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A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)

2007-09-17T06:06:15Z

71.182.38.79: /* Animation and/or technical glitches */

{{cleanup|September 2007}}

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The Transformers go to Camelot, even though it's a silly place.

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:Ramjetinpast.gif|150px|thumb|Ramjet was born to joust.]]
The episode starts with Warpath, Hoist battle it out with Starscream, Rumble, Ravage, and Ramjet. But the Decepticons retreat out of exhaustion sensing energy in a nearby cave. The cave transports them to the medieval times where they are greeted by knights on horses thinking they are knights of their enemy kingdom. Near-by a Princess is spying their conversation and runs to warn her father where she bumps into Spike (literally) The Decepticons agree to help the knights win the war (But Starscream obviously just wants to rule and have a land of his own). Spike agrees to enter the tournament against the two kingdoms (Rigged by Decepticons of course) but quickly fails.

Ramjet and Rumble then enter the tournament together (Rumble rides Ramjet in Vehicle form) and are defeated by Warpath and the king. Out of rage, Starscream kidnaps the princess and holds her hostage unless the king agrees to give up his kingdom. The Autobots take chase but cannot keep up due to lack of energy and collapse out of exhaustion. Starscream then holds the princess prisoner in the castle he stole from the knight that greeted him and makes a machine that gives him energy out of anything he can find (and it's slave powered!) Starscream then sends Rumble to get Potassium-Nitrate (in other word LOTS of bird crap) to make explosive gun powder out of. Spike attempts to save the princess from her keep only to find her and the knight she was previously enemies with now a happy couple. Feeling rejected, Spike still agrees to help fight the war against the Decepticons. Mean-while the Autobots and the knights of the other kingdom charge towards the castle to battle it out with the Decepticons. But the Autobots can't put up much a fight due to their dangerously low energy levels.

A wizard then appears to aide the Autobots and summons lightning that fill Warpath and Hoist with enough energy to fight. Thus they continue the battle with Starscream and are victorious. Thus they are all led back to the cave in which they entered through by the wizard only to find it guarded by a Dragon. Starscream refuses to "go any closer" and the Wizard just states that a little bit of "Dragonsbane works every time." So they throw it at the dragon and it frighten hims away and they are all able to return home. When they arrive back in the normal time era they are greeted by multiple cannon blasts by Megatron. Starscream runs and glomps him in his burst of enthusiasm. Megatron on the other hand isn't so happy to see Starscream saying he "ruined his shot" and yells in anger.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' 24 October, 1985

'''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" |
*[[Warpath]] (5)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (6)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (1)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (2)
*[[Ravage]] (3)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (4)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (14)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (10)

'''Guests'''
*[[Nimue|Princess Nimue]] (7)
*[[Sir Wigend du Blackthorne]] (8)
*[[Sir Wulf]] (9)
*[[Sir Aetheling the Red]] (11)
*[[Beorht]] (12)

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

* A [[Dragon]] (13)

|}

==Notable quotes==

Oohh! I just changed heads last week!
:--A ground bound '''Ramjet''' strangely comes off second best after attempting to ram '''Warpath'''.

Out of the way, Rumble! It could be dangerous. As your leader, I must take the risk. Anyway, I'm lower on energy than you!
:--True to form, '''Starscream''' first attempting to justifying why he needed to knock '''Rumble''' aside, then just admitting it's all about him.

Huh! Inferior construction, even for an Autobot. One good whack, it breaks right in two!
:--'''Ramjet''' examining the "wreckage" of '''Sir Wulf''' and his horse.

What's more important is that we have 1,451 years to go before we have to worry about the Autobots and that bungler Megatron!
:--Even trapped in past, '''Starcream''' looks on the bright side - even if his math isn't up to much.

Starscream! Lower the drawbridge! I got your stupid potassium-nitrate!<br>
:--'''Rumble''', carrying a pot of bird droppings while also covered in bird droppings. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

What's the matter? Aren't you glad to see us? <br>RRRRAGGGH!!<br>
:--'''Starscream''' asks a rather loaded question of '''Megatron'''.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*Princess Nimue has cleavage that appears and disappears from shot to shot, and sometimes frame to frame.

===Continuity errors===
*When Ramjet rams into Warpath in the jousting duel, his canopy is smashed and nose cone crushed in, yet less than a minute later he's back to normal by the time the remaining Decepticons attempt to flee with Starscream.

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

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:Spike gets kissed.jpg|right|200px|thumb| Not his best moment.]]
* The original broadcast version of this episode featured the mis-spelled title, "A Decept'''a'''con Raider..." When [[Kid Rhino]] recreated the title cards for their DVD release of the series, the spelling error was corrected.
* Starscream's math is out by about a decade - 543 + 1451 = 1994, rather than the correct 1984.
* Spike actually gets a kiss from a girl. What will [[Carly]] think?

===Keywords===
[[Dragon]] , [[Dragon's Bane]] , [[Dragon mound]]

==External links==

{{stub}}

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes|Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]<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>

The God Gambit

2007-09-17T01:22:13Z

71.182.38.79: /* Notable quotes */

'''[[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation One]] > [[Generation 1 (cartoon)#Season 2|Season 2]]'''

The Decepticons scheme to conquer a race of primitive humanoids by exploiting their religious beliefs.

