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The Probe

2011-06-22T20:31:09Z

67.193.237.35:

{{episode|
|series=BWtoon
|ep=11
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=9
|prev2=Double Jeopardy
|next2=Gorilla Warfare
|image=Theprobetranswarpprobe.jpg
|caption=There's a probe around Uranus!
|title="The Probe"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[October 15]], 1996
|written by=[[Craig Miller]] [[Marv Wolfman]]
|directed by=[[Ezekiel Norton]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
|packaged with=[[Dinobot (BW)#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Dinobot]]
}}

'''As a probe from Cybertron approaches the planet, the Maximals desperately try to make contact with it, but Megatron has other plans.'''

:''French title:'' '''La Sonde''' ("The Probe")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''La Sonde'''
:''Japanese title:'' 恐怖の新兵器! (''Kyōfu no Shin Heiki!'' "New Weapons of Terror!")
:''Latin-American title:'' '''La Sonda'''
:''Italian title:'' '''La sonda''' ("The probe")
:''Brazilian title:'' '''A Sonda''' ("The Probe")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Theprobeprimaldinorhinox.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Maximals read spoilers for later episodes of the show.]]
Numerous [[temporal probe]]s are launched from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], programmed to search through time for the missing ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. One pod floats through the rift in space-time created by Megatron and approaches the planet on which the Beast Wars are taking place.

On the planet's surface, Cheetor challenges his teammates to a race home. Rattrap does a commendable job in keeping up with the cheetah, but Primal wins the race by using his flight mode. Primal and Dinobot scold Cheetor for letting his own guard down. Once inside, the four [[Maximals]] meet with Rhinox, who is trying to use the ship's scanners to detect something in space. Rattrap pulls up a visual, revealing that the orbital object is a temporal probe. Rhinox makes an attempt to contact the probe, but it moves out of range before communication can be established. However there's one more chance to get the probe's attention, by duplicating the ''Axalon'''s transwarp signal by the time the probe make its return journey. The Maximals are happy, except for Dinobot.

[[Image:Tflocklens&tarantulas.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An unreleased Tarantulus toy.]]
The next morning, the Maximals begin construction of the signal array they'll use to contact the probe. Although they're in [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] territory, they have Tigatron protecting them. Tigatron detects a tipsy Waspinator and blasts the insect away easily. But by shooting down Waspinator, he makes himself a target of the [[transformation lock lens]], a diabolical machine that Tarantulas has built. Eventually, the device fires a beam that hits Tigatron, trapping him in his beast mode. Without his blaster, Tigatron is ensnared in an energon web. Cheetor arrives to aid Tigatron, but quickly finds himself in the same situation.

[[Image:Theprobedinobot&rattrapagre.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Rattrap and Dinobot compare thumb sizes.]]
At the construction site, Dinobot admits that he imagines that upon returning to Cybertron, he'll be persecuted as a Predacon, but Primal assures him that this won't happen. Scorponok, spying on the Maximals, films some footage of the device and sends it to Megatron via Terrorsaur. Once the device is complete, Scorponok begins an attack upon it, but is quickly blasted away before the array can be damaged. All the array needs is a transwarp component, which Rhinox will deliver from the ''Axalon''.

The two cats have been caged inside the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], where Megatron reviews footage of the Maximals constructing their signal array. Cheetor accidentally lets slip that the array is being made to contact a probe. The Predacons rush out of the room, leaving the captives unsupervised. Tigatron begins to swing his suspended cage. Cheetor copies this behavior, and the two cages soon strike each other, knocking their bottom panels open. Tigatron lands on his feet and catches Cheetor, saving him from a lava bath. They then head for the Predacons' restoration chambers to escape the transformation lock.

[[Image:Theprobemegsonprimal.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I would have waited an eternity for this!]]
Terrorsaur attacks the array, but the three Maximals scare off the flier in short order. Dinobot comments that Terrorsaur always was a coward. Megatron agrees, but notes that he still makes a great diversion. He and the two spiders engage the Maximals at closer range, with Tarantulas's device to assist them. Dinobot is locked into his Beast Mode and is defeated with several kicks from Blackarachnia, but Rattrap blasts Blackarachnia over the edge of a cliff. With her out of the picture, Rattrap talks to Dinobot, who is experiencing transformational dysfunction. Rattrap figures out what's wrong — an instant before the lock lens strikes him as well. The two Maximals are then blasted by Megatron.

Optimus Primal defeats Tarantulas, but is then locked into his beast mode like the others. Nonetheless, he manages to fend off Megatron's next attempt to destroy the array, but is soon subdued. Megatron prepares to end Primal, but Rhinox arrives just in time, sending Megatron flying with a mighty punch. With the Predacons defeated, Rhinox activates the array. He only needs to enter in the code that will allow the array to mimic the ''Axalon'''s transwarp signal and contact the probe. But at the crucial moment, Tarantulas's evil device strikes Rhinox. Lacking fingers in his beast mode, he can't enter the codes and convinces Optimus he has to do it. But before Primal can input the codes, Megatron destroys the array.

Megatron prepares to finish off Optimus and Rhinox, but Cheetor and Tigatron arrive, destroying Tarantulus's device and driving off Megatron. But the damage has been done-the probe flies past the planet, uncontacted. Megatron boasts that the war will continue until he wins; the Maximals worry that they may never be rescued.

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

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (8)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (9)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (10)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (11)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Don't cats ever get tired of being stupid?"
:—'''Rattrap''' (and later, '''Tarantulas''') to Cheetor

"C'mon, baby, c'mon, give it up for the rat…."
:—'''Rattrap''' has a unique way with computers.

"Well of ''course!'' We wouldn't want to miss our chance to go ''home.''" 
"HEY HEY HEY, what's biting your sensors, Dino''boob?''"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Rattrap'''. Rattrap just said "boob".

"You're a Maximal now, and we'll see that you're treated as one." 
"And what makes you think that I ''want'' to be?"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Whoa, talking about nightmares"
:—'''Cheetor''' waking up to Megatron's Beast Mode head.

"Did we get our signal to the probe? Are we goin' home?!" 
"Not today, Cheetor… But some day."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

==Notes==
[[Image:Theprobefbomb.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Say cheese!]]
*Dinobot's hesitation towards the idea of being rescued is a concept revisited in "[[Victory (episode)|Victory]]".
*Tigatron's exclamation of "By the Matrix, what's happening?!" is the first reference to the various meanings of [[Matrix]] to show up in the series.
*On home video, the running order of this episode and "[[A Better Mousetrap]]" are consistently switched.
**The exception is the American [[Kid Rhino]] DVD release of Season 1, in which this episode appears after "[[Double Jeopardy]]". This is particularly noticeable in the presence of the [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] defense system before its introductory episode. However, the [[Madman Entertainment|Madman]] release for Australia has this episode appearing in the proper place.
*Scorponok's black and white POV shot has purple [[Cybertronix]] text on the bottom. It translates to "f**k".
*A more clever use of Cybertronix comes when Rhinox identifies the probe. The text scrolling on the bottom repeats "ceci est un alphabet tres bizarre et je ne comprends rien", French for "This is a very odd alphabet, and I do not understand anything".
*Scorponok can apparently transfer recordings to the little disk bearing the Predacon insignia on his chest. The disk can be detached and taken back to base. Maybe his cyberbees were being repaired at the time?
*Many (but not all) scenes with Blackarachnia were taken out for the Alliance Video VHS release of this episode, as her [[Double Jeopardy|introductory episode]] was not included on the same tape.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1996 — ''Beast Wars'' — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1996 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — Une Adventure Cybernetique (Alliance Video) — French audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — New Weapon of Terror ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 2 ([[Universal]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Rhinomation) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[category:Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

Equal Measures

2011-05-28T03:26:20Z

67.193.237.35: /* Technical/animation glitches */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=4
|image=Equal Measures Cheetor darksyde.jpg
|caption=Later they discovered Cheetor was sitting on the self-destruct button.
|title="Equal Measures"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[September 23]], 1996
|written by=[[Greg Johnson]]
|directed by=[[T.W. Peacocke]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
|packaged with=[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Cheetor]], [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Megatron]]
}}
'''Dinobot manipulates both Maximals and Predacons around a teleporter that Cheetor has unintentionally developed between both bases.'''

:''French title:'' '''Dos à Dos''' (Back to Back)
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Dos à Dos'''
:''Japanese title:'' 時限爆弾転送作戦! (''Jigen Bakudan Tensō Sakusen!'', "Operation: Time Bomb Transfer!")
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Medidas Equitativas'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Pari opportunità per i Biocombat''' ("Equal opportunities for the Biocombats")
:''Brazilian title:'' '''Medidas Iguais''' ("Equal Measures")

==Synopsis==
[[Optimus Primal]] watches a bolt of lightning shatter a mountain, revealing a cache of [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]. Because of the hazardous conditions, he radios to his team to abort their current operation. The storm garbles the transmission, though, preventing the other [[Maximal]]s from receiving it.

[[Image:Dinobotbulliescheetor.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Something we've seen all too often.]]
The mission involves energon monitoring devices designed by [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], who has just gotten done building the last of them. Impatient to get going, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] carelessly plays with one of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'s projects, a ''time bomb'', and accidentally drops it out the floor hatch... where it's caught by a returning Optimus, who reiterates his order for the mission to be scrubbed. Everyone's clearly upset over the development, not believing the storm to be that severe yet, but Primal is adamant; it'll have to wait until later. Dejected, everyone returns to quarters to wait out the storm.

In Cheetor's quarters, Dinobot meets with the cat-bot and endorses the mission being continued regardless of the danger from the weather and the energon. He points out that Primal clearly treats Cheetor like a child, even though with his speed, the cat-bot could easily outrun the storm and plant the devices before it hits. This appeal to vanity works, and Cheetor sneaks out to complete the mission.

[[Image:Equal Measures Cheetor monitoring device.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This wireless Broadband box is rubbish!]]
In the field, Cheetor plants survey apparatuses in quick succession, but a bolt of lightning causes the cat accidentally to plant one of the posts dangerously close to an energon vein. He tries to remove the device and correct his mistake, but in the middle of his struggle, a second lightning bolt hits, and he finds himself suddenly teleported — onto a control panel in the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]]!

[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] "welcomes" Cheetor and attacks the Maximal, but Cheetor grabs a hover-platform and tries to escape. After being knocked off the platform, Cheetor lunges at Terrorsaur and pushes the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] onto the control panel he'd just arrived on, causing Terrorsaur to vanish. [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] arrive and chase Cheetor around the Predacon base, but lose him in the ventilation shafts.

[[Image:Cheetorsurprised.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Shouldn't have had the vindaloo last night.]]
Meanwhile, Terrorsaur finds himself in the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' command center, where he's given a warm reception by Dinobot. However, the former Predacon is more concerned over how the pteranodon arrived, eventually working out that a freak combination of the survey devices, the storm, and the energon created a transporter link between the two bases. Using this to his advantage, Terrorsaur seems to convince Dinobot into forming an alliance, suggesting they scrap the Maximals, then take over the Predacons and rule together... until Dinobot drops the charade and unceremoniously flushes the Pred out of the ''Axalon'' through a waste disposal unit.

Back at the Predacon base, Cheetor continues to flee while avoiding fire from Waspinator. He sneaks away from the two long enough to hack the Predacons' data files, and determines that both bases sit on a common underground Energon vein, so an explosion at one base would cause a chain reaction that would obliterate both ships. Cheetor is discovered as soon as he downloads this data to a disk.

At the Maximal base, Optimus confronts Dinobot on Cheetor's whereabouts. Dinobot tells him about the link and how the cat-bot has "surely" been destroyed by now, but convinces him that they could use the link to annihilate the Predacon base with the bomb, a plan Primal only agrees to as long as the bomb's timer is set with enough time to allow the Preds to evacuate. Just as the bomb is sent, though, Cheetor tosses the disk with the energon vein data onto the console, transporting both items simultaneously.

[[Image:Crispyterrorsaur.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Would you like me original, or extra crispy?]]
The Predacons finally corner Cheetor, but the bomb has magnetically locked itself onto the Pred console, forcing Megatron to let him go so he can release it. With a few seconds left, Cheetor throws it up to Terrorsaur, who flies it out of the base (and is blown up with it), while Cheetor escapes through the link. The Predacons' errant shots destroy the console instead. Furthermore, his return trip to the ''Axalon'' shatters all of the survey posts he's planted, ensuring the link is severed for good.

Afterwards, Rhinox and [[Rattrap]] congratulate Cheetor's prevention of the Maximal base from being destroyed by their own explosive, while Dinobot is in a bad mood as usual and leaves—though Cheetor apparently didn't tell anyone that Dinobot talked him into the whole thing. Primal still commands Cheetor to take more care to obey direct orders. Cheetor says he will—except when he doesn't—and scampers off, leaving Optimus steamed up with Rhinox and Rattrap to have a jolly laugh. But Optimus figures out Cheetor was funny, and gets in the jolly laugh with Rhinox and Rattrap.

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

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (6)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (7)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (8)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (9)

}}
==Quotes==
"Defeating them does not mean we have to ''annihilate'' them. You seem to have trouble understanding that."
:—'''Optimus''' gently chides Dinobot for thinking like a Predacon.

"Shoulda known no Maximal'd be stupid enough to try anything on a day like this."
:—'''Terrorsaur''' underestimates the enemy again.

"Cheetor! Maximi- did that already."
:—'''Cheetor''' forgets that he already transformed.

"He's gone into the vents! You better report this to Megatron." 
"Me?! ''You're'' second-in-command!" 
"So make it an order!"
:—'''Scorponok''' and '''Waspinator''' establish the chain of command.

"Where'd he go?! Where'd ''I'' go?"
:—'''Terrorsaur''' realises he isn't in [[Kansas]] any more.

"Think of the cosmic magnificence. Together we'll overthrow these low-grade metal knock-offs you've joined, and then rule the Predacons with two iron fists! NOTHING CAN STOP US!"
:—'''Terrorsaur''' has such naive optimism.

"Hey! What are you doing? We're partners!" 
"In case you had not realized, Needlenose... I am ''not'' a team player." 
:—'''Terrorsaur''', about to get launched over the horizon by '''Dinobot'''

"OK, OK, I'll never do that again! Until the next time."
:—'''Cheetor''' has learned nothing from this adventure.

==Notes==
* Dinobot is kind of a jerk this early on.
* And Cheetor needs obedience beat into him.
* And Rattrap just needs the snot beat ''out'' of him.
* This is the first episode where we get to hear Terrorsaur speak (Besides "Terrorsaur, terrorize!" that is).
* And natural Earth weather is ''extremely'' destructive. 2 bolts of lighting cause a mountain to implode.
* This episode marks the finalization of most of the Maximals' voices; Cheetor loses most of his whine, Rhinox gains a more expressive range, and Dinobot sounds a fair bit deeper.

===Technical/animation glitches===
* When Optimus is tossing the time bomb in one hand, it really doesn't move convincingly.
* After Cheetor escapes from the vents, he falls to the ground and his right forehead chevron kind of "twangs" forward. In the next scene he's in, it's back to normal against his head.

===Continuity errors===
* A major plot point is that due to an Energon vein running beneath both ships, the destruction of either Predacon or Maximal bases would destroy the other. This is never mentioned again and frequently contradicted due to the repeated explosions at both. While most of the planet's Energon was stabilized by the start of Season 2 (and thus wouldn't be an issue), the plot of Season 1 episode "[[Victory (episode)|Victory]]" revolves around... a massive explosion at the Predacon base. Arguably, either side could have harvested some of the Energon by then to sever the connection between the bases, but details like that were never really confirmed!

===Transformers references===
* When Cheetor appears before him, Terrorsaur greets him thus: "Welcome to the dark side!" The episode script reveals that this was simply Terrorsaur being dramatic. However, because [[fandom|Transformers fans]] can be ''incredibly'' literal, some fans speculatively latched on to the idea that Terrorsaur was welcoming Cheetor to the "''Dark Side''", supposedly giving the Predacon ship/base a proper name.
*This bit of [[fanon]] was made official by the video game ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]''. Years later, the ship's name was further codified by the [[BotCon 2006]] story "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", which dodged [[trademark]] issues by giving it the intentional misspelling "[[Darksyde]]".
* This is what happens when fans are allowed to run things. Seriously.
* Curiously, at no point has anybody interpreted Dinobot's line as suggesting the Maximal base is meant to be called "Enemy Arms".
* Just before he drops him through the waste disposal unit, Dinobot insults Terrorsaur's beaky (and geeky) beast mode by calling him [[Needlenose]], who was a G1 Decepticon Double-Targetmaster.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1997 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Cheetus' Crisis ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 1 ([[Universal]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Rhinomation) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes — Where the Beasties Began! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasonone/em/emscript.doc The script on BWTF.com]

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[Category:Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]
[[category:Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

The Web

2011-05-28T03:01:14Z

67.193.237.35: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=3
|image=The Web Cheetorinweb.jpg
|caption=Cheetor trains to be a traffic warden.
|title="The Web"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[September 18]], [[1996]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[C. Michael Easton]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
|packaged with=[[Rhinox (BW)#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Rhinox]]
}}
'''While testing a new communications device, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] runs into trouble.'''

:''French title:'' '''La Toile''' ("The Web")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''La Toile'''
:''Japanese title:'' チータスの危機 (''Cheetus no Kiki'', "Cheetus's Crisis")
:''Polish title:'' '''W sieci'''
:''Portuguese title:'' '''A Teia'''
:''Spanish title:'' '''La telaraña'''
:''Latin-American title:'' '''La Telaraña'''
:''Italian title:'' '''La ragnatela''' ("The spiderweb")

==Synopsis==
At the [[Maximal]] base, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] enthusiastically volunteers to field test a new comlink [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] has developed to aid long range communication. Cheetor is instructed to take care of the device and not engage any [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. After Cheetor bolts out of the room, Rhinox expresses a bit of doubt, but [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] is confident that he'll do fine.

[[Image:The Web Cheetor commsdevice.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The WWF likes to keep track of their animals.]]
Five [[units of length|microquads]] away, Cheetor hears an explosion, caused by [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] trying to recover a mega-cannon from one of the two ships. He radios a report to Optimus and heads off to investigate, openly defying his orders of avoiding any trouble. Primal leaves to recover Cheetor before something bad happens. Cheetor finds Scorponok and radios to Rhinox that he's going to take immediate action. He holds Scorponok at gunpoint, but [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] surprises Cheetor, giving Scorponok the time he needs to take him out with a missile. By the time Optimus arrives, the two Predacons are gone and Cheetor is left heavily damaged. As he lays unconscious, he dreams...

[[Image:The Web Cheetordream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This would be so much cooler with a tight rope.]]
:''On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] all open fire on Cheetor, who merely laughs at his attackers and blasts them away with ease. But from the darkness within an empty water tower, the glowing eyes of Tarantulas taunt Cheetor. He opens fire again, this time finding his accuracy sorely diminished. Suddenly Scorponok transforms and attacks, and out of the blue Rattrap appears for a split second. With his blaster exhausted, Cheetor is unable to do anything but watch as a missile from Scorponok closes in.''

Cheetor reawakens on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', having been repaired by Rhinox. Cheetor tries to explain to the Maximals gathered around him that he had to take immediate action to stop Scorponok's recovery of the cannon, but Optimus and the others are still disappointed in him for losing both the communicator and the cannon because of his impulsive actions. Once Primal leaves, [[Rattrap]] gives Cheetor a hard time, causing the cat bot to snarl back and rush out of the room again. Rhinox makes Rattrap face up to what Cheetor is surely going to do, so Rattrap relents and agrees to go after him.

In Predacon territory, Terrorsaur and Scorponok install the newly recovered mega-cannon. Cheetor tries to sneak past them, but is so focused on waiting for the correct moment that he doesn't notice Tarantulas emerge from the ground behind him, and is quickly ensnared.

[[Image:The Web Cheetor Tarantulas.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hey, aren't you supposed to buy me dinner first?]]
Cheetor awakens in a dark cavern, stuck to an energy web that restricts his movement. Tarantulas explains to him that the [[stasis web]] is draining his energy slowly, leaving the delicious body ripe for consumption. Tarantulas crawls over his captive's body and laughs with delight at the thought of his meal.

In the ''Axalon'''s control room, Optimus, Rhinox, and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] look over a holo-map of the [[Darksyde|crashed Predacon ship]]. Primal prepares to send Rattrap on a scouting mission, but Rhinox covers for his friend and says that the rat is talking to Cheetor.

Unknown to Optimus, Rattrap is already in Predacon territory, following Cheetor's trail. Rattrap finds Tarantulas's lair, and engages his Predacon nemesis. While the two battle, Tarantulas increases the rate at which the web drains energy from Cheetor. Tarantulas hunts Rattrap through the cavern with a thermal scan, but Rattrap fools him with a "hot box" and blasts the unfortunate spider.

[[Image:The Web Rattrap rescue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You realise this means we're married?]]
After destroying the energy web, Rattrap grabs Cheetor and gets ready to leave, but one last blast from Tarantulas forces Rattrap to make his exit by diving away from a large explosion... which causes the cavern to collapse upon Tarantulas.

Back at the base, Rattrap lies to Optimus and claims he and Cheetor were just hanging out together. The act spares Cheetor from Primal's anger. In private, Rattrap emphasizes to Cheetor that he was only lying to cover his own hide... but Cheetor is still grateful to his pal.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Optimus Primal]] (1)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (3)
* [[Rattrap]] (9)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (10)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (4)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (5)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (6)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (7)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (8)
}}

==Quotes==
"You know, that is why you mess up, kiddo. You don't have the sense to BE afraid." 
"OH, YEAH? I'll show you what I have the sense to do, motorhead! You and Big Bot!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Cheetor''' trade manly quips.

"I don’t have any real blood, just mech fluid." 
"Oh, my filters will adjust. It is the act I enjoy more than the nourishment."
:—'''Cheetor''' finds out '''Tarantulas''' is one sick puppy.

"I hate that rat."
:—'''Tarantulas'''

==Notes==
===Technical/animation errors===
* Being an early episode, Cheetor and the other characters pretty distinctly pronounce his name as "Cheater".
* Also as an early episode, the Maximals and Predacons both also still use human time unit here and there. Their own [[units of time]] would not become more firmly established until later.
* There also seems to be a great deal of confusion as to what color Scorponok's eyes are supposed to be, changing between red and yellow intermittently.
* During Cheetor's first dream, as Megatron rapid-fires his purple lasers, the laser's own animation for leaving the gun don't appear, making it seem as if the gun's jammed.
* As Cheetor is held captive by Tarantulas, his energy readout clearly drops to dangerous levels, yet in the next few subsequent shots, the levels are at maximum.
** Compounding on this problem, in the shot ''directly after'' Tarantulas turns the energy web to full power, it's shown at half power again. Whoops.

===Continuity errors/notes===
* Cheetor wakes up after having been repaired by Rhinox, when generally the characters just emerge from a [[CR chamber]]. Based on this and the Maximals talking about the need for internal repairs in [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|the opening episode]], it appears they haven't got the Chambers working yet.
* The Maximals have been stranded for at least a month (the time it took Rhinox to make the comlink). Either way, it becomes somewhat of a moot point in later episodes as the Maximals manage to communicate through interfaces on their bodies (Presumably, Rhinox upgraded them to compensate for the lost comlink.)
* The incredibly dangerous "mega-cannon" that is the focus of the early part of the episode is never mentioned again and the Maximals never seem to destroy it or even delay its installation.
*Optimus mentions that Rhinox doesn't have the parts to build another comlink. Even if it did work, he wouldn't have been able to make any more for the rest of the team.
* The first time Scorponok transforms to robot mode, right before he fires at the rock, his eyes are red instead of their usual yellow.
** Also, Scorponok's voice sounds extremely less childish in this episode than in the preceding one. This is the first of many more 'mature' voice changes throughout the series, intentional or otherwise.
* Rattrap calls Tarantulas "eight eyes" even though his beast mode has nine.
* Tarantulas makes the first reference to the 'Inferno' (the Transformers version of Hell) in this episode. It's possible he was just talking about the subsequent Energy Web explosion, but unlikely.

===Transformers references===
* In Cheetor's dream, you can see [[Starscream (G1)| Starscream]] in his Earth vehicle mode flying over Cybertron for a few seconds: the [[Decepticon]] [[Insignia|sigil]] on his wing is the first direct Beast Wars reference to either the [[Autobot]]s or Decepticons.

* Cheetor's dream also contains a brief vision of Rattrap's rescue attempt before it actually happens. This is the first of several dreams, precognitive and otherwise, that Cheetor would have through the series.

*When Cheetor is knocked unconscious by Scorponok, his face bears a striking resemblance to his toy's, rather than his animation model's.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1997 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Cheetus' Crisis ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 1 ([[Universal]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Rhinomation) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes — Where the Beasties Began! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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Weirdwolf (G1)

2010-05-10T04:05:22Z

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:''A [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]] Weirdwolf is.''

[[Image:Weirdwolf boxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Yoda]]? This Yoda you speak of, who is?]]
The "weird" in "Weirdwolf", '''Weirdwolf''' puts. To talk to himself he doesn't just like; to talk to himself he ''really'' likes. Ceaselessly. And to make matters worse, not even very ''well'' he does it. To talk in a strange backward speak few can make sense of but himself, he likes.

Cute at first this personality quirk might seem, but once other Decepticons realize that totally off his nut he is, their best to avoid speaking with Weirdwolf they do. Just too ''weird'', he is.

[[Binary bonding|Binary bonded]] to the [[Nebulos|Nebulon]] [[Monzo]] Weirdwolf is, and really wishes that Weirdwolf would shut up Monzo does.

