybertronians, the Dinobots got into the spirit of things -- they teamed up with [[Headstrong]] and [[Weirdwolf]] in a metal-munching contest, to see who could chow down on the most Cybertronians.

Man, too bad [[Hun-Grrr]] and [[Skullcruncher]] weren't there to make it a real contest. {{storylink|Total War}}

===Animated continuity===
:'''Voice actor:''' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Kenyu Horiuchi]] (Japan)

[[Image:SludgeUltimateDoom.jpg|thumb|175px|left|"Hello, pretty trees. Me Sludge stomp you now."]]

Sludge was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobots]] [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[Image:Purple sludge.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dissertation of the Dinobot.]]

During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Sludge and the Dinobots attacked [[Devastator]]. During the attack, Devastator struck Sludge so hard his [[Sensors#Optics|optic sensors]] bulged out of his head. Later, the Dinobots escaped with [[Kup]] and [[Hot Rod]], only to be shot down over [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots later located the two Autobots with the help of [[Wheelie]], and Sludge and Slag dispatched a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—by standing on top of a door under which he'd been caught. Later, Sludge was able to tail-whip the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM}}

Sludge and Snarl were later left to guard [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when a seemingly resurrected Optimus Prime returned, saying that Hot Rod, Kup, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] had been killed by the Quintessons. When the aforementioned Autobots turned up on Cybertron alive, Arcee said that she was happy to see them, but Sludge was not happy, as he thought that meant he and Snarl were dead. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}} Later, he was among the [[Primitive]]s who were summoned by [[Primacron]]'s [[Oracle (G1)|assistant]] to fight [[Tornedron]], along with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s. When [[Headstrong]] insulted Grimlock, Sludge, who didn't like the Predacons, suggested that they stomp them. Other than that, he didn't really contribute to the adventure. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Sludge was originally part of [[Grimlock]]'s Lightning Strike Coalition. They were a small squad that basically ran amok disrupting the Decepticons (which typically involved stealing [[energon]] and taking names). He didn't have much of a speaking role (like at all) and basically plodded along and smashed whatever Grimlock told him to. Later he and his fellow Dynobots (minus Grimlock who was busying executing other people for treason) aided [[Prowl]]'s group with [[Trypticon]] before joining forces with [[Shockwave (G1)|good ol' one eye]] to help against the [[Fallen]].
Later, he went to Earth along with the other Dynobots to go crush some [[Insecticons|bugs]] and eventually wound up under [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s control. They were used to blackmail Grimlock to serve the Decepticons once again however Meg's defeat allowed them to be freed by their mighty leader and taken to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (in a stolen Decepticon vessal no less) where they did what they did best, causing massive destruction against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s regime. However this was cut short as old one eye let loose the [[Guardian Robot]]s after them, leading to some 'rest time'. They were last seen being briefed by [[Ultra Magnus]] as well as standing around being huge.

===Devil's Due ''G.I.Joe vs Transformers'' comics===

===IDW Generation 1 comics===
{{ongoing}}
Sludge and the other Dynobots followed Grimlock to revenge themselves against Shockwave, who blew up a cache of [[energon]] they had stolen. When Shockwave traveled to [[Earth]], the Dynobots pursued him and reformatted themselves to transform into robotic dinosaurs with a synthetic skin as a defense against energon overload. Sadly, it did not protect the Dynobots from Shockwave's energy blasts, which melted the artificial skin and caused the Dynobots to go into [[stasis lock]] due to excessive [[energon radiation]]. Due to a deadman's switch, The Dynobots' ship (the ''[[Skyfire (ship)|Skyfire]]'') blasted a volcano that buried everyone in molten lava. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

Thousands of years later, the Dynobots were eventually excavated by [[Skywatch]], and though Grimlock was the first to be brought back online, he was freed from Skywatch's control through a virus implanted by a [[Machination]] spy (under orders from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]). Scorponok wanted Grimlock to join him, but Grimlock refused, fought Scorponok and escaped, vowing to find and rescue Sludge and the other Dynobots. Scorponok, however, plans to take control of the Dynobots himself and use them to assassinate Grimlock. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Sludge''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
:*''Japanese ID number'': '''27'''
:*''Accessories'': "Energo-Sword", "Electron Cannon", "Rocket Pod", 3 rockets

[[Image:G1Sludge_toy.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Me Sludge crush Littlefoot's mama.]]

: Sludge was released as part of the second series of Transformers in 1985, transforming into a robotic "[[wikipedia:brontosaurus|brontosaurus]]". He has a trio of silver rockets, a rocket launcher, a black gun, and a red sword. Like most ''[[Diaclone]]''-era molds, Sludge also has a conspicuous driver compartment located in his chest.

: Sludge was re-released in the European "[[Classics (Euro)|Classics]]" line in 1991. In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Operation Combination]]; Sludge cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[robot points]].

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==Trivia==
* Sludge turns into a brontosaurus (a sauropod dinosaur), a dinosaur that, due to skeletal misidentification at its discovery, does [[wikipedia:Brontosaurus|not actually exist]].
[[Image:G2SludgeBoxart.jpg|thumb|100px|right|WANT.]]

* Sludge is the only one of the original Dinobots not to share his alt mode with another character (although considering that it doesn't exist, that ain't too difficult).

* Sludge was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Dinosaur Robo Brontosaurus". The only differences between this incarnation and the ''Transformers'' release is that the ''Diaclone'' version has a gold-chromed sword, plus came with a red-and-black Diaclone pilot figure.

* Swoop and Sludge's absence from the ''[[Generation 2]]'' toy line has never been fully explained, though rumors of what might have been persist. Recently, packaging art of both in new colors was unearthed, indicating what he ''might'' have looked like in the line. This art surfaced alongside a screaming yellow and turquoise Grimlock, so it is possible that the three were at one time planned for a second wave of Dinobots.

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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Sludge/sludge.htm Sludge at TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Sludge Sludge's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Neutral

2008-05-27T07:03:04Z

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'''Neutrals''' are [[Transformer]]s who have renounced the idea of factions or refused to take part in the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|Civil War]].
While some Neutrals resist joining a faction by choice, some defining themselves not by faction but by [[Cybertron (planet)|world]], as the war drags on the majority are those who are unsuited to combat such as the [[Empties]].

While Neutral is what the [[Autobot]]s call them, the [[Decepticon]]s prefer to call them "target practice".

==Fiction==

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====G1 continuity====
''(Events from the UK-only comics are in italics.)''

''The Neutralist town of [[Yuss]] in the [[Stanix]] region was a frequent target for relieving the boredom of Decepticons stationed in the area''
{{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

===Dreamwave continuity===
During the evacuation of [[Altihex]], twenty to thirty Neutrals took control of a building, arguing for both Autobots and Decepticons to end the [[Great War|War]], renounce their allegiances, and unite. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] took a moment to consider whether or not to take advantage of their idealism...then decided to [[slag (slang)|slag]] them. {{storylink|The War Within, Part 1}}

====Animated continuity====
There would seem to be some robots within the Animated series who are neutral towards the conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons. While the good guys have blue eyes and the bad guys have red eyes, these guys are usually seen having yellow eyes in order to set them apart. Notable examples are [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]], who kept going back and forth between the two factions before having their memories wiped by [[Bulkhead]] (but went with the 'Cons for a while, since they had better oil).

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A Fistful of Energon

2008-05-25T01:30:45Z

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[[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==
[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Starscreamexcaping.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Off I go, into the wild blue yonder!]]
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|left|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|right|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|They call us the Seekers. We've been searching low and high! We won't get to get what we're after till the day we die.]]
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:''' [[The Answer Studio]]

===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
|-
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*[[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)

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*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (14)
*[[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 us wondering if '''Lockdown''' has ever met the real Screamer...

'''Starscream-Brown''': "Well, if it isn't my favorite band of plucky little Autobots." 
'''Optimus''': "Autobots, prepare for battle!" 
'''Starscream-Brown''': "Wait, you misunderstand. Noble Optimus Prime, wise Ratchet, stealthy Prowl and ''mighty''...eh..." 
'''Bulkhead''': "Bulkhead!" 
'''Starscream-Brown''': "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 fulfil 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.

''[on-screen]]'' "Attention, all Decepticons. I, Megatron, am increasing the bounty for the traitor Starscream. Only this time, ''make sure you get the REAL Starscream''! 
"CURSE YOU MEGATRON! What does it take to destroy you? Oh well, plenty more where they came from..."
:{{m-}}As '''Megatron''' sends out a new order to catch the pigeon, '''Starscream''' has clones to spare.

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==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).

*[[Lugnut|Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], on the other hand, appear but say nothing, as does [[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.

* Prowl decides that modifications are bad. 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?

* And how ''did'' he get the stasis cuffs off?

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AllSpark Power

2008-05-20T09:15:28Z

60.242.28.87: /* Action Figures ("main" line) */

The '''Allspark Power''' line is part of the refresh line for the [[Transformers (2007)|Transformers film]] released in theatres in July 2007.

It is composed primarily of redecos of Movie figures. A handful of new molds will be made available.

All figures will have varying levels of "[[All Spark (Movie)|Allspark]] blue," a rather [[Neon|garish]] shade of bright blue.

==Toyline==

===Action Figures ("main" line)===

'''Movie Deluxe'''
*[[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]]
*[[Camshaft (Movie)|Camshaft]]
*[[Overcast (Movie)|Overcast]]
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Jungle Bonecrusher]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Stealth Bumblebee]]
*[[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]

'''Movie Voyager'''
*[[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]]
*[[Evac (Movie)|Evac]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|First Strike Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Offroad Ironhide]]

'''Movie Leader'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Deep Desert Brawl]]

===Exclusives===

'''Movie Scout''' (Target exclusives)
*[[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]]
*[[Storm Surge]]
*[[Warpath (Movie)|Warpath]]

'''Movie Voyager''' (Toys 'R Us exclusives)
*[[Inferno (Movie)|Inferno]]
*[[Mudflap (Movie)|Mudflap]]

'''Movie Ultra''' (Toys 'R Us exclusives)
*[[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]]
*[[Wingblade]]

==Trivia==
*As of the Classics toyline (and carrying on to the Movie toyline) the "Ultra" pricepoint has been abolished. However, Hasbro HAS brought it back in [[Universe (2008)|Universe 2.0]].

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[[Category: Toys]]
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AllSpark Power

2008-05-20T09:12:00Z

60.242.28.87: /* Action Figures ("main" line) */ Added Barricade

The '''Allspark Power''' line is part of the refresh line for the [[Transformers (2007)|Transformers film]] released in theatres in July 2007.

It is composed primarily of redecos of Movie figures. A handful of new molds will be made available.

All figures will have varying levels of "[[All Spark (Movie)|Allspark]] blue," a rather [[Neon|garish]] shade of bright blue.

==Toyline==

===Action Figures ("main" line)===

'''Movie Deluxe'''
*[[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]]
*[[Camshaft (Movie)|Camshaft]]
*[[Overcast (Movie)|Overcast]]
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Jungle Bonecrusher]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Stealth Bumblebee]]
*[[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]

'''Movie Voyager'''
*[[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]]
*[[Evac (Movie)|Evac]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|First Strike Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Offroad Ironhide]]

'''Movie Leader'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Deep Desert Brawl]]

===Exclusives===

'''Movie Scout''' (Target exclusives)
*[[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]]
*[[Storm Surge]]
*[[Warpath (Movie)|Warpath]]

'''Movie Voyager''' (Toys 'R Us exclusives)
*[[Inferno (Movie)|Inferno]]
*[[Mudflap (Movie)|Mudflap]]

'''Movie Ultra''' (Toys 'R Us exclusives)
*[[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]]
*[[Wingblade]]

==Trivia==
*As of the Classics toyline (and carrying on to the Movie toyline) the "Ultra" pricepoint has been abolished. However, Hasbro HAS brought it back in [[Universe (2008)|Universe 2.0]].

[[Category: Movie]]
[[Category: Toys]]
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Megatron (G1)/toys

2008-05-19T09:53:39Z

60.242.28.87: /* Universe */

Many toys have been made of '''[[Generation 1]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''. So many, they have to get their own page!

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Megatron''' (Decepticon Leader, 1984, 2001, 2002, 2007)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''16'''
[[Image:G1Megatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|This photo needs an orange cap or someone might shoot the wiki.]]

: Megatron was released in 1984 as part of the first year of the ''Transformers'' line in the United States. It transformed into a Walther P-38 pistol, as seen in the popular 1960s spy television series ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', with attachments to make the "U.N.C.L.E carbine" (scope, barrel extension / silencer and stock)<ref>https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item08.html</ref>. It was originally released in [[Takara]]'s [[Microman]] toyline as "MC13 Gun Robo - P38 U.N.C.L.E." The Japanese release didn't come with the attachments. While the American release was chrome and red, the Japanese release was flat gray and blue (one of the Microman decos for the standard P-38).

The toy is infamous for having a trigger where his...well, in an unfortunate place and generally being an awkward, waddling
stick mutant. He is so highly valued because his character was way more awesome.

: In 1986, Megatron was made available as a mail-away item (since he was theoretically no longer shipping to retail shelves) in the [[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]] flier packed in with boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $21.50 and five [[robot points]].

: The flat gray and blue deco Megatron was also used in the Japanese VS-X giftset with Optimus Prime.

:It was released in gray and red with Starscream in the Good-Bye Megatron set. This time, it came with his [[fusion cannon]]. (The boxart for this set was recolored blue to match the colors Megatron finally was not in Japan. Oops.)

:In 2001, Megatron was reissued in Japan, and came with all of the American and Japanese accessories. A "black" redeco (mainly replacing the silver chrome with a darker gunmetal) was released the same year, initially available at BotCon Japan.

:Megatron was again reissued in 2002 in Takara's Transformer Collection series. This release was identical to the previous reissue, but included the energon mace used in the episode "[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]", a sheet of Decepticon stickers, and a Decepticon mouse pad.

:The toy was reissued yet again in 2007 as part of the "Transformers Encore" line.

*'''Galvatron''' (Decepticon [[City Commander]], 1986)
:''See [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]''

*'''Megatron (Action Master)''' (1990)
[[Image:AMMegatron_toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Megatron, now with purple.]]

:Megatron returned as an ''[[Action Master]]'' in 1990, and as with most ''Action Master'' figures, he could not transform. His sculpt was based heavily upon the Megatron's animation model design. He came packaged with the [[Neutro-Fusion Tank]], a large tank vehicle whose hull could transform into a base/gun emplacement, with the turret forming a flight pod.

===Generation 2===
*'''Megatron''' (1992)
[[Image:G2Megatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|G2 Megatron is always ready for tank combat in one of Earth's many green and purple jungles.]]

: Owing to the inability of Hasbro to re-release the original Megatron because that toy was a pistol, ''Generation 2'' Megatron was released in 1992 as a large green M1A1 Abrams main battle tank. His main gimmick was a 'lock and load' cannon that can load most of his projectile ammunition, and then fire them one at a time. This was accompanied by electronic sounds (including engine, laser and cannon sound effects) and [http://www.supload.com/sound_confirm.php?get=894768596.wav a voice chip].

: In robot mode, Megatron is by the standards of the time, a very large robot, towering over all ''Generation 2'' incarnations of Optimus Prime. His legs were immobile, but he had upper shoulder rotation and elbow joints. His left arm, when raised, activates a laser sound. Pressing down on his head activates his battlecry '''"Megatron Attack!"'''. His main cannon still functions in this mode.

This mold was slightly redecoed (with new stickers) as [[Megastorm]].

*'''Hero Megatron''' (1995)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''TRF-2'''
[[Image:R_heromegatron016.jpg|right|thumb|90px|By this point, the purple had almost completely taken over his body.]]

:Megatron was released again the following year as "Hero" Megatron: a smaller, but similarly styled tank based off the M1 Abrams. This Megatron was purple and came with a bellows that fired an air-propelled missile.

: Hero Megatron was designed with articulation in mind, so he was loaded with multiple swivel and universal joints, giving him far greater movement compared to his original ''Generation 2'' toy.

: This toy was released in Europe, albeit with "MEGATRON RULES"-free blank chest sticker, as [[Archforce]]. It was also [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Bludgeon (RID)|Bludgeon]] in 2003.

*'''Megatron''' (Go-Bot, 1995)
: Megatron was released in a third form, "Go-Bot" Megatron. This was a minor repaint of the previously released [[Blowout (G2)|Blowout]] mold, substituting silver for transparent gray plastic.

: In Japan, his hood was tampographed with a stylized T, with the Transformers logo set within.

*'''Unreleased'''
[[Image:G2CombatHeroMegatron.jpg|right|thumb|90px|I AM POWERED BY UNOBTAINIUM!]]
:There were a few unreleased Megatron toys in the G2 line. The first was the Megatron ATB (with Starscream), a recolor of the [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] mold. The ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[BB]] and [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] used a very similar deco. A second toy was a recolor of the Hero mold in a gray deco with black camouflage stripes. The third toy was a [[flipchanger]], later used in 1997 as Machine Wars Megatron and [[Megaplex (MW)|Megaplex]] (see below).

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===Machine Wars===
* '''Megatron''' (1997)
[[Image:MWMegatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|And that's why Thundercracker turned green.]]

: This toy was redecoed from an unreleased ''Generation 2'' flipchanger Megatron.
: Oddly, The [[Machine Wars]] stock photos (and even the boxart) portray Megatron as the gray F-22 jet and [[Megaplex]] as the blue one, the opposite of the actual toys. This means that either the package designers made the mistake, or the toys were displayed on the wrong cards. The latter is more likely since gray is more associated with Megatron than blue. Like most other toys in the line, the boxart was recycled from an earlier figure, in this case from the [[Predator]] [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]].
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===Transformers Collection===
[[Image:TFC09Megs.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Star''screeeeam!!!'']]
* '''Starscream''' ("anime" version)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''TFC-09'''

: The [[Transformers Collection]] [[reissue]] of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] with a notionally more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] [[redeco]] included an original accessory, a G1-[[scale|scaled]] representation of Megatron in his Walther P-38 altmode. Needless to say, he doesn't transform (well, maybe not quite [[Smallest Transforming Transformers|''needless to say'']]), but he is designed to be capable of being "held" by Starscream... in both modes!
[[Image:TFC09ScreamerHoldingMegs.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Sometimes I just... want to be held.]]
: Megatron's handle splits apart to reveal a peg, which can be inserted into a secondary specialized right hand included with Starscream especially for this purpose. While the gun's peg slots into the hand, the hand itself features an additional peg that slots into the corresponding hole in the other half of the gun. This leads to a rather ugly result, as the halves do not sit flush to Screamer's rounded fist, and since the handgrip is now merely positioned on either side of the fist rather than replacing it (by, y'know, ''gripping''), it gives the appearance of Megs having a double-length handle. Also, given the design, it is only compatible with Starscream; none of the other the Decepticons can hold him ([[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] is ''pissed'')... buuut, [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Optimus Prime]] can! Despite the broader shortcomings of the compatibility of this accessory with other figures, the set does rather considerately include a similarly-modified "pegged" hand for the classic G1 Prime toy.

: Slightly more effective is the method of attaching to Starscream's jet mode. The right-hand side of Megs' butt features a square peggy thing which is designed to fit snugly in either of Starscream's "boob exhausts", as in [[S.O.S. Dinobots|that one episode where he does just that]]. Or, alternatively, he could still do it in robot mode if he fancied, wearing his hated leader like a rather macabre and oversized brooch.

: Unfortunately, this peg has, for no fathomable reason, been cast in the same sky blue color as Screamer's hands, unnecessarily making it ''as obtrusive as humanly possible''.
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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
*'''Megatron''' (2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF 07'''
[[Image:STFMegatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|'''Not''' 20th Anniversary [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime's]] gun.]]

: ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Megatron was released in 2004, including only his fusion cannon. Its other attachments were planed to be released, but were scrapped as the line was eventually canceled. He is a simplified version of his original toy, yet retains most of his articulation.

: A VS-X homage set was also released the same year, packed with a ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' Optimus Prime figure.

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===Robot Masters===
* '''Reverse Convoy (Rebirth Megatron)''' (Deluxe, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-24'''

[[Image:RMReverseConvoy_toy.jpg|right|thumb|My Convoy counterpart is nearby. Real nearby.]]

: A [[retool]] of the ''Generation 2'' Hero Megatron, [[Robot Masters]]' Reverse Convoy features an all-new cannon, a new Convoy head (where Megatron's head used to be), and a new Megatron head that flips out from behind the cannon. The cannon fires a [[missile]] when the barrel is pulled back. The back of the cannon also detaches and can form a hand-held weapon.
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===Titanium===
*'''Megatron''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2006)
[[Image:TitaniumGIJoeHeroesMegatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|THE BOX OF DOOM.]]

:The first 6" [[Titanium Series]] Megatron toy was inspired by [[Dreamwave Productions]]' first ''G.I. Joe'' crossover, set in an alternate reality ''World War II''. Since that Megatron's gun form was nonviable as a toy, a tank alternate mode was designed. The backstory of the Megatron from the crossover, including references to Cobra, was retained on the package, make it the first U.S. figure ever produced as part of a ''G.I. Joe / Transformers'' crossover.

:Although the figure looked somewhat impressive, it notably had the tendency to fall apart during transformation and was relatively difficult to pose in robot mode with it falling over.

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*'''War Within Megatron''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
[[Image:Megatrontitaniumtww.jpg|right|thumb|THE...NAP OF DOOM?]]

:A new Titanium Megatron based on his [[The War Within|''War Within'']] design was initially shown at [[Botcon 2006]], and was released in spring of 2007. Like the original comic book design, his robot mode has a removable arm cannon and shield, but unlike the original comic book design, his robot mode transforms into his alternate mode at a different angle.

:As opposed to the earlier toy, this one has a more posable robot mode, but somewhat unimpressive alternate mode, being little more than lying the toy on its back and attaching the gun/shield. There is a small clip on the back of the toy which designer [[Don Figueroa]] said was to hold his sword, seen in the comic book, but ultimately not produced.

:The figure was later available packaged with ''War Within'' Optimus Prime as a Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]].

===Classics===
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager, 2006)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''D-01'''

[[Image:Megatronclassicstoy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Paint me black and give me to a kid, ASAP.]]
[[Image:N-strike maverick.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Synergy]]
:''Classics'' Megatron is a "fusion blaster" based loosely on the original Megatron toy and appears to transform into a Nerf N-Strike Maverick blaster (seen at right) to comply with modern US toy gun regulations (an orange cap on a Walther P-38 won't cover it). Its scope/arm cannon houses a working crosshairs and its trigger includes clicking action. In order to pass modern safety regulations (both the government's and Hasbro's), its blaster mode includes lots of purple and green, plus bright orange on both the tip of the "barrel" and the scope.

:Although some official Hasbro photographs, including those appearing on the toy's packaging, show the gun mode's trigger and other small parts as being orange, those parts were gray in later stock photography and the final release.

:In these above-mentioned early promotional photographs, Megatron also had noticeably different "eyebrow" paint applications that matched those of the original Megatron toy. These were two small black triangles on a gray plastic forehead. The final release has the placement of the black reversed, with two small gray triangles and a black forehead, sometimes referred to as Megatron's "unibrow" by fans.

:It has been recently discovered that the orange parts on Megatron, particularly the more exposed ones, seem to have their colors fade out over time. The exact cause of this change has not yet been discovered but care should be taken to avoid this from happening.

:''Classics'' Megatron was released in Japan as part of the ''[[Classics (2006)#Henkei! Henkei! Transformers|Henkei! Henkei! Transformers]]'' line by [[TakaraTomy]]. It features different paint applications that remove all of the toy's [[neon]] colors and to give it a closer resemblance to Megatron's ''Generation 1'' cartoon model.

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*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle''' (Deluxe versus set, 2006)
[[Image:MegatronUltimateBattle.jpg|right|thumb|His arm can be either a cannon or a... ski? A ''spinning'' ski!]]

: The Megatron included in this two-pack is a tank inspired by the first Megatron toy from ''Generation 2''. Instead of a right hand, its arm ends in a blade with "spinning dervish action." He is packaged with Optimus Prime and a "[[The Ultimate Battle]]" DVD. Later releases of this toy in some European countries had him individually packed but otherwise unchanged from the original release.

:Many (all?) units of this figure have Megatron's splayed feet assembled backwards, a fact which is not immediately apparent as the "heel" half of his feet are actually larger than the "toe" half (this is the opposite of most splay-footed transformers), and the situation is not helped by the promotional (exhibit A, to your right) and box-art photography displaying an identically misassembled figure. However, examination of the instructions and any attempt to transform Megatron into tank mode immediately demonstrate the mistake, which is easily corrected by unscrewing the halves of his lower legs and reversing the foot pieces.

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===Masterpiece===
* '''20th Anniversary Optimus Prime/Masterpiece Convoy''' (2003/2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-1'''

[[Image:GunmodeMegsMasterpieceConvoy.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Bang bang! ''He shot me down!'' Bang bang! ''I hit the ground...'']]
: The Masterpiece Prime/Convoy included an accessory of Megatron in his classic Walther P-38 altmode. Although non-transforming, it is quite detailed and includes a removable silencer / barrel extension, scope, and (hinged) stock.
: Although notionally [[scale|scaled]] to be wielded by Masterpiece Prime, the handle is marginally too short and thus has a sliding joint diagonally across the butt of the gun, thus slightly lengthening and narrowing the grip so that Prime can actually hold it. The reason for this odd design concept is unknown.
: Needless to say, the later-released Masterpiece [[Starscream]] can also hold this version of Megatron, and far more appropriately too!

*'''Megatron''' (2007)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-5'''

[[Image:MasterpieceMegsBox.jpg|thumb|right|You will pay dearly for this. Literally ''and'' metaphorically...]]

: Scaled to the same height as 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime/Masterpiece Convoy, Masterpiece Megatron is designed to make a figure closely resembling Megatron's fairly non-[[Show-accuracy|toy-accurate]] original animation model actually able to transform into a realistic (if oversized) Walther P-38 altmode. Something which, on paper, should be impossible. This results in an ''incredibly'' complex transformation, likely making it one of the most elaborate ''Transformers'' toys to date, even including the unusually complicated automorphing Movie toys.

[[Image:MasterpieceMegsBigAssCannon.jpg|thumb|left|Dude, I don't even need to ''fire'' this thing. I could, like, totally just bash you to death with it...]]

: Similar to Masterpiece Starscream, Megatron contains virtually zero die-cast, the only metal components being his feet and some structural rods (and not even as many as you'd expect). Combined with the fact that most of his parts are very thin in order to accommodate the intricacy of the transformation, this results in a comparatively light toy for its size.

: Megatron has the least articulation of the Masterpiece line, lacking the ability to pivot out at the shoulder by more than a small angle, and his head cannot look upwards. The figure is completely incapable of rotating its arms sideways at the elbows. Also, due to the fact that the fusion cannon is very large (being [[scale|scaled]] for a realistic gun mode sight), it butts into the gun mode barrel behind his right shoulder whenever his arm is raised at any angle other than straight ahead.

: Accessories include Megatron's purple energy flail from ''[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]'', the light saber (referred to by Takara as an "energy dagger" for obvious legal reasons) used in his duel against Prime in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|Transformers: The Movie]]'', as well as the discarded laser pistol with which he subsequently kills him. Also included is a tiny translucent [[Kremzeek]] figure. His fusion cannon also contains a powerful red LED which casts a short-range spotlight when a button is pressed.

