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S.O.S. Dinobots

2008-06-02T22:35:05Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Sos_dinobots.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Hooray! New toys!]]

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|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=7
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'''The Autobots create the Dinobots, but can barely control these new powerful warriors.'''

:''Japanese title'': '''"Dinobots are Born!"'''

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:SOSDinobots_fossilcavern.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Guys, I think we found [[Carnivac]]'s stash.]]

A series of tremors turns the attentions of the Autobots into the ancient stone surrounding their volcano headquarters. Deep sensor scans reveal [[dinosaur]] fossils, which pique the curiosity of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. [[Spike]] explains that dinosaurs were very powerful reptiles that lived on [[Earth]] millions of years ago. He takes [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] on a tour of a natural history museum to further illustrate his paleontological crash-course. Hound snaps a few holograms of dinosaur bone displays, inspiring [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to construct robotic versions of dinosaurs.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Grimlockwrecks_Teletraan.jpg|thumb|right|150px|When the [[television|TV]] no work, Me know how to fix it!]]

Elsewhere, the Decepticons stake out the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power facility. [[Reflector]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] return with the data they gathered, and Megatron orders a strike.

Wheeljack unveils the three new additions to their ranks: the Dinobots [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. The demonstration of their power turns sour as they run amuck, their primitive brains unable to control their raw strength. The Dinobots begin attacking their fellow Autobots, even destroying [[Teletraan I]].

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Ravage_window.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Holy [[Pit|Hell]]!]]

The Autobots finally rein in the rampaging Dinobots thanks to Wheeljack’s [[magnetic inducer]]. Prime declares the terrible trio to be too dangerous. Despite Wheeljack’s desperate entreaties, Prime pulls the plug on the project, and orders the Dinobots holed up in a cavern in the Ark, never to be activated again.

The Decepticons arrive at the Great Falls, and the humans try to reach the Autobots via Teletraan I. Their distress signal goes unheard, as Teletraan I is currently offline thanks to the Dinobot rampage.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Autobotsfall.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Bet you wished you scanned air vehicle forms now, huh?]]

With Teletraan I out of commission, it’s up to individual Autobot scouts like Hound to be on the lookout for Decepticon activity. Hound’s sensors detect the ransacking of the Great Falls plant, and he and Spike go to investigate. Hound radios in his findings to the Ark, and Optimus Prime leaves with a strike force, leaving Bumblebee behind to guard the base.

The Autobots arrive at the Great Falls, but the Decepticons are ready for them. A battle erupts, and Megatron fires his fusion cannon directly powered by the Great Falls output. He blasts the cliff-face where the Autobots stand, sending them falling into the raging waters below.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Megatron_falls.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I've warned you about that, mighty Megatron.]]

Disobeying orders, Bumblebee arrives at the Great Falls and picks up Spike. They return to the Ark, informing Wheeljack and Ratchet of the Autobots’ failure at the Great Falls. Wheeljack decides to reactivate the Dinobots. He has secretly developed a series of memory components that would upgrade the Dinobots’ brains. The Dinobots awaken. Still relatively simple-minded, they are now much more intelligent than the mindless monsters that first appeared. Sludge, Slag and Grimlock carry out Wheeljack’s orders and fly to the Great Falls.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_SSMegatron_attacks_Dinobots.jpg|thumb|right|150px|When you get shot at, you die. When the Dinobots get shot at, they '''glow with a holy light'''.]]

The Decepticons pull the soggy Autobots from the drink and truss them up with [[Energon chains]]. Just as the Decepticons are about to execute the captives, the Dinobots arrive and make short work of the Decepticons who retreat as Wheeljack frees the Autobot captives. Wheeljack and Bumblebee brace themselves for reprimands for disobeying Prime’s direct orders, but Prime concedes he was wrong. He accepts the Dinobots as the newest members of the Autobot forces. The Autobots cheer the decision, and the Dinobots growl their approval.

{{-}}

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' October 27, 1984

'''Production number:''' #700-05

'''Written by:''' [[Donald F. Glut]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (4)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (6)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (7)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (8)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (11)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (13)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (14)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (19)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (20)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (21)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (22)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (23)
*[[Gears]] (24)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (25)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (27)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (28)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (29)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (8)
*[[Reflector]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (15)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (17)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] {18)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (30)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (5)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (26)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |

|}

==Notable Quotes==

"Well I’ll be a Cybertronic bolt-bat!"
:{{m-}} '''Sideswipe'''

"Wow, man. That’s what I call heavy metal!"
:{{m-}} '''Unidentified museum-going punk''', upon seeing Hound

"It’ll never work. Big waste of time."
:{{m-}} '''Huffer''', cheerleading the Dinobot project

"Hey, not the face, okay? I just had it chromed."
:{{m-}} '''Sunstreaker''', after Trailbreaker deflects Slag's flamethrower with his force field

"Maybe Hound’s got glitch-mice in his databanks again!"
:{{m-}} '''Bluestreak''', mocking Hound's radar accuracy, to the amusement of no-one

"You’re too slow, rusty-pants!"
:{{m-}} '''Starscream''' trashtalking Ironhide

"Nice shooting, if you were aiming for the sky!"
:{{m-}} '''Rumble''' goading Bluestreak

'''Megatron:''' "Now you will witness the power of my fusion cannon! Ready, Rumble?" 
'''Rumble:''' "Ready to shake! Ready to quake!" 
:{{m-}}Rumble is apparently ready.

"Which ones friends?" 
"Ones with face like this, I think." 
"That good enough for Slag." 
:{{m-}} '''Slag''' and '''Sludge''' determining friend from foe by using faction symbols

"If on Decepticon turf you happen to tumble, look out robot, because here comes Rumble."
:{{m-}} '''Rumble's''' clever combat banter

"Heat-seeking missiles, seek heat!"
:{{m-}} '''Skywarp's''' not-so-clever combat banter

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

* The exposition-spouting tourist visiting the Great Falls hydroelectric power plant has hair that turns from red to black from one shot to the next.

* Spike identifies a brontosaurus during his tour of the museum’s dinosaur exhibit, though there does not appear to be a brontosaurus on display. Though, to be fair, it may just be Spike’s error, or the brontosaurus skeleton might be out of the camera’s view. (Also, by the time this episode took place, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontosaurus the brontosaurus was a deprecated genus], but that's just picking nits.)

[[Image:dvd broadcast.jpg|right|thumb|Can you see the difference?]]

* Wheeljack’s line of dialogue, “Autobots, meet Dinobots” is delivered by Ratchet.

* As Wheeljack introduces the Dinobots, the foreground characters slide magically against the background scenery due to an error in animation.

* The varied Autobot reactions upon seeing the Dinobots: “Look at the size of those things,” “Great Cybertron,” “Holy hetradyne” all come out of Bluestreak’s mouth.

* Optimus Prime’s line, “Interesting, but what else can they do?” is delivered by Cliffjumper.

* The Rhino DVD version of this episode uses a faulty take for the shot where the Dinobots demonstrate their power by clearing rubble. In the DVD, the blasts from the Dinobots’ mouths is missing, and the rubble does not vanish. The broadcast version, though, has both effects. (See illustration).

* After Ratchet rights a tipped over Bumblebee in the thick of the Dinobot rampage, the section of Ratchet obscured by a foreground Bumblebee is still missing.

* When the Decepticons arrive at the Great Falls plant, a foreground Decepticon seeker’s leg is colored a deep yellow… an error, but as close as [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] ever came to appearing on Earth in a G1 cartoon.

* In the Rhino DVD version of the episode, when the Autobots arrive at the Great Falls and they transform from vehicle mode to robot mode, the shot of Bluestreak is reversed, and he is shown transforming from robot to car. The broadcast version used the correct take.

* Bluestreak is shown knocked over by Gears, and then immediately standing in the next shot.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_bluePrime.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Not [http://www.diaclone.net/orid/dia057/index.html Powered Convoy]. And don't even think about [[redeco|it]], [[e-Hobby]]!]]

* Quite a few coloring mix-ups in the battle at the Great Falls, including Sunstreaker painted as Sideswipe, Bluestreak as Trailbreaker, Brawn as Hound, Optimus Prime as Sideswipe, Trailbreaker as Gears, and Mirage as Bluestreak. There are also two very noticeable shots of Prime painted blue.

* While the Autobots are trapped in Energon Chains, Optimus is colored entirely blue and Trailbreaker is entirely grey.

* When Skywarp drops bombs on Grimlock, all the parts on Grimlock that are meant to be grey are black.

* When the Decepticons retreat at the end of the episode, Skywarp is painted in Starscream colors.

* Near the end, Bumblebee's Autobot insignia in his chest is missing in one shot.

===Continuity errors===
* Though the holographic dinosaurs illustrated in the episodes matched some of the concepts of the early ‘80s, their depiction is outdated by today’s standards. The dinosaurs in the show are the sluggish, tail-dragging cold-blooded variety not in keeping with more modern theories of warm-blooded, bird-like animals.

* When the holographic dinosaurs are shown, a brontosaurus is seen living alongside a ''Triceratops'' and a ''Tyrannosaurus''. In reality, the brontosaurus (well, ''Apatosaurus''...oh, you know what we mean) lived in the Jurassic Period, while the ''Triceratops'' and the ''Tyrannosaurus'' lived during the Cretacious Period. So basically, they were separated by millions of years, but apparently, [[Wikipedia:The Flintstones|in a cartoon, that doesn't matter]].

* The data gathered by Reflector and Soundwave leads Megatron to conclude with relish that the Great Falls contain enough energy exists to vanquish the Autobots and control the universe...but that’s really nothing new. The Decepticons have targeted hydroelectric power sources before.

*What is it about falling into the river that is so devastating to the Autobots? We've seen that Autobots can deal with being in the water (Hound in "[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]", various Autobots in "[[The Ultimate Doom]]", Springer, Kup, and Arcee in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', etc.). It's possible that the fall itself damaged them, but the Autobots are clearly shown struggling around in the water. Then again, Optimus Prime needed Jazz's help to escape the rushing river in "More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1".

* It’s possible the editorial pace of the show plays with time and space, but taken at face value, the Autobots build three Dinobots in the span of time it takes the Decepticons to decide to attack the Great Falls.

===Transformers References===
*The Autobots' ability to fly, seen in "More Than Meets The Eye" and "[[Roll For It]]", is shown again in this episode, when Gears attacks the Decepticons at the power plant. Wheeljack and the Dinobots are also capable of flight. Still, along with Sideswipe, Gears and Wheeljack are the original Autobots SUPPOSED to be air-borne{{m-}}Gears is equipped with compressed air boosters and Wheeljack has solid-fuel rockets in his arms.

*Megatron ''actually refers to his [[fusion cannon]] by that name.

===Real-World References===
* Reference

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* Ironhide is equipped with a [[sonadar]] sensor array that extends form his forearm, capable of penetrating solid rock. The findings of the sensor are displayed in the windshield in his chest.

* Sideswipe is equipped with piston arms, that allow him to punch through stone walls.

* Slag’s triceratops frill can reflect Optimus Prime’s laser rifle.

* Not so much a goof, but the Rhino DVD version of this episode has a rainbow visible at the Great Falls when Megatron lands. This is not in the broadcast version.

* Another difference in the broadcast version and the Rhino DVD version is when Hound contacts the Ark with a recon report. The glowing light on his chest and forehead are blue in the broadcast version, but red in the DVD version.

* Laserbeak does not appear but is mentioned in this episode, as Megatron credits him for gathering intelligence at the Great Falls.

* The chapter stops for this episode on the Rhino DVD are: Opening / Old Bones / "Dinobots Must Die" / Fusion Power / Permanent Dysfunction / Dinobots Will Stay.

*In the Japanese version, the Dinobots' roars were changed with kaiju roars (mostly an altered version of Baragon's roar).

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

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Prime Target (G1)

2008-06-01T20:00:55Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Prime Target title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|"Ladies and Gentlemen, we are arriving at our destination. Currently the temperature is... cold, and if you look across the right wing, you will see... ice."]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|35|prev=Triple Takeover|next=Auto-Bop
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=51
|prev2=Blaster Blues
|next2=Auto-Bop
}}

'''The big-game hunter Lord Chumley begins hunting Autobots, and he's gunning for Optimus Prime.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "The Target is Convoy" 

==Detailed synopsis==
Over the [[Arctic]], [[Oktober Guard One]] is flying an experimental jet, when it is suddenly speared by a submarine under the ice. She ejects, but the plane is captured. It turns out that the plane was stolen by [[Lord Chumley]], a game hunter, who tells his manservant [[Dinsmoore]] that he needs one more thing to complete his collection...the head of Optimus Prime.
[[Image:Primetargetchumleydinsmore.jpg|left|thumb|175px|"Dinsmore, I believe the Autobots are about to suffer a series of unfortunate events!"]]
Heading into town, [[Tracks]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] spot [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and head after them. However, it is actually a trap set by Chumley. Back at the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], the Autobots are watching a soap opera which is interrupted by a news broadcast about the theft of the plane. Apparently, the [[Soviet Union]] is accusing the [[United States of America]] of the theft, which the U.S. denies, and the two countries are ready to go to war. Having not heard back from Bumblebee and Tracks, Prime orders to Autobots to search for their friends. However, Chumley has devised several traps for the Autobots and manages to capture [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Blaster]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], the latter of whom sends a message to Prime about the capture. Not wanting to risk the others, Prime orders the Autobots to return to base.
[[Image:Primetargetbotsintraps.jpg|right|thumb|180px|And you thought [[For safety reasons|Hasbro safety tests]] were tough.]]
While they regroup, [[Cosmos]] sends a message to Prime, saying that he's found the missing bots, who are being held in (poorly designed) traps intended to prevent them from escaping. Chumley himself contacts Prime and requests his presence. Pissed at seeing his friends tortured, Prime overloads Chumley's screen and orders the Autobots to remain at the base.

However, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] has been keeping an eye on the events and feels that Chumley, though a flesh creature, may be useful...especially since he's done more in two days than Megatron has done in two years, which [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] takes the time to point out. Unaware that Chumley is only after Prime, Megatron sends Blitzwing and Astrotrain (surprise, surprise) to make a deal between Chumley and the [[Decepticon]]s.

Arriving at Chumley's castle, Prime finds himself in a "well researched" mock-up of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He unleashes a monster on Prime, but Prime is able to defeat it. Heading down a corridor, Prime finds a young woman imprisoned, but leaves. Blitzwing investigates, and gets trapped in a goo-net intended for Prime, much to Astrotrain's irritation. Finally, Chumley sends out a mechanical scorpion (no, not [[Scorponok (G1)|that one]]), but Prime is shot in the back by Astrotrain and apparently killed. Furious that his prize has been ruined, Chumley takes the Decepticons prisoner and diffuses their energy weopons.
[[Image:primetargetOPvsspider.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Blackarachnia]]'s TF debut was not the most glamorous.]]
Knowing that Prime is alive, Bumblebee sends their coordinates to the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], who enters the castle. A mechanical spider is dispatched, but Prime destroys it and heads into Chumley's control room. Dinsmoore hides in a tank while Chumley frees the Decepticons on the promise that they'll fight the Autobot. Instead Astrotrain and Blitzwing go after Chumley, "Seeing how he likes being hunted." The Autobots are freed by Prime, Blitzwing and Astrotrain retreat realizing that they have no weopons. Chumly is left to the mercy of Prime.

The Autobots return the plane to the Soviet Union, with Chumley strapped to the nose. The world thanks Optimus Prime for his efforts in solving the mystery.
{{-}}

==Stats==

* Stats

==Notable quotes==

'''News Announcer''': "We interrupt 'As the Kitchen Sinks' for this special news bulletin." 
'''Jazz, Blaster, Beachcomber''' and '''Grapple''' in unison: "Awwwwwwwww..."
:-- The Autobots do not like to miss their soaps.

"Amazing, a booby trap that actually captures boobies."
:-- '''Optimus Prime''' says "boobies". Hehehehehehehehehehe.

""Bah! Impenetrable! Blitzwing how do you get into these messes?"

:-- Astrotrain in disgust and disbelief that Blitzwing is in another mess.

""Never trust decepticons flesh creature!"

:-- Blitzwing explaining to Chumly when you can trust the decepticons.

==Other Notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] is standing along side with Megatron and Starscream. And we all thought [[Sunstreaker]] was the one who would end up defecting.
* During the scene when [[Lord Chumley| Chumley]] contacts Optimus at the Autobots headquarters, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] can be seen standing next to Optimus even though earlier, Inferno got captured by Chumley.

===Continuity errors===

* Errors

===Transformers references===
* Though a complete co-incidence, Grapple can be heard yelling, "HEY! Who designed this [[Rattrap|rattrap]]?!"

===Real-world references===
* Dinsmoor was apparently alive for the [[Wikipedia:Second Boer War|Second Boer War]]. At least, we're assuming it's the second one, since the [[wikipedia:First Boer War|first one]] happened in the 1880s. Which means that if he was alive and could remember that one, he must be some sort of super human.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Several of the Autobots are revealed to be fans of an Earth soap opera entitled ''[[As The Kitchen Sinks]]''. Clearly, they've been away from Cybertron too long.
*Optimus Prime is a "magnificent beast".

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

==External links==
* Links

{{epstub}}
[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category: MSTF]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Prime Target (G1)

2008-06-01T19:58:45Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Prime Target title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|"Ladies and Gentlemen, we are arriving at our destination. Currently the temperature is... cold, and if you look across the right wing, you will see... ice."]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|35|prev=Triple Takeover|next=Auto-Bop
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=51
|prev2=Blaster Blues
|next2=Auto-Bop
}}

'''The big-game hunter Lord Chumley begins hunting Autobots, and he's gunning for Optimus Prime.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "The Target is Convoy" 

==Detailed synopsis==
Over the [[Arctic]], [[Oktober Guard One]] is flying an experimental jet, when it is suddenly speared by a submarine under the ice. She ejects, but the plane is captured. It turns out that the plane was stolen by [[Lord Chumley]], a game hunter, who tells his manservant [[Dinsmoore]] that he needs one more thing to complete his collection...the head of Optimus Prime.
[[Image:Primetargetchumleydinsmore.jpg|left|thumb|175px|"Dinsmore, I believe the Autobots are about to suffer a series of unfortunate events!"]]
Heading into town, [[Tracks]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] spot [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and head after them. However, it is actually a trap set by Chumley. Back at the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], the Autobots are watching a soap opera which is interrupted by a news broadcast about the theft of the plane. Apparently, the [[Soviet Union]] is accusing the [[United States of America]] of the theft, which the U.S. denies, and the two countries are ready to go to war. Having not heard back from Bumblebee and Tracks, Prime orders to Autobots to search for their friends. However, Chumley has devised several traps for the Autobots and manages to capture [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Blaster]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], the latter of whom sends a message to Prime about the capture. Not wanting to risk the others, Prime orders the Autobots to return to base.
[[Image:Primetargetbotsintraps.jpg|right|thumb|180px|And you thought [[For safety reasons|Hasbro safety tests]] were tough.]]
While they regroup, [[Cosmos]] sends a message to Prime, saying that he's found the missing bots, who are being held in (poorly designed) traps intended to prevent them from escaping. Chumley himself contacts Prime and requests his presence. Pissed at seeing his friends tortured, Prime overloads Chumley's screen and orders the Autobots to remain at the base.

However, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] has been keeping an eye on the events and feels that Chumley, though a flesh creature, may be useful...especially since he's done more in two days than Megatron has done in two years, which [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] takes the time to point out. Unaware that Chumley is only after Prime, Megatron sends Blitzwing and Astrotrain (surprise, surprise) to make a deal between Chumley and the [[Decepticon]]s.

Arriving at Chumley's castle, Prime finds himself in a "well researched" mock-up of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He unleashes a monster on Prime, but Prime is able to defeat it. Heading down a corridor, Prime finds a young woman imprisoned, but leaves. Blitzwing investigates, and gets trapped in a goo-net intended for Prime, much to Astrotrain's irritation. Finally, Chumley sends out a mechanical scorpion (no, not [[Scorponok (G1)|that one]]), but Prime is shot in the back by Astrotrain and apparently killed. Furious that his prize has been ruined, Chumley takes the Decepticons prisoner and diffuses their energy weopons.
[[Image:primetargetOPvsspider.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Blackarachnia]]'s TF debut was not the most glamorous.]]
Knowing that Prime is alive, Bumblebee sends their coordinates to the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], who enters the castle. A mechanical spider is dispatched, but Prime destroys it and heads into Chumley's control room. Dinsmoore hides in a tank while Chumley frees the Decepticons on the promise that they'll fight the Autobots. Instead Astrotrain and Blitzwing go after Chumley, "Seeing how he likes being hunted." The Autobots are freed by Prime and Blitzwing and Astrotrain retreat realizing that they have no weopons. Chumly is left to the mercy of Prime.

The Autobots return the plane to the Soviet Union, with Chumley strapped to the nose. The world thanks Optimus Prime for his efforts in solving the mystery.
{{-}}

==Stats==

* Stats

==Notable quotes==

'''News Announcer''': "We interrupt 'As the Kitchen Sinks' for this special news bulletin." 
'''Jazz, Blaster, Beachcomber''' and '''Grapple''' in unison: "Awwwwwwwww..."
:-- The Autobots do not like to miss their soaps.

"Amazing, a booby trap that actually captures boobies."
:-- '''Optimus Prime''' says "boobies". Hehehehehehehehehehe.

""Bah! Impenetrable! Blitzwing how do you get into these messes?"

:-- Astrotrain in disgust and disbelief that Blitzwing is in another mess.

""Never trust decepticons flesh creature!"

:-- Blitzwing explaining to Chumly when you can trust the decepticons.

==Other Notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] is standing along side with Megatron and Starscream. And we all thought [[Sunstreaker]] was the one who would end up defecting.
* During the scene when [[Lord Chumley| Chumley]] contacts Optimus at the Autobots headquarters, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] can be seen standing next to Optimus even though earlier, Inferno got captured by Chumley.

===Continuity errors===

* Errors

===Transformers references===
* Though a complete co-incidence, Grapple can be heard yelling, "HEY! Who designed this [[Rattrap|rattrap]]?!"

===Real-world references===
* Dinsmoor was apparently alive for the [[Wikipedia:Second Boer War|Second Boer War]]. At least, we're assuming it's the second one, since the [[wikipedia:First Boer War|first one]] happened in the 1880s. Which means that if he was alive and could remember that one, he must be some sort of super human.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Several of the Autobots are revealed to be fans of an Earth soap opera entitled ''[[As The Kitchen Sinks]]''. Clearly, they've been away from Cybertron too long.
*Optimus Prime is a "magnificent beast".

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

==External links==
* Links

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[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]
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Divide and Conquer

2008-05-27T20:24:25Z

69.14.63.71:

{{disambig2|the Generation cartoon episode|the Marvel UK comic|Divide and Conquer!}}

[[Image:Divide_and_conquer.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Ohhh, that's REALLY gonna leave a mark on the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]].]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=1|6|prev=Roll for It|next=Fire in the Sky
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=6
|prev2=Roll for It
|next2=S.O.S. Dinobots
}}

'''The Autobots must journey to Cybertron to retrieve a vital piece of technology to save the life of critically wounded Optimus Prime.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "SOS! Cybertron"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:DivideandConquer_MegatronENEMY_poster.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Join the guys we shoot at, now!]]

[[Earth]] factories are busily preparing weaponry for use against the [[Decepticon]] menace. [[Chip Chase]] is inspecting one such facility, where the administrators hope he can develop new methods to improve the efficiency of weapons production. The Decepticon [[Seeker]] jets suddenly attack the factory, breaching its walls and landing inside. They begin draining the factory of its energy, but have not noticed Chip, who sends out a distress signal to the [[Autobots]].

[[Image:DivideandConquer_Seekersreporting.jpg|thumb|right|150px|I'm a sexy beast]]

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Spike]] are on a search mission, fruitlessly looking for any trace of the Decepticon [[Space Bridge]]. Prime intercepts Chip’s call for help, and orders the Autobots at the [[Ark]] to meet him at the munitions plant. Prime arrives at the scene first, and is outnumbered three-to-one. A stray shot hits one of the massive computer banks, which begins a critical meltdown and overload. Prime attempts to shield the humans from the inevitable explosion with his own body. The blast tears through Prime, and the Decepticons take advantage of his weakened state to nail him. Prime collapses under fire.

[[Image:DivideandConquer_LaserbeakonBrawns_shoulder.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Laserbeak disguised as Brawn's dandruff]]

The Seekers hear the approach of the other Autobots, and following [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron’s]] orders, rereat with the [[Energon cube]]s. The Autobots find Prime's badly damaged form and take it back to base. Prime’s power relays are fused. His mobility limited. His speech… slow… and labored. Part replacement… essential….

Wanting to confirm Prime’s condition, Megatron dispatches [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' to spy on [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]’s efforts to repair Prime. Optimus’ [[electro-pulse]] is fading. At Megatron’s command, Laserbeak attacks the incredibly vulnerable Prime, tearing into his exposed chest cavity and causing a tremendous explosion.

[[Image:DivideandConquer_shutupHuffer.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Shut up, [[Rattrap]].]]

It’s more smoke and sparks than fiery blast, and Prime survives the explosion, though his energy is fading fast. His very [[spark|laser core]] is at risk of snuffing out, and Ratchet needs a [[cosmotron]] to keep his Prime's energy levels from draining. Wheeljack only knows of one in existence, but it’s in his shop back on Cybertron, which the Decepticons had placed under a computerized lock. The Autobots need to get back to their homeworld and pick this lock. Naturally, Chip Chase is the only one of them familiar enough with Cybertronian computers to make this possible.

[[Image:DivideandConquer_Farewellwarrior.jpg|thumb|left|150px|If I tell you go, then you GO!]]

Chip uses [[Teletraan I]] to do what Optimus could not: triangulate the likely coordinates for the Space Bridge’s next appearance. Following Chip’s detective work, the Autobots drive into the woods and discover the Space Bridge site. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] oversee the transport of a shuttle module filled with Energon cubes, with a hapless [[Reflector]]-type soldier sent to pilot it across the gulf of interstellar space. With the Autobot’s arrival, a fray breaks out – and so does a sudden thunderstorm.

[[Image:DivideandConquer_Rainmakerclouds.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Red clouds in morning, Autobots take warning]]

Surprisingly, Megatron (who has been monitoring the battle) orders the Decepticons to let the Autobots win. The thunderstorm has given him an idea, but he does not elaborate. The Autobots{{m-}}[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Trailbreaker]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]{{m-}}drive into the Space Bridge and are teleported to [[Decepticon Headquarters (Cybertron)|Shockwave’s base]]. They blast their way past a shocked Shockwave and into Cybertron’s streets. Megatron orders the [[Rainmakers|Cybertronian Seekers]] to destroy the Autobot infiltrators with [[acid rain]].

At [[Wheeljack’s shop]], Chip works his way past the locking mechanism, and Ironhide instantly finds the cosmotron. Outside, a trio of Seekers somehow seed the clouds over the workshop so they produce incredibly debilitating acid rain.

[[Image:DivideandConquer_Starscreampowerfist.jpg|thumb|left|150px|"SHIIIINING FINGEEEEER!"]]

The acid rain shorts the circuitry of the Autobots, who collapse at the touch of the deadly downpour. Chip is immune to the rain’s effects, and implores the Autobots to continue. Trailbreaker musters up the energy to project his force-field, sheltering the Autobots from the rain, giving their automatic repair systems time to kick in. Bluestreak fires some blasts into the clouds overhead, dispersing the rainmaking seekers and the toxic clouds. Rejuvenated, the Autobots return to Shockwave’s tower and ride the Space Bridge back to Earth.

[[Image:DivideandConquer_Bring_It.jpg|thumb|right|150px|"You talking to me? You talking to me? I don't see no one else here!"]]

On Earth, Megatron recognizes that without Prime, the conquest of the Autobots is a foregone conclusion. He leads an attack on the ''Ark''. The Autobots recognize the hopeless battle up ahead, but Spike musters up the courage. He grabs [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz's]] rifle and rallies the troops. He even manages to inspire perpetual downer [[Huffer]] to take charge.

An enormous battle breaks out in front of the ''Ark'', just as the Autobot mission returns from Cybertron. Chip and [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] race the cosmotron to Prime. Optimus emerges in time to personally challenge Megatron and soundly beats him, forcing the Decepticon leader to yield. With Megatron down, a self-satisfied Starscream orders the Decepticons to retreat.

{{-}}

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' October 20, 1984

'''Production number:''' #700-03

'''Written by:''' [[Donald F. Glut]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (6)
*[[Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (8)
*[[Wheeljack]] (9)
*[[Trailbreaker]] (10)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (11)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (12)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (13)
*[[Windcharger]] (19)
*[[Gears]] (20)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (21)
*[[Huffer]] (22)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (24)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (25)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (26)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (9)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (30)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (2)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (3)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (5)
*[[Reflector]] (16)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (17)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (18)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (27)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (28)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (31)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Chip Chase]] (1)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (13)
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (14)

'''Guests'''

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |

|}

==Notable Quotes==
"Heh, I wonder if I'll ever get used to that."
:{{m-}} '''Sparkplug''' witnessing the Autobots transform

"I think Laserbeak's chicken!"
:{{m-}} '''Skywarp''' commenting on Laserbeak's hesitation to infiltrate Autobot headquarters

"He's doomed. I know it. I can feel it in my databank."
:{{m-}} '''Huffer''', hoping the best for a dying Prime.

"I knew it was hopeless, I just knew..."
:{{m-}} '''Huffer''' again, before Ironhide shut him up good.

"They sure don't build them like that anymore."
:{{m-}} '''Sparkplug''', commenting on the fact Optimus Prime is still alive after ''his chest explodes''.

"Just like Sherlock Holmes with floppy disks!"
:{{m-}} '''Spike''', hopelessly over his head when it comes to computer talk.

"Hey! Who you callin' clumsy, Gasket-Breath?"
:{{m-}} '''Rumble''' protests Starscream's observation of his energon-handling skills

"Don't split yet runt. The party's just starting! This oughta shake ya up!"
:{{m-}} '''Rumble''' taunting Bumblebee while using his piledrivers.

"No one's really disabled as long as he has courage."
:{{m-}} '''Chip Chase''', and that’s one to grow on.

"I'm sorry, Spike. Sometimes nothing you do makes any difference."
:{{m-}} '''Sparkplug''' to Spike, which, if you don’t read as the ‘royal’ you, is actually kind of mean and funny.

"We can't go down without ''trying!'' Prime would want us to go for it, no matter what the odds! Well, are you with me, or do I fight this battle alone?!?"
:{{m-}} '''Spike''' gives an inspirational battle rally to the Autobots after taking Jazz's gun.

"Ravage! Bad kitty! HOWAAAAA!"
:{{m-}} '''Spike''', right as Ravage reduces him to chew toy.

"Is there anyone in the universe who will challenge the might of Megatron?" "There is one, Megatron! I, Optimus Prime, challenge you!"
:{{m-}} '''Megatron''' is scared to death by a now healthy '''Optimus Prime'''

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[Image:DivideandConquer_Factoryguardworkers.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Note the standard issue army hardhats]]

* Due to a mix-up in animation models, the green-uniformed human soldiers protecting the weapons factory in one shot turn into hard-hat wearing factory workers in another shot

* A teleporting Skywarp is mistakenly colored with Starscream's colors, and then Thundercracker's colors.

[[Image:DivideandConquer_slopedPrime.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Prime in his seldom-used "aerodynamic" altmode]]

* A peculiar design in one shot has Optimus Prime's cab face sport a 45-degree slope.

* When Starscream reacts to Optimus Prime barreling into the factory, his voice is not electronically enhanced.

* When the Autobots are shown talking to Optimus, and later arriving at the factory, Bumblebee is the only yellow Autobot shown. However, when the Autobots transform to go to the factory, Sunstreaker is shown transforming instead of Bumblebee.

* Because the background art moves around to simulate a camera tilt, the foreground animation of Prime's trailer receding into the background looks instead like it is shrinking into nothingness in midair.

* Before Brawn enters the room where Optimus Prime is being worked on, he is shown standing inside.

* There's a big nasty S-shaped hair in the center of the screen as Wheeljack describes his shop on Cybertron.

* At the Space Bridge site, the camera pans across the scenery, but a painted foreground tree travels with the move, making it look like the tree is mobile.

* Four Reflectors are shown when preparing the Space Bridge (though it could be argued it is a separate Reflector-like Decepticon).

* Rumble blinks out for a few moments when the Autobots arrive at the Space Bridge.

* In the shot of him still holding the tree after Megatron tells him to let the Autobots win, and emerging from Ironhide's deep freeze, Starscream is colored like Thundercracker.

* As Shockwave and a Reflector soldier unload the Space Bridge's shipment of Energon cubes, the Energon is not filled with an illumination effect, and appear as solid black bars.

* The nitrogen pack that Ironhide uses in Shockwave's control center is labeled "NITRGEN". And, Ironhide shouldn't have to use a pack since he has a built in liquid nitrogen projector.

* When the Decepticons exit their base to attack the Autobots, a fourth Decepticon jet is shown. Later, an extreme close-up of one of the jets' weapons shows a red "rainmaker".
[[Image:Ironhideinblack.jpg|thumb|right|150px|So that's the reason why [[Ironhide (Movie)|he]] is black.]]
* When the Autobot away team races back to Shockwave’s tower, Ironhide is painted with Trailbreaker's colors, making him resemble a Diaclone incarnation of his toy.

* After returning to Earth, Bluestreak emerges from the Space Bridge painted as Prowl, but without police lights.

* In the carnage of the battle, a prone form of Ironhide is colored with Ratchet's white and red hue (Ratchet's inside the ''Ark'') and Sideswipe has Shockwave's colors.

* Optimus Prime's mouthplate moves when Megatron concedes defeat.

===Continuity Errors===
* It is unclear how Chip knows Skywarp's missile is of the heat-seeking variety before it even does anything to suggest as such.
* Optimus Prime somehow deflects the heat-seeking missile by hitting its ''warhead'' with his arm.
* Chip Chase's superhuman abilities shine in this episode: he knows Cybertronian technology better than Autobots, who have only had millions of years to get used to it. He knows how to find the Space Bridge better than Optimus can, since Chip thinks to use Teletraan I, a tactic that somehow escaped Prime. Chase can crack a Cybertronian lock, and he is immune to Cybertronian acid rain.

===Transformers References===
* The Space Bridge, first appeared in [[Transport to Oblivion]], reappears in this episode.
* The tetrahedron seeker jets return, which first appeared in [[More Than Meets The Eye, Part 1]].

===Real-World References===
* A cosmotron is a real-world particle physics accelerator.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Brawn really is a dumbass to not notice Laserbreak sitting on his shoulder.

* The Autobot Matrix of Leadership is nowhere to be found on Prime's chest when Wheeljack and Ratchet are repairing him.

[[Image:DivideandConquer_SympatheticDecepticon.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Poor guy.]]

* The Reflector-type Decepticon warrior that Starscream forces to pilot the Space Bridge transport has an oddly sympathetic and very human-sounding voice.

* Reflector displays an odd ability in this episode: he can absorb his fellow units into his body.

* Reflector can emit a light that shorts out optic sensors

* Ironhide's wrists can emit liquid glop launchers that trap the Decepticons to the surface with a thick adhesive.

* Cybertron has an atmosphere breathable by humans.

* A [[:Image:DivideandCon.gif|trio]] of [[Seeker]]s on Cybertron include a [[Acid Storm|neon green one]], a gunmetal bluegray one, and a lemony yellow one.

* Autobots have built-in repair systems.

* Sideswipe is capable of emitting a smokescreen from his chest ... for little effect.

* The Transformers have a personal battle code where customs dictate personal challenges be settled in personal combat.

* The chapter stops on the Rhino DVD version of this episode are Opening / Weapon Factories / Off to Cybertron / New Age of Decepticons / Fight For Optimus / Optimus Saved!

* Optimus Prime displays the unusual ability to fire energy beams out of his optics... right into Megatron's face.

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

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Atlantis, Arise!

2008-05-27T04:04:10Z

69.14.63.71:

[[image:SubAtlantica_Undersea.jpg|right|thumb|300px|There's fire burning... underwater. Don't ask.]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|8|prev=The Autobot Run|next=Day of the Machines
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=16
|prev2=The Immobilizer
|next2=Enter the Nightbird
}}

'''The Decepticons ally with the undersea realm of Sub-Atlantica. But they may be more treacherous than Megatron expected.'''

==Summary==
[[Image:Atlantis Arise Sub-Atlanticans Decepticons.JPG|thumb|left|150px|And when you see Aquaman, tell him his superpower sucks.]]
[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] summons [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to the control room, saying that [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] have detected massive energy readings underwater. The Decepticons investigate and encounter the [[Sub-Atlantica]]ns, a race who hope to conquer the surface world one day. Megatron negotiates a deal with [[Nergill]], King of Sub-Atlantica, offering Decepticon military technology in exchange for access to their [[geothermal]] storehouses. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] distrusts the Sub-Atlanticans, who communicate with each other telepathically.

[[Image:Atlantis Arise Autobots football.JPG|thumb|150px|R U READY 4 SUM FOOTBALL?]]
Near the [[Autobot]] [[Ark (G1)|base]], [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] are playing a game of [[football]] with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] arrives before the Dinobots accidentally kill anyone, telling them there is a massive energy reading emanating from near the [[Decepticon space cruiser|Decepticon base]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] dispatches Bumblebee, [[Brawn]], Hound, and Wheeljack to investigate, with Spike tagging along. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans attack and take Wheeljack prisoner. After raising the city from the bottom of the ocean, the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans prepare to attack [[Washington, D.C.]] as a sign of their new alliance. Nergill communicates with his soldiers, telling Megatron that they will imprison Wheeljack in his dungeons. However, at Starscream's orders, Soundwave unscrambles the message and learns that Wheeljack is to be taken to their laboratory.

The Autobots head for Washington, hoping to stop the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans. Prime has Spike and Bumblebee head for Sub-Atlantica, hoping to rescue Wheeljack, while the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] takes the others to Washington. The Sub-Atlanticans raise a [[force field]] over Washington, trapping the Autobots inside. In Sub-Atlantica, Nergill is developing a disruptor which will shut down [[Transformer]]s. Starscream discovers this and is shot by Nergill, who learns that it is less effective on Decepticons. As Nergill leaves, Starscream attempts to drain power from Wheeljack, but Bumblebee and Spike stop the [[Air Commander]].

[[Image:Atlantis Arise Megs Lincoln memorial.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Four score and seven million years ago, I founded a [[Decepticon Empire|new nation]]...]]
Heading for Washington, Nergill uses the disruptor to defeat the Autobots, but holds back on the Decepticons. As the Sub-Atlanticans secure the Capitol building, his soldiers ask when to move against the Decepticons, but Nergill decides to wait a little while longer. Meanwhile, Megatron (sitting at the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]]) tells [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] that they will deal with the Sub-Atlanticans soon enough.

Wheeljack calls in the Dinobots, who manage to penetrate the force field but come to blows with the Cons. Megatron and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] fight, and Nergill tries to shoot them both, but Starscream causes Nergill to miss. Grimlock grabs the disruptor and destroys it, causing the Autobots to revive. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans retreat back to their own city, with the Autobots in pursuit.

[[image:SubAtlantica_Asplode.jpg|right|thumb|150px|But the others chose to stay, sitting in their porches with their shotguns, and eventually evolved into mermaids. And they would sing and dance, and ring in the new...]]
Back at Sub-Atlantica, Megatron demands an answer to Starscream's treason charge against Nergill, but Nergill informs him that the Autobots are coming. They invade the city, and the Dinobots begin smashing everything in sight.

Nergill decides to destroy the city, hoping to destroy the Transformers as well. Spike, Wheeljack, and Bumblebee follow, hoping to stop Nergill, with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Ravage]] in pursuit. The two [[Mini-Cassette]]s realize Nergill's intentions, and Rumble tries to bury him in rubble, but it's too late. Nergill throws a device into his energy containers, which starts a chain reaction that destroys the city. The Autobots and Decepticons manage to retreat, while the Sub-Atlanticans and their home disappear under the waves. Prime says they probably won't see Nergill again for a long time.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' October 3, 1985

'''Production number:''' 700-23

'''Written by:''' [[Douglas Booth]]

===Featured characters===

(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.'')
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]

! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
* [[Bumblebee]] (8)
* [[Grimlock]] (9)
* [[Hound]] (10)
* [[Swoop]] (11)
* [[Snarl]] (12)
* [[Slag]] (13)
* [[Wheeljack]] (14)
* [[Optimus Prime]] (15)
* [[Jazz]] (15)
* [[Windcharger]] (16)
* [[Trailbreaker]] (17)
* [[Brawn]] (18)
* [[Ironhide]] (19)
* [[Prowl]] (20)
* [[Sludge]] (21)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (1)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (2)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (3)
* [[Soundwave]] (4)
* [[Starscream]] (5)
* [[Skywarp]] (6)
* [[Thundercracker]] (7)
* [[Rumble]] (22)
* [[Ravage]] (23)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Spike Witwicky]]

'''Guests'''

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Nergill]]
*Sub-Atlantican General
|}

==Notable quotes==
"Are you sure humans do this for fun?" 
:—'''Hound''', after playing a game of football with the Dinobots

"Autobots bite off more than they can chew, then send for dinobots. Come Snarl, Sludge, we go!" 
:-'''Grimlock''', responding to the SOS call by Wheeljack. Apparantly he does not want Slag or Swoop.

"There. This throne was made for me!" 
:—'''Megatron''', sitting on the throne at the Lincoln Memorial.

"Me Grimlock here again, Optimus Prime, to pull your diodes out of laser fire."
:—'''Grimlock, lecturing Optimus Prime

"Okay, Grimlock. Time for you and the Dinobots to act prehistoric!" 
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"You don't frighten me, you mechanical throwbacks!" 
"Good, Megatron! We love stupid enemies!" 
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Grimlock'''

"Ruining Autobots is my life!"
:—'''Starscream''' finds his true calling.

==Notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[Image:Optimus prime doppelgaenger.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Prime uses [[budding]] to hold up the Washington monument.]]
*As the Washington Monument starts to fall, when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] stands for a second, another Optimus Prime pops out of him.
*When the Dinobots break through the force field, Starscream is among the group fighting them off, even though he was last seen in Sub-Atlantica.

===Continuity errors===
* Spike is obviously some sort of super human. He can survive in the "deepest part of the Atlantic ocean" wearing only a bathing suit and using a simple oxygen tank and googles. Amazing that he isn't crushed under the weight of the ocean and doesn't freeze to death.

===Transformers references===
* In [[Transformers: The Game]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] also takes the Lincoln Memorial throne as his own. This is only in the Decepticon campaign, however.

*While it mostly comes off as arrogance, Grimlock has a point when he lectures Optimus Prime about the Autobots depending on the Dinobots to save them. When the Dinobots are becoming aware of the fact that they're just a ''deus ex machina'', you know that it's time to add a little more depth to your stories.

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:Atlantis Arise Hound roof.JPG|thumb|150px|woops! can't get my fancy cushions wet!]]
* Megatron refers to Laserbeak and Buzzsaw as "vultures". They're supposed to be condors.
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] has a folding sunroof. That is awesome. His toy did not. That is not awesome.
* The Lincoln Memorial is strangely [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]-[[scale|sized]].
* They have in fact seen the last of Nergill.
* Watch out for the hilarious irony of Starscream shouting "TRAITOR!" and stopping Nergill from shooting Megatron in the back.

===Keywords===

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

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Heavy Metal War

2008-05-24T18:18:01Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Primedefeated.gif|right|thumb|300px|The agony of defeat]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=1|16|prev=A Plague of Insecticons|next=Autobot Spike
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=10
|prev2=Countdown to Extinction
|next2=Autobot Spike
}}

'''Megatron challenges Optimus Prime to a one on one battle to end the war.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "The Laws  of Planet Seibertron"

==Summary==
[[Image:Primeheavymetalwar1.gif|thumb|left|150px|Silly Megs, tricks are for kids!]]
A busy construction site is attacked by driver-less construction equipment, and several components are stolen. The construction vehicles return to Decepticon headquarters and are revealed to be the newly built [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s. The components they stole are parts to a machine that will allow Megatron to absorb the [[power chip rectifier]]s from his [[Decepticon]] warriors.