:''Japanese name'': '''Monzo''' (see below)
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Bizalou'''
:''Italian name'': '''Lupo'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Weirdwolftrialbyfire.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Weirdwolf, if keep hanging out back there you do then get colored you will not.]]
Among [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s troops was Weirdwolf. Followed [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and his Autobots from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to the peaceful planet [[Nebulos]], they did. After the Decepticons were soundly defeated by the Autobots, upgraded with [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster technology]], Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons who underwent the Headmaster process to even the odds. Now [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to the Nebulan [[Monzo]], he and the other Decepticons defeated and captured the Autobot Headmasters. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

The Autobot Headmasters escaped, and the Decepticons followed the Autobots from Nebulos to [[Earth]], where the two factions battled in the vacant [[Mount Saint Hilary]]. Though Fortress Maximus's Headmaster partner, the Nebulan [[Galen]], was killed, Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons were driven off when [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] replaced him. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

''When Decepticons from the future travel back in time to 1989, following a group of Autobots attempting to stop a rift in space-time from swallowing the entire universe, Weirdwolf and several other Decepticons are displaced to [[Limbo]]. Presumably, they are returned when the future Decepticons left for their own time near the end of the ensuing battle.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

Scorponok's Decepticons soon met up with the group of Decepticons stranded on Earth led by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] aggravated the two sides towards a civil war. During the following Decepticon-on-Decepticon battle, Weirdwolf was run over by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Cold War!|Cold War!}} The Decepticons stopped their civil war and teamed up with the Autobots when it was discovered that Starscream had orchestrated the whole affair to distract from his pursuit of the legendary Transformers knowledge database, the [[Underbase]]. In the wake of this event, Scorponok assumed command of all Decepticons and, with Weirdwolf's help, placed a new headquarters, including an Energon convertor, under a swamp near [[New York City]]. {{storylink|King Con!}}

Weirdwolf and his Decepticon comrades were once again manipulated by an outside party when both Autobots and Decepticons responded to the [[Air Strike Patrol]]'s stunt at [[MacDill Air Force Base]]. Weirdwolf pounced on Optimus Prime when Prime lost his temper and tore through the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} The orchestrator behind this staged battle was revealed when Starscream, rebuilt as a [[Pretender]], arrived and fought both sides in the name of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

[[Image:Weirdwolfthevoid.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.]] When the second Decepticon civil war broke out between Scorponok's faction and a small group of rogues led by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], Weirdwolf was one of those buried under Scorponok's headquarters near New York. He was unharmed, however, and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] ordered him, [[Misfire]], and [[Fangry]] to the surface to help protect their commander. The battle came to a halt when all Earth-bound Transformers were instantaneously transported to Cybertron to prepare to battle [[Unicron]]. Weirdwolf listened to [[Primus]] (via a possessed [[Emirate Xaaron]]) tell the origin of the Transformers and their imminent destiny. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Unicron subsequently attacked, was defeated, and Weirdwolf was one of the lucky survivors. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Under the pretenses of an Autobot/Decepticon alliance, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] led Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons to [[Klo]], stranding the Autobots on their dying home planet. {{storylink|Exodus!}} When the Autobots followed them, the Decepticons ambushed them, killing all but five. Bludgeon sent Weirdwolf, [[Octopunch]], [[Fangry]], and [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] to hunt down these stragglers, but Weirdwolf had trouble hunting their scent. Unfortunately, their prey rose before them and overcame their group. Weirdwolf apparently escaped, as he appeared next as part of the main battle, where Optimus Prime had returned. He leaped onto Optimus from behind, but before he could deliver a deadly blow, Grimlock's group had returned victorious, and he was destroyed by a blast Grimlock fired from Octopunch's trident. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

====Generation 2====
[[Image:Weirdwolfg2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Don't you mean, "Time for feeding it is"?]]
Weirdwolf was one of countless Decepticons under Bludgeon's command when they fought the Autobots over ownership of a cache of weapons on an unnamed barren world. Bludgeon ordered a retreat when a gigantic creature who guarded their quarry warned them away. {{storylink|Ghosts|Ghosts}} Later, he and the other Decepticons were ordered to rampage across Earth in order to get Optimus Prime's attention. Weirdwolf, like his comrades, enjoyed this job very much. {{storylink|Tales of Earth Part One}}

Megatron returned and quickly usurped Bludgeon, but not long after Megatron fell in battle against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] over [[Tykos]]; Weirdwolf was part of the search party for Megatron's remains. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to defeat Jhiaxus and his [[Cybertronian Empire]], Weirdwolf was present in both the battle on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} and the final battle on Earth. {{storylink|Total War!}}

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====Classics====
[[Image:Weirdwolfgod.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This sounds [[Wheelie (G1)|familiar]], doesn't it? The wrong characters are talking like that, oh shit!]]
In the fifteen years after the battle on Klo, Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons under the command of the spacefaring [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and assigned to the command of the mysterious [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]]. Whether Weirdwolf followed Bug Bite of his own accord or was sublimated by Bug Bite's reverse-engineered [[Cerebro-shell|cerebro-shells]] is anybody's guess. What is known is that Bug Bite had Weirdwolf rebuilt to remove his Headmaster technology, resulting in both a spurned [[Monzo]] and Weirdwolf being even less coherent than he was previously, having to resort to talking to his own wolf head in the absence of his Headmaster partner.

After the return of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Bug Bite's team arrived on [[Earth]] under the pretenses of forming a partnership. Weirdwolf and the rest of Bug Bite's team were escorted back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Megatron's current headquarters. Suddenly, due to cerebro shells implanted earlier, nearly all of Megatron's troops doublecrossed him, turning their guns on him at Bug Bite's radio-controlled command. However, Weirdwolf's recreation was his team's downfall; Monzo turned to the Autobots with what information he knew, and a rogue Autobot team led by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and jammed the cerebro shells' frequency. Weirdwolf was critically damaged by Megatron in the resulting crossfire. {{storylink|Games of Deception|Games of Deception}}

The barely-alive Weirdwolf and apparently-dead Bug Bite were dragged (literally in the latter's case) back to their ship by [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]. He put Weirdwolf into a newly-installed [[CR chamber]] to heal. {{storylink|Withered Hope|Withered Hope}}

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===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Stan Jones]] (English, casting only)

[[Image:Weirdwolfrebirthr.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Growl.]]
After the return of Optimus Prime, the Decepticons were scattered across the galaxy. Suddenly, they returned en masse, descending upon [[Autobot City]] on Earth. Weirdwolf was among their number. After the Decepticons retrieved the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] called off their attack and they retreated. But when the Decepticons brought the key to Cybertron to activate the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], it was retaken by a group of Autobots who were subsequently thrown across the galaxy. [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] took a ship of Decepticons, which included Weirdwolf, and followed the Autobots to the planet [[Nebulon]].

Confronting the Autobots in a cave, Decepticons were unable to retrieve the key, but did capture the Autobots' wounded. Weirdwolf dragged [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] back to their ship. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1|The Rebirth, Part 1}} During the ensuing interrogation, the Decepticons were ambushed by the remaining Autobots, who had teamed up with the [[Nebulos|Nebulan]] [[Gort]]'s native rebel forces, and had been rebuilt into [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. The Decepticons' ship demolished, they fled into the trees, where the Decepticons were abducted by the evil overlords of Nebulon, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. The Hive, too, wished to become Headmasters, and so [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] offered him the Decepticons who transformed into animals. Weirdwolf was paired with Monzo.

{{note|The bonding of Weirdwolf and Monzo is depicted at the conclusion of an error-filled sequence of events. First, Mindwipe hypnotizes his reluctant partner Vorath, who is mistakenly drawn as Monzo when this occurs. Then Mindwipe and Vorath bond together, alongside Skullcruncher silently bonding with Grax. Then the voice of Grax, emanating from a character drawn as Vorath but colored like Monzo, declares "I am to be bonded to that creature? This project was a bad investment!" while the "creature" he is looking at is Skullcruncher, colored like Weirdwolf. This is immediately followed by the bonding of Weirdwolf and Monzo. Oh, Rebirth, you so crazy!}}

[[Image:Weirdwolfrebirthb.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Rowr.]]
With Headmaster and also [[Targetmaster]] technology behind them, the Decepticons retrieved the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber in battle. The Autobots quickly struck back with Targetmasters of their own, but the leader of the Hive, [[Zarak (Nebulan)|Zarak]], had rebuilt the Hive's city into [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Scorponok abducted [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who was in possession of the key amidst battle, and with the Decepticons inside, it returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Upon their return, Galvatron was unhappy with Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons' alliance with organic creatures, but reluctantly accepted them into their ranks temporarily since they had possession of the key. The Autobots followed them back to Cybertron, and after a huge battle involving all of the Headmasters, Targetmasters, Scorponok, and the new [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], the Decepticons retreated inside Scorponok just as it was swatted off-planet by volatile surges of the activated Plasma Energy Chamber. Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons retreated to parts unknown. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

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===Japanese cartoon continuity===
{{note|In Japan, Weirdwolf is a small robot who transforms into a head and controls a larger, lifeless [[Transtector]] body. The ''Headmasters'' toyline referred to the small robot as "Monzo", with Weirdwolf being the name of the combined small robot/Transtector form, though this distinction of nomenclature is very rarely made in fiction, and he is normally referred to as "Weirdwolf" regardless of what form he takes.}}
====''The Great Transformer War''====
In the closing days of 2010, while significant Transformer battles were being waged on Earth and across space, Weirdwolf and the other Decepticon Headmasters were running from their Autobot counterparts on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. The Decepticons appeared to flee by leaping into a chasm, but moments later, they burst up through the ground to catch their pursuers unaware. Unfortunately for the villains, the Autobots were able to sneak away under cover of the dust cloud their emergence created, leaving Weirdwolf and [[Skullcruncher]] to mistakenly beat up [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. The Decepticons soon realized their error, but the Autobots then crashed into them in vehicle mode, ending the fight. At that point, the Decepticon ninja [[Sixshot]] arrived and instructed them to follow him back to [[Chaar]]. The Decepticons fled into space, but the Autobot Headmasters quickly gave chase aboard the battleship Maximus, heading for Cybertron rejoin the larger Transformer war. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}
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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Katsuji Mori]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Hmep2_weirdwolf_smallbot.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]

Four million years ago, Weirdwolf—also known as just plain "Wolf" to the 'bots who know him best—was among a group of [[Cyberdroid|diminutive Cybertronians]] who departed Cybertron under the leadership of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], seeking to escape the eternal war that had consumed the planet. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Alas, engine trouble caused their craft to crash-land on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], an inhospitable world whose murderous environments and wildly changeable atmospheric conditions threatened the lives of the Cybertronians. Fighting against the odds, the Cybertronians made several technological quantum leaps to survive on Master, including the creation of larger, lifeless Transformer bodies called [[Transtector]]s. Weirdwolf and many of his comrades underwent rigorous physical and mental training to master the art of [[transformation]], learning to transform into heads that connected to the Transtectors and placed them under their control, and even developing telepathic and telekinetic powers. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Weirdwolf was one of ten warriors who became one of these "Headmasters", but he and several other warriors soon began to chafe under Fortress's leadership, and ultimately rebelled against him, siding with a traitor named [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Weirdwolf was Scorponok's second-in-command and leader of the other Decepticon Headmasters, Mindwipe and Skullcruncher. Defeated by Fortress and his men, Scorponok, Weirdwolf and the rest were exiled from Master, but eventually entered into an alliance with Decepticon leader [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

{{note|The events of the ''Great Transformer War'' manga occur at this point.}}

[[Image:Hm1_weirdwolf_botmode.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

In the year 2011, Weirdwolf and his fellow Headmasters joined Galvatron's Decepticons in a massive attack on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], seeking to seize control of the destabilized [[Vector Sigma]] and establish a Decepticon hold over the planet through the computer. Weirdwolf requested that Galvatron entrust the task of taking control of Vector Sigma to them, but Galvatron informed the newbie that he had overstepped his bounds. Undeterred, Weirdwolf led the charge on the computer control center, only to be stopped in his tracks by the dramatic arrival of Fortress and his Autobot Headmasters. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} In the subsequent battle, Weirdwolf transformed to maul [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], but was blasted by [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and then forced to retreat with the other Decepticons before the awesome firepower of Fortress's Battleship Maximus. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Soon after, Weirdwolf journeyed with Galvatron to Earth to help interfere in the Autobots' search for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]], which could restore balance to Vector Sigma. The villains caught up to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] just as he located the Matrix, but [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] stepped in to keep them busy while Hot Rod escaped to Cybertron. Weirdwolf and company pursued, leading to a showdown in Vector Sigma's chamber, where Hot Rod used the Matrix to become Rodimus Prime again. Weirdwolf and the Decepticons wisely fled, rather than face the combined might of both Rodimus and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

[[Image:CassetteOperation Searchlight Weirdwolf.JPG|right|thumb|225px]]

Weirdwolf and the Decepticon Headmasters accompanied the Decepticons' newest weapon, the [[Madmachine]], when it was unleashed upon Cybertron, and he savaged [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] in wolf mode until [[Chase (G1)|Chase]] stepped in to help. The Decepticon Headmasters retreated when the Madmachine was destroyed by the Autobot Headmasters. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} After helping the Decepticons enslave planet Beast, {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} Weirdwolf again clashed with the [[Throttlebot]]s, this time on [[Earth]], as the Decepticons kept the Autobots busy there while their newest evil creation, Metamorpho, headed towards Athenia. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

[[Image:Hmep8_weirdwolf_plays_cards.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Stacks and stacks of Scooby Snacks!]]

Under the orders of Scorponok, Weirdwolf and the Decepticon Headmasters attacked an Autobot energy outpost on Earth and killed all those stationed there in order to distract Rodimus Prime while Scorponok sprang a trap for the Autobot Headmasters on the planet [[Praum]]. Weirdwolf and his allies departed for Praum before Rodimus arrived so they could watch their enemies meet their end, but the Autobots were able to overcome the trap by switching heads to boost their power. The Decepticons tried doing the same, with Weirdwolf taking over Skullcruncher's Transtector, but they still got thrashed. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} After this defeat, Weirdwolf and his chums decided to sit out the next mission and played cards instead. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

When Vector Sigma developed a powerful new alloy named cybertonuron, Weirdwolf was among the Decepticons who invaded the planet seeking to take possession of it for Galvatron. Scorponok, however, disliked the idea of seeing the alloy in Galvatron's hands, and so resolved instead to destroy Cybertron and the cybertonuron with it. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} While Mindwipe was sent to plant bombs in Vector Sigma's chamber, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher covered his rear and tried to stop the Autobot Headmasters from pursuing him. They failed and wound up chasing the Autobots into the planet's depths themselves, only to discover that Mindwipe had successfully planted the bombs. Weirdwolf naturally panicked and promptly fled back to the surface to escape. The Transformers all abandoned Cybertron with minutes to spare, save for Galvatron, who attempted to remove the bombs and was caught at ground-zero of the planet-shattering explosion. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[Image:Hm12_weirdwolf_sword.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]

With Galvatron apparently destroyed, Scorponok seized command of the Decepticons, and as his first order of business, had Weirdwolf, Mindwipe, and Skullcruncher steal the [[Solar 1]] satellite. Although defeated by Chromedome and the Autobot Headmasters, Weirdwolf had another trick up his sleeve: If the Autobots tried to retake the satellite, he would destroy it using his telekinetic powers. Unable to take the satellite back, the Autobots were forced to destroy it to keep it out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} As part of Scorponok's plan to keep the Autobots' attentions focused on Earth, Weirdwolf and his fellow Headmasters accompanied the Predacons in menacing a small South American village. When Mindwipe captured a human boy named [[Pipiro]], Weirdwolf instructed the Autobot Headmasters to hand over their Transtectors to save his life, but the heroic actions of the mother of Pipiro's pet donkey Koro saved the day. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} A little later, still distracting the Autobots from Scorponok's bigger scheme with attacks on Earth, Weirdwolf joined in a Decepticon attack on San Francisco with a giant carnivorous plant. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

[[Image:Hm14_ride_em_chromedome.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

Scorponok's plans came to a head when he plotted to destroy [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], and sent the Decepticon Headmasters to the planet to place a series of [[plasma energy]] bombs beneath its crust. After doing so, the villainous trio engaged the Autobot Headmasters on Mars's surface, trapping them in a crater. When Fortress arrived to save them, Weirdwolf and his fellows got particularly crafty, blasting him with a plasma energy bomb in mid-transformation! {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Weirdwolf and the Decepticons then withdrew to the planet [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]], where Scorponok unveiled his secret project: a giant Transtector of his own! The Headmasters boarded Scorponok's giant new body and returned with him to Mars, putting the finishing touches to the bombing set-up while he battled Fortress. Weirdwolf and his pals completed their task quickly, and withdrew with Scorponok as Mars was destroyed. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

[[Image:Hm17 weirdwolf tricked by transtector.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]

Weirdwolf subsequently attended the coronation of Scorponok on Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]], but during the event, Galvatron abruptly returned, alive and well, and retook leadership. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Soon after, Galvatron sent him to interfere with an Autobot energy run to the planet [[Sandra]], but Weirdwolf was tricked when Chromedome and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] abandoned their Transtectors to make the run in a small shuttlecraft. The unwitting Weirdwolf chased after the unmanned Transtectors, failing to realize that they were empty until the Autobots were off on their way to Sandra. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

The appearance of two unknown robots in the vicinity of Chaar set off alarm bells for Weirdwolf and the Decepticon Headmasters, and they immediately attacked the newcomers. Weirdwolf took on the newcomer with the dragon alternate mode, but was laid out by a swipe of the stranger's tail, at which point Galvatron arrived to inform them that these were actually their old allies from Master, [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon]]. Weirdwolf, Mindwipe and Skullcruncher subsequently went to Earth with the two new arrivals to serve as bodyguards for Galvatron while he negotiated a potential peace with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. When the negotiation was discovered to be a Decepticon ruse to cover their preparations for an interplanetary energy raid, a fight broke out, and Weirdwolf was pummelled by [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]]. The Decepticons were able to escape and join up with their fellows to carry out the planned raid. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} The Decepticons' started their energy gathering by attacking the planets [[Susei]] {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} and [[Twin Star]] for energy, but Weirdwolf didn't really have much to get up to, and entertained himself on the journey between planets by watching asteroids fly by. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}

[[Image:Hm21_weirdwolf_kills_tekna.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

When the Decepticons set down on the planet [[Darhos]], Weirdwolf and the Headmasters were given a special task by Scorponok: hunt down and kill the [[Beastformer]][[Tekna]], who had helped build his Transtector and who was currently imprisoned in a penal colony on the planet. Weirdwolf and his foul fellows took pleasure in massacring every inmate in the prison, but Tekna managed to escape their wrath by hiding in the [[North-South Caves]]. Weirdwolf followed him into the caves, and, finding him in the company of Chromedome and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], fatally shot him in the back. Chromedome saw Weirdwolf off, and Tekna clung to life long enough to provide the Autobots with information on the secret weak spot of Scorponok's Transtector. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

[[Image:Hm24_weirdwolf_om_nom_nom.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Om nom nom.]]

After rounding out the Decepticons' planet-hopping escapades by helping to capture Highbrow on planet [[Paradise]] {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} and participating in the battle on [[Pirate Planet]], {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}} Weirdwolf returned to Chaar with the other Decepticons. At Scorponok's command, Weirdwolf led Mindwipe and Skullcruncher on a sabotage mission to Earth, where they used their small robot forms to sneak inside an Autobot outpost and cause explosions that wiped out most of the base personnel. After they finished off the survivors with their beast modes, Weirdwolf reported the successful taking of the base to Scorponok. Scorponok informed him that it was time for them to start acting toward his own agenda again, and in accordance with their boss's master plan to destroy the Earth by triggering the simultaneous eruption of every volcano along the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]], Weirdwolf and his fellow Headmasters set about planting a plasma energy bomb beneath the outpost. When Scorponok was ordered to Earth by Galvatron, he checked in with Weirdwolf telepathically for an update. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

[[Image:Hm26_weirdwolf_palm_punch.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

Continuing to carry out Scorponok's plan, Weirdwolf and his team helped their leader plant another explosive in [[Alaska]], though their activities were briefly interrupted by a wide-ranging battle between Galvatron and the Autobot Headmasters that concluded with the Decepticon emperor's destruction. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} This allowed Scorponok to take control of the Decepticons once again, and he dispatched Weirdwolf and the Headmasters to plant the final explosive on the Kamchatka Penninsula. Luckily, before the bombs could be triggered, Chromedome deduced the location of Scorponok's weak spot, and Fortress Maximus exploited it to critically damage the Decepticon leader. Scorponok withdrew, and Weirdwolf and all the other Decepticons fled Earth with him. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

Weirdwolf and the Decepticons withdrew with Scorponok to their old home of planet Master, where they terrorized the locals until the Autobots arrived to stop them. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} Retreating beneath the surface of the planet aboard Scorponok's Transtector, Weirdwolf stood by with Mindwipe and Skullcruncher, watching as Scorponok processed [[G-Metal]] from the ore they found underground. With the metal, Scorponok hoped to forge a weapon to counter Fortress's [[Master Sword]], so Weirdwolf and his cronies captured Wheelie and ransomed him for information on the Master Sword and its weaknesses. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

[[Image:Hm30_weirdwolf_bombs.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]

With this data in their hands, the Decepticons briefly withdrew from Master to throw the Autobots off their tail, hiding in a field of space debris where Weirdwolf and Mindwipe teased Skullcruncher for confusing the space rocks with aliens. Their trail suitably cold, they then returned to Master and headed underground so Scorponok could build his "[[Zarak Shield]]". The Autobots soon tracked them down, but during the battle, Weirdwolf snuck aboard Fortress's battleship and planted a pair of bombs, causing an explosion that covered the Decepticons' escape. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Following the successful completion of the Zarak Shield, Weirdwolf participated in the final battle on Master, which ended with Scorponok's triumph over Fortress Maximus and the Decepticons' departure from the planet. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} On the way back to Earth, they were separated from [[Sixshot]] {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}} and when they set down on the asteroid [[Pallas]] for repairs, Weirdwolf agreed with Mindwipe's suggestion that they wouldn't be seeing the ninja again. No sooner had he voiced this opinion, of course, than Sixshot returned. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

[[Image:Hmep35 trio formation.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]

Once back on Earth, Scorponok immediately had the Decepticons begin setting up "Death Towers" at strategic points around the globe, forged from the crysmag metal of the lost continent of Lemuria. Attempting to defend the tower set up in Egypt, Weirdwolf quickly informed Mindwipe and Skullcruncher that they would be debuting their new "Trio Formation", a manoeuvre which had stayed up all night coming up with. The bizarre formation turned out to involve them stacking on top of each other like a totem pole, and when Apeface and Snapdragon thought to get in on the action, they wound up toppling it over. Weirdwolf's tomfoolery notwithstanding, the Egyptian Death Tower was successfully raised, creating an energy-channelling circuit of towers around the Earth that threatened to rip the planet apart. To stop the Decepticons' plan, the Autobots faced their whole army down in a massive final battle at the North Pole. The conflict came to a close when the Autobots all channeled their energy into Fortress Maximus, enabling him to destroy Scorponok's Transtector and the circuit, saving the planet and forcing Weirdwolf and all the other Decepticons to flee Earth for good. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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====''The Headmasters'' comic====
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====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Weirdwolf toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Word Salad Shooter (TM)]]
*'''Weirdwolf''' (1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-86'''
**''Accessories:'' Monzo Headmaster unit, [[Photon pistol|Photon Pistol]],[[thermo-sword| Tail/Thermo Sword]]

: Weirdwolf transforms into a mostly yellow robotic wolf. He has some articulation in his legs (mostly in his forelegs), and his jaw can open. A clear red canopy on his back opens to reveal a cockpit/storage compartment for his Headmaster partner, Monzo. His beast mode tail has a blade on its underside, later serving as a shortsword in robot mode.

: As with many mammalian-derived beast mode Transformers, his robot mode is essentially his beast mode standing on his (extended) hind legs. A panel on each shoulder slides down to reveal a bank of non-firing rockets. Monzo forms his head, inserted into a slot on his upper torso. Some tabs of various lengths on Monzo push down three spring-loaded buttons inside the neck cavity, which in turn reveal three [[Tech Spec]] ratings on a bar-graph in his chest under a grey panel. He is armed with a green rifle and his [[thermo-sword| tail-sword]].
::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Weirdwolf/weirdwolf.htm More information on Weirdwolf at TFU.info]''

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===Timelines===
*'''Alpha Trion/Weirdwolf''' (BotCon 2007 souvenir set)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/sword/missile launcher weapon, 1 missile, Jungle Planet Cyber Planet Key
[[Image:Weirdwolftimelinestoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|What I bring you is plight, and colors bright bright bright!]]

:A bagged set of [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]] and Weirdwolf was released at BotCon 2007 as a souvenir set add-on, limited to 1400 pieces. A yellow and turquoise [[redeco]] of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]], Weirdwolf transforms into a techno-organic wolf. His articulated tail features a spring-loaded missile launcher that can fire a transparent orange projectile. Inserting his [[Cyber Planet Key]] causes his lower jaw to open and a pair of transparent orange fangs to extend from his upper mouth. Unlike other Cyber Key gimmicks, this feature does not automatically secure itself into position, so as to allow the user to repeatedly open his mouth with the Cyber Key. However, his mouth can be locked into the open position by rotating down the two pieces of turquoise 'fur' on his cheeks.

: In robot mode, Weirdwolf is almost his beast mode inverted, as his robot legs are the beast hind legs rotated, and the torso and arms are the beast torso split and flipped. He is armed with his tail, which has an articulated handle that allows it to be held as either a projectile weapon or as a sword. He retains his Cyber Key feature in this mode. He comes with a green-bordered Jungle Planet type Cyber Key, which still has Snarl's [[Key Code]], "'''d43j'''," stamped on its back.

: This mold was also used for [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Fangwolf Black Version]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/BCWeirdwolf/weirdwolf.htm More information on Timelines Weirdwolf at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
[[Image:G1WeirdwolfOriginalHead.jpg|right|thumb|For better quality stills Transformers Wiki would kill.]]
* In early planning stages, the Large Headmasters were to have differently styled heads that would be replaced by their more familiar heads during the Headmaster process. Much like the "trainer" concept for the small Headmaster partners, this quickly fell by the wayside; a [[commercial]] for [[Ring of Hate!|Headmasters #1]] featuring animation of Weirdwolf and others is the only time these designs were used.
* The instruction sheet to Weirdwolf's Generation 1 toy contains perhaps the most unintentionally perverse direction ever written for such a thing: ''To complete wolf, insert post on tail/thermal sword into hole on wolf rump.'' Ew.[http://fortmax05.10gbfreehost.com/instructions/g1/decepticon/weirdwolf.jpg]
* In [[Bob Budiansky]]'s run on Marvel Comics, Weirdwolf started out with his trademark speech quirk, but when writer [[Simon Furman]] took over, he lost it and sounded like everyone else. In ''Timelines: Games of Deception'', written by [[Forest Lee]], Weirdwolf seems to have gotten it back.
* Despite having the status of a ''Classics'' toy, ''Timelines'' Weirdwolf features the modified Decepticon symbol seen on the [[Transformers (2007)|Movie]] action figures.

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

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Victory (episode)

2010-05-10T03:22:35Z

67.193.237.35: /* Transformers references */

{{disambig3|Victory}}
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|image=Victory Dinobot.jpg
|caption="I never noticed what great legs Tarantulas had."
|title="Victory"
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|airdate=[[November 1]], 1996
|written by=[[Wendy Reardon]]
|directed by=[[Steve Ball]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|packaged with=[[Optimus Primal/toys#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|DX Convoy]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''A rebellion (and explosion) at the Predacon base seemingly leads to a Maximal victory.'''

:''French title:'' '''Victoire''' ("Victory")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Victoire'''
:''Japanese title:'' メーク・ドラマだデストロン (''Make Drama da Destron'', "Make a Dramatic Comeback, Destrons")
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Victoria'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Vittoria'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Victory Predacon rebellion.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"The Predacons are revolting!" "We know!"]]
Through a secret spy cam installed in the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], the Maximals watch as the Predacons attempt to use a device to increase the size and power of energon crystals. But when the experiment fails and Megatron demands another crystal specimen for a retest, his troops refuse; apparently, the continuous testing has wasted most of their energon supplies, and this latest failure has convinced the other Predacons to turn on their leader. A firefight soon breaks out, which ends up detonating the remaining energon in a huge explosion that seems to destroy the Predacon base. As the video feed goes dead, the Maximals are shocked; they have just won the Beast Wars.

[[Image:Victory Optimus rhinox.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Yep, it's Megatron's light bulb collection all right.]]
Heading to the Pred base to investigate, the Maximals find it in ruins, with little more than charred debris and a few scant Pred parts to confirm the group's demise. Rattrap, sensitive guy that he is, is rather pleased at the development, while Dinobot is more somber, enough to completely ignore Rattrap's attempts to pick an argument with him; despite defecting, he still feels some kinship with the Predacons, and laments their destruction. However, Dinobot's loss is the other Maximals' gain, as they decide to ransack the Predacon base for its star drive components in order to repair the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' for the trip home.

[[Image:Victory Predacons spot dinobot.jpg|left|200px|thumb|OFCOM got a lot of complaints when this was aired on television.]]
As the repairs are completed, Dinobot comes clean with Optimus about his mood as of late; he's convinced that he'll be executed as a Predacon criminal if he returns to Cybertron, and would rather try and tame the wild world they've found themselves on. Optimus, being an Optimus, tries to convince him that they'll stand up for him, but his mind is set, and he is eventually let go to wander the wilderness. Just as the Maximals are ready to take off, though, the wandering Dinobot stumbles upon the very alive and functional Predacon crew hiding in a crevasse; they had found the spy camera before the incident, and used it to trick the Maximals into thinking them dead, planning on stealing the repaired ''Axalon'' and leaving the Maximals stranded. Dinobot makes a mad dash back to the Maximal ship to warn them of the Preds' duplicity, but gives himself away to the Preds, who give chase in an attempt to stop him.