[[image:HLJplug.jpg|right|thumb|If you transformed into a gun, wouldn't plugging your barrel be the equivalent of castration?]]

: Due to updated realistic toy gun laws, a debate arose surrounding the Masterpiece Megatron toy. Many fans thought the toy would prove difficult to import into the United States. These fears lead to some online importers to modified the toys to comply with customs laws. Although initially believed that this would involve permanently painting both the sight and barrel tips blaze orange or gluing on a large plug, final versions have been comparatively discreet. Manufactured by the individual importers, some retailers have elected to attach a rounded red plug into the barrel with "adhesive" (permanent?), while others have used a flat-tipped yellow plug that was apparently only temporarily secured with double-sided tape. Still other retailers chose not to modify the toys at all.

: Additionally, Australians have also had to deal with strict gun and gun replica laws. While some collectors have managed to receive their Megatrons without incident, Australian Customs and the Federal Police have seized mass shipments and individual packages of the toy sent by certain online retailers, as they now classify ''Masterpiece'' Megatron as a gun replica. It is possible to collect a seized Megatron from customs if you live in New South Wales, but it requires a special permit issued by the government. To get this permit, you must go through a lengthy process to prove that you are elligible to own the figure and that you won't misuse it. The only exception is South Australia, where it is perfectly legal to own MP-5, but you must get it from within the country...which seems stupid when you think how hard it is to get him into the country in the first place.

: Some owners of this figure have reported rust problems for this figure. Seibertron.com is hosting a guide<ref>[http://seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?t=16106 MP-05 Megatron's Cosmic Rust, aka Tarnish problem (with pics) solutions inside]</ref> to combat the [[Cosmic Rust]] problem.

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===Revoltech===
* Series No. 025 '''Megatron''' (2007)
[[Image:Revoltech_Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Action Masters? Eat your Spark out!]]

A non-transforming but ''highly'' articulated Megatron action figure(ine), [[Revoltech]] Megatron uses the Revoltech "revolver joints" (appropriate, if you think about it...) for maximum poseability. Megs includes a non-removable fusion cannon and a few alternate hands, as well as an alternate head with its mouth open in either a smirk, growl or sneer, depending on how you read it. His sculpting is explicitly in the style of [[Pat Lee|Pat "serfdom" Lee]]'s interpretation of Megatron.

This figure uses specialized gray revolver joints in order to better blend with the surrounding sculpted parts.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Megatron''' (Booster, 2007)
: ''Attacktix ID number'' '''TF2-20'''

[[Image:Attacktix_Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|150px|How am I supposed to aim with this thing in the way?]]

:Faction: Decepticon
:Class: Leader
:Special: Recover - 16/26 (61%) success ratio
:Point Cost: 40
:Base Speed: 6
:Attack Type: Shooter (Force Blast)
:Based on his G1 cartoon appearance, this Megatron toy is a killer. He was available only in the Series 2 Starter Set along with ''[[Generation 1]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Landquake (Energon)|Landquake]] and ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]].

:Megatron has an incredibly powerful translucent missile (don't fire it at at children or small dogs if you value their lives) and a ''Recover'' special power that allows the figure to stand back up if there's another Decepticon in play. Two Megatrons are a dangerous combination, feeding each other's recover powers and making them very hard to kill off. Plus you can pretend one of them is [[Straxus]].

:As an added bonus, because of the way it is worded, you can use the ''Cybertron'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] vehicle mode figure's ''Transform'' power to bring Megatron into play from your back-ups.

===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robot_Hero_Megatrons.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Cuteness through tyranny!]]
*'''Megatron'''
Available in a two pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].

*'''Megatron (Supermetal Finish)'''
Available in the "Decepticon Sneak Attack" 5-pack with "Hologram" [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], "Supermetal Finish" Optimus Prime and, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]].

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===Takara Sport Label===
*'''Megatron Nike Free 7.0'''
:Seeking to exploit the tremendous energy potential of sweatshops, Megatron has taken on this new altmode to cement his alliance with Nike inc., since [[Cobra]] evidently wasn't enough of an Evil Empire for him...
[[Image:Nikeatron.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Some idiots thought I was going to be life-sized! Fools! Foooools!!!]]
:This rather unusual product line, thus far comprising only three entries, entirely utilizes the same body mold with different heads, making this the first time Optimus and Megatron have had identical bodies.

:Something of a [[shellformer]], Nikeatron is colored primarily black and gray in his altmode of a realistic-looking, scaled-down Nike sneaker, complete with (gratuitously long) real fabric shoelaces. In robot mode, he incorporates a little additional red in predictable areas and has a somewhat uniquely-shaped yet instantly recognizable G1-inspired head, with rather snooty (or camp, take your pick) pursed lips. An undocumented aspect of his transformation is that his gun, which splits in two halves and stores inside his [[kibble]] when transforming (much like [[Rattrap]]'s) has two handle pegs on opposite sides, so that the gun can be held either at its far end or halfway along its length. Additionally, the Megatron figure has an extra peg hole in his right forearm (well, technically so does Prime), allowing you to insert the mid-length plug of his black-colored weapon at this point, positioning the weapon in such a way as to resemble (''vaguely'') his traditional [[fusion cannon]], rather than simply holding it in his hand.

:Somewhat perversely, Sneakertron's feet are sculpted in the likeness of his own sneaker altmode, so in effect, ''he is wearing himself!'' Kinky...

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===Universe===
*'''Megatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2008)

This toy is a scaled-down version of the G2 Megatron toy. Thus, it transforms into a tank.

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==Merchandise==
===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Megatron_statue.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Wonder if they used his legs to make another [[Alligatorcon|Alligatorcon]]?]]
* '''Megatron''' (Diamond Select, 2008)
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Megatron was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 1,500 pieces. The sculpt features Megatron perched above a raised Decepticon symbol while the front of the bust showcases the [[Heart of Cybertron|Heart of Cybertron]] as seen in the G1 episode [[Microbots|"Microbots"]].

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[[Image:Reformatted_statue.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Sure, he's NTFS now but he dreams of one day being [[Grand_Galvatron|FAT32]].]]
* '''Reformatted Megatron''' (Diamond Select, 2008)
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Reformatted Megatron was an exclusive to on-line retailer Action Figure Xpress. He was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 600 pieces. Set above [[Unicron|Unicron]], the sculpt features Megatron in the beginning stages of his reformation into [[Galvatron_%28G1%29|Galvatron]] as featured in [[The_Transformers:_The_Movie|Transformers: The Movie.]]

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Skywarpatron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] really DID need close supervision.]]

* It seems that no-one could get Megatron's box art right in Japan. His standard release used edited box art from the standard Microchange P-38 toy's black deco, recolored to Megatron's US toy color scheme with shiny 'chrome' and red on his legs and arms instead of the Japanese toy's flat gray and blue. The VS-X art replaced the red with blue, but kept the 'chrome'. The art on the 'Goodbye Megatron' set used edited US box art (which in turn was the Microchange P-38 UNCLE art with an added sigil) that replaced the red with blue, yet this toy used red plastic.

* In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.

[[Image:Megalvatron.jpg|right|thumb|150px|This toy IS a time paradox.]]
* In a slightly more sane attempt, another triple changer was proposed which would switch between Megatron, a very awkward [[Galvatron]], and a Walther P-38 handgun with a futuristic silencer and laser sight.

* According to [[Don Figueroa]], the mysterious clip on the back of 6" Titanium ''War Within'' Megatron was meant to carry the sword Megatron was depicted as using in ''The War Within''. As in the comics, it would presumably have resembled the sword packaged with various versions of G1 Megatron. It may have been omitted due to cost concerns.

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==Footnotes==
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==External links==
* [http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Megatron Megatron's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1783/Generation+2/Megatron+ATB.html Gallery of ATB Megatron with comparison to BB at Transformers At the Moon]
* [http://www.theunclegun.com/ Unclegun.com - The Walther P-38 as seen in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]

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Megatron (G1)/toys

2008-05-19T09:51:05Z

60.242.28.87: /* Universe */

Many toys have been made of '''[[Generation 1]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''. So many, they have to get their own page!

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Megatron''' (Decepticon Leader, 1984, 2001, 2002, 2007)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''16'''
[[Image:G1Megatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|This photo needs an orange cap or someone might shoot the wiki.]]

: Megatron was released in 1984 as part of the first year of the ''Transformers'' line in the United States. It transformed into a Walther P-38 pistol, as seen in the popular 1960s spy television series ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', with attachments to make the "U.N.C.L.E carbine" (scope, barrel extension / silencer and stock)<ref>https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item08.html</ref>. It was originally released in [[Takara]]'s [[Microman]] toyline as "MC13 Gun Robo - P38 U.N.C.L.E." The Japanese release didn't come with the attachments. While the American release was chrome and red, the Japanese release was flat gray and blue (one of the Microman decos for the standard P-38).

The toy is infamous for having a trigger where his...well, in an unfortunate place and generally being an awkward, waddling
stick mutant. He is so highly valued because his character was way more awesome.

: In 1986, Megatron was made available as a mail-away item (since he was theoretically no longer shipping to retail shelves) in the [[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]] flier packed in with boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $21.50 and five [[robot points]].

: The flat gray and blue deco Megatron was also used in the Japanese VS-X giftset with Optimus Prime.

:It was released in gray and red with Starscream in the Good-Bye Megatron set. This time, it came with his [[fusion cannon]]. (The boxart for this set was recolored blue to match the colors Megatron finally was not in Japan. Oops.)

:In 2001, Megatron was reissued in Japan, and came with all of the American and Japanese accessories. A "black" redeco (mainly replacing the silver chrome with a darker gunmetal) was released the same year, initially available at BotCon Japan.

:Megatron was again reissued in 2002 in Takara's Transformer Collection series. This release was identical to the previous reissue, but included the energon mace used in the episode "[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]", a sheet of Decepticon stickers, and a Decepticon mouse pad.

:The toy was reissued yet again in 2007 as part of the "Transformers Encore" line.

*'''Galvatron''' (Decepticon [[City Commander]], 1986)
:''See [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]''

*'''Megatron (Action Master)''' (1990)
[[Image:AMMegatron_toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Megatron, now with purple.]]

:Megatron returned as an ''[[Action Master]]'' in 1990, and as with most ''Action Master'' figures, he could not transform. His sculpt was based heavily upon the Megatron's animation model design. He came packaged with the [[Neutro-Fusion Tank]], a large tank vehicle whose hull could transform into a base/gun emplacement, with the turret forming a flight pod.

===Generation 2===
*'''Megatron''' (1992)
[[Image:G2Megatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|G2 Megatron is always ready for tank combat in one of Earth's many green and purple jungles.]]

: Owing to the inability of Hasbro to re-release the original Megatron because that toy was a pistol, ''Generation 2'' Megatron was released in 1992 as a large green M1A1 Abrams main battle tank. His main gimmick was a 'lock and load' cannon that can load most of his projectile ammunition, and then fire them one at a time. This was accompanied by electronic sounds (including engine, laser and cannon sound effects) and [http://www.supload.com/sound_confirm.php?get=894768596.wav a voice chip].

: In robot mode, Megatron is by the standards of the time, a very large robot, towering over all ''Generation 2'' incarnations of Optimus Prime. His legs were immobile, but he had upper shoulder rotation and elbow joints. His left arm, when raised, activates a laser sound. Pressing down on his head activates his battlecry '''"Megatron Attack!"'''. His main cannon still functions in this mode.

This mold was slightly redecoed (with new stickers) as [[Megastorm]].

*'''Hero Megatron''' (1995)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''TRF-2'''
[[Image:R_heromegatron016.jpg|right|thumb|90px|By this point, the purple had almost completely taken over his body.]]

:Megatron was released again the following year as "Hero" Megatron: a smaller, but similarly styled tank based off the M1 Abrams. This Megatron was purple and came with a bellows that fired an air-propelled missile.

: Hero Megatron was designed with articulation in mind, so he was loaded with multiple swivel and universal joints, giving him far greater movement compared to his original ''Generation 2'' toy.

: This toy was released in Europe, albeit with "MEGATRON RULES"-free blank chest sticker, as [[Archforce]]. It was also [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Bludgeon (RID)|Bludgeon]] in 2003.

*'''Megatron''' (Go-Bot, 1995)
: Megatron was released in a third form, "Go-Bot" Megatron. This was a minor repaint of the previously released [[Blowout (G2)|Blowout]] mold, substituting silver for transparent gray plastic.

: In Japan, his hood was tampographed with a stylized T, with the Transformers logo set within.

*'''Unreleased'''
[[Image:G2CombatHeroMegatron.jpg|right|thumb|90px|I AM POWERED BY UNOBTAINIUM!]]
:There were a few unreleased Megatron toys in the G2 line. The first was the Megatron ATB (with Starscream), a recolor of the [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] mold. The ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[BB]] and [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] used a very similar deco. A second toy was a recolor of the Hero mold in a gray deco with black camouflage stripes. The third toy was a [[flipchanger]], later used in 1997 as Machine Wars Megatron and [[Megaplex (MW)|Megaplex]] (see below).

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===Machine Wars===
* '''Megatron''' (1997)
[[Image:MWMegatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|And that's why Thundercracker turned green.]]

: This toy was redecoed from an unreleased ''Generation 2'' flipchanger Megatron.
: Oddly, The [[Machine Wars]] stock photos (and even the boxart) portray Megatron as the gray F-22 jet and [[Megaplex]] as the blue one, the opposite of the actual toys. This means that either the package designers made the mistake, or the toys were displayed on the wrong cards. The latter is more likely since gray is more associated with Megatron than blue. Like most other toys in the line, the boxart was recycled from an earlier figure, in this case from the [[Predator]] [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]].
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===Transformers Collection===
[[Image:TFC09Megs.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Star''screeeeam!!!'']]
* '''Starscream''' ("anime" version)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''TFC-09'''

: The [[Transformers Collection]] [[reissue]] of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] with a notionally more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] [[redeco]] included an original accessory, a G1-[[scale|scaled]] representation of Megatron in his Walther P-38 altmode. Needless to say, he doesn't transform (well, maybe not quite [[Smallest Transforming Transformers|''needless to say'']]), but he is designed to be capable of being "held" by Starscream... in both modes!
[[Image:TFC09ScreamerHoldingMegs.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Sometimes I just... want to be held.]]
: Megatron's handle splits apart to reveal a peg, which can be inserted into a secondary specialized right hand included with Starscream especially for this purpose. While the gun's peg slots into the hand, the hand itself features an additional peg that slots into the corresponding hole in the other half of the gun. This leads to a rather ugly result, as the halves do not sit flush to Screamer's rounded fist, and since the handgrip is now merely positioned on either side of the fist rather than replacing it (by, y'know, ''gripping''), it gives the appearance of Megs having a double-length handle. Also, given the design, it is only compatible with Starscream; none of the other the Decepticons can hold him ([[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] is ''pissed'')... buuut, [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Optimus Prime]] can! Despite the broader shortcomings of the compatibility of this accessory with other figures, the set does rather considerately include a similarly-modified "pegged" hand for the classic G1 Prime toy.

: Slightly more effective is the method of attaching to Starscream's jet mode. The right-hand side of Megs' butt features a square peggy thing which is designed to fit snugly in either of Starscream's "boob exhausts", as in [[S.O.S. Dinobots|that one episode where he does just that]]. Or, alternatively, he could still do it in robot mode if he fancied, wearing his hated leader like a rather macabre and oversized brooch.

: Unfortunately, this peg has, for no fathomable reason, been cast in the same sky blue color as Screamer's hands, unnecessarily making it ''as obtrusive as humanly possible''.
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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
*'''Megatron''' (2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF 07'''
[[Image:STFMegatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|'''Not''' 20th Anniversary [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime's]] gun.]]

: ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Megatron was released in 2004, including only his fusion cannon. Its other attachments were planed to be released, but were scrapped as the line was eventually canceled. He is a simplified version of his original toy, yet retains most of his articulation.

: A VS-X homage set was also released the same year, packed with a ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' Optimus Prime figure.

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===Robot Masters===
* '''Reverse Convoy (Rebirth Megatron)''' (Deluxe, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-24'''

[[Image:RMReverseConvoy_toy.jpg|right|thumb|My Convoy counterpart is nearby. Real nearby.]]

: A [[retool]] of the ''Generation 2'' Hero Megatron, [[Robot Masters]]' Reverse Convoy features an all-new cannon, a new Convoy head (where Megatron's head used to be), and a new Megatron head that flips out from behind the cannon. The cannon fires a [[missile]] when the barrel is pulled back. The back of the cannon also detaches and can form a hand-held weapon.
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===Titanium===
*'''Megatron''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2006)
[[Image:TitaniumGIJoeHeroesMegatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|THE BOX OF DOOM.]]

:The first 6" [[Titanium Series]] Megatron toy was inspired by [[Dreamwave Productions]]' first ''G.I. Joe'' crossover, set in an alternate reality ''World War II''. Since that Megatron's gun form was nonviable as a toy, a tank alternate mode was designed. The backstory of the Megatron from the crossover, including references to Cobra, was retained on the package, make it the first U.S. figure ever produced as part of a ''G.I. Joe / Transformers'' crossover.

:Although the figure looked somewhat impressive, it notably had the tendency to fall apart during transformation and was relatively difficult to pose in robot mode with it falling over.

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*'''War Within Megatron''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
[[Image:Megatrontitaniumtww.jpg|right|thumb|THE...NAP OF DOOM?]]

:A new Titanium Megatron based on his [[The War Within|''War Within'']] design was initially shown at [[Botcon 2006]], and was released in spring of 2007. Like the original comic book design, his robot mode has a removable arm cannon and shield, but unlike the original comic book design, his robot mode transforms into his alternate mode at a different angle.

:As opposed to the earlier toy, this one has a more posable robot mode, but somewhat unimpressive alternate mode, being little more than lying the toy on its back and attaching the gun/shield. There is a small clip on the back of the toy which designer [[Don Figueroa]] said was to hold his sword, seen in the comic book, but ultimately not produced.

:The figure was later available packaged with ''War Within'' Optimus Prime as a Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]].

===Classics===
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager, 2006)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''D-01'''

[[Image:Megatronclassicstoy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Paint me black and give me to a kid, ASAP.]]
[[Image:N-strike maverick.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Synergy]]
:''Classics'' Megatron is a "fusion blaster" based loosely on the original Megatron toy and appears to transform into a Nerf N-Strike Maverick blaster (seen at right) to comply with modern US toy gun regulations (an orange cap on a Walther P-38 won't cover it). Its scope/arm cannon houses a working crosshairs and its trigger includes clicking action. In order to pass modern safety regulations (both the government's and Hasbro's), its blaster mode includes lots of purple and green, plus bright orange on both the tip of the "barrel" and the scope.

:Although some official Hasbro photographs, including those appearing on the toy's packaging, show the gun mode's trigger and other small parts as being orange, those parts were gray in later stock photography and the final release.

:In these above-mentioned early promotional photographs, Megatron also had noticeably different "eyebrow" paint applications that matched those of the original Megatron toy. These were two small black triangles on a gray plastic forehead. The final release has the placement of the black reversed, with two small gray triangles and a black forehead, sometimes referred to as Megatron's "unibrow" by fans.

:It has been recently discovered that the orange parts on Megatron, particularly the more exposed ones, seem to have their colors fade out over time. The exact cause of this change has not yet been discovered but care should be taken to avoid this from happening.

:''Classics'' Megatron was released in Japan as part of the ''[[Classics (2006)#Henkei! Henkei! Transformers|Henkei! Henkei! Transformers]]'' line by [[TakaraTomy]]. It features different paint applications that remove all of the toy's [[neon]] colors and to give it a closer resemblance to Megatron's ''Generation 1'' cartoon model.

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*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle''' (Deluxe versus set, 2006)
[[Image:MegatronUltimateBattle.jpg|right|thumb|His arm can be either a cannon or a... ski? A ''spinning'' ski!]]

: The Megatron included in this two-pack is a tank inspired by the first Megatron toy from ''Generation 2''. Instead of a right hand, its arm ends in a blade with "spinning dervish action." He is packaged with Optimus Prime and a "[[The Ultimate Battle]]" DVD. Later releases of this toy in some European countries had him individually packed but otherwise unchanged from the original release.

:Many (all?) units of this figure have Megatron's splayed feet assembled backwards, a fact which is not immediately apparent as the "heel" half of his feet are actually larger than the "toe" half (this is the opposite of most splay-footed transformers), and the situation is not helped by the promotional (exhibit A, to your right) and box-art photography displaying an identically misassembled figure. However, examination of the instructions and any attempt to transform Megatron into tank mode immediately demonstrate the mistake, which is easily corrected by unscrewing the halves of his lower legs and reversing the foot pieces.

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===Masterpiece===
* '''20th Anniversary Optimus Prime/Masterpiece Convoy''' (2003/2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-1'''

[[Image:GunmodeMegsMasterpieceConvoy.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Bang bang! ''He shot me down!'' Bang bang! ''I hit the ground...'']]
: The Masterpiece Prime/Convoy included an accessory of Megatron in his classic Walther P-38 altmode. Although non-transforming, it is quite detailed and includes a removable silencer / barrel extension, scope, and (hinged) stock.
: Although notionally [[scale|scaled]] to be wielded by Masterpiece Prime, the handle is marginally too short and thus has a sliding joint diagonally across the butt of the gun, thus slightly lengthening and narrowing the grip so that Prime can actually hold it. The reason for this odd design concept is unknown.
: Needless to say, the later-released Masterpiece [[Starscream]] can also hold this version of Megatron, and far more appropriately too!

*'''Megatron''' (2007)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-5'''

[[Image:MasterpieceMegsBox.jpg|thumb|right|You will pay dearly for this. Literally ''and'' metaphorically...]]

: Scaled to the same height as 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime/Masterpiece Convoy, Masterpiece Megatron is designed to make a figure closely resembling Megatron's fairly non-[[Show-accuracy|toy-accurate]] original animation model actually able to transform into a realistic (if oversized) Walther P-38 altmode. Something which, on paper, should be impossible. This results in an ''incredibly'' complex transformation, likely making it one of the most elaborate ''Transformers'' toys to date, even including the unusually complicated automorphing Movie toys.

[[Image:MasterpieceMegsBigAssCannon.jpg|thumb|left|Dude, I don't even need to ''fire'' this thing. I could, like, totally just bash you to death with it...]]

: Similar to Masterpiece Starscream, Megatron contains virtually zero die-cast, the only metal components being his feet and some structural rods (and not even as many as you'd expect). Combined with the fact that most of his parts are very thin in order to accommodate the intricacy of the transformation, this results in a comparatively light toy for its size.

: Megatron has the least articulation of the Masterpiece line, lacking the ability to pivot out at the shoulder by more than a small angle, and his head cannot look upwards. The figure is completely incapable of rotating its arms sideways at the elbows. Also, due to the fact that the fusion cannon is very large (being [[scale|scaled]] for a realistic gun mode sight), it butts into the gun mode barrel behind his right shoulder whenever his arm is raised at any angle other than straight ahead.

: Accessories include Megatron's purple energy flail from ''[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]'', the light saber (referred to by Takara as an "energy dagger" for obvious legal reasons) used in his duel against Prime in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|Transformers: The Movie]]'', as well as the discarded laser pistol with which he subsequently kills him. Also included is a tiny translucent [[Kremzeek]] figure. His fusion cannon also contains a powerful red LED which casts a short-range spotlight when a button is pressed.

[[image:HLJplug.jpg|right|thumb|If you transformed into a gun, wouldn't plugging your barrel be the equivalent of castration?]]

: Due to updated realistic toy gun laws, a debate arose surrounding the Masterpiece Megatron toy. Many fans thought the toy would prove difficult to import into the United States. These fears lead to some online importers to modified the toys to comply with customs laws. Although initially believed that this would involve permanently painting both the sight and barrel tips blaze orange or gluing on a large plug, final versions have been comparatively discreet. Manufactured by the individual importers, some retailers have elected to attach a rounded red plug into the barrel with "adhesive" (permanent?), while others have used a flat-tipped yellow plug that was apparently only temporarily secured with double-sided tape. Still other retailers chose not to modify the toys at all.

: Additionally, Australians have also had to deal with strict gun and gun replica laws. While some collectors have managed to receive their Megatrons without incident, Australian Customs and the Federal Police have seized mass shipments and individual packages of the toy sent by certain online retailers, as they now classify ''Masterpiece'' Megatron as a gun replica. It is possible to collect a seized Megatron from customs if you live in New South Wales, but it requires a special permit issued by the government. To get this permit, you must go through a lengthy process to prove that you are elligible to own the figure and that you won't misuse it. The only exception is South Australia, where it is perfectly legal to own MP-5, but you must get it from within the country...which seems stupid when you think how hard it is to get him into the country in the first place.

: Some owners of this figure have reported rust problems for this figure. Seibertron.com is hosting a guide<ref>[http://seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?t=16106 MP-05 Megatron's Cosmic Rust, aka Tarnish problem (with pics) solutions inside]</ref> to combat the [[Cosmic Rust]] problem.

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===Revoltech===
* Series No. 025 '''Megatron''' (2007)
[[Image:Revoltech_Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Action Masters? Eat your Spark out!]]

A non-transforming but ''highly'' articulated Megatron action figure(ine), [[Revoltech]] Megatron uses the Revoltech "revolver joints" (appropriate, if you think about it...) for maximum poseability. Megs includes a non-removable fusion cannon and a few alternate hands, as well as an alternate head with its mouth open in either a smirk, growl or sneer, depending on how you read it. His sculpting is explicitly in the style of [[Pat Lee|Pat "serfdom" Lee]]'s interpretation of Megatron.

This figure uses specialized gray revolver joints in order to better blend with the surrounding sculpted parts.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Megatron''' (Booster, 2007)
: ''Attacktix ID number'' '''TF2-20'''

[[Image:Attacktix_Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|150px|How am I supposed to aim with this thing in the way?]]

:Faction: Decepticon
:Class: Leader
:Special: Recover - 16/26 (61%) success ratio
:Point Cost: 40
:Base Speed: 6
:Attack Type: Shooter (Force Blast)
:Based on his G1 cartoon appearance, this Megatron toy is a killer. He was available only in the Series 2 Starter Set along with ''[[Generation 1]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Landquake (Energon)|Landquake]] and ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]].

:Megatron has an incredibly powerful translucent missile (don't fire it at at children or small dogs if you value their lives) and a ''Recover'' special power that allows the figure to stand back up if there's another Decepticon in play. Two Megatrons are a dangerous combination, feeding each other's recover powers and making them very hard to kill off. Plus you can pretend one of them is [[Straxus]].

:As an added bonus, because of the way it is worded, you can use the ''Cybertron'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] vehicle mode figure's ''Transform'' power to bring Megatron into play from your back-ups.

===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robot_Hero_Megatrons.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Cuteness through tyranny!]]
*'''Megatron'''
Available in a two pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].

*'''Megatron (Supermetal Finish)'''
Available in the "Decepticon Sneak Attack" 5-pack with "Hologram" [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], "Supermetal Finish" Optimus Prime and, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]].

