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Megatron Resurrected

2011-02-06T04:24:44Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

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{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=6
|prev=The New Cybertron City
|next=Megatron Raid
|title="Megatron Resurrected"
|japanese=復活! ガルバトロン
|romaji=Fukkatsu! Galvatron
|translation=Resurrection! Galvatron
|image=Energon MegatronResurrected titlecloseup.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[February 13|13 February]] [[2004]] (Japan) [[March 6]], 2004 (US)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''With the Autobots under pressure from constant attacks, things take a turn for the worse as Megatron returns from the dead.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Energon MegatronisBack.jpg|left|150px|thumb|"Galvatron is no more... behold: Megatron!" ...whaaat?]]

As [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] narrates, over the past several months, the [[Autobot]]s under the command of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] have been on edge due to the ceaseless attacks by the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s. As the enemy swoops down on [[Blizzard City]], Inferno's command, he believed that this time the Autobots were ready for them, Blizzard City's defensive cannons blasting the [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] drones out of the sky. On the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] leads Terrorcons over the remains of the Autobot base where cannons appear out of the ground, swiftly destroying the drones. At [[Canyon City]], [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] uses a similar tactic to lure [[Battle Ravage]] drones into the firing line of artillery cannons embedded into canyon rock. [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] expresses frustration at the new defenses on [[Earth]] preventing their quest to secure [[energon (Energon)|energon]].

At [[Jungle City]] in the [[Amazon]], as they watch [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] [[Omnicon]]s install defense cannons into the city, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] congratulates [[Misha Miramond|Misha]] on coming up with the idea to use energon to power their weapons. She dejectedly responds that in truth, that idea was unintentional, as she was researching peaceful usages for energon. Kicker tries to cheer her up by explaining that their weapons are to defend themselves. As Misha mentions what a mentor [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]] had been to her, Kicker senses an imminent attack on their location.

Outside, Optimus Prime defends Jungle City against the first wave of Terrorcons led by the treacherous [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]. As the city explodes around them, the Omnicons are annoyed at interruptions to their important work. Misha orders the [[human]] crew to open their unfinished artillery bays and fire on the enemy. The Omnicons finally complete work, but the humans need to wait for their energon levels to rise.

[[Image:EnergonMegatron punishScorponok.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Meet my subordinates... ...General Foot and Major Fist!]]

Kicker lassos a Battle Ravage drone and allows it to lead him to Jungle City's energon mines and sniff out the energon, to the gratitude of the Omnicons. With their power at maximum, the defensive artillery sends [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]], [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] and the surviving Terrorcons packing. [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and Ironhide arrives via the [[space bridge]] soon after the enemy retreat, with the younger Autobot expressing disappointment at missing out on battle.

Inside [[Unicron]], Alpha Q angrily berates Scorponok for their defeat, stating that they don't have enough energon to revive [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], and even more for Unicron. Inside the cavern with Megatron's corpse, Cyclonus and Tidal Wave apologize to their dead leader for not securing the energon needed to revive him. Cyclonus then told Tidal Wave that they will never revive Megatron, kicking his leader's corpse. Suddenly, Megatron's voice filled the cavern, telling his former minion to stop doing that. When Tidal Wave defends Megatron, Cyclonus reminded him how badly they were always treated and that he prefers Megatron to stay this way, kicking the corpse again. And again Megatron asks Cyclonus what he just said. Scorponok enters brandishing Megatron's [[Energon Sword]], claiming that Megatron has been stealing their energon reserves and that the Terrorcon intends to rectify the problem, to the shock of Cyclonus and Tidal Wave. Megatron begins to drain energon from Unicron, prompting Scorponok to stab the spark sword into Megatron's chest, ceasing the energy flow. Suddenly, the energon drain violently restarts, and pulls the Energon Sword completely into Megatron's chest. As the other Transformers watch in awed shock, Megatron bursts out of his old body like an insect in a cocoon.

Megatron demands to know who had dared to use his power, and promises that the transgressor will pay for their disrespect. Quickly destroying Scorponok's summoned Divebomb drones, Megatron tears off the Terrorcon general's tail and proceeds to beat him into a mangled pulp. Megatron is about to deliver a killing blow when Scorponok says that his actions were at the bidding of Alpha Q. Megatron decides to spare Scorponok for now, but [[Branding|brands]] the Terrorcon with a Decepticon symbol and forces him to lead the Decepticons to Alpha Q. Alpha Q greets Megatron amicably, but soon realizes that Megatron has taken control of the Terrorcons. Alpha Q runs, with the Decepticons in pursuit, chasing him to what appears to be a dead end. As Megatron gloats, Alpha Q defiantly declares that while Megatron may have been stealing their energon, only Alpha Q had been carrying out Unicron's agenda. With that, the section Alpha Q had taken refuge in splits apart from the rest of Unicron's body, revealing itself to be the Chaos Bringer's head. Megatron can only watch as the head warps itself to destinations unknown, but quickly declares to his men that they should forget the treacherous alien and concentrate on attacking the Autobots and securing energon, despite Scorponok's advice of extreme caution.

At [[Ocean City]], Kicker demands the space bridge be opened, for radar has picked up an attack on [[Plains City]]. Despite Ironhide's assurances that Hot Shot will be able to handle it, Kicker doubts that they can deal with the new threat. At the battle of Plains City, Megatron holds the battered Scorponok as his personal shield against the Autobot defense artillery before throwing the Terrorcon commander into the water below. On the ground, Hot Shot cannot believe his optics as Megatron flies into his line of fire.

It is the next morning as reinforcements arrive at the devastated Plains City, and are greeted by a victorious Megatron. Noting their obvious surprise, Megatron tosses Hot Shot's [[stasis lock]]ed body (minus an arm) at the Autobots' feet, to the shock of Ironhide.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (1)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (3)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (6)
* [[Energon Saber]] (7)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (8)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (14)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (18)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (17)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (11)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (15)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (16)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (9)
* [[Misha Miramond]] (10)
* Jungle City scientists (13)

|c4=
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] (2)
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (4)
* [[Battle Ravage]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"Megatron lives! Megatron lives! Megatron lives!"
:—'''Tidal Wave''' reacting to Megatron's resurrection.

"I...am...back."
:—'''Megatron''''s first words after his rebirth.

'"Who is this one... who ''dares'' to use my power? Tell me!" 
"I didn't think you'd notice. You seemed a bit...distracted." 
"You'll ''pay'' for this!"
:—'''Megatron''' demands to know who is using his spark-sword, and '''Scorponok''''s answer does nothing to help matters.

"Ha, ha, ha! I have never felt more alive! For that I thank you, Scorponok!"
:—'''Megatron''' gloats as he holds Scorponok's torn off tail.

'''Megatron:''' "I commend you on your fortitude, Scorponok. Yet did you really believe you could keep ''me'' in a ''coma''?" 
[''Megatron attempts to crush Scorponok with his heel, only for the Terrorcon leader to grab it at the last moment''] 
'''Megatron:''' "It's good to be back. So good." 
'''Cyclonus:''' "Uh, Megatron sir? Don't you think the poor guy's suffered enough already?" 
'''Megatron:''' "Don't be silly! Why, I'm just getting started!" 
[''Megatron steps down hard, breaking Scorponok's elbow and crushing it'']
:—'''Megatron''' punishes Scorponok for his treachery.

"How am I supposed to believe, Cyclonus, after you had the nerve to kick me while I was down?"
:—'''Megatron''', forgetting that he ''is'' the kinda guy to kick someone when they're down.

"Welcome to ''my'' team, Scorponok."
:—'''Megatron''' "drafts" Scorponok into the Decepticons.

"Time to test your loyalty, Scorponok: Be my shield! 
[''Megatron holds Scorponok in front of him in flight, whereupon Scorponok is repeatedly blasted by Autobot defenses''] 
"You pass! Now, out of my way!" 
[''He drops Scorponok aaaalllll the way to the ground'']
:—'''Megatron''', clearly enjoying himself.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
Nothing essential to the plot is lost in the dub, but quite a few changes don't make sense either within the episode or in the larger context of the series.

The issue of Megatron to Galvatron to Megatron is avoided in ''Super Link''. Megatron remained Megatron throughout all of ''Micron Densetsu'', unlike in ''Armada'', where Megatron became Galvatron when he got his new paint-job. Megatron constantly renaming himself in the English version is typically seen as a measure to retain both the "Megatron" and "Galvatron" trademarks.

====Random insertions====
* Inferno's opening narration is a dub addition. ''Super Link'' features silence instead. Likewise for most of Jetfire's banter.
* Cyclonus's observation, "We're trapped!", is dub nonsense. In ''Super Link'', he merely remarks on the barrier that protects Alpha Q.
* The dub adds some grunting from Hot Shot as Megatron tosses him around. Considering he's supposed to be unconscious, this doesn't make much sense. It is possible the grunting was added to assure the younger, more impressionable viewers that Hot Shot was still alive.

====Random changes====
* The dub has Kicker praising Misha for beating his dad to the punch, and Misha responding that she learned everything from him. The ''Super Link'' version of this conversation credits it as a joint venture.
* As they part before the battle, Misha says something that makes Kicker blush. In ''Super Link'', she says that she'll work hard for love, and for Kicker. The dub diminishes this to a much more tame "you know how much I worry about you".
* Scorponok's dismissive "I didn't think you'd notice" is more of a surprised "you knew what was happening?" in ''Super Link''.
* A ''Super Link'' bit with Megatron forcing Scorponok to address him with a ''-sama'' honorific is, naturally, changed for the dub.

====Nonsense====
* Prime's bizarre question of "I wonder why Kicker left me here alone to defend myself" is purely a dub insertion; Prime originally just comments that Kicker must have thought of something interesting.
* ''Super Link'' Alpha Q is certainly upset with Scorponok's failure, but as can be seen from the animation, he recognizes that their energon is being stolen by Megatron. The dub replaces this realization with Alpha Q telling Scorponok that he's expendable... a claim which runs strongly against what we see of Alpha Q's attitude about Scorponok in later episodes.
* In ''Super Link'', as he sees Megatron's power, Alpha Q tells Scorponok that there's a change of plans. The dub changes this to Alpha Q somehow trying to speak directly to Megatron.
* In ''Super Link'', as he prepares to flee, Alpha Q says that he's the only one who understands Unicron's structure, a preface to Alpha Q separating Unicron's head from his body. In place of this dialog, the dub continues its strange injection of Alpha Q somehow ''serving'' Unicron, by having Alpha Q claim defiantly that he is the only one who has carried out Unicron's will.
* Kicker implies that he knows about Megatron's revival before anyone on Earth ever sees him. ("Guess who just showed up!") In ''Super Link'', he merely senses that something is wrong, and that there's someone new on the scene.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 13
* Stock footage: 1
* We need/they want energon: 5
* It's time to: 4
* We've gotta: 1
* Aw, come on: 2
* "Gimme a break": 2

===Animation and technical glitches===
* When Ironhide rubs his nose, his forearm clips right through his chest.
* This is one of several early episodes where Misha is referred to as Mika ("MEEK-ah" in this episode, "MIKE-uh" in others.)
* When Optimus Prime appears at the beginning of this episode in vehicle mode, his front wheels are missing.
* Not really a glitch or mistake, but the animators cheated by having Optimus Prime's transformation into robot mode covered by an explosion.
* Prime's copter drone flies up to him without spinning its rotors.
* Kicker is very proud of himself for bringing a Terrorcon to "find the energon for us", but the energon that the Terrorcon "finds" is already exposed and visible.
* After Megatron picks Scorponok up by his head, as the camera pans down to reveal Megatron's fist hitting Scorponok's chest, Megatron's own chest is missing his Decepticon symbol.
* The speed of Alpha Q's running varies wildly.
* When Ironhide reacts to Kicker's panic of the attack on Plains City, his bicep clips through his forearm as he bends his right arm.
* The left arm Megatron uses to toss Hot Shot to the Autobots is disembodied and not connected to anything. It also immediately disappears after Hot Shot has left his hand.

===Continuity errors===
* After transforming, Optimus Prime turns to his trailer, which then tips over to launch his [[Prime Force]] drones. For some reason Optimus Prime's order for them to deploy is not dubbed in.
* When Optimus Prime combines with his drones into Super Mode, actor Garry Chalk does not have enough time to order Submarine Four to combine before the footage cuts to the next segment of the stock footage.
* It is not clear why Alpha Quintesson claims they were to resurrect Megatron, yet sent Scorponok to eliminate him. Then again, Alpha Quintesson ''is'' a few bots short of a [[Special Teams|Special Team]].
* It is unclear why Optimus Prime's reinforcements took so long to reach Plains City.
* The various Skyblasts in this episode have different voices. Previously, they all had the same voice.
*At one point Cyclonus described Alpha-Q to Megatron, then in the next scene after Megatron bursts into Alpha-Q's chamber Cyclonus says "What is that thing!?"
* How do cannons on both sides of a canyon manage to avoid destroying each other?

===Transformers references===
*When Alpha Quintesson escapes from Megatron, Unicron's head detaches from his body, a visual homage to the Unicron's destruction in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the 1986 ''Transformers'' animated movie]].

===Real-world references===
* Cyclonus reacts to Megatron's reactivation much like a B-movie mad scientist bringing a monster to life.

===Trivia===
*When Jungle City's defense cannons reveal themselves, Tidal Wave reacts with a comical anime giant sweatdrop, one of the few times the ''Unicron Trilogy'' series used traditional anime visual gags.
*This is one of the few times we see anything akin to the actual creation of Terrorcons, as they fly out of some glowy light nodes within Unicron to attack Megatron.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 2: The Return of Megatron ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 2: The Return of Megatron (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 2: The Return of Megatron (Paramount)
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 002 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 2: The Return of Megatron (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 2: The Return of Megatron (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 2: The Return of Megatron (Paramount) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Crisis (Armada)

2011-01-30T20:03:02Z

69.127.240.234: /* Synopsis */

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|ep=39
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|title="Crisis"
|japanese=地球 (きき) - crisis
|romaji=Chikyū [Kiki]
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|image=
|caption=
|production code=TF: A-39
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|writer=[[Ryō Motohira]]
|director=[[Hidehito Ueda]]
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|airdate=[[September 26|26 September]] [[2003]] (Japanese) [[October 10]], 2003 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Megatron prepares to use the Hydra Cannon to destroy the Autobots' base on Earth from space.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Sshot-arm-39-1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hey, it's a Christian Rock Album]]
As Megatron's new weapon causes panic on Earth and the sky is filled with a strong green haze, the kids don't know what action they should take next.

On board the Decepticons' ship, Megatron annoys Thrust by laughing at the tactician's silly head. To himself, Thrust mocks Megatron's silly head. Outside, the force fields block Jetfire's efforts to attack the ship.

The Autobots wonder how to destroy the Decepticon ship without killing the Mini-Cons in its core. Hot Shot angrily blames the entire situation on Starscream, and goes so far as to yell at Optimus for letting Starscream join the Autobots. Instead of responding, Optimus leaves to let Hot Shot whine vengeance on the edge of sanity.

In the warp room, Optimus inspects his own Matrix before Jetfire returns. When the Autobots and kids assemble in the warp room, Optimus announces he has a plan to save Earth. Hot Shot's request to join both Prime and Jetfire are shot down, and in exchange, Prime attempts to pass the Matrix on to Hot Shot, who refuses to accept it.

[[Image:Sshot-arm-39-3.jpg|200px|thumb|Somebody is getting pregnant.]]

Starscream considers his position with the Decepticons. When requested, he puts aside the compassion he's learned and fires upon Earth, even if it harms humans. But when the shields are lowered to fire, Prime and Jetfire take advantage of the window and begin to attack.

The Decepticons rush out to fight the two Autobots. Eventually Megatron and Optimus are faced against each other, but his desire to save Earth causes Optimus to glow yellow and use his body to block the Hydra Cannon's energy blast.

[[Image:Sshot-arm-39-4.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hey guys, it's just like that scene in the obscenity-filled uncut version of [[The Transformers: The Movie|TF:TM]] where Prime disintegrates! I really saw it as a kid, while playing with my blue [[Bluestreak]] toy!]]
Optimus holds back the blast (visible on Earth). With pieces of him breaking off, he pushes the blast back over the Decepticon ship. When the cannon is spent, Optimus stands, bleached white. Right when the kids happen to see the Autobot leader standing, [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|he shatters into tiny fragments]]. The kids, the other Autobots, and even Megatron shout concerned yells.

The Decepticons retreat, while Jetfire recovers Sparkplug and Prime's Matrix.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (8)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (15)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (16)
*[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] (17)
*[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] (18)
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] (19)
*[[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] (20)

|c2=
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (9)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (12)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (13)
*[[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] (24)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (25)

|c3=
*[[Rad White]] (3)
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (4)
*[[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (5)
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (6)
*[[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (7)

'''Guests'''

*Research center technicians (1)
*[[Kelly Baumgartner]] (2)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (21)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (22)
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (23)
*[[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] (26)
}}

==Quotes==
"But Rad, we can't stand around and not say anything while the whole stinkin' planet blows up to smithereens."
:—'''Carlos'''

"Do as the Squidhead says, men." 
"...Squidhead? Even you, Megatron?"
:—'''Megatron''' begins to belittle '''Thrust'''

"Ha ha! Don't you just love watching those miserable mechanical morons attempt to attack me, Squidhead?" 
''[to self]'' "I wish he wouldn't call me that any more. How would he like to be called flathead?" ''[giggles]'' 
"So why don't you share your little joke with everyone?" 
"Ahem, I wasn't laughing, sir." ''[to self]'' "Flathead, boy, I can really dish it out." 
"You are a freak."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Thrust'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Legend''===
{{epstub}}

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*One newsreader has a name plate on his desk reading "Jhon Thompson".
*When Optimus is explaining that it might be the final battle, his grille is missing

===Trivia===
*Everybody knows skies are supposed to turn red during a [[Wikipedia:Crisis on Infinite Earths|Crisis]], not green.
*For a moment at the end of the episode, Prime was visible in pure white. A while later, the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|''Armada'' Optimus Prime toy]] was released in almost pure white as [[Ultra Magnus (Universe Two-Pack)|Ultra Magnus]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Micron Legend'' — Volume 10 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part Two ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — The Collector's Edition ([[Universal]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume Two ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio.

[[Category:Armada episodes]]

Crisis (Armada)

2011-01-30T20:02:07Z

69.127.240.234: /* Synopsis */

{{picsneeded}}

{{episode|
|series=Armada
|ep=39
|prev=Threaten
|next=Remorse
|title="Crisis"
|japanese=地球 (きき) - crisis
|romaji=Chikyū [Kiki]
|translation=Earth (Crisis)
|image=
|caption=
|production code=TF: A-39
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Ryō Motohira]]
|director=[[Hidehito Ueda]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.]]
|airdate=[[September 26|26 September]] [[2003]] (Japanese) [[October 10]], 2003 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Megatron prepares to use the Hydra Cannon to destroy the Autobots' base on Earth from space.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Sshot-arm-39-1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hey, it's a Christian Rock Album]]
As Megatron's new weapon causes panic on Earth and the sky is filled with a strong green haze, the kids don't know what action they should take next.

On board the Decepticons' ship, Megatron annoys Thrust by laughing at the tactician's silly head. To himself, Thrust mocks Megatron's silly head. Outside, the force fields block Jetfire's efforts to attack the ship.

The Autobots wonder how to destroy the Decepticon ship without killing the Mini-Cons in its core. Hot Shot angrily blames the entire situation on Starscream, and goes so far as to yell at Optimus for letting Starscream join the Autobots. Instead of responding, Optimus leaves to let Hot Shot whine vengeance on the edge of sanity.

In the warp room, Optimus inspects his own Matrix before Jetfire returns. When the Autobots and kids assemble in the warp room, Optimus announces he has a plan to save Earth. Hot Shot's request to join both Prime and Jetfire are shot down, and in exchange, Prime passes the Matrix on to Hot Shot.

[[Image:Sshot-arm-39-3.jpg|200px|thumb|Somebody is getting pregnant.]]

Starscream considers his position with the Decepticons. When requested, he puts aside the compassion he's learned and fires upon Earth, even if it harms humans. But when the shields are lowered to fire, Prime and Jetfire take advantage of the window and begin to attack.

The Decepticons rush out to fight the two Autobots. Eventually Megatron and Optimus are faced against each other, but his desire to save Earth causes Optimus to glow yellow and use his body to block the Hydra Cannon's energy blast.

[[Image:Sshot-arm-39-4.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hey guys, it's just like that scene in the obscenity-filled uncut version of [[The Transformers: The Movie|TF:TM]] where Prime disintegrates! I really saw it as a kid, while playing with my blue [[Bluestreak]] toy!]]
Optimus holds back the blast (visible on Earth). With pieces of him breaking off, he pushes the blast back over the Decepticon ship. When the cannon is spent, Optimus stands, bleached white. Right when the kids happen to see the Autobot leader standing, [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|he shatters into tiny fragments]]. The kids, the other Autobots, and even Megatron shout concerned yells.

The Decepticons retreat, while Jetfire recovers Sparkplug and Prime's Matrix.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (8)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (15)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (16)
*[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] (17)
*[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] (18)
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] (19)
*[[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] (20)

|c2=
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (9)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (12)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (13)
*[[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] (24)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (25)

|c3=
*[[Rad White]] (3)
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (4)
*[[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (5)
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (6)
*[[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (7)

'''Guests'''

*Research center technicians (1)
*[[Kelly Baumgartner]] (2)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (21)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (22)
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (23)
*[[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] (26)
}}

==Quotes==
"But Rad, we can't stand around and not say anything while the whole stinkin' planet blows up to smithereens."
:—'''Carlos'''

"Do as the Squidhead says, men." 
"...Squidhead? Even you, Megatron?"
:—'''Megatron''' begins to belittle '''Thrust'''

"Ha ha! Don't you just love watching those miserable mechanical morons attempt to attack me, Squidhead?" 
''[to self]'' "I wish he wouldn't call me that any more. How would he like to be called flathead?" ''[giggles]'' 
"So why don't you share your little joke with everyone?" 
"Ahem, I wasn't laughing, sir." ''[to self]'' "Flathead, boy, I can really dish it out." 
"You are a freak."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Thrust'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Legend''===
{{epstub}}

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*One newsreader has a name plate on his desk reading "Jhon Thompson".
*When Optimus is explaining that it might be the final battle, his grille is missing

===Trivia===
*Everybody knows skies are supposed to turn red during a [[Wikipedia:Crisis on Infinite Earths|Crisis]], not green.
*For a moment at the end of the episode, Prime was visible in pure white. A while later, the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|''Armada'' Optimus Prime toy]] was released in almost pure white as [[Ultra Magnus (Universe Two-Pack)|Ultra Magnus]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Micron Legend'' — Volume 10 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part Two ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — The Collector's Edition ([[Universal]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume Two ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio.

