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Wasp

2009-04-30T02:36:54Z

72.139.47.22:

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{{disambig2|the ill-destined wasp robot from ''Transformers Animated''|the ill-destined wasp robot from the Beast Era|Waspinator}}

:''Wasp was an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]. After a freak mutation, he donned a [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] and took the name '''Waspinator'''.''

[[Image:WaspAutobot.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Wasp and Bee. Obvious, with hindsight.]]
'''Wasp''' is a lot like [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]... physically, at least. Built from the same chassis and sharing many of the same specifications and subroutines, the two Autobots attended boot camp together. Wasp's pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to toe the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] commander material.

''Might'' have.

These days, though, Wasp is a broken bot, mentally unstable and on the run from the Autobots who have branded him a traitor. What little remains of his mind is focused on just one goal... destroying Bumblebee, the bot who ruined his life!

{{bigquote|You were always mean to me and Bumblebee. You may not be a traitor...but you were ''never'' a good bot.|[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] tells Wasp off|"[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Jaron Löwenberg]] (German)
{{ongoing}}
Wasp was a cadet in the same group as Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. Right away, Wasp took a dislike to Bumblebee, insulting him out of the blue as the yellow bot mused to himself about his future in the Elite Guard. He also dubbed Bulkhead a "[[Mudflap (slang)|mudflap]]", much to the amusement of his fellow cadets. The loud-mouthed drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]] took an immediate liking to "Wasp", as he dubbed him. Wasp and Ironhide quickly became close friends, often competing in little tests of strength, usually involving Wasp hitting or stinging Ironhide while the latter was in armor mode.

After Bumblebee "bumbled" several times, leading to many [[transform-up]]s for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker.

Unbeknown to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group—and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. (Plus, let's face it, he was a complete jerk. And Decepticons are jerks, right?) At Longarm's prompting, Bumblebee eventually found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy. Wasp was stripped of his Autobot insignia and wheeled away, protesting his innocence and swearing revenge on Bumblebee.

[[Image:WaspAnimated2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Wasp was once a 'Bot...]]

Many years later, Wasp escaped from Autobot custody and apparently eluded the now-Sentinel Prime by jumping through a [[space bridge]]. What was left of Wasp hid beneath the bridge as Sentinel left, [[Waspinator|buzzing and twittering to himself]], still swearing revenge on "Bumblebot". In reality, however, the innocent bot—broken mentally by his years of imprisonment—had been set up with evidence planted by "Longarm", who had also arranged Wasp's "escape" to divert suspicion from himself. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

Needless to say, when the truth was revealed to Bumblebee by his old "friend", Longarm Prime (aka the Decepticon Shockwave), he took it pretty hard. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

[[Image:WhereIsThySting-Bumblebeecreepilydefeated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bee-st Wars!]]

Wasp headed straight for the Autobots' base on Earth, with Sentinel Prime and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] in pursuit. Waiting until Bumblebee was left alone on monitor duty (and actually playing ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' instead), he struck during a power outage, knocking Bumblebee cold and switching color schemes, helmets and even speech synthesizers with his rival. When Bumblebee came to, the others had returned and had him prisoner, with the disguised Wasp at their side. Despite Bumblebee's muffled cries, the Autobots fell for Wasp's ruse, forcing Bumblebee to flee into the night. Wasp stayed behind as the others tracked Bumblebee down, allowing him to try beating Bumblebee's video game and to search through Bumblebee's personal files.

When the others returned, joined by Sentinel, Jazz, [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], Wasp was able to recount several of Bumblebee's adventures which were logged in his files to keep the Autobots confused as to which bot was which. Unfortunately for Wasp, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] proposed the two battle against each other in in ''Ninja Gladiator'', so that Bumblebee's video game skills would be readily apparent and the traitor revealed. Before their video game could begin, Wasp panicked and attacked Bumblebee, holding him hostage so he could make his escape. Wasp left Bumblebee with one final indignity, turning off the [[electronic paintjob]] he'd installed in Bee and stealing his helmet back... tricking Bulkhead into pummeling the real Bumblebee while Wasp fled. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

The Autobots continued to pursue an erratic Wasp, though for different reasons: Sentinel Prime was still commanding the Elite Guard to bring him in on suspicion of treason, while Optimus and Bumblebee just wanted to help him (or at least keep him from damaging himself and bystanders during his crazed flight). In the midst of a pursuit through the streets of Detroit, Bumblebee tried once again to convince Wasp that he was now known to be innocent and was set up by Longarm, but Wasp refused to listen. During the chase, Wasp was suddenly abducted by [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], who carried him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]].

Wasp soon found himself in [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]'s old underground lab going ga-ga over [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. The spiderbot used her feminine wiles and familiar-sounding sob stories of Autobot betrayal to win Wasp's trust, and she convinced him to undergo an organic power augmentation procedure by impressing him with the ferocity of her own beast mode (while shielding him from seeing the disfigured mutant corpses left behind from her prior experiments). Wasp entered one [[transwarp]] chamber, a real organic wasp was put into another, and out came... Waspinator, three times larger than before, with energy "stings" and a heavily processed voice.

When he was finally tracked down by Bumblebee, who apologized to him, he decided that while "Wasp" forgave his former accuser, "Waspinator" preferred violent revenge. But before Waspinator could deliver the final blow, he overheard Blackarachnia admitting to the Autobots that she only viewed her new "friend" as another experimental attempt to cure her own organic infection. Irate at yet another betrayal, Waspinator started attacking everybody—and if that wasn't scary enough, his transwarp energy became unstable. Just as Waspinator reached critical mass, Blackarachnia sealed them both within a cocoon of her energy webbing, containing the explosion of tranwarp energy.
[[Image:TFAni Predacons Rising Waspinator Hazz Planzzz.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Some assembly required.]]
While only a crater was left on Dinobot Island, Waspinator and Blackarachnia were teleported by the transwarp energy to an unknown jungle. Although reduced to pieces by the explosion, Waspinator was still functional, and slowly began putting himself back together. After all, he couldn't go offline yet... because "Wazzzpinator hazz planzzz!" {{storylink|Predacons Rising}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Waspinatoranimateddeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Finally Blackarachnia has a pal... and by "pal", we mean "guinea pig".]]
*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe class, 2009)

:Despite his cartoon origins, Waspinator is ''not'' a [[redeco]] or [[Retool|retooling]] of Bumblebee. Part of the sixth wave of ''Animated'' Deluxe-class toys, Waspinator transforms from a techno-organic wasp into a techno-organic, four-armed, winged robot that resembles his ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' namesake, only far freakier-looking. In both modes, a lever on the thorax flaps his wings back and forth.

:His antennae are made of softer rubber, to allow them to be wedged within his insect head, as well as [[for safety reasons]].
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==Notes==
*A wasp and a bee, sharing the same mold? [[Waspinator|How]] [[Buzz Saw|preposterous]]!

*The small, vestigial arms present on the Deluxe Waspinator toy's robot mode torso have their origin in an early design concept for [[Lockdown]]; the bounty hunter robot's character model was subsequently altered to make his appearance less monstrous, but [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] loved the concept of the vestigial arms enough to incorporate them instead into Waspinator's design.<ref>[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/05/evolution-of-lockdown.html The Evolution of Lockdown ] and [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/10/tfa-s3-chin-on.html TFA S3: CHIN ON!]</ref>

*The signature quote given to Waspinator on his toy packaging is "Waspinator rules!", one of several iconic catchphrases associated with the original ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' incarnation of Waspinator. He uttered it in "[[A Better Mousetrap]]" and "[[Maximal, No More]]".

* Derrick Wyatt states on his blog that this incarnation of Waspinator is inspired by his ''Beast Wars'' counterpart, but made more monstrous and buglike. Wyatt examined photographs of actual wasps, nature shows like "Life in the Undergrowth" and monster movies for inspiration. The FX studio, Audio Circus, added insectoid clicks and other background sounds for the character.<ref>[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2009/04/oh-canada-here-i-come.html Oh Canada, here I come!]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category: Animated characters]]
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[[Category: Decepticons]]

Double Dinobot

2009-04-28T22:06:10Z

72.139.47.22: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=14
|image=Dinobot mirror.jpg
|caption="Hmm. He looks good, but is he tasty?..."
|title="Double Dinobot"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[November 5]], 1996
|written by=[[Rowby Goren]]
|directed by=[[John Pozer]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Megatron creates a non-transforming clone of Dinobot in an effort to disable Sentinel'''.

:''Japanese title:'' ダイノボットが二人に? (''Dinobot ga Futari ni?'', "Two Dinobots?")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Double Dinobot Megatron clone.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Isn't he cute?]]
In a scene reminiscent of a certain [[wikipedia:Frankenstein (1931 film)|early horror film]], Megatron creates a velociraptor clone based on the DNA of the [[Maximal]] Dinobot, Clone One, which also possesses a copy of Dinobot's mind.

Terrorsaur attacks the real Dinobot while on patrol, leading the Maximal into a cave where a swift move allows Terrorsaur to escape and bury Dinobot in a cave-in. Meanwhile, Clone One is sent to infiltrate the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal Base]] in his place. Clone One tells Optimus Primal that there's a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] camp in [[Grid Omega]] and insists Primal himself should go. Primal instead sends the Clone and Rattrap to fix the camp's exact location.

[[Image:Double Dinobot Rattrap clone.jpg|right|200px|thumb|What's funnier? Seeing someone falling off a log, or causing someone to fall of a log and then laughing at them for falling off.]]
Rattrap transforms to attack the alleged base and ''almost'' discovers the Clone's inability to transform, but stands down when the Clone reminds him this is a ''recon'' mission. Rattrap is puzzled by this uncharacteristic show of restraint, but stands down. While crossing an open lava flow, Clone One kicks the bridge out from under Rattrap, apparently sending him to his death.

In the meantime, the real Dinobot digs himself out of the rubble in the cave.

[[Image:Double Dinobot Clone shock.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This is what really wiped out the dinosaurs.]]
Clone One returns to the ''Axalon'' (now crewed only by Optimus Primal) and fakes an injury, telling Primal that they discovered the Predacon camp under cover of a "stealth device" and Rattrap is trapped. Despite having just received a report from Rhinox that Grid Omega shows no signs of Predacon activity, Optimus Primal activates [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] and leaves to rescue Rattrap. Clone One struggles to deactivate the shield without Dinobot's authorization codes and is repeatedly shocked by Sentinel, who recognises him as Dinobot, but doesn't detect a Maximal spark.

Primal and Cheetor rendezvous in Grid Omega, where they pick up Rattrap's trail. Rattrap, who landed on a chunk of rock, rides it along the lava flow, but is forced to leap for his life when the flow becomes a lava waterfall. He lands up on a ledge and then [[wikipedia:Rocket jumping|grenade jumps]] back to stable ground, where he encounters Cheetor and Primal and informs them of "Dinobot"'s treachery.

Meanwhile, the real Dinobot returns to the Axalon and deactivates the perimeter shield. Clone One believes he has finally succeeded and summons Megatron. The two Dinobots come face to face and are momentarily baffled as their identical reflexes cause them to mirror one another's reactions. Clone One realizes the situation first and attacks, but Dinobot transforms and challenges his clone to a fight. Discovering that his double cannot transform, Dinobot return to Beast Mode and the two fight on equal terms. The Clone is losing ground, but a lucky blow appears to knock Dinobot unconscious. Clone One eagerly goes to meet Megatron, not realizing that Dinobot was [[wikipedia:Playing possum|playing]] [[Enter the Nightbird|robo-possum]].

[[Image:Double Dinobot Dinobot teeth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"...Mmmm. Got any floss?"]]
Dinobot poses as his clone and greets Megatron outside the base and flatters his ego while discovering his plan to ambush the Maximals as they return from Grid Omega then use their own defense grid to finish them off. Dinobot activates the perimeter shield just as Megatron is walking through it, shocking him badly. Megatron initially believes the clone has betrayed him just as Dinobot did, but is cheered to learn that's not the case. With the arrival of the other Maximals, Megatron retreats.

The Maximals survey the damaged command center in dismay and inquire what happened to the clone. Dinobot informs them that it is gone for good…and was 'quite tasty'.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (6)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (7)
*[[Rattrap]] (8)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (9)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (10)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (1)
*[[Waspinator]] (2)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (4)
*[[Clone One]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"At last, an end to the boredom!"
:—'''Dinobot''', delighted to be attacked

"Peaceful as an R-chamber. Looks like old chopper face is seein' things."
:—'''Rattrap'''

"I just knew I smelled a rat… and it wasn't even me!"
:—'''Rattrap''' jumps to the wrong conclusion.

"It's time to '''blow''' this joint!"
:—'''Rattrap''', demonstrating the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGQIQljaAc0 proper method for a WartHog jump]

"Well that's just prime."
:—'''Rattrap''' copies '''Optimus Primal's''' favorite quote.

"What in the Inferno are you?"<br />
"What you might have been, had you not betrayed Megatron."
:—'''Dinobot''' meets '''Clone One'''

"Ooh, your brilliance is an inspiration to me!"<br />
"Oh, you are an enchanting creature! I may just clone the rest of my troops."
:—'''Dinobot''' posing as his clone, to '''Megatron'''

"Well. I guess my revenge must be postponed until next week!"
:—Has '''Megatron''' got a copy of the TV Guide?

'''Rattrap:''' "If there was a clone, then where is he, huh?"<br />
'''Dinobot:''' "I'm afraid he's gone for good. A shame, really; he was such a handsome creature. And… quite tasty."<br />
''[Dinobot flicks a piece of flesh from his teeth at Primal and belches loudly. Cheetor gives him a thumbs up.]''<br />
'''Optimus Primal:''' "…You're disgusting."<br />
''[Dinobot smiles]''
:—The Maximals discover the clone's ''deliciously'' gruesome fate.

==Notes==
* Clone One's skin will later be seen on the wall of Dinobot's room. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}} {{storylink|Code of Hero}}
* Megatron was extremely pleased to learn the clone had not betrayed him. Had Dinobot led him to think his clones were unreliable, it probably would have saved the Maximals a lot of trouble…. ''Ah, hindsight.''
* Megatron would clone Dinobot twice more; the [[Cyber raptor|Cyber raptors]] in [[Cutting Edge]] and [[Dinobot II]] in [[Feral Scream Part 1]]. The [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] would use DNA from Dinobot's spark to create the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]] in [[Beast Machines]].
* The Chamber Dinobot's clone was created in appears to be an extensively refitted Predacon [[CR chamber|R-Chamber]].
* Megatron is seemingly incapable of cloning Dinobot on sunny days with lots of butterflies. SOMEONE has been reading too much [[wikipedia:Mary Shelley|Mary Shelley]], folks.

===Trivia===
*While the Dinobot clone is trying to deactivate Sentinel, a holographic Maximal logo appears with [[Cybertronix]] writing under it saying "who is this putz scally user". Then the shot changes to behind the projection as some more text appears next to a diagram that says "hey ian go f**k yourself", making one wonder what [[Ian Corlett]] did to piss off an animator. Then the words 'Merv Griffin' display.

==External links==
* [http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasonone/doubledinobot/doubledinobotscript.pdf Double Dinobot Script] on BWTF.com (PDF)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Starscream (G1)/toys

2009-04-24T01:37:55Z

72.139.47.22: /* Classic Series */

[[Image:MP Starscream book cover art.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Next person who says '[[Dull surprise]]' gets a null-ray to the face!"]]
Many toys have been made of [[Generation 1]] '''[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]''', enough to warrant this page!

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Starscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Skywarp (G1)|Then]] [[Sunstorm (G1)|about]] [[Thundercracker (G1)|eight]] [[:Image:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|million]] [[Seeker|redecos]] [[E-Hobby|followed]].]]
* '''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/1986, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22, TFC-09'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear
**''Period of activity:'' [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Cartoon]], [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics (US)]] [[The Transformers (comic issue)|1]]–[[Dark Star|50]]

: Starscream's first toy was taken from the ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, transforming into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet. In this mode he is armed with two cluster bombs, essentially shortened projectiles made to resemble (somewhat) the drop tanks that a real F-15 might carry. There are numerous minor construction variations on this mold, common for most of the ''Diaclone''-based Transformers.

: To transform Starscream, one must essentially take most of his plane parts off and transform his body, then reattach his plane parts on again, although if you don't mind being fiddly, it certainly can be achieved with only the fists and weapons being actually removed. In robot mode, the cluster bomb projectiles are replaced with long 'null rays''.''

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{{note|For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's [[Tech Spec|Tech Specs]] were switched around. Starscream was given Skywarp's numbers.}}
: The first reissue of Starscream was practically identical to the original toy and was released by [[Takara]] in Japan in 2001.

: Starscream was reissued in normal colors for Hasbro's [[Commemorative Series]] in 2003. The release had remolded elongated missiles and launchers so as to comply with current US toy safety laws.

: Starscream's [[Transformers Collection|T/F Collection]] reissue from 2003 featured show-accurate colors and retooled fists to hold a new miniature Megatron gun-mode accessory. An [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] fist that could hold the gun was also included, as was a DVD. He also featured painted Decepticon symbols, wing and vertical stabilizer stripes, and a canopy frame.

: In 2007 Starscream was reissued for the Encore line. This release featured a light yellow window (instead of gray like the original or orange like the 2003 reissue) and painted symbols (reversed from the 2003 release).

: This mold is notorious for having many missing pieces due to the... modular design of its transformation. As such, an intact set is hard to come by. While it is impossible for all the pieces to fit in any one form of the toy, the landing gear can fit in the cockpit for storage in robot mode. Still, only one set of missiles can be fit into the launchers at one time.

: This mold is [[Redeco|redecoed]] into [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], and [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. It is also [[Retool|retooled]] as [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

{{-}}<SPAN ID="Pretender"></span>
[[Image:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You can tell he's evil because he's spiky.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Classic Pretender, 1989)
**''Accessories'': 2-part Pretender shell, left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings, helmet, rifle
**''Period of activity:'' [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics (US)]] [[All the Familiar Faces!|58]]–[[Dark Creation|65]]
:Starscream was released as a [[Classic Pretender]] with a human shell of a badly dressed man. The inner robot is a simplified version of the original toy transforming into an almost [[Superdeformed]] F-15 fighter. His arms, legs and rear wing assemblies are all cast in blue plastic, with the latter also serving as dual laser weapons in robot mode.

{{-}}<SPAN ID="Legend"></span>
* '''Starscream''' (Legends, 1989)
**''Accessories'': Left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings
**''Period of activity:'' [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics (US)]] [[Dark Creation|65]]–[[A Savage Circle|78]]
:The inner robot of Pretender Starscream was also sold separately as a K-Mart [[Exclusive]] "[[Legends (G1)|Legends]]" figure, and was released with Legends [[Bumblebee (G1) toys#Legend|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)#Legend|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (G1)#Legend|Grimlock]] in a Japanese giftset the same year.

{{-}}<SPAN ID="ActionMaster"></span>
[[Image:ActionmasterStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He loved the gray helmet so much, he used it again.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Turbo Jet, rifle, 2 missiles
**''Notable appearances:'' None yet identified
: ''Action Master'' Starscream is a non-transforming action figure based loosely on his cartoon appearance but using a color scheme derived from the Pretender toy. His main accessory is the [[Turbo Jet]], a small personal attack craft that Starscream can set astride like a motorcycle. The Turbo Jet rolls on three small wheels, and can transform into a gun emplacement.

: This mold was [[Redeco|redecoed]] as [[Thundercracker (G1)#ActionMaster|Action Master Thundercracker]].

{{-}}<SPAN ID="Ghost"></span>
[[Image:GhostStarscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Wait a minute. Since when do ghosts have painted metal chests?]]
* '''Ghost Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: Ghost Starscream is an [[E-Hobby]] [[Exclusive]] release of the 2001 Starscream reissue, cast almost entirely in translucent plastics, except for those parts made of die-cast metal.

{{-}}<SPAN ID="Black"></span>
[[Image:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Who am I again?]]
* '''Black Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear
: Black Starscream is an e-Hobby exclusive release, with his colors loosely based upon ''[[Machine Wars]]'' [[Starscream (G1) toys#Machine_Wars|Starsceam]], though his deco has much darker shades of gray, lacks clear blue plastic and has gold as one of his primary colors. In other words, not really like ''Machine Wars'' Starscream at all. But his bio places him there fictionally! Does that count?

{{-}}<SPAN ID="Secret"></span>
[[Image:Secret Starscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'm so invisible even '''I''' don't know if I exist.]]
* '''Secret Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: An all-clear Starscream was made for the ''[[Transformers: Generations]]'' [[Lucky Draw]] contest. This figure was limited to ''five'' pieces, making it one of the rarest officially-released ''Transformers'' toys in the world. Four of the winners are still unknown, but the fifth figure is currently owned by [http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/toyreview.php?review=712 Transformers @ The Moon.] Secret Starscream differs from Ghost Starscream in that its plastic parts are completely clear and not color-tinted.

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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2Starscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|With my camouflaged wings, I'll appear to be merely a fuselage flying through the sky!]]
* '''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1993)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear
**''Period of activity:'' [[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|Generation 2]]

:Starscream's ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' release is a slight [[Retool]] of his original toy with new missiles, launchers, and an electronic light-and-sound box in the shape of a tank. The electronic box lights up with the press of either button, and emits electronic "machine gun" or "jet engine" noises. In jet mode, the sound box plugs onto his back end.

:The new accessories were also used, in different colors, for ''Generation 2'' Ramjet.

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===Machine Wars===
[[Image:MWStarscream Toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ohh! Slice!]]
* '''Starscream''' (Ultra, 1997)
**''Accessories:''
**''Notable appearances:'' None yet identified
: Starscream's ''[[Machine Wars]]'' release is a recolour of the [[Predator]] [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] with fewer missiles, no hand-held projectile launcher, and most of the gimmicks removed. He transforms into a large bomber based vaguely upon an SR-71 Blackbird. He still retains his "carpet bombing" gimmick, a rolling drum that drops his missiles from each wing.

: This mold was also used to make [[King Atlas]].

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===Transtech===
[[Image:Starscream-transtech.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Obscure both by design and by accident]]
* '''Starscream'''

: Starscream would have been made available in the aborted ''[[Transtech]]'' series in 2001. Control art and early [[Prototype]] images have surfaced, showing that the toy would have been at the Deluxe scale and featured internal lighting mechanisms that changed color depending on its mode. The toy is clearly a homage to his ''Machine Wars'' body, which at the time of ''Transtech's'' intended release would have been the last form Starscream had inhabited in American markets.

: In 2008, this design would be [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[TransTech]] universe's [[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]].

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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
[[Image:STFStarscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I will rule all the redecos, Megatron!]]
* '''Starscream''' (2003)
*''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF-03'''
*''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers/cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tailfins, left & right tail wings

: ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Starscream is a very small-scale simplification of the original Starscream toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays.

:This mold was, of course, redecoed and retooled into Thundercracker, Skywarp and Thrust.

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===Robot Masters===
[[Image:RobotMastersStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I have thighs?]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-12'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifles, 2 missile pods

: Starscream's ''[[Robot Masters]]'' toy is a re-imagining of the original toy, designed to be closer to the animation model, with greater poseability and integrated parts that did not require detachment during transformation (with the exception of his null-ray blasters). After re-engineering the design to stay roughly in one piece during transformation, Takara then gave him chromed missile pods that attach to his chestplate. Although not his usual choice of weapon, these are show-accurate: Starscream used them once in the episode "[[Fire on the Mountain]]" to attack [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]].

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[[Image:RMBlackStarscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Okay now I feel used. That's much better.]]
*'''Starscream Limited Black Version''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifles, 2 missile pods

: Available only via mail-order from ''Figure King Magazine'', Black Starscream is a redecoof ''Robot Masters'' Starscream, swapping out his reds and blues for black, and some of his grey for black.

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===Masterpiece===
[[Image:MasterpieceStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And the fandom complained (and rejoiced).]]
* '''Starscream''' (2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-3'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip (for the Megatron pistol from Masterpiece Convoy/Optimus Prime), display stand

: ''Masterpiece'' Starscream is a high-quality, highly-detailed ''Transformers'' toy. He transforms into a mostly-accurate F-15E Eagle, with weapons options ranging from a rack of Sidewinder missiles to his trademark null ray cannons. In robot mode he is a highly detailed, well-articulated (especially the hands), yet stylized version of his original robot mode. His chest turbines flip up to reveal a bank of missiles each, and his face can be rotated so as to display either a stern or a smirking face. His wings can also be angled to 90° to make him take the look of his original G1 toy. Amusingly, the transformation allows the pilot's seat to stay straight in robot's mode.

:He comes with a small figurine of [[Doctor Arkeville]], his partner-in-crime for several early episodes of Generation 1; a display stand that can be used in both fighter and jet modes; and an extensive sheet of sticker decals, including variously sized Decepticon symbols, squadron numbers and squadron markings, including one of [[Waspinator]]!

: ''Masterpiece'' Starscream was the second all-new sculpt in the ''Masterpiece'' series of toys, and was envisioned as the finest toy representation of the original Starscream ever created. To this end, famed Japanese mecha designer (and former Diaclone toy designer) [[Shoji Kawamori]] was recruited to oversee the design and engineering of this toy. The first prototype design was essentially a much more complex version of the original toy, based upon his cartoon and then-recent comic appearances, with a much more accurate F-15 Eagle fighter mode. However, Kawamori felt the design could be improved, particularly the details and underside of the fighter mode, as he did not want what would have basically been a new version of the old toy.

: Based on Kawamori's suggestions, a new prototype design was made, with major structures located in his legs now moved up to his hips (though they can be detached and put on his legs), with his transformation and design streamlined to create an even more realistic F-15 design. Even so, Kawamori was still unhappy with the amount of robotic parts visible underneath the plane, but conceded that too many changes would essentially not make the toy look like Starscream in robot mode.

: On his control art, there are pictures of Starscream that have him wearing his Decepticon Crown of Leadership, as seen in the coronation scene of the original animated movie. On the toy itself, his head and shoulders have notches for parts to attach to, suggesting that TakaraTomy have reserved Starscream's coronation parts for a later release of this toy.

: Oddly, Starscream's fighter colour scheme is inaccurate to real F-15E hull colours (Gunship Gray, colour code FS 36118), in that it has more of a green-blue tinge, which has made collectors wonder why TakaraTomy bothered changing Starscream's colours in the first place, especially as Starscream's original pale grey is a ''very'' close match to FS 36375, the main grey used on real F-15s of the 1980s. Additionally, his missiles are painted in the wrong colours (they should be the same grey) and are mounted sideways on their pylons, which is why they only have three fins on the back instead of four — they couldn't fit the fourth fin as they mounted the missiles themselves incorrectly.

===Classics===
[[Image:ClassicsStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Fear my extra-long null rays!!!]]
* '''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles

: ''Classics'' Starscream is a faithful reproduction of his original toy, but with modern standards of toy engineering, transformation, sculpting detail and articulation. He still transforms into an [[wikipedia:F-15_Eagle|F-15 Eagle]], but has the nose of an [[wikipedia:F-14_Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]] fighter jet. His color scheme is inspired by [[wikipedia:Image:F-15A_first_prototype_2.jpg|photolab-edited photographs of the prototype F-15 Eagle]], as the original photos and the actual colors of the prototype fighter were actually sky blue with bright orange markings.

: In robot mode, Starscream is essentially a very detailed version of his cartoon robot mode, with many design elements that would also find their way into Masterpiece Starscream. He is armed with two (overly large) null-ray missile launchers, which are so large that they restrict his arm movement due to them bumping into his wings.

: Later versions of Starscream saw a [[Retool]] in the jet intake area first seen on ''Classics'' [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The slope of his shoulders was decreased, and a rectangle added to the vertical area, making the number now five instead of four. This version of Starscream is the harder to find of the two. This retooled version was used for ''Classics'' Skywarp, [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], as well as ''Universe'' (2008) [[Acid Storm]].

: One should note that certain plastic sections such as Starscream's back panel and tailfin assemblies are made of unusually rigid gray plastic that is slightly prone to cracking or breaking. Said parts should be handled with care.

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[[Image:Hasbro Masterpiece Starscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Wait, you say the ''Hasbro'' version is the slavishly 'toon-accurate one? Your credibility is on shaky ground, Wiki.]]
* '''Masterpiece Starscream''' (2007)
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip (for the Megatron pistol from Masterpiece Convoy/Optimus Prime), display stand

: A Wal-Mart exclusive, Hasbro's release of ''Masterpiece'' Starscream has been redecoed ''extensively'' to resemble the animation model of Starscream, down to the orange canopy and the silver nosecone (as opposed to the original toy's blue). In an effort to bring out detail in the sculpt, he has also been given an extensive paint wash to bring out his panel lines. Starscream includes the same accessories included in the Takara release of this toy, including a display stand, sidewinder missiles, a small figurine of Doctor Arkeville (which now has the correct skin color), and the clip to hold Masterpiece Convoy's Megatron gun while in jet mode. Starscream was finally given the correct tech spec stats he was originally supposed to have back in 1984 for this release, Skywarp's stats.

:The tips on the Starscream's vertical stabilizers were [[For safety reasons|shortened and rounded]] for the U.S. release, and the plastics used overall have greater resilience to impact and damage than the fragile Japanese release.

:This version of Starscream was also released in Japan as an exclusive item in the same packaging but with different paint applications. It uses the unmodified version of the mold used for MP-3 Starscream and MP-6 Skywarp.

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===Titanium Series===
[[Image:TitaniumRM Starscream.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Stop, in the name of love...]]
* '''Starscream''' (Robot Masters, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

: Released in wave 2, the first ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Starscream is a small, non-transforming die-cast metal figurine, based upon his Generation 1 cartoon appearances. He is sculpted holding Megatron in gun mode in his left hand, and holding up his palm outward with his right, while using his jets to fly up. EXCITEMENT.

: This mold was also used to make Thundercracker.

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[[Image:TitaniumHeroesWWStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"How ''dare'' you make ''me'' a redeco?! Do you know who I am?!"]]
* '''War Within Starscream''' (Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

: War Within Starscream is a redeco of "War Within" Thundercracker (talk about irony). He transforms into a Cybertronian 'tetrajet', as re-imagined by [[Don Figueroa]]. As with all 6-inch Titanium Cybertron Heroes, he is constructed mostly of fully painted die-cast metal.

: This mold was used to make the "War Within" versions of [[Sunstorm (G1)#WarWithin|Sunstorm]] and [[Skywarp (G1)#WarWithin|Skywarp]].

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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[Image:Henkei Starscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He feels much better in the boring ol' stripes. <TABLE STYLE="font-size:9px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR BGCOLOR="#efefff"> <TD>[[Tech specs]] <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR VALIGN="bottom"> <TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''9'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:40px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''9'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:40px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''8'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:35px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''5'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:20px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#efefff"> <TD>STR</td><TD>INT</td><TD>SPD</td><TD>END</td><TD>RNK</td><TD>CRG</td><TD>FPW</td><TD>SKL </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table>]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-02'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles
: ''[[Henkei! Henkei! (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Starscream is a redeco of ''Classics'' Starscream. He features considerably different paint applications that more closely mimic the original ''Generation 1'' cartoon model, as well as a more opaque grey plastic base, a lighter blue, and orange translucent plastic instead of yellow. Like all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive [[Rubsign]] that the ''Classics'' counterpart featured, but has two [[Vacuum metalizing|vacuum-metallized]] barrels on his missile launchers.

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===Universe (2008)===
====Classic Series====
[[Image:Universe2008-toy LegendsG1Starscream.JPG|right|200px|thumb|On casual Fridays, Starscream prefers to wear his wings down.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2008)

: The first ''Universe'' toy of Starscream is a [[Redeco]] of the [[Legends of Cybertron]] [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], transforming into an SU-37 fighter jet.