[[Image:Victory Optimus dinobot.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Quick, man! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!]]
Fortunately, Dinobot is able to get within the Maximals' visual range before he's gunned down, and Optimus and Cheetor head down to help him; the launch cannot be aborted, though, so he insists they take off without him or Dinobot if they're not able to get back on in time. Cheetor's able to get Dinobot to safety in the ensuing firefight, but Optimus is tagged by an errant missile from Scorponok, sending him plummeting. Soon afterwards, Megatron himself manages to get on board, and briefly takes out most of the other Maximals, before being subdued and ejected from the ship by Rhinox. The scuffle, though, has the unforeseen consequence of jamming Megs' tail weapon into the control console, cutting the ''Axalon'''s engines and sending it on a one-way trip back to terra firma.

All seems lost, when Optimus—now fully recovered—comes in to save the day, pulling a Superman and exhausting his jetpack to slow the ship's descent enough to ease it back in its original place. Although no one is critically injured, the collateral damage has been done; the ''Axalon'' will never fly again. And just to ensure that everything is back to normal, Rattrap and Dinobot are right back to verbally tearing into each other, to the other Maximals' amusement.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (7)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (8)
*[[Rattrap]] (9)
*[[Tigatron]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (2)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (3)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (4)
*[[Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Cool. Now, aren't you glad we got cable?"
:—'''Cheetor''' upon seeing the fake uprising.

"Alas, poor Tarantulas. I knew him, Cheetor. This is the leg that stalked so many victims. That it should come to this..." 
"Aww, do you need a hug?"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Cheetor''', sharing a moment.

"I understand. Nonetheless, let the record show that I advise against this action. It will eventually lead to your destruction." 
"Eventually... Eventually can be a long time, Optimus Primal."
:—'''Optimus''' is about to leave '''Dinobot''' in charge of prehistoric Earth. Eesh.

"Give Waspinator more room! Tarantulas fat enough already!" 
"If Waspinator does not stop cuddling me like a '''stuffed toy''' when he sleeps, I'll eat him as well!!"
:—'''Tarantulas,''' shedding light on '''Waspinator''' and his soft side.

"You all make me sick! Ah, I can't stand this any longer, Megatron! I-I've gotta get out!" ''[laughs manically]''
:—'''Terrorsaur''' cracks under the pressure of close quarters with his teammates

"We have only to wait until they repair their ship and then attack while their guard is down. With the Maximal ship in our possession, we will be able to recover the orbiting stasis pods containing Maximals eager, heh-heh-heh, to become Predacons." ''[to Terrorsaur]'' "SO NO ONE LEAVES!" 
"Leaving? Who said anything about leaving?"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Terrorsaur'''

"This is strategically unsound."
:—'''Dinobot''' on his imminent rescue.

"Now only you stand in the way of my ultimate conquest!" 
"Rattrap, maxi—!" 
''[grabs Rattrap]'' "None of that, vermin. Noooo. For now, I shall crush you like a rat in a trap!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Rattrap'''

==Notes==
===Technical/animation glitches===
*When Dinobot is shot by Megatron's forces, he falls. After the cutaway to Primal, it pans out to show Dinobot "floating" on the ground for a few seconds.
*As the Axalon is falling from the sky, the ship itself is flipped. The antennas and such are normally on the port side of the ship, however during the fall they are on the starboard side.

===Continuity errors===
*When Dinobot is shot, Optimus Primal is in his robot mode. However, when we come back from the break and Dinobot's retaliation against the Predacons, Optimus is in his beast mode, which he changes out of less than a minute later. Weird.

[[Image:AxalonComp.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The back of the ship is mangled...]]
[[Image:AxalonFalling.jpg|right|180px|thumb|...and now it's fixed!]]
*It's pretty clear that the rear section of the Axalon was damaged in the original crash. Not only were the fins bent out of position, the rear is missing much of its armor, and is bent. This is quite clearly shown in the computer targeting system Tigatron uses to lock to the Predacons. From the moment the ship takes off to the end of the episode, the entire rear section, fins included, are "reconstructed" and in their proper places. However every episode that follows shows the ship as it was before. Screwy.

===Transformers references===
* Dinobot's aversion to being rescued was explained in the [[The Probe|previous episode]].
* Right after the white rat falls into the crevice, you can FAINTLY hear a wolf cry that is later used by [[Noble]].

===Real-world references===
*Dinobot paraphrases Hamlet for the first (and not the last) time upon finding several of Tarantulas's legs.
*The exchange between Dinobot, Rhinox, and Rattrap as Optimus saves the ''Axalon'' ("Look! Down in the sky! Is it a bird"? "Maybe a plane?" "No, it's Optimus!") riffs on a cliché line from [[wikipedia:Superman|Superman]], as does the John Williams-esque music that plays immediately afterwards.
*When Optimus Primal falls from the ''Axalon'' after Scorponok shoots him down, it is eerily familiar to the famous death scene in the movie ''[[wikipedia:King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''.

==Home video releases==
{{note|All releases listed are in English audio unless otherwise noted.}}
;VHS
*1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Beasties Escape ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]])
*1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Évasion (Alliance Video) — French audio only.
*1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — The Destrons Make Drama ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
*1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio.
*2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 2 ([[Universal]])
;Laserdisc
*1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
*2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.
*2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Kid Rhino]])
*2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Kid Rhino)
*2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio.
*2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio.
*2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]])
*2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[category:Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]
[[category:MSTF]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

Victory (episode)

2010-05-10T03:22:14Z

67.193.237.35: /* Transformers references */

{{disambig3|Victory}}
{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=12
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=15
|prev2=The Trigger, Part 2
|next2=Dark Designs (episode)
|image=Victory Dinobot.jpg
|caption="I never noticed what great legs Tarantulas had."
|title="Victory"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 1]], 1996
|written by=[[Wendy Reardon]]
|directed by=[[Steve Ball]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|packaged with=[[Optimus Primal/toys#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|DX Convoy]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''A rebellion (and explosion) at the Predacon base seemingly leads to a Maximal victory.'''

:''French title:'' '''Victoire''' ("Victory")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Victoire'''
:''Japanese title:'' メーク・ドラマだデストロン (''Make Drama da Destron'', "Make a Dramatic Comeback, Destrons")
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Victoria'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Vittoria'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Victory Predacon rebellion.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"The Predacons are revolting!" "We know!"]]
Through a secret spy cam installed in the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], the Maximals watch as the Predacons attempt to use a device to increase the size and power of energon crystals. But when the experiment fails and Megatron demands another crystal specimen for a retest, his troops refuse; apparently, the continuous testing has wasted most of their energon supplies, and this latest failure has convinced the other Predacons to turn on their leader. A firefight soon breaks out, which ends up detonating the remaining energon in a huge explosion that seems to destroy the Predacon base. As the video feed goes dead, the Maximals are shocked; they have just won the Beast Wars.

[[Image:Victory Optimus rhinox.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Yep, it's Megatron's light bulb collection all right.]]
Heading to the Pred base to investigate, the Maximals find it in ruins, with little more than charred debris and a few scant Pred parts to confirm the group's demise. Rattrap, sensitive guy that he is, is rather pleased at the development, while Dinobot is more somber, enough to completely ignore Rattrap's attempts to pick an argument with him; despite defecting, he still feels some kinship with the Predacons, and laments their destruction. However, Dinobot's loss is the other Maximals' gain, as they decide to ransack the Predacon base for its star drive components in order to repair the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' for the trip home.

[[Image:Victory Predacons spot dinobot.jpg|left|200px|thumb|OFCOM got a lot of complaints when this was aired on television.]]
As the repairs are completed, Dinobot comes clean with Optimus about his mood as of late; he's convinced that he'll be executed as a Predacon criminal if he returns to Cybertron, and would rather try and tame the wild world they've found themselves on. Optimus, being an Optimus, tries to convince him that they'll stand up for him, but his mind is set, and he is eventually let go to wander the wilderness. Just as the Maximals are ready to take off, though, the wandering Dinobot stumbles upon the very alive and functional Predacon crew hiding in a crevasse; they had found the spy camera before the incident, and used it to trick the Maximals into thinking them dead, planning on stealing the repaired ''Axalon'' and leaving the Maximals stranded. Dinobot makes a mad dash back to the Maximal ship to warn them of the Preds' duplicity, but gives himself away to the Preds, who give chase in an attempt to stop him.

[[Image:Victory Optimus dinobot.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Quick, man! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!]]
Fortunately, Dinobot is able to get within the Maximals' visual range before he's gunned down, and Optimus and Cheetor head down to help him; the launch cannot be aborted, though, so he insists they take off without him or Dinobot if they're not able to get back on in time. Cheetor's able to get Dinobot to safety in the ensuing firefight, but Optimus is tagged by an errant missile from Scorponok, sending him plummeting. Soon afterwards, Megatron himself manages to get on board, and briefly takes out most of the other Maximals, before being subdued and ejected from the ship by Rhinox. The scuffle, though, has the unforeseen consequence of jamming Megs' tail weapon into the control console, cutting the ''Axalon'''s engines and sending it on a one-way trip back to terra firma.

All seems lost, when Optimus—now fully recovered—comes in to save the day, pulling a Superman and exhausting his jetpack to slow the ship's descent enough to ease it back in its original place. Although no one is critically injured, the collateral damage has been done; the ''Axalon'' will never fly again. And just to ensure that everything is back to normal, Rattrap and Dinobot are right back to verbally tearing into each other, to the other Maximals' amusement.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (7)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (8)
*[[Rattrap]] (9)
*[[Tigatron]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (2)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (3)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (4)
*[[Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Cool. Now, aren't you glad we got cable?"
:—'''Cheetor''' upon seeing the fake uprising.

"Alas, poor Tarantulas. I knew him, Cheetor. This is the leg that stalked so many victims. That it should come to this..." 
"Aww, do you need a hug?"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Cheetor''', sharing a moment.

"I understand. Nonetheless, let the record show that I advise against this action. It will eventually lead to your destruction." 
"Eventually... Eventually can be a long time, Optimus Primal."
:—'''Optimus''' is about to leave '''Dinobot''' in charge of prehistoric Earth. Eesh.

"Give Waspinator more room! Tarantulas fat enough already!" 
"If Waspinator does not stop cuddling me like a '''stuffed toy''' when he sleeps, I'll eat him as well!!"
:—'''Tarantulas,''' shedding light on '''Waspinator''' and his soft side.

"You all make me sick! Ah, I can't stand this any longer, Megatron! I-I've gotta get out!" ''[laughs manically]''
:—'''Terrorsaur''' cracks under the pressure of close quarters with his teammates

"We have only to wait until they repair their ship and then attack while their guard is down. With the Maximal ship in our possession, we will be able to recover the orbiting stasis pods containing Maximals eager, heh-heh-heh, to become Predacons." ''[to Terrorsaur]'' "SO NO ONE LEAVES!" 
"Leaving? Who said anything about leaving?"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Terrorsaur'''

"This is strategically unsound."
:—'''Dinobot''' on his imminent rescue.

"Now only you stand in the way of my ultimate conquest!" 
"Rattrap, maxi—!" 
''[grabs Rattrap]'' "None of that, vermin. Noooo. For now, I shall crush you like a rat in a trap!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Rattrap'''

==Notes==
===Technical/animation glitches===
*When Dinobot is shot by Megatron's forces, he falls. After the cutaway to Primal, it pans out to show Dinobot "floating" on the ground for a few seconds.
*As the Axalon is falling from the sky, the ship itself is flipped. The antennas and such are normally on the port side of the ship, however during the fall they are on the starboard side.

===Continuity errors===
*When Dinobot is shot, Optimus Primal is in his robot mode. However, when we come back from the break and Dinobot's retaliation against the Predacons, Optimus is in his beast mode, which he changes out of less than a minute later. Weird.

[[Image:AxalonComp.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The back of the ship is mangled...]]
[[Image:AxalonFalling.jpg|right|180px|thumb|...and now it's fixed!]]
*It's pretty clear that the rear section of the Axalon was damaged in the original crash. Not only were the fins bent out of position, the rear is missing much of its armor, and is bent. This is quite clearly shown in the computer targeting system Tigatron uses to lock to the Predacons. From the moment the ship takes off to the end of the episode, the entire rear section, fins included, are "reconstructed" and in their proper places. However every episode that follows shows the ship as it was before. Screwy.

===Transformers references===
* Dinobot's aversion to being rescued was explained in the [[The Probe|previous episode]].
* Right after the white rat falls into the crevice, you can FAINTLY hear a wolf cry that is later used by [[Noble]]

===Real-world references===
*Dinobot paraphrases Hamlet for the first (and not the last) time upon finding several of Tarantulas's legs.
*The exchange between Dinobot, Rhinox, and Rattrap as Optimus saves the ''Axalon'' ("Look! Down in the sky! Is it a bird"? "Maybe a plane?" "No, it's Optimus!") riffs on a cliché line from [[wikipedia:Superman|Superman]], as does the John Williams-esque music that plays immediately afterwards.
*When Optimus Primal falls from the ''Axalon'' after Scorponok shoots him down, it is eerily familiar to the famous death scene in the movie ''[[wikipedia:King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''.

==Home video releases==
{{note|All releases listed are in English audio unless otherwise noted.}}
;VHS
*1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Beasties Escape ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]])
*1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Évasion (Alliance Video) — French audio only.
*1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — The Destrons Make Drama ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
*1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio.
*2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 2 ([[Universal]])
;Laserdisc
*1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
*2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.
*2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Kid Rhino]])
*2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Kid Rhino)
*2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio.
*2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio.
*2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]])
*2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[category:Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]
[[category:MSTF]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

Victory (episode)

2010-05-10T03:20:27Z

67.193.237.35: /* Transformers references */

{{disambig3|Victory}}
{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=12
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=15
|prev2=The Trigger, Part 2
|next2=Dark Designs (episode)
|image=Victory Dinobot.jpg
|caption="I never noticed what great legs Tarantulas had."
|title="Victory"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 1]], 1996
|written by=[[Wendy Reardon]]
|directed by=[[Steve Ball]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|packaged with=[[Optimus Primal/toys#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|DX Convoy]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''A rebellion (and explosion) at the Predacon base seemingly leads to a Maximal victory.'''

:''French title:'' '''Victoire''' ("Victory")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Victoire'''
:''Japanese title:'' メーク・ドラマだデストロン (''Make Drama da Destron'', "Make a Dramatic Comeback, Destrons")
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Victoria'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Vittoria'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Victory Predacon rebellion.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"The Predacons are revolting!" "We know!"]]
Through a secret spy cam installed in the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], the Maximals watch as the Predacons attempt to use a device to increase the size and power of energon crystals. But when the experiment fails and Megatron demands another crystal specimen for a retest, his troops refuse; apparently, the continuous testing has wasted most of their energon supplies, and this latest failure has convinced the other Predacons to turn on their leader. A firefight soon breaks out, which ends up detonating the remaining energon in a huge explosion that seems to destroy the Predacon base. As the video feed goes dead, the Maximals are shocked; they have just won the Beast Wars.

[[Image:Victory Optimus rhinox.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Yep, it's Megatron's light bulb collection all right.]]
Heading to the Pred base to investigate, the Maximals find it in ruins, with little more than charred debris and a few scant Pred parts to confirm the group's demise. Rattrap, sensitive guy that he is, is rather pleased at the development, while Dinobot is more somber, enough to completely ignore Rattrap's attempts to pick an argument with him; despite defecting, he still feels some kinship with the Predacons, and laments their destruction. However, Dinobot's loss is the other Maximals' gain, as they decide to ransack the Predacon base for its star drive components in order to repair the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' for the trip home.

[[Image:Victory Predacons spot dinobot.jpg|left|200px|thumb|OFCOM got a lot of complaints when this was aired on television.]]
As the repairs are completed, Dinobot comes clean with Optimus about his mood as of late; he's convinced that he'll be executed as a Predacon criminal if he returns to Cybertron, and would rather try and tame the wild world they've found themselves on. Optimus, being an Optimus, tries to convince him that they'll stand up for him, but his mind is set, and he is eventually let go to wander the wilderness. Just as the Maximals are ready to take off, though, the wandering Dinobot stumbles upon the very alive and functional Predacon crew hiding in a crevasse; they had found the spy camera before the incident, and used it to trick the Maximals into thinking them dead, planning on stealing the repaired ''Axalon'' and leaving the Maximals stranded. Dinobot makes a mad dash back to the Maximal ship to warn them of the Preds' duplicity, but gives himself away to the Preds, who give chase in an attempt to stop him.

[[Image:Victory Optimus dinobot.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Quick, man! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!]]
Fortunately, Dinobot is able to get within the Maximals' visual range before he's gunned down, and Optimus and Cheetor head down to help him; the launch cannot be aborted, though, so he insists they take off without him or Dinobot if they're not able to get back on in time. Cheetor's able to get Dinobot to safety in the ensuing firefight, but Optimus is tagged by an errant missile from Scorponok, sending him plummeting. Soon afterwards, Megatron himself manages to get on board, and briefly takes out most of the other Maximals, before being subdued and ejected from the ship by Rhinox. The scuffle, though, has the unforeseen consequence of jamming Megs' tail weapon into the control console, cutting the ''Axalon'''s engines and sending it on a one-way trip back to terra firma.

All seems lost, when Optimus—now fully recovered—comes in to save the day, pulling a Superman and exhausting his jetpack to slow the ship's descent enough to ease it back in its original place. Although no one is critically injured, the collateral damage has been done; the ''Axalon'' will never fly again. And just to ensure that everything is back to normal, Rattrap and Dinobot are right back to verbally tearing into each other, to the other Maximals' amusement.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (7)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (8)
*[[Rattrap]] (9)
*[[Tigatron]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (2)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (3)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (4)
*[[Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Cool. Now, aren't you glad we got cable?"
:—'''Cheetor''' upon seeing the fake uprising.

"Alas, poor Tarantulas. I knew him, Cheetor. This is the leg that stalked so many victims. That it should come to this..." 
"Aww, do you need a hug?"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Cheetor''', sharing a moment.

"I understand. Nonetheless, let the record show that I advise against this action. It will eventually lead to your destruction." 
"Eventually... Eventually can be a long time, Optimus Primal."
:—'''Optimus''' is about to leave '''Dinobot''' in charge of prehistoric Earth. Eesh.

"Give Waspinator more room! Tarantulas fat enough already!" 
"If Waspinator does not stop cuddling me like a '''stuffed toy''' when he sleeps, I'll eat him as well!!"
:—'''Tarantulas,''' shedding light on '''Waspinator''' and his soft side.

"You all make me sick! Ah, I can't stand this any longer, Megatron! I-I've gotta get out!" ''[laughs manically]''
:—'''Terrorsaur''' cracks under the pressure of close quarters with his teammates

"We have only to wait until they repair their ship and then attack while their guard is down. With the Maximal ship in our possession, we will be able to recover the orbiting stasis pods containing Maximals eager, heh-heh-heh, to become Predacons." ''[to Terrorsaur]'' "SO NO ONE LEAVES!" 
"Leaving? Who said anything about leaving?"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Terrorsaur'''

"This is strategically unsound."
:—'''Dinobot''' on his imminent rescue.

"Now only you stand in the way of my ultimate conquest!" 
"Rattrap, maxi—!" 
''[grabs Rattrap]'' "None of that, vermin. Noooo. For now, I shall crush you like a rat in a trap!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Rattrap'''

==Notes==
===Technical/animation glitches===
*When Dinobot is shot by Megatron's forces, he falls. After the cutaway to Primal, it pans out to show Dinobot "floating" on the ground for a few seconds.
*As the Axalon is falling from the sky, the ship itself is flipped. The antennas and such are normally on the port side of the ship, however during the fall they are on the starboard side.

===Continuity errors===
*When Dinobot is shot, Optimus Primal is in his robot mode. However, when we come back from the break and Dinobot's retaliation against the Predacons, Optimus is in his beast mode, which he changes out of less than a minute later. Weird.

[[Image:AxalonComp.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The back of the ship is mangled...]]
[[Image:AxalonFalling.jpg|right|180px|thumb|...and now it's fixed!]]
*It's pretty clear that the rear section of the Axalon was damaged in the original crash. Not only were the fins bent out of position, the rear is missing much of its armor, and is bent. This is quite clearly shown in the computer targeting system Tigatron uses to lock to the Predacons. From the moment the ship takes off to the end of the episode, the entire rear section, fins included, are "reconstructed" and in their proper places. However every episode that follows shows the ship as it was before. Screwy.

===Transformers references===
* Dinobot's aversion to being rescued was explained in the [[The Probe|previous episode]].
* Right after the white rat falls into the crevice, you can FAINTLY hear a wolf cry that is later used by [[Savage Noble]]

===Real-world references===
*Dinobot paraphrases Hamlet for the first (and not the last) time upon finding several of Tarantulas's legs.
*The exchange between Dinobot, Rhinox, and Rattrap as Optimus saves the ''Axalon'' ("Look! Down in the sky! Is it a bird"? "Maybe a plane?" "No, it's Optimus!") riffs on a cliché line from [[wikipedia:Superman|Superman]], as does the John Williams-esque music that plays immediately afterwards.
*When Optimus Primal falls from the ''Axalon'' after Scorponok shoots him down, it is eerily familiar to the famous death scene in the movie ''[[wikipedia:King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''.

==Home video releases==
{{note|All releases listed are in English audio unless otherwise noted.}}
;VHS
*1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Beasties Escape ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]])
*1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Évasion (Alliance Video) — French audio only.
*1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — The Destrons Make Drama ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
*1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio.
*2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 2 ([[Universal]])
;Laserdisc
*1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
*2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.
*2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Kid Rhino]])
*2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Kid Rhino)
*2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio.
*2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio.
*2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]])
*2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[category:Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]
[[category:MSTF]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

Weapon

2010-05-09T22:31:57Z

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A '''weapon''' is a tool or device intended to cause pain, incapacitation, injury, or death. [[Transformer|Transformers]] of every sort and every allegiance use a wide variety of weapons, both in war and in occasional peacetime pursuits (such as the hunting of [[Turbofox|turbofoxes]]).

==Examples==
Transformer weapons may be broadly classified as '''melee weapons''', which are hand-held or affixed to the body, such as [[sword]]s, [[mace]]s and [[axe]]s, and used to directly attack an enemy; or as '''ranged weapons''', which can attack from afar. Ranged weapons can be further classified into groups that involve material '''projectiles''' or '''[[missile]]s''', and '''directed-energy weapons''', which fire a beam, ray, or burst of energy. Directed-energy weapons are often called ray guns, beam weapons, or simply blasters. The technical specs for many G1 characters called their weapons lasers, despite stated properties that had little to do with actual lasers (examples include [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s wind-tunnel laser and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s "musket" laser).

Weapons used to create a burst of flame, ('''flamethrowers''', in layman's terms, though the mental image this word brings up is often quite misleading) such as those used by [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], are generally classified as directed-energy weapons, though there is a strong argument to be made for classifying them as melee weapons instead due to their limited range and often devastating effects in close quarters.

Yet another distinction exists between those weapons which are accessories and may be wielded at will, and those which are built-in, inherent to a Transformer's body. For example, [[Tantrum]] may attack with his hand-held sword, or with the electrical dischargers built into his horns.

==Toys==
Transformers toys are equipped with a polymer arsenal of pantomime destruction, and here again there are several classes of weapons.

Weapons may be a permanently attached feature of either or both modes. Sometimes these are elements of one mode that are not otherwise used in the other except as detail and to simulate a weapon. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s triple exhaust pipes, simulating forearm blasters, are a good example. Melee weapons may also be added this way, as when a figure's beast-mode claws are left in a position accessible for combat use. Other times, they may be clearly weapons in both modes, such as ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Megatron (Armada)| Megatron]]'s main cannon.

Weapons may also remain hidden in either or both modes, and then deployed at will. This is a major feature of several subgroups of toys, including the [[Triggerbot]]s and [[Triggercon]]s.

Robot mode weapons are sometimes made from a part of the alternate mode that has been detached and transformed into the weapon. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'s [[Cyber-slash tail weapon]] is an example.

Accessory weapons may also be given. Guns are common, as are missile launchers. Often these attach to the main figure with [[peg]]s, though some use other means. One notable exception, the [[Alternators]] line, features guns with square handgrips, and posable fingers to hold them, but these weapons still use pegs to keep them against the figure's palm.

Any of these weapons may be no more than dummies, molded to look like weapons, or they may be functional. This function usually involves launching [[Missile|missiles]], but it may instead use [[Soundbox|electronic lights or sounds]].

{{stub}}

[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Weapons| ]]

King

2010-05-09T21:50:34Z

67.193.237.35: /* Notes */

{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=Burger-king.jpg|cSize=30px|cLink=Burger King}}}}
{{disambig2|the Cybertronian that burns inside with flame-broiling deliciousness|the Cybertronian that burns inside with universe-destroying evil|The Fallen}}
{{disambig3|King}}
:''The King is an unaffiliated [[Transformer]] from the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'' portion of the [[live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RotF Transform Your Way Promo King.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Arrrr, that'll replace the [[Orcanoch|whale]] in me nightmares.]]

After crashing to Earth 55 years ago, the '''King''' scanned a broiler for his [[alternate mode]] and became [[Burger King]]'s Flame-Broiling Culinary Engineer. Despite having a "Conversation" [[Tech Spec]] rank of 0, he somehow revealed his burgering secrets to the Burger King scientists, and stayed hidden on Earth for decades, waiting for the arrival of his fellow Transformers from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. It is possible that the King is the mastermind behind the [[BBQ Double Stackticon]]!

The King is frightening as all hell.

{{quote|The Transformers? They've been here a long, ''long'' time.|[[Seymour Simmons]]|[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]}}

==Fiction==
===Transform Your Way television commercials===
When a lucky customer who had just left a Burger King proclaimed that he had a winning Transform Your Way scratch-off ticket, King dutifully transformed into robot mode and burst through the restaurant's wall to deliver the prize: a pallet bearing one million dollars in cash. The bespectacled winner was quite pleased with this development. The restaurant's manager was not. He emerged from the massive hole King had just made to declare that a million dollars was about how much it would take to fix this mess, to which King simply shrugged in response. The manager further informed King that this time outside of his normal duties counted as his break. King seemed quite dejected to hear this.

In a similar incident, another customer had also won a million dollars, but his associate remained unconvinced until King once again transformed and burst through the restaurant's wall and conveniently found an armored car in mid-travel, halting it and ejecting its rear doors with a single strike from his mighty fist. After noting that the bills that ejected from the rear door were not a million dollars, King proceeded to tip the rest of the car's contents onto the ground. The customer's associate remarked amazingly that the customer had even won a security guard that had spilled out along with an undetermined amount of cash.

==Tech Specs==
[[Image:RotF Burger King Broiler-bot by Josh Nizzi.jpg|thumb|right|Put it in me, Scott.]]

*'''Strength''': 8
*'''Speed''': 6
*'''Regalness''': 10
*'''Conversation''': 0
*'''Creepiness''': 7.5
*'''Heat''': 10
*'''Stealth''': 2
*'''Balance''': 1
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Burger King itself was also established 55 years ago, so it is likely that it was the culinary technology the King shared that allowed the fast food chain to get off the ground.
* King was designed by [[Josh Nizzi]], just like the robots in the film itself.
* He has a heat tech-spec level of 10, and as we all know, [http://www.weebls-stuff.com/onthemoon/ heat induces royalty, therefore he TRULY is King.]