[[Category:Armada episodes]]

Rescue

2011-01-29T20:40:46Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{picsneeded}}

{{episode|
|series=Armada
|ep=35
|prev=Regeneration
|next=Mars (episode)
|title="Rescue"
|japanese=救出 (かいほう) - rescue
|romaji=Kyūshutsu [Kaihō]
|translation=Rescue (Release)
|image=
|caption=
|production code=TF: A-35
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Ryō Motohira]]
|director=[[Ken'ichi Ishikura]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.]]
|airdate=[[April 26]], [[2003]] (English) [[September 5|5 September]] [[2003]] (Japanese)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Autobots attack the Decepticon base on the Moon and make a discovery.'''

==Synopsis==
By himself, Demolishor grumpily cleans up the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]' base after Starscream's rampage. Turning around, he is surprised to see Starscream standing right behind him, and he drops some of the items he was carrying on his own foot. He is then introduced to Starscream's new running crew: the [[Autobot|Autobots]]. Naturally, Demolishor activates the alarm.

The Autobots and Decepticons meet in Megatron's throne room. Megatron fires the [[Requiem Blaster]] at Starscream, but Smokescreen blocks the shot with the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. A bright light from the impact fills the room, blinding the Autobots long enough for Megatron to retreat, leaving his troops behind to finish the battle. The Autobots and Decepticons engage in battle with each other, with Side Swipe attempting to take on Tidal Wave on his own. While Starscream is blinded by his vengeance, Laserbeak and Hot Shot are assigned to locate Perceptor.

[[Image:Screenshot-arm-35-1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hot Shot masters the [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumble Kick]]!!]]
Perceptor plays Jerry, running away from Demolishor's Tom. When Demolishor backs Perceptor into a corner, Laserbeak flies into Demolishor's face just long enough to ruin the Decepticon's aim. While Demolishor stumbles about, Hot Shot arrives to punch him down. Perceptor runs ahead and finds himself in an encounter with Tidal Wave, and again Hot Shot comes to the Mini-Con's rescue. But because of Tidal Wave's power and size, Hot Shot has more difficulty taking the Decepticon down. Perceptor then leaves.

[[Image:Screenshot-arm-35-2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Good guys, bad guys, and explosions as far as the eye can see...]]
Perceptor finds all his captured Mini-Con brothers in a hidden underground facility, where they're being put to work to assemble a gigantic spaceship. Perceptor has some blippy dialogue with the other Mini-Cons, during which Megatron attacks. When Perceptor is grasped by the neck, the Mini-Cons begin one of their irregular chants, like the one played when the Requiem Blaster was first formed. The Minis all stop working on the space ship and surround an annoyed Megatron. When Megatron attempts to punish the insolent machines, Hot Shot attacks, covering the Mini-Cons' escape. Tidal Wave arrives just in time to watch Megatron and Hot Shot race out, but Smokescreen shows up to keep Tidal Wave company.

Side Swipe and Perceptor guide all the emancipated Mini-Cons through the Decepticons' warp gate to the Autobot base.

[[Image:Screenshot-arm-35-3.jpg|left|200px|thumb|If this is the power of teamwork, leave everyone out.]]
Megatron and Hot Shot continue to battle. Megatron is finally about to deactivate the Autobot, but Starscream slices Megatron's cannon off. Against both Hot Shot and Starscream, Megatron falls. With the Mini-Cons safe, Optimus calls his forces to return back to the Autobot base, but Starscream would rather stay to finish off Megatron. Starscream agrees to return with the Autobots, but is left feeling upset about it.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (5)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (6)
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]] (7)
*[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (13)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (19)
*[[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] (20)
*[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] (21)

|c2=
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (1)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (9)
*[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (10)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (11)
*[[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (14)
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (15)
*[[Rad White]] (16)
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (17)
*[[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (18)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (4)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (22)
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (23)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (24)
*[[Waterlog (Armada)|Waterlog]] (25)
*[[Spiral]] (26)
*[[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] (27)
*[[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]] (28)
*[[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] (29)
*[[Oceanglide]] (30)
*[[Stormcloud (Armada)|Stormcloud]] (31)
*[[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (32)
* Enslaved Mini-Cons
}}

==Quotes==
"Boy, what a showoff! So who died and put Mr. Conehead in charge?" 
"Stop your whining, Cyclonus."
:—'''Cyclonus''' and '''Tidal Wave'''

"It's time to put that old locomotive out of his misery."
:—'''Hot Shot''', referring to Tidal Wave, apparently

"This is the most beautiful sound I've ever heard in my life."
:—'''Alexis''' on hearing the Mini-Cons sing

"Thank you, Tidal Wave appreciates."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' after being helped out of a hole by Smokescreen.

"All right, nothing like sweet victory."
:—'''Rad'''

"That's gonna leave a mark."
:—'''Hot Shot''', landing on his butt.

"It seems you're trapped. Like a rat. This amuses me. Sayonara, Autobot."
:—'''Megatron''', about to slag Hot Shot

"Time is running out for your decision, Starscream. Choose. Will it be your heart or your programming? Autobot or Decepticon?" 
(Starscream watches as the Mini-Cons and the kids all celebrate their recent victory, disgusted) 
"There is no right decision!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Starscream'''.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Legend''===
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[Image:Screenshot-arm-35-4.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Do we ''really'' want to know what's happening?]]
*After Demolishor pushes the alarm button, for a shot, Starscream's [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] is drawn in the distinct shape of his regular wing-blade.

* [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]] and [[Dirt Boss (Armada)|Dirt Boss]] are among the Mini-Cons in Megatron's construction facility, but earlier, the Autobots were using the Skyboom Shield, which includes them both as components.

* Tidal Wave's size in robot mode is incredibly inconsistent from shot to shot.

*When Smokescreen hits the stuck Tidal Wave, Tidal Wave is horribly miscolored for a moment.

*Lots of animation short-cuts are used to depict the Mini-Con hordes, including:
**Looped sequences, making it appear as though the same Mini-Cons are running past repeatedly.
**In one shot of Mini-Cons teleporting into the Autobot base, the majority of them have the same upper body.
**In the shot following, Carlos and four [[Spiral|Spirals]] are on screen at the same time.

*As Starscream and Hot Shot take him down, Megatron is momentarily drawn with Tidal Wave's Dark Fleet Armor components on his arms.

===Transformers references===
* Thrust is called a "[[conehead]]", a term occasionally used for group of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] his [[Thrust (G1)|namesake]] was part of.
* Side Swipe is nicknamed "Swiper," a possible reference to [[Andrew Frankel]].

===Real-world references===
*Smokescreen says with his new armor, he just keeps going and going, just like a certain pink, sandal-wearing, drumming bunny.

===Trivia===
*The Skyboom Shield reappears for the first time since it was knocked out of Optimus' hands in "[[Desperate]]".
*Scavenger, Blurr and Side Swipe are barely seen during the battle. Blurr in particular is only shown in a few panning shots of the Autobots firing.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Micron Legend'' — Volume 9 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Battle for the Mini-Cons ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part Two (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume Two ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio.

[[Category:Armada episodes]]

Rescue

2011-01-29T20:39:57Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{picsneeded}}

{{episode|
|series=Armada
|ep=35
|prev=Regeneration
|next=Mars (episode)
|title="Rescue"
|japanese=救出 (かいほう) - rescue
|romaji=Kyūshutsu [Kaihō]
|translation=Rescue (Release)
|image=
|caption=
|production code=TF: A-35
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Ryō Motohira]]
|director=[[Ken'ichi Ishikura]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.]]
|airdate=[[April 26]], [[2003]] (English) [[September 5|5 September]] [[2003]] (Japanese)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Autobots attack the Decepticon base on the Moon and make a discovery.'''

==Synopsis==
By himself, Demolishor grumpily cleans up the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]' base after Starscream's rampage. Turning around, he is surprised to see Starscream standing right behind him, and he drops some of the items he was carrying on his own foot. He is then introduced to Starscream's new running crew: the [[Autobot|Autobots]]. Naturally, Demolishor activates the alarm.

The Autobots and Decepticons meet in Megatron's throne room. Megatron fires the [[Requiem Blaster]] at Starscream, but Smokescreen blocks the shot with the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. A bright light from the impact fills the room, blinding the Autobots long enough for Megatron to retreat, leaving his troops behind to finish the battle. The Autobots and Decepticons engage in battle with each other, with Side Swipe attempting to take on Tidal Wave on his own. While Starscream is blinded by his vengeance, Laserbeak and Hot Shot are assigned to locate Perceptor.

[[Image:Screenshot-arm-35-1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hot Shot masters the [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumble Kick]]!!]]
Perceptor plays Jerry, running away from Demolishor's Tom. When Demolishor backs Perceptor into a corner, Laserbeak flies into Demolishor's face just long enough to ruin the Decepticon's aim. While Demolishor stumbles about, Hot Shot arrives to punch him down. Perceptor runs ahead and finds himself in an encounter with Tidal Wave, and again Hot Shot comes to the Mini-Con's rescue. But because of Tidal Wave's power and size, Hot Shot has more difficulty taking the Decepticon down. Perceptor then leaves.

[[Image:Screenshot-arm-35-2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Good guys, bad guys, and explosions as far as the eye can see...]]
Perceptor finds all his captured Mini-Con brothers in a hidden underground facility, where they're being put to work to assemble a gigantic spaceship. Perceptor has some blippy dialogue with the other Mini-Cons, during which Megatron attacks. When Perceptor is grasped by the neck, the Mini-Cons begin one of their irregular chants, like the one played when the Requiem Blaster was first formed. The Minis all stop working on the space ship and surround an annoyed Megatron. When Megatron attempts to punish the insolent machines, Hot Shot attacks, covering the Mini-Cons' escape. Tidal Wave arrives just in time to watch Megatron and Hot Shot race out, but Smokescreen shows up to keep Tidal Wave company.

Side Swipe and Perceptor guide all the emancipated Mini-Cons through the Decepticons' warp gate to the Autobot base.

[[Image:Screenshot-arm-35-3.jpg|left|200px|thumb|If this is the power of teamwork, leave everyone out.]]
Megatron and Hot Shot continue to battle. Megatron is finally about to deactivate the Autobot, but Starscream slices Megatron's cannon off. Against both Hot Shot and Starscream, Megatron falls. With the Mini-Cons safe, Optimus calls his forces to return back to the Autobot base, but Starscream would rather stay to finish off Megatron. Starscream agrees to return with the Autobots, but is left feeling upset about it.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (5)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (6)
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]] (7)
*[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (13)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (19)
*[[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] (20)
*[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] (21)

|c2=
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (1)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (9)
*[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (10)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (11)
*[[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (14)
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (15)
*[[Rad White]] (16)
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (17)
*[[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (18)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (4)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (22)
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (23)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (24)
*[[Waterlog (Armada)|Waterlog]] (25)
*[[Spiral]] (26)
*[[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] (27)
*[[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]] (28)
*[[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] (29)
*[[Oceanglide]] (30)
*[[Stormcloud (Armada)|Stormcloud]] (31)
*[[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (32)
* Enslaved Mini-Cons
}}

==Quotes==
"Boy, what a showoff! So who died and put Mr. Conehead in charge?" 
"Stop your whining, Cyclonus."
:—'''Cyclonus''' and '''Tidal Wave'''

"It's time to put that old locomotive out of his misery."
:—'''Hot Shot''', referring to Tidal Wave, apparently

"This is the most beautiful sound I've ever heard in my life."
:—'''Alexis''' on hearing the Mini-Cons sing

"Thank you, Tidal Wave appreciates."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' after being helped out of a hole by Smokescreen.

"All right, nothing like sweet victory."
:—'''Rad'''

"That's gonna leave a mark."
:—'''Hot Shot''', landing on his butt.

"It seems you're trapped. Like a rat. This amuses me. Sayonara, Autobot."
:—'''Megatron''', about to slag Hot Shot

"Time is running out for your decision, Starscream. Choose. Will it be your heart or your programming? Autobot or Decepticon?" 
(Starscream watches as the Mini-Cons and the kids all celebrate their recent victory, disgusted)
"There is no right decision!"

:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Starscream'''.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Legend''===
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[Image:Screenshot-arm-35-4.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Do we ''really'' want to know what's happening?]]
*After Demolishor pushes the alarm button, for a shot, Starscream's [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] is drawn in the distinct shape of his regular wing-blade.

* [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]] and [[Dirt Boss (Armada)|Dirt Boss]] are among the Mini-Cons in Megatron's construction facility, but earlier, the Autobots were using the Skyboom Shield, which includes them both as components.

* Tidal Wave's size in robot mode is incredibly inconsistent from shot to shot.

*When Smokescreen hits the stuck Tidal Wave, Tidal Wave is horribly miscolored for a moment.

*Lots of animation short-cuts are used to depict the Mini-Con hordes, including:
**Looped sequences, making it appear as though the same Mini-Cons are running past repeatedly.
**In one shot of Mini-Cons teleporting into the Autobot base, the majority of them have the same upper body.
**In the shot following, Carlos and four [[Spiral|Spirals]] are on screen at the same time.

*As Starscream and Hot Shot take him down, Megatron is momentarily drawn with Tidal Wave's Dark Fleet Armor components on his arms.

===Transformers references===
* Thrust is called a "[[conehead]]", a term occasionally used for group of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] his [[Thrust (G1)|namesake]] was part of.
* Side Swipe is nicknamed "Swiper," a possible reference to [[Andrew Frankel]].

===Real-world references===
*Smokescreen says with his new armor, he just keeps going and going, just like a certain pink, sandal-wearing, drumming bunny.

===Trivia===
*The Skyboom Shield reappears for the first time since it was knocked out of Optimus' hands in "[[Desperate]]".
*Scavenger, Blurr and Side Swipe are barely seen during the battle. Blurr in particular is only shown in a few panning shots of the Autobots firing.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Micron Legend'' — Volume 9 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Battle for the Mini-Cons ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part Two (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume Two ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio.

[[Category:Armada episodes]]

Vacation

2011-01-28T15:53:47Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|series=Armada
|ep=19
|prev=Trust (Armada)
|next=Reinforcement
|title="Vacation"
|japanese=休日 (ほねやすめ) - vacation
|romaji=Kyūjitsu [Ho'neyasume]
|translation=Holiday (Relaxation)
|image=Vacation-Bots RnR.jpg
|caption=When you looked at me, I should've run.
|production code=TF: A-19
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Masayuki Motsumoto]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.]]
|airdate=[[January 22]], [[2003]] (English) [[May 16|16 May]] [[2003]] (Japanese)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''The kids' camping trip goes sour when the weather turns bad.'''

:''Polish title:'' "'''Wakacje'''"

==Synopsis==
In an idyllic setting, Channel 4 reporter [[Kelly Baumgartner]] gives a weather report and is promptly squirted by a small boy with a water pistol. Once the live feed is over, Kelly scares off the rugrat and bemoans her lack of success in making it big.

[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] rides [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] into the Autobot base, where [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] are sparring, but when she and the [[Mini-Con]] reach the command centre, it's empty. While she puzzles over where everyone's gone, the Mini-Con alarm sounds. She rushes to the launch area, where [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]] tells her nothing is amiss. The boys run up, prepared for a camping trip, and Alexis icily asks why no one told her about the vacation and why she wasn't invited. Although the boys try to convince her they simply forgot, she huffily tells them to go enjoy themselves. After they leave, she asks Sureshock if she should have told them the forecast for this weekend was for rain.

[[Image:Vacation-Cannonball.jpg|right|155px|thumb|I see I was wrong]]
Up on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] are conducting training exercises. Which largely consist of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] waving the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] and chasing his men around.

Back on Earth, the kids have fun swimming in a river while [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] discuss the importance of downtime. After [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] invites the bots to join in, Smokescreen fishes him out with his crane and tosses him back into the water. Driving along the shore, Smokescreen joins [[Rad White|Rad]], who's optimistically indulging in a spot of fishing. Smokescreen dunks his crane into the water, which Rad protests won't catch any fish, and manages to splash a fish into Rad's hand. On the other side of the river, a small boy named Shaun watches them and soon joins in the fun.

[[Image:Vacation-RedAlert joins the fun.jpg|left|155px|thumb|But I thought it was just for fun]]
Kelly and her cameraman are driving up the road parallel to the river towards the dam when they notice the kids playing, and Kelly spots [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] sitting in Smokescreen's cab. Dismissing her story, her cameraman drives on as a storm front begins to close in. Shaun's dad fetches the boy to take him back to the campground as it begins to rain. Carlos complains that they said it was going to be sunny on Channel 4.

That night, they take shelter in the Autobots. [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] play cards. Alexis, safe and warm at home, looks out her window and observes that it's really pouring down. Reporting from Steveson Dam, Kelly's new weather report includes news that the dam floodgates will be opened if rain continues, causing flooding along the river.

The Autobots opt to head for home, much to the disappointment of the kids. Just then, Shaun appears on the other side of the river, waving frantically, so Carlos and Red Alert drive across to see what's up, but Shaun just wants to say goodbye. Suddenly there's a rumbling and a huge mudslide washes across the side of the river, covering all three of them.

[[Image:Vacation-mudslide.jpg|right|155px|thumb |And I'm not so strong...]]
Alexis reaches the Autobot base, where Optimus reports the others aren't back yet. When they contact the missing kids, Carlos and Rad let them know about the mudslide and that Shaun, Red Alert and Carlos are trapped under the mud. Optimus tells Red Alert to transform, but Rad says there are people watching. Although Alexis pleads with Optimus to bend the rules, she quickly notices that Kelly and her cameraman have stumbled on the mudslide and are covering it live on Channel 4. Optimus, Hot Shot and Scavenger rush to the scene.

Under the mudslide, Carlos and Red Alert try to reassure Shaun that rescue is not far away.

Smokescreen continues to dig. Kelly covers the story, even as warning sirens begin to sound and her cameraman flees. Shaun's panicked father offers to help, but the kids point out the approaching help in the form of three more Autobots. Hot Shot knocks out Shaun's dad, but as Rad helps the father into Hot Shot, [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] suddenly takes off. The tiny Autobot circles Kelly's head, making her drop her camera.

[[Image:Vacation-Camera Fight.jpg|left|155px|thumb|All I ever wanted]]
Alexis, monitoring the situation from the Autobot base, notices with alarm that the dam floodgates have been opened.

Smokescreen and Scavenger continue to work to dig out Red Alert and finally reach their fellow Autobot. Optimus blocks the river in an attempt to halt the oncoming floodwaters while Red Alert is hauled out of the mud. Once Smokescreen and Red Alert are out of harm's way, Optimus and Scavenger transform. A log washed down the river strikes Scavenger and, as Kelly attempts to film, the two Autobots are pulled out of the flooding river by Red Alert.

Once the storm has passed, Shaun is reunited with his father, who doesn't believe his tale of giant robots. Kelly and her cameraman review the tape from the camera to find she doesn't have any footage of the Autobots. Alexis welcomes everyone back to base and admits she was really scared that they wouldn't make it. After the others patronise her for a while, she finally has enough and chases Carlos.

Up on the Moon, Megatron is still chasing Sideways.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (5)
*[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] (6)
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] (7)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (8)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (9)
*[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (24)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (15)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (16)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (17)
*[[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (18)

|c3=
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (3)
*[[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (10)
*[[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (11)
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (12)
*[[Rad White]] (13)

'''Guests'''

*[[Kelly Baumgartner]] (1)
*Jimmy (2)
*[[Shaun]] (19)
*Shaun's father (22)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (4)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (20)
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (21)
*[[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==

"I brought along my inhaler!"
:—'''Fred''' informing Alexis that he's prepared for the trip.

"OK, fine, go ahead and have your boy's only adventure. I'll stay here and watch the Decepticons take over the Universe while you roast marshmellows, and don't think I'm jealous of you either. In your dreams!" 
"Boy, she sounds really mad, Carlos"
:—'''Alexis''' and '''Rad'''.

[[Image:Vacation-Go fish.jpg|right|155px|thumb|"Just one more hand!"]]
"Ah, humans."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"Camping! Gimmie a break. No hot showers, no electricity, and besides I heard it's going to rain all weekend."
:—'''Alexis''' gets a case of sour grapes.

(sighs) "This is such a waste of my time...." (looks up to see Megatron) "Huh?" 
"You were saying, Sideways?!" 
"Uh, I hate those Autobot slime!"
:—'''Sideways''' being put in his place by '''Megatron'''.

"ROBOTS RULE THE UNIVERSE!"
:—'''Shaun''' gets overenthusiastic.

'''Red Alert:''' "Alexis, we really missed you out there." 
'''Smokescreen:''' "I agree!" 
'''Optimus:''' "Well, it's nice to see everyone back together again." 
'''Alexis:''' ''(manages weak smile)'' 
'''Optimus:''' "Thatta girl."
:—The Autobots need more practice at human interaction.

[[Image:Vacation-Close call.jpg|right|155px|thumb|The world will never know.]]
"Well, my dad says when mom gets angry—" 
"Shut up, Carlos!" 
"—he tries to give her a compliment and hopes she gets all warm and fuzzy again." 
"Hey, she can hear you!"
:—'''Carlos''', who also needs more practice, and '''Rad'''.

"Hey! Run for your lives! Alexis is on the loose!"
:—'''Carlos''' finds out hell hath no fury...

==Other Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Legend''===
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Alexis addresses Sureshock as "Grindor".

===Continuity errors===
* After Alexis' voiceover reporting that they're going to try to have a vacation, a few minutes later she's surprised when everyone is getting ready to go on vacation.
* Alexis states that only Scavenger knows where the Decepticon base is. Hot Shot [[Credulous|WAS THERE]]!