While the final preparations are completed on the machine, Megatron flies to [[Autobot]] headquarters and makes Optimus Prime an offer he can't refuse. Megatron offers the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] a one on one battle with the winner staying on [[Earth]] to do as he pleases, and the loser taking his army and exiling themselves to deep space. Prime, confident in his own abilities, accepts the challenge and sets the match.

[[Image:Megsheavymetalwar.gif|right|thumb|150px|Fear me, for I have the power of... poo gas!!]]
Knowing that Prime would be unable to resist a chance to honorably end their conflict, Megatron returns to the Decepticon base and uses the newly completed machine to gain all of the special powers of his warriors. Skywarp's teleportation, Thundercracker's sonic boom, Rumble's seismic attack, etc. Knowing that Megatron would now be unbeatable, Starscream voices concerns that the Autobot computer [[Teletraan I]] would be able to detect what Megatron had done. Anticipating this problem, Megatron dispatches the Constructicons to take care of the computer.

The two armies arrive at the battle site, and the contest begins. Megatron unleashes a barrage of powers, (while Starscream gives a running commentary) and Prime is outclassed at every step. Not knowing that he has been deceived, Prime concedes the fight and comments that he underestimated Megatron. The shocked Autobots begin the trek back to base, and the Decepticons follow to make sure they leave.

[[Image:Heavy Metal War Devastator.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Not [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl.]]]]
Meanwhile, the Constructicons have nearly tunneled their way into the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and Teletraan I. Teletraan I, sensing the imminent danger, activates the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s. The Dinobots respond and start pounding on the Constructicons, opening up a lava channel in the process. The battle not going in their favor, the Constructicons pull out one last trick and combine into the super warrior, Devastator. The returning Autobots see the battle, but are unable to help. Inside the ''Ark'', Teletraan I is able to show that Megatron cheated, and the Autobots rush outside to help the Dinobots.

[[Image:Heavy Metal War Decepticons beat.JPG|thumb|150px|You'd think Starscream would be used to this, but no...]]
Distracted by one of Hound's holograms, Devastator is shot by Optimus Prime and falls apart and into the lava. The other Decepticons are routed by the Autobots and also pushed into the lava. There is much rejoicing.

...Until Megatron rises from the lava, vowing that the Decepticons will rise again.
{{-}}

==Notable quotes==

"Forgive me, but I believe your boast sounds vaguely familiar."
:—'''Starscream''', after hearing another of Megatron's promises to destroy the Autobots

"Let's see how he likes my new shockblast cannon! ''[The cannon explodes in his hands]'' Uhh... hnh... that's a shock, all right." 
:—'''Wheeljack'''

"But I need my power chip rectifier. Besides, the Cybertron Code of Combat states that each combatant must fight as they are, without additional reinforcement. You wouldn't want to cheat, would you, Megatron?" 
"I will win by any means! At any cost! Even if it means terminating ''you'', Starscream!" 
"I was only making a legal point..." 
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron'''

"No destroy Teletran 1. Dinobots destroy you!" 
:-'''Grimlock''' after hearing the Constructicons plans to destroy Teletran 1.

'''Sludge:''' "Sludge not see these Decepticons before." 
'''Snarl:''' "Not see again either. Cause we dinomite them to pieces!" 
'''Slag:''' "Dinobots no fool around!" 
'''Grimlock:''' "Right! Dinobots transform!" 
:-'''Sludge, Snarl, Slag, and Grimlock''' carrying on a conversation while fighting the Constructicons.

"It's bad news, Scrapper. They've brought out the heavy artillery." 
"Then it's time we did the same! Only heavier!" 
:—'''Hook''' and '''Scrapper''' as the Constructicons prepare to merge into Devastator for the first time

"Prepare to meet your doom. Nothing can withstand the might of Devastator!" 
:-'''Devastator''' speaking to the Dinobots.

"Nothing defeats the Devastator! Nothing!" 
"Nothing, little one? Ha ha ha! What would you say about ''me''? HAHAHAHAHA!" 
:—'''Devastator''' and a '''"Giant Autobot"'''

"It is ended." 
"You mean it's over, Optimus? I mean, have we seen the end of this war? Forever?" 
"Who can say, Spike? In this vast universe, is anything truly forever?" 
:—'''Spike''' and '''Optimus Prime''', with a question that is quickly answered, at least for the audience

"Uhhh... we shall rise... AGAIN." 
:—'''Megatron''' floating in lava

==Stats==

'''Writer:''' [[Donald F. Glut]]

'''Major characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]

'''Minor characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]

'''Original air date:''' Saturday December 15, 1984

==Other notes==
===Technical/animation glitches===
* The [[Rhino]] DVD version of this episode is full of animation errors that do not appear in the original broadcast version or prior home video releases (as a result of incomplete film masters being used for the DVD), as well as crude attempts made by Rhino to fix some of these errors. Some of these are aesthetic complaints—such as when the Rhino DVD portrays the power-chip smelter as a featureless rectangular smear, lacking all the light effects and animation that should be present. Other new errors actually confuse the plot—perhaps most notably, when Rhino DVD Optimus Prime hurls a boulder at Megatron, Megatron now does ''not'' use Skywarp's teleportation ability to get out of the way, and the boulder ''flies straight through him'' with nobody seeming to care, including Megatron himself. Meanwhile, as the Constructicons are tunneling underground towards the Autobot base, the Rhino DVD visuals occasionally show them driving aboveground with a clear blue sky. But, uhhh, hey, that silver DVD case sure is shiny and pretty!
* When Megatron descends to speak to the Autobots, and at two points during the duel with Optimus Prime, he is colored dark gray.
* When Megatron laughs maniacally after being infused with the power of the other Decepticons, his head is disproportionately small, and his Decepticon insignia moves independently of his body.
* When Megatron talks to Starscream after that, Starscream's air vent "boobs" are colored white instead of black.
* In the Rhino DVD version, when the Constructicons move out to dig the passage to the Autobot headquarters, Mixmaster is constantly moving a bit back and forth while driving, as if the animation frames are not ordered properly.
*During the duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron, where are the Autobots seen in the background sitting, in midair?
* In the Rhino DVD version, when Skywarp boasts that Megatron acquired the power of teleportation from him, he is colored like Starscream, who is seen sitting right next to him.
* When the Autobots cheer inside their headquarters, Bumblebee's insignia is missing.
* When the Constructicons transform to dig a tunnel into the control room of the ''Ark'', Scrapper's head is colored yellow.
* When the Autobots transform to robot mode for the war, Ironhide transforms from robot mode to vehicle mode. Wasn't it the other way round?

===Continuity errors===
* This episode gives the first of [[Constructicons#Origin_inconsistency|three contradictory origins]] for the Constructions.
* The building site that the Constructicons raid is a power plant. One of the construction workers states that it will be able to provide whole planet with limitless energy, begging the question of why the Decepticons didn't raid such a powerful energy source for energon.
* Ironhide is apparently able to detect the Decepticons by himself, without relying on Teletraan I. However, in "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]]", the Autobots were unable to detect the approaching Decepticons with Teletraan I sabotaged.
* When the Constructicons are tunneling, Scrapper refers to Scavenger as "[[Scrounge]]".
* Optimus Prime takes out Devastator with a single shot from his laser rifle, something rather at odds with the later portrayal of combiners as nigh-invulnerable.
* It's a bit strange that Starscream of all mechs should be concerned with legalities and suggest that Megatron try to fight honorably... but there ''is'' a touch of sarcasm when he says "You wouldn't want to ''cheat'', would you, leader?"
* So the Decepticons couldn't '''FLY''' out of the lava when they fell in?

===Transformers references===
* This episode introduces the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s and [[Devastator]].
* This episode is also the "source" of the aborted "Lava Bath Safety" deco for the original Megatron toy.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* During Teletraan's montage of the sources of Megatron's acquired powers, the descriptions for the individual Decepticons are verbatim quotes from the [http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Transformers Series Bible's "Decepticon Rolecall" page], albeit including several lost-in-translation typographical errors ("Decepticon Lider", "Decepticon Commicator", "Sky Warp"). The most notable of those is [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (misspelled as "Runble") being identified as a [[FIBRIR|"red robot"]]. Furthermore, the seemingly random numbers listed on those screens are actually Hasbro's product codes for the respective toys. Interestingly enough, [[Reflector]] is given a product number, even though he was never released at mass retail. However, the renditions of the Decepticons are ''not'' the official model sheets for those characters, but rather all-new drawings.

===Real-world references===
* None yet identified.

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

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Heavy Metal War

2008-05-24T18:17:26Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Primedefeated.gif|right|thumb|300px|The agony of defeat]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=1|16|prev=A Plague of Insecticons|next=Autobot Spike
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=10
|prev2=Countdown to Extinction
|next2=Autobot Spike
}}

'''Megatron challenges Optimus Prime to a one on one battle to end the war.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "The Laws  of Planet Seibertron"

==Summary==
[[Image:Primeheavymetalwar1.gif|thumb|left|150px|Silly Megs, tricks are for kids!]]
A busy construction site is attacked by driver-less construction equipment, and several components are stolen. The construction vehicles return to Decepticon headquarters and are revealed to be the newly built [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s. The components they stole are parts to a machine that will allow Megatron to absorb the [[power chip rectifier]]s from his [[Decepticon]] warriors.

While the final preparations are completed on the machine, Megatron flies to [[Autobot]] headquarters and makes Optimus Prime an offer he can't refuse. Megatron offers the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] a one on one battle with the winner staying on [[Earth]] to do as he pleases, and the loser taking his army and exiling themselves to deep space. Prime, confident in his own abilities, accepts the challenge and sets the match.

[[Image:Megsheavymetalwar.gif|right|thumb|150px|Fear me, for I have the power of... poo gas!!]]
Knowing that Prime would be unable to resist a chance to honorably end their conflict, Megatron returns to the Decepticon base and uses the newly completed machine to gain all of the special powers of his warriors. Skywarp's teleportation, Thundercracker's sonic boom, Rumble's seismic attack, etc. Knowing that Megatron would now be unbeatable, Starscream voices concerns that the Autobot computer [[Teletraan I]] would be able to detect what Megatron had done. Anticipating this problem, Megatron dispatches the Constructicons to take care of the computer.

The two armies arrive at the battle site, and the contest begins. Megatron unleashes a barrage of powers, (while Starscream gives a running commentary) and Prime is outclassed at every step. Not knowing that he has been deceived, Prime concedes the fight and comments that he underestimated Megatron. The shocked Autobots begin the trek back to base, and the Decepticons follow to make sure they leave.

[[Image:Heavy Metal War Devastator.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Not [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl.]]]]
Meanwhile, the Constructicons have nearly tunneled their way into the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and Teletraan I. Teletraan I, sensing the imminent danger, activates the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s. The Dinobots respond and start pounding on the Constructicons, opening up a lava channel in the process. The battle not going in their favor, the Constructicons pull out one last trick and combine into the super warrior, Devastator. The returning Autobots see the battle, but are unable to help. Inside the ''Ark'', Teletraan I is able to show that Megatron cheated, and the Autobots rush outside to help the Dinobots.

[[Image:Heavy Metal War Decepticons beat.JPG|thumb|150px|You'd think Starscream would be used to this, but no...]]
Distracted by one of Hound's holograms, Devastator is shot by Optimus Prime and falls apart and into the lava. The other Decepticons are routed by the Autobots and also pushed into the lava. There is much rejoicing.

...Until Megatron rises from the lava, vowing that the Decepticons will rise again.
{{-}}

==Notable quotes==

"Forgive me, but I believe your boast sounds vaguely familiar."
:—'''Starscream''', after hearing another of Megatron's promises to destroy the Autobots

"Let's see how he likes my new shockblast cannon! ''[The cannon explodes in his hands]'' Uhh... hnh... that's a shock, all right." 
:—'''Wheeljack'''

"But I need my power chip rectifier. Besides, the Cybertron Code of Combat states that each combatant must fight as they are, without additional reinforcement. You wouldn't want to cheat, would you, Megatron?" 
"I will win by any means! At any cost! Even if it means terminating ''you'', Starscream!" 
"I was only making a legal point..." 
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron'''

"No destroy Teletran 1. Dinobots destroy you!" 
:-'''Grimlock''' after hearing the Constructicons plans to destroy Teletran 1.

'''Sludge:''' "Sludge not see these Decepticons before." 
'''Snarl:''' "Not see again either. Cause we dinomite them to pieces!" 
'''Slag:''' "Dinobots no fool around!" 
'''Grimlock:'''Right! Dinobots transform!" 
:-'''Sludge, Snarl, Slag, and Grimlock''' carrying on a conversation while fighting the Constructicons.

"It's bad news, Scrapper. They've brought out the heavy artillery." 
"Then it's time we did the same! Only heavier!" 
:—'''Hook''' and '''Scrapper''' as the Constructicons prepare to merge into Devastator for the first time

"Prepare to meet your doom. Nothing can withstand the might of Devastator!" 
:-'''Devastator''' speaking to the Dinobots.

"Nothing defeats the Devastator! Nothing!" 
"Nothing, little one? Ha ha ha! What would you say about ''me''? HAHAHAHAHA!" 
:—'''Devastator''' and a '''"Giant Autobot"'''

"It is ended." 
"You mean it's over, Optimus? I mean, have we seen the end of this war? Forever?" 
"Who can say, Spike? In this vast universe, is anything truly forever?" 
:—'''Spike''' and '''Optimus Prime''', with a question that is quickly answered, at least for the audience

"Uhhh... we shall rise... AGAIN." 
:—'''Megatron''' floating in lava

==Stats==

'''Writer:''' [[Donald F. Glut]]

'''Major characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]

'''Minor characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]

'''Original air date:''' Saturday December 15, 1984

==Other notes==
===Technical/animation glitches===
* The [[Rhino]] DVD version of this episode is full of animation errors that do not appear in the original broadcast version or prior home video releases (as a result of incomplete film masters being used for the DVD), as well as crude attempts made by Rhino to fix some of these errors. Some of these are aesthetic complaints—such as when the Rhino DVD portrays the power-chip smelter as a featureless rectangular smear, lacking all the light effects and animation that should be present. Other new errors actually confuse the plot—perhaps most notably, when Rhino DVD Optimus Prime hurls a boulder at Megatron, Megatron now does ''not'' use Skywarp's teleportation ability to get out of the way, and the boulder ''flies straight through him'' with nobody seeming to care, including Megatron himself. Meanwhile, as the Constructicons are tunneling underground towards the Autobot base, the Rhino DVD visuals occasionally show them driving aboveground with a clear blue sky. But, uhhh, hey, that silver DVD case sure is shiny and pretty!
* When Megatron descends to speak to the Autobots, and at two points during the duel with Optimus Prime, he is colored dark gray.
* When Megatron laughs maniacally after being infused with the power of the other Decepticons, his head is disproportionately small, and his Decepticon insignia moves independently of his body.
* When Megatron talks to Starscream after that, Starscream's air vent "boobs" are colored white instead of black.
* In the Rhino DVD version, when the Constructicons move out to dig the passage to the Autobot headquarters, Mixmaster is constantly moving a bit back and forth while driving, as if the animation frames are not ordered properly.
*During the duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron, where are the Autobots seen in the background sitting, in midair?
* In the Rhino DVD version, when Skywarp boasts that Megatron acquired the power of teleportation from him, he is colored like Starscream, who is seen sitting right next to him.
* When the Autobots cheer inside their headquarters, Bumblebee's insignia is missing.
* When the Constructicons transform to dig a tunnel into the control room of the ''Ark'', Scrapper's head is colored yellow.
* When the Autobots transform to robot mode for the war, Ironhide transforms from robot mode to vehicle mode. Wasn't it the other way round?

===Continuity errors===
* This episode gives the first of [[Constructicons#Origin_inconsistency|three contradictory origins]] for the Constructions.
* The building site that the Constructicons raid is a power plant. One of the construction workers states that it will be able to provide whole planet with limitless energy, begging the question of why the Decepticons didn't raid such a powerful energy source for energon.
* Ironhide is apparently able to detect the Decepticons by himself, without relying on Teletraan I. However, in "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]]", the Autobots were unable to detect the approaching Decepticons with Teletraan I sabotaged.
* When the Constructicons are tunneling, Scrapper refers to Scavenger as "[[Scrounge]]".
* Optimus Prime takes out Devastator with a single shot from his laser rifle, something rather at odds with the later portrayal of combiners as nigh-invulnerable.
* It's a bit strange that Starscream of all mechs should be concerned with legalities and suggest that Megatron try to fight honorably... but there ''is'' a touch of sarcasm when he says "You wouldn't want to ''cheat'', would you, leader?"
* So the Decepticons couldn't '''FLY''' out of the lava when they fell in?

===Transformers references===
* This episode introduces the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s and [[Devastator]].
* This episode is also the "source" of the aborted "Lava Bath Safety" deco for the original Megatron toy.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* During Teletraan's montage of the sources of Megatron's acquired powers, the descriptions for the individual Decepticons are verbatim quotes from the [http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Transformers Series Bible's "Decepticon Rolecall" page], albeit including several lost-in-translation typographical errors ("Decepticon Lider", "Decepticon Commicator", "Sky Warp"). The most notable of those is [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (misspelled as "Runble") being identified as a [[FIBRIR|"red robot"]]. Furthermore, the seemingly random numbers listed on those screens are actually Hasbro's product codes for the respective toys. Interestingly enough, [[Reflector]] is given a product number, even though he was never released at mass retail. However, the renditions of the Decepticons are ''not'' the official model sheets for those characters, but rather all-new drawings.

===Real-world references===
* None yet identified.

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

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Heavy Metal War

2008-05-24T18:16:36Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Primedefeated.gif|right|thumb|300px|The agony of defeat]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=1|16|prev=A Plague of Insecticons|next=Autobot Spike
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=10
|prev2=Countdown to Extinction
|next2=Autobot Spike
}}

'''Megatron challenges Optimus Prime to a one on one battle to end the war.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "The Laws  of Planet Seibertron"

==Summary==
[[Image:Primeheavymetalwar1.gif|thumb|left|150px|Silly Megs, tricks are for kids!]]
A busy construction site is attacked by driver-less construction equipment, and several components are stolen. The construction vehicles return to Decepticon headquarters and are revealed to be the newly built [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s. The components they stole are parts to a machine that will allow Megatron to absorb the [[power chip rectifier]]s from his [[Decepticon]] warriors.

While the final preparations are completed on the machine, Megatron flies to [[Autobot]] headquarters and makes Optimus Prime an offer he can't refuse. Megatron offers the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] a one on one battle with the winner staying on [[Earth]] to do as he pleases, and the loser taking his army and exiling themselves to deep space. Prime, confident in his own abilities, accepts the challenge and sets the match.

[[Image:Megsheavymetalwar.gif|right|thumb|150px|Fear me, for I have the power of... poo gas!!]]
Knowing that Prime would be unable to resist a chance to honorably end their conflict, Megatron returns to the Decepticon base and uses the newly completed machine to gain all of the special powers of his warriors. Skywarp's teleportation, Thundercracker's sonic boom, Rumble's seismic attack, etc. Knowing that Megatron would now be unbeatable, Starscream voices concerns that the Autobot computer [[Teletraan I]] would be able to detect what Megatron had done. Anticipating this problem, Megatron dispatches the Constructicons to take care of the computer.

The two armies arrive at the battle site, and the contest begins. Megatron unleashes a barrage of powers, (while Starscream gives a running commentary) and Prime is outclassed at every step. Not knowing that he has been deceived, Prime concedes the fight and comments that he underestimated Megatron. The shocked Autobots begin the trek back to base, and the Decepticons follow to make sure they leave.

[[Image:Heavy Metal War Devastator.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Not [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl.]]]]
Meanwhile, the Constructicons have nearly tunneled their way into the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and Teletraan I. Teletraan I, sensing the imminent danger, activates the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s. The Dinobots respond and start pounding on the Constructicons, opening up a lava channel in the process. The battle not going in their favor, the Constructicons pull out one last trick and combine into the super warrior, Devastator. The returning Autobots see the battle, but are unable to help. Inside the ''Ark'', Teletraan I is able to show that Megatron cheated, and the Autobots rush outside to help the Dinobots.

[[Image:Heavy Metal War Decepticons beat.JPG|thumb|150px|You'd think Starscream would be used to this, but no...]]
Distracted by one of Hound's holograms, Devastator is shot by Optimus Prime and falls apart and into the lava. The other Decepticons are routed by the Autobots and also pushed into the lava. There is much rejoicing.

...Until Megatron rises from the lava, vowing that the Decepticons will rise again.
{{-}}

==Notable quotes==

"Forgive me, but I believe your boast sounds vaguely familiar."
:—'''Starscream''', after hearing another of Megatron's promises to destroy the Autobots

"Let's see how he likes my new shockblast cannon! ''[The cannon explodes in his hands]'' Uhh... hnh... that's a shock, all right." 
:—'''Wheeljack'''

"But I need my power chip rectifier. Besides, the Cybertron Code of Combat states that each combatant must fight as they are, without additional reinforcement. You wouldn't want to cheat, would you, Megatron?" 
"I will win by any means! At any cost! Even if it means terminating ''you'', Starscream!" 
"I was only making a legal point..." 
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron'''

"No destroy Teletran 1. Dinobots destroy you!" 
:-'''Grimlock''' after hearing the Constructicons plans to destroy Teletran 1.

'''Sludge:''' "Sludge not see these Decepticons before." 
'''Snarl:''' "Not see again either. Cause we dinomite them to pieces!" 
'''Slag:''' "Dinobots no fool around!"
'''Grimlock:'''Right! Dinobots transform!"
:-'''Sludge, Snarl, Slag, and Grimlock''' carrying on a conversation while fighting the Constructicons.

"It's bad news, Scrapper. They've brought out the heavy artillery." 
"Then it's time we did the same! Only heavier!" 
:—'''Hook''' and '''Scrapper''' as the Constructicons prepare to merge into Devastator for the first time

"Prepare to meet your doom. Nothing can withstand the might of Devastator!" 
:-'''Devastator''' speaking to the Dinobots.

"Nothing defeats the Devastator! Nothing!" 
"Nothing, little one? Ha ha ha! What would you say about ''me''? HAHAHAHAHA!" 
:—'''Devastator''' and a '''"Giant Autobot"'''

"It is ended." 
"You mean it's over, Optimus? I mean, have we seen the end of this war? Forever?" 
"Who can say, Spike? In this vast universe, is anything truly forever?" 
:—'''Spike''' and '''Optimus Prime''', with a question that is quickly answered, at least for the audience

"Uhhh... we shall rise... AGAIN." 
:—'''Megatron''' floating in lava

==Stats==

'''Writer:''' [[Donald F. Glut]]

'''Major characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]

'''Minor characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]

'''Original air date:''' Saturday December 15, 1984

==Other notes==
===Technical/animation glitches===
* The [[Rhino]] DVD version of this episode is full of animation errors that do not appear in the original broadcast version or prior home video releases (as a result of incomplete film masters being used for the DVD), as well as crude attempts made by Rhino to fix some of these errors. Some of these are aesthetic complaints—such as when the Rhino DVD portrays the power-chip smelter as a featureless rectangular smear, lacking all the light effects and animation that should be present. Other new errors actually confuse the plot—perhaps most notably, when Rhino DVD Optimus Prime hurls a boulder at Megatron, Megatron now does ''not'' use Skywarp's teleportation ability to get out of the way, and the boulder ''flies straight through him'' with nobody seeming to care, including Megatron himself. Meanwhile, as the Constructicons are tunneling underground towards the Autobot base, the Rhino DVD visuals occasionally show them driving aboveground with a clear blue sky. But, uhhh, hey, that silver DVD case sure is shiny and pretty!
* When Megatron descends to speak to the Autobots, and at two points during the duel with Optimus Prime, he is colored dark gray.
* When Megatron laughs maniacally after being infused with the power of the other Decepticons, his head is disproportionately small, and his Decepticon insignia moves independently of his body.
* When Megatron talks to Starscream after that, Starscream's air vent "boobs" are colored white instead of black.
* In the Rhino DVD version, when the Constructicons move out to dig the passage to the Autobot headquarters, Mixmaster is constantly moving a bit back and forth while driving, as if the animation frames are not ordered properly.
*During the duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron, where are the Autobots seen in the background sitting, in midair?
* In the Rhino DVD version, when Skywarp boasts that Megatron acquired the power of teleportation from him, he is colored like Starscream, who is seen sitting right next to him.
* When the Autobots cheer inside their headquarters, Bumblebee's insignia is missing.
* When the Constructicons transform to dig a tunnel into the control room of the ''Ark'', Scrapper's head is colored yellow.
* When the Autobots transform to robot mode for the war, Ironhide transforms from robot mode to vehicle mode. Wasn't it the other way round?

===Continuity errors===
* This episode gives the first of [[Constructicons#Origin_inconsistency|three contradictory origins]] for the Constructions.
* The building site that the Constructicons raid is a power plant. One of the construction workers states that it will be able to provide whole planet with limitless energy, begging the question of why the Decepticons didn't raid such a powerful energy source for energon.
* Ironhide is apparently able to detect the Decepticons by himself, without relying on Teletraan I. However, in "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]]", the Autobots were unable to detect the approaching Decepticons with Teletraan I sabotaged.
* When the Constructicons are tunneling, Scrapper refers to Scavenger as "[[Scrounge]]".
* Optimus Prime takes out Devastator with a single shot from his laser rifle, something rather at odds with the later portrayal of combiners as nigh-invulnerable.
* It's a bit strange that Starscream of all mechs should be concerned with legalities and suggest that Megatron try to fight honorably... but there ''is'' a touch of sarcasm when he says "You wouldn't want to ''cheat'', would you, leader?"
* So the Decepticons couldn't '''FLY''' out of the lava when they fell in?

===Transformers references===
* This episode introduces the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s and [[Devastator]].
* This episode is also the "source" of the aborted "Lava Bath Safety" deco for the original Megatron toy.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* During Teletraan's montage of the sources of Megatron's acquired powers, the descriptions for the individual Decepticons are verbatim quotes from the [http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage34.html Transformers Series Bible's "Decepticon Rolecall" page], albeit including several lost-in-translation typographical errors ("Decepticon Lider", "Decepticon Commicator", "Sky Warp"). The most notable of those is [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (misspelled as "Runble") being identified as a [[FIBRIR|"red robot"]]. Furthermore, the seemingly random numbers listed on those screens are actually Hasbro's product codes for the respective toys. Interestingly enough, [[Reflector]] is given a product number, even though he was never released at mass retail. However, the renditions of the Decepticons are ''not'' the official model sheets for those characters, but rather all-new drawings.

===Real-world references===
* None yet identified.

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

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The Girl Who Loved Powerglide

2008-05-24T04:11:50Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Powerglide_heart.jpg|thumb|300px|right|He's just looking for a heaaaartbeeeaaaat...]]

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'''A newly-orphaned debutante must protect her late father's work from Megatron. She finds Powerglide, and with him, safety...or perhaps...something...more?'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "From Your Daughter With Love"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:Powerglide Astoria Marygoaround.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[[Scale]] doesn't matter, [[Size changing|really]].]]

One day [[Powerglide]] is out flying when he passes by a building. While he is up in the air, he spots the Conehead trio, [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]. He observes that they are trying to kidnap [[Astoria]] from her birthday party.

Powerglide successfully saves Astoria (surprise surprise) but the way he does it is rather... unconventional. Dragging a rope behind him, Powerglide manages to have Astoria snatch the rope despite her not knowing whether Powerglide was there to help her or otherwise. He then proceeds to sweep through the city with her flying through the air at breakneck speed while clinging to a dangling rope with only her arm strength to keep Astoria from plummeting thousands of feet to her sure death. Powerglide does reel her up where she is stowed safely in his cockpit, amusingly with her large floppy purple hat still present.

After performing several evasive manuevers that leave Astoria tumbling willy nilly around Powerglide's cabin, he manages to lose the Coneheads by ducking beneath an overpass. Powerglide introduces himself while they are waiting and we are treated to one of Astoria's supernatural powers: resistance to bruises and scrapes after she is tossed back several feet by a sweep of the red jet's arm when she attempts to glomp him in gratitude.

The duo manages to make it back to [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s workshop without any further mishap. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] shares some pertinent information with Powerglide and Sparkplug and also reveals that the young heiress doesn't know about some of the ventures her company works on even though she is in charge of the company. Optimus Prime believes [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] wants something from her so he orders Powerglide to escort her back to the [[Ark (G1)#Autobot Headquarters|Autobot Headquarters]]. On the way to the Ark, Astoria pipes up and says she is starving and wants to eat something.

Meantime in the Decepticon Base, Megatron is quite unhappy about the Coneheads' failure. He orders them to bring Astoria to him and this time without any failures.

[[Image:Astoria_wrap_Powerglide's_wound.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Wrapping the wound can prevent the sands from getting in.]]

After sating her hunger with hot-dogs, Astoria is quick to amuse herself by jumping on the merry-go-around, much to Powerglide's consternation and bemusement.

After they get down from the Merry Go Round, the Coneheads come back for Astoria. Powerglide somehow manages to get rid of them and takes Astoria with him. But soon he gets caught up and is rammed by Ramjet. In the skirmish, Powerglide's left arm and left wing are injured and he is forced to make a crash landing. Powerglide eventually is defeated by the Coneheads whereupon the Coneheads take Astoria to their base.

Powerglide is left engulfed in rocks but somehow he manages to get out from beneath the debris and attempts to set off in pursuit of the Coneheads. Despite his determination, he collapses due to his injuries but he is quickly rescued by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].

After Ratchet does some basic repairs on him, Powerglide refuses any further repairs and goes to see Optimus Prime. While Powerglide is discussing his options with Optimus Prime, [[Teletraan-1]] notifies them that [[Sky Spy]] just detected an unusual atmospheric disturbance over the Northern Atlantic and the source is 10 miles above the sea level. Optimus Prime thinks it is possibly [[Sky Platform|Decepticon's suborbital station]]. Impulsively, Powerglide rushes out the Ark and flies directly to the Sky Platform and consequently into the energy storm.

[[Image:Pgalove.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Powerglide crushes Astoria in a fit of rage.]]

Meanwhile, the Decepticons are interrogating Astoria about the energy formula left by her father. She claims that she know nothing so Megatron decides to use the [[psycho-probe]] in order to make her tell him about the formula. To the Decepticon leader's frustation, the psycho-probe keeps malfunctioning, easily provoking Megatron into a rage that even Starscream's traitorous antics can't cause. In his anger, the psycho-probe is destroyed by Megatron.

Then the Decepticons find Powerglide trying to break through the energy storm and everyone goes out to see it. Megatron laughs at Powerglide and says he won't be able to break through the energy storm. But Astoria throws her necklace given by her father toward the energy-storm-generating tower and successfully destroys it. Not surprisingly, the necklace contains the energy formula, but one is forced to speculate how exactly a human built necklace manages to bring down a large and powerful tower.

The destroyed tower collapses the buildings on Sky Platform. The Sky Platform loses its control and starts to fall down. The Decepticons retreat to [[Decepticon space cruiser|the headquarter]]. Both Powerglide and Astoria go into the control room where Astoria proceeds to demonstrate her super human strength by pulling off a metal slab from the control panel. After a bit of a lover's tiff, Powerglide fiddles around with the control panel, successfully slowing down the Sky Platform's descent long enough for the duo to make good their escape. The Sky Platform is shown shortly afterwards falling into the ocean and much to the Decepticons' horror, it crashes on part of the Decepticons' headquarters, allowing massive quantities of seawater to rush into the base.

[[Image:Astoria kisses Powerglide.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Moonracer]] is gooonna be maaad!!]]

Back safe in the city, Powerglide asks Astoria why Megatron was so keen on kidnapping Astoria. She tells him it was because of the energy formula hidden in her necklace. Much to the present Autobots' private glee, Powerglide asks whether if he could look her up next time he comes to town in a rather shy manner. Astoria is very happy and [[kiss]]es him before she scurries off to her limo and is carted off. The minute Astoria is out of earshot, everyone has a good natured laugh at Powerglide's expense. Thoroughly embarrassed, Powerglide threatens the would-be teasers with a good boxing around the circuits before he stomps into the building.

Once Powerglide is out of sight of the other Autobots, he pauses to open his chest plate, showing a series of LEDs flashing in the form of a stylized heart.

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==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' November 18, 1985

'''Production number:''' 700-53

'''Written by:''' [[David Wise]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" va lign="top" |
*[[Powerglide]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (13)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (2)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (3)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (4)
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (12)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
'''Regulars'''
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (8)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (7)
'''Guests'''
*[[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]] (1)
| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
|}

==Notable quotes==
"Oh wow! He is tall. He is handsome. He is shiny. And he can fly!"
:—'''Astoria''' comments on Powerglide

"Why does everything happen to me?"
:—'''Powerglide''' laments his lot in life.

"You are supposed to be the most powerful jets in the galaxy, and you were beaten by a pipsqueak Autobot plane?!"
:—'''Megatron''' berates the Coneheads for their defeat at the hands of Powerglide.

'''Thrust:''' "We have come for the girl." 
'''Ramjet:''' "And we will get the girl." 
'''Dirge:''' "Or else."
:—The Coneheads act tough.

"Autobot, meet your doom!"
:—'''Dirge''' taunts Powerglide

"Do you have any burgers in this place?" 
"Silence!" 
:—'''Astoria''' and '''Soundwave'''

"Then I'm staying with you, no matter what!"
:—'''Astoria''' says to '''Powerglide'''

"Energise the force fields!" 
"What force fields?!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Soundwave'''

"Attention Decepticons, this is Megatron speaking. Your new orders are...er...clean up this mess!"
:—'''Megatron''' broadcasts to the Decepticons.

"Ha wow! Who would believe it! Powerglide shot down by Cupid!"
:—'''Sparkplug''' teases on Powerglide after he is kissed by Astoria.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*Powerglide shoots the vending machine and blows a huge hole in the front of the machine. However soda is shown shooting directly out of the bottom of the vending machine in a straight line. This seems virtually impossible.
[[Image:Powerglide Astoria w.jpg|thumb|right|125px|Powerglide starts the drag race by throwing down his handkerchief.]]
*Powerglide's landing gears are all painted red when he was landing after rammed by Ramjet.
*When Powerglide holds Astoria to save her from falling, her body was drawn, um, weird.

===Continuity errors===
* Error

===Real-world references===
* The iconic scene in which Powerglide opens his chest to reveal a cartoony heart bears an uncanny resemblance to the original 1950s/60s anime & manga version of Astroboy.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Powerglide is actually quite abusive to the [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz|human he is charged with "saving" in this episode.]] Not even the Decepticons have ever been shown slamming a human to the concrete so hard that they bounce or out and out striking a human. But hey, that's what she gets for having to be told twice, right Powerglide?
* Speaking of which, Astoria seems to take a ''lot'' of abuse in this episode and still manages to brush it off with no real injuries.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

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

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Ravage (G1)

2008-05-24T03:12:32Z

69.14.63.71:

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Decepticon|the Energon Terrorcon|Battle Ravage (Energon)}}

:''Ravage was a [[Decepticon]], then a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], and then a [[Decepticon]] again in the [[Generation 1]] and [[Beast Era]] and then [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family|continuity families]]. It's all very confusing.''

[[Image:Ravageboxart.jpg|right|thumb|350px|This is [[Ravage#Trivia|every comic book panel]] Ravage has ever been in. Well, okay, sometimes they rotate him a bit.]]

No Decepticon has a stronger loyalty to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] than '''Ravage'''. One of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s most reliable [[Mini-Cassette|spies]], Ravage believes unwaveringly in the Decepticon cause, and Megatron embodies that cause. To better serve Megatron and the Decepticons, Ravage has become the most efficient and deadly war machine under his command. He hides himself in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment to strike with grim accuracy. His name is synonymous with stealth. His survivors are few.

Ravage's only weakness is bright light, which can temporarily blind him. Perhaps his absolute loyalty to Megatron can blind him as well.

Sometimes he's a talker, other times he just growls or hisses at anything that isn't Megatron or Soundwave.
{{quote|Decepticons forever!|Ravage|"[[The Agenda (Part 2)]]"}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Jaguar'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Romboló''' ("Ravager")
:''Italian name:'' '''Iena''' ("Hyena")
:''Swedish cartoon name:'' '''Hunden'''
:''Spanish name:'' '''Destructor'''
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Po-huai''' ("Destroy") / '''Robin''' (in ''Beast Wars'')
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Jiqi Gou''' ("Mechanical Dog")

==Fiction==
According to the UK book [[Dinobot War]], Ravage's cassette tape mode is disguised as the soundtrack to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_(musical) Cats].''

===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}

[[Image:Contentedfools.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Ravage, here in his first appearance, is the first Transformer to have dialogue in the [[The Transformers (comic issue)|first Transformers story]].]]

''Ravage was loyal bodyguard for the [[Overlord (Autobot)|Overlords]], the Autobots that once ruled all of Cybertron, for generations. He witnessed as their planet-wide rule crumbled into a loose collection of feuding city-states. Like ancient Rome, the last Overlord barely managed to hold together the autocracy through the gladiatorial games, which allowed the city-states to vent their frustrations over low fuel supplies on each other in scripted, controlled conflicts. A war broke out between [[Vos]] and [[Tarn]], however, and Ravage and his partner [[Nightstalker]] attempted to escort the Overlord to safety. Joined by the gladiators [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], their journey was perilous. The Overlord was now an enfeebled mechanoid who required constant re-energization to survive, and constantly slowed them down. After Prime raced ahead to get help, Nightstalker self-destructed himself in a final loyal act to defend the Overlord, leaving the ruler alone with Megatron and Ravage. Though the Overlord was near death, Ravage refused to give the Overlord any of his energy, instead allying himself with Megatron, whom he believed would be the future ruler of Cybertron. {{Storylink|State Games!}}''

As a member of Megatron's Decepticons, Ravage attempted to hijack the [[Ark]] four million years ago, only to fail and fall into deactivation sleep until 1984. The detonation of the volcano, [[Mount St. Hilary]], reactivated the Autobots and Decepticons, unleashing their war on Earth. The two factions soon found themselves battling on the site of a drive-in movie theatre, where Ravage was able to distract [[Hound]] from determining the location of Bumblebee, who had gone missing. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)|The Transformers}} The Decepticons found themselves in need of energy, so Megatron ordered Ravage to investigate [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]]. Jumping into one of the plant worker's cassette recorders, he learned not only of the energy-harnessing technology of this new world, but that its primary inhabitants were not the vehicles they transformed into, but their weird organic operators! Ravage and the other Decepticons immediately attacked Harrison Nuclear and claimed it for themselves. Afterwards, Ravage concealed himself within the boom box of [["O"]], the friend of [[Buster Witwicky]], and learned that Buster had allied himself with the Autobots. He quickly returned to Megatron to report this information, and the Decepticons launched another attack, this time on Buster's neighborhood. Ravage jumped [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and the reluctant Autobot wrestled with the Decepticon until Ravage was knocked away by [[Brawn]]. The Decepticons retreated after kidnapping Buster's father, [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Power Play!}} Ravage returned with his comrades to the Decepticons' [[Fortress Sinister|new base]], constructed out of materials salvaged from Harrison Nuclear, and coerced Sparkplug into converting Earth fuel into a substance they could use. Soon, their base was infiltrated by [[Gears]] and the amazing [[Spider-Man]], and although the latter was as fast and agile as Ravage, the former put Ravage out of the fight with a punch. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

[[Image:Ravageenemywithin.jpg|right|thumb|250px|He's so cute when he's angry.]]''Shortly into their stay on Earth, the ever-treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attempted to build up support against Megatron by demanding action when Megatron cautioned patience, knowing his fellow Decepticons were getting restless for battle. Fearing that an outright execution of Starscream would turn popular opinion against him, Megatron asked Ravage to spy on the [[Seeker]] and find him an excuse to get rid of Starscream. Ravage was discovered, though, and critically injured by Starscream during their fight. Ravage managed to crawl home across the desert, however, and reported the betrayal to Megatron.''

''Having dishonored himself by attacking his fellow Decepticon, Starscream was forced to engage in a trial by combat with the Autobot [[Brawn]], who had fallen into a similar situation by unrelated circumstances. After defeating Brawn in combat and flying back to Decepticon headquarters to declare his victory, Starscream was shot down by the vengeful Ravage on Megatron's orders. Ravage reported the Autobots were responsible for the attack, and thus Megatron was able to galvanize the Decepticons for battle himself, effectively stealing Starscream's thunder and punishing the mutineer in the process.{{Storylink|The Enemy Within!}}''

''As the Decepticons assaulted the Ark, Ravage fought against the magnetic Autobot [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], employing his own electromagnetic shield to protect himself from his opponent's powers. When Optimus Prime attempted to awaken the ship's computer [[Auntie]] during the battle, however, she awoke in a scrambled state and turned against all the Transformers, using magnetic force to hold all the combatants against her hull...except for Ravage and Windcharger. Forced to work together for the benefit of both their armies, they managed to deactivate Auntie. {{Storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}}''

Megatron ordered Ravage to sneak into the Ark and provide him with news of the Autobots' fuel situation. Fortunately for the Decepticons, the Autobots had failed to find a source of fuel, so the time came to strike. During the Decepticons' immediate attack on the Ark, Ravage singled out Mirage, intent on finishing the job he began earlier. Ravage ignored Mirage's pleas for a peaceful discussion and removed Mirage's arm with his teeth. Mirage's resolve against the Decepticons strengthened, he blasted Ravage, removing him fully from the rest of the battle. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The chance arrival of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was all that allowed ultimate Decepticon victory, and Ravage, his deposed leader Megatron, and several others were nursed back to full operating status. {{storylink|The New Order}} Though Megatron rebelled against his usurper, he failed, and Shockwave paraded Megatron's beaten form in front of Ravage and the other Decepticons. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}}

Ravage accompanied several other Decepticons, under the command of Soundwave, in an assault on the Autobots after they had been duped by a bogus Optimus Prime under Shockwave's control. Ravage, the impostor Prime, and the other Decepticons made short work of the Autobots until the real Prime was restored. The Autobot commander turned the tide easily and Ravage and the other Decepticons were defeated. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

''While eavesdropping on the Autobots' arguments over whether or not to use the [[Creation Matrix]] to build an army of powerful superwarriors, Ravage's presence aboard the Ark was detected. The Decepticon spy made a run for it, but was caught in a web by Mirage and [[Hound]]. Ravage, however, is nearly impossible to kept locked up, and so he was able to quickly escape. Optimus Prime ordered Bumblebee to track him down, but Ravage's capture was part of a larger scheme, and he led Bumblebee right into a trap and captured. {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}}''

[[Image:Laserbeakravageirobotmaster.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Ravage loves to play peek-a-boo.]]