==External links==
*[http://www.bk.com/transformyourway/ Transform Your Way website]

[[Category: Engineers]]
[[Category: Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category: Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category: Transformers]]

King

2010-05-09T21:49:15Z

67.193.237.35: /* Notes */

{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=Burger-king.jpg|cSize=30px|cLink=Burger King}}}}
{{disambig2|the Cybertronian that burns inside with flame-broiling deliciousness|the Cybertronian that burns inside with universe-destroying evil|The Fallen}}
{{disambig3|King}}
:''The King is an unaffiliated [[Transformer]] from the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'' portion of the [[live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RotF Transform Your Way Promo King.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Arrrr, that'll replace the [[Orcanoch|whale]] in me nightmares.]]

After crashing to Earth 55 years ago, the '''King''' scanned a broiler for his [[alternate mode]] and became [[Burger King]]'s Flame-Broiling Culinary Engineer. Despite having a "Conversation" [[Tech Spec]] rank of 0, he somehow revealed his burgering secrets to the Burger King scientists, and stayed hidden on Earth for decades, waiting for the arrival of his fellow Transformers from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. It is possible that the King is the mastermind behind the [[BBQ Double Stackticon]]!

The King is frightening as all hell.

{{quote|The Transformers? They've been here a long, ''long'' time.|[[Seymour Simmons]]|[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]}}

==Fiction==
===Transform Your Way television commercials===
When a lucky customer who had just left a Burger King proclaimed that he had a winning Transform Your Way scratch-off ticket, King dutifully transformed into robot mode and burst through the restaurant's wall to deliver the prize: a pallet bearing one million dollars in cash. The bespectacled winner was quite pleased with this development. The restaurant's manager was not. He emerged from the massive hole King had just made to declare that a million dollars was about how much it would take to fix this mess, to which King simply shrugged in response. The manager further informed King that this time outside of his normal duties counted as his break. King seemed quite dejected to hear this.

In a similar incident, another customer had also won a million dollars, but his associate remained unconvinced until King once again transformed and burst through the restaurant's wall and conveniently found an armored car in mid-travel, halting it and ejecting its rear doors with a single strike from his mighty fist. After noting that the bills that ejected from the rear door were not a million dollars, King proceeded to tip the rest of the car's contents onto the ground. The customer's associate remarked amazingly that the customer had even won a security guard that had spilled out along with an undetermined amount of cash.

==Tech Specs==
[[Image:RotF Burger King Broiler-bot by Josh Nizzi.jpg|thumb|right|Put it in me, Scott.]]

*'''Strength''': 8
*'''Speed''': 6
*'''Regalness''': 10
*'''Conversation''': 0
*'''Creepiness''': 7.5
*'''Heat''': 10
*'''Stealth''': 2
*'''Balance''': 1
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Burger King itself was also established 55 years ago, so it is likely that it was the culinary technology the King shared that allowed the fast food chain to get off the ground.
* King was designed by [[Josh Nizzi]], just like the robots in the film itself.
* He has a heat tech-spec level of 10, and as we all know, [http://www.weebls-stuff.com/onthemoon/| heat induces royalty, therefore he TRULY is King.]

==External links==
*[http://www.bk.com/transformyourway/ Transform Your Way website]

[[Category: Engineers]]
[[Category: Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category: Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category: Transformers]]

Reverb (Cybertron)

2010-05-03T19:17:59Z

67.193.237.35: /* Cybertron */

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{{disambig3|Reverb}}
:''Reverb is a [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybReverb01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Optimus Minor]]?]]
'''Reverb''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's the most adventurous of the three, but tends to get in over his head. He's been lost in time more than once in his life while traveling with [[Vector Prime]].

:''Japanese name:'' '''Bumper'''

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==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon continuity===
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==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cybertron Reverb toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Minor God.]]
*'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout-class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-07'''

: Reverb transforms into a pickup truck of undetermined model, sold only in a three-pack with his Team-mates [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] and [[Six-Speed]]. The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]; Hasbro Reverb has more deco on the robot-mode chest, painting nearly the whole chest orange rather than the more select details of the Takara version.

: This mold was also used to make [[Plier]], [[Rockslide]] and [[Guardian Powered]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Reverb at TFU.info]''

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*'''Bumper''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)
**''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''2'''

: Part of the "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[Candy toy|candy toys]] for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Reverb comes with a small plank of chewing gum. Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling, most notably not being [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates, but also contains a number of small differences. The most immediately noticeable among these are different wheels and blue-plastic biceps instead of black.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|250px|thumb|Hey, where'd they go??]]
*'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout class, 2006)

: Part of the final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[Redeco|redecoed]] in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Shadow Reverb at TFU.info]''

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Galvatron's Revenge

2010-04-29T14:15:51Z

67.193.237.35: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=38
|title="Galvatron's Revenge"
|japanese=逆襲! デビルギガトロン!
|romaji=Gyakushū! Devil Gigatron
|translation=Counterattack! Devil Gigatron
|image=Galvatron's Revenge Galvatron.jpg
|caption="Say ARRRRRRRGH!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Richard Epcar]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[December 20|20 December]] 2000 (Japanese) [[March 16]], 2002 (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Galvatron still lives''' 
'''Optimus Prime calls retreat''' 
'''Here come cyber-bats'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Galvatron's Revenge Galvatronmaximus.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Uh, Maximus? You've got something on your face...]]
Following [[Surprise Attack!|last episode's battle]], [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]] lies fallen at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]'s feet. The Autobots are jubilant, but [[Omega Prime]] is cautious, and rightly so as [[T-AI]] soon reports that she's detecting faint energy signals in Galvatron. Galvatron rises once more, and begins drawing energy from Fortress Maximus. The [[Autobot Brothers]] try to attack the Decepticon leader, but are prevented by [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. The [[Build Team]] merge into [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] and join [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] in battling the Decepticons, while Omega Prime confronts Galvatron.

[[Image:Galvatron's Revenge Kojicyberbat.jpg|right|200px|thumb|:(]]
Galvatron responds by unleashing a cloud of smoke, which blinds the Autobots, and sends forth a swarm of [[Cyber-bat|cyber-bats]]. T-AI's warning to [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] is too late, as a cyber-bat attaches to the boy's forehead and he becomes mesmerised. Galvatron gloats to Omega Prime that he now controls the fate of all Earth's children.

[[Doctor Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]] find Koji and contacts Omega Prime to let him know he's working on a way to disable the cyber-bats. Prime says he's unfortunately going to have to call a tactical retreat—the rest of the Autobots think they should stand and fight, but Prime tells them that they need a water-tight plan before proceeding, and the group departs via the [[Space bridge|Global space bridge]].

[[Image:Galvatron's Revenge Ruinationscourge.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I can't work out the instructions to turn him back into a truck.]]
Galvatron switches to his griffin mode and, blasting open the portal to the space bridge, sends the Decepticons in. Sky-Byte tags along, anxious to please his leader. They swiftly catch up with the Autobots, who clumsily assemble and engage them in battle. Outside the tunnel, Galvatron happily announces that he'll be able to get rid of both the Autobots and the traitorous Decepticons at the same time by rupturing the wall of the tunnel and flooding it with lava. [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] is on hand to attempt to stop the overlord, but is ultimately unsuccessful. Galvatron contacts his Decepticon troops to bid them goodbye as molten lava begins flooding into the tunnel. On the up-side, Galvatron no longer needs Earth's children and recalls the cyber-bats.

[[Image:Galvatron's Revenge Galvatronrain.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You know the pollution is bad when you start getting purple-laser-rain.]]
As [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] floats in the lava, he hears Koji's words pleading that he not give up, and Galvatron is shocked to see the Autobots burst from the ground. His shock doesn't last long, and Galvatron boasts that the Autobots will never be able to beat him. He takes in the returning cyber-bats and the Autobots soon find themselves being pulled helplessly into the air...
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Omega Prime]] (1)
*[[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] (2)
*[[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] (3)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (11)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[X-Brawn]] (13)
*[[Wedge]] (14)
*[[T-AI]] (15)
*[[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] (16)
*[[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]] (17)
*[[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] (18)
*[[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] (19)
*[[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] (20)
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (27)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (28)
*[[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] (29)
*[[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] (30)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (31)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]] (4)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (5)
*[[Dark Scream]] (6)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (7)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (8)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (9)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (10)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (21)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (22)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (23)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (24)
*[[Movor]] (25)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (26)
*[[Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] (27)
}}

==Quotes==
"That was pretty awesome, don't you think? I doubt we'll ever have to worry about Galvatron ever again."
:—'''Wedge''' is an idiot.

"Sorry to interrupt your ego-maniacal rant, but I think it's time you and I had a little one-on-one."
:—'''Omega Prime''' isn't sorry at all, really.

"I guess nobody told them second-hand smoke can be extremely hazardous to your health."
:—Listen to '''Sky-Byte''', kids.

"Oh, wow. This doesn't look good."
:—'''Koji''' on the city-sized flock of cyber-bats descending upon him. Doesn't miss a trick, that boy.

"What kind of fiendish monster are you... to do this to innocent children!"
:—'''Omega Prime''' is somehow surprised at the depths Galvatron will sink to.

"Don't melt us all, Galvatron! I'm not a traitor, I'm your humble servant! Don't you remember?" 
"Sky-Byte, I didn't order you in there, I'm afraid you're on your own." 
"What?! Oh, thanks a lot! This is what I get for trying to help the guy."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' is somehow surprised that '''Galvatron''' doesn't care about him.

"Galvatron's new power has made him unbeatable. He's found a way to disable the Autobots so that they can't fight him. Without their help, the Earth will be doomed! Please, Optimus, don't let him win. We all need you. The Earth needs you!"
:—'''Koji''' sets the stage for [[The Final Battle (RID)|the epic finale]]. No pressure, Optimus...

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
* This episode features one of the more obvious changes from the Japanese ''Car Robots'' version of the story. There, Galvatron was using his Cyber-Bats to drain mental energy from the children, rather than simply holding them hostage; that's why, when he re-absorbs the bats at the episode's conclusion, he gets such a major power boost. The change is fairly consistent within the larger framework of ''Robots in Disguise''—save for Galvatron's absorption of the Predacon trio's energies in his introductory episode, and Fortress Maximus's power in this one, the dub generally omits the fact that Galvatron is an "energy vampire" of sorts, which is actually central to the plot of the Japanese version of the [[The Final Battle (RID)|final episode]], but which is changed entirely for the English version.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Megatron calls out "Iron Mammoth!" before changing into his one-headed dragon mode. And then again when he changes into griffin mode.

===Continuity errors===
* In the preliminary recap of "[[Surprise Attack!]]", Omega Prime's line about the strength of Galvatron's command centre is spoken instead by Koji, who wasn't actually present.
* [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]], [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] and the [[Spy Changer|Spy Changers]] were all at the battle at the end of the last episode, but are mysteriously missing from this one.
* The Commandos are still in Ruination form at the beginning of the episode, yet form him again a short way in (though they do switch from "land" mode to "sky" mode).
* As the Autobots charge into the Global Space Bridge tunnel, the Build Team are suddenly in their individual forms, having been seen as Landfill moments earlier; the Autobot Brothers, meanwhile, appear in their normal colour schemes, despite being in Super Mode at all other points during the episode.
* Similarly, it is unclear when exactly Omega Prime breaks down into his constituent individual robots; it is Omega who orders the Autobots into the space bridge tunnel, but moments later we see Ultra Magnus hiding behind a rock eavesdropping on Galvatron, whilst only Optimus has entered the tunnel himself.

===Transformers references===
* Once again, the term "[[Insecticon (disambiguation)|Insecticon]]" is used a term of derision, this time by Galvatron. It's enough to give a bug a complex, complex.
* Galvatron claims to be indestructible in his iron mammoth mode.
* Optimus Prime's battle mode makes a reappearance after a long absence.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Hightower finally gets his turn as Landfill's arms. By default it's usually Grimlock, and Heavy Load got his turn back in "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]".
* It's odd that Galvatron still thinks of the Decepticons as treacherous when he went to all the trouble of reprogramming them at the start of "[[Surprise Attack!]]".
* The Autobots, it seems, are quite capable of being completely submerged in lava and coming off no worse for wear, which makes you wonder what they were all so worried about in "[[Volcano]]". Then again, [[Scorponok (BW)|not]] [[Terrorsaur (BW)|all]] Transformers are so lucky, so it's better to be safe than sorry...

==Home video releases==
{{note|All releases listed are in English audio unless otherwise noted.}}
;DVD
*2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 10 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only.
*2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]])
*2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment)
*2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/transformers-transcripts/rid-episode-38-galvatrons-revenge.php "Galvatron's Revenge" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise episodes]]

Vok

2010-04-24T16:46:59Z

67.193.237.35: /* Trivia */

:''The Vok are aliens from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Purple vok.jpg|right|300px|thumb|These are the tales of the Skeleton Warriors!]]
{{quote|We are '''the Vok''', the guardians of '''[[The One]]'''. We are of the Source, the Core, forever committed to safeguard '''the Plan'''. But it was not always so.|The Vok|"[[Primeval Dawn Part 3]]"}}

The '''Vok''' were mysterious energy-based alien creatures who developed prehistoric Earth towards their own designs. The Vok were dedicated to "the Project", which consisted of enigmatic, sometimes contradictory plans for the planet. As a result of these experiments, there were a number of anomalies on the Earth, including [[Brigadoon|several floating landmasses]], a [[Standing Stones|mysterious stone formation]], [[Golden Disk (Vok)|a golden disk]], a [[Planet Buster|hollowed-out moon]], and [[Transmetal driver|a plot device]].

They're also nice creatures.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Blu Mankuma]] and [[Richard Newman]] (English), [[Hidetoshi Nakamura]] (Japanese), [[Carlos Campanille]] (Portuguese)

[[Tarantulas]] knew in advance how the Vok would respond {{storylink|Spider's Game}}, knew how quickly they'd come the second time, and said "they always come!" as if he was familiar. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} He may know things, he may just be a really good guesser; you can never tell with him.

[[Image:VokUnicronHead.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"You could not comprehend our floating head forms, so we shall address you as in this floating head form."]]

Early into the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], the Vok were alerted to the Transformers' presence. They abducted and scanned [[Optimus Primal]]. They returned him a day later, their business done. {{storylink|Chain of Command}} Later, the destruction of [[Brigadoon]], the Vok's testing ground for any sentient life, sent a warning signal to them. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}} Tarantulas immediately started to work on a way to escape the planet, darkly warning that it was "doomed". {{storylink|Spider's Game}} The discovery of an alien Golden Disk would reveal he was right: the Vok were on their way ''and were not happy.'' {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

Once they arrived, they carried out further scans and briefly faced off with Optimus, taking the form of [[Unicron]] to do so; they claimed they had no physical form he could comprehend, and so were assuming the form of a "figure of authority" in his mind. They informed him that the Beast Wars had irreversibly contaminated their experiment and, due to unspecified danger if this was allowed to continue, they were going to cut their losses. The nature of the second moon was now revealed: it was an immense cannon designed to destroy the planet! {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} Optimus Primal sacrificed himself in order to destroy the [[Planet Buster]]. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

As a result of the Planet Buster's explosion, a [[Quantum surge]] was released. The surge caused a mutation in several of the Transformers (notably, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Rattrap]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Tarantulas]]) turning them into [[Transmetal]]s. {{storylink|Aftermath}} The destruction of the Planet Buster also released a [[Transwarp wave]] that traveled through space and time, eventually reaching [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the era from which the ''Axalon'' and ''Darksyde'' crews originated. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

Later, the Vok made another attempt to wipe out the Transformers. A second weapon, the [[Metal Hunter]], appeared on the planet to conk out the Transformers, and the [[Maximal]]s [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Tigatron]] were abducted. Megatron and Tarantulas, meanwhile, had both gained knowledge about the aliens from the Vok Disk. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}} Megs would go on to capture and alter an alien device he called the "[[Transmetal driver]]", which he used to create [[Transmetal#Transmetal 2|Transmetal 2's]]. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}} It can also raise the dead somehow! {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

[[Image:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]

Near the end of the Beast Wars, the Vok sent an emissary, [[Tigerhawk]] (a newly created fusion of Airazor and Tigatron), to Earth to deal with Megatron's disruption of the timestream. Tigerhawk was able to destroy the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], but was eventually subdued and captured by Tarantulas. Tarantulas was able to draw the Vok out of Tigerhawk's frame and into his own, but this led to his own destruction... {{storylink|Other Victories}}

====''Primeval Dawn''====
...and subsequent Vok-powered rebirth.

[[Image:Primal Prime Vok.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]

Established as the enlightened descendants of [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], the Vok's goal in guiding Earth's development was to atone for their shameful and destructive past. Knowing that Tarantulas had stolen their own power for his evil plans, the Vok turned to the Ark, creating [[Primal Prime]] (from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], a [[Datasphere]] and Quickstrike's control harness) and restoring the sparks of Airazor and Tigatron to separate Transmetal bodies, hoping they could defeat Tarantulas. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}}

Later when they lost the Matrix to the zombified-arachnid, the Vok merged themselves with Primal Prime in order to provide a temporary substitute to the Matrix. Primal Prime gained a snazzy new Vok-shaped breastplate out of the deal. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|The ending of this story was long promised but not yet delivered when 3H lost the license.}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
The Vok are the enlightened evolution of the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], a combination of [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]], [[human]], and mysterious lizard species life. Their aim is to find the optimal path of development for the sources of its components, especially Cybertronians.

After [[Tigerhawk]] was destroyed, the Vok granted [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] a [[Transmetal]] body using a [[blank]] [[protoform]]. [[Tigatron]] gained a new Transmetal body, as well, and his experience with the Vok expanded his awareness of nature to the entire Universe.

[[Antagony]] was "reconstructed" by the Vok to act as a provocateur in whatever realities they toss her into, to test the upper limits of Cybertronians. Antagony, however, believes that she is from a future ruled by [[Shokaract]], and did work for him at one point.

When [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] was close to death, a Transmetal "Vok alternate body" was created in [[null-space]]. When Blackarachnia lived, the body was sidelined.

After [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s death as [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]], the Vok took his spark from the [[Allspark|Matrix]], gave him a new body, and dropped him into different realities supposedly to combat [[Unicron]]'s chaos, but really to manipulate Cybertronian history. Rhinox realizes this and does not trust the Vok, but, out of guilt for his actions as Tankor, still helps any Cybertronian he comes across. {{storylink|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
The Vok are an alien race which hails from [[Nexus Zero]]. Little is known about them save that they've developed negatronic forcefield emitters. According to [[Swindle (Animated)|a certain arms dealer]], they're 'nice creatures'. If you're ever in the Nexus Zero area, look them up—you won't be sorry. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

==Notes==
===Origin controversy===

[[Image:Swarmoptimus.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Basically, when a Mummy Matrix and a Daddy Swarm love each other very much...]]

In the course of writing the ''Beast Wars'' television show, the co-story editors had conflicting ideas on who the Vok were. [[Bob Forward]] liked to imagine the Vok as the evolutionary endpoint of all sentient life in the universe, shaping the development of other races in order to eventually guide them into becoming Vok themselves. [[Larry DiTillio]] wanted to link the Vok to The Swarm, who, in his version of the events of the Generation Two comic book, had completely wiped out humanity and wished to atone for their crimes. Neither origin made it into the television show before it completed. Note that a Swarm-based origin raises continuity questions, as the Swarm were shown to have become enlightened only after an intervention of sorts from [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}.... whom the Vok would have pre-emptively killed 4 million years earlier when their Planet-Buster weapon destroyed prehistoric Earth (''but see below'').

Ultimately, the Vok origin was published as backstory for OTFCC's Primeval Dawn storyline and IDW's ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]]''.

===Motivations===
The ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' book, working off interviews and notes from the series writers, says that the Vok's experiments on Earth were part of an attempt to further evolve humanity, as the Vok had destroyed the human race while existing as the Swarm and they wished to rebuild all the races they'd destroyed. It states that the [[energon crystal]]s were seeded so that they would become [[energon cube]]s by the time Humanity came about. This would give them a reliable fuel source which wouldn't harm the environment, as energon actually provided nutrients to the soil of the planet and didn't harm its animals. The Vok also attempted to play the role of God for humans, intending to guide their development and reveal their true nature once the Vok felt the humans were ready. It also states that the Vok had been forced to destroy Earth several times before the events of [[Other Voices, Part 2]], all the while subtly manipulating the timestream after they did. Only contact with [[Tigatron]] made them unsure if this was a good idea.

One of their other motivations was to turn the Transformers into a smaller race that could better interact with organics, and therefore become the friends and protectors of the galaxy. To do this, they created [[protoform]]s and dumped them on Cybertron, forcing the evolution into Maximal and Predacon; only high-ranking figures like the [[High Council]] and Optimus Prime know that protoforms have an alien origin. <ref>http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/tidbits/vok.txt Translated section from Beast Wars universe]</ref>

The canonicity of these claims is up for debate, as they are basically all wish-lists of [[authorial intent]] published years after the fact in obscure non-English media. But one thing is for sure: Old habits die hard

===Symbols===
[[Image:Vok Golden Disk Symbols - Beast Wars.jpg|right|350px|thumb|"It's Sumerian." "Can you read Sumerian?" "In my sleep, underwater and with the lights out. Of course I can read Sumerian."]]
The [[Golden Disk (Vok)| golden disk]] that the Vok left on prehistoric Earth displayed ten symbols at a time, five on each side. Symbols spontaneously changed from one to another; there were 15 unique symbols. The first four symbols on the upper left row each represented an alien artifact.

* The first symbol represented [[Brigadoon]] from "[[The Trigger, Part 1]]" and "[[The Trigger, Part 2|Part 2]]".
* The second symbol represented the [[Standing Stones]] from "[[Chain of Command]]".
* The third symbol represented the [[Planet Buster]] from "[[Other Voices, Part 1]]" and "[[Other Voices, Part 2|Part 2]]".
* The fourth symbol represented the [[Metal Hunter]] from "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]" and "[[Other Visits (Part 2)| Part 2]]".

The fifth symbol on the top row was used to mark traps on Brigadoon. The meaning of the other ten symbols was not explained.

'''File''' 
*[[:Image:Vok Glyphs.TTF|Vok Symbols True Type Font]]

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==Trivia==
* Most of the Beast Wars episodes involving the Vok begin with the word "Other", followed by a word starting with the letter V. See: "Other Voices" Parts [[Other Voices, Part 1|1]] and [[Other Voices, Part 2|2]], "Other Visits" (Parts [[Other Visits (Part 1)|1]] and [[Other Visits (Part 2)|2]]), and "[[Other Victories]]"; with [[Chain of Command]] and [[The Trigger, Part 1]] and [[The Trigger, Part 2| Part 2]] being the exceptions. Although, the episodes starting with "Other V-" do happen to be the ones where the Vok try (and in most cases, succeed) to kill/capture the Beast Warriors.

* Again according to ''Beast Wars Universe'', Larry DiTillio's ideas were that [[Spark]]s were pieces of Vok! The idea was the composite bits of the Vok want to be individuals, so they seperate into good and evil Sparks, entering newly-built Transformers. Once the Transformer dies, their Spark rejoins the Matrix... AKA the Vok Nebula, and becomes a new, changed Vok. Obviously, this idea has been totally nullified by later Hasbro published [[canon]], though the [[Allspark]] has some similarity to the Vok Nebula idea.

* The Vok claimed to not possess a physical form anyone could comprehend. This idea appears to have been dropped, as floating skulls aren't that incomprehendible. The idea of a greater danger coming from a contaminated experiment would also go unmentioned in later appearances.

==References==
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[[Category:Aliens]]
[[Category:Beast Wars]]
[[Category:Species]]
[[Category:Vok]]

Search and Destroy Robot

2010-04-24T06:05:01Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
:''The Search and Destroy Robot is a [[Decepticon]] drone-unit from the [[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]] series.''

[[Image:TFU03-toy SearchDestroyRobot.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Daleks|EX-TER-MI-NATE!]]]]

The Decepticon [[Oil Slick (Universe)|Oil Slick]] employs the tiny but speedy '''Search and Destroy Robot''' in his missions of destruction. Presumably, the Robot has some considerable offensive capability. It is unknown if Oil Slick has more than one of these little guys under his control.

==Toys==
===Universe===
*'''Crystal Widow vs Oil Slick''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: Available only as part of a K-Mart [[exclusive]] set, the Search and Destroy Robot is almost completely identical to the [[Mini-Con]] [[Nightbeat (Armada)|Nightbeat]], transforming into a motorcycle of indeterminate model. The only differences between the two are slight differences in the shades of plastic used, and also that SaDR's rear wheel assembly was installed upside-down (the "B"-shaped joint bolted to the main body is arranged so the indent faces towards the body on the Robot, where Nightbeat has it pointing away). This assembly error is also on the also-nigh-identical ''Universe'' [[Nightbeat (Universe)|Nightbeat]], ''Universe'' [[Treadshot (Universe 2003)|Treadshot]]'s Mini-Con partner. SaDR can be stored in the back end of Oil Slick's car mode.

: The same mold is also used by the ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Galaxy Force]]'' [[Micron Booster]] Mini-Con [[Skidmark|Gauge]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/OilSlick/oilslick.htm More information on the Search and Destroy Robot (via Oil Slick) at TFU.info]

[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Kmart exclusives]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]
[[Category:Universe characters]]

Search and Destroy Robot

2010-04-24T06:04:34Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
:''The Search and Destroy Robot is a [[Decepticon]] drone-unit from the [[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]] series.''

[[Image:TFU03-toy SearchDestroyRobot.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Daleks|EX-TER-MI-NATE!]]

The Decepticon [[Oil Slick (Universe)|Oil Slick]] employs the tiny but speedy '''Search and Destroy Robot''' in his missions of destruction. Presumably, the Robot has some considerable offensive capability. It is unknown if Oil Slick has more than one of these little guys under his control.

==Toys==
===Universe===
*'''Crystal Widow vs Oil Slick''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: Available only as part of a K-Mart [[exclusive]] set, the Search and Destroy Robot is almost completely identical to the [[Mini-Con]] [[Nightbeat (Armada)|Nightbeat]], transforming into a motorcycle of indeterminate model. The only differences between the two are slight differences in the shades of plastic used, and also that SaDR's rear wheel assembly was installed upside-down (the "B"-shaped joint bolted to the main body is arranged so the indent faces towards the body on the Robot, where Nightbeat has it pointing away). This assembly error is also on the also-nigh-identical ''Universe'' [[Nightbeat (Universe)|Nightbeat]], ''Universe'' [[Treadshot (Universe 2003)|Treadshot]]'s Mini-Con partner. SaDR can be stored in the back end of Oil Slick's car mode.

: The same mold is also used by the ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Galaxy Force]]'' [[Micron Booster]] Mini-Con [[Skidmark|Gauge]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/OilSlick/oilslick.htm More information on the Search and Destroy Robot (via Oil Slick) at TFU.info]

[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Kmart exclusives]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]
[[Category:Universe characters]]

Aquarius (SG)

2010-02-27T06:12:57Z

67.193.237.35: /* Notes */

{{disambig2|the Shattered Glass Quintesson|the ''Beast Wars Neo'' planet|Aquarius (planet)}}
:''Aquarius is a [[Quintesson]] from the "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]].
[[Image:Quintesson aquarius.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Like, taste the rainbow, man. (Face of Joy pictured)]]
Like, '''Aquarius''' isn't the same as his fellow [[Quintesson]]s, man. While the rest of his race harp on great care in dealing with other races, Aquarius moves to the beat of a different drum, you dig? He loves to explore other races and cultures; the years of study and meticulous guidance of a planet's culture and spirituality that normal Quintesson protocol insists upon just isn't his bag. Aquarius wants to share enlightenment with other species through righteous hands-on interaction, and he's gotta do what his heart wants, even if ''the Man'' ain't copacetic with it.

Aquarius is a strange kinda cat, possessing a consciousness that's been split into five distinct and independent, yet highly co-operative personalities: Joy, Compassion, Peace, Love and Satisfaction. He's got some pretty far-out powers to go along with them, too, including teleportation, the projection of trippy telepathic visions and illusions, and the ability to groove on the language of 98% of all known species. To use his powers to the fullest, though, he's gotta be feelin' good vibrations; bad karma can seriously harsh his mellow, y'know?