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===Takara Sport Label===
*'''Megatron Nike Free 7.0'''
:Seeking to exploit the tremendous energy potential of sweatshops, Megatron has taken on this new altmode to cement his alliance with Nike inc., since [[Cobra]] evidently wasn't enough of an Evil Empire for him...
[[Image:Nikeatron.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Some idiots thought I was going to be life-sized! Fools! Foooools!!!]]
:This rather unusual product line, thus far comprising only three entries, entirely utilizes the same body mold with different heads, making this the first time Optimus and Megatron have had identical bodies.

:Something of a [[shellformer]], Nikeatron is colored primarily black and gray in his altmode of a realistic-looking, scaled-down Nike sneaker, complete with (gratuitously long) real fabric shoelaces. In robot mode, he incorporates a little additional red in predictable areas and has a somewhat uniquely-shaped yet instantly recognizable G1-inspired head, with rather snooty (or camp, take your pick) pursed lips. An undocumented aspect of his transformation is that his gun, which splits in two halves and stores inside his [[kibble]] when transforming (much like [[Rattrap]]'s) has two handle pegs on opposite sides, so that the gun can be held either at its far end or halfway along its length. Additionally, the Megatron figure has an extra peg hole in his right forearm (well, technically so does Prime), allowing you to insert the mid-length plug of his black-colored weapon at this point, positioning the weapon in such a way as to resemble (''vaguely'') his traditional [[fusion cannon]], rather than simply holding it in his hand.

:Somewhat perversely, Sneakertron's feet are sculpted in the likeness of his own sneaker altmode, so in effect, ''he is wearing himself!'' Kinky...

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===Universe===
*'''Megatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2008)

Rather than a gun, this toy is instead a small version of G2 Megatron.

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Merchandise==
===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Megatron_statue.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Wonder if they used his legs to make another [[Alligatorcon|Alligatorcon]]?]]
* '''Megatron''' (Diamond Select, 2008)
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Megatron was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 1,500 pieces. The sculpt features Megatron perched above a raised Decepticon symbol while the front of the bust showcases the [[Heart of Cybertron|Heart of Cybertron]] as seen in the G1 episode [[Microbots|"Microbots"]].

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[[Image:Reformatted_statue.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Sure, he's NTFS now but he dreams of one day being [[Grand_Galvatron|FAT32]].]]
* '''Reformatted Megatron''' (Diamond Select, 2008)
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Reformatted Megatron was an exclusive to on-line retailer Action Figure Xpress. He was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 600 pieces. Set above [[Unicron|Unicron]], the sculpt features Megatron in the beginning stages of his reformation into [[Galvatron_%28G1%29|Galvatron]] as featured in [[The_Transformers:_The_Movie|Transformers: The Movie.]]

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Skywarpatron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] really DID need close supervision.]]

* It seems that no-one could get Megatron's box art right in Japan. His standard release used edited box art from the standard Microchange P-38 toy's black deco, recolored to Megatron's US toy color scheme with shiny 'chrome' and red on his legs and arms instead of the Japanese toy's flat gray and blue. The VS-X art replaced the red with blue, but kept the 'chrome'. The art on the 'Goodbye Megatron' set used edited US box art (which in turn was the Microchange P-38 UNCLE art with an added sigil) that replaced the red with blue, yet this toy used red plastic.

* In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.

[[Image:Megalvatron.jpg|right|thumb|150px|This toy IS a time paradox.]]
* In a slightly more sane attempt, another triple changer was proposed which would switch between Megatron, a very awkward [[Galvatron]], and a Walther P-38 handgun with a futuristic silencer and laser sight.

* According to [[Don Figueroa]], the mysterious clip on the back of 6" Titanium ''War Within'' Megatron was meant to carry the sword Megatron was depicted as using in ''The War Within''. As in the comics, it would presumably have resembled the sword packaged with various versions of G1 Megatron. It may have been omitted due to cost concerns.

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==Footnotes==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Megatron Megatron's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1783/Generation+2/Megatron+ATB.html Gallery of ATB Megatron with comparison to BB at Transformers At the Moon]
* [http://www.theunclegun.com/ Unclegun.com - The Walther P-38 as seen in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]

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The Agenda (Part III)

2008-05-17T11:49:23Z

60.242.28.87: /* Continuity errors */

[[Image:Agenda3 MegatronOptimusPrime.jpg|350px|thumb|Don't worry, [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|we know the drill]].]]

'''His plans crumbling, Megatron takes a final stab at winning the Beast Wars and changing history.'''

{{episodenav |BW |season=2 |13 |prev=The Agenda (Part 2) |next=Optimal Situation}}

==Summary==
With [[Ravage]] and his [[Transwarp Cruiser]] backing them up, the [[Predacon]]s unleash a full assault on the [[Maximal]] [[Axalon (BW)|base]]. It doesn't take long for Ravage and [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] to bring down the base's shield. Ravage has Tarantulas transfer all the cruiser's power into one enormous missile. Before it can fire, [[Rattrap]] bursts into the ship's weapons hold and tosses a pair of magnetic bombs that adhere to Tarantulas's hands. The bombs obliterate [[Tarantulas]], the ship's interior, and Ravage{{m-}}who faces the onrushing fireball with a stoic cry of "[[Decepticon]]s forever!" The cruiser falls out of the sky, coming to rest mere feet from Rampage{{m-}}who is then blasted by the still-armed missile.

With the cruiser destroyed and his minions out of commission, Megatron flees. [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] notes that he's not headed back to base, realizes where he's probably going, and orders the Maximals to pursue.

Meanwhile, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] make their way into the caves of the volcano, uncovering the object of Blackarachnia's quest{{m-}}the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]. Blackarachnia explains to Silverbolt that the ship contains the Autobots' "finest heroes", but was attacked by Decepticons, with members of both factions stored inside, who will awaken in the distant future to re-start the [[Great War]]. Blackarachnia is concerned only with the power it possesses{{m-}}but Megatron arrives just then, blasting Silverbolt offline and sealing the entrance to the caves behind him.

The Maximals arrive hot on his heels, find the sealed entrance, and start digging their way in. Inside, Megatron threatens to vaporize Silverbolt, convincing Blackarachnia to use the access codes to gain access to the ''Ark'' (though she vehemently maintains it's only so they'll have some cover in the face of the imminent Maximal attack). The Maximals burst through in time to see the two Predacons sealing the ''Ark'' behind them.

Blackarachnia activates the ship's defenses to hold off the Maximals, while Megatron goes to "effect a more permanent solution." Entering the main bridge of the ship, he hovers among the fallen Autobots and Decepticons, eulogizing the Decepticons and cursing the Autobots, until he comes face to face with his intended target{{m-}}[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the original [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]]s, who kept the Decepticons from victory (and therefore left their Predacon descendants in a subservient position to the dominant Maximals). Megatron charges his main weapon and prepares to fire.

In the caves, the Maximals are pelted by fire from the ship's cannon, till Rattrap manages to force a backblast that deactivates the cannon and shields. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] struggles to open the mighty doors of the ''Ark''. But the Maximals are too late{{m-}}Megatron unleashes a full-power blast at Optimus Prime's head, destroying it.

A time storm immediately wells up, spreading outward from the ''Ark'' and into space. The Maximals find themselves phasing in and out of past bodies{{m-}}as well as out of existence{{m-}}as Megatron emerges from the ''Ark'', triumphant.

==Quotes==
"What're you looking at?" 
"That star. Well, planet, actually. Venus. It reminds me of you." 
"You mean hot, poisonous, and deadly? Aww, you're sweet." 
:{{m-}} '''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt''' with a ref to the former's voice actress

"I think we're almost through." 
"Then, stand back." 
"Wait, we just-" 
''Silverbolt blows the rocks away'' 
"Uh, nevermind. What is it with guys and high explosives?" 
:{{m-}} '''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt'''. ([[Michael Bay|Guys]] really don't know either)

"Aw, man! That ship wasn't built; it was poured!" 
"Die-cast construction!" ''[He [[wikipedia:Breaking the fourth wall|looks at the audience]].]'' "It's a lost art."
:{{m-}} '''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal''' comment on the sturdiness of the ''Ark''

"Now I enter these hallowed halls... a conquerer... yesss. Autobots and Decepticons, still frozen in emergency stasis, awaiting the moment, four million years hence, when they will awaken to start the Great War. Hmmm, a Great War, when the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, and thus their descendants the Maximals that rule we Predacons... archaic energon guzzlers! How ''dare'' they? Unwilling, though I was to follow my namesake's instructions, it has all come down to this: the ultimate risk, for the ultimate prize. A day of reckoning, with ''those'' who made ''us'' slaves!"
:{{m-}} '''Megatron''' enters the command bridge of the ''Ark''

"So, we are now face to face, Optimus ''Prime''. In one future you awaken and become the great leader of the Autobots. But time shall take a different track, now... computer! All available power to primary weapon! ... And now, Optimus Prime, in memory of the Decepticons... for the glory of the Predacons... for the Cybertron that is rightfully ours, and ''mine'' to rule! ... I unleash the storm of vengeance -- ''farewell!''"
:{{m-}} '''Megatron''' rewrites history

"Say goodbye to the universe, Maximals! The future has changed. Yessssss. The Autobots lose, evil triumphs, and you... ''YOU''! NO LONGER EXIST!"
:{{m-}} '''Megatron'''

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Bob Forward]] 
'''Original air date:''' March 12, 1998 (Cartoon Network Special); May 23, 1998 (Regular Syndication)

'''Major characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters 
'''Minor characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

==Notes==
[[Image:Agenda3 opening.JPG|thumb|Yes, "Part Eye-Eye-Eye".]]
*Despite every other multi-part episode in ''Beast Wars'' using Arabic numerals in their titles (including the first two parts of "The Agenda"), this episode opts for the Roman numeral for whatever reason.

* Megatron, to no one's surprise, is perfectly willing to sacrifice most of his team to defeat the Maximals. Blackarachnia, Inferno, Quickstrike, and Rampage were all originally Maximal protoforms (or, in Rampage's case, the product of Maximal science). If his plan to retroactively destroy the Autobots and Maximals had worked, he would have been left with a team consisting of Waspinator and Tarantulas. (Tarantulas' precise origins are unclear, but he's definitely not a descendant of the Autobots.)

*In any event, Megatron's plan would seem to be [[wikipedia:Temporal paradox|temporally problematic]], since such a drastic change could've wiped out the Predacons (and himself) just as easily as the Maximals. Small wonder he "was reluctant to follow my namesake's instructions" and regards it as "the ultimate risk".

*This episode marks the commencement of an ongoing error, whereby [[Teletraan 1]] is frequently pronounced "Tele''tron'' 1". The issue is resolved with [[Rattrap|extreme subtlety]] in "[[Nemesis Part 2]]".

===Technical/Animation glitches===
* After Ravage's ship goes down and the Maximals decide to chase after Megatron, Optimus transforms to flight mode. Watch his transformation, you will see that his front, back, and every part of his upper torso is all messed up, to the point that he has to spin around a few times after transforming. (While this is happening the scene mostly switches to Rattrap climbing on Cheetor). Optimus is normal again when he tells Rhinox to "Get on."

* After Megatron blasts the entrance shut and the Maximals get off and find it covered, in a split second the colors on Rattrap's wheels on his back and his rat legs are reversed.

===Continuity errors===
* This episode called into sudden question the location of the Maximal and Predacon bases. The events of "[[Code of Hero]]" seem to firmly place the series somewhere in Africa, where early humanity evolved; the templates for the Maximals' beast modes (gorillas, cheetahs, rhinos) would seem to back this up. However, the ''Ark'' is traditionally seen to have crashed in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. If this is the case, the Maximals pursued Megatron across the Atlantic Ocean and over an entire continent! Even if the Ark touched down in Africa in this continuity, in "[[Possession]]" [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream's]] spark is ''clearly'' shown landing in the Southwest United States. Also, the early humans still appear after any therotical 'crossing of the Atlantic' took place.
* Either way, it doesn't make much sense that the Maximals make ''no'' attempt to shoot down Megatron while he's still on the run, rather than waiting till he reaches his destination.

===Transformers references===
*In reference to the strength of the ''Ark'', Rattrap claims, "That ship wasn't built, it was poured!". Primal replies "Die-cast construction. It's a lost art." This is a reference to the original Transformer toys, which featured some [[die-cast]] parts.

*The final act features a bonanza of cameo appearances by the original Generation 1 Transformers, including Prowl, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Ironhide, Thundercracker, Soundwave, and Starscream.

===Real-world references===
*Rattrap refers to his vehicle mode as Knievel mode, a reference to [[wikipedia:Evel Knievel|Evel Knievel]].
*As Rattrap rides the missile connected with Ravage's ship, he lets out a cowboy yell. This is a homage to Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]''.

==External links==
*Link
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The Agenda (Part III)

2008-05-17T11:46:38Z

60.242.28.87: /* Quotes */

[[Image:Agenda3 MegatronOptimusPrime.jpg|350px|thumb|Don't worry, [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|we know the drill]].]]

'''His plans crumbling, Megatron takes a final stab at winning the Beast Wars and changing history.'''

{{episodenav |BW |season=2 |13 |prev=The Agenda (Part 2) |next=Optimal Situation}}

==Summary==
With [[Ravage]] and his [[Transwarp Cruiser]] backing them up, the [[Predacon]]s unleash a full assault on the [[Maximal]] [[Axalon (BW)|base]]. It doesn't take long for Ravage and [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] to bring down the base's shield. Ravage has Tarantulas transfer all the cruiser's power into one enormous missile. Before it can fire, [[Rattrap]] bursts into the ship's weapons hold and tosses a pair of magnetic bombs that adhere to Tarantulas's hands. The bombs obliterate [[Tarantulas]], the ship's interior, and Ravage{{m-}}who faces the onrushing fireball with a stoic cry of "[[Decepticon]]s forever!" The cruiser falls out of the sky, coming to rest mere feet from Rampage{{m-}}who is then blasted by the still-armed missile.

With the cruiser destroyed and his minions out of commission, Megatron flees. [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] notes that he's not headed back to base, realizes where he's probably going, and orders the Maximals to pursue.

Meanwhile, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] make their way into the caves of the volcano, uncovering the object of Blackarachnia's quest{{m-}}the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]. Blackarachnia explains to Silverbolt that the ship contains the Autobots' "finest heroes", but was attacked by Decepticons, with members of both factions stored inside, who will awaken in the distant future to re-start the [[Great War]]. Blackarachnia is concerned only with the power it possesses{{m-}}but Megatron arrives just then, blasting Silverbolt offline and sealing the entrance to the caves behind him.

The Maximals arrive hot on his heels, find the sealed entrance, and start digging their way in. Inside, Megatron threatens to vaporize Silverbolt, convincing Blackarachnia to use the access codes to gain access to the ''Ark'' (though she vehemently maintains it's only so they'll have some cover in the face of the imminent Maximal attack). The Maximals burst through in time to see the two Predacons sealing the ''Ark'' behind them.

Blackarachnia activates the ship's defenses to hold off the Maximals, while Megatron goes to "effect a more permanent solution." Entering the main bridge of the ship, he hovers among the fallen Autobots and Decepticons, eulogizing the Decepticons and cursing the Autobots, until he comes face to face with his intended target{{m-}}[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the original [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]]s, who kept the Decepticons from victory (and therefore left their Predacon descendants in a subservient position to the dominant Maximals). Megatron charges his main weapon and prepares to fire.

In the caves, the Maximals are pelted by fire from the ship's cannon, till Rattrap manages to force a backblast that deactivates the cannon and shields. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] struggles to open the mighty doors of the ''Ark''. But the Maximals are too late{{m-}}Megatron unleashes a full-power blast at Optimus Prime's head, destroying it.

A time storm immediately wells up, spreading outward from the ''Ark'' and into space. The Maximals find themselves phasing in and out of past bodies{{m-}}as well as out of existence{{m-}}as Megatron emerges from the ''Ark'', triumphant.

==Quotes==
"What're you looking at?" 
"That star. Well, planet, actually. Venus. It reminds me of you." 
"You mean hot, poisonous, and deadly? Aww, you're sweet." 
:{{m-}} '''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt''' with a ref to the former's voice actress

"I think we're almost through." 
"Then, stand back." 
"Wait, we just-" 
''Silverbolt blows the rocks away'' 
"Uh, nevermind. What is it with guys and high explosives?" 
:{{m-}} '''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt'''. ([[Michael Bay|Guys]] really don't know either)

"Aw, man! That ship wasn't built; it was poured!" 
"Die-cast construction!" ''[He [[wikipedia:Breaking the fourth wall|looks at the audience]].]'' "It's a lost art."
:{{m-}} '''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal''' comment on the sturdiness of the ''Ark''

"Now I enter these hallowed halls... a conquerer... yesss. Autobots and Decepticons, still frozen in emergency stasis, awaiting the moment, four million years hence, when they will awaken to start the Great War. Hmmm, a Great War, when the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, and thus their descendants the Maximals that rule we Predacons... archaic energon guzzlers! How ''dare'' they? Unwilling, though I was to follow my namesake's instructions, it has all come down to this: the ultimate risk, for the ultimate prize. A day of reckoning, with ''those'' who made ''us'' slaves!"
:{{m-}} '''Megatron''' enters the command bridge of the ''Ark''

"So, we are now face to face, Optimus ''Prime''. In one future you awaken and become the great leader of the Autobots. But time shall take a different track, now... computer! All available power to primary weapon! ... And now, Optimus Prime, in memory of the Decepticons... for the glory of the Predacons... for the Cybertron that is rightfully ours, and ''mine'' to rule! ... I unleash the storm of vengeance -- ''farewell!''"
:{{m-}} '''Megatron''' rewrites history

"Say goodbye to the universe, Maximals! The future has changed. Yessssss. The Autobots lose, evil triumphs, and you... ''YOU''! NO LONGER EXIST!"
:{{m-}} '''Megatron'''

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Bob Forward]] 
'''Original air date:''' March 12, 1998 (Cartoon Network Special); May 23, 1998 (Regular Syndication)

'''Major characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters 
'''Minor characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

==Notes==
[[Image:Agenda3 opening.JPG|thumb|Yes, "Part Eye-Eye-Eye".]]
*Despite every other multi-part episode in ''Beast Wars'' using Arabic numerals in their titles (including the first two parts of "The Agenda"), this episode opts for the Roman numeral for whatever reason.

* Megatron, to no one's surprise, is perfectly willing to sacrifice most of his team to defeat the Maximals. Blackarachnia, Inferno, Quickstrike, and Rampage were all originally Maximal protoforms (or, in Rampage's case, the product of Maximal science). If his plan to retroactively destroy the Autobots and Maximals had worked, he would have been left with a team consisting of Waspinator and Tarantulas. (Tarantulas' precise origins are unclear, but he's definitely not a descendant of the Autobots.)

*In any event, Megatron's plan would seem to be [[wikipedia:Temporal paradox|temporally problematic]], since such a drastic change could've wiped out the Predacons (and himself) just as easily as the Maximals. Small wonder he "was reluctant to follow my namesake's instructions" and regards it as "the ultimate risk".

*This episode marks the commencement of an ongoing error, whereby [[Teletraan 1]] is frequently pronounced "Tele''tron'' 1". The issue is resolved with [[Rattrap|extreme subtlety]] in "[[Nemesis Part 2]]".

===Technical/Animation glitches===
* After Ravage's ship goes down and the Maximals decide to chase after Megatron, Optimus transforms to flight mode. Watch his transformation, you will see that his front, back, and every part of his upper torso is all messed up, to the point that he has to spin around a few times after transforming. (While this is happening the scene mostly switches to Rattrap climbing on Cheetor). Optimus is normal again when he tells Rhinox to "Get on."

* After Megatron blasts the entrance shut and the Maximals get off and find it covered, in a split second the colors on Rattrap's wheels on his back and his rat legs are reversed.

===Continuity errors===
* This episode called into sudden question the location of the Maximal and Predacon bases. The events of "[[Code of Hero]]" seem to firmly place the series somewhere in Africa, where early humanity evolved; the templates for the Maximals' beast modes (gorillas, cheetahs, rhinos) would seem to back this up. However, the ''Ark'' is traditionally seen to have crashed in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. If this is the case, the Maximals pursued Megatron across the Atlantic Ocean and over an entire continent! Even if the Ark touched down in Africa in this continuity, in "[[Possession]]" [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream's]] spark is ''clearly'' shown landing in the Southwest United States.
* Either way, it doesn't make much sense that the Maximals make ''no'' attempt to shoot down Megatron while he's still on the run, rather than waiting till he reaches his destination.

===Transformers references===
*In reference to the strength of the ''Ark'', Rattrap claims, "That ship wasn't built, it was poured!". Primal replies "Die-cast construction. It's a lost art." This is a reference to the original Transformer toys, which featured some [[die-cast]] parts.

*The final act features a bonanza of cameo appearances by the original Generation 1 Transformers, including Prowl, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Ironhide, Thundercracker, Soundwave, and Starscream.

===Real-world references===
*Rattrap refers to his vehicle mode as Knievel mode, a reference to [[wikipedia:Evel Knievel|Evel Knievel]].
*As Rattrap rides the missile connected with Ravage's ship, he lets out a cowboy yell. This is a homage to Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]''.

==External links==
*Link
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Velocity (episode)

2008-05-13T11:51:31Z

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'''Investigating a mysterious race car, Bumblebee gets involved with an illegal underground street racing circuit, which also captures the attention of the Decepticons.'''

==Summary==
[[Image:Master_disaster_rig.jpg ||thumb | 200px | right| Optimus Prime's evil twin brother, come back for revenge!! ]]

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==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Len Uhley]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Christopher Berkeley]], & [[Kenji Itoso]]
*'''Original airdate:''' May 10, 2008

===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" |
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (9)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (10)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (6)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (7)
*[[Master Disaster]] (8)
|}

==Quotes==
'''Fanzone''': I've been after these guys for weeks. They're part of an underground racing circuit. 
'''Bulkhead''': You mean they race in tunnels? 
'''Fanzone''': Underground as in illegal. As in they race in the streets and don't care who gets hurt. 
'''Bulkhead''': That's not what Sari told me. 
'''Optimus''': What purpose does this street race serve? 
'''Fanzone''': Eh, what else? They get a couple a' million pay-per-view customers for their pirate broadcasts, then it's "cha-ching cha-ching", big bucks. 
:{{m-}}Captain Fanzone introduces the Autobots to the seedy world of underground racing.

'''Bumblebee''': Lighten up, Bulkhead. We're supposed to be the ''fun'' bots. 
'''Bulkhead''': Yeah, but we still gotta set a good example. She looks up to us. 
'''Bumblebee''': Hello, she looks up to everybody. 
'''Sari''': HEY! 
:{{m-}}Bumblebee should be more sensitive about [[scale|size issues]].

"HA! I will crush all that stands in my way!" 
:{{m-}}'''Hothead Blitzwing''', right before he is buried under the rubble of a bridge.

'''Random Blitzwing''': Oh, isn't zat cute? [[Bumblebee (Animated)|They're]] [[Captain Fanzone's car|twins]]! 
'''Icy Blitzwing''': Readings indicate that one of them is carrying the AllSpark fragment. 
'''Hothead Blitzwing''': I will destroy them both! 
:{{m-}}Whenever in doubt, Blitzwing's personalities can agree on one thing{{m-}}destroy everything.

"Hey...you know that's comin' out of my paycheck."
:—'''Captain Fanzone''' manages to see the down side of being saved before Blitzwing destroyed his car.

''[referring to Bumblebee's vehicle mode]'' 
"How come your interior's so much cleaner than mine?" 
"Hmm, maybe because it's not on fire?"
:—'''Sari''' zings '''Captain Fanzone'''.

'''Hothead Blitzwing''': What is happening?! Why can't I control myself?! 
'''Random Blitzwing''': Not zat I ever could! AHAHAHA! 
'''Sari''': See? This is how Master Disaster fixed his races. By making the blue racer do whatever he wanted. 
'''Random Blitzwing''': Oh, dizzy. Not liking the dizzy.
:{{m-}}As Sari takes control, Hothead Blitzwing wants it back, while Random Blitzwing has accepted his insanity.

"Well, that's the trouble with bending the rules—''cough''—they usually snap right back in your face."
:—Lessons in life from '''Captain Fanzone'''

'''Hothead Blitzwing''': Never give up! 
'''Icy Blitzwing''': Never surrender! 
'''Random Blitzwing''': NEVER MIND!! 
''[Blitzwing swerves off into a nearby building]'' 
:{{m-}}Blitzwing and the mysterious racer play a game of Chicken.

==Other notes==

===Continuity errors===
* Hothead [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] demonstrates the ability to function in jet mode, instead of automatically switching to tank mode as he did in "[[Megatron Rising, Part 2]]". His ice missiles are replaced with conventional explosive ones. Maybe he learned his lesson?

===Transformers references===
* Bumblebee's turbo boosters were first seen in "[[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]]".
* The Street Demon symbol bears more than a little resemblance to the [[Maximal]] insignia.

===Real-world references===
* The mysterious racer's vehicle mode bears more than just a passing resemblance to the Mach 5 from ''[[Wikipedia:Speed Racer|Speed Racer]]''.
**(Though it's probably coincidence that the 2008 live-action ''Speed Racer'' movie opened the same weekend this episode first aired.)

*This episode borrows several plot and thematic elements from the popular street racing film ''[[Wikipedia:The Fast and the Furious|The Fast and the Furious]]''.

*Blitzwing's "Never give up! Never surrender! NEVER MIND!" quote refers to the catchphrase from the [[Dreamworks]] film, ''[[Wikipedia:Galaxy Quest|Galaxy Quest]]''.

*Blitzwing haphazardly fires off multiple missiles in all directions in a style reminiscent of the Veritech Fighters from ''[[wikipedia:Macross|Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]''.

*In this episode, Blitzwing's cannons make the familiar "high tension cable twang" normally associated with laser cannons in the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] films.

*Also, Sari's [[Sari Sumdac's key|Key]] makes the noise of a Zat gun from Stargate SG-1 when she enters Master Disaster's trailer, and again when she picks up the remote.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Fanzone's car explodes. Again. At least we know where he gets the replacements.
* The mysterious blue race car under Master Disaster's control matches the vehicle mode of ''Animated'' [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], as shown in an "upcoming products" presentation at [[BotCon 2008]]. ''Presumably'' it ''is'' Blurr . . . but as of this episode, its exact nature is unknown. It could be merely an AllSpark-enhanced unliving machine (like those in "[[The Elite Guard]]"), from which Blurr will someday take his [[Earth]]-mode (as Bumblebee did with Fanzone's car). (If it is Blurr, then he either is or will be a member of the Elite Guard, according to the presentation mentioned above.)

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The Punch

2008-05-04T07:14:02Z

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===Description===
This is [[Lugnut]]'s signature weapon. When activated, his right arm transforms into a kind of rocket (for lack of a better descriptor.) The elbow area then thrusts out flames building up a great deal of force. Then Lugnut releases the "Fist" and it slams into the ground, striking the weapons ignition-point and activating its explosive payload.

When discharged, a dome of fiery kinetic energy explodes out in all directions covering the whole battlefield, Lugnut's allies included. Lugnut appears to be relatively shielded by his own ability, much like [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] with his EMP Generator.