While sitting in their [[alternate modes]] inside a [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], electronics store, Soundwave, Ravage, and Laserbeak awaited news of Megatron's location during their former leader's disappearance. After his fuel-deprived body froze in nearby [[Powder River Basin]], they left the store and brought fuel to Megatron. Here they successfully fought the American military and found a new ally, [[Donny Finkleberg]], who claimed to control the Transformers as the supervillain Robot-Master. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} Megatron re-established his Decepticons in the basin, at the protests of Shockwave, while Ravage was given the duty of watching over Finkleberg. However, during a sudden Autobot attack, Ravage was distracted and Finkleberg was able to escape. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}
Ravage tracked the human, despite Finkleberg's discarding of most of his smell by exchanging clothes, but after getting into a confrontation with the Autobot named [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], Ravage was sent tumbling down a mine shaft and rendered inoperative on impact. {{Storylink|Showdown!}}

''Three years later, Ravage was awakened by a series of earth tremors, set off by the time storm raging throughout the universe. Finding much had changed since his deactivation, Ravage stumbled into the underground bunker of none other than [[Straxus|"Megatron"]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Initially siding with his old leader(s?), during a battle with the [[Wreckers]], Ravage was surprised to learn that the presence of Galvatron and Scourge in the present was the source of the time storm. Though he was blasted by [[Carnivac]] (who had temporarily teamed up with the Wreckers), Ravage abandoned the battle and sought out the reclusive Shockwave. Shockwave was nearly catatonic over the irrationality of the time paradox that threatened to destroy them all, but Ravage managed to use logic to convince his former leader to come to his senses. At Ravage's suggestion, Shockwave gave up the body of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], tossing it into the timestorm, which ended the threat to the present and future. {{Storylink|Time Wars}}''

''In the aftermath, he hooked up with Megatron and they returned to Cybertron to seek new fortunes. In the Decepticon capital city of [[Helex]], though, they found Autobots wandering around unmolested, and the area free of Decepticon supervision. After deposing the inadequate [[Triumverate]], Megatron established a new beachhead for his conquests, with Ravage by his side. {{Storylink|The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire}} Before long, though, Ravage's Megatron was destroyed by the original Megatron, who revealed that the Megatron from Time Wars was a reconstruction of Lord [[Straxus]]. {{Storylink|Two Megatrons!}}''

[[Image:Weirdwolfthevoid.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Close your mouth, Ravage.]]
Ravage eventually resurfaced on Earth, working with Starscream and Shockwave in an auxiliary Decepticon army, planning to overthrow then-leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. After recruiting more of Scorponok's disgruntled soldiers, including [[Triggerhappy]] and [[Mindwipe]] {{Storylink|Eye of the Storm!}}, Ravage returned with his fellow insurgents to an [[Nemesis (G1)|underwater headquarters]] to plan their attack. As Scorponok began to forge a very unpopular alliance with the Autobots due to the threat of [[Unicron]]'s coming, Ravage and the other Decepticon insurgents attacked the Decepticon base in [[New Jersey]]. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Scorponok survived, and as he emerged from the wreckage, he swat Ravage aside easily. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}

Their coup was interrupted when [[Primus]] summoned all the Transformers of Earth to Cybertron to do battle with Unicron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Ravage and the other teleported Transformers witnessed Primus, speaking through the body of [[Emirate Xaaron]], tell the history of their supernatural war with the Dark God. Ravage was last seen fleeing, along with several others, immediately after Unicron's approach. {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

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

''In 2003, Ravage was on a routine mission to infiltrate the Ark when he came across [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s huge new plans for a transforming fortress known as [[Autobot City|Autobot City: Earth]]. Upon hearing that [[Kup]] would be transporting a simulation tape of the City's blueprints to all the human leaders of Earth, Ravage skittered off to inform his [[Stunticon]] comrades so that they could interception the information in transit.{{storylink|Ark Duty}}''

''Five years later, Ravage was seen on the field of battle with Soundwave, when the Decepticon commander desperately radioed the Autobots for assistance against their [[Quintesson]] attackers. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====Earthforce====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[Image:Ravage_uk258.png|left|thumb|100px|The smirking Ravage was a chatty catty in the Marvel comics.]]

''Ravage remained on the side of Shockwave and Starscream during the [[Decepticon Civil War]], fighting against his longtime commanders, Megatron and Soundwave. During a fight with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, Ravage was faced off against [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]. Not...exactly...equal. Poor kitty ended up taking the horns to the hind quarters before the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}''

''Ravage was seen at the [[Enclave]], when the two Decepticon factions met to discuss peace and common goals. Someone brought him a saucer of milk. Awwwwwww. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}''

''Sometime later, the Decepticon factions managed to combine under the joint leadership of Soundwave and Starscream. Ravage began operating out of Soundwave's chest compartment again, just like old times. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}''
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===American cartoon continuity===
:''Voice Actor'': [[Frank Welker]] (US) [[Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese, when speaking)

[[Image:Ravageg1.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Ravage reveals his slef (sic) to humans. [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers.fanfic/msg/a5cd7fda89f12c7c?dmode=source&hl=en]]]

One of the original team of Decepticons that accompanied [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] on the attack of the ''[[Ark]]'' spacecraft, Ravage was reformatted by [[Teletraan I]] as an audiocassette to better blend in for operations based on Earth. Ravage served loyally as a Decepticon spy. He was one of the first Transformers to have been encountered by a human, as workers investigating a destroyed power station fell afoul of Ravage who pounced upon them and frightened them away. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1|MTMTE1}}

Shortly thereafter, Ravage accompanied Soundwave on an infiltration mission to gather data from Teletraan 1. Though Soundwave was discovered, Ravage was captured in an energy net and held captive. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2|MTMTE2}} The Decepticon spy figured into a disinformation plot hatched by the Autobots, who purposely leaked the presence of a rocket fuel depository in the outlying desert. In truth, there was no rocket base -- Autobot [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] projected a holographic illusion in the hopes of luring the Decepticons into a trap. The Autobots allowed Ravage to escape and report back to Megatron, who easily saw through the ruse. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3|MTMTE3}}

During Megatron's gladiatorial match with Optimus Prime, Ravage was let out to watch his master battle their nemesis. Soundwave also petted him. This would be cute if it wasn't creepy. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

During Megatron's attempt to convince the humans that the Decepticons were good and the Autobots were evil, Ravage was dispatched to track down [[Spike Witwicky]] when the human searched for evidence that would exonerate the Autobots. Cornering the flesh creature in a studio control room, Ravage had a door closed on him, was electrocuted by a control panel, and had a shelf filled with video cassettes pushed onto him. To make Ravage feel better, Soundwave took Ravage along with the other cassettes to a teen dance party, where Ravage was a big hit with the ladies. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

[[Image:G1 cartoon Ravage wheel running.JPG|thumb|left|150px|There are so many things wrong with this.]]
Some time later, Ravage, along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and Soundwave, were transported to a planet with massive inhabitants, along with a group of Autobots, in a [[space bridge]] accident. The first creature they encountered, [[Aron]], thought the Decepticons were toys. Ravage attempted to escape, but Aron's cat [[Nitro]] chased after Ravage like a mouse (how embarrassing). Aron put him with his pet hamster, Blooper, in his cage. Instead of immediately asserting his dominance by killing the beast, Ravage went and ran on the creature's exercise wheel. When captured by scientists, they attempted to disect the Transformers, but Ravage was able to pick his locks and free the Decepticons, who hijacked the Autobots light beam to head back to Earth...and landed in a lake filled with alligators. That was a very bad day for Ravage. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}}
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===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''Binaltech''====
At some point in time after [[1985]], but before [[2005]], Ravage was captured by the [[EDC]] and kept as a prisoner. He was then kept Status Locked in Cassete-mode inserted his future/past self's Tapedeck, in order to provide his body with a [[Spark|"Life Essence Nucleus"]], as part of the [[I.I.I|I.I.I's]] "X-9 Revival Plan". The present's Ravage remains unaware of his time-tossed doppleganger.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Ravagewarandpeace.jpg|right|thumb|150px|RARRRRR yourself.]]
Ravage, with a much more arboreal alt mode, was part of the second assassination team Megatron sent after the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] Optimus Prime. Ravage got savaged. {{storylink|The War Within}}

Millions of years later, Ravage was a member of a team of Transformers controlled by [[Lazarus]] and sent to destroy an oil refinery. {{storylink|Prime Directive}} Ravage, always loyal to Soundwave, seemed to switch to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s side when they traveled to Cybertron. Unfortunately for him, he tried to tackle [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and got a mouthful of energy blast. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

===IDW ''Generation 1'' continuity===
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Ravage can talk. Seriously. Long ago on Cybertron, he helped Soundwave expose some spies for Megatron and later became a terrorist in the pre-Decepticon movement. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

Much later, on Earth in 1984, Ravage, along with fellow cassette Laserbeak helped Soundwave attack Bludgeon's group before Bludgeon impaled him with his sword. He was later buried by a volcanic eruption, but dug out a year later by a mysterious group of humans. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}} He was chained up in the [[Skywatch]] headquarters along with Laserbeak and reprogrammed to seek out the other Transformers. Needless to say, Ravage was not in a good mood. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6}}

On his first mission out with Laserbeak, however, the pairs' signal from Skywatch was blocked by Soundwave. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4}}

===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity===
[[Image:Marktwainvsravage.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Back, vile beast, back! ''(Ravage smashes chair)'' ...um, anyone got some catnip?]]
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] sent Ravage to kill [[Tobias Muldoon]], who had deserted the Decepticons when he learned they were evil. Ravage tracked him to [[Stanford Merriweather]]'s house in [[San Francisco]] and crashed into the household, startling Muldoon, Merriweather, Merriweather's daughter [[Kitty Merriweather|Kitty]], and [[Mark Twain]].

He then pretty much got his ass kicked by Mark Twain, who took advantage of Ravage being momentarily trapped in rubble to flick a cigar at him, thus igniting a gas leak. The explosion flung Ravage into the bay, never to be seen again.

Ravage is a "clockwork puma" and does not transform in the course of the story. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3}}
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===Beast Wars===
====Toy Bio====
*''' ''Metals'' Jaguar'''
:The process of becoming a Predacon has cost Ravage some of his early Decepticon memories. His ability to become invisible is called Reflect Shade. His orders are to rid the planet [[Earth#Beast Wars|Energois]] of Transformers.

*'''Tripredacus Agent'''
:This lone assassin may look like a Maximal, but his irradiated spark is that of a Predacon. He was saved (and presumably rebuilt into a Transmetal 2) by the Vok. He can hide his energy signature, thanks to his unusual spark. In his history as a Predacon, he has adopted many names to better suit his covert line of work. His weapon is a low-radiation proton bomb launcher. As he loves the dark, the light is his weakness.

====''Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past''====
Ravage is mentioned as being recruited along with fellow [[Mini-Cassette]]s [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] by the Predacon [[Divebomb]], but for some reason left them soon afterwards to become an operative for the Tripredacus Council.

====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Lee Tockar]] (English), [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese), [[Daois Cabezudo]] (Portuguese)
[[Image:BWRavage_introduction.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"I vill ask you only vuhnce more... vhere are moose and skvirrel?"]]

Ravage is one of the few Decepticon warriors who was granted amnesty at the end of the Great War and reformatted into a Predacon, complete with classy Russian accent. He was sent by the [[Tripredacus Council]] to capture [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], clean up any messes he might have made, and deal with the rest of the beast warriors. (Whether this translated to "kill them all" in the minds of the Tripedacus Council is unclear, but that was apparently Ravage's intent.) Ravage made the trip to prehistoric Earth in a specially modified stealth [[Transwarp Cruiser]]. He successfully contacted the [[Maximal]]s and allied with them to capture Megatron. Due to the stealth capabilities of his ship, and the fact that [[Tarantulas]] was also an agent of the council, Ravage and the Maximals easily captured Megatron and imprisoned him. {{Storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

Megatron, however, had one more card to play. He knew that Ravage wasn't going to let any of the Beast warriors live, and also knew he had the one thing that would turn Ravage to his side. Using a fragment from the [[Golden Disk]], Megatron showed Ravage something which shocked him—a message from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], the leader of the Decepticons. As a safeguard against potential defeat, Megatron left instructions for the descendants of the Decepticons to use transwarp technology to return to prehistoric Earth. Although the message cuts out before it is finished, Megatron's plan worked: Ravage, moved by the sight of his former master, released Megatron. After Megatron explained the rest of the message, Ravage joined the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] and turned on the Maximals. Megatron and Ravage attacked Cheetor and Optimus, at which point he transformed into his old mini-cassette alt-mode, jumped into the tape player on his ship, and started playing wicked guitar solos. {{Storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

His latest treachery was short-lived. During the assault on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', [[Rattrap]] infiltrated his ship and caused an explosion that destroyed the vessel and Ravage himself. As the inferno headed toward the bridge, Ravage raised a fist and shouted, "Decepticons forever!" to whomever heard or cared. {{Storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

His head, seemingly all that remained of him, was knocked into the water below the ''Axalon'' by one of Tarantulas' [[Arachnoid|spider-drone]]s. {{Storylink|Optimal Situation}}

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===Japanese Beast Wars continuity===
====''Beast Wars Metals'' manga====
[[Image:JaguarX9.jpg|left|120px|thumb|Killer Kitty]]
{{note|Although it picks up after the first season, the Beast Wars Metals manga is not in-continuity with the television series. In the ''Beast Wars Metals'' manga, Metals Jaguar was portrayed as G1 Jaguar's homicidal son, with Jaguar taking the design of the Happy Meal Panther toy.}}
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:Ravage Teansmetal2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|On the left, Ravage's "robot mode" as seen in The Gathering. On the right, his actual robot mode as seen in Primeval Dawn. On the far right where we can't see him, Ravage beating the crap out of the designers, telling them to make up their [[frag]]ging minds]]

Magmatron recovered Ravage's heavily-damaged torso, which still contained his spark. He then inserted the spark into a blank [[protoform]], and Ravage was reborn. In his Transmetal 2 body, he and his fellow Predacons, under the command of Magmatron, sought out [[Razorbeast]]'s band of Maximals. Viewing from a safe distance, Ravage ordered his soldiers to engage. Additional Maximal forces arrived, however, and Ravage's forces were defeated. Ravage retreated into the wilderness. {{storylink|The Gathering}}

Subsequently, Ravage would utilize all the Predacons under his command in a desperate attack as a diversion while he crept into the Maximal base to steal the [[chronal phase facilitators]] left behind by Magmatron. He was confronted by Razorbeast, who guessed incorrectly that Ravage intended to use them to board the Autobot shuttle and return to Cybertron. Ravage corrected him by stating that he intended to free Megatron and eradicate the Maximal forces. His ambitions however were thwarted by [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] who caught him off guard and gave Razorbeast the opportunity to knock Ravage offline. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1}}

It is not certain if Ravage's intentions for Megatron were another ruse or if he was ''actually'' out of his kitty mind regarding the tactical feasibility of this endeavor.

However, what WAS a ruse was Ravage being offline — as soon as he had been tied up by Razorbeast, the Maximal commander had to leave to help on the battlefield - upon which Ravage stopped playing dead and broke loose rather easily, managing to obtain the chronal displacement bands that Razorbeast had put him right next to after pointing them out. (A tactical genius, that Razorbeast.) However, upon activating the bands, Ravage was pulled into Chronospace by the trapped Magmatron, who warned him of the apocalypse that was to come, and ordered him to form a truce with the Maximals to fight this menace. And after hearing the warning, Ravage heeded the sage advice, sneaking out of the base while chronically displaced and re-emerging to the sight of several gun barrels from [[Lio Convoy]], Razorbeast, and the Pack. However, just as he explained the situation, [[Rartorata]] emerged from nowhere and turned Razorbeast into a Princess Mononoke homage. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2}}

After introducing himself to Lio Convoy, Ravage agreed with him on a truce until they dealt with the menace of [[Shokaract]]. Commandeering his Predacons, Ravage's forces defeated Rartorata and Ravage extracted a sample of [[Angolmois]] energy from the [[Blendtron]]. When he told Lio Convoy to abandon the Angolmois-infected Razorbeast, the Pack's leader warned him that if he made light of his friend's peril again, he'd personally de-spark him. Ravage boarded the Pack's ship and returned to Cybertron with them, on the way analyzing the Angolmois capsule, to come up with an vaccine. However, as he explained, none of them were qualified scientists for the task. After arriving on Cybertron, Shokaract blasted the Maximal ship out of the sky. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3}}

Ravage survives the crash, along with the Pack, and visits Magmatron again. Magmatron tells Ravage to chronally-displace Shokaract so he can "enlighten him". He then shows unusual concern for Razorbeast's Maximals, asking how they are doing. Ravage then returns to the battle and hits Shokaract's heralds with a grenade at an opportune moment. After Shokaract's suicide, Ravage finds Magmatron returned and they all lived happily ever after.

Until [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] returned. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4}}

{{note|Despite being a continuity that borrows heavily from other G1 continuities, where it is suggested that Ravage is completely loyal to Megatron, before attempting to revive Ravage, Magmatron suggests that Ravage's most important loyalty is to Ravage himself. This could simply be Magmatron's opinion, however, and is not necessarily indicative of Ravage's true loyalties. Also, possibly in an effort to distinguish him from [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], Ravage usually walks around on his hind legs in beast mode, not bothering with his Transmetal 2 robot mode.}}

====''Primeval Dawn'' comics====
An undead [[Vok]]-infested [[Tarantulas]] revived Ravage into another body to help boost his forces. The remnants of Ravage's previous body were recycled by the Vok to re-create [[Tigatron]]. {{storylink|Universe (comic)|Primeval Dawn}}

===''Binaltech''===
The Government-run [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] (or Triple-I) unearthed a mysterious black box during an archaeological dig. After years of probing, the container, dubbed "Schrödinger's Box" by the group's scientists, was revealed to be the flight recorder of the Predacon Ravage's stealth ship, containing a copy of the feline's personality and memory engrams, deposited into his vessel before his final blaze of glory {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}. When the scientists found a way to communicate with this personality, it offered them its knowledge of future events in exchange for a new body. Triple-I agreed, and used a fake Binaltech project (filled under the pretense of "technological synthesis tests"), to provide their part of the bargain. However, to truly bring the new Ravage to life, Triple-I stole the present-day Ravage - who had been captured by the [[Earth Defense Command]] and stasis-locked into his cassette mode - and implanted him into the new Ravage, thereby 'fusing' the old and new Ravages into one.

This new Ravage, however, had no intention of fulfilling his end of the bargain and, after eliminating his benefactors and learning to his shock that history did not change in his faction's favor, decided to rectify his mistake. First on his agenda was his former commander, Megatron; stealing an Autobot shuttle, he located and repaired the [[Kronosphere]] and - during a decisive battle between Megatron's and Optimus Prime's forces that would have normally ended with the Autobots being forced off of Cybertron and into their moon bases - turned the weapon on his own faction, trapping Megatron and his crew in a space-time rift. This alteration in the timeline served two purposes: first, it would give the Autobots the chance to retake Cybertron, which would then lead to them having to face off against the oncoming [[Unicron]] alone, severely weakening them in the process. The second, and more important, purpose was to keep Megatron alive and in good mental health (relatively speaking), thus preventing him from becoming the insane [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], and allowing him to lead the Decepticons to victory over the battle-weary Autobots. Ravage also [[Transmuter|Transmuted]] [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] into a new Binaltech body of his own, so he could lead the remaining Decepticons in Megatron's absence, and secretly derailed many of the Autobots' supply missions, further weakening them for their battle with the Chaos Bringer.

Unfortunately for him, the Autobot named [[Overdrive]] became aware of Ravage's meddling in history, thanks to his acute sensitivity of the timestream, and - with the help of [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] - captured the wayward Decepticon and forced a confession out of him. Ravage, however, was not without a trump card, revealing that his alterations may prevent the deaths of many of the Autobots destined to die in the normal timeline (which, as a distinction between the two, was dubbed 'Prime Time' by Wheeljack, Ravage's altered timeline being called 'Ravage Time'), though in the grand scheme of things, only Optimus could not be considered expendable, as he contained the one thing that could bring down Unicron (the [[Autobot]] [[Matrix of Leadership]]). By the time of his capture, however, Unicron had already been sighted on a collision course with Cybertron and, despite the temptation of preventing future deaths among his ranks, Optimus decided Ravage's plans to be too dangerous to allow to come to fruition. To that end, he ropes [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] into helping him fly to Unicron in a preemptive strike against the monstrous threat, while the other Autobots (left in the command of [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]), were to initiate "Operation: Distant Thunder", which involved sending a copy of Wheeljack's memories of what Ravage confessed to them, back in time to a point prior to the Decepticon panther's meddling, via the energies located on [[Dinobot Island]]. If "Operation: Distant Thunder" worked as planned, Ravage's plans would be foiled, and any tremors in the timeline he caused would be smoothed over by "Project Body Shop" (aka, the Binaltech project). However, just as Skids gives the signal to transmit the memory engrams, the Autobot base is rocked by an entire fleet of Decepticons. The Autobots just barely manage to hold off the fleet, ensuring that "Operation: Distant Thunder" proves to be a success (though a [[Nemesis Prime|black Optimus Prime]] ends up separating the Binaltech timeline from the original, as supposedly the Binaltech-bodied Transformers have a higher purpose in the grand scheme of things). Whatever happened to Ravage is not known.

====15 Go! Go!====
[[Image:TGGRavage.jpg|thumb|200px|left|It's a mystery!]]

After a mystery assailant badly damaged [[Teletraan I]], destroying vital data, the thinly-disguised (actually not-at-all-disguised) "Black Panther Man" stationed on the artificial Earth satellite [[Nana]] ordered the mobile computers [[Teletraan 10]] and [[Teletraan 15]] to travel through time collecting data on Transformers of the past and future.

Although his plan was indeed to repair Teletraan I's databanks, Ravage had his own intentions for the information. He had traveled back from the future to the year 2005 in an attempt to use the "bio and tech specs" data stored inside the computer to manipulate the future and create a timeline free of "unnecessary conflict". When he was foiled by the unknown saboteur, he infiltrated the Autobots as Black Panther Man and created the Information Control Center on Nana in order to control the recovery effort.

The bumbling Teletraan 15 (and eventually Teletraan 10 as well) resisted, escaping back in time using Ravage's Transwarp cruiser and becoming the very saboteur that caused her mission to begin. Though annoyed that his scheme had been thwarted, Ravage expressed pride in the independence of his underlings and graciously ejected them into space—a survivable situation for the pair and their [[Kiss Player]] cassette friends.
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===Kids Stuff Read-Along book===
Ravage immediately recognized what a hydro electric station was, a method of generating power used on Cybertron "way way back in the mists of time," when Transformers were not much more advanced in science than humans are now.

This suggests that Ravage is among the oldest of the Decepticons (even Megatron only feigned familiarity with this form of technology), or that he's a serious student of ancient energy generation techniques.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
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* '''Ravage / Rumble''' (Cassette, 1984/1998/1986/1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''19''', '''D-59''', '''D-104'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right missiles, tape case ('85 Takara only)

[[Image:G1Ravage_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Behold... the world's skinniest jaguar.]]

: The first Ravage toy transforms from a robotic jaguar (or whatever) into a microcassette. In cassette mode, he can fit into the tape compartments fo the [[Soundwave (G1)#G1v1|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster#G1v1|Blaster]] toys. For his [[Hasbro]] release, he was sold on a card along with [[Rumble (G1)#G1|Rumble]] in 1984-1986, and as an individual by [[Takara]] from 1985-1987; the '85 version came with an extra clear-plastic tape-case, but later releases omitted the accessory.

: This mold was later used to make [[Glit]] and [[Howlback]].

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*'''Soundblaster''' (Transformers Collection, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''18'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right missiles, tape case

[[Image:G1Jaguar(reissue).jpg|left|thumb|A light breeze is enough to defeat him.]]

: The [[Transformers Collection]] [[reissue]] of [[Soundwave (G1)#Soundblasterv1|Soundblaster]] (the rebuilt form of Soundwave from the Japanese [[Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters series]]) came with bonus "Cassettrons" Jaguar (Ravage) and [[Buzzsaw (G1)#G1v1|Buzzsaw]]. Both came with their own extra tape-cases, and had small stickers depicting the "weak points" of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortess Maximus]] when viewed through the clear-red chest of Soundblaster's tape door.

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*'''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Left & right missiles

: Hasbro's ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]''-themed reissue of Soundwave is a [[redeco]] of the Transformers Collection Soundblaster, coming with the double-tape door and both Ravage and Laserbeak as pack-ins.

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===Beast Wars===
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* '''Tripredacus Agent''' (Deluxe, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-7'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

[[Image:ShadowPanther_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Fuzzy kitty!]]

: This originally Japanese toy, named [[Shadow Panther]], is a [[redeco]] of the original [[Cheetor (BW)#Dx1|Cheetor]] toy in black, silver, and yellow, transforming into a generic big feline. His tail/flanks separate to form a non-firing blaster, while his underbelly forms a water-shooting "gut gun" that can be used in either mode.

: Much later, this toy was offered through Hasbro's online collector service under the name "'''Tripredacus Agent'''", with an online bio indicating he was the same character as Ravage (then called "Tripredacus Agent" due to [[trademark]] issues).

: This mold was also used to make [[Tigatron#Dx1|Tigatron]], and was planned to be used for the canceled ''[[Universe]]'' toy [[Nightprowler]].

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*'''Rhinox Vs. Shadow Panther''' (Vs pack, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-7'''

: "Shadow Panther" was available both as an individual and in a "versus" set with [[Rhinox (BW)#Dx1|Rhinox]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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* '''Jaguar''' (Deluxe, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''X-9'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip, left & right pistol barrels

[[Image:JaguarX9_toy.jpg|left|thumb|Metal kitty!]]

: ''Beast Wars Metals'' Jaguar is a heavy [[retool]]ing of [[Cheetor (BW)#TM1|Transmetal Cheetor]], just as Ravage's robot mode CG model in the show is an altered [[Transmetal]] Cheetor. He transforms into a robotic big cat, with flip-out thrusters for a third "flight" mode (not, as in the episode, into a cassette tape that plays wicked 1980's style electric guitar, for obvious reasons). His forearms each have a spring-loaded flip out pistol stub, which can be extended with add-on barrels that clip to his rear legs in beast mode. His tail also can detach to form a whip-weapon, but he doesn't hold it very well.

: This mold was used to make [[BotCon 2001]]'s version of [[Tigatron#BC01|Tigatron]]. The original version was used to make ''[[Armada]]'' [[Cheetor (Armada)#Toys|Cheetor]], and as the basis for the non-toy character [[Cataclysm]].

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* '''Tripredacus Agent''' (Deluxe, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, missile, tail-flail
[[Image:TripredacusAgent_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Mutant kitty!]]

: This Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] is a redeco of {{m-}}wait, can you guess?{{m-}} [[Cheetor (BW)#TM2|Transmetal 2 Cheetor]], in black, silver, and gold, transforming into a monstrous techno-organic (but not [[technorganic]]) big cat. He has a spring-loaded missile launcher on his cat-mode back that can be removed and used as a hand-held weapon, plus his tail detaches to form a hand-held flail. His left forearm has a flip-up blaster-shield (of dubious usefulness), while flipping up a panel on his right-rear leg reveals his [[spark crystal]].

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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
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* '''Soundwave''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GTF 05'''

[[Image:STFRavage.jpg|left|thumb|So tiny... So CUTE!]]

: The ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' version of Soundwave comes with a ''teeeeeny'' version of Ravage, which does actually transform into a microcassette that fits in the tape-case door. Smallest Ravage may very well be the actual smallest functioning ''Transformers'' toy made.

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===Alternators===
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[[Image:AlternatorsRavage(Corvette).jpg|right|thumb|He brakes for Meow Mix and nothing else...well, sometimes nip.]]
* '''Battle Ravage''' (2004)
**''Alternator ID number'': '''11'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''BT-11'''
**''Accessories'': Engine-blaster

: A retooling of ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Tracks#Alt1|Tracks]], "Battle" Ravage transforms ([[trademark]] struggles) into a 1:24-scale licensed replica of the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible, with opening doors, hood, trunk, plus a "realistic" driver/passenger compartment. Each robot-mode forearm contains slide-out (non-firing) double blasters. a part of his engine forms a double-barreled hand-held blaster.

: This mold was also used to make ''Alternators'' [[Swerve (G1)#Alt|Swerve]] along with [[Michael Bay|BayBot]]

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*'''Ravage''' (Alternator, 2007)
:''Alternator ID number'': '''26'''
[[Image:Alternatorsravagejaguar.jpg|left|thumb|Soundwave had MTV pimp his kitty.]]

: The second version of ''Alternators'' Ravage transforms into a 1:24-scale licensed Jaguar XK (appropriately enough), with all the normal bells and whistles inherent in the line (opening doors, seats, etc). This is a toy of many "firsts". Not only is it the first ''Alternators'' character with two distinctly-different toys, it's one of the first two Decepticon Alternators with an original mold (alongside [[Rumble (G1)#Alt|Rumble]]). ''And'', it's the first ''Alternators'' character to have a non-humanoid "robot" mode, as its non-car form is now a quadrupedal big cat.

: After shipments appeared in various European markets, Ravage and Rumble's releases in the US were questionable for a while. Ultimately, they were shuffled to be Wal-Mart [[exclusive]]s, set in an endcap display alongside the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] exclusive gift-set in March/April of 2007... in some stores. In others, they were crammed in the normal aisle with everything else. Assuming it even showed up at all.

: On this note, Ravage has a Great Britain license plate, regardless of which country the toy was purchased in. The steering wheel, however, is on the left, as in the U.S. I say, ''meow.''

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===Universe===
*'''Autobot Hound with Ravage''' (Deluxe, 2008)
Supposedly, this toy will be able to fit in the chest cavity of G1 Soundwave and Blaster, as well as their remolds.
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===Unreleased===
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* A ''[[Titanium Series]]'' version of the Cybertron Heroes "Soundblaster", a redeco of the Cybertron Heroes [[Soundwave (G1)#TiCR|Soundwave]], was supposed to come with a tiny Ravage cassette/jaguar, as opposed to the original toy's tiny [[Laserbeak (G1)#TiCR|Laserbeak]]. However, this and serveral other toys from the series were canceled.

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===Merchandise===
*'''Ravage Wallet'''

: Released in 1984 as one of the earliest Transformers merchandise items, this vinyl wallet featured a holographic image that changed from Ravage's [[package art]] to the Decepticon version of the [[Generation 1]] Transformers [[logo]].

*'''Ravage''' (Decoy, 1986)
**''Decoy ID number'': '''49'''

: Coming packaged at random on carded ''Transformers'' toys during 1986, this is a soft-rubber version of Ravage in his jaguar mode. He --like all Decepticon [[Decoy]]s-- was available in both purple and red, with the red version being considerably rarer. These are not erasers!

[[Image:Ravage robotheroes.jpg|thumb|''Wavage!'']]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Ravage''' (Robot Heroes 2-pack, 2007)

: Released in 2007 as a [[Robot Heroes]] vs. pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Ravage is ''adowable''!
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*'''Ravage''' (3D Battle-Card, 2007)
**''Card ID number'':

: A 23-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Ravage "transforms" into a black cat. He uses the same parts layout as [[Cheetor]], [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] and [[Optimus Primal]].

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==Trivia==
* Ravage's original packaging art is by far the most-copied depiction of any Transformer. It was, of course, adapted for his ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel Comics)|Transformers Universe]]'' profile [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ravage], but was also used (twice) in 1985's "back-of-the-box" battle scene [http://www.botchthecrab.com/galleryImage.asp?gallery=7&image=33], was copied in licensed coloring books and storybooks, and the pose also showed up repeatedly in the Marvel Comics. In "[[Time Wars]] Part 2" (Marvel UK #200), artist [[Robin Smith]] copied the art multiple times across several subsequent panels. And it was, of course, recolored for Howlback's card-art. Yikes.
* Reportedly, Hasbro wanted to bring Ravage's Jaguar X-9 figure over to the states as part of the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary line, but they couldn't find the mold. Bummer.
* According to the letters page of one issue of the Marvel UK comics, Ravage's casette form is the Original Cast Album of the musical ''Cats''.

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ravage Ravage Transformers Universe profile]
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm Ravage at TFU.info]

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Ravage (G1)

2008-05-24T03:10:00Z

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Decepticon|the Energon Terrorcon|Battle Ravage (Energon)}}

:''Ravage was a [[Decepticon]], then a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], and then a [[Decepticon]] again in the [[Generation 1]] and [[Beast Era]] and then [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family|continuity families]]. It's all very confusing.''

[[Image:Ravageboxart.jpg|right|thumb|350px|This is [[Ravage#Trivia|every comic book panel]] Ravage has ever been in. Well, okay, sometimes they rotate him a bit.]]

No Decepticon has a stronger loyalty to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] than '''Ravage'''. One of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s most reliable [[Mini-Cassette|spies]], Ravage believes unwaveringly in the Decepticon cause, and Megatron embodies that cause. To better serve Megatron and the Decepticons, Ravage has become the most efficient and deadly war machine under his command. He hides himself in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment to strike with grim accuracy. His name is synonymous with stealth. His survivors are few.

Ravage's only weakness is bright light, which can temporarily blind him. Perhaps his absolute loyalty to Megatron can blind him as well.

Sometimes he's a talker, other times he just growls or hisses at anything that isn't Megatron or Soundwave.
{{quote|Decepticons forever!|Ravage|"[[The Agenda (Part 2)]]"}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Jaguar'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Romboló''' ("Ravager")
:''Italian name:'' '''Iena''' ("Hyena")
:''Swedish cartoon name:'' '''Hunden'''
:''Spanish name:'' '''Destructor'''
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Po-huai''' ("Destroy") / '''Robin''' (in ''Beast Wars'')
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Jiqi Gou''' ("Mechanical Dog")

==Fiction==
According to the UK book [[Dinobot War]], Ravage's cassette tape mode is disguised as the soundtrack to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_(musical) Cats].''

===Marvel Comics continuity===
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[[Image:Contentedfools.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Ravage, here in his first appearance, is the first Transformer to have dialogue in the [[The Transformers (comic issue)|first Transformers story]].]]

''Ravage was loyal bodyguard for the [[Overlord (Autobot)|Overlords]], the Autobots that once ruled all of Cybertron, for generations. He witnessed as their planet-wide rule crumbled into a loose collection of feuding city-states. Like ancient Rome, the last Overlord barely managed to hold together the autocracy through the gladiatorial games, which allowed the city-states to vent their frustrations over low fuel supplies on each other in scripted, controlled conflicts. A war broke out between [[Vos]] and [[Tarn]], however, and Ravage and his partner [[Nightstalker]] attempted to escort the Overlord to safety. Joined by the gladiators [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], their journey was perilous. The Overlord was now an enfeebled mechanoid who required constant re-energization to survive, and constantly slowed them down. After Prime raced ahead to get help, Nightstalker self-destructed himself in a final loyal act to defend the Overlord, leaving the ruler alone with Megatron and Ravage. Though the Overlord was near death, Ravage refused to give the Overlord any of his energy, instead allying himself with Megatron, whom he believed would be the future ruler of Cybertron. {{Storylink|State Games!}}''

As a member of Megatron's Decepticons, Ravage attempted to hijack the [[Ark]] four million years ago, only to fail and fall into deactivation sleep until 1984. The detonation of the volcano, [[Mount St. Hilary]], reactivated the Autobots and Decepticons, unleashing their war on Earth. The two factions soon found themselves battling on the site of a drive-in movie theatre, where Ravage was able to distract [[Hound]] from determining the location of Bumblebee, who had gone missing. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)|The Transformers}} The Decepticons found themselves in need of energy, so Megatron ordered Ravage to investigate [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]]. Jumping into one of the plant worker's cassette recorders, he learned not only of the energy-harnessing technology of this new world, but that its primary inhabitants were not the vehicles they transformed into, but their weird organic operators! Ravage and the other Decepticons immediately attacked Harrison Nuclear and claimed it for themselves. Afterwards, Ravage concealed himself within the boom box of [["O"]], the friend of [[Buster Witwicky]], and learned that Buster had allied himself with the Autobots. He quickly returned to Megatron to report this information, and the Decepticons launched another attack, this time on Buster's neighborhood. Ravage jumped [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and the reluctant Autobot wrestled with the Decepticon until Ravage was knocked away by [[Brawn]]. The Decepticons retreated after kidnapping Buster's father, [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Power Play!}} Ravage returned with his comrades to the Decepticons' [[Fortress Sinister|new base]], constructed out of materials salvaged from Harrison Nuclear, and coerced Sparkplug into converting Earth fuel into a substance they could use. Soon, their base was infiltrated by [[Gears]] and the amazing [[Spider-Man]], and although the latter was as fast and agile as Ravage, the former put Ravage out of the fight with a punch. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

[[Image:Ravageenemywithin.jpg|right|thumb|250px|He's so cute when he's angry.]]''Shortly into their stay on Earth, the ever-treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attempted to build up support against Megatron by demanding action when Megatron cautioned patience, knowing his fellow Decepticons were getting restless for battle. Fearing that an outright execution of Starscream would turn popular opinion against him, Megatron asked Ravage to spy on the [[Seeker]] and find him an excuse to get rid of Starscream. Ravage was discovered, though, and critically injured by Starscream during their fight. Ravage managed to crawl home across the desert, however, and reported the betrayal to Megatron.''

''Having dishonored himself by attacking his fellow Decepticon, Starscream was forced to engage in a trial by combat with the Autobot [[Brawn]], who had fallen into a similar situation by unrelated circumstances. After defeating Brawn in combat and flying back to Decepticon headquarters to declare his victory, Starscream was shot down by the vengeful Ravage on Megatron's orders. Ravage reported the Autobots were responsible for the attack, and thus Megatron was able to galvanize the Decepticons for battle himself, effectively stealing Starscream's thunder and punishing the mutineer in the process.{{Storylink|The Enemy Within!}}''

''As the Decepticons assaulted the Ark, Ravage fought against the magnetic Autobot [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], employing his own electromagnetic shield to protect himself from his opponent's powers. When Optimus Prime attempted to awaken the ship's computer [[Auntie]] during the battle, however, she awoke in a scrambled state and turned against all the Transformers, using magnetic force to hold all the combatants against her hull...except for Ravage and Windcharger. Forced to work together for the benefit of both their armies, they managed to deactivate Auntie. {{Storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}}''

Megatron ordered Ravage to sneak into the Ark and provide him with news of the Autobots' fuel situation. Fortunately for the Decepticons, the Autobots had failed to find a source of fuel, so the time came to strike. During the Decepticons' immediate attack on the Ark, Ravage singled out Mirage, intent on finishing the job he began earlier. Ravage ignored Mirage's pleas for a peaceful discussion and removed Mirage's arm with his teeth. Mirage's resolve against the Decepticons strengthened, he blasted Ravage, removing him fully from the rest of the battle. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The chance arrival of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was all that allowed ultimate Decepticon victory, and Ravage, his deposed leader Megatron, and several others were nursed back to full operating status. {{storylink|The New Order}} Though Megatron rebelled against his usurper, he failed, and Shockwave paraded Megatron's beaten form in front of Ravage and the other Decepticons. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}}

Ravage accompanied several other Decepticons, under the command of Soundwave, in an assault on the Autobots after they had been duped by a bogus Optimus Prime under Shockwave's control. Ravage, the impostor Prime, and the other Decepticons made short work of the Autobots until the real Prime was restored. The Autobot commander turned the tide easily and Ravage and the other Decepticons were defeated. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

''While eavesdropping on the Autobots' arguments over whether or not to use the [[Creation Matrix]] to build an army of powerful superwarriors, Ravage's presence aboard the Ark was detected. The Decepticon spy made a run for it, but was caught in a web by Mirage and [[Hound]]. Ravage, however, is nearly impossible to kept locked up, and so he was able to quickly escape. Optimus Prime ordered Bumblebee to track him down, but Ravage's capture was part of a larger scheme, and he led Bumblebee right into a trap and captured. {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}}''

[[Image:Laserbeakravageirobotmaster.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Ravage loves to play peek-a-boo.]]

While sitting in their [[alternate modes]] inside a [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], electronics store, Soundwave, Ravage, and Laserbeak awaited news of Megatron's location during their former leader's disappearance. After his fuel-deprived body froze in nearby [[Powder River Basin]], they left the store and brought fuel to Megatron. Here they successfully fought the American military and found a new ally, [[Donny Finkleberg]], who claimed to control the Transformers as the supervillain Robot-Master. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} Megatron re-established his Decepticons in the basin, at the protests of Shockwave, while Ravage was given the duty of watching over Finkleberg. However, during a sudden Autobot attack, Ravage was distracted and Finkleberg was able to escape. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}
Ravage tracked the human, despite Finkleberg's discarding of most of his smell by exchanging clothes, but after getting into a confrontation with the Autobot named [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], Ravage was sent tumbling down a mine shaft and rendered inoperative on impact. {{Storylink|Showdown!}}

''Three years later, Ravage was awakened by a series of earth tremors, set off by the time storm raging throughout the universe. Finding much had changed since his deactivation, Ravage stumbled into the underground bunker of none other than [[Straxus|"Megatron"]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Initially siding with his old leader(s?), during a battle with the [[Wreckers]], Ravage was surprised to learn that the presence of Galvatron and Scourge in the present was the source of the time storm. Though he was blasted by [[Carnivac]] (who had temporarily teamed up with the Wreckers), Ravage abandoned the battle and sought out the reclusive Shockwave. Shockwave was nearly catatonic over the irrationality of the time paradox that threatened to destroy them all, but Ravage managed to use logic to convince his former leader to come to his senses. At Ravage's suggestion, Shockwave gave up the body of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], tossing it into the timestorm, which ended the threat to the present and future. {{Storylink|Time Wars}}''

''In the aftermath, he hooked up with Megatron and they returned to Cybertron to seek new fortunes. In the Decepticon capital city of [[Helex]], though, they found Autobots wandering around unmolested, and the area free of Decepticon supervision. After deposing the inadequate [[Triumverate]], Megatron established a new beachhead for his conquests, with Ravage by his side. {{Storylink|The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire}} Before long, though, Ravage's Megatron was destroyed by the original Megatron, who revealed that the Megatron from Time Wars was a reconstruction of Lord [[Straxus]]. {{Storylink|Two Megatrons!}}''

[[Image:Weirdwolfthevoid.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Close your mouth, Ravage.]]
Ravage eventually resurfaced on Earth, working with Starscream and Shockwave in an auxiliary Decepticon army, planning to overthrow then-leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. After recruiting more of Scorponok's disgruntled soldiers, including [[Triggerhappy]] and [[Mindwipe]] {{Storylink|Eye of the Storm!}}, Ravage returned with his fellow insurgents to an [[Nemesis (G1)|underwater headquarters]] to plan their attack. As Scorponok began to forge a very unpopular alliance with the Autobots due to the threat of [[Unicron]]'s coming, Ravage and the other Decepticon insurgents attacked the Decepticon base in [[New Jersey]]. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Scorponok survived, and as he emerged from the wreckage, he swat Ravage aside easily. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}

Their coup was interrupted when [[Primus]] summoned all the Transformers of Earth to Cybertron to do battle with Unicron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Ravage and the other teleported Transformers witnessed Primus, speaking through the body of [[Emirate Xaaron]], tell the history of their supernatural war with the Dark God. Ravage was last seen fleeing, along with several others, immediately after Unicron's approach. {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

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

''In 2003, Ravage was on a routine mission to infiltrate the Ark when he came across [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s huge new plans for a transforming fortress known as [[Autobot City|Autobot City: Earth]]. Upon hearing that [[Kup]] would be transporting a simulation tape of the City's blueprints to all the human leaders of Earth, Ravage skittered off to inform his [[Stunticon]] comrades so that they could interception the information in transit.{{storylink|Ark Duty}}''

''Five years later, Ravage was seen on the field of battle with Soundwave, when the Decepticon commander desperately radioed the Autobots for assistance against their [[Quintesson]] attackers. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====Earthforce====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[Image:Ravage_uk258.png|left|thumb|100px|The smirking Ravage was a chatty catty in the Marvel comics.]]

