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Nemesis Part 1

2008-05-04T01:31:23Z

69.49.36.52: /* Real-world references */

{{disambig3|Nemesis}}

[[Image:BWNemesisPt1_rises.jpg|thumb|350px|"The most powerful warship ever built! ...and I just had it washed."]]

{{episodenav |BW |season=3 |12 |prev=Other Victories |next=Nemesis Part 2}}

'''Down but not out, Megatron discovers Tarantulas's secret tunnel network that leads to the Decepticon warship, the ''Nemesis''.

==Summary==
The [[Maximal]]s, secure for the first time since they moved into [[Mount St. Hilary]], begin searching for the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, who have been vulnerable since [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]]. [[Optimus Primal]] quotes a verse from the ''[[Covenant of Primus]]'', believing Tigerhawk's arrival to be divine prophecy.

Meanwhile, the Predacons are growing disaffected with Megatron. (Even [[Waspinator]] is mouthing off.) [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], ever loyal to his "queen", declares that a new "colony" will resecure them. Megatron orders him to take Waspinator and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], while he, [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], and [[Dinobot 2]] search the remains of [[Tarantulas's lair]]. Dinobot finds a hatch which leads to an underwater tunnel, which in turn leads to something that greatly excites Megatron.

[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Depth Charge]] spot Inferno, Waspinator, and Quickstrike leaving. Optimus orders them to fall back, but Depth Charge heads in. Optimus leaves with [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and Tigerhawk to support them. As Primal arrives, Depth Charge finds the hatch—and a bomb. The explosion fails to kill any of the Maximals, but Silverbolt is damaged, and Blackarachnia and Cheetor escort his parts back to base.

At the protohumans' cave dwellings, Inferno declares that the caves will be their new "colony". He orders Quickstrike and Waspinator to engage, but Waspinator angrily refuses. Something has finally snapped in Waspy's central processor, and he declares that he is out of the Beast Wars. After a tirade against Megatron, the Predacons, life in general, and always being blown up, Waspinator tells them that they can kiss his stinger. Inferno and Quickstrike blast him, and proceed to attack the protohumans (who have become much tougher, having learned from the example of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and the Maximals).

In the tunnels, Primal, Tigerhawk, and Depth Charge continue searching. After locating a data terminal, Primal accesses it and discovers what Tarantulas found and Megatron desires—the ''Nemesis'', the flagship of the [[Decepticon fleet]] and the vessel which shot down the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. Realizing the threat the Decepticon warship holds, Depth Charge heads out to locate it. Meanwhile, Megatron and Dinobot find that Tarantulas modified the vessel with a [[transwarp]] cell, installed a Predacon control console, and left behind a ''Covenant of Primus'' to boot. Megatron and Dinobot begin powering up the vessel for an attack.

Reaching the sunken behemoth, Depth Charge engages Rampage. The two enemies fight, and Depth Charge grabs an [[energon crystal]]. He drives it into Rampage's [[spark]], and the explosion destroys both Transformers and also causes Dinobot 2 to cry out in pain. Optimus, though mourning Depth Charge's loss, is relieved to know the threat of the ''Nemesis'' has been dealt with.

That is, until the ''Nemesis'' rises from the ocean, fully operational. [[Nemesis Part 2|To be continued...]]
{{-}}

==Stats==
'''Original air date:''' May 6, 1999

'''Writer:''' [[Bob Forward]]

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Maximals]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Predacons]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (3)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Depth Charge]] (8)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (5)
*[[Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (7)
*[[Tigerhawk]](1)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Dinobot II]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (13)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (11)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (12)
*[[Waspinator]] (14)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Chak and Una|Una]] (15)
*[[Protohuman]]s (16)

|}

==Quotes==

"Ant-Bot not find own thorax with both hands and a road map."
:—'''Waspinator''' gets in a decent dig in for once. Inferno drops him on his head for this.

"I said '''no!''' [[Megatron (BW)|Dragon-Bot]] command ''you,'' [[Sub-Commander]] [[Inferno (BW)|Kiss-Butt]]! Dragon-Bot not command Waspinator! Not any more! Waspinator sick of being evil. Sick of being Predacon! ''And'', Waspinator especially sick of getting blown to '''scrap''' all the time! Sooo, Waspinator ''quit!'' As of ''now'', which means [[Inferno (BW)|Ant-Bot]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Two-Head]] can just pucker their mandibles and plant [[Kiss|big, wet, juicy one]] right here on Waspinator's big...fat...stripy..."
:—'''Waspinator''' finally stands up for himself...and gets blown to scrap by Inferno and Quickstrike.

