Mach and Tackle

2010-05-13T02:37:42Z

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{{episode
|series=Victory
|ep=15
|image=Machntackle.jpg
|caption=Mach and Tackle. They're cops!
|title="Mach and Tackle"
|japanese=マッハとタックル
|romaji=Mach to Tackle
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 18|18 July]] 1989
|writer=[[Hajime Suzuki]]
|director=[[Yoshikata Nitta]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Investigating a mysterious land subsidence in Canada, Mach and Tackle uncover the Breastforce's latest plot. '''

:''Omni Productions dub name'': "'''The Underground Water Electricity Plant'''"

==Synopsis==
Somewhere in southern [[Canada]], in the middle of a massive cornfield, a farmer named [[Old Tom]] is about to take some extreme measures to get rid of a prairie dog that's been digging up his land. Before he can push the plunger that will detonate the dynamite he's laid in the field, however, the ground beneath his feet quakes, and he runs for his life as the field collapses into a massive crater.

[[Image:MachAndTackle Machtackle bar doorway.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
News of the subsidence prompts [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] to send [[Machtackle]] to investigate, and the [[Multiforce]] warrior soon tracks down Old Tom telling patrons of a [[Victory Bar|nearby bar]] about the event (exaggerating his own athletic abilities in the process). Always out for a quick buck, Tom offers to show anyone who wants to see, at which point Machtackle knocks on the window to avail of the offer. Tom takes the presence of a giant robot in stride and leads him up to the fields, where Machtackle divides into [[Mach]] and [[Tackle]] to investigate thoroughly. The pair deduce that an underground river had been flowing beneath the field, but that its flow suddenly stopped, causing the land to collapse. Suspecting [[Decepticon]] involvement, they alert Star Saber, who refuses [[Wingwaver]]'s request to go to the aid of his teammate.

As night begins to settle in, Mach and Tackle head west, following the run off of the Rocky Mountains in hopes of locating the cause of the land collapse. They come upon what appears to be a human factory, but while Mach is taken in by the façade, Tackle realizes that there is no guard, and no road leading to the gate. The factory is, in fact, a cover for a subterranean hydroelectric power plant assembled by the [[Breastforce]], which is responsible for draining the river and causing the land collapse. As Mach radios the other [[Autobot|Autobots]] to inform them of their discovery, [[Drillhorn]] picks up his broadcast, and [[Leozack]] orders the other Breastforcers to spring into action, even as Star Saber and the Multiforce race to Mach and Tackle's aid.

[[Image:Jarugar head in the sand.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
While Mach manages to lure [[Hellbat]] into the nearby forest and entangle him in a cluster of trees, Tackle camouflages himself with dirt and grass as he prepares for [[Jarugar]]. Mach nearly gives him away when he radios to let him know that he has dispatched Hellbat, but Tackle is able to pull off his plan and bring Jarugar down. A brief argument between the two Multiforcers ensues, but when they hear [[Killbison]] approaching, they decide to adopt a new tactic, and recombine in a new configuration as Tacklemach! The dim Killbison doesn't even realize who Tacklemach is at first, but realization soon dawns, and Tacklemach finds himself being chased through the forest by the Decepticons' [[Breast Animal]]. Just as the creature is closing, Star Saber drops out of the sky and seizes it, hurling it into Killbison and taking both of them out of the picture.

[[Image:MachAndTackle Drillhorn faceplant.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Back at the Decepticons' power plant, the other Multiforcers are battling with automated weapon defense systems. Leozack instructs Drillhorn to seal the entrance shaft, but Drillhorn refuses, because the other Breastforcers haven't returned. Star Saber, Mach and [[Wing]] approach the factory from above and are able to enter through the open shaft, getting the drop on the two Decepticons. Mach and Wing seize Drillhorn and slam him into the factory's control console, accidentally triggering the self-destruct system and forcing the two Decepticons to flee. The three Autobots manage to fly out of the base just before it goes up in flames.