This weapon has proven to be among the top three most dangerous arsenals in [[Transformers Animated]], the other two being [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s [[Fusion cannon]], and [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]'s Lightning Hammer. It always is shown that when (successfully) discharged, it never fails to clear the area, having once decimated the entire [[Autobot]] team at once. {{storylink|Lost and Found}}

However this weapon has a fatal flaw. If the ignition-point is struck before Lugnut is prepared, the weapon will go off in his face sending him flying. He was still repairing himself weeks after such a misfire. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

===Known Uses===
*The first recorded use of this weapon was during Lugnut and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]'s initial assault against [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Prime]] and his autobots. After hearing [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] claim to having seen Megatron die Lugnut panicked and in a rage unleashed his Punch. Blitzwing was less than pleased about having been uninformed about this action ahead of time.{{storylink|Lost and Found}}

*Later, when ordered to retireve Sari's Key, Blitzwing and Lugnut cornered Ratchet. For the second time Lugnut used his Punch to knock Ratchet hard against a building for Blitzwing to finish off.{{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

*Later during an open assault on the [[Ark (Animated)|Ark]], Lugnut engaged in one-on-one combat with [[Bulkhead]]. He prepared to use his Punch a third time to finish off the weaker autobot. However, before he could engage the attack (and finish his speech) Bulkhead used his wrecking-ball to strike the Punch's ignition point and blast Lugnut out of the fight.{{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

*When recovering a fragment of AllSpark energy, Lugnut ended up converting [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] (the result of the fragment's energy) to the Decepticons. When Ratchet and Bumblebee tracked Wreck-Gar down, Lugnut prepared to use the Punch...which Wreck-Gar took to be a high-five, and so set the Punch off. The Autobots managed to get clear, but unlike the previous occasion where the Punch was prematurely set off, there were no adverse affects to Lugnut. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

===Trivia===
The Cartoon Network Staff liked the fan name for the Punch; "'''The Punch of Kill Everything'''," so much that they may work it into the show. Which would be too cool.<ref>http://tformers.com/transformers-2008-botcon-cartoon/9340/news.html</ref>

==Footnotes==
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Sumdac Systems

2008-05-04T06:48:02Z

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:''Sumdac Systems is a corporation in the [[Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sumdac_Systems.PNG|right|thumb|"We make the future"]]

Founded by [[Isaac Sumdac]], '''Sumdac Systems''' is the [[Earth]]'s foremost producer of [[automaton]]s. Headquartered in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]'s [[Sumdac Tower]], Sumdac Systems produces a fantastically wide range of automatons, with functions ranging from law enforcement to janitorial work to entertainment. Thanks to a series of mergers, Sumdac Systems owns a number of facilities across Detroit, including the abandoned car factory the Earthbound [[Autobot]]s call home.

Unknown to anyone but Isaac Sumdac himself, however, is that he owes his success to [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], whose body he scavenged and reverse-engineered.

==Known employees==
* Isaac Sumdac - founder/CEO (former)
* [[Porter C. Powell]] - chairman of the board/CEO
* [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]] - engineer (fired by Sumdac, brought back by Powell)

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Animated'' cartoon===
Sumdac Systems was founded by Isaac Sumdac using technology he reversed engineered from Megatron's severed head. Over the next fifty years, Sumdac Systems came to dominate the robotic market it had created, becoming the backbone of Detroit's economy. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

Sumdac Systems' protoype turbo-blade cyber suit was appropriated by Megatron, who gave it to small-time hood [[Nanosec|Nino Sexton]]. Using Isaac Sumdac's stolen financial information, he paid the criminal to use the suit to rob a Sumdac facility of the unstable experimental compound [[Destronium]]. While the Autobots eventually apprehended Sexton, the Destronium was destroyed. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}

Sumdac Systems has a notable zero-military hardware policy. Isaac Sumdac is rather adamant about this, no matter how "wicked sweet" explosions are, nor how much "total ownage" would result. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}} However, the company does have contracts with the [[Detroit Police Department]], including fully armed [[police drone]]s. Isaac Sumdac doesn't seem to find this a contradiction. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

In the wake of Professor Sumdac's disappearance, board member Porter C. Powell was rather cold-hearted towards his daughter's "wasting" of company resources to try to locate him (never mind the fact that the company depends on his brain for their products). The second she stepped out of the office, he began a hostile takeover and had the board name him CEO. He also took the liberty of disproving that Sari exists, legally. What a charming fellow. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

{{spoiler|The Return of the Headmaster}}
As CEO of Sumdac Systems, Powell reversed several of Isaac Sumdac's policies, notably his "no military hardware" rule. He also lowered the recruitment criteria for Sumdac Systems, proved by his re-hiring of former employee [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]], who was not only insane, but had also [[Headmaster (episode)|tried to blow up Michigan a while back]]. He also banned the Autobots from Sumdac Tower. No Autobots allowed, but terrorists welcomed, apparently. Yeah, that's certainly not going to be something to regret...{{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

==Trivia==

*The Sumdac Systems emblem (seen in the lobby of Sumdac Tower), bears a superficial similarity to the 'S' emblem of the DC Comics villain Slade/Deathstroke as portrayed in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Titans_%28TV_series%29 ''Teen Titans''] cartoon, which incidentally was a previous project for many of the staff of ''Transformers Animated''. It also resembles the 'C' icon of 'Cybus Industries', a mega-corporation from the TV series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who ''Doctor Who'']. Like Sumdac Systems, Cybus is run by a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_villains#John_Lumic reclusive genius] and has its hand in (amongst other technologies) some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberman very advanced servo-mechanics]. The emblem also looks almost identical to the S insignia of the Sphere in the cartoon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyland ''Skyland''], which bears little resemblance to Sumdac Systems apart from extensively using robots.

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The Transformers: The Movie

2008-05-02T12:16:32Z

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[[Image:Transformersanimatedfilmposter.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Featuring the deaths of all your favorite Transformers characters.]]

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'''''The Transformers: The Movie''''' is an animated feature film based on the original Transformers toyline. It was released in the United States on August 8, 1986.

Often referred to by fans simply as "the movie" or "TFTM", this film opens with characters who had been featured in the first two years of the toyline and associated media (cartoons, comic books, etc.), but quickly introduces new characters and kills many of the old ones to make room. In particular, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] are all destroyed during the course of the film.

The movie was a step up in almost every area from the television series, with a more sophisticated plot, more serious treatment of war and violence, a hugely ambitious scope and a greatly increased animation budget with well-known celebrities providing voice work. For these reasons the film remains very popular with children of the 1980s.

==Primary characters and cast==
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]...[[Peter Cullen]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]...[[Robert Stack]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]...[[Paul Eiding]]
*[[Hot Rod]]...[[Judd Nelson]]
*[[Kup]]...[[Lionel Stander]]
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]...[[John Moschitta]]
*[[Springer]]...[[Neil Ross]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]...[[Susan Blu]]
*[[Wreck-Gar]]...[[Eric Idle]]
*[[Daniel Witwicky]]...[[David Mendenhall]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]...[[Frank Welker]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]...[[Chris Latta]]
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]...[[Leonard Nimoy]]
*[[Unicron]]...[[Orson Welles]]

==Brief synopsis==

[[Image:Unicronplanet.jpg|left|thumb|That's no moon. It's a space station.]]

A [[Scale|planet-sized Transformer]] called [[Unicron]] who eats other planets is approaching [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. As part of their continuing wars, the Autobots and Decepticons have a [[Battle of Autobot City|fierce battle]] on Earth which sees both Optimus Prime and Megatron mortally wounded. Prime passes the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Ultra Magnus and dies, and Megatron is transformed by Unicron into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (briefly) assumes leadership of the Decepticons, but is killed when Galvatron arrives at Cybertron. Galvatron then chases the surviving Autobots on Earth across space, splitting them up and taking the Matrix. The Autobots find their way back to each other, and follow Galvatron to Cybertron just as Unicron transforms into robot mode and begins to eat their world. Travelling inside Unicron, [[Hot Rod]] recovers the Matrix, transforms into Rodimus Prime, and uses the Matrix to destroy Unicron.

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==Full synopsis==

[[Image:Tftm1986a.jpg|right|thumb|I have a bad feeling about this.]]

In the first sequence of the film, a mechanical planet called [[Unicron]] is shown travelling through the depths of space, then approaching and destroying another metal planet which has robotic inhabitants, much like [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. During the attack, robots, vehicles, buildings, and even large chunks of rock float off the surface of the planet and spiral into the large "mouth" on Unicron.

The scene then transitions to Cybertron, and the narrator explains that it is the year 2005, and that the [[Decepticon]]s are now in control of the planet. The [[Autobot]]s are preparing to launch an assault to retake the planet from hidden bases on two of Cybertron's moons. The Autobots launch a [[Autobot shuttle|shuttle]] to pick up a final shipment of [[energon]] from [[Earth]] before they strike.

Plans for the attack are overheard by [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who reports back to Megatron. The Decepticons attack the Autobot shuttle en route to Earth, wiping out its crew (including [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and the [[Brawn (G1)|guy in the picture up there]]). Using the Autobots' own shuttle, the Decepticons are able to get very close to the Autobots' base on Earth, [[Autobot City]], before they are detected, and begin a devastating surprise attack on the unprepared city.

[[Image:Tftm1986b.jpg|left|thumb|If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.]]

During the battle at Autobot City, both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron suffer mortal injuries, and a number of other characters are also killed. Eventually the Decepticons retreat, but the damage suffered by the Autobots has been severe.

''For an extensive synopsis of the battle, see [[Battle of Autobot City]].''

Shortly after the battle, Prime lies on his deathbed. He passes the reins of leadership to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and gives him the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. (Though Hot Rod actually touches the Matrix before Magnus does.) Prime relates a prophecy: "One day, an Autobot shall rise from our ranks, and use the power of the Matrix to light our [[darkest hour]]." He then gives the oath, "[['Til all are one]]", and [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|dies]]. This sequence of events is observed remotely by Unicron, who appears unusually concerned by the survival of the Matrix.

The Decepticons are making their escape aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], but are too heavy for him to get them all home under his own power. After putting the matter to a fair vote, the Decepticons decide to throw their injured members off the ship to better the chance of survival for the rest. One of the most severely injured Decepticons is Megatron. Starscream tosses him out and claims leadership of the Decepticon army.

Megatron and the other adrift Decepticons then encounter Unicron in interstellar space. Unicron offers to rebuild Megatron and his minions in exchange for their service. Megatron agrees, and is [[reformatting|reformatted]] into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. The other Decepticons are turned into [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and the [[Sweep]]s. Unicron provides them with a [[Galvatron's ship|ship]], and sends them to kill Ultra Magnus and destroy the Matrix, stating that the Matrix is the only thing which can stand in his way.

[[Image:Tftm1986c.jpg|right|thumb|Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed.]]

Galvatron first stops at Cybertron to take his revenge by killing Starscream and reclaiming leadership of the Decepticons. Almost immediately afterwards, Unicron arrives in Cybertron's vicinity and devours at least two moons{{m-}}both of the Autobots' moon bases are destroyed. Under coercion by Unicron, Galvatron finally heads to Earth to kill Ultra Magnus, but Magnus and the other surviving Autobots flee in a pair of shuttles. Eventually Galvatron manages to cause one shuttle to crash on yet another metal planet ([[Quintessa]]), and detonates the other with a volley of missiles. However, the Autobots in the second shuttle escape unnoticed by separating the front portion of their shuttle just before impact.

The Autobots in the crashed shuttle, [[Hot Rod]], [[Kup]], and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, find themselves separated and in a hostile environment. Hot Rod and Kup are captured by a squad of [[Allicon]]s and taken before a [[Quintesson]] [[Quintesson judge|judge]] and his court. While being held there, they learn the name and nature of Unicron from [[Kranix]], a survivor of the planet destroyed in the opening of the film, which he calls [[Lithone]]. Meanwhile, the Dinobots encounter and befriend a young, wild Autobot named [[Wheelie]] who has been living alone on Quintessa. Together, they crash the trial just as Hot Rod and Kup are fighting losing odds against the Quintessons' [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s. The tide is turned, and the Autobots commandeer a [[Quintesson ship]].

[[Image:Tftm1986d.jpg|left|thumb|What an incredible smell you've discovered!]]

The other group of Autobots has landed on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] to make repairs, but are attacked yet again by Galvatron, who was tipped off to their survival by Unicron. During the battle, Ultra Magnus tries to open the Matrix to use its power, but is unable to do so, and instead is killed. Galvatron absconds the Matrix, taking it away to Unicron. The remaining Autobots{{m-}}[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Springer]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]]'s son [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]]{{m-}}are then ambushed by [[Junkion]]s, the eponymous natives of Junkion, who are also giant transforming robots. This battle is cut short, however, by the arrival of Hot Rod's group in their Quintesson ship. After exchanging the [[universal greeting]] they all make friends, and the Junkions restore Ultra Magnus to life. Together, the whole group travels to Cybertron to try to recover the Matrix.

Galvatron attempts to open the Matrix to use its power against Unicron, but is also unable to get it open. Unicron, not pleased with this attempted treachery, shocks Galvatron by transforming from a planet into a [[Scale|planet-sized robot]]. Unicron plucks Galvatron off his chest and swallows him, Matrix and all, and then begins attacking Cybertron itself. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] scrambles the Decepticon forces to defend the planet, but they are ineffective against so large an enemy. Shortly the Autobots arrive from Junkion, and fly the Quintesson ship straight through Unicron's eye. This impact destroys the ship, and the Autobots fall out inside Unicron. Hot Rod, separated from the others, eventually runs into Galvatron. During their fight, Hot Rod gets his hands on the Matrix and hears Optimus's voice speak the words, "Arise, Rodimus Prime." Hot Rod grows in stature, adopts a much sterner demeanor, and quickly dispatches Galvatron by tossing him through Unicron's hull out into space. He then opens the Matrix, which fills Unicron with light and begins destroying him.

[[Image:Tftm1986e.jpg|right|thumb|Use the Force, Luke.]]

In the meantime, the other Autobots inside Unicron have located some of their comrades from the moon bases who had been presumed dead, including [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and Daniel's father, Spike. The Autobots, including Rodimus, escape through Unicron's remaining eye just as he begins to fall apart and explode. The scene then immediately shifts to the surface of Cybertron, where{{m-}}for unclear reasons{{m-}}the Autobots seem to be in charge again. Rodimus predicts an era of peace and prosperity, and the film closes with a shot of Unicron's severed head still floating in orbit around Cybertron.

[['Til all are one]].

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==Significance in Transfandom==

''The Transformers: The Movie'' remains one of the most important elements of the entire Transformers brand, both within the fiction and from the perspective of the brand's popularity and "mindshare".

Fictionally, it established several story concepts that have been used repeatedly in the years since 1986, some of which{{m-}}such as Unicron and the Matrix{{m-}}are now central to the entire Transformers mythos. The movie is also the centerpiece of the most well-known Transformers continuity: the G1 animated universe. The G1 cartoon is split into "pre-movie" and "post-movie" sections which feature different characters and settings, and even somewhat different visual styles. (Most pre-movie episodes were animated by the studio [[Toei]], while most post-movie episodes were animated by [[AKOM]].)

On a practical note, it was widely available on videotape, and remained so long after the Generation 1 cartoon had gone off the air. Only a handful of series episodes were available on video, making ''The Transformers: The Movie'' the logical choice for someone looking to pick up a ''Transformers'' cartoon; this made it far more well-known among fans than any particular cartoon episode.

To an entire generation of young fans, the movie was the most visually spectacular and narratively epic ''Transformers'' experience of their entire youth. Events such as the death of Optimus Prime are widely reported to have reduced many kids to tears. It is hardly a surprise that these emotional experiences embedded themselves deeply in many fans' memories.

==Criticisms==
All this is not all to say that the movie is a "masterpiece", exactly. The film met with extremely harsh critical reviews on its release, and some of those criticisms still ring true today.

The film displays an arguably cynical attitude towards itself as [[To sell toys|a vehicle for advertising toys]], especially in the way beloved characters are killed{{m-}}sometimes gratuitously{{m-}}for sake of justifying the story's focus on a new group of toys. (Note that the poster at the top of this article features ''only'' new characters.)

Further, the two primary plot devices{{m-}}[[Unicron]] and the [[Matrix]]{{m-}}have no prior establishment in the fiction. Unicron is given no backstory or justification; he simply exists, is very dangerous, and is afraid of the Matrix, all for no adequately explained reason. The introduction of the Matrix itself is a heavy [[retcon]]. The story asks the audience to accept that this cosmically powerful artifact has been in Prime's possession all along (even though an X-ray of Optimus Prime's innards in the second season episode "[[A Prime Problem]]" show absolutely no signs of said Matrix), but has somehow never been relevant before. In fact, this lack of prior establishment is what led [[Simon Furman]] to develop the divinity backstory of Unicorn and [[Primus]] in the UK comics run.

[[Image:Megatronlightsaber.jpg|right|thumb|Your powers are weak, old man!]]

The movie bears many similarities to ''[[Star Wars]]'': There are several character-parallels (Springer is a Han Solo-type and Arcee even has Princess Leia's hairdo!), the primary threat is similar (it's the Death Star... but it transforms!), and both feature a climactic battle where the young hero hears the voice of his wise mentor one last time before saving the day.

To be a bit more fair to ''The Transformers: The Movie'', however, most of these similarities are either superficial (Arcee's Leia-hair; Megatron's "lightsaber" he briefly uses in his duel against Optimus Prime) or can be seen as elements common to thousands of years worth of epic storytelling through human history, not just common to ''Star Wars''. As a simple example, the phenomenon of two charismatic leaders dealing each other mortal injuries in battle hearkens back to some versions of the "King Arthur" myth; in their final battle, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Arthur]] and his arch-enemy [[Megatron (G1)|Sir Mordred]] deal one another lethal injuries and both apparently expire -- though Arthur according to the legend will [[The Return of Optimus Prime|return]] when [[Cybertron (planet)|England's]] need [[darkest hour|is greatest]].

Though most likely coincidental, the movie also bears many similarities to the Marvel Comics ''Fantastic Four'' story "The Galactus Trilogy":

* The presence of an enormous world-devouring cosmic entity that threatens to destroy the heroes' home planet (Galactus/Unicron).

* The presence of a single item that is the only thing that can stop said cosmic entity (Ultimate Nullifier/Matrix of Leadership).

* The presence of a herald of said cosmic entity, who ultimately betrays the entity (Silver Surfer/Galvatron).

==Trivia and controversies==

This film was one of the last professional performances by [[Orson Welles]], if not the very last. According to production materials shown at [[BotCon 2000]] by Tim Finn, the voice recording sessions for ''The Transformers: The Movie'' were done on September 10 and 11 of 1985. Welles died on October 10 of that same year. It has often been speculated that Unicron's last line ("Destiny... you cannot destroy my destiny...!") was recorded by another actor{{m-}}possibly [[Leonard Nimoy|Nimoy]]{{m-}}because it sounds different than the other lines. This speculation has been quashed by statements by Transformers voice director [[Wally Burr]].[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/60-astrominutes/wally_burr_3.html]

The Dinobot [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] is mysteriously absent from almost the entire movie (maybe he was scared of getting killed off), even though the Dinobots as a group are featured prominently. It is unclear why this is the case, but one possible explanation is that copies of the script which have come into fans' hands repeatedly list the Dinobots but never make mention of Snarl by name. In fact, at one point the script refers to "the four Dinobots". Despite this, Snarl does appear in three very brief shots, although he has no lines and no action.

Also curiously absent are the 1985 Autobot cars and Mini-Vehicles, such as Inferno, Smokescreen, Cosmos, Warpath, etc. It would seem that these characters were available at the time of the movie:
* Perceptor and Blaster both debuted at the same time in the cartoon as the 1985 cars, and both play prominent roles in the movie.
* Grapple is seen ''very'' briefly during the battle for Autobot City.
* The 1985 Decepticons (Astrotrain, Dirge, etc.) appear in the film.
* Tracks, Red Alert and Smokescreen all appeared in storyboards but not the finished film.

With the exception of Starscream, Unicron, and possibly Shockwave, only the Autobots suffered causalities in the movie. All of the other "dead" Decepticons from the Autobot City battle were rebuilt into Galvatron's new troops, and although more Decepticons were shown taking heavy damage and suffering huge casualties while fighting Unicron, their identities and their condition are uncertain. Additionally, both Starscream and Unicron survived in the post-movie series in some form or another. Shockwave's death in the finished film is highly uncertain, although in the script it is fairly strongly implied. He does make some appearances in crowd shots in later cartoon episodes, but these may be examples of the fairly common animation errors in those episodes.

Originally, Ultra Magnus's "death sequence" on Junkion called for him to be lassoed and drawn and quartered by the Sweeps' energy beams, but this was deemed too graphic for audiences, hence the less disturbing "shot to death" sequence seen instead. There is evidence that the original sequence had been fully animated when the decision was made, however; the Sweeps still kept their solid energy lassos when they fire upon Mags, and Mags is seen visibly straining against what appears to be said lassos (edited out and replaced with laser fire) before exploding.

A number of other sequences were storyboarded but dropped, presumably without ever being animated. Most notable among these was a scene that would have shown the Autobots finally bringing down Devastator with a barrage of missiles (and the Constructicons subsequently shooting Red Alert in the back), and the Decepticons dogpiling Optimus Prime, explaining why he seems to be standing up just before his fight with Megatron.

Rumors have occasionally circulated in the fandom of additional animated footage that was dropped from the film, such as ultra-violent battle scenes. No evidence has ever surfaced to back these claims; the only known edits are those [[#Formatting and Edits|listed below]].

See also [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#The Transformers: The Movie|Urban legends about ''The Transformers: The Movie'']].

==Animation Errors==
There are a few notable animation errors in the movie:

* When the Decepticons are killing the Autobots inside the Autobot shuttle, there is one of the common Starscream/Skywarp/Thundercracker miscolors. Megatron transforms into gun mode and Starscream catches him and kills Brawn. When they cut back to the Decepticons, Starscream is in front of the Constructicons without Megatron and is firing one of his arm rifles (this probably should have been Skywarp or Thundercracker). When they cut back to the Decepticons for the third time, Starscream has Megatron again and is finishing off the rest of the Autobots.

*During the Battle at Autobot City, Starscream gets his leg caught. He shoots downward and gets away while screaming "My Foot!", but its his shin that's smoking while his foot looks fine.

* When Ultra Magnus accepts the Matrix, he's seen inserting it into his chest twice, or at best readjusting its "fit". (Some fans have joked that Mags was forcing the Matrix inside him, as another sign that it had chosen Hot Rod as the new leader and rejected him.)

* Swoop's lower leg appears for a brief second during the Autobot City battle, long before the rest of him gets there.

* When Devastator forms in Autobot City, his chest plate is the same green as the rest of him. In the next shot, it's the usual purple. However, it promptly turns green again in the next shot.

* Not so much an error, but if you watch Sludge when he's haymaker'ed by Devastator, his eyes pop out of their sockets in Looney Tunes fashion.

* When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] sends out his casette troops, [[FIBRIR|Rumble is the same color as Frenzy]].

* Sunstreaker appears with Huffer, Bluestreak and Kup when they observe Hot Rod firing on Ironhide's shuttle. Sunstreaker later appears as Optimus Prime's co-pilot when they arrive with the Dinobots, and is seen disembarking the shuttle along with Optimus Prime and Hound.

* Hot Rod has at least two totally different transformation schemes during the course of the film.

* When Hot Rod tells the Junkions the universal greeting, the Autobot insignia on his chest is coloured black.

* Even after the [[Battle of Autobot City]], characters who are supposedly dead continue to appear in crowd shots and battles. Shrapnel's role in the fight on [[Junk]] is the most noticable, but Thundercracker and Skywarp can be seen at both Starscream's coronation and flying into Unicron's mouth in the [[RBFATE]].

* When the inside of Unicron is shown after he devours Lithone, the "blinking energy" effect of Unicron's innards was apparently achieved by recycling backgrounds from other animated TV shows or movies. If you go through the scene frame by frame, you will see what appear to be several images of post-apocalyptic buildings inside Unicron.

* There are a couple frames where you can see the inside of one of the Lithonian ships being devoured by Unicron. The pilot of the ship appears to be Kranix, even though he apparently screams out Kranix's name, and Kranix appears later in the Quintesson prison.

* When Optimus Prime takes the Matrix out of his chest to give to Ultra Magnus, there is another Matrix beneath it in his chest. (On which note, see also ''[[Matrix_of_Leadership#Universe|Matrix of Leadership, Universe comic]].'')

* Not technically an error, but definitely an animator's easter egg; in the Quintesson jail cell, robot debris ''strongly'' resembling the RX-178 MK II and the MSZ-006 mobile suits from 1985's ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'', can be seen.

== Continuity Errors ==

* Despite running out of energon goodies on Quintessa, Hot Rod has at least one to offer to the Junkions. Maybe he got some on the ship.

* So Ultra Magnus just happens to have a ready-made Matrix chamber installed in his chest cavity? Is this standard issue for all Autobots?

==Formatting and Edits==
[[Image:Tftm widescreenesque.jpg|thumb|300px|The widescreen picture (left) cuts the top and bottom off the fullscreen picture (right).]]
Although it was billed in some advertisements before its theatrical release as being "widescreen", the movie was in fact animated in a 4:3 (fullscreen) aspect ratio. For its theatrical screenings, the film was matted down in the projector by the projectionist to a 16:9 aspect ratio (widescreen), chopping the top and bottom off the picture, but all video transfers of the movie were done without mattes, meaning that there was actually more picture visible in the fullscreen video and DVD releases than there would have been in theaters. Across 2006 and 2007, new editions of the DVD of the film were released by Sony BMG and [[Metrodome]] which applied the mattes in order to replicate the original theatrical presentation of the film for the first time in home entertainment. Some fans, however, didn't realize that the film wasn't actually ''animated'' in widescreen, and, hearing that the DVD was to be in widescreen, expected to see the fullscreen image with additional footage at the sides, causing them to complain that the top and bottom were cut off, thereby totally missing the point.

Several English-language versions of the film exist, with the following differences in content from the American theatrical run:

* In some versions (notably the European version) the opening credits are replaced with a scrolling text ("''Star Wars'' style") which provides backstory.

* In some versions (notably the European version) the film ends with a narrator reassuring the audience that Optimus Prime will return.

* Instances of swearing in the film (there are two) were edited out; sometimes one, sometimes both. Those instances are: Spike yelling, "Oh shit, what are we gonna do now?" after the self-destructing Moon Base 2 fails to scratch Unicron, and Ultra Magnus growling, "Open, damn it, open!" while trying to open the Matrix to fend off Galvatron and the Sweeps on Junkion. The United Kingdom cinema version had the swearing included but, when it was released on VHS in the United Kingdom, Spike's line was cut. However it has been restored on all United Kingdom DVD releases.

*Instead of DEG, the Rank Film "gong man" appears before the film, as Rank were the United Kingdom distributors.