''Ravage remained on the side of Shockwave and Starscream during the [[Decepticon Civil War]], fighting against his longtime commanders, Megatron and Soundwave. During a fight with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, Ravage was faced off against [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]. Not...exactly...equal. Poor kitty ended up taking the horns to the hind quarters before the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}''

''Ravage was seen at the [[Enclave]], when the two Decepticon factions met to discuss peace and common goals. Someone brought him a saucer of milk. Awwwwwww. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}''

''Sometime later, the Decepticon factions managed to combine under the joint leadership of Soundwave and Starscream. Ravage began operating out of Soundwave's chest compartment again, just like old times. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}''
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===American cartoon continuity===
:''Voice Actor'': [[Frank Welker]] (US) [[Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese, when speaking)

[[Image:Ravageg1.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Ravage reveals his slef (sic) to humans. [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers.fanfic/msg/a5cd7fda89f12c7c?dmode=source&hl=en]]]

One of the original team of Decepticons that accompanied [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] on the attack of the ''[[Ark]]'' spacecraft, Ravage was reformatted by [[Teletraan I]] as an audiocassette to better blend in for operations based on Earth. Ravage served loyally as a Decepticon spy. He was one of the first Transformers to have been encountered by a human, as workers investigating a destroyed power station fell afoul of Ravage who pounced upon them and frightened them away. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1|MTMTE1}}

Shortly thereafter, Ravage accompanied Soundwave on an infiltration mission to gather data from Teletraan 1. Though Soundwave was discovered, Ravage was captured in an energy net and held captive. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2|MTMTE2}} The Decepticon spy figured into a disinformation plot hatched by the Autobots, who purposely leaked the presence of a rocket fuel depository in the outlying desert. In truth, there was no rocket base -- Autobot [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] projected a holographic illusion in the hopes of luring the Decepticons into a trap. The Autobots allowed Ravage to escape and report back to Megatron, who easily saw through the ruse. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3|MTMTE3}}

During Megatron's gladiatorial match with Optimus Prime, Ravage was let out to watch his master battle their nemesis. Soundwave also petted him. This would be cute if it wasn't creepy. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

During one of the Decepticons many trips to South America, Ravage got to meet up with a real jaguar. Dispite his resemblance, the non-robotic jaguar did not take kindly to Ravage's presence and engaged him in a "cat-fight". Ravage used his rocket boosters to scare away his living look-alike. {{storylink[[Microbots]]}}

During Megatron's attempt to convince the humans that the Decepticons were good and the Autobots were evil, Ravage was dispatched to track down [[Spike Witwicky]] when the human searched for evidence that would exonerate the Autobots. Cornering the flesh creature in a studio control room, Ravage had a door closed on him, was electrocuted by a control panel, and had a shelf filled with video cassettes pushed onto him. To make Ravage feel better, Soundwave took Ravage along with the other cassettes to a teen dance party, where Ravage was a big hit with the ladies. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

[[Image:G1 cartoon Ravage wheel running.JPG|thumb|left|150px|There are so many things wrong with this.]]
Some time later, Ravage, along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and Soundwave, were transported to a planet with massive inhabitants, along with a group of Autobots, in a [[space bridge]] accident. The first creature they encountered, [[Aron]], thought the Decepticons were toys. Ravage attempted to escape, but Aron's cat [[Nitro]] chased after Ravage like a mouse (how embarrassing). Aron put him with his pet hamster, Blooper, in his cage. Instead of immediately asserting his dominance by killing the beast, Ravage went and ran on the creature's exercise wheel. When captured by scientists, they attempted to disect the Transformers, but Ravage was able to pick his locks and free the Decepticons, who hijacked the Autobots light beam to head back to Earth...and landed in a lake filled with alligators. That was a very bad day for Ravage. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}}
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===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''Binaltech''====
At some point in time after [[1985]], but before [[2005]], Ravage was captured by the [[EDC]] and kept as a prisoner. He was then kept Status Locked in Cassete-mode inserted his future/past self's Tapedeck, in order to provide his body with a [[Spark|"Life Essence Nucleus"]], as part of the [[I.I.I|I.I.I's]] "X-9 Revival Plan". The present's Ravage remains unaware of his time-tossed doppleganger.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Ravagewarandpeace.jpg|right|thumb|150px|RARRRRR yourself.]]
Ravage, with a much more arboreal alt mode, was part of the second assassination team Megatron sent after the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] Optimus Prime. Ravage got savaged. {{storylink|The War Within}}

Millions of years later, Ravage was a member of a team of Transformers controlled by [[Lazarus]] and sent to destroy an oil refinery. {{storylink|Prime Directive}} Ravage, always loyal to Soundwave, seemed to switch to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s side when they traveled to Cybertron. Unfortunately for him, he tried to tackle [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and got a mouthful of energy blast. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

===IDW ''Generation 1'' continuity===
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Ravage can talk. Seriously. Long ago on Cybertron, he helped Soundwave expose some spies for Megatron and later became a terrorist in the pre-Decepticon movement. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

Much later, on Earth in 1984, Ravage, along with fellow cassette Laserbeak helped Soundwave attack Bludgeon's group before Bludgeon impaled him with his sword. He was later buried by a volcanic eruption, but dug out a year later by a mysterious group of humans. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}} He was chained up in the [[Skywatch]] headquarters along with Laserbeak and reprogrammed to seek out the other Transformers. Needless to say, Ravage was not in a good mood. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6}}

On his first mission out with Laserbeak, however, the pairs' signal from Skywatch was blocked by Soundwave. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4}}

===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity===
[[Image:Marktwainvsravage.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Back, vile beast, back! ''(Ravage smashes chair)'' ...um, anyone got some catnip?]]
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] sent Ravage to kill [[Tobias Muldoon]], who had deserted the Decepticons when he learned they were evil. Ravage tracked him to [[Stanford Merriweather]]'s house in [[San Francisco]] and crashed into the household, startling Muldoon, Merriweather, Merriweather's daughter [[Kitty Merriweather|Kitty]], and [[Mark Twain]].

He then pretty much got his ass kicked by Mark Twain, who took advantage of Ravage being momentarily trapped in rubble to flick a cigar at him, thus igniting a gas leak. The explosion flung Ravage into the bay, never to be seen again.

Ravage is a "clockwork puma" and does not transform in the course of the story. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3}}
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===Beast Wars===
====Toy Bio====
*''' ''Metals'' Jaguar'''
:The process of becoming a Predacon has cost Ravage some of his early Decepticon memories. His ability to become invisible is called Reflect Shade. His orders are to rid the planet [[Earth#Beast Wars|Energois]] of Transformers.

*'''Tripredacus Agent'''
:This lone assassin may look like a Maximal, but his irradiated spark is that of a Predacon. He was saved (and presumably rebuilt into a Transmetal 2) by the Vok. He can hide his energy signature, thanks to his unusual spark. In his history as a Predacon, he has adopted many names to better suit his covert line of work. His weapon is a low-radiation proton bomb launcher. As he loves the dark, the light is his weakness.

====''Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past''====
Ravage is mentioned as being recruited along with fellow [[Mini-Cassette]]s [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] by the Predacon [[Divebomb]], but for some reason left them soon afterwards to become an operative for the Tripredacus Council.

====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Lee Tockar]] (English), [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese), [[Daois Cabezudo]] (Portuguese)
[[Image:BWRavage_introduction.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"I vill ask you only vuhnce more... vhere are moose and skvirrel?"]]

Ravage is one of the few Decepticon warriors who was granted amnesty at the end of the Great War and reformatted into a Predacon, complete with classy Russian accent. He was sent by the [[Tripredacus Council]] to capture [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], clean up any messes he might have made, and deal with the rest of the beast warriors. (Whether this translated to "kill them all" in the minds of the Tripedacus Council is unclear, but that was apparently Ravage's intent.) Ravage made the trip to prehistoric Earth in a specially modified stealth [[Transwarp Cruiser]]. He successfully contacted the [[Maximal]]s and allied with them to capture Megatron. Due to the stealth capabilities of his ship, and the fact that [[Tarantulas]] was also an agent of the council, Ravage and the Maximals easily captured Megatron and imprisoned him. {{Storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

Megatron, however, had one more card to play. He knew that Ravage wasn't going to let any of the Beast warriors live, and also knew he had the one thing that would turn Ravage to his side. Using a fragment from the [[Golden Disk]], Megatron showed Ravage something which shocked him—a message from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], the leader of the Decepticons. As a safeguard against potential defeat, Megatron left instructions for the descendants of the Decepticons to use transwarp technology to return to prehistoric Earth. Although the message cuts out before it is finished, Megatron's plan worked: Ravage, moved by the sight of his former master, released Megatron. After Megatron explained the rest of the message, Ravage joined the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] and turned on the Maximals. Megatron and Ravage attacked Cheetor and Optimus, at which point he transformed into his old mini-cassette alt-mode, jumped into the tape player on his ship, and started playing wicked guitar solos. {{Storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

His latest treachery was short-lived. During the assault on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', [[Rattrap]] infiltrated his ship and caused an explosion that destroyed the vessel and Ravage himself. As the inferno headed toward the bridge, Ravage raised a fist and shouted, "Decepticons forever!" to whomever heard or cared. {{Storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

His head, seemingly all that remained of him, was knocked into the water below the ''Axalon'' by one of Tarantulas' [[Arachnoid|spider-drone]]s. {{Storylink|Optimal Situation}}

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===Japanese Beast Wars continuity===
====''Beast Wars Metals'' manga====
[[Image:JaguarX9.jpg|left|120px|thumb|Killer Kitty]]
{{note|Although it picks up after the first season, the Beast Wars Metals manga is not in-continuity with the television series. In the ''Beast Wars Metals'' manga, Metals Jaguar was portrayed as G1 Jaguar's homicidal son, with Jaguar taking the design of the Happy Meal Panther toy.}}
{{charstubfiction}}

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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:Ravage Teansmetal2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|On the left, Ravage's "robot mode" as seen in The Gathering. On the right, his actual robot mode as seen in Primeval Dawn. On the far right where we can't see him, Ravage beating the crap out of the designers, telling them to make up their [[frag]]ging minds]]

Magmatron recovered Ravage's heavily-damaged torso, which still contained his spark. He then inserted the spark into a blank [[protoform]], and Ravage was reborn. In his Transmetal 2 body, he and his fellow Predacons, under the command of Magmatron, sought out [[Razorbeast]]'s band of Maximals. Viewing from a safe distance, Ravage ordered his soldiers to engage. Additional Maximal forces arrived, however, and Ravage's forces were defeated. Ravage retreated into the wilderness. {{storylink|The Gathering}}

Subsequently, Ravage would utilize all the Predacons under his command in a desperate attack as a diversion while he crept into the Maximal base to steal the [[chronal phase facilitators]] left behind by Magmatron. He was confronted by Razorbeast, who guessed incorrectly that Ravage intended to use them to board the Autobot shuttle and return to Cybertron. Ravage corrected him by stating that he intended to free Megatron and eradicate the Maximal forces. His ambitions however were thwarted by [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] who caught him off guard and gave Razorbeast the opportunity to knock Ravage offline. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1}}

It is not certain if Ravage's intentions for Megatron were another ruse or if he was ''actually'' out of his kitty mind regarding the tactical feasibility of this endeavor.

However, what WAS a ruse was Ravage being offline — as soon as he had been tied up by Razorbeast, the Maximal commander had to leave to help on the battlefield - upon which Ravage stopped playing dead and broke loose rather easily, managing to obtain the chronal displacement bands that Razorbeast had put him right next to after pointing them out. (A tactical genius, that Razorbeast.) However, upon activating the bands, Ravage was pulled into Chronospace by the trapped Magmatron, who warned him of the apocalypse that was to come, and ordered him to form a truce with the Maximals to fight this menace. And after hearing the warning, Ravage heeded the sage advice, sneaking out of the base while chronically displaced and re-emerging to the sight of several gun barrels from [[Lio Convoy]], Razorbeast, and the Pack. However, just as he explained the situation, [[Rartorata]] emerged from nowhere and turned Razorbeast into a Princess Mononoke homage. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2}}

After introducing himself to Lio Convoy, Ravage agreed with him on a truce until they dealt with the menace of [[Shokaract]]. Commandeering his Predacons, Ravage's forces defeated Rartorata and Ravage extracted a sample of [[Angolmois]] energy from the [[Blendtron]]. When he told Lio Convoy to abandon the Angolmois-infected Razorbeast, the Pack's leader warned him that if he made light of his friend's peril again, he'd personally de-spark him. Ravage boarded the Pack's ship and returned to Cybertron with them, on the way analyzing the Angolmois capsule, to come up with an vaccine. However, as he explained, none of them were qualified scientists for the task. After arriving on Cybertron, Shokaract blasted the Maximal ship out of the sky. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3}}

Ravage survives the crash, along with the Pack, and visits Magmatron again. Magmatron tells Ravage to chronally-displace Shokaract so he can "enlighten him". He then shows unusual concern for Razorbeast's Maximals, asking how they are doing. Ravage then returns to the battle and hits Shokaract's heralds with a grenade at an opportune moment. After Shokaract's suicide, Ravage finds Magmatron returned and they all lived happily ever after.

Until [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] returned. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4}}

{{note|Despite being a continuity that borrows heavily from other G1 continuities, where it is suggested that Ravage is completely loyal to Megatron, before attempting to revive Ravage, Magmatron suggests that Ravage's most important loyalty is to Ravage himself. This could simply be Magmatron's opinion, however, and is not necessarily indicative of Ravage's true loyalties. Also, possibly in an effort to distinguish him from [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], Ravage usually walks around on his hind legs in beast mode, not bothering with his Transmetal 2 robot mode.}}

====''Primeval Dawn'' comics====
An undead [[Vok]]-infested [[Tarantulas]] revived Ravage into another body to help boost his forces. The remnants of Ravage's previous body were recycled by the Vok to re-create [[Tigatron]]. {{storylink|Universe (comic)|Primeval Dawn}}

===''Binaltech''===
The Government-run [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] (or Triple-I) unearthed a mysterious black box during an archaeological dig. After years of probing, the container, dubbed "Schrödinger's Box" by the group's scientists, was revealed to be the flight recorder of the Predacon Ravage's stealth ship, containing a copy of the feline's personality and memory engrams, deposited into his vessel before his final blaze of glory {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}. When the scientists found a way to communicate with this personality, it offered them its knowledge of future events in exchange for a new body. Triple-I agreed, and used a fake Binaltech project (filled under the pretense of "technological synthesis tests"), to provide their part of the bargain. However, to truly bring the new Ravage to life, Triple-I stole the present-day Ravage - who had been captured by the [[Earth Defense Command]] and stasis-locked into his cassette mode - and implanted him into the new Ravage, thereby 'fusing' the old and new Ravages into one.

This new Ravage, however, had no intention of fulfilling his end of the bargain and, after eliminating his benefactors and learning to his shock that history did not change in his faction's favor, decided to rectify his mistake. First on his agenda was his former commander, Megatron; stealing an Autobot shuttle, he located and repaired the [[Kronosphere]] and - during a decisive battle between Megatron's and Optimus Prime's forces that would have normally ended with the Autobots being forced off of Cybertron and into their moon bases - turned the weapon on his own faction, trapping Megatron and his crew in a space-time rift. This alteration in the timeline served two purposes: first, it would give the Autobots the chance to retake Cybertron, which would then lead to them having to face off against the oncoming [[Unicron]] alone, severely weakening them in the process. The second, and more important, purpose was to keep Megatron alive and in good mental health (relatively speaking), thus preventing him from becoming the insane [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], and allowing him to lead the Decepticons to victory over the battle-weary Autobots. Ravage also [[Transmuter|Transmuted]] [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] into a new Binaltech body of his own, so he could lead the remaining Decepticons in Megatron's absence, and secretly derailed many of the Autobots' supply missions, further weakening them for their battle with the Chaos Bringer.

Unfortunately for him, the Autobot named [[Overdrive]] became aware of Ravage's meddling in history, thanks to his acute sensitivity of the timestream, and - with the help of [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] - captured the wayward Decepticon and forced a confession out of him. Ravage, however, was not without a trump card, revealing that his alterations may prevent the deaths of many of the Autobots destined to die in the normal timeline (which, as a distinction between the two, was dubbed 'Prime Time' by Wheeljack, Ravage's altered timeline being called 'Ravage Time'), though in the grand scheme of things, only Optimus could not be considered expendable, as he contained the one thing that could bring down Unicron (the [[Autobot]] [[Matrix of Leadership]]). By the time of his capture, however, Unicron had already been sighted on a collision course with Cybertron and, despite the temptation of preventing future deaths among his ranks, Optimus decided Ravage's plans to be too dangerous to allow to come to fruition. To that end, he ropes [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] into helping him fly to Unicron in a preemptive strike against the monstrous threat, while the other Autobots (left in the command of [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]), were to initiate "Operation: Distant Thunder", which involved sending a copy of Wheeljack's memories of what Ravage confessed to them, back in time to a point prior to the Decepticon panther's meddling, via the energies located on [[Dinobot Island]]. If "Operation: Distant Thunder" worked as planned, Ravage's plans would be foiled, and any tremors in the timeline he caused would be smoothed over by "Project Body Shop" (aka, the Binaltech project). However, just as Skids gives the signal to transmit the memory engrams, the Autobot base is rocked by an entire fleet of Decepticons. The Autobots just barely manage to hold off the fleet, ensuring that "Operation: Distant Thunder" proves to be a success (though a [[Nemesis Prime|black Optimus Prime]] ends up separating the Binaltech timeline from the original, as supposedly the Binaltech-bodied Transformers have a higher purpose in the grand scheme of things). Whatever happened to Ravage is not known.

====15 Go! Go!====
[[Image:TGGRavage.jpg|thumb|200px|left|It's a mystery!]]

After a mystery assailant badly damaged [[Teletraan I]], destroying vital data, the thinly-disguised (actually not-at-all-disguised) "Black Panther Man" stationed on the artificial Earth satellite [[Nana]] ordered the mobile computers [[Teletraan 10]] and [[Teletraan 15]] to travel through time collecting data on Transformers of the past and future.

Although his plan was indeed to repair Teletraan I's databanks, Ravage had his own intentions for the information. He had traveled back from the future to the year 2005 in an attempt to use the "bio and tech specs" data stored inside the computer to manipulate the future and create a timeline free of "unnecessary conflict". When he was foiled by the unknown saboteur, he infiltrated the Autobots as Black Panther Man and created the Information Control Center on Nana in order to control the recovery effort.

The bumbling Teletraan 15 (and eventually Teletraan 10 as well) resisted, escaping back in time using Ravage's Transwarp cruiser and becoming the very saboteur that caused her mission to begin. Though annoyed that his scheme had been thwarted, Ravage expressed pride in the independence of his underlings and graciously ejected them into space—a survivable situation for the pair and their [[Kiss Player]] cassette friends.
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===Kids Stuff Read-Along book===
Ravage immediately recognized what a hydro electric station was, a method of generating power used on Cybertron "way way back in the mists of time," when Transformers were not much more advanced in science than humans are now.

This suggests that Ravage is among the oldest of the Decepticons (even Megatron only feigned familiarity with this form of technology), or that he's a serious student of ancient energy generation techniques.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
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* '''Ravage / Rumble''' (Cassette, 1984/1998/1986/1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''19''', '''D-59''', '''D-104'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right missiles, tape case ('85 Takara only)

[[Image:G1Ravage_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Behold... the world's skinniest jaguar.]]

: The first Ravage toy transforms from a robotic jaguar (or whatever) into a microcassette. In cassette mode, he can fit into the tape compartments fo the [[Soundwave (G1)#G1v1|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster#G1v1|Blaster]] toys. For his [[Hasbro]] release, he was sold on a card along with [[Rumble (G1)#G1|Rumble]] in 1984-1986, and as an individual by [[Takara]] from 1985-1987; the '85 version came with an extra clear-plastic tape-case, but later releases omitted the accessory.

: This mold was later used to make [[Glit]] and [[Howlback]].

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*'''Soundblaster''' (Transformers Collection, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''18'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right missiles, tape case

[[Image:G1Jaguar(reissue).jpg|left|thumb|A light breeze is enough to defeat him.]]

: The [[Transformers Collection]] [[reissue]] of [[Soundwave (G1)#Soundblasterv1|Soundblaster]] (the rebuilt form of Soundwave from the Japanese [[Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters series]]) came with bonus "Cassettrons" Jaguar (Ravage) and [[Buzzsaw (G1)#G1v1|Buzzsaw]]. Both came with their own extra tape-cases, and had small stickers depicting the "weak points" of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortess Maximus]] when viewed through the clear-red chest of Soundblaster's tape door.

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*'''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Left & right missiles

: Hasbro's ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]''-themed reissue of Soundwave is a [[redeco]] of the Transformers Collection Soundblaster, coming with the double-tape door and both Ravage and Laserbeak as pack-ins.

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===Beast Wars===
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* '''Tripredacus Agent''' (Deluxe, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-7'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

[[Image:ShadowPanther_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Fuzzy kitty!]]

: This originally Japanese toy, named [[Shadow Panther]], is a [[redeco]] of the original [[Cheetor (BW)#Dx1|Cheetor]] toy in black, silver, and yellow, transforming into a generic big feline. His tail/flanks separate to form a non-firing blaster, while his underbelly forms a water-shooting "gut gun" that can be used in either mode.

: Much later, this toy was offered through Hasbro's online collector service under the name "'''Tripredacus Agent'''", with an online bio indicating he was the same character as Ravage (then called "Tripredacus Agent" due to [[trademark]] issues).

: This mold was also used to make [[Tigatron#Dx1|Tigatron]], and was planned to be used for the canceled ''[[Universe]]'' toy [[Nightprowler]].

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*'''Rhinox Vs. Shadow Panther''' (Vs pack, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-7'''

: "Shadow Panther" was available both as an individual and in a "versus" set with [[Rhinox (BW)#Dx1|Rhinox]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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* '''Jaguar''' (Deluxe, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''X-9'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip, left & right pistol barrels

[[Image:JaguarX9_toy.jpg|left|thumb|Metal kitty!]]

: ''Beast Wars Metals'' Jaguar is a heavy [[retool]]ing of [[Cheetor (BW)#TM1|Transmetal Cheetor]], just as Ravage's robot mode CG model in the show is an altered [[Transmetal]] Cheetor. He transforms into a robotic big cat, with flip-out thrusters for a third "flight" mode (not, as in the episode, into a cassette tape that plays wicked 1980's style electric guitar, for obvious reasons). His forearms each have a spring-loaded flip out pistol stub, which can be extended with add-on barrels that clip to his rear legs in beast mode. His tail also can detach to form a whip-weapon, but he doesn't hold it very well.

: This mold was used to make [[BotCon 2001]]'s version of [[Tigatron#BC01|Tigatron]]. The original version was used to make ''[[Armada]]'' [[Cheetor (Armada)#Toys|Cheetor]], and as the basis for the non-toy character [[Cataclysm]].

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* '''Tripredacus Agent''' (Deluxe, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, missile, tail-flail
[[Image:TripredacusAgent_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Mutant kitty!]]

: This Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] is a redeco of {{m-}}wait, can you guess?{{m-}} [[Cheetor (BW)#TM2|Transmetal 2 Cheetor]], in black, silver, and gold, transforming into a monstrous techno-organic (but not [[technorganic]]) big cat. He has a spring-loaded missile launcher on his cat-mode back that can be removed and used as a hand-held weapon, plus his tail detaches to form a hand-held flail. His left forearm has a flip-up blaster-shield (of dubious usefulness), while flipping up a panel on his right-rear leg reveals his [[spark crystal]].

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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
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* '''Soundwave''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GTF 05'''

[[Image:STFRavage.jpg|left|thumb|So tiny... So CUTE!]]

: The ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' version of Soundwave comes with a ''teeeeeny'' version of Ravage, which does actually transform into a microcassette that fits in the tape-case door. Smallest Ravage may very well be the actual smallest functioning ''Transformers'' toy made.

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===Alternators===
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[[Image:AlternatorsRavage(Corvette).jpg|right|thumb|He brakes for Meow Mix and nothing else...well, sometimes nip.]]
* '''Battle Ravage''' (2004)
**''Alternator ID number'': '''11'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''BT-11'''
**''Accessories'': Engine-blaster

: A retooling of ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Tracks#Alt1|Tracks]], "Battle" Ravage transforms ([[trademark]] struggles) into a 1:24-scale licensed replica of the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible, with opening doors, hood, trunk, plus a "realistic" driver/passenger compartment. Each robot-mode forearm contains slide-out (non-firing) double blasters. a part of his engine forms a double-barreled hand-held blaster.

: This mold was also used to make ''Alternators'' [[Swerve (G1)#Alt|Swerve]] along with [[Michael Bay|BayBot]]

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*'''Ravage''' (Alternator, 2007)
:''Alternator ID number'': '''26'''
[[Image:Alternatorsravagejaguar.jpg|left|thumb|Soundwave had MTV pimp his kitty.]]

: The second version of ''Alternators'' Ravage transforms into a 1:24-scale licensed Jaguar XK (appropriately enough), with all the normal bells and whistles inherent in the line (opening doors, seats, etc). This is a toy of many "firsts". Not only is it the first ''Alternators'' character with two distinctly-different toys, it's one of the first two Decepticon Alternators with an original mold (alongside [[Rumble (G1)#Alt|Rumble]]). ''And'', it's the first ''Alternators'' character to have a non-humanoid "robot" mode, as its non-car form is now a quadrupedal big cat.

: After shipments appeared in various European markets, Ravage and Rumble's releases in the US were questionable for a while. Ultimately, they were shuffled to be Wal-Mart [[exclusive]]s, set in an endcap display alongside the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] exclusive gift-set in March/April of 2007... in some stores. In others, they were crammed in the normal aisle with everything else. Assuming it even showed up at all.

: On this note, Ravage has a Great Britain license plate, regardless of which country the toy was purchased in. The steering wheel, however, is on the left, as in the U.S. I say, ''meow.''

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===Universe===
*'''Autobot Hound with Ravage''' (Deluxe, 2008)
Supposedly, this toy will be able to fit in the chest cavity of G1 Soundwave and Blaster, as well as their remolds.
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===Unreleased===
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* A ''[[Titanium Series]]'' version of the Cybertron Heroes "Soundblaster", a redeco of the Cybertron Heroes [[Soundwave (G1)#TiCR|Soundwave]], was supposed to come with a tiny Ravage cassette/jaguar, as opposed to the original toy's tiny [[Laserbeak (G1)#TiCR|Laserbeak]]. However, this and serveral other toys from the series were canceled.

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===Merchandise===
*'''Ravage Wallet'''

: Released in 1984 as one of the earliest Transformers merchandise items, this vinyl wallet featured a holographic image that changed from Ravage's [[package art]] to the Decepticon version of the [[Generation 1]] Transformers [[logo]].

*'''Ravage''' (Decoy, 1986)
**''Decoy ID number'': '''49'''

: Coming packaged at random on carded ''Transformers'' toys during 1986, this is a soft-rubber version of Ravage in his jaguar mode. He --like all Decepticon [[Decoy]]s-- was available in both purple and red, with the red version being considerably rarer. These are not erasers!

[[Image:Ravage robotheroes.jpg|thumb|''Wavage!'']]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Ravage''' (Robot Heroes 2-pack, 2007)

: Released in 2007 as a [[Robot Heroes]] vs. pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Ravage is ''adowable''!
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*'''Ravage''' (3D Battle-Card, 2007)
**''Card ID number'':

: A 23-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Ravage "transforms" into a black cat. He uses the same parts layout as [[Cheetor]], [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] and [[Optimus Primal]].

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==Trivia==
* Ravage's original packaging art is by far the most-copied depiction of any Transformer. It was, of course, adapted for his ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel Comics)|Transformers Universe]]'' profile [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ravage], but was also used (twice) in 1985's "back-of-the-box" battle scene [http://www.botchthecrab.com/galleryImage.asp?gallery=7&image=33], was copied in licensed coloring books and storybooks, and the pose also showed up repeatedly in the Marvel Comics. In "[[Time Wars]] Part 2" (Marvel UK #200), artist [[Robin Smith]] copied the art multiple times across several subsequent panels. And it was, of course, recolored for Howlback's card-art. Yikes.
* Reportedly, Hasbro wanted to bring Ravage's Jaguar X-9 figure over to the states as part of the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary line, but they couldn't find the mold. Bummer.
* According to the letters page of one issue of the Marvel UK comics, Ravage's casette form is the Original Cast Album of the musical ''Cats''.

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ravage Ravage Transformers Universe profile]
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm Ravage at TFU.info]

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Cosmic Rust (episode)

2008-05-24T02:42:50Z

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[[Image:Rusted_megatron.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Don't ask, dude... Don't ask.]]

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'''After finding a new weapon, Megatron becomes infected with a strange disease...one he intends to use against the Autobots.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "The Terrifying Cosmic Rust!"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:Cosmic Rust Megatron infected.JPG|thumb|left|150px|[[JaAm|WhY mY sHoUlDeRs hURt?]]]]
While flying through space in [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Megatron, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] discover a planet with the Autobot [[Insignia|symbol]] visible from orbit. Heading to investigate, they find a deserted city and a pillar inscribed with [[Cybertronian languages|Ancient Autobot]]. Activating a recorded message, they are warned to leave, or never return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]...all in [[Wheelie|rhyme]]. Disregarding the warnings, the [[Decepticon]]s discover a [[Lightning Bug]]. While attempting to move it, they set it off, causing the ceiling above them to be destroyed. Megatron is pleased{{m-}}the Autobots have created a weapon that will allow him to destroy them. While leaving the planet, an asteroid follows Astrotrain (look, just go with the flow) and Megatron destroys it. Bad idea, as the debris penetrates Astrotrain, with one piece hitting Megatron in the shoulder. Heading for their [[Decepticon space cruiser|base]], Starscream removes the rock, only to discover that Megatron's shoulder is covered in ruuusttt.

In [[New York]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] is being awarded for his creation of [[corrostop]], a new solution which prevents rust and corrosion. The Autobots plan to spray all the world's monuments with it, but for the moment, they only have enough to spray the [[Statue of Liberty]]. Meanwhile, Megatron's health is deteriorating rapidly, and he orders the [[Stunticon]]s to bring him Perceptor. Heading for Liberty Island, the Decepticons capture Perceptor and load him into [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s in pursuit. The Autobot jets follow the kidnappers all the way to the Decepticon base, but the [[Conehead]]s use the Lightning Bug to drive them off.

Taken within their base, Perceptor is horrified to discover that Megatron is covered in rust. The [[Decepticon leader]] offers Perceptor a chance to end the [[Great War|war]] in exchange for curing him. As Perceptor analyzes the Decepticon, he discovers that Megatron is infected with a metallic plague and that the lightning bug is exacerbating the condition. Perceptor offers Megatron corrostop, which manages to wash the rust away. Megatron declares that the Decepticons are about to be cured.

[[Image:Kentucky_fried_aerialbot.jpg|right|thumb|Kentucky Fried Aerialbot.]]
At the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], the Aerialbots are explaining what happened to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], when Megatron contacts the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. Megatron says that Prime has until noon to reach Perceptor, or sunlight focused through his lens will ignite the fuse on a bomb and blow him to pieces. Despite knowing it's a trap, Prime takes all the Autobots with him to rescue Perceptor. As the Autobots arrive, Perceptor warns them to keep away, but Prime pulls Perceptor away once the bomb ignites and explodes, only for Perceptor to reveal that he is infected with [[Cosmic Rust]].

[[Image:Cosmic Rust Perceptor kick.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Fonzie would be proud.]]
Returning to the base, the Autobots query [[Teletraan I]], who tells them of the fate of [[Antilla]], the world the Decepticons visited. Then, the Autobots notice that they're infected with Cosmic Rust as well. Worse, Megatron is using the Lightning Bug to make the plague spread. Their only hope is corrostop, but [[Cosmos]] and [[Blaster]] have discovered that [[Element X]], an important ingredient for making Corrostop, is gone. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] suspects that they can use the matter duplicator to make more, if he and Perceptor can fix it. Meanwhile, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] does his best to stem the tide, but they're fading fast. Megatron is watching via [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], loving every minute of it, only to learn that the matter duplicator now works, thanks to a [[wikipedia:kick|unique solution]] provided by Perceptor. All they need is some corrostop from the Statue of Liberty to replicate.

[[Image:Cosmic Rust Autobots Statue of Liberty.JPG|thumb|150px|"You maniacs! You blew it up!"]]
Heading to the Statue of Liberty, Megatron orders the Stunticons to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and use the Lightning Bug to destroy the statue. However, the Autobots are already there, and the Aerialbots form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. The Autobot [[combiner]] is able to defeat [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and destroy the Lightning Bug. Megatron, out of ideas, orders a retreat. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] is quite pleased: they not only saved themselves, but also Lady Liberty.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' December 26, 1985

'''Written by:''' Paul Davids

==Notable quotes==

"Starscream! Keep your grubby fingers off that, it could be a booby trap!" 
"What trap? This is a prehistoric communication device, you uneducated dolt!" 
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''', doing what they do best.

'''Astrotrain:''' "If thats a lightning bug, Id sure hate to meet up with a Dragonfly." 
:-'''Astrotrain''' upon seeing the lightning bug statue that is nearly the size of him.

"Where there's a curse on the door, there's treasure on the other side." 
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''', who has never seen an Indiana Jones movie.

"Unfortunately, the operation is successful."
:-'''Starscream''' after removing an infected meteor fragment from Megatron

"It's some weird kind of heat ray—and it ''works''!" 
:—'''Air Raid''' expressing a not-unjustified amazement at the efficiency of the Decepticons' weapon-of-the-day

"Somebody's gotta get us back to Cybertron, Prime. I never thought the end would come like this." 
:—'''Bumblebee''', dying from Cosmic Rust and apparently wanting to destroy his home planet.

"The Cosmic Rust has infiltrated your logic circuits." 
"Maybe so, but I'll bet it hasn't affected my aim."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime'''.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Apparently, Blitzwing is large enough in [[alternate mode|flight mode]] to carry the Stunticons and Perceptor.

===Continuity errors===
* Astrotrain, who got damaged a lot more by the infectious meteor than Megatron, is never shown to be infected. Starscream should likewise be infected, having pulled out the asteroid fragment from Megatron, but again this is never shown. Megatron's statement that "Decepticons - '''we''' are about to be cured!" implies that he's not the only victim, though the story focus in general implies that he is.
* Couldn't Prime have moved the explosives away from the infected and very contagious Perceptor, rather than vice versa? Though the Cosmic Rust seems capable of spreading through the air, Prime could at least ''try'' not to get infected.
* According to Teletraan 1, the "Lost Legion" of Autobots had already colonized Antilla ''at [[MSTF|the dawn of time]]''. That's a pretty ambitious timetable!
* Apparently, the Decepticons' entire hope of victory relied on Menasor being able to destroy the Statue of Liberty with the Lightning Bug, and not Menasor's own tendency to smash everything he looks at.
* Perceptor didn't keep a ''single drop'' of Corrostop? Not even a laboratory sample? Not even inside the tanks of the spray hoses used to coat the Statue of Liberty?
* Despite its seemingly great potential for all sorts of useful purposes (or mischief, as the Decepticons are well aware of its existence), the Matter Duplicator is never seen again.

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* Teletraan 1 calls the fallen Autobot civilization the "13th Legion- the Lost Legion." This could be a reference to the Lost Tribe of Israel, which was also the 13th Tribe.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Megatron coughs while infected with Cosmic Rust, despite [[Humanizing#Coughing|not having lungs]].
* One wonders if the reason that the Decepticons haven't yet won the war is that Megatron himself is an enormous pansy. One little chunk of asteroid embedded in his shoulder has him throwing a fit about how terribly wounded he is.
* For some reason, Megatron would rather trust Starscream to give him medical attention than, say, ''anyone else on base''.
* Blitzwing is used as a means to transport Decepticons in a way that Astrotrain is usually used. He even mass shifts to become large enough to fit lots of Decepticons the way that Astrotrain does. It does make sense to use Blitzwing since Astrotrain is injured and so this is not an animation mistake, Blitzwing was meant to be used this way.
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Cosmic Rust (episode)

2008-05-24T02:39:17Z

69.14.63.71:

{{disambig2|episode of which Cosmic Rust appears|titular term of the episode|Cosmic Rust}}
[[Image:Rusted_megatron.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Don't ask, dude... Don't ask.]]

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'''After finding a new weapon, Megatron becomes infected with a strange disease...one he intends to use against the Autobots.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "The Terrifying Cosmic Rust!"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:Cosmic Rust Megatron infected.JPG|thumb|left|150px|[[JaAm|WhY mY sHoUlDeRs hURt?]]]]
While flying through space in [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Megatron, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] discover a planet with the Autobot [[Insignia|symbol]] visible from orbit. Heading to investigate, they find a deserted city and a pillar inscribed with [[Cybertronian languages|Ancient Autobot]]. Activating a recorded message, they are warned to leave, or never return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]...all in [[Wheelie|rhyme]]. Disregarding the warnings, the [[Decepticon]]s discover a [[Lightning Bug]]. While attempting to move it, they set it off, causing the ceiling above them to be destroyed. Megatron is pleased{{m-}}the Autobots have created a weapon that will allow him to destroy them. While leaving the planet, an asteroid follows Astrotrain (look, just go with the flow) and Megatron destroys it. Bad idea, as the debris penetrates Astrotrain, with one piece hitting Megatron in the shoulder. Heading for their [[Decepticon space cruiser|base]], Starscream removes the rock, only to discover that Megatron's shoulder is covered in ruuusttt.

In [[New York]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] is being awarded for his creation of [[corrostop]], a new solution which prevents rust and corrosion. The Autobots plan to spray all the world's monuments with it, but for the moment, they only have enough to spray the [[Statue of Liberty]]. Meanwhile, Megatron's health is deteriorating rapidly, and he orders the [[Stunticon]]s to bring him Perceptor. Heading for Liberty Island, the Decepticons capture Perceptor and load him into [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s in pursuit. The Autobot jets follow the kidnappers all the way to the Decepticon base, but the [[Conehead]]s use the Lightning Bug to drive them off.

Taken within their base, Perceptor is horrified to discover that Megatron is covered in rust. The [[Decepticon leader]] offers Perceptor a chance to end the [[Great War|war]] in exchange for curing him. As Perceptor analyzes the Decepticon, he discovers that Megatron is infected with a metallic plague and that the lightning bug is exacerbating the condition. Perceptor offers Megatron corrostop, which manages to wash the rust away. Megatron declares that the Decepticons are about to be cured.

[[Image:Kentucky_fried_aerialbot.jpg|right|thumb|Kentucky Fried Aerialbot.]]
At the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], the Aerialbots are explaining what happened to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], when Megatron contacts the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. Megatron says that Prime has until noon to reach Perceptor, or sunlight focused through his lens will ignite the fuse on a bomb and blow him to pieces. Despite knowing it's a trap, Prime takes all the Autobots with him to rescue Perceptor. As the Autobots arrive, Perceptor warns them to keep away, but Prime pulls Perceptor away once the bomb ignites and explodes, only for Perceptor to reveal that he is infected with [[Cosmic Rust]].

[[Image:Cosmic Rust Perceptor kick.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Fonzie would be proud.]]
Returning to the base, the Autobots query [[Teletraan I]], who tells them of the fate of [[Antilla]], the world the Decepticons visited. Then, the Autobots notice that they're infected with Cosmic Rust as well. Worse, Megatron is using the Lightning Bug to make the plague spread. Their only hope is corrostop, but [[Cosmos]] and [[Blaster]] have discovered that [[Element X]], an important ingredient for making Corrostop, is gone. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] suspects that they can use the matter duplicator to make more, if he and Perceptor can fix it. Meanwhile, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] does his best to stem the tide, but they're fading fast. Megatron is watching via [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], loving every minute of it, only to learn that the matter duplicator now works, thanks to a [[wikipedia:kick|unique solution]] provided by Perceptor. All they need is some corrostop from the Statue of Liberty to replicate.

[[Image:Cosmic Rust Autobots Statue of Liberty.JPG|thumb|150px|"You maniacs! You blew it up!"]]
Heading to the Statue of Liberty, Megatron orders the Stunticons to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and use the Lightning Bug to destroy the statue. However, the Autobots are already there, and the Aerialbots form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. The Autobot [[combiner]] is able to defeat [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and destroy the Lightning Bug. Megatron, out of ideas, orders a retreat. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] is quite pleased: they not only saved themselves, but also Lady Liberty.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' December 26, 1985

'''Written by:''' Paul Davids

==Notable quotes==

"Starscream! Keep your grubby fingers off that, it could be a booby trap!" 
"What trap? This is a prehistoric communication device, you uneducated dolt!" 
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''', doing what they do best.

'''Astrotrain:''' "If thats a lightning bug, Id sure hate to meet up with a Dragonfly." 
:-'''Astrotrain''' upon seeing the lightning bug statue that is nearly the size of him.

"Where there's a curse on the door, there's treasure on the other side." 
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''', who has never seen an Indiana Jones movie.

"Unfortunately, the operation is successful."
:-'''Starscream''' after removing an infected meteor fragment from Megatron

"It's some weird kind of heat ray—and it ''works''!" 
:—'''Air Raid''' expressing a not-unjustified amazement at the efficiency of the Decepticons' weapon-of-the-day

"Somebody's gotta get us back to Cybertron, Prime. I never thought the end would come like this." 
:—'''Bumblebee''', dying from Cosmic Rust and apparently wanting to destroy his home planet.

"The Cosmic Rust has infiltrated your logic circuits." 
"Maybe so, but I'll bet it hasn't affected my aim."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime'''.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Apparently, Blitzwing is large enough in [[alternate mode|flight mode]] to carry the Stunticons and Perceptor.

===Continuity errors===
* Astrotrain, who got damaged a lot more by the infectious meteor than Megatron, is never shown to be infected. Starscream should likewise be infected, having pulled out the asteroid fragment from Megatron, but again this is never shown. Megatron's statement that "Decepticons - '''we''' are about to be cured!" implies that he's not the only victim, though the story focus in general implies that he is.
* Couldn't Prime have moved the explosives away from the infected and very contagious Perceptor, rather than vice versa? Though the Cosmic Rust seems capable of spreading through the air, Prime could at least ''try'' not to get infected.
* According to Teletraan 1, the "Lost Legion" of Autobots had already colonized Antilla ''at [[MSTF|the dawn of time]]''. That's a pretty ambitious timetable!
* Apparently, the Decepticons' entire hope of victory relied on Menasor being able to destroy the Statue of Liberty with the Lightning Bug, and not Menasor's own tendency to smash everything he looks at.
* Perceptor didn't keep a ''single drop'' of Corrostop? Not even a laboratory sample? Not even inside the tanks of the spray hoses used to coat the Statue of Liberty?
* Despite its seemingly great potential for all sorts of useful purposes (or mischief, as the Decepticons are well aware of its existence), the Matter Duplicator is never seen again.

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* Teletraan 1 calls the fallen Autobot civilization the "13th Legion- the Lost Legion." This could be a reference to the Lost Tribe of Israel, which was also the 13th Tribe.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Megatron coughs while infected with Cosmic Rust, despite [[Humanizing#Coughing|not having lungs]].
* One wonders if the reason that the Decepticons haven't yet won the war is that Megatron himself is an enormous pansy. One little chunk of asteroid embedded in his shoulder has him throwing a fit about how terribly wounded he is.
* For some reason, Megatron would rather trust Starscream to give him medical attention than, say, ''anyone else on base''.

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Blitzwing (G1)

2008-05-24T02:31:35Z

69.14.63.71:

{{disambig3|Blitzwing}}
:''Blitzwing is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation One]] [[continuity family]].''

{{picsneeded|Fictional appearances}}

[[Image:Blitzwingg1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Blitzwing has no feet. Blitzwing needs no feet!"]]

'''Blitzwing''' is loud. He likes to think he has a sense of humor, but what he considers funny is, more often than not, offensively cruel. Obnoxious, belligerent, and nasty, he makes even his fellow Decepticons feel uneasy. His anti-social tendencies can relegate Blitzwing to an outsider status. Due to his social isolation, he's able to see the bigger picture; he can see when his teammates are being played by unseen forces. Of course, if he thinks the trap is amusing enough, he might just let it happen anyway.

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Le Blitz'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Triplex Due'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Villámszárny''' ("Lightning Wing")
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Shan-tien Yi''' ("Blitz Wing" )


==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Ed Gilbert]] (US), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japan)

For someone as powerful as he is, Blitzwing does not have the best track record when it comes to decision-making. First, he and fellow Triple Changer [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] decided to do away with both [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and strike out on their own in search of fame, fortune, and [[energon]]. While this would normally be considered suicidal, the two Triple Changers somehow pulled it off and were free to finally do whatever it took to wipe out those pesky Autobots once and for all.