: This mold was also used to make the ''Classics'' Legends-class [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and ''Universe'' [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]].

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====Generation 1 Series====
[[Image:Universe2008 deluxe G1Starscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Yep, he's still feelin' good in the stripes.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles

:The second ''Universe'' Starscream toy is a redeco of ''Classics'' Starscream, in a colour layout quite similar to (but not the same as) the ''Henkei! Henkei!'' version of the mold but using the Hasbro ''Masterpiece'' colors.

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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Starscream''' (Decoy, 1986)
**''Decoy ID number'': ?

: Coming packaged at random on carded ''Transformers'' toys during 1986, [[Decoy]] Starscream is a tiny soft-rubber figure of Starscream in his robot mode. Like all Decepticon Decoys, he was available in both purple and red, although the red Decepticons were only used in some early products and are therefore considerably rarer.

===Heroes of Cybertron===
:The ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' PVC figurine line is an adaptation by Hasbro of Takara's own ''Super Collection Figure'' line. The main difference between the two lines is that Hasbro cast Autobot and Decepticon figures in clear blue or clear red PVC respectively, then completely painted the figurines. This allowed the eyes to 'glow' when placed in front of the light source.

* '''Starscream''' (2002)

: Repaint of the Japanese SCF Starscream figure. Non-transforming, true to the animation model. Distinctive from the Japanese release with its glossy paint and "light-up" eyes.

* '''Starscream''' (2002)

: Originally a chase figure in Japan, this remold of the regular figure includes a cape, newly molded limbs, and a head with the crown as seen in the movie.

* '''Starscream''' (2003)

: Above, but part of a six-pack of figures which also included Thundercracker, Skywarp, and three Clones from the [[OTFCC 2003]] convention set.

===Mega SCF===
* '''Starscream''' (2002)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MegaSCF TF 07'''

[[Image:Mega SCF Starscream.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Just keep it away from any [[Galvatron (G1)|reformatted megalomaniacs]].]]
:Starscream is a highly articulated non transforming action figure. He comes with removable shoulder pads and cloak. He has a choice of normal head or a head with a crown. He also includes extra hands, one of which holds Megatron in gun mode.

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===Hard Hero===
[[Image:HardHero Starscream bust.JPG|left|150px|thumb|]]
* '''Starscream''' (2002)

:A cold-cast porcelain Starscream bust measuring six inches in height with a nine-inch wingspan. The bust was fifth in [[Hard Hero]]'s main series of ''Transformers'' busts, and was limited to 5000 pieces. An additional 100 pieces were signed by sculptor [[Jason Ray]].

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===MyClone===
[[Image:Myclone Starscream.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Every Transformers fangirl owns this.]]
* '''Starscream''' (2003)
**''ID number:'' '''MTF003'''

: A tiny "[[Super deformed]]" Starscream was created as part of the first wave of [[MyClone]] Transformers in Japan. These toys could be disassembled and their parts mixed-and-matched thanks to a generic base body.

: This mold was also used to make MyClone Thundercracker.

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===Robot Heroes===
* '''Starscream''' (Mirage Vs Starscream, 2007)

[[Image:RH Mirage vs Starscream.jpg|left|150px|thumb|He's cute when he betrays you.]]
: Starscream is a two inch high figure sculpted in a super deformed style and articulated at the shoulders. This figure was later redecoed as (guess what) Thundercracker for the Jazz vs. Thundercracker set. It also was redecoed as Skywarp in the "Decepticon Sneak Attack" set.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Starscream'''

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Classic Starscream''' (2007)

: A 42-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, "Classic" Starscream "transforms" into a grey and red fighter jet with a color scheme based on his ''Classics'' toy. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007)|Movie]] [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]].

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===Revoltech===
[[Image:Revoltech Starscream.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Let's just hope [[Pat Lee]] didn't get royalties from this.]]
* '''Starscream''' (2008)
**''Yamaguchi Series number:'' '''046'''
**''Accessories:'' Megatron gun mode, 2 closed fists (left & right), open right hand, pistol grip right hand, pointing left hand, display stand

:A non-transforming but ''highly'' articulated Starscream action figure, ''[[Revoltech]]'' Starscream uses the ''Revoltech'' "revolver joints" for maximum articulation. It comes with his twin null-ray cannons, a gun-mode Megatron, a posing stand, and three extra hands (a Megatron-holding right hand, an open-palmed right hand, and a left hand for pointing or disco-dancing).<ref>[http://bakaneko.way-nifty.com/revoltech/2008/01/post_909a.html Photos of the set contents at Revoltech's official blog site.]</ref><ref>[http://www.amiami.com/shop/?vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=TOY-RBT-0148&template=review.html Large images of the figure and its accessories at the online store Amiami.]</ref>

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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
* '''Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

[[Image:Starscream statue.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Only half here and I still look this good.]]
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Starscream was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces.
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* '''Coronation Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

[[Image:Coronation statue.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Coronation Starscream? This is [[Main Page|bad comedy]].]]
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Coronation Starscream was an exclusive to on-line retailer Action Figure Xpress. He was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 600 pieces. It features Starscream decked out in the royal crown, cape, and big honkin' shoulder pads he wore (albeit briefly) in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

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===Mighty Muggs===
[[Image:MightyMuggs_Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|175px]]
*'''Starscream''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Wings

: This [[super-deformed]], non-transformable PVC figure uses the standard [[Mighty Muggs]] body template, with swivel joints in Starscream's neck and limbs. Although Hasbro stock photography (right) shows him with his wings pointing down, they are detachable and are meant to be put in the standard upwards position.

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==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm Starscream at TFU.info]

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Starscream (G1)/toys

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72.139.47.22: /* Henkei! Henkei! */

[[Image:MP Starscream book cover art.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Next person who says '[[Dull surprise]]' gets a null-ray to the face!"]]
Many toys have been made of [[Generation 1]] '''[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]''', enough to warrant this page!

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Starscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Skywarp (G1)|Then]] [[Sunstorm (G1)|about]] [[Thundercracker (G1)|eight]] [[:Image:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|million]] [[Seeker|redecos]] [[E-Hobby|followed]].]]
* '''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/1986, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22, TFC-09'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear
**''Period of activity:'' [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Cartoon]], [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics (US)]] [[The Transformers (comic issue)|1]]–[[Dark Star|50]]

: Starscream's first toy was taken from the ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, transforming into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet. In this mode he is armed with two cluster bombs, essentially shortened projectiles made to resemble (somewhat) the drop tanks that a real F-15 might carry. There are numerous minor construction variations on this mold, common for most of the ''Diaclone''-based Transformers.

: To transform Starscream, one must essentially take most of his plane parts off and transform his body, then reattach his plane parts on again, although if you don't mind being fiddly, it certainly can be achieved with only the fists and weapons being actually removed. In robot mode, the cluster bomb projectiles are replaced with long 'null rays''.''

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{{note|For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's [[Tech Spec|Tech Specs]] were switched around. Starscream was given Skywarp's numbers.}}
: The first reissue of Starscream was practically identical to the original toy and was released by [[Takara]] in Japan in 2001.

: Starscream was reissued in normal colors for Hasbro's [[Commemorative Series]] in 2003. The release had remolded elongated missiles and launchers so as to comply with current US toy safety laws.

: Starscream's [[Transformers Collection|T/F Collection]] reissue from 2003 featured show-accurate colors and retooled fists to hold a new miniature Megatron gun-mode accessory. An [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] fist that could hold the gun was also included, as was a DVD. He also featured painted Decepticon symbols, wing and vertical stabilizer stripes, and a canopy frame.

: In 2007 Starscream was reissued for the Encore line. This release featured a light yellow window (instead of gray like the original or orange like the 2003 reissue) and painted symbols (reversed from the 2003 release).

: This mold is notorious for having many missing pieces due to the... modular design of its transformation. As such, an intact set is hard to come by. While it is impossible for all the pieces to fit in any one form of the toy, the landing gear can fit in the cockpit for storage in robot mode. Still, only one set of missiles can be fit into the launchers at one time.

: This mold is [[Redeco|redecoed]] into [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], and [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. It is also [[Retool|retooled]] as [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

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[[Image:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You can tell he's evil because he's spiky.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Classic Pretender, 1989)
**''Accessories'': 2-part Pretender shell, left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings, helmet, rifle
**''Period of activity:'' [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics (US)]] [[All the Familiar Faces!|58]]–[[Dark Creation|65]]
:Starscream was released as a [[Classic Pretender]] with a human shell of a badly dressed man. The inner robot is a simplified version of the original toy transforming into an almost [[Superdeformed]] F-15 fighter. His arms, legs and rear wing assemblies are all cast in blue plastic, with the latter also serving as dual laser weapons in robot mode.

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* '''Starscream''' (Legends, 1989)
**''Accessories'': Left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings
**''Period of activity:'' [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics (US)]] [[Dark Creation|65]]–[[A Savage Circle|78]]
:The inner robot of Pretender Starscream was also sold separately as a K-Mart [[Exclusive]] "[[Legends (G1)|Legends]]" figure, and was released with Legends [[Bumblebee (G1) toys#Legend|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)#Legend|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (G1)#Legend|Grimlock]] in a Japanese giftset the same year.

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[[Image:ActionmasterStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He loved the gray helmet so much, he used it again.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Turbo Jet, rifle, 2 missiles
**''Notable appearances:'' None yet identified
: ''Action Master'' Starscream is a non-transforming action figure based loosely on his cartoon appearance but using a color scheme derived from the Pretender toy. His main accessory is the [[Turbo Jet]], a small personal attack craft that Starscream can set astride like a motorcycle. The Turbo Jet rolls on three small wheels, and can transform into a gun emplacement.

: This mold was [[Redeco|redecoed]] as [[Thundercracker (G1)#ActionMaster|Action Master Thundercracker]].

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[[Image:GhostStarscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Wait a minute. Since when do ghosts have painted metal chests?]]
* '''Ghost Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: Ghost Starscream is an [[E-Hobby]] [[Exclusive]] release of the 2001 Starscream reissue, cast almost entirely in translucent plastics, except for those parts made of die-cast metal.

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[[Image:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Who am I again?]]
* '''Black Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear
: Black Starscream is an e-Hobby exclusive release, with his colors loosely based upon ''[[Machine Wars]]'' [[Starscream (G1) toys#Machine_Wars|Starsceam]], though his deco has much darker shades of gray, lacks clear blue plastic and has gold as one of his primary colors. In other words, not really like ''Machine Wars'' Starscream at all. But his bio places him there fictionally! Does that count?

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[[Image:Secret Starscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'm so invisible even '''I''' don't know if I exist.]]
* '''Secret Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: An all-clear Starscream was made for the ''[[Transformers: Generations]]'' [[Lucky Draw]] contest. This figure was limited to ''five'' pieces, making it one of the rarest officially-released ''Transformers'' toys in the world. Four of the winners are still unknown, but the fifth figure is currently owned by [http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/toyreview.php?review=712 Transformers @ The Moon.] Secret Starscream differs from Ghost Starscream in that its plastic parts are completely clear and not color-tinted.

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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2Starscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|With my camouflaged wings, I'll appear to be merely a fuselage flying through the sky!]]
* '''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1993)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear
**''Period of activity:'' [[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|Generation 2]]

:Starscream's ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' release is a slight [[Retool]] of his original toy with new missiles, launchers, and an electronic light-and-sound box in the shape of a tank. The electronic box lights up with the press of either button, and emits electronic "machine gun" or "jet engine" noises. In jet mode, the sound box plugs onto his back end.

:The new accessories were also used, in different colors, for ''Generation 2'' Ramjet.

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===Machine Wars===
[[Image:MWStarscream Toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ohh! Slice!]]
* '''Starscream''' (Ultra, 1997)
**''Accessories:''
**''Notable appearances:'' None yet identified
: Starscream's ''[[Machine Wars]]'' release is a recolour of the [[Predator]] [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] with fewer missiles, no hand-held projectile launcher, and most of the gimmicks removed. He transforms into a large bomber based vaguely upon an SR-71 Blackbird. He still retains his "carpet bombing" gimmick, a rolling drum that drops his missiles from each wing.

: This mold was also used to make [[King Atlas]].

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===Transtech===
[[Image:Starscream-transtech.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Obscure both by design and by accident]]
* '''Starscream'''

: Starscream would have been made available in the aborted ''[[Transtech]]'' series in 2001. Control art and early [[Prototype]] images have surfaced, showing that the toy would have been at the Deluxe scale and featured internal lighting mechanisms that changed color depending on its mode. The toy is clearly a homage to his ''Machine Wars'' body, which at the time of ''Transtech's'' intended release would have been the last form Starscream had inhabited in American markets.

: In 2008, this design would be [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[TransTech]] universe's [[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]].

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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
[[Image:STFStarscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I will rule all the redecos, Megatron!]]
* '''Starscream''' (2003)
*''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF-03'''
*''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers/cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tailfins, left & right tail wings

: ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Starscream is a very small-scale simplification of the original Starscream toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays.

:This mold was, of course, redecoed and retooled into Thundercracker, Skywarp and Thrust.

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===Robot Masters===
[[Image:RobotMastersStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I have thighs?]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-12'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifles, 2 missile pods

: Starscream's ''[[Robot Masters]]'' toy is a re-imagining of the original toy, designed to be closer to the animation model, with greater poseability and integrated parts that did not require detachment during transformation (with the exception of his null-ray blasters). After re-engineering the design to stay roughly in one piece during transformation, Takara then gave him chromed missile pods that attach to his chestplate. Although not his usual choice of weapon, these are show-accurate: Starscream used them once in the episode "[[Fire on the Mountain]]" to attack [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]].

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[[Image:RMBlackStarscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Okay now I feel used. That's much better.]]
*'''Starscream Limited Black Version''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifles, 2 missile pods

: Available only via mail-order from ''Figure King Magazine'', Black Starscream is a redecoof ''Robot Masters'' Starscream, swapping out his reds and blues for black, and some of his grey for black.

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===Masterpiece===
[[Image:MasterpieceStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And the fandom complained (and rejoiced).]]
* '''Starscream''' (2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-3'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip (for the Megatron pistol from Masterpiece Convoy/Optimus Prime), display stand

: ''Masterpiece'' Starscream is a high-quality, highly-detailed ''Transformers'' toy. He transforms into a mostly-accurate F-15E Eagle, with weapons options ranging from a rack of Sidewinder missiles to his trademark null ray cannons. In robot mode he is a highly detailed, well-articulated (especially the hands), yet stylized version of his original robot mode. His chest turbines flip up to reveal a bank of missiles each, and his face can be rotated so as to display either a stern or a smirking face. His wings can also be angled to 90° to make him take the look of his original G1 toy. Amusingly, the transformation allows the pilot's seat to stay straight in robot's mode.

:He comes with a small figurine of [[Doctor Arkeville]], his partner-in-crime for several early episodes of Generation 1; a display stand that can be used in both fighter and jet modes; and an extensive sheet of sticker decals, including variously sized Decepticon symbols, squadron numbers and squadron markings, including one of [[Waspinator]]!

: ''Masterpiece'' Starscream was the second all-new sculpt in the ''Masterpiece'' series of toys, and was envisioned as the finest toy representation of the original Starscream ever created. To this end, famed Japanese mecha designer (and former Diaclone toy designer) [[Shoji Kawamori]] was recruited to oversee the design and engineering of this toy. The first prototype design was essentially a much more complex version of the original toy, based upon his cartoon and then-recent comic appearances, with a much more accurate F-15 Eagle fighter mode. However, Kawamori felt the design could be improved, particularly the details and underside of the fighter mode, as he did not want what would have basically been a new version of the old toy.

: Based on Kawamori's suggestions, a new prototype design was made, with major structures located in his legs now moved up to his hips (though they can be detached and put on his legs), with his transformation and design streamlined to create an even more realistic F-15 design. Even so, Kawamori was still unhappy with the amount of robotic parts visible underneath the plane, but conceded that too many changes would essentially not make the toy look like Starscream in robot mode.

: On his control art, there are pictures of Starscream that have him wearing his Decepticon Crown of Leadership, as seen in the coronation scene of the original animated movie. On the toy itself, his head and shoulders have notches for parts to attach to, suggesting that TakaraTomy have reserved Starscream's coronation parts for a later release of this toy.

: Oddly, Starscream's fighter colour scheme is inaccurate to real F-15E hull colours (Gunship Gray, colour code FS 36118), in that it has more of a green-blue tinge, which has made collectors wonder why TakaraTomy bothered changing Starscream's colours in the first place, especially as Starscream's original pale grey is a ''very'' close match to FS 36375, the main grey used on real F-15s of the 1980s. Additionally, his missiles are painted in the wrong colours (they should be the same grey) and are mounted sideways on their pylons, which is why they only have three fins on the back instead of four — they couldn't fit the fourth fin as they mounted the missiles themselves incorrectly.

===Classics===
[[Image:ClassicsStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Fear my extra-long null rays!!!]]
* '''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles

: ''Classics'' Starscream is a faithful reproduction of his original toy, but with modern standards of toy engineering, transformation, sculpting detail and articulation. He still transforms into an [[wikipedia:F-15_Eagle|F-15 Eagle]], but has the nose of an [[wikipedia:F-14_Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]] fighter jet. His color scheme is inspired by [[wikipedia:Image:F-15A_first_prototype_2.jpg|photolab-edited photographs of the prototype F-15 Eagle]], as the original photos and the actual colors of the prototype fighter were actually sky blue with bright orange markings.

: In robot mode, Starscream is essentially a very detailed version of his cartoon robot mode, with many design elements that would also find their way into Masterpiece Starscream. He is armed with two (overly large) null-ray missile launchers, which are so large that they restrict his arm movement due to them bumping into his wings.

: Later versions of Starscream saw a [[Retool]] in the jet intake area first seen on ''Classics'' [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The slope of his shoulders was decreased, and a rectangle added to the vertical area, making the number now five instead of four. This version of Starscream is the harder to find of the two. This retooled version was used for ''Classics'' Skywarp, [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], as well as ''Universe'' (2008) [[Acid Storm]].

: One should note that certain plastic sections such as Starscream's back panel and tailfin assemblies are made of unusually rigid gray plastic that is slightly prone to cracking or breaking. Said parts should be handled with care.

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[[Image:Hasbro Masterpiece Starscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Wait, you say the ''Hasbro'' version is the slavishly 'toon-accurate one? Your credibility is on shaky ground, Wiki.]]
* '''Masterpiece Starscream''' (2007)
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip (for the Megatron pistol from Masterpiece Convoy/Optimus Prime), display stand

: A Wal-Mart exclusive, Hasbro's release of ''Masterpiece'' Starscream has been redecoed ''extensively'' to resemble the animation model of Starscream, down to the orange canopy and the silver nosecone (as opposed to the original toy's blue). In an effort to bring out detail in the sculpt, he has also been given an extensive paint wash to bring out his panel lines. Starscream includes the same accessories included in the Takara release of this toy, including a display stand, sidewinder missiles, a small figurine of Doctor Arkeville (which now has the correct skin color), and the clip to hold Masterpiece Convoy's Megatron gun while in jet mode. Starscream was finally given the correct tech spec stats he was originally supposed to have back in 1984 for this release, Skywarp's stats.

:The tips on the Starscream's vertical stabilizers were [[For safety reasons|shortened and rounded]] for the U.S. release, and the plastics used overall have greater resilience to impact and damage than the fragile Japanese release.

:This version of Starscream was also released in Japan as an exclusive item in the same packaging but with different paint applications. It uses the unmodified version of the mold used for MP-3 Starscream and MP-6 Skywarp.

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===Titanium Series===
[[Image:TitaniumRM Starscream.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Stop, in the name of love...]]
* '''Starscream''' (Robot Masters, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

: Released in wave 2, the first ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Starscream is a small, non-transforming die-cast metal figurine, based upon his Generation 1 cartoon appearances. He is sculpted holding Megatron in gun mode in his left hand, and holding up his palm outward with his right, while using his jets to fly up. EXCITEMENT.

: This mold was also used to make Thundercracker.

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[[Image:TitaniumHeroesWWStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"How ''dare'' you make ''me'' a redeco?! Do you know who I am?!"]]
* '''War Within Starscream''' (Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

: War Within Starscream is a redeco of "War Within" Thundercracker (talk about irony). He transforms into a Cybertronian 'tetrajet', as re-imagined by [[Don Figueroa]]. As with all 6-inch Titanium Cybertron Heroes, he is constructed mostly of fully painted die-cast metal.

: This mold was used to make the "War Within" versions of [[Sunstorm (G1)#WarWithin|Sunstorm]] and [[Skywarp (G1)#WarWithin|Skywarp]].

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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[Image:Henkei Starscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He feels much better in the boring ol' stripes. <TABLE STYLE="font-size:9px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR BGCOLOR="#efefff"> <TD>[[Tech specs]] <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR VALIGN="bottom"> <TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''9'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:40px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''9'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:40px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''8'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:35px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''5'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:20px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#efefff"> <TD>STR</td><TD>INT</td><TD>SPD</td><TD>END</td><TD>RNK</td><TD>CRG</td><TD>FPW</td><TD>SKL </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table>]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-02'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles
: ''[[Henkei! Henkei! (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Starscream is a redeco of ''Classics'' Starscream. He features considerably different paint applications that more closely mimic the original ''Generation 1'' cartoon model, as well as a more opaque grey plastic base, a lighter blue, and orange translucent plastic instead of yellow. Like all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive [[Rubsign]] that the ''Classics'' counterpart featured, but has two [[Vacuum metalizing|vacuum-metallized]] barrels on his missile launchers.

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===Universe (2008)===
====Classic Series====
[[Image:Universe2008-toy LegendsG1Starscream.JPG|right|200px|thumb|]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2008)

: The first ''Universe'' toy of Starscream is a [[Redeco]] of the [[Legends of Cybertron]] [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], transforming into an SU-37 fighter jet.

: This mold was also used to make the ''Classics'' Legends-class [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and ''Universe'' [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]].

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====Generation 1 Series====
[[Image:Universe2008 deluxe G1Starscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Yep, he's still feelin' good in the stripes.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles

:The second ''Universe'' Starscream toy is a redeco of ''Classics'' Starscream, in a colour layout quite similar to (but not the same as) the ''Henkei! Henkei!'' version of the mold but using the Hasbro ''Masterpiece'' colors.

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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Starscream''' (Decoy, 1986)
**''Decoy ID number'': ?

: Coming packaged at random on carded ''Transformers'' toys during 1986, [[Decoy]] Starscream is a tiny soft-rubber figure of Starscream in his robot mode. Like all Decepticon Decoys, he was available in both purple and red, although the red Decepticons were only used in some early products and are therefore considerably rarer.

===Heroes of Cybertron===
:The ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' PVC figurine line is an adaptation by Hasbro of Takara's own ''Super Collection Figure'' line. The main difference between the two lines is that Hasbro cast Autobot and Decepticon figures in clear blue or clear red PVC respectively, then completely painted the figurines. This allowed the eyes to 'glow' when placed in front of the light source.

* '''Starscream''' (2002)

: Repaint of the Japanese SCF Starscream figure. Non-transforming, true to the animation model. Distinctive from the Japanese release with its glossy paint and "light-up" eyes.

* '''Starscream''' (2002)

: Originally a chase figure in Japan, this remold of the regular figure includes a cape, newly molded limbs, and a head with the crown as seen in the movie.

* '''Starscream''' (2003)

: Above, but part of a six-pack of figures which also included Thundercracker, Skywarp, and three Clones from the [[OTFCC 2003]] convention set.

===Mega SCF===
* '''Starscream''' (2002)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MegaSCF TF 07'''

[[Image:Mega SCF Starscream.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Just keep it away from any [[Galvatron (G1)|reformatted megalomaniacs]].]]
:Starscream is a highly articulated non transforming action figure. He comes with removable shoulder pads and cloak. He has a choice of normal head or a head with a crown. He also includes extra hands, one of which holds Megatron in gun mode.

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===Hard Hero===
[[Image:HardHero Starscream bust.JPG|left|150px|thumb|]]
* '''Starscream''' (2002)

:A cold-cast porcelain Starscream bust measuring six inches in height with a nine-inch wingspan. The bust was fifth in [[Hard Hero]]'s main series of ''Transformers'' busts, and was limited to 5000 pieces. An additional 100 pieces were signed by sculptor [[Jason Ray]].

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===MyClone===
[[Image:Myclone Starscream.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Every Transformers fangirl owns this.]]
* '''Starscream''' (2003)
**''ID number:'' '''MTF003'''

: A tiny "[[Super deformed]]" Starscream was created as part of the first wave of [[MyClone]] Transformers in Japan. These toys could be disassembled and their parts mixed-and-matched thanks to a generic base body.

: This mold was also used to make MyClone Thundercracker.

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===Robot Heroes===
* '''Starscream''' (Mirage Vs Starscream, 2007)

[[Image:RH Mirage vs Starscream.jpg|left|150px|thumb|He's cute when he betrays you.]]
: Starscream is a two inch high figure sculpted in a super deformed style and articulated at the shoulders. This figure was later redecoed as (guess what) Thundercracker for the Jazz vs. Thundercracker set. It also was redecoed as Skywarp in the "Decepticon Sneak Attack" set.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Starscream'''

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Classic Starscream''' (2007)

: A 42-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, "Classic" Starscream "transforms" into a grey and red fighter jet with a color scheme based on his ''Classics'' toy. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007)|Movie]] [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]].

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===Revoltech===
[[Image:Revoltech Starscream.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Let's just hope [[Pat Lee]] didn't get royalties from this.]]
* '''Starscream''' (2008)
**''Yamaguchi Series number:'' '''046'''
**''Accessories:'' Megatron gun mode, 2 closed fists (left & right), open right hand, pistol grip right hand, pointing left hand, display stand

:A non-transforming but ''highly'' articulated Starscream action figure, ''[[Revoltech]]'' Starscream uses the ''Revoltech'' "revolver joints" for maximum articulation. It comes with his twin null-ray cannons, a gun-mode Megatron, a posing stand, and three extra hands (a Megatron-holding right hand, an open-palmed right hand, and a left hand for pointing or disco-dancing).<ref>[http://bakaneko.way-nifty.com/revoltech/2008/01/post_909a.html Photos of the set contents at Revoltech's official blog site.]</ref><ref>[http://www.amiami.com/shop/?vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=TOY-RBT-0148&template=review.html Large images of the figure and its accessories at the online store Amiami.]</ref>

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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
* '''Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

[[Image:Starscream statue.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Only half here and I still look this good.]]
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Starscream was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces.
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* '''Coronation Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

[[Image:Coronation statue.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Coronation Starscream? This is [[Main Page|bad comedy]].]]
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Coronation Starscream was an exclusive to on-line retailer Action Figure Xpress. He was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 600 pieces. It features Starscream decked out in the royal crown, cape, and big honkin' shoulder pads he wore (albeit briefly) in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

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===Mighty Muggs===
[[Image:MightyMuggs_Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|175px]]
*'''Starscream''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Wings

: This [[super-deformed]], non-transformable PVC figure uses the standard [[Mighty Muggs]] body template, with swivel joints in Starscream's neck and limbs. Although Hasbro stock photography (right) shows him with his wings pointing down, they are detachable and are meant to be put in the standard upwards position.

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==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm Starscream at TFU.info]

== Footnotes ==
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Starscream (G1)/toys

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72.139.47.22: /* Generation 1 Series */

[[Image:MP Starscream book cover art.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Next person who says '[[Dull surprise]]' gets a null-ray to the face!"]]
Many toys have been made of [[Generation 1]] '''[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]''', enough to warrant this page!

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Starscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Skywarp (G1)|Then]] [[Sunstorm (G1)|about]] [[Thundercracker (G1)|eight]] [[:Image:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|million]] [[Seeker|redecos]] [[E-Hobby|followed]].]]
* '''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/1986, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22, TFC-09'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear
**''Period of activity:'' [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Cartoon]], [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics (US)]] [[The Transformers (comic issue)|1]]–[[Dark Star|50]]

: Starscream's first toy was taken from the ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, transforming into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet. In this mode he is armed with two cluster bombs, essentially shortened projectiles made to resemble (somewhat) the drop tanks that a real F-15 might carry. There are numerous minor construction variations on this mold, common for most of the ''Diaclone''-based Transformers.

: To transform Starscream, one must essentially take most of his plane parts off and transform his body, then reattach his plane parts on again, although if you don't mind being fiddly, it certainly can be achieved with only the fists and weapons being actually removed. In robot mode, the cluster bomb projectiles are replaced with long 'null rays''.''

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{{note|For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's [[Tech Spec|Tech Specs]] were switched around. Starscream was given Skywarp's numbers.}}
: The first reissue of Starscream was practically identical to the original toy and was released by [[Takara]] in Japan in 2001.

: Starscream was reissued in normal colors for Hasbro's [[Commemorative Series]] in 2003. The release had remolded elongated missiles and launchers so as to comply with current US toy safety laws.

: Starscream's [[Transformers Collection|T/F Collection]] reissue from 2003 featured show-accurate colors and retooled fists to hold a new miniature Megatron gun-mode accessory. An [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] fist that could hold the gun was also included, as was a DVD. He also featured painted Decepticon symbols, wing and vertical stabilizer stripes, and a canopy frame.

: In 2007 Starscream was reissued for the Encore line. This release featured a light yellow window (instead of gray like the original or orange like the 2003 reissue) and painted symbols (reversed from the 2003 release).

: This mold is notorious for having many missing pieces due to the... modular design of its transformation. As such, an intact set is hard to come by. While it is impossible for all the pieces to fit in any one form of the toy, the landing gear can fit in the cockpit for storage in robot mode. Still, only one set of missiles can be fit into the launchers at one time.

: This mold is [[Redeco|redecoed]] into [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], and [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. It is also [[Retool|retooled]] as [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

{{-}}<SPAN ID="Pretender"></span>
[[Image:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You can tell he's evil because he's spiky.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Classic Pretender, 1989)
**''Accessories'': 2-part Pretender shell, left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings, helmet, rifle
**''Period of activity:'' [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics (US)]] [[All the Familiar Faces!|58]]–[[Dark Creation|65]]
:Starscream was released as a [[Classic Pretender]] with a human shell of a badly dressed man. The inner robot is a simplified version of the original toy transforming into an almost [[Superdeformed]] F-15 fighter. His arms, legs and rear wing assemblies are all cast in blue plastic, with the latter also serving as dual laser weapons in robot mode.

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* '''Starscream''' (Legends, 1989)
**''Accessories'': Left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings
**''Period of activity:'' [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics (US)]] [[Dark Creation|65]]–[[A Savage Circle|78]]
:The inner robot of Pretender Starscream was also sold separately as a K-Mart [[Exclusive]] "[[Legends (G1)|Legends]]" figure, and was released with Legends [[Bumblebee (G1) toys#Legend|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)#Legend|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (G1)#Legend|Grimlock]] in a Japanese giftset the same year.

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[[Image:ActionmasterStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He loved the gray helmet so much, he used it again.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Turbo Jet, rifle, 2 missiles
**''Notable appearances:'' None yet identified
: ''Action Master'' Starscream is a non-transforming action figure based loosely on his cartoon appearance but using a color scheme derived from the Pretender toy. His main accessory is the [[Turbo Jet]], a small personal attack craft that Starscream can set astride like a motorcycle. The Turbo Jet rolls on three small wheels, and can transform into a gun emplacement.

: This mold was [[Redeco|redecoed]] as [[Thundercracker (G1)#ActionMaster|Action Master Thundercracker]].

{{-}}<SPAN ID="Ghost"></span>
[[Image:GhostStarscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Wait a minute. Since when do ghosts have painted metal chests?]]
* '''Ghost Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: Ghost Starscream is an [[E-Hobby]] [[Exclusive]] release of the 2001 Starscream reissue, cast almost entirely in translucent plastics, except for those parts made of die-cast metal.