==International versions==

In Hungary, the movie has two dubs. One of them is ancient and unprofessional, the other more recent and more professional. The second and more disliked one has a reputation among the fans for including more profanities than the original version of the film. Although Spike's "Oh, shit!" line was cut, Ironhide, Galvatron and the Dinobots say terms akin to "assholes", "jerk", "stupid", "rotten", and "ass-wipes" (this one even twice, when referring to the Decepticons). Quite interesting, seeing as the dubs produced in that era have been known for freeing the movies of their swear words. These dubs are also infamous for using untranslated or incorrectly translated names, and random voice actors for random characters with random voice-pacing. These names include Unicornis (Unicron), Mega-robot (Devastator), Constructors (Constructicons), Deceptors (Decepticons), and Jettison (Astrotrain, probably derived and mis-interpreted from the line "Jettison some weight."). The DVD case has G.I. Joe pictures printed on it, as well as on the DVD itself. Spiffy. It's also worth noting that Bumblebee in the 2007 movie has the same voice he had in the second dub of ''The Transformers: The Movie''. Probably a coincidence, since that guy supplied half of the voices for the cast back then.

Also in Germany, there are two dubs. The first one was made in 1994 for airing on TV (the movie was never shown in German theaters) as a pilot for the broadcasting of the G2 series. Even though the dub was made only three years after the G1 dub was made, only a few of the German voice actors returned. For example, the voice of Optimus Prime was dubbed by [[Thomas Rau]], who was the voice of Rodimus Prime, Blaster and Scourge on the original show. This version of the movie was only shown twice, on its premiere and one day later as a rerun, and was never released on VHS. In 2003, a new dub was made for the movie's DVD release.

German fans are still waiting for a release of the original dub, which features rather brutal translations, e.g.: ''One shall stand, one shall fall'' was translated as ''One shall live, one shall die,'' while [[Megatron]]'s line ''I'll rip out your optics'' was translated as ''I'm going to blow your lights out.''

The Movie was released in Brazilian theaters almost simultaneously to the launch of the series on television. It was later released on home video on the late '80s, but on a very small scale, which made it very hard to find in video stores. The movie was aired on television just once and received a new dub for this. [[Brazilian dubs for the Movie|Which dubbing is the best]] is a regular debate topic among Brazilian fans.

For French-speaking audiences, who had thus far been given two separate dubs of the TV series (one done in France and one done in Quebec, a very common occurrence), a single dub was made for all French releases of the film. This release used a brand-new voice actor team rather than using either dub team from the series. Whereas the old dubs used the French names from the toy packages, the movie used all of the characters' English names. Two characters were given gender changes for this dub; Starscream and Shrapnel both become females. One notable change to the dialog occurs when Starscream asks "Megatron? Is that you?" Galvatron's original answer, "Here's a hint!", is now much more direct: "Yes, but stronger than before!"

In Poland, the movie was never professionally dubbed. In the only official (and cult classic) release on VHS in 1992, all the dialogue was read by a single voice-over actor, while the original sound was left intact and could be heard in the background. To this day, that characteristic form of "narrating" is a very popular solution in Poland when it comes to translating movies for TV or DVDs. Thanks to this method, you can both understand the story and hear all the original voices. In case of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' it also forced translators to leave (almost) all the original names intact. (Yay!)

The Japanese dub is notable for adding a lot of lines and voice effects. Whereas the shuttle attack scene didn't have much talking during combat in the English version, the Japanese dub adds numerous lines to many characters on both sides of the fight. Likewise, Prime's fight with Megatron has numerous grunts added in.

==Commercial Releases==

* The movie was originally released in North America on home video in 1987 by Family Home Entertainment, minus Spike's swear. Not long after, it was releasd in the UK by Video Gems. This version featured the opening text crawl and closing narration inherent to the UK version of the film. In Australia, the film was releaed on video by RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts. In Japan, Hillcrane released a Laserdisc version alongside a VHS copy.

*The movie was realeased spottily in the 90s, beginning with a budget VHS by Avid Home Entertainment in 1991. Malofilm released a VHS in Canada in 1995, notable for being the first home entertainment version to include Spike's swear. In 1998, Japanese company Pioneer produced another pair of Laserdisc and VHS releases. In 1999, things kicked off when American company [[Kid Rhino]] secured the Transformers license and released the film on VHS once again.

*The 21st century's flirtation with ''The Transformers: The Movie'' started with a UK budget VHS release of that country's version by [[Maverick Entertainment]]. A Japanese company called CatCo followed this up with a VideoCD, and Malofilm{{m-}}now Seville{{m-}}were the first to release a DVD version of the film, though it was just a dump of their VHS version.

*In November 2000, ''The Transformers: The Movie'' got its first, full professional DVD release from Kid Rhino. This edition, labelled a "Special Collector's Edition", is the first to feature remastered video and audio, and several special features, including storyboards and an interview with [[Vince DiCola]]. Rhino concurrently released this version on VHS, sans extras.

*In 2001 in the UK, Maverick Entertainment released their own much-delayed DVD version of the film. It was the UK version of the film, but included Spike's swear. However, the release was burdened by badly interlaced video, though notably included the [[StarTV]] dub version of the ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' episode "[[Four Warriors Come out of the Sky]]" as an extra. This version (including the ''Headmasters'' episode) was simultaneously released on VHS.

*The movie was released on DVD in Australia in 2003 by [[Madman Entertainment]], using the same video as the Maverick version, but distinguished by some nifty new cover art by [[Don Figueroa]], and special features not seen on other editions, such as [[The Touch]] music video and 80s TV spots.

[[Image:Tftm_uk_covers.jpg|right|thumb|The UK poster art (left) has been the most common DVD and VHS cover in its home country, but the Ultimate Edition featured new art by Andy Wildman (right).]]

*After acquiring the license to release ''Transformers'' DVDs in the UK, [[Metrodome]] focused on completing their run of series box sets before turning their attention to the movie properly, releasing only a cheap budget DVD of the UK version through Prism Leisure with no extras, and a UMD of the same version.

*In 2005, Metrodome released "Transformers: The Movie - Reconstructed", a new version of the film designed to expose as much of the animated picture as possible. This, however, only resulted in exposing the rough, unfinished edges of the animation, and an overly pale remaster was compounded by excessive interlacing due to an unnecessary NTSC to PAL transfer. This, coupled with a 5.1 remix from [[Magno Sound]], featuring the same extra sound effects that they added to Rhino's season box sets, made this release both controversial and disappointing to many. This was the first time that the US version of the movie was released in the UK, and the first to feature the US poster art as a cover (although a Silverscreen store exclusive version of the disc included a reversible cover with the UK poster art as well). Extras include trailers, TV spots, the character biographies from the Madman release, and a subtitled version of "[[Four Warriors Come out of the Sky]]".

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[[Image:Tftm_sony_covers.jpg|right|thumb|Sony's covers, by Don Figueroa.]]

*For the movie's 20th anniversary in 2006, new license holder [[Sony]] BMG released a two-disc special edition of the film, featuring both a high-quality widescreen remaster and the original fullscreen version, audio commentaries from crew and fans, several new featurettes interviewing those involved in the movie's production, storyboards, tv spots, American and Japanese commercials and more. Most notably, this version included the first Western release of "[[Scramble City]]", albeit silent and unsubtitled, featuring only audio commentary. This release featured two covers by Don Figueroa: one is of the '84-'85 cast that appear in the movie, and one is of the movie's new characters, available either as a lenticular hologram that switches between the two, or as a reversible sleeve with the images printed on either side.

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[[Image:Tftm_madman_covers.jpg|right|thumb|Madman's 2003 DVD cover (left), and their 2007 Special Edition cover (right).]]

*Delayed a bit to coincide with the hype for the 2007 [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]], Metrodome also released a two-disc "Ultimate Edition" with a different widescreen master. Like "Reconstructed", this version used the US edition of the film, but this time, the UK version was also included, in fullscreen, on the second disc. Extras include TV spots, commercials, the Madman biographies, storyboards, commentary, Scramble City (with audio and subtitles), featurettes with [[Flint Dille]] and [[Peter Cullen]], and more. The double-disc edition was sold in a steel case featuring new art by [[Andrew Wildman]], with the UK poster art adorning the standard case inside. Various store exclusives were available, including postcards from Play.Com, a reversible cover with the US poster art from HMV, art cards from Virgin Megastore and posters from Woolworths and Toys R Us. It was also available in an extra-less single-disc version. This version was premiered at the Mid Ulster Film Festival in Ireland which was the only cinema showing of the remastered version of the film to date.

*The film was released in Full HD 1080p on Blu-ray in the UK in October 2007. The Blu-ray is not region-locked, so it will play anywhere in the world. It features a 2.0 soundtrack, 5.1 Dolby Digital track, and a full bitrate DTS 5.1 track. The master used was the same used by Sony for their US DVD. The picture is quite stunning and the sound very good. Sadly, there are no extras on the DVD. The version of the film on the Blu-ray is the US one, complete with swear word.

*Madman produced their two-disc special edition through some collaboration with Metrodome, and consequently it features much of the same content, with additional extras taking the form of The Touch music video and a bonus episode of ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''. This release again features cover artwork by Don Figueroa, specifically the cover of [[IDW]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' adaptation.

==Comic Adaptations==
*[[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel Comics)|A comic adaptation of the movie]] was published by [[Marvel Comics]] in 1986, concurrently with the movie's theater run. It was based off a non-finalized version of the script, and differs in many details from the final film. Additionally, most of the major character models (and possibly their unedited original character write-ups) appear in Issue #4 of the ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel Comics)|Transformers Universe]]'' series.

*A four-part adaptation was released in 2006/2007 by [[IDW Publishing]], as part of the film's 20th anniversary celebration. It was titled ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' to differentiate it from the [[Michael Bay]] [[Transformers (2007)|live-action film]]. Unlike its predecessor, it adheres rigidly to the script and plot of the finished movie.

==Promotions==
* The movie was advertised on related 1986 toy packages via the [[Decipher the Decepticon]] Sweepstakes, which included a pack-in poster and contest.

==Soundtrack==
Released on Scotti Bros. Records, the soundtrack to the movie was made available in both vinyl LP (long-playing) record form and audio cassette. At an undetermined point in the 90's, it was released on CD as well (there are no new markings on the CD booklet or outer case to indicate when the CD was released).

*1. The Touch - [[Stan Bush]]
*2. Instruments Of Destruction - [[N.R.G.]]
*3. Death Of Optimus Prime - [[Vince DiCola]]
*4. Dare - Stan Bush
*5. Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way - [[Spectre General]]
*6. The Transformers (Theme) - [[Lion]]
*7. Escape - Vince DiCola
*8. Hunger - Spectre General
*9. Autobot/Decepticon Battle - Vince DiCola
*10. Dare To Be Stupid - [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]

In 1997, the newly-formed [[3H]] produced as a [[BotCon 1997]] [[exclusive]] a double-CD set called ''[['Til All Are One (CD)|'Til All Are One]]''. The second disc contains the all of the background score (by Vince DiCola) that was not on the original soundtrack, including several "alternate" pieces for scenes that used songs from the original soundtrack, plus "[[Legacy]]", the audition piece that got Vince the job. Other albums released by 3H which include music from the movie are ''BotCon 97: The Concert'', ''The Protoform Sessions'', ''Artistic Transformations'', and ''Lighting Their Darkest Hour: The Complete Music Score''. All of these 3H albums are long since sold out.

On May 29, 2007, Legacy Recordings re-released the soundtrack in a 20th Anniversary Edition containing the above tracks from the original 1986 release plus these additional tracks:

*11. Unicron Medley - Vince DiCola
*12. Moon Base 2 - Shuttle Launch - Vince DiCola
*13. Megatron Must Be Stopped (Parts 1 and 2) - Vince DiCola
*14. The Transformers Theme (Alternate) - Stan Bush and Vince DiCola

==In the comic continuity==

The [[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|Marvel UK comic]] made extensive use of the Movie as the basis for a series of stories involving the Transformers in the future. However there are several differences between the events seen on screen and those referenced in the comic:

*The comic always dates the move to 2006, following the date given in a treatment that was all [[Simon Furman]] had when he wrote [[Target: 2006]].
*In Target: 2006, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] states that he was previously "Life Spark".
*The Matrix is always called the "Creation Matrix" in the comic, a name that predates the "Matrix of Leadership" but which is now used for the same physical object.
*[[Brawn]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] both survive the events, both later appearing in [[Space Pirates!]] (set in 2008).

In addition Shockwave definitely survives the attack by Unicron.

The US comic ignored the events of the Movie, though later in the run an alternative future is briefly shown in [[Rhythms of Darkness!]] and [[A Savage Circle]]. In this timeline at least some of the events of the Movie took place such as the creation of Galvatron from Megatron, which is dated to 2005.

==External links==
* [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=transformers.htm ''The Transformers: The Movie''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s box office domestic gross.]

* [http://www.tftm.net/ ''The Transformers: The Movie'' "Unofficial Fansite", an extremely thorough site about the movie maintained by CJ Stankiewicz]

* [http://www.wombatking.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=4 ''The Transformers: The Movie'' deleted storyboards]

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:''Wheelie is an [[Autobot]], you see, in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Wheelieg1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"You give me sass, I kick your ass."]]

'''Wheelie''', so small, is an Autobot child. But when stakes are high, he gets mean and wild! He carries a slingshot that shoots hurtful things; they'll hit your nose (the projectile, it stings). He has a speech pattern that's structured in rhyme, and he hangs out with [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]] most of the time.

Some think he's annoying and wish he would die. His answer to that? Here's death in your eye.

{{quote|Wheelie say find friends today!|Wheelie loves his rhymes, and puts them into all his lines. He thinks they are very groovy, and that one was from|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

:''Hungarian name'': is basically the same.
:''In French-Canada our little fellow chooses to be called:'' '''Tourbillo'''
:''The English/Malay dub that's oh-so-silly often calls this little bot:'' '''Willy'''
:''The Italians thought that they could do better, so in their dubbed movie they called him:'' '''Saetta'''
:''For non-movie media, they tried something cuter. For everything else, they named him:'' '''Scooter'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Kazue Komiya]] (Japan).

On far off [[Quintessa]] his ship it did crash. Wheelie survived, though his ship turned to ash. Though friendless and alone, Wheelie stayed alive. For Wheelie is strong and the strong must survive!

One day, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s searched for their friends, and Wheelie offered to help achieve their ends. With his confident walk and talk, he earned the respect of Mighty [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. With the help of Hot Rod, Kup and the rest, Wheelie returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], to that he can attest. {{Storylink|Transformers: The Movie}}

In 2006, for all that its worth, he was charged with bringing [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to [[Earth]]. To accomplish the task Wheelie was paired with fast-talking [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]. Galvatron soon stranded them on Io, that villainous cur! Attacked by [[lipole]]s, things began to look grim. But then [[Marissa Faireborn]] and [[Sky Lynx]] came to rescue him! With the cog at last delivered, Metroplex came alive. He thrashed [[Trypticon]] and that Decepticon took a dive! {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}

====''Headmasters'' (Japan-only)====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kazue Komiya]] (Japan)

[[Image:Wheelie-hm.jpg|left|thumb|In Japanese what were Wheelie's actual dialoggies? Can you believe that he says "It's too late for apologies!"]]

By 2010, Wheelie was too petulant to rhyme. He blamed everything on [[Chromedome]], like, ''all'' of the time. Although a jerk to the core, Wheelie was not all alone. He hung out with [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]] and the two were quite danger-prone.

At one point, at a party he had too much to drink. He got drunk and passed out, that adorable rat-fink.

===''Headmasters'' manga===

[[Image:DanielWheelie.jpg|thumb|Wheelie knows of many joys, best of all is supple young boys!]]

Shortly after the defeat of [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]] showed up and began to attack! Wheelie, unprepared, took a kick right to the face. Soundblaster got all up in his grill, saying "Bitch! Know your place!" When [[Slugfest]] and [[Overkill]], took hostage [[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]], [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]] went berserk and started to strike! Sending the Cassette dinosaurs running back home, Soundblaster was left open to an attack from [[Chromedome]]. As the Autobots left Earth, Wheelie and Daniel said "Goodbye". They huggled and they snuggled and the reader just screamed "WHY!?!"

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{note|If the part's in italics, don't look away, it's merely to show, it's from the UK.}}
=====Marvel UK future timelines=====

''None too far did Wheelie roam - still, he called [[Quintessa|Quintesson]] his home. For Rodimus Prime he was quite the spy, he liked to report on what locals would try. The rescue of Wreck-Gar was his claim to fame, then Wheelie helped spoil the Quintessons' name. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====Generation 2====

Here in the present, Wheelie hasn't been seen - he might be too young, if you know what we mean? Still if one wants to argue he might be that old...Look, there's Wheelie! Right there on the road! {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===

[[Image:Wheeliedw.jpg|left|thumb|Wheelie's gone feral! Let's hope he's sterile.]]

Although [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] promised peace to one and all, Wheelie was smart and for that ruse he did not fall. He joined a team along with [[Gnaw]], his [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] pet. Together they strived to unveil Shockwave's evil threat.

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] joined their side, but thought Gnaw was attacking and beat his hide. Wheelie thought him a brute, and in retaliation, he bit the commander's boot.

Believe it or not, just like in Japan, Wheelie did not rhyme once, much to the joys of many a fan. {{Storylink|Passive Aggression}}

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===''Universe: The Wreckers'' comics===
[[Image:Wheeliewreckers.jpg|right|150px|thumb|For Daniel only [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] cried, but poor Wheelie also died!]]

With [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Dr. Fujiyama]] in tow, the Autobots were quite screwed. It seems a legion of [[Nightbird]]s were in a terrible mood! With Wheelie injured thanks to a shot in the back, scar-faced Daniel realized the villains would cut them no slack. Prepared to die to stop the evil hordes, Wheelie told Daniel these few final words: "Through all our lives, I've been your friend. But now it's time for this to end."

As Wheelie spoke these words of doom, Daniel made them go Kaboom! {{Storylink|Departure}}

====''Universe'' comics====

In an alternate reality Wheelie was not quite yet gone. He fought within [[Unicron]] to release all the [[energon]]! Trapped in a cage, Wheelie was doomed to meet [[Primus|his maker]]. However, he was saved by [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker]]!

===''Teletraan Go! Go!'' comics===
[[Image:Wheelie15.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Aw, little Wheelie's just curious! (Teletraan 10 will be furious.)]][[Teletraan 15]]'s panties are so frilly and white. But when Wheelie peeked, [[Teletraan 10|10]] took this as a slight! [[Kup]] also came to give Wheelie a scolding, but then hugged 15, whose spine now needs remolding!

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Wheelie''' (Mini Vehicle, 1986)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-80'''

[[Image:G1Wheelie_toy.jpg|thumb| You can transform him in a snap! But he still looks like crap.|left]]

: Wheelie's transformation does not go very far, he turns into a generic "futuristic car". Surprisingly enough, the fans' fancy he tickles, as he's the only new mold of the third-year [[Mini Vehicles]].

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed much later on, into an old friend of Prime's who was named [[Dion]].

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*'''Future Cybertron''' (Transformers Collection, 2005)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''TF-20'''

: Wheelie was reissued in a Japanese "bookbox" type of set. [[Targetmaster]] [[Kup]] and [[Recoil]], you also did get! The reissue's different in an unexpected way; where the old face was orange, the new one is gray!

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==Trivia==
*In the first commercial where Wheelie appears, his voice didn't sound anywhere near! Although the actor was very much the same, much deeper and darker Wheelie's voice came. Instead of the shrill rhyming 'bot we all knew, he sounded exactly like that mutt [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrappy-Doo Scrappy-Doo]! ([http://youtube.com/watch?v=N5NGGGaP6IA YouTube video link])
*[[Chris Ryall]] said Wheelie would get a [[Spotlight: Wheelie|spotlight]] on his [http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2008/02/who-said-music-industry-is-dead.html blog]. His hide the fans now wish to flog. On [http://jizaitoys.seesaa.net/article/34599110.html Jizai's design] [[Klaus Scherwinski]] did base, for Wheelie's sake he does not lose face.
*Among those who dislike Wheelie is [[Floro Dery]], his creator—really! Dery's said that of all his Transformers designs, Wheelie's the one that he most maligns—maybe even the only one! Honest, it's true! You can read for yourself in this interview!<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery]</ref>
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Wheelie/wheelie.htm Wheelie at TFU.info, a really good site to which you should go.]

==Footnotes==
<references />

[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Headmasters characters]]
[[Category: Mini Vehicles]]
[[Category: Universe characters]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Transformers (film)

2008-04-16T04:54:33Z

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{{disambig3|Transformers: The Movie}}
:''Transformers is an elaborate cover up in the [[Movie (franchise)|movie]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:Transformers2007teaserposter.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination]]

'''''Transformers''''' is a live-action movie released by [[DreamWorks]], with Executive Producer [[Steven Spielberg]] and Director [[Michael Bay]]. The principal cast members are [[Shia LaBeouf]], [[Jon Voight]], and [[Megan Fox]], with [[Peter Cullen]] and [[Hugo Weaving]] as the voices of the Transformers iconic leaders. Character designs and visual effects were created by [[Industrial Light and Magic]], the effects-wizards behind the ''[[Star Wars]]'' films.

Originally slated to release in the summer of 2006, the film arrived in US theaters on July 3, 2007, and hit UK theaters on July 27 and French theaters on July 25. It premiered in Australia on June 12, 2007, and was was released there and in a number of Asian countries on June 28, 2007. An extended cut of the film featuring footage not in the original was released to IMAX theatres on September 21, 2007.

==Main cast==

{|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" |
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] ([[Mark Ryan]])
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] ([[Darius McCrary]])
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] ([[Robert Foxworth]])

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] ([[Jimmie Wood]])
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]* / Devastator
*[[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] ([[Reno Wilson]])
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ([[Hugo Weaving]])
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] ([[Charles Adler]])

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Tom Banachek]] ([[Michael O'Neill]])
*[[Mikaela Banes]] ([[Megan Fox]])
*[[Bobby Bolivia]] ([[Bernie Mac]])
*[[Robert Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])
*[[John Keller]] ([[Jon Voight]])
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])
*[[Maggie Madsen]] ([[Rachael Taylor]])
*[[Reggie Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]])
*[[Glen Whitmann]] ([[Anthony Anderson]])
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])
*[[Ronald Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])
*[[Samuel James Witwicky|Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])
|}

<nowiki>* - Brawl is named "Devastator" in the film itself, but "Brawl" in the toyline and all other supporting media. Plot summaries and such will reflect whichever name is relevant to that being described.</nowiki>

==Technical details==
'''Length:''' 144 min (original theatrical)<ref>The movie had some content cuts to meet the standards of some <strike>oppressive regimes</strike> quaint "developing world" rating boards.</ref>

'''Aspect Ratio:''' 2.35:1

'''Audio:''' Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS

'''Content Rating:'''
{{columnlist|4|
* PG-13 (USA/MPAA)
* ? (Japan)
* 12A (United Kingdom)
* PG (Canada; British Columbia)<ref>''Transformers'' received a "14A" rating in British Columbia, but an appeal by the studio successfully reduced it to PG.</ref>
* G (Canada; Quebec)
* PG (Canada; Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario)
* PG (Taiwan)
* IIA (China; Hong Kong)
* PG (Singapore)
* G (Philippines/MTRCB)
* U (France)
* U (Malaysia)
* M (Australia)
* M (New Zealand)
* TE (Chile)
* 10 (Brazil)
* 10M (South Africa)
* 11 (Denmark)
* K-11 (Finland)
* 11 (Norway)
* 11 (Sweden)
* 12 (Germany)
* 12A (Ireland)
* 12 (Netherlands)
* M/12 (Portugal)
* 12 (South Korea)
* 12 (Switzerland)
* 13 (Argentina)
* 14 (Peru)
}}

==Short synopsis==
[[Image:Prime-Sam-Mikaela-poster.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Optimus...]]

The movie features [[Sam Witwicky]], a plucky teenager who just wants a cool car, but gets more than he bargained for. The beater he and his father take home is actually [[Bumblebee]], an alien robot from the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], who plants Sam down in the middle of a civil war between Bumblebee's benevolent [[Autobot]] comrades and the evil [[Decepticon]]s who threaten the galaxy's peace. Both sides are after the [[All Spark]], a mysterious artifact that landed on Earth ten thousand years ago. The approaching robot-against-robot battle is a coming-of-age moment for Sam, who learns the meaning of his family's motto, "No sacrifice, no victory."

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==Full synopsis==

[[Image:Allspark movie.jpg|thumb|right|200px|With this, I shall make you my slave!]]
The film begins with the history of Cybertron's destruction at the hands of Megatron, and his quest to obtain the All Spark. Megatron discovers the All Spark on Earth, but crash-lands in the Arctic Circle, becoming frozen in the ice. Captain Archibald Witwicky and his crew of explorers stumble upon Megatron's body in the late 19th century. Megatron's navigational system is unintentionally activated, and Archibald's eye glasses are imprinted with the coordinates to the All Spark's location. Sector Seven, a secret organization of the United States government, discovers the All Spark and builds the Hoover Dam around it to mask its energy signal. The still-frozen Megatron is moved into this facility, and is reverse engineered to further advance human technology.

[[Image:Movie Blackout SOCCENT.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Let the slaughter begin!]]
In the present day, the rest of the Decepticons — Blackout, Scorponok, Frenzy, Barricade, Starscream, Bonecrusher, and Devastator — have already landed on Earth and assumed the disguise of Earth vehicles. Blackout and Scorponok attack the U.S. SOCCENT Forward Operations Base in Qatar in an effort to use the military database to discover the location of Megatron and the All Spark, but they do not succeed. A small group of survivors under Captain William Lennox wander through the desert and are followed by Scorponok. The Autonomous Robotic Organism (shortened to "Autobot") known as Bumblebee is also on Earth, disguised as a 1977 Chevrolet Camaro, and looking for Sam Witwicky, the descendant of Captain Archibald Witwicky. As soon as he locates Sam, the two quickly begin to bond as Bumblebee helps Sam try and woo his crush, Mikaela Banes. Sam is unaware of the fact that Bumblebee is an alien, until he witnesses Bumblebee transform and send out a homing signal for the rest of the Autobots.

[[Image:Movie_Scorponok_leapsout.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I thought you were made of sterner stuff.]]
At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary John Keller oversees the investigation into the attack in Qatar. After Blackout's failure, Frenzy infiltrates Air Force One and attempts to download the all information relating to "Project Iceman". However, Maggie Madsen, one of the technicians studying the Decepticon infiltration signal, discovers Frenzy's actions and convinces the Pentagon to take down the Defense Network, halting Frenzy's download. When Air Force One makes an emergency landing, Frenzy slips into Barricade, and discusses his discovery of Archibald Witwicky, who has seen [[Cybertronian languages|their language]]. Using an internet search, they discover that Sam's glasses will that will lead the Decepticons to the All Spark. Frenzy and Barricade begin tracking Sam's location. Back in Qatar, the army rangers are attacked by Scorponok, who take refugee in a nearby village. Calling the Pentagon and getting air support, they discover that the Decepticons are vulnerable to high heat weaponry such as sabot rounds. Using this information, the soldiers inform the Pentagon that they now have a weapon.