The way they chose to do this, however, did not do much to inspire confidence in their abilities. While his partner went off to play with some trains, Blitzwing's personal strategy for victory was to kidnap a football coach under the mistaken impression that the human was some kind of master strategist. Blitzwing brought the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s in on his plan, and used them to build a maze surrounding the entry to his base/stadium. To Blitzwing's credit, a lot of the Autobots crashed into each other, but soon, the Constructicons demanded a share of the leadership, and then Astrotrain arrived. All three were beaten so quickly by Megatron that it was almost embarrassing, and he crept carefully back to the [[Decepticon]] ranks, hoping that nobody would remember what had happened.{{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

Blitzwing was also present during the infamous assault on [[Autobot City]] in 2005, where he was at the head of the first attack. Together with [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], he battled [[Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] at [[Lookout Mountain]], a fight that did not go in his favour (Kup being surprisingly nimble for an old guy). Blitzwing is also shown participating in the general carnage at Autobot City a short time later, and is one of the several Decepticons who ran afoul of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Unlike his less fortunate comrades, Blitzwing was able to avoid getting run over, and even managed to shoot back a little before Prime beat him, which is more than most Decepticons expect when facing Optimus Prime. In fact, Blitzwing made it through the entire battle more or less intact, which meant he got to ride all the way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] without anyone trying to kick him out the back door when he wasn't looking.{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

When the [[Quintesson]]s arrived on [[Chaar]] to bribe the [[Decepticon]] army with promises of [[energon]] and revenge, Blitzwing was the only one of his comrades to turn down their offers. He had met their kind before (or at least he thought they seemed familiar to him for ''some'' reason) and did not trust them, though he could not remember why. Upon the triumphant retun of [[Galvatron]], Blitzwing was the only Decepticon left to greet him. Later, during an assault on Cybertron, it was Blitzwing who discovered that the Quintessons were lying to Galvatron and plotting to destroy all Transformers (instead of just the Autobots, which Blitzwing had no problems with). He tried to report this to Galvatron, but when he could not convince the Decepticon leader, he turned to [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] for help. Together, Blitzwing and Rodimus were able to stop the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] commando team that had infiltrated Cybertron. Galvatron, unfortunately, suspected that Blitzwing was trying to betray the Decepticons and steal the "Decepticon Matrix of Leadership" for himself and threw the switch the Quintessons' nullifying switch, deactivating Transformers galaxy-wide until [[Spike Witwicky]] destroyed it. With the Quintessons' deception revealed, Galvatron attempted to renew hostilities with Rodimus, but Blitzwing drew his weapon and targeted Galvatron, stating that the battle was over for now. Seething, but seeing little alternative, Galvatron accepted and withdrew his forces from Cybertron, but banished Blitzwing from the Decepticon ranks forever. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Ironically, Blitzwing had gotten away with ''actually'' betraying Megatron, but then managed to get himself branded a traitor and was hurled out of the Decepticons while being perfectly loyal to Galvatron. He would appear again briefly in some crowd scenes animated series, likely as the result of carelessness in production.

It should also be noted that when Rodimus offered Blitzwing a place among the Autobots, Blitzwing did turn it down, but also mentioned his respect for Rodimus. This makes Blitzwing one of the few notable Decepticons (along with [[Octane]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]) who do not seem to have any real hatred for the Autobots.

{{note|In the original script for ''[[Five Faces of Darkness]]'', after Blitzwing's banishment, Rodimus extended his offer to Blitzwing a second time, and in this instance, he did not accept, but did not ''refuse'', saying that he would think about it. The later episode, ''[[Starscream's Ghost]]'' was originally written to feature Blitzwing, but was later re-written to be about the newest Decepticon Triple-Changer, [[Octane]], although there is no explanation offered for why Octane is friendly with the Autobots. It would seem that this would have originally been Blitzwing following up on Rodimus' offer.
''In the Japanese anime ''[[Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'', Blitzwing was back in the ranks of the Decepticons, and with an almost regular presence, from the first to the last episode. This, however, would not be the most [[Prowl (G1)#Headmasters cartoon|inexplicable reappearance]] in the series.}}

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

''Blitzwing was one of the most feared and deadly killers on Cybertron, and a specific target in [[Operation: Volcano]]. He'd have been killed in a [[Wreckers]] ambush if Megatron hadn't abruptly called most of the gang to Earth.l {{storylink|Target 2006}}

[[Image:Blitzwingg1mvl.jpg|thumb|right|Dern rickets!]]
Blitzwing, Astrotrain and Octane were commissioned by [[Ratbat]] to investigate the loss of his [[Wash and Roll|priceless cargo]] that had arrived on [[Earth]] via a low-cost freighter, but hadn't checked in as scheduled. Upon making contact with the crashed ship, Blitzwing and his companions were infected with [[Scraplet]]s, and began to slowly waste away. Lucky for them, the Autobot [[Blaster]] was also infected, {{storylink|Crater Critters!}} and his friends managed to re-discover the [[water|strange and wondrous chemical]] that acted as a cure. In saving Blaster, the Triple Changers were incidentally saved as well. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

Blitzwing and the Triple Changers hooked up with Ratbat and Shockwave full-time after that, operating out of the Decepticons' tropical island starship. At that time, [[Ark (G1)|the Ark]] had left Earth allowing the other Decepticons to launch increasingly brazen raids and it was the happiest time in Blitzwing's life. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}} He was later part of a major offensive against the Autobots on the moon, when the crews of the [[Ark]] and [[Steelhaven]] all gathered together as one big target. Blitzwing's fortunes changed, however, when he came sword-to-sword with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] -- it seems the [[energo-sword]] is mightier than the [[electron scimitar]]. Blitzwing was left in two pieces on the lunar landscape, and one can only assume his fellow Decepticons collected his pieces before fleeing. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Still smarting from his last fight, Blitzwing eagerly rushed into battle with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons when conflict broke out between the two factions. Turnabout is fair play, as this time it was Blitzwing who cut an opponent in two, slicing through [[Horri-Bull]]'s mid-section. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Blitzwing was later destroyed in [[Buenos Aires]] along with the other Triple Changers as they tried to fight an [[Underbase]]-empowered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}

''Blitzwing was loyal to Shockwave during the split in the Decepticon faction, a precursor to his [[Dreamwave continuity|later career moves]]. At the [[Enclave]] between Megatron and Shockwave's troops, Blitzwing was seen talking to a Stunticon, and was later present during the huge melee initiated by the Autobots. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Later, having received insider information from a traitor in Megatron's camp, he joined Shockwave and the other Triple Changers in stealing an energon shipment right out from under Megatron himself, tossing the other Decepticon leader off a cliff in the process. {{storylink|Secrets!}} ''

''After the Decepticon factions reunited, they staged a major strike on the Autobot Earthbase. Blitzwing joined [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and Octane in an airstrike on the Autobot compound, but they were eventually driven off. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Later, he and Astrotrain received an SOS from their fellow Triple Changer, Octane, who had somehow driven himself into the middle of a military testing range. While fending off the live ammunition that threatened to set off their tanker truck comrade, Blitzwing demanded to know how this could have happened. Octane finally relented and told his fellow Decepticons that he had been "playing" again, attacking human vehicles for sport, when [[Jazz (G1)|one of them]] led him on a merry chase right into his current predicament. Infuriated by the idiot's antics, Blitzwing and Astrotrain left him to his fate in the combat zone. {{storylink|Manoeuvres!}}''

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

''In 2004, Blitzwing joined Astrotrain and Shockwave in an assault on Autobot City, but they were driven away when the rash and illogical [[Hot Rod]] confused Shockwave's plans.{{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}''

''When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] forced the Decepticons into an ill-advised assault on Autobase in 2008, Blitzwing was right there on the front lines, charging headlong into battle with...[[Grapple]]?!? {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} Uh, somehow he survived that terrifying encounter, and was present at the second major Decepticon offensive of 2008, acting as one of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s sub-commanders to ready his "team" for combat. Things turned ugly, however, when the [[Quintesson]] [[Trident]] attack crafts ambushed the Decepticon on their way to Autobase. Amusingly enough, Blitzwing and his fellow Decepticons only survived because [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and the Autobots came to their rescue against the Quints. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====Generation 2====

Blitzwing was seen shouting Decepticon battle slogans like "Rip!" and "Tear!" just before the [[Cybertronian Empire]] ripped and tore them a new one. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Blitzwing participated in [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s assault on [[Iacon]] and demonstrated triple-changing abilities. However, after the disappearance of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in a [[space bridge]] explosion, Blitzwing was captured and imprisoned by the Autobots as a dangerous experiment of Shockwave's. He was freed from [[Autobase]] by [[the Fallen]], and presumably released back to the Decepticons after the temporary truce that resulted from the Fallen's defeat. Following the departure of the [[Ark]], Blitzwing served as Shockwave's lieutenant, and appeared to be undergoing some sort of mutation which Shockwave did not fully understand.

Somehow, Blitzwing made his way to [[Earth]], and was among the Decepticons captured and deactivated during [[Operation Liberation]]. Despite this, he was not among the Transformers recovered and controlled by [[Lazarus]], but instead ended up back on Cybertron, once more under Shockwave's command. Blitzwing was one of the warriors who accompanied Shockwave to Earth to capture the Earth-bound forces of Optimus Prime and Megatron, and was badly damaged by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in the battle that ensued. Some time later, Blitzwing was attacked and destroyed by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] on Cybertron. His remains were then examined by an unknown Transformer.

{{note|Blitzwing's history in Dreamwave Comics was rather convoluted and contradictory. His appearance among the captured Decepticons on Earth in Generation 1 is at odds with his later appearances on Cybertron in [[War and Peace]] and [[Micromasters (comic)|Micromasters]]. Furthermore, his earliest chronological appearance in [[The War Within]] depicts him as a triple changer, while his appearances in [[The Dark Ages]] and Micromasters show him mutating into his triple changer form for the first time. The answers to these conundrums, and the identity of the being who examined his fallen form (though it was likely [[Sixshot]]) will remain forever unanswered, due to the bankruptcy and collapse of Dreamwave.}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. Transformers'' comics continuity===
{{charstubfiction}}

===IDW comics continuity===
{{ongoing}}
Blitzwing is part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy. In this continuity, Blitzwing appears to be a MiG-31. He is assigned along with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] to destroy all traces of the [[Nebraska]] operation, including [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Thus he was guarding the abandoned bunker when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and their human companions came to investigate it. Ratchet attempted to down him, but Blitzwing fired a direct shot from his tank-mode and then ran the doc right over. {{storylink|Infiltration (issue 4)}} Unfortunately, he and Skywarp were interrupted from their bombing when Megatron, both obviously unhurt and seriously pissed, erupted from the rubble. Blitzwing, giving up on apologies, tried to actually fight "the Big Meg". This didn't end well. {{storylink|Infiltration (issue 5)}}

Apparently, Megatron forgave Blitzwing for the attempted coup (after nearly destroying him in Nebraska), as he was seen working alongside the Decepticon leader in their Russian operation a few weeks later, his tank form playing a key role in the plot. He showed the power to cloak himself and had a chance to take out Optimus, {{storylink|Escalation (issue 3)}} but was blasted to bits by Optimus Prime's [[Roller]] drone. {{storylink|Escalation (issue 4)}}

He and the other Decepticons crapped themselves when [[Sixshot]] was called in and realised Megatron was losing it, but didn't dare tell him that - and so went with Astrotrain's plan to bring back Starscream to do it for them. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1}} When the [[Reapers]] attacked, Blitzwing gave Megatron a very lame report on what was going on and tried to cover for an absent Astrotrain, {{storylink|Devastation issue 5}} before joining the fight against the aliens. With Megatron now knowing they'd plotted behind his back, Blitzwing still optimistically tried to say "well, it all worked out, eh guys?" and may have been killed by Megatron if Starscream hadn't pointed out that Earth was now aware of them. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Blitzwing''' (Triple Changer, 1985/2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''43''', '''TFC-17'''
**''Accessories'': "Gyro-Blaster Rifle", "Electron Scimitar"

[[Image:Blitzwingg1toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Transforms from back-to-front tank to unflyable plane to feetless robot and back!]]

: Originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy (the only ''Transformers'' [[Triple Changer]] who had a previous ''Diaclone'' release), Blitzwing can transform from robot mode to two different vehicle modes; a MIG-25 fighter jet or a Type-74 assault tank. Originally released in 1985, he was re-issued two decades later in [[Takara]]'s "bookbox" [[Transformers Collection]] series, despite being included in the instruction manual, the rub face decal was no where found on this version.
: All US versions had the spring-loaded missile launchers severely weakened. The Japanese releases, however, kept the full-strength launching mechanisms.

: This mold was returned to its ''Diaclone'' coloration and re-released in 2005 as [[Overcharge]], an [[e-Hobby]] exclusive.

{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Trivia==

[[Image:Generations-CybertronBattle.jpg|thumb|250px|The War Without?]]

*In the episode '''Cosmic Rust''' several of the combaticons fit inside of Blitzwing in his jet mode in a similar way that Decepticons usually go inside of Astrotrain in his shuttle mode. It would seem as though Blitzwing can mass shift to make his flying alternate mode large enough to fit other decepticons the way that fellow Tripple Changer Astrotrain often does.
*A [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] battle scene from ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' (reprinted in [[Transformers Generations]]) appears to depict (one of?) Blitzwing's original alt mode(s) as a double-barreled tank - a good decade and a half before he received a Cybertronian makeover in [[The War Within]].
*For a very large portion of his time in Dreamwave, Blitzwing was Grimlock's personal punching bag. Ouch.

[[Image:DBlitzFace.jpg|thumb|left|150px|No feet, no face, no service.]]
*Blitzwing's earliest [[Diaclone]] sculpt had him with a somewhat odd faceless head.

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Blitzwing/blitzwing.htm Blitzwing at TFU.info]

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

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Dinobot Island, Part 1

2008-05-24T01:06:02Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Dinobot Island 1 title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|"Candyapple Island? What do they have there?" "Dinobots. But they're not so big."]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|14|prev=The Insecticon Syndrome|next=Dinobot Island, Part 2
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=18
|prev2=Enter the Nightbird
|next2=Dinobot Island, Part 2
}}

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

'''Japanese title:''' "Showdown! Dinobot - Part 1"

==Synopsis==
[[Image:dinobotislanda047.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Powerglide, I don't think we're in the Ark no more.]]

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

Returning to the [[Ark (G1)|base]], they inform [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s of their findings. [[Spike Witwicky|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]], impressing Prime and causing [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Trailbreaker]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] 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. Grimlock angrilly orders his subordinates to go away, but Sludge steps on Slag's tail, causing him to breath 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]] 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]], as Spike has called the island. However, [[Ravage]] overhears this, and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] sends [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to follow them.

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)|Megatron]], who decides to plunder the island's multiple energy sources.

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 wholly mamoths. 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...]]

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' Wednesday September 25, 1985

'''Production number:''' 700-29

==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''', to the latter's frustration.

"What that is, Sludge?" 
"Uh, Sludge not know. Maybe it 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'''.

"Goodbye, Dinobots. I'd write, but you can't read." 
:-- '''Spike Witwicky'''. He should be thankful that the Dinobots didn't get offended by his comments.

==Notes==

===Animation errors/glitches===
*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. I maaay be nit-picky here, but each of those things is in fact bigger than the animal that laid them. The mother actually looks like a newly hatched chick next to them. I don't even want to know ''how'' she managed to lay those eggs...

===Continuity errors===
*One really has to wonder, why does Wheeljack keep insisting on showing off the Dinobots indoors?
*Why does Optimus Prime always pronounce Dinobots as "Dinabots"?

===Transformer references===
*This part featured the first appearances of the Autobots [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Blaster]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Hoist]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], and the Decepticons [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]].

===Real world references===
*References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*This is the second episode in which the Dinobots nearly destroy Teletran 1.
*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 specifically to do so. Many of them have short but fairly explicit 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 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.
*[[Huffer]] uses the term "beryllium bologna" in this episode, which would later be used again by Slag in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]], in much the same way.*Paleontology weeps in the presence of this episode.

==External links==
*Link

{{epstub}}

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The Master Builders (episode)

2008-05-24T00:52:31Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Masterbuilder.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Master Bait -- uh, Builders]]

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'''Grapple and Hoist ally themselves with the Constructicons.'''

==Detailed synopsis==

[[Grapple]] shows [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] a working model of a [[Solar Tower]] he wants to build and the two of them take it to Optimus Prime. Optimus is occupied at the moment because [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] is teaching him how to play [[basketball]]. Optimus likes Grapple's concept, but rejects the plan because it would be difficult to defend the tower against attack.

The conversation is cut short when Teletraan 1 alerts them that Powerglide has been shot down by Starscream and Skywarp. Hoist and Grapple leave to repair the Autobot plane. On their return, Grapple tries to convince Hoist to build the tower with him, regardless of Prime's orders, but Hoist isn't going for it.

Their conversation is cut short when they are trapped by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s. Scrapper says they've left the [[Decepticons]] and proposes a joint project. Grapple, enamored with his solar tower idea, agrees, but wants proof of their partnership. They promise to bring proof back and fly off.

On their return to Decepticon headquarters, Megatron confronts the Constructicons with video tape of their conversation with Grapple. They all swear loyalty to Megatron, and insist they plan to betray the Autobots. Satisfied with their explanation, Megatron lets them go with a present. They return to Grapple and Hoist with "proof," an entire truckload of energon. Convinced that they are working in good faith, Grapple and Hoist agree to the partnership.

[[Image:master_builders_prime_basketball.jpg|thumb|left|Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool/and shootin' some b-ball outside of the school...]]
Meantime, Optimus is playing basketball with Tracks, Inferno and Smokescreen. After he shuts Tracks down during a drive to the net, Prime notices that Tracks needs maintenance, but no one knows where Hoist is. The [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] sends Powerglide out to find the missing Autobots. Powerglide finds the solar tower and reports back.

Grapple is in his element, directing the Constructicons as the tower is built, and blissfully unaware of their deception. The Constructicons merge to form Devastator in order to place the sun-focusing sphere at the top of the tower. With the last piece in place, the tables turn. Megatron attacks Grapple and Hoist and claims the tower as his own. The Decepticons get to work collecting the energy.

The Autobots arrive and attack. The Constructicons form Devastator and fight back. Prime tricks Devastator into trying to kick Smokescreen but he kicks the tower instead. A few more rounds of laser fire send Devastator crashing into the tower, demolishing it. Megatron and the Constructicons retreat.

The Autobots dig in the debris to try and find Grapple and Hoist. Brawn discovers them encased in a sheet of metal and punches it apart. Grapple and Hoist apologize for the trouble they've caused. Prime is in a forgiving mood, but says they have to clean up the mess themselves. As the others drive off, Grapple and Hoist fondly remember the tower.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' 8 October 1985

'''Written by:''' [[David N. Gottlieb]] and [[Herb Engelhardt]]

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Powerglide]] (1)
*[[Grapple]] (4)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (5)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (6)
*'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]''' (7)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (20)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (21)
*[[Tracks]] (22)
*[[Brawn]] (24)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (25)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (26)
*[[Warpath]] (27)

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

*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (2)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s
**[[Scrapper]] (10)
**[[Hook]] (11)
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (12)
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (13)
**[[Mixmaster]] (14)
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (15)
*'''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]''' (16)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (17)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (18)
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s
**'''[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]''' (23)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (8)

'''Guests'''
*[[Construction Foreman]] (19)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Teletraan I]] (9)
|}

{{-}}
==Notable quotes==

"Move over, blue skies. Here comes old Powerglide, king of the cloud chasers, sultan of the stratosphere, ace of the air."
:--'''Powerglide''', king of self-esteem.

"Well, if he is not impressed, I'll be... depressed."
:--'''Grapple''' worrying about whether Optimus Prime will agree on his proposal for a Solar Tower.

"Am I 'drooling' correctly?" 
"The word is 'dribbling', Optimus!"
:--'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Spike''' while playing basketball.

"Hey, hey, hey! Airborne is reborn!"
:--'''Powerglide''' after he is repaired by Hoist and Grapple.

"Hold your fire Autobots!" 
"And miss a chance to nail you? Never!"
:--'''Scrapper''' attempting to open a dialogue with '''Hoist''' and Grapple which the Autobots refuse and open fire on the Constructicon leader.

'''Megatron:''' "Ahhh, my loyal Constructicons. You are loyal aren't you? No, you're traitors! And you can't deny it. 
'''Scrapper:''' "Megatron, you.. you...you... you got it all wrong!" 
'''Hook:''' "We're still working for you and for the glory of the Decepticons." 
'''Bonecrusher:''' "You see we eves dropped on their plans." 
'''Long Haul:''' "Plans to build a whopper solar tower." 
'''Scavenger:''' "And produce mega wats of energy." 
'''Mixmaster:''' "Energy we can use to destroy the autobots. Get it, Get it? (Laughs crazily)" 
:--'''Scrapper, Hook, Bonecrusher, Long Haul, Scavenger, and Mixmaster''' responding to '''Megatron's''' accusation of being traitors. 

"We'll just help ourselves if you don't mind." 
"Or even if you do!" 
"Who me? M-mind? Why should I! hehe... he."
:--'''Bonecrusher''' and '''Long Haul''' as they rob a Human construction site while the '''Human Foremen''' can only tear his plans for the site as he sees the Constructicons steal his work materials.

"As soon as the Power Tower is finished, I need to find a place to sign my name... in very large letters."
:--'''Grapple''' as the Solar Tower is approaching completion.

"Watch out Spike! I'm driving for a layoff!" 
"Its a layup Prime! Watch out for Tracks!"
:--'''Optimus Prime''' as he plays basketball with the other Autobots and gets another correction on the terminology used by '''Spike'''

"'Get this.' 'Bring that.' I thought I was finally going to build somethin'."
:--'''Long Haul''' after being told to bring another solar panel.

'''Devastator:''' "Ha, ha! We'll both get a kick out of this!" 
:--'''Devastator''' taunting Smokescreen shortly before he misses Smokescreen and kicks the tower instead.

"Hey, anybody want economy-sized wall plaques?"
:--'''Ironhide''', commenting on Hoist and Grapple impressions on a iron slab.

"There will be other towers to design and build, Grapple." 
"It ''was'' magnificent... for a little while, wasn't it, Hoist?" 
"Incredible, absolutely incredible."
:--'''Hoist''' and '''Grapple''', looking at the model of the destroyed Solar Tower.

{{-}}

==Other Notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Near the end, when they're about to dig [[Hoist]] and [[Grapple]] out of the rubble of the solar tower, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] is given [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s colors; although he doesn't speak you can recognize it as Cliffjumper by the spoiler across his chest.

* When the [[Autobots]] are approaching the [[Solar Tower]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] is not to be seen at all, when they finally transform to robots, one of the first shots shows Inferno, but none after. Probably meant to have been [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] in that shot.

===Continuity errors===
* Continuity errors

===Transformers references===
* Scrapper claims that the Constructicons admired Grapple's work back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Constructicon (G1)#Origin controversy|Hmmm...]]

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* When remastered for DVD by [[Rhino Entertainment]], the re-created title card for the episode was incorrectly rendered as "The Master Builder." This title appeared on all associated material included with the DVD set, and can be seen in the screen shot above.
* Apparently random rocks are equipped by the Decepticons with video cameras.
* The Autobots shoot lasers out of their headlights when they drive into battle.
* Megatron has a compartment in his chest that holds a pair of binoculars.
* Megatron gave the Constructicons his Energon because he says that its the most important thing to him. Was anyone else expecting the [[fusion cannon]]?
* Seriously, can you imagine the [[scale | size]] of the ball that the Autobots need to play basketball?

===Keywords===
[[Solar Tower]], [[wikipedia:basketball|basketball]]

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

* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0808858/ IMDb's page for this episode]

* [http://teletran93.deepspace93.com/tf2/ep32/ Teletran93's page for this episode]

{{epstub}}
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The Master Builders (episode)

2008-05-24T00:50:23Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Masterbuilder.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Master Bait -- uh, Builders]]

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|episode2=20
|prev2=Dinobot Island, Part 2
|next2=The Insecticon Syndrome
}}

'''Grapple and Hoist ally themselves with the Constructicons.'''

==Detailed synopsis==

[[Grapple]] shows [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] a working model of a [[Solar Tower]] he wants to build and the two of them take it to Optimus Prime. Optimus is occupied at the moment because [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] is teaching him how to play [[basketball]]. Optimus likes Grapple's concept, but rejects the plan because it would be difficult to defend the tower against attack.

The conversation is cut short when Teletraan 1 alerts them that Powerglide has been shot down by Starscream and Skywarp. Hoist and Grapple leave to repair the Autobot plane. On their return, Grapple tries to convince Hoist to build the tower with him, regardless of Prime's orders, but Hoist isn't going for it.

Their conversation is cut short when they are trapped by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s. Scrapper says they've left the [[Decepticons]] and proposes a joint project. Grapple, enamored with his solar tower idea, agrees, but wants proof of their partnership. They promise to bring proof back and fly off.

On their return to Decepticon headquarters, Megatron confronts the Constructicons with video tape of their conversation with Grapple. They all swear loyalty to Megatron, and insist they plan to betray the Autobots. Satisfied with their explanation, Megatron lets them go with a present. They return to Grapple and Hoist with "proof," an entire truckload of energon. Convinced that they are working in good faith, Grapple and Hoist agree to the partnership.

[[Image:master_builders_prime_basketball.jpg|thumb|left|Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool/and shootin' some b-ball outside of the school...]]
Meantime, Optimus is playing basketball with Tracks, Inferno and Smokescreen. After he shuts Tracks down during a drive to the net, Prime notices that Tracks needs maintenance, but no one knows where Hoist is. The [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] sends Powerglide out to find the missing Autobots. Powerglide finds the solar tower and reports back.

Grapple is in his element, directing the Constructicons as the tower is built, and blissfully unaware of their deception. The Constructicons merge to form Devastator in order to place the sun-focusing sphere at the top of the tower. With the last piece in place, the tables turn. Megatron attacks Grapple and Hoist and claims the tower as his own. The Decepticons get to work collecting the energy.

The Autobots arrive and attack. The Constructicons form Devastator and fight back. Prime tricks Devastator into trying to kick Smokescreen but he kicks the tower instead. A few more rounds of laser fire send Devastator crashing into the tower, demolishing it. Megatron and the Constructicons retreat.

The Autobots dig in the debris to try and find Grapple and Hoist. Brawn discovers them encased in a sheet of metal and punches it apart. Grapple and Hoist apologize for the trouble they've caused. Prime is in a forgiving mood, but says they have to clean up the mess themselves. As the others drive off, Grapple and Hoist fondly remember the tower.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' 8 October 1985

'''Written by:''' [[David N. Gottlieb]] and [[Herb Engelhardt]]

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Powerglide]] (1)
*[[Grapple]] (4)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (5)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (6)
*'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]''' (7)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (20)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (21)
*[[Tracks]] (22)
*[[Brawn]] (24)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (25)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (26)
*[[Warpath]] (27)

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

*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (2)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s
**[[Scrapper]] (10)
**[[Hook]] (11)
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (12)
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (13)
**[[Mixmaster]] (14)
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (15)
*'''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]''' (16)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (17)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (18)
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s
**'''[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]''' (23)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (8)

'''Guests'''
*[[Construction Foreman]] (19)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Teletraan I]] (9)
|}

{{-}}
==Notable quotes==

"Move over, blue skies. Here comes old Powerglide, king of the cloud chasers, sultan of the stratosphere, ace of the air."
:--'''Powerglide''', king of self-esteem.

"Well, if he is not impressed, I'll be... depressed."
:--'''Grapple''' worrying about whether Optimus Prime will agree on his proposal for a Solar Tower.

"Am I 'drooling' correctly?" 
"The word is 'dribbling', Optimus!"
:--'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Spike''' while playing basketball.

"Hey, hey, hey! Airborne is reborn!"
:--'''Powerglide''' after he is repaired by Hoist and Grapple.

"Hold your fire Autobots!" 
"And miss a chance to nail you? Never!"
:--'''Scrapper''' attempting to open a dialogue with '''Hoist''' and Grapple which the Autobots refuse and open fire on the Constructicon leader.

'''Megatron:''' "Ahhh, my loyal Constructicons. You are loyal aren't you? No, you're traitors! And you can't deny it. 
'''Scrapper:''' "Megatron, you.. you...you... you got it all wrong!" 
'''Hook:''' "We're still working for you and for the glory of the Decepticons." 
'''Bonecrusher:''' "You see we eves dropped on their plans." 
'''Long Haul:''' "Plans to build a whopper solar tower." 
'''Scavenger:''' "And produce mega wats of energy." 
'''Mixmaster:''' "Energy we can use to destroy the autobots. Get it, Get it? (Laughs crazily)" 
:--'''Scrapper, Hook, Bonecrusher, Long Haul, Scavenger, and Mixmaster''' responding to '''Megatron's''' accusation of being traitors. 

"We'll just help ourselves if you don't mind." 
"Or even if you do!" 
"Who me? M-mind? Why should I! hehe... he."
:--'''Bonecrusher''' and '''Long Haul''' as they rob a Human construction site while the '''Human Foremen''' can only tear his plans for the site as he sees the Constructicons steal his work materials.

"As soon as the Power Tower is finished, I need to find a place to sign my name... in very large letters."
:--'''Grapple''' as the Solar Tower is approaching completion.

"Watch out Spike! I'm driving for a layoff!" 
"Its a layup Prime! Watch out for Tracks!"
:--'''Optimus Prime''' as he plays basketball with the other Autobots and gets another correction on the terminology used by '''Spike'''

"'Get this.' 'Bring that.' I thought I was finally going to build somethin'."
:--'''Long Haul''' after being told to bring another solar panel.

'''Devastator:''' "Ha, ha! We'll both get a kick out of this!" 
:--'''Devastator''' taunting '''Smokescreen''' shortly before he misses Smokescreen and kicks the tower instead.

"Hey, anybody want economy-sized wall plaques?"
:--'''Ironhide''', commenting on Hoist and Grapple impressions on a iron slab.

"There will be other towers to design and build, Grapple." 
"It ''was'' magnificent... for a little while, wasn't it, Hoist?" 
"Incredible, absolutely incredible."
:--'''Hoist''' and '''Grapple''', looking at the model of the destroyed Solar Tower.

{{-}}

==Other Notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Near the end, when they're about to dig [[Hoist]] and [[Grapple]] out of the rubble of the solar tower, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] is given [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s colors; although he doesn't speak you can recognize it as Cliffjumper by the spoiler across his chest.

* When the [[Autobots]] are approaching the [[Solar Tower]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] is not to be seen at all, when they finally transform to robots, one of the first shots shows Inferno, but none after. Probably meant to have been [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] in that shot.

===Continuity errors===
* Continuity errors

===Transformers references===
* Scrapper claims that the Constructicons admired Grapple's work back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Constructicon (G1)#Origin controversy|Hmmm...]]

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* When remastered for DVD by [[Rhino Entertainment]], the re-created title card for the episode was incorrectly rendered as "The Master Builder." This title appeared on all associated material included with the DVD set, and can be seen in the screen shot above.
* Apparently random rocks are equipped by the Decepticons with video cameras.
* The Autobots shoot lasers out of their headlights when they drive into battle.
* Megatron has a compartment in his chest that holds a pair of binoculars.
* Megatron gave the Constructicons his Energon because he says that its the most important thing to him. Was anyone else expecting the [[fusion cannon]]?
* Seriously, can you imagine the [[scale | size]] of the ball that the Autobots need to play basketball?

===Keywords===
[[Solar Tower]], [[wikipedia:basketball|basketball]]

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

* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0808858/ IMDb's page for this episode]

* [http://teletran93.deepspace93.com/tf2/ep32/ Teletran93's page for this episode]

{{epstub}}
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Auto Berserk

2008-05-23T17:36:32Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Autoberserk.jpg|thumb|300px|right|My love for you is like a truck! BERSERKER!]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|17|prev=The Master Builders|next=Microbots
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=24
|prev2=City of Steel
|next2=Microbots
}}

'''After having his logic circuits damaged in battle, Red Alert feels rejected by the Autobots and allies himself with Starscream.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Capture the Negavator!"

==Summary==

[[Image:AutoBerserk_controlroom_battle.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Sure is nice to have the G1 series on DVD, huh, Red?]]

After the [[Autobots]] successfully test a new super-weapon called the [[Negavator]], they are attacked by Soundwave and the [[cassettes]], who attempt to steal it for the Decepticons. While most of the Autobots exit the bunker to fight, [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] stays behind to guard the facility and operate the Negavator. At first, Inferno stays to protect Red Alert, but he is eventually lured away by the call of battle, despite Red's protestations. Defeated, the Decepticons retreat, but not before Rumble fires a rocket into the control room, which causes the console Red Alert was operating to explode. The Autobots return to assist him, but the odder-than-normal Red Alert brushes off their help, accusing Inferno of betraying him. However, Red Alert's injuries go deeper than the surface. His logic chips have been affected, and he begins to feel as though everyone is against him.

[[Image:AutoBerserk_RedAlert_consoleexplode.jpg|thumb|right|150px| IT'S OVER 9000!!!]]

As the Autobots escort the Negavator back to [[Ark|Autobot Headquarters]], the Decepticons launch a sneak attack in a ravine that Red Alert does not detect due to his insecurities and his damaged state of mind. Optimus Prime and Ironhide are buried under the rubble caused by Rumble's landslide while the Decepticon jets attempt to take on the remaining Autobots, only to be thwarted when Smokescreen sprays a dark cloud of exhaust over them, obscuring their sensors and causing them to crash. With the Decepticons defeated a second time, Megatron retreats, leaving Starscream behind. When Optimus Prime questions Red Alert about his lack of a warning on the attack, Red instead accuses the Autobots of wanting to do away with him and runs off at the suggestion that they repair his logic circuits. Starscream, observing this turn of events, follows Red into the city.

[[Image:AutoBerserk Ironhide Not RedAlert.jpg|thumb|left|150px|For me? Aw, you shouldn't have.]]

As the other Autobots try to find Red in the city, Starscream successfully gains the trust of the paranoid Autobot by sharing his similar situation, and together they form a partnership to steal the Negavator and bring both Optimus Prime and Megatron to account for their respective betrayals. Meanwhile, the Autobots have brought the Negavator back to the bunker and secured it in the lowest level while they recharge. Hoist and Inferno are concerned that Red Alert's logic circuits will explode if they do not find him soon. Red leads Starscream to a secret entrance into the bunker, but they are unaware they are being observed by Ravage and, in turn, Megatron, who seems to be content to let the pair of traitors do the dirty work for him.

[[Image:AutoBerserk_RedAlert_on_Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|150px|SURPRISE PIGGYBACK RIDE!]]

Inside the bunker, Red Alert and Starscream narrowly avoid death at the hands of the tunnel drone, but manage to set off the alarms in the process, alerting the Autobots. Commandeering the Negavator, they blast their way out of the holding chamber and use the elevator to arrive on the top level. Awaiting them are the other Autobots, who mistakenly believe Red Alert is some kind of hostage to Starscream until he tells them their intentions. At this point, Megatron and Decepticons enter, causing a sputtering Starscream to agree with Megatron that he was merely delivering the weapon to his leader. When Red Alert realizes Starscream's duplicity, he attempts to fire the Negavator, only to be pulled out of the cockpit and blasted with the Decepticon's null ray. Unbeknownst to the Decepticons, the null ray blast serves to stabilize Red's logic circuits, and they seemingly force him to use the Negavator on the Autobots. Unfortunately for Megatron, Red Alert instead sets the self-destruct mechanism on the superweapon, causing the Decepticons to flee.

[[Image:AutoBerserk_Infernosaves_RedAlert.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Don't bother trying to crucify yourself, Inferno. You'll never get that last nail driven in.]]

The Autobots run as the Negavator explodes. Discovering that Red Alert is still inside, Ironhide, then Optimus Prime attempt to enter the blaze to save their friend, but Inferno insists on doing it himself, perhaps as penance for his earlier desertion of Red. Inferno saves Red Alert from being crushed even as the remorseful Red tells the gun-slinging fire truck to leave him behind. Outside, the other Autobots cheer as Inferno carries the injured Red Alert out of the flames. Red attempts to apologize for all the trouble he has caused them, but Optimus Prime is the one who accepts the blame, for it was his insistence on testing the Negavator that started their problems. Prime declares they are glad to have Red Alert back, and commends both him and Inferno for their bravery. Red replies that with friends like the Autobots, it's easy to be brave.

{{-}}

==Stats==
'''Original Airdate:''' 16 October 1985

'''Written by:''' [[Antoni Zalewski]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (2)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (3)
*[[Tracks]] (4)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (8)
*[[Grapple]] (9)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (10)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (11)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (12)

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

*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Cassettes]]
**[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (13)
**[[Ravage]] (14)
**[[Rumble]] (15)
**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] † (16)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (18)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (19)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (20)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (21)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (22)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (23)

†-''Soundwave'' calls for ''Buzzsaw'', but ''Laserbeak'' ejects

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Guests'''
*Army Officer #1 (5)
*Army Officer #2 (6)
*Fire Chief (24)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |

|}

==Notable Quotes==

'''Soundwave:''' "Eject. Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Buzzsaw. Destroy Autobots!" 
'''Frenzy:''' "With pleasure! We'll turn that bunker into a burial mound!"
:-'''Frenzy''' more than willing to go through with '''Soundwave's''' orders.

"You need a complete overhaul!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''', in response to a (hilariously) panicking Red Alert.

"Someday I want to build something that doesn't get trashed!" 
:—'''Grapple''', digging out the ruins of his bunker.

"I'm fine! It's just an electroglitch that comes and goes. Comes and goes."
:—'''Red Alert''' demonstrates that he's definitely ''not'' fine.

"Why can't anyone see it?! Inferno wants my job!"
:—'''Red Alert''' spirals down into paranoia...

'''Inferno:''' "You need immediate repairs!" 
'''Red Alert:''' "Don't give me any of that. You just want to disassemble me for spare parts! Never! I won't let you!"
:— ...and hits bottom...

'''Hoist:''' "Let me fix you!" 
'''Red Alert:''' "Stay back. I know ''just'' how you want to fix me!"
:— ...and then grabs a shovel.

"I've got ''morons'' on my team!"
:—'''Megatron''' having a life-changing realization.

'''Dirge:''' "Hey! My circuits electric blew just out!" 
'''Thrust:''' "Too mine! I'm blind flying! 
'''Starsceam:''' "Away move, before collide we!" 
:—The Seekers, scrambled by Smokescreen.

'''Fire chief:''' "Hey! That's my car! Put it back where ya found it!!" 
'''Ironhide:''' "Oh, uh, sorry, chief; it looked like a friend of mine!" 
[''Transforms and drives off''] 
'''Fire chief:''' "No two ways about it -- I gotta take that vacation!" 
:—Ironhide mistakes a real car for Red Alert

==Other Notes==

===Animation and/or Technical Glitches===
* When Soundwave is ejecting his tapes, Frenzy sort of comes out twice, but his colors are replaced with Ravage's half-way out.
* When Buzzsaw is flying around he has the color scheme of Lazerbeak.
* In one scene, on Red Alert's door it says "F D D", as opposed to "F ⌂ D" (where ⌂ is a Fire Dept. badge).
* Thrust's colors are off at one point; he is red and black instead of the normal red and white.
* As the Decepticons retreat for the second time in the show, Ramjet mispronounces Starscream's name as "Starscweam".
* Grapple's head colors change in this episode from completely white, as in all his previous appearances, to gray and white. This latter color scheme is the one used from this episode on.
* When Ironhide walks past Optimus Prime with the intention of rescuing Red Alert from the fire of the Negavator's destruction, his right arm clips right through Prime's left arm.

===Continuity Errors===
* When Soundwave is ejecting his tapes and calling their names, he calls for Buzzsaw, but Laserbeak is ejected instead and seen throughout the episode.
* It is unclear why the fire chief is merely angry at Ironhide for manhandling his car, but is surprised when he sees Ironhide transform, commenting that he needs to take a vacation. Are giant robots common in this city, but transforming giant robots aren't?

===Transformers References===
* References

===Real-World References===
*Megatron's line about "morons" is a verbatim quote from the 1970s classic ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid''.
*Red Alert cops the tagline of Clint Eastwood's character Dirty Harry: "Go ahead, Soundwave... make my day."
[[Image:AutoBerserk_OptimusPrime_closedeyes.jpg|thumb|right|150px|My eyes! The goggles do nothing!]]

===Miscellaneous Trivia===

* As Optimus Prime and the other Autobots stagger out of the fire and smoke, Optimus Prime's eyes are closed (apparently to shield them against the smoke), much like a human's.

* Frenzy actually tackles Optimus Prime. Strong little guy....

*Optimus Prime's gun apparently works like a machine gun.

*This is one of the few times, possibly only time, when Megatron criticizes Soundwave. Must come as a shock to Soundwave who usually only hears praises.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

[[Negavator]]

==External Links==
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0808814/ IMDb's page for this episode]
* [http://teletran93.deepspace93.com/tf2/ep33/ Teletran93's page for this episode]

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Auto Berserk

2008-05-23T17:20:40Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Autoberserk.jpg|thumb|300px|right|My love for you is like a truck! BERSERKER!]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|17|prev=The Master Builders|next=Microbots
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=24
|prev2=City of Steel
|next2=Microbots
}}

'''After having his logic circuits damaged in battle, Red Alert feels rejected by the Autobots and allies himself with Starscream.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Capture the Negavator!"

==Summary==

[[Image:AutoBerserk_controlroom_battle.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Sure is nice to have the G1 series on DVD, huh, Red?]]

After the [[Autobots]] successfully test a new super-weapon called the [[Negavator]], they are attacked by Soundwave and the [[cassettes]], who attempt to steal it for the Decepticons. While most of the Autobots exit the bunker to fight, [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] stays behind to guard the facility and operate the Negavator. At first, Inferno stays to protect Red Alert, but he is eventually lured away by the call of battle, despite Red's protestations. Defeated, the Decepticons retreat, but not before Rumble fires a rocket into the control room, which causes the console Red Alert was operating to explode. The Autobots return to assist him, but the odder-than-normal Red Alert brushes off their help, accusing Inferno of betraying him. However, Red Alert's injuries go deeper than the surface. His logic chips have been affected, and he begins to feel as though everyone is against him.

[[Image:AutoBerserk_RedAlert_consoleexplode.jpg|thumb|right|150px| IT'S OVER 9000!!!]]

As the Autobots escort the Negavator back to [[Ark|Autobot Headquarters]], the Decepticons launch a sneak attack in a ravine that Red Alert does not detect due to his insecurities and his damaged state of mind. Optimus Prime and Ironhide are buried under the rubble caused by Rumble's landslide while the Decepticon jets attempt to take on the remaining Autobots, only to be thwarted when Smokescreen sprays a dark cloud of exhaust over them, obscuring their sensors and causing them to crash. With the Decepticons defeated a second time, Megatron retreats, leaving Starscream behind. When Optimus Prime questions Red Alert about his lack of a warning on the attack, Red instead accuses the Autobots of wanting to do away with him and runs off at the suggestion that they repair his logic circuits. Starscream, observing this turn of events, follows Red into the city.

[[Image:AutoBerserk Ironhide Not RedAlert.jpg|thumb|left|150px|For me? Aw, you shouldn't have.]]

As the other Autobots try to find Red in the city, Starscream successfully gains the trust of the paranoid Autobot by sharing his similar situation, and together they form a partnership to steal the Negavator and bring both Optimus Prime and Megatron to account for their respective betrayals. Meanwhile, the Autobots have brought the Negavator back to the bunker and secured it in the lowest level while they recharge. Hoist and Inferno are concerned that Red Alert's logic circuits will explode if they do not find him soon. Red leads Starscream to a secret entrance into the bunker, but they are unaware they are being observed by Ravage and, in turn, Megatron, who seems to be content to let the pair of traitors do the dirty work for him.

[[Image:AutoBerserk_RedAlert_on_Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|150px|SURPRISE PIGGYBACK RIDE!]]

Inside the bunker, Red Alert and Starscream narrowly avoid death at the hands of the tunnel drone, but manage to set off the alarms in the process, alerting the Autobots. Commandeering the Negavator, they blast their way out of the holding chamber and use the elevator to arrive on the top level. Awaiting them are the other Autobots, who mistakenly believe Red Alert is some kind of hostage to Starscream until he tells them their intentions. At this point, Megatron and Decepticons enter, causing a sputtering Starscream to agree with Megatron that he was merely delivering the weapon to his leader. When Red Alert realizes Starscream's duplicity, he attempts to fire the Negavator, only to be pulled out of the cockpit and blasted with the Decepticon's null ray. Unbeknownst to the Decepticons, the null ray blast serves to stabilize Red's logic circuits, and they seemingly force him to use the Negavator on the Autobots. Unfortunately for Megatron, Red Alert instead sets the self-destruct mechanism on the superweapon, causing the Decepticons to flee.

[[Image:AutoBerserk_Infernosaves_RedAlert.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Don't bother trying to crucify yourself, Inferno. You'll never get that last nail driven in.]]