{{-}}<SPAN ID="Black"></span>
[[Image:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Who am I again?]]
* '''Black Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear
: Black Starscream is an e-Hobby exclusive release, with his colors loosely based upon ''[[Machine Wars]]'' [[Starscream (G1) toys#Machine_Wars|Starsceam]], though his deco has much darker shades of gray, lacks clear blue plastic and has gold as one of his primary colors. In other words, not really like ''Machine Wars'' Starscream at all. But his bio places him there fictionally! Does that count?

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[[Image:Secret Starscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'm so invisible even '''I''' don't know if I exist.]]
* '''Secret Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: An all-clear Starscream was made for the ''[[Transformers: Generations]]'' [[Lucky Draw]] contest. This figure was limited to ''five'' pieces, making it one of the rarest officially-released ''Transformers'' toys in the world. Four of the winners are still unknown, but the fifth figure is currently owned by [http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/toyreview.php?review=712 Transformers @ The Moon.] Secret Starscream differs from Ghost Starscream in that its plastic parts are completely clear and not color-tinted.

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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2Starscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|With my camouflaged wings, I'll appear to be merely a fuselage flying through the sky!]]
* '''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1993)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear
**''Period of activity:'' [[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|Generation 2]]

:Starscream's ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' release is a slight [[Retool]] of his original toy with new missiles, launchers, and an electronic light-and-sound box in the shape of a tank. The electronic box lights up with the press of either button, and emits electronic "machine gun" or "jet engine" noises. In jet mode, the sound box plugs onto his back end.

:The new accessories were also used, in different colors, for ''Generation 2'' Ramjet.

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===Machine Wars===
[[Image:MWStarscream Toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ohh! Slice!]]
* '''Starscream''' (Ultra, 1997)
**''Accessories:''
**''Notable appearances:'' None yet identified
: Starscream's ''[[Machine Wars]]'' release is a recolour of the [[Predator]] [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] with fewer missiles, no hand-held projectile launcher, and most of the gimmicks removed. He transforms into a large bomber based vaguely upon an SR-71 Blackbird. He still retains his "carpet bombing" gimmick, a rolling drum that drops his missiles from each wing.

: This mold was also used to make [[King Atlas]].

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===Transtech===
[[Image:Starscream-transtech.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Obscure both by design and by accident]]
* '''Starscream'''

: Starscream would have been made available in the aborted ''[[Transtech]]'' series in 2001. Control art and early [[Prototype]] images have surfaced, showing that the toy would have been at the Deluxe scale and featured internal lighting mechanisms that changed color depending on its mode. The toy is clearly a homage to his ''Machine Wars'' body, which at the time of ''Transtech's'' intended release would have been the last form Starscream had inhabited in American markets.

: In 2008, this design would be [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[TransTech]] universe's [[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]].

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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
[[Image:STFStarscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I will rule all the redecos, Megatron!]]
* '''Starscream''' (2003)
*''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF-03'''
*''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers/cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tailfins, left & right tail wings

: ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Starscream is a very small-scale simplification of the original Starscream toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays.

:This mold was, of course, redecoed and retooled into Thundercracker, Skywarp and Thrust.

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===Robot Masters===
[[Image:RobotMastersStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I have thighs?]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-12'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifles, 2 missile pods

: Starscream's ''[[Robot Masters]]'' toy is a re-imagining of the original toy, designed to be closer to the animation model, with greater poseability and integrated parts that did not require detachment during transformation (with the exception of his null-ray blasters). After re-engineering the design to stay roughly in one piece during transformation, Takara then gave him chromed missile pods that attach to his chestplate. Although not his usual choice of weapon, these are show-accurate: Starscream used them once in the episode "[[Fire on the Mountain]]" to attack [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]].

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[[Image:RMBlackStarscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Okay now I feel used. That's much better.]]
*'''Starscream Limited Black Version''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifles, 2 missile pods

: Available only via mail-order from ''Figure King Magazine'', Black Starscream is a redecoof ''Robot Masters'' Starscream, swapping out his reds and blues for black, and some of his grey for black.

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===Masterpiece===
[[Image:MasterpieceStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And the fandom complained (and rejoiced).]]
* '''Starscream''' (2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-3'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip (for the Megatron pistol from Masterpiece Convoy/Optimus Prime), display stand

: ''Masterpiece'' Starscream is a high-quality, highly-detailed ''Transformers'' toy. He transforms into a mostly-accurate F-15E Eagle, with weapons options ranging from a rack of Sidewinder missiles to his trademark null ray cannons. In robot mode he is a highly detailed, well-articulated (especially the hands), yet stylized version of his original robot mode. His chest turbines flip up to reveal a bank of missiles each, and his face can be rotated so as to display either a stern or a smirking face. His wings can also be angled to 90° to make him take the look of his original G1 toy. Amusingly, the transformation allows the pilot's seat to stay straight in robot's mode.

:He comes with a small figurine of [[Doctor Arkeville]], his partner-in-crime for several early episodes of Generation 1; a display stand that can be used in both fighter and jet modes; and an extensive sheet of sticker decals, including variously sized Decepticon symbols, squadron numbers and squadron markings, including one of [[Waspinator]]!

: ''Masterpiece'' Starscream was the second all-new sculpt in the ''Masterpiece'' series of toys, and was envisioned as the finest toy representation of the original Starscream ever created. To this end, famed Japanese mecha designer (and former Diaclone toy designer) [[Shoji Kawamori]] was recruited to oversee the design and engineering of this toy. The first prototype design was essentially a much more complex version of the original toy, based upon his cartoon and then-recent comic appearances, with a much more accurate F-15 Eagle fighter mode. However, Kawamori felt the design could be improved, particularly the details and underside of the fighter mode, as he did not want what would have basically been a new version of the old toy.

: Based on Kawamori's suggestions, a new prototype design was made, with major structures located in his legs now moved up to his hips (though they can be detached and put on his legs), with his transformation and design streamlined to create an even more realistic F-15 design. Even so, Kawamori was still unhappy with the amount of robotic parts visible underneath the plane, but conceded that too many changes would essentially not make the toy look like Starscream in robot mode.

: On his control art, there are pictures of Starscream that have him wearing his Decepticon Crown of Leadership, as seen in the coronation scene of the original animated movie. On the toy itself, his head and shoulders have notches for parts to attach to, suggesting that TakaraTomy have reserved Starscream's coronation parts for a later release of this toy.

: Oddly, Starscream's fighter colour scheme is inaccurate to real F-15E hull colours (Gunship Gray, colour code FS 36118), in that it has more of a green-blue tinge, which has made collectors wonder why TakaraTomy bothered changing Starscream's colours in the first place, especially as Starscream's original pale grey is a ''very'' close match to FS 36375, the main grey used on real F-15s of the 1980s. Additionally, his missiles are painted in the wrong colours (they should be the same grey) and are mounted sideways on their pylons, which is why they only have three fins on the back instead of four — they couldn't fit the fourth fin as they mounted the missiles themselves incorrectly.

===Classics===
[[Image:ClassicsStarscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Fear my extra-long null rays!!!]]
* '''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles

: ''Classics'' Starscream is a faithful reproduction of his original toy, but with modern standards of toy engineering, transformation, sculpting detail and articulation. He still transforms into an [[wikipedia:F-15_Eagle|F-15 Eagle]], but has the nose of an [[wikipedia:F-14_Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]] fighter jet. His color scheme is inspired by [[wikipedia:Image:F-15A_first_prototype_2.jpg|photolab-edited photographs of the prototype F-15 Eagle]], as the original photos and the actual colors of the prototype fighter were actually sky blue with bright orange markings.

: In robot mode, Starscream is essentially a very detailed version of his cartoon robot mode, with many design elements that would also find their way into Masterpiece Starscream. He is armed with two (overly large) null-ray missile launchers, which are so large that they restrict his arm movement due to them bumping into his wings.

: Later versions of Starscream saw a [[Retool]] in the jet intake area first seen on ''Classics'' [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The slope of his shoulders was decreased, and a rectangle added to the vertical area, making the number now five instead of four. This version of Starscream is the harder to find of the two. This retooled version was used for ''Classics'' Skywarp, [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], as well as ''Universe'' (2008) [[Acid Storm]].

: One should note that certain plastic sections such as Starscream's back panel and tailfin assemblies are made of unusually rigid gray plastic that is slightly prone to cracking or breaking. Said parts should be handled with care.

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[[Image:Hasbro Masterpiece Starscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Wait, you say the ''Hasbro'' version is the slavishly 'toon-accurate one? Your credibility is on shaky ground, Wiki.]]
* '''Masterpiece Starscream''' (2007)
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip (for the Megatron pistol from Masterpiece Convoy/Optimus Prime), display stand

: A Wal-Mart exclusive, Hasbro's release of ''Masterpiece'' Starscream has been redecoed ''extensively'' to resemble the animation model of Starscream, down to the orange canopy and the silver nosecone (as opposed to the original toy's blue). In an effort to bring out detail in the sculpt, he has also been given an extensive paint wash to bring out his panel lines. Starscream includes the same accessories included in the Takara release of this toy, including a display stand, sidewinder missiles, a small figurine of Doctor Arkeville (which now has the correct skin color), and the clip to hold Masterpiece Convoy's Megatron gun while in jet mode. Starscream was finally given the correct tech spec stats he was originally supposed to have back in 1984 for this release, Skywarp's stats.

:The tips on the Starscream's vertical stabilizers were [[For safety reasons|shortened and rounded]] for the U.S. release, and the plastics used overall have greater resilience to impact and damage than the fragile Japanese release.

:This version of Starscream was also released in Japan as an exclusive item in the same packaging but with different paint applications. It uses the unmodified version of the mold used for MP-3 Starscream and MP-6 Skywarp.

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===Titanium Series===
[[Image:TitaniumRM Starscream.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Stop, in the name of love...]]
* '''Starscream''' (Robot Masters, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

: Released in wave 2, the first ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Starscream is a small, non-transforming die-cast metal figurine, based upon his Generation 1 cartoon appearances. He is sculpted holding Megatron in gun mode in his left hand, and holding up his palm outward with his right, while using his jets to fly up. EXCITEMENT.

: This mold was also used to make Thundercracker.

{{-}}<SPAN ID="WarWithin"></span>
[[Image:TitaniumHeroesWWStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"How ''dare'' you make ''me'' a redeco?! Do you know who I am?!"]]
* '''War Within Starscream''' (Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

: War Within Starscream is a redeco of "War Within" Thundercracker (talk about irony). He transforms into a Cybertronian 'tetrajet', as re-imagined by [[Don Figueroa]]. As with all 6-inch Titanium Cybertron Heroes, he is constructed mostly of fully painted die-cast metal.

: This mold was used to make the "War Within" versions of [[Sunstorm (G1)#WarWithin|Sunstorm]] and [[Skywarp (G1)#WarWithin|Skywarp]].

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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[Image:Henkei Starscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He feels much better in the boring ol' stripes... <TABLE STYLE="font-size:9px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR BGCOLOR="#efefff"> <TD>[[Tech specs]] <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR VALIGN="bottom"> <TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''9'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:40px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''9'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:40px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''8'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:35px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''7'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:30px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td><TD> <TABLE STYLE="font-size:11px;line-height:1;" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFFF">'''5'''</span> </td></tr> <TR STYLE="height:20px" BGCOLOR="#4B2060"> <TD> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> <TR ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#efefff"> <TD>STR</td><TD>INT</td><TD>SPD</td><TD>END</td><TD>RNK</td><TD>CRG</td><TD>FPW</td><TD>SKL </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table>]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-02'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles
: ''[[Henkei! Henkei! (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Starscream is a redeco of ''Classics'' Starscream. He features considerably different paint applications that more closely mimic the original ''Generation 1'' cartoon model, as well as a more opaque grey plastic base, a lighter blue, and orange translucent plastic instead of yellow. Like all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive [[Rubsign]] that the ''Classics'' counterpart featured, but has two [[Vacuum metalizing|vacuum-metallized]] barrels on his missile launchers.

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===Universe (2008)===
====Classic Series====
[[Image:Universe2008-toy LegendsG1Starscream.JPG|right|200px|thumb|]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2008)

: The first ''Universe'' toy of Starscream is a [[Redeco]] of the [[Legends of Cybertron]] [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], transforming into an SU-37 fighter jet.

: This mold was also used to make the ''Classics'' Legends-class [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and ''Universe'' [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]].

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====Generation 1 Series====
[[Image:Universe2008 deluxe G1Starscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Yep, he's still feelin' good in the stripes.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles

:The second ''Universe'' Starscream toy is a redeco of ''Classics'' Starscream, in a colour layout quite similar to (but not the same as) the ''Henkei! Henkei!'' version of the mold but using the Hasbro ''Masterpiece'' colors.

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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Starscream''' (Decoy, 1986)
**''Decoy ID number'': ?

: Coming packaged at random on carded ''Transformers'' toys during 1986, [[Decoy]] Starscream is a tiny soft-rubber figure of Starscream in his robot mode. Like all Decepticon Decoys, he was available in both purple and red, although the red Decepticons were only used in some early products and are therefore considerably rarer.

===Heroes of Cybertron===
:The ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' PVC figurine line is an adaptation by Hasbro of Takara's own ''Super Collection Figure'' line. The main difference between the two lines is that Hasbro cast Autobot and Decepticon figures in clear blue or clear red PVC respectively, then completely painted the figurines. This allowed the eyes to 'glow' when placed in front of the light source.

* '''Starscream''' (2002)

: Repaint of the Japanese SCF Starscream figure. Non-transforming, true to the animation model. Distinctive from the Japanese release with its glossy paint and "light-up" eyes.

* '''Starscream''' (2002)

: Originally a chase figure in Japan, this remold of the regular figure includes a cape, newly molded limbs, and a head with the crown as seen in the movie.

* '''Starscream''' (2003)

: Above, but part of a six-pack of figures which also included Thundercracker, Skywarp, and three Clones from the [[OTFCC 2003]] convention set.

===Mega SCF===
* '''Starscream''' (2002)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MegaSCF TF 07'''

[[Image:Mega SCF Starscream.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Just keep it away from any [[Galvatron (G1)|reformatted megalomaniacs]].]]
:Starscream is a highly articulated non transforming action figure. He comes with removable shoulder pads and cloak. He has a choice of normal head or a head with a crown. He also includes extra hands, one of which holds Megatron in gun mode.

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===Hard Hero===
[[Image:HardHero Starscream bust.JPG|left|150px|thumb|]]
* '''Starscream''' (2002)

:A cold-cast porcelain Starscream bust measuring six inches in height with a nine-inch wingspan. The bust was fifth in [[Hard Hero]]'s main series of ''Transformers'' busts, and was limited to 5000 pieces. An additional 100 pieces were signed by sculptor [[Jason Ray]].

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===MyClone===
[[Image:Myclone Starscream.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Every Transformers fangirl owns this.]]
* '''Starscream''' (2003)
**''ID number:'' '''MTF003'''

: A tiny "[[Super deformed]]" Starscream was created as part of the first wave of [[MyClone]] Transformers in Japan. These toys could be disassembled and their parts mixed-and-matched thanks to a generic base body.

: This mold was also used to make MyClone Thundercracker.

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===Robot Heroes===
* '''Starscream''' (Mirage Vs Starscream, 2007)

[[Image:RH Mirage vs Starscream.jpg|left|150px|thumb|He's cute when he betrays you.]]
: Starscream is a two inch high figure sculpted in a super deformed style and articulated at the shoulders. This figure was later redecoed as (guess what) Thundercracker for the Jazz vs. Thundercracker set. It also was redecoed as Skywarp in the "Decepticon Sneak Attack" set.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Starscream'''

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Classic Starscream''' (2007)

: A 42-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, "Classic" Starscream "transforms" into a grey and red fighter jet with a color scheme based on his ''Classics'' toy. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007)|Movie]] [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]].

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===Revoltech===
[[Image:Revoltech Starscream.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Let's just hope [[Pat Lee]] didn't get royalties from this.]]
* '''Starscream''' (2008)
**''Yamaguchi Series number:'' '''046'''
**''Accessories:'' Megatron gun mode, 2 closed fists (left & right), open right hand, pistol grip right hand, pointing left hand, display stand

:A non-transforming but ''highly'' articulated Starscream action figure, ''[[Revoltech]]'' Starscream uses the ''Revoltech'' "revolver joints" for maximum articulation. It comes with his twin null-ray cannons, a gun-mode Megatron, a posing stand, and three extra hands (a Megatron-holding right hand, an open-palmed right hand, and a left hand for pointing or disco-dancing).<ref>[http://bakaneko.way-nifty.com/revoltech/2008/01/post_909a.html Photos of the set contents at Revoltech's official blog site.]</ref><ref>[http://www.amiami.com/shop/?vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=TOY-RBT-0148&template=review.html Large images of the figure and its accessories at the online store Amiami.]</ref>

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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
* '''Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

[[Image:Starscream statue.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Only half here and I still look this good.]]
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Starscream was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces.
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* '''Coronation Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

[[Image:Coronation statue.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Coronation Starscream? This is [[Main Page|bad comedy]].]]
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Coronation Starscream was an exclusive to on-line retailer Action Figure Xpress. He was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 600 pieces. It features Starscream decked out in the royal crown, cape, and big honkin' shoulder pads he wore (albeit briefly) in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

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===Mighty Muggs===
[[Image:MightyMuggs_Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|175px]]
*'''Starscream''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Wings

: This [[super-deformed]], non-transformable PVC figure uses the standard [[Mighty Muggs]] body template, with swivel joints in Starscream's neck and limbs. Although Hasbro stock photography (right) shows him with his wings pointing down, they are detachable and are meant to be put in the standard upwards position.

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==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm Starscream at TFU.info]

== Footnotes ==
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Double Dinobot

2009-04-16T00:22:49Z

72.139.47.22: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=14
|image=Dinobot mirror.jpg
|caption="Hmm. He looks good, but is he tasty?..."
|title="Double Dinobot"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[November 5]], 1996
|written by=[[Rowby Goren]]
|directed by=[[John Pozer]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Megatron creates a non-transforming clone of Dinobot in an effort to disable Sentinel'''.

:''Japanese title:'' ダイノボットが二人に? (''Dinobot ga Futari ni?'', "Two Dinobots?")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Double Dinobot Megatron clone.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Isn't he cute?]]
In a scene reminiscent of a certain [[wikipedia:Frankenstein (1931 film)|early horror film]], Megatron creates a velociraptor clone based on the DNA of the [[Maximal]] Dinobot, Clone One, which also possesses a copy of Dinobot's mind.

Terrorsaur attacks the real Dinobot while on patrol, leading the Maximal into a cave where a swift move allows Terrorsaur to escape and bury Dinobot in a cave-in. Meanwhile, Clone One is sent to infiltrate the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal Base]] in his place. Clone One tells Optimus Primal that there's a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] camp in [[Grid Omega]] and insists Primal himself should go. Primal instead sends the Clone and Rattrap to fix the camp's exact location.

[[Image:Double Dinobot Rattrap clone.jpg|right|200px|thumb|What's funnier? Seeing someone falling off a log, or causing someone to fall of a log and then laughing at them for falling off.]]
Rattrap transforms to attack the alleged base and ''almost'' discovers the Clone's inability to transform, but stands down when the Clone reminds him this is a ''recon'' mission. Rattrap is puzzled by this uncharacteristic show of restraint, but stands down. While crossing an open lava flow, Clone One kicks the bridge out from under Rattrap, apparently sending him to his death.

In the meantime, the real Dinobot digs himself out of the rubble in the cave.

[[Image:Double Dinobot Clone shock.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This is what really wiped out the dinosaurs.]]
Clone One returns to the ''Axalon'' (now crewed only by Optimus Primal) and fakes an injury, telling Primal that they discovered the Predacon camp under cover of a "stealth device" and Rattrap is trapped. Despite having just received a report from Rhinox that Grid Omega shows no signs of Predacon activity, Optimus Primal activates [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] and leaves to rescue Rattrap. Clone One struggles to deactivate the shield without Dinobot's authorization codes and is repeatedly shocked by Sentinel, who recognises him as Dinobot, but doesn't detect a Maximal spark.

Primal and Cheetor rendezvous in Grid Omega, where they pick up Rattrap's trail. Rattrap, who landed on a chunk of rock, rides it along the lava flow, but is forced to leap for his life when the flow becomes a lava waterfall. He lands up on a ledge and then [[wikipedia:Rocket jumping|grenade jumps]] back to stable ground, where he encounters Cheetor and Primal and informs them of "Dinobot"'s treachery.

Meanwhile, the real Dinobot returns to the Axalon and deactivates the perimeter shield. Clone One believes he has finally succeeded and summons Megatron. The two Dinobots come face to face and are momentarily baffled as their identical reflexes cause them to mirror one another's reactions. Clone One realizes the situation first and attacks, but Dinobot transforms and challenges his clone to a fight. Discovering that his double cannot transform, Dinobot return to Beast Mode and the two fight on equal terms. The Clone is losing ground, but a lucky blow appears to knock Dinobot unconscious. Clone One eagerly goes to meet Megatron, not realizing that Dinobot was [[wikipedia:Playing possum|playing]] [[Enter the Nightbird|robo-possum]].

[[Image:Double Dinobot Dinobot teeth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Anyone got some floss?"]]
Dinobot poses as his clone and greets Megatron outside the base and flatters his ego while discovering his plan to ambush the Maximals as they return from Grid Omega then use their own defense grid to finish them off. Dinobot activates the perimeter shield just as Megatron is walking through it, shocking him badly. Megatron initially believes the clone has betrayed him just as Dinobot did, but is cheered to learn that's not the case. With the arrival of the other Maximals, Megatron retreats.

The Maximals survey the damaged command center in dismay and inquire what happened to the clone. Dinobot informs them that it is gone for good…and was 'quite tasty'.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (6)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (7)
*[[Rattrap]] (8)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (9)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (10)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (1)
*[[Waspinator]] (2)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (4)
*[[Clone One]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"At last, an end to the boredom!"
:—'''Dinobot''', delighted to be attacked

"Peaceful as an R-chamber. Looks like old chopper face is seein' things."
:—'''Rattrap'''

"I just knew I smelled a rat… and it wasn't even me!"
:—'''Rattrap''' jumps to the wrong conclusion.

"It's time to '''blow''' this joint!"
:—'''Rattrap''', demonstrating the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGQIQljaAc0 proper method for a WartHog jump]

"Well that's just prime."
:—'''Rattrap''' copies '''Optimus Primal's''' favorite quote.

"What in the Inferno are you?"<br />
"What you might have been, had you not betrayed Megatron."
:—'''Dinobot''' meets '''Clone One'''

"Ooh, your brilliance is an inspiration to me!"<br />
"Oh, you are an enchanting creature! I may just clone the rest of my troops."
:—'''Dinobot''' posing as his clone, to '''Megatron'''

"Well. I guess my revenge must be postponed until next week!"
:—Has '''Megatron''' got a copy of the TV Guide?

'''Rattrap:''' "If there was a clone, then where is he, huh?"<br />
'''Dinobot:''' "I'm afraid he's gone for good. A shame, really; he was such a handsome creature. And… quite tasty."<br />
''[Dinobot flicks a piece of flesh from his teeth at Primal and belches loudly. Cheetor gives him a thumbs up.]''<br />
'''Optimus Primal:''' "…You're disgusting."<br />
''[Dinobot smiles]''
:—The Maximals discover the clone's ''deliciously'' gruesome fate.

==Notes==
* Clone One's skin will later be seen on the wall of Dinobot's room. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}} {{storylink|Code of Hero}}
* Megatron was extremely pleased to learn the clone had not betrayed him. Had Dinobot led him to think his clones were unreliable, it probably would have saved the Maximals a lot of trouble…. ''Ah, hindsight.''
* Megatron would clone Dinobot twice more; the [[Cyber raptor|Cyber raptors]] in [[Cutting Edge]] and [[Dinobot II]] in [[Feral Scream Part 1]]. The [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] would use DNA from Dinobot's spark to create the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]] in [[Beast Machines]].
* The Chamber Dinobot's clone was created in appears to be an extensively refitted Predacon [[CR chamber|R-Chamber]].
* Megatron is seemingly incapable of cloning Dinobot on sunny days with lots of butterflies. SOMEONE has been reading too much [[wikipedia:Mary Shelley|Mary Shelley]], folks.

===Trivia===
*While the Dinobot clone is trying to deactivate Sentinel, a holographic Maximal logo appears with [[Cybertronix]] writing under it saying "who is this putz scally user". Then the shot changes to behind the projection as some more text appears next to a diagram that says "hey ian go f**k yourself", making one wonder what [[Ian Corlett]] did to piss off an animator. Then the words 'Merv Griffin' display.

==External links==
* [http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasonone/doubledinobot/doubledinobotscript.pdf Double Dinobot Script] on BWTF.com (PDF)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Arcee (Animated)

2009-04-09T14:55:12Z

72.139.47.22: /* Animated cartoon */

{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Arcee}}
:''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Animatedarcee.jpg|right|250px|thumb|In Japan, I'm a secretary!]]
Before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] '''Arcee''' was a teacher, giving young Autobots the knowledge to make their own decisions and spurring them to think for themselves. Once the conflict erupted, she became an intelligence officer for the Autobot war effort, serving under [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] in such risky endeavors as [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Project Omega]].

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Susan Blu]] (English), [[Silvia Mißbach]] (German)

[[Image:Ratchetanimatedthrill.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Hi, good-looking, get sick here often?"]]
Arcee was a teacher on [[Cybertron]] and an Autobot intelligence officer during the War. Originally intended to be the commander of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]], she carried crucial access codes for his activation. {{storylink|TransWarped|TransWarped}}

At one point, Arcee was damaged in the line of duty. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] repaired her and tried to take her to safety, but the two were attacked by [[Lockdown]], who had been hired by the [[Decepticon]]s to bring her in.

Held prisoner within Lockdown's ship, Arcee insisted that Ratchet use his [[electromagnetic pulse]] tool to wipe the codes from her head. Lockdown overheard this and tried to stop the pair, but in the struggle the device overloaded and sent out a powerful burst. In the confusion, Ratchet and Arcee were somehow able to escape... but the EMP blast had wiped Arcee's memory clean. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt|The Thrill of the Hunt}}
[[Image:TransWarpedArcee.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
Arcee was later taken to Cybertron, where [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] made Ratchet perform open-processor surgery on her to obtain the access codes for Omega Supreme's activation. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

Her current status is unknown.
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==Toys==
===Animated===
*'''Arcee''' (Deluxe, 2009)

[[Image:Animated arcee toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|And it only took them 23 years...]]
:Arcee will transform into a Cybertronian car and include two energy sword accessories.

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The Fallen

2009-04-09T14:46:12Z

72.139.47.22:

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|cSize=40x40px
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|cPretty=
}}|decepticon|unicron}}
{{featured}}{{disambig2|the servant of Unicron|the first episode of ''[[Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]''|Fallen (episode)}}

: ''The Fallen is a Transformer in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family (and possibly in more).''

[[Image:Thefallen.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire."]]

'''The Fallen''' is a powerful entity from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s earliest age, far beyond living memory. He commands dark forces and is a master of time-lost secrets, things that the Transformers were not meant to know. He burns with the awesome dark powers of his master, [[Unicron]].

The Fallen's true name is lost to the mists of time. He was once one of the [[thirteen original Transformers]], a force created by the light god [[Primus]] to carry out his grand designs and defend all of creation against his eternal nemesis Unicron. As [[Vector Prime]] was constructed to safeguard space and time, so was this robot's function to oversee the primal force of entropy, the aging and dissolution of order.

However, this guardian of entropy became obsessed with the darker side of chaos and death, and in the black place these urges led him, he found a new god, more suited to his nature. He turned against his siblings, his creator, and his universe, and betrayed them all to Unicron. Now he was a being of darkness, wreathed in flame.

The Fallen paid for his treachery; when Primus first triumphed over Unicron, The Fallen was sealed into extradimensional limbo along with his new master.

Did we mention that he is also on fire?

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''The War Within: The Dark Ages''====
[[Image:Thefallenseeksfour.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hey, The Fallen, ever heard of Tums?]]

Approximately 7 million years ago, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] were lost in a [[space bridge]] accident. This accident weakened the barrier between reality and the dimension in which The Fallen was trapped, allowing The Fallen to eventually break free and return to Cybertron.

The Fallen immediately set about initiating the "[[Unbinding]]", an event which required four particular Transformers, who would function as "angles in the geometry of dissolution". To help him round up the required Transformers, the Fallen recruited a [[Chaos Trinity|trio of Decepticon outcasts]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Mindwipe]], and [[Bugly]], who hungered for a command of the occult. The Fallen promised them all manner of dark powers in exchange for serving him. Leading his three followers to a hidden room within Cybertron, he named [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] as the first of the angles to be gathered. {{storylink|Fragmentation}}

The Fallen and company proceeded to construct a strange machine within the [[Well of All Sparks]] in preparation for the Unbinding. Unfortunately, Bludgeon and friends got impatient for more than The Fallen's praise and demanded a more tangible reward: the arcane power he had promised them. The Fallen responded by grabbing Bludgeon’s head and giving him a mere glimpse of what he sought: images of a fiery vortex, demonic faces, stabbing swords and a human skull engulfed Bludgeon. The Fallen stated that this was but a peek inside a dark door he would fully open if they served him well. This left Bludgeon suitably inspired to begin hunting down their targets.

[[Image:Thefallengrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Someone should tell Grimlock this more often.]]

Bugly and Mindwipe leaked information to draw the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] out into combat with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], while Bludgeon hatched a plot to snare both Grimlock and[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Escalation}} Bludgeon, Bugly, and Mindwipe ambushed Jetfire as he attempted a cross-faction meeting with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. When Grimlock crashed the party earlier than they expected, however, The Fallen himself had to intervene and caught Grimlock’s blazing energo-sword in his bare hand. {{storylink|Revelation}}

Grimlock took one punch from The Fallen yet still got back up, so The Fallen grabbed him by the shoulders and unleashed a huge blast of energy that put the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] leader out cold. He dragged Grimlock and Jetfire away and commanded his followers to gather the third angle while he handled the fourth. The Fallen singlehandedly abducted [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] from his well-guarded holding cell in Autobot headquarters, shrugging off attacks by some of the Autobots' best warriors and causing their weapons to corrode away into uselessness with a mere gesture. Bludgeon's team, meanwhile, succeeded in acquiring [[Hot Spot]] from the Protectobots.

[[Image:Fallenmoreonfire.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Fallen somehow sets himself ''more on fire''.]]

All four angles were strapped to the device in the Well of All Sparks. Launching into full B-movie villain mode, The Fallen theatrically monologued to the awakening Jetfire that they were casualties in the war of the Gods, and would be used to break the Seal of Primus, after which "all chaos will follow". {{storylink|Confrontation}}

The Fallen continued his villainous monologue, apparently directing it not at Jetfire but at Primus himself, as the four Transformers' unique sparks were drained to unlock the Seal of Primus. A combined army of forces from several factions defeated the Chaos Trinity and penetrated The Fallen's operation, while Jetfire arranged a force-field to contain the energy of Primus. The God of Light himself was subsequently roused from his slumber; with a gesture of his radiant hand, he engulfed his wayward creation in a torrent of searing energy that was then sucked back into the Seal of Primus. {{storylink|Conflagration}}
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===Fun Publications ''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Image:Vectorprimeut.jpg|left|thumb|140px|Back, and to the left.]]
The silhouette of The Fallen is seen standing behind [[Vector Prime]], another of the first 13 Transformers. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

{{note|This, and comments by [[Hasbro]] copy-writer [[Forest Lee]] suggest that The Fallen, Vector Prime, and the other original 13 are singular entities across the multiverse. This is likely apocryphal until officially published, however.}}

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===Live-action film continuity===
====IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics====
{{spoiler|Defiance issue 4|5/8/09}}

[[Image:Defianceissue4-creation.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Look [[Prima|familiar]]?]]