===Transformers references===
===Real-world references===
===Trivia===
*Hot Shot somehow renders Shaun's dad unconscious by bapping him on the hip.
*The suggestion of getting Red Alert to transform is a little odd, considering that Carlos and Shaun are inside the Autobot and unable to get out.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Micron Legend'' — Volume 5 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part One ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume One ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio.

[[Category:Armada episodes]]

First Encounter

2011-01-17T21:02:08Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{disambig2|the Armada episode|the Armada comic story|First Encounter!}}

{{episode|
|series=Armada
|ep=1
|prev=
|next=Metamorphosis
|title="First Encounter"
|japanese=遭遇 (であい) - encounter
|romaji=Sōgū [Deai]
|translation=Encounter
|image=FirstEncounter_Prime.jpg
|caption=Just look at that thousand light-year stare.
|production code=TF: A-01
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Ryō Motohira]]
|director=[[Hidehito Ueda]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.]]
|airdate=[[August 23]], [[2002]] (English) [[January 10|10 January]] [[2003]] (Japanese)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Three ordinary children find themselves faced with robotic visitors from another world, and an extraterrestrial war on their own planet.'''

:''Polish title:'' "'''Pierwsze starcie'''"
:''Brazilian title:'' "'''Primeiro Encontro'''"
:''Russian title:'' "'''Первое знакомство'''"

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Firstenccybertron.JPG|left|155px|thumb|Cybertronian architecture was greatly influenced by the Inebriation Movement.]]
''Eons ago, the Transformers were sent out as explorers, by a "[[Primus|unique digital entity]]". One of the first planets they inhabited was [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. But the Transformers warred with one another over tiny robots named [[Mini-Con]]s, who were used as tools to boost power. Eventually the Mini-Cons were awakened by an internal protocol and joined forces to resist domination by either [[Autobot]]s or [[Decepticon]]s. After a long war, the Autobots and Decepticons called a truce. A craft was constructed for the Mini-Cons and blasted into space to stop them being used in another war. It traveled for millions of years until it collided with a [[Moon (moon)|moon]]; damaged, it crashed to the surface of [[Earth|the moon's parent planet]]. The Mini-Cons lay dormant for millions of years, as the planet's terrain shifted and changed around them...''

In the present day, a boy named [[Rad White|Rad]] narrates, introducing himself and his friend [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]]. They race to school (Rad wins) and meet a schoolmate named [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]. Rad asks her if she wants to come with them to explore a cave, but she rejects him. They then meet and argue with two boys named [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]]. They then head to class for the day. So far, an ordinary day...

[[Image:Firstenclight.JPG|left|155px|thumb|"Darn it, Rad. Your nightlight is ''way'' too bright!"]]
After school Rad and Carlos race up the mountain to the cave. Billy and Fred follow them using a locator stuck to Rad's bike. The boys head into the cave, using a rope, and a trail of rocks to mark their path. Billy and Fred follow them at a distance, and accidentally destroy part of the trail; soon they are lost, having been scared by some bats.

While advancing deep into the cave, Carlos treads on a stone plate by accident. It begins to rapidly slide downwards, with the boys riding on top. At the bottom, the boys find themselves in a strange artificial building of an unknown purpose. There they discover a glowing green stone, in reality a [[Mini-Con storage panel]], and Rad picks it up. This activates a beacon, which causes an earthquake.

[[Image:Firstenccybertron2.JPG|right|155px|thumb|"When you wish upon a staaaaaar... makes no difference who you aaaaaaare..." "Strafe, those are LASERS." "Oh."]]
Alexis notices the earthquake and heads off to investigate the cave. The beacon disables the Space Research Center's computers. Then the beacon is shown firing out of the cave, in three parts, one red, one purple and one green. The green part of it activates the spaceship wreckage on the Moon, causing Mini-Con panels across earth to activate. The other two portions of the beacon alert the Autobots and Decepticons on Cybertron to the location of the Mini-Cons. The best warriors of the opposing sides teleport to Earth to seek the Mini-Cons.

[[Image:Firstencmegs.JPG|left|155px|thumb|Hey you! The worst of your nightmares is coming!]]
Back on Earth the earthquake is over. Rad and Carlos exit the cave safe and sound. Suddenly they see a strange purple halo in the sky. Then the warp gate open with an immense robot inside. This is [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. In this moment Alexis shows up and tells the boys not to panic, but it is too hard for them… When Megatron moves towards Rad, the boy drops the panel; it activates, and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] emerges. High Wire scans Rad's bike and reformats himself so he can transform into a bicycle. The three kids ride High Wire to try and escape Megatron. But Megatron flicks a boulder at them which knocks them off the Mini-Con. Megatron blocks their path, claiming High Wire belongs to him, and demanding they return High Wire to him. But suddenly [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|another giant robot]] teleports in and the two giants square off to battle.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (9)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (8)

|c3=
* [[Rad White]] (1)
* [[Carlos Lopez]] (2)
* [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (3)

'''Guests'''
* [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (4)
* [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (5)
* Homeroom teacher (6)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
* [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==
"Hey, we were just wondering if you'd like to come with us after school. We're heading the the mountains to scope out this wicked cave we found..." 
"Sorry guys, but I'm gonna have to take a rain check. I've got a math test and I told my mom I'd come straight home. So for the last time, the answer's no!"

:—'''Alexis''' uses the old "math test" excuse to blow off '''Rad'''.

'''Rad''': "Is it just me, or do you get the distinct feeling that Little Miss Stuck-Up dissed us big time?" 
'''Alexis''': "I hope you realize I heard that, Rad!" 
'''Carlos''': "I tell you man; there's just no winning when it comes to girls, is there?"

:—'''Rad''' and '''Carlos''' learn the eternal truth; women are difficult to comprehend.

"Would you hurry up? They've probably gone home already!" 
"Hey! You don't have to yell at me, I got feelings too, ya know! I-I'm trying my hardest, but no, nothing's ever good enough for you!" 
"Aw, quit your bellyaching!" 
"My therapist says I don't have to take this from you because you're not the boss of me! Besides, I'm getting hungry again."

:—'''Billy''' and '''Fred''' arrive at the cave Rad and Carlos are exploring.

"Ah, it would have had more fun if I'd brought my sister."

:—'''Billy''' reflects on the company he keeps.

'''Megatron:''' "You have something of mine." 
'''Alexis:''' "We have what?" 
'''Megatron:''' "Give it back ''immediately'', or you shall suffer the consequences." 
'''Rad:''' "Oh...great." 
'''Megatron:''' "I have given you your chance, Earthling."

:—Megatron giving chances?! Unthinkable!

[[Image:FirstEncounter-Round One FIGHT!.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]] has ''nothing'' on these two.]]

"''Stand down'', Megatron!"

:—The line that made a room full of fans cheer at [[BotCon 2002]], as '''Optimus Prime''' appears.
{{-}}

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Densetsu''===
* ''Micron Legend'' doesn't have the narration ''Armada'' does during the beginning sequences. It's a full on space fight with radio chatter from the Autobots running interference against the Decepticons so as to give the Mini-Cons enough time to engage warp.

===Animation or technical errors===
* The narrator at the beginning of this episode uses light-years as a unit of time measurement, when it's actually a unit of distance measurement. This mistake periodically reappeared throughout the ''Armada'' series as well as the ''Energon'' sequel series.

===Transformers references===
* The narrator mentions a "unique digital entity" coming into being and sending out a race of living machines to explore the galaxy. This may have been intended to be a reference to [[Primus]], but it doesn't quite match the known facts about Primus learned later in the ''[[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' cartoon. The living machines sent out colonized [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] which was later revealed to be the body of Primus. Regardless, [[Ask Vector Prime]] in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]'' makes the two the same character.
* '''Many''' Generation 1 character models are used as generic Autobots and Decepticons during the scenes on Cybertron. This trend would continue throughout the series for all scenes with random Transformers set on Cybertron.
* This episode marks the first time that a variation of the original Generation 1 theme music was used as the main theme for a ''Transformers'' series since the Generation 1 television series.

===Trivia===
* Billy and Fred appear in this episode as recurring guest characters, but later become part of the regular human cast. According to ''[[Micron Legend Year Book 2003]]'', the producers of the ''Armada'' cartoon kept meaning to write Billy and Fred out of the series, but ultimately never got around to it. Their staying through to the end of the show was thus wholly unintentional.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Micron Legend'' — Volume 1 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Vol:01 ([[Universal]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part One ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Triple Collection (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Bumper Double DVD Collection (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume One ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio.

[[Category:Armada episodes]]

First Encounter

2011-01-17T21:01:32Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{disambig2|the Armada episode|the Armada comic story|First Encounter!}}

{{episode|
|series=Armada
|ep=1
|prev=
|next=Metamorphosis
|title="First Encounter"
|japanese=遭遇 (であい) - encounter
|romaji=Sōgū [Deai]
|translation=Encounter
|image=FirstEncounter_Prime.jpg
|caption=Just look at that thousand light-year stare.
|production code=TF: A-01
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Ryō Motohira]]
|director=[[Hidehito Ueda]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.]]
|airdate=[[August 23]], [[2002]] (English) [[January 10|10 January]] [[2003]] (Japanese)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Three ordinary children find themselves faced with robotic visitors from another world, and an extraterrestrial war on their own planet.'''

:''Polish title:'' "'''Pierwsze starcie'''"
:''Brazilian title:'' "'''Primeiro Encontro'''"
:''Russian title:'' "'''Первое знакомство'''"

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Firstenccybertron.JPG|left|155px|thumb|Cybertronian architecture was greatly influenced by the Inebriation Movement.]]
''Eons ago, the Transformers were sent out as explorers, by a "[[Primus|unique digital entity]]". One of the first planets they inhabited was [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. But the Transformers warred with one another over tiny robots named [[Mini-Con]]s, who were used as tools to boost power. Eventually the Mini-Cons were awakened by an internal protocol and joined forces to resist domination by either [[Autobot]]s or [[Decepticon]]s. After a long war, the Autobots and Decepticons called a truce. A craft was constructed for the Mini-Cons and blasted into space to stop them being used in another war. It traveled for millions of years until it collided with a [[Moon (moon)|moon]]; damaged, it crashed to the surface of [[Earth|the moon's parent planet]]. The Mini-Cons lay dormant for millions of years, as the planet's terrain shifted and changed around them...''

In the present day, a boy named [[Rad White|Rad]] narrates, introducing himself and his friend [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]]. They race to school (Rad wins) and meet a schoolmate named [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]. Rad asks her if she wants to come with them to explore a cave, but she rejects him. They then meet and argue with two boys named [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]]. They then head to class for the day. So far, an ordinary day...

[[Image:Firstenclight.JPG|left|155px|thumb|"Darn it, Rad. Your nightlight is ''way'' too bright!"]]
After school Rad and Carlos race up the mountain to the cave. Billy and Fred follow them using a locator stuck to Rad's bike. The boys head into the cave, using a rope, and a trail of rocks to mark their path. Billy and Fred follow them at a distance, and accidentally destroy part of the trail; soon they are lost, having been scared by some bats.

While advancing deep into the cave, Carlos treads on a stone plate by accident. It begins to rapidly slide downwards, with the boys riding on top. At the bottom, the boys find themselves in a strange artificial building of an unknown purpose. There they discover a glowing green stone, in reality a [[Mini-Con storage panel]], and Rad picks it up. This activates a beacon, which causes an earthquake.

[[Image:Firstenccybertron2.JPG|right|155px|thumb|"When you wish upon a staaaaaar... makes no difference who you aaaaaaare..." "Strafe, those are LASERS." "Oh."]]
Alexis notices the earthquake and heads off to investigate the cave. The beacon disables the Space Research Center's computers. Then the beacon is shown firing out of the cave, in three parts, one red, one purple and one green. The green part of it activates the spaceship wreckage on the Moon, causing Mini-Con panels across earth to activate. The other two portions of the beacon alert the Autobots and Decepticons on Cybertron to the location of the Mini-Cons. The best warriors of the opposing sides teleport to Earth to seek the Mini-Cons.

[[Image:Firstencmegs.JPG|left|155px|thumb|Hey you! The worst of your nightmares is coming!]]
Back on Earth the earthquake is over. Rad and Carlos exit the cave safe and sound. Suddenly they see a strange purple halo in the sky. Then the warp gate open with an immense robot inside. This is [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. In this moment Alexis shows up and tells the boys not to panic, but it is too hard for them… When Megatron moves towards Rad, the boy drops the panel; it activates, and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] emerges. High Wire scans Rad's bike and reformats himself so he can transform into a bicycle. The three kids ride High Wire to try and escape Megatron. But Megatron flicks a boulder at them which knocks them off the Mini-Con. Megatron blocks their path, claiming High Wire belongs to him, and demanding they return High Wire to him. But suddenly [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|another giant robot]] teleports in and the two giants square off to battle.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (9)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (8)

|c3=
* [[Rad White]] (1)
* [[Carlos Lopez]] (2)
* [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (3)

'''Guests'''
* [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (4)
* [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (5)
* Homeroom teacher (6)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
* [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==
"Hey, we were just wondering if you'd like to come with us after school. We're heading the the mountains to scope out this wicked cave we found..." 
"Sorry guys, but I'm gonna have to take a rain check. I've got a math test and I told my mom I'd come straight home. So for the last time, the answer's no!"

:—'''Alexis''' uses the old "math test" excuse to blow off '''Rad'''.

'''Rad''': "Is it just me, or do you get the distinct feeling that Little Miss Stuck-Up dissed us big time?" 
'''Alexis''': "I hope you realize I heard that, Rad!" 
'''Carlos''': "I tell you man; there's just no winning when it comes to girls is there?"

:—'''Rad''' and '''Carlos''' learn the eternal truth; women are difficult to comprehend.

"Would you hurry up? They've probably gone home already!" 
"Hey! You don't have to yell at me, I got feelings too, ya know! I-I'm trying my hardest, but no, nothing's ever good enough for you!" 
"Aw, quit your bellyaching!" 
"My therapist says I don't have to take this from you because you're not the boss of me! Besides, I'm getting hungry again."

:—'''Billy''' and '''Fred''' arrive at the cave Rad and Carlos are exploring.

"Ah, it would have had more fun if I'd brought my sister."

:—'''Billy''' reflects on the company he keeps.

'''Megatron:''' "You have something of mine." 
'''Alexis:''' "We have what?" 
'''Megatron:''' "Give it back ''immediately'', or you shall suffer the consequences." 
'''Rad:''' "Oh...great." 
'''Megatron:''' "I have given you your chance, Earthling."

:—Megatron giving chances?! Unthinkable!

[[Image:FirstEncounter-Round One FIGHT!.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]] has ''nothing'' on these two.]]

"''Stand down'', Megatron!"

:—The line that made a room full of fans cheer at [[BotCon 2002]], as '''Optimus Prime''' appears.
{{-}}

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Densetsu''===
* ''Micron Legend'' doesn't have the narration ''Armada'' does during the beginning sequences. It's a full on space fight with radio chatter from the Autobots running interference against the Decepticons so as to give the Mini-Cons enough time to engage warp.

===Animation or technical errors===
* The narrator at the beginning of this episode uses light-years as a unit of time measurement, when it's actually a unit of distance measurement. This mistake periodically reappeared throughout the ''Armada'' series as well as the ''Energon'' sequel series.

===Transformers references===
* The narrator mentions a "unique digital entity" coming into being and sending out a race of living machines to explore the galaxy. This may have been intended to be a reference to [[Primus]], but it doesn't quite match the known facts about Primus learned later in the ''[[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' cartoon. The living machines sent out colonized [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] which was later revealed to be the body of Primus. Regardless, [[Ask Vector Prime]] in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]'' makes the two the same character.
* '''Many''' Generation 1 character models are used as generic Autobots and Decepticons during the scenes on Cybertron. This trend would continue throughout the series for all scenes with random Transformers set on Cybertron.
* This episode marks the first time that a variation of the original Generation 1 theme music was used as the main theme for a ''Transformers'' series since the Generation 1 television series.

===Trivia===
* Billy and Fred appear in this episode as recurring guest characters, but later become part of the regular human cast. According to ''[[Micron Legend Year Book 2003]]'', the producers of the ''Armada'' cartoon kept meaning to write Billy and Fred out of the series, but ultimately never got around to it. Their staying through to the end of the show was thus wholly unintentional.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Micron Legend'' — Volume 1 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Vol:01 ([[Universal]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part One ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Triple Collection (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Bumper Double DVD Collection (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume One ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio.

[[Category:Armada episodes]]

Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search

2011-01-17T17:55:25Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=BMtoon
|ep=21
|image=Sparkwar2 Optimus hologram primal.jpg
|caption="Wait, if you're Optimus Prime, why do you have a mouth?" "All the better to eat you with, my dear Primal"
|title="Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search"
|airdate=[[March 29]], 2000
|written by=[[Michael Reaves]]
|directed by=[[Gino Nichele]]
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuty=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''The Maximals continue their search for the missing sparks.'''

:''French title:'' '''La Guerre des Étincelles (Partie 2)''' ("The War of the Sparks (Part 2)")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Guerre des Étincelles p2: La Recherche''' ("War of the Sparks Pt.2: The Search")
:''Japanese title:'' '''虚像の導き''' (''Kyozō no Michibiki'', "The Illusion's Guidance")
:''Spanish title:'' '''Guerra de Chispas Parte 2: La Búsqueda'''

==Synopsis==
[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s fascist planet is being patrolled by legions of the new drones as the [[Maximal]]s, in beast mode, make their way along the lower levels of the surface. They observe that Megatron is fortifying his position. [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] has a jolting vision of the drifting [[Spark]]s, apparently the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] contacting him about the Sparks, which have been moved.

Within the [[Grand Mal|big floating head]], Megatron speaks to his three generals, directing them to locations where the Maximals will be, and instructing them to capture Optimus alive.

[[Image:Sparkwar2 Rattrap generators.jpg|left|thumb|200px|"I nicked this out of Tony Stark's chest."]]
[[Rattrap]] introduces the team to his [[scrambled field generator]] devices, small disks intended to befuddle the Vehicons' sensors. Rattrap's not ''quite'' sure they'll work, but the team figures it's better than nothing. The group tries them out, changing to robot modes... then dives for cover as [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] passes by overhead. But the general doesn't notice them, instead moving to carry out his orders along with [[Strika (BM)|Strika]].

Optimus tells the group that his flashes were of familiar places, and splits them up into three teams to go investigate. Rattrap and [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] aren't too happy at being paired up, but the group deploys as ordered.

At the Maximal shell yard just outside processing plant #57, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] move in. Silverbolt is not interested in taking orders from Cheetor, despite Blackarachnia's assurance that a ''lot'' has changed since they were parted. Obsidian, watching from concealment, prepares his strike force.

As Optimus and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] walk below the surface, Nightscream finds a familiar claw slash in the wall. Nightscream wants to find [[Noble]], but Primal gently persuades him to take one job at a time. They run into a cave-in around the corner; Op's eyes flash with white light, and, glancing at a floor hatch, he says they're heading down...

Rattrap and Botanica arrive outside the Citadel, still squabbling. Rattrap detects a massive positronic residual charge, but inside they find piles and piles of Spark canisters... empty. They've arrived here too late. They depart, only to be ambushed by Strika. Botanica is chagrined that Rattrap's scramblers didn't work very long; they fall back.

Obsidian observes from high above as the Maximals explore the shell complex. Silverbolt and Cheetor argue over the latter's leadership capabilities, till Obsidian attacks. Surrounded, Silverbolt decides a berserker head-on attack is the only option.

[[Image:Sparkwar2 Maximals over iacon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"The decaying ruins of Old New York... This place brings back a lot of memories-" "Keep 'em to yourself, Pops."]]
Optimus and Nightscream, meanwhile, have found a stunning ruin below the surface, a great city that was replaced after the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] between the Autobots and the Decepticons, during the Great Upgrade: Iacon. The two apparently trigger a ghostly spector, a holographic tribute to the original [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

Rattrap and Botanica get out of robot mode to escape detection, and duck into a convenient building; Strika drives by without finding them. Rattrap taps his scrambler disk uncertainly, only to get snapped at by Botanica. But Rattrap's attention is suddenly distracted by the contents of the building they're in: holographic pleasure chips. He loads several of said chips into his backpack, then spots some sort of player for the chips just then. He plugs into it, becoming enthralled with a vision of a peaceful metallic world. Just then Strika enters and attacks.

At the shell plant, Silverbolt finally gets blasted back to the ground, and rebuked by Cheetor for his recklessness.

Optimus and Nightscream are about to move on, when the virtual Prime reaches down and scoops Optimus up, bringing him up to face level. From Nightscream's point of view, the hologram disappears, though Optimus continues to float in mid-air. Thrust arrives just then and attacks, but Optimus is seemingly in a trance.

[[Image:Sparkwar2 Rattrap holoenviron.jpg|left|thumb|200px|A wondrous robotic world and no civil war destroying everything? That's disgusting.]]
Rattrap is still lost in his fantasy world, till Botanica pulls the machine's plug. A blast scatters the Maximals as well as Rattrap's precious chips, which he scrambles to scoop up. He tells Botanica to keep Strika occupied.

As leader, Cheetor decides on a strategic advance to the rear.

Nightscream is dodging cycle drone shots, while Optimus talks with Optimus on some other plane. The Prime hologram tells him that the Oracle lies within him, and he has but to summon it. Primal does so, and is surrounded by a white, Oracle-style hoola-hoop. The hologram of Optimus Prime chuckles... then laughs... a laugh which quickly deepens into that of Megatron, whose face suddenly replaces the figure of Prime.

Strika is posed to deliver a killing blow to Botanica, when Rattrap notices that one of her feet is on the activation pad of the holo-player he was using earlier. He leaps, landing on her shoulders and plugging one of the chips into her head, ensnaring her with the same vision that he was having before. He's pretty pleased with himself; Botanica drags him off.

In the shell yard, Cheetor has a bit of inspiration. The Maximals use a discarded power core to defeat their tormentors, blowing it up in their faces.

Megatron gloats to Optimus; he used the Spark vision to have the Maximals sent off on fools' errands, so Optimus would access the Oracle for his benefit. Megatron has studied and mastered most of the Oracle's secrets, but there's still some pieces missing... till now. And a fast, forceful download commences.

[[Image:Sparkwar2 Megatron primal.jpg|right|thumb|200px|'''IGNORE THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN.''']]
Megatron gloats again; all the pieces are in place, and now he can complete his ultimate plan for the Sparks. The hologram fades away, and Optimus finds himself in the middle of Nightscream's cycle drone battle.