The Autobots run as the Negavator explodes. Discovering that Red Alert is still inside, Ironhide, then Optimus Prime attempt to enter the blaze to save their friend, but Inferno insists on doing it himself, perhaps as penance for his earlier desertion of Red. Inferno saves Red Alert from being crushed even as the remorseful Red tells the gun-slinging fire truck to leave him behind. Outside, the other Autobots cheer as Inferno carries the injured Red Alert out of the flames. Red attempts to apologize for all the trouble he has caused them, but Optimus Prime is the one who accepts the blame, for it was his insistence on testing the Negavator that started their problems. Prime declares they are glad to have Red Alert back, and commends both him and Inferno for their bravery. Red replies that with friends like the Autobots, it's easy to be brave.

{{-}}

==Stats==
'''Original Airdate:''' 16 October 1985

'''Written by:''' [[Antoni Zalewski]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (2)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (3)
*[[Tracks]] (4)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (8)
*[[Grapple]] (9)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (10)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (11)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (12)

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

*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Cassettes]]
**[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (13)
**[[Ravage]] (14)
**[[Rumble]] (15)
**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] † (16)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (18)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (19)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (20)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (21)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (22)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (23)

†-''Soundwave'' calls for ''Buzzsaw'', but ''Laserbeak'' ejects

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Guests'''
*Army Officer #1 (5)
*Army Officer #2 (6)
*Fire Chief (24)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |

|}

==Notable Quotes==

'''Soundwave:''' "Eject. Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Buzzsaw. Destroy Autobots!" 
'''Frenzy:''' "With pleasure! We'll turn that bunker into a burial mound!"
:-'''Frenzy''' more than willing to go through with '''Soundwave's''' orders.

"You need a complete overhaul!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''', in response to a (hilariously) panicking Red Alert.

"Someday I want to build something that doesn't get trashed!" 
:—'''Grapple''', digging out the ruins of his bunker.

"I'm fine! It's just an electroglitch that comes and goes. Comes and goes."
:—'''Red Alert''' demonstrates that he's definitely ''not'' fine.

"Why can't anyone see it?! Inferno wants my job!"
:—'''Red Alert''' spirals down into paranoia...

'''Inferno:''' "You need immediate repairs!" 
'''Red Alert:''' "Don't give me any of that. You just want to disassemble me for spare parts! Never! I won't let you!"
:— ...and hits bottom...

'''Hoist:''' "Let me fix you!" 
'''Red Alert:''' "Stay back. I know ''just'' how you want to fix me!"
:— ...and then grabs a shovel.

"I've got ''morons'' on my team!"
:—'''Megatron''' having a life-changing realization.

'''Dirge:''' "Hey! My circuits electric blew just out!" 
'''Thrust:''' "Too mine! I'm blind flying! 
'''Starsceam:''' "Away move, before collide we!" 
:—The Seekers, scrambled by Smokescreen.

'''Fire chief:''' "Hey! That's my car! Put it back where ya found it!!" 
'''Ironhide:''' "Oh, uh, sorry, chief; it looked like a friend of mine!" 
[''Transforms and drives off''] 
'''Fire chief:''' "No two ways about it -- I gotta take that vacation!" 
:—Ironhide mistakes a real car for Red Alert

==Other Notes==

===Animation and/or Technical Glitches===
* When Soundwave is ejecting his tapes, Frenzy sort of comes out twice, but his colors are replaced with Ravage's half-way out.
* When Buzzsaw is flying around he has the color scheme of Lazerbeak.
* In one scene, on Red Alert's door it says "F D D", as opposed to "F ⌂ D" (where ⌂ is a Fire Dept. badge).
* Thrust's colors are off at one point; he is red and black instead of the normal red and white.
* As the Decepticons retreat for the second time in the show, Ramjet mispronounces Starscream's name as "Starscweam".
* Grapple's head colors change in this episode from completely white, as in all his previous appearances, to gray and white. This latter color scheme is the one used from this episode on.
* When Ironhide walks past Optimus Prime with the intention of rescuing Red Alert from the fire of the Negavator's destruction, his right arm clips right through Prime's left arm.

===Continuity Errors===
* When Soundwave is ejecting his tapes and calling their names, he calls for Buzzsaw, but Laserbeak is ejected instead and seen throughout the episode.
* It is unclear why the fire chief is merely angry at Ironhide for manhandling his car, but is surprised when he sees Ironhide transform, commenting that he needs to take a vacation. Are giant robots common in this city, but transforming giant robots aren't?

===Transformers References===
* References

===Real-World References===
*Megatron's line about "morons" is a verbatim quote from the 1970s classic ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid''.
*Red Alert cops the tagline of Clint Eastwood's character Dirty Harry: "Go ahead, Soundwave... make my day."
[[Image:AutoBerserk_OptimusPrime_closedeyes.jpg|thumb|right|150px|My eyes! The goggles do nothing!]]

===Miscellaneous Trivia===

* As Optimus Prime and the other Autobots stagger out of the fire and smoke, Optimus Prime's eyes are closed (apparently to shield them against the smoke), much like a human's.

* Frenzy actually tackles Optimus Prime. Strong little guy....

*Optimus Prime's gun apparently works like a machine gun.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

[[Negavator]]

==External Links==
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0808814/ IMDb's page for this episode]
* [http://teletran93.deepspace93.com/tf2/ep33/ Teletran93's page for this episode]

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Auto Berserk

2008-05-23T17:17:40Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Autoberserk.jpg|thumb|300px|right|My love for you is like a truck! BERSERKER!]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|17|prev=The Master Builders|next=Microbots
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=24
|prev2=City of Steel
|next2=Microbots
}}

'''After having his logic circuits damaged in battle, Red Alert feels rejected by the Autobots and allies himself with Starscream.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Capture the Negavator!"

==Summary==

[[Image:AutoBerserk_controlroom_battle.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Sure is nice to have the G1 series on DVD, huh, Red?]]

After the [[Autobots]] successfully test a new super-weapon called the [[Negavator]], they are attacked by Soundwave and the [[cassettes]], who attempt to steal it for the Decepticons. While most of the Autobots exit the bunker to fight, [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] stays behind to guard the facility and operate the Negavator. At first, Inferno stays to protect Red Alert, but he is eventually lured away by the call of battle, despite Red's protestations. Defeated, the Decepticons retreat, but not before Rumble fires a rocket into the control room, which causes the console Red Alert was operating to explode. The Autobots return to assist him, but the odder-than-normal Red Alert brushes off their help, accusing Inferno of betraying him. However, Red Alert's injuries go deeper than the surface. His logic chips have been affected, and he begins to feel as though everyone is against him.

[[Image:AutoBerserk_RedAlert_consoleexplode.jpg|thumb|right|150px| IT'S OVER 9000!!!]]

As the Autobots escort the Negavator back to [[Ark|Autobot Headquarters]], the Decepticons launch a sneak attack in a ravine that Red Alert does not detect due to his insecurities and his damaged state of mind. Optimus Prime and Ironhide are buried under the rubble caused by Rumble's landslide while the Decepticon jets attempt to take on the remaining Autobots, only to be thwarted when Smokescreen sprays a dark cloud of exhaust over them, obscuring their sensors and causing them to crash. With the Decepticons defeated a second time, Megatron retreats, leaving Starscream behind. When Optimus Prime questions Red Alert about his lack of a warning on the attack, Red instead accuses the Autobots of wanting to do away with him and runs off at the suggestion that they repair his logic circuits. Starscream, observing this turn of events, follows Red into the city.

[[Image:AutoBerserk Ironhide Not RedAlert.jpg|thumb|left|150px|For me? Aw, you shouldn't have.]]

As the other Autobots try to find Red in the city, Starscream successfully gains the trust of the paranoid Autobot by sharing his similar situation, and together they form a partnership to steal the Negavator and bring both Optimus Prime and Megatron to account for their respective betrayals. Meanwhile, the Autobots have brought the Negavator back to the bunker and secured it in the lowest level while they recharge. Hoist and Inferno are concerned that Red Alert's logic circuits will explode if they do not find him soon. Red leads Starscream to a secret entrance into the bunker, but they are unaware they are being observed by Ravage and, in turn, Megatron, who seems to be content to let the pair of traitors do the dirty work for him.

[[Image:AutoBerserk_RedAlert_on_Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|150px|SURPRISE PIGGYBACK RIDE!]]

Inside the bunker, Red Alert and Starscream narrowly avoid death at the hands of the tunnel drone, but manage to set off the alarms in the process, alerting the Autobots. Commandeering the Negavator, they blast their way out of the holding chamber and use the elevator to arrive on the top level. Awaiting them are the other Autobots, who mistakenly believe Red Alert is some kind of hostage to Starscream until he tells them their intentions. At this point, Megatron and Decepticons enter, causing a sputtering Starscream to agree with Megatron that he was merely delivering the weapon to his leader. When Red Alert realizes Starscream's duplicity, he attempts to fire the Negavator, only to be pulled out of the cockpit and blasted with the Decepticon's null ray. Unbeknownst to the Decepticons, the null ray blast serves to stabilize Red's logic circuits, and they seemingly force him to use the Negavator on the Autobots. Unfortunately for Megatron, Red Alert instead sets the self-destruct mechanism on the superweapon, causing the Decepticons to flee.

[[Image:AutoBerserk_Infernosaves_RedAlert.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Don't bother trying to crucify yourself, Inferno. You'll never get that last nail driven in.]]

The Autobots run as the Negavator explodes. Discovering that Red Alert is still inside, Ironhide, then Optimus Prime attempt to enter the blaze to save their friend, but Inferno insists on doing it himself, perhaps as penance for his earlier desertion of Red. Inferno saves Red Alert from being crushed even as the remorseful Red tells the gun-slinging fire truck to leave him behind. Outside, the other Autobots cheer as Inferno carries the injured Red Alert out of the flames. Red attempts to apologize for all the trouble he has caused them, but Optimus Prime is the one who accepts the blame, for it was his insistence on testing the Negavator that started their problems. Prime declares they are glad to have Red Alert back, and commends both him and Inferno for their bravery. Red replies that with friends like the Autobots, it's easy to be brave.

{{-}}

==Stats==
'''Original Airdate:''' 16 October 1985

'''Written by:''' [[Antoni Zalewski]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (2)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (3)
*[[Tracks]] (4)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (8)
*[[Grapple]] (9)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (10)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (11)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (12)

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

*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Cassettes]]
**[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (13)
**[[Ravage]] (14)
**[[Rumble]] (15)
**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] † (16)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (18)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (19)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (20)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (21)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (22)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (23)

†-''Soundwave'' calls for ''Buzzsaw'', but ''Laserbeak'' ejects

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Guests'''
*Army Officer #1 (5)
*Army Officer #2 (6)
*Fire Chief (24)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |

|}

==Notable Quotes==

'''Soundwave:''' "Eject. Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Buzzsaw. Destroy Autobots!" 
'''Frenzy:''' "With pleasure! We'll turn that bunker into a burial mound!"
:-'''Frenzy''' more than willing to go through with '''Soundwave's''' orders.

"You need a complete overhaul!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''', in response to a (hilariously) panicking Red Alert.

"Someday I want to build something that doesn't get trashed!" 
:—'''Grapple''', digging out the ruins of his bunker.

"I'm fine! It's just an electroglitch that comes and goes. Comes and goes."
:—'''Red Alert''' demonstrates that he's definitely ''not'' fine.

"Why can't anyone see it?! Inferno wants my job!"
:—'''Red Alert''' spirals down into paranoia...

'''Inferno:''' "You need immediate repairs!" 
'''Red Alert:''' "Don't give me any of that. You just want to disassemble me for spare parts! Never! I won't let you!"
:— ...and hits bottom...

'''Hoist:''' "Let me fix you!" 
'''Red Alert:''' "Stay back. I know ''just'' how you want to fix me!"
:— ...and then grabs a shovel.

"I've got ''morons'' on my team!"
:—'''Megatron''' having a life-changing realization.

'''Dirge:''' "Hey! My circuits electric blew just out!" 
'''Thrust:''' "Too mine! I'm blind flying! 
'''Starsceam:''' "Away move, before collide we!" 
:—The Seekers, scrambled by Smokescreen.

'''Fire chief:''' "Hey! That's my car! Put it back where ya found it!!" 
'''Ironhide:''' "Oh, uh, sorry, chief; it looked like a friend of mine!" 
[''Transforms and drives off''] 
'''Fire chief:''' "No two ways about it -- I gotta take that vacation!" 
:—Ironhide mistakes a real car for Red Alert

==Other Notes==

===Animation and/or Technical Glitches===
* When Soundwave is ejecting his tapes, Frenzy sort of comes out twice, but his colors are replaced with Ravage's half-way out.
* In one scene, on Red Alert's door it says "F D D", as opposed to "F ⌂ D" (where ⌂ is a Fire Dept. badge).
* Thrust's colors are off at one point; he is red and black instead of the normal red and white.
* As the Decepticons retreat for the second time in the show, Ramjet mispronounces Starscream's name as "Starscweam".
* Grapple's head colors change in this episode from completely white, as in all his previous appearances, to gray and white. This latter color scheme is the one used from this episode on.
* When Ironhide walks past Optimus Prime with the intention of rescuing Red Alert from the fire of the Negavator's destruction, his right arm clips right through Prime's left arm.

===Continuity Errors===
* When Soundwave is ejecting his tapes and calling their names, he calls for Buzzsaw, but Laserbeak is ejected instead and seen throughout the episode.
* It is unclear why the fire chief is merely angry at Ironhide for manhandling his car, but is surprised when he sees Ironhide transform, commenting that he needs to take a vacation. Are giant robots common in this city, but transforming giant robots aren't?

===Transformers References===
* References

===Real-World References===
*Megatron's line about "morons" is a verbatim quote from the 1970s classic ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid''.
*Red Alert cops the tagline of Clint Eastwood's character Dirty Harry: "Go ahead, Soundwave... make my day."
[[Image:AutoBerserk_OptimusPrime_closedeyes.jpg|thumb|right|150px|My eyes! The goggles do nothing!]]

===Miscellaneous Trivia===

* As Optimus Prime and the other Autobots stagger out of the fire and smoke, Optimus Prime's eyes are closed (apparently to shield them against the smoke), much like a human's.

* Frenzy actually tackles Optimus Prime. Strong little guy....

*Optimus Prime's gun apparently works like a machine gun.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

[[Negavator]]

==External Links==
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0808814/ IMDb's page for this episode]
* [http://teletran93.deepspace93.com/tf2/ep33/ Teletran93's page for this episode]

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The Ultimate Doom, Part 3

2008-05-23T14:38:09Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Ultimate Doom 3 Autobots fire.JPG|thumb|350px|Autobots, transform and kick some diodes!]]

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'''As Cybertron's orbit ravages Earth, the Autobots take the fight to the Decepticons.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "Day of Destruction - Part 3"

==Summary==
[[Image:Ultimate Doom 3 Autobots Cybertron.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Not the friendliest homecoming.]]
On Cybertron, a brainwashed [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] sounds an alarm on [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]], [[Brawn]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. As [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] attempt to destroy them, [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] rescue them. Heading to Wheeljack's lab, they review the [[hypno-chip]] data they've gained.

[[Image:SurfsUp.jpg|thumb|right|150px|This sort of embarrassment is why they finally just recruited [[Seaspray]].]]
On Earth, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is overseeing the construction of a large hydroelectric generator that will allow the Decepticons to harvest more energy. [[Doctor Arkeville]] is becoming increasingly dissatisfied with Megatron's disregard of his interests, and feels that [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] may be more sympathetic. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] leads [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and [[Bluestreak]] (on surfboards) to the generator, where their wipeout prevents them from being able to stop the Decepticons from leaving in a [[Decepticon shuttle|shuttle]] carrying [[energon cube]]s. Arkeville is left to die, but Starscream saves him, having his own plans for the scientist.

On Cybertron, Wheeljack develops a device that should disrupt the hypno-chips' control over the humans. Spike attempts another rescue of his father, but is discovered by Shockwave. However, Wheeljack's device works as planned, and the Autobots flee back to Earth with Sparkplug, who is now freed from Decepticon control.

[[Image:Ultimate Doom 3 Bumblebee Tarzan.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Jungle Love Bug]]
On an island, Megatron is overseeing the loading of a shuttle with energon cubes while [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] goes to see if he can direct the humans away from the ship. Nearby, Starscream's own experiments in draining neural energy from Arkeville have failed to fill a single energon cube. Megatron discovers them and prepares to execute Starscream for treason (again). However, Mirage manages to direct the humans away from the shuttle, and Prime orders an attack. The Decepticons outnumber the Autobots, but Skyfire and company soon arrive to even the odds as well as to free the slaves from the Decepticons' control. However, Cybertron comes into view of the island, causing a tidal wave, and Megatron flees in the shuttle for Cybertron.

[[Image:Ultimate Doom 3 Cybertron leave.JPG|thumb|right|150px|Im in ur atmosfeer, thretin ur ecksistance.]]
Spike declares that they just need to knock Cybertron out of Earth's orbit, but [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] says that they'd need massive amounts of energy to do that. Suddenly, Prime realizes that the [[energon]] on board the shuttle could theoretically be enough to move Cybertron. Prime orders the Autobots to shoot Megatron's shuttle. The plan works, with the energon on board moving Cybertron away from Earth.

Back on the island, Spike remarks to Optimus that Megatron appears to be gone for good, but the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], knowing his mortal enemy's survival rate, is not so sure. In space, Megatron comes back online and flies away from the wreckage of the shuttle, vowing revenge.

==Quotes==
"Take them". 
"I don't take so easily." 
:{{m-}}'''Soundwave''' and '''Brawn'''.

"All the comforts of home...if you don't mind living in an auto-repair factory." 
:{{m-}}'''Wheeljack''', on his workshop.

"Thanks, guys, for not giving up on me. Especially you, Spike." 
"Dad, it's like you always told me: You never give up the people you love." 
"Mushy, but true." 
:{{m-}}'''Sparkplug''' and '''Spike''' have a touching father-son moment, with addendum by '''Brawn'''.

"My slaves will drown!" 
"I thought humans ''liked'' to play in the ocean."
:{{m-}}'''Dr. Arkeville''' teaches '''Megatron''' an important fact about human anatomy.

"You're not pushing slaves around this time." 
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''', preparing to open a [[Kremzeek]] brand can of whup-ass.
==Stats==

'''Writer:''' [[Leo D. Paur]]

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

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

'''Original Air Date:''' November 17, 1984

==Notes==

*This episode is subtitled "Revival" in scripts and other official materials.

===Technical/Animation Glitches===
[[Image:Wheresmyface.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Ratchet, help! Prowl's face is missing!]]
* As usual, most of the Cybertronian [[seeker]]s are colored as Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp.
* While escaping from the Decepticon lab on Cybertron, Soundwave's Decepticon insignia is not shown.
* When Thundercracker is wrestling with Ironhide, his color is a significantly brighter shade of blue than usual. It is back to normal in the next scene, when he flies away.
* In one scene, Prowl's face is missing, leaving only his "empty helmet" when Skyfire arrives.

===Continuity Errors===
* In the jungle, when the energon cubes are being loaded, Megatron says: "I want the slaves to work faster. Where is Dr. Arkeville?" But it was he who previously abandoned Arkeville at the power plant, and he had no way of knowing Starscream had rescued the doctor from drowning.
* Oddly, Megatron was able to survive an explosion which had enough energy to shift the orbit of Cybertron. Considering previous evidence of his durability, how he could survive a planet-moving blast is a mystery.
*And for that matter, if the explosion pushed Cybertron away, why wasn't Earth moved in the opposite direction?

===Transformers References===
* Wheeljack's place on Cybertron, previously seen in "[[Divide and Conquer]]", is shown again.

===Real-World References===
*Reference

===Miscellaneous Trivia===
* A couple of Decepticon cars are shown in this episode, but it's not clear if they are Transformers. They seem to be similar to Jazz in Cybertronian vehicle mode.
* For someone who turns into a gun, Shockwave has terrible aim.
* Starscream's attempts to convert Doctor Arkeville's neural energy into energon fail. What this says about the intelligence of both scientists is debatable.

==External links==
* [http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/the_ultimate_doom_part_3.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

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Triple Takeover

2008-05-23T14:33:26Z

69.14.63.71:

{{picsneeded}}
[[Image:Triple Takeover title shot.JPG|thumb|350px| Sounds like triple the fun!]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|34|prev=Sea Change|next=Prime Target
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=39
|prev2=Kremzeek!
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}}

'''Astrotrain and Blitzwing depose Megatron and Starscream, then proceed to wreak havoc.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "The Rebellion of the Triple Changers"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] begin using their weapons to carve their faces along with Megatron's into a mountainside. They agree one of the faces doesn't belong, then decide to band together and overthrow Megatron. Flying back to base, Blitzwing and Astrotrain decide who should lead Megatron into the trap, one of them suggesting Starscream while the other counters how the [[Air Commander]] has constantly been attempting to become [[Decepticon leader|leader]] of the [[Decepticon]]s and failed. Starscream retorts as usual and says he will do it, and the other two gloat about manipulating him.
[[Image:tripletakeoverblitzwingcoach.jpg|left|thumb|175px|The Coach rivals Prowl, Jazz, and Ultra Magnus as "Best [[Sub-Commander]] ever". Frightening]]
Starscream leads Megatron into the sewers, stating that a secret [[Autobot]] energy base is present there, but the doors close around them. Megatron recognizes it's a trap but gets frozen. Starscream gloats and tries to escape through a hatch but finds out that it's been locked by his "allies". This leaves Astrotrain and Blitzwing as the only joint Decepticon leaders.

Heading for a stadium, Blitzwing, in a display of great intelligence, drafts a football coach to be his [[second-in-command]] and give tactical advice. Blitzwing misinterprets his suggestions of "zone defense" and "long bomb" and has the Constructicons build a massive highway maze, then begins firing from inside the stadium. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] leads a group of Autobots to investigate, but they end up crashing into each other in the Constructicons' maze. Meanwhile, Astrotrain heads to a train station, where he "conscripts" the [[Astroforce]], human trains which are to be his army. He sends them into a tunnel to collect energy lines and convert them into [[energon]]. It actually goes quite well for Astrotrain. The Astroforce? Not so much.

Meanwhile, [[Powerglide]] flies over the maze, where [[Scrapper]] has built himself a throne...made of Prowl, [[Tracks]], [[Skids]], and [[Bluestreak]]. Guided by Powerglide from the air, [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] manage to rescue the Autobots, causing Blitzwing and Scrapper to crash into each other. At the train station, the [[Seeker]]s come to see how Astrotrain is doing. To his credit, he has gotten a lot of [[Energon cube]]s, but his Astroforce has somehow gotten off their tracks and into a knot. Astrotrain urges one of the trains to gather some energy from a gas main, but it turns out to be a water main, which floods the tunnel. Worse, it heads into the tunnel in which Megatron and Starscream are trapped. Online again, Megatron accuses Starscream of another attempt at treason. Starscream maintains that he was tricked. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and [[Spike Witwicky]] see the two Decepticons, only to be distracted by the water main flooding the city. [[Trailbreaker]] uses his [[force field]] to push back the water, while Optimus and Ironhide seal the main. Heading for the station, Megatron and Starscream encounter Prime, who claims that he's looking for the leaders of the Decepticons...which are not Megatron and Starscream. This royally pisses off Megatron, who tries to kill the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], but Prime escapes. Megatron leaves to put Astrotrain and Blitzwing in their place, with the Seekers following, betting on who will win. Optimus, however, is content to sit back and watch what happens.

At the stadium, the Constructicons demand a share of the power Blitzwing promised, but he refuses and tells them to go jump off a bridge. Bad idea, for the Constructicons form [[Devastator]]. The flood from the water main finally dies out at the stadium, depositing Astrotrain, who decides to scrap Blitzwing as well.
[[Image:Tripletakeoverautobotthrone.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Unfortunately, the "Seatmaster" line never really took off...]]
Megatron and Starscream arrive, and Megs beats his would-be usurpers senseless, but Devastator knocks out Megatron, then turns his sights on the Air Commander. Starscream manages to dodge Devastator, then Megatron slams the giant. Megatron, Blitzwing, Astrotrain, Starscream, and Devastator then engage in a battle royale which sees Megatron emerge victorious. He decides to spare the traitors, saying the Decepticon cause is too important, but warns them never to betray him again.

As the Autobots look on, they're impressed that Prime knew that Megatron would handle the Decepticons for them. The previously injured Autobots form a throne for their [[Supreme Commander|commander]] to sit on, but Optimus Prime declares that he'd rather [[roll out|roll]].

{{-}}

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' November 19, 1985

'''Written by:''' Larry Strauss

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===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Skids]]

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

*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
'''Guests'''

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*
|}
{{-}}
==Notable quotes==
"No planet ever lost its orbit underestimating the stupidity of Starscream."

:-'''Astrotrain''' explaining why it was so easy to fool Starscream.

"Coach, it's a tank! What do I do?" 
"GIVE HIM THE BALL!"

:-'''Blitzwing's''' future second in command's plan of action against a tank.

"Tell me what's on your mind or I'll splatter it on the wall and see for myself!"
:—'''Blitzwing''' to <strike>the football coach</strike> his second-in-command.

'''Scrapper:''' "Scrapper calling Blitzwing. What is the point of this highway maze you ordered us to build?" 
'''Blitzwing:''' "It's a zone defense you ignorant fool!"
:-'''Blitzwing''' explaining to '''Scrapper''' that they are building a "zone defense".

"Scrapper, how big is our zone defense?" 
"Can't tell, all the others are lost in it. All I know is that it's big!"
:—Decepticon "leader" '''Blitzwing''' asking '''Scrapper''' about the large, maze-like highway made by the Constructicons, the rest of whom are apparently lost in it.

"You are either lying or you're stupid!" 
"I'm stupid! I'm stupid!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' as the latter attempts to blame the Triple Changers for the takeover.

"Don't waste your time, Megatron. Incinerating you is of no interest to me. I am looking for the leaders of the Decepticons." 
"I am the Decepticon leader!" 
"You and Starscream are just a nuisance. A couple of metallic mosquitoes." 
"Mosquitoes?! Then feel my BITE!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' really ticking off '''Megatron'''.

"Tell you what, guys, why don't you go build a bridge...and jump off it!" 
"Constructicons... transform into Devastator!" 
"Hey! No offense, big guy!"
:—'''Blitzwing''' refuses '''Scrapper'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bargain of a joint leadership of the Decepticons...very unwise move. perhaps.

"I say that Megatron will prevail!" 
"Three energon cubes say you're on!" 
"Make it four!" 
"My money is on Devastator."
:—'''Thundercracker''', '''Thrust''', '''Skywarp''' and '''Dirge''' place bets on the coming battle.

"Get this straight: I am Decepticon Leader, YOU are recyclable!" 
"Well put, Megatron!"
:—'''Megatron''' disses Blitzwing and Astrotrain while '''Starscream''' kisses up.

"Megatron is a wimp!" 
"So is Starscream!" 
"Yes, but I'm fast!"
:—'''Starscream''' decides discretion is the better part of cowardice after '''Devastator''' defeats Megatron.

"I guess Prime was right. Megatron took care of the Decepticons for us." 
"Yeah, but there is only one great leader in the universe. Have a seat, boss." 
"Thrones are for Decepticons. Besides, I'd rather roll."
:—'''Ironhide''', '''Prowl''', and '''Optimus Prime''', the latter declining to sit on a throne made of his own soldiers, even if they're volunteering.

==Other notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* At several points, the colors of [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet]] get mixed up.
* When Blitzwing plows through the goal at the football stadium, the debris left behind vanishes in the next frame.
* When Blitzwing grabs the football coach, the coach is yelling, "Okay! Okay....commander!", but ''Blitzwing'' is the one mouthing the words!
* When Astrotrain rests down a computer component to start work on his train army, the component vanishes as he rips out the engine. For a brief moment afterwards, it appears as if Astrotrain picks up thin air with his hands.
* The lockers that Blitzwing kicks open to stuff his 'second in command' in are [[Scale|extremely huge]]. If one compares the size of the coach to one of those lockers, he would need to ''jump'' just to reach one of the handles.
* On that note, how ''exactly'' does Blitzwing kick the locker door open? By all rights, it should be a lump of scrap metal on the floor.
* Scrapper is seen scooping a load of dirt when he appears, but as he transforms, not only is the dirt gone, but he appears in an entirely different location.

===Continuity errors===
*Starscream can be seen together with the other seekers inspecting Astrotrain's new troops, even though he and Megatron are supposed to be frozen in a room elsewhere under the city.
*At some point, Blitzwing can be seen flying together with Ramjet and Thrust, heading for... Blitzwing?
*In only a few minutes, a burst water main flooded a good deal of a city, at some points the water being as high as a 20-story building.

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Devastator makes his first willing attempt at usurping control of the Decepticons from Megatron and actually attacking his former leader, something that goes against previous character portrayals, in which he was shown as a loyal follower. Also, how Megatron was able to defeat him is unknown, since the battle ended off-screen (earlier in the fight Megatron's fusion cannon shots just bounced off him, so it's really big mystery).
* Blitzwing's takeover of a football stadium is nothing short of hilarious. First, he blasts right through the wall, and everybody continues on as if nothing happened. Then, when one of the football players ''finally'' notice a big tank turret aiming at his face, the coach's first order of action is to...tell him to give Blitzwing the ball. Wait....'''''WHAT?!'''''
* In contrast, the conductor who appears when Astrotrain takes over the train station knows full well to high tail it and run when the latter reveals himself. And, seeing as how everybody else just ''stood there'' despite him yelling for them to run for their lives, this officially makes him the only [[human|human]] in this entire ''episode'' with half a brain.
* As Blitzwing is firing 'long bombs' all over the place, isn't he the ''least'' bit concerned that he'll accidentally blow up the 'zone defense' he's having the [[Constructicons]] build?
* Where the hell is [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] while this coup attempt is going on?
* This is the second and last time that Skids shows up in the G1 cartoon.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

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==External links==

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]
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Triple Takeover

2008-05-23T14:26:47Z

69.14.63.71:

{{picsneeded}}
[[Image:Triple Takeover title shot.JPG|thumb|350px| Sounds like triple the fun!]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|34|prev=Sea Change|next=Prime Target
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=39
|prev2=Kremzeek!
|next2=Child's Play (episode)
}}

'''Astrotrain and Blitzwing depose Megatron and Starscream, then proceed to wreak havoc.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "The Rebellion of the Triple Changers"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] begin using their weapons to carve their faces along with Megatron's into a mountainside. They agree one of the faces doesn't belong, then decide to band together and overthrow Megatron. Flying back to base, Blitzwing and Astrotrain decide who should lead Megatron into the trap, one of them suggesting Starscream while the other counters how the [[Air Commander]] has constantly been attempting to become [[Decepticon leader|leader]] of the [[Decepticon]]s and failed. Starscream retorts as usual and says he will do it, and the other two gloat about manipulating him.
[[Image:tripletakeoverblitzwingcoach.jpg|left|thumb|175px|The Coach rivals Prowl, Jazz, and Ultra Magnus as "Best [[Sub-Commander]] ever". Frightening]]
Starscream leads Megatron into the sewers, stating that a secret [[Autobot]] energy base is present there, but the doors close around them. Megatron recognizes it's a trap but gets frozen. Starscream gloats and tries to escape through a hatch but finds out that it's been locked by his "allies". This leaves Astrotrain and Blitzwing as the only joint Decepticon leaders.

Heading for a stadium, Blitzwing, in a display of great intelligence, drafts a football coach to be his [[second-in-command]] and give tactical advice. Blitzwing misinterprets his suggestions of "zone defense" and "long bomb" and has the Constructicons build a massive highway maze, then begins firing from inside the stadium. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] leads a group of Autobots to investigate, but they end up crashing into each other in the Constructicons' maze. Meanwhile, Astrotrain heads to a train station, where he "conscripts" the [[Astroforce]], human trains which are to be his army. He sends them into a tunnel to collect energy lines and convert them into [[energon]]. It actually goes quite well for Astrotrain. The Astroforce? Not so much.

Meanwhile, [[Powerglide]] flies over the maze, where [[Scrapper]] has built himself a throne...made of Prowl, [[Tracks]], [[Skids]], and [[Bluestreak]]. Guided by Powerglide from the air, [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] manage to rescue the Autobots, causing Blitzwing and Scrapper to crash into each other. At the train station, the [[Seeker]]s come to see how Astrotrain is doing. To his credit, he has gotten a lot of [[Energon cube]]s, but his Astroforce has somehow gotten off their tracks and into a knot. Astrotrain urges one of the trains to gather some energy from a gas main, but it turns out to be a water main, which floods the tunnel. Worse, it heads into the tunnel in which Megatron and Starscream are trapped. Online again, Megatron accuses Starscream of another attempt at treason. Starscream maintains that he was tricked. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and [[Spike Witwicky]] see the two Decepticons, only to be distracted by the water main flooding the city. [[Trailbreaker]] uses his [[force field]] to push back the water, while Optimus and Ironhide seal the main. Heading for the station, Megatron and Starscream encounter Prime, who claims that he's looking for the leaders of the Decepticons...which are not Megatron and Starscream. This royally pisses off Megatron, who tries to kill the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], but Prime escapes. Megatron leaves to put Astrotrain and Blitzwing in their place, with the Seekers following, betting on who will win. Optimus, however, is content to sit back and watch what happens.

At the stadium, the Constructicons demand a share of the power Blitzwing promised, but he refuses and tells them to go jump off a bridge. Bad idea, for the Constructicons form [[Devastator]]. The flood from the water main finally dies out at the stadium, depositing Astrotrain, who decides to scrap Blitzwing as well.
[[Image:Tripletakeoverautobotthrone.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Unfortunately, the "Seatmaster" line never really took off...]]
Megatron and Starscream arrive, and Megs beats his would-be usurpers senseless, but Devastator knocks out Megatron, then turns his sights on the Air Commander. Starscream manages to dodge Devastator, then Megatron slams the giant. Megatron, Blitzwing, Astrotrain, Starscream, and Devastator then engage in a battle royale which sees Megatron emerge victorious. He decides to spare the traitors, saying the Decepticon cause is too important, but warns them never to betray him again.

As the Autobots look on, they're impressed that Prime knew that Megatron would handle the Decepticons for them. The previously injured Autobots form a throne for their [[Supreme Commander|commander]] to sit on, but Optimus Prime declares that he'd rather [[roll out|roll]].

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==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' November 19, 1985

'''Written by:''' Larry Strauss

{{-}}
===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Skids]]

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

*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
'''Guests'''

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*
|}
{{-}}
==Notable quotes==
"No planet ever lost its orbit underestimating the stupidity of Starscream."

:-'''Astrotrain''' explaining why it was so easy to fool Starscream.

"Coach, it's a tank! What do I do?" 
"GIVE HIM THE BALL!"

:-'''Blitzwing's''' future second in command's plan of action against a tank.

"Tell me what's on your mind or I'll splatter it on the wall and see for myself!"
:—'''Blitzwing''' to <strike>the football coach</strike> his second-in-command.

"Scrapper, how big is our zone defense?" 
"Can't tell, all the others are lost in it. All I know is that it's big!"
:—Decepticon "leader" '''Blitzwing''' asking '''Scrapper''' about the large, maze-like highway made by the Constructicons, the rest of whom are apparently lost in it.

"You are either lying or you're stupid!" 
"I'm stupid! I'm stupid!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' as the latter attempts to blame the Triple Changers for the takeover.

"Don't waste your time, Megatron. Incinerating you is of no interest to me. I am looking for the leaders of the Decepticons." 
"I am the Decepticon leader!" 
"You and Starscream are just a nuisance. A couple of metallic mosquitoes." 
"Mosquitoes?! Then feel my BITE!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' really ticking off '''Megatron'''.

"Tell you what, guys, why don't you go build a bridge...and jump off it!" 
"Constructicons... transform into Devastator!" 
"Hey! No offense, big guy!"
:—'''Blitzwing''' refuses '''Scrapper'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bargain of a joint leadership of the Decepticons...very unwise move. perhaps.

"I say that Megatron will prevail!" 
"Three energon cubes say you're on!" 
"Make it four!" 
"My money is on Devastator."
:—'''Thundercracker''', '''Thrust''', '''Skywarp''' and '''Dirge''' place bets on the coming battle.

"Get this straight: I am Decepticon Leader, YOU are recyclable!" 
"Well put, Megatron!"
:—'''Megatron''' disses Blitzwing and Astrotrain while '''Starscream''' kisses up.

"Megatron is a wimp!" 
"So is Starscream!" 
"Yes, but I'm fast!"
:—'''Starscream''' decides discretion is the better part of cowardice after '''Devastator''' defeats Megatron.

"I guess Prime was right. Megatron took care of the Decepticons for us." 
"Yeah, but there is only one great leader in the universe. Have a seat, boss." 
"Thrones are for Decepticons. Besides, I'd rather roll."
:—'''Ironhide''', '''Prowl''', and '''Optimus Prime''', the latter declining to sit on a throne made of his own soldiers, even if they're volunteering.

==Other notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* At several points, the colors of [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet]] get mixed up.
* When Blitzwing plows through the goal at the football stadium, the debris left behind vanishes in the next frame.
* When Blitzwing grabs the football coach, the coach is yelling, "Okay! Okay....commander!", but ''Blitzwing'' is the one mouthing the words!
* When Astrotrain rests down a computer component to start work on his train army, the component vanishes as he rips out the engine. For a brief moment afterwards, it appears as if Astrotrain picks up thin air with his hands.
* The lockers that Blitzwing kicks open to stuff his 'second in command' in are [[Scale|extremely huge]]. If one compares the size of the coach to one of those lockers, he would need to ''jump'' just to reach one of the handles.
* On that note, how ''exactly'' does Blitzwing kick the locker door open? By all rights, it should be a lump of scrap metal on the floor.
* Scrapper is seen scooping a load of dirt when he appears, but as he transforms, not only is the dirt gone, but he appears in an entirely different location.

===Continuity errors===
*Starscream can be seen together with the other seekers inspecting Astrotrain's new troops, even though he and Megatron are supposed to be frozen in a room elsewhere under the city.
*At some point, Blitzwing can be seen flying together with Ramjet and Thrust, heading for... Blitzwing?
*In only a few minutes, a burst water main flooded a good deal of a city, at some points the water being as high as a 20-story building.

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Devastator makes his first willing attempt at usurping control of the Decepticons from Megatron and actually attacking his former leader, something that goes against previous character portrayals, in which he was shown as a loyal follower. Also, how Megatron was able to defeat him is unknown, since the battle ended off-screen (earlier in the fight Megatron's fusion cannon shots just bounced off him, so it's really big mystery).
* Blitzwing's takeover of a football stadium is nothing short of hilarious. First, he blasts right through the wall, and everybody continues on as if nothing happened. Then, when one of the football players ''finally'' notice a big tank turret aiming at his face, the coach's first order of action is to...tell him to give Blitzwing the ball. Wait....'''''WHAT?!'''''
* In contrast, the conductor who appears when Astrotrain takes over the train station knows full well to high tail it and run when the latter reveals himself. And, seeing as how everybody else just ''stood there'' despite him yelling for them to run for their lives, this officially makes him the only [[human|human]] in this entire ''episode'' with half a brain.
* As Blitzwing is firing 'long bombs' all over the place, isn't he the ''least'' bit concerned that he'll accidentally blow up the 'zone defense' he's having the [[Constructicons]] build?
* Where the hell is [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] while this coup attempt is going on?
* This is the second and last time that Skids shows up in the G1 cartoon.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

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==External links==

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]
{{epstub}}<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Triple Takeover

2008-05-23T14:25:49Z

69.14.63.71:

{{picsneeded}}
[[Image:Triple Takeover title shot.JPG|thumb|350px| Sounds like triple the fun!]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|34|prev=Sea Change|next=Prime Target
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=39
|prev2=Kremzeek!
|next2=Child's Play (episode)
}}

'''Astrotrain and Blitzwing depose Megatron and Starscream, then proceed to wreak havoc.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "The Rebellion of the Triple Changers"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] begin using their weapons to carve their faces along with Megatron's into a mountainside. They agree one of the faces doesn't belong, then decide to band together and overthrow Megatron. Flying back to base, Blitzwing and Astrotrain decide who should lead Megatron into the trap, one of them suggesting Starscream while the other counters how the [[Air Commander]] has constantly been attempting to become [[Decepticon leader|leader]] of the [[Decepticon]]s and failed. Starscream retorts as usual and says he will do it, and the other two gloat about manipulating him.
[[Image:tripletakeoverblitzwingcoach.jpg|left|thumb|175px|The Coach rivals Prowl, Jazz, and Ultra Magnus as "Best [[Sub-Commander]] ever". Frightening]]
Starscream leads Megatron into the sewers, stating that a secret [[Autobot]] energy base is present there, but the doors close around them. Megatron recognizes it's a trap but gets frozen. Starscream gloats and tries to escape through a hatch but finds out that it's been locked by his "allies". This leaves Astrotrain and Blitzwing as the only joint Decepticon leaders.

Heading for a stadium, Blitzwing, in a display of great intelligence, drafts a football coach to be his [[second-in-command]] and give tactical advice. Blitzwing misinterprets his suggestions of "zone defense" and "long bomb" and has the Constructicons build a massive highway maze, then begins firing from inside the stadium. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] leads a group of Autobots to investigate, but they end up crashing into each other in the Constructicons' maze. Meanwhile, Astrotrain heads to a train station, where he "conscripts" the [[Astroforce]], human trains which are to be his army. He sends them into a tunnel to collect energy lines and convert them into [[energon]]. It actually goes quite well for Astrotrain. The Astroforce? Not so much.

Meanwhile, [[Powerglide]] flies over the maze, where [[Scrapper]] has built himself a throne...made of Prowl, [[Tracks]], [[Skids]], and [[Bluestreak]]. Guided by Powerglide from the air, [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] manage to rescue the Autobots, causing Blitzwing and Scrapper to crash into each other. At the train station, the [[Seeker]]s come to see how Astrotrain is doing. To his credit, he has gotten a lot of [[Energon cube]]s, but his Astroforce has somehow gotten off their tracks and into a knot. Astrotrain urges one of the trains to gather some energy from a gas main, but it turns out to be a water main, which floods the tunnel. Worse, it heads into the tunnel in which Megatron and Starscream are trapped. Online again, Megatron accuses Starscream of another attempt at treason. Starscream maintains that he was tricked. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and [[Spike Witwicky]] see the two Decepticons, only to be distracted by the water main flooding the city. [[Trailbreaker]] uses his [[force field]] to push back the water, while Optimus and Ironhide seal the main. Heading for the station, Megatron and Starscream encounter Prime, who claims that he's looking for the leaders of the Decepticons...which are not Megatron and Starscream. This royally pisses off Megatron, who tries to kill the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], but Prime escapes. Megatron leaves to put Astrotrain and Blitzwing in their place, with the Seekers following, betting on who will win. Optimus, however, is content to sit back and watch what happens.

At the stadium, the Constructicons demand a share of the power Blitzwing promised, but he refuses and tells them to go jump off a bridge. Bad idea, for the Constructicons form [[Devastator]]. The flood from the water main finally dies out at the stadium, depositing Astrotrain, who decides to scrap Blitzwing as well.
[[Image:Tripletakeoverautobotthrone.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Unfortunately, the "Seatmaster" line never really took off...]]
Megatron and Starscream arrive, and Megs beats his would-be usurpers senseless, but Devastator knocks out Megatron, then turns his sights on the Air Commander. Starscream manages to dodge Devastator, then Megatron slams the giant. Megatron, Blitzwing, Astrotrain, Starscream, and Devastator then engage in a battle royale which sees Megatron emerge victorious. He decides to spare the traitors, saying the Decepticon cause is too important, but warns them never to betray him again.

As the Autobots look on, they're impressed that Prime knew that Megatron would handle the Decepticons for them. The previously injured Autobots form a throne for their [[Supreme Commander|commander]] to sit on, but Optimus Prime declares that he'd rather [[roll out|roll]].

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==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' November 19, 1985

'''Written by:''' Larry Strauss

{{-}}
===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Skids]]

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

*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
'''Guests'''

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*
|}
{{-}}
==Notable quotes==
"No planet ever lost its orbit underestimating the stupidity of Starscream."

:-'''Astrotrain'''' explaining why it was so easy to fool Starscream.

"Coach, it's a tank! What do I do?" 
"GIVE HIM THE BALL!"