The Fallen and his "brothers" were the first creations of the [[AllSpark]]. The planet that would become [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was mostly barren, but as the AllSpark gradually shaped Cybertron around them and gave The Fallen and his brothers power beyond measure, the AllSpark was depleated. They learned that the AllSpark's power could be replenished by harvesting the energy of stars, but they were unable to locate new stars to suit their purposes, despite their amazing ability to travel between dimensions.

A breakthrough came when the AllSpark created for them a [[Constructicon (Movie)|team of workers]] that had a power of their own: they could change their forms! [[Jetfire (Movie)|Some]] could even change into interstellar crafts that could locate suns for them. But as the workers built a [[Harvester]] on [[Earth]] to gather this solar energy, The Fallen wondered evil thoughts. What if only one harvested the energy? What if the power was his alone?

The Fallen betrayed his brothers. To erase their existence, he destroyed their sarcophaguses in which their lifeforces were stored. But this drained him of almost all his energy, and while he was weak, the brothers he thought he had killed... acted. They sacrificed themselves to trap him in his own sarcophagus on Cybertron, while the Harvester on Earth was covered by the [[human|natives]] by a pyramid. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4}}

Knowledge of this was lost through the ages, and eons later, a mysterious pylon was found buried by modern-day Transformers, and delivered to [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s private quarters. Upon activation, the pylon healed the grievously wounded Cybertronian military leader, and initiated contact with him. Filled with a new resolve to destroy those that sought out the [[All Spark (Movie)|AllSpark]], Megatron's optics were tinted red by the encounter. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 2}} In the aftermath of the battle with the aliens seeking the All Spark, The Fallen further counseled Megatron to seize control over Cybertron's military assets, to make way for his triumphant return to the planet. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 3}}

But Megatron's actions only inspired a handful of Transformers to rise up against him. The Fallen pleaded with him, telling him these Autobots must be destroyed. A civil war broke out, and due to the actions of Megatron's nemesis, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the AllSpark was launched into outer space and lost. The Fallen, his pylon/sarcophagus kept safe aboard the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'', was furious. He ordered Megatron to find the AllSpark at any cost. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen''====
[[Image:ROTFteaser2_firerobot.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Man, that smells good!]]

Some time before or after the Well of All Sparks incident, for whatever reason The Fallen has reappeared on a different universe's Earth.<ref>Simon Furman stated that The Fallen, a character he created for Dreamwave's [[The War Within: The Dark Ages]], was the villain of ''Transformers 2'' at San-Diego Comic-Con, July 25, 2008.</ref> He is so going to get revenge, you betcha. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Because the Thirteen original Transformers are believed to be [[multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]], The Fallen appearing in the [[Revenge of the Fallen|2009 film]] is presumed to be the same individual from the Dreamwave comics barring any future information.}}

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==Toys==
[[Image:Thefallentitanium.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Hey, Stegmutt! Mister The Fallen is ON FIRE!]]
===Titanium Series===
*'''Fallen''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand
: Instead of being based on his comic appearance, the Fallen toy is loosely based on [[Don Figueroa]]'s design for pre-[[Earth]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] as seen in ''[[Infiltration]]'' and ''[[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]'', though obviously with The Fallen's head and deco. He transforms into a Cybertronic tank. Sadly his tank form doesn't hold together well, nor does he have actual hands, just blocks with holes in them. His side-mounted cannons can peg into his forearms in robot mode, or be held in his fists. He wears a faction symbol of his own effigy. So far, The Fallen is, by a fraction of an inch, the tallest (and the bulkiest) of the 6" Titanium Series figures.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Fallenpatlee.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I'm Fallen, and I can't get up!]]
*The Fallen design was created by [[Pat Lee]], his first (and only) original Transformers character. ([[Simon Furman]] created the concept, see next item.) The early design concept not only lacked The Fallen's characteristic mouthplate, but differed incredibly from the final product. Envisioned as a medieval, ancient-looking Transformer, he glowed like a furnace, though he was not depicted as being perpetually on fire until [[Andrew Wildman]] penciled his appearances in ''[[The Dark Ages]]'' and the colorists caught on.

*The Fallen was also used to recycle some of Simon Furman's unused [[Last Autobot]] plans.[http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/tidbits/otfcc2004.txt]

*When questioned about him constantly being aflame, War Within writer Simon Furman stated that The Fallen is always on fire "because it looks cool".

[[Image:Thefallentank.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The Judasmobile.]]
*The Fallen's [[altmode]], a tank, though designed, was never used in-fiction.

*Very little of The Fallen's backstory is given in his actual fictional appearances, leaving much of ''The Dark Ages'' somewhat confusing on its own. Helpful inserts from the ''More Than Meets the Eye'' profile books and DK's ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', published around the same time, spelled out more. Eventually, the packaging profile printed on his Titanium figure gave the rest.

* The proper treatment of his name, with its capital-T "The", is established both in the comics and the ''Ultimate Guide''. The one dissenting source is his on-package [[bio]], which simply calls him "'''Fallen'''" (as in, "'''Fallen''' forgot his real name long ago"). The reason for this awkward treatment is unknown, though the usual culprits behind toy-name oddities are [[trademark]] issues.

* The Fallen can speak Spanish. ''"Estoy en feuego!"''<ref>Fanclub-exclusive Mini Mayhem strip, March 19, 2007</ref>

* During San Diego Comic-Con 2008, in an interview on July 25th, [[Simon Furman]] claimed that ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' would feature a character called the Fallen, which was a character they created for Dreamwave's The War Within: The Dark Ages.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17412 Simon Furman confirms The Fallen is a character in an interview with Comic Book Resources (Fallen details removed)]</ref> Three days later, [[IDW Publishing]] writer [[Chris Mowry]] corroborated the claim in an interview with MTV Splash Page, calling "The Fallen" the main villain of the film.<ref>[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/07/28/exclusive-transformers-2-prequel-comic-gives-inside-scoop-on-2009-movie/ MTV Splash Page interviews Chris Mowry (Fallen details removed)]</ref> Less than a week after this, however, [[Michael Bay]] reiterated that everything leaked thus far is part of their misinformation campaign and that only a handful of people involved with the production of ''Revenge'' have seen the script, contradicting IDW's interviews where their representatives confirm that they have the script.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44729&postcount=2 A post made by Michael Bay on his forum]</ref> Curiously, on August 5th 2008, after a fan posted on Michael Bay's forum pointing out the contradiction, all references to The Fallen were removed from the aforementioned interviews, as well as any references to IDW Publishing having the script.

* In Titan ''Transformers Comic'' [[Aftermath Part 2]], the newly-ascendant [[President of the United States]] is named [[Theodore Allen|'''The'''odore '''F. Allen''']]. It remains to be seen if the wordplay has any significance beyond the fact that he is under Decepticon [[Cerebro-strip|mind-control]].

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Unicron/TheFallen/thefallen.htm The Fallen on TFU.info]

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Optimus Prime (Movie)

2008-06-05T04:09:43Z

72.139.47.22: /* Transformers: Decepticons */

{{disambig3|Optimus Prime}}

:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:MovieOptimusPrime_promorender2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Freedom is—oh, hell, you know the drill.]]

'''Optimus Prime''' is the leader of the Autobots. Once, long ago, he was [[Prime (rank)|co-ruler]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] together with his brother, [[Lord High Protector]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], but Megatron grew greedy and attempted to claim the [[All Spark]] for himself. Optimus rose to stand against him. As obsessively as Megatron strives to achieve his objective, Optimus is equally as dedicated to stopping him, even at the cost of his life, his world, and—if necessary—his own people. It was on his order that the All Spark was jettisoned to space, dooming Cybertron to a slow death and his people to nomadism. The sacrifices he has made weigh heavily on his [[spark]], but they must be done, for there is no other choice. He knows the ambitions that lurk in Megatron's spark, and they must never see the light of day. Lives must be kept free from the threat of Megatron's tyranny, no matter the cost.

{{quote|A necessary sacrifice to bring peace to this planet. We cannot let the humans pay for our mistakes.|Optimus Prime on sacrificing his life to destroy the [[All Spark]], ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''}}

:''Hungarian name'': '''Optimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime Leader Optimus")
:''Cantonese name (Taiwan):'' '''Optimum'''

==Fiction==

===''Prime Directives'' prequel comics===
[[Image:Optimusprimemovieprequel.jpg|left|thumb|200px|All Primes are required to have window boobs.]]

For two generations, Optimus Prime ruled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] side-by-side with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. The two personalities created a balance; Prime was fair while Megatron was firm. However, when Megatron revealed his intentions to steal the [[All Spark]] and use it for evil, selfish gain, Prime reacted accordingly. He formed the Autobots, a militia from the civilians around him, but they fared terribly against Megatron's armies, the Decepticons. Ultimately, Prime was forced to eject the All Spark into space to keep it from his nemesis. Unfortunately, Megatron tracked the All Spark to [[Tyger Pax]], where [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s unit was trying to slow down the Decepticons. Prime and the Autobots were held up in [[Simfur]], and unable to come assist. Fortunately, Bumblebee's unit succeeded, and the All Spark was ejected into space, but Cybertron was sentenced to a slow death. The Autobots were forced to abandon the planet.

Thus the focus of the war between Autobot and Decepticon shifted. The All Spark's ejection was only a stall. No longer did Prime have to keep Megatron from stealing the All Spark, instead Prime and his Autobots must hunt down the All Spark, wherever in the universe it landed, before Megatron could. {{storylink|Prime Directives}}
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===Titan Magazines===

When war broke out, Optimus studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find - he studied whole campaigns to desperate last stands, gaining a focused "playbook" of warfare strategy. He understands warfare on a practical and psychological level, and in desperate battles knows to show no mercy to opponents beyond a swift death. <ref>(''Autobot VS Decepticon Smackdown! - Megatron V. Optimus Prime'', #4)</ref>

Optimus was the focus of constant attacks by assassin drones and killed them all. In the aftermath of one, he witnessed a prophetic vision of the [[Mission City]] battle and realised the All Spark's ejection could spread war to other planets—but too late to stop the launch... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1}}

Almost immediately after the final battle against Megatron, Optimus Prime had to lead the Autobots against a horde of [[zombie]] Decepticons. Despite having no idea how they could stopped and having had his power drained by fighting Megatron, Optimus continued to fight the monsters rather than let them run amok. Ratchet worked out a solution just in time before Optimus fell. {{Storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7}}

In the alternate reality of ''Twilight's Last Gleaming'', Megatron defeated Optimus and took the All Spark at Mission City. Prime's body is now partially frozen and in Decepticon hands. He was the last and only hope of the Earth resistance, and so Bumblebee and [[Mikaela Banes]] were not happy to find him offline. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9}} She thawed him out while Bumblebee distracted Megatron, and the revived Prime challenged Megatron to a solo duel... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12}}

===Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday prequel novel===
Optimus Prime led the search for the All Spark in the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'', a transport vessel. When they came across an abandoned solar system, they located [[Ghost One|a vessel]] of strangely Cybertronian design, seemingly of Decepticon make. When the vessel fled to the surface of a planet, Prime dispatched Bumblebee to investigate while he and the other Autobots battled Decepticons from the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]''. Prime managed to defeat [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] all on his own. After losing touch with Bumblebee, Prime went down to locate him on the planet, where they were attacked by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and the alien ship. They fell into a cavern network, where they were further attacked by [[worm-thing|indigenous worms]].

During their flight from the creatures, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee came across the alien vessel. Prime realized that they were trying to surrender, so the Autobots communicated with its crew. Optimus explained that they came in peace, "freedom is the right of all sentient beings," Starscream tricks everyone, and so on. However, the creatures, who called themselves "[[human]]s", explained that they held Megatron, whom they called the Ice Man, on their home world, [[Earth]]. Realizing the destruction Megatron would wreak upon the humans if he escaped, and that the humans would be unable to defend themselves effectively, Prime vowed to see them return to their world to warn it. Prime was able to blast an opening in the cavern, and the group escaped. As they returned to the ''Ark'', Prime began to speculate that the All Spark was what drew Megatron to Earth.

In the ensuing battle with the Decepticons, Prime was in the difficult position of fighting Starscream and protecting the human ship. His distractions allowed Bonecrusher to spear him with his tail. The difficult state nearly gave Starscream the chance to kill him, but the humans saved Prime's life by damaging Starscream, who destroyed them. Optimus Prime was inspired by their courage and sacrifice, and resolved to locate Earth before the Decepticons did—and hopefully before Megatron came back online.

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===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Brazil), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German)

[[Image:Movie_OptimusPrime_protoform.jpg|right|thumb|200px|There have been worse crashes.]]

The leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime came to Earth shortly after [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] sent his comrades a beacon. Upon atmospheric reentry, Prime managed to land outside of [[Tranquility]]'s inhabited areas. After scanning the form of an Earth truck and reconfiguring his body to transform into it, Prime, [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] met up with Bumblebee and his human friends, [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]] in an alley. In one of the most extended [[transformation]]s in the multiverse, Prime assumed his robotic form before the stunned humans. After confirming Sam's identity, Prime introduced himself and his team. When Mikaela asked of the Autobots intentions, Prime explained the search for the All Spark, the betrayal of Megatron, and why Sam was important to their search.

[[Image:Movie_PrimeSam_parentsfreakout.jpg|left|thumb|250px|At least Prime didn't throw a rock at your window.]]

Glasses that belonged to Sam's ancestor, [[Archibald Amundsen Witwicky|Captain Archibald Witwicky]], contained the location of the All Spark encoded across its lenses, so Optimus Prime ordered his troops to wait outside Sam's house while Sam and Mikaela searched inside for the glasses. Much to Sam's exasperation, Optimus Prime, in his impatience, clumsily ruined his parents' garden, and the Autobots' heavy footsteps convinced them there was an earthquake. Prime's attempts to hide, such as having the Autobots transform into vehicle mode right in the backyard, were also less than satisfactory. Ultimately, Sam came so close to a panic attack that Prime was forced to order the Autobots to fall back. As Prime lectured his team on their supposed inability to remain quiet, Ratchet got himself shocked by walking into some powerlines, causing further problems. When [[Ron Witwicky|the]] [[Judy Witwicky|parents]] came to investigate, Prime's attempt to avoid discovery caused the house to shake, though this was to their benefit, as the father assumed that the damage to the yard was the result of an earthquake. Ironhide suggested that they kill the parents, but Optimus scolded his old friend. Despite all this, their presence remained undetected until [[Sector Seven]] arrived (in a convoy of GMC Yukon's) and abducted Sam, Mikaela, and Sam's parents.

[[Image:Movie Optimus Prime S7 mad.JPG|right|thumb|200px|"Get out of the car."<br>"You mean me?"<br>"I am ''this close'' to feeding you to Grimlock!"<br>"Okay, I--I'm getting out."]]
Optimus Prime sent the Autobots in pursuit of the SUV that contained Sam, Mikaela, and Sector Seven's director, [[Reggie Simmons|Agent Simmons]]. Prime intercepted the vehicle carrying their young human friends, ripping the roof of the vehicle off, with the other Autobots disarming the agents, and made it perfectly clear to Simmons how pissed off he was at him for trying to apprehend the two children, regarding this as a bad move on Simmons' behalf. Optimus then ordered his comrades to relieve the agents of their weapons, and attempted to interrogate Simmons. The agents lack of surprise at their appearance indicated that they had seen Cybertronians before, but Simmons refused to reveal any information. With a Sector Seven backup team en route, Prime ordered the Autobots to scatter, while he took Sam and Mikaela. While hiding under a bridge, Mikaela and Sam slipped and fell off Prime's shoulder. Bumblebee managed to catch them before impact, but was captured, and Sam and Mikaela recaptured, by the organization after their retreat.

Optimus Prime, now in possession of the glasses which can tell him the location of the All Spark, regrettably leaves Bumblebee in Sector Seven's hands, knowing that if they went after him, they would have to use deadly force. After regrouping the next day, Prime used the glasses to locate the All Spark. Jazz raised objections to leaving Bumblebee behind, but Prime remained firm in his belief of not harming the humans. Ironhide seemed okay with using deadly force, stating the humans were too violent, but Prime countered that when their time had come, the Cybertronians had been [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|little different]]. Going to explain the potential he saw in the humans, as well as reminding them that "freedom is the right of all sentient beings", Prime revealed to the Autobots his real plan for the All Spark: if they could not defeat the Decepticons, Prime intended to merge the Cube with his [[spark]]. Though this would destroy the All Spark, Ratchet cautioned Prime against this, as it would also kill him. Prime believed that this was acceptable, vowing not to let another race suffer the mistakes of the Transformers. The glasses placed the All Spark at [[Hoover Dam]] where, luckily, Bumblebee and the young humans were taken.

[[Image:Prime sword.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Swiss army Prime.]]

Optimus Prime's team met up with Sector Seven, Bumblebee, Sam, and Mikaela en route, who had planned to hide the All Spark in nearby [[Mission City]]. While on the highway, he was attacked by [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], who managed to tackle Optimus and drag him over the edge of a freeway overpass. During the battle, Optimus struck the rage filled Transformer so hard his [[optic]] popped out. As the Decepticon swung his claw wildly, Optimus drew his sword from his right arm and sliced off one of Bonecrusher's arms, before brutally finishing off his enemy by driving the blade through Bonecrusher's neck, severing his head.

[[Image:Movie_OptimusPrime_citytransformjump.jpg|right|thumb|175px|And in the red corner, weighing in at 4.3 metric tons, THE TRUCKER!]]

Optimus arrived at Mission City just in time to observe Megatron discarding the remains of Jazz, and challenged him. Millennia in the ice had done nothing to lessen Megatron's hatred of his brother, and he launched himself in jet mode at the Autobot leader. Optimus leaped and grabbed hold of the wings, which was a really bad idea, as Megatron drove himself and Prime through an office block. As they flew out of the building onto the street below, Megatron transformed and leapt on top of Prime, declaring the humans undeserving of life. Prime rejected his claims, saying that they deserved to chose for themselves. Megatron threw Prime across the street, declaring that if he wished to defend the humans, Prime could die with them. He then formed his [[fusion cannon]] from his forearms. The power up time allowed Prime to draw his [[ion blaster]] and fire, hitting Megatron. The Decepticon used the momentum to spin around, then used the fusion cannon to blast Prime across the street into another building. Megatron then resumed the hunt for Sam and the All Spark.

Tracking Megatron to the deserted building, Prime barely managed to catch Sam after Megatron knocked him off the roof. Telling the boy to hold onto the Cube, Prime attempted to scale down the building, but Megatron jumped on Prime, causing them both to fall down hard onto the street below. Sam survived, however, and Optimus told the boy that if he could not defeat Megatron, Sam must put the All Spark into his chest which would destroy it. As Sam sought cover, Optimus faced down Megatron, and informed him that, "At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall". Unfortunately, Megatron, even after years of stasis, proved to be far too powerful for Prime to defeat alone. The unit led by Lennox and the Raptor squadron laid down suppressing fire as Megatron reached for the All Spark, until Optimus finally took him down by sweeping his legs. Still, Megatron continued, crawling toward the cube. Believing he had lost, Optimus implored to Sam to put the All Spark into his chest. Sam instead thrust it into Megatron's chest, killing the Decepticon leader and destroying the All Spark.

[[Image:Allsparkshard.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The Autobot Dorito of leadership]]

As Optimus watched his brother die, he regretfully said there was little other choice. He also told Sam he owed him a debt of gratitude for saving his life, but was then informed that Jazz had not survived (Jazz was flapping around disrespectfully like a ragdoll during this sequence). Prime briefly eulogized his comrade, then commented that they had gained new comrades in the humans, and was honored by their bravery. Bumblebee, who had finally regained his voice, requested permission to remain with Sam Witwicky, to which the young human eagerly agreed, and Optimus approved. He noticed a fragment of the All Spark in Megatron's chest cavity and removed it, then permitted the humans to dispose of the Decepticon corpses by dumping them into the deepest part of the ocean.

[[Image:Movie Optimus ending.JPG|right|thumb|200px|[['Til all are one]]!]]
Though Megatron was killed and his Decepticons were defeated, the All Spark was destroyed, leaving the Autobots unable to restore Cybertron. The Autobots elected to remain on Earth, and Prime sent a message into deep space to any surviving Autobots in the Galaxy to come to their new home on Earth, their long years of searching having finally having come to an end. As the other Autobots rested (and watched Sam and Mikaela make out on Bumblebee's hood) Optimus Prime looked to the sky, hoping his message had been heard.{{storylink|Transformers (2007)}}

{{note|The comic book adaptation depicts Prime also defeating [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] during the highway altercation with Bonecrusher.}}

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===''Transformers'' The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]

Optimus Prime provides intelligence and missions to Bumblebee in his search for the All Spark. Eventually, the clues lead the Autobot to Sam Witwicky. After saving Sam from Barricade, Bumblebee finally completes preparations for the Autobots to arrive on Earth.

Once on Earth, and having informed the two teenagers of their mission, Prime and the Autobots are discovered by Sector 7. Optimus sends Jazz on a high-speed <strike>destruction</strike> distraction mission, then sends Ironhide to rescue Jazz from a double-threat posed by the government agents and various Decepticon scouts.

When Bumblebee is captured, Prime transforms and chases the chopper which from which the small Autobot is tied. After a lengthy chase, Prime manages to catch the net, only to be thrown off by another Cybertronian meteor. As Bumblebee is carried away, Optimus promises he will not fail him again. Jazz informs him that the meteor is not an Autobot. Prime confronts the new threat, who turns out to be the Decepticon triplechanger [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. The two battle it out across [[Tranquility]] before Optimus finally destroys him. But not without overhearing [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s transmission revealing the location of the All Spark.

Optimus then returned to an intel role as he guided Bumblebee in his mission to retrieve the All Spark from Hoover dam. Unfortunately, the Decepticons manage to free Megatron, leading to the final battle in Mission City.

As the Autobots battle it out with the Decepticons to protect Sam and the All Spark, things seem to take a turn for the worst as Megatron finally arrives. But before he can claim the cube, Optimus attacks him.

The two battle it out until Megatron is finally on the ground, seemingly devoid of life. Optimus then kneels to as Sam hands it to him. Megatron however awakens, leaping at Optimus with his chain-flail out, and making one last attempt at defeating his adversary. Optimus grabs the chain, pulling Megatron in closer, and with the All Spark clutched in his fist, delivers a punch through Megatron's spark. As Megatron dies, Optimus reflects on the losses and rewards of this battle, as the Autobots have a new home. Optimus plans to guard the humans in secret, "For freedom is the right of all sentient beings."

Note: If played in Decepticon mode, Optimus is beaten to the ground, and as he crawls for the All Spark, Megatron smashes his head with his flail before using the cube to destroy humanity.

===''Transformers: Autobots''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]

Arriving late on Earth, Optimus meets up with the other Autobots to give further commands to his troops. [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-A-Bot]], the new rookie, is eager to help in the cause, but Optimus tells him to sit back while the grown-ups take care of business. Getting fed up with the bureaucracy, Create-A-Bot finally defies orders and completes a mission against Optimus's council. After nearly getting himself and the other Autobots killed, Create-A-Bot apologizes to Optimus personally. Taking pity on the newcomer, Optimus lets him off with a stern warning, and they move out together to face Megatron. During the fight, Create-A-Bot sacrificed himself to save his commander. Megatron defeated, Optimus commended the young Autobot as a war hero, and sent out an interstellar message to any Cybertronians living among the stars.

===''Transformers: Decepticons''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]

Landing on Earth, Optimus quickly joins the other Autobots to attempt to stop the Decepticons. He doesn't actually appear, however, until Megatron himself is released and Starscream escapes with the AllSpark. He steps in to thwart the maniacal leader of the Decepticons, but alas, is struck down, left in the streets while Megatron gives chase to his traitorous second-in-command. You can ironically cheat by jumping on a building and shoot him then.

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===

As a tribute to his immense popularity, Optimus Prime is the only ''Movie'' transformer with a toy in every regular category (Legend, Fast Action, Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader.) This is excluding his Cyber Stomper and transformable gun toys.

====Legends Class toys====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends Class, 2007)
:''Japanese name:'' '''EZ Collection Optimus Prime'''

[[Image:Movie_Legends_Prime_toy.jpg|thumb|left|Shortening the smokestacks is good, it makes the toy safer, but removing ONE and keeping the other? Crazy.]]

: Legends class Optimus Prime is an ''extremely'' simplified toy of the extremely complex movie design. As such, he features numerous unavoidable inaccuracies, such as not transforming or even looking very much like the original design or the larger toy versions in robot mode. However, proportionally Legends class Optimus Prime is not far off from the real truck and the Leader class toy's vehicle mode, aside from missing a smokestack on the driver's side. He is articulated at the shoulders and upper legs via ball-joints.

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*'''Generations Legends''' (Target exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

: A Target exclusive, this four-pack of Legends Class figures contains two versions of both Optimus Prime and Megatron, namely [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime]], Movie Legends Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)|Legends of Cybertron Megatron]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Movie Legends Megatron]].

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*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

[[Image:Movie_Allspark_Legends_pack.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Get ready for the safety recall folks.]]

: A Toys'R'Us exclusive, this six-pack of Legends class figures contains unmodified toys of Optimus Prime, [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]].

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*'''Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream''' (Legends Allspark Battles two-pack, 2008)

: The previously-released Legends Class Optimus Prime toy is redecoed to match the Leader class Nightwatch Optimus Prime deco. He comes with a predominantly black and silver redeco of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

====Deluxe Class toys====

*'''Protoform Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun with flame attachment

[[Image:Movie_ProtoformOptimusPrime_toy.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Until I find my feet, I have to use these giant robot hands.]]

:Based upon the "Protoform" (Cybertronian) appearances of the Transformers in the Movie, Protoform Optimus Prime transforms into his "entry" mode. This mode somewhat resembles a cybertronic truck, with false wheels sculpted onto the sides, and Optimus Prime's trademark windows in front. A flame decoration piece fits to the back of the "vehicle", creating the illusion of a flaming comet's tail. The bottom of the vehicle has small wheels to roll the toy across smooth surfaces. Oddly, it has NO [[automorph]] gimmick at all, a feature most main-line figures have.

:In robot mode he resembles previous Optimus characters: his angular chest windows are reminiscent of ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], while his near-animalistic limbs and color scheme are evocative of ''[[Beast Wars]]'' [[Optimus Primal]]. He has excellent articulation due to his many ball joints, and is armed with a rifle. The flame attachment can fit onto the end of the (non-firing) gun barrel.

:Some packaging variants of this figure (perhaps a Wal-Mart exclusive) included a free movie poster depicting a Cybertronian eye overlooking Earth. While an added sticker to the outer plastic bubble says "Exclusive movie poster!", it is more of a preview of upcoming figures.

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*'''Protoform Optimus Prime Fusion Cluster Edition''' (C3xHobby Convention exclusive Deluxe, Japan 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Gun with missile and flame attachment

:An extensive redeco of the Protoform Optimus Prime mold that was exclusively available at the Japanese C3xHobby Convention in August of 2007, and later offered by [[e-Hobby]] in limited quantities. Most of the body is made out of transparent turquoise plastic in order to mimic its frozen state in the "coldness" of space, while orange paint is used on the front end of the "entry" mode, mimicking the heat effects of sudden atmospheric entry. The flame attachment is made out of clear ''blue'' plastic, with the tail end being covered in ''gold'' paint.

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*'''Deluxe three-pack''' (multi-pack, UK 2007)

:This three-pack, which was available at general retail in the United Kingdom, contains an unchanged Deluxe Class Protoform Optimus Prime together with equally unchanged Deluxe Class [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] toys.

====Voyager Class toys====

*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-13'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

[[Image:Movie_Voyager_OptimusPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The last one of you out of here gets a... gets a lead salad!]]

:The mid-range Voyager class ''Movie'' Optimus Prime toy transforms into an amalgamation of the Kenworth W900 and the Peterbilt 379, making this toy fairly inaccurate to the actual vehicle Optimus Prime turned into. Because of the smaller size and lessened complexity, the Voyager class Optimus Prime features a significantly different transformation sequence compared to the Leader class toy, and indeed, the actual CGI design. However, as the actual truck cabin no longer forms his chest, the cabin now features a small interior with opening doors and a non-removable cowboy-hat-bedecked driver figurine that flips out of the seat when the driver's side door is opened.

: In robot mode, Voyager class Optimus Prime is proportionally more accurate to his CGI design than the leader class toy and has a more accurate headsculpt, but due to the aforementioned lessened complexity significant sacrifices had to be made, such as "cheats" to the transformation sequence to achieve this and thus he is overall less accurate than he initially appears. In addition to previously mentioned changes, he carries much of the truck's front hood, grill and fenders on his back like a backpack. However, he maintains a superb level of articulation and posability.

: Optimus Prime is armed with two large rifles formed out of a combination of both smokestacks and fuel tanks. These rifles peg into lower arms with grips for his open hands. The under-slung fuel tanks can fire spring-loaded projectiles. In vehicle mode, both smokestack rifles can be deployed as twin cannons, and this mechanism can also be used to store the rifles and deploy them as shoulder guns in robot mode.

*'''Robo-Vision Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

[[Image:Movie_Robovision_OptimusPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I'd hate to see what those smokestacks looked like BEFORE Hasbro shortened them.]]

: A Target-[[exclusive]] repaint of the Voyager Class Optimus Prime toy, this limited edition version boasts a "Supermetal finish", resulting in silver metallic paint covering much of his paintable gray/silver plastic, a much higher contrast in his red and blue plastic colors and improved 'flame' paint decorations.

: Unusually for the smaller Voyager Class of toys, [[Robo-Vision]] Optimus Prime comes packed in robot mode in a special hexagonal column box with many windows, similar to the original packaging for ''20th Anniversary'' Optimus Prime. The package also includes a [[Robo-Vision Decoder]]. Strangely, this Target exclusive preceded the release of the regular Voyager by a large margin, coming out on June 2, 2007 with the initial wave of movie toys.

This toy has been retroactively declared part of the ''Premium Series'' of more [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] redecos of core characters from the movie.

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*'''Bumblebee and Optimus Prime''' (Argos exclusive two-pack, UK 2007)

:A two-pack, exclusiveliy available at Argos stores in the United Kingdom, which contains an unchanged Voyager Class Optimus Prime and an equally unchanged Deluxe Class Concept Camaro [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

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*'''Battle damage three-pack''' (Sam's Club exclusive three-pack, 2007)

:A three-pack, exclusive to Sam's Club stores, consisting of redecos of Voyager Class Optimus Prime and Deluxe Class [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], both with a battle damage deco, and an unchanged Voyager Class [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

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*'''First Strike Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

[[Image:Movie_Voyager_Firststrike_OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Think the [[Geewun|Geewunners]] will shut up now? ]]

: Released as part of the ''Allspark Power'' refresh of the movie line, First Strike Optimus Prime is a extensive redeco of Voyager class Optimus Prime in a colour scheme based upon ''Generation 1'' and ''Classics'' Optimus Prime. The included toy bio describes this coloring as Prime paying tribute to the markings he wore as a young soldier when the war began. Due to the transformation scheme, this figure actually ends up being ''less'' like its G1 counterpart in robot mode, a sacrifice made for the slavish redeco of the vehicle mode. You can't have your cake and eat it too, folks.