{{quote|You don't need to be such a downer, man.|Aquarius keeps the positive flowing|"[[Reunification: Part 3]]"}}
{{-}}
<gallery perrow="4">
Image:Aquarius compassion.jpg|'''Compassion'''
Image:Aquarius love.jpg|'''Love'''
Image:Aquarius peace.jpg|'''Peace'''
Image:Aquarius satisfaction.jpg|'''Satisfaction'''
</gallery>

==Fiction==
{{ongoing}}
===Shattered Glass===
When [[Heatwave]] was sent on an involuntary trip through a [[Stellar Spanner]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he had odd sensations of joy, happiness, compassion, love, and satisfaction. He also could see rainbow colors, and a message to "[[wikipedia:Keep on truckin'|Keep on truckin']]", all connected to a summoning program Aquarius had activated. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}
[[Image:AquariusSpins Reunification3.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
Some time later, elsewhere on Cybertron where the others the program summoned—[[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]], and [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]]'s body—were hiding from [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]], Aquarius activated a "[[slow time]]" pocket to act without external interference, and approached them to reiterate what they had heard often lately: that they had "big responsibilities". Aquarius explained it was he, rather than Alpha Trion, who had brought them to Cybertron, and informed them of [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]'s latest and deadliest project: [[Omega Doom]]. Aquarius also told them that, in order to stop Omega Doom, they would need to talk to [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] to find their last member, Heatwave. Before he could give them any further information, his slow time bubble expired, and Trion's lackey [[Computron (SG)|Computron]] came smashing into the building. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 3}}

Aquarius ended up finishing his explanation as they ran for it: He had discovered that the [[Omega Terminus]] was linked through a multiversal network to another computer called [[Vector Sigma]], which had a recall program for a weapon/warrior. Activating the program had brought the gestalt members to this universe's Cybertron.

Eventually they reached the [[Decepticon]] base and were granted sanctuary from Computron's pursuit. After Landquake explained their situation and they were introduced to Heatwave, Aquarius agreed with Megatron's hope that there could be a beneficial alliance between the Quintessons and the Decepticons. Unfortunately, further negotiations and explanations were cut short when [[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] shot Megatron on Alpha Trion's orders. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 4}}

Fortunately, the five [[Nexus Prime]] members were able to undergo reunification and resurrect Megatron into Galvatron, {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}} and ultimately succeeded in fulfilling Aquarius's goal of stopping Omega Doom. Aquarius then chose to accompany Nexus in a trip through a Stellar Spanner the Decepticons had confiscated from Alpha Trion's laboratory. He warned that the open channel could send them anywhere, but Nexus trusted in fate to guide them both on the next leg of [[Star Saber (Prima)|Nexus's personal destiny]]. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}}

===Wings of Honor===
{{comingsoon|fanclub}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

==Notes==
*Aquarius's faces are based on those of real-life individuals particularly famous for the values the visages represent. The face of "Joy" appears to be the based on the face of [[wikipedia:Gautama Buddha|Buddha]], while the other faces are easier to determine; "Compassion" is [[wikipedia:Martin Luther King, Jr.|Martin Luther King, Jr]], "Peace" is [[wikipedia:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhi]], "Love" is [[wikipedia:The Beatles|Beatles]] singer [[wikipedia:John Lennon|John Lennon]] (who professed that it was "all you need"), and "Satisfaction" is... sort of the odd one out, as it's [[wikipedia:Grateful Dead|Grateful Dead]] singer [[wikipedia:Jerry Garcia|Jerry Garcia]], and is named for the band's ''song'', "Satisfaction". Satisfaction's colors, however, are a direct homage to another groovy bearded musician, [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._Teeth_and_the_Electric_Mayhem The Electric Mayhem's keyboardist Dr. Teeth] from the [[wikipedia:The Muppet Show|Muppets]].<ref>http://comments.deviantart.com/1/132266662/1156311438</ref> Oddly enough, this face also bears a striking resemblance to Torch, the [[Dreadnok|Dreadnok]] from the GI Joe: A Real American Hero series, who is well known for his sudden and viciously violent outbursts of flame and destruction. Obviously (and unfortunately) though, this was probably not intended.
* Aquarius's name derives from the "[[wikipedia:Age of Aquarius|Age of Aquarius]]", the hippie era of the 1960s, as well as the song named after it. The "Shattered Glass" Quintessons are designed entirely around the hippie culture, from their pursuit of peace, love and enlightenment to their abandonment of the concept of property and ownership to their rainbow-colored energy beams; all of which is, of course, a complete inversion of the traditional greedy, materialistic Quintessons. Even Aquarius's psychedelic holograms could be based on the heavy drug use associated with the time. Dude, that's like, totally far out.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category:Quintessons]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass characters]]

Aquarius (SG)

2010-02-27T06:11:35Z

67.193.237.35: /* Notes */

{{disambig2|the Shattered Glass Quintesson|the ''Beast Wars Neo'' planet|Aquarius (planet)}}
:''Aquarius is a [[Quintesson]] from the "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]].
[[Image:Quintesson aquarius.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Like, taste the rainbow, man. (Face of Joy pictured)]]
Like, '''Aquarius''' isn't the same as his fellow [[Quintesson]]s, man. While the rest of his race harp on great care in dealing with other races, Aquarius moves to the beat of a different drum, you dig? He loves to explore other races and cultures; the years of study and meticulous guidance of a planet's culture and spirituality that normal Quintesson protocol insists upon just isn't his bag. Aquarius wants to share enlightenment with other species through righteous hands-on interaction, and he's gotta do what his heart wants, even if ''the Man'' ain't copacetic with it.

Aquarius is a strange kinda cat, possessing a consciousness that's been split into five distinct and independent, yet highly co-operative personalities: Joy, Compassion, Peace, Love and Satisfaction. He's got some pretty far-out powers to go along with them, too, including teleportation, the projection of trippy telepathic visions and illusions, and the ability to groove on the language of 98% of all known species. To use his powers to the fullest, though, he's gotta be feelin' good vibrations; bad karma can seriously harsh his mellow, y'know?

{{quote|You don't need to be such a downer, man.|Aquarius keeps the positive flowing|"[[Reunification: Part 3]]"}}
{{-}}
<gallery perrow="4">
Image:Aquarius compassion.jpg|'''Compassion'''
Image:Aquarius love.jpg|'''Love'''
Image:Aquarius peace.jpg|'''Peace'''
Image:Aquarius satisfaction.jpg|'''Satisfaction'''
</gallery>

==Fiction==
{{ongoing}}
===Shattered Glass===
When [[Heatwave]] was sent on an involuntary trip through a [[Stellar Spanner]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he had odd sensations of joy, happiness, compassion, love, and satisfaction. He also could see rainbow colors, and a message to "[[wikipedia:Keep on truckin'|Keep on truckin']]", all connected to a summoning program Aquarius had activated. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}
[[Image:AquariusSpins Reunification3.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
Some time later, elsewhere on Cybertron where the others the program summoned—[[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]], and [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]]'s body—were hiding from [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]], Aquarius activated a "[[slow time]]" pocket to act without external interference, and approached them to reiterate what they had heard often lately: that they had "big responsibilities". Aquarius explained it was he, rather than Alpha Trion, who had brought them to Cybertron, and informed them of [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]'s latest and deadliest project: [[Omega Doom]]. Aquarius also told them that, in order to stop Omega Doom, they would need to talk to [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] to find their last member, Heatwave. Before he could give them any further information, his slow time bubble expired, and Trion's lackey [[Computron (SG)|Computron]] came smashing into the building. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 3}}

Aquarius ended up finishing his explanation as they ran for it: He had discovered that the [[Omega Terminus]] was linked through a multiversal network to another computer called [[Vector Sigma]], which had a recall program for a weapon/warrior. Activating the program had brought the gestalt members to this universe's Cybertron.

Eventually they reached the [[Decepticon]] base and were granted sanctuary from Computron's pursuit. After Landquake explained their situation and they were introduced to Heatwave, Aquarius agreed with Megatron's hope that there could be a beneficial alliance between the Quintessons and the Decepticons. Unfortunately, further negotiations and explanations were cut short when [[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] shot Megatron on Alpha Trion's orders. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 4}}

Fortunately, the five [[Nexus Prime]] members were able to undergo reunification and resurrect Megatron into Galvatron, {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}} and ultimately succeeded in fulfilling Aquarius's goal of stopping Omega Doom. Aquarius then chose to accompany Nexus in a trip through a Stellar Spanner the Decepticons had confiscated from Alpha Trion's laboratory. He warned that the open channel could send them anywhere, but Nexus trusted in fate to guide them both on the next leg of [[Star Saber (Prima)|Nexus's personal destiny]]. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}}

===Wings of Honor===
{{comingsoon|fanclub}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

==Notes==
*Aquarius's faces are based on those of real-life individuals particularly famous for the values the visages represent. The face of "Joy" appears to be the based on the face of [[wikipedia:Gautama Buddha|Buddha]], while the other faces are easier to determine; "Compassion" is [[wikipedia:Martin Luther King, Jr.|Martin Luther King, Jr]], "Peace" is [[wikipedia:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhi]], "Love" is [[wikipedia:The Beatles|Beatles]] singer [[wikipedia:John Lennon|John Lennon]] (who professed that it was "all you need"), and "Satisfaction" is... sort of the odd one out, as it's [[wikipedia:Grateful Dead|Grateful Dead]] singer [[wikipedia:Jerry Garcia|Jerry Garcia]], and is named for the band's ''song'', "Satisfaction". Satisfaction's colors, however, are a direct homage to another groovy bearded musician, [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._Teeth_and_the_Electric_Mayhem The Electric Mayhem's keyboardist Dr. Teeth] from the [[wikipedia:The Muppet Show|Muppets]].<ref>http://comments.deviantart.com/1/132266662/1156311438</ref> Oddly enough, this face also bears a striking resemblance to Torch, the [[Dreadnok|Dreadnok]] from the GI Joe: A Real American Hero series, who is well known for his sudden and viciously violent outbursts of flame and destruction. Obviously though, this was probably not intended.
* Aquarius's name derives from the "[[wikipedia:Age of Aquarius|Age of Aquarius]]", the hippie era of the 1960s, as well as the song named after it. The "Shattered Glass" Quintessons are designed entirely around the hippie culture, from their pursuit of peace, love and enlightenment to their abandonment of the concept of property and ownership to their rainbow-colored energy beams; all of which is, of course, a complete inversion of the traditional greedy, materialistic Quintessons. Even Aquarius's psychedelic holograms could be based on the heavy drug use associated with the time. Dude, that's like, totally far out.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category:Quintessons]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass characters]]

Aquarius (SG)

2010-02-27T06:07:09Z

67.193.237.35: /* Notes */

{{disambig2|the Shattered Glass Quintesson|the ''Beast Wars Neo'' planet|Aquarius (planet)}}
:''Aquarius is a [[Quintesson]] from the "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]].
[[Image:Quintesson aquarius.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Like, taste the rainbow, man. (Face of Joy pictured)]]
Like, '''Aquarius''' isn't the same as his fellow [[Quintesson]]s, man. While the rest of his race harp on great care in dealing with other races, Aquarius moves to the beat of a different drum, you dig? He loves to explore other races and cultures; the years of study and meticulous guidance of a planet's culture and spirituality that normal Quintesson protocol insists upon just isn't his bag. Aquarius wants to share enlightenment with other species through righteous hands-on interaction, and he's gotta do what his heart wants, even if ''the Man'' ain't copacetic with it.

Aquarius is a strange kinda cat, possessing a consciousness that's been split into five distinct and independent, yet highly co-operative personalities: Joy, Compassion, Peace, Love and Satisfaction. He's got some pretty far-out powers to go along with them, too, including teleportation, the projection of trippy telepathic visions and illusions, and the ability to groove on the language of 98% of all known species. To use his powers to the fullest, though, he's gotta be feelin' good vibrations; bad karma can seriously harsh his mellow, y'know?

{{quote|You don't need to be such a downer, man.|Aquarius keeps the positive flowing|"[[Reunification: Part 3]]"}}
{{-}}
<gallery perrow="4">
Image:Aquarius compassion.jpg|'''Compassion'''
Image:Aquarius love.jpg|'''Love'''
Image:Aquarius peace.jpg|'''Peace'''
Image:Aquarius satisfaction.jpg|'''Satisfaction'''
</gallery>

==Fiction==
{{ongoing}}
===Shattered Glass===
When [[Heatwave]] was sent on an involuntary trip through a [[Stellar Spanner]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he had odd sensations of joy, happiness, compassion, love, and satisfaction. He also could see rainbow colors, and a message to "[[wikipedia:Keep on truckin'|Keep on truckin']]", all connected to a summoning program Aquarius had activated. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}
[[Image:AquariusSpins Reunification3.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
Some time later, elsewhere on Cybertron where the others the program summoned—[[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]], and [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]]'s body—were hiding from [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]], Aquarius activated a "[[slow time]]" pocket to act without external interference, and approached them to reiterate what they had heard often lately: that they had "big responsibilities". Aquarius explained it was he, rather than Alpha Trion, who had brought them to Cybertron, and informed them of [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]'s latest and deadliest project: [[Omega Doom]]. Aquarius also told them that, in order to stop Omega Doom, they would need to talk to [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] to find their last member, Heatwave. Before he could give them any further information, his slow time bubble expired, and Trion's lackey [[Computron (SG)|Computron]] came smashing into the building. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 3}}

Aquarius ended up finishing his explanation as they ran for it: He had discovered that the [[Omega Terminus]] was linked through a multiversal network to another computer called [[Vector Sigma]], which had a recall program for a weapon/warrior. Activating the program had brought the gestalt members to this universe's Cybertron.

Eventually they reached the [[Decepticon]] base and were granted sanctuary from Computron's pursuit. After Landquake explained their situation and they were introduced to Heatwave, Aquarius agreed with Megatron's hope that there could be a beneficial alliance between the Quintessons and the Decepticons. Unfortunately, further negotiations and explanations were cut short when [[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] shot Megatron on Alpha Trion's orders. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 4}}

Fortunately, the five [[Nexus Prime]] members were able to undergo reunification and resurrect Megatron into Galvatron, {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}} and ultimately succeeded in fulfilling Aquarius's goal of stopping Omega Doom. Aquarius then chose to accompany Nexus in a trip through a Stellar Spanner the Decepticons had confiscated from Alpha Trion's laboratory. He warned that the open channel could send them anywhere, but Nexus trusted in fate to guide them both on the next leg of [[Star Saber (Prima)|Nexus's personal destiny]]. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}}

===Wings of Honor===
{{comingsoon|fanclub}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

==Notes==
*Aquarius's faces are based on those of real-life individuals particularly famous for the values the visages represent. The face of "Joy" appears to be the based on the face of [[wikipedia:Gautama Buddha|Buddha]], while the other faces are easier to determine; "Compassion" is [[wikipedia:Martin Luther King, Jr.|Martin Luther King, Jr]], "Peace" is [[wikipedia:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhi]], "Love" is [[wikipedia:The Beatles|Beatles]] singer [[wikipedia:John Lennon|John Lennon]] (who professed that it was "all you need"), and "Satisfaction" is... sort of the odd one out, as it's [[wikipedia:Grateful Dead|Grateful Dead]] singer [[wikipedia:Jerry Garcia|Jerry Garcia]], and is named for the band's ''song'', "Satisfaction". Satisfaction's colors, however, are a direct homage to another groovy bearded musician, [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._Teeth_and_the_Electric_Mayhem The Electric Mayhem's keyboardist Dr. Teeth] from the [[wikipedia:The Muppet Show|Muppets]].<ref>http://comments.deviantart.com/1/132266662/1156311438</ref> Oddly enough, this face also bears a striking resemblance to Torch, the Dreadnok from the GI Joe: A Real American Hero series, who is well known for his sudden and viciously violent outbursts of flame and destruction. Obviously though, this was probably not intended.
* Aquarius's name derives from the "[[wikipedia:Age of Aquarius|Age of Aquarius]]", the hippie era of the 1960s, as well as the song named after it. The "Shattered Glass" Quintessons are designed entirely around the hippie culture, from their pursuit of peace, love and enlightenment to their abandonment of the concept of property and ownership to their rainbow-colored energy beams; all of which is, of course, a complete inversion of the traditional greedy, materialistic Quintessons. Even Aquarius's psychedelic holograms could be based on the heavy drug use associated with the time. Dude, that's like, totally far out.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category:Quintessons]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass characters]]

The Revenge of Bruticus

2009-12-30T06:18:28Z

67.193.237.35: /* Animation or technical glitches */

{{episode
|image=Revenge of bruticus 2 threratenShockwave.jpg
|caption=I asked you a question, buddy—what's the square root of 5,248?
|series=G1toon
|ep=63
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=53
|title="The Revenge of Bruticus"
|written by=[[Larry Strauss]]
|production code=700-62
|airdate=[[January 8]], 1986
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Even though Starscream and the Combaticons are banished to space, they are still a threat—a threat returning to destroy both the Decepticons and the Autobots...'''

:''Japanese title:'' ブルーティカスの攻撃 (''Bruticus no Kōgeki'', "The Attack of Bruticus")
:''German ''Generation 2'' title:'' "'''Bruticus Rache'''" ("Bruticus's Revenge")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Revenge of bruticus 4 changing course.jpg|left|170px|thumb|Okay, boys...we get those scrambled channels now.]]

Stuck in a cosmic "time out" with the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] decides to book it, declaring the Combaticons incompetent. Unfazed, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] has developed a plan of revenge; [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] is towing their asteroid to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Combaticons' arrival on Cybertron interrupts a little target practice [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] is holding for the [[Sentinel (G1)|Sentinel drones]]. The Combaticons merge into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], decimate the Sentinels, and launch gun-mode Shockwave into deep space. Onslaught declares that Operation: Revenge has begun.

On [[Earth]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is overseeing the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] army, as they devour a city one building at a time. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s arrive, but the Insecticons are moving into a nearby neighborhood that is still inhabited. Prime is unwilling to risk civilian casualties, so the Autobot leader sends in the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] to evacuate the civilians.

At the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] is giving [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] a little astronomy lesson about shooting stars, noting that the odds of an ''actual'' star colliding with the Earth are slim...

[[Image:RevengeOfBruticus TracksSideswipeProwl.jpg|right|150px|thumb|<del>Huey, Dewey and Louie</del> Tracks, Sideswipe and Prowl to the rescue.]]

Meanwhile, out in space, Starscream literally runs into Shockwave. Apparently unaware that Starscream has been exiled, Shockwave enlists his help to rescue Cybertron.

At Shockwave's base, [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] is itching for a fight, Blast Off advises calm, as Onslaught is sure to have a plan. That plan involves the [[Space bridge]]. Though it is far ahead of any Decepticon technology Onslaught has previously seen, he manages to rig the space bridge to move Earth into its [[sun]], which will destroy the Decepticons and the Autobots at the same time!

On Earth, the humans have been successfully evacuated from the city, and the Autobots begin blasting the Insecticons to bits. However, Spike and Perceptor arrive, having learned of Earth's altered orbit, and inform Prime of the peril. The Autobots head for the space bridge, and Megatron orders [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] to remove the space bridge's control console and evacuate.

[[Image:RevengeofBruticus Primefiringguns.jpg|left|170px|thumb|Alright, who wants a taste of sheer firepower?]]

On Cybertron, Starscream and Shockwave use a [[holographic projector]] to make the Combaticons believe that they are under attack. Shockwave discovers Onslaught's space bridge modifications, but Starscream shoots him, then sends Megatron an ultimatum: Surrender leadership of the Decepticons, or everything on Earth, including Megatron and the Decepticons, will fry. However, the Combaticons eventually figure out the ruse, and they imprison Starscream and Shockwave.

Megatron sends [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] to locate the Insecticons, but they discover that the bug-bots have chewed up the console. The Autobots, who have also tracked down the Decepticons, offered to assist Megatron and the Decepticons. Perceptor repairs the console with parts from Prime and Megatron. Prime insists that the Autobots be included in the trip to Cybertron, which Megatron relents to, and the united teams head to Cybertron, leaving the Protectobots to struggle with rising temperatures and find a way to keep the human race from being wiped out.

[[Image:Revege of Bruticus Prime Bruticus.JPG|right|150px|thumb|The only way to keep that chestplate on.]]

The two teams free Starscream and Shockwave, the former loudly protesting that he was forced to threaten Megatron by the Combaticons, and the latter immediately denouncing the story as lies. Before anyone can do anything else, the Combaticons attack, merging into Bruticus when the fight turns against them. Starscream reveals that Bruticus has one weak point on his back that, if blasted, will shut him down. Prime manages to shoot the weak point, and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] reverses the space bridge, returning Earth to its proper orbit.

Prime and Megatron agree to destroy Bruticus, and Megatron allows the Autobots to leave unharmed. However, the Decepticons have faked Bruticus' destruction, and reprogrammed the real Bruticus to serve Megatron. Megatron pardons Starscream and restores him to the Decepticon ranks.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (18)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (19)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (21)
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (22)
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (23)
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (24)
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (25)
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (26)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (27)
* [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (29)
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (30)
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (32)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (33)
|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (2)
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (3)
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (4)
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (5)
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (6)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (7)
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (8)
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (9)
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (10)
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (11)
* [[Insecticon clone]]s (12)
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (13)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (14)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (15)
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (21)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (34)
|c3=
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (28)
|c4=
* [[Sentinel (G1)|Sentinel drone]] (8)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't stand it! I can't stand it! This is a cosmic prison!" 
"Shaddup!" [''blasts him'']
:—'''Starscream'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s mewling is too much for '''Brawl''' to take.

"Look, Perceptor, a shooting star!" 
"Of course that's not really a shooting star. It's really a meteorite entering Earth's athmosphere." 
"I know. I'd hate to imagine a real star shooting into the Earth." 
"Well, the chances of this planet colliding with a real star are remote." 
"I'd hope so. It would mean the end of everything!" 
:—'''Spike''' being taught about shooting stars by '''Perceptor''', only for...

"I can direct the movement of planet Earth and send it on a direct course into the Sun."
:—... '''Onslaught''' to take the idea.

"Come in, MegaBUM!"
:—'''Starscream'''<nowiki></nowiki> being a dick as he contacts Megatron from Cybertron.

"Ramjet, if this Autobot quack does anything suspicious, shatter his lenses... from the ''inside''."
:—'''Megatron''' delivers an indirect warning to Perceptor as the latter takes components from him and Optimus Prime to repair the Space Bridge.

"It was the Combaticons. They locked us in here and forced me to threaten you, Megatron!" 
"He is lying!"
:— '''Shockwave''' snitches on '''Starscream'''.

"Not until you relinquish control over the Decepticons." 
"Don't be a fool." 
"Then let the Earth ''burn''!"
:— '''Starscream''' tries to blackmail '''Megatron'''.

"They're gangin' up on us!" 
"Well, let's gang up on them!" 
"Combaticons, transform and become Bruticus!"
:— '''Brawl''', '''Vortex''' and '''Onslaught''' as the Decepticons and Autobots surround them.

"Bruticus hates Cybertron! Bruticus hates you all!"
:— '''Bruticus''' goes emo on the Autobots and Decepticons that have come to destroy him.

"I hope Starscream was telling the truth."
:— '''Optimus Prime''' hopes for a miracle as he takes down Bruticus.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
[[Image:Ratchet weirdhead.PNG|right|150px|thumb|Look familiar?]]
*When [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] take [[energon cube]]s to the [[space bridge]], Thundercracker is colored with Starscream's colors.
*When Starscream demands to be leader of the Decepticons in order to stop the Earth from falling into the sun, Brawl attacks, but the next scene shows only Swindle, who retreats.
*When Starscream and Shockwave are rescued from prison, a second Megatron appears briefly beside the first.
*Ratchet's head is miscolored in one scene.
*When surrounded by the Autobots and Decepticons, it is Vortex commanding the Combaticons to merge into Bruticus, but you hear Onslaught's voice.
*When [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] first appears, he has the word "POLISE" written on his side.
*When the Autobots are preparing to leave Cybertron at the end, Sideswipe speaks with Sunstreaker's voice.
*If the sun is so close that it makes crops spontaneously combust, how has humanity not burned alive?

===Continuity errors===
* The Combaticons’ lack of [[energy absorber]]s as shown in "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" is not mentioned and seems to cause no problems for them. (Maybe they installed new ones once on Cybertron.)
* While waiting for Onslaught to implement his plan, Brawl mentions to Blast Off how he'd like to "attack the Earth now and crush Megatron like an Insecticon". Of all the Decepticons the Combaticons encountered since their reactivation during the previous episode, the Insecticons were not among them.
* Megatron comes up with the idea of reprogramming Bruticus for loyalty in this episode, even though he could've done so in the last episode after Bruticus was defeated by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]].

===Continuity notes===
* This is the Protectobots' first appearance in the series, yet there is absolutely no mention of where they came from. While this does put them in the company of most of the rest of the new season-two cast, it's the first time a combiner team wasn't given a special origin episode. Somebody from Hasbro or Takara was obviously impatient [[To sell toys|to sell]] the Protectobot team toys.
*Shockwave appears completely unaware that Starscream was an exile. Has Megatron never heard of memos?
* '''[[Starscream's Brigade|< <]]''' What makes Starscream the leader? Nothing, but that doesn't stop him from trying to extort Megatron into giving up his leadership position in return for saving the Earth.

===Trivia===
*This episode marks the second and last appearance of the Sentinel robots.
*This episode marks the last appearance of [[Autobot]] [[Security Director]] [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. (It was a conspiracy. A CONSPIRACY I TELL YOU! HE KNEW TOO MUCH!)
*This is the only Generation 1 episode which ends with Decepticons having an advantage as they manage to save Bruticus from destruction and "recruit" him for their cause.
*How improbable is it that in the infinite vastness of space, with Starscream only heading in the general direction of Cybertron and Shockwave being tossed off its surface and out of its orbit, that the two randomly crash into eachother?

==External links==
* [http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/the_revenge_of_bruticus.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Revenge of Bruticus}}
[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]

War Dawn (episode)

2009-12-29T10:39:20Z

67.193.237.35: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|image=WarDawn title.jpg
|caption=''Masterpiece'' Megatron and ''Smallest'' Optimus Prime face off.
|series=G1toon
|ep=59
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=60
|title="War Dawn"
|written by=[[David Wise]]
|production code=700-58
|airdate=[[December 25]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Trapped in Cybertron's past, the Aerialbots learn the truth about Megatron and the rise of Optimus Prime.'''

:''Japanese title:'' ひきおこされた戦争 (''Hikiokosa re ta Sensō'', "Caused War")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:WarDawn Silverboltairways.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Do yourself a favor; don't fly coach on Autobot Airways.]]

[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] are racing through the skies with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] in hot pursuit. They have kidnapped human dignitaries for unknown, but certainly nefarious, purposes. The Aerialbots are debating amongst themselves in pretty stark terms if humans are worth saving. After they outmaneuver the Decepticons, Starscream dumps the hostages in mid-air. He and the others escape as the Aerialbots break off to save the humans.

Back at Autobot headquarters, the Aerialbots talk amongst themselves about their admiration of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], to the ire of the other Autobots. [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] breaks in before the argument gets out of hand and alerts [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to strange energy readings emanating from Cybertron. They board [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and head into the stratosphere to investigate.

Under the ocean, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] gripes about the Aerialbots and losing air supremacy. [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] reports in that the Autobots have left earth, and Megatron goes after them across the [[space bridge]]. On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron explains that he has a time machine called a [[Kronosphere]] that he planned on using to steal energy from the past. Now, he wants to set a trap for the Aerialbots and send them back into the past.