Nightscream, meanwhile, has been brought down by weight of numbers, when a bolt out of the blue hits his attackers. It's Savage, lumbering onto the scene and prompting the cycle drones into a frantic retreat. Savage morphs to Noble and jogs after them, out of sight. A second later the drones go flying through the air. Optimus recovers, and immediately orders Nightscream to follow him to a rendezvous with the others.

The Maximals are shocked that Megatron has the full power of the Oracle, but Primal tells him that he gave Megatron access to the Oracle on purpose. While Megatron was downloading it, Primal accessed information from ''him'' as well, and learned the location of the Sparks. They have but a short window of opportunity to act, to free the Sparks from the location where they're being held: within the big floating head.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] (5)
*[[Rattrap]] (7)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (9)
*[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] (10)

|h2=[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]|c2=
*[[Copter Drone|Copter Drones]] (1)
*[[Heavy Artillery Drone|Heavy Artillery Drones]] (2)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (11)
*[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (12)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (13)
*[[Motorcycle Drone|Motorcycle Drones]] (14)

|h5=Other|c5=
*[[Noble]] (15)

}}

==Quotes==
"No offense, kitten, but I don't take orders from children." 
"Silverbolt, a lot's happened since you've been gone." 
"Not that much."
:—'''Silverbolt''' isn't impressed with Cheetor, despite '''Blackarachnia''' sticking up for him.

"This calls for a strategic advance to the rear." 
"Meaning?" 
"RUN AWAY!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Botanica''' encounter Strika.

"Looks like we've been spotted." [sarcastically] "Thank you very much, Rattrap."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' after being spotted by Obsidian.

"Ugh, everyone else gets a partner, I get a flea-ridden travel agent."
:—'''Botanica'''

==Notes==
===Technical or animation errors===
*The head of the Optimus Prime hologram sure looks like Primal's original Beast Wars head, doesn't it (curved antenna, etc)? Also, when it reaches down to pick up Primal, the Optimus Prime head has a mouth. It's gone by the next shot.

===Continuity Errors===
*Error

===Transformers References===
*While traveling through the sublevels of Cybertron, Optimus Primal and Nightscream stumble upon the ruins of [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]].
*After that, they encounter a hologram of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. It needed more [[Peter Cullen]].
*The hologram claimed to be Optimus Prime's "essence, stored here these many years after [[The Final Battle (disambiguation)|The Final Battle]]". Sure, it was a ruse by Megatron, but there had to be enough truth in it to attempt to fool Optimus Primal. It seems likely there was some sort of Final Battle, or a legend of a Final Battle in Beast Era lore, where it would be believable that Prime's essence would get stored away afterwards. The implication is also that Optimus Prime ''died'' in this battle.
*The Maximals stumble on the remains of more Transformers, reusing [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s character models again.

===Real-World References===
* As the [[Grand Mal|Big Floating Head]] hovers into view, Rattrap mutters "Talk about yer bad moon risin'," in tribute to the classic Credence Clearwater Revival song.

===Other Notes===
* Isn't it odd that Silverbolt ''still'' calls Cheetor "kid" though he's still technically younger? Granted, absolutely everybody in the Beast Era save Nightscream treats Cheetor as a kid (and rightfully so), so perhaps Maximal aging is... complicated?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Returns'' — Volume 6 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Geneon Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Beast Machines: Transformers'' — The Complete Series ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season Two: Volume One ([[Sony]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Complete Season Two (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Sony) — French audio only.

[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]

A Wolf in the Fold

2011-01-14T21:34:28Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{disambig2|the Beast machines episode|the Marvel UK comic|Wolf in the Fold!}}
{{episode
|series=BMtoon
|ep=18
|image=Wolf in the Fold Cheetor Rattrap fight.jpg
|caption=Never hide Cheetor's catnip
|title="A Wolf in the Fold"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 8]], 2000
|written by=[[Brynne Chandler Reaves]]
|directed by=[[William Lau]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Megatron unleashes a new virus that turns the Maximals into <strike>jerks</strike> their own worst enemies.'''

:''French title:'' '''Un Loup dans la Bergerie''' ("A Wolf in the Sheep-Fold")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Un Loup Divisé''' ("A Divided Wolf")
:''Japanese title:'' 憎しみの螺旋（スパイラル） (''Nikushimi no Rasen (Spiral)'', "The Spiral of Hatred")
:''Spanish title:'' '''Un Lobo en el Redil'''

==Synopsis==
Far beneath the abandoned underground civilizations of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the [[Maximal]]s are hanging out, enjoying a breather, happy to have Silverbolt back. Even in their victory, they can't forget the lost [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], however. [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] can't share in the joy; for him, things are not the same. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] assures him he'll adjust, now that they've got a moment to relax. Naturally, the entire planet begins shaking just then.

[[Image:Wolf in the Fold Silverbolt infected.jpg|left|thumb|200px|'''DO NOT WANT''']]

On the surface, a number of gigantic claw-ended tentacles are coming out of the [[Grand Mal|big floating head]], and smashing their way into the planet's surface. The Maximals head for the surface, as green pulses of energy pass from the tentacles and along the corridors. One passes through Silverbolt's foot as he runs, and activates some sort of spider-disk-device thing that seems to burrow out of his back. The device immediately shoots him full of some nasty-looking red stuff, causing his eyes to twitch and glow red. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] stops to check on him, resting a hand on his shoulder, and promptly receives a dose of the same red stuff.

As the Maximals arrive at the base of one of the tentacles, the red stuff is quickly passed along: Cheetor steps on [[Rattrap]]'s tail; Rattrap high-fives [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] with a suggestion to attack the big floating head; Silverbolt puts his arm around Blackarachnia.

[[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] hands out attack orders to the group, only to be met with increasingly argumentative comments in response. Within seconds a furious, senseless argument is underway. Optimus's attempts to calm the group are met with rebukes; unable to reason with the group, Primal finally rockets off alone.

A laser blast scatters the Maximals, as [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] arrives with Cycle drones. Optimus sees the battle below, and turns to help — but one of Cheetor's reflected bolts severs a tentacle. Optimus takes the flailing thing head-on and falls, till another of the gigantic tentacle scoops him up.

Thrust and company, meanwhile, head underground. Cheetor says they have to stop them before they find their base; the others disagree, of course, but Cheetor shouts them all down.

[[Image:Wolf in the Fold Optimus MatrixMegatron.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I don't think this is what Optimus meant when he said, "Soon, I shall be one with the Matrix," Megatron.]]
Inside the big floating head, the disembodied [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] greets Optimus. He's invited him here for a little chat, with the ground attack merely a way to get Primal's attention. Megatron materializes as a ghost data head, telling Primal that they both want the same thing: harmony.

The Maximals, meanwhile, run down the Cycle drones and trash them, then quickly resume arguing. During a brief lapse, Silverbolt soberly concludes that he should never have returned. He flies off, and Blackarachnia mock him for running away from his problems. And the arguing resumes, as does the fighting: Thrust arrives with more drones.

Back in the BFH, Optimus and Megatron argue the merits of free will versus chaos, harmony versus individuality. Primal is distracted by the image of the Maximals fighting, however, and leaves.

[[Image:Wolf in the Fold Maximals argue.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Seriously, guys...WHERE DID YOU HIDE MY CATNIP?]]
The Maximals, meanwhile, are fighting the drones less and less, and increasingly fighting each other. Cheetor has what alcoholics would refer to as a moment of clarity, realizing something's amiss. But it's for naught, as the infighting continues and sucks him back in as well. Thrust sits back to enjoy the show.

On the surface, Silverbolt approaches one of the giant tentacles, and discovers the spider-thing on his back, which he plucks off with fury.

Primal arrives, and knocks out Thrust with one punch. He orders his troops to stop, but they attack instead, and in short order Primal is infected with the red stuff as well. He joins in the fighting, till Silverbolt arrives. He tells them they're infected with a virus, and somehow manages to calm the group.

Rattrap examines one of the giant tentacles, and finds they're sending an activation signal to trigger a pre-planted virus hidden in Silverbolt. It has "an adrenalin booster, a neocortex suppressor, and a shut-off on the self-diagnostic! And it's contagious." It's apparently a variant on the old [[Hate Plague]], and it can't be counteracted.

[[Image:Wolf in the Fold Maximals united.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Maximals....strike a pose.]]
Megatron makes his move. Waves of energy pour down the tentacles, rattling the ground and alarming the Maximals. Primal has an epiphany, that they can somehow "work together" to rebuild their neural pathways. Megatron's energies, meanwhile, are sending huge seismic disruptions through the tunnels, collapsing the ground out from under the Maximals. Falling, the group manages to latch onto one another, and one after the next they cured. Optimus lifts the oddball chain to the surface, where they land.

Rattrap's happy to be a team again, but Silverbolt is more angsty than ever over his role in the whole affair. The Maximals hold no grudges, however. The tentacles retract into the BFH just then, the plan apparently failed or over or something. Blackarachnia laments that they were turned against each other. Primal muses that Megatron didn't create the conflicts, only magnified them, and wonders disbelievingly if Megatron might be right. Far above, the BFH has a good chuckle at this thought.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Rattrap]] (1)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (3)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (4)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (5)
*[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] (6)

|h2=[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s
|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (8)
*[[Motorcycle Drone|Motorcycle Drones]] (9)

}}
==Quotes==
'''Optimus Primal:''' "Silverbolt, Nightscream, aerial recon. Rattrap, Cheetor, ground survey. Blackarachnia, you're base com and backup." 
'''Blackarachnia:''' "Oh ''yeah''? And what are ''you'' going to do, ''[[Trukk not munky|monkey]]''?" 
'''Cheetor''': "Yeah! Who died and made ''you'' King Kong?"
:—The Maximals start squabbling

"Did the little sheep get caught without their shepherd?"
:—'''Thrust''''s first one-liner in the series.

"Your version of harmony is nothing more than slavery. How can you have harmony without free will?" 
"How can you have harmony amidst the chaos of disgreeing minds?" 
"True harmony only prevails when all voices are heard. You only want to stifle them." 
"Your way only leads to chaos, or are these the voices of harmony?"
:—'''Optimus''' and '''Megatron''''s philosophical debate

"You want a piece of me?!" 
"I want a lot of pieces!"
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Rattrap''' scrap.

"Forget the seeds of the future; I'M BURYING YOU IN THE PAST!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''', upon being infected with the hate plague-like virus.

"So how do we counteract it?" 
"In two words: im-possible."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Rattrap''', who can't count.

"That's it! We've got to work together to reform our neural pathways! That's the only way to destroy the virus and cure us!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' pulls a solution out of his monkey butt.

"-He didn't create the conflicts; he only magnified them. The fundamental disharmony, we provided that ourselves. Could it be that Megatron is right after all?"
:—'''Optimus Primal'''

==Notes==
* This episode was lampooned in [[MSTF]] fashion along with "[[Forbidden Fruit]]".
* Interestingly, Silverbolt is presented as the title 'Wolf in the Fold' (being the first carrier of Megatron's virus) despite losing the wolf-like attributes of his Fuzor form. Though, Silverbolt could be considered a lone wolf, a person who prefers to be alone despite being in a group or society, at this point.

===Technical/animation glitches===
*At one point, while Blackarachnia is dangling from Nightscream, her head clips through her webbing.

===Continuity errors===
*Error

===Transformers references===
*[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] compares the infection they're suffering to the [[Hate Plague]].

===Real-world references===
* Cheetor refers to Optimus Primal as "[[King Kong]]" when he's infected by the Hate Plague.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Returns'' — Volume 5 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Geneon Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Beast Machines: Transformers'' — The Complete Series ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season Two: Volume One ([[Sony]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Complete Season Two (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Sony) — French audio only.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolf in the Fold}}
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Forbidden Fruit

2011-01-13T02:34:18Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=BMtoon
|ep=5
|image=ForbiddenFruit titlescreen.jpg
|caption=Yum! Mangoes!
|title="Forbidden Fruit"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[October 16]], 1999
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Trenton Carlson]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''A mysterious bat offers a strange new energy supply, but is it a blessing or a curse?'''

:''French title:'' '''Le Fruit Défendu'''
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Fruit Défendu'''
:''Japanese title:'' 禁断の果実 (''Kindan no Kajitsu'', "Forbidden Fruit")
:''Spanish title:'' '''El Fruto Prohibido'''

==Synopsis==
In the depths of Cybertron, the two [[technorganic]] warriors, Blackarachnia and Cheetor, mock-spar in their beast modes. They are being tutored by Optimus Primal on finding their still point during battle so they can transform. Cheetor objects to the new, "mystical" Optimus and proclaims that he trusts his instincts. All this unfolds while they are watched by an unfamiliar set of bat eyes. Beside the more advanced Blackarachnia and Cheetor, now learning to transform in combat, Rattrap is still struggling with the basics of his technorganic body and relearning the transformation process—unsuccessfully. Optimus Primal tells Rattrap to have patience and just let it happen. Frustrated with his new body and his liability in combat, the rat lashes out at his leader. According to him, Primal should save his advice for the still-missing Rhinox and Silverbolt.

[[Image:Forbidden Fruit Nightscream restrained.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Charlton Heston in a role that will surprise you!]]
Hurt, Primal leaves Rattrap, while the other two scold the rat for his behavior. Primal notices something up above and catches it. It's a bat, and Primal is shocked at the presence of organic life on Cybertron. Before he can examine it further, he is hit with a sonic pulse, and the creature flaps away. The Maximals pursue the bat in their beast modes through the lower regions of Cybertron before Cheetor transforms and catches the creature. As Cheetor holds the bat down, it speaks! Not only that, it—or rather, he—claims to be a Maximal.

At this point, Jetstorm and his Aero Drones appear and attack the Maximals. Primal, Cheetor, and Blackarachnia transform into combat modes, while Rattrap, unable to transform and devoid of weapons, hides. After a short clash, the Maximals run away, followed by Jetstorm, who fires a homing mine after the Maximals that the bat deflects with a sonic blast. While the Maximals take cover, the Aero Drones are destroyed by the bat, and Jetstorm vows to return.

[[Image:Bm soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Mainframe's compensation for [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s survival in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]].]]
The creature, being the kind soul he is, leads the Maximals back to his hideout. On the way, Primal tells him a simplified story of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], their [[reformatting]], and basically all the events leading up to the present. The bat recounts how he found himself trapped in this new form when the first [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]] attacked Cybertron. As [[Soundwave (G1)|other robots]] were destroyed, he fell down a deep pit and awoke, he says, in his current, organic body. When the Maximals reach their destination, Primal is amazed at Nightscream's temporary home. It is a towering, organic fruit tree lodged in the metal world of Cybertron.

[[Image:Forbidden Fruit Optimus Primal tree.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I'm not really digging this new remake of [[King Kong (movie)|''King Kong'']].]]
The creature explains that he has been eating from the tree since his transformation and offers its fruit to the others. While three of them accept, Cheetor is suspicious of the creature. While Primal tries the fruit, claiming that it may help their organic components, Cheetor retorts that he only processes [[Energon (fuel)|energon]], period. Cheetor interrogates the bat and demands answers. He wants to know if the newcomer's an agent for Megatron, but the bat denies it, as Megatron took everything he loved away from him. Cheetor and the bat go back to the others, but the Maximals seem unresponsive and strange. Primal beats his chest and speaks in a primitive way, while Rattrap and Blackarachnia squabble over the fruit, hissing and nipping one another. The organic fruits have magnified their bestial sides, creating a mental imbalance and the eventual dominance of their animal natures.

Amidst the chaos, Jetstorm reappears and attacks. Cheetor attempts to snap the others out of their beast mentality and get them transform. They ignore him, and he and the bat attempt to take the food away from the increasingly feral Maximals. Cheetor notices the trunk of the organic tree, transforms, and cuts it down, despite the bat's protests. This restores the affected Maximals to their old selves, and they transform and begin the fight. The bat is badly hurt by a blast from Jetstorm, and the only way to save his life is for Primal to reformat him.

[[Image:Nightscreambm.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dammit, Mainframe. This is why nobody liked ''Beast Machines''!]]
From his chest, a brilliant white light shoots out. The bat's organic components are mixed with technology, and a technorganic bat emerges. Transforming into his new robot mode, he decimates the ranks of the Aero-drones and drains energon out of Jetstorm until the general crashes. But reformatting the creature has taken its toll on Optimus. He is severely weakened and requests Cheetor to lead while he recovers, as Cheetor was right to destroy the tree; its purely organic nature was creating imbalance in their technorganic bodies. Cheetor eagerly accepts and orders Optimus to be placed on a stretcher.

The new robot decides to travel with them and introduces himself as [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]. But as they leave, a fruit from the organic tree puts down roots into what appears to be organic soil!

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

|h2=[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s
|c2=
*[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (6)
*[[Sonic Attack Jet|Sonic Attack Jets]] (7)

}}
==Quotes==
"How do you expect to master your new body if you keep turning your back on the Matrix, the source of our very sparks." 
"I hate to disappoint you, Big Bot, but, (grunts) in the heat of the battle, I have to follow my instincts, not blind faith.
:—'''Optimus''' preaches it, but '''Cheetor''' opposes it.

"But that's impossible. How can it ''live'' down here?" 
"Eh, even with wings, a rat's a rat. And we're survivors."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Rattrap''' spot a bat.

"Well, well, well. Looks like what we have here is an unlawful assembly. I'm afraid I'm going to have to take you boys downtown—''in pieces!''"
:—'''Jetstorm'''

"That's it! I'm through working with a bunch of empty-headed tin-plated-" [''is interrupted by Maximals''] "Ganging up on me? Let's see how tough you are when I bring a whole battalion back!"
:—'''Jetstorm''' suffers from ADD.

"I was trying to remember how to transform. I thought I could learn by watching him. Like that would ever happen." 
"'''Like that would ever happen.'''"
:—'''Nightscream''' doesn't have a high opinion of '''Rattrap''' (or anyone else, actually).

"Sit! Eat! Get strong!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''', nutritional specialist on fruit

==Notes==
===Mistakes===
* Nightscream is introduced.

===Continuity errors===
* Nightscream cannot transform and is reformatted, then instantaneously transforms, unlike the other Maximals, who must relearn transformation. (Rattrap, who hasn't relearnt yet, is as surprised as the viewer, exclaiming "You gotta be kidding me!" at the sight)
* When the Maximals are shown the fruits by Nightscream, Cheetor comments that they don't eat food, they fuel up on energon, period. This is untrue, as Rattrap was shown to be eating an apple in "[[The Web]]", and Rhinox was shown eating wild beans in "[[The Low Road]]".

===Transformers references===
* During his flashback, Nightscream is seen hiding behind a Transformer that resembles [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]].

===Real-world references===
* As the Maximals hold down Nightscream, he looks at Optimus and cries, "Get your stinking paws off me, you big, dirty ape!", semi-quoting the famous line from the Charlton Heston film ''Planet of the Apes''.

===Other notes===
* This episode was riffed on in [[MSTF]] fashion at [[BotCon 2000]]. It is one of two ''Beast Machines'' episodes to get the MSTF treatment, the other being "[[A Wolf in the Fold]]".

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Returns'' — Volume 2 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Geneon Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Beast Machines: Transformers'' — The Complete Series ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume One ([[Sony]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume One — Reformatting (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Complete Season One (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Intégrale Saison 1 (Sony) — French audio only.

[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Forbidden Fruit

2011-01-13T02:32:47Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=BMtoon
|ep=5
|image=ForbiddenFruit titlescreen.jpg
|caption=Yum! Mangoes!
|title="Forbidden Fruit"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[October 16]], 1999
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Trenton Carlson]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''A mysterious bat offers a strange new energy supply, but is it a blessing or a curse?'''

:''French title:'' '''Le Fruit Défendu'''
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Fruit Défendu'''
:''Japanese title:'' 禁断の果実 (''Kindan no Kajitsu'', "Forbidden Fruit")
:''Spanish title:'' '''El Fruto Prohibido'''

==Synopsis==
In the depths of Cybertron, the two [[technorganic]] warriors, Blackarachnia and Cheetor, mock-spar in their beast modes. They are being tutored by Optimus Primal on finding their still point during battle so they can transform. Cheetor objects to the new, "mystical" Optimus and proclaims that he trusts his instincts. All this unfolds while they are watched by an unfamiliar set of bat eyes. Beside the more advanced Blackarachnia and Cheetor, now learning to transform in combat, Rattrap is still struggling with the basics of his technorganic body and relearning the transformation process—unsuccessfully. Optimus Primal tells Rattrap to have patience and just let it happen. Frustrated with his new body and his liability in combat, the rat lashes out at his leader. According to him, Primal should save his advice for the still-missing Rhinox and Silverbolt.

[[Image:Forbidden Fruit Nightscream restrained.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Charlton Heston in a role that will surprise you!]]
Hurt, Primal leaves Rattrap, while the other two scold the rat for his behavior. Primal notices something up above and catches it. It's a bat, and Primal is shocked at the presence of organic life on Cybertron. Before he can examine it further, he is hit with a sonic pulse, and the creature flaps away. The Maximals pursue the bat in their beast modes through the lower regions of Cybertron before Cheetor transforms and catches the creature. As Cheetor holds the bat down, it speaks! Not only that, it—or rather, he—claims to be a Maximal.

At this point, Jetstorm and his Aero Drones appear and attack the Maximals. Primal, Cheetor, and Blackarachnia transform into combat modes, while Rattrap, unable to transform and devoid of weapons, hides. After a short clash, the Maximals run away, followed by Jetstorm, who fires a homing mine after the Maximals that the bat deflects with a sonic blast. While the Maximals take cover, the Aero Drones are destroyed by the bat, and Jetstorm vows to return.

[[Image:Bm soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Mainframe's compensation for [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s survival in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]].]]
The creature, being the kind soul he is, leads the Maximals back to his hideout. On the way, Primal tells him a simplified story of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], their [[reformatting]], and basically all the events leading up to the present. The bat recounts how he found himself trapped in this new form when the first [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]] attacked Cybertron. As [[Soundwave (G1)|other robots]] were destroyed, he fell down a deep pit and awoke, he says, in his current, organic body. When the Maximals reach their destination, Primal is amazed at Nightscream's temporary home. It is a towering, organic fruit tree lodged in the metal world of Cybertron.