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*'''Autobot Optimus Prime''' ("international market" exclusive Voyager-sized toy, 2008)

:A single-packed version of the battle damaged Voyager Optimus Prime toy from the Sam's Club exclusive three-pack. Although the assortment number and the general packaging style seemed to indicate that this might be a Best Buy exclusive, this has been confirmed to be an "international market" exclusive. It has been released in Asia, but will presumably not be available in the USA outside the Sam's Club three-pack.
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====Leader Class toys====

*'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

[[Image:MovieLeader_OptimusPrime_toy.jpg|left|thumb|350px| Y'think Prime got a makeover? We have it on good authority that Movie [[Roller]] is a kicked-out low-rider with a jammin' sound system and neon-purple undercarriage lighting. ]]

: The largest ''Movie'' Optimus Prime toy, Leader Class Optimus Prime features the most accurate representation yet of the CGI designs' complex transformation sequence, the only difference being the arms which are placed behind the cab while they constitute the hood in the CGI model. He transforms into a heavily-customized [http://www.peterbilt.com/index_gal_mod_desc.asp?model=model379 Peterbilt 379] conventional extended-hood, and unusual for a mainline figure, he has rubber tires on all his wheels. His Ion Blaster weapon is stored in the rear of the truck's bunk, exposed like an engine block. Though Optimus has no trailer, he has hole where the fifth wheel (known among fans as a 'hitch') is sculpted in the rear of the truck, should owners find a suitable trailer to use. Due to [[For safety reasons|safety reasons]], the tips of his long smokestacks are made of rubber. A switch on top of the cab roof activates horn sounds and window lights.

: Featuring a complex transformation, essentially the front and back ends of the truck fold and converge to become Optimus Prime's legs, as much of the truck rear is connected to the robot thighs via a series of folding panels. The rear wheel cowlings feature a hinge joint in the middle of them so they do not impede his knee articulation. The rear cabin of the cab, directly connected to the smokestacks, rotate and connect to his torso and unfold into his arms. As with most mainline Movie toys, Optimus Prime features [[Automorph]] gimmicks, and due to his pricepoint has three of them. Firstly, during initial transformation, rotating his front fenders to become his heels flips the top parts of the grill to become his toes. Secondly, sliding out the double-barrel cannon in his right forearm flips out his spring-loaded Ion Blaster, which lands into place for his right hand. (The Ion Blaster can actually be popped off his forearm fairly easily, held in place by a simple clip.) Optimus' final Automorph, located in his torso, is activated by flipping the silver lever on his stomach activating a series of spring-loaded actions where the truck windows are pushed apart, and the lever between them is raised, enabling the head to spring up from the chest cavity. At this point yellow LEDs light up the chest windows and Optimus Prime's eyes, accompanied by a 'powering up' sound effect.

: Optimus Prime has a wide range of articulation for a relatively bulky figure. He has ratcheting joints in his shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, with swivel joints and ball joints supporting them in his biceps, lower knee joints and ankles. Again, unusually for a mainline figure, especially at the Leader pricepoint, his hands have individually articulated fingers and thumbs.

*'''Optimus Prime bonus pack''' (Costco exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

:A Costco exclusive special pack of Leader Class Optimus Prime with Legends Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] as bonus figures. None of the three toys is changed from their respective original releases.

*'''Chrome Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

: Two custom-made pieces (presented in robot and vehicle mode) by the [[Hasbro]] ''Transformers'' team as the grand prize for G4TV and [http://www.jumpcut.com Jumpcut]'s contest for fans to remix selected Transformers clips. Won by [http://www.TFW2005.com/ TFW2005.com] member James Zahn, this one of a kind (well, two of a kind) piece is a almost fully [[Vacuum metalizing|vacuum-metallized]] Leader class Optimus Prime in red, silver and blue (based heavily upon ''Generation 1'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]), presented with a custom display base with an embossed silver Autobot insignia and a perspex display case.

:It is certainly one of the rarest Transformers toys ever, and unless you are James, you will never own one.

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*'''Nightwatch Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, UK 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

[[Image:Movie_Leader_Nightwatch_OptimusPrime_2007.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Either this is [[Ultra Magnus]] or [[Nemesis Prime]]]]

: The first Nightwatch Optimus Prime is an extensive redeco of the previously released Leader-class Optimus Prime, replacing most of his red and blue with different shades of blue and black. In fact, he resembles the original [[Diaclone]] Powered Convoy color scheme of ''Generation 1'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus's]] truck cab. The previously blue and red flames have been replaced with silver flames, as has various other decos, replaced by copper.

: This version was released in the UK several months before the ''AllSpark Power'' version. Available exclusively through Argos stores, it came in an American-style box with the original Movie packaging design.

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*'''Nightwatch Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, USA 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

[[Image:Movie_Leader_Nightwatch_OptimusPrime_2008.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ultra Prime or Nemesis Magnus?]]

: The second Nightwatch Optimus Prime was released as part of the "[[AllSpark Power]]" second half of the Movie line. He is similar to the UK version of Nightwatch Prime, replacing most of his red and blue with different shades of blue and black, retaining his resemblance to Diaclone Powered Convoy in most respects. However, the subdued black and copper on the first Nightwatch Prime have been replaced with gold and a ''very'' bright blue, to signify the All Spark energy affecting the Transformers.

: Another difference is that this version comes in an ''AllSpark Power''-style box instead of the original style.

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*'''Optimus Prime''' ("Premium Series" Leader Class, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Detachable, Retractable "energy sword"
[[Image:Premium movie OP.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Switch-Blade Prime]]

: The Premium Series Optimus Prime is both a retool and a redeco of the Leader Class Optimus Prime toy. The major selling point is a more movie-accurate headsculpt with longer ears and detailing based on the final CG head design, and a flip-out energy sword to replace the ion blaster that was included with previous versions of the toy. This energy sword is detachable and attaches where the Ion Blaster did, compatible with non-premium Optimus Prime leader class based releases. Because his ears are much longer, the truck roof panel that hides his head now has two holes cut into so the head can fit inside the cabin.

:The paint deco is... unfocused, to say the least. In vehicle mode, the grill, headlights, bumps (thus his feet) are painted silver, yet the red in the small Autobot insignia has been removed. There is silver paint on the fuel tanks (toy battery cover), but not on the other tool boxes and equipment in the same location. There is also silver paint on all 6 wheel rims, the air cleaners and the windscreen visor. In robot mode the silver paint is mainly located on his thighs and crotch, though in order to save on costs, the dark blue and gold paint on his thighs and knee joints have been sacrificed.

: Unlike the initial ''Premium Series'' toys, this one will be available as part of the regular mass retail Leader Class assortment.

*'''Optimus Prime Battle Mode''' (Leader Class, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-21'''
**''Accessories:'' Detachable, Retractable "energy sword"

[[Image:Movie_Leader_OptimusPrimeBattleMode.jpg|thumb|left|He loves his lips so much he won't let anyone sculpt them on his toys.]]

:The TakaraTomy version of Premium Series Optimus Prime has a considerably different deco to Hasbro's release. Similar to the unique chrome Optimus Prime, Optimus Prime Battle Mode features vacuum-metallized parts for nearly all of the silver truck parts, for a greater resemblance to the polished chrome on the real prop trucks. Unfortunately, as his feet are the front fenders and grill, this will likely lead to chipping. In robot mode he retains several decos that were removed from Hasbro's Premium Optimus Prime for cost reasons, such as the blue and gold decos on his thighs. Finally, the flip-out energy sword is coloured gold to reflect it's "powered up" appearance.
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====Fast Action Battlers====

* '''Power Hook Optimus Prime''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''QC-01'''
**''Accessories:'' 1 Missile

[[Image:Movie_FAB_OptimusPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|right|Ironically NOT a Burger King toy.]]
"Okay mommy, me got my backback and big gun thingy. Me go to robot school now?"

That's what it looks like this Prime is saying.
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* '''Leader for the Ages''' (Wal*Mart exclusive two-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' 1 gun, 1 Missile

[[Image:Movie_LeaderfortheAges_2pack.jpg|thumb|left|150px|The more things change, the more they, uh, get bigger guns.]]

: This Wal*Mart [[exclusive]] two-pack contains the ''Fast Action Battler'' Power Hook Optimus Prime toy, designated "2007 Optimus Prime", and the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] toy from ''The Ultimate Battle'' DVD two-pack. Both toys are identical to their normal individual releases.

: For some reason the ''Classics'' Optimus toy is designated "1984 Optimus Prime" on the packaging, even though it was released in 2006... but, well, he ''looks'' like Prime from '84, so hey, what the hell.
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*'''Fire Blast Optimus Prime''' (Fast Action Battler, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 1 Missile

: Fire Blast Optimus Prime is a [[redeco]] of the previously released Power Hook Optimus Prime fast action battler. The color scheme is loosely based upon ''Generation 1'' [[Rodimus Prime]], explained rather oddly in the card bio as being the camouflage Optimus took while hunting Decepticons on Mars post-movie. ...Because there are so many longnose cabs driving around Mars. Yeah.

====Cyber Stompin' Robots====

*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cyber Stompin' Robot, 2007)

[[Image:Movie_Cyberstompin_Prime_toy.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Rescue Heroes!]]
He does look like a Rescue Hero.
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====Robot Replicas====

*'''Optimus Prime''' (Robot Replica, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Ion blaster arm

[[Image:Optimusprimemovierobotreplicas.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Sword attachment arm sadly not included.]]

: As part of the [[Robot Replicas]] line, this version of Optimus is a non-transforming action figure that utilizes [[Revoltech]]-style jointing. The sculpt hews much closer to the movie CGI model than is possible with the full transforming toys, plus the universal jointing of the line allows for his forearm to be replaced with his hand-cannon... or bits from other Robot Replicas.

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====Other toys====

*'''Optimus Prime''' (cake topper, 2007)

: Yes, a cake topper. This toy was only available by purchasing a ''Transformers''-brand cake (or set of 24 cupcakes) with delicious blue-and-red flame-pattern frosting. The toy transforms from semi cab to robot.

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====Micro IR Transformers Cars====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)

[[Image:Movie_OptimusPrime_MicroIR.jpg|thumb|right|120px|That gun doesn't look very safe...]]

: Made under license by [[Radio Shack]]. Three-function infrared remote, in Optimus Prime's signature colors, gives you control of the car with forward and reverse turn movement. More than just a car styled after the Movie character, the car also transforms to robot mode. The top of the gun-shaped IR remote's barrel serves as a display stand.

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===Titanium Series===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (3" Robot Masters, 2007)

[[Image:Movie_TitaniumRM_Prime.jpg|thumb|left|120px|"Groovy!"]]

: Partially constructed of die-cast metal, this small three inch figurine of Optimus Prime has a CGI-accurate sculpt compared to the larger toys, owing to the fact it does not need to transform at all. He is sculpted with his Ion Blaster in his right fist, and is articulated at the neck, shoulders and waist. He comes with a small movie-style Autobot sigil display stand.

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*'''Ultimate Optimus Prime 3-Pack''' (3" Robot Masters multi-pack, 2007)

: This Target-exlusve set contains the normal 3" [[Titanium Series]] Optimus Prime figurine (see above), a Protoform Optimus Prime figurine, and Optimus Prime in his Earth-mode truck form, making this the first time a character has appeared in their alternate mode as part of the Robot Masters sub-series.

==Merchandise==

===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Optimus Prime Voice Changer''' (2007)

[[Image:MoviePrime_Voicechanger_helmet.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Hardly ''anyone'' was wearing these damn things at [[BotCon 2007]].]]

:A highly CG-accurate sculpt of Optimus Prime's head with a built in voice-changer. It also has several sound effects and quotes from the movie. The voice-changer has three settings, giving more accurate alteration of the user's voice (though this is still debatable; most voice changing technology is pretty crummy, at least in toys). Much like the Ultimate Bumblebee figure, this toy will hate your wallet too. While it only costs 30 bucks, if it's anything like another Hasbro voice changer, it will suck batteries up like they were [[Energon Cube|some kind of square candy holder.]]

: There are two versions of the voice changer helmet with two different pre-recorded voices. An earlier release features a voice similar to [[Garry Chalk]], while the later release features the voice of [[Peter Cullen]]. The latter version has modified packaging under the 'Try Me!' blurb, stating it has 'Real Movie Voice!', though the updated version has also appeared in the original packaging without the 'Real Movie Voice!' notice.

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*'''Optimus Prime Battle Rig Blaster''' (2007)

[[Image:MoviePrime_BattleRigBlaster.jpg|thumb|left|Nor these!]]

:The Optimus Prime Battle Rig Blaster transforms from a superdeformed amalgamation of his ''Movie'' truck and G1 Optimus Prime's truck (indeed pulling G1 Prime's trailer) to a fully G1 robotic forearm and hand with a built in Nerf style gun. By simply placing your hand inside the back of the trailer (I need an adult!) and pulling back on the front of the truck, the gun transforms and folds back into a weapon. It comes with three Nerf N-Strike size whistle darts which can be stored inisde the trailer. Although not shown in the image, the truck front splits in half in gun-mode, while the grille acts as a sight. This toy was marketed as 'Optimus Prime Big Rig Blaster' overseas.

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*'''Optimus Prime Blaster''' (2007)

[[Image:Movie_OptimusPrime_RPBlaster.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Pew, Pew]]

: An extensive [[redeco]] of the ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] role-play Blaster, this toy "transforms" basically by extending. It fires suction-cup-tipped Nerf darts and is a Wal*mart and asda exclusive.

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*'''Transformers Electronic Hand Held Game''' (2007)

[[Image:Movie_TFHandHeldGame.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Behold, the Autobot Gameboy of Leadership!]]

:This LCD game features 10 levels and a design based on Optimus Prime.

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*'''Optimus Prime''' Burger King free toy (2007)

:The BK tie in toy of Optimus Prime is essentially two toys in one. The first part of the toy consists of two truck halves, which snap together around a sculpted robot mode Optimus Prime. The truck is squat, and primarily blue, with outbursts of chalk gray paint and red flames. Pulling back and letting go activates the gimmick: Prime "drives" forward and bursts from the truck mode, "transformed" to robot mode. This gimmick has marginal success.

:The "robot mode" of Optimus Prime is where the pullback motor and working wheels of the toys lie. Optimus is sculpted in blue plastic, pre-posed in an odd crouching pose with zero points of articulation. His right knee is bent back, with his right arm touching his knee, while the left side has the leg forward and the left hand holding onto his butt. The toy is as sparsely painted as the truck, with light blue eyes and chest windows, gray hands and feet among other parts, and red forearms. Two panels on his back have red flame tongues on them.

*'''Optimus Prime Globe''' (2007)

[[Image:Optimus_Prime_globe.jpg|thumb|right|150px|I'm dreaming of an Autobot Christmas...]]

: A snow globe containing an Optimus Prime figurine based upon one of lower-detail licensing/promotional renders of Optimus Prime, complete with funky munky pose.

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===ZipZaps® Micro RC===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)
:''Model Number'': '''6000182'''

[[Image:Movie_OptimusPrime_ZipZaps.jpg|thumb|left|120px|In Soviet Russia, Prime controls YOU!]]

: Optimus Prime is one of the first Transformers characters licensed by [[Radio Shack]] for their ZipZaps line of pocket-size radio control cars. As a ZipZap, Optimus can be customized, trimmed, and tuned with any other accessories available for the brand. He has working headlights and requires four "AAA" batteries for the charger.

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===Battling Robots Bubble Bath===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)

[[Image:optimus_prime_bubblebath.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Great skin is the right of all sentient beings.]]

:Optimus Prime's torso attaches to the bottle of bubble bath. His elbows bend, and his arms have a punching gimmick, to allow him to battle evil even in the shower. Pushing a lever on either side makes the respective fist punch forward. He's removable, though not as easily held without the bottle below his waist.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Blackout''' (2007)

*'''Optimus Prime vs. Scorponok''' (2007)

*'''"Battle Damage" Optimus Prime & Cliffjumper''' (Best Buy Movie DVD Exclusives)

*'''Optimus Prime vs. Barricade" (2008)

[[Image:Rhscorpprime.jpg|left|thumb|150px|He's cute as he violently decapitates [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|rage filled mechanoids]].]]
[[Image:Barriprime.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Taking a squat is also the right of all sentient beings.]]

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Movie_Primetruck_before.jpg|thumb|right|150px|8:30 pm: "Pimp My Ride". Guest host: [[Alpha Trion]].]]
[[Image:Movie_OptimusPrime_truckrear.jpg|thumb|right|150px|No container for you!]]
[[Image:Movie_Prime_Trucklogomistake.jpg|thumb|right|150px|In the darkness, a PA will misread "Truck A" as "Truck B", and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth -- Revelations 11:7.]]
* When Optimus' design was first revealed, many fans of the ''Generation 1'' series objected to the flames seen on Prime's body. When asked in an interview why he put the flames on, [[Michael Bay]] claimed he liked them because it was "cool". It was later revealed on a special featurette on the DVD that the flames were added to give Prime's red colour a brighter tone, as apparentely red is not very good to film on camera.

*The announcement of [[Peter Cullen]] as Prime's voice actor in the movie is credited by some fans as allieving many fan tensions about the movie. Not all tensions, mind you, as there are some who just can't forgive, but it put the fans in a good mood.

* [[Takaratomy]] officially recognizes Optimus Prime's vehicle mode as a [http://www.kenworth.com/2100_vir_w900.asp Kenworth W900 truck], even though the vehicle used for filming was a modified [http://www.peterbilt.com/index_gal_mod_desc.asp?model=model379 Peterbilt 379], a different model from a different brand, although both are made by the PACCAR company. <ref> [http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121424?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..2.* Article at Edmunds.com on some of the vehicles used in the movie] </ref>

* Unlike most of the other truck-mode Optimus Primes in other continuities, ''Movie'' Optimus Prime does not pull a trailer of any sort. However, if he did, it would most likely be a flatbed trailer, as the rear of Prime's sleeper cabin is protected by a large silver headache rack, a piece of optional equipment installed in trucks that haul heavy loads on flatbed trailers. The rack protects the driver in case the load breaks free during braking.

*When Optimus Prime scans a truck for his new body, the passing truck has what appears to be an Autobot sigil on its grill, but the actual truck that Prime turns into at the end of the scene has a much wider, flatter symbol on the grill which looks rather more like that of Peterbilt.

* As part of the hype buildup to the movie's release, Optimus Prime made a brief cameo at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, interacting with host Sarah Silverman. The scene spliced Silverman into pre-existing movie footage, but featured new dialogue recorded for the event by Peter Cullen. Prime heavily hinted that he wanted to present an award, but was rejected for a regular MTV fan.

* According to the free trading cards from the Boston Globe, Optimus is 28 feet tall, weighs 4.3 metric tons, and his primary weapon is an [[ion blaster]]. (Considering Optimus's height however, this weight would seem implausible)

* According to a tie-in advertisement for [[Burger King]], Prime likes his Whoppers with no onions, no cheese, and with extra pickles on the side. However, due to a cruel twist of fate, he can never enjoy the sweet taste of beefy victory. He saved the world from the Decepticons, and still he can't even have it his way?

* The Optimus Prime computer generated model consisted of 10,108 individual parts, 1,830,898 polygons, 27,744 rig nodes, and 2336 texture maps. The volume of all pieces combined came to 5445 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>

* Sadly enough, Optimus was only able to shoot his gun ONCE in the movie. He makes up for it by using the awesome energy blade, though.

*Out of the other existing continuities, this Optimus Prime is probably the most aggressive incarnation, based on how he speaks to [[Reggie Simmons|government officials]] and how he deals with [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|enemy combatants]]. Though considering [[Michael Bay|who directed]] the movie, this doesn't seem too shocking.

* Optimus Prime (in truck mode) made an appearance at [[BotCon 2007]], alongside the [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit]]. He was available for pictures all weekend.

* It said in the Autobots game in the DS, Prime's father was killed by Megatron. However, since it is also widely known that Prime and Megatron were brothers, Megatron killed his own dad. Not that this is surprising, though.

* Prime's initial plan to end the war: unite the All Spark with his own spark, destroying it and himself, leaving the Autobots leaderless and further reducing their already dangerously low ranks, and leaving a planet full of squishy, carbon-based life forms at the mercy of a psychotically violent Decepticon conqueror who wouldn't think twice about obliterating the remaining Autobots, the planet and every living creature on it, and perhaps Starscream just for good measure...yeah. Really thought that one through, didn't ya, Prime?

==External links==
* [http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=40&f_name=optimus&f_type=exact&Submit=Search Galleries of various different Optimus Prime toys from the Movie]
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/Robo-VisionOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]

==References==
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[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Autobot leaders]]
[[Category: Convention guests]]
[[Category: Exclusives]]
[[Category: Legends of Cybertron]]
[[Category: Movie characters]]
[[Category: Rulers of Cybertron]]
[[Category: Target exclusives]]
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Lockdown (Animated)

2008-05-31T01:23:09Z

72.139.47.22: /* Transformers Animated */

:''Lockdown is a bounty hunter commonly allied with the [[Decepticon]]s in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Tfalockdowna.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Not bad, for a human."]]

'''Lockdown''' is a bounty hunter by choice and a Decepticon by necessity more than anything else. He's got no real loyalty towards [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], but the Decepticons always pay on time and allow him access to the systems upgrades he craves. Besides that, he's really such a nasty piece of work that it's just easier for him to be a 'Con than not. That, and the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] don't nearly pay as much as the Decepticons. Driven by the chase, he'll hunt down any prey you like... for a price.

Aside from his fees, Lockdown likes to collect trophies from his Autobot victims, and he has displayed a number of parts that appear to be stolen. (His hook and chainsaw arms appear to be stolen as well, since they don't match his color scheme.) The [[Autobot]]s consider his actions appalling, while [[Lugnut]] views his mercenary ways an insult to the Decepticon cause, but Lockdown does not care. As long as Megatron and the Decepticon leadership will give him his upgrades, Lockdown will get the job done.

{{quote|I'm not that good with names and faces, but I never forget a trophy.|Lockdown|"[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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:''Voice actor:'' [[Lance Henriksen]] (English), [[Kaspar Eichel]] (German)
During the war, Lockdown worked as a bounty hunter. One of his jobs was to bring an [[Arcee (Animated)|intelligence officer]] who carried vital information in for questioning. He encountered [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], broke off one of the Autobot's forehead chevrons and stole his [[EMP]] generator, turning the healing tool into a weapon. During said encounter, Lockdown's right arm was destroyed when he launched it at Ratchet, causing him to replace it with a decidedly more menacing one (namely, the hook seen above). He was also indirectly responsible for Arcee losing her memory.

On modern-day Earth, Lockdown was hired by [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] to bring in the Autobot presumed responsible for [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s death, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]. He captured Prime using the EMP generator and, impressed by Prime's own personal modifications, stole his axe and forcibly removed Optimus's grapplers, something that traumatised him later on. When the Autobots came to rescue Prime, Lockdown made short work of [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], on the other hand, proved a bigger challenge, but Lockdown came out on top (after having a tire mark smudged on his face). He was about to leave in his ship with his new trophies, when Ratchet, who had been suffering from war flashbacks, came on the scene and soundly thrashed him, partially because the stolen EMP generator didn't work on Ratchet himself. Pinning Lockdown, Ratchet painfully removed both Prime's grapplers and his own EMP generator. Lockdown was forced to watch as Ratchet crippled his ship and escaped with a weakened Optimus. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

After arriving on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Blitzwing remarked that the Decepticons hadn't heard anything from Lockdown since he contacted Blitzwing. Mentioning Lockdown's name made [[Lugnut]] get a little bent out of shape. {{storylink|Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found}}

{{spoiler|A Fistful of Energon}}

[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdownwithhelmet.jpg|left|thumb|250px|I feel like a ninja]]
As it turns out, Lockdown survived the crash and his ship was repaired. Learning of a large bounty on [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], Lockdown headed back to Earth, expecting a serious fight to take him down. It turned out that Prowl managed to take down Starscream for him. During a fight over the Decepticon, they realized that Starscream escaped. Heading to Earth on his ship, he discovered Prowl had stowed away. Prowl offered to help Lockdown, and the bounty hunter offered a suit of armor to assist.

Upon landing on Earth, Lockdown and Prowl discovered Starscream (both purple and more cowardly than usual) and Prowl managed to take him down. Lockdown contacted Megatron to set up a meet, but Prowl wanted to turn him over to the Elite Guard. Lockdown subdued Prowl and took Starscream. At the warehouse, the Autobots arrived with ''another'' Starscream. Lockdown tried to take his leave, but Megatron commanded him to stay. Then the two Starscreams revealed that they were clones with bombs in their chests. Lockdown managed to get away in the chaos, then contacted Prowl with an offer of a partnership. Prowl rejected his offer, saying that all the mods were for weak processors, and warned Lockdown never to contact him again, or he'd turn him over to the Elite Guard. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

==Known Bountys==
*[[Arcee (Animated)]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)]]

==Toys==
===Transformers Animated===
*'''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2008)
[[Image:Deluxe_Lockdown.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Arrr, matey...]]
:Lockdown transforms into an amalgam of a 1980s Corvette and a 1960s Cougar. He looks freaking terrifying. And he has a hook, essentially making him the "pirate" to Prowl's "ninja". The hook arm can be removed to reveal a normal arm under it; the hook can be attached to either arm. Due to his lanky build, he comes out a fair bit taller than most of his fellow Deluxe-class toys, towers over many Voyagers and even stands eye-to-eye with some Ultras (from series that had Ultras). However, online reviews note that Leader Class Megatron is taller, with Lockdown's head meeting his chin.

:The EMP generator can be attached to Ratchet. There is currently much rejoicing. But it cannot be attached to Prowl. There is currently much complaining.
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*'''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2008?)
:A [[retool]] of the original Lockdown toy, with flame deco and a new chainsaw weapon.
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[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Bounty hunters]]

==Trivia==
* According to [[Derrick Wyatt]]'s blog, his original concept for Lockdown was as a freakish Frankenstein-like monster. It was altered to better fit Lockdown's more business-like nature. [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/05/evolution-of-lockdown.html]
* Lockdown's final model, itself, is ''"reminiscent of skull like head and an undertaker's tux"'' (sic)... hey, he even has coat-tails! [https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&postID=2803441425110630377&isPopup=true]
* Meanwhile, Wyatt has explicitly said that Lockdown is '''not''' based on [[Death's Head]].
* The [[character model|cartoon model]] for Lockdown shows an amusing [[homage]] to the older [[toy]]s. Instead of an ordinary Decepticon symbol, his chest carries what appears to be a [[rubsign]].
* His toy's vehicle mode is adorable yet terrifying. Like if [[Wikipedia:Cars_%28film%29|Cars]] had had a serial-killer character.
* Lockdown is the only Transformer who landed on Earth to retain his Cybertronian [[alternate mode|alt-mode]].
* Despite having lost the EMP generator, Lockdown retains the external engine it comprises in his vehicle mode, as seen in "[[A Fistful of Energon]]". Perhaps he found a substitute or a replacement?
* The interior of Lockdown's vehicle mode sports a chain-steering wheel and a skull on the gear stick. Now that's hardcore.<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>

Starscream clone (Animated)

2008-05-28T03:47:09Z

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{{disambig2|the armada from the [[Transformers Animated|Animated]] [[continuity family]]|the mad Starscream clone from the Dreamwave comics|Sunstorm (G1)}}
[[Image:Lotta starscreams.jpg|thumb|right|300px|They call us the seekers. We've been searching low and high. We won't get to get what we're after, till the day we die.]]

'''Starscream's clones''' are an army of physically identical copies of [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]. They have all of his abilities, with the added bonus of being extremely disposable. While there seem to be a large number of mass produced clones, a handful have appeared which carry AllSpark energy signatures, different colour schemes and seem to embody various elements of Starscream's personality. How these clones were created is a mystery, all that is known is that an army of Starscreams cannot lead to anything good.

==Individual clones==

===Coward===
[[Image:Skywarp.PNG|thumb|Right|Grape Jelly Starscream.]]
A clone with a mainly purple body, with gray extremities, leaning to a "cool" version of Starscream's normal colours. This Starscream embodies the original's cowardly side, although it seems to have been greatly enhanced. He bolted after Lockdown and Prowl tracked him down, but Prowl was able to take him out of the air. He then begged not to be given to Megatron, but as Prowl explained he was going to be given to the Elite Guard, Lockdown tied Prowl up and ran off with him and took him to Megatron. As Megatron was about to [[Death|make an example of him]], the Autobots arrived with the other Starscream, prompting a Mexican standoff. He had a bomb implanted in his spark chamber, and was used as bait to draw all of Starscream's enemies to one spot.

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===Sycophant===
[[Image:Red starscream.jpg|thumb|left|Strawberry Jelly Starscream.]]

A clone with a reddish-brown and off-white coloration, leaning towards a "hot" interpretation of Starscream's colors, he is also Starscream's flattering, "kiss-up" nature incarnate. It went so far as to grandiosely laud each of the assembled Autobots trying to capture him in turn (though he ''did'' forget [[Bulkhead]]'s name). When Prowl took him down with a sneak attack, he also complimented the underhanded move, further horrifying Prowl (who had done some damage to the city while showing off with his fancy new mods). This clone also had a bomb in his spark chamber, and was destroyed with the first in the upper atmosphere, when Prowl sent them high to avoid destroying Old Detroit.
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==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{spoiler|A Fistful of Energon}}
[[Image:Dragging purple.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Not the face!]]

After [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and [[Lockdown]] captured, and lost, the original Starscream on the moon, his sycophantic clone destroyed Prowl's shuttle and headed for earth. The two bots followed him, but bumped into the cowardly clone first. After capturing him, Lockdown double crossed Prowl, and dragged the clone away. As the Autobots gave chase, the sycophantic clone appeared and offered to deal. Prowl wasn't having any of it, and after a brief skirmish, managed to get the [[stasis cuffs]] on him. Both Lockdown and the Autobots took the clones to an abandoned warehouse, where the Decepticons were waiting. As everyone was understandably shocked, some sort of program deactivated the clones' higher functions, and opened their spark chambers, which were empty...expect for a pair of powerful bombs. As Lockdown and the Decepticons made a break for it, Prowl welded his borrowed mods to the pair and launched them into the sky, where they exploded. The Decepticons were caught in the blast wave, but the city was saved. In the wreckage of the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'', a disappointed but pragmatic Starscream consoled himself with the fact he still had plenty left. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

==Trivia==
* The clones are a reference to the common practice of redecoing Starscream as new characters, specifically the [[Seekers]].
* At [[BotCon 2008]], Animated series creators [[Derrick Wyatt]] and [[Marty Isenberg]] repeatedly emphasized that there would be "no clone army... definitely no clone army... absolutely no clone army in this show." Lots of reports forgot the sarcasm tag.
* Begun, the Clone Wars have...

[[Category:Animated]]
[[Category:Clones]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]<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>

Lockdown (Animated)

2008-05-26T13:48:11Z

72.139.47.22: /* Transformers Animated */

:''Lockdown is a bounty hunter commonly allied with the [[Decepticon]]s in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Tfalockdowna.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Not bad, for a human."]]

'''Lockdown''' is a bounty hunter by choice and a Decepticon by necessity more than anything else. He's got no real loyalty towards [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], but the Decepticons always pay on time and allow him access to the systems upgrades he craves. Besides that, he's really such a nasty piece of work that it's just easier for him to be a 'Con than not. That, and the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] don't nearly pay as much as the Decepticons. Driven by the chase, he'll hunt down any prey you like... for a price.

Aside from his fees, Lockdown likes to collect trophies from his Autobot victims, and he has displayed a number of parts that appear to be stolen. (His hook and chainsaw arms appear to be stolen as well, since they don't match his color scheme.) The [[Autobot]]s consider his actions appalling, while [[Lugnut]] views his mercenary ways an insult to the Decepticon cause, but Lockdown does not care. As long as Megatron and the Decepticon leadership will give him his upgrades, Lockdown will get the job done.

{{quote|I'm not that good with names and faces, but I never forget a trophy.|Lockdown|"[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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:''Voice actor:'' [[Lance Henriksen]] (English), [[Kaspar Eichel]] (German)
During the war, Lockdown worked as a bounty hunter. One of his jobs was to bring an [[Arcee (Animated)|intelligence officer]] who carried vital information in for questioning. He encountered [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], broke off one of the Autobot's forehead chevrons and stole his [[EMP]] generator, turning the healing tool into a weapon. During said encounter, Lockdown's right arm was destroyed when he launched it at Ratchet, causing him to replace it with a decidedly more menacing one (namely, the hook seen above). He was also indirectly responsible for Arcee losing her memory.