:-'''Blitzwing's''' future second in command's plan of action against a tank.

"Tell me what's on your mind or I'll splatter it on the wall and see for myself!"
:—'''Blitzwing''' to <strike>the football coach</strike> his second-in-command.

"Scrapper, how big is our zone defense?" 
"Can't tell, all the others are lost in it. All I know is that it's big!"
:—Decepticon "leader" '''Blitzwing''' asking '''Scrapper''' about the large, maze-like highway made by the Constructicons, the rest of whom are apparently lost in it.

"You are either lying or you're stupid!" 
"I'm stupid! I'm stupid!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' as the latter attempts to blame the Triple Changers for the takeover.

"Don't waste your time, Megatron. Incinerating you is of no interest to me. I am looking for the leaders of the Decepticons." 
"I am the Decepticon leader!" 
"You and Starscream are just a nuisance. A couple of metallic mosquitoes." 
"Mosquitoes?! Then feel my BITE!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' really ticking off '''Megatron'''.

"Tell you what, guys, why don't you go build a bridge...and jump off it!" 
"Constructicons... transform into Devastator!" 
"Hey! No offense, big guy!"
:—'''Blitzwing''' refuses '''Scrapper'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bargain of a joint leadership of the Decepticons...very unwise move. perhaps.

"I say that Megatron will prevail!" 
"Three energon cubes say you're on!" 
"Make it four!" 
"My money is on Devastator."
:—'''Thundercracker''', '''Thrust''', '''Skywarp''' and '''Dirge''' place bets on the coming battle.

"Get this straight: I am Decepticon Leader, YOU are recyclable!" 
"Well put, Megatron!"
:—'''Megatron''' disses Blitzwing and Astrotrain while '''Starscream''' kisses up.

"Megatron is a wimp!" 
"So is Starscream!" 
"Yes, but I'm fast!"
:—'''Starscream''' decides discretion is the better part of cowardice after '''Devastator''' defeats Megatron.

"I guess Prime was right. Megatron took care of the Decepticons for us." 
"Yeah, but there is only one great leader in the universe. Have a seat, boss." 
"Thrones are for Decepticons. Besides, I'd rather roll."
:—'''Ironhide''', '''Prowl''', and '''Optimus Prime''', the latter declining to sit on a throne made of his own soldiers, even if they're volunteering.

==Other notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* At several points, the colors of [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet]] get mixed up.
* When Blitzwing plows through the goal at the football stadium, the debris left behind vanishes in the next frame.
* When Blitzwing grabs the football coach, the coach is yelling, "Okay! Okay....commander!", but ''Blitzwing'' is the one mouthing the words!
* When Astrotrain rests down a computer component to start work on his train army, the component vanishes as he rips out the engine. For a brief moment afterwards, it appears as if Astrotrain picks up thin air with his hands.
* The lockers that Blitzwing kicks open to stuff his 'second in command' in are [[Scale|extremely huge]]. If one compares the size of the coach to one of those lockers, he would need to ''jump'' just to reach one of the handles.
* On that note, how ''exactly'' does Blitzwing kick the locker door open? By all rights, it should be a lump of scrap metal on the floor.
* Scrapper is seen scooping a load of dirt when he appears, but as he transforms, not only is the dirt gone, but he appears in an entirely different location.

===Continuity errors===
*Starscream can be seen together with the other seekers inspecting Astrotrain's new troops, even though he and Megatron are supposed to be frozen in a room elsewhere under the city.
*At some point, Blitzwing can be seen flying together with Ramjet and Thrust, heading for... Blitzwing?
*In only a few minutes, a burst water main flooded a good deal of a city, at some points the water being as high as a 20-story building.

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Devastator makes his first willing attempt at usurping control of the Decepticons from Megatron and actually attacking his former leader, something that goes against previous character portrayals, in which he was shown as a loyal follower. Also, how Megatron was able to defeat him is unknown, since the battle ended off-screen (earlier in the fight Megatron's fusion cannon shots just bounced off him, so it's really big mystery).
* Blitzwing's takeover of a football stadium is nothing short of hilarious. First, he blasts right through the wall, and everybody continues on as if nothing happened. Then, when one of the football players ''finally'' notice a big tank turret aiming at his face, the coach's first order of action is to...tell him to give Blitzwing the ball. Wait....'''''WHAT?!'''''
* In contrast, the conductor who appears when Astrotrain takes over the train station knows full well to high tail it and run when the latter reveals himself. And, seeing as how everybody else just ''stood there'' despite him yelling for them to run for their lives, this officially makes him the only [[human|human]] in this entire ''episode'' with half a brain.
* As Blitzwing is firing 'long bombs' all over the place, isn't he the ''least'' bit concerned that he'll accidentally blow up the 'zone defense' he's having the [[Constructicons]] build?
* Where the hell is [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] while this coup attempt is going on?
* This is the second and last time that Skids shows up in the G1 cartoon.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

{{-}}

==External links==

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]
{{epstub}}<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

S.O.S. Dinobots

2008-05-23T14:11:02Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Sos_dinobots.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Hooray! New toys!]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=1|8|prev=Fire in the Sky|next=Fire on the Mountain
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=7
|prev2=Divide and Conquer
|next2=War of the Dinobots
}}

'''The Autobots create the Dinobots, but can barely control these new powerful warriors.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Dinobots are Born!"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:SOSDinobots_fossilcavern.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Guys, I think we found [[Carnivac]]'s stash.]]

A series of tremors turn the attentions of the Autobots into the ancient stone surrounding their volcano headquarters. Deep sensor scans reveal [[dinosaur]] fossils, which pique the curiosity of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. [[Spike]] explains that dinosaurs were very powerful reptiles that lived on [[Earth]] millions of years ago. He takes [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] on a tour of a natural history museum to further illustrate his paleontological crash-course. Hound snaps a few holograms of dinosaur bone displays, inspiring [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to construct robotic versions of dinosaurs.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Grimlockwrecks_Teletraan.jpg|thumb|right|150px|When the [[television|TV]] doesn't work, Me know how to fix it!]]

Elsewhere, the Decepticons stake out the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power facility. [[Reflector]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] return with the data they gathered, and Megatron orders a strike.

Wheeljack unveils the three new additions to their ranks: the Dinobots [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. The demonstration of their power turns sour as they run amuck, their primitive brains unable to control their raw strength. The Dinobots begin attacking their fellow Autobots, even destroying [[Teletraan I]].

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Ravage_window.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Holy [[Pit|Hell]]!]]

The Autobots finally rein in the rampaging Dinobots thanks to Wheejack’s [[magnetic inducer]]. Prime declares the terrible trio as too dangerous. Despite Wheeljack’s desperate entreaties, Prime pulls the plug on the project, and orders the Dinobots holed up in a cavern in the Ark, never to be activated again.

The Decepticons arrive at the Great Falls, and the humans try to reach the Autobots via Teletraan I. Their distress signal goes unheard, as Teletraan I is currently offline thanks to the Dinobot rampage.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Autobotsfall.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Bet you wished you scanned air vehicle forms now, huh?]]

With Teletraan I out of commission, it’s up to individual Autobots scouts like Hound to be on the lookout for Decepticon activity. Hound’s sensors detect the ransacking of the Great Falls plant, and he and Spike go to investigate. Hound radios in his findings to the Ark, and Optimus Prime leaves with a strike force, leaving Bumblebee behind to guard the base.

The Autobots arrive at the Great Falls, but the Decepticons are ready for them. A battle erupts, and Megatron fires his fusion cannon directly powered by the Great Falls output. He blasts the cliff-face where the Autobots stand, sending them falling into the raging waters below.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Megatron_falls.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I've warned you about that, mighty Megatron.]]

Disobeying orders, Bumblebee arrives at the Great Falls and picks up Spike. They return to the Ark, informing Wheeljack and Ratchet of the Autobots’ failure at the Great Falls. Wheeljack decides to reactivate the Dinobots. He has secretly developed a series of memory components that would upgrade the Dinobots’ brains. The Dinobots awaken. Still relatively simple-minded, they are now much more intelligent than the mindless monsters that first appeared. Sludge, Slag and Grimlock carry out Wheeljack’s orders and fly to the Great Falls.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_SSMegatron_attacks_Dinobots.jpg|thumb|right|150px|When you get shot at, you die. When the Dinobots get shot at, they '''glow with a holy light'''.]]

The Decepticons pull the soggy Autobots from the drink and truss them up with [[Energon chains]]. Just as the Decepticons are about the execute the captives, the Dinobots arrive and make short work of the Decepticons who retreat as Wheeljack frees the Autobot captives. Wheeljack and Bumblebee brace themselves for reprimands for disobeying Prime’s direct orders, but Prime concedes he was wrong. He accepts the Dinobots as the newest members of the Autobot forces. The Autobots cheer the decision, and the Dinobots growl their approval.

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==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' October 27, 1984

'''Production number:''' #700-05

'''Written by:''' [[Donald F. Glut]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (4)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (6)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (7)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (8)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (11)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (13)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (14)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (19)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (20)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (21)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (22)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (23)
*[[Gears]] (24)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (25)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (27)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (28)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (29)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (8)
*[[Reflector]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (15)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (17)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] {18)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (30)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (5)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (26)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |

|}

==Notable Quotes==

"Well I’ll be a Cybertronic bolt-bat!"
:{{m-}} '''Sideswipe'''

"Wow, man. That’s what I call heavy metal!"
:{{m-}} '''Unidentified museum-going punk''', upon seeing Hound

"It’ll never work. Big waste of time."
:{{m-}} '''Huffer''', cheerleading the Dinobot project

"Hey, not the face, okay? I just had it chromed."
:{{m-}} '''Sunstreaker''', after Trailbreaker deflects Slag's flamethrower with his force field

"Maybe Hound’s got glitch-mice in his databanks again!"
:{{m-}} '''Bluestreak''', mocking Hound's radar accuracy, to the amusement of no-one

"You’re too slow, rusty-pants!"
:{{m-}} '''Starscream''' trashtalking Ironhide

"Nice shooting, if you were aiming for the sky!"
:{{m-}} '''Rumble''' goading Bluestreak

'''Megatron:''' "Now you will witness the power of my fusion cannon! Ready Rumble?" 
'''Rumble:''' "Ready to shake! Ready to quake!" 
:{{m-}} '''Megatron''' and '''Rumble''' getting ready for destruction.

"Which ones friends?" 
"Ones with face like this, I think." 
"That good enough for Slag." 
:{{m-}} '''Slag''' and '''Sludge''' determining friend from foe by using faction symbols

"If on Decepticon turf you happen to tumble, look out robot, because here comes Rumble."
:{{m-}} '''Rumble's''' clever combat banter

"Heat-seeking missles, seek heat!"
:{{m-}} '''Skywarp's''' not-so-clever combat banter

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

* The exposition-spouting tourist visiting the Great Falls hydroelectric power plant has hair that turns from red to black from one shot to the next.

* Spike identifies a brontosaurus during his tour of the museum’s dinosaur exhibit, though there does not appear to be a brontosaurus on display. Though, to be fair, it may just be Spike’s error, or the brontosaurus skeleton might be out of the camera’s view. (Also, by the time this episode took place, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontosaurus the brontosaurus was a deprecated genus], but that's just picking nits.)

[[Image:dvd broadcast.jpg|right|thumb|Can you see the difference?]]

* Wheeljack’s line of dialogue, “Autobots, meet Dinobots” is delivered by Ratchet.

* As Wheeljack introduces the Dinobots, the foreground characters slide magically against the background scenery due to an error in animation.

* The varied Autobot reactions upon seeing the Dinobots: “Look at the size of those things,” “Great Cybertron,” “Holy hetradyne” all come out of Bluestreak’s mouth.

* Optimus Prime’s line, “Interesting, but what else can they do?” is delivered by Cliffjumper.

* The Rhino DVD version of this episode uses a faulty take for the shot where the Dinobots demonstrate their power by clearing rubble. In the DVD, the blasts from the Dinobots’ mouths is missing, and the rubble does not vanish. The broadcast version, though, has both effects. (See illustration).

* After Ratchet rights a tipped over Bumblebee in the thick of the Dinobot rampage, the section of Ratchet obscured by a foreground Bumblebee is still missing.

* When the Decepticons arrive at the Great Falls plant, a foreground Decepticon seeker’s leg is colored a deep yellow… an error, but as close as [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] ever came to appearing on Earth in a G1 cartoon.

* In the Rhino DVD version of the episode, when the Autobots arrive at the Great Falls and they transform from vehicle mode to robot mode, the shot of Bluestreak is reversed, and he is shown transforming from robot to car. The broadcast version used the correct take.

* Bluestreak is shown knocked over by Gears, and then immediately standing in the next shot.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_bluePrime.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Not [http://www.diaclone.net/orid/dia057/index.html Powered Convoy]. And don't even think about [[redeco|it]], [[e-Hobby]]!]]

* Quite a few coloring mix-ups in the battle at the Great Falls, including Sunstreaker painted as Sideswipe, Bluestreak as Trailbreaker, Brawn as Hound, Optimus Prime as Sideswipe, Trailbreaker as Gears, and Mirage as Bluestreak. There are also two very noticeable shots of Prime painted blue.

* While the Autobots are trapped in Energon Chains, Optimus is colored entirely blue and Trailbreaker is entirely grey.

* When Skywarp drops bombs on Grimlock, all the parts on Grimlock that are meant to be grey are black.

* When the Decepticons retreat at the end of the episode, Skywarp is painted in Starscream colors.

* Near the end, Bumblebee's Autobot insignia in his chest is missing in one shot.

===Continuity errors===
* Though the holographic dinosaurs illustrated in the episodes matched some of the concepts of the early ‘80s, their depiction is outdated by today’s standards. The dinosaurs in the show are the sluggish, tail-dragging cold-blooded variety not in keeping with more modern theories of warm-blooded, bird-like animals.

* When the holographic dinosaurs are shown, a Brontosaurus is seen living alongside a Triceratops and a Tyrannosaurus. In reality the Brontosaurus lived in the Jurassic Period while the Triceratops and the Tyrannosaurus lived during the Cretacious Period. So basically they were separated by millions of years, but I guess in a cartoon that does not matter.

* The data gathered by Reflector and Soundwave leads Megatron to conclude with relish that the Great Falls contain enough energy exists to vanquish the Autobots and control the universe… but that’s really nothing new. The Decepticons have targeted hydroelectric power sources before.

*What is it about falling into the river that is so devastating to the Autobots? We've seen that Autobots can deal with being in the water (Hound in [[More Than Meets the Eye Part 1]], various Autobots in [[The Ultimate Doom]], Springer, Kup, and Arcee in [[Transformers The Movie]], etc.). It's possible that the fall itself damaged them, but the Autobots are clearly shown struggling around in the water. Then again, Optimus Prime needed Jazz's help to escape the rushing river in [[More Than Meets the Eye Part 1]].

* Though it’s possible the editorial pace of the show plays with time and space, but taken at face value, the Autobots build three Dinobots in the span of time it takes the Decepticons to decide to attack the Great Falls.

===Transformers References===
*The Autobots' ability to fly, seen in More Than Meets The Eye and [[Roll For It]], is shown again in this episode, when Gears attacks the Decepticons at the power plant. Wheeljack and the Dinobots are also capable of flight. Still, along with Sideswipe, Gears and Wheeljack are the original Autobots SUPPOSED to be air-borne{{m-}}Gears is equipped with compressed air boosters and Wheeljack has solid-fuel rockets in his arms.

*Megatron ''actualy refers to his [[fusion cannon]] by that name.

===Real-World References===
* Reference

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* Ironhide is equipped with a [[sonadar]] sensor array that extends form his forearm, capable of penetrating solid rock. The findings of the sensor are displayed in the windshield in his chest.

* Sideswipe is equipped with piston arms, that allow him to punch through stone walls.

* Slag’s triceratops frill can reflect Optimus Prime’s laser rifle.

* Not so much a goof, but the Rhino DVD version of this episode has a rainbow visible at the Great Falls when Megatron lands. This is not in the broadcast version.

* Another difference in the broadcast version and the Rhino DVD version is when Hound contacts the Ark with a recon report. The glowing light on his chest and forehead are blue in the broadcast version, but red in the DVD version.

* Laserbeak does not appear but is mentioned in this episode, as Megatron credits him for gathering intelligence at the Great Falls.

* The chapter stops for this episode on the Rhino DVD are: Opening / Old Bones / "Dinobots Must Die" / Fusion Power / Permanent Dysfunction / Dinobots Will Stay

*In the japanese version, the dinobots roars were changed with kaiju roars (mostly an altered version of Baragon's roar)

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

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

S.O.S. Dinobots

2008-05-23T14:09:34Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Sos_dinobots.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Hooray! New toys!]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=1|8|prev=Fire in the Sky|next=Fire on the Mountain
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=7
|prev2=Divide and Conquer
|next2=War of the Dinobots
}}

'''The Autobots create the Dinobots, but can barely control these new powerful warriors.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Dinobots are Born!"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:SOSDinobots_fossilcavern.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Guys, I think we found [[Carnivac]]'s stash.]]

A series of tremors turn the attentions of the Autobots into the ancient stone surrounding their volcano headquarters. Deep sensor scans reveal [[dinosaur]] fossils, which pique the curiosity of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. [[Spike]] explains that dinosaurs were very powerful reptiles that lived on [[Earth]] millions of years ago. He takes [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] on a tour of a natural history museum to further illustrate his paleontological crash-course. Hound snaps a few holograms of dinosaur bone displays, inspiring [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to construct robotic versions of dinosaurs.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Grimlockwrecks_Teletraan.jpg|thumb|right|150px|When the [[television|TV]] doesn't work, Me know how to fix it!]]

Elsewhere, the Decepticons stake out the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power facility. [[Reflector]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] return with the data they gathered, and Megatron orders a strike.

Wheeljack unveils the three new additions to their ranks: the Dinobots [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. The demonstration of their power turns sour as they run amuck, their primitive brains unable to control their raw strength. The Dinobots begin attacking their fellow Autobots, even destroying [[Teletraan I]].

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Ravage_window.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Holy [[Pit|Hell]]!]]

The Autobots finally rein in the rampaging Dinobots thanks to Wheejack’s [[magnetic inducer]]. Prime declares the terrible trio as too dangerous. Despite Wheeljack’s desperate entreaties, Prime pulls the plug on the project, and orders the Dinobots holed up in a cavern in the Ark, never to be activated again.

The Decepticons arrive at the Great Falls, and the humans try to reach the Autobots via Teletraan I. Their distress signal goes unheard, as Teletraan I is currently offline thanks to the Dinobot rampage.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Autobotsfall.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Bet you wished you scanned air vehicle forms now, huh?]]

With Teletraan I out of commission, it’s up to individual Autobots scouts like Hound to be on the lookout for Decepticon activity. Hound’s sensors detect the ransacking of the Great Falls plant, and he and Spike go to investigate. Hound radios in his findings to the Ark, and Optimus Prime leaves with a strike force, leaving Bumblebee behind to guard the base.

The Autobots arrive at the Great Falls, but the Decepticons are ready for them. A battle erupts, and Megatron fires his fusion cannon directly powered by the Great Falls output. He blasts the cliff-face where the Autobots stand, sending them falling into the raging waters below.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_Megatron_falls.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I've warned you about that, mighty Megatron.]]

Disobeying orders, Bumblebee arrives at the Great Falls and picks up Spike. They return to the Ark, informing Wheeljack and Ratchet of the Autobots’ failure at the Great Falls. Wheeljack decides to reactivate the Dinobots. He has secretly developed a series of memory components that would upgrade the Dinobots’ brains. The Dinobots awaken. Still relatively simple-minded, they are now much more intelligent than the mindless monsters that first appeared. Sludge, Slag and Grimlock carry out Wheeljack’s orders and fly to the Great Falls.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_SSMegatron_attacks_Dinobots.jpg|thumb|right|150px|When you get shot at, you die. When the Dinobots get shot at, they '''glow with a holy light'''.]]

The Decepticons pull the soggy Autobots from the drink and truss them up with [[Energon chains]]. Just as the Decepticons are about the execute the captives, the Dinobots arrive and make short work of the Decepticons who retreat as Wheeljack frees the Autobot captives. Wheeljack and Bumblebee brace themselves for reprimands for disobeying Prime’s direct orders, but Prime concedes he was wrong. He accepts the Dinobots as the newest members of the Autobot forces. The Autobots cheer the decision, and the Dinobots growl their approval.

{{-}}

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' October 27, 1984

'''Production number:''' #700-05

'''Written by:''' [[Donald F. Glut]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (4)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (6)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (7)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (8)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (11)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (13)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (14)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (19)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (20)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (21)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (22)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (23)
*[[Gears]] (24)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (25)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (27)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (28)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (29)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (8)
*[[Reflector]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (15)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (17)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] {18)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (30)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (5)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (26)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |

|}

==Notable Quotes==

"Well I’ll be a Cybertronic bolt-bat!"
:{{m-}} '''Sideswipe'''

"Wow, man. That’s what I call heavy metal!"
:{{m-}} '''Unidentified museum-going punk''', upon seeing Hound

"It’ll never work. Big waste of time."
:{{m-}} '''Huffer''', cheerleading the Dinobot project

"Hey, not the face, okay? I just had it chromed."
:{{m-}} '''Sunstreaker''', after Trailbreaker deflects Slag's flamethrower with his force field

"Maybe Hound’s got glitch-mice in his databanks again!"
:{{m-}} '''Bluestreak''', mocking Hound's radar accuracy, to the amusement of no-one

"You’re too slow, rusty-pants!"
:{{m-}} '''Starscream''' trashtalking Ironhide

"Nice shooting, if you were aiming for the sky!"
:{{m-}} '''Rumble''' goading Bluestreak

'''Megatron:''' "Now you will witness the power of my fusion cannon! Ready Rumble?" 
'''Rumble:''' "Ready to shake! Ready to quake!" 
:{{m-}} '''Megatron''' and '''Rumble''' getting ready for destruction.

"Which ones friends?" 
"Ones with face like this, I think." 
"That good enough for Slag." 
:{{m-}} '''Slag''' and '''Sludge''' determining friend from foe by using faction symbols

"If on Decepticon turf you happen to tumble, look out robot, because here comes Rumble."
:{{m-}} '''Rumble's''' clever combat banter

"Heat-seeking missles, seek heat!"
:{{m-}} '''Skywarp's''' not-so-clever combat banter

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

* The exposition-spouting tourist visiting the Great Falls hydroelectric power plant has hair that turns from red to black from one shot to the next.

* Spike identifies a brontosaurus during his tour of the museum’s dinosaur exhibit, though there does not appear to be a brontosaurus on display. Though, to be fair, it may just be Spike’s error, or the brontosaurus skeleton might be out of the camera’s view. (Also, by the time this episode took place, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontosaurus the brontosaurus was a deprecated genus], but that's just picking nits.)

[[Image:dvd broadcast.jpg|right|thumb|Can you see the difference?]]

* Wheeljack’s line of dialogue, “Autobots, meet Dinobots” is delivered by Ratchet.

* As Wheeljack introduces the Dinobots, the foreground characters slide magically against the background scenery due to an error in animation.

* The varied Autobot reactions upon seeing the Dinobots: “Look at the size of those things,” “Great Cybertron,” “Holy hetradyne” all come out of Bluestreak’s mouth.

* Optimus Prime’s line, “Interesting, but what else can they do?” is delivered by Cliffjumper.

* The Rhino DVD version of this episode uses a faulty take for the shot where the Dinobots demonstrate their power by clearing rubble. In the DVD, the blasts from the Dinobots’ mouths is missing, and the rubble does not vanish. The broadcast version, though, has both effects. (See illustration).

* After Ratchet rights a tipped over Bumblebee in the thick of the Dinobot rampage, the section of Ratchet obscured by a foreground Bumblebee is still missing.

* When the Decepticons arrive at the Great Falls plant, a foreground Decepticon seeker’s leg is colored a deep yellow… an error, but as close as [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] ever came to appearing on Earth in a G1 cartoon.

* In the Rhino DVD version of the episode, when the Autobots arrive at the Great Falls and they transform from vehicle mode to robot mode, the shot of Bluestreak is reversed, and he is shown transforming from robot to car. The broadcast version used the correct take.

* Bluestreak is shown knocked over by Gears, and then immediately standing in the next shot.

[[Image:SOSDinobots_bluePrime.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Not [http://www.diaclone.net/orid/dia057/index.html Powered Convoy]. And don't even think about [[redeco|it]], [[e-Hobby]]!]]

* Quite a few coloring mix-ups in the battle at the Great Falls, including Sunstreaker painted as Sideswipe, Bluestreak as Trailbreaker, Brawn as Hound, Optimus Prime as Sideswipe, Trailbreaker as Gears, and Mirage as Bluestreak. There are also two very noticeable shots of Prime painted blue.

* While the Autobots are trapped in Energon Chains, Optimus is colored entirely blue and Trailbreaker is entirely grey.

* When Skywarp drops bombs on Grimlock, all the parts on Grimlock that are meant to be grey are black.

* When the Decepticons retreat at the end of the episode, Skywarp is painted in Starscream colors.

* Near the end, Bumblebee's Autobot insignia in his chest is missing in one shot.

===Continuity errors===
* Though the holographic dinosaurs illustrated in the episodes matched some of the concepts of the early ‘80s, their depiction is outdated by today’s standards. The dinosaurs in the show are the sluggish, tail-dragging cold-blooded variety not in keeping with more modern theories of warm-blooded, bird-like animals.

* When the holographic dinosaurs are shown, a Brontosaurus is seen living alongside a Triceratops and a Tyrannosaurus. In reality the Brontosaurus lived in the Jurassic Period while the Triceratops and the Tyrannosaurus lived during the Cretacious Period. So basically they were separated by millions of years, but I guess in a cartoon that does not matter.

* The data gathered by Reflector and Soundwave leads Megatron to conclude with relish that the Great Falls contain enough energy exists to vanquish the Autobots and control the universe… but that’s really nothing new. The Decepticons have targeted hydroelectric power sources before.

*What is it about falling into the river that is so devastating to the Autobots? We've seen that Autobots can deal with being in the water (Hound in [[More Than Meets the Eye Part 1]], various Autobots in [[The Ultimate Doom]], Springer, Kup, and Arcee in [[Transformers The Movie]], etc.). It's possible that the fall itself damaged them, but the Autobots are clearly shown struggling around in the water. Then again, Optimus Prime needed Jazz's help to escape the rushing river in [[More Than Meets the Eye Part 1]].

* Though it’s possible the editorial pace of the show plays with time and space, but taken at face value, the Autobots build three Dinobots in the span of time it takes the Decepticons to decide to attack the Great Falls.

===Transformers References===
*The Autobots' ability to fly, seen in More Than Meets The Eye and [[Roll For It]], is shown again in this episode, when Gears attacks the Decepticons at the power plant. Wheeljack and the Dinobots are also capable of flight. Still, along with Sideswipe, Gears and Wheeljack are the original Autobots SUPPOSED to be air-borne{{m-}}Gears is equipped with compressed air boosters and Wheeljack has solid-fuel rockets in his arms.

*Megatron ''actualy refers to his [[fusion cannon]] by that name.

===Real-World References===
* Reference

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* Ironhide is equipped with a [[sonadar]] sensor array that extends form his forearm, capable of penetrating solid rock. The findings of the sensor are displayed in the windshield in his chest.

* Sideswipe is equipped with piston arms, that allow him to punch through stone walls.

* Slag’s triceratops frill can reflect Optimus Prime’s laser rifle.

* Not so much a goof, but the Rhino DVD version of this episode has a rainbow visible at the Great Falls when Megatron lands. This is not in the broadcast version.

* Another difference in the broadcast version and the Rhino DVD version is when Hound contacts the Ark with a recon report. The glowing light on his chest and forehead are blue in the broadcast version, but red in the DVD version.

* Laserbeak does not appear but is mentioned in this episode, as Megatron credits him for gathering intelligence at the Great Falls.

* The chapter stops for this episode on the Rhino DVD are: Opening / Old Bones / "Dinobots Must Die" / Fusion Power / Permanent Dysfunction / Dinobots Will Stay

*In the japanese version, the dinobots roars were changed with kaiju roars (mostly an altered version of Baragon's roar)

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

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Countdown to Extinction (episode)

2008-05-23T13:56:02Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Countdown Extinction timer.JPG|thumb|350px|Surrender the galaxy or we will destroy Earth...Sorry.]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=1|14|prev=The Ultimate Doom, Part 3|next=A Plague of Insecticons
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=9
|prev2=War of the Dinobots
|next2=Heavy Metal War
}}

'''In the aftermath of Cybertron's catastrophic orbit of Earth, Starscream seizes control of the Decepticons and puts into motion a plan to destroy the planet.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Operation: Obliterate Earth"

==Summary==
[[Image:Countdown Extinction Autobots repair.JPG|thumb|left|150px|I think my toy had something like this.]]
The previous threat of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s orbits over [[Earth]] have passed. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s work to help repair cities and do other generous/benevolent type things. After all, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is MIA, believed killed in the explosion that moved Cybertron from Earth's orbit. But they are not the only ones to notice Megatron's absence.

[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], believing Megatron destroyed, forces [[Doctor Arkeville]] to take him to his secret laboratory. Once there he discovers another of the Doctor's inventions, the [[Exponential Generator]], a power source that, if it overcharges, will detonate with enough energy to destroy the Earth.

[[Image:Countdown Extinction Decepticon badge.JPG|right|thumb|150px|Freeze, this is the DPD!]]
Seeking to gain power for himself, Starscream links the generator to a timer and then takes Doctor Arkeville with him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] which is still nearby. He plans to collect the energy unleashed by Earth's destruction to revitalize Cybertron. He coerces [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] into serving him, and to help in the restoration of Cybertron.

Meanwhile on Earth, Megatron has returned to the Decepticons having survived the explosion of his starship. When he learns that Starscream and Doctor Arkeville are apparently working together he sets off in pursuit with the other Decepticons.

The Autobots detect the Decepticon activity and set off after them. After a short battle the Autobots are trapped in quicksand. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] freezes the quicksand with his liquid nitrogen allowing them to escape. [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who was standing guard over them, is captured and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] forces him to play his findings. The Autobots learn that the Decepticons are heading for the Doctor's secret laboratory and they set off to follow them.

[[Image:Archevillebot.jpg|left|thumb|Stephen Hawking in a rare Transformers cameo.]]
The Doctor, unwilling to let Starscream benefit from the Earth's destruction, attempts to sabotage the energy collectors but the Decepticon security system stuns him with a blast of electricity. Starscream has the badly-injured Doctor 'repaired' by the [[medicroid]]s, leaving him more machine now than man. Of course, he was twisted and evil to start with, so.

The Autobots arrive at the laboratory and battle each other again. Unaware of the danger it represents, Megatron covets the exponential generator and fights Optimus Prime for its possession. During the fight Megatron receives a communication from Shockwave on Cybertron.

Shockwave, unwilling to serve Starscream, warns Megatron about the timer and Starscream's plan. Megatron rips the timer from the wall just in time. On Cybertron, Starscream is baffled that the Earth has not exploded and sets off back to check the timer.

[[Image:CountdownToExtinction.jpg|right|thumb|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Prime]] helps [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to shoot his load.]]
The exponential generator has become volatile and begins to go critical, ready to explode. Prime rips it away from Megatron, but the [[Decepticon leader]] says he needs the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]'s help. [[Transformation|Transforming]], Megatron tells Prime to load the generator into his gun barrel, and then fires it into space. It explodes and the blast sends Starscream crashing to Earth where Megatron is waiting for him.

With the threat ended, the Autobots let the Decepticons go. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] wonders what will happen to Starscream, and the other Autobots are amused at the thought of what Megatron plans to do.
{{-}}

==Quotes==
'''Frenzy:''' "Hey, I didn't volunteer for this geeky assignment. I want Skywarp's job." 
'''Skywarp:''' "Butt out Frenzy. Geek works made for a geek! Like you!" 
:--'''Skywarp''' and '''Frenzy''' bickering before resorting to violence.

"Hey Optimus, how would you like to hear the number one on the Decepticon hot cassette charts?" 
"As I believe the earthlings say...Lay it on me, man."
:-- '''Jazz''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

'''Rumble:''' "Megatron, it's...it's the Autobots!" 
'''Megatron:''' Impossible! They were doomed!" 
'''Skywarp:''' "Don't worry. We'll make them regret undooming themselves."
:-- The Decepticons prepare to kick some exhaust port.

"Now load me!"
:-– '''Megatron''' 

"Welcome home, noble voyager."
:–'''Megatron''' being more than sarcastic when he greets Starscream.

“Hey Prime, what do you think Megatron's gonna do to old Starscream?” 
“Nothing gentle, I would say.” 
:-– '''Bumblebee''' and '''Optimus Prime''', after Megatron is last seen carrying Starscream off screen.

==Stats==

'''Writers:''' [[Reed Robbins]] and [[Peter Salas]]

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):'''
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Dr. Arkeville]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Huffer]], [[Gears]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Skywarp]], [[Rumble]], [[Thundercracker]], [[Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]

'''Original Air Date:''' December 1, 1984

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
* In the beginning, when Megatron returns and there is a shot of Decepticons standing in front of him, Skywarp's chest is colored black.
* Just after that, when Laserbeak flies into Soundwave's cassette holder, it briefly becomes blue like the rest of Soundwave's body, but during the close-up, its coloring changes to Laserbeak's red-and-white.
* While episode is supposed to take place immediately after "[[The Ultimate Doom]]", the Japanese continuity places that three-parter at the end of the series, leaving everyone clueless as to how Starscream and Arkeville know each other and how Arkeville is turned back into a human from a cyborg.

===Continuity Errors===
*How is it that everyone seems to know where Doctor Arkeville's '''secret''' laboratory is?
*The explosion from the exponential generator is supposed to be powerful enough to destroy the Earth, and yet the actual explosion is so small, all it does is knock Starscream out of the air. (See also [[War of the Dinobots]] for another example of an "Earth-destroying" explosion).

===Transformers References===
*Takes place almost immediately after [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]].
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] first appears in this episode...and [[FIBRIR|he's red]].
*As proof of his leadership, Starscream shows a badge with the Decepticon [[Insignia|symbol]]. [[Megatron (G1)|Every]] [[Soundwave (G1)|other]] [[Shockwave (G1)|leader]] just had Laserbeak perch on his shoulder or arm.

===Real-World References===
*How the hell does [[Starscream (G1)|an F-15]] fly through outer space? Only [[Starscream (Movie)|F-22's]] can do that!

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

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]

Countdown to Extinction (episode)

2008-05-23T13:55:06Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Countdown Extinction timer.JPG|thumb|350px|Surrender the galaxy or we will destroy Earth...Sorry.]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=1|14|prev=The Ultimate Doom, Part 3|next=A Plague of Insecticons
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=9
|prev2=War of the Dinobots
|next2=Heavy Metal War
}}

'''In the aftermath of Cybertron's catastrophic orbit of Earth, Starscream seizes control of the Decepticons and puts into motion a plan to destroy the planet.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Operation: Obliterate Earth"

==Summary==
[[Image:Countdown Extinction Autobots repair.JPG|thumb|left|150px|I think my toy had something like this.]]
The previous threat of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s orbits over [[Earth]] have passed. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s work to help repair cities and do other generous/benevolent type things. After all, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is MIA, believed killed in the explosion that moved Cybertron from Earth's orbit. But they are not the only ones to notice Megatron's absence.

[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], believing Megatron destroyed, forces [[Doctor Arkeville]] to take him to his secret laboratory. Once there he discovers another of the Doctor's inventions, the [[Exponential Generator]], a power source that, if it overcharges, will detonate with enough energy to destroy the Earth.

[[Image:Countdown Extinction Decepticon badge.JPG|right|thumb|150px|Freeze, this is the DPD!]]
Seeking to gain power for himself, Starscream links the generator to a timer and then takes Doctor Arkeville with him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] which is still nearby. He plans to collect the energy unleashed by Earth's destruction to revitalize Cybertron. He coerces [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] into serving him, and to help in the restoration of Cybertron.

Meanwhile on Earth, Megatron has returned to the Decepticons having survived the explosion of his starship. When he learns that Starscream and Doctor Arkeville are apparently working together he sets off in pursuit with the other Decepticons.

The Autobots detect the Decepticon activity and set off after them. After a short battle the Autobots are trapped in quicksand. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] freezes the quicksand with his liquid nitrogen allowing them to escape. [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who was standing guard over them, is captured and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] forces him to play his findings. The Autobots learn that the Decepticons are heading for the Doctor's secret laboratory and they set off to follow them.

[[Image:Archevillebot.jpg|left|thumb|Stephen Hawking in a rare Transformers cameo.]]
The Doctor, unwilling to let Starscream benefit from the Earth's destruction, attempts to sabotage the energy collectors but the Decepticon security system stuns him with a blast of electricity. Starscream has the badly-injured Doctor 'repaired' by the [[medicroid]]s, leaving him more machine now than man. Of course, he was twisted and evil to start with, so.

The Autobots arrive at the laboratory and battle each other again. Unaware of the danger it represents, Megatron covets the exponential generator and fights Optimus Prime for its possession. During the fight Megatron receives a communication from Shockwave on Cybertron.

Shockwave, unwilling to serve Starscream, warns Megatron about the timer and Starscream's plan. Megatron rips the timer from the wall just in time. On Cybertron, Starscream is baffled that the Earth has not exploded and sets off back to check the timer.

[[Image:CountdownToExtinction.jpg|right|thumb|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Prime]] helps [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to shoot his load.]]
The exponential generator has become volatile and begins to go critical, ready to explode. Prime rips it away from Megatron, but the [[Decepticon leader]] says he needs the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]'s help. [[Transformation|Transforming]], Megatron tells Prime to load the generator into his gun barrel, and then fires it into space. It explodes and the blast sends Starscream crashing to Earth where Megatron is waiting for him.

With the threat ended, the Autobots let the Decepticons go. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] wonders what will happen to Starscream, and the other Autobots are amused at the thought of what Megatron plans to do.
{{-}}

==Quotes==
'''Frenzy'''"Hey, I didn't volunteer for this geeky assignment. I want Skywarp's job." 
'''Skywarp'''"Butt out Frenzy. Geek works made for a geek! Like you!" 
:--'''Skywarp''' and '''Frenzy''' bickering before resorting to violence.

"Hey Optimus, how would you like to hear the number one on the Decepticon hot cassette charts?" 
"As I believe the earthlings say...Lay it on me, man."
:-- '''Jazz''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

'''Rumble:''' "Megatron, it's...it's the Autobots!" 
'''Megatron:''' Impossible! They were doomed!" 
'''Skywarp:''' "Don't worry. We'll make them regret undooming themselves."
:-- The Decepticons prepare to kick some exhaust port.

"Now load me!"
:-– '''Megatron''' 

"Welcome home, noble voyager."
:–'''Megatron''' being more than sarcastic when he greets Starscream.

“Hey Prime, what do you think Megatron's gonna do to old Starscream?” 
“Nothing gentle, I would say.” 
:-– '''Bumblebee''' and '''Optimus Prime''', after Megatron is last seen carrying Starscream off screen.

==Stats==

'''Writers:''' [[Reed Robbins]] and [[Peter Salas]]

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):'''
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Dr. Arkeville]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Huffer]], [[Gears]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Skywarp]], [[Rumble]], [[Thundercracker]], [[Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]

'''Original Air Date:''' December 1, 1984

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
* In the beginning, when Megatron returns and there is a shot of Decepticons standing in front of him, Skywarp's chest is colored black.
* Just after that, when Laserbeak flies into Soundwave's cassette holder, it briefly becomes blue like the rest of Soundwave's body, but during the close-up, its coloring changes to Laserbeak's red-and-white.
* While episode is supposed to take place immediately after "[[The Ultimate Doom]]", the Japanese continuity places that three-parter at the end of the series, leaving everyone clueless as to how Starscream and Arkeville know each other and how Arkeville is turned back into a human from a cyborg.

===Continuity Errors===
*How is it that everyone seems to know where Doctor Arkeville's '''secret''' laboratory is?
*The explosion from the exponential generator is supposed to be powerful enough to destroy the Earth, and yet the actual explosion is so small, all it does is knock Starscream out of the air. (See also [[War of the Dinobots]] for another example of an "Earth-destroying" explosion).

===Transformers References===
*Takes place almost immediately after [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]].
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] first appears in this episode...and [[FIBRIR|he's red]].
*As proof of his leadership, Starscream shows a badge with the Decepticon [[Insignia|symbol]]. [[Megatron (G1)|Every]] [[Soundwave (G1)|other]] [[Shockwave (G1)|leader]] just had Laserbeak perch on his shoulder or arm.

===Real-World References===
*How the hell does [[Starscream (G1)|an F-15]] fly through outer space? Only [[Starscream (Movie)|F-22's]] can do that!

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

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]

Grimlock's New Brain

2008-05-23T13:47:27Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Grimlock Technobots.JPG|thumb|350px|Me Grimlock make geeks!]]
{{episodenav|g1|season=3|24|prev=Only Human|next=Money Is Everything}}

'''Grimlock gains tremendous intelligence and creates the Technobots.'''

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Skuxxoid Slizardo.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Purple stuff? Bah! I wanted Sunny D!]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the [[Autobot]]s are unveiling a new generator that will better supply them with power. As [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] signals [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to activate the machine, Grimlock causes a few missteps before Rodimus, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] manage to switch the generator on. Grimlock points out that he is "smartest Dinobot of all," but Perceptor points out that the Dinobots have limited brains. Grimlock, mildly insulted, threatens to bash Perceptor's brain. Elsewhere, a [[Skuxxoid]] and [[Slizardo]] are sneaking into the generator to place [[anti-electron]]s inside the device, as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] has paid them to deliver the anti-electrons to the generator, which would eventually kill the Autobots.

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Grimlock generator off.JPG|thumb|150px|| Me Grimlock hate Windows Vista.]]
In space, [[Cosmos]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] are flying back to Cybertron, when they suddenly begin to malfunction, crashing into the planet. [[Springer]] tries to air lift Sky Lynx to safety, but also begins to malfunction. Perceptor concludes that the problem is originating in the generator and Rodimus, Magnus, Grimlock, and [[Kup]] head down to investigate. However, Grimlock breaks the device that Perceptor gave them to navigate the tunnels, so they split up. Grimlock and Kup reach the generator's controls, and Kup begins to suffer memory malfunctions. Grimlock deactivates the generator with the ever-appropriate tactic of biting it, but immediately begins to act differently. He speaks in a proper manner, with an extended vocabulary, and appears to have lost his taste for combat. However, [[Ratbat]] has been observing them and reports back to Galvatron. Galvatron threatens to kill the Skuxxoid and Slizardo for ruining his plan, as the anti-electrons have already vaporized and were hard to find, but Slizardo reveals that there is another source of anti-electrons...in [[Unicron]]'s brain.

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Dinobots fishing.JPG|thumb|left|150px|"Rodimus, isn't that a public pond?" "Quiet, Magnus, this is the only way we can get them to bathe."]]
Back on Cybertron, Grimlock and the Autobots pass the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s fishing in a local pond. [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] invites Grimlock to join, but Grimlock declines, saying he has more important matters to attend to. The Dinobots are concerned, as they always fish together. Elsewhere, Grimlock concludes that anti-electrons were the source of the problem. As Galvatron's ship approaches Unicron's head, he cautions his soldiers, saying that Unicron may be quite powerful. On Cybertron, the Dinobots seek out Grimlock, who is building a new spaceship, and he asks for their help. [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] does not not like Grimlock's change in attitude, and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] declares that "Grimlock no fun". With their leader not acting like one of them, the Dinobots decide to go hunting without him. Later, Grimlock has taken Rodimus, Perceptor, and Kup to Unicron's head, having concluded that Unicron's body was the original source. However, Galvatron fires anti-electrons at the shuttle, causing it to crash and the Autobots to malfunction. Galvatron then unleashes the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s on the Autobots while Grimlock runs off. Grimlock then uses components of Unicron to build [[Nosecone]] and asks him to drill a hole into Unicron's brain.