[[Image:Forbidden Fruit Optimus Primal tree.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I'm not really digging this new remake of [[King Kong (movie)|''King Kong'']].]]
The creature explains that he has been eating from the tree since his transformation and offers its fruit to the others. While three of them accept, Cheetor is suspicious of the creature. While Primal tries the fruit, claiming that it may help their organic components, Cheetor retorts that he only processes [[Energon (fuel)|energon]], period. Cheetor interrogates the bat and demands answers. He wants to know if the newcomer's an agent for Megatron, but the bat denies it, as Megatron took everything he loved away from him. Cheetor and the bat go back to the others, but the Maximals seem unresponsive and strange. Primal beats his chest and speaks in a primitive way, while Rattrap and Blackarachnia squabble over the fruit, hissing and nipping one another. The organic fruits have magnified their bestial sides, creating a mental imbalance and the eventual dominance of their animal natures.

Amidst the chaos, Jetstorm reappears and attacks. Cheetor attempts to snap the others out of their beast mentality and get them transform. They ignore him, and he and the bat attempt to take the food away from the increasingly feral Maximals. Cheetor notices the trunk of the organic tree, transforms, and cuts it down, despite the bat's protests. This restores the affected Maximals to their old selves, and they transform and begin the fight. The bat is badly hurt by a blast from Jetstorm, and the only way to save his life is for Primal to reformat him.

[[Image:Nightscreambm.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dammit, Mainframe. This is why nobody liked ''Beast Machines''!]]
From his chest, a brilliant white light shoots out. The bat's organic components are mixed with technology, and a technorganic bat emerges. Transforming into his new robot mode, he decimates the ranks of the Aero-drones and drains energon out of Jetstorm until the general crashes. But reformatting the creature has taken its toll on Optimus. He is severely weakened and requests Cheetor to lead while he recovers, as Cheetor was right to destroy the tree; its purely organic nature was creating imbalance in their technorganic bodies. Cheetor eagerly accepts and orders Optimus to be placed on a stretcher.

The new robot decides to travel with them and introduces himself as [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]. But as they leave, a fruit from the organic tree puts down roots into what appears to be organic soil!

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

|h2=[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s
|c2=
*[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (6)
*[[Sonic Attack Jet|Sonic Attack Jets]] (7)

}}
==Quotes==
"How do you expect to master your new body if you keep turning your back on the Matrix, the source of our very sparks." 
"I hate to disappoint you, Big Bot, but, (grunts) in the heat of the battle, I have to follow my instincts, not blind faith.
:—'''Optimus''' preaches it, but '''Cheetor''' opposes it.

"But that's impossible. How can it ''live'' down here?" 
"Eh, even with wings, a rat's a rat. And we're survivors."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Rattrap''' spot a bat.

"Well, well, well. Looks like what we have here is an unlawful assembly. I'm afraid I'm going to have to take you boys downtown—''in pieces!''"
:—'''Jetstorm'''

"That's it! I'm through working with a bunch of empty-headed tin-plated-" [''is interrupted by Maximals''] "Ganging up on me? Let's see how tough you are when I bring a whole battalion back!"
:—'''Jetstorm''' suffers from ADD.

"I was trying to remember how to transform. I thought I could learn by watching him. Like that would ever happen." 
"'''Like that would ever happen.'''"
:—'''Nightscream''' doesn't have a high opinion of '''Rattrap''' (or anyone else, actually).

"Sit! Eat! Get strong!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''', nutritional specialist on fruit

==Notes==
===Mistakes===
* Nightscream is introduced.

===Continuity errors===
* Nightscream cannot transform and is reformatted, then instantaneously transforms, unlike the other Maximals, who must relearn transformation. (Rattrap, who hasn't relearnt yet, is as surprised as the viewer, exclaiming "You gotta be kidding me!" at the sight)
* When the Maximals are shown the fruits by Nightscream, Cheetor comments that they don't eat food, they fuel up on energon, period. This is untrue, as Rattrap was shown to be eating an apple in "[[The Web]]", and Rhinox was shown eating wild beans in "[[The Low Road]]".

===Transformers references===
* During his flashback, Nightscream is seen hiding behind a Transformer that resembles [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]].

===Real-world references===
* As the Maximals hold down Nightscream, he looks at Optimus and cries, "Get your stinking paws off me, you big, dirty ape!", semi-quoting the famous line from the Charlton Heston film ''Planet of the Apes''.

===Other notes===
* This episode was riffed on in [[MSTF]] fashion at [[BotCon 2000]]. It is one of two ''Beast Machines'' episodes to get the MSTF treatment, the other being "[[A Wolf in the Fold]]".

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Returns'' — Volume 2 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Geneon Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Beast Machines: Transformers'' — The Complete Series ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume One ([[Sony]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume One — Reformatting (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Complete Season One (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Intégrale Saison 1 (Sony) — French audio only.

[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)

2011-01-09T23:18:25Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=29
|image=Coming of the Fuzors 2 Predacons sunset.jpg
|caption=Let the battle begin!
|title="Coming of the Fuzors" (Part 2)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 9]], 1997
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The outnumbered Maximals must defend their base from a Predacon assault while Rhinox takes a dangerous journey.'''

:''French title:'' '''Nouveaux Arrivants - 2e partie''' ("New Arrivals - Part 2")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Fuzors 2'''
:''Japanese title:'' よみがえれコンボイ (''Yomigaere Convoy'', "Convoy Reborn")
:''Spanish title:'' '''La Llegada de los Fuzors (Parte 2)'''
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Los Recién Llegados Segunda Parte'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Lo sbarco - Parte 2'''
:''Brazilian name:'' '''A Chegada dos Fuzores Parte 2''' ("The Arrival of the Fuzors Part 2")
:''Malaysian name:'' '''Fuzor Baru 2''' (New Fuzors Part 2)

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Dinobot Rattrap.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Powerlinxing gone horribly wrong]]
[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Rattrap]], and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] attempt to hold off six Predacons some distance from their base, to allow [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] to complete his mission to travel through the [[Allspark]]. When [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] orders them to take no survivors, [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] protests, saying they should let the Maximals surrender, only to be struck by the irate Predacon commander. When Silverbolt is perplexed by their resistance, Megatron realizes that they are keeping them from their base. He orders [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Silverbolt to head to the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. Cheetor takes to the air, and Rattrap converts to vehicle mode, ordering Dinobot to hop on and provide cover fire (disgusting the former Predacon).

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], however, is using the psychic link to force [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] to search for information on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden]] [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Disks]]. While she searches through the files, she discovers something of importance, but refuses to show Tarantulas. When Tarantulas is rendered unconscious by a boulder, Blackarachnia downloads the information, then destroys the computer, claiming that it was boobytrapped.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Silverbolt staff.jpg|right|200px|thumb|No organic lifeforms were harmed in the making of this episode. Several Cybertronian lifeforms were.]]
Reaching the ''Axalon'', Silverbolt is shot down by the autoguns, and captured by the Maximals. Dinobot prepares to destroy him, but Rattrap and Cheetor prevent him, instead taking him in to repair him. Rhinox, who has finished, tells the Maximals they must hold the Predacons off for a little while longer. Inside the ''Axalon'', a charge hits the device Rhinox was connected to, heading to a [[stasis pod]] with a [[blank]] [[protoform]]. Outside, the shields fail under the fire, and the Maximals engage—to discover that they are out of ammo. The Predacons seriously injure the Maximals.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Optimus Primal.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Check out my new pec-implants. I only had to sell my old body to get 'em."]]
Having waited a long time for their victory, the Predacons approach, prepared to deliver the killing blow. Before they can finish the Maximals off, there is an explosion in the hull of the ''Axalon''. When the smoke clears, the Maximals and Predacons alike are shocked to see the cause of the explosion—[[Optimus Primal]]. The Predacons attempt to destroy him, but Primal, now with his own [[Transmetal]] body, causes the Predacons to scatter. Primal takes to the air, dispatching the rest of the Predacons. Megatron attempts to kill Primal, but Silverbolt knocks Megatron off a cliff, defecting to the Maximals.

After the battle and some repairs, Primal inquires as to how the new bodies do with absorbing energon. Rhinox remarks that all the energon within the area either detonated or was converted to [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]], so it isn't really a problem right now. They'll have to wait for [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]'s report on the rest of the planet. In the meantime, Primal remarks that he has to put his house in order, such as get to know the new additions, and remove Rattrap's personal effects from his quarters.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Blackarachnia.jpg|right|200px|thumb|She's got a twinkle in her eye.]]
At the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], Blackarachnia tells Megatron that Dinobot stole the Disks and destroyed the computers. Megatron and Tarantulas ask if anything from the back ups can be recovered, and when Blackarachnia reveals that it was totally destroyed, Megatron smashes Tarantulas into the wall in rage. Megatron then declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] has entered a new phase, while, unseen, binary code flashes across Blackarachnia's eyes.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (5)
*[[Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (8)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (10)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (1)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (3)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (7)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Prepare for a full attack!" 
"What? We outnumber them more than two to one." 
"Yes..." 
"We have twice their firepower." 
"Yes..." 
"We should give them a chance to surrender!" 
"Mmm...''no''." [''bashes him aside'']
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Silverbolt''' have a tactical disagreement.

"To think, that a warrior must become a... a ''rat'' patrol." 
:—'''Dinobot''' on having to ride Rattrap.

'''Waspinator:''' "Waspinator is in command. Waspinator will lead! Yesssss." 
'''Silverbolt:''' "Well, since you're the one who knows the way, go ahead! Lead on." 
'''Waspinator:''' "Hrmph! You not tell Wazzpinator what to do! Wazzpinator in command!" 
'''Silverbolt:''' "Okay... fine! What is your command?" 
'''Waspinator:''' "Doggy-bot follow Wazzpinator. Wazzpinator will lead." 
:—And that's why Waspinator [[A Better Mousetrap|can only dream of being in charge.]]

"Tarantulas. Yo, Legs! Free...for a second anyway."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' after learning that '''Tarantulas''' was temporarily knocked out.

"Eh, we would've been here sooner if Dinobutt wasn't such a porker." 
"The vilest ride of my life!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Bahhh! Maximal sentiment! Oh, I must've been defective to defect."
:—'''Dinobot'''

"Am I back?" 
"Well, the machine said so. Oh, but you had me worried for a second. Where'd ya go, anyway?" 
"Where all are one." 
"Oh, where all are– what?!"
:—'''Rhinox''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Oh, great. We're all gonna die." 
"It happens... but miracles happen, too. Let's go!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Rhinox''', as the Predacons attack the base

"Comes... the dawn." 
"And...''[Dinobot's arm falls off]''...our doom."
:—'''Rhinox''' and '''Dinobot'''

''(Silverbolt knocks Megatron off a cliff)'' 
"Consider that my resignation from the Predacons, Megatron! ''(to Primal)'' I know now that my place was always with the Maximals. May I join you?" 
"Well...I like your résumé."
:—'''Silverbolt''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

'''Optimus Primal:''' "In the meantime, I've got a lot of catching up to do. People to meet, things to do. Specifically, to have Rattrap clear all his junk out of my quarters!" 
'''Cheetor:''' "Rattrap!" 
'''Dinobot:''' "Opportunistic vermin!" 
'''Rattrap:''' "Come on! Gimme a break, will ya? The guy was... dead." 
''[Dinobot punches Rattrap, sending his chair spinning around]'' 
:—Rattrap learns the hard way not to claim jump the room of [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|a dead Optimus]].

==Notes==
===Trivia===
*After Rattrap throws a rock in the air as an example of what would happen if they moved away from the cover of the boulder, it's blasted into a tiny pebble and hits the ground. All three Maximals' "eyes" then pop out of their heads towards the rock in the fashion of the eyeball gag in classic Tex Avery cartoons.
* Blackarachnia's theft of the Golden Disk data would have consequences carrying through the remainder of the series.
* Though neither admits it, it seems likely that both Tarantulas and Megatron see through Blackarachnia's sleight-of-hand with the backup data tracks. Blackarachnia tells Megatron that the computer was destroyed by Dinobot... after telling Tarantulas that it was destroyed because it was booby trapped. Tarantulas says nothing to contradict this lie to Megatron, and later interrogates her when the chance presents itself in "[[Bad Spark]]". Megatron likewise guesses the truth and attempts to strong-arm the data from her in "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]".
* This episode continues the Spaghetti Western film references, especially when Optimus fights Inferno.
* Speaking of Inferno, there were plans to have him be a reborn version of Megatron,<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&q=inferno+megatron 1997 Bob Forward interview on ATT]</ref> but those plans obviously never came to be. This abandoned plot was hinted when the two flyers crash into one another, and recover only to find their heads on the wrong bodies. Megatron was capable of using Inferno's body during this mix-up to punch Inferno's head.
* It seems somewhat unusual that [[Rattrap]] would have [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (then a Predacon) sent to the [[CR chamber]] ''instead'' of a holding cell ''(especially when you consider what was done to the deactivated bodies of Inferno and Tarantulas during "[[Aftermath]]")'', but, since it ''did'' result in Silverbolt defecting to the Maximals, it all worked out for the best.
* As of the end of this episode, four of the eight members of Primal's team have spent time as Predacons, one way or another.
* In the Canadian broadcasts of this episode Tarantulas calls Blackarachnia "Widow" rather than "Witch".

===Technical/animation glitches===
*When Megatron opens fire on the Maximals the second time in this episode, his middle, ring, and pinky "fingers" are shown clipping through his cannon.
*While in pursuit of Rattrap and Dinobot, Megatron transforms from his beast mode in mid-flight and continues to attack from the air, yet his VTOL engines are inactive on his back rather than deployed.
*Before the Maximals begin getting hammered by the Preds, Rhinox is on top of Rattrap, with him either clipping through Rattrap's rear wheel, or the wheel has no interior.

===Continuity errors===
* Tarantulas and Waspinator arrive again mid-battle, despite having already arrived at the end of the previous episode.
* Waspinator and Silverbolt take off for the Maximal base twice, clearly going over the Maximals' heads a second time after the commercial break; the Maximals then reassert the danger of the situation in different phrasing than before.
* Funny things happen with ammunition:
** Dinobot says his weapon is depleted, despite clearly having ammunition bandoleers criscrossed over his torso. The weapon gets fired more times before the episode ends, anyway.
** There's no real in-story reason for the Maximals to run out of ammunition before the Predacons, who have been unloading ordnance at them all night. Rhinox in particular should have fully loaded weapons when he enters the fight. This was almost certainly an intentional choice by the writers, to fit the episode's thematic homage to spaghetti western serials.
* An earlier script revision called for the elevator into the Maximal base to be destroyed during the fight, giving Primal a more practical reason to blow a hole in the side of his own base.<ref>[http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasontwo/cotftwo/cotftwoscript.pdf "Coming of the Fuzors" (Part 2) script at Benson Yee's site]</ref> Oh well, maybe the big guy was in a hurry.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Rubber ducky cotf2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|How many Starscreams are there on this planet, anyway?]]
* While Blackarachnia is searching through Megatron's stuff, a gray model of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s head is in the pile. (It's too small to be the real thing, given that Beast Warriors are shown later in the series to be much smaller than Generation 1 characters.)
* Other items in the pile include a model Supermarine Spitfire, a model helicopter, a number of books, the [[wikipedia:Holy Grail|Holy Grail]], three identical spiky planets, a model rocket, a pocket-watch, and a [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky]].
* During one of Rhinox's trips through the [[Allspark|Matrix]], near the end of the episode, the [[Autobot]] [[Matrix of Leadership]] is seen floating.
* When Rattrap asks where Rhinox went, he describes the Matrix as "[['Til all are one|where all are one]]".
* Rattrap filled Optimus's quarters with his things, despite the latter's warning not to do so in "[[Other Voices, Part 2|Other Voices]]".

===Real-world references===
*''[[wikipedia:The Rat Patrol|The Rat Patrol]]'' was a 1960s TV show about a group of Allied soldiers fighting Rommel's Afrika Corps on the North African front during World War II.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Convoy Reborn ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 5 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Tomomichi Nishimura

2011-01-07T06:21:47Z

69.127.240.234:

'''Tomomichi Nishimura''' (西村知道 ''Nishimura Tomomichi'') is a veteran Japanese voice actor born [[June 2]], [[1946]]. He is known for his work in the ''Slam Dunk'', ''YuYu Hakusho'' and ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' anime series, along with the ''Street Fighter'' video games. He is also a Super Sentai alumnus, having provided the voice of Engine Jum-bowhale on ''[[wikipedia:Engine Sentai Go-onger|Engine Sentai Go-onger]]''.

==Roles==
===''The Transformers''===
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]]

===''Scramble City''===
*Silverbolt
*Superion

===''The Headmasters''===
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
*[[Misfire]]

===''Super-God Masterforce''===
*Unnamed Union Transportation worker (episode 11: "[[Ginrai: God On of Rage!!]]")

===''Victory''===
*[[Deathcobra (Victory)|Deathcobra]]

==External links==
*[http://www.artsvision.co.jp/data.php?id=652 Official profile] at Arts Vision
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632770/ Tomomichi Nishimura] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1047 Tomomichi Nishimura] at Anime News Network

[[Category:Japanese voice actors|Nishimura, Tomomichi]]

Nobuo Tobita

2011-01-07T06:17:27Z

69.127.240.234:

'''Nobuo Tobita''' (飛田展男 ''Tobita Nobuo'', born [[November 6]], [[1959]]) is a Japanese voice actor. He has provided voices for numerous anime shows, such as ''Hellsing'' and various incarnations of the ''Gundam'' franchise which he was known as the voice actor of Kamille Bidan in Mobile Suit Z Gundam. He is also the voice of Burajira of the Messiah (a.k.a. Buredoran of the Comet, Buuredoran of the Chupacabra, and Buredo-RUN of the Cyborg) on ''[[wikipedia:Tensou Sentai Goseiger|Tensou Sentai Goseiger]]''.

==Roles==
===[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars''/''Beast Wars Metals'']]===
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]
*Maximal Computer

===''[[Energon (cartoon)|Superlink]]''===
*[[Constructicon Maximus|Buildron]]
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Nightscream]]
*[[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]]
*[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Sprung]]

===''Animated''===
* Captain [[Carmine Fanzone]]
* [[Colossus Rhodes]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]
* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864980/ Nobuo Tobita at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=666 Nobuo Tobita at Anime News Network]

[[Category:Japanese voice actors|Tobita, Nobuo]]

Teruaki Ogawa

2011-01-07T06:14:38Z

69.127.240.234:

'''Teruaki Ogawa''' (小川輝晃 ''Ogawa Teruaki'') is a Japanese voice actor born [[August 29]], [[1968]] in [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]. He is best known in the Super Sentai Series as Sasuke/NinjaRed in ''[[wikipedia:Ninja Sentai Kakuranger|Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]]'' and Hyuuga/BullBlack in ''[[wikipedia:Seijuu Sentai Gingaman|Seijuu Sentai Gingaman]]''.

==Roles==
===''Beast Wars Neo''===
*[[Mach Kick]]

==External links==
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=8343 Teruaki Ogawa] at Anime News Network

[[Category:Japanese voice actors|Ogawa, Teruaki]]

Ambush (episode)

2011-01-06T17:51:58Z

69.127.240.234: /* Differences with Galaxy Force */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=42
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=43
|image=Scourge-Pansy.jpg
|caption=SAY MY NAME.
|title="Ambush"
|japanese=対決! ローリ VS クロミア
|romaji=Taiketsu! Lori tai Chromia
|translation=Showdown! Lori VS Chromia
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Atsushi Nakayama]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[October 29]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[September 18]], [[2006]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots split up to search the lower levels of Gigantion for its Cyber Planet Key, while the Decepticons do the same. Lori and Thunderblast get acquainted.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb_ep42_feeling_run_down.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]
Deep in the lower levels of [[Gigantion|Gigantion]], the four [[Autobot]] teams are making fast progress in their search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]. [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]], [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] have enjoyed an uneventful journey, and soon discover a large chasm that they decide to leap into to continue their mission. Elsewhere, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s team (the [[Recon Mini-Con Team|Recon Mini-Con Team]], [[Vector Prime]] and [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]]) are having only a ''slightly'' more eventful time of it, as they find their way barred by [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]]...only to run straight over them. The two [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] bemoan their fate, then encourage themselves to try even harder in spite of all their past failures... then kinda deflate again as reality sets in. Poor dumb schmucks.

Elsewhere again, the team of [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] and [[Lori]] take an elevator to a lower level. When they hit the bottom, Override advises caution entering the new area, and Wing Saber glibly notes the perfect getting-ambushed opportunities there. [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] takes this as her cue to enter, backed up by [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. Lori, however, immediately begins verbally browbeating Scourge for his cowardly tactics and continued association with the Decepticons, and Scourge flinches. A lot. Thunderblast eventually gets sick of it and insults the both of them, calling Lori a "mouse". Lori, her temper already frayed, challenges Thunderblast to a fight, and the [[Autobot|Autobots]] take fighting positions.

[[Image:Cyb_ep42_wild_take.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

Back with Jetfire's team, the trio finally land at the bottom of the pit, where they're attacked by [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. Jetfire tackles the Decepticon himself, ordering the other two to go ahead without him. They hestitate for a moment, but then move to depart, realizing that, after all, "it's only Thundercracker." Furious at this disrespect, Thundercracker throws Jetfire aside and draws a bead on the retreating Autobots, but Jetfire recovers quickly and opens fire on the Decepticon, allowing his comrades to get away. Grinning wickedly, Thundercracker announces that it's time to reveal his new "forbidden attack", much to Jetfire's befuddlement.

On all three fronts, battle is the order of the day, as Optimus Prime blasts the interfering Ransack and Crumplezone far off into the distance once again.

[[Image:Tcracker-SELTCP.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Dragon Ball T]]

Thunderblast distracts Lori with a rather puerile ruse, and beats cheeks out of there. [[:Image:LoriPissed.jpg|Lori's last nerve snapped]], she glowers at Wing Saber until he submits to bringing her along to chase Thunderblast down. The pair fly off on Thunderblast tail, leaving (a rather relieved) Scourge to battle Override, though Wing Saber soon realizes that she's clearly leading them into a trap. Lori is adamant, though, and they soon find out where they're being led to: a harbor area with a ''lot'' of open water.