On modern-day Earth, Lockdown was hired by [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] to bring in the Autobot presumed responsible for [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s death, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]. He captured Prime using the EMP generator and, impressed by Prime's own personal modifications, stole his axe and forcibly removed Optimus's grapplers, something that traumatised him later on. When the Autobots came to rescue Prime, Lockdown made short work of [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], on the other hand, proved a bigger challenge, but Lockdown came out on top (after having a tire mark smudged on his face). He was about to leave in his ship with his new trophies, when Ratchet, who had been suffering from war flashbacks, came on the scene and soundly thrashed him, partially because the stolen EMP generator didn't work on Ratchet himself. Pinning Lockdown, Ratchet painfully removed both Prime's grapplers and his own EMP generator. Lockdown was forced to watch as Ratchet crippled his ship and escaped with a weakened Optimus. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

After arriving on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Blitzwing remarked that the Decepticons hadn't heard anything from Lockdown since he contacted Blitzwing. Mentioning Lockdown's name made [[Lugnut]] get a little bent out of shape. {{storylink|Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found}}

{{spoiler|A Fistful of Energon}}

[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdownwithhelmet.jpg|left|thumb|250px|I feel like a ninja]]
As it turns out, Lockdown survived the crash and his ship was repaired. Learning of a large bounty on [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], Lockdown headed back to Earth, expecting a serious fight to take him down. It turned out that Prowl managed to take down Starscream for him. During a fight over the Decepticon, they realized that Starscream escaped. Heading to Earth on his ship, he discovered Prowl had stowed away. Prowl offered to help Lockdown, and the bounty hunter offered a suit of armor to assist.

Upon landing on Earth, Lockdown and Prowl discovered Starscream (both purple and more cowardly than usual) and Prowl managed to take him down. Lockdown contacted Megatron to set up a meet, but Prowl wanted to turn him over to the Elite Guard. Lockdown subdued Prowl and took Starscream. At the warehouse, the Autobots arrived with ''another'' Starscream. Lockdown tried to take his leave, but Megatron commanded him to stay. Then the two Starscreams revealed that they were clones with bombs in their chests. Lockdown managed to get away in the chaos, then contacted Prowl with an offer of a partnership. Prowl rejected his offer, saying that all the mods were for weak processors, and warned Lockdown never to contact him again, or he'd turn him over to the Elite Guard. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

==Toys==
===Transformers Animated===
*'''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2008)
[[Image:Deluxe_Lockdown.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Arrr, matey...]]
:Lockdown transforms into an amalgam of a 1980s Corvette and a 1960s Cougar. He looks freaking terrifying. And he has a hook, essentially making him the "pirate" to Prowl's "ninja". The hook arm can be removed to reveal a normal arm under it; the hook can be attached to either arm. Due to his lanky build, he comes out a fair bit taller than most of his fellow Deluxe-class toys, towers over many Voyagers and even stands eye-to-eye with some Ultras (from series that had Ultras). However, online reviews note that Leader Class Megatron is taller, with Lockdown's head meeting his chin.

:The EMP generator can be attached to Ratchet. There is currently much rejoicing. But apparently not to Prowl. There is currently much complaining.
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*'''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2008?)
:A [[retool]] of the original Lockdown toy, with flame deco and a new chainsaw weapon.
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[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Bounty hunters]]

==Trivia==
* According to [[Derrick Wyatt]]'s blog, his original concept for Lockdown was as a freakish Frankenstein-like monster. It was altered to better fit Lockdown's more business-like nature. [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/05/evolution-of-lockdown.html]
* The [[character model|cartoon model]] for Lockdown shows an amusing [[homage]] to the older [[toy]]s. Instead of an ordinary Decepticon symbol, his chest carries what appears to be a [[rubsign]].
* A laconic, business-minded freelancer with a wide variety of inbuilt weaponry? Holy [[slag (slang)|slag]], it's Animated [[Death's Head]]!
* Lockdown's toy is the tallest animated figure in wave 1.
* His toy's vehicle mode is adorable yet terrifying. Like if [[Wikipedia:Cars_%28film%29|Cars]] had had a serial-killer character.
* Lockdown is the only Transformer who landed on Earth to retain his Cybertronian [[alternate mode|alt-mode]].
* Despite having lost the EMP generator, Lockdown retains the external engine it comprises in his vehicle mode, as seen in "[[A Fistful of Energon]]". Perhaps he found a substitute or a replacement?
* The interior of Lockdown's vehicle mode sports a chain-steering wheel and a skull on the gear stick. Now that's hardcore.<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>

Starscream (G1)/toys

2008-05-24T23:17:52Z

72.139.47.22: /* Henkei! Henkei! Transformers */

Many toys have been made of [[Starscream (G1)|G1 Starscream]], enough to warrant this page!
==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/1986, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22, TFC-09'''
[[Image:G1Starscream_toy.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Then about eight million redecos followed.]]

: Starscream's first toy was taken from the ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, transforming into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet. In this mode he is armed with two cluster bombs, essentially shortened projectiles made to resemble (somewhat) the drop tanks that a real F-15 might carry. There are numerous minor construction variations on this mold, common for most of the ''Diaclone''-based Transformers.

: To transform Starscream, one must essentially take most of his plane parts off and transform his body, then reattach his plane parts on again, although if you don't mind being fiddly, it certainly can be achieved with only the fists and weapons being actually removed. In robot mode, the cluster bomb projectiles are replaced with long 'null rays''.
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{{note|For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's [[Tech Spec]]s were switched around. Starscream was given Thundercracker's numbers.}}

: The first reissue of Starscream was practically identical to the original toy and was released by [[Takara]] in Japan in 2001.

: Starscream was reissued in normal colors for Hasbro's [[Commemorative Series]] in 2003. The release had remolded elongated missiles and launchers as to comply with current US toy safety laws.

: Starscream's [[Transformers Collection|T/F Collection]] reissue from 2003 featured show-accurate colors and retooled fists to hold a new miniature Megatron gun-mode accessory. An [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] fist that could hold the gun was also included, as was a DVD.

: This mold is notorious for having many missing pieces due to the... modular design of its transformation. As such, an intact set is hard to come by. While it is impossible for all the pieces to fit in any one form of the toy, the landing gear can fit in the cockpit for storage in robot mode. Still, only one set of missiles can be fit into the launchers at one time.

: This mold is [[redeco]]ed and [[retool]]ed into [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]].

[[Image:PretenderStarscream_toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|You can tell he's evil because he's spiky.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Classic Pretender, 1989)

:Starscream was released as a [[Classic Pretender]] with a human shell of a badly dressed man. The inner robot was a simplified version of the original toy, that transformed into an almost [[superdeformed]] F-15 fighter. His arms, legs and rear wing assemblies were all cast in blue plastic, with the latter also serving as dual laser weapons in robot mode.

* '''Starscream''' (Legends, 1989)

:The inner robot of Pretender Starscream was also sold separately as a K-Mart [[exclusive]] "[[Legends (G1)|Legends]]" figure, and was released with Legends [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in a Japanese giftset the same year.

* '''Starscream''' (Action Master, 1990)
[[Image:ActionmasterStarscream_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|He loved the gray helmet so much, he used it again.]]

: ''Action Master'' Starscream is a non-transforming action figure based loosely on his cartoon appearance but using a colour scheme derived from the Pretender toy. His main accessory is the [[Attack Jet]], a small personal attack craft that Starscream can set astride like a motorcycle. The Attack Jet rolls on three small wheels, and can transform into a gun emplacement.
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[[Image:GhostStarscream_toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Wait a minute. Since when do ghosts have painted metal chests?]]
* '''Ghost Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''

: Ghost Starscream was an [[e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]] release of the 2001 Starscream reissue, cast almost entirely in translucent plastics, except for those parts made of die-cast metal.

* '''Black Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''
[[Image:G1BlackStarscream_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Who am I again?]]

: Black Starscream was also an e-Hobby exclusive release, with his colours loosley based upon [[Machine Wars]] Starscream, though his deco has much darker shades of gray, lacks clear blue plastic and has gold as one of his primary colours.
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* '''Secret Starscream''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-22'''
[[Image:Secret_Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I'm so invisible even '''I''' don't know if I exist.]]

: An all-clear Starscream was made for the ''Transformers: Generations'' Lucky Draw contest. This figure was limited to 5 pieces, making it one of the rarest TFs in the world. Four of the winners are still unknown, but the fifth figure is currently owned by [http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/toyreview.php?review=712 Transformers @ The Moon.] Secret Starscream differs from Ghost Starscream in that its plastic parts are completely clear and not color tinted.
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===Generation 2===
* '''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1993)
[[Image:G2Starscream_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|With my camouflaged wings, I'll appear to be merely a fuselage flying through the sky!]]

:Starscream's ''Generation 2'' release was a [[retool]] of his original toy with new missiles, launchers, and a sound box. His colours are essentially a combination of G1 Ramjet, his own original colours, and a replacement of his dark blue plastic with light grey.

:The new accessories were also used, in different colours, for Generation 2 Ramjet.

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===Machine Wars===
* '''Starscream''' (Ultra, 1997)
[[Image:MWStarscream_Toy.jpg|right|thumb|160px|Ohh! Slice!]]

: Starscream's [[Machine Wars]] release was a recolour of the Predator [[Skyquake]] with fewer missiles, no hand-held projectile launcher, and most of the gimmicks removed. He transforms into a large bomber based vaguely upon an SR-71 Blackbird. He still retains his "carpet bombing" gimmick, a rolling drum that drops his missiles from each wing.

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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
* '''Starscream''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF-03'''
[[Image:STFStarscream_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|I will rule all the redecos, Megatron!]]

: This version of Starscream was a very small-scale simplification of the original Starscream toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays.

:This mold was of-course redecoed and retooled into Thundercracker, Skywarp and Thrust.

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===Robot Masters===
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-12'''
[[Image:RobotMastersStarscream_toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I feel correct. That can't be good.]]

: Starscream's ''[[Robot Masters]]'' toy is a re-imagining of the original toy, designed to be closer to the animation model, with greater poseability and integrated parts that did not require detachment during transformation (with the exception of his null-ray blasters). After re-engineering the design to stay roughly in one piece during transformation, Takara then gave him chromed missile pods that attach to his chestplate. Although not his usual choice of weapon, these are show-accurate: Starscream used them once in the episode "Fire On The Mountain" to attack [[Trailbreaker]] and [[Brawn]].

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*'''Starscream Limited Black Version''' (Deluxe, 2004)
[[Image:RMBlackStarscream.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Okay now I feel used. That's much better.]]

: Available only via mail-order from ''Figure King Magazine'', Black Starscream is a repaint of ''Robot Masters'' Starscream, swapping out his reds and blues for black, and some of his grey for black.

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===Masterpiece===
* '''Starscream''' (2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-3'''
[[Image:MasterpieceStarscream_toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|And the fandom complained (and rejoiced)]]

: ''Masterpiece'' Starscream is a high-quality, superbly detailed collectable Transformer toy. He transforms into a mostly accurate F-15E Eagle, with weapons options ranging from a rack of Sidewinder missiles to his trademark null ray cannons. In robot mode he is a highly detailed, well-articulated (especially the hands), yet stylized version of his original robot mode. His chest turbines flip up to reveal a bank of missiles each, and his face can be rotated so as to display either a stern or a smirking face. His wings can also be angled to 90° to make him take the look of his original G1 toy. Amusingly, the transformation allow the pilot's seat to stay straight in robot's mode.

:He comes with a small figurine of [[Doctor Arkeville]], his partner-in-crime for several early episodes of Generation 1; a display stand that can be used in both fighter and jet modes; and an extensive sheet of sticker decals, including variously sized Decepticon symbols, squadron numbers and squadron markings, including one of [[Waspinator]]!

: ''Masterpiece'' Starscream was the second all-new sculpt in the ''Masterpiece'' series of toys, and was envisioned as the finest toy representation of the original Starscream ever created. To this end, famed Japanese mecha designer (and former Diaclone toy designer) [[Shoji Kawamori]] was recruited to oversee the design and engineering of this toy. The first prototype design was essentially a much more complex version of the original toy, based upon his cartoon and then-recent comic appearances, with a much more accurate F-15 Eagle fighter mode. However, Kawamori felt the design could be improved, particularly the details and underside of the fighter mode, as he did not want what would have basically been a new version of the old toy.

: Based on Kawamori's suggestions, a new prototype design was made, with major structures located in his legs now moved up to his hips (though they can be detached and put on his legs), with his transformation and design streamlined to create an even more realistic F-15 design. Even so, Kawamori was still unhappy with the amount of robotic parts visible underneath the plane, but conceded that too many changes would essentially not make the toy look like Starscream in robot mode.

: On his control art, there are pictures of Starscream that have him wearing his Decepticon Crown of Leadership, as seen in the coronation scene of the original animated movie. On the toy itself, his head and shoulders have notches for parts to attach to, suggesting that TakaraTomy have reserved Starscream's coronation parts for a later release of this toy.

: Oddly, Starscream's fighter colour scheme is inaccurate to real F-15E hull colours (Gunship Gray, colour code FS 36118) , in that it has more of a green-blue tinge, which has made collectors wonder why TakaraTomy bothered changing Starscream's colours in the first place, especially as Starscream's original pale grey is ''very'' close match to FS 36375, the main grey used on real F-15s of the 1980s. Additionally, his missiles are painted in the wrong colours (they should be the same grey) and are mounted sideways on their pylons, which is why they only have three fins on the back instead of four - they couldn't fit the fourth fin as they mounted the missiles themselves incorrectly.

===Classics===
* '''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles

[[Image:ClassicsStarscream_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Fear my extra-long null rays!!!]]

: ''Classics'' Starscream is a faithful reproduction of his original toy, but with modern standards of toy engineering, transformation, sculpting detail and articulation. He still transforms into an F-15 Eagle, but has the nose of an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet. His color scheme is inspired by photolab-edited photographs of the prototype F-15 Eagle, as the original photos and the actual colors of the prototype fighter were actually sky blue with bright orange markings.

: In robot mode, Starscream is essentially a very detailed version of his cartoon robot mode, with many design elements that would also find their way into Masterpiece Starscream. He is armed with two (overly large) null-ray missile launchers, which are so large that they restrict his arm movement due to them bumping into his wings.

: Later versions of Starscream saw a [[retool]] in the jet intake area first seen on Classics [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The slope of his shoulders was decreased, and a rectangle added to the vertical area, making the number now five instead of four. This version of Starscream is the harder to find of the two. This retooled version was used for Classics Skywarp, [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]].

* '''Masterpiece Starscream''' (2007)
**''Accessories:'' 2 null ray cannons, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville figure, Megatron gun clip, display stand

[[Image:Hasbro_Masterpiece_Starscream_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Wait, you say the ''Hasbro'' version is the slavishly 'toon-accurate one? Your credibility is on shaky ground, Wiki.]]

: A Wal-Mart exclusive, Hasbro's release of ''Masterpiece'' Starscream has been redecoed ''extensively'' to resemble the animation model of Starscream, down to the orange canopy and the silver nosecone (as opposed to the original toy's blue). In an effort to bring out detail in the sculpt, he has also been given an extensive paint wash to bring out his panel lines. Starscream includes the same accessories included in the Takara release of this toy, including a display stand, sidewinder missiles, a small figurine of Doctor Arkeville (which now has the correct skin color), and the clip to hold Masterpiece Convoy's Megatron gun while in jet mode. Starscream was finally given the correct tech spec stats he was originally supposed to have back in 1984 for this release, Skywarp's stats.

:The tips on the Starscream's vertical stabilizers were shortened and rounded for the U.S. release, and the plastics used overall have greater resilience to impact and damage than the fragile Japanese release.

:This version of Starscream was also released in Japan as an exclusive item in the same packaging but with different paint applications. It uses the unmodified version of the mold used for MP-3 Starscream and MP-6 Skywarp.
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===Titanium Series===
* '''Starscream''' (Robot Masters, 2006)
[[Image:TitaniumRM_Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Stop, in the name of love...]]

: Released in wave 2, the first ''[[Titanium]]'' Starscream is a small, non-transforming die-cast metal figurine, based upon his Generation 1 cartoon appearances. He is sculpted holding Megatron in gun mode in his left hand, and holding up is palm outward with his right, while using his jets to fly up. EXCITEMENT.

: This mold was also used to make Thundercracker.

* '''War Within Starscream''' (Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
[[Image:TitaniumHeroesWWStarscream_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|"How ''dare'' you make ''me'' a redeco?! Do you know who I am?!"]]

: War Within Starscream is a redeco of "War Within" Thundercracker (talk about irony). He transforms into a Cybertronian 'tetrajet', as re-imagined by [[Don Figueroa]]. As with all 6-inch Titanium Cybertron Heroes, he is constructed mostly of fully painted die-cast metal.

: This mold was used to make "War Within" Sunstorm.

===Attacktix===
*'''Starscream''' (200?)

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===Revoltech===
* Series No. 046 '''Starscream''' (2008)

:A non-transforming but ''highly'' articulated Starscream action figure, [[Revoltech]] Starscream uses the ''Revoltech'' "revolver joints" for maximum articulation. It comes with his twin null-ray cannons, a gun-mode Megatron, a posing stand, and three extra hands (a Megatron-holding right hand, an open-palmed right hand, and a left hand for pointing or disco-dancing).<ref>[http://bakaneko.way-nifty.com/revoltech/2008/01/post_909a.html Photos of the set contents at Revoltech's official blog site.]</ref><ref>[http://www.amiami.com/shop/?vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=TOY-RBT-0148&template=review.html Large images of the figure and its accessories at the online store Amiami.]</ref>
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===Henkei! Henkei! Transformers===
*'''Starscream''' {Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-03'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles
[[Image:Henkei_Starscream_toy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Eventually, everyone gets it right.]]

: ''[[Classics (2006)#Henkei! Henkei! Transformers|Henkei! Henkei! Transformers]]'' Starscream is a redeco of ''Classics'' Starscream. He features considerably different paint applications that more closely mimic the original ''Generation 1'' cartoon model, as well as a more opaque grey plastic base. Like all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive [[rubsign]] that the ''Classics'' counterpart featured, but has two [[Vacuum metalizing|vacuum-metallized]] barrels on his missile launchers.
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===Universe (2008)===
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2008)
: This toy is a [[redeco]] of the [[Legends of Cybertron]] [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], transforming into an SU-37 fighter jet.

: This mold was also used to make the ''Classics'' Legends-class [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and will also be used for a Universe Legends [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silvebolt]] as part of a group of Legends classed Combiner leaders.
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===Unreleased===
* '''Starscream''' ([[Transtech]], 2001)
[[Image:Starscream-transtech.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Obscure both by design and by accident]]
Starscream would have been made available in the aborted Transtech series. Control art and early prototype images have surfaced, showing that the toy would have been at the Deluxe scale and featured internal lighting mechanisms that changed color depending on its mode. The toy is clearly an homage to his Machine Wars body, which at the time of Transtech's intended release would have been the last form Starscream had inhabited in American markets.
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==Merchandise==
===Heroes of Cybertron===
:The ''Heroes of Cybertron'' PVC figurine line is an adaptation by Hasbro of Takara's own ''Super Collection Figure'' line. The main differences between the two lines is that Hasbro cast Autobot and Decepticon figures in clear blue or clear red PVC respectively, then completely painted the figurines. This allowed the eyes to 'glow' when placed in front of the light source.

* '''Starscream''' (2002)
: Repaint of the Japanese SCF Starscream figure. Non-transforming, true to the animation model. Distinctive from the Japanese release with its glossy paint and "light-up" eyes.

* '''Starscream''' (2002)

: Originally a chase figure in Japan, this remold of the regular figure includes a cape, newly molded limbs, and a head with the crown as seen in the movie.

* '''Starscream''' (2003)

: Above, but part of a six-pack of figures which also included Thundercracker, Skywarp, and three Clones from the [[OTFCC 2003]] convention set.

===Mega SCF===
* '''Starscream''' (2002)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MegaSCF TF 07'''

[[Image:Mega_SCF_Starscream.jpg|left|120px|thumb|Just keep it away from any [[Galvatron (G1)|reformatted megalomaniacs]].]]

Starscream is an highly articulated non transforming action figure. He comes with removable shoulder pads and cloak. He has a choice of normal head or a head with a crown. He also includes extra hands one of which holds Megatron in gun mode.

===Robot Heroes===
* '''Starscream''' (Mirage Vs Starscream, 2007)
[[Image:Robot_Hero_Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|150px|He's cute when he betrays you.]]

: Starscream is two inch high figure sculpted in a super deformed style and articulated at the shoulders. This figure was later redecoed as (guess what) Thundercracker for the Jazz vs. Thundercracker set. It also was redecoed as Skywarp in the "Decepticon Sneak Attack" set.

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Classic Starscream''' (2007)

: A 42-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, "Classic" Starscream "transforms" into a grey and red fighter jet with a color scheme based on his ''Classics'' toy. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007)|Movie]] [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]].
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Starscream_statue.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Only half here and I still look this good.]]
* '''Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Starscream was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 1,000 pieces.
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A Fistful of Energon

2008-05-24T22:42:30Z

72.139.47.22:

{{cleanup}}
[[image:samprowl.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'kay, let's <b>ignore</b> the fact that Samurai and Ninja are polar opposites, and bask in the awesomeness that is Samurai Prowl.]]

{{episodenav|animated|23|season=2|prev=Rise of the Constructicons|next=S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

'''Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive Starscream, but finds some competition in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter. '''

==Summary==
As the Elite Guard's ship proceeds on its journey, an explosion rocks the hull and out flies Starscream, declaring vengeance against Megatron once again.

On Dinobot Island, Prowl and Bulkhead are on the lookout for their feral friends in response to reports of some rampaging going on. Prowl has been sent along with Ratchet's EMP generator and some stasis cuffs, but doubts he will need them since the Dinobots are such gentle spirits and he has always been able to reason with them. Grimlock soon contradicts Prowl's perspective by charging into the clearing like an angry rhino. Prowl is still determined to take it easy on the big guy until his jaws get dangerously close to a nest filled with adorable little baby birdies. Using an EMP blast, Prowl quickly incapacitates Grimlock. Prowl and Bulkhead are both surprised that it came to that, but Prowl rationalizes that he did what he had to do to save the little birds. At this point he notices a thorn stuck in Grimlock's paw as the likely source of the Dinobot's extra aggression. With some advice from Ratchet over the comm., Prowl uses controlled bursts from the EMP to stabilize the affected area, and Bulkhead yanks out the spike. Grimlock sighs in relief and everything is all better. Before they can head home however, Ultra Magnus contacts the Autobot base with a message that Starscream has escaped and was last seen headed back to Earth. They would have sent that message sooner, but it seems their tachyon transmitter has gone missing. Megatron, who has been intercepting the message, takes a look at his own tachyon transmitter and sarcastically wonders where the Autobot's could have gone. He then wastes no time putting out a bounty on the escaped Decepticon traitor.

Back on the island, Prowl is feeling pretty tough after taking down the big bad Grimlock all by himself and is already contemplating a similar hunt for Starscream. At the very least, while they're in the neighborhood, he and Bulkhead use Teletran 1's Sensitive Scanner to locate Starscream's All Spark fragment...on the moon. Prowl believes they have everything they need to go after him right away, but Bulkhead reminds him that Starscream is a little out of their league if it's just the two of them. Prowl agrees, and so as soon as Bulkhead's back is turned and off the ship, he takes off in a shuttle by himself and heads for the moon.

Prowl tracks the All Spark fragment to the remains of the Decepticon warship. Optimus and Ratchet try to warn him how crazy his plan is and order him to return, but Prowl disregards them with some unconvincing fake static and heads inside the warship. He believes the mission of apprehending Starscream is best suited to a single bot built for stealth. Then, as he's sneaking around, his target finds him first. Way to use that stealth.

Before Starscream can fire his null ray, a well-placed shuriken disables it. The fight begins, and thanks to the EMP, Prowl manages to hold his own. Starscream eventually gets in a direct hit, but 'twas a hologram. The real Prowl gets into position and an EMP blast knocks the Decepticon out. As soon as the fugitive is stasis cuffed, a newcomer walks up and offers to take the bounty off his hands. It's Lockdown...wearing a poncho? He and Prowl start to fight over the prize while it comes to and heckles them from the sidelines. Neither combatant appreciates Starscream's comments and yell at him to shut up. He does, but as he's silent for about two seconds, they look back to notice it's because he escaped. Those stasis cuffs are worthless. Outside, Starscream blasts Prowl's shuttle and flies off toward Earth. Lockdown decloaks his own ship and takes pursuit, with Prowl hitching a ride on the hull.

Lockdown is finding it difficult to locate Starscream's Decepticon signal when Prowl ambushes him, deflecting a counter-attack with a shield mod borrowed from Lockdown's own display case. Once they're at a standstill, Prowl points out that he knows how to track Starscream's All Spark fragment, but he'll need Lockdown's sensors to do it. Thus a partnership is created, and Lockdown offers his new friend a few more upgrades to make sure they get the job done right.

Lockdown's ship touches down in Detroit and disguises itself as a building again. Lockdown and Prowl transform and roll out, with Prowl enjoying the feel of his new samurai armor/sidecar. They track the signal to a highway where Starscream is cowering beneath a bridge. When they confront him, they notice he's acting considerably more cowardly than usual, and is painted considerably more purple. Prowl shows off his upgrades, flying circles around the fleeing Decepticon and eventually taking him down with an. Lockdown is impressed. With the bounty secured, he contacts Megatron and sets up a meeting at an abandoned warehouse. Prowl is shocked to learn the two-faced bounty hunter he'd partnered with had been working for someone evil and attempts to cross him. However Lockdown ''double'' crosses Prowl, tying him up with a bola and drives off with his bounty in tow.

The other Autobots show up to untie their errant companion and chew him out, but Prowl is more interested in continuing pursuit of Starscream. The rest of the team follows, but point out that Prowl is starting to sound too much like Lockdown, the mods are going to his head.

They almost catch up with Lockdown and the purple Starscream when they're stopped on the road by the arrival of ''another'' Starscream. This one sports an orange color scheme and a sneaky, manipulative personality. He attempts to negotiate a pact with the Autobots to work together and destroy Megatron, but Prowl turns down the offer and attacks. Using his new arsenal, he leads, disarms, and disables the orange Screamer. It's a cool but messy victory. Ratchet scolds Prowl for not just taking him out with a single EMP blast. Prowl attests that his way was more fun, but Ratchet points out all the collateral damage he caused, including a knocked down bird's nest with its eggs broken all over the sidewalk. Prowl feels awful upon realizing what he had done, but puts it aside. Chasing Lockdown is still more important.

The Autobots crash the Decepticons' warehouse meeting and a Cybertronian standoff occurs. Then, when Megatron notices there are two Starscreams, he demands an explanation. The clones open their cockpits to reveal a pair of ticking time bombs. The real Starscream's voice announces that it was all part of his plan to take his enemies all out at once. Megatron isn't about to sit around and be blown up though, so he shoots the skylight and calls for the Decepticons to transform and rise up. The bad guys escape, but the good guys can't let the bombs just explode or the blast would take out half the city. Prowl gets an idea and uses his mods to weld the Starscreams together and jam their jets on so they rocket straight up into the atmosphere. The explosion doesn't harm the city (besides setting off a lot of car alarms) but does do a number on the fleeing Decepticons.

While Lockdown is escaping from the planet again, he contacts Prowl and offers a permanent partnership, since they're so much alike. Prowl turns down the offer, claiming it was fun while it lasted, but the super-charged bounty hunter life just wasn't his style. With all his upgrades shorted out or gone, Prowl detaches the one mod that got out without a scratch, Ratchet's EMP generator, and returns it to its rightful owner.
[[image:Lotta_starscreams.jpg|right|thumb|They call us the Seekers. We've been searching low and high! We won't get to get what we're after, till the day we die.]]
Later, Starscream sits within his new base aboard the wreckage of the Decepticon warship and watches an announcement from Megatron stating that the bounty on the fugitive has been increased, but whoever captures him had better make sure it's the real deal. Starscream himself is furious that his trap failed, but it doesn't matter, as he has plenty more decoys where that came from...

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Andrew Robinson]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Matt Youngberg]], & [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
*'''Original airdate:'''
*'''Animation company:''' [[The Answer Studio]]

===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" |

*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (10)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (11)

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

*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (14)
*[[Lockdown]] (15)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

|}

==Quotes==
''[Ratchet and Prime are communicating with Prowl over the radio]''<br>
'''Ratchet''': "Prowl, any sign of the Dinobots?"<br>
'''Prowl''': "Negative, Ratchet. I'm starting to think those reports of rampages were nothing but exaggerations".<br>
'''Optimus''': "We're not taking any chance, Prowl. That's why I had Ratchet lend you his EMP generator and those stasis cuffs".<br>
'''Prowl''': "Still, I hardly think they're necessary. The Dinobots are territorial, but if they're left alone, they're perfectly happy".br>
''[Grimlock roars, then runs out of the forest, charging the Autobots]''<br>
'''Bulkhead''': "He doesn't look too happy to me!"<br>
:{{m-}}The Autobots are Dinobot hunting...and things are not going well.

"I'm afraid Sari and Bumblebee left on an important fact-finding mission this morning. To someplace called... 'Five Banners Rollercoaster Kingdom.'"
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' gets duped.

"Personally, I've always found Bumblebee's fake static to be a lot more convincing."
:{{m-}}'''Ratchet''' doesn't get duped.

'''Starscream''': "Well, if it isn't my favorite band of plucky little Autobots"<br>
'''Optimus''': "Autobots, prepare for battle"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Wait, you misunderstand. Noble Optimus Prime, wise Ratchet, stealthy Prowl and ''mighty''...eh-"<br>
'''Bulkhead''': "Bulkhead!"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Ooh, that's too bad".
:{{m-}} Starscream gives his sympathy to those with dumb names...ha!

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==Other notes==
* This episode was first shown in Asia.

===Animation errors===
* The thorn supposedly jammed through Grimlock's foot looks like it's merely stuck betwixt his toes.

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
* The Starscream clones are of course a reference to the [[Seeker]]s, with one seemingly mimicing the colour scheme of [[Starscream (G1)|G1 Starscream]](albeit slightly more orangey), while the other is more along the lines of [[Skywarp (Armada)|Armada Skywarp.]]

===Real-world references===
*This episode contains numerous references to [[Wikipedia:Fistful of Dollars|A Fistful of Dollars]], including the title, Lockdown wearing a poncho in his first appearance & the Mexican standoff scene in the warehouse.
*Grimlock's foot problem recalls "The Lion and the Mouse," an Aesop's Fable about a mouse who befriends a lion by pulling a thorn out of his paw.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] are absent from this episode, with Optimus saying that they're on an "important fact finding mission" (actually, an amusement park).

*[[Lugnut|Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], on the other hand, appear, but say nothing.

* The clones seem to embody elements of Starscream's personality, the purple Starscream representing Starscream's cowardice and the (not surprisingly) Generation-1-styled Starscream represents Starscream's manipulative and deceitful nature.

* Prowl desides that modifications are bad. This goes against [[retool|everything Hasbro wants us to believe]].

*Ratchet no longer appears to have a problem with people using his EMP generator as a weapon.

*So...where did Starscream get the clones from?

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A Fistful of Energon

2008-05-24T20:33:49Z

72.139.47.22: /* Transformers references */

{{cleanup}}
{{episodenav|animated|23|season=2|prev=Rise of the Constructicons|next=S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

'''Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive Starscream, but finds some competition in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter. '''

==Summary==
As the Elite Guard's ship proceeds on its journey, an explosion rocks the hull and out flies Starscream, declaring vengeance against Megatron once again.