[[Image:Slingshot war dawn 1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|As tradition dictates, Slingshot and Starscream greet one another by pulling each other's finger.]]

The Autobots arrive on a dark and dingy Cybertron, and are attacked by Starscream and the others. [[Slingshot]] tries to get the Decepticons to stop attacking and talk to them. Starscream and the others drop down for a chat while [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] frets. After gaining their trust, Screamer leads them right onto Megatron's Kronosphere. Silverbolt tries to warn them that it's a trap but it's too late. Megatron activates the device, intending to send them back to the beginning of time. The Aerialbots are encased in a purple bubble and disappear.

Seconds later, Optimus Prime and the other Autobots ram through the wall of the building and attack. Prime shoots the machine in order to stop it from trapping the Aerialbots in the past. The Decepticons retreat and Optimus orders the machine repaired. He estimates it has sent the Aerialbots 9 million years into the past to Cybertron's [[Golden Age]].

[[Image:OrionPax Ariel.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Hi, I'm Machobot... who are you?"]]

The bubble bursts and the five planes reappear on Cybertron, but it's a different world than the one they left. This Cybertron is bright and alive. The Aerialbots admire the scenery and argue about whose fault it was that the planet was trashed. Slingshot isn't ready to blame the Decepticons and says they are misunderstood. They are interrupted by a small 'bot who introduces himself as [[Orion Pax]]. He works at [[storage yard 67|the docks]] unloading energy shipments. Orion's friend [[Dion]] and girlfriend [[Elita One|Ariel]] introduce themselves too. Dion alerts them to come outside and see the new type of flying robot that everyone is talking about. The Aerialbots go out and see Megatron, Soundwave and Shockwave flying overheard. Orion and Dion admire the flying robots, and Silverbolt warns them away from their hero worship. But does anybody listen to him? Nooooo.

After Orion goes back to work unloading ships, he is approached by a visitor who introduces himself as Megatron. Orion shows him around but when they reach the energy storehouse Megatron orders the Decepticons concealed outside to attack. When Orion tries to stop him, Megatron mercilessly shoots him and his two friends. The Aerialbots arrive after the battle to find the three Autobots inoperative.

Back in the present, Megatron is planning a counterattack to regain the Kronosphere. In nearby wreckage, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] spots the body of a [[Guardian Robot]], sans head, and Megatron plans to reactivate it. Meanwhile, Optimus, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] are still trying to repair the device.

[[Image:WarDawn Prime killingmachine.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hot lead is the right of all sentient beings!]]

In the past, the Aerialbots are carrying Orion's lifeless body to someone who can help. Slingshot is singing a very different tune now; he swears revenge on Megatron. A [[Alpha Trion (G1)|mustached figure]] from a doorway calls to them and suggests they go someplace else for help. Decepticon attacks have caused severe casualties among the Autobots. After the Aerialbots ask again, he agrees to fix Orion. After an unknown amount of time, the stranger emerges with a rebuilt Orion Pax, now going by the name Optimus Prime. Prime and the Aerialbots rush off to join the battle, while the stranger muses about rebuilding Ariel into a female warrior named [[Elita One]].

Just as the tide of battle is turning in the Decepticons' favor, Megatron is confronted by Optimus Prime, who takes out the entire Decepticon front line by himself. Meanwhile, the Aerialbots have returned to the docks to find the Decepticons raiding the energy stores.

Flashing to the present, the time machine has been fixed, but Megatron and the Decepticons attack. To further complicate things, they let loose the Guardian Robot against the Autobots.

Back in the past, the Aerialbots set [[energy pack]] charges to blow up the storehouse in order to keep the energy out of Megatron's hands. Unfortunately, they are trapped inside because Decepticon warriors are blocking the exits. Silverbolt orders Slingshot to blow up the storehouse anyway. Just as the charges go off, the Kronosphere scoops them up and brings them back to the present. They merge into [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and take out the Guardian Robot. Megatron retreats and an enraged Slingshot yells after him.

As they head back to Omega Supreme, Silverbolt describes their adventures in the past, and Optimus finally recognizes the Aerialbots as the ones who saved him. Ratchet demands to know what's going on and Optimus starts to tell the tale.

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (4)
* [[Slingshot]] (5)
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (6)
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (7)
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (8)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (10)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (11)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (12)
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (13)
* [[Dion]] (16)
* [[Elita One|Ariel]] (17)
* [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (19)
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (20)

|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (2)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (3)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (14)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (15)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==
"There's only one way to get those Aerialbots off our tails and that's to dump the chumps.”
:—'''Starscream''' right before he dumps the chumps, er, humans.

"Are those guys crazy?" 
"Crazy, or even dumber than I suspected."
:—'''Skywarp''' and '''Starscream''' talking about the Aerialbots who stopped fighting and want to "talk" to the Seekers.

'''Starscream''': Okay ''buddies'', we'll talk. What do you want to know? 
'''Slingshot''': I want to know why Optimus Prime thinks you're evil. 
'''Starscream''': That old rust bucket doesn't know a thing about Decepticons. Stick with me. I'll teach you some things about the Decepticons, all right. 
'''Silverbolt''': I don't believe this!
:—'''Starscream''' prepares to school the Aerialbots.

"Those little twerps. They're tryin' to switch sides!"
:—'''Ironhide''' comments on the dubious loyalty of the Aerialbots.

"A warrior doesn't need a head, just a good strong body."
:—'''Megatron''', commenting on the damaged Guardian robot that is about to be reprogrammed to serve the Decepticons.

"You may not recognize him. He is no longer Orion Pax. He is the first of our new defenders... Optimus Prime." 
"I was wrong, my friends. I admired Megatron merely because he was powerful. I failed to see how he used that power."
:—'''Alpha Trion''' introducing '''Optimus Prime'''.

'''Optimus Prime''': You've caused enough destruction for one day, Megatron! 
'''Megatron''': I haven't even ''started!'' 
''[Megatron fires several shots at Optimus Prime, all of which bounce off harmlessly]'' 
'''Megatron''': ''[shocked]'' You, who are you?!" 
'''Optimus Prime''': Your worst nightmare!
:—Megatron and Optimus Prime confront each other for the first time.

"It all began about nine million years ago..." 
"Oh, great! It's gonna be one of those ''long'' stories!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ratchet''', after the latter demands to know what's going on.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
*The air battle at the beginning of the episode is filled with errors: Firstly, Slingshot is coloured like Air Raid when Skywarp is bearing down upon him. Moments later, Skydive fires purple lasers at Skywarp. Moments after ''that'', black panels on Thundercracker's hull are mis-aligned. Finally, Slingshot's cockpit is unpainted, as is Starscream's chest.
*While Megatron berates the Seekers for allowing the Aerialbots to defeat them, Starscream's lower right arm is coloured red.
*Omega Supreme disappears in a couple of frames during his transformation sequence.
*When Ariel is shot by Megatron, her cel is not properly aligned with the background, so one of her legs floats over the energon cubes.
*Ariel is shown with the Aerialbots running to find her own body.
*Air Raid explains to Fireflight why Megatron wouldn't recognize them 9 million years in the past, and Fireflight says, “Huh?” but the scene cuts to a close up of Air Raid so it looks like he's saying it instead. Huh?
*In one aerial shot of Megatron's transport drones entering the docks, they disappear before reaching the doorway.
*The original broadcast version of the episode had the entirety of act two's soundtrack incorrectly played back at too slow a speed, noticeably pitching down the dialogue and music. This was corrected for the [[Kid Rhino]] DVDs, but when [[Shout! Factory]] went back to the broadcast masters for their original audio tracks, this error was re-introduced to their DVD of the episode, as unlike Rhino they forgot to take the error into account.

===Continuity errors===
* The humans the Seekers dump at the beginning of the episode somehow don't die after plummeting several hundred feet and landing on the metal bodies of the Aerialbots.
* It is unclear why the Aerialbots (bar Silverbolt) are so impressed by the Seekers considering the ease with which the Decepticons were defeated.
*Optimus Prime somehow knows exactly what the Kronosphere is doing despite the fact he was out of earshot when Megatron said it.
* In "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]", Optimus Prime had no idea that Alpha Trion was his creator, despite the fact he has a direct interaction with him here.

===Transformers references===
*This takes place "a few weeks" after "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]", according to Optimus Prime.
*The events of the minicomic "[[64 Cybertron Urban Defense Robot GADEP]]" take place around this time period, showing Megatron raiding more energon storage facilities.

===Trivia===
*This episode introduces a lot of major mythological elements from the ''Generation 1'' cartoon, including the origin of Optimus Prime and [[Elita One]] and showing the start of the [[Great War (G1)|Third Great War]].

*In a interview on the [[Kid Rhino]] DVD set, writer David Wise says that the meeting between Orion Pax and Megatron happened differently in the original version of the script. Megatron was to blast Orion's arm off and then use it to decapitate him. Sunbow, fearing the scene was too violent, had it changed.

*For whatever reason, voice actor [[John Stephenson]] wasn't in this episode and thus Thundercracker and Alpha Trion had different voices; Thundercracker's was that of voice director [[Wally Burr]]. Burr also filled in as [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in "[[Kremzeek!]]" and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] in "[[Masquerade]]".

* Dion's fate is never revealed. Fans have speculated that he was also rebuilt and reformatted by Alpha Trion into a familiar character, with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] being the two most popular suspects. Of course, it's entirely possible he simply died.

*This episode is one of the two episodes before the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] featuring a genuine [[female Transformer]].

*Footage from this episode was used to represent a historical video in "[[Transform and Roll Out]]", the opening movie for ''[[Transformers Animated]]''. Most notably, a shot of Dion shielding his eyes with his hand was used out of context to represent an Autobot saluting.

*Later, Dion's profile in ''[[Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' #4, "[[Wings of Honor]]", gave a name to the specific area of the docks which Orion and the others worked. [[Storage yard 67]] was named for [[e-Hobby]] Orion Pax and Dion's [[Japanese ID number list|Japanese identification number]].

*With all this time traveling, [[Vok|the Vok]] would have a field day.

==Home video releases==
*''[[The Original Transformers]]'' — Volume 5: Return to Cybertron (VHS, 2000)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/war_dawn.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Auto-Bop

2009-12-21T20:49:20Z

67.193.237.35: /* Animation or technical glitches */

{{episode
|image=Auto-bop 4.jpg
|caption=Go ahead and mock '80s clothing, but in twenty years, they'll be mocking what we wear.
|series=G1toon
|ep=52
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=52
|title="Auto-Bop"
|written by=[[David Wise]]
|production code=700-51
|airdate=[[November 13]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Tracks and Blaster uncover a hypnosis plot. A ''funky'' hypnosis plot.'''

:''Japanese title:'' ブロードキャストVSサウンドウェーブ (''Broadcast VS Soundwave'')
:''German title:'' "'''Gefährliche Hypnosekraft'''" ("Dangerous Hypnosespower")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:DancitronGang.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Just the usual Manhattan commuter crowd.]]

[[Raoul]] and his friends [[Poplock]] and [[Rocksteady]] are trying to make some spare cash, breakdancing on the sidewalks of [[New York City]]. Unfortunately, the management of the [[Dancitron]] nightclub doesn't like competition, and sends a mob after them. The trio grab their tape deck and flee, riding a wheeled dumpster until it's brought to a sudden halt. They're soon surrounded by armed thugs, but luckily [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] are in the city, and come to the trio's aid. While fighting the thugs off, Tracks is surprised to notice one of them is a man in a business suit.

Raoul introduces the rest of the [[Bop Crew]] to the two [[Autobot]]s, who say they're monitoring Decepticon activity, and now suspect there's something strange going on at the Dancitron. The pair enter the club and admire the immense sound system. Soon Blaster is dancing with an apparently blissed-out patron, while Tracks notes a number of oddly-dressed dancers—a garbage man, a middle-aged woman in a bathrobe and curlers, and a man dressed to the nines. In an upstairs booth, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] observe the two Autobots.

[[Image:AutoBop Blaster surfing on Tracks.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Mind the paint job.]]

Meanwhile, the Bop Crew are taking an elevated subway train when it unexpectedly begins gathering speed. The driver, entering a hypnotised state, pulls the accelerator lever to full and smashes the control panel with an iron bar. Raoul pulls the emergency cord until it breaks, but the brakes are ineffective at stopping the train. Fortunately Tracks and Blaster happen to be walking nearby, and are able to halt the train. They find the sabotaged control panel, however the driver has already fled.

Tracks sends Blaster, Poplock and Rocksteady to check with [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] while he and Raoul go to check out the Dancitron again. On the way, the pair spot an active building site—somewhat of an odd sight at 1am, and even odder when they notice the workers are more inappropriately-dressed people, including some of those previously seen at the Dancitron. They're quickly spotted by the workers, and Tracks drags the gate shut to prevent the humans from attacking them, though that doesn't stop a workman on the building itself from firing red-hot rivets at them.

[[Image:Trackscruc2.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Oooh, kinky!]]

Poplock and Rocksteady are offered free tickets into the Dancitron and eagerly accept, believing they'll be able to investigate on their own. The duo enter the club and are soon hypnotised by the music. Arriving at the club, Tracks leaves Raoul outside and encounters the boy's two friends inside. They lead him to two Decepticons, who use the club's hypnotized patrons to ensnare him and bind him to the club's sound system. Starscream reports to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] that the building construction is on schedule.

Having consulted Teletraan I, Blaster arrives at the Dancitron to find Raoul waiting outside. The pair enter to find Tracks, with Blaster tracking an ultrasound signal. Raoul encounters his two friends and, remembering Blaster's warning about the hypnotic sound, plugs his ears with a paper napkin. They chase him, and he soon finds Tracks, but is overwhelmed by the hypnotized dancers. As he soon discovers, the hypnosis can be broken by simply getting the victim [[Water|wet]], so he triggers the club's sprinkler systems, freeing the patrons from their trance. The Bop Crew swiftly frees Tracks and they pursue Starscream.

[[Image:Auto-Bop Blaster Soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Soundwave and Blaster in a two-bot reenactment of You Got Served.]]

Blaster squares off with Soundwave at the club in a sonic "battle of the boom boxes"; the two are nearly evenly matched, until Blaster uses the club's sound system to amplify his abilities and drive Soundwave off. Tracks engineers a rain cloud which de-hypnotises the humans working at the building site. This also flushes out Starscream, who chases Tracks. The Autobot flies through the partially completed building, and the larger Decepticon damages his wing trying to follow, forcing him to retreat. Blaster arrives and uses the Dancitron speakers to bring down the building.

Tracks offers grateful thanks to Raoul and his buddies for saving his life, saying that if there's anything he can do for them... and it turns out there is. The trio lost their radio in all the chaos, and until they earn enough street cash to get a new one, poor Blaster will make an ideal replacement.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (5)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (6)
*[[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] (9)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (7)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (8)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (10)

|c3=
* [[Raoul]] (1)
* [[Poplock]] (2)
* [[Rocksteady]] (3)
* [[Furg]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"That's what I call a riveting experience!" 
"I don't know why I hang out with you, man."
:—'''Tracks''' makes a terrible pun after being shot at by a guy with a rivet gun, and '''Raoul''' calls him out on it.

"Foo on this jive! My main machine's in trouble!"
:—'''Raoul'''

"I've been waiting a long time for this, you poor excuse for a sound system." 
"All talk...no shock."
:—'''Blaster''' and '''Soundwave''', right as their sonic duel begins.

"Yo, the dude's gone crazy!" 
"Yeah... like a fox!"
:—'''Poplock''' and '''Tracks'''.

"Heeheeheehaahaahaahaahaahaahaaaaa...."
:—'''Soundwave''', as he momentarily gets the upper hand in the sonic duel between himself and Blaster. This is one of the few times in the series that Soundwave is heard actually laughing, and coming from him in that quiet, metallic monotone of his, and in this context, it is actually kinda scary.

"I'd say your nightclub just went out of style."
:—'''Blaster''' to '''Soundwave''', after he won the sonic duel.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
* In this episode, Raoul's skin color is colored slightly lighter than his last appearance in "[[Make Tracks]]".

* Despite Rocksteady breakdancing and being thrown around quite a lot, his hat always remains firmly on his head.

* Before the Bop Crew jump onto the dumpster, it's standing against a wall, but shifts out into the middle of the sidewalk as they jump onto it.

* As the thugs first start firing at Blaster, the edges of his helmet are white instead of red.

[[Image:Autobop Blaster's putting on weight.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This scene was actually filmed while Blaster was pregnant with [[Eject]] and [[Rewind]]. That's his baby bump!]]
* As Blaster aims his electro-scrambler, he looks a little... fat.

* Raoul is missing a row of studs on the left-hand side of his jacket when he claims he had things under control.

* When Raoul introduces Poplock and Rocksteady, they're both suddenly at least a head shorter than him.

* As Tracks says "Mellow kind of place", the edges of Blaster's helmet are white again.

* After that [[Stylish man|one fellow]] leaves the bar to ask Tracks a question, his hair color changes from brown to white.

* Shortly after Tracks notices the out-of-place people, there's a shot of Blaster and Tracks walking — Tracks's Autobot insignia is outlined in white instead of black, and Blaster's insignia blinks out of existence every few frames.

* In the first shot of Soundwave, his faceplate is dark grey, and his eject button is blue. Then it pans over to Starscream, who has a dark grey face.

* Every shot of the train interior shows it devoid of passengers other than the Bop Crew, but several exterior shots show panicked people climbing out the windows.

* As Blaster says he didn't spy anything unusual at the club, his forehead is red instead of white, and Tracks's wings are missing. The same two errors occur in the next shot but one.

* Blaster walks along Tracks's grappling line a couple of steps too far, and appears to be walking on the side of the train.

* The location names on the side of the train change configuration between shots.

* As Tracks stands up after they halt the train, a cel ordering error results in the windows on the rear of the train appearing on top of him.

* When the two Autobots open the door of the train to see the Bop Crew, Tracks's helmet is mostly blue instead of white.

* The voice that says "Sabotage!" doesn't sound like Tracks, though it's him speaking.

* Tracks's wings are blue when he flips them out to take off after he and Raoul leave the building site.

[[Image:Autobop Tracks holding bouncer.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ah crap, he deflated.]]
* The bouncer appears to halve in body weight when Tracks picks him up.

* Tracks has grey wings, both when the door to the DJ booth opens and as Starscream gloats he'll never get out of the club alive.

* Soundwave's faceplate is oddly shaped and his eject button is blue as he announces he's ready for the ultra-sound transmission.

* After Tracks climbs up onto a catwalk, the shots of hypnotized club patrons approaching him from either side are the same shot, just mirrored.

* When Starscream contacts Megatron, Megatron's insignia is red instead of purple.

* When Blaster enters the club, in a couple of frames the chest portion of a female dancer's costume flashes flesh-colored.

*Someone spent a little too much time on the freeze-frame button looking for that last point.

* When Raoul attempts to free Tracks, the club patrons go into their zombie hypnotized state again. This is the same shot repeated from when the same thing happened earlier, only mirrored.

* Starscream's mouth is missing as he indignantly shouts "What?!"

* Right before Starscream jumps through the window, an exterior shot of the Dancitron (with motionless identically-dressed couples leading in a line out of it) can be seen though it, before panning swiftly to the right. As this is supposed to be an exterior window of the Dancitron itself... this shot doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

* After Tracks blasts a hole in the wall, the cels aren't properly aligned, so he appears to drive through a point in the wall slightly to the side of the hole.

* Directly after Soundwave jumps through the DJ booth window, the right-hand edge of Blaster's helmet is white, and his forehead is red.

* A moment later, the sides of Soundwave's head are blue instead of white, as he reels from Blaster's first attack.

* After Tracks causes rain to wake up the hypnotized humans at the building site, there's a shot of dozens of men fleeing it, all clad in identical outfits.

* As Soundwave laughs, the walking animation makes him appear to be moonwalking forwards.

* After Soundwave knocks Blaster into the Dancitron sound system, Blaster sits up, and the piece of debris behind him winks out of existence.

* The sides of Soundwave's head are blue again when he's sent flying from Blaster's attack with the sound system speakers, and his eject button is blue again a moment later, when he stands up in the rubble.

* During a shot of Tracks flying through a building, his wings are blue. This shot is followed by one of Starscream colored as [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]].

* When Tracks shoots the half-constructed building, the flames wash across the ground about a foot too high.

* The pattern of creases in the Bop Crew's dance mat varies depending on the angle.

* The crowd gathered to watch Poplock and Rocksteady breakdance are completely motionless, despite some of them being in running poses (and check out the oddly "Old West" dressed people by the coffee shop!)

===Continuity errors===
* Rocksteady takes off his jacket in order to breakdance, but somehow is suddenly wearing it again when Raoul announces they should beat it.

* Apparently there are still people who don't know about the Autobots, as that one fellow in the club appears to think that Tracks and Blaster are ordinary humans wearing elaborate costumes.

* Presumably the train which the Bop Crew were riding on was heading away from the Dancitron, and at high speed. Yet Tracks and Blaster just happen to be walking in exactly the right place to see it speeding along when they were in the club the last time we saw them.

* How did Poplock and Rocksteady get to the Dancitron ahead of Raoul and Tracks, who were driving? The scuffle at the building site didn't hold Tracks up ''that'' long.

* Superhuman <s>Spike</s>humans:
** The hypnotized humans are somehow able to throw Tracks off the catwalk.

===Continuity notes===
* This episode is one of three pre-movie episodes to not feature [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].

* Gadgets and Powers:
** Blaster uses his electro-scrambler to disable the Dancitron thugs' guns.
** Tracks has a grappling hook in his vehicle mode hood, and a laser which he uses to blast a hole in the wall of the Dancitron.
** The back of Blaster's cassette cover functions as a monitor for his ultra-sound detector.

*This episode features the second of only two instances in the series in which Soundwave ''laughs''. The first was in "[[Quest for Survival]]".

* The location the Autobots are using as a base has "SPARKPLUGS" over the door, though it's different to [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s shop in "Make Tracks".

===Real-world references===
* The episode in general features then-relevant (or slightly past-relevant) cultural touchstones - [[wikipedia:Breakdancing|breakdancing]] and the paranoia over [[wikipedia:Subliminal_message#Audio|subliminal messages hidden in popular music]].

* When confronted by the gang of thugs employed by Dancitron, Raoul suggests they "pull a [[Michael Jackson]]" and [[wikipedia:Beat It|beat it]].

* While fleeing from the thugs, Raoul wishes their blaster (boom box) was "THE [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]". Rocksteady retorts that Raoul "knows the Autobots like I know [[Prince]]".

*When first meeting Blaster and Tracks, Rocksteady responds to Blaster's implication of trouble-making with "Hey! We were just breakin' in front of the Dancitron (''shifts from two open palms and a shrug to one thumb extended pointing behind him'') and these '''Road Warrior''' rejects tried to bounce us out."

* The sound effect of the DJ booth door opening and closing is the door sound effect from ''Star Trek''.

===Trivia===
*When Tracks and Blaster enter Dancitron, the song playing is an instrumental version of the song performed by [[Cold Slither]] from the ''G.I. Joe'' episode of the same name.

* This episode is also noteworthy for pitting the two tape decks, Soundwave and Blaster, against each other, in an intense sonic duel. It turns out that Soundwave is actually somewhat the more powerful of the two, and Blaster had to augment his output with some nearby additional speakers to best his opponent... the cheater...

* One major plot point is that Tracks realises that there's something wrong when he notices middle-aged housewives and fancy-dressed people at the club, but as the Decepticons are hypnotising people with the music at the club, how did those people get there in the first place in order to be hypnotised?

* It is never established within the episode itself just what the Decepticons are trying to '''accomplish''' with their hypnotize-people-to-construct-a-building plot. However, according to the official [[Sunbow]] synopsis included in [[Metrodome]]'s DVD release: "... the boys and the Autobots pursue Starscream to the skyscraper—a new Decepticon headquarters being constructed by the hypnotized patrons from Dancitron." Oh. Well then.

* At one point, the show does a flashback to a warning that Blaster gave Raoul ''less than a minute earlier''. Just to make sure nobody forgot.

* When leaving the building site to head to the Dancitron, Tracks inserts Raoul into his chest ''before'' transforming to vehicle mode. Weird.

==External Links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/auto-bop.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Tangled Web

2009-11-06T04:52:08Z

67.193.237.35: /* Other notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=30
|image=Tangled Web Tarantulas furious.jpg
|title="Tangled Web"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 16]], 1997
|written by=[[Len Wein]]
|directed by=[[Craig McEwen]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Megatron sends Tarantulas to build a new energon processing station, but the spider has other plans.'''

:''Japanese title:'' かっとびタランス (''Kattobi Tarans'', "Grand-Slam Tarans")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Tangled Web Megatron.jpg|left|200px|thumb|It is days like this I wish I were a Maximal.]]
As the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] busy themselves around their [[Darksyde|base]], Megatron summons [[Tarantulas]] and assigns him to work with [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] to develop a refueling station at a newly detected store of [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] cubes. Megatron also assigns [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] to develop a jamming tower to disrupt [[Maximal]] communications.

As the Predacons gather supplies and equipment for their assigned tasks, Tarantulas throws a transmitter into Quickstrike's collection of equipment with the hope of summoning the Maximals to undermine Megatron's plans.

Meanwhile at the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] is conducting experiments on [[Optimus Primal]]'s new [[transmetal]] form to see if they can learn its limits. Their experiment is interrupted by a short-circuit and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s report of a strange Predacon signal on a Maximal channel. [[Rattrap]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] are near the signal and sent to investigate.

[[Image:Tangled Web Tarantulas thoughtful.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hmm, I can put the throw-pillows over there...]]
Quickstrike, Blackarachnia, and Tarantulas arrive at their assigned destination, and Tarantulas decides that the site is a perfect location for his new lair. (His last one had been destroyed [[Aftermath|previously]]) He destroys the transmitter that he had been using to signal the Maximals. Blackarachnia too realizes that this site would be an optimal fortress and mentions it to Tarantulas. He then tells her about his plan to commandeer the site for himself to overthrow Megatron and destroy the Maximals, then says that she must join him in his scheme because of their psychic link. He soon recruits Quickstrike to his cause.

Losing the Predacon signal, Rattrap and Silverbolt are forced to follow the Predacons' scent and soon come across their trail.

As he relaxes in his CR tank hot tub, Megatron learns that Waspinator and Inferno have finished their assignment. When Megatron attempts to contact the other Predacons, though (failing to notice the jamming tower falling on Waspinator), he only gets static and soon realizes that the arachnids are up to something.

[[Image:Tangled Web Mental link.jpg|left|200px|thumb|A headache shared is still a headache.]]
Back at Tarantulas's would-be lair, Blackarachnia is determined to end the psychic link that Tarantulas has been using to control her and threatens to blow up all of the energon there. While he initially is willing to let her do it, Tarantulas soon learns that their link goes both ways and that he shares her pain, so he agrees to break the link.

[[Image:Tangled Web Silverbolt.jpg|right|200px|thumb|En garde!]]
Outside the cavern, Rattrap and Silverbolt finally find the Predacons and engage in a battle with them. The fight begins to go the Maximals' way, but Silverbolt refuses to strike down Blackarachnia because she is [[Female Transformers|female]].

Soon the Maximals realize that the Predacons are guarding the cave and attempt to get in. Their plans are foiled when the entrance blows up. Rattrap congratulates Silverbolt on the blast, but Silverbolt says that he didn't do it. The Predacons are forced to retreat back to Megatron, who chastises them for their incompetence.

Later, though, it becomes clear that Tarantulas blew up the entrance so that he could return and have the cave for himself.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal]] (7)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (8)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (9)
*[[Rattrap]] (10)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (11)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (1)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (2)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (3)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Tarantulas]] (5)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (6)

}}
==Quotes==
"While spider-bots argue, Waspinator and Inferno finish job. Megatron will be pleased!"
:—'''Waspinator''' has such optimism.

