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'''The Decepticons scheme to conquer a race of primitive humanoids by exploiting their religious beliefs.'''<br />
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*'''Japanese title:''' "Sky Gods"<br />
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==Detailed synopsis==<br />
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The episode opens with [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] chasing [[Cosmos]] through space, shooting him down where he crash-lands on [[Titan]], one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. On the surface, slaves are forced by the high priest [[Jero]] to worship a false god statue and give tribute. Rebels led by [[Talaria]] try to break this up and denounce the false god for what it is, but Cosmos' crash-landing convinces the slaves that the gods must be angry.<br />
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Astrotrain, seeing what's going on, decides to play [[wikipedia:goa'uld|Goa'uld]] and tell the people he is a god to enslave them and extract Cosmos' data tracks, in addition to mining the energy crystals of Titan. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] is not happy about playing second fiddle.<br />
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One of the rebels activates Cosmos' transceiver, and communicates with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] on Earth. [[Jazz]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] head to Titan aboard [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (who, for some reason, runs out of fuel on a trip from Earth to Saturn, even though he can fly to Cybertron on most occasions), defeat Astrotrain, and free the enslaved people. As Jazz puts it, "We're not gods and never claimed to be".<br />
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==Stats==<br />
'''Original airdate:''' October 28, 1985<br />
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'''Production number:''' 700-41<br />
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'''Written by:''' [[Buzz Dixon]]<br />
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==Notable quotes==<br />
"Here's the church. Here's the steeple. Open the doors and where are the people?!"<br><br />
:- '''Starscream''', playing the role of [[Wheelie]]<br />
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"We're not gods and never claimed to be."<br><br />
:- '''Jazz'''<br />
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"Sarcasm, not appreciated."<br><br />
:- '''Omega Supreme'''<br />
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"Sorry to bust up your revival, but the Lady ain't got her heart in it."<br><br />
:- '''Jazz''' while saving Talaria from being sacrificed.<br />
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"Mighty Astrotrain, what about me?!"<br><br />
"Die, like the worm you are!"<br><br />
:- '''Jero''' learns that he shouldn't have worshipped '''Astrotrain'''<br />
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===Miscellaneous trivia===<br />
*[[Astrotrain]] seems out of character in this episode, especially with him ordering Starscream around. It would seem that this episode ''may have'' been originally written for [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in the Astrotrain role and quickly re-written in order to feature Astrotrain (who was, not coincidentally, a new toy at the time). This would explain Starscream's deference (and apparent fear) of Astrotrain, plus Astrotrain's Megatron-esque dialogue.<br />
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* Strangely, the existence of a primitive humanoid civilization on Titan was never brought up again in official TF fiction.<br />
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* This was one of several episodes subjected to the [[MSTF]] treatment at [[BotCon 1999]].<br />
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[[Religion]], [[Slavery]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/the_god_gambit.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronical]<br />
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808854/ IMDb's page for this episode]<br />
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