==Detailed synopsis==

The episode opens with [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] chasing [[Cosmos]] through space, shooting him down where he crash-lands on [[Titan]], one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. On the surface, slaves are forced by the high priest [[Jero]] to worship a false god statue and give tribute. Rebels led by [[Talaria]] try to break this up and denounce the false god for what it is, but Cosmos' crash-landing convinces the slaves that the gods must be angry.

Astrotrain, seeing what's going on, decides to play [[wikipedia:goa'uld|Goa'uld]] and tell the people he is a god to enslave them and extract Cosmos' data tracks, in addition to mining the energy crystals of Titan. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] is not happy about playing second fiddle.

One of the rebels activates Cosmos' transceiver, and communicates with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] on Earth. [[Jazz]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] head to Titan aboard [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (who, for some reason, runs out of fuel on a trip from Earth to Saturn, even though he can fly to Cybertron on most occasions), defeat Astrotrain, and free the enslaved people. As Jazz puts it, "We're not gods and never claimed to be".

==Stats==

* Stats

==Notable quotes==

Here's the church. Here's the steeple. Open the doors and where are the people?!<br>
:- '''Starscream''', playing the role of [[Wheelie]]

We're not gods and never claimed to be.<br>
:-'''Jazz'''

Sarcasm, not appreciated.<br>
:-'''Omega Supreme'''
Sorry to bust up your revival, but the Lady ain't got her heart in it.<br>
:-'''Jazz''' while saving Talaria from being sacrificed.

Mighty Astrotrain, what about me?!<br>
Die, like the worm you are!<br>
:- '''Jero''' learns that he shouldn't have worshipped '''Astrotrain'''

==Other Notes==
* Notes

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

* Glitches

===Continuity errors===

* Errors

===Transformers references===
* References

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

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*[[Astrotrain]] seems out of character in this episode, especially with him ordering Starscream around. It would seem that this episode ''may have'' been originally written for [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in the Astrotrain role and quickly re-written in order to feature Astrotrain (who was, not coincidentally, a new toy at the time). This would explain Starscream's deference (and apparent fear) of Astrotrain, plus Astrotrain's Megatron-esque dialogue.

* Strangely, the existence of a primitive humanoid civilization on Titan was never brought up again in official TF fiction.

* This was one of several episodes subjected to the [[MSTF]] treatment at [[BotCon 1999]].

*The Japanese title for this episode is "スカイゴッド"(''Sugoi God''), which translated literally means "''Awesome God''".

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

[[Religion]], [[Slavery]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808854/ IMDb's page for this episode]

{{stub}}

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes|God Gambit, The]]
[[Category: MSTF|God Gambit, The]]<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>

The God Gambit

2007-09-17T01:21:09Z

71.182.38.79: /* Notable quotes */

'''[[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation One]] > [[Generation 1 (cartoon)#Season 2|Season 2]]'''

The Decepticons scheme to conquer a race of primitive humanoids by exploiting their religious beliefs.

==Detailed synopsis==

The episode opens with [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] chasing [[Cosmos]] through space, shooting him down where he crash-lands on [[Titan]], one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. On the surface, slaves are forced by the high priest [[Jero]] to worship a false god statue and give tribute. Rebels led by [[Talaria]] try to break this up and denounce the false god for what it is, but Cosmos' crash-landing convinces the slaves that the gods must be angry.

Astrotrain, seeing what's going on, decides to play [[wikipedia:goa'uld|Goa'uld]] and tell the people he is a god to enslave them and extract Cosmos' data tracks, in addition to mining the energy crystals of Titan. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] is not happy about playing second fiddle.

One of the rebels activates Cosmos' transceiver, and communicates with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] on Earth. [[Jazz]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] head to Titan aboard [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (who, for some reason, runs out of fuel on a trip from Earth to Saturn, even though he can fly to Cybertron on most occasions), defeat Astrotrain, and free the enslaved people. As Jazz puts it, "We're not gods and never claimed to be".

==Stats==

* Stats

==Notable quotes==

Here's the church. Here's the steeple. Open the doors and where are the people?!<br>
:- '''Starscream''', playing the role of [[Wheelie]]

We're not gods and never claimed to be.<br>
:-'''Jazz'''

Sarcasm, not appreciated.<br>
:-'''Omega Supreme'''
Sorry to bust up your revival, but the Lady ain't got her heart in it.<br>
:-'''Jazz'''
, while saving Talaria from being sacrificed.
Mighty Astrotrain, what about me?!<br>
Die, like the worm you are!<br>
:- '''Jero''' learns that he shouldn't have worshipped '''Astrotrain'''

==Other Notes==
* Notes

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

* Glitches

===Continuity errors===

* Errors

===Transformers references===
* References

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

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*[[Astrotrain]] seems out of character in this episode, especially with him ordering Starscream around. It would seem that this episode ''may have'' been originally written for [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in the Astrotrain role and quickly re-written in order to feature Astrotrain (who was, not coincidentally, a new toy at the time). This would explain Starscream's deference (and apparent fear) of Astrotrain, plus Astrotrain's Megatron-esque dialogue.

* Strangely, the existence of a primitive humanoid civilization on Titan was never brought up again in official TF fiction.

* This was one of several episodes subjected to the [[MSTF]] treatment at [[BotCon 1999]].

*The Japanese title for this episode is "スカイゴッド"(''Sugoi God''), which translated literally means "''Awesome God''".

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

[[Religion]], [[Slavery]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808854/ IMDb's page for this episode]

{{stub}}

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes|God Gambit, The]]
[[Category: MSTF|God Gambit, The]]<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>