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Computron Abominus.JPG|thumb|150px|Computron teaches Abominus to slow dance.]]
Elsewhere, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] are retrieving the anti-electrons when they reactivate Unicron. The Chaos Bringer's internal defenses activate, but [[Strafe]], another robot built by Grimlock, destroys the defenses. Finally, Grimlock builds three more robots: [[Afterburner]], [[Lightspeed]], and [[Scattershot]], the last of whom he appoints as leader of the [[Technobot]]s. He sends the Technobots to fight the Terrorcons, and they manage to destroy the anti-electrons as well, but the Terrorcons merge into [[Abominus]]. Retreating, the Technobots ask Grimlock for advice, and Grimlock reveals that they are also [[Combiner]]s, commanding them to merge into [[Computron]]. The computational capacity held by the gestalt is massive, yet he claims that he lacks the intelligence to feed it. Grimlock connects a device to Computron's head which transfers his super-intelligence to Computron. Now armed with incredible intelligence, Computron is able to defeat Abominus and send the [[Decepticon]]s running.

On Cybertron, Rodimus is holding a celebration for the newly functioning generator, the creation of the Technobots, and Grimlock's efforts. However, Sludge reveals that Grimlock is fishing with the Dinobots. Grimlock says that being a genius all the time is no fun, and he'd rather be a regular Dinobot. The Autobots cheer his statement, apparently preferring their one-bot engines of destruction to be simple-minded.

==Stats==

===Featured Characters===
("Numbers indicate order of appearance")
{|border=5 cellpading=5 cellsapacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE "| [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (2)
*[[Rodimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Snarl]] (5)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (6)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (7)
*[[Kup]] (8)
*[[Sludge]] (9)
*[[Springer]] (10)
*[[Wheelie]] (11)
*[[Slag]] (12)
*[[Sky Lynx]] (15)
*[[Cosmos]] (16)
*[[Blaster]] (17)
*[[Teletran 2]] (18)
*[[Nosecone]] (30)
*[[Strafe]] (31)
*[[Lightspeed]] (32)
*[[Afterburner]] (33)
*[[Scattershot]] (34)
*[[Computron]] (36)
*[[Silverbolt]] (37)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Ratbat]] (19)
*[[Sweeps]] (20)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (21)
*[[Rippersnapper]] (22)
*[[Blot]] (23)
*[[Sinnertwin]] (24)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (25)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (26)
*[[Hun-Gurrr]] (28)
*[[Cutthroat]] (29)
*[[Abominus]] (35)

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

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Skuxxoid]] (13)
*[[Slizardo]] (14)
*[[Unicron]] (27)

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Me Grimlock ready, but forgot which button." 
"I went through it with him five times!"
:—'''Grimlock'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s inability to activate the power generator frustrates '''Rodimus Prime'''.

"Cant be that one, must be one of these. Eenie Menie miny moe. This switch real rad, gonna pull!" 
"Grimlock, No!!!!! Its this one over here!" 
"Uhhh, that Grimlock's next choice." 
:-'''Grimlock''' showing '''Rodimus''' why he should not have been given such an important task.

"Why you think Grimlock stupid? Me no stupid. Grimlock is smartest Dinobot of all." "Unfortunately, that's probably true. I just wish the Dinobots had more sophisticated brains." "Brains?! Grimlock know how to bash brains. Maybe bash yours." 
:—'''Grimlock''' threatening to beat up '''Perceptor'''.

"Have no fear! Once again, I will save the day!"
:—'''Sky Lynx''' as he runs to save Cosmos, only to lose control of his autogyros as well.

'''Grimlock:''' "What go wrong?" 
'''Perceptor:''' "Something incapacitated their aerial capabilities." 
'''Grimlock:''' "Huh?" 
'''Rodimus Prime:''' "He means they couldn't fly, so they crashed." 
'''Grimlock:''' "Me knew that!"
:—Simplifying things for a Dinobot isn't that simple.

"This ain't ever happened before, Auto-buddies! I'm busted..."
:—'''Blaster''' as his transformation controls are also affected

"Guide? No need guide, you have Grimlock!" 
"Don't remind me."
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Rodimus Prime''' after the Dinobot leader has destroyed the electro-map, their only way to find the power generator

"Hey, how did you shut down that baby?" 
"I, Grimlock...used my rear molars." 
"Uh that makes good sense, good going. You what?!" 
"Is your hearing impaired, Kup? Ohh, with some Autobots, you have to explain everything."
:—'''Kup''' and '''Grimlock''' the latter of whom has just received a great deal of intelligence

"That one mine! Give me!" 
"Rrr, me want that Autobot!" 
:—'''Sinnertwin''' arguing with...himself.

"Are...are you my father?"
:—A newly awakened '''Nosecone''', the first Technobot created by Grimlock

'''Strafe:''' "Yahoo! It feels great to be a Technobot! My name is Strafe!" 
'''Afterburner:''' "Far out! Fantastic! I'm Afterburner! I'm raring to burn neutrons and see some heavy action!" 
'''Lightspeed:''' "Mellow out, Afterburner." 
'''Afterburner:''' "Says who?" 
'''Lightspeed:''' "They call me Lightspeed, faster than a speeding photon." 
'''Grimlock:''' "And you, Scattershot, will be the leader of the Technobots." 
:—The newly created '''Technobots''' and '''Grimlock''' engage in a brief [[introdump]].

"Come on, Technobots! Let's show them the stuff Grimlock made us of!"
:—'''Afterburner''' as he attacks the Decepticons with his comrades

"Super-intelligence is the only way for you to defeat Abominus's brute force! It's the only way."
:—'''Grimlock''' sacrifices his intelligence to the merged Computron.

"Name: Computron. Primary goal: obliterate Decepticons."
:—'''Computron''' introduces himself to Galvatron and the Decepticons.

"Me Grimlock say no fun to be genius all the time. Much more fun to be good old Dinobot Grimlock." 
:—'''Grimlock''' on his recent bout with intelligence.

==Other Notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* When the Autobots activate the power generator, Springer is twice as tall as Kup and Blurr.
* During [[Abominus]]'s combination sequence, [[Hun-Gurrr]] transforms into [[Blot]] and [[Sinnertwin]] before combining with himself.
* The Decepticons appear to be far too big when they leave Unicron's head.

===Continuity errors===
* If Grimlock has proven himself so incompetent, why does Rodimus bring him along to find the power generator? There are plenty of other Autobots that can provide muscle (Springer, for one).
* When the Autobots near the power generator, why are Kup and Rodimus affected, but Ultra Magnus and Grimlock aren't? It's possible that Grimlock may not be effect due to his creation on Earth causing him to be made different than the other Autobots (like in the [[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]] episode), however this doesn't explain Magnus.
* This isn't an error necessarily, but this episode marks the only time Cybertron has any sort of water (in this case, the pool the Dinobots are "fishing" in).
* Why isn't Swoop with the other Dinobots? The writers even bother to have Grimlock point out that Omega Supreme is away on a mission, and yet one of the Dinobots gets left out?
* [[Blurr]] can be seen numerous times fighting alongside the Autobots, despite him not being present on the shuttle ride over.

===Transformers references===
* This episode marks the first appearance of both the Technobots and the Terrorcons.
* The second time Rodimus Prime's transformation systems malfunction, he reverts into Hot Rod. Most visibly, he transforms into his junior self's vehicle mode. Additionally, his coloring changes to Hot Rod's traditional magenta, and actor [[Dick Gautier]] raises his voice in pitch to his normal Hot Rod voice.

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:GrimlockManga.jpg|thumb|150px|Meet Prof. Grimlock. Cheaters and plagiarists will not be expelled, merely eaten.]]

* While the episode is centered around Grimlock, he never once transforms out of his dinosaur mode. Then again, seeing a ''T. Rex'' talk with such an extensive vocabulary is kinda funny.

* Artwork for the episode featured in [[TV Magazine]] showed Grimlock wearing a mortarboard and lecturing on something complicated.

===Keywords===
[[Auto gyro]]

==External links==
* Links
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Grimlock's New Brain

2008-05-23T13:45:53Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Grimlock Technobots.JPG|thumb|350px|Me Grimlock make geeks!]]
{{episodenav|g1|season=3|24|prev=Only Human|next=Money Is Everything}}

'''Grimlock gains tremendous intelligence and creates the Technobots.'''

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Skuxxoid Slizardo.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Purple stuff? Bah! I wanted Sunny D!]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the [[Autobot]]s are unveiling a new generator that will better supply them with power. As [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] signals [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to activate the machine, Grimlock causes a few missteps before Rodimus, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] manage to switch the generator on. Grimlock points out that he is "smartest Dinobot of all," but Perceptor points out that the Dinobots have limited brains. Grimlock, mildly insulted, threatens to bash Perceptor's brain. Elsewhere, a [[Skuxxoid]] and [[Slizardo]] are sneaking into the generator to place [[anti-electron]]s inside the device, as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] has paid them to deliver the anti-electrons to the generator, which would eventually kill the Autobots.

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Grimlock generator off.JPG|thumb|150px|| Me Grimlock hate Windows Vista.]]
In space, [[Cosmos]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] are flying back to Cybertron, when they suddenly begin to malfunction, crashing into the planet. [[Springer]] tries to air lift Sky Lynx to safety, but also begins to malfunction. Perceptor concludes that the problem is originating in the generator and Rodimus, Magnus, Grimlock, and [[Kup]] head down to investigate. However, Grimlock breaks the device that Perceptor gave them to navigate the tunnels, so they split up. Grimlock and Kup reach the generator's controls, and Kup begins to suffer memory malfunctions. Grimlock deactivates the generator with the ever-appropriate tactic of biting it, but immediately begins to act differently. He speaks in a proper manner, with an extended vocabulary, and appears to have lost his taste for combat. However, [[Ratbat]] has been observing them and reports back to Galvatron. Galvatron threatens to kill the Skuxxoid and Slizardo for ruining his plan, as the anti-electrons have already vaporized and were hard to find, but Slizardo reveals that there is another source of anti-electrons...in [[Unicron]]'s brain.

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Dinobots fishing.JPG|thumb|left|150px|"Rodimus, isn't that a public pond?" "Quiet, Magnus, this is the only way we can get them to bathe."]]
Back on Cybertron, Grimlock and the Autobots pass the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s fishing in a local pond. [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] invites Grimlock to join, but Grimlock declines, saying he has more important matters to attend to. The Dinobots are concerned, as they always fish together. Elsewhere, Grimlock concludes that anti-electrons were the source of the problem. As Galvatron's ship approaches Unicron's head, he cautions his soldiers, saying that Unicron may be quite powerful. On Cybertron, the Dinobots seek out Grimlock, who is building a new spaceship, and he asks for their help. [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] does not not like Grimlock's change in attitude, and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] declares that "Grimlock no fun". With their leader not acting like one of them, the Dinobots decide to go hunting without him. Later, Grimlock has taken Rodimus, Perceptor, and Kup to Unicron's head, having concluded that Unicron's body was the original source. However, Galvatron fires anti-electrons at the shuttle, causing it to crash and the Autobots to malfunction. Galvatron then unleashes the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s on the Autobots while Grimlock runs off. Grimlock then uses components of Unicron to build [[Nosecone]] and asks him to drill a hole into Unicron's brain.

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Computron Abominus.JPG|thumb|150px|Computron teaches Abominus to slow dance.]]
Elsewhere, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] are retrieving the anti-electrons when they reactivate Unicron. The Chaos Bringer's internal defenses activate, but [[Strafe]], another robot built by Grimlock, destroys the defenses. Finally, Grimlock builds three more robots: [[Afterburner]], [[Lightspeed]], and [[Scattershot]], the last of whom he appoints as leader of the [[Technobot]]s. He sends the Technobots to fight the Terrorcons, and they manage to destroy the anti-electrons as well, but the Terrorcons merge into [[Abominus]]. Retreating, the Technobots ask Grimlock for advice, and Grimlock reveals that they are also [[Combiner]]s, commanding them to merge into [[Computron]]. The computational capacity held by the gestalt is massive, yet he claims that he lacks the intelligence to feed it. Grimlock connects a device to Computron's head which transfers his super-intelligence to Computron. Now armed with incredible intelligence, Computron is able to defeat Abominus and send the [[Decepticon]]s running.

On Cybertron, Rodimus is holding a celebration for the newly functioning generator, the creation of the Technobots, and Grimlock's efforts. However, Sludge reveals that Grimlock is fishing with the Dinobots. Grimlock says that being a genius all the time is no fun, and he'd rather be a regular Dinobot. The Autobots cheer his statement, apparently preferring their one-bot engines of destruction to be simple-minded.

==Stats==

===Featured Characters===
("Numbers indicate order of appearance")
{|border=5 cellpading=5 cellsapacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE "| [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (2)
*[[Rodimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Snarl]] (5)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (6)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (7)
*[[Kup]] (8)
*[[Sludge]] (9)
*[[Springer]] (10)
*[[Wheelie]] (11)
*[[Slag]] (12)
*[[Sky Lynx]] (15)
*[[Cosmos]] (16)
*[[Blaster]] (17)
*[[Teletran 2]] (18)
*[[Nosecone]] (30)
*[[Strafe]] (31)
*[[Lightspeed]] (32)
*[[Afterburner]] (33)
*[[Scattershot]] (34)
*[[Computron]] (36)
*[[Silverbolt]] (37)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Ratbat]] (19)
*[[Sweeps]] (20)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (21)
*[[Rippersnapper]] (22)
*[[Blot]] (23)
*[[Sinnertwin]] (24)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (25)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (26)
*[[Hun-Gurrr]] (28)
*[[Cutthroat]] (29)
*[[Abominus]] (35)

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

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Skuxxoid]] (13)
*[[Slizardo]] (14)
*[[Unicron]] (27)

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Me Grimlock ready, but forgot which button." 
"I went through it with him five times!"
:—'''Grimlock'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s inability to activate the power generator frustrates '''Rodimus Prime'''.

"Cant be that one, must be one of these. Eenie Menie miny moe. This switch real rad, gonna pull!"
"Grimlock, No!!!!! Its this one over here!"
"Uhhh, that Grimlock's next choice."
:-'''Grimlock''' showing '''Rodimus''' why he should not have been given such an important task.

"Why you think Grimlock stupid? Me no stupid. Grimlock is smartest Dinobot of all." "Unfortunately, that's probably true. I just wish the Dinobots had more sophisticated brains." "Brains?! Grimlock know how to bash brains. Maybe bash yours." 
:—'''Grimlock''' threatening to beat up '''Perceptor'''.

"Have no fear! Once again, I will save the day!"
:—'''Sky Lynx''' as he runs to save Cosmos, only to lose control of his autogyros as well.

'''Grimlock:''' "What go wrong?" 
'''Perceptor:''' "Something incapacitated their aerial capabilities." 
'''Grimlock:''' "Huh?" 
'''Rodimus Prime:''' "He means they couldn't fly, so they crashed." 
'''Grimlock:''' "Me knew that!"
:—Simplifying things for a Dinobot isn't that simple.

"This ain't ever happened before, Auto-buddies! I'm busted..."
:—'''Blaster''' as his transformation controls are also affected

"Guide? No need guide, you have Grimlock!" 
"Don't remind me."
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Rodimus Prime''' after the Dinobot leader has destroyed the electro-map, their only way to find the power generator

"Hey, how did you shut down that baby?" 
"I, Grimlock...used my rear molars." 
"Uh that makes good sense, good going. You what?!" 
"Is your hearing impaired, Kup? Ohh, with some Autobots, you have to explain everything."
:—'''Kup''' and '''Grimlock''' the latter of whom has just received a great deal of intelligence

"That one mine! Give me!" 
"Rrr, me want that Autobot!" 
:—'''Sinnertwin''' arguing with...himself.

"Are...are you my father?"
:—A newly awakened '''Nosecone''', the first Technobot created by Grimlock

'''Strafe:''' "Yahoo! It feels great to be a Technobot! My name is Strafe!" 
'''Afterburner:''' "Far out! Fantastic! I'm Afterburner! I'm raring to burn neutrons and see some heavy action!" 
'''Lightspeed:''' "Mellow out, Afterburner." 
'''Afterburner:''' "Says who?" 
'''Lightspeed:''' "They call me Lightspeed, faster than a speeding photon." 
'''Grimlock:''' "And you, Scattershot, will be the leader of the Technobots." 
:—The newly created '''Technobots''' and '''Grimlock''' engage in a brief [[introdump]].

"Come on, Technobots! Let's show them the stuff Grimlock made us of!"
:—'''Afterburner''' as he attacks the Decepticons with his comrades

"Super-intelligence is the only way for you to defeat Abominus's brute force! It's the only way."
:—'''Grimlock''' sacrifices his intelligence to the merged Computron.

"Name: Computron. Primary goal: obliterate Decepticons."
:—'''Computron''' introduces himself to Galvatron and the Decepticons.

"Me Grimlock say no fun to be genius all the time. Much more fun to be good old Dinobot Grimlock." 
:—'''Grimlock''' on his recent bout with intelligence.

==Other Notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* When the Autobots activate the power generator, Springer is twice as tall as Kup and Blurr.
* During [[Abominus]]'s combination sequence, [[Hun-Gurrr]] transforms into [[Blot]] and [[Sinnertwin]] before combining with himself.
* The Decepticons appear to be far too big when they leave Unicron's head.

===Continuity errors===
* If Grimlock has proven himself so incompetent, why does Rodimus bring him along to find the power generator? There are plenty of other Autobots that can provide muscle (Springer, for one).
* When the Autobots near the power generator, why are Kup and Rodimus affected, but Ultra Magnus and Grimlock aren't? It's possible that Grimlock may not be effect due to his creation on Earth causing him to be made different than the other Autobots (like in the [[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]] episode), however this doesn't explain Magnus.
* This isn't an error necessarily, but this episode marks the only time Cybertron has any sort of water (in this case, the pool the Dinobots are "fishing" in).
* Why isn't Swoop with the other Dinobots? The writers even bother to have Grimlock point out that Omega Supreme is away on a mission, and yet one of the Dinobots gets left out?
* [[Blurr]] can be seen numerous times fighting alongside the Autobots, despite him not being present on the shuttle ride over.

===Transformers references===
* This episode marks the first appearance of both the Technobots and the Terrorcons.
* The second time Rodimus Prime's transformation systems malfunction, he reverts into Hot Rod. Most visibly, he transforms into his junior self's vehicle mode. Additionally, his coloring changes to Hot Rod's traditional magenta, and actor [[Dick Gautier]] raises his voice in pitch to his normal Hot Rod voice.

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:GrimlockManga.jpg|thumb|150px|Meet Prof. Grimlock. Cheaters and plagiarists will not be expelled, merely eaten.]]

* While the episode is centered around Grimlock, he never once transforms out of his dinosaur mode. Then again, seeing a ''T. Rex'' talk with such an extensive vocabulary is kinda funny.

* Artwork for the episode featured in [[TV Magazine]] showed Grimlock wearing a mortarboard and lecturing on something complicated.

===Keywords===
[[Auto gyro]]

==External links==
* Links
{{-}}
{{epstub}}

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Grimlock's New Brain

2008-05-23T13:44:28Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Grimlock Technobots.JPG|thumb|350px|Me Grimlock make geeks!]]
{{episodenav|g1|season=3|24|prev=Only Human|next=Money Is Everything}}

'''Grimlock gains tremendous intelligence and creates the Technobots.'''

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Skuxxoid Slizardo.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Purple stuff? Bah! I wanted Sunny D!]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the [[Autobot]]s are unveiling a new generator that will better supply them with power. As [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] signals [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to activate the machine, Grimlock causes a few missteps before Rodimus, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] manage to switch the generator on. Grimlock points out that he is "smartest Dinobot of all," but Perceptor points out that the Dinobots have limited brains. Grimlock, mildly insulted, threatens to bash Perceptor's brain. Elsewhere, a [[Skuxxoid]] and [[Slizardo]] are sneaking into the generator to place [[anti-electron]]s inside the device, as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] has paid them to deliver the anti-electrons to the generator, which would eventually kill the Autobots.

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Grimlock generator off.JPG|thumb|150px|| Me Grimlock hate Windows Vista.]]
In space, [[Cosmos]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] are flying back to Cybertron, when they suddenly begin to malfunction, crashing into the planet. [[Springer]] tries to air lift Sky Lynx to safety, but also begins to malfunction. Perceptor concludes that the problem is originating in the generator and Rodimus, Magnus, Grimlock, and [[Kup]] head down to investigate. However, Grimlock breaks the device that Perceptor gave them to navigate the tunnels, so they split up. Grimlock and Kup reach the generator's controls, and Kup begins to suffer memory malfunctions. Grimlock deactivates the generator with the ever-appropriate tactic of biting it, but immediately begins to act differently. He speaks in a proper manner, with an extended vocabulary, and appears to have lost his taste for combat. However, [[Ratbat]] has been observing them and reports back to Galvatron. Galvatron threatens to kill the Skuxxoid and Slizardo for ruining his plan, as the anti-electrons have already vaporized and were hard to find, but Slizardo reveals that there is another source of anti-electrons...in [[Unicron]]'s brain.

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Dinobots fishing.JPG|thumb|left|150px|"Rodimus, isn't that a public pond?" "Quiet, Magnus, this is the only way we can get them to bathe."]]
Back on Cybertron, Grimlock and the Autobots pass the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s fishing in a local pond. [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] invites Grimlock to join, but Grimlock declines, saying he has more important matters to attend to. The Dinobots are concerned, as they always fish together. Elsewhere, Grimlock concludes that anti-electrons were the source of the problem. As Galvatron's ship approaches Unicron's head, he cautions his soldiers, saying that Unicron may be quite powerful. On Cybertron, the Dinobots seek out Grimlock, who is building a new spaceship, and he asks for their help. [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] does not not like Grimlock's change in attitude, and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] declares that "Grimlock no fun". With their leader not acting like one of them, the Dinobots decide to go hunting without him. Later, Grimlock has taken Rodimus, Perceptor, and Kup to Unicron's head, having concluded that Unicron's body was the original source. However, Galvatron fires anti-electrons at the shuttle, causing it to crash and the Autobots to malfunction. Galvatron then unleashes the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s on the Autobots while Grimlock runs off. Grimlock then uses components of Unicron to build [[Nosecone]] and asks him to drill a hole into Unicron's brain.

[[Image:Grimlock's New Brain Computron Abominus.JPG|thumb|150px|Computron teaches Abominus to slow dance.]]
Elsewhere, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] are retrieving the anti-electrons when they reactivate Unicron. The Chaos Bringer's internal defenses activate, but [[Strafe]], another robot built by Grimlock, destroys the defenses. Finally, Grimlock builds three more robots: [[Afterburner]], [[Lightspeed]], and [[Scattershot]], the last of whom he appoints as leader of the [[Technobot]]s. He sends the Technobots to fight the Terrorcons, and they manage to destroy the anti-electrons as well, but the Terrorcons merge into [[Abominus]]. Retreating, the Technobots ask Grimlock for advice, and Grimlock reveals that they are also [[Combiner]]s, commanding them to merge into [[Computron]]. The computational capacity held by the gestalt is massive, yet he claims that he lacks the intelligence to feed it. Grimlock connects a device to Computron's head which transfers his super-intelligence to Computron. Now armed with incredible intelligence, Computron is able to defeat Abominus and send the [[Decepticon]]s running.

On Cybertron, Rodimus is holding a celebration for the newly functioning generator, the creation of the Technobots, and Grimlock's efforts. However, Sludge reveals that Grimlock is fishing with the Dinobots. Grimlock says that being a genius all the time is no fun, and he'd rather be a regular Dinobot. The Autobots cheer his statement, apparently preferring their one-bot engines of destruction to be simple-minded.

==Stats==

===Featured Characters===
("Numbers indicate order of appearance")
{|border=5 cellpading=5 cellsapacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE "| [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (2)
*[[Rodimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Snarl]] (5)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (6)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (7)
*[[Kup]] (8)
*[[Sludge]] (9)
*[[Springer]] (10)
*[[Wheelie]] (11)
*[[Slag]] (12)
*[[Sky Lynx]] (15)
*[[Cosmos]] (16)
*[[Blaster]] (17)
*[[Teletran 2]] (18)
*[[Nosecone]] (30)
*[[Strafe]] (31)
*[[Lightspeed]] (32)
*[[Afterburner]] (33)
*[[Scattershot]] (34)
*[[Computron]] (36)
*[[Silverbolt]] (37)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Ratbat]] (19)
*[[Sweeps]] (20)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (21)
*[[Rippersnapper]] (22)
*[[Blot]] (23)
*[[Sinnertwin]] (24)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (25)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (26)
*[[Hun-Gurrr]] (28)
*[[Cutthroat]] (29)
*[[Abominus]] (35)

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

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Skuxxoid]] (13)
*[[Slizardo]] (14)
*[[Unicron]] (27)

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Me Grimlock ready, but forgot which button." 
"I went through it with him five times!"
:—'''Grimlock'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s inability to activate the power generator frustrates '''Rodimus Prime'''.

"Cant be that one, must be one of these. Eenie Menie miny moe. This switch real rad, gonna pull!"
"Grimlock, No!!!!! Its this one over here!"
"Uhhh, that Grimlock's next choice."
:-'''Grimlock''' showing '''Rodimus''' why he should not have been given such an important task.

"Why you think Grimlock stupid? Me no stupid. Grimlock is smartest Dinobot of all." "Unfortunately, that's probably true. I just wish the Dinobots had more sophisticated brains." "Brains?! Grimlock know how to bash brains. Maybe bash yours." 
:—'''Grimlock''' threatening to beat up '''Perceptor'''.

"Have no fear! Once again, I will save the day!"
:—'''Sky Lynx''' as he runs to save Cosmos, only to lose control of his autogyros as well.

'''Grimlock:''' "What go wrong?" 
'''Perceptor:''' "Something incapacitated their aerial capabilities." 
'''Grimlock:''' "Huh?" 
'''Rodimus Prime:''' "He means they couldn't fly, so they crashed." 
'''Grimlock:''' "Me knew that!"
:—Simplifying things for a Dinobot isn't that simple.

"This ain't ever happened before, Auto-buddies! I'm busted..."
:—'''Blaster''' as his transformation controls are also affected

"Guide? No need guide, you have Grimlock!" 
"Don't remind me."
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Rodimus Prime''' after the Dinobot leader has destroyed the electro-map, their only way to find the power generator

"Hey, how did you shut down that baby?" 
"I, Grimlock...used my rear molars." 
"Uh that makes good sense, good going. You what?!" 
"Is your hearing impaired, Kup? Ohh, with some Autobots, you have to explain everything."
:—'''Kup''' and '''Grimlock''' the latter of whom has just received a great deal of intelligence

"That one mine! Give me!" 
"Rrr, me want that Autobot!" 
:—'''Sinnertwin''' arguing with...himself.

"Are...are you my father?"
:—A newly awakened '''Nosecone''', the first Technobot created by Grimlock

'''Strafe:''' "Yahoo! It feels great to be a Technobot! My name is Strafe!" 
'''Afterburner:''' "Far out! Fantastic! I'm Afterburner! I'm raring to burn neutrons and see some heavy action!" 
'''Lightspeed:''' "Mellow out, Afterburner." 
'''Afterburner:''' "Says who?" 
'''Lightspeed:''' "They call me Lightspeed, faster than a speeding photon." 
'''Grimlock:''' "And you, Scattershot, will be the leader of the Technobots." 
:—The newly created '''Technobots''' and '''Grimlock''' engage in a brief [[introdump]].

"Come on, Technobots! Let's show them the stuff Grimlock made us of!"
:—'''Afterburner''' as he attacks the Decepticons with his comrades

"Super-intelligence is the only way for you to defeat Abominus's brute force! It's the only way."
:—'''Grimlock''' sacrifices his intelligence to the merged Computron.

"Name: Computron. Primary goal: obliterate Decepticons."
:—'''Computron''' introduces himself to Galvatron and the Decepticons.

"Me Grimlock say no fun to be genius all the time. Much more fun to be good old Dinobot Grimlock." 
:—'''Grimlock''' on his recent bout with intelligence.

==Other Notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* When the Autobots activate the power generator, Springer is twice as tall as Kup and Blurr.
* During [[Abominus]]'s combination sequence, [[Hun-Gurrr]] transforms into [[Blot]] and [[Sinnertwin]] before combining with himself.
* The Decepticons appear to be far too big when they leave Unicron's head.

===Continuity errors===
* If Grimlock has proven himself so incompetent, why does Rodimus bring him along to find the power generator? There are plenty of other Autobots that can provide muscle (Springer, for one).
* When the Autobots near the power generator, why are Kup and Rodimus affected, but Ultra Magnus and Grimlock aren't? It's possible that Grimlock may not be effect due to his creation on Earth causing him to be made different than the other Autobots (like in the [[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]] episode), however this doesn't explain Magnus.
* This isn't an error necessarily, but this episode marks the only time Cybertron has any sort of water (in this case, the pool the Dinobots are "fishing" in).
* Why isn't Swoop with the other Dinobots? The writers even bother to have Grimlock point out that Omega Supreme is away on a mission, and yet one of the Dinobots gets left out?
* [[Blurr]] can be seen numerous times fighting alongside the Autobots, despite him not being present on the shuttle ride over.

===Transformers references===
* This episode marks the first appearance of both the Technobots and the Terrorcons.
* The second time Rodimus Prime's transformation systems malfunction, he reverts into Hot Rod. Most visibly, he transforms into his junior self's vehicle mode. Additionally, his coloring changes to Hot Rod's traditional magenta, and actor [[Dick Gautier]] raises his voice in pitch to his normal Hot Rod voice.

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:GrimlockManga.jpg|thumb|150px|Meet Prof. Grimlock. Cheaters and plagiarists will not be expelled, merely eaten.]]

* While the episode is centered around Grimlock, he never once transforms out of his dinosaur mode. Then again, seeing a ''T. Rex'' talk with such an extensive vocabulary is kinda funny.

* Artwork for the episode featured in [[TV Magazine]] showed Grimlock wearing a mortarboard and lecturing on something complicated.

===Keywords===
[[Auto gyro]]

==External links==
* Links
{{-}}
{{epstub}}

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Prime Target (G1)

2008-05-23T04:10:13Z

69.14.63.71:

[[Image:Prime Target title shot.JPG|thumb|350px]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|35|prev=Triple Takeover|next=Auto-Bop
|series2=SRLFtoon
|episode2=51
|prev2=Blaster Blues
|next2=Auto-Bop
}}

'''The big-game hunter Lord Chumley begins hunting Autobots, and he's gunning for Optimus Prime.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "The Target is Convoy" 

==Detailed synopsis==
Over the [[Arctic]], [[Oktober Guard One]] is flying an experimental jet, when it is suddenly speared by a submarine under the ice. She ejects, but the plane is captured. It turns out that the plane was stolen by [[Lord Chumley]], a game hunter, who tells his manservant [[Dinsmoore]] that he needs one more thing to complete his collection...the head of Optimus Prime.
[[Image:Primetargetchumleydinsmore.jpg|left|thumb|175px|"Dinsmore, I believe the Autobots are about to suffer a series of unfortunate events!"]]
Heading into town, [[Tracks]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] spot [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and head after them. However, it is actually a trap set by Chumley. Back at the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], the Autobots are watching a soap opera which is interrupted by a news broadcast about the theft of the plane. Apparently, the [[Soviet Union]] is accusing the [[United States of America]] of the theft, which the U.S. denies, and the two countries are ready to go to war. Having not heard back from Bumblebee and Tracks, Prime orders to Autobots to search for their friends. However, Chumley has devised several traps for the Autobots and manages to capture [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Blaster]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], the latter of whom sends a message to Prime about the capture. Not wanting to risk the others, Prime orders the Autobots to return to base.
[[Image:Primetargetbotsintraps.jpg|right|thumb|180px|And you thought [[For safety reasons|Hasbro safety tests]] were tough.]]
While they regroup, [[Cosmos]] sends a message to Prime, saying that he's found the missing bots, who are being held in (poorly designed) traps intended to prevent them from escaping. Chumley himself contacts Prime and requests his presence. Pissed at seeing his friends tortured, Prime overloads Chumley's screen and orders the Autobots to remain at the base.

However, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] has been keeping an eye on the events and feels that Chumley, though a flesh creature, may be useful...especially since he's done more in two days than Megatron has done in two years, which [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] takes the time to point out. Unaware that Chumley is only after Prime, Megatron sends Blitzwing and Astrotrain (surprise, surprise) to make a deal between Chumley and the [[Decepticon]]s.

Arriving at Chumley's castle, Prime finds himself in a "well researched" mock-up of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He unleashes a monster on Prime, but Prime is able to defeat it. Heading down a corridor, Prime finds a young woman imprisoned, but leaves. Astrotrain investigates, and gets trapped in a goo-net intended for Prime. Finally, Chumley sends out a mechanical scorpion (no, not [[Scorponok (G1)|that one]]), but Prime is shot in the back by Astrotrain and apparently killed. Furious that his prize has been ruined, Chumley takes the Decepticons prisoner.
[[Image:primetargetOPvsspider.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Blackarachnia]]'s TF debut was not the most glamorous.]]
Knowing that Prime is alive, Bumblebee sends their coordinates to the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], who enters the castle. A mechanical spider is dispatched, but Prime destroys it and heads into Chumley's control room. Dinsmoore hides in a tank while Chumley frees the Decepticons on the promise that they'll fight the Autobots. The Cons leave him to the mercy of Prime.

The Autobots return the plane to the Soviet Union, with Chumley strapped to the nose. The world thanks Optimus Prime for his efforts in solving the mystery.
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==Stats==

* Stats

==Notable quotes==

'''News Announcer''': "We interrupt 'As the Kitchen Sinks' for this special news bulletin." 
'''Jazz, Blaster, Beachcomber''' and '''Grapple''' in unison: "Awwwwwwwww..."
:-- The Autobots do not like to miss their soaps.

"Amazing, a booby trap that actually captures boobies."
:-- '''Optimus Prime''' says "boobies". Hehehehehehehehehehe.

""Bah! Impenetrable! Blitzwing how do you get into these messes?"

:-- Astrotrain in disgust and disbelief that Blitzwing is in another mess.

""Never trust decepticons flesh creature!"

:-- Blitzwing explaining to Chumly when you can trust the decepticons.

==Other Notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] is standing along side with Megatron and Starscream. And we all thought [[Sunstreaker]] was the one who would end up defecting.

===Continuity errors===

* Errors

===Transformers references===
* Though a complete co-incidence, Grapple can be heard yelling, "HEY! Who designed this [[Rattrap|rattrap]]?!"

===Real-world references===
* Dinsmoor was apparently alive for the [[Wikipedia:Second Boer War|Second Boer War]]. At least, we're assuming it's the second one, since the [[wikipedia:First Boer War|first one]] happened in the 1880s. Which means that if he was alive and could remember that one, he must be some sort of super human.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Several of the Autobots are revealed to be fans of an Earth soap opera entitled ''[[As The Kitchen Sinks]]''. Clearly, they've been away from Cybertron too long.
*Optimus Prime is a "magnificent beast".

===Keywords===
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==External links==
* Links

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Triple Takeover

2008-05-23T04:02:45Z

69.14.63.71:

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[[Image:Triple Takeover title shot.JPG|thumb|350px| Sounds like triple the fun!]]

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'''Astrotrain and Blitzwing depose Megatron and Starscream, then proceed to wreak havoc.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "The Rebellion of the Triple Changers"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] begin using their weapons to carve their faces along with Megatron's into a mountainside. They agree one of the faces doesn't belong, then decide to band together and overthrow Megatron. Flying back to base, Blitzwing and Astrotrain decide who should lead Megatron into the trap, one of them suggesting Starscream while the other counters how the [[Air Commander]] has constantly been attempting to become [[Decepticon leader|leader]] of the [[Decepticon]]s and failed. Starscream retorts as usual and says he will do it, and the other two gloat about manipulating him.
[[Image:tripletakeoverblitzwingcoach.jpg|left|thumb|175px|The Coach rivals Prowl, Jazz, and Ultra Magnus as "Best [[Sub-Commander]] ever". Frightening]]
Starscream leads Megatron into the sewers, stating that a secret [[Autobot]] energy base is present there, but the doors close around them. Megatron recognizes it's a trap but gets frozen. Starscream gloats and tries to escape through a hatch but finds out that it's been locked by his "allies". This leaves Astrotrain and Blitzwing as the only joint Decepticon leaders.

Heading for a stadium, Blitzwing, in a display of great intelligence, drafts a football coach to be his [[second-in-command]] and give tactical advice. Blitzwing misinterprets his suggestions of "zone defense" and "long bomb" and has the Constructicons build a massive highway maze, then begins firing from inside the stadium. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] leads a group of Autobots to investigate, but they end up crashing into each other in the Constructicons' maze. Meanwhile, Astrotrain heads to a train station, where he "conscripts" the [[Astroforce]], human trains which are to be his army. He sends them into a tunnel to collect energy lines and convert them into [[energon]]. It actually goes quite well for Astrotrain. The Astroforce? Not so much.

Meanwhile, [[Powerglide]] flies over the maze, where [[Scrapper]] has built himself a throne...made of Prowl, [[Tracks]], [[Skids]], and [[Bluestreak]]. Guided by Powerglide from the air, [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] manage to rescue the Autobots, causing Blitzwing and Scrapper to crash into each other. At the train station, the [[Seeker]]s come to see how Astrotrain is doing. To his credit, he has gotten a lot of [[Energon cube]]s, but his Astroforce has somehow gotten off their tracks and into a knot. Astrotrain urges one of the trains to gather some energy from a gas main, but it turns out to be a water main, which floods the tunnel. Worse, it heads into the tunnel in which Megatron and Starscream are trapped. Online again, Megatron accuses Starscream of another attempt at treason. Starscream maintains that he was tricked. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and [[Spike Witwicky]] see the two Decepticons, only to be distracted by the water main flooding the city. [[Trailbreaker]] uses his [[force field]] to push back the water, while Optimus and Ironhide seal the main. Heading for the station, Megatron and Starscream encounter Prime, who claims that he's looking for the leaders of the Decepticons...which are not Megatron and Starscream. This royally pisses off Megatron, who tries to kill the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], but Prime escapes. Megatron leaves to put Astrotrain and Blitzwing in their place, with the Seekers following, betting on who will win. Optimus, however, is content to sit back and watch what happens.

At the stadium, the Constructicons demand a share of the power Blitzwing promised, but he refuses and tells them to go jump off a bridge. Bad idea, for the Constructicons form [[Devastator]]. The flood from the water main finally dies out at the stadium, depositing Astrotrain, who decides to scrap Blitzwing as well.
[[Image:Tripletakeoverautobotthrone.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Unfortunately, the "Seatmaster" line never really took off...]]
Megatron and Starscream arrive, and Megs beats his would-be usurpers senseless, but Devastator knocks out Megatron, then turns his sights on the Air Commander. Starscream manages to dodge Devastator, then Megatron slams the giant. Megatron, Blitzwing, Astrotrain, Starscream, and Devastator then engage in a battle royale which sees Megatron emerge victorious. He decides to spare the traitors, saying the Decepticon cause is too important, but warns them never to betray him again.

As the Autobots look on, they're impressed that Prime knew that Megatron would handle the Decepticons for them. The previously injured Autobots form a throne for their [[Supreme Commander|commander]] to sit on, but Optimus Prime declares that he'd rather [[roll out|roll]].

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==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' November 19, 1985

'''Written by:''' Larry Strauss

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===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Skids]]

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

*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
'''Guests'''

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*
|}
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==Notable quotes==
"No planet ever lost its orbit underestimating the stupidity of Starscream."

:-'''Astrotrain's explanation on why it was so easy to fool Starscream.

"Coach, it's a tank! What do I do?" 
"GIVE HIM THE BALL!"

:-'''Blitzwing's''' future second in command's plan of action against a tank.

"Tell me what's on your mind or I'll splatter it on the wall and see for myself!"
:—'''Blitzwing''' to <strike>the football coach</strike> his second-in-command.

"Scrapper, how big is our zone defense?" 
"Can't tell, all the others are lost in it. All I know is that it's big!"
:—Decepticon "leader" '''Blitzwing''' asking '''Scrapper''' about the large, maze-like highway made by the Constructicons, the rest of whom are apparently lost in it.

"You are either lying or you're stupid!" 
"I'm stupid! I'm stupid!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' as the latter attempts to blame the Triple Changers for the takeover.

"Don't waste your time, Megatron. Incinerating you is of no interest to me. I am looking for the leaders of the Decepticons." 
"I am the Decepticon leader!" 
"You and Starscream are just a nuisance. A couple of metallic mosquitoes." 
"Mosquitoes?! Then feel my BITE!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' really ticking off '''Megatron'''.

"Tell you what, guys, why don't you go build a bridge...and jump off it!" 
"Constructicons... transform into Devastator!" 
"Hey! No offense, big guy!"
:—'''Blitzwing''' refuses '''Scrapper'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bargain of a joint leadership of the Decepticons...very unwise move. perhaps.

"I say that Megatron will prevail!" 
"Three energon cubes say you're on!" 
"Make it four!" 
"My money is on Devastator."
:—'''Thundercracker''', '''Thrust''', '''Skywarp''' and '''Dirge''' place bets on the coming battle.

"Get this straight: I am Decepticon Leader, YOU are recyclable!" 
"Well put, Megatron!"
:—'''Megatron''' disses Blitzwing and Astrotrain while '''Starscream''' kisses up.

"Megatron is a wimp!" 
"So is Starscream!" 
"Yes, but I'm fast!"
:—'''Starscream''' decides discretion is the better part of cowardice after '''Devastator''' defeats Megatron.

"I guess Prime was right. Megatron took care of the Decepticons for us." 
"Yeah, but there is only one great leader in the universe. Have a seat, boss." 
"Thrones are for Decepticons. Besides, I'd rather roll."
:—'''Ironhide''', '''Prowl''', and '''Optimus Prime''', the latter declining to sit on a throne made of his own soldiers, even if they're volunteering.

==Other notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* At several points, the colors of [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet]] get mixed up.
* When Blitzwing plows through the goal at the football stadium, the debris left behind vanishes in the next frame.
* When Blitzwing grabs the football coach, the coach is yelling, "Okay! Okay....commander!", but ''Blitzwing'' is the one mouthing the words!
* When Astrotrain rests down a computer component to start work on his train army, the component vanishes as he rips out the engine. For a brief moment afterwards, it appears as if Astrotrain picks up thin air with his hands.
* The lockers that Blitzwing kicks open to stuff his 'second in command' in are [[Scale|extremely huge]]. If one compares the size of the coach to one of those lockers, he would need to ''jump'' just to reach one of the handles.
* On that note, how ''exactly'' does Blitzwing kick the locker door open? By all rights, it should be a lump of scrap metal on the floor.
* Scrapper is seen scooping a load of dirt when he appears, but as he transforms, not only is the dirt gone, but he appears in an entirely different location.

===Continuity errors===
*Starscream can be seen together with the other seekers inspecting Astrotrain's new troops, even though he and Megatron are supposed to be frozen in a room elsewhere under the city.
*At some point, Blitzwing can be seen flying together with Ramjet and Thrust, heading for... Blitzwing?
*In only a few minutes, a burst water main flooded a good deal of a city, at some points the water being as high as a 20-story building.

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Devastator makes his first willing attempt at usurping control of the Decepticons from Megatron and actually attacking his former leader, something that goes against previous character portrayals, in which he was shown as a loyal follower. Also, how Megatron was able to defeat him is unknown, since the battle ended off-screen (earlier in the fight Megatron's fusion cannon shots just bounced off him, so it's really big mystery).
* Blitzwing's takeover of a football stadium is nothing short of hilarious. First, he blasts right through the wall, and everybody continues on as if nothing happened. Then, when one of the football players ''finally'' notice a big tank turret aiming at his face, the coach's first order of action is to...tell him to give Blitzwing the ball. Wait....'''''WHAT?!'''''
* In contrast, the conductor who appears when Astrotrain takes over the train station knows full well to high tail it and run when the latter reveals himself. And, seeing as how everybody else just ''stood there'' despite him yelling for them to run for their lives, this officially makes him the only [[human|human]] in this entire ''episode'' with half a brain.
* As Blitzwing is firing 'long bombs' all over the place, isn't he the ''least'' bit concerned that he'll accidentally blow up the 'zone defense' he's having the [[Constructicons]] build?
* Where the hell is [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] while this coup attempt is going on?
* This is the second and last time that Skids shows up in the G1 cartoon.

===Keywords===
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==External links==

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