On Dinobot Island, Prowl and Bulkhead are on the lookout for their feral friends in response to reports of some rampaging going on. Prowl has been sent along with Ratchet's EMP generator and some stasis cuffs, but doubts he will need them since the Dinobots are such gentle spirits and he has always been able to reason with them. Grimlock soon contradicts Prowl's perspective by charging into the clearing like an angry rhino. Prowl is still determined to take it easy on the big guy until his jaws get dangerously close to a nest filled with adorable little baby birdies. Using an EMP blast, Prowl quickly incapacitates Grimlock. Prowl and Bulkhead are both surprised that it came to that, but Prowl rationalizes that he did what he had to do to save the little birds. At this point he notices a thorn stuck in Grimlock's paw as the likely source of the Dinobot's extra aggression. With some advice from Ratchet over the comm., Prowl uses controlled bursts from the EMP to stabilize the affected area, and Bulkhead yanks out the spike. Grimlock sighs in relief and everything is all better. Before they can head home however, Ultra Magnus contacts the Autobot base with a message that Starscream has escaped and was last seen headed back to Earth. They would have sent that message sooner, but it seems their tachyon transmitter has gone missing. Megatron, who has been intercepting the message, takes a look at his own tachyon transmitter and sarcastically wonders where the Autobot's could have gone. He then wastes no time putting out a bounty on the escaped Decepticon traitor.

Back on the island, Prowl is feeling pretty tough after taking down the big bad Grimlock all by himself and is already contemplating a similar hunt for Starscream. At the very least, while they're in the neighborhood, he and Bulkhead use Teletran 1's Sensitive Scanner to locate Starscream's All Spark fragment...on the moon. Prowl believes they have everything they need to go after him right away, but Bulkhead reminds him that Starscream is a little out of their league if it's just the two of them. Prowl agrees, and so as soon as Bulkhead's back is turned and off the ship, he takes off in a shuttle by himself and heads for the moon.

Prowl tracks the All Spark fragment to the remains of the Decepticon warship. Optimus and Ratchet try to warn him how crazy his plan is and order him to return, but Prowl disregards them with some unconvincing fake static and heads inside the warship. He believes the mission of apprehending Starscream is best suited to a single bot built for stealth. Then, as he's sneaking around, his target finds him first. Way to use that stealth.

Before Starscream can fire his null ray, a well-placed shuriken disables it. The fight begins, and thanks to the EMP, Prowl manages to hold his own. Starscream eventually gets in a direct hit, but 'twas a hologram. The real Prowl gets into position and an EMP blast knocks the Decepticon out. As soon as the fugitive is stasis cuffed, a newcomer walks up and offers to take the bounty off his hands. It's Lockdown...wearing a poncho? He and Prowl start to fight over the prize while it comes to and heckles them from the sidelines. Neither combatant appreciates Starscream's comments and yell at him to shut up. He does, but as he's silent for about two seconds, they look back to notice it's because he escaped. Those stasis cuffs are worthless. Outside, Starscream blasts Prowl's shuttle and flies off toward Earth. Lockdown decloaks his own ship and takes pursuit, with Prowl hitching a ride on the hull.

Lockdown is finding it difficult to locate Starscream's Decepticon signal when Prowl ambushes him, deflecting a counter-attack with a shield mod borrowed from Lockdown's own display case. Once they're at a standstill, Prowl points out that he knows how to track Starscream's All Spark fragment, but he'll need Lockdown's sensors to do it. Thus a partnership is created, and Lockdown offers his new friend a few more upgrades to make sure they get the job done right.

Lockdown's ship touches down in Detroit and disguises itself as a building again. Lockdown and Prowl transform and roll out, with Prowl enjoying the feel of his new samurai armor/sidecar. They track the signal to a highway where Starscream is cowering beneath a bridge. When they confront him, they notice he's acting considerably more cowardly than usual, and is painted considerably more purple. Prowl shows off his upgrades, flying circles around the fleeing Decepticon and eventually taking him down with an. Lockdown is impressed. With the bounty secured, he contacts Megatron and sets up a meeting at an abandoned warehouse. Prowl is shocked to learn the two-faced bounty hunter he'd partnered with had been working for someone evil and attempts to cross him. However Lockdown ''double'' crosses Prowl, tying him up with a bola and drives off with his bounty in tow.

The other Autobots show up to untie their errant companion and chew him out, but Prowl is more interested in continuing pursuit of Starscream. The rest of the team follows, but point out that Prowl is starting to sound too much like Lockdown, the mods are going to his head.

They almost catch up with Lockdown and the purple Starscream when they're stopped on the road by the arrival of ''another'' Starscream. This one sports an orange color scheme and a sneaky, manipulative personality. He attempts to negotiate a pact with the Autobots to work together and destroy Megatron, but Prowl turns down the offer and attacks. Using his new arsenal, he leads, disarms, and disables the orange Screamer. It's a cool but messy victory. Ratchet scolds Prowl for not just taking him out with a single EMP blast. Prowl attests that his way was more fun, but Ratchet points out all the collateral damage he caused, including a knocked down bird's nest with its eggs broken all over the sidewalk. Prowl feels awful upon realizing what he had done, but puts it aside. Chasing Lockdown is still more important.

The Autobots crash the Decepticons' warehouse meeting and a Cybertronian standoff occurs. Then, when Megatron notices there are two Starscreams, he demands an explanation. The clones open their cockpits to reveal a pair of ticking time bombs. The real Starscream's voice announces that it was all part of his plan to take his enemies all out at once. Megatron isn't about to sit around and be blown up though, so he shoots the skylight and calls for the Decepticons to transform and rise up. The bad guys escape, but the good guys can't let the bombs just explode or the blast would take out half the city. Prowl gets an idea and uses his mods to weld the Starscreams together and jam their jets on so they rocket straight up into the atmosphere. The explosion doesn't harm the city (besides setting off a lot of car alarms) but does do a number on the fleeing Decepticons.

While Lockdown is escaping from the planet again, he contacts Prowl and offers a permanent partnership, since they're so much alike. Prowl turns down the offer, claiming it was fun while it lasted, but the super-charged bounty hunter life just wasn't his style. With all his upgrades shorted out or gone, Prowl detaches the one mod that got out without a scratch, Ratchet's EMP generator, and returns it to its rightful owner.

Later, Starscream sits within his new base aboard the wreckage of the Decepticon warship and watches an announcement from Megatron stating that the bounty on the fugitive has been increased, but whoever captures him had better make sure it's the real deal. Starscream himself is furious that his trap failed, but it doesn't matter, as he has plenty more decoys where that came from...

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Andrew Robinson]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Matt Youngberg]], & [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
*'''Original airdate:'''

===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" |

*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (10)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (11)

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

*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (14)
*[[Lockdown]] (15)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

|}

==Quotes==

==Other notes==
* This episode was first shown in Asia.

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
*One of Starscream's decoys sports a [[Starscream (G1)|familiar color scheme.]]

===Real-world references===
*This episode contains numerous references to [[Wikipedia:Fistful of Dollars|A Fistful of Dollars]], including the title, Lockdown wearing a poncho in his first appearance & the Mexican standoff scene in the warehouse.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] are absent from this episode, with Optimus saying that they're on an "important fact finding mission". Considering that practically every other Autobot that has appeared in the series thus far was in this episode, it sort of evens out.

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A Fistful of Energon

2008-05-24T20:27:02Z

72.139.47.22: /* Transformers references */

{{episodenav|animated|23|season=2|prev=Rise of the Constructicons|next=S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

'''Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive Starscream, but finds some competition in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter. '''

==Summary==
As the Elite Guard's ship proceeds on its journey, an explosion rocks the hull and out flies Starscream, declaring vengeance against Megatron once again.

On Dinobot Island, Prowl and Bulkhead are on the lookout for their feral friends in response to reports of some rampaging going on. Prowl has been sent along with Ratchet's EMP generator and some stasis cuffs, but doubts he will need them since the Dinobots are such gentle spirits and he has always been able to reason with them. Grimlock soon contradicts Prowl's perspective by charging into the clearing like an angry rhino. Prowl is still determined to take it easy on the big guy until his jaws get dangerously close to a nest filled with adorable little baby birdies. Using an EMP blast, Prowl quickly incapacitates Grimlock. Prowl and Bulkhead are both surprised that it came to that, but Prowl rationalizes that he did what he had to do to save the little birds. At this point he notices a thorn stuck in Grimlock's paw as the likely source of the Dinobot's extra aggression. With some advice from Ratchet over the comm., Prowl uses controlled bursts from the EMP to stabilize the affected area, and Bulkhead yanks out the spike. Grimlock sighs in relief and everything is all better. Before they can head home however, Ultra Magnus contacts the Autobot base with a message that Starscream has escaped and was last seen headed back to Earth. They would have sent that message sooner, but it seems their tachyon transmitter has gone missing. Megatron, who has been intercepting the message, takes a look at his own tachyon transmitter and sarcastically wonders where the Autobot's could have gone. He then wastes no time putting out a bounty on the escaped Decepticon traitor.

Back on the island, Prowl is feeling pretty tough after taking down the big bad Grimlock all by himself and is already contemplating a similar hunt for Starscream. At the very least, while they're in the neighborhood, he and Bulkhead use Teletran 1's Sensitive Scanner to locate Starscream's All Spark fragment...on the moon. Prowl believes they have everything they need to go after him right away, but Bulkhead reminds him that Starscream is a little out of their league if it's just the two of them. Prowl agrees, and so as soon as Bulkhead's back is turned and off the ship, he takes off in a shuttle by himself and heads for the moon.

Prowl tracks the All Spark fragment to the remains of the Decepticon warship. Optimus and Ratchet try to warn him how crazy his plan is and order him to return, but Prowl disregards them with some unconvincing fake static and heads inside the warship. He believes the mission of apprehending Starscream is best suited to a single bot built for stealth. Then, as he's sneaking around, his target finds him first. Way to use that stealth.

Before Starscream can fire his null ray, a well-placed shuriken disables it. The fight begins, and thanks to the EMP, Prowl manages to hold his own. Starscream eventually gets in a direct hit, but 'twas a hologram. The real Prowl gets into position and an EMP blast knocks the Decepticon out. As soon as the fugitive is stasis cuffed, a newcomer walks up and offers to take the bounty off his hands. It's Lockdown...wearing a poncho? He and Prowl start to fight over the prize while it comes to and heckles them from the sidelines. Neither combatant appreciates Starscream's comments and yell at him to shut up. He does, but as he's silent for about two seconds, they look back to notice it's because he escaped. Those stasis cuffs are worthless. Outside, Starscream blasts Prowl's shuttle and flies off toward Earth. Lockdown decloaks his own ship and takes pursuit, with Prowl hitching a ride on the hull.

Lockdown is finding it difficult to locate Starscream's Decepticon signal when Prowl ambushes him, deflecting a counter-attack with a shield mod borrowed from Lockdown's own display case. Once they're at a standstill, Prowl points out that he knows how to track Starscream's All Spark fragment, but he'll need Lockdown's sensors to do it. Thus a partnership is created, and Lockdown offers his new friend a few more upgrades to make sure they get the job done right.

Lockdown's ship touches down in Detroit and disguises itself as a building again. Lockdown and Prowl transform and roll out, with Prowl enjoying the feel of his new samurai armor/sidecar. They track the signal to a highway where Starscream is cowering beneath a bridge. When they confront him, they notice he's acting considerably more cowardly than usual, and is painted considerably more purple. Prowl shows off his upgrades, flying circles around the fleeing Decepticon and eventually taking him down with an. Lockdown is impressed. With the bounty secured, he contacts Megatron and sets up a meeting at an abandoned warehouse. Prowl is shocked to learn the two-faced bounty hunter he'd partnered with had been working for someone evil and attempts to cross him. However Lockdown ''double'' crosses Prowl, tying him up with a bola and drives off with his bounty in tow.

The other Autobots show up to untie their errant companion and chew him out, but Prowl is more interested in continuing pursuit of Starscream. The rest of the team follows, but point out that Prowl is starting to sound too much like Lockdown, the mods are going to his head.

They almost catch up with Lockdown and the purple Starscream when they're stopped on the road by the arrival of ''another'' Starscream. This one sports an orange color scheme and a sneaky, manipulative personality. He attempts to negotiate a pact with the Autobots to work together and destroy Megatron, but Prowl turns down the offer and attacks. Using his new arsenal, he leads, disarms, and disables the orange Screamer. It's a cool but messy victory. Ratchet scolds Prowl for not just taking him out with a single EMP blast. Prowl attests that his way was more fun, but Ratchet points out all the collateral damage he caused, including a knocked down bird's nest with its eggs broken all over the sidewalk. Prowl feels awful upon realizing what he had done, but puts it aside. Chasing Lockdown is still more important.

The Autobots crash the Decepticons' warehouse meeting and a Cybertronian standoff occurs. Then, when Megatron notices there are two Starscreams, he demands an explanation. The clones open their cockpits to reveal a pair of ticking time bombs. The real Starscream's voice announces that it was all part of his plan to take his enemies all out at once. Megatron isn't about to sit around and be blown up though, so he shoots the skylight and calls for the Decepticons to transform and rise up. The bad guys escape, but the good guys can't let the bombs just explode or the blast would take out half the city. Prowl gets an idea and uses his mods to weld the Starscreams together and jam their jets on so they rocket straight up into the atmosphere. The explosion doesn't harm the city (besides setting off a lot of car alarms) but does do a number on the fleeing Decepticons.

While Lockdown is escaping from the planet again, he contacts Prowl and offers a permanent partnership, since they're so much alike. Prowl turns down the offer, claiming it was fun while it lasted, but the super-charged bounty hunter life just wasn't his style. With all his upgrades shorted out or gone, Prowl detaches the one mod that got out without a scratch, Ratchet's EMP generator, and returns it to its rightful owner.

Later, Starscream sits within his new base aboard the wreckage of the Decepticon warship and watches an announcement from Megatron stating that the bounty on the fugitive has been increased, but whoever captures him had better make sure it's the real deal. Starscream himself is furious that his trap failed, but it doesn't matter, as he has plenty more decoys where that came from...

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Andrew Robinson]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Matt Youngberg]], & [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
*'''Original airdate:'''

===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" |

*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (10)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (11)

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

*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (14)
*[[Lockdown]] (15)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

|}

==Quotes==

==Other notes==
* This episode was first shown in Asia.

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
*One of Starscream's clones sports a [[Starscream (G1)|familiar color scheme.]]


===Real-world references===
*This episode contains numerous references to [[Wikipedia:Fistful of Dollars|A Fistful of Dollars]], including the title, Lockdown wearing a poncho in his first appearance & the Mexican standoff scene in the warehouse.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] are absent from this episode, with Optimus saying that they're on an "important fact finding mission". Considering that practically every other Autobot that has appeared in the series thus far was in this episode, it sort of evens out.

{{epstub}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fistful of Energon}}
[[Category:Animated 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>

A Fistful of Energon

2008-05-24T20:26:46Z

72.139.47.22: /* Transformers references */

{{episodenav|animated|23|season=2|prev=Rise of the Constructicons|next=S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

'''Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive Starscream, but finds some competition in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter. '''

==Summary==
As the Elite Guard's ship proceeds on its journey, an explosion rocks the hull and out flies Starscream, declaring vengeance against Megatron once again.

On Dinobot Island, Prowl and Bulkhead are on the lookout for their feral friends in response to reports of some rampaging going on. Prowl has been sent along with Ratchet's EMP generator and some stasis cuffs, but doubts he will need them since the Dinobots are such gentle spirits and he has always been able to reason with them. Grimlock soon contradicts Prowl's perspective by charging into the clearing like an angry rhino. Prowl is still determined to take it easy on the big guy until his jaws get dangerously close to a nest filled with adorable little baby birdies. Using an EMP blast, Prowl quickly incapacitates Grimlock. Prowl and Bulkhead are both surprised that it came to that, but Prowl rationalizes that he did what he had to do to save the little birds. At this point he notices a thorn stuck in Grimlock's paw as the likely source of the Dinobot's extra aggression. With some advice from Ratchet over the comm., Prowl uses controlled bursts from the EMP to stabilize the affected area, and Bulkhead yanks out the spike. Grimlock sighs in relief and everything is all better. Before they can head home however, Ultra Magnus contacts the Autobot base with a message that Starscream has escaped and was last seen headed back to Earth. They would have sent that message sooner, but it seems their tachyon transmitter has gone missing. Megatron, who has been intercepting the message, takes a look at his own tachyon transmitter and sarcastically wonders where the Autobot's could have gone. He then wastes no time putting out a bounty on the escaped Decepticon traitor.

Back on the island, Prowl is feeling pretty tough after taking down the big bad Grimlock all by himself and is already contemplating a similar hunt for Starscream. At the very least, while they're in the neighborhood, he and Bulkhead use Teletran 1's Sensitive Scanner to locate Starscream's All Spark fragment...on the moon. Prowl believes they have everything they need to go after him right away, but Bulkhead reminds him that Starscream is a little out of their league if it's just the two of them. Prowl agrees, and so as soon as Bulkhead's back is turned and off the ship, he takes off in a shuttle by himself and heads for the moon.

Prowl tracks the All Spark fragment to the remains of the Decepticon warship. Optimus and Ratchet try to warn him how crazy his plan is and order him to return, but Prowl disregards them with some unconvincing fake static and heads inside the warship. He believes the mission of apprehending Starscream is best suited to a single bot built for stealth. Then, as he's sneaking around, his target finds him first. Way to use that stealth.

Before Starscream can fire his null ray, a well-placed shuriken disables it. The fight begins, and thanks to the EMP, Prowl manages to hold his own. Starscream eventually gets in a direct hit, but 'twas a hologram. The real Prowl gets into position and an EMP blast knocks the Decepticon out. As soon as the fugitive is stasis cuffed, a newcomer walks up and offers to take the bounty off his hands. It's Lockdown...wearing a poncho? He and Prowl start to fight over the prize while it comes to and heckles them from the sidelines. Neither combatant appreciates Starscream's comments and yell at him to shut up. He does, but as he's silent for about two seconds, they look back to notice it's because he escaped. Those stasis cuffs are worthless. Outside, Starscream blasts Prowl's shuttle and flies off toward Earth. Lockdown decloaks his own ship and takes pursuit, with Prowl hitching a ride on the hull.

Lockdown is finding it difficult to locate Starscream's Decepticon signal when Prowl ambushes him, deflecting a counter-attack with a shield mod borrowed from Lockdown's own display case. Once they're at a standstill, Prowl points out that he knows how to track Starscream's All Spark fragment, but he'll need Lockdown's sensors to do it. Thus a partnership is created, and Lockdown offers his new friend a few more upgrades to make sure they get the job done right.

Lockdown's ship touches down in Detroit and disguises itself as a building again. Lockdown and Prowl transform and roll out, with Prowl enjoying the feel of his new samurai armor/sidecar. They track the signal to a highway where Starscream is cowering beneath a bridge. When they confront him, they notice he's acting considerably more cowardly than usual, and is painted considerably more purple. Prowl shows off his upgrades, flying circles around the fleeing Decepticon and eventually taking him down with an. Lockdown is impressed. With the bounty secured, he contacts Megatron and sets up a meeting at an abandoned warehouse. Prowl is shocked to learn the two-faced bounty hunter he'd partnered with had been working for someone evil and attempts to cross him. However Lockdown ''double'' crosses Prowl, tying him up with a bola and drives off with his bounty in tow.

The other Autobots show up to untie their errant companion and chew him out, but Prowl is more interested in continuing pursuit of Starscream. The rest of the team follows, but point out that Prowl is starting to sound too much like Lockdown, the mods are going to his head.

They almost catch up with Lockdown and the purple Starscream when they're stopped on the road by the arrival of ''another'' Starscream. This one sports an orange color scheme and a sneaky, manipulative personality. He attempts to negotiate a pact with the Autobots to work together and destroy Megatron, but Prowl turns down the offer and attacks. Using his new arsenal, he leads, disarms, and disables the orange Screamer. It's a cool but messy victory. Ratchet scolds Prowl for not just taking him out with a single EMP blast. Prowl attests that his way was more fun, but Ratchet points out all the collateral damage he caused, including a knocked down bird's nest with its eggs broken all over the sidewalk. Prowl feels awful upon realizing what he had done, but puts it aside. Chasing Lockdown is still more important.

The Autobots crash the Decepticons' warehouse meeting and a Cybertronian standoff occurs. Then, when Megatron notices there are two Starscreams, he demands an explanation. The clones open their cockpits to reveal a pair of ticking time bombs. The real Starscream's voice announces that it was all part of his plan to take his enemies all out at once. Megatron isn't about to sit around and be blown up though, so he shoots the skylight and calls for the Decepticons to transform and rise up. The bad guys escape, but the good guys can't let the bombs just explode or the blast would take out half the city. Prowl gets an idea and uses his mods to weld the Starscreams together and jam their jets on so they rocket straight up into the atmosphere. The explosion doesn't harm the city (besides setting off a lot of car alarms) but does do a number on the fleeing Decepticons.

While Lockdown is escaping from the planet again, he contacts Prowl and offers a permanent partnership, since they're so much alike. Prowl turns down the offer, claiming it was fun while it lasted, but the super-charged bounty hunter life just wasn't his style. With all his upgrades shorted out or gone, Prowl detaches the one mod that got out without a scratch, Ratchet's EMP generator, and returns it to its rightful owner.

Later, Starscream sits within his new base aboard the wreckage of the Decepticon warship and watches an announcement from Megatron stating that the bounty on the fugitive has been increased, but whoever captures him had better make sure it's the real deal. Starscream himself is furious that his trap failed, but it doesn't matter, as he has plenty more decoys where that came from...

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Andrew Robinson]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Matt Youngberg]], & [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
*'''Original airdate:'''

===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" |

*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (10)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (11)

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

*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (14)
*[[Lockdown]] (15)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

|}

==Quotes==

==Other notes==
* This episode was first shown in Asia.

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
*One of Starscream's clones sports a [[Starscream (G1)|familiar color scheme.]]



===Real-world references===
*This episode contains numerous references to [[Wikipedia:Fistful of Dollars|A Fistful of Dollars]], including the title, Lockdown wearing a poncho in his first appearance & the Mexican standoff scene in the warehouse.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] are absent from this episode, with Optimus saying that they're on an "important fact finding mission". Considering that practically every other Autobot that has appeared in the series thus far was in this episode, it sort of evens out.

{{epstub}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fistful of Energon}}
[[Category:Animated 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>

A Fistful of Energon

2008-05-24T20:22:23Z

72.139.47.22: /* Transformers references */

{{episodenav|animated|23|season=2|prev=Rise of the Constructicons|next=S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

'''Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive Starscream, but finds some competition in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter. '''

==Summary==
As the Elite Guard's ship proceeds on its journey, an explosion rocks the hull and out flies Starscream, declaring vengeance against Megatron once again.

On Dinobot Island, Prowl and Bulkhead are on the lookout for their feral friends in response to reports of some rampaging going on. Prowl has been sent along with Ratchet's EMP generator and some stasis cuffs, but doubts he will need them since the Dinobots are such gentle spirits and he has always been able to reason with them. Grimlock soon contradicts Prowl's perspective by charging into the clearing like an angry rhino. Prowl is still determined to take it easy on the big guy until his jaws get dangerously close to a nest filled with adorable little baby birdies. Using an EMP blast, Prowl quickly incapacitates Grimlock. Prowl and Bulkhead are both surprised that it came to that, but Prowl rationalizes that he did what he had to do to save the little birds. At this point he notices a thorn stuck in Grimlock's paw as the likely source of the Dinobot's extra aggression. With some advice from Ratchet over the comm., Prowl uses controlled bursts from the EMP to stabilize the affected area, and Bulkhead yanks out the spike. Grimlock sighs in relief and everything is all better. Before they can head home however, Ultra Magnus contacts the Autobot base with a message that Starscream has escaped and was last seen headed back to Earth. They would have sent that message sooner, but it seems their tachyon transmitter has gone missing. Megatron, who has been intercepting the message, takes a look at his own tachyon transmitter and sarcastically wonders where the Autobot's could have gone. He then wastes no time putting out a bounty on the escaped Decepticon traitor.

Back on the island, Prowl is feeling pretty tough after taking down the big bad Grimlock all by himself and is already contemplating a similar hunt for Starscream. At the very least, while they're in the neighborhood, he and Bulkhead use Teletran 1's Sensitive Scanner to locate Starscream's All Spark fragment...on the moon. Prowl believes they have everything they need to go after him right away, but Bulkhead reminds him that Starscream is a little out of their league if it's just the two of them. Prowl agrees, and so as soon as Bulkhead's back is turned and off the ship, he takes off in a shuttle by himself and heads for the moon.

Prowl tracks the All Spark fragment to the remains of the Decepticon warship. Optimus and Ratchet try to warn him how crazy his plan is and order him to return, but Prowl disregards them with some unconvincing fake static and heads inside the warship. He believes the mission of apprehending Starscream is best suited to a single bot built for stealth. Then, as he's sneaking around, his target finds him first. Way to use that stealth.

Before Starscream can fire his null ray, a well-placed shuriken disables it. The fight begins, and thanks to the EMP, Prowl manages to hold his own. Starscream eventually gets in a direct hit, but 'twas a hologram. The real Prowl gets into position and an EMP blast knocks the Decepticon out. As soon as the fugitive is stasis cuffed, a newcomer walks up and offers to take the bounty off his hands. It's Lockdown...wearing a poncho? He and Prowl start to fight over the prize while it comes to and heckles them from the sidelines. Neither combatant appreciates Starscream's comments and yell at him to shut up. He does, but as he's silent for about two seconds, they look back to notice it's because he escaped. Those stasis cuffs are worthless. Outside, Starscream blasts Prowl's shuttle and flies off toward Earth. Lockdown decloaks his own ship and takes pursuit, with Prowl hitching a ride on the hull.

Lockdown is finding it difficult to locate Starscream's Decepticon signal when Prowl ambushes him, deflecting a counter-attack with a shield mod borrowed from Lockdown's own display case. Once they're at a standstill, Prowl points out that he knows how to track Starscream's All Spark fragment, but he'll need Lockdown's sensors to do it. Thus a partnership is created, and Lockdown offers his new friend a few more upgrades to make sure they get the job done right.

Lockdown's ship touches down in Detroit and disguises itself as a building again. Lockdown and Prowl transform and roll out, with Prowl enjoying the feel of his new samurai armor/sidecar. They track the signal to a highway where Starscream is cowering beneath a bridge. When they confront him, they notice he's acting considerably more cowardly than usual, and is painted considerably more purple. Prowl shows off his upgrades, flying circles around the fleeing Decepticon and eventually taking him down with an. Lockdown is impressed. With the bounty secured, he contacts Megatron and sets up a meeting at an abandoned warehouse. Prowl is shocked to learn the two-faced bounty hunter he'd partnered with had been working for someone evil and attempts to cross him. However Lockdown ''double'' crosses Prowl, tying him up with a bola and drives off with his bounty in tow.

The other Autobots show up to untie their errant companion and chew him out, but Prowl is more interested in continuing pursuit of Starscream. The rest of the team follows, but point out that Prowl is starting to sound too much like Lockdown, the mods are going to his head.

They almost catch up with Lockdown and the purple Starscream when they're stopped on the road by the arrival of ''another'' Starscream. This one sports an orange color scheme and a sneaky, manipulative personality. He attempts to negotiate a pact with the Autobots to work together and destroy Megatron, but Prowl turns down the offer and attacks. Using his new arsenal, he leads, disarms, and disables the orange Screamer. It's a cool but messy victory. Ratchet scolds Prowl for not just taking him out with a single EMP blast. Prowl attests that his way was more fun, but Ratchet points out all the collateral damage he caused, including a knocked down bird's nest with its eggs broken all over the sidewalk. Prowl feels awful upon realizing what he had done, but puts it aside. Chasing Lockdown is still more important.

The Autobots crash the Decepticons' warehouse meeting and a Cybertronian standoff occurs. Then, when Megatron notices there are two Starscreams, he demands an explanation. The clones open their cockpits to reveal a pair of ticking time bombs. The real Starscream's voice announces that it was all part of his plan to take his enemies all out at once. Megatron isn't about to sit around and be blown up though, so he shoots the skylight and calls for the Decepticons to transform and rise up. The bad guys escape, but the good guys can't let the bombs just explode or the blast would take out half the city. Prowl gets an idea and uses his mods to weld the Starscreams together and jam their jets on so they rocket straight up into the atmosphere. The explosion doesn't harm the city (besides setting off a lot of car alarms) but does do a number on the fleeing Decepticons.

While Lockdown is escaping from the planet again, he contacts Prowl and offers a permanent partnership, since they're so much alike. Prowl turns down the offer, claiming it was fun while it lasted, but the super-charged bounty hunter life just wasn't his style. With all his upgrades shorted out or gone, Prowl detaches the one mod that got out without a scratch, Ratchet's EMP generator, and returns it to its rightful owner.

Later, Starscream sits within his new base aboard the wreckage of the Decepticon warship and watches an announcement from Megatron stating that the bounty on the fugitive has been increased, but whoever captures him had better make sure it's the real deal. Starscream himself is furious that his trap failed, but it doesn't matter, as he has plenty more decoys where that came from...

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Andrew Robinson]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Matt Youngberg]], & [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
*'''Original airdate:'''

===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" |

*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (10)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (11)

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

*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (14)
*[[Lockdown]] (15)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

|}

==Quotes==

==Other notes==
* This episode was first shown in Asia.

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
*One of Starscream's clones sports a [[Starscream (G1)|familiar color scheme.]]

===Real-world references===
*This episode contains numerous references to [[Wikipedia:Fistful of Dollars|A Fistful of Dollars]], including the title, Lockdown wearing a poncho in his first appearance & the Mexican standoff scene in the warehouse.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] are absent from this episode, with Optimus saying that they're on an "important fact finding mission". Considering that practically every other Autobot that has appeared in the series thus far was in this episode, it sort of evens out.

{{epstub}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fistful of Energon}}
[[Category:Animated 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

2008-05-06T04:34:55Z

72.139.47.22: /* Quotes */

[[Image:Wreck-Gar-Ani.jpg|thumb|right|350px|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 down garbage into 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 so she 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.

At the Decepticon base, Lugnut detects a surge in AllSpark energy, and Megatron concludes that another fragment must have turned up. Megatron orders Lugnut to retrieve it, and Lugnut continues his glory-spouting as he leaves. Megatron's optical sensor begins to twitch noticeably.

Stuck in a traffic jam, Ratchet is about to display some serious road rage when Bumblebee puts on his siren and clears a path for them. Heading through, they a find [[Witwicky|a familiar couple]] who are expecting a child, but their car has broken down on the way to the hospital. Ratchet agrees to take them to the hospital, then jets off at high speed, despite Sari's warning to keep the mother calm.

Meanwhile, the new robot is walking through downtown Detroit, nearly causing several accidents. The police, pursuing the Angry Archer, crash into the robot, who subsequently asks them for help. Archer tells the robot to throw them aside so that they can escape, and the robot agrees. When Archer inquires as to his identity, the robot responds that he is "worthless-wreck-walking-pile-of-garbage," (all things he had been called by citizens who nearly slammed into him) so the Archer dubs him Wreck-Gar for short. He tries to explain the that they steal from the rich and give to the poor (themselves), but Wreck-Gar gets the Archer's words confused. Seeing a passing armored car, Archer tells Wreck-Gar that they must "knock it over", so Wreck-Gar proceeds to chase the armored car and do just that.

[[Image:New Spike and Carly.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Oh ''shit'', what are we gonna do now?!]]