Elsewhere, Thundercracker is charging up his "Super Electric Lightning Thundercrackin' Punch" with much pomp and grandeur. Jetfire is incredulous when the Decepticon finishes crying the attack's name and he finds out it's only a punch, but to Thundercracker's credit, his fist connects and knocks Jetfire for six. Jetfire is actually impressed, complimenting Thundercracker on finally landing a legitimately good attack, and Thundercracker grins happily.

[[Image:Thundercranes.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Wow, they weren't even using the right bait for floozies.]]

While Scourge and Override's battle continues, with plenty of trash talk, Thunderblast launches her own attack, shooting missiles at Wing Saber from underwater. Wing Saber has a rare moment of clarity and suggests a retreat, knowing he can't tackle Thunderblast like this, but Lori insists they have to outsmart her. Wing Saber drops Lori off on dry land, and she enters a control console for a ring of eight cranes in the middle of the harbor water. Wing Saber allows himself to get "shot down" and dives underwater in robot mode. Thunderblast follows and corners him... and then realizes that she herself has just been led into a trap. Lori drops the crane-claws all around Thunderblast, surrounding her, and then one final one right on top of her head. Thunderblast demands to be released, and Wing Saber obliges, courtesy of pretty much every missile he's packing. The explosion sends Thunderblast flying away uncontrollably, wailing in defiance.

[[Image:MasswaysMasses.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Buy us at only $60 a pop!]]

Elsewhere, Jetfire and Thundercracker have beaten each other silly, and both collapse, exhausted. The back-up team of [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] and [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] arrive, and Coby tends to Jetfire while Quickmix keeps the gibbering Thundercracker quiet by dumping a lot of quick-drying concrete on top of him.

Scourge and Override's fight blasts a hole in the floor of a level above them, and their fight moves into this new room. Scourge hurls his axe, which misses and slams into the wall... right above the doorway that Lori then comes running through. Wing Saber dives in and saves Lori before she's crushed by the falling debris, and Scourge uses the opportunity to run for an elevator. Lori, quickly over her near-death experience, berates Scourge again, who sheepishly says he's not ''running away'' so much as making a ''strategic withdrawal''. The doors close, and Override and Lori both express their frustration by hitting the wall. But Lori finds that she has inadvertantly kicked a hidden button in the wall, which causes the lights in the room to turn off, and a large device to rise out of the middle of the floor. As the device powers up, the trio realize they are looking at a planetarium-like hologram device, which begins to project images of Gigantion in ancient times. The video images show a [[Planet X (Cybertron)|huge dark sphere]] appearing above the planet, and hundreds of robots emerging from it and filling the skies of Gigantion... robots of the same design as [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]....
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (1)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (2)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (3)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Six-Speed|Six-Speed]] (5)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (6)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (7)
* [[Vector Prime|Vector Prime]] (8)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (9)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (12)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (13)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (20)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (10)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (11)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (15)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (16)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (17)

|c3=
* [[Lori|Lori]] (14)
* [[Bud Hansen|Bud Hansen]] (18)
* [[Coby Hansen|Coby Hansen]] (19)

|c4=
* [[Noisemaze Mass-Production Version|Noisemaze Mass-Production Versions]] (23)
* [[Laserbeak drone|Laserbeak drones]] (24)
}}

==Quotes==
"When he sees our real strength and ''feels'' our vengeance, he'll regret beating us over and over and over..."
:—'''Crumplezone'''

"What could be dangerous? It's dark with only one exit! Looks like a ''great'' place to get ambushed!"
:—'''Wing Saber'''

"What in the world are you ''thinking''?! Back on [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], you were all about honor and rule of law, but ''now'' look at you! Skulking around in the shadows with a Decepticon floozy—" 
"HEY!" 
"—plotting ambushes and, and sneak attacks?! What's the ''matter'' with you?! Have you completely lost your honor or ''what''?!"
:—'''Lori''' browbeats Scourge (with objection by '''Thunderblast''')

"Little sister, you better check yo'self!"
:—'''Thunderblast''' (to Lori)

"We are chasing her, Wing Saber!" 
"Huh?! You're not serious." 
"I am serious." 
"Uh, but...but Lori...." 
"We're. Chas. Ing. Her." 
"Yes...ma'am...." 
:—'''Lori''' has '''Wing Saber''' totally whipped.

[[Image:JetCracker-punch.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]
"Man... I'm impressed! Good punch, mate! Fair dinkum! 'Bout time you brought some muscle to the tussle!"
:—'''Jetfire'''

"Don't worry about a thing. I aced a B+ in computers class." 
"Why not an A?" 
"Well...." 
"Just don't tell me you crashed the computer."
:—'''Lori''' and '''Wing Saber'''

"Bring me a 'get well' card..."
:—'''Thundercracker'''

==Other Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*''Galaxy Force'' includes a "previously on" segment summarizing the events of "[[City]]".
*Immediately after the "previously" segment, before the title card appears, ''Galaxy Force'' also includes a brief original scene of Override, Wing Saber and Lori making their way down a corridor, taking about being first to their objective. In removing the "previously" segment, ''Cybertron'' also removes this short scene (perhaps unintentionally?).
* In ''Cybertron'', after Lori challenges Thunderblast to a battle, Wing Saber and Override make sounds as if they are preparing to battle. In ''Galaxy Force'', they both claim that Lori is scary.
*In ''Cybertron'', at the end of the episode, Lori berates Scourge for retreating. In ''Galaxy Force'', she is angry because she suspects he may have thrown his axe and collapsed the wall with the deliberate intention of killing her.

===Continuity errors===
* So, did Scourge get his tail-axe back or what?

===Real-world references===
* As she and Wing Saber jet off after Thunderblast, Lori cries "Hi-yo Saber!", a reference to the command western hero [[Wikipedia:Lone Ranger|the Lone Ranger]] gave his horse, Silver, to begin running.
* "She can lead an Autobot to water..." Wing Saber says of Thunderblast's plan, with Lori adding, "...but can she make us drink?", paraphrasing that old saying about horses.
* While she's chasing Wing Saber underwater, Thunderblast starts singing the [[wikipedia:Jaws_(film)#Music|theme from ''Jaws'']].

===Trivia===
[[Image:Override-Teeth.jpg|right|thumb|Override uses Crest Whitening strips.]]
* There's a noticeably greater amount of facial emoting from the CGI cast in this episode than normal. Where previously, the height of facial animation has literally been limited to the changing shape of the mouth, this episode features several characters getting "normal" [[Teeth|teeth]] for certain expressions which are not present in most other sequences, more fluid lip-motions, and even eyes that change shape. It's a nice change of pace.
* On that note, the scene in which Lori is almost crushed by falling debris has one of the few instances of "precise" lip-synching in the series: a close-up of Override's face as she yells "LORI!!!" The shot of her afterwards saying her name again in a relieved tone is also synched, but no teethies. A close-up of Thunderblast just before she's crushed also has precise lip-synch, but it's synched to Japanese words, not English. Oh well.
* During his indecision on whether or not to follow Thunderblast, Wing Saber displays the comical, large [[wikipedia:Sweat_drop|anime sweat drop]] on the side of his head. This means that Lori is so scary that she makes robots sweat. Also, Lori can be seen with a fang sticking out of her mouth when she's mad. O.o
* As Thunderblast runs across the rooftops while luring Wing Saber and Lori along, her breasts actually... ''jiggle''. Seriously, Gonzo, we despair of you.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 11 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Beast Wars (Part 2)

2011-01-04T22:30:08Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=2
|title="Beast Wars" (Part 2)
|image=BeastWars2 clash.jpg
|caption="The energon is shorting out our depth perception!"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[April 21]], [[1996]]
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Steve Ball]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
|packaged with=[[Optimus Primal/toys#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Convoy]]
}}

'''After a battle between Optimus Primal and Dinobot, a huge cache of Energon is discovered.'''

:''French title:'' '''Animutants - 2e partie'''
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Pilote 2''' ("Pilot 2")
:''Japanese title:'' 倒せデストロン (''Taose Destron'', "Beat the Destrons")
:''Polish title:'' '''Wojna bestii'''
:''Portuguese title:'' '''Beast Wars parte 2'''
:''Spanish title:'' '''La guerra de las bestias [Parte 2]'''
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Guerra de Bestias Segunda Parte'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Un nuovo compagno''' ("A new mate")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:BeastWars2 bridge.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I am the servant of the [[Allspark|secret fire]], wielder of the [[Matrix Flame|flame of Anor]]! The [[The Fallen#Dreamwave comics continuity|dark fire]] will not avail you, flame of [[Pit|Udun]]! Go back to [[Unicron|the shadow]]!]]
[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] challenges [[Optimus Primal]] to mortal combat for the leadership of the [[Maximal]]s. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox ]] wonders if the rest of them get a say, while [[Rattrap]] is indifferent and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] offers to nail the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] himself. Optimus tries to talk sense to Dinobot, saying he's welcome to join the group, but not as leader. Dinobot is unimpressed; the two duel. Rattrap has to restrain Cheetor from joining in. Primal knocks Dinobot down, and the Predacon tells him to finish the job, but Optimus refuses, and Dinobot responds by blasting him, almost sending the Maximal leader over the edge. Dinobot helps him back up, stating that Primal slipped and that winning the fight that way would not have been honorable.

As they continue to fight, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and his crew arrive, taking the chance to attack both combatants. Primal transforms to beast mode, pulling Dinobot out of the way of the missiles, but leaving the pair dangling over the ravine. Dinobot begins suffering from energon buildup, and pleads with Optimus to let him fall so that Optimus might save himself, but Optimus naturally refuses. The pair is saved at the last moment by Rhinox. This is the signal for another attack from the Predacons, which takes out the rock bridge. The Maximals (bar Rattrap, who has to be saved by Optimus) reach the other side of the bridge in time.

[[Image:BeastWars2 maximals sight mountain.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Megatron takes his frustrations out on [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], but [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] points to where some of the Predacon missiles have struck a mountain, unveiling a massive cache of [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] crystals. The Predacons set out for the mountain, but they're spotted heading for the energy crystals by the Maximals. Rhinox and Rattrap are ready to scrap Dinobot before starting out, but Optimus stops them. They set out for the mountain as well, though Rattrap is less than impressed with the news that Dinobot is coming too.

[[Image:BeastWars2 Dinobot Rattrap glaring.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Don't make me suck your DICK!]]
En route, Rhinox suggests Optimus fly ahead using his jets, but Primal believes there's strength in numbers. They spot a strange [[Standing Stones|stone circle]], obviously artificially built, but are interrupted in their discussion by the arrival of Terrorsaur and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]. Optimus takes to the air and scares them off with a missile. As the two Predacons flee, Dinobot fires on them with his [[Optic weaponry|optical lasers]], inadvertently blasting the ledge above them. Rhinox is forced to leap aside as a boulder comes crashing down on him, and Rattrap accuses him of intentionally trying to slag Rhinox. Optimus orders him to stand down.

[[Image:BeastWars2 Megatron and Optimus struggle.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
The Predacons arrive at the mountain, though as [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] points out, the energy will force them to remain in their beast modes. The Maximals arrive at roughly the same time, and both sides eye each other across a pass through the top mountain. After the prerequisite speech from Megatron, both sides charge and begin tearing into one another in beast form. Despite biting a chunk out of Optimus, Megatron is thrown aside and, as a last desperate gamble, transforms and fires a missile on Optimus. Dinobot throws himself between the pair, knocking the missile with his tail and saving Primal, but the missile begins a chain reaction. Both teams quickly flee.

As the Maximals watch the resultant explosions, Dinobot explains that his actions are payment of a debt—he owed Primal his life; now they are even. Primal says that's good enough for the moment, and proclaims that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] have begun.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Optimus Primal]] (2)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
* [[Rattrap]] (4)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (5)
|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (1)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (6)
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (7)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (8)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (9)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"I still live! Finish it." 
"That's not how we Maximals do things." 
"Then that will have to ''change!''"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"What are you doing? You'd won." 
"You slipped. To defeat you in such a manner would be lacking in honor. I would not have earned the right to lead. I prefer to beat my opponents the old fashioned way—BRUTALLY!" 
''[The two resume fighting]'' 
"For a Predacon, Dinobot, you have qualities I could like." 
"And you, ahh, have proved to be a worthy adversary. I will have you recycled with full honors." 
"Well, that's. Just. Prime!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Dinobot'''

"The energon fields! I am shorting out." 
"Hang on! You can't transform in this position!" 
"Release me! Let me fall and save yourself." 
"Now, where's the honor in that?" 
''[Optimus's hold on the rock bridge weakens]'' 
"You have no choice." 
"Then we both go!"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"You're welcome." 
"You're the leader. It's your, ah, job."
:—A life-saving '''Optimus Primal''' and an ungrateful '''Rattrap'''

"Ease off, Rattrap! It was an accident." 
"Says you!" 
"That's right—says me! You wanna question my orders one. More. Time?" 
"I… ahhhh… ya, I don't trust Predacons."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' asserts command over '''Rattrap'''.

"Across the galaxy, it has come to this, Optimus Primal—face to face, tooth to claw. Yesss. Have you anything to say?" 
"I'd say that's prime. Let's do it."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal''', just before the big fight begins

"It is over, Megatron!" 
"It is ''never'' over. Noooo! For if I must die, I shall take you with me!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Megatron'''

"So for now, let the battle be here, on this strange primitive world. And let it be called...Beast Wars!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' after the first of many battles.

==Notes==
* During the audio commentary for this episode on [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 DVD, [[Garry Chalk]]'s cell phone suddenly rings, forcing him to step outside, while [[Scott McNeil]] and [[Alec Willows]] crack jokes about it being Garry's mom on the line.
* At the end of the episode, Megatron transforms without his command code. The Maximals do the same when the Predacon fliers attack on the way to the mountain. This is a rarity in the early episodes, but becomes commonplace as the series progresses.

===Animation or technical glitches===
* Waspinator's bee-stripes on his thighs are mapped along the wrong axis.
* As the Maximals start for the energon mountain and Rattrap is left behind if you look closely you'll see Optimus' legs are messed up
* Often, when the "energon mountain" appears in the distance, a large piece of energon in the foreground clips and flickers, making it appear as though the energon is appearing and disappearing at random.
* Though Megatron takes quite a chunk out of Primal's left leg during the final battle, the damage disappears when the Maximals retreat.

===Continuity errors===
* During the scene with Dinobot, in the background, the ''Axalon'' is missing from its crash site.

* When the Maximals and Predacons are charging towards each other in the big fight, it is established that all combatants were running almost side-by-side. Yet in each of the closeups of each combatant, it seems they are the only ones actually charging in the small crevasse.

* After the energon mountain explodes and the Maximals are seen ducking for cover, every shot showing Optimus Primal and Dinobot in the foreground features none of the other Maximals in the background, even though they were seen standing behind the pair moments earlier, and both Rattrap and Rhinox are seen when Rattrap thinks they have won. Oddly enough, Cheetor is no longer in the scene at all.

* The very same scene features a lot of rubble from the destroyed mountain in close-ups of Rattrap and Rhinox, but relatively little rubble when Optimus Primal and Dinobot are in the foreground.

===Plot errors===
* Scorponok directs Megatron's attention to the missiles approaching the mountain. The missiles then hit the mountain, revealing it to be full of energon. There's no reason to believe Scorponok knew the energon was there, so why did he ''care'' about the imminent impact of the missiles?
* Megatron deciding to destroy the mountain is...questionable. Though Optimus Primal managed to throw him into a rock face, Primal himself was down and crippled, while Megatron appeared ready to keep fighting.

==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]] 1997 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Enter the Super Lifeform Transformers ([[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. 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)

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

Beast Wars (Part 1)

2011-01-04T20:07:48Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=BW
|ep=1
|image=BWPart1 crashland.jpg
|caption=They carry within them the last sons of Kryp—oh, wait, never mind.
|title="Beast Wars" (Part 1)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[May 16]], [[1996]]
|packaged with=[[Optimus Primal/toys#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|DX Convoy]]
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Ian Pearson]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''A Maximal science vessel and a fugitive Predacon starship crash land on a mysterious, primitive world.'''

:''French title:'' '''Animutants - 1re partie'''
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Pilote 1''' ("Pilot 1")
:''Japanese title:'' 超生命体トランスフォーマー登場 (''Chō Seimeitai Transformer Tōjō'', "Enter the Super Lifeform Transformers")
:''Polish title:'' '''Wojna bestii'''
:''Portuguese title:'' '''Beast Wars parte 1'''
:''Spanish title:'' '''La guerra de las bestias [Parte 1]'''
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Guerra de Bestias Primera Parte'''
:''Italian title:'' '''L'atterraggio''' ("The landing")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:BWPart1 strangenewworld.jpg|left|180px|thumb|In space, no one can hear you transform.]]
In an unknown star system, a [[transwarp]] portal opens, releasing two starships, a fleeing Predacon warship and a pursuing Maximal vessel. Already carrying the scars of battle, both ships immediately open fire upon each other. On the Maximal ship, a youthful crewmember reports on their damaged condition, in response to which another crew member bitterly complains about their non-combat exploration vessel not being cut out for this mission. Their commander, Optimus Primal, states that they were the only ship in range capable of intercepting the fugitives.

On the fleeing Predacon starship, the first officer urges his leader, Megatron, to finish off the Maximals while their opponents' shields are down. Megatron arrogantly rebuffs this suggestion, preferring to toy with his opponents. A broadside attack cripples their enemies' engines and causes significant damage to their stasis hold. Optimus Primal orders the Maximals' cargo of [[stasis pod]]s be released into safe orbit before firing the forward plasma cannons, strafing the Predacons' hull. With no engines, both ships are caught in the planet's gravitational pull and plummet to its surface.

[[Image:BWPart1 beastmodes.jpg|right|180px|thumb|And the fandom complained... for about five minutes.]]
Both ships are non-flightworthy after their crashes. The Maximals have landed on a cliff above a lake; the Predacon warship has landed smack in the middle of the ash-hardened opening of an active shield volcano. The Predacon computer informs Megatron that their location is unknown, as while the course settings were accurate, the readings were not consistent with what was to be expected of the location. Dismissing this for the time being, Megatron demands to know if the mysterious planet has [[Energon (fuel)|energon]], which the computer confirms to his elation. However, it warns that there is so much energon that prolonged exposure would permanently damage their robot modes. Declaring that they will take the forms of the most powerful creatures on the planet, Megatron orders his science officer to scan for local lifeforms which they could adapt as alternate modes to survive on this world. The Predacon ship launches a drone, scanning the fossils of a tyrannosaurus rex, velociraptor and pteranodon, as well as a living spider and wasp.

At the cliff, the Maximals have the same idea, scanning a gorilla, rat, rhino and cheetah. The Maximals check out their new forms and bicker amongst themselves, till Optimus Primal orders the crew to moderate their conflict circuits, reminding them that their new beast forms are to protect them from the long-term effects of the abundant energon fields: While they need energon for power, their robot modes will short out after a few minutes of exposure. Optimus notes that they are on a very unusual planet, wherever it is. Rhinox points out that the transwarp drive allows them to journey through space '''and''' time, so they could be in any place, any time. Optimus expresses concern about the stasis pods in orbit, as it means the Maximals are outnumbered.

[[Image:BWPart1 beastfaceoff.jpg|left|180px|thumb|We'll tumble. Rumble style!]]
Back at the other crash site, the Predacons are testing out their new beast modes, bar one. First officer Dinobot, studying the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] he and his cohorts had stolen, is furious, declaring that this world cannot be [[Earth]]. He accuses Megatron of failure, both in battle against the Maximals and in failing to guide them to the right planet. Megatron laughs off Dinobot's accusations, and has Scorponok blast the treacherous Dinobot over the horizon. Megatron informs the other Predacons that it doesn't matter which planet they are on, as they had come looking for energon to fuel their war with the Maximals, and this planet is rich with it. Megatron dispatches his crew to seek out and destroy their enemies.

[[Image:BWPart1 Predsopenfire.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Shouldn't they be seeking cover of some sort?]]
Meanwhile, the Maximals are surveying the land around them and cleaning up the wreckage on the ''Axalon''. Rattrap complains about all the fuss over the Golden Disk, but Optimus Primal reminds him that the Disk is Cybertron's most closely guarded relic, a guide to a major source of energon, which is why Megatron stole it. Rattrap doesn't care, retorting they were supposed to be performing deep-space exploration and that it isn't his job to chase after criminals. He sarcastically speculates on Primal's readiness to handle a command position. Optimus further reminds him of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], noting that if the Predacons are able to secure a massive source of energon, they wouldn't hesitate to start a new one. Rattrap isn't convinced.

Deciding to show off (and goof off), Cheetor gives chase to two cheetahs running on the plains near the ship. Optimus tries to call him back, but the energon radiation severely limits the range of their communications equipment.

[[Image:BWPart1 Primalflying.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"I'm a rocket man, rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone."]]
Some distance away, Cheetor's two cheetah buddies are freaked out by a rather large wasp. Realizing it's a '''Robot in Disguise''', Cheetor transforms and fires unprovoked. The Predacon Waspinator transforms and retaliates. Back at the ''Axalon'', the other Maximals move out to give Cheetor backup, with Rhinox ramming his way through a pile of boulders to speed their progress. Waspinator manages to get the better of Cheetor when the Maximal's rifle jams, but fortunately, the other Maximals have arrived by then. Unfortunately, Megatron and the Predacons have arrived as well.

[[Image:BWPart1 coverfire.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"I'll activate my Hero Shield!"]]
Optimus Primal tries to convince Megatron to not engage in hostilities, as the Maximals and Predacons have been at peace for centuries. Megatron spits back that while the Maximals may have been at peace, the Predacons, like all enemies who appear "peaceful", were merely biding their time. The Predacons have never forgotten their goal of galactic conquest, but were merely waiting for the right time to strike.

Both sides transform, and the battle is joined. As the Maximals seek cover, Cheetor is blasted by one of Scorponok's missiles and ends up with his leg trapped under a boulder. Optimus Primal orders Rattrap to assist Cheetor while he provides cover fire, but Rattrap flatly refuses to risk his life for anybody else, to Optimus' anger. The Maximal leader flies to Cheetor's position himself but is hit by Predacon fire, much to Rattrap's smug delight. Nonetheless, Optimus manages to free Cheetor while Rhinox "persuades" Rattrap to help provide the pair with cover fire. With the Predacons now seeking cover of their own, the Maximals make their escape. Megatron orders pursuit, but he and his Predacons succumb to the effects of the energon buildup and are forced to revert to beast mode.