[[Image:Movie Autobots.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Wheelie say find friends today.]]
Barricade confronts Sam, demanding Archibald's glasses. Bumblebee, who is following Sam, transforms and battles Barricade. Mikaela, who is also following Sam, is caught in the crossfire, but Bumblebee is able to defeat Barricade, while Mikaela decapitates Frenzy, who is still functioning and hides in Mikaela's purse as her cellphone. Bumblebee takes Sam and Mikaela to rendezvous with the rest of the Autobots. The Autobots—Optimus Prime, Jazz, Ironhide, and Ratchet—land on Earth and take on the forms of several Earth vehicles. They all meet in a dark, secluded alley, transform in front of the two amazed humans, introduce themselves and tell of the reasons they had to come to Earth to Sam and Mikaela. Meanwhile, Maggie made a copy of the intrusion signal and shows it to her friend Glenn Whitmann, who discovers a message with the signal about Sector Seven, Captain Witwicky, and Project Iceman. However, the FBI arrest Glenn and Maggie, who desperately tries to convince them not to go to war with the wrong country.

[[Image:Movie Autobots Sector Seven.JPG|right|thumb|200px|I'll use the universal greeting.]]
Sam, Mikaela, and the Autobots then return to Sam's home to retrieve the glasses. However, agents from [[Sector Seven]] arrive to take Sam and Mikaela into custody. Reggie Simmons, the agency's director, reveals that Mikaela has a criminal record and threatens Sam with life imprisonment, at which point the Autobots disable the convoy and rescue the teens. During the retreat, Sam and Mikaela are recaptured, and Bumblebee is also apprehended, against the pleas of Sam who assures the agents—to no avail—that he means them no harm. Prime orders the Autobots to let them go, unwilling to use deadly force against the humans. At the Pentagon, a virus Frenzy uploaded during the Air Force One hack causes a global communications blackout, while Keller is finally informed of the Decepticons. After Bumblebee's capture, Optimus uses the glasses locate the All Spark at Hoover Dam, and declares that if they cannot defeat the Decepticons, he will merge the Cube with his spark.

[[Image:Movie Optimus Megatron.JPG|thumb|left|200px|One shall stand. One shall fall]]
Sam, Mikaela, Keller, Maggie, Glenn, and Lennox's unit are brought to Hoover Dam, where they are shown the frozen Megatron and the All Spark, while Frenzy slips away. Locating the All Spark, he sends out an alert to Starscream, who mobilizes the the rest of the Decepticons. Due to Starscream's attack and Frenzy's sabotage, Megatron begins to revive, and Sam convinces the Sector Seven agents to release Bumblebee so that he can get the All Spark to Optimus Prime. The Decepticons chase the Autobots, who now possess the All Spark, into Mission City.

Glenn, Maggie, Keller, and Simmons manage to contact the Air Force and direct F22s to Mission City. An ensuing battle results in casualties for both sides, including Jazz, who is killed by Megatron, while Bumblebee is crippled in an explosion. As Lennox orders Sam to take the All Spark to a building to be removed from the city, under escort from Ironhide and Ratchet, Megatron and Optimus Prime battle, while the soldiers remain to fight Devastator. Mikaela drags the injured Bumlebee away from the battle with a tow truck, but goes back, with Bumblebee's weapons killing Devastator. Ironhide and Ratchet are incapacitated by Starscream, and Megatron joins the pursuit.

[[Image:Megatron allspark merge.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Now, light our darkest hour!]]
Sam's helicopter is destroyed by Starscream, and Prime challenges Megatron. The battle is fierce and dominated by Megatron. Blackout attempts to assist Megatron, but is killed by Lennox and the Air Force before he can engage. Starscream hides among a raptor squadron, destroying three fighters. Despite this, the Air Force and Lennox's rangers manage to inflict serious damage on Megatron, but he is still functional, and heading toward the Cube. Finally, with both Prime and Megatron weakened, Prime beckons Sam to shove the All Spark into his chest, destroying them both, but Sam instead takes the riskier action of shoving the All Spark into Megatron's chest.

''Note: for an extensive synopsis of the battle, see separate article [[Mission City]].''

[[Image:Movie Optimus ending.JPG|left|thumb|200px|[['Til all are one]]!]]
Optimus thanks Sam for his courage and for saving his life, while Bumblebee, who has regained his voice, asks permission to remain with Sam, which is granted. In an attempt to cover up the existence of the Transformers, Sector Seven is disbanded, while the remains of the Decepticons are cast into the Laurentian Abyss. With no other home to go to—Cybertron having been destroyed by Megatron—the Autobots decide to stay on Earth, and Optimus sends out a signal across space in an effort to locate any surviving Autobots, while Sam and Mikaela begin a relationship. Starscream, one of the Decepticons that survived the battle, leaves Earth.

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==Quotes==
"Before time began, there was the Cube. We know not where it comes from, only that it holds the power to create worlds and fill them with life. That was how our race was born. For a time, we lived in harmony, but like all great power, some wanted it for good, others for evil. And so began the war - a war that ravaged our planet until it was consumed by death, and the Cube was lost to the far reaches of space. We scattered across the galaxy, hoping to find it and rebuild our home, searching every star, every world. And just when all hope seemed lost, message of a new discovery drew us to an unknown planet called... Earth. But we were already too late."
:—'''Optimus Prime's''' opening narration

"Sir, look outside—do you see that man sitting in the green car? That's my dad. Let me tell you a story about a dream, a boy's dream: A man promised to buy his son a car if I brought up three A's and two thousand dollars. I already have the two thousand and two A's. Your B minus? Poof! Dream gone. Kaput. Now sir, ask yourself...what would Jesus do?"''
:—'''Sam Witwicky''' negotiates a better mark for his Family Genealogy project

'''Bobby Bolivia:''' "What with the semi-classic nature of the vehicle, slick wheels and custom paint job—" 
'''Sam:''' "The paint's faded!" 
'''Bobby:''' "Y-yeah, but it's custom." 
'''Sam:''' "It's custom faded?" 
'''Bobby:''' "Well, it's your first car, I wouldn't expect you to understand." ''Turns to Ron'' "Five grand." 
'''Ron:''' "No, not paying over four. Sorry." 
'''Bobby:''' ''Turns back to Sam'' "Kid, c'mon, get out, get out of the car." 
'''Sam:''' "No, no, no, you said cars pick their drivers!" 
'''Bobby:''' "Well sometimes they pick a driver with a cheap-ass father—out of the car." 
:—Negotiations over [[Bumblebee (Movie)|the car]] at Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo

''Sam's car leaves in a puff of black smoke'' 
"Wow...you are so cheap." 
"It's his first car...supposed to be like that."
:—'''Judy Witwicky''' comments on the car's condition to '''Ron'''

'''Capt. Lennox:''' "I need a credit card! Epps, where's your wallet?" 
'''Sgt. Epps:''' "Pocket!" ''Fires gun'' 
'''Lennox:''' "Which pocket?" 
'''Epps:''' "My ''back'' pocket!" ''Fires gun'' 
'''Lennox:''' "You got ten back pockets!" 
'''Epps:''' "Left cheek! Left cheek! ''Left cheek!''" 
:—Calling the Pentagon from Qatar gets complicated.

"Ready, heat's coming!" 
"What, BRING IT!" 
:—'''Lennox''' and '''Epps''' giving the green light for Strike Package Bravo to attack

'''Jazz''': "What about Bumblebee? What can't just leave him to die! And become some human experiment!" 
'''Optimus Prime''': He'll die in vain if we don't accomplish our mission. Bumblebee is a brave soldier. This is what he would want. 
'''Ironhide:''' "Why are we fighting to save the humans? They're a primitive and violent race." 
'''Optimus Prime:''' "Were we so different? They are a young species. They have much to learn...but I've seen goodness in them. Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.... You all know there is only one way to end this war: We must destroy the Cube. If all else fails, I will unite it with the spark in my chest." 
'''Ratchet:''' "That's suicide! The Cube is raw power—it could destroy you both." 
'''Optimus Prime:''' "A necessary sacrifice to bring peace to this planet.... We cannot let the humans pay for our mistakes. It's been an honor serving with you all. Autobots, roll out!" 
:—The '''Autobots''' discuss their next move.

"Humans don't deserve to live." 
"They deserve to choose for themselves!" 
"Then you will die with them! Join them in extinction!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' have some mid-battle banter, Transformers style

"Give me the All Spark, and you may live to be my ''pet''." 
"I'm never giving you this All Spark!" 
"Oh, ''so'' unwise..."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Sam Witwicky''' have a tense moment on a Mission City rooftop.

"With the All Spark gone, we cannot return life to our planet. And fate has yielded its reward: a new world to call...home. We live among its people now, hiding in plain sight...but watching over them in secret...waiting...protecting. I have witnessed their capacity for courage, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there's more to them than meets the eye. I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars: We are here...we are waiting."
:—'''Optimus Prime's''' closing narration

==Production staff==

[[Image:Movie_Castandcrew2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Megatron? Is that you?!]]

* Executive Producer: [[Steven Spielberg]]
* Executive Producer: [[Brian Goldner]]
* Director: [[Michael Bay]]
* Producers: [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], [[Ian Bryce]], [[Tom DeSanto]], [[Don Murphy]]
* Story by: [[Alex Kurtzman]] & [[Roberto Orci]] and [[John Rogers]],
* Screenwriters: [[Alex Kurtzman]] & [[Roberto Orci]]
* Music by: [[Steve Jablonsky]]

====Visual Effects====
* Visual Effects by: [[Industrial Light and Magic]], [[Digital Domain]]
* Production Designer: [[Jeff Mann]]
* Lead Robot Illustrator: [[Ben Procter]]
* ILM Visual Effects Supervisior: [[Scott Farrar]]
* Art Director: [[Alex Jaeger]]

====Locations Department====
(winners of the California On Location Award[http://www.californiaonlocationawards.com/] for "Production Company / Location Team of the Year for Feature Films")
* Supervising Location Manager: '''Ilt Jones'''
* Location Managers: '''Michael J. Burmeister''', '''Fermín Dávalos''', and '''Emre Sonmez'''
* Key Assistant Location Managers: '''Michael Wesley Aycock''', '''Leann Emmert''', '''Perri Fichtner''', '''Ronald M. Haynes''', '''Jonathan Hook''', '''Kathy McCurdy''', '''Manny Padilla''', '''Lisa Patton''', '''Rob Swenson''', '''Marta Tomkiw''', and '''Scott Trimble'''
* Additional Key Assistant Location Managers: '''Brooks Bonstin''', '''Alexandre Chen''', '''Michael Chickey''', '''Martin J. Cummins'''
* Assistant Location Managers: '''Ces Hardy''' and '''Amanda Harrington'''
* Location Scouts: '''Stuart Raven Barter''', '''Richard Klotz''', '''James Lin''', and '''Keith Nakata'''

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==Other editions==
The 2007 Transformers film has more than one 'cut.'

* The worldwide theatrical release was essentially identical all around the world with a few minor exceptions.
** The film board of Malaysia{{fact}} required [[Judy Witwicky]]'s masturbation reference be removed. However, no such change has been made and her lines were not omitted from the film.
* The [[Wikipedia:IMAX|IMAX]] edition of the movie features two minutes of additional footage in the form of slightly extended scenes and very brief new scenes. Added material includes the following:
**Before heading to the lake party, Sam is shown picking Miles up at his house. Miles derides Sam's choice of car colors.
**After Sam is questioned by the sheriff at the police station, he is given an anti-drug bumper sticker and shown the "[[wikipedia:This is Your Brain on Drugs|This is Your Brain on Drugs]]" [[Public service announcement|PSA]] starring [[wikipedia:Rachel Leigh Cook|Rachel Leigh Cook]].
**After abducting Sam and Mikaela, Agent Simmons uses a device to monitor Sam's pupil dilation while interrogating him in the truck. He also remarks that he has "been there" when it comes to women with criminal records.
**Upon arriving at Hoover Dam, Simmons remarks colorfully that it is "Area 50". A few minutes later, he lists the nicknames of all the U.S. Presidents to have toured the facility.
**In Mission City, Lennox acquires short-range radios from a gun-toting, but easily-flattered, pawn shop owner.

==Prequel material==
Prior to the movie's release [[IDW]] Publishing released a four issue limited comic series entitled "[[Prime Directives]]", which chronicles the events which bring the Transformers to [[Earth]]. An animated version will be featured on the DVD.[http://tformers.com/Animated-Movie-Prequel-A-Movie-DVD-Bonus-Feature/8268/news.html] A novel, ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday]]'', is about the truth behind humankind's first venture into space and how that event is related to the Transformers' presence on Earth, both past and present.

Since the movie's plot brings the audience into things from Sam's POV, as he learns of not only the Transformers' war but mankind's past history with Cybertronians, the prequel material provides a better handle on the intricate storyline.

It should be noted, however, that some dialogue in the film contradicts the prequel material, specifically pertaining to the years in which the frozen Megatron was moved from the Arctic to Hoover Dam.

Included in a Wal-Mart 2-Disc exclusive of the Movie DVD is a bonus disc entitled ''Transformers Beginnings'' a not-really-animated animatic version of IDW's Prime Directives prequel comics, voiced by some of the actors from the movie, the game and a bunch of other people.

==Sequels==
''See [[Transformers 2]].''

A sequel to this film is in production and is scheduled for release in 2009.

IDW is also releasing comic sequel to the film featuring Starscream as the main Decepticon.

==Soundtrack==
[[Image:Transformers soundtrack .jpg|thumb|You got the touch. You got the power.]]
On July 3, 2007, Warner Bros Records released a ''Transformers'' soundtrack full of songs from or inspired by the motion picture.

*1. "What I've Done" - [[Linkin Park]]
*2. "Doomsday Clock" - [[Smashing Pumpkins]]
*3. "This Moment" - [[Disturbed]]
*4. "Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)" aka "Fiction" - [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
*5. "Pretty Handsome Awkward" - [[The Used]]
*6. "Passion's Killing Floor" - [[HIM]]
*7. "What It Feels Like To Be A Ghost?" - [[Taking Back Sunday]]
*8. "Second To None" - [[Styles Of Beyond]]
*9. "End Of The World" - [[Armor For Sleep]]
*10. "Retina and the Sky" - [[Idiot Pilot]]
*11. "Technical Difficulties" - [[Julien-K]]
*12. "Transformers Theme" - [[MuteMath]]

==Score==
[[Image:Transformersthescore.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jam that transmission!]]

On October 9, 2007, Warner Bros Records released a ''Transformers'' score featuring the instrumental music composed by [[Steve Jablonsky]].

*1. Autobots
*2. Decepticons
*3. The All Spark
*4. Deciphering The Signal
*5. Frenzy
*6. Optimus
*7. Bumblebee
*8. SOCCENT Attack
*9. Sam At The Lake
*10. Scorponok
*11. Cybertron
*12. Arrival To Earth
*13. Witwicky
*14. Downtown Battle
*15. Sector 7
*16. Bumblebee Captured
*17. You're A Soldier Now
*18. Sam On The Roof
*19. Optimus Vs. Megatron
*20. No Sacrifice, No Victory

{{Note|The tracks "Optimus Vs. Megatron" and "No Sacrifice, No Victory" were used during various [[wikipedia:New England Patriots|New England Patriots]] promos for [[wikipedia:Super Bowl XLII|Super Bowl XLII]].}}

==DVD release==
* '''US:''' [http://tformers.com/US-To-Get-Transformers-DVD-HD-DVD-October-16th/8350/news.html October 16th, 2007] (DVD, HD-DVD)
* '''Australia:''' November 1st, 2007 (DVD)
* '''United Kingdom:''' December 3rd, 2007 (DVD,HD-DVD)

There are nearly a dozen store [[exclusive]] [http://tformers.com/Transformers-DVD-Exclusives-Who-Gets-What/8534/news.html versions and sales premiums of the DVD.] They include:
* Target and HMV UK: transforming Optimus Prime display case.
* Best Buy: [[Robot Heroes]] [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] and battle-damaged Optimus Prime.
* Wal-Mart: [[Transformers Beginnings]] "animated" prequel material.
* Borders: "Making Of" book.
* Circuit City: password unlocking 15 minutes of exclusive online behind-the-scenes featurettes, covering the voice recording sessions, prop construction, stunt work, and early CG tests and animatics.

==Reception==
The movie set multiple records when it opened, including biggest opening week gross for a non-sequel ($155.4 million), biggest Tuesday release gross ($27.4 million), biggest July 4th gross ($29 million), and the biggest foreign film opening in mainland China ($3 million).

The movie closed domestically on November 8, 2007, during which time it took in $319,071,806. (Domestic gross accounted for $310,578,372 before the IMAX version's release.) As of November 15, 2007, it has earned a ''worldwide'' gross of $702,918,603. It currently sits [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm at spot #19] in the "most domestic gross" list of movies, though this listing is ''not'' adjusted for inflation. When taking inflation into account, ''Transformers'' [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm just ekes in at spot #95].

{{quote|I didn’t sleep through it the way I Novocained my way through the awful ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', but by the time it ended, I thought I might have vertigo or whiplash, or both, and I certainly lost more than a few of my remaining I.Q. points.|[http://www.observer.com/2007/bay-bombs-again Rex Reed]}}

{{quote|It's goofy fun with a lot of stuff that blows up real good, and it has the grace not only to realize how preposterous it is, but to make that into an asset.|Roger Ebert}}

{{quote|But it’s tough to really care about questions like, “Why did that happen?” or even “What’s going on?” when you’re constantly interrupted by “Oh my goodness! Giant robots! Weeee!”|Peter Suderman|[http://tinyurl.com/373rps The National Review]}}

Critical reception was hit-and-miss, [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_the_movie/ more positive than negative but not by a lot], though it's sometimes hard to tell how many negative reviewers were more interested in criticizing [[Michael Bay]] in general over the movie itself. Otherwise, the most common negatives involved it being a generally think-free "spectacle"-style movie; even those who rated the movie positively noted it was a pure "popcorn" movie meant to wow its audience with [[CGI]] and explosions rather than make them think (Richard Roper noted in his "thumbs up" review "it has no nutritional value"). Whether one considers that a good or bad thing for a movie and if the movie was enough fun to overcome that is, of course, highly debatable. The other main culprit, again noted by many of the positive reviews, was its long running time, particularly the overly-chaotic, often hard-to-follow final big-bang extended ending action sequence. ([http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070705/REVIEWS/70620006/1023 Roger Ebert] noted that this sequence was what made him give the movie three out of four stars rather than the full four.)

Transformers was nominated for three Oscars, in the fields of Achievement in Sound Editing, Achievement in Sound Mixing, and Achievement in Visual Effects. The sound awards went to ''The Bourne Ultimatum'', and the visual effects award went to ''The Golden Compass''.

Currently, two sequels are planned, with [[Shia LaBeouf]] and [[Peter Cullen]] signed for both. Michael Bay, Spielberg, and the two screenwriters have also returned, with pre-production already underway. Filming for TF2 is scheduled to begin in June 2008, for a planned release date of June 2009.

==Trivia==
* The Autobot computer generated models consisted of 35,592 total pieces, 7,435,478 polygons, 95,247 rig nodes, and 20,258 texture maps. If laid end to end, the pieces would stretch 3.11 miles.

* For all the robots combined, there are 60,217 pieces of geometry, 123,509,502 polygons, 144,341 rigging nodes, and 34,215 texture maps.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>

* The events of the movie span 4-5 days.

* The irony of the movie is that neither the Autobots nor the Decepticons were referred to once as "Transformers".

==Transformer References==
The movie contains a number of nods and winks to previous iterations of ''Transformers'', primarily from [[Generation 1]]. Some of these were included in direct response to urgings of the fans; others originated with the production crew.
* The basic story set-up is similar to many iterations of the ''Generation 1'' story -- two warring factions, the noble Autobots and the power-hungry Decepticons, arrive on Earth, having left their devastated home planet, the war-torn mechanical world of Cybertron.
* Many of the featured Transformers are re-imagined versions of characters from ''Generation 1''. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in particular are similar in physical form and characterization to their movie incarnations. The original versions of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] differ in appearance but fulfill story roles similar to their Movie versions.
* Though the characters are new, "[[Frenzy]]", "[[Scorponok]]", "[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]", "[[Devastator (disambiguation)|Devastator]]", "[[Blackout]]", "[[Barricade]]", and "[[Bonecrusher]]" are all names that have been used on Transformer characters before.
* Blackout's symbiotic relationship with Scorponok originated as an interpretation of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his cassette troops. Frenzy's transformation into a portable stereo is likewise an homage to Soundwave's cassette deck alternate form.
* Sam shares his last name with the [[Spike Witwicky|main human allies]] of the Autobots in the original ''[[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]''.
* The Autobot faction symbol seen on Bumblebee and others is basically unchanged from its ''Generation 1'' appearance.
* The All Spark takes its name from [[Allspark|a concept]] originally introduced in ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
* The original G1 [[transformation]] sound pops up several times during the course of the film, such as Blackout's first conversion sequence (though truth be told it sounds more like it's being broadcast from a loudspeaker.)
[[Image:Movie BoliviasFinestQualityUsedCars 2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Your bargaining posture is highly dubious.]]
* In his first appearance, Bumblebee parks next to a yellow Volkswagen Beetle—the alternate form of [[Bumblebee (G1)|G1 Bumblebee]].
* When instructing the Autobots to escape Sector Seven and when they later head for Hoover Dam, Optimus Prime delivers his catchphrase from the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|''Generation 1'' cartoon]], ordering them to [[roll out|"Roll out!"]]
* Prime references "the spark within my chest". [[Spark]]s{{m-}}the life-force that makes Transformers alive{{m-}}have been an integral part of Transformers fiction since ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.
* Although the Transformers' primary energy supply, [[Energon]], does not make a physical appearance in the film, an SUV's licence plate bears its name, the SUV thrown through the air during Megatron's rampage in Mission City.
* Optimus Prime's line "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" is the quote from his original 1984 [[bio]].
* The scene in which Jazz yanks aside Devastator's tank barrel is a direct homage to a similar sequence from TF:TM involving Kup and Blitzwing.
* Prime's line "...one shall stand; one shall fall" comes from the 1986 animated ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* Ironhide's complaint that Mojo "leaked lubricant" on his foot references a line spoken by his ''Generation 1'' namesake in the [[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1|first episode of the original cartoon]], in which he famously exclaimed "Leakin' lubricant!"

==Errors==
* Sunset occurs roughly every fifteen minutes.

*When Sam's car breaks down and Mikaela gets out to look at the engine, she leaves the passenger door open. When the car restarts and Sam leaves to close the hood, the passenger side door is now shut.

* After Bumblebee backs into a corner of the power plant to evade Barricade, there is a close up shot of him spinning his wheels to make his getaway. However, the shot of the wheels spinning is at a different location: the empty warehouse that Bumblebee and Barricade had raced through moments earlier.

* During the scene where Optimus Prime scans a truck for his new body, the passing truck has what appears to be an Autobot sigil on its grill, but the actual truck that Prime turns into at the end of the scene has a much wider, flatter symbol on the grill, quite possibly a Peterbilt sign.

* When Simmons replays Sam's "last words" recorded onto his cell phone, it doesn't match what he said in the scene where he actually recorded them.

* When the Autobots arrive to rescue Sam and Mikaela from Agent Simmons, Ironhide is the first Autobot to reach the damaged SUV and the other Sector Seven agents. Behind him, Ratchet is making his way towards the SUV, while Jazz and Bumblebee have their respective weapons drawn. However, in the very next shot, Ratchet's gun is suddenly in front of Ironhide, who is now making two short steps towards the SUV, while Jazz's gun has been replaced by his hand (which he uses to magnetically pull Sector Seven's guns away). In the shot after that, Jazz is just standing around sans Sector Seven guns, while Bumblebee wanders up and draws his gun... again.

* It is explained that the AllSpark was dated with carbon-dating. However, the carbon-dating process is actually only useful in dating organic materials, and so would be useless in dating a metallic artifact like the AllSpark.

* When Lennox arrives as Sam and Mikaela are supposedly strapping Bumblebee with the tow truck's chains, Bumblebee is not actually there. When the shot changes angles to the other side of the truck, Bumblebee is sitting right beside the truck while Sam directs Mikaela to wrap Bumblebee in the chains. When Lennox tells Sam to evacuate the Cube, subsequent camera angles from this side of the truck are actually where Bumblebee was moments earlier, but he's not there again (it is unlikely the angle was meant to be from Bumblebee's perspective). When Sam starts to run off and Mikaela calls him back, Bumblebee is once again clearly not sitting beside the truck. In fact, the space he once occupied has the beige van he crawled out of, earlier in the battle.

* ''See also: [[Mission City]].''

===Not actually an error===
* Sam and Mikaela, as well as Maggie and Glenn arrive at Hoover Dam on the same helicopter despite being from opposite ends of the country. Occasionally cited as an error, it is actually a narrative oversight, as it is likely that Sam and Mikaela were held in custody at a U.S. Air Base while waiting for Maggie and Glen to arrive with Secretary Keller's party by plane, then they all left for Hoover Dam together on the helicopters.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersmovie.com/ Transformersmovie.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/ ''Transformers'' at IMDB.com]
* [http://www.transformersalbum.com/ ''Transformers The Albu''m]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_%28film%29 ''Transformers'' 2007 film on Wikipedia]
* [http://www.capalert.com/capreports/transformers.htm ''Transformers'' CAPalert.com review]

==References==

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List of Transformers Animated episodes

2008-04-15T08:23:25Z

60.242.28.87: /* Season 2: 2008–? */ Why are we assuming that Oil Slick is the traitor in 'Autoboot Camp'?