"Well then, pardner, let's head 'em up and move 'em out."
:—Even '''Tarantulas'''' cow-poke impression is creepy.

"Any progress, Rhinox?" 
"Despite my tests, we still don't know what limits these new Transmetal states may have. Perhaps this new bio-gen scan will—" ''[shocks himself and Optimus]'' "Or perhaps not." ''[falls over]''
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Rhinox'''

"Well, just ain't no figurin' a female." 
''[chuckles]'' "A fact of life, Fuzor."
:—'''Quickstrike''' and '''Tarantulas'''

"Well, considering the honkers we got, it's worth a shot."
:—'''Rattrap''' on using their noses.

"''De''struction's better'n ''con''struction, ya get my drift?"
:—'''Quickstrike''' knows what he likes.

"Maximals." 
"Finally! Somethin' I can sink my teeth inta!"
:—'''Tarantulas''' and '''Quickstrike''', as Rattrap and Silverbolt approach

"That widow's about as female as a piston."
:—'''Rattrap''' on Blackarachnia.

"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home." ''[laughs]''
:—'''Tarantulas''', settled in to his new lair

==Notes==
===Technical/animation glitches===
* When Tarantulas says "...and we do live to please Megatron", the green 'eyes' on his chestplate are missing.
* Every time Silverbolt growls in this episode, he sounds like [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]. (Of course, when the dude who does your voice does [[Waspinator|three]] [[Dinobot (BW)|other]] [[Rattrap|voices]], you're gonna get mixed up every now and then.)
* Right after the their mental link is broken, before Quickstrike tells them the Maximals are coming, Tarantulas' gold abdomen is facing the wrong way.

===Transformers references===
*Tarantulas is researching the new transmetal forms gained in "[[Aftermath]]".

===Real-world references===
*"Grid Arrakis" is a reference to the planet from Frank Herbert's novel ''[[wikipedia:Dune|Dune]]''.
*Tarantulas says, "Of course, you realize this means war", at one point, a phrase commonly used by Bugs Bunny.
*Tarantulas says, "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home", a reference to the traditional song "[[wikipedia:Home!_Sweet_Home!|Home! Sweet Home!]]"

===Other notes===
* It is very unusual that Tarantulas is capable of tossing a probe on the building supplies without anyone noticing (especially since the probe collides with the load with a heavy clang). But, then again, he is a ninja.

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Superion (G1)

2009-07-04T14:21:11Z

67.193.237.35: /* Trivia */

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:''Superion is an [[Autobot]] combiner in the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Superion studioox.jpg|right|210px|thumb|I MUST SUCCEED!]]
'''Superion''' is the combined form of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]:

*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
*[[Slingshot]]

In his combined form, his thought capacity is reduced to two things: destroy the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], and protect the [[Human|humans]]. Because of this, he sometimes has difficulty adapting to new situations.

In all continuities he is depicted as being the chief rival and equal of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. However, this makes more poetic than literal sense, as the [[Scale|real-life scale difference]] between their component vehicle parts would suggest a rather drastic disparity in actual stature.

:''Portuguese name (Brazil comic):'' '''Superior'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] → [[Ed Gilbert]] (English), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)

Silverbolt showed the rest of the Aerialbots how [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] was able to disregard his fatigue out of concern for [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s well-being, thus demonstrating to his teammates that humans were worth saving. With that knowledge, the Aerialbots joined the Autobots in battle against [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Stunticon|Stunticons]]. The [[Decepticon]] leader, seeing his new warriors being outmaneuvered, ordered them to merge and form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. The Aerialbots countered to form Superion.

At first, Superion was able to match Menasor, but the Decepticon combiner's sheer aggression soon saw the Autobot on the defensive until he was trapped. As Menasor moved in for the kill, the newly-repaired Omega Supreme suddenly appeared, helping Superion get free. Together, they defeated Menasor and sent the Decepticons into retreat. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Weeks later on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Superion had to fight against a damaged [[Guardian robot]], whose immense strength pinned the Autobot down until he managed to knock the drone into the sky, destroying it. {{storylink|War Dawn|War Dawn}}

A battle in the Middle East pitted Superion against [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. They were evenly matched but Superion won by separating just as Bruticus charged him (and fell into an oilfield). {{storylink|Aerial Assault|Aerial Assault}}

While defending the Statue of Liberty, Superion got a second attempt at defeating Menasor. This battle went a lot better for him, as he singlehandedly defeated Menasor and destroyed Megatron's [[Lightning Bug]] weapon. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

{{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

Superion was part of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team which prevented the Decepticons from using a comet to destroy [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. After the group was shot down over [[Eurythma]], Superion continued to fight the Decepticons until [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] incapacitated all of the Autobots using a harmonic weapon he'd obtained from the natives. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor|Carnage in C-Minor}}

{{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

{{storylink|Fight or Flee|Fight or Flee}}

{{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

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===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''Scramble City'' OVA====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)

{{storylink|Scramble City|Scramble City}}

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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese)

{{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}
{{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master|The Mystery of Planet Master}}
{{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation|The Great Cassette Operation}}
{{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}}
{{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}
{{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}
{{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

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===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|UK-only]] comic stories are in italics.}}
''Superion was first depicted in a series of visions experienced by [[Buster Witwicky]], the Autobots' human friend who had once contained the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] itself within his brain. After a particularly serious nightmare, Buster subconsciously drew the image of a five-jet combiner robot, a design far more sophisticated than what had been achieved by Cybertronian science up 'til that point. {{storylink|Devastation Derby!|Devastation Derby!}} Another series of surreal dream images from Buster's mind saw the jet combiner in action, first destroying the Decepticon commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] who had recently bedeviled Buster, and then fighting against a new car-robot combiner. Realizing these dreams were in fact unfocused visions from the Creation Matrix itself, Optimus Prime decided to mind-link with Buster during his next bout of REM sleep, guiding the visions into a more coherent stream of information. The link was successful, and Prime and Buster observed Superion fighting alongside his fellow combiner [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] against their Decepticon opposite numbers, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Relating this information to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Optimus and his chief engineer began planning on how to make these dreams into reality. {{storylink|Second Generation!|Second Generation!}}''

After a successful siege on the Decepticon mining base enabled [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to record the transformation sequence of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] forming [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Wheeljack went to work reverse-engineering and refining the process to create the Autobot Aerialbots and their combined form, Superion. {{storylink|Command Performances!|Command Performances!}} Unfortunately, the Aerialbots were called into action at Hoover Dam before the personality programming could be completed. Only Silverbolt had been inputted with the necessary protocols that caused him to respect life and protect the humans at all costs. When the Aerialbots were forced to combine in order to destroy a massive energy drill sent over by the [[Space Bridge]], Superion was confronted with a human pawn named [[Ricky Vasquez]] carrying [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in gun mode, infused with a [[cerebro-shell]] that forced him to obey the Decepticons' will. Still, Vasquez had begun to fight the Decepticons' control over him, and he tried to resist Megatron's order to shoot Superion. Seeing the human as a danger to his mission, Superion attempted to crush Vasquez and end the threat, but Silverbolt loudly cried out against that course of action inside his head. Strangely, Vasquez and Superion ended up not fighting each other, but themselves, frozen in mid-action as they fought against their own inner drives. Ultimately, Silverbolt forcibly disengaged Superion rather than risk harming an innocent life. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!|Aerialbots over America!}}

Following the near fatality at Hoover Dam, the Autobots erased the Aerialbots' programming and memories, reconstructing their minds from scratch and giving them an infusion of Matrix energy to start over again. Superion next saw action against the Decepticon combiner known as Menasor, fighting to protect his comrade [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and their human ally, [[Donny Finkleberg]]. Their fight was cut short, however, when the monomaniacal [[RAAT]] agent named [[Circuit Breaker]] used her powers to overload Superion's circuitry, leaving him open to a blast from Menasor's [[cyclone gun]]. The RAAT agents managed to dismantle the combiner into his separate Aerialbot bodies and took them all captive along with several other Autobots. The Autobots were only released after Circuit Breaker was forced to make a deal with them in order to end the threat of the rampaging [[Battlecharger|Battlechargers]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

When Optimus Prime determined that a new human construction named [[Power Station Alpha]] might tempt the Decepticons into action, he sent Bumblebee to attend the unveiling as a precautionary surveillance measure. Sure enough, [[Bombshell]] made an appearance, and so Optimus sent Silverbolt and the Aerialbots as back-up. They arrived just in time to see Bumblebee being blown away by the [[G.I. Joe]] team guarding Power Station Alpha. Assuming their Superion form, the Aerialbots attempted to threaten the humans into allowing them to retrieve Bumblebee's body. An intense but one-sided conflict raged between Superion and the Joes until he received a signal from [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], conveying the horrific news that Optimus Prime had died in battle while the Aerialbots were on their mission. Superion immediately disengaged and returned to the Ark. {{storylink|Power Struggle|Power Struggle}}

A short time later, the Autobots joined forces with both G.I. Joe and [[Cobra]] against the Decepticons, who planned to use Power Station Alpha to destroy the world. The Aerialbots entered the battle and became Superion to pit their strength against the mighty Devastator. Superion eventually scored the winning shot when his [[stress fracture cannon]] caused a malfunction in Devastator's coupling links, forcing him back into his individual Constructicon modes. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!|...All Fall Down!}}

''Later, the Aerialbots confronted Menasor again, only this time their fusion into Superion let slip Silverbolt's secret shame, and his fear of heights was shared with his fellow Aerialbots by the [[Combiner|fusilateral quintrocombination]]. Horrified at being found out, Silverbolt caused Superion to lash out at Menasor with such savagery that they very nearly harmed the very humans they had come to save. {{storylink|Perchance to Dream|Perchance to Dream}}''

====Earthforce====
{{note|These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See [[Earthforce]] for details.}}
''At one point after the Aerialbots joined Earthforce, Superion was struck with a cerebro-shell, courtesy of the Insecticon named Bombshell, and he began to run amok, crashing through sparsely populated areas on a beeline towards major human population centers. The Autobots were unable to stop him through sheer force, so they enlisted the help of a human reporter named [[Irwin Spoon]], giving him instructions on how to infiltrate Superion's exo-structure and manually pull the cerebro-shell out of his circuitry. Spoon succeeded in the nick of time, freeing Superion's thought processes right as he reached a local township. {{storylink|Inside Story!|Inside Story!}}''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[Keepers Trilogy]] novels are in italics.}}
[[Image:DWPrimeDirective6 Superion nuke.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"They couldn't hit [[Big Convoy|an elephant]] from this dist--"]]
After [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] revived [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Superion was one of several warriors that the Autobot leader called upon from the depths of the sea. Superion served as the Autobots' heavy hitter in their mission to stop [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s mad plan to infect the world with technomatter virus similar to the effect the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] had on organic life. During this crisis, Superion fought with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] before being forced back into his individual component robots. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4}}

[[Image:Superion dreamwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Emissary Mode (alternately: open wide and say "sheeeak!")]]
Hallo launched a nuclear missile at [[San Francisco]] in an attempt to destroy all the Transformers, and Superion sacrificed his life to save the city by ramming the missile over the Pacific Ocean. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6}} ''Superion's faceplate was recovered from the Pacific Ocean and incorporated into [[Hugo Fortuna]]'s private collection of Cybertronian and Cybertronian-derived technology. Fortuna's collection was uncovered by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Franklin Townsend]] while they were investigating the mysterious disappearance of several Transformers. {{storylink|Hardwired}}'' Like Devastator, Superion's remains were later taken in by [[Earth Defense Command]] for study. {{storylink|Generation One issue 0}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Superion toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Guaranteed to break within 10 minutes of play.]]
*'''Superion''' (Multi-pack, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-55'''
**''Accessories:'' Head, fists, feet, chest plate, waist plate, gun, Slingshot's gun, Fireflight's gun, Air Raid's gun, Sky Dive's gun

:Superion is formed out of all five Aerialbot toys, with Silverbolt serving as the central body component, and the four smaller team members as limbs, using additional attachments for Superion's hands and feet. A helmet covers Silverbolt's head and a red waist plate attaches onto his chest piece. He carries Silverbolt's rifle as his main weapon.

:Due to Silverbolt forming his torso, his design weaknesses are carried over to Superion. Additionally, as Silverbolt has rather thin legs, this leads to Superion having very thin thighs. His height coupled with the weight of his limbs can make Superion lean back, putting stress upon Silverbolt's weak and flimsy waist hinges.

:Superion is also a [[Combiners|Scramble City]]-type combiner, meaning his limbs can be interchanged. Just don't put any [[Scramble City|Stunticon limbs on him]], 'kay?
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===Generation 2===
*'''Superion''' (Watch, 1993)
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*'''Superion''' (1994)

[[Image:G2superion toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Guaranteed to break within 10 seconds of play... DAMN YOU SLINGSHOT]]
:As part of ''[[Generation 2]]'', Superion was [[Redeco|redecoed]] in colours deemed popular in products of the time, or something like that. Silverbolt's white is replaced by light blue, Slingshot is gold, Fireflight a much darker red, Sky Dive silver and Air Raid blue. Superion could now wield two spring-loaded missile launchers that came with Silverbolt.

:Because Slingshot is so notorious for [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]] you might be better off not merging this guy at all. Or throw [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] in there as a limb. That might work better, yeah.

:Unlike his original release, ''Generation 2'' Silverbolt was only available by purchasing all five Aerialbots separately. Hah-hah, no gift set for you, Generation 2 Silverbolt and friends and GPS-having Aerialbot peoples! Okay, that got away from me a little there...
{{-}}

===Universe (2008)===
====G1 Series====
[[Image:Universe2008 Superion.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Superion''' (Multi-pack, 2008)

: ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' Superion is a redeco of ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Air Team]]/[[Superion Maximus]] combiner, along the same lines as ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Devastator (G1)|Constructicon Devastator]]. Although most of the original Aerialbot characters return in this set, "Airazor" replaces [[Slingshot]]. As the brief character description on the back of the box fits Slingshot, this is probably a name change, not a new character.

:This mold was later sold as the Target-[[exclusive]] ''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Superion (ROTF)|Superion]] with no changes. ROTF Superion sold in Zellers stores in Canada.

==Trivia==
*A Superion [[Action Master]] was planned at one point, but apparently went no further than a concept sketch. It was intended to be the included rider of a transforming motorcycle<ref>[[Transformers Generations Deluxe]], p110</ref>. Strangely, the body was based on the animation model while the head was taken from the toy. The motorcycle shown in the concept art is based on Action Master [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s [[Turbo Cycle]].
*In the G2 toy commercial, [[Garry Chalk]] played the voice of Superion.
*Given that his patent varies the most from the final version in terms of how the individual robots connect to each other, it is fair to assume that Superion was the first [[Scramble City]]-style combiner to be designed.<ref>[http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=JP61115590&F=0&QPN=JP61115590 Patent #JP61-115590]</ref>
*Also of interest in the same patent application is that Superion is composed of five fighter jets, as opposed to four jets and a core passenger plane.
*'Superion' is a partial Latinization of [[wikipedia:Hyperion_(mythology)|Hyperion]], the name of a Titan in Greek mythology associated with the sun. The fully Latinized form would be 'Superio'. If following classical pronunciation, the last syllable of 'Superion' should be pronounced 'own', not 'on'.

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Superion/superion.htm Superion at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Superion Superion's ''Universe'' profile at NFTA.net]

==Footnotes==
<references />

[[Category:Aerialbots]]
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category:Generation 2 characters]]
[[Category:Headmasters characters]]

The Insecticon Syndrome

2009-07-04T09:13:19Z

67.193.237.35: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=29
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=21
|image=Insectsyndromefeeding.jpg
|caption=I think they have a special shampoo for that.
|title="Open the door! Are you jacking on in there?"
|production code=#700-28
|airdate=[[October 9]], 1985
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Insecticons feed on a source of power which causes them to grow... and will cause them to explode if not cured.'''

:''Japanese title:'' インセクトロン・シンドローム (''Insectron Syndrome'')

==Synopsis==
[[Image:InsecticonSyndrome Beachcomber branch.jpg|left|200px|thumb|J'ACCUSE!]]

At a park, Jeff, a park ranger has called for help. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] respond, driving along a rocky road (and Bumblebee is especially having trouble). The ranger shows the Autobots some trees that appeared to have been chewed on by something. Beachcomber quickly realizes that something ''did'' chew on the trees, but not by an animal—it was the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. Meanwhile, the Insecticons are hiding in their current lair/hive/base thingy. They complain that the trees didn't fill them up the way that they wanted to, so the Insecticons decide to go feast on some redwoods. Meanwhile, Jeff is having trouble accepting the possibility of giant robotic insects (even though he's taking to a trio of [[Transformer|giant robotic cars]]). Suddenly, another ranger calls him, saying he's seeing giant robotic insects. The [[Autobot]]s proceed to [[roll out]].

Meanwhile, the [[Decepticon]]s are searching for their Insecticon "allies". [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] has come up with a plan that will require their unique abilities. As [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] spots the Autobots, Megatron takes it as a chance to observe them in action. As the other ranger barely dodges a falling tree, the Autobots arrive. The Autobots and Insecticons throw down, until the Insecticons push a log down a hill that nearly crushes the Autobots. Our heroes jump into a river to avoid death, but they then fall over a waterfall...at least, that's what the Insecticons believe, for Hound used his [[Hologram|holograms]] to make it appear that the Autobots and humans fell over. After that, Megatron and the Decepticons arrive. He explains that he intends to attack [[Iron Mountain]], a human military base, but offers the Insecticons to gorge themselves at the [[Nova Power Plant]] if they help them. Overhearing this, the Autobots contact the [[Ark (G1)|base]].

[[Image:G1 InsecticonSyndrome Bombshell Soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Here's your problem, ma'am. See that? Termites.]]

Receiving their signal, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] leads a strike force to the Nova Power Plant. Unfortunately, the Decepticons are already there. The [[Seeker]]s quickly down the helicopters the humans have to defend the base, while Megs, Soundwave, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] go to stop the Autobots. The Insecticons reach the [[Nova Power Core]], which they proceed to drain. However, the [[proton]]s within the core cause them to [[Size changing|grow in size]], making them as [[Scale|large]] as Optimus Prime and Megatron. Soundwave overhears what is happening, but [[Bombshell]] implants him with a [[cerebro-shell]]. The Insecticons proceed to kick the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and the Autobots are forced to retreat with their fallen comrades. Megatron is pleased with the Insecticons' new power, unaware that the Insecticons plan to off him.

At the base, the [[Autobot]]s use [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] to calculate what will happen to the Insecticons. It says that the energy from the Power Core will cause the Insecticons to explode unless something is done. However, the Autobots receive a distress signal from Iron Mountain, where the Decepticons are attacking. If the Insecticons explode there, they'll kill everyone there. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and Wheeljack quickly work on an antidote.

[[Image:InsecticonSyndrome Inferno on hound.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]

At Iron Mountain, the Decepticons attack. However, the human defenses are surprisingly advanced for simple flesh creatures. Finally, [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] takes control of the human weapons, causing them to attack the base. The Autobots arrive, but are quickly buried in rubble by the Insecticons. Entering the base, Soundwave manages to access the computer. Megatron declares that it's time to eliminate the Insecticons, only to discover that his army has been taken over by the Insecticons. Bombshell fires a cerebro-shell into [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], but Megatron manages to grab the shell fired at him and destroy it. Having finally dug themselves out, the Autobots explain the explosive situation to Megatron. Fortunately, Ratchet and Wheeljack have arrived with an antidote.

[[Image:InsecticonSyndrome Shrapnel explode.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ahhh, my head asplode.]]

Heading into Iron Mountain, the Insecticons begin to reach critical mass, and will explode at any minute. As Megatron [[Transformation|transforms]] into [[Alternate mode|gun mode]] for Optimus to use, the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] uses the Decepticon leader to fire the antidotes into Bombshell and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]. However, Shrapnel manages to avoid his cure, so Spike bravely manages to get the cure into Shrapnel...who blows up anyway. The cures cause the cerebro-shells to deactivate, but also erase the information Soundwave downloaded. Bombshell uses a special shell to cause Shrapnel to reassemble, and the Insecticons run away, with the angry Decepticons in pursuit. With the Decepticons defeated, the day is saved.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (1)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (16)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (18)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (19)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (20)

|c2=
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (6)
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (7)
*[[Bombshell]] (8)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (12)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (13)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (14)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (21)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Jeff (ITS)|Jeff]], the young park ranger (4)
*[[Mike]], the old park ranger (9)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"HAHHAHAHAHAHEHEHHEEHHE! Insecticons always triumph, triumph."
:—'''Shrapnel'''

"The Insecticons have done well." 
"Yes...perhaps they should lead us." 
"You test my patience, Starscream."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' after the Insecticons defeat some Autobots.

"Well, if it isn't Megatron, and his merry mechanical men!"
:—'''Bombshell'''

"Oh boy, a robotoid turkey shoot!"
:—'''Inferno''' takes aim at Laserbeak and Buzzsaw.

"Power has made the Insecticons obnoxious." 
"''And'' invincible."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron'''

"What's the matter, Megatron? Weakling humans too tough for you, for you?"
:—'''Shrapnel''' to Megatron, after the latter has been shot by a human weapon.

"Ohhhh....that Nova Power Core is giving me heartburn...that is, if I have a heart." 
"If you have a ''brain'', you'll realize that we've got a battle to fight!"
:—'''Bombshell''' and '''Megatron'''

"Guys, you all right?" 
"Just great...if you don't mind two tons of Inferno sitting on your head plates." 
"Look, you get ten tons of boulders off my shoulder struts, and I'll get off your noggin."
:—'''Spike''', '''Hound''' and '''Inferno'''

"No one gets into my [[cranial chamber]]!"
:—'''Megatron''' crushing one of Bombshell's cerebro-shells

"Auugh, my cerebro-shell! My precious shell!" 
:—'''Bombshell''' reacting to the crushing of his cerebro-shell

"We Insecticons, know how to get... it... together!!"
:—'''Bombshell''' delivers a cheesy line after reassembling Shrapnel.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
* Starscream's Decepticon insignias are incorrectly the right way up when the Decepticons first approach the Insecticons.

* Megatron is missing his insignia entirely shortly after the attack on the Nova Power Plant begins.

* And finally, Jazz has a Decepticon insignia during a shot in the Ark after they discover the Insecticons are time bombs.

===Continuity errors===
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] is seen being part of the Autobot group attacking the power plant where the Insecticons are feeding, despite the fact that he is at the ark with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] at the Ark, coming up with an antidote for the insecticons. But hey, maybe it's supposed to be [[Ironhide (G1)|Iro]][[Palette swap|nh]][[Animation error|ide]].

* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] is part of the Autobot group that attacks Iron Mountain to stop the Insecticons. However, he is not seen in the final scene, after the Autobots win. Maybe he's still trapped under the boulders?

===Transformers references===
* This episode features the first appearances of [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. However, no explanation of their origins is given.

===Trivia===
[[Image:Insectsyndromespikeshoot.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Remember kids, guns are awesome!]]
* Inferno really gets the [[Introdump|spotlight]] this episode. He is Prime's right hand man in the Ark, and on the battlefield he's unstoppable. Jazz even gives him a high five. Clearly, Inferno is an [[To sell toys|integral member of the team.]]

* After he climbs up the electrical tower and gets electrocuted, Ironhide's forearm panel pops open and the word "Ironhide" is written on the circuits inside.

* While Megatron is out cold, Optimus transforms him into his gun mode.

* From the time Spike looks at his watch and issues the 30-second warning to the point where Shrapnel explodes, about 1 minute and 46 seconds pass. As well, when he gives Shrapnel his 10-second warning, it takes about 47 seconds until he detonates. (On a minor note, it takes Spike 6 out of the available 10 seconds to ''say'' that Shrapnel is going to explode.) Either their estimates on when the Insecticons would explode were off, or seconds are longer in this episode than they are elsewhere.

* Amongst the text that comes up on the Iron Mountain computer is a mess of BASIC programming commands and repeated "Syntax error"s.

* Bombshell sure gets upset when one of his (presumitively limitless) cerebro-shells is destroyed. Getting a little attached there buddy?

==Home video releases==
* [[The Original Transformers Volume 6: Evolution Revolution]] (VHS, [[February 22]], 2000)

==External link==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/the_insecticon_syndrome.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Insecticon Syndrome}}
[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]

The Insecticon Syndrome

2009-07-04T09:11:51Z

67.193.237.35: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=29
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=21
|image=Insectsyndromefeeding.jpg
|caption=I think they have a special shampoo for that.
|title="Open the door! Are you jacking on in there?"
|production code=#700-28
|airdate=[[October 9]], 1985
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Insecticons feed on a source of power which causes them to grow... and will cause them to explode if not cured.'''

:''Japanese title:'' インセクトロン・シンドローム (''Insectron Syndrome'')

==Synopsis==
[[Image:InsecticonSyndrome Beachcomber branch.jpg|left|200px|thumb|J'ACCUSE!]]

At a park, Jeff, a park ranger has called for help. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] respond, driving along a rocky road (and Bumblebee is especially having trouble). The ranger shows the Autobots some trees that appeared to have been chewed on by something. Beachcomber quickly realizes that something ''did'' chew on the trees, but not by an animal—it was the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. Meanwhile, the Insecticons are hiding in their current lair/hive/base thingy. They complain that the trees didn't fill them up the way that they wanted to, so the Insecticons decide to go feast on some redwoods. Meanwhile, Jeff is having trouble accepting the possibility of giant robotic insects (even though he's taking to a trio of [[Transformer|giant robotic cars]]). Suddenly, another ranger calls him, saying he's seeing giant robotic insects. The [[Autobot]]s proceed to [[roll out]].

Meanwhile, the [[Decepticon]]s are searching for their Insecticon "allies". [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] has come up with a plan that will require their unique abilities. As [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] spots the Autobots, Megatron takes it as a chance to observe them in action. As the other ranger barely dodges a falling tree, the Autobots arrive. The Autobots and Insecticons throw down, until the Insecticons push a log down a hill that nearly crushes the Autobots. Our heroes jump into a river to avoid death, but they then fall over a waterfall...at least, that's what the Insecticons believe, for Hound used his [[Hologram|holograms]] to make it appear that the Autobots and humans fell over. After that, Megatron and the Decepticons arrive. He explains that he intends to attack [[Iron Mountain]], a human military base, but offers the Insecticons to gorge themselves at the [[Nova Power Plant]] if they help them. Overhearing this, the Autobots contact the [[Ark (G1)|base]].

[[Image:G1 InsecticonSyndrome Bombshell Soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Here's your problem, ma'am. See that? Termites.]]

Receiving their signal, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] leads a strike force to the Nova Power Plant. Unfortunately, the Decepticons are already there. The [[Seeker]]s quickly down the helicopters the humans have to defend the base, while Megs, Soundwave, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] go to stop the Autobots. The Insecticons reach the [[Nova Power Core]], which they proceed to drain. However, the [[proton]]s within the core cause them to [[Size changing|grow in size]], making them as [[Scale|large]] as Optimus Prime and Megatron. Soundwave overhears what is happening, but [[Bombshell]] implants him with a [[cerebro-shell]]. The Insecticons proceed to kick the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and the Autobots are forced to retreat with their fallen comrades. Megatron is pleased with the Insecticons' new power, unaware that the Insecticons plan to off him.

At the base, the [[Autobot]]s use [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] to calculate what will happen to the Insecticons. It says that the energy from the Power Core will cause the Insecticons to explode unless something is done. However, the Autobots receive a distress signal from Iron Mountain, where the Decepticons are attacking. If the Insecticons explode there, they'll kill everyone there. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and Wheeljack quickly work on an antidote.