[[Image:BWPart1 bridgefaceoff.jpg|left|180px|thumb|You shall not pass!]]
On the way back to base, Optimus Primal chews out Rattrap for disobeying a direct order, explaining to the petulant Maximal that he could have given better cover fire, an explanation which Rattrap accepts rather grudgingly. Cheetor notes that they seem to have escaped the Predacons. Primal isn't sure, as the Golden Disk theft reports indicated there were six Predacons, but they only encountered five in the previous battle.

They don't have to wait long. Dinobot appears, barring their way across a stone bridge to the ''Axalon''. Dinobot states that he has left the Predacons to join the Maximals... as leader. He challenges Optimus Primal to a one-on-one battle, with the winner to lead the Maximals, the loser to be destroyed!

[[Beast Wars (Part 2)|To be continued...]]

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Rattrap]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (6)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (4)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (7)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (8)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (9)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Cheetor''': "I'm a cheetah! No... I'm ''Cheetor''!" 
'''Optimus Primal''': ''(bored)'' "Mm. Interesting."

'''Dinobot''': "No, no, ''no''! It's all wrong! This cannot be Earth! Megatron, you ''failed''! Not only did you ''fail'' to destroy the Maximals when you had the chance, you ''failed'' to bring us to the right ''planet!'' We stole the Golden Disk for nothing! You '''idiot!'''" 
''(Dinobot tosses aside the Golden Disk)'' 
'''Megatron''': "Heh, I beg your pardon? What did you call me?" 
'''Dinobot''': "You heard. You are an idiot and an incompetent leader, and I am taking over. Dinobot, terrorize!" 
[''Dinobot transforms into robot mode''] 
'''Dinobot''': "I challenge you to battle, Megatron. The winner shall lead the Predacons, and the loser shall be destroyed!" 
'''Megatron''': "Ahh, you're so impulsive, Dinobot. Brave... but misguided." 
'''Dinobot''': "Do you accept my challenge?!?" 
'''Megatron''': "Ah-hahaha... there's more to being a leader than simple courage. Well, there's cleverness and cunning as well. Isn't that right, Scorponok?" 
[''Scorponok fires a missile, blasting Dinobot away''] 
'''Megatron''': "Loser."
:—'''Megatron''' deals swiftly with '''Dinobot''''s belligerence.

'''Optimus Primal''': "You wanted exploration, and here we are on an unknown planet. What more do you want?" 
'''Rattrap''': "Well, uh, call me picky but a working spacecraft might be nice." 
'''Optimus Primal''': (sighs) "Just no pleasing some people."

'''Waspinator''': Mzzzzz! Wazzzpinator under attack! Wazzzpinator engage enemy! Wazzzpinator, TERRORIZEZZZZZZZZ!!!
:-'''Waspinator''' engages '''Cheetor'''.

"Ahh, a treacherous, under-handed sneak attack. Oh-ho-ho, I like you, pussycat, yesss."
:—'''Megatron''''s response to Cheetor's unprovoked attack

"This guy's got bearings of chrome steel."
:—'''Rhinox''' on Dinobot's bid for Maximal group leader

==Notes==
[[Image:BeastWarsEp1JapanOpen01.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
*The Japanese version of this episode begins with a [[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]-style scrolling recap of the history of the Transformers, narrated by both the Maximal and Predacon computer voices talking simultaneously. This worked out fairly well, since the episode begins with a placid pan of an outerspace backdrop, followed by a running battle between spaceships, as if it was tailor-made for this kind of parody.
* Before they gain their beast modes, the Maximals and Predacons are shown mostly in shadow. This is probably to save the animators the trouble of coming up with entirely different models for each character. However, if one pays close attention, there are some marked differences to the facial areas shown, and Rattrap's arms are slightly different.
* Megatron, who is seen almost entirely prior to getting his beast form, reuses the body of the Giant Robot from Mainframe's other show, ''ReBoot'', albeit with a few small modifications and Megatron's head slapped on top. The model would continue to be reused, including as Blackarachnia's protoform (again with modifications) and various generic Predacons in "[[The Agenda (Part 1)]]".
* When Rhinox is fixing something outside, the "Gas Bottle" looks like the model sub seen later on in other episodes.
* As this was the first episode, the transformation/catchphrase sequences are rather overbearing by comparison to later episodes of the series.
* If the Beast Warriors are on an "unknown planet", presumably containing animals they've never seen before... how does everybody manage to think up such fitting new beast-mode-based names? (Presumably, not ''all'' information about Earth was off-limits.)
* During the scene in which the Maximals reveal their new beast modes, it is not clear why they (bar Optimus Primal) had to rename themselves. Maximal military or exploration tradition?
* Throughout this episode and "[[Beast Wars (Part 2)]]", Scorponok's missiles have a Maximal insignia on them, meant to indicate Maximal kills. This confused viewers into thinking that they were mistakenly "Maximal missiles", so the symbols were changed.
* Cheetor has the dual honour of being the first character to appear in ''Beast Wars'', as well as the first character to fire a shot (unprovoked) at the enemy. Cheetor also has the honour of speaking the final words of the Beast Era in the final episode of the ''Beast Wars''' sequel, ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]''.
* Dinobot has the distinction of being the first ''Beast Wars'' character to transform into robot mode.
* This episode marks the only instance in the entire series in which Dinobot uses the "Terrorize!" [[activation code]], despite nominally being a Predacon. He would later reprogram himself with the Maximal activation code.
* Waspinator fires pink eye lasers (similar to Dinobot's) during his battle with Cheetor.
* Rattrap is a serious asshole this early in the series.
* The image of a gorilla (Optimus) and a rat (Rattrap) riding on top of a rhino (Rhinox) is ''hilarious''.
* Going by their options for beast modes, it would appear the Maximals crashed in what would become the African continent, while the Predacons crashed in what would become the American continent. This would, however, require that Dinobot's alternate mode is not an actual velociraptor, but rather an american genus of dromaesauridae, as velociraptors are only found in Mongolia.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* When Waspinator fights Cheetor, the stripes on his thighs are mapped on the wrong axis.
* As Optimus, Rhinox and Rattrap ride out to give Cheetor support, Rhinox breaks through a "roadblock" of boulders. However, in the previous shot of this location, the boulders were not present.
* When Rhinox picks up Rattrap and swings him around to face the Predacons, Rattrap's gun clips right through the boulder in front of them.
* Scorponok is among the Predacons milling about outside the ship in their beast modes, yet he appears from within the ship to blast Dinobot only a few moments later.
* During the battle between Dinobot and Optimus, Dinobot's spinning blades are severely shortened and misshapen, making them appear to have been chibified.

===Continuity errors===
* Cheetor spends the longest time in the open while in robot mode, but does not suffer the effects of energon overload that the Predacons do.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus Primal mentions the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], which is what the Transformers of the Beast era called the conflict between the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]].

==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]] 1997 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Enter the Super Lifeform Transformers ([[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. 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)

==External Links==
*[http://www.tv.com/beast-wars/beast-wars-1/episode/45384/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;0 TV.com's page for this episode]

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
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Ambush (episode)

2010-11-07T01:50:25Z

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{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=42
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=43
|image=Scourge-Pansy.jpg
|caption=SAY MY NAME.
|title="Ambush"
|japanese=対決! ローリ VS クロミア
|romaji=Taiketsu! Lori tai Chromia
|translation=Showdown! Lori VS Chromia
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Atsushi Nakayama]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[October 29]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[September 18]], [[2006]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots split up to search the lower levels of Gigantion for its Cyber Planet Key, while the Decepticons do the same. Lori and Thunderblast get acquainted.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb_ep42_feeling_run_down.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]
Deep in the lower levels of [[Gigantion|Gigantion]], the four [[Autobot]] teams are making fast progress in their search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]. [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]], [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] have enjoyed an uneventful journey, and soon discover a large chasm that they decide to leap into to continue their mission. Elsewhere, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s team (the [[Recon Mini-Con Team|Recon Mini-Con Team]], [[Vector Prime]] and [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]]) are having only a ''slightly'' more eventful time of it, as they find their way barred by [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]]...only to run straight over them. The two [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] bemoan their fate, then encourage themselves to try even harder in spite of all their past failures... then kinda deflate again as reality sets in. Poor dumb schmucks.

Elsewhere again, the team of [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] and [[Lori]] take an elevator to a lower level. When they hit the bottom, Override advises caution entering the new area, and Wing Saber glibly notes the perfect getting-ambushed opportunities there. [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] takes this as her cue to enter, backed up by [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. Lori, however, immediately begins verbally browbeating Scourge for his cowardly tactics and continued association with the Decepticons, and Scourge flinches. A lot. Thunderblast eventually gets sick of it and insults the both of them, calling Lori a "mouse". Lori, her temper already frayed, challenges Thunderblast to a fight, and the [[Autobot|Autobots]] take fighting positions.

[[Image:Cyb_ep42_wild_take.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

Back with Jetfire's team, the trio finally land at the bottom of the pit, where they're attacked by [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. Jetfire tackles the Decepticon himself, ordering the other two to go ahead without him. They hestitate for a moment, but then move to depart, realizing that, after all, "it's only Thundercracker." Furious at this disrespect, Thundercracker throws Jetfire aside and draws a bead on the retreating Autobots, but Jetfire recovers quickly and opens fire on the Decepticon, allowing his comrades to get away. Grinning wickedly, Thundercracker announces that it's time to reveal his new "forbidden attack", much to Jetfire's befuddlement.

On all three fronts, battle is the order of the day, as Optimus Prime blasts the interfering Ransack and Crumplezone far off into the distance once again.

[[Image:Tcracker-SELTCP.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Dragon Ball T]]

Thunderblast distracts Lori with a rather puerile ruse, and beats cheeks out of there. [[:Image:LoriPissed.jpg|Lori's last nerve snapped]], she glowers at Wing Saber until he submits to bringing her along to chase Thunderblast down. The pair fly off on Thunderblast tail, leaving (a rather relieved) Scourge to battle Override, though Wing Saber soon realizes that she's clearly leading them into a trap. Lori is adamant, though, and they soon find out where they're being led to: a harbor area with a ''lot'' of open water.

Elsewhere, Thundercracker is charging up his "Super Electric Lightning Thundercrackin' Punch" with much pomp and grandeur. Jetfire is incredulous when the Decepticon finishes crying the attack's name and he finds out it's only a punch, but to Thundercracker's credit, his fist connects and knocks Jetfire for six. Jetfire is actually impressed, complimenting Thundercracker on finally landing a legitimately good attack, and Thundercracker grins happily.

[[Image:Thundercranes.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Wow, they weren't even using the right bait for floozies.]]

While Scourge and Override's battle continues, with plenty of trash talk, Thunderblast launches her own attack, shooting missiles at Wing Saber from underwater. Wing Saber has a rare moment of clarity and suggests a retreat, knowing he can't tackle Thunderblast like this, but Lori insists they have to outsmart her. Wing Saber drops Lori off on dry land, and she enters a control console for a ring of eight cranes in the middle of the harbor water. Wing Saber allows himself to get "shot down" and dives underwater in robot mode. Thunderblast follows and corners him... and then realizes that she herself has just been led into a trap. Lori drops the crane-claws all around Thunderblast, surrounding her, and then one final one right on top of her head. Thunderblast demands to be released, and Wing Saber obliges, courtesy of pretty much every missile he's packing. The explosion sends Thunderblast flying away uncontrollably, wailing in defiance.

[[Image:MasswaysMasses.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Buy us at only $60 a pop!]]

Elsewhere, Jetfire and Thundercracker have beaten each other silly, and both collapse, exhausted. The back-up team of [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] and [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] arrive, and Coby tends to Jetfire while Quickmix keeps the gibbering Thundercracker quiet by dumping a lot of quick-drying concrete on top of him.

Scourge and Override's fight blasts a hole in the floor of a level above them, and their fight moves into this new room. Scourge hurls his axe, which misses and slams into the wall... right above the doorway that Lori then comes running through. Wing Saber dives in and saves Lori before she's crushed by the falling debris, and Scourge uses the opportunity to run for an elevator. Lori, quickly over her near-death experience, berates Scourge again, who sheepishly says he's not ''running away'' so much as making a ''strategic withdrawal''. The doors close, and Override and Lori both express their frustration by hitting the wall. But Lori finds that she has inadvertantly kicked a hidden button in the wall, which causes the lights in the room to turn off, and a large device to rise out of the middle of the floor. As the device powers up, the trio realize they are looking at a planetarium-like hologram device, which begins to project images of Gigantion in ancient times. The video images show a [[Planet X (Cybertron)|huge dark sphere]] appearing above the planet, and hundreds of robots emerging from it and filling the skies of Gigantion... robots of the same design as [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]....
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (1)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (2)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (3)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Six-Speed|Six-Speed]] (5)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (6)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (7)
* [[Vector Prime|Vector Prime]] (8)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (9)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (12)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (13)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (20)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (10)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (11)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (15)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (16)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (17)

|c3=
* [[Lori|Lori]] (14)
* [[Bud Hansen|Bud Hansen]] (18)
* [[Coby Hansen|Coby Hansen]] (19)

|c4=
* [[Noisemaze Mass-Production Version|Noisemaze Mass-Production Versions]] (23)
* [[Laserbeak drone|Laserbeak drones]] (24)
}}

==Quotes==
"When he sees our real strength and ''feels'' our vengeance, he'll regret beating us over and over and over..."
:—'''Crumplezone'''

"What could be dangerous? It's dark with only one exit! Looks like a ''great'' place to get ambushed!"
:—'''Wing Saber'''

"What in the world are you ''thinking''?! Back on [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], you were all about honor and rule of law, but ''now'' look at you! Skulking around in the shadows with a Decepticon floozy—" 
"HEY!" 
"—plotting ambushes and, and sneak attacks?! What's the ''matter'' with you?! Have you completely lost your honor or ''what''?!"
:—'''Lori''' browbeats Scourge (with objection by '''Thunderblast''')

"Little sister, you better check yo'self!"
:—'''Thunderblast''' (to Lori)

"We are chasing her, Wing Saber!" 
"Huh?! You're not serious." 
"I am serious." 
"Uh, but...but Lori...." 
"We're. Chas. Ing. Her." 
"Yes...ma'am...." 
:—'''Lori''' has '''Wing Saber''' totally whipped.

[[Image:JetCracker-punch.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]
"Man... I'm impressed! Good punch, mate! Fair dinkum! 'Bout time you brought some muscle to the tussle!"
:—'''Jetfire'''

"Don't worry about a thing. I aced a B+ in computers class." 
"Why not an A?" 
"Well...." 
"Just don't tell me you crashed the computer."
:—'''Lori''' and '''Wing Saber'''

"Bring me a 'get well' card..."
:—'''Thundercracker'''

==Other Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*''Galaxy Force'' includes a "previously on" segment summarizing the events of "[[City]]".
*Immediately after the "previously" segment, before the title card appears, ''Galaxy Force'' also includes a brief original scene of Override, Wing Saber and Lori making their way down a corridor, taking about being first to their objective. In removing the "previously" segment, ''Cybertron'' also removes this short scene (perhaps unintentionally?).
*In ''Cybertron'', at the end of the episode, Lori berates Scourge for retreating. In ''Galaxy Force'', she is angry because she suspects he may have thrown his axe and collapsed the wall with the deliberate intention of killing her.

===Continuity errors===
* So, did Scourge get his tail-axe back or what?

===Real-world references===
* As she and Wing Saber jet off after Thunderblast, Lori cries "Hi-yo Saber!", a reference to the command western hero [[Wikipedia:Lone Ranger|the Lone Ranger]] gave his horse, Silver, to begin running.
* "She can lead an Autobot to water..." Wing Saber says of Thunderblast's plan, with Lori adding, "...but can she make us drink?", paraphrasing that old saying about horses.
* While she's chasing Wing Saber underwater, Thunderblast starts singing the [[wikipedia:Jaws_(film)#Music|theme from ''Jaws'']].

===Trivia===
[[Image:Override-Teeth.jpg|right|thumb|Override uses Crest Whitening strips.]]
* There's a noticeably greater amount of facial emoting from the CGI cast in this episode than normal. Where previously, the height of faction animation has literally been limited to the changing shape of the mouth, this episode features several characters getting "normal" [[Teeth|teeth]] for certain expressions which are not present in most other sequences, more fluid lip-motions, and even eyes that change shape. It's a nice change of pace.
* On that note, the scene in which Lori is almost crushed by falling debris has one of the few instances of "precise" lip-synching in the series: a close-up of Override's face as she yells "LORI!!!" The shot of her afterwards saying her name again in a relieved tone is also synched, but no teethies. A close-up of Thunderblast just before she's crushed also has precise lip-synch, but it's synched to Japanese words, not English. Oh well.
* During his indecision on whether or not to follow Thunderblast, Wing Saber displays the comical, large [[wikipedia:Sweat_drop|anime sweat drop]] on the side of his head. This means that Lori is so scary that she makes robots sweat.
* As Thunderblast runs across the rooftops while luring Wing Saber and Lori along, her breasts actually... ''jiggle''. Seriously, Gonzo, we despair of you.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 11 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Ambush (episode)

2010-11-07T01:49:36Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=42
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=43
|image=Scourge-Pansy.jpg
|caption=SAY MY NAME.
|title="Ambush"
|japanese=対決! ローリ VS クロミア
|romaji=Taiketsu! Lori tai Chromia
|translation=Showdown! Lori VS Chromia
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Atsushi Nakayama]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[October 29]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[September 18]], [[2006]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots split up to search the lower levels of Gigantion for its Cyber Planet Key, while the Decepticons do the same. Lori and Thunderblast get acquainted.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb_ep42_feeling_run_down.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]
Deep in the lower levels of [[Gigantion|Gigantion]], the four [[Autobot]] teams are making fast progress in their search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]. [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]], [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] have enjoyed an uneventful journey, and soon discover a large chasm that they decide to leap into to continue their mission. Elsewhere, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s team (the [[Recon Mini-Con Team|Recon Mini-Con Team]], [[Vector Prime]] and [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]]) are having only a ''slightly'' more eventful time of it, as they find their way barred by [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]]...only to run straight over them. The two [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] bemoan their fate, then encourage themselves to try even harder in spite of all their past failures... then kinda deflate again as reality sets in. Poor dumb schmucks.

Elsewhere again, the team of [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] and [[Lori]] take an elevator to a lower level. When they hit the bottom, Override advises caution entering the new area, and Wing Saber glibly notes the perfect getting-ambushed opportunities there. [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] takes this as her cue to enter, backed up by [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. Lori, however, immediately begins verbally browbeating Scourge for his cowardly tactics and continued association with the Decepticons, and Scourge flinches. A lot. Thunderblast eventually gets sick of it and insults the both of them, calling Lori a "mouse". Lori, her temper already frayed, challenges Thunderblast to a fight, and the [[Autobot|Autobots]] take fighting positions.

[[Image:Cyb_ep42_wild_take.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

Back with Jetfire's team, the trio finally land at the bottom of the pit, where they're attacked by [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. Jetfire tackles the Decepticon himself, ordering the other two to go ahead without him. They hestitate for a moment, but then move to depart, realizing that, after all, "it's only Thundercracker." Furious at this disrespect, Thundercracker throws Jetfire aside and draws a bead on the retreating Autobots, but Jetfire recovers quickly and opens fire on the Decepticon, allowing his comrades to get away. Grinning wickedly, Thundercracker announces that it's time to reveal his new "forbidden attack", much to Jetfire's befuddlement.

On all three fronts, battle is the order of the day, as Optimus Prime blasts the interfering Ransack and Crumplezone far off into the distance once again.

[[Image:Tcracker-SELTCP.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Dragon Ball T]]

Thunderblast distracts Lori with a rather puerile ruse, and beats cheeks out of there. [[:Image:LoriPissed.jpg|Lori's last nerve snapped]], she glowers at Wing Saber until he submits to bringing her along to chase Thunderblast down. The pair fly off on Thunderblast tail, leaving (a rather relieved) Scourge to battle Override, though Wing Saber soon realizes that she's clearly leading them into a trap. Lori is adamant, though, and they soon find out where they're being led to: a harbor area with a ''lot'' of open water.

Elsewhere, Thundercracker is charging up his "Super Electric Lightning Thundercrackin' Punch" with much pomp and grandeur. Jetfire is incredulous when the Decepticon finishes crying the attack's name and he finds out it's only a punch, but to Thundercracker's credit, his fist connects and knocks Jetfire for six. Jetfire is actually impressed, complimenting Thundercracker on finally landing a legitimately good attack, and Thundercracker grins happily.

[[Image:Thundercranes.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Wow, they weren't even using the right bait for floozies.]]

While Scourge and Override's battle continues, with plenty of trash talk, Thunderblast launches her own attack, shooting missiles at Wing Saber from underwater. Wing Saber has a rare moment of clarity and suggests a retreat, knowing he can't tackle Thunderblast like this, but Lori insists they have to outsmart her. Wing Saber drops Lori off on dry land, and she enters a control console for a ring of eight cranes in the middle of the harbor water. Wing Saber allows himself to get "shot down" and dives underwater in robot mode. Thunderblast follows and corners him... and then realizes that she herself has just been led into a trap. Lori drops the crane-claws all around Thunderblast, surrounding her, and then one final one right on top of her head. Thunderblast demands to be released, and Wing Saber obliges, courtesy of pretty much every missile he's packing. The explosion sends Thunderblast flying away uncontrollably, wailing in defiance.

[[Image:MasswaysMasses.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Buy us at only $60 a pop!]]

Elsewhere, Jetfire and Thundercracker have beaten each other silly, and both collapse, exhausted. The back-up team of [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] and [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] arrive, and Coby tends to Jetfire while Quickmix keeps the gibbering Thundercracker quiet by dumping a lot of quick-drying concrete on top of him.