Meanwhile, expecting mother Carly asks her husband, Spike, to ask the driver to slow down, only for Spike to learn that there is only a little girl in the car{{m-}}and no driver! Ratchet tells them to keep quiet as he tries to find a hospital, only for the armored car knocked over by Wreck-Gar to land in his way. Jettisoning the humans, Ratchet and Bumblebee try to stop Wreck-Gar, but before they can do anything, the Angry Archer snags and flees with a canister that was in the armored car. Sari points out that Autobots are supposed to catch the bad guys, and Wreck-Gar assumes that he is an Autobot, slaps on an [[Insignia|Autobrand]], and goes after the Archer. Bumblebee and Sari go after him, while Ratchet offers to drive Spike and Carly to the hospital. They say they'll take a cab, leaving Ratchet miffed at their rudeness.

Outrunning the swinging Archer, Wreck-Gar hurls him into the air so he can "catch" him, allowing the Angry Archer to escape, but the canister falls into Wreck-Gar's backpack. As the Autobots and Sari show up, her key starts to glow, and they realize that Wreck-Gar was created by an AllSpark fragment. Ratchet rudely tells Wreck-Gar that he is not an Autobot and is only good for one thing: GARBAGE! Wreck-Gar therefore [[Transformation|transforms]] into his garbage truck vehicle mode and leaves to deliver garbage to the people of Detroit{{m-}}starting by covering Sari and the Autobots in a pile of it.
[[Image:Wreckgarbutton.jpg|thumb|right|100px|High-five!]]
Meanwhile, Lugnut has reached the city, and he confronts Wreck-Gar at the military base he and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] previously visited. Lugnut demands the AllSpark fragment from the vehicle's driver, but Wreck-Gar transforms, revealing his robotic nature. When Wreck-Gar repeats Ratchet's statement that he's no Autobot, Lugnut concludes that Wreck-Gar is a loyal Decepticon, so Wreck-Gar slaps on a Decepticon symbol.

Back at the crime scene, Ratchet is removing the driver of the armored car when Powell and Fanzone show up. Powell reveals that the car was carrying the garbage-devouring microbots to a demonstration for Mayor Edsel. However, the canister carrying them is gone. Sari is more than willing to let Powell suffer, but Ratchet is concerned about what the microbots might do if infused with AllSpark energy. Tracking Wreck-Gar to the base, Ratchet demands the Microbots, only for Lugnut to transform and activate his bomb punch. Wreck-Gar interprets this as the [[universal greeting]], and gives Lugnut a high five. Sari and the Autobots barely manage to avoid ground zero. As Lugnut transforms to attack, Wreck-Gar takes out the canister, which has cracked, allowing some of the microbots to touch Lugnut. Crying out in pain, Lugnut commands Wreck-Gar to get them off, so Wreck-Gar dissects Lugnut, causing his tail end, still carrying Wreck-Gar, to crash onto a garbage scow. Bumblebee declares their problems over, but Ratchet is worried. If those microbots could eat through Decepticon [[armor-plating]], there's no telling what they'll do to downtown Detroit.

On the river bank, Powell arrives to cancel the presentation with the mayor, only for the group see the microbots eat the garbage on the scow. Powell quickly takes advantage of the situation to start wheeling and dealing. As the scow gets closer, Ratchet jumps from a nearby bridge to stop it. He tries to reason with Wreck-Gar, but everything fails, forcing Ratchet to make the ultimate sacrifice...and apologize. He tells Wreck-Gar he can be whatever he wants, and Wreck-Gar decides to save the city, vacuuming up the microbots. However, the microbots overload Wreck-Gar's backpack, causing him to fall into the river. Ratchet tries to pull him out with his magnets, but only finds junk. As Bumblebee and Sari declare Ratchet a hero, Powell cries foul, saying that Ratchet destroyed his product. Thus there is no deal with the city, and the garbage dispute will continue. Ratchet picks up Powell, the Mayor, and the Mayor's aide, and tells them to make peace or be thrown into the river. Powell and Edsel agree to a small increase to re-service the garbage bots, ending the dispute. Ratchet decides the cheering bystanders are lauding him, leading him to conclude that he does have people skills. Sari and Bumblebee know differently, however.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the river, Wreck-Gar, buried shoulder-deep in sediment, assures the sea life that he is a hero and is there to help. First, however, he needs a hand. Or a fin. [[Lost and Found (Animated episode)#Quotes|Maybe a pelvis?]]

==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]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] (9)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Lugnut]] (10)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (11)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Porter C. Powell]] (1)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (6)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (8)
*[[Spike (Animated)|Spike]] (12)
*[[Carly (Animated)|Carly]] (13)
*[[Angry Archer]] (14)
*[[Mayor Edsel]] (15)
|}

==Quotes==

"You, quit harassing the Autobot. You, put down the citizen".
:{{m-}}'''Fanzone''' keeps the peace.

"Ahh, I'm picking up a new AllSpark energy signal, my liege..."<br>
"No doubt another fragment has surfaced. Retrieve it, Lugnut, before the Autobots get their filthy servos on it."<br>
"Stasis lock itself could not deter me from your grand and glorious plan, oh wise and noble Megatron!"<br>
''[left optic twitches]'' "Just...go..."<br>
"Yes, my liege!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Lugnut's''' blind worship of his <s>queen</s> commander can get too much even for '''Megatron''' sometimes.

"I don't suppose you can tell me what I am, funny green man?"<br>
"You are...my partner-in-crime. They call me Angry Archer!"<br>
"They call me 'worthless-wreck-walking-pile-of-garbage'!"<br>
"Oh, really? Bit of a mouthful. Perhaps we should just call you 'Wreck-Gar' for short."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Angry Archer''', Renaissance Man, does some on-the-spot dubbing.

"I am Wreck-Gar!"
:{{m-}}The opening to pretty much everything '''Wreck-Gar''' says from the moment he gets his name.

''[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 s'posed to breathe or somethin'?"
:{{m-}}'''Sari''' the midwife.

'''Bumblebee''': ''[at Wreck-Gar]'' "What are you?" ''[To Sari]'' "What is he?"<br>
'''Sari''': "I don't know, but he's givin' off a ton of AllSpark energy."<br>
'''Wreck-Gar:''' "I am Wreck-Gar! I give off a ton of AllSpark energy!" <br>
'''Bumblebee''': "So, what, an AllSpark fragment just brought a junk pile to life and made some new kind of Autobot?!"<br>
'''Wreck-Gar''': "I am Wreck-Gar! I am some new kind of Autobot?!"<br>
'''Ratchet''': "Listen up, scrapheap. You're not an Autobot, and you never will be an Autobot. You're only good for one thing: GARBAGE!"<br>
'''Wreck-Gar''': "I am Wreck-Gar! I am only good for one thing: GARBAGE! I must deliver garbage to all!" ''[transforms and rolls out]''
:{{m-}} Ratchet's lack of people skills backfires again.

'''Lugnut''': Human! The AllSpark fragment{{m-}}now!<br>
'''Wreck-Gar''': No human here. I am Wreck-Gar! I am only good for one thing: ''GARBAGE''!<br>
'''Lugnut''': Are you an Autobot?<br>
'''Wreck-Gar''': I am Wreck-Gar! I am not an Autobot and will never be an Autobot!<br>
'''Lugnut''': Ah! Then you must be a Decepticon!<br>
'''Wreck-Gar''': I am Wreck-Gar! I...must be a Decepticon!<br>
''[Wreck-Gar places a Decepticon badge on his chest]''<br>
'''Lugnut''': Aah, ALL HAIL MEGATRON!<br>
'''Wreck-Gar''': All hail Megatron! Uh...w-what's a 'Megatron'?<br>
:{{m-}} Wreck-Gar makes a new friend.

'''Lugnut''': Those accursed Autobots will pay for their insolence!<br>
'''Wreck-Gar''': Right! ''[Wreck-Gar pulls a burnt-out cash register]'' Cash, check or charbroil?<br>
'''Lugnut''': ''[Knocking the register out of Wreck-Gar's hands]'' ATTACK!<br>
'''Wreck-Gar''': Right! What kind of tack would you like? Thumb tack? Carpet tack? Income tack?<br>
'''Lugnut''': Rhaaah, nevermind.<br>
:{{m-}} Wreck-Gar can certainly teach Crazy Blitzwing a thing or two about being bonkers.

"You glitch-head! You're gonna destroy the whole city! You wouldn't dare do something THAT stupid!"<br>
"I am Wreck-Gar! I ''dare'' to be stupid! <span style="color:red;">I will destroy the whole city!</span>"
:{{m-}} '''Ratchet''' and '''Wreck-Gar'''. Yes, but does he count his chickens before they hatch?

"Fear not, fellow creatures of the deep, I am Wreck-Gar! I am a hero! Um...e-excuse me, c-could someone give me a hand...or-...or a fin...anyone?""
:{{m-}}'''Wreck-Gar''' begins a new life under the sea.

==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.

* This episode is the first to feature Ratchet's full robot-to-vehicle transformation animation sequence.

===Continuity errors===
* When removing trash into a boat, Optimus transforms, and suddenly his trailer evaporates, together with all the trash on it.

* Why don't Sari or Ratchet react to the key when it starts to glow, indicating the presence of AllSpark energy?

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Beemeatcycle.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Most fanwanky episode ever?]]
* 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 at first appeared to be an enemy to the Autobots in his movie appearance, complete with red optics, and was even marketed as such in television [[commercial]]s.

* 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. Corey Burton even reprises his post-[[The Transformers: The Movie|Movie]] voice for the adult [[Spike Witwicky]].

* Generation 1 Wreck-Gar's motorcycle alt mode can be spotted amongst the garbage that Wreck-Gar throws at Bumblebee.

===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.

* While driving Spike and Carly to the hospital, Ratchet drives past the Wyatt Toys toy store, a reference to Art Director [[Derrick Wyatt]] previously seen in "[[Sound and Fury]]".

* The line "You like me, you really like me!" refers to Sally Field's Oscar acceptance speech in 1985. Does this mean we can refer to the unnamed mayor Ratchet is holding as "Oscar"?

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Even Megatron gets annoyed by Lugnut's constant worshiping. [[Inferno (BW)|Sound familiar]]?

* The mayor still doesn't talk, letting his aide speak for him instead.

* Aside from Wreck-Gar, Weird Al also voiced the Sumdac Systems technician who explains the new version of the nanobots to Porter C. Powell.

* This is the first time we see Lugnut use his mace/axe weapon. It is awesome. It gets eaten by microbots.

* Given that Carly is about to give birth when she seemed to have a wafer-thin profile in [[Transform and Roll Out!|the pilot]], the Autobots seem to have spent at least six months or so in Detroit.

*This episode sees the return of the human newscaster.

*Bulkhead appears, but has no lines.

*When Wreck-Gar Picked up two policeman, One of them Resembles Officer Dibble from [[wikipedia:Top Cat|Top Cat]]
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Garbage In, Garbage Out

2008-05-03T15:45:26Z

72.139.47.22: /* Quotes */

[[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.

{{epstub}}

==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]]
*[[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]].

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Even Megatron gets annoyed from Lugnut's constant worshiping.
* Aside from Wreck-Gar, Weird Al also voiced the Sumdac Systems technician who explains the new version of the nanobots to Porter C. Powell.

{{epstub}}
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Garbage In, Garbage Out

2008-05-03T15:40:03Z

72.139.47.22: /* Quotes */

[[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.

{{epstub}}

==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]]
*[[Carly]]
*[[Mayor Edsel]]
|}

==Quotes==

''(Sari, Spike, and a very pregnant Carly are almost crushed by an axle carelessly discarded by Ratchet)''
"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]].

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Even Megatron gets annoyed from Lugnut's constant worshiping.
* Aside from Wreck-Gar, Weird Al also voiced the Sumdac Systems technician who explains the new version of the nanobots to Porter C. Powell.

{{epstub}}
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Mission Accomplished

2008-04-29T04:51:10Z

72.139.47.22: /* Featured characters */

{{episodenav|animated|19|season=2|prev=The Return of the Headmaster|next=Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

[[Image:Offlinescream.JPG|right|thumb|300px|I've fallen, and I can't get up.]]

'''Convinced there are no Decepticons left on Earth, the Elite Guard prepares to take Optimus Prime and his crew back to Cybertron, unaware of the increasing Decepticon activity taking place under their very noses.'''

==Summary==
The Autobot Ironhide sends a message to the Earth-based Autobots, revealing he is under attack from Decepticons, and has already lost one [[space bridge]]. He requests backup but the transmission is cut off. Ultra Magnus explains this is but one of many reports of rising Decepticon activity. Jazz thinks it is due to the rumours of Megatron's survival, and Sentinel can't resist an opportunity to make a snide comment about the source of those rumours: Optimus Prime. Magnus therefore decides that all Earth-bound Autobots will make preparations to leave the planet. When Optimus protests due to the presence of Decepticons on Earth, Ultra Magnus brushes him off, whilst Sentinel butts in with another tirade about putting Prime up for an inquiry (or a court martial, as Optimus perceives it). Ultra Magnus tries to make his position clear; that in the long run, everyone is better off believing Megatron is dead, rather than cause panic among the Autobots and strengthen the resolve of the Decepticons by putting forward the idea of the Decepticon leader surviving, and the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] being destroyed. An outraged Optimus is forced into compliance.

Back at the factory, Sari is heartbroken by the idea of her friends being forced to leave Earth. The situation is made worse when Sentinel shows up, and with his usual grace and tact, tells Sari to belt up, and officially inducts Optimus' team in the war effort. In the middle of insulting the "repair grunts", he makes a gesture of sorts to Optimus; do as Ultra Magnus says, admit he's been lying and Sentinel will use his connections to get Optimus' military career back on track, as thanks for the recent Headmaster incident. When Optimus tells him what to do with his offer, Sentinel places him under formal arrest.

[[Image:Tooyoungtodie.JPG|left|thumb|200px|Go to your happy place, Screamer.]]
On a garbage scow moving along the river, Starscream suddenly reactivates. Disorientated, he panics when he realises that not only can he not pick up any Decepticon energy signatures, he can't even pick up his own! After a moment of shock, he recovers and gets his bearings: he's alive, and still on Earth. Furious at Megatron's attempt on his life, he transforms and blasts off into the sky.

At the Decepticon base, Blitzwing and Lugnut successfully test out Professor Sumdac's new Decepticon signal dampener. Mildly impressed, Megatron quickly moves on, demanding the creation of a subspace communicator so he can contact his forces in space to call off the aimless skirmishes until he can build his own space bridge. When Sumdac comments that Earth technology is too primitive, he smugly informs him that they will simply steal the required tech from the Elite Guard's ship. Meanwhile, the Autobots are trying to figure out what to do with Sari, and take her to the most together human they know, Captain Fanzone, although they do point out that most of the humans they know are criminally insane. While they handle that, Optimus is on the Elite Guard's ship, with Sentinel still trying to convince him to play ball. While they argue, Lugnut and Blitzwing tunnel under the ship's shield, and steal a tachyon generator. As they make their escape, they fail to notice Starscream tailing them back to base.

[[Image:Swordscream.JPG|Left|thumb|200px|And so begins the greatest TF montage of all time.]]
As Lugnut presents his prize to Megatron, Starscream makes his presence known. What follows is a quick but decisive victory for Megatron who simply slashes Starscream, before blasting him point blank. Lugnut checks to see if Starscream is still online, and finding no spark, helps Blitzwing toss his corpse into the river. After floating downstream, Starscream suddenly reactivates, again. He realises he lacks a spark, and discovers he is being kept alive by a fragment of the AllSpark buried in his head, effectively making him immortal. Delighted, he declares the end of the Megatron's era. As Megatron sends his message out to the Decepticons, Starscream attacks!...and is promptly killed again. After a couple more fruitless attempts, he starts to wonder if he needs a new strategy. His fragment allows him to locate a second shard, and a plan begins to formulate...

[[Image:Sentinel Prime shocked.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Sentinel Prime: Totally owned. Again]]
At the Elite Guard ship, Magnus presses Optimus Prime to cooperate, when Jazz reveals that he's discovered a sudden surge in AllSpark energy. Concluding that it's another shard, Magnus and Jazz go to retrieve it, while Sentinel is to remain and watch Optimus. As Sentinel moans, Optimus realizes that they had only found AllSpark shards before due to [[Sari Sumdac's key|Sari's key]]. Doing a thermal scan, he discovers Starscream. Optimus tries to warn Ultra Magnus, but Sentinel threatens to put him in [[stasis cuffs]] if he tries to leave. Optimus is able to take Sentinel down and place him in the cuffs, then [[roll out|rolls out]].

Meanwhile, the Autobots are watching Sari "interview" Captain Fanzone, who is not very fond of children. Optimus contacts the Autobots and tells them to meet him en route to the train.

As Starscream gloats about his plan to draw Megatron out and kill him in a massive explosion, Ultra Magnus and Jazz arrive, as do Megatron and Blitzwing. Megatron realizes that it's a trap by Starscream, while Magnus and Jazz have trouble getting the shard out. An energy surge throws the Elite Guard off the train. Ahead of the tracks, Optimus orders Prowl to sever the passenger cars from main car, while Bumblebee takes Sari to use the to remove the shard. They succeed, but the train still nearly crashes, only stopped because Ratchet uses his magnets to stop them, while Bulkhead grabs the rear of the train, grounded by Optimus Prime. As Starscream fumes about the lost opportunity, Megatron appears, ready to beat him senseless.

[[Image:Jagged.JPG|right|thumb|170px|Starscream refused to invoke his right to remain silent, so the Autobots decided to enforce it.]]
On the ground, Ultra Magnus reprimands Optimus Prime, while Sentinel Prime arrives and accuses him of assault. Though Optimus defends his position, both Elite Guardsmen point out that there is no evidence of Decepticons{{m-}}only for Starscream to crash into the ground mere meters away, causing Sentinel Prime to freak out at the sight of an actual Decepticon. Quickly coming back online, Starscream takes advantage of Magnus' momentary inattention to blast the Autobot leader into unconsciousness from point-blank range, taking the shard with him. The Autobots' attempts to take down Starscream fail, until Optimus comes up with a plan - although an intervention from Jazz is required to make Sentinel go along with it. Having Sentinel draw his attention, Optimus uses the stasis-cuffs on Starscream, who is taken to the Elite Guard ship - with his mouth riveted shut.

Ultra Magnus admits that Optimus Prime was right about there being Decepticons on Earth, and though Sentinel Prime brings up the assault and insubordination charges, Magnus says that Optimus was still right. Magnus decides that Optimus Prime's crew will remain on Earth to locate the remaining AllSpark shards and capture the Decepticons, while the Elite Guard returns to Cybertron for Magnus to conduct the war effort. Sari is overjoyed that the Autobots are staying, but promises Captain Fanzone that they can still hang out.

Meanwhile, Megatron tells his minions to inform their double-agent that the Decepticons have repledged their allegiance to Megatron, and that their attacks will draw Autobot forces away from Cybertron. Once the space bridge technology is fully developed, they will return to Cybertron, and conquer the planet from within...

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marsha Griffin]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]] & [[Yoshio Chatani]]
*'''Original airdate:''' April 26, 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" |
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (3)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (10)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (12)
*[[Lugnut|Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (15)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (6)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (14)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (16)

|}

==Quotes==
"You dare strike ME, Megatron? After all my loyal stellar cycles of- wh- wu- wait, where is everybody?"
:{{m-}}On coming back from the dead, '''Starscream''''s speech-making tendencies outweigh his observational skills.

'''Fanzone''': Why me?<br>
'''Bumblebee''': You're tops on the list of all the humans we know personally.<br>
'''Bulkhead''': Although, it is kinda a short list.<br>
'''Prowl''': And it does include [[Prometheus Black]] and [[Nanosec]].<br>
'''Bumblebee''': But still, you're number one!<br>
:{{m-}}The Autobots try to get Captain Fanzone to adopt Sari. They need to work on their sales pitch.

"Is that the best you could do, Starscream? And to think you actually believed you could take over as leader of the Decepticons. You couldn't lead a parade."
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' gives Starscream [[The Transformers: The Movie|a hint]].

"Fellow Decepticons, take heed. Your leader, Megatron, still lives! Though we remain dispersed throughout the far reaches of the galaxy, exiled from our true home, we are all still Decepticons, united by a common purpose. The time has come for us to put aside our differences, and act as one under my undisputed leadership. Only then can we cast off the shackles of Autobot oppression. Working together, we can raise up our glorious Empire once more, and crush all who stand in our way!"
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' has a good speechwriter.

"When are you going to get it through your thick processor? There are no Decepticons on this planet! So keep your audio unit shut or I'll do it for you." ''[brandishes stasis cuffs]''<br />
''[beat]'' "I'd like to see you try, you worthless crankshaft!"<br />
"THAT'S IT!" ''[ten seconds later]'' "You put me in stasis lock?!"
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Prime''', owned by '''Optimus Prime''', yet again.

"ARGH! This day couldn't possibly get any worse!"<br/>
[Megatron and Blitzwing appear]<br/>
"I stand corrected."
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''', enjoying his luck to the fullest.

"STARSCREAM!"<br>
"Sorry, you must have me confused with some other harrier jet"
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream'''. I don't think he bought it, Screamer.

"WHAT IS THAT THING?!"<br />
"Oh, that's right, you've never seen one up close. It's called... a Decepticon."
:{{m-}}Starscream freaks '''Sentinel Prime''' out, as '''Optimus Prime''' finally gets the proof he needs.

"Yeesh, Optimus, think you could have drawn that one out any longer?"<br>
"You're welcome, Sentinel."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Prime''' and '''Optimus Prime''', same old song and dance.

==Other notes==
*This episode was first broadcast in Canada on April 26, one week before its United States premiere, and during the American premiere of the episode "[[The Return of the Headmaster]]".

===Continuity errors===
*Megatron and the other Decepticons don't seem to wonder why it is that Starscream keeps coming back, despite the fact that they note that his spark compartment is empty.
*Megatron shattered Starscream's yellow cockpit the first and fourth times he "kills" him in the episode, leaving his empty spark chamber visible. When Starscream pulls a Captain Jack, it is still missing. After he sees his reflection in the water the first time, and simply when they cut to a different angle on the fourth time, it is suddenly present and intact once more. (It's possible that's because of the miraculous powers of the Allspark shard - if it can keep Starscream online, it surely can regenerate any damage he has taken.)
*How did Sentinel get the stasis cuffs off?
*When Optimus Prime puts the newly acquired fragment of the Allspark into its housing, there are four shards total, even though thus far, only two have been recovered by the Autobots on-screen (three if they ripped the one out of Starscream's brainpan, but seeing as he's still online, that's not likely).
*As Lugnut and Blitzwing tunnel under the force shield to the Elite Guard's ship, they leave a gigantic hole, which no one notices. And later on, the hole has mysteriously disappeared.

===Transformers references===
*Much like [[Starscream (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]], [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] is now immortal, only this time they actually explain why and leave him with a body.

===Real-world references===
* [[Wikipedia:Mission Accomplished|The title. Nuff said.]]
* Starscream refers to his disguise as a [[Wikipedia:Harrier Jump Jet|Harrier Jet]]. Pity his model won't turn up for another hundred years or so.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*Along with [[Transformer|machines]], it seems [[Captain Fanzone]] doesn't like kids.
*On the previous episodes the Autobots were seen cleaning up the place where they battled Megatron, thus one of them would have to have thrown Starscream's corpse into the trash. Kinda cold-hearted there.
*Starscream gets beaten up by Megatron five times in a ''single episode''. Must be a new record.
*Ultra Magnus got defeated by Starscream after only one shot (though at point blank range to the face), while Megatron shrugs them off and repeatedly defeats Starscream... one would hope that Magnus never has to face Megatron, at least not up close.
*Megatron mentions having a double agent on Cybertron.

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Mission Accomplished

2008-04-26T16:34:45Z

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{{episodenav|animated|19|season=2|prev=The Return of the Headmaster|next=Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

'''Convinced there are no Decepticons left on Earth, the Elite Guard prepares to take Optimus Prime and his crew back to Cybertron, unaware of the increasing Decepticon activity taking place under their very noses.'''

==Summary==
As the decepticons prepare to leave the earth, Starscream finds himself alive, although without a energy signature.

==Stats==

*'''Written by:'''
*'''Directed by:'''
*'''Original airdate:''' April 26, 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]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]]
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
*[[Lugnut|Lugnut]]
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Isaac Sumdac]]
*[[Sari Sumdac]]
*[[Captain Fanzone]]

|}

==Quotes==

==Other notes==
*Note

===Continuity errors===
*Megatron and the other Decepticons don't seem to wonder why it is that Starscream keeps coming back, despite the fact that they note that his spark compartment is empty.

===Transformers references===
*Much like [[Starscream (G1)|his G1 counterpart]], [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] is now immortal, only this time they actually explain why.

===Real-world references===
*Ref

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*Along with [[Transformer|machines]], it seems [[Captain Fanzone]] doesn't like kids.

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Mission Accomplished

2008-04-26T16:33:49Z

72.139.47.22: /* Featured characters */

{{episodenav|animated|19|season=2|prev=The Return of the Headmaster|next=Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

'''Convinced there are no Decepticons left on Earth, the Elite Guard prepares to take Optimus Prime and his crew back to Cybertron, unaware of the increasing Decepticon activity taking place under their very noses.'''

==Summary==
AS the decepticons prepare to leave the earth, Starscream finds himself alive, although without a energy signature.

==Stats==

*'''Written by:'''
*'''Directed by:'''
*'''Original airdate:''' April 26, 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]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]]
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
*[[Lugnut|Lugnut]]
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Isaac Sumdac]]
*[[Sari Sumdac]]
*[[Captain Fanzone]]

|}

==Quotes==

==Other notes==
*Note

===Continuity errors===
*Megatron and the other Decepticons don't seem to wonder why it is that Starscream keeps coming back, despite the fact that they note that his spark compartment is empty.

===Transformers references===
*Much like [[Starscream (G1)|his G1 counterpart]], [[Starscream (Animated)]] is now immortal, only this time they actually explain why.

===Real-world references===
*Ref

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*Along with [[Transformer|machines]], it seems [[Captain Fanzone]] doesn't like kids.

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The Revenge of Bruticus

2008-04-25T01:32:22Z

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{{episodenav|g1|season=2|47|prev=Starscream's Brigade|next=Masquerade}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|54|prev=Starscream's Brigade|next=War Without End}}

[[Image:Revenge of bruticus 2 threratenShockwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I asked you a question, buddy -- [[FIBRIR|is Frenzy red or blue?]]]]
'''Even though Starscream and the Combaticons are banished to space, they are still a threat—a threat returning to destroy both the Decepticons and the Autobots...'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "The Attack of Bruticus"
*'''German title:''' "Bruticus Rache" (This Episode was only shown as G2 Version)

==Detailed synopsis==
Stuck in a cosmic "time out" with the [[Combaticon]]s, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] decides to book it, declaring the Combaticons incompetent. Unphased, [[Onslaught]] has developed a plan of revenge; [[Blast Off]] is towing their asteroid to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Combaticons' arrival on Cybertron interrupts a little target practice [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] is holding for the [[Sentinel (G1)|Sentinel drones]]. The Combaticons merge into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], decimate the Sentinels, and launch gun-mode Shockwave into deep space. Onslaught declares that Operation: Revenge has begun.

On [[Earth]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is overseeing the [[Insecticon]] army, as they devour a city one building at a time. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s arrive, but the Insecticons are moving into a nearby neighborhood that is still inhabited. Unwilling to risk civilian casualties, Prime sends in the [[Protectobot]]s to evacuate the civilians.

At the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] is giving [[Spike Witwicky]] a little astronomy lesson about shooting stars, noting that the odds of an ''actual'' star colliding with the Earth are slim...

Meanwhile, out in space, Starscream literally runs into Shockwave. Apparently unaware that Starscream has been exiled, Shockwave enlists his help to rescue Cybertron.

At Shockwave's base, [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] is itching for a fight, Blast Off advises calm, as Onslaught is sure to have a plan. That plan involves the [[space bridge]]. Though it is far ahead of any Decepticon technology Onslaught has previously seen, he manages to rig the space bridge to move Earth into its [[sun]], which will destroy the Decepticons and the Autobots at the same time!

On Earth, the humans have been successfully evacuated from the city, and the Autobots begin blasting the Insecticons to bits. However, Spike and Perceptor arrive, having learned of Earth's altered orbit, and inform Prime of the peril. The Autobots head for the space bridge, and Megatron orders [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] to remove the space bridge's control console and evacuate.

On Cybertron, Starscream and Shockwave use a [[holographic projector]] to make the Combaticons believe that they are under attack. Shockwave discovers Onslaught's space bridge modifications, but Starscream shoots him, then sends Megatron an ultimatum: Surrender leadership of the Decepticons, or everything on Earth, including Megatron and the Decepticons, will fry. However, the Combaticons eventually figure out the ruse, and they imprison Starscream and Shockwave.

[[Image:RevengeOfBruticus_TracksSideswipeProwl.jpg|left|thumb|150px|<strike>Huey, Dewey and Louie</strike> Tracks, Sideswipe and Prowl to the rescue.]]
Megatron sends [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Ramjet]] to locate the [[Insecticon]]s, but they discover that the bug-bots have chewed up the console. The Autobots, who have also tracked down the Decepticons, offered to assist Megatron and the Decepticons. Perceptor repairs the console with parts from Prime and Megatron, and the united teams head to Cybertron.

[[Image:Revege of Bruticus Prime Bruticus.JPG|thumb|150px|The only way to keep that chestplate on.]]
The two teams free Starscream and Shockwave, the former loudly protesting that he was forced to threaten Megatron by the Combaticons, and the latter immediately denouncing the story as lies. Before anyone can do anything else, the Combaticons attack, merging into Bruticus when the fight turns against them. Starscream reveals that Bruticus has one weak point on his body that, if blasted, will shut him down. Prime manages to shoot the weak point, and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] reverses the space bridge, returning Earth to its proper orbit.

Prime and Megatron agree to destroy Bruticus, and Megatron allows the Autobots to leave unharmed. However, the Decepticons have faked Bruticus' destruction, and reprogrammed the real Bruticus to serve Megatron. Megatron pardons Starscream and restores him to the Decepticon ranks.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' ???

'''Written by:'''

===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" |
*

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

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*

'''Guests'''
*

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

|}

==Notable quotes==
"I can't stand it! I can't stand it! This is a cosmic prison!" <br>
:-- '''Starscream''', trapped on a prison asteroid

"Some refer to us as Combaticons, but..." <br>
"...I am also known as Bruticus." <br>
:-- '''Swindle''' and '''Bruticus''' answer Shockwave's demand that the Combaticons identify themselves.

"Ramjet, if this Autobot quack does anything suspicious, shatter his lenses. From the inside." <br>
:-- '''Megatron''' delivers an indirect warning to Perceptor as the latter takes components from him and Optimus Prime to repair the Space Bridge.

"It was the Combaticons. They locked us in here and forced me to threaten you, Megatron!" <br>
"He is lying!" <br>
:-- '''Shockwave''' snitches on '''Starscream'''.

"Not until you relinquish control over the Decepticons." <br>
"Don't be a fool." <br>
"Then let the Earth burn!" <br>
:-- '''Starscream''' tries to blackmail '''Megatron'''.

"They've ganged up on us!" <br>
"Well, let's gang up on them!" <br>
"Combaticons, transform and become Bruticus!" <br>
:-- '''Brawl''', '''Vortex''' and '''Onslaught''' as the Decepticons and Autobots surround them.

"Bruticus hates Cybertron! Bruticus hates you all!"<br>
:-- '''Bruticus''' goes emo on the Autobots and Decepticons that have come to destroy him.

"We were imprisoned on Cybertron for millions of years. And now... I shall have... my REVENGE!" <br>
:-- '''Bruticus''' as he grabs Megatron and attempts to crush him.

"I hope Starscream was telling the truth."<br>
:-- '''Optimus Prime''', hoping for