Back in Old Tom's field, the money-hungry farmer is showing a group of people the crater, when suddenly a huge geyser of water bursts out of it and sprays high into the sky. The destruction of the Decepticons' base has returned the underground river to its natural flow, and consequently, the crater becomes a huge lake as the river fills it. Tom is dismayed at the end of his tourist business, but as the Autobots make plans to fill the land in for him, he suggests that they hold off, so that he can try his hand at fish farming instead.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Machtackle]] (2)
*[[Mach]] (3)
*[[Tackle]] (4)
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] (5)
*[[Holi]] (6)
*[[Wingwaver]] (7)
*[[Dashtacker]] (8)
*Tacklemach (15)
*[[Wing]] (17)

|c2=
*[[Leozack]] (9)
*[[Killbison]] (10)
*[[Jarugar]] (11)
*[[Hellbat]] (12)
*[[Drillhorn]] (13)

|c3=
*[[Old Tom]] (1)

|h4=[[Breast Animal]]s|c4=
*[[Jaguarbreast]] (14)
*[[Bisonbreast]] (16)
*[[Rhinobreast]] (18)
*[[Lionbreast]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==

"Does this bar sell gasoline?"
:—'''Old Tom''', on spying Machtackle standing outside.

[[Image:Hellbat tree trouble.jpg|thumb|right|200px]|[http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/Francis I hate the Woods!]]]
"I HATE THE JUNGLE!"
:—'''Hellbat''' wedged between two trees.

"Stay away, Mr. Cow!"
:—'''Tacklemach''' fleeing from Bisonbreast.

"Leozack! Because of you, land has collapsed! I will not forgive the destruction of nature!" 
"That's the only reason you came?" 
"I will never forgive you for destroying nature!!"
:—'''Star Saber''', environmentalist, and '''Leozack'''

{{note|The following quotes are from the Omni Productions dub}}

"I'm gonna get you this time, ya cunning little fellas!"
:—'''Old Tom''', about to dynamite some prairie dogs.

"I can't see the wood for the trees!"
:—'''Hellbat''' wedged between two trees with different lines.

"I've lived here a long time, but I've never seen a live robot." 
"Please don't call me a robot. My name's Machtackle" 
"Oh, you've got a name too? Well, I still prefer 'robot'."
:—'''Old Tom''' and '''Machtackle'''

"But you know I'd look like a colander if he'd managed to shoot me with that gun."
:—'''Tackle'''

"Come and get me if you can!" ''(whirls nunchuck and makes martial arts noises)'' 
"I don't want that thing up my rear!"
:—'''Killbison''' and '''Tacklemach'''

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
Among the changes made by the [[Omni Productions]] dub:
* Old Tom appears to assume the massive subsidence is the prairie dogs trying to scare him.
* He also insists on payment from Machtackle in exchange for taking the Autobot to his farm.
* His seemingly random question of whether Machtackle knows Ninjutsu is replaced by him exclaiming in surprise that the Autobot can separate into two.
* Tacklemach still refers to himself as Machtackle.
* When Leozack is about to seal the plant, Drillhorn is concerned the rest of the Breastforce might get killed, rather than doubting he and Leozack can defend the base alone. Aw, he really cares.

===Animation and technical errors===
* During the explosion of the base, there's a frame or two where the explosion is missing, revealing the intact buildings.

===Real world references===
This episode features quite a few unusual Japanese cultural references and hand motions that are likely to puzzle (and in some cases, leave slack-jawed) Western viewers.

* When Mach radios Star Saber, the communication ends with Old Tom popping up onscreen and… ''giving Star Saber the finger''. The old coot doesn't mean anything bad by it, however—in Japan, the gesture lacks the offensive connotation it has in the west, and is often used as a silly, random thing in manga and anime. Killbison also does it later in the episode.
* When Killbison attacks Tacklemach, he emits one of those Japanese nonsense-words that is said for emphasis of action (if you're ever watched a fansub, you probably know "sorya" as one). Bizarrely, he transitions from screaming this into screaming "Sōran! Sōran-to!", which are (equally nonsensical) lyrics from a Japanese folk song, "Sōran Bushi." As a final bit of punctuation, he screams one final lyric from the song—"A SEAGULL ON THE OPEN SEA!" That Killbison, he so crazy.
* The final shot of the episode is Old Tom making a hand gesture in which he touches the tips of his thumb and index finger in a circle. In the west, of course, we know this as the symbol for "okay", but in Japanese culture, it means "money", referring to the scheme Tom's just cooked up.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* There was a two-week break between the airing of this episode and the previous one.
* This is the only time in the entire ''Victory'' series that any of the Multiforce change their combination pattern (as well as probably the most prominent use of any of the singular Multiforce members). Way to promote the gimmicks of your toys, there!
* The English dub of this episode included on the R4 DVDs has the dubbed narration intact over the trailer for the next episode.