''[Silverbolt has been injured in an explosion]''<br>
'''Silverbolt''': "Worry not, my love. 'Tis but a...scratch."<br>
''[Silverbolt's arm falls off]''<br>
'''Optimus''': "Maybe. But I think you're due some time in the CR chamber."<br>
'''Silverbolt''': "Sir, I'm fine. I—"<br>
'''Blackarachnia''': "Shut up and obey your commander, bone-brain."<br>
''[Silverbolt's head falls off]''<br>
'''Silverbolt''': "Yes, dear."
:—Silverbolt is pretty whipped.

"You have to stop Megatron! No matter the cost."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' telling Depth Charge what must be done.

"Hmm... impressive."<br>
"Oh, it is more than that, my malevolent minion. That is the most powerful Decepticon warship in Transformer history. The ship that shot down the ''Ark'' itself! THE ''NEMESIS''! The ''Nemesis''..."
:—'''Dinobot II''' compels '''Megatron''' to give his most dramatic exposition...in this episode.

"Raw energon! Right through your twisted spark! Take it! Take it straight to the pit, you SICKENING PIECE OF SLAG!"
:—'''Depth Charge'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s final words before killing Rampage.

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation glitches===
* When Dinobot squeezes the piece of Rampage's spark he possesses to pacify his "half-brother", his shoulder pads are missing. Also, the spark seems to float freely when it is released, in contrast to previous episodes where it was held in place by Dinbot's spark chamber.
* At the very beginning when Optimus is reciting, in the background you can see Cheetor, in his normal Transmetal body, walking with Blackarachnia.

===Continuity issue===
The ''Beast Wars'' retelling of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash and the Nemesis differs from any previous version. In the original cartoon, the Decepticons used the Nemesis' tractor beam to lock into the Ark and it was the Autobot/Decepticon fight inside the Ark that caused it to crash {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} {{storylink|Microbots}}; in the [[Generation 1 (Marvel comic)|Marvel comics]], the Decepticons boarded the ship and Optimus ''deliberately'' crashed the Ark onto Earth {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)}}, with the Nemesis being left abandoned (the UK comics had [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] destroy it {{storylink|Target: 2006}}).

As ''Beast Wars'' is intentionally not a direct continuation of any specific continuity, instead seeking to treat all previous ''Generation 1'' stories as if they were Arthurian legend, this would imply that those accounts are not canonical in this series. Alternatively, Optimus could just have the details wrong.

===Continuity errors===
* The flashbacks to the battle between the ''Ark'' and the ''Nemesis'' recounted by Optimus Primal and Megatron neglect to mention that the Decepticons boarded the ''Ark '' before the crash. This was probably done either to simplify the retelling, increase the significance of the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s involvement, or both.
* The bomb Megatron left behind as a trap for the Maximals has some very curious properties. It has enough power to severely damage Silverbolt and creates a powerful energy wave that is felt by the approaching Cheetor and Tigerhawk, who are miles away (even disintegrating a butterfly in the process). However, despite all of the above, Optimus and Depth Charge suffer absolutely no ill effects from the bomb, despite being at extremely close range and having very little time (or even room, given the terrain) to run for cover.
* How ''exactly'' did Megatron construct a bomb from scratch to begin with? With his base destroyed in the previous episode, it seems very unlikely that he would have the materials to create one on hand.

===Transformers references===
*Megatron refers to Tarantulas as [[Unicron]]'s spawn. While from the context this appears to have been a generic insult (equivalent to "bastard" or "son of a bitch"), convention-exclusive fiction like [[Primeval Dawn]] have depicted Tarantulas as a literal creation of Unicron.
*This is the first source to give the Decepticon vessel that attacked the ''Ark'' a name.
*Optimus Primal tells Depth Charge to stop Megatron "no matter the cost," which echoes Optimus Prime in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the Transformers movie]] during the [[Battle of Autobot City|Decepticon siege of Autobot City]] on Earth.

===Real-world references===
*Inferno calls Rampage a drone at least once in this episode. It is unknown whether the writers knew that a drone is a male ant whose main purpose is to mate with the queen, who in this case would be Megatron.
*When contacting the Maximals, Optimus encodes transmission "M Sipher", a reference to [[Greg Sepelak]].
*Waspinator's line "Ant-Bot and Two-Head can just pucker their mandibles and plant big, wet, juicy one right here on Waspinator's big...fat...stripy..." is a parody of Bender's line "Bite my shine metal ass".