Scourge and Override's fight blasts a hole in the floor of a level above them, and their fight moves into this new room. Scourge hurls his axe, which misses and slams into the wall... right above the doorway that Lori then comes running through. Wing Saber dives in and saves Lori before she's crushed by the falling debris, and Scourge uses the opportunity to run for an elevator. Lori, quickly over her near-death experience, berates Scourge again, who sheepishly says he's not ''running away'' so much as making a ''strategic withdrawal''. The doors close, and Override and Lori both express their frustration by hitting the wall. But Lori finds that she has inadvertantly kicked a hidden button in the wall, which causes the lights in the room to turn off, and a large device to rise out of the middle of the floor. As the device powers up, the trio realize they are looking at a planetarium-like hologram device, which begins to project images of Gigantion in ancient times. The video images show a [[Planet X (Cybertron)|huge dark sphere]] appearing above the planet, and hundreds of robots emerging from it and filling the skies of Gigantion... robots of the same design as [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]....
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (1)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (2)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (3)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Six-Speed|Six-Speed]] (5)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (6)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (7)
* [[Vector Prime|Vector Prime]] (8)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (9)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (12)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (13)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (20)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (10)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (11)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (15)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (16)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (17)

|c3=
* [[Lori|Lori]] (14)
* [[Bud Hansen|Bud Hansen]] (18)
* [[Coby Hansen|Coby Hansen]] (19)

|c4=
* [[Noisemaze Mass-Production Version|Noisemaze Mass-Production Versions]] (23)
* [[Laserbeak drone|Laserbeak drones]] (24)
}}

==Quotes==
"When he sees our real strength and ''feels'' our vengeance, he'll regret beating us over and over and over..."
:—'''Crumplezone'''

"What could be dangerous? It's dark with only one exit! Looks like a ''great'' place to get ambushed!"
:—'''Wing Saber'''

"What in the world are you ''thinking''?! Back on [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], you were all about honor and rule of law, but ''now'' look at you! Skulking around in the shadows with a Decepticon floozy—" 
"HEY!" 
"—plotting ambushes and, and sneak attacks?! What's the ''matter'' with you?! Have you completely lost your honor or ''what''?!"
:—'''Lori''' browbeats Scourge (with objection by '''Thunderblast''')

"Little sister, you better check yo'self!"
:—'''Thunderblast''' (to Lori)

"We are chasing her, Wing Saber!"
"Huh?! You're not serious."
"I am serious."
"Uh, but...but Lori...."
"We're. Chas. Ing. Her."
"Yes...ma'am...."
:—'''Lori''' has '''Wing Saber''' totally whipped.

[[Image:JetCracker-punch.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]
"Man... I'm impressed! Good punch, mate! Fair dinkum! 'Bout time you brought some muscle to the tussle!"
:—'''Jetfire'''

"Don't worry about a thing. I aced a B+ in computers class." 
"Why not an A?" 
"Well...." 
"Just don't tell me you crashed the computer."
:—'''Lori''' and '''Wing Saber'''

"Bring me a 'get well' card..."
:—'''Thundercracker'''

==Other Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*''Galaxy Force'' includes a "previously on" segment summarizing the events of "[[City]]".
*Immediately after the "previously" segment, before the title card appears, ''Galaxy Force'' also includes a brief original scene of Override, Wing Saber and Lori making their way down a corridor, taking about being first to their objective. In removing the "previously" segment, ''Cybertron'' also removes this short scene (perhaps unintentionally?).
*In ''Cybertron'', at the end of the episode, Lori berates Scourge for retreating. In ''Galaxy Force'', she is angry because she suspects he may have thrown his axe and collapsed the wall with the deliberate intention of killing her.

===Continuity errors===
* So, did Scourge get his tail-axe back or what?

===Real-world references===
* As she and Wing Saber jet off after Thunderblast, Lori cries "Hi-yo Saber!", a reference to the command western hero [[Wikipedia:Lone Ranger|the Lone Ranger]] gave his horse, Silver, to begin running.
* "She can lead an Autobot to water..." Wing Saber says of Thunderblast's plan, with Lori adding, "...but can she make us drink?", paraphrasing that old saying about horses.
* While she's chasing Wing Saber underwater, Thunderblast starts singing the [[wikipedia:Jaws_(film)#Music|theme from ''Jaws'']].

===Trivia===
[[Image:Override-Teeth.jpg|right|thumb|Override uses Crest Whitening strips.]]
* There's a noticeably greater amount of facial emoting from the CGI cast in this episode than normal. Where previously, the height of faction animation has literally been limited to the changing shape of the mouth, this episode features several characters getting "normal" [[Teeth|teeth]] for certain expressions which are not present in most other sequences, more fluid lip-motions, and even eyes that change shape. It's a nice change of pace.
* On that note, the scene in which Lori is almost crushed by falling debris has one of the few instances of "precise" lip-synching in the series: a close-up of Override's face as she yells "LORI!!!" The shot of her afterwards saying her name again in a relieved tone is also synched, but no teethies. A close-up of Thunderblast just before she's crushed also has precise lip-synch, but it's synched to Japanese words, not English. Oh well.
* During his indecision on whether or not to follow Thunderblast, Wing Saber displays the comical, large [[wikipedia:Sweat_drop|anime sweat drop]] on the side of his head. This means that Lori is so scary that she makes robots sweat.
* As Thunderblast runs across the rooftops while luring Wing Saber and Lori along, her breasts actually... ''jiggle''. Seriously, Gonzo, we despair of you.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 11 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Lisa Ann Beley

2010-11-07T01:02:05Z

69.127.240.234:

{{Picsneeded}}

'''Lisa Ann Beley''' (born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on [[August 5]]th, [[1975]]) is a Canadian voice actor. Among her better-known roles are Nara Burns on ''Exo-Squad'', Eileen Canaver and Murrue Ramius on ''Gundam SEED'', Teela on the 2002 version of ''Masters of the Universe'', and Sumeragi Lee Noriega on ''Gundam 00''.

==Voice roles==
===''Cybertron''===
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]
* Lori's Mother
* Reporter

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0067754/ Lisa Ann Beley on the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/316/lisa-ann-beley/ Lisa Ann Beley's list of roles on crystalacids.com]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beley, Lisa}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Dinobot Island, Part 1

2010-11-01T22:31:36Z

69.127.240.234: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=30
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=18
|prev2=Enter the Nightbird
|next2=Dinobot Island, Part 2
|series3=''[[Generation 2 (cartoon)|The Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=8
|prev3=The Core
|next3=Dinobot Island, Part 2
|image=DinobotIsland1 Spikevsdinosaur.jpg
|caption=Think they'll have that on the tour?
|title="Dinobot Island, Part 1"
|production code=#700-29
|airdate=[[September 25]], 1985
|written by=[[Donald F. Glut]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Dinobots are sent to a mysterious, prehistoric island for training. But the Decepticons intend to plunder its energy resources.'''

:''Japanese title:'' 対決!! ダイノボット PART I (''Taiketsu!! Dinobot PART I'', "Showdown!! Dinobots PART I"
:''German ''Generation 2'' title:'' "'''Die Insel der Dinobots, Teil 1'''" ("Island of the Dinobots, Part 1")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:DinobotIsland1 Landing on Dinobot Island.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Powerglide, I've a feeling we're not in the Ark any more.]]

[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] are dispatched to investigate mysterious energy readings emanating from the sea. What they discover is an island filled with lifeforms thought to be long extinct, including [[dinosaur]]s. Further investigation is cut short, however, when the Autobots are attacked by the natives, and they decide to retreat.

[[Image:Dinobotislandgrimlockslipup.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"And now," cried Grimlock, "Let the wild rumpus start!"]]

Returning to the [[Ark (G1)|base]], they inform [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s of their findings. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] is fascinated, but [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] dismisses it, what with the problems the Dinobots cause them. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] defends the Dinobots, and brings [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] out to show them.

Grimlock displays his "finesse" by using his fire breath to turn on [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], impressing Prime and causing [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] to grimace in pain. Hearing the commotion, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] investigate, and cause Grimlock to mess up, sending his fire breath all over the place.

[[Image:Dinobotislandratch%26spark.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"I can't get Jurassic Park back online without Dennis Nedry."]]

Grimlock angrily orders his subordinates to go away, but Sludge steps on Slag's tail, causing him to breathe fire. [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] also come to investigate, and the Dinobots collide with each other, resulting in a brawl. [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] is nearly destroyed, but Trailbreaker's force field manages to protect the computer, while [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] put out the fires.

The Autobots are prepared to fight the Dinobots to a standstill, but Optimus orders Grimlock to bring the other Dinobots under control. Grimlock succeeds, and apologizes to Prime. The [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] accepts, but also realizes that the base is too small for the Dinobots to train in, and decides to have Powerglide lead them to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], as Spike has called the island. However, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] overhears this, and [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] sends [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to follow them.

[[Image:Dinobotislandspikeinnest2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Hurry boys! The eggs are hatching!"]]

Arriving at the island, the Dinobots are impressed with the wide open spaces. However, Spike gets into trouble with the local fauna, nearly getting eaten twice. Spike decides to go home with Powerglide, while the Dinobots work on their skills, such as Slag's "fire stuff", Snarl's "tail stuff" and Swoop's "flying stuff". However, Laserbeak reports his findings back to [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who decides to plunder the island's multiple energy sources.

[[Image:Dinobotislandmammoth.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Conan the Barbarian was really confused when he came on modern day Earth.]]

Spike, having had enough of real dinosaurs, decides to check out [[Ere Cenozoique Periode Tertiaire|some books]] with Bumblebee. However, while at the library, they see a temporal distortion, out of which comes barbarians riding woolly mammoths. They begin randomly attacking things, destroying the library and burying Spike and Bumblebee under a ton of rubble. At Dinobot Island, the Dinobots discover the Decepticon presence, and attack. However, Megatron causes the native dinosaurs to stampede toward the Dinobots, causing them to fall into a tar pit, which they sink into.

[[Dinobot Island, Part 2|To be continued...]]
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (4)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (5)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (6)
*[[Grapple]] (7)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (8)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (9)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (10)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (11)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (12)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (15)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (16)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (17)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (18)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (19)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (20)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (21)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (22)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (23)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (24)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (25)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (26)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (27)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (28)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (29)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (30)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (31)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (32)

|c2=
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (33)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (34)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (35)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (36)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (37)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (38)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (39)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (40)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (41)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (43)

|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (14)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (13)
*Barbarian (42)
}}

==Quotes==
"Hang in there, Bumblebee. Prepare for a daring rescue maneuver!" 
"Can't he just save a guy without doing a commercial?"
:—'''Powerglide''' narrates his rescue of '''Bumblebee'''. He must want [[Victor Caroli]]'s job.

"Beryllium baloney, Wheeljack. Once a dino-klutz, always a dino-klutz."
:—'''Huffer''' being both hungry and skeptical at the same time.

"What that is, Sludge?" 
"Uh, Sludge not know. Maybe time to do our thing?"
:—'''Slag''' and '''Sludge'''.

"Very impressive, Wheeljack. But what about the other Dinobots?"
:—'''Optimus Prime''', about to regret what he said.

"Slag, Sludge, go away! Me Grimlock demonstrating finesse. Whatever that mean."
:—'''Grimlock''' really needs a thesaurus. Get it? Thesaurus?

"It's a jet, it's a rocket, no! It's Powergliiiiiide!"
:—'''Powerglide''' being Powerglide.

"Oh wow! I think I'll call it... Dinobot Island."
:—'''Spike''', showing an incredible lack of creativity.

"What is this bird planning on hatching out of these eggs... battleships?"
:—Yes, '''Spike'''. The pterosaur is planning on hatching tiny, human-sized battleships.

"Bye, Grimlock! Bye, guys! I'd write, but you can't read." 
:—'''Spike Witwicky'''. He should be thankful that the Dinobots didn't take offense.

"Swoop! Do flying stuff!" 
"...Slag! Do fire stuff!" 
"...Snarl! Do tail stuff!" 
"...Getting better... but still not more better enough."
:—'''Grimlock''' shows his mastery of both military tactics and grammar.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
[[Image:DinobotIsland1 jetpack Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|200px| ]]
* Bumblebee's nose is yellow instead of white as he reacts to his first sighting of the island.
* Bumblebee's vocal reaction to the T. Rex doesn't line up with the animation; he doesn't go "yee-ah!" until after it's been menacing him for several seconds.
* There's no crunch sound effect when the ''Rex'' crushes Bumblebee's jetpack.
* Blaster's voice lacks the reverb effect that it would have in nearly all his later appearances.
* Grimlock's robot head is white instead of black when he transforms to "end this chaos".
* Wheeljack's launcher is orange instead of light gray during the pan of him and Ratchet repairing equipment.
* Swoop gets a Decepticon laser effect when he scares off the Pterosaur that's trying to eat Spike.
* Look! There's one of those [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|red Decepticon faction symbols]] again (Megatron's [[insignia]] when the Decepticons review Laserbeak's recordings).
* The Dinobots get the ascending-pitch transformation noise when they convert to dino mode for Grimlock's "harder tests", rather than the normal descending-pitch version. The same miscue happens as they move out to "get rid of Decepticons".
* The reptile that growls at Slag for burning away its cover has the same synthetic electronic growl as the Dinobots themselves. So does one of the dinosaurs in Megatron's stampeding herd.
* Sludge's dino-mode back is red when he gets hit by Snarl's tail-stuff debris.
*When Megatron unleashes the dinosaur stampede, the Dinobots are facing the Decepticons, who are perched on the edge of a cliff. Grimlock looks back at the dinosaurs, and in the immediate next frame the Dinobots are suddenly standing on the edge of the cliff themselves. After the Dinobots sink into the tar pit, the Decepticons and their energon cubes are back on the edge of the cliff.

===Continuity errors===
* Prime uses his wrist radio to communicate with Bumblebee. It would really make more sense to use Teletraan I, since he's inside Autobot Headquarters. Megatron does the same thing with Soundwave, using his wrist communicator instead of the resources of [[Decepticon Headquarters]].
* Powerglide has a proper single-seater cockpit in this episode, like a real A-10. Later episodes like "[[Blaster Blues]]" show him with a much larger side-by-side two-seater cockpit (technically, ''those'' episodes are the ones with the error.)
* Superhuman Spike:
** Shouldn't the pterosaur's claws leave some kind of mark on Spike?
** After getting picked up, tossed, thrown, jerked around, and held in the toothy mouth of the plesiosaur, Spike should really be a sack of broken bones and bloody pulp; instead, he's totally fine.
* The energon cube that Thundercracker fills shows a bizarre ability, sending out a pink energy beam into the lava stream even though it's ''empty'', before being filled with energy ''from'' the lava.
* There's pretty much no reason for Swoop to have fallen into the tar pit with the other Dinobots; he's not even near them in the last shot before they fall.

===Jurassic errors===
Paleontology weeps in the presence of this episode:
*An unnamed Pterosaur (with an appearance that fits the description of a ''Dimorphodon'', only much, much larger) somehow manages to catch Spike and fly with him to her nest. There, Spike founds himself among three giant eggs...that are bigger than the animal that laid them. The mother actually looks like a newly hatched chick next to them.
* A plesiosaur grabs Spike, but it seems pretty unlikely that it would actually seek such large prey. It is also highly unlikely a plesiosaur would occur in an inland lake, as the animals have only been found in marine environments. The above-water gymnastics that the plesiosaur performs with its neck are debatable, as while the neck possessed a huge number of vertebrae and must therefore have been highly flexible, there is some uncertainty over whether the vertical posture the animal assumes here would have been possible.
* The dinosaurs in general seem to be oversized. This is so much more noticeable in part II.
* A sauropod is shown wading in a lake while feeding on aquatic plants. Sauropods were almost certainly terrestrial animals that acted as grazers or browsers. The neck posture would also have been considered wrong, but recent studies support the notion that at least some could have held their necks vertically.
* A theropod (presumably ''Ceratosaurus'', only over-sized) is shown in an upright pose. In order to achieve this pose in museums, curators frequently broke the backs of their specimens. They can't even claim the true posture wasn't known at the time either, as books showing horizontal bipedal dinosaurs had begun appearing in the late '70s. A similar situation is seen with the hadrosaurs, who are now believed to be facultative quadrupeds (primarily four-legged, with a two-legged option).

===Continuity notes===
* Gadgets and powers:
** Bumblebee and Optimus Prime communicate by small pop-up radios that emerge from their wrists. Soundwave and Megatron use similar devices.
** Powerglide can shoot a light beam from his forehead that fixes things. Convenient.
** Blaster transforms into boom box mode without shrinking at all.
** Trailbreaker "fires" his force field from his gun arm, and uses it to protect Teletraan I without actually being near it.
** Ratchet replaces his right pointer finger with a large welding tip.
** Laserbeak uses one of the series' few recurring gadgets, a video camera that emerges from the top of his head (most famously used in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''). He also demonstrates the ability to fire lasers from his eyes, nonchalantly scaring off an inquisitive reptile.
** Swoop also fires lasers from his beast-mode eyes.
* Flying Autobots:
** In this episode, Bumblebee pretty explicitly requires a jetpack to fly; the convention of "Autobots can't fly" was pretty well solidified by this point in the series.
** Despite this, Powerglide appears to fly a short distance in robot mode when he hears Spike calling for help, complete with jet sound effects.
** The Dinobots fly in robot mode, an ability they consistently retain throughout the show.
* Bumblebee makes mention of the images of prehistoric Earth that he and the other Autobots viewed back in "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", prior to the construction of the Dinobots.
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] uses the term "[[beryllium baloney]]" in this episode, which would later be used again by Slag in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]], in much the same way.
* This is the ''second'' episode in which the Dinobots nearly destroy [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], the first being "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]".
* First appearances:
** Autobots [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Grapple]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
** Decepticons [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]].

===Real-world references===
* ''Star Wars'' sound effects:
** Laserbeak flies into Megatron's hand with the ''Millennium Falcon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s engine burst noise.
** Swoop takes off for his "flying stuff" with the [[Death Star]] firing/Alderaan exploding sounds, then flies through a grove of trees with the sound of the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' flying past.
** As he spots the Decepticons, Swoop gets some combined X-Wing fighter and TIE fighter engine noises from the battle over the Death Star.
* The title of one of Spike's books is ''[[Ere Cenozoique Periode Tertiaire]]'', derived from an actual paleontology text.

===Trivia===
* This episode and [[Dinobot Island, Part 2|its conclusion]] introduce a large number of new characters from the 1985 toy assortment, and seem to have been written [[To sell toys|specifically to do so]]. Many of them have short but fairly explicit [[Introdump|introductory lines/scenes, seemingly intended to sum up their personalities or abilities]], and thus help sell their toys. Given this, it's a bit odd that several random members of the 1985 cast started showing up in earlier episodes (in terms of production order) which otherwise featured the Season One cast (Beachcomber and Inferno in "[[The Insecticon Syndrome]]"; Powerglide and Warpath in "[[A Prime Problem]]"), particularly since those same characters each get their own scenes in this episode.
* So the Autobots discover a unique island, with undisturbed natural beauty and filled with species that have been extinct for millions of years... and they unleash the Dinobots on it? Considering how choked up [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] got over a [[The Golden Lagoon|couple of trees]], you'd think they'd be a little more environmentally conscientious...

==Home video releases==
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;VHS
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — Dinobot Island, also includes The Revenge of Bruticus ([[St. Michael Video Library]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1987 — ''Transformers'' — 1: The Revenge of Bruticus / 2: Dinobot Island (Parts 1 and 2) ([[Entertainment UK|Starvision]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — ''The Transformers'' — The Revenge of Bruticus and Dinobot Island Parts 1 & 2 ([[Video Gems|V.I.P. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1991 — ''Transformers'' — 1: The Revenge of Bruticus / 2: Dinobot Island (Parts 1 and 2) ([[Entertainment UK|The Fun House]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''The Transformers: Generation 2'' — Dinobot Island ([[Malofilm|Behaviour]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 2 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 04: Stagione Due Parte Seconda ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/dinobot_island_part_1.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]

Psychic Lover

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[[Image:PsychicLover.jpg|right|300px|thumb|America 1983 or Japan 2003? What do you think?]]
'''Psychic Lover''' is a Japanese rock duo. '''Yoffy''' (Yoshiyuki Wada, 和田よしゆき [''Wada Yoshiyuki''] b. [[October 11]], 19??, left) sings vocals while '''Imajo''' (Tatsuhiro Imajō, 今城龍寛 [''Imajō Tatsushiro''] b. [[January 18]], 19??, right), a.k.a. '''Joe''', plays all the guitars. They provide music for many Japanese action/anime series, including ''Gaiking'', the anime version of ''[[wikipedia:Witchblade (anime)|Witchblade]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger|Tokusō Sentai Dekaranger]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Samurai Sentai Shinkenger|Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]''. They list among their inspirations such musicians as Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, George Michael, and Van Halen. Which explains a lot.

They wrote and performed three different songs for ''Micron Legend'', the Japanese version of the ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' cartoon series:

* "[[Transformer: Dream Again]]" (opening theme #1)
* "[[Never Ending Road]]" (ending theme #1)
* "[[Don't Give Up!!]]" (ending theme #2)

==''Transformers'' discography==
Four different ''Micron Legend'' CDs featuring Psychic Lover's music were released. The two most noteworthy (to most non-Japanese fans, at least) are the two mini-CD singles of the opening and closing themes released on [[February 1]], 2003, as each one came with an [[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of one of the [[Mini-Con]] Teams from the toyline. Each CD also contained an original song, plus instrumental versions of both.

*'''Opening Theme: "Transformer ~ Dream Again" c/w "[[Mune Ippai no...]]" ("A Heart Full of...")'''
:Came with an "anime" redeco of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]].

* '''Closing Theme: "Never Ending Road" c/w "[[No Name Heroes]]"'''
:Came with a blue-tinted redeco of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]].

A March single contained simply "Dream Again" and "Never Ending Road" and no toys. In July 2003, another single was released with the cartoon's second opening and closing songs: "[[Transformers: Kōtetsu no Yūki|Transformers ~Kōtetsu no Yūki~]]" ("Steel Courage") by [[Hideaki Takatori]] and Psychic Lover's "Don't Give Up!!"

In [[August 20]], [[2003]], the three Psychic Lover show-themes were included in the Japanese series-spanning ''[[Theme Song Collection]]'' 2-CD set, and the ''[[Song Universe]]'' 5-CD set in [[August 8]], [[2007]].

==External links==
*[http://www.rams.jp/psy/index.htm Psychic Lover's official web site (Flash)]

[[Category:Armada]]
[[Category:Musicians]]