==Home video releases==
{{note|All releases listed feature the original Japanese audio with optional English subtitles, unless otherwise noted.}}
;DVD
*2003 — ''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
*2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' ([[Metrodome]])
*2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome)
*2008 — ''The Transformers: Victory'' ([[Madman Entertainment]])
*2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Victory episodes]]

Blaze Master (G1)

2010-05-13T01:36:45Z

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{{disambig2|the Micromaster helicopter from Generation 1|the helicopter from ''Revenge of the Fallen''|Blazemaster}}
:''Blaze Master is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BlazeMasterBoxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He loves the smell of napalm in the morning. And afternoon. Evening... late night...]]

The [[Air Patrol]] has never really gelled as a team, and a good chunk of that is because of '''Blaze Master'''. It's not just because his cynical nature clashes with the ever-optimistic [[Sky High (Micromaster)|Sky High]]. Frankly, he scares them, and a lot of other Autobots as well. His favorite battle tactic is to fly slow and low over [[Decepticon]] positions, presenting himself as an easy target. Once he's sure they can see him, he releases his signature weapon, a napalm-like corrosive spray that incinerates anything it doesn't melt first. Then he just hovers there, watching his enemies die slowly and painfully... chuckling all the while. He can use the spray in robot mode too, but the "death from above" method is by far his favorite.<ref>''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' #1</ref>

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Brasero'''
:''Japanese name'': '''Breeze Master'''

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
When the newly created Micromasters first took up sides in the Cybertronian Wars, Blaze Master chose to join the Decepticons. Working alongside [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] and his [[Race Track Patrol]], he attacked the Autobot Micromasters when they attempted to rescue the damaged [[guzzler]] named [[Roadbuster]]. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}} Rumor had it, though, that he was discontent with the Decepticon way of doing things. [[Powertrain]] and [[Highjump (G1)|Highjump]] were discussing how to bring Blaze Master over to the Autobot side later that night in [[Little Iacon]]. {{storylink|The Gray Race}} When [[Venom (G1)|Venom]] and his Decepticons took over and occupied the area, they demanded the Micros turn against each other on that formerly neutral turf. At that point, Blaze Master had definitely had enough: he tossed aside his allegiance and told the Decepticon guzzlers to slag off. Venom then had [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] shoot down the Micromaster. The Autobot [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] was seen caring for the fallen Blaze Master after that. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate|Recipe for Hate}} Venom and his men took the Autobot Micromasters into custody back at Decepticon headquarters, but [[Big Daddy (G1)|Big Daddy]] and the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] broke them out soon after. Blaze Master got his revenge on Venom shortly afterwards, stabbing the larger robot through the torso with his energo-rotors. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

===IDW comics continuity===
Blaze Master was one of the legions of [[Dead Universe]] Micromasters who pursued [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] on [[Gorlam Prime]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-toy BlazeMaster.jpg|right|300px|thumb|...Heck he just loves the stuff!]]
*'''Air Patrol''' (Micromaster Patrol, 1990)
**''Accessories'': Rotor blade

: Blaze Master transforms into a Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low helicopter. His rotor blades can detach and be mounted as a melee weapon on his robot-mode arm. He was only available as part of the [[Air Patrol]] set with his teammates [[Eagle Eye (G1)|Eagle Eye]], [[Sky High (Micromaster)|Sky High]] and [[Tread Bolt]]. The rotor blade is the same mold as the one used by [[Tracer (Decepticon)|Tracer]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/BlazeMaster/blazemaster.htm More information on Blaze Master at TFU.info]''

===Zone===
*'''Sky Patrol Team''' (Micro Transformer team, 1990)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-352'''
**''Accessories'': Rotor blade

: The Air Patrol was released as part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Zone (toyline)|Zone]]'' series with no notable changes from the [[Hasbro]] release.

==Notes==
* Most—if not all—of the toys pictured in the 1990 Hasbro ''Transformers'' catalog are unfinished prototypes or mock-ups, and a variety of differences from the final product are apparent. In Blaze Master's case, there are some minuscule sculpting differences...and the complete lack of robot-mode [[Paint operation|paint application]]s.

==References==
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[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Defense specialists]]
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category:Micromasters]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]
[[Category:Zone characters]]

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