===Trivia===
* The death of Rampage is the only time in the series that a Maximal kills a Predacon (not for lack of trying).
* "Nemesis" was originally going to be a three-part episode, but was later compressed to two. {{fact}}


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

Nemesis Part 1

2008-05-03T20:17:27Z

69.49.36.52: /* Real-world references */

{{disambig3|Nemesis}}

[[Image:BW_Nemesispt1_Nemesisrises.jpg|thumb|350px|"The most powerful warship ever built! ...and I just had it washed."]]

{{episodenav |BW |season=3 |12 |prev=Other Victories |next=Nemesis Part 2}}

'''Down but not out, Megatron discovers Tarantulas's secret tunnel network that leads to the Decepticon warship, the ''Nemesis''.

==Summary==
The [[Maximal]]s, secure for the first time since they moved into [[Mount St. Hilary]], begin searching for the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, who have been vulnerable since [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]]. [[Optimus Primal]] quotes a verse from the ''[[Covenant of Primus]]'', believing Tigerhawk's arrival to be divine prophecy.

Meanwhile, the Predacons are growing disaffected with Megatron. (Even [[Waspinator]] is mouthing off.) [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], ever loyal to his "queen", declares that a new "colony" will resecure them. Megatron orders him to take Waspinator and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], while he, [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], and [[Dinobot 2]] search the remains of [[Tarantulas's lair]]. Dinobot finds a hatch which leads to an underwater tunnel, which in turn leads to something that greatly excites Megatron.

[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Depth Charge]] spot Inferno, Waspinator, and Quickstrike leaving. Optimus orders them to fall back, but Depth Charge heads in. Optimus leaves with [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and Tigerhawk to support them. As Primal arrives, Depth Charge finds the hatch—and a bomb. The explosion fails to kill any of the Maximals, but Silverbolt is damaged, and Blackarachnia and Cheetor escort his parts back to base.

At the protohumans' cave dwellings, Inferno declares that the caves will be their new "colony". He orders Quickstrike and Waspinator to engage, but Waspinator angrily refuses. Something has finally snapped in Waspy's central processor, and he declares that he is out of the Beast Wars. After a tirade against Megatron, the Predacons, life in general, and always being blown up, Waspinator tells them that they can kiss his stinger. Inferno and Quickstrike blast him, and proceed to attack the protohumans (who have become much tougher, having learned from the example of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and the Maximals).

In the tunnels, Primal, Tigerhawk, and Depth Charge continue searching. After locating a data terminal, Primal accesses it and discovers what Tarantulas found and Megatron desires—the ''Nemesis'', the flagship of the [[Decepticon fleet]] and the vessel which shot down the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. Realizing the threat the Decepticon warship holds, Depth Charge heads out to locate it. Meanwhile, Megatron and Dinobot find that Tarantulas modified the vessel with a [[transwarp]] cell, installed a Predacon control console, and left behind a ''Covenant of Primus'' to boot. Megatron and Dinobot begin powering up the vessel for an attack.

Reaching the sunken behemoth, Depth Charge engages Rampage. The two enemies fight, and Depth Charge grabs an [[energon crystal]]. He drives it into Rampage's [[spark]], and the explosion destroys both Transformers and also causes Dinobot 2 to cry out in pain. Optimus, though mourning Depth Charge's loss, is relieved to know the threat of the ''Nemesis'' has been dealt with.

That is, until the ''Nemesis'' rises from the ocean, fully powered and targeting them. [[Nemesis Part 2|To be continued...]]
{{-}}

==Quotes==

"Ant-Bot not find own thorax with both hands and a road map."
:—'''Waspinator''' gets in a decent dig in for once. Inferno drops him on his head for this.

"I said '''no!''' [[Megatron (BW)|Dragon-Bot]] command ''you,'' [[Sub-Commander]] [[Inferno (BW)|Kiss-Butt]]! Dragon-Bot not command Waspinator! Not any more! Waspinator sick of being evil. Sick of being Predacon! ''And'', Waspinator especially sick of getting blown to '''scrap''' all the time! Sooo, Waspinator ''quit!'' As of ''now'', which means [[Inferno (BW)|Ant-Bot]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Two-Head]] can just pucker their mandibles and plant [[Kiss|big, wet, juicy one]] right here on Waspinator's big...fat...stripy..."
:—'''Waspinator''' finally stands up for himself...and gets blown to scrap by Inferno and Quickstrike.