[[Image:InsecticonSyndrome Inferno on hound.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]

At Iron Mountain, the Decepticons attack. However, the human defenses are surprisingly advanced for simple flesh creatures. Finally, [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] takes control of the human weapons, causing them to attack the base. The Autobots arrive, but are quickly buried in rubble by the Insecticons. Entering the base, Soundwave manages to access the computer. Megatron declares that it's time to eliminate the Insecticons, only to discover that his army has been taken over by the Insecticons. Bombshell fires a cerebro-shell into [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], but Megatron manages to grab the shell fired at him and destroy it. Having finally dug themselves out, the Autobots explain the explosive situation to Megatron. Fortunately, Ratchet and Wheeljack have arrived with an antidote.

[[Image:InsecticonSyndrome Shrapnel explode.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ahhh, my head asplode.]]

Heading into Iron Mountain, the Insecticons begin to reach critical mass, and will explode at any minute. As Megatron [[Transformation|transforms]] into [[Alternate mode|gun mode]] for Optimus to use, the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] uses the Decepticon leader to fire the antidotes into Bombshell and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]. However, Shrapnel manages to avoid his cure, so Spike bravely manages to get the cure into Shrapnel...who blows up anyway. The cures cause the cerebro-shells to deactivate, but also erase the information Soundwave downloaded. Bombshell uses a special shell to cause Shrapnel to reassemble, and the Insecticons run away, with the angry Decepticons in pursuit. With the Decepticons defeated, the day is saved.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (1)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (16)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (18)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (19)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (20)

|c2=
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (6)
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (7)
*[[Bombshell]] (8)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (12)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (13)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (14)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (21)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Jeff (ITS)|Jeff]], the young park ranger (4)
*[[Mike]], the old park ranger (9)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"HAHHAHAHAHAHEHEHHEEHHE! Insecticons always triumph, triumph."
:—'''Shrapnel'''

"The Insecticons have done well." 
"Yes...perhaps they should lead us." 
"You test my patience, Starscream."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' after the Insecticons defeat some Autobots.

"Well, if it isn't Megatron, and his merry mechanical men!"
:—'''Bombshell'''

"Oh boy, a robotoid turkey shoot!"
:—'''Inferno''' takes aim at Laserbeak and Buzzsaw.

"Power has made the Insecticons obnoxious." 
"''And'' invincible."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron'''

"What's the matter, Megatron? Weakling humans too tough for you, for you?"
:—'''Shrapnel''' to Megatron, after the latter has been shot by a human weapon.

"Ohhhh....that Nova Power Core is giving me heartburn...that is, if I have a heart." 
"If you have a ''brain'', you'll realize that we've got a battle to fight!"
:—'''Bombshell''' and '''Megatron'''

"Guys, you all right?" 
"Just great...if you don't mind two tons of Inferno sitting on your head plates." 
"Look, you get ten tons of boulders off my shoulder struts, and I'll get off your noggin."
:—'''Spike''', '''Hound''' and '''Inferno'''

"No one gets into my [[cranial chamber]]!"
:—'''Megatron''' crushing one of Bombshell's cerebro-shells

"Auugh, my cerebro-shell! My precious shell!" 
:—'''Bombshell''' reacting to the crushing of his cerebro-shell

"We Insecticons, know how to get... it... together!!"
:—'''Bombshell''' delivers a cheesy line after reassembling Shrapnel.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
* Starscream's Decepticon insignias are incorrectly the right way up when the Decepticons first approach the Insecticons.

* Megatron is missing his insignia entirely shortly after the attack on the Nova Power Plant begins.

* And finally, Jazz has a Decepticon insignia during a shot in the Ark after they discover the Insecticons are time bombs.

===Continuity errors===
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] is seen being part of the Autobot group attacking the power plant where the Insecticons are feeding, despite the fact that he is at the ark with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] at the Ark, coming up with an antidote for the insecticons. But hey, maybe it's supposed to be [[Ironhide (G1)|Iro]][[Pallette Swap|nh]][[Animation Error|ide]].

* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] is part of the Autobot group that attacks Iron Mountain to stop the Insecticons. However, he is not seen in the final scene, after the Autobots win. Maybe he's still trapped under the boulders?

===Transformers references===
* This episode features the first appearances of [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. However, no explanation of their origins is given.

===Trivia===
[[Image:Insectsyndromespikeshoot.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Remember kids, guns are awesome!]]
* Inferno really gets the [[Introdump|spotlight]] this episode. He is Prime's right hand man in the Ark, and on the battlefield he's unstoppable. Jazz even gives him a high five. Clearly, Inferno is an [[To sell toys|integral member of the team.]]

* After he climbs up the electrical tower and gets electrocuted, Ironhide's forearm panel pops open and the word "Ironhide" is written on the circuits inside.

* While Megatron is out cold, Optimus transforms him into his gun mode.

* From the time Spike looks at his watch and issues the 30-second warning to the point where Shrapnel explodes, about 1 minute and 46 seconds pass. As well, when he gives Shrapnel his 10-second warning, it takes about 47 seconds until he detonates. (On a minor note, it takes Spike 6 out of the available 10 seconds to ''say'' that Shrapnel is going to explode.) Either their estimates on when the Insecticons would explode were off, or seconds are longer in this episode than they are elsewhere.

* Amongst the text that comes up on the Iron Mountain computer is a mess of BASIC programming commands and repeated "Syntax error"s.

* Bombshell sure gets upset when one of his (presumitively limitless) cerebro-shells is destroyed. Getting a little attached there buddy?

==Home video releases==
* [[The Original Transformers Volume 6: Evolution Revolution]] (VHS, [[February 22]], 2000)

==External link==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/the_insecticon_syndrome.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Insecticon Syndrome}}
[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]

The Insecticon Syndrome

2009-07-04T08:51:48Z

67.193.237.35: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=29
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=21
|image=Insectsyndromefeeding.jpg
|caption=I think they have a special shampoo for that.
|title="Open the door! Are you jacking on in there?"
|production code=#700-28
|airdate=[[October 9]], 1985
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Insecticons feed on a source of power which causes them to grow... and will cause them to explode if not cured.'''

:''Japanese title:'' インセクトロン・シンドローム (''Insectron Syndrome'')

==Synopsis==
[[Image:InsecticonSyndrome Beachcomber branch.jpg|left|200px|thumb|J'ACCUSE!]]

At a park, Jeff, a park ranger has called for help. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] respond, driving along a rocky road (and Bumblebee is especially having trouble). The ranger shows the Autobots some trees that appeared to have been chewed on by something. Beachcomber quickly realizes that something ''did'' chew on the trees, but not by an animal—it was the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. Meanwhile, the Insecticons are hiding in their current lair/hive/base thingy. They complain that the trees didn't fill them up the way that they wanted to, so the Insecticons decide to go feast on some redwoods. Meanwhile, Jeff is having trouble accepting the possibility of giant robotic insects (even though he's taking to a trio of [[Transformer|giant robotic cars]]). Suddenly, another ranger calls him, saying he's seeing giant robotic insects. The [[Autobot]]s proceed to [[roll out]].

Meanwhile, the [[Decepticon]]s are searching for their Insecticon "allies". [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] has come up with a plan that will require their unique abilities. As [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] spots the Autobots, Megatron takes it as a chance to observe them in action. As the other ranger barely dodges a falling tree, the Autobots arrive. The Autobots and Insecticons throw down, until the Insecticons push a log down a hill that nearly crushes the Autobots. Our heroes jump into a river to avoid death, but they then fall over a waterfall...at least, that's what the Insecticons believe, for Hound used his [[Hologram|holograms]] to make it appear that the Autobots and humans fell over. After that, Megatron and the Decepticons arrive. He explains that he intends to attack [[Iron Mountain]], a human military base, but offers the Insecticons to gorge themselves at the [[Nova Power Plant]] if they help them. Overhearing this, the Autobots contact the [[Ark (G1)|base]].

[[Image:G1 InsecticonSyndrome Bombshell Soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Here's your problem, ma'am. See that? Termites.]]

Receiving their signal, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] leads a strike force to the Nova Power Plant. Unfortunately, the Decepticons are already there. The [[Seeker]]s quickly down the helicopters the humans have to defend the base, while Megs, Soundwave, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] go to stop the Autobots. The Insecticons reach the [[Nova Power Core]], which they proceed to drain. However, the [[proton]]s within the core cause them to [[Size changing|grow in size]], making them as [[Scale|large]] as Optimus Prime and Megatron. Soundwave overhears what is happening, but [[Bombshell]] implants him with a [[cerebro-shell]]. The Insecticons proceed to kick the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and the Autobots are forced to retreat with their fallen comrades. Megatron is pleased with the Insecticons' new power, unaware that the Insecticons plan to off him.

At the base, the [[Autobot]]s use [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] to calculate what will happen to the Insecticons. It says that the energy from the Power Core will cause the Insecticons to explode unless something is done. However, the Autobots receive a distress signal from Iron Mountain, where the Decepticons are attacking. If the Insecticons explode there, they'll kill everyone there. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and Wheeljack quickly work on an antidote.

[[Image:InsecticonSyndrome Inferno on hound.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]

At Iron Mountain, the Decepticons attack. However, the human defenses are surprisingly advanced for simple flesh creatures. Finally, [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] takes control of the human weapons, causing them to attack the base. The Autobots arrive, but are quickly buried in rubble by the Insecticons. Entering the base, Soundwave manages to access the computer. Megatron declares that it's time to eliminate the Insecticons, only to discover that his army has been taken over by the Insecticons. Bombshell fires a cerebro-shell into [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], but Megatron manages to grab the shell fired at him and destroy it. Having finally dug themselves out, the Autobots explain the explosive situation to Megatron. Fortunately, Ratchet and Wheeljack have arrived with an antidote.

[[Image:InsecticonSyndrome Shrapnel explode.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ahhh, my head asplode.]]

Heading into Iron Mountain, the Insecticons begin to reach critical mass, and will explode at any minute. As Megatron [[Transformation|transforms]] into [[Alternate mode|gun mode]] for Optimus to use, the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] uses the Decepticon leader to fire the antidotes into Bombshell and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]. However, Shrapnel manages to avoid his cure, so Spike bravely manages to get the cure into Shrapnel...who blows up anyway. The cures cause the cerebro-shells to deactivate, but also erase the information Soundwave downloaded. Bombshell uses a special shell to cause Shrapnel to reassemble, and the Insecticons run away, with the angry Decepticons in pursuit. With the Decepticons defeated, the day is saved.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (1)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (16)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (18)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (19)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (20)

|c2=
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (6)
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (7)
*[[Bombshell]] (8)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (12)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (13)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (14)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (21)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Jeff (ITS)|Jeff]], the young park ranger (4)
*[[Mike]], the old park ranger (9)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"HAHHAHAHAHAHEHEHHEEHHE! Insecticons always triumph, triumph."
:—'''Shrapnel'''

"The Insecticons have done well." 
"Yes...perhaps they should lead us." 
"You test my patience, Starscream."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' after the Insecticons defeat some Autobots.

"Well, if it isn't Megatron, and his merry mechanical men!"
:—'''Bombshell'''

"Oh boy, a robotoid turkey shoot!"
:—'''Inferno''' takes aim at Laserbeak and Buzzsaw.

"Power has made the Insecticons obnoxious." 
"''And'' invincible."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron'''

"What's the matter, Megatron? Weakling humans too tough for you, for you?"
:—'''Shrapnel''' to Megatron, after the latter has been shot by a human weapon.

"Ohhhh....that Nova Power Core is giving me heartburn...that is, if I have a heart." 
"If you have a ''brain'', you'll realize that we've got a battle to fight!"
:—'''Bombshell''' and '''Megatron'''

"Guys, you all right?" 
"Just great...if you don't mind two tons of Inferno sitting on your head plates." 
"Look, you get ten tons of boulders off my shoulder struts, and I'll get off your noggin."
:—'''Spike''', '''Hound''' and '''Inferno'''

"No one gets into my [[cranial chamber]]!"
:—'''Megatron''' crushing one of Bombshell's cerebro-shells

"Auugh, my cerebro-shell! My precious shell!" 
:—'''Bombshell''' reacting to the crushing of his cerebro-shell

"We Insecticons, know how to get... it... together!!"
:—'''Bombshell''' delivers a cheesy line after reassembling Shrapnel.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
* Starscream's Decepticon insignias are incorrectly the right way up when the Decepticons first approach the Insecticons.

* Megatron is missing his insignia entirely shortly after the attack on the Nova Power Plant begins.

* And finally, Jazz has a Decepticon insignia during a shot in the Ark after they discover the Insecticons are time bombs.

===Continuity errors===
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] is part of the Autobot group attacking the power plant where the Insecticons are feeding. However, he seems to be missing when the Autobots have to recover the damaged [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], which is curious, as he is the medic.

* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] is part of the Autobot group that attacks Iron Mountain to stop the Insecticons. However, he is not seen in the final scene, after the Autobots win. Maybe he's still trapped under the boulders?

===Transformers references===
* This episode features the first appearances of [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. However, no explanation of their origins is given.

===Trivia===
[[Image:Insectsyndromespikeshoot.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Remember kids, guns are awesome!]]
* Inferno really gets the [[Introdump|spotlight]] this episode. He is Prime's right hand man in the Ark, and on the battlefield he's unstoppable. Jazz even gives him a high five. Clearly, Inferno is an [[To sell toys|integral member of the team.]]

* After he climbs up the electrical tower and gets electrocuted, Ironhide's forearm panel pops open and the word "Ironhide" is written on the circuits inside.

* While Megatron is out cold, Optimus transforms him into his gun mode.

* From the time Spike looks at his watch and issues the 30-second warning to the point where Shrapnel explodes, about 1 minute and 46 seconds pass. As well, when he gives Shrapnel his 10-second warning, it takes about 47 seconds until he detonates. (On a minor note, it takes Spike 6 out of the available 10 seconds to ''say'' that Shrapnel is going to explode.) Either their estimates on when the Insecticons would explode were off, or seconds are longer in this episode than they are elsewhere.

* Amongst the text that comes up on the Iron Mountain computer is a mess of BASIC programming commands and repeated "Syntax error"s.

* Bombshell sure gets upset when one of his (presumitively limitless) cerebro-shells is destroyed. Getting a little attached there buddy?

==Home video releases==
* [[The Original Transformers Volume 6: Evolution Revolution]] (VHS, [[February 22]], 2000)

==External link==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/the_insecticon_syndrome.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Insecticon Syndrome}}
[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]

Starscream's Brigade

2009-07-03T09:58:35Z

67.193.237.35: /* Animation or technical glitches */

{{episode
|image=Starscreams_brigade_5_letsgo.jpg
|caption=Surely, this will be his moment to shine...or not.
|series=G1toon
|ep=62
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=53
|title="Starscream's Brigade"
|written by=[[Michael Charles Hill]]
|production code=700-61
|airdate=[[January 7]], 1986
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''After his latest attempt to overthrow Megatron's rule of the Decepticons, Starscream is banished from HQ, but this time, he hatches a plan...'''

:''Japanese title:'' スタースクリーム軍団 (''Starscream Gundan'', "Starscream's Brigade")
:''German'' Generation 2 ''title:'' "'''Starscreams großer Kampf'''" ("Starscreams big Fight")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Starscreamsbrigade1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]
Decades ago, when life existed only in black and white, humans waged war on one another on the island of [[Guadalcanal]] in the south Pacific. Some of their wrecked vehicles remained there as of 1985, where our story begins...

Within [[Decepticon space cruiser|Decepticon headquarters]], Starscream and Megatron are having a spat. Predictably, it ends with Starscream shooting Megatron in the back and proclaiming himself the new leader. Megatron's tougher than that, though, and after waking up a few seconds later, he blasts Starscream and has Laserbeak dump him on Guadalcanal.

Humiliated and infuriated, Starscream stumbles upon the remnants of some old World War II vehicles, which inspire him to create an army of his own. Entering the space bridge by threatening Skywarp, he travels to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and steals the [[personality component]]s of five renegade Decepticons. Installing them into the wrecked vehicles, he transforms them into the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. The quarrelsome warriors threaten to simply beat Starscream to a pulp, until he reveals that their new bodies do not contain energy absorbers, without which they cannot refuel: "No energy, no life." In exchange for the needed equipment, the Combaticons agree to obey Starscream's orders for the moment.

At the unveiling of the [[Optimus Prime Memorial]], Starscream and the Combaticons attack and kidnap Jazz and Cliffjumper. At the [[Decepticon space cruiser|Decepticon base]], Shockwave informs Megatron that the Combaticons' personality components are missing. Assuming the [[Autobot|Autobots]] are responsible, Megatron launches an attack on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. However, Optimus Prime's demand to turn over Jazz and Cliffjumper causes Megatron to suspect Starscream.

[[Image:Starscreamsbrigade2.jpg|right|180px|thumb|We all lost weight on the Subway diet!]]

Starscream and the Combaticons attack the Decepticons while they're attempting to refuel, allowing Starscream to capture Dirge and Ramjet as well, bringing their energy absorber count to four. Megatron, meanwhile, rallies his troops, and moves against Starscream and his army. In the ensuing battle, Megatron's trump card, Devastator, is easily brushed aside when Starscream reveals that the Combaticons can likewise combine into a single titan: [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]! The massive combiner scoops up Megatron in one hand and forces him to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader.

The Autobots use the battle's distraction to rescue Jazz and Cliffjumper; meanwhile, the late-arriving [[Stunticon|Stunticons]] look over the situation, and decide that Starscream is too likely to continue his rampage. Merging into Menasor, they defeat the unsuspecting Bruticus with one massive punch.

From the resultant crater, Megatron emerges; grabbing Starscream by the throat, he decrees that he and his army are banished from Earth. The usurpers are hauled away by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and left stranded on a distant asteroid in deep space... from which Starscream swears vengeance.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (18)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (19)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (21)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (22)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (23)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (24)
*[[Gears]] (25)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (27)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (38)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (39)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (40)
*[[Grapple]] (43)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (44)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (5)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (6)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (7)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (8)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (9)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (10)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (11)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (12)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (13)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (14)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (15)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (16)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (20)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (26)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (28)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (29)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (30)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (31)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (32)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (33)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (34)
*[[Drag Strip]] (35)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (36
*[[Motormaster]] (37)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (41)
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (42)
*[[Wildrider]] (45)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (46)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (47)

|c3=
*World War II soldiers (1)
*[[Marty Minkler]] (17)
}}

==Notable quotes==
"NOBODY TURNS THEIR BACK ON ME!"
:—'''Starscream''', as Megatron turns his back on him.

"I would like to welcome two members of the Autobot team: Jazz, and Cliffjump." 
"Uh, that's Cliffjumper."
:—'''Marty Minkler''' and '''Cliffjumper'''.

"I see incompetence breeds even more incompetence. HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
:—'''Megatron''' to Starscream, after the latter fails in his attempt to destroy the Decepticon leader.

"Now, Megatron: who is the new Decepticon leader?" 
"Uhm... you are." 
"I can't hear you!" 
"You are!" 
"I am now the leader of all Decepticons!"
:—'''Megatron''' in the grip of Bruticus (literally), and '''Starscream'''.

'''Motormaster''': Megatron's in trouble. 
'''Dead End''': Who cares. 
'''Wildrider''': It looks like Starscream's defeated him. 
'''Dead End''': So? 
'''Motormaster''': So, you think Starscream's going to stop here? 
'''Dead End''': Good point. He never knows when to quit. 
'''Motormaster''': Stunticons, unite to form Menasor!
:—Motormaster, Dead End and Wildrider, surveying Starscream's victory.

"Bruticus?" 
"No Starscream, ''not'' Bruticus. It's Megatron - your leader!" 
"Megatron, no, wait, please!" 
"This time, it really is 'goodbye', Starscream! Astrotrain, get him and his giant ally off this planet! ...They are banished from Earth... forever!" 
"You'll regret that you did not destroy me Megatron! I shall have my revenge!"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron''' after the Decepticon leader survives Starscream's latest mutiny.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
[[Image:StarscreamsBrigade Soundwave eyes.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Maybe Megatron isn't the one Starscream should be worried about...]]
*During the first scene in Decepticon headquarters, right before and immediately after Starscream shoots Megatron in the back (about a minute and a half into the episode), Soundwave's visor is absent. He appears to have two separate, red optics instead, which, when compared to his usually emotionless expression, is actually kind of scary. Infact,It kinda looks like a Soundwave-coloured Optimus Prime head. In addition, his tape door has the wrong shape.
*At several points in the episode, such as when Starscream approaches the Space Bridge, his eye colour changes from red to blue.
*When Megatron is attacking the Autobot headquarters, a black Thrust can be seen standing to his left. The camera cuts to Prime, and then back to Megatron, who now has a properly decoed Thrust standing to his right.
*When Starscream says, "Don't think that it hasn't been fun." when he confronts Megatron, his wings are missing. Briefly afterwards, when Megatron says, "I see incompetence breeds even more incompetence!", Starscream's wings appear slightly bigger than they're supposed to be.
*When Megatron rallies the Decepticons before going after Starscream, Shockwave is seen among the group, even though he had been shown to still be on Cybertron.
*When Powerglide flies over the Decepticons, his plane mode is not only white, but a different model. Or, [[Bad Boy|could it be...?]]
*As usual, Devastator's transformation sequence is all kinds of screwy. This time, Hook transforms not only into his own portion of Devastator, but also most of Long Haul's and much of Bonecrusher and Scavenger's as well. A second later, Bonecrusher and Scavenger transform into their usual Devastator components—including the parts that Hook already formed!
* Devastator repeatedly switches between having separate eyes and his usual eyeband.
* Devastator's voice is missing its usual self-echo.
* Devastator then gets his tail kicked. Can you tell he's no longer a new toy, folks?

===Continuity errors===
* Starscream maintains control of the Combaticons by not installing [[energy absorber]]s into them, thereby preventing them from re-energising, and a repeated point is made that they must capture five Transformers in order to take their energy absorbers for the Combaticons. Yet the Combaticons are somehow able to recharge after capturing only four Transformers.
* After the Autobots figure out what's happening with Starscream and Megatron, Optimus dramatically orders his troops to "Transform and [[roll out]]!" But it seems they forgot to figure out where they were going; they're never shown arriving anywhere! The next time we see the Autobots, Optimus and Powerglide are once again standing in front of [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], and Optimus orders Powerglide to search for Starscream. Who says Prime doesn't learn from his mistakes?
*This episode was aired ''after'' "[[Aerial Assault]]", which also featured the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]].

===Transformers references===
* Earth builds a [[Optimus Prime Memorial|memorial]] to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] before he's even dead...[[The Transformers: The Movie|Ominous]].

===Real-world references===
*Elements of World War II are shown in the episode with the abandoned military vehicles.

===Trivia===
*According to the Generation 1 [[production bible]], this episode was titled "30 Seconds over Megatron" before broadcast. [http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage88.html]
* Number of times that somebody says "Jazz and Cliffjumper": 7
* The Japanese dub of the episode (poorly) super-imposes Japanese translations of the captions during the World War II recap, which shows the combaticon's origins.

==Home video releases==
* [[The Original Transformers Volume 3: Programmed for Evil]] (1999)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/starscream's_brigade.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]

Battle Patrol

2009-07-02T09:33:41Z

67.193.237.35: /* Generation 1 */

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{{disambig2|the four-bot Autobot Micromaster team|the six-bot Decepticon Micromaster Combiner team|Battle Squad}}

:''The Battle Patrol is a team of [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]]s from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Micromaster Battle patrol.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Left to right: Big Shot, Sunrunner, Sidetrack, Flak Japanese: Gunlift, Sunrunner, Sidetrack, Powerbomb]]
The '''Battle Patrol''' consists of

* [[Big Shot]]
* [[Flak]]
* [[Sidetrack]]
* [[Sunrunner]]

:''Japanese name'': '''Battle Patrol Team'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
''The Battle Patrol were created on Cybertron in the 20th century using the Micromaster process, under the oversight of [[Xaaron|Emirate Xaaron]]. Because the Micromaster process was so revolutionary, each Autobot Micromaster was outfitted with a self-destruct button in case they were captured, to prevent the Decepticons from acquiring the technology.''

''Big Shot led his team on a mission deep inside Decepticon territory, only to learn that they had been lured there by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], in order to get ahold of the Micromasters for examination. Big Shot momentarily considered using the self-destructs in his team, as he had been ordered to do, but ultimately the "Never say die!" Autobot fighting spirit won out, and the Battle Patrol resolved to go down fighting. Well, they did. Thunderwing captured the Battle Patrol and used their circuitry to reverse engineer the process, creating the first Decepticon Micromasters. [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]] and a team of Autobot Micros managed to retrieve the Battle Patrol before they were finally disposed of, though. {{storylink|A Small War!}}''

''While many Autobot Micromasters eventually traveled to Earth to join [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the Battle Patrol did not, and were never seen again.''

===''Zone'' OVA, manga and story pages===
[[Image:Zone militaryteam.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Zone version of the Battle Patrol.]]

When [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]] initiated the "Zone Project", the Battle Patrol helped rebuild planet [[Micro]] into planet Zone. To counter this threat, [[Violen Jiger]] began conquering planets in order to create his own [[Decepticon Zone]]. The Race Car Patrol and all other [[Micromaster]] teams were then sent on patrol across the galaxy, specifically to planets where their unique skills could do the most good. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

When [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] attacked the planet [[Feminia]], the Battle Patrol were among several units of Micromasters deployed to stop him. Through teamwork, they proved triumphant. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 2}}

The Battle Patrol Team were present at the [[Zone Base]] on planet [[Micro|Zone]] when it was attacked by four of the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], who tore through the counter-attacking Micromasters to steal the powerful [[Energon Z]] kept there. The Battle Patrol Team did its best to stop the mighty attackers, but their weapons caused little more than mocking laughter from the huge Decepticons. Undeterred, they boarded [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown's]] rocket and pursued the villains to [[Earth]], where they battled the other half of the Demon Generals. Again being absolutely incapable of even hurting their opponents, the Battle Team Patrol along with their fellow [[Micromaster]]s were on the verge of extinction only to be saved by the [[Powered Master]]s [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sonic Bomber]], who arrived just in the nick of time to kick the Decepticons' butts. The Battle Team Patrol's members all survived and later cheered for their new [[Supreme Commander]], Dai Atlas. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

When the [[Powered Master]]s flew off to the [[Tenth Planet]] for their showdown with Violen Jiger, all the Micromaster teams took command of Zone and vowed to keep it safe in their Commander's absence. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 10}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Micromaster-battlepatrol-toys.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Red pants, blue pants, brown pants, and no pants.]]
*'''Battle Patrol''' (Micromaster Patrol, 1989)

: All four members of the Battle Patrol came packaged on a single card, as part of the first year of Micromasters assortments. Their transformations are fairly diverse in comparison to the legions of identically-engineered Micromasters that came later.

===Zone===
*'''Battle Patrol Team''' (Micro Transformer team, 1990)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-332'''

: The Japanese version of the Battle Patrol comes in a considerably different coloration: Big Shot (Gunlift) and Sidetrack go to deep brown and dark olive, while Flak (Powerbomb) and Sunrunner go blue and white. Early versions of this set also used yellow (!) plastic rather than the medium gray found on everyone but Sunrunner. This variation naturally goes for a fair bit more than the "corrected" version on the secondary market.

It ''could'' potentially be argued that, given their different names and coloration, the Battle Patrol Team are different characters to the Battle Patrol, but as they never received ''any'' characterization, it's really not worth the time or effort. We're sure they were childlike and precocious and such.

===Return of Convoy===
*'''Battle Patrol Team''' (Micro Trailer team, 1991)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-374'''
**''Accessories'': Micro Trailer #11

: The "corrected-color" version of the Battle Patrol Team was re-released in ''[[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]'' with no alterations. It did come with an extra that the ''[[Zone (toyline)|Zone]]'' version lacked; [[Micro Trailer]] #11.

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