==Season 1: 2007–2008==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
!#!!Title!!Writer!!Director!!Original airdate!!Production code
{{Episode list
|Title="[[Transform and Roll Out!#Part 1|Transform and Roll Out! (Part One)]]"
|EpisodeNumber=1
|OriginalAirDate=December 26, 2007
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]], [[Minoru Yamaoka]], [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and his small crew of [[Autobot]]s come into possession of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]], a powerful [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]ian artifact that attracts the attention of their long-forgotten enemies—the [[Decepticon]]s—and sends them crashing to a strange and distant planet known as [[Earth]].
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Transform and Roll Out!#Part 2|Transform and Roll Out! (Part Two)]]"
|EpisodeNumber=2
|OriginalAirDate=December 26, 2007
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]], [[Minoru Yamaoka]], [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Transform and Roll Out!#Part 3|Transform and Roll Out! (Part Three)]]"
|EpisodeNumber=3
|OriginalAirDate=December 26, 2007
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]], [[Minoru Yamaoka]], [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]"
|EpisodeNumber=4
|OriginalAirDate=January 5, 2008
|Aux1=[[Michael Ryan]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The Autobots settle into their new home base, an abandoned automobile manufacturing plant, but the ancient assembly line machinery seems to have developed a mind of its own.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Total Meltdown]]"
|EpisodeNumber=5
|OriginalAirDate=January 19, 2008
|Aux1=[[Rich Fogel]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Naoto Hashimoto]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=A bio-engineering genius experiments with some of [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]'s hydraulic fluid and accidentally transforms himself into [[Prometheus Black|Meltdown]], whose corrosive touch can melt anything—including Autobots!
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Blast from the Past]]"
|EpisodeNumber=6
|OriginalAirDate=January 12, 2008
|Aux1=[[Kevin Hopps]]
|Aux2=[[Irineo Maramba]], [[Ben Jones]], [[Kentaro Mizuno]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=[[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] upgrades a trio of animatronic dinosaurs from a local theme park, but the creatures develop minds of their own and become rampaging [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s, bent on destroying the Autobots.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]"
|EpisodeNumber=7
|OriginalAirDate=January 19, 2008
|Aux1=[[Andrew Robinson]]
|Aux2=[[Derrick J. Wyatt]], [[Ben Jones]], [[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=While the Autobots encounter a [[Lockdown|mysterious muscle car]] creating havoc in [[Detroit]], [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] keeps flashing back to his "tour of duty" in the [[Great War|Great Autobot-Decepticon War]].
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]]"
|EpisodeNumber=8
|OriginalAirDate=January 26, 2008
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Bumblebee's self-proclaimed title as "fastest thing on wheels" is threatened by [[Nanosec]], a super speedster crook on a deadly mission that could destroy all of Detroit.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Along Came a Spider]]"
|EpisodeNumber=9
|OriginalAirDate=February 16, 2008
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]'s first Halloween turns even spookier when they encounter a giant spider that turns out to be the deadly Decepticon [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]].
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Sound and Fury]]"
|EpisodeNumber=10
|OriginalAirDate=February 23, 2008
|Aux1=[[Henry Gilroy]]
|Aux2=[[Ben Jones]], [[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=[[Sari]]'s new [[Soundwave (Animated)|toy musical robot]] seems to have an evil streak—and the ability to control other machines—but Bulkhead is the only one who sees it.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found]]"
|EpisodeNumber=11
|OriginalAirDate= March 1, 2008
|Aux1=[[Rich Fogel]]
|Aux2=[[Irineo Maramba]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The Autobots clash with Decepticons [[Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who come to Earth searching for their missing leader, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]].
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Survival of the Fittest]]"
|EpisodeNumber=12
|OriginalAirDate=March 8, 2008
|Aux1=[[Steven Granat]]
|Aux2=[[Irineo Maramba]], [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Sari is kidnapped and the evidence points to the Dinobots. So [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and Bulkhead head to a mysterious island to investigate—with a highly suspicious [[Captain Fanzone]] on their tail.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]]"
|EpisodeNumber=13
|OriginalAirDate=March 15, 2008
|Aux1=[[Michael Ryan]]
|Aux2=[[Ben Jones]], [[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=A [[Headmaster (Animated)|disgruntled Sumdac employee]] seeks revenge and profit by taking control of one of the Autobots and sending him on a rampage.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Nature Calls]]"
|EpisodeNumber=14
|OriginalAirDate=March 22, 2008
|Aux1=[[Todd Casey]]
|Aux2=[[Ben Jones]], [[Bouakeo Thongkham]], [[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Prowl, Bumblebee and Sari get more than they bargained for when they head out to the remote woods to investigate a mysterious energy signal.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Megatron Rising - Part 1]]"
|EpisodeNumber=15
|OriginalAirDate=March 29, 2008
|Aux1=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|Aux2=[[Irineo Maramba]], [[Ciro Nieli]], [[Kentaro Mizuno]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Prime begins to doubt his leadership abilities as the Decepticons mobilize for a big invasion of Earth.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]"
|EpisodeNumber=16
|OriginalAirDate=April 5, 2008
|Aux1=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|Aux2=[[Ben Jones]], [[Ciro Nieli]], [[Shunji Oga]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The Autobots are decimated by the Decepticon invasion, but still must rally to prevent the AllSpark from falling into their clutches.
}}
|}

==Season 2: 2008–?==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
!#!!Title!!Writer!!Director!!Original airdate!!Production code
{{Episode list
|Title="[[The Elite Guard]]"
|EpisodeNumber=17
|OriginalAirDate=April 12, 2008
|Aux1=[[Rich Fogel]]
|Aux2=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]]
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] arrives on Earth to retrieve the AllSpark and relieve Prime and his crew of their post, but they prove less than adept at blending in with the human world.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Return of the Headmaster]]"
|EpisodeNumber=18
|OriginalAirDate=April 26, 2008
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Optimus Prime is forced to team up with his rival [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] after Sentinel has a humiliating and potentially fatal encounter with the Headmaster.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Mission Accomplished]]"
|EpisodeNumber=19
|OriginalAirDate=May 3, 2008
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Convinced there are no Decepticons left on Earth, the Elite Guard prepares to take Optimus Prime and his crew back to Cybertron, unaware of the increasing Decepticon activity taking place under their very noses.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]"
|EpisodeNumber=20
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=AllSpark energy turns a junk pile into a [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|sentient robot]] who tries to help the Autobots, but ends up doing more harm than good.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Velocity]]"
|EpisodeNumber=21
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Investigating [[Blurr (Animated)|a mysterious race car]], Bumblebee gets involved with an illegal underground street racing circuit, which also captures the attention of the Decepticons.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Rise of the Constructicons]]"
|EpisodeNumber=22
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Bulkhead befriends a pair of [[Constructicon (Animated)|construction vehicles]] brought to life by AllSpark energy. But the Decepticons have their scanners set on the duo for their latest construction project.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[A Fistful of Energon]]"
|EpisodeNumber=23
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], but finds some competition in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy]]"
|EpisodeNumber=24
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Aided by a mysterious benefactor, Detroit's B-level villains team up to take down the Autobots once and for all.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Autoboot Camp]]"
|EpisodeNumber=25
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=On the trail of an escaped Autobot traitor, Bumblebee flashes back to a previous encounter with the traitor when he first met Bulkhead in Autobot Boot Camp.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]]"
|EpisodeNumber=26
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Blackarachnia enlists Prometheus Black, also known as Meltdown, to aid her with a dangerous experiment, while Prime and [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] are forced to team up to stop them.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[Sari, No One's Home]]"
|EpisodeNumber=27
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=Left alone in the Autobots' home base, Sari must defend it against an intrusion by the Constructicons.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[A Bridge Too Close - Part 1]]"
|EpisodeNumber=28
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The Decepticons kidnap Bulkhead to aid in [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's]] ultimate plan to take over Cybertron.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title="[[A Bridge Too Close - Part 2]]"
|EpisodeNumber=29
|OriginalAirDate=
|Aux1=
|Aux2=
|ProdCode=
|ShortSummary=The fates of Cybertron and Earth lie in the balance as Optimus Prime and his Autobots battle Megatron and his Decepticons in a fight to the finish and the fight for the Allspark.
}}
|}

==Season 3: ?==

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Megatron Rising - Part 1

2008-03-30T07:59:45Z

60.242.28.87: /* Animation Errors */

{{episodenav|animated|15|season=1|prev=Nature Calls|next=Megatron Rising - Part II}}

'''Prime begins to doubt his leadership abilities as the Decepticons mobilize for a big invasion of Earth.'''

==Summary==

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marsha Griffin]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Ciro Nieli]], & [[Kentaro Mizuno]]
*'''Original airdate:''' March 29, 2008

===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" |
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (10)
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (11)
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (13)
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (14)
* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (15)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (2)
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (4)
* [[Lugnut]] (5)
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (12)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
* [[Isaac Sumdac]] (1)
* [[Sari Sumdac]] (3)

|}

==Quotes==

"The fate of the Earth and Cybertron hang in the balance and all I've got in my command are a bunch of undisciplined, insubordinate MALFUNCTIONS!"
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' has quite the bad temper when he's dissatisfied with his troops. ''[[Megatron (BW)|Yesssss.]]''

"What is your damage, Prime? Sari is a part of this team!" 
"Considering your own history of mistakes, you aren't exactly the greatest character witness, Bumblebee."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Optimus Prime''' exchange harsh words. Ouch.

'''Lugnut''': "And the universe will rejoice! All hail your grand and glorious return!" 
'''Starscream''': "Okaaay, what's ''his'' malfunction?" 
'''Calm Blitzwing''': "Technical glitch. It happens." 
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "A lot, actually! Ahahahaha!" 
'''Lugnut''': "It is ''not'' a glitch! It is Megatron, and he commands us to deliver him the key!" 
'''Starscream''': "Megatron?! Did you just say Megatron? Did he just say ''MEGATRON''?! ''THERE IS NO MEGATRON!'' MEGATRON IS OFFLINE! TERMINATED! I DID IT MYSEL{{m-}}''saw'' it myself."
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''', master of deception.

"Lugnut! Blitzwing! Do as our mystery caller commands! Track the energy signal and find that key! Meanwhile, I will locate the source of the transmission." 
"And locate our grand and glorious leader!" 
"Uh, fine, yes, whatever."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Lugnut'''. Screamer's the master of deception, we say!

"Evil forces are about to invade this planet and destroy everything in their path. If we want to survive, we must join forces and fight them together." 
"Dinobots not need robots to fight! Dinobots destroy robots!" 
"In case you haven't noticed, Dinobots ''are'' robots."
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' gives '''Grimlock''' a dose of reality.

"Look what the capacitor dragged in." 
"Megatron?! Alive? And looking...magnificent, as always." 
"Starscream. How good it is to be reunited with such a ''devoted'' and ''faithful'' subject in my time of need." 
"I would have come sooner, o grand and illustrious leader, but naturally we all assumed you perished at the hands of the Autobot scum. What...great...joy to discover you did not." 
"Yes. Delight is written all over your face."
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' exchange warm and heartfelt pleasantries.

"YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!"
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''' seriously freaks out when Bumblebee shoots him.

'''Lugnut''': "We have come for our glorious leader, Megatron!" 
'''Megatron''': "I am here, Lugnut." 
'''Lugnut''': "Oh, Master, I am not worthy! I am not worthy{{m-}}...what happened to your body?" 
'''Megatron''': "...long story." 
'''Calm Blitzwing''': "So, you didn't have voices in your head..." 
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "...you had a ''head'' in your head!"
:{{m-}}Decepticon reunion.

"''Decepticons?'' But, you told me you were an Autobot." 
"And I hated every moment of that humiliating charade."
:{{m-}}'''Isaac Sumdac''' finally learns the truth, and from '''Megatron''' himself.

==Other notes==

===Continuity errors===
* Despite her initial sarcasm, Sari has apparently forgotten (or is willing to forget) how Blackarachnia's use of the All Spark key nearly killed Sari herself and all organic life for miles around. She also doesn't seem to mind being kidnapped onto a rooftop again. Lesson: Never betray a kid's trust; it makes them act '''really''' stupid.

* Not so much an error as just an oddity: When Starscream stands over a dangling Bumblebee on the Sumdac Tower rooftop, Megatron sends a power surge through a roof fixture and zaps Starscream. When the scene cuts back to the roof a few minutes later, Bumblebee's back on the roof, which he likely managed while Starscream was stunned, and Screamer's confronting him again. However, with no time given for them to talk or react about the transition, the previous roof scene may as well not have happened.

*When Blitzwing freezes Ratchet, he's stuck inside a large piece of ice, but when Blitzwing takes the key (and his arm) he appears to only be covered in ice.

===Animation Errors===
* The size of Megatron's head fluctuates greatly between scenes, appearing gigantic even compared to large characters.
* When Sari is telling Blackarachnia about the Autobots taking away her key, her right leg is drawn awkwardly... almost as if it's growing out of her skirt.
* For a brief moment, right when Ratchet contacts Prime to inform him of his lose of the key, the ol' Bot's arm can be seen with the "missing EMP Generator hole" again, before quickly disappearing.
* Starscream's Decepticon insignia is occasionally upside-down.

===Transformers references===
* Prime finally refers to [[Dinobot Island]] by that name.

===Real-world references===
* Ratchet's remark to Blitzwing about prying the key from his cold, offline servo is a reference to an NRA slogan originated by Charlton Heston.
* The scene of Megatron's head reattaching to his body via a series of small pistons that join and then draw together is similar to the "repair" sequences in 1999's ''The Iron Giant''.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* The R/C Plane Sari was flying resembles a MiG-15 Fighter.
* This is the first episode in which we see an extended transformation sequence for Starscream.
* Grimlock says the Dinobots will destroy robots, and Prime points out that '''they're''' robots. When the Autobots then leave, it appears that this remark has caused the Dinobots to start attacking '''each other'''.
* When Megatron's energized body sends out cables to its detached hand, in which Prof. Sumdac is sitting, the hand grips around Sumdac, then is yanked under the flooring and over to the body, where it opens back up—with Sumdac no longer within it. (Nothing up Megatron's sleeve!)

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Beast Wars (Part 1)

2008-03-01T05:46:34Z

60.242.28.87: /* Animation and/or technical glitches */ Added another one.

[[Image:BWPart1_crashland.jpg|thumb|350px|They carry within them the last sons of Kryp—oh, wait, never mind.]]

{{episodenav|BW|season=1|1|next=Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

'''A Maximal science vessel and a fugitive Predacon starship crash land on a mysterious, primitive world.'''

==Summary==
[[Image:BWPart1_strangenewworld.jpg|thumb|left|In space, no one can hear you transform.]]

In an unknown star system, a [[transwarp]] portal opens, releasing two combatants: a stolen [[Predacon]] [[Darksyde|starship]] and its pursuer, the [[Maximal]] science vessel ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. Already carrying the scars of battle, both ships immediately open fire upon each other. On the ''Axalon'', a youthful crewmember reports on their damaged condition, in response to which another crew member bitterly complains about their non-combat exploration vessel not being cut out for this mission. Their commander, Optimus Primal, states that they were the only ship in range capable of intercepting the fugitives. On the Predacon starship, the first officer urges his leader, Megatron, to finish off the Maximals while their opponents' shields were down. Megatron arrogantly rebuffs this suggestion, preferring to toy with his opponents by luring them into the orbit of the nearby planet. As the ''Axalon'' passes the Predacon starship's starboard side, Megatron fires the side guns, hitting the Maximals with a broadside which cripples their engines and causes significant damage to their stasis hold. Optimus Primal orderes their cargo of [[stasis pods]] be released into safe orbit before firing the forward plasma cannons, strafing the Predacons' hull and taking them down with the ''Axalon''. With no engines, both ships are caught in the planet's gravitational pull and plummet to it's surface.

[[Image:BWPart1_beastmodes.jpg|thumb|left|And the fandom complained...for about five minutes.]]

After crashing on a cliff above a lake, Optimus Primal asks for a damage report, and the youngest crewmember replies that he didn't want to know. Meanwhile, the Predacon warship has landed smack in the middle of the ash-hardened opening of an active shield volcano, faring considerably worse. Megatron orders the navigation computer to tell him if this was the planet he had sought. The computer replies that it is unknown, as while the course settings were accurate, the readings were not consistent with what was to be expected of the location. Dismissing this for the time being, Megatron demands to know if the mysterious planet had [[energon]], which the computer confirms to his elation. However, it warns that there is so much energon that prolonged exposure would permanently damage their robot modes. Declaring that they will take the forms of the most powerful creatures on the planet, Megatron orders his science officer to scan for local lifeforms which they could adapt as alternate modes to survive on this world. The Predacon ship launches a drone, scanning the fossils of a tyrannosaurus rex, velociraptor and pteranodon, as well as a living spider and wasp. Back at the cliff, the Maximals have the same idea, scanning a gorilla, rat, rhino and cheetah. The youngest crew member, adopting the form of the cheetah, declares himself to be Cheetor and was very pleased with himself. An older, cynical member of the crew, having taken the form of the rat, disses his young comrade for a supposed lack of taste and introduces himself as Rattrap. The oldest and strongest of the crew tells the pair to cut out their bickering and to call him Rhinox. Optimus Primal exited the [[CR Chamber]] and orders the crew to moderate their conflict circuits, reminding them that their new beast forms were to protect them from the long-term effects of the abundant energon fields: While they need energon for power, their robot modes will short out after a few minutes of exposure. Upon further comment from Optimus that this world was one unusual planet, wherever it is, Rhinox points out that the transwarp drive allows them to journey through space '''and''' time, so they could be in any place, any time. Optimus expresses concern about the stasis pods in orbit, as it meant the Maximals were outnumbered.

[[Image:BWPart1_beastfaceoff.jpg|thumb|right|We'll tumble. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] style!]]

Back at the other crash site, the Predacons are testing out their new beast modes, bar one. First officer Dinobot, studying the Golden Disk he and his cohorts had stolen, is furious, declaring that it was "all wrong" and that this world was not ''[[Earth]]''. He turns to Megatron and spits that the latter is a failure, not only in throwing away victory against the Maximals while it was in his grasp, but failing to guide them to the right planet. Dinobot throws the Golden Disk back into the ship in disgust, snarling that they had stolen it for nothing and that Megatron is an idiot. In control of his own anger, Megatron calmly challenges Dinobot to repeat his insult. His second-in-command belligerently replies that Megatron had heard well enough, adding that he is an incompetent leader, and challenges him for leadership of the Predacons. Megatron is merely amused when Dinobot transforms and brandishes his weapons, noting how impulsive, brave, but ultimately misguided his would-be usurper is. An incensed Dinobot asks if Megatron accepts his challenge, but the leader laughs off, musing that there was more to being a leader than mere courage—for instance, a leader needed to be clever and cunning too. The loyal Scorponok then appears, blasting the treacherous Dinobot with a missile and sending him flying off into the distance. After watching his former first officer fly away, Megatron informs the other Predacons that didn't matter which planet they were on, as they had come looking for energon to fuel their war with the Maximals, and this planet is rich with it. Only the Maximals could pose a threat now—assuming they'd survived their own crash—so Megatron dispatches his crew to seek out and destroy their enemies.

[[Image:BWPart1_Predsopenfire.jpg|thumb|left|Shouldn't they be seeking cover of some sort?]]

Meanwhile, the Maximals are surveying the land around them and cleaning up the wreckage on the ''Axalon''. Rattrap complains about all the fuss over the Golden Disk, but Optimus Primal reminds him that the Disk is Cybertron's most closely guarded relic, a guide to a major source of energon, which is why Megatron stole it. Rattrap does't care, retorting they were supposed to be performing deep-space exploration and that it isn't his job to chase after criminals. He sarcastically speculates on Primal's readiness to handle a command position. Optimus further reminds him of the [[Great War]], noting that if Predacons are able to secure a massive source of energon, they wouldn't hesitate to start a new one. On a lighter note, he tells Rattrap that since the smaller Maximal wanted exploration, here they are on an unknown planet, so he could hardly ask for more. Rattrap snaps that a working space ship would be nice, too, prompting Primal to remark that there is no pleasing some people. Cheetor detects two cheetahs running on the plains near the ship, and their speed prompts Primal's approval of the form Cheetor had chosen. Deciding to show off (and goof off) Cheetor gives chase to the animals. Optimus tries to call him back, but the energon radiation severely limits the range of their communications equipment. Rattrap vents more sarcasm, asking Primal if it is the untested Maximal commander's first day on the job. Primal simply snaps for him to shut up.

[[Image:BWPart1_Primalflying.jpg|thumb|right|"I'm a rocket man, rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone"]]

Some distance away, Cheetor catches up to the two cheetahs and attempts to engage them in conversation. Not surprisingly, this just scares them. Cheetor cannot understand why they are so frightened, then sees the two animals acting aggressively toward a rather large wasp. Realizing it was a '''Robot in Disguise''', Cheetor transforms and fires upon the wasp unprovoked. The wasp, revealing itself to be the Predacon Waspinator, transforms and retaliates in self-defense. Back at the ''Axalon'', the other Maximals move out to give Cheetor backup, with Rhinox ramming his way through a pile of boulders to speed their progress. Waspinator manages to get the better of Cheetor when the Maximal's rifle jams, but fortunately, the other Maximals have arrived by then. Unfortunately, Megatron and the Predacons have arrived as well.

[[Image:BWPart1_coverfire.jpg|thumb|left|Rhinox motivates Rattrap to shoot by using him as a shield.]]

Optimus Primal tries to convince Megatron to not engage in hostilities, as the Maximals and Predacons have been at peace for centuries. Megatron spits back that while the Maximals may have been at peace, the Predacons, like all enemies who appear "peaceful", were merely biding their time. The Predacons have never forgotten their goal of galactic conquest, but were merely waiting for the right time to strike. At this moment, Cheetor's gun unjams, and he fires point-blank into Megatron's face. Though greatly impressed by Cheetor's treacherous sneak attack, Megatron notes (rather over-dramatically) that now the "power gauntlet [had] been cast"...whatever that means. He orders the Predacons to Terrorize (transform) while the Maximals Maximized (ditto), and both sides open fire upon each other. As the Maximals seek cover, Cheetor is blasted by one of Scorponok's missiles and ends up with his leg trapped under a boulder. Optimus Primal orders Rattrap to assist Cheetor while he provides cover fire, but Rattrap flatly refuses to risk his life for anybody else, to Optimus' anger. The Maximal leader flies to Cheetor's position himself but is hit by Predacon fire, much to Rattrap's smug delight. Nonetheless, Optimus managed to free Cheetor while Rhinox "persuaded" Rattrap to help provide the pair with cover fire. With the Predacons now seeking cover of their own, the Maximals make their escape. Megatron orders pursuit, but he and his Predacons begin succumbing to the effects of the energon buildup and are forced to revert to beast mode.

[[Image:BWPart1_bridgefaceoff.jpg|thumb|right|You shall not pass!]]

On the way back to base, Optimus Primal informs Rattrap exactly who was in command of the crew and chews him out for disobeying a direct order. Rattrap sneers at how Primal would order him out into danger because Primal was afraid of doing it himself. Optimus angrily replies that he would never give an order that he wouldn't be willing to carry out himself, then wearily elaborates that he was able to give Rattrap better cover fire than the smaller Maximal could have given him. Rattrap sheepishly realizes Primal was right, but notes that at least they'd gotten out of the fight alive. Optimus counters that they'd sustained injuries that would require time to repair. Bringing up the rear, Cheetor voices belief that they had escaped the Predacons, but Primal cautions the young Maximal to keep his sensors on full, as the Golden Disk theft reports indicated there were six Predacons, but they had only encountered five in the previous battle. Rattrap theorizes that perhaps the sixth was destroyed in the crash, but Rhinox glumly notes that sort of luck hadn't been coming their way lately. As if to punctuate his point, Dinobot bars their way across a stone bridge to the ''Axalon''. Dinobot demands their attention, stating who he is and that he had left the Predacons to join the Maximals—but as leader. He challenges Optimus Primal to a one-on-one battle, with the winner to lead the Maximals, the loser to be destroyed!

To be continued...

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' September 16, 1996

'''Written by:''' [[Bob Forward]]

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Maximals]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Predacons]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Rattrap]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (6)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (4)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Tarantulas]] (7)
*[[Waspinator]] (8)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (9)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (10)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |

|}

==Quotes==
'''Dinobot:''' "No, no, no! It's all wrong! this cannot be Earth! Megatron - you ''failed''! Not only did you ''fail'' to destroy the Maximals when you had the chance, you failed to bring us to the right planet! We stole the Golden Disk for nothing! You idiot!" 
(Dinobot tosses aside the Golden Disk) 
'''Megatron:''' "Heh, I beg your pardon? What did you call me?" 
'''Dinobot:''' "You heard—you are an idiot and an incompetent leader, and I am taking over. Dinobot, terrorize!" 
(Dinobot transforms into robot mode) 
'''Dinobot:''' "I challenge you to battle, Megatron. The winner shall lead the Predacons, and the loser shall be destroyed!" 
'''Megatron:''' "Ahh, you're so impulsive, Dinobot. Brave... but misguided." 
'''Dinobot:''' "Do you accept my challenge?!?" 
'''Megatron:''' "Hahaha... there's more to being a leader than simple courage. Well, there's cleverness and cunning as well. Isn't that right, Scorponok?" 
(Scorponok fires a missile, blasting Dinobot away) 
'''Megatron:''' "Loser."
:—'''Megatron''' deals swiftly with '''Dinobot'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s belligerence

"Ahh, a treacherous, under-handed sneak attack. Oh-ho,ho, I like you, pussy cat, yesss."
:—'''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s response to Cheetor's unprovoked attack

"This guy's got bearings of chrome steel."
:—'''Rhinox''' to Dinobot's announcement that he would join their group, but as their leader

==Other Notes==
*Before they gain their beast modes, the Maximals and Predacons are shown mostly in shadow. This is probably to save the animators the trouble of coming up with entirely different models for each character. However, if one pays close attention, there are some marked differences to the facial areas shown, and Rattraps' arms are slightly different.

*As this was the first episode, the transformation/catchphrase sequences are rather overbearing by comparison to later episodes of the series.

*The Japanese version of the episode, titled "Enter the Super Robot Lifeform Transformers", has a slightly alternate opening. The episode begins with scrolling letters across an outer space backdrop, "Star Wars"-style, which explain the basics of the Transformers history (Cybertron, factions, energy plundering, etc).

*An interesting thing to note is, if no one knew where they were or what time, or even the creatures that they had scanned, how was everyone able to think up such fitting new names?

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* When Waspinator fights Cheetor, the stripes on his thighs are mapped in the wrong axis.

* As Optimus, Rhinox and Rattrap ride out to give Cheetor support, Rhinox breaks through a 'roadblock' of boulders. However, in the previous shot of this location, the boulders were not present.

* When Rhinox picks up Rattrap and swings him around to face the Predacons, Rattrap's gun clips right through the boulder in front of them.

* Scorponok is among the Predacons milling about outside the ship in their beast modes, yet he appears from within the ship to blast Dinobot only a few moments later.

===Continuity Errors===
* The Predacon ship isn't shown scanning a scorpion for Scorponok's beast mode... for some reason.
* Cheetor spends the longest time in the open while in robot mode, but does not suffer the effects of energon overload that the Predacons do.

===Transformers References===
* Optimus Primal mentions the [[Great War]], which is was what the Transformers of the Beast era called the conflict between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Throughout this episode and "Beast Wars (Part 2)", Scorponok's missiles have a Maximal insignia on them, meant to indicate Maximal kills. This confused viewers into thinking that they were mistakenly "Maximal missiles" and the symbols changed.
* Cheetor has the dual-honour of being the first character to appear in ''Beast Wars'', as well as the first character to fire a shot (unprovoked) at the enemy. Cheetor also had the honour of speaking the final words of the Beast Era in the final episode of ''Beast Wars''<nowiki>'</nowiki> sequel ''[[Beast Machines]]''.
* During the scene where the Maximals reveal their new beast modes, it is not clear why they (bar Optimus Primal) had to rename themselves.
* Dinobot has the distinction of the first ''Beast Wars'' character to transform into robot mode.
* Waspinator fires pink eye lasers (similar to Dinobot's) during his battle with Cheetor.
* Rattrap is a serious asshole this early in the series.

==External Links==
* [http://www.tv.com/beast-wars/beast-wars-1/episode/45384/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;0 TV.com's page for this episode]

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
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Beast Wars (Part 1)

2008-03-01T05:46:09Z

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

[[Image:BWPart1_crashland.jpg|thumb|350px|They carry within them the last sons of Kryp—oh, wait, never mind.]]

{{episodenav|BW|season=1|1|next=Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

'''A Maximal science vessel and a fugitive Predacon starship crash land on a mysterious, primitive world.'''

==Summary==
[[Image:BWPart1_strangenewworld.jpg|thumb|left|In space, no one can hear you transform.]]