''[Silverbolt has been injured in an explosion]''<br>
'''Silverbolt''': "Worry not, my love. 'Tis but a...scratch."<br>
''[Silverbolt's arm falls off]''<br>
'''Optimus''': "Maybe. But I think you're due some time in the CR chamber."<br>
'''Silverbolt''': "Sir, I'm fine. I—"<br>
'''Blackarachnia''': "Shut up and obey your commander, bone-brain."<br>
''[Silverbolt's head falls off]''<br>
'''Silverbolt''': "Yes, dear."
:—Silverbolt is pretty whipped.

"You have to stop Megatron! No matter the cost."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' telling Depth Charge what must be done.

"Hmm... impressive."<br>
"Oh, it is more than that, my malevolent minion. That is the most powerful Decepticon warship in Transformer history. The ship that shot down the ''Ark'' itself! THE ''NEMESIS''! The ''Nemesis''..."
:—'''Dinobot II''' compels '''Megatron''' to give his most dramatic exposition...in this episode.

"Raw energon! Right through your twisted spark! Take it! Take it straight to the pit, you SICKENING PIECE OF SLAG!"
:—'''Depth Charge'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s final words before killing Rampage.

==Stats==
'''Writer:''' [[Bob Forward]]
'''Original air date:''' May 6, 1999

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Maximals]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Predacons]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (3)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Depth Charge]] (8)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (5)
*[[Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (7)
*[[Tigerhawk]](1)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Dinobot II]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (13)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (11)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (12)
*[[Waspinator]] (14)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Chak and Una|Una]] (15)
*[[Protohuman]]s (16)

|}

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation glitches===
* When Dinobot squeezes the piece of Rampage's spark he possesses to pacify his "half-brother", his shoulder pads are missing. Also, the spark seems to float freely when it is released, in contrast to previous episodes where it was held in place by Dinbot's spark chamber.
* At the very beginning when Optimus is reciting, in the background you can see Cheetor, in his normal Transmetal body, walking with Blackarachnia.

===Continuity issue===
The ''Beast Wars'' retelling of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash and the Nemesis differs from any previous version. In the original cartoon, the Decepticons used the Nemesis' tractor beam to lock into the Ark and it was the Autobot/Decepticon fight inside the Ark that caused it to crash {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} {{storylink|Microbots}}; in the [[Generation 1 (Marvel comic)|Marvel comics]], the Decepticons boarded the ship and Optimus ''deliberately'' crashed the Ark onto Earth {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)}}, with the Nemesis being left abandoned (the UK comics had [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] destroy it {{storylink|Target: 2006}}).

As ''Beast Wars'' is intentionally not a direct continuation of any specific continuity, instead seeking to treat all previous ''Generation 1'' stories as if they were Arthurian legend, this would imply that those accounts are not canonical in this series. Alternatively, Optimus could just have the details wrong.

===Continuity errors===
* The flashbacks to the battle between the ''Ark'' and the ''Nemesis'' recounted by Optimus Primal and Megatron neglect to mention that the Decepticons boarded the ''Ark '' before the crash. This was probably done either to simplify the retelling, increase the significance of the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s involvement, or both.
* The bomb Megatron left behind as a trap for the Maximals has some very curious properties. It has enough power to severely damage Silverbolt and creates a powerful energy wave that is felt by the approaching Cheetor and Tigerhawk, who are miles away (even disintegrating a butterfly in the process). However, despite all of the above, Optimus and Depth Charge suffer absolutely no ill effects from the bomb, despite being at extremely close range and having very little time (or even room, given the terrain) to run for cover.
* How ''exactly'' did Megatron construct a bomb from scratch to begin with? With his base destroyed in the previous episode, it seems very unlikely that he would have the materials to create one on hand.

===Transformers references===
*Megatron refers to Tarantulas as [[Unicron]]'s spawn. While from the context this appears to have been a generic insult (equivalent to "bastard" or "son of a bitch"), convention-exclusive fiction like [[Primeval Dawn]] have depicted Tarantulas as a literal creation of Unicron.
*This is the first source to give the Decepticon vessel that attacked the ''Ark'' a name.
*Optimus Primal tells Depth Charge to stop Megatron "no matter the cost," which echoes Optimus Prime in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the Transformers movie]] during the [[Battle of Autobot City|Decepticon siege of Autobot City]] on Earth.

===Real-world references===
*Inferno calls Rampage a drone at least once in this episode. It is unknown whether the writers knew that a drone is a male ant whose main purpose is to mate with the queen, who in this case would be Megatron.
*When contacting the Maximals, Optimus encodes transmission "M Sipher", a reference to [[Greg Sepelak]].
* Waspinators line "Ant-Bot and Two-Head can just pucker their mandibles and plant big, wet, juicy one right here on Waspinator's big...fat...stripy..." is a possible reference to Benders line "Bite my shiny metal ass"

===Trivia===
* The death of Rampage is the only time in the series that a Maximal kills a Predacon (not for lack of trying).
* "Nemesis" was originally going to be a three-part episode, but was later compressed to two. {{fact}}


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

Garbage In, Garbage Out

2008-05-03T17:54:50Z

69.49.36.52: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

[[Image:Wreck-Gar-Ani.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The [[Wikipedia:Raging Bender|Gender Bender]]!]]

{{episodenav|animated|20|season=2|prev=Mission Accomplished|next=Velocity}}

'''AllSpark energy turns a junk pile into a sentient robot who tries to help the Autobots, but ends up doing more harm than good.'''

==Summary==
Garbage is piling up all over [[Detroit]], as the trash-bots are malfunctioning and [[Sumdac Systems]] CEO Porter C. Powell refuses to repair them until the city and he can come to an agreement on payment. In Powell's office, a technician demonstrates a new form of the nanobots that [[Transform and Roll Out|caused big problems a while back]], designed this time to break garbage down to its component molecules, quickly and cheaply solving the garbage problem (while allowing Powell to charge the city a hefty fee).

Elsewhere, the [[Autobot]]s are trying to patch up their still-damaged reputation by helping pile garbage into scows. Ratchet ends up getting into a shouting match with an old man whose car ended up under a garbage mound, resulting in the car being dumped in the river and the two old grouches almost coming to blows. Captain Fanzone arrives to break up the scene and remarks that Ratchet needs to work on his "people skills". Prime agrees and assigns Bumblebee and Sari to try and help out Ratchet while they work more on the garbage problem. Ratchet is not happy with this.

Just before the Autobots depart, though, [[Sari Sumdac's key|Sari's key]] glows, but she quickly disregards this...and misses the emergence of a junk-robot from the scow, brought to life by an [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] shard. The confused machine tries to figure out his identity using the scraps around him, but is unsatisfied with the results. Spying a passing blimp with a sign for the Detroit police department with the slogan "We're Here to Help", the robot happily goes about trying to find some police for some help with his identity.

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==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marty Isenberg]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Ben Jones]] & [[Shunji Oga]]
*'''Original airdate:''' May 3, 2008

===Featured characters===


(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]]
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Lugnut]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Porter C. Powell]]
*[[Sari Sumdac]]
*[[Captain Fanzone]]
*[[Angry Archer]]
*[[Spike (Animated)|Spike]]
*[[Carly (Carly)|Carly]]
*[[Mayor Edsel]]
|}

==Quotes==

''[Sari, Spike, and a very pregnant Carly are almost crushed by an axle carelessly discarded by Ratchet]''<br>
"Uh, I don't know much about these things, lady, but I think you're supposed to breathe or something."
:{{m-}}'''Sari''' the midwife.

"I am Wreck-Gar, and I ''dare'' to be stupid!"
:{{m-}}'''Wreck-Gar'''. Yes, but does he count his chickens before they hatch?

==Other notes==
* This episode was first shown on Friday, April 25th, at [[BotCon 2008]]. The version aired still had the time-code running in the top-left corner.

===Continuity errors===
*Why doesn't Sari or Ratchet react to the Allspark Key when it starts to glow, indicating the presence of Allspark energy?

===Transformers references===
* Wreck-Gar interprets Lugnut's incoming rocket punch as an invitation to a high-five, and he happily delivers the [[universal greeting]].
* Wreck-Gar's shifting allegiance and red optics as he faces down Ratchet on the garbage scow appear to be callbacks to the [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|original Wreck-Gar]], who appeared to be an enemy to the Autobots at first, complete with red optics.
* The ''Animated'' incarnations of Spike and Carly, who made a cameo in [[Transform and Roll Out!|the pilot episode]], re-appear with speaking lines and even get their names called out.

===Real-world references===
* Wreck-Gar's "I ''dare'' to be stupid!" is, of course, a reference to one of [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s most well-known songs, "Dare to be Stupid", a Devo "style parody" that appeared on the soundtrack to [[The Transformers: The Movie|the original animated movie]] in the scene with the original Wreck-Gar.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Even Megatron gets annoyed from Lugnut's constant worshiping. [[Inferno (BW)|Sound familiar]]?
* Aside from Wreck-Gar, Weird Al also voiced the Sumdac Systems technician who explains the new version of the nanobots to Porter C. Powell.
* So Wreck-Gar just happen to have an autobot and Decepticon insignia?

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