In an unknown star system, a [[transwarp]] portal opens, releasing two combatants: a stolen [[Predacon]] [[Darksyde|starship]] and its pursuer, the [[Maximal]] science vessel ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. Already carrying the scars of battle, both ships immediately open fire upon each other. On the ''Axalon'', a youthful crewmember reports on their damaged condition, in response to which another crew member bitterly complains about their non-combat exploration vessel not being cut out for this mission. Their commander, Optimus Primal, states that they were the only ship in range capable of intercepting the fugitives. On the Predacon starship, the first officer urges his leader, Megatron, to finish off the Maximals while their opponents' shields were down. Megatron arrogantly rebuffs this suggestion, preferring to toy with his opponents by luring them into the orbit of the nearby planet. As the ''Axalon'' passes the Predacon starship's starboard side, Megatron fires the side guns, hitting the Maximals with a broadside which cripples their engines and causes significant damage to their stasis hold. Optimus Primal orderes their cargo of [[stasis pods]] be released into safe orbit before firing the forward plasma cannons, strafing the Predacons' hull and taking them down with the ''Axalon''. With no engines, both ships are caught in the planet's gravitational pull and plummet to it's surface.

[[Image:BWPart1_beastmodes.jpg|thumb|left|And the fandom complained...for about five minutes.]]

After crashing on a cliff above a lake, Optimus Primal asks for a damage report, and the youngest crewmember replies that he didn't want to know. Meanwhile, the Predacon warship has landed smack in the middle of the ash-hardened opening of an active shield volcano, faring considerably worse. Megatron orders the navigation computer to tell him if this was the planet he had sought. The computer replies that it is unknown, as while the course settings were accurate, the readings were not consistent with what was to be expected of the location. Dismissing this for the time being, Megatron demands to know if the mysterious planet had [[energon]], which the computer confirms to his elation. However, it warns that there is so much energon that prolonged exposure would permanently damage their robot modes. Declaring that they will take the forms of the most powerful creatures on the planet, Megatron orders his science officer to scan for local lifeforms which they could adapt as alternate modes to survive on this world. The Predacon ship launches a drone, scanning the fossils of a tyrannosaurus rex, velociraptor and pteranodon, as well as a living spider and wasp. Back at the cliff, the Maximals have the same idea, scanning a gorilla, rat, rhino and cheetah. The youngest crew member, adopting the form of the cheetah, declares himself to be Cheetor and was very pleased with himself. An older, cynical member of the crew, having taken the form of the rat, disses his young comrade for a supposed lack of taste and introduces himself as Rattrap. The oldest and strongest of the crew tells the pair to cut out their bickering and to call him Rhinox. Optimus Primal exited the [[CR Chamber]] and orders the crew to moderate their conflict circuits, reminding them that their new beast forms were to protect them from the long-term effects of the abundant energon fields: While they need energon for power, their robot modes will short out after a few minutes of exposure. Upon further comment from Optimus that this world was one unusual planet, wherever it is, Rhinox points out that the transwarp drive allows them to journey through space '''and''' time, so they could be in any place, any time. Optimus expresses concern about the stasis pods in orbit, as it meant the Maximals were outnumbered.

[[Image:BWPart1_beastfaceoff.jpg|thumb|right|We'll tumble. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] style!]]

Back at the other crash site, the Predacons are testing out their new beast modes, bar one. First officer Dinobot, studying the Golden Disk he and his cohorts had stolen, is furious, declaring that it was "all wrong" and that this world was not ''[[Earth]]''. He turns to Megatron and spits that the latter is a failure, not only in throwing away victory against the Maximals while it was in his grasp, but failing to guide them to the right planet. Dinobot throws the Golden Disk back into the ship in disgust, snarling that they had stolen it for nothing and that Megatron is an idiot. In control of his own anger, Megatron calmly challenges Dinobot to repeat his insult. His second-in-command belligerently replies that Megatron had heard well enough, adding that he is an incompetent leader, and challenges him for leadership of the Predacons. Megatron is merely amused when Dinobot transforms and brandishes his weapons, noting how impulsive, brave, but ultimately misguided his would-be usurper is. An incensed Dinobot asks if Megatron accepts his challenge, but the leader laughs off, musing that there was more to being a leader than mere courage—for instance, a leader needed to be clever and cunning too. The loyal Scorponok then appears, blasting the treacherous Dinobot with a missile and sending him flying off into the distance. After watching his former first officer fly away, Megatron informs the other Predacons that didn't matter which planet they were on, as they had come looking for energon to fuel their war with the Maximals, and this planet is rich with it. Only the Maximals could pose a threat now—assuming they'd survived their own crash—so Megatron dispatches his crew to seek out and destroy their enemies.

[[Image:BWPart1_Predsopenfire.jpg|thumb|left|Shouldn't they be seeking cover of some sort?]]

Meanwhile, the Maximals are surveying the land around them and cleaning up the wreckage on the ''Axalon''. Rattrap complains about all the fuss over the Golden Disk, but Optimus Primal reminds him that the Disk is Cybertron's most closely guarded relic, a guide to a major source of energon, which is why Megatron stole it. Rattrap does't care, retorting they were supposed to be performing deep-space exploration and that it isn't his job to chase after criminals. He sarcastically speculates on Primal's readiness to handle a command position. Optimus further reminds him of the [[Great War]], noting that if Predacons are able to secure a massive source of energon, they wouldn't hesitate to start a new one. On a lighter note, he tells Rattrap that since the smaller Maximal wanted exploration, here they are on an unknown planet, so he could hardly ask for more. Rattrap snaps that a working space ship would be nice, too, prompting Primal to remark that there is no pleasing some people. Cheetor detects two cheetahs running on the plains near the ship, and their speed prompts Primal's approval of the form Cheetor had chosen. Deciding to show off (and goof off) Cheetor gives chase to the animals. Optimus tries to call him back, but the energon radiation severely limits the range of their communications equipment. Rattrap vents more sarcasm, asking Primal if it is the untested Maximal commander's first day on the job. Primal simply snaps for him to shut up.

[[Image:BWPart1_Primalflying.jpg|thumb|right|"I'm a rocket man, rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone"]]

Some distance away, Cheetor catches up to the two cheetahs and attempts to engage them in conversation. Not surprisingly, this just scares them. Cheetor cannot understand why they are so frightened, then sees the two animals acting aggressively toward a rather large wasp. Realizing it was a '''Robot in Disguise''', Cheetor transforms and fires upon the wasp unprovoked. The wasp, revealing itself to be the Predacon Waspinator, transforms and retaliates in self-defense. Back at the ''Axalon'', the other Maximals move out to give Cheetor backup, with Rhinox ramming his way through a pile of boulders to speed their progress. Waspinator manages to get the better of Cheetor when the Maximal's rifle jams, but fortunately, the other Maximals have arrived by then. Unfortunately, Megatron and the Predacons have arrived as well.

[[Image:BWPart1_coverfire.jpg|thumb|left|Rhinox motivates Rattrap to shoot by using him as a shield.]]

Optimus Primal tries to convince Megatron to not engage in hostilities, as the Maximals and Predacons have been at peace for centuries. Megatron spits back that while the Maximals may have been at peace, the Predacons, like all enemies who appear "peaceful", were merely biding their time. The Predacons have never forgotten their goal of galactic conquest, but were merely waiting for the right time to strike. At this moment, Cheetor's gun unjams, and he fires point-blank into Megatron's face. Though greatly impressed by Cheetor's treacherous sneak attack, Megatron notes (rather over-dramatically) that now the "power gauntlet [had] been cast"...whatever that means. He orders the Predacons to Terrorize (transform) while the Maximals Maximized (ditto), and both sides open fire upon each other. As the Maximals seek cover, Cheetor is blasted by one of Scorponok's missiles and ends up with his leg trapped under a boulder. Optimus Primal orders Rattrap to assist Cheetor while he provides cover fire, but Rattrap flatly refuses to risk his life for anybody else, to Optimus' anger. The Maximal leader flies to Cheetor's position himself but is hit by Predacon fire, much to Rattrap's smug delight. Nonetheless, Optimus managed to free Cheetor while Rhinox "persuaded" Rattrap to help provide the pair with cover fire. With the Predacons now seeking cover of their own, the Maximals make their escape. Megatron orders pursuit, but he and his Predacons begin succumbing to the effects of the energon buildup and are forced to revert to beast mode.

[[Image:BWPart1_bridgefaceoff.jpg|thumb|right|You shall not pass!]]

On the way back to base, Optimus Primal informs Rattrap exactly who was in command of the crew and chews him out for disobeying a direct order. Rattrap sneers at how Primal would order him out into danger because Primal was afraid of doing it himself. Optimus angrily replies that he would never give an order that he wouldn't be willing to carry out himself, then wearily elaborates that he was able to give Rattrap better cover fire than the smaller Maximal could have given him. Rattrap sheepishly realizes Primal was right, but notes that at least they'd gotten out of the fight alive. Optimus counters that they'd sustained injuries that would require time to repair. Bringing up the rear, Cheetor voices belief that they had escaped the Predacons, but Primal cautions the young Maximal to keep his sensors on full, as the Golden Disk theft reports indicated there were six Predacons, but they had only encountered five in the previous battle. Rattrap theorizes that perhaps the sixth was destroyed in the crash, but Rhinox glumly notes that sort of luck hadn't been coming their way lately. As if to punctuate his point, Dinobot bars their way across a stone bridge to the ''Axalon''. Dinobot demands their attention, stating who he is and that he had left the Predacons to join the Maximals—but as leader. He challenges Optimus Primal to a one-on-one battle, with the winner to lead the Maximals, the loser to be destroyed!

To be continued...

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' September 16, 1996

'''Written by:''' [[Bob Forward]]

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Maximals]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Predacons]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Rattrap]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (6)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (4)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Tarantulas]] (7)
*[[Waspinator]] (8)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (9)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (10)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |

|}

==Quotes==
'''Dinobot:''' "No, no, no! It's all wrong! this cannot be Earth! Megatron - you ''failed''! Not only did you ''fail'' to destroy the Maximals when you had the chance, you failed to bring us to the right planet! We stole the Golden Disk for nothing! You idiot!" 
(Dinobot tosses aside the Golden Disk) 
'''Megatron:''' "Heh, I beg your pardon? What did you call me?" 
'''Dinobot:''' "You heard—you are an idiot and an incompetent leader, and I am taking over. Dinobot, terrorize!" 
(Dinobot transforms into robot mode) 
'''Dinobot:''' "I challenge you to battle, Megatron. The winner shall lead the Predacons, and the loser shall be destroyed!" 
'''Megatron:''' "Ahh, you're so impulsive, Dinobot. Brave... but misguided." 
'''Dinobot:''' "Do you accept my challenge?!?" 
'''Megatron:''' "Hahaha... there's more to being a leader than simple courage. Well, there's cleverness and cunning as well. Isn't that right, Scorponok?" 
(Scorponok fires a missile, blasting Dinobot away) 
'''Megatron:''' "Loser."
:—'''Megatron''' deals swiftly with '''Dinobot'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s belligerence

"Ahh, a treacherous, under-handed sneak attack. Oh-ho,ho, I like you, pussy cat, yesss."
:—'''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s response to Cheetor's unprovoked attack

"This guy's got bearings of chrome steel."
:—'''Rhinox''' to Dinobot's announcement that he would join their group, but as their leader

==Other Notes==
*Before they gain their beast modes, the Maximals and Predacons are shown mostly in shadow. This is probably to save the animators the trouble of coming up with entirely different models for each character. However, if one pays close attention, there are some marked differences to the facial areas shown, and Rattraps' arms are slightly different.

*As this was the first episode, the transformation/catchphrase sequences are rather overbearing by comparison to later episodes of the series.

*The Japanese version of the episode, titled "Enter the Super Robot Lifeform Transformers", has a slightly alternate opening. The episode begins with scrolling letters across an outer space backdrop, "Star Wars"-style, which explain the basics of the Transformers history (Cybertron, factions, energy plundering, etc).

*An interesting thing to note is, if no one knew where they were or what time, or even the creatures that they had scanned, how was everyone able to think up such fitting new names?

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* When Waspinator fights Cheetor, the stripes on his thighs are mapped in the wrong axis.

* As Optimus, Rhinox and Rattrap ride out to give Cheetor support, Rhinox breaks through a 'roadblock' of boulders. However, in the previous shot of this location, the boulders were not present.

* When Rhinox picks up Rattrap and swings him around to face the Predacons, Rattrap's gun clips right through the boulder in front of them.

* Scorponok is among the Predacons milling about outside the ship in their beast modea, yet he appears from within the ship to blast Dinobot only a few moments later.

===Continuity Errors===
* The Predacon ship isn't shown scanning a scorpion for Scorponok's beast mode... for some reason.
* Cheetor spends the longest time in the open while in robot mode, but does not suffer the effects of energon overload that the Predacons do.

===Transformers References===
* Optimus Primal mentions the [[Great War]], which is was what the Transformers of the Beast era called the conflict between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Throughout this episode and "Beast Wars (Part 2)", Scorponok's missiles have a Maximal insignia on them, meant to indicate Maximal kills. This confused viewers into thinking that they were mistakenly "Maximal missiles" and the symbols changed.
* Cheetor has the dual-honour of being the first character to appear in ''Beast Wars'', as well as the first character to fire a shot (unprovoked) at the enemy. Cheetor also had the honour of speaking the final words of the Beast Era in the final episode of ''Beast Wars''<nowiki>'</nowiki> sequel ''[[Beast Machines]]''.
* During the scene where the Maximals reveal their new beast modes, it is not clear why they (bar Optimus Primal) had to rename themselves.
* Dinobot has the distinction of the first ''Beast Wars'' character to transform into robot mode.
* Waspinator fires pink eye lasers (similar to Dinobot's) during his battle with Cheetor.
* Rattrap is a serious asshole this early in the series.

==External Links==
* [http://www.tv.com/beast-wars/beast-wars-1/episode/45384/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;0 TV.com's page for this episode]

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Blast from the Past

2008-02-21T07:05:17Z

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{{Cleanup|January 2008}}

{{episodenav|animated|6|season=1|prev=Total Meltdown|next=The Thrill of the Hunt}}

[[Image:DinobotsAnimated.jpg|thumb|400px|"When they opened Disneyland in 1955, nothing worked." "Yes, but, [[wikipedia:John Hammond (Jurassic Park character)|John]], when Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists."]]

'''Professor Sumdac upgrades a trio of animatronic dinosaurs from a local theme park, but the creatures develop minds of their own and become rampaging Dinobots, bent on destroying the Autobots.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] takes the [[Autobot]]s to "[[Dino Drive]]", a [[dinosaur]]-based theme park, in order to teach them about [[Earth]]'s history. On the way, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] accidentally destroys every car in the parking lot. Once inside, [[Tutor Bot]] gives an impromptu lesson on dinosaurs. The Autobots see the animatronic dinosaurs and become amazed by the replicas, especially Bulkhead, who becomes so fascinated that he tries to get the robot ''Pteranodon'' to fly. This only succeeds in having the robot fall and cause a ''Triceratops'' and ''Tyrannosaurus'' robot to collide and break each other, crushing Tutor Bot in the process. The Autobot take the broken animatronics to [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] for repair.

At the lab, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] views the power of dinosaurs through the damaged Tutor Bot and seems very impressed by their destructive potential. Sumdac enters the lab and berates himself for programming the Tutor Bot with such simple information that everyone already knows. Megatron reveals his consciousness by saying ''he'' never knew these things. Sumdac is shocked, and Megatron, pretending that he has just come back online, asks where he is. Professor Sumdac rambles a bit, then says it's a long story. Megatron reassures him that he can listen, as he is not going anywhere. After Sumdac gives a brief history of Megatron's discovery and how he relates to modern technology, Megatron convinces Sumdac that he is an old friend of the Autobots and that they'll be more forgiving of Sumdac keeping his secrets if he helps repair their old comrade. However, it would be best to keep it quiet for now. As a sign of good faith, he offers to help Sumdac repair the dinosaur displays and provide information on how to upgrade their technology so they'll be even more convincing. He conveniently forgets to tell Sumdac that he plans on using them for prototype attack drones.

Meanwhile, at the Autobot base, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] is trying to teach Bulkhead how to control his strength. This, of course, ends with Bulkhead falling on Prowl. He then tries a new tactic and moves the training to an island in Lake Erie. This results in Bulkhead causing some trees to drop on Prowl.

At Dino Drive, Sumdac reveals his and Megatron's creations to the gathered press and Autobots—the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]]!

After a short display, Megatron takes control, and the Dinobots go on a rampage. As the Autobots fight them, Bulkhead tries to recreate Prowl's teaching, but to no effect other than falling into Prowl and knocking him flat on his back. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] then combine their powers to create an electromagnetic pulse to shut down the Dinobots, but Sari's key is somehow drawn to the creatures. She decides to help and plugs the key into Bumblebee. The blast intensifies, blowing the dinosaurs' skins off and revealing the robot bodies beneath. Professor Sumdac is confused as to why they malfunctioned and brings them back to his lab for maintenance.

At Sumdac's lab, Megatron becomes perplexed as to why the key activated, thinking it sensed something Cybertronian about the Dinobots. He dismisses this idea and curses the drones for being useless. Then something very surprising happens{{m-}}the ''Tyrannosaurus'' starts to talk, and the other dinosaurs begin to move. On top of that, Megatron finds he can't control them!

Megatron then surmises that the Autobots must have done something to them, declaring that, somehow, they have [[spark]]s of their own. The ''Tyrannosaurus'' then dubs himself "[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]" and, without fail, Megatron declares that he is the Dinobots' leader. Grimlock doesn't approve of this concept and announces that ''he'' is the leader, and [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] and [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] seem to agree. The Tutor Bot activates, much to Megatron's annoyance, and explains how dinosaur fossils create fossil fuel, which powers cars and trucks. Grimlock takes this to mean cars and trucks "eat" dinosaurs and announces that cars and trucks are bad. Megatron takes advantage of their low intelligence and tells them to destroy the "fossil feeders", and, of course, that the only things worse than cars and trucks are "car robots". He shows them how to use one of their more destructive powers, [[fire-breath]], and they use it to destroy the Tutor Bot. Grimlock is pleased with this, but does not know how he did it. Megatron explains how he designed them, then tells them that the fossil feeders want them dead, so the Dinobots go to defend themselves.

As they start on their rampage, [[Captain Fanzone]] and assembled emergency crews try to stop them. Suddenly, Snarl whips a car with his tail, and Captain Fanzone's car becomes the first casualty of the Dinobots' war on the fossil feeders as the thrown car lands on it. Fanzone, not missing a beat, takes a bazooka and shoots Snarl in the face, but he just swallows the incoming missile.

The Autobots arrive and, at Bulkhead's suggestion, lure the Dinobots to a park in order to avoid any more collateral damage. As Grimlock sees them transform, he remembers something he'd forgotten: Car robots are worse than cars and trucks. Furious, he orders the Dinobots to attack. As the battle goes on, the Autobots are seriously outmatched, especially since Bulkhead is trying to "access the situation" before acting, as Prowl tried to teach him to do. Prowl, realizing their disadvantage, hollers for Bulkhead not to try and be like Prowl, but to be like ''Bulkhead''. Reassured, Bulkhead quickly drops Snarl and Swoop.

At the lab, Sumdac and Megatron are watching the events unfold on the news, and Sumdac is unable to comprehend why the Dinobots malfunctiooned again. Suddenly, the professor realizes that the fire-breath was part of Megatron's design specifications. Megatron feigns shame, claiming that he wanted a body again, so he experimented with the Dinobots by adding "features". Sumdac sympathizes with Megatron, promising not to tell the Autobots and to restore Megatron one day.

Meanwhile, Bumblebee and Ratchet are pinned down by Grimlock's fire-breath. Snarl and Swoop get up and join in, the heat melting the parking lot behind the two Autobots. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] remembers the tar lesson from Dino Drive, and Bulkhead throws all three Dinobots into the newly formed pool. The Dinobots use their flames in an attempt to free themselves from the "black, sticky stuff", but only make things worse for themselves.

The Dinobots are trapped with only their heads sticking out. Professor Sumdac promises to melt them down due to their unpredictableness and the danger they therefore pose. Optimus approves of this, but Prowl does not, feeling that they have shown they have minds and sparks of their own. When Sumdac returns the next morning, he finds the Dinobots have escaped from their tar prison.

[[Image:AnimatedGrimlockRobot01.jpg|thumb|left|180px|By the Power of Greyskull, ME GRIMLOCK KING!]]

On the [[Dinobot Island|deserted island]] where Prowl and Bulkhead trained, the Dinobots are freed into a large crater which houses a beautiful natural environment. Prowl and Bulkhead see how happy they are and decide to keep it their little secret. With that, Prowl sets a hologram up to keep them hidden and safe from the world.

After they leave, Grimlock dubs cars and trucks bad, but Nature good. Two birds promptly defecate on him, which makes him rethink his claim and dub Nature stupid. He orders the birds to come down and "fight like Dinobot" and spits out a flame at them, but they simply fly away. Furious, Grimlock suddenly activates another of Megatron's "features" and transforms! Snarl and Swoop stare in amazement as Grimlock draws a [[Energo-sword|giant, flaming sword]]. Grimlock like...

{{-}}

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Kevin Hopps]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Ben Jones]], & [[Kentaro Mizuno]]
*'''Original airdate:''' January 12, 2008

===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" |
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (6)
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (3)
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (4)
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (10)
* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (11)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (7)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
* [[Captain Fanzone]] (12)
* [[Isaac Sumdac]] (8)
* [[Sari Sumdac]] (1)

|}

==Quotes==
"Sorry I'm late, guys. Uh, did I miss anything?" 
"No, I'd say you hit just about every car in the lot."
:—'''Bulkhead''' can't seem to catch a break, certainly not from '''Bumblebee'''.

"Nice, Prowl. Maybe next you can teach an engine block to float."
:—'''Ratchet''' being a crotchety old goat

"This island will be the ideal place to train [[Bulkhead|you]]: quiet, peaceful, and nothing around for you to damage."
:-'''Prowl''', who is wrong

"The primitive materials available on this planet are useless. It will take countless solar cycles to create attack drones capable of ''my'' needs, and without more substantial robotics for my own body, my prospects are grim, locked in this prison of a lab." 
"Grim...lock...Grim...lock."
:—'''Megatron''' learns why '''Grimlock'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s name doesn't start with an "S".

"Me Grimlock." 
"Then listen well, Grimlock. I am Megatron, your leader." 
"[[Grimlock (G1)|Me Grimlock leader.]]"
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Megatron'''. Some things never change.

"Bulkhead...what are you ''doing''?" 
"I'm doing what you do!" 
"...better idea! Do what ''you'' do!" 
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Bulkhead''' discuss strategy.

"I should be more careful when I try to reverse-engineer alien technology."
:{{m-}}'''Isaac Sumdac's''' entry in the "Gee, You Think?" competition.

"Just because something's big and lumbering and destructive doesn't mean you give up on it." 
:—'''Prowl''' delivering the most backhanded compliment ever

"Me Grimlock...like."
:—'''Grimlock''' upon transforming. And the world trembled.

{{-}}

==Other notes==

===Animation errors===

*In one scene, Snarl's head is coloured grey instead of gold.

*Prowl removes his Autobot symbol because of its hologram emitter. However, in the next shot, he still has it.

===Transformers references===
*A far-off island that becomes a training ground for a lumbering warrior to hone his skills without causing collateral damage to the Autobots' base? Gee, [[Dinobot Island|that sure sounds familiar...]]

*After smashing into Snarl, Bulkhead cheerfully apologizes with "Excuse me!" in much the same way that ''Generation 1'' [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] did after stomping on a [[Quintesson]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

* Grimlock's line "Cars and trucks bad! Car Robots worse!!!" may be taken as a subtle jab at ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Transformers: RiD]]'', which was called ''Car Robots'' in Japan.

*Only two other anamatronic dinosaurs are seen in Dino Drive, a ''Stegosaurus'' and an unidentified sauropod. These may be references to Sludge and Snarl. Or potential future Dinobots.

*Grimlock's robot mode resembles his look in the Generation One series. However, in this series, he wields a flaming sword just like his G1 toy and depiction in several comic series including Transformers War Within.

*This is not the first series to use a tar pit to entrap the Dinobots. In the original G1 cartoon episode "Dinobot Island," Megatron used the island's residents to drive the Dinobots into a tar pit to get them out of the Decepticon's way. In the G1 Marvel comic series, the Decepticon Shockwave defeated the Dinobots by entombing them in tar (before falling in himself).

===Real-world references===
* The gate of Dino Drive is remarkably similar to the gate of Jurassic Park in the movie of the same name (and thus, by extension, to the gate from ''King Kong'', to which JP's design was an [[homage]]). Music reminiscent of the ''Jurassic Park'' theme can be heard during some of the Dino Drive scenes.

* Speaking of Jurassic Park, Grimlock's roar sound a lot like the one from the ''T. Rex'' in that movie.

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* This marks the first time the Dinobots have been used in a ''Transformers'' TV series since Generation 1. There is much joy. Grimlock is particularly happy.

* Alas, the [[trademark]] on "Slag" could not be secured, so the Triceratops character is officially "Snarl", unlike the Generation 1 Dinobot Triceratops.

* The Dinobots' color schemes are lifted directly from the Generation 1 cartoon, with some minor variations. This is most obvious in Swoop's torso being blue, rather then the red featured in Generation 1 Swoop's comic and toy incarnations. The ''[[Diaclone]]'' version of [[Swoop (G1)|Generation 1 Swoop]]'s toy likewise had a blue chest, so this is possibly an homage, but is more likely coincidence.

* Unlike Generation 1, the Dinobots' alt modes match up much more closely with how dinosaurs are depicted in the fossil record (no sluggishness, more mammal/bird-like, Grimlock bent over horizontally, no bowleggedness, etc.). There was still a lack of feathers before they were de-skinned, though. (However, since it's doubtful ''T. Rex''es had a feather covering like smaller therapods, and pterosaurs only had down, it's not really an issue)

*In this episode, Tutor Bot actually teaches Sari and the Autobots about dinosaurs and fossil fuels. He's back on form, however, when the pre-Transformer Grimlock squashes him.

* It seems somewhat odd (but not terribly surprising) that humanity has developed advanced robotics and such, but still uses fossil fuels in cars.

* According to Ratchet, the Transformer race is over 10 billion years old.

*Tutor Bot makes statements of questionable factual accuracy in this episode:
**Despite what Tutor Bot says, fossil fuels are ''not'' made from dinosaur fossils. Fossil fuels are made from various [[wikipedia:Hydrocarbon|hydrocarbon]]s, which are mostly formed from plant matter that has long since settled in the Earth's crust. For more, see [[wikipedia:Fossil fuel|this]].
**Tutor Bot claims that the [[wikipedia:Jurassic|Jurassic]] era is over 200 million years old. It lasted from circa 199.6 million years ago to 145.4 million years ago.
**Tutor Bot claims that many of the creatures lived during the Jurassic period, but ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Triceratops'' and the pterosaur ''Pteranodon'' hail from the Late [[wikipedia:Cretaceous|Cretaceous]], not the Jurassic. The only dinosaurs actually from that time period are the ''Stegosaurus'' and the sauropod mentioned above. This makes Tutor Bot blind, vague, or incapable of teaching about dinosaurs, fossil fuels, and (depending on how literally you take him) basic math. The fact that Professor Sumdac continues to fix him is almost amazing.

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Sludge (G1)

2008-02-02T10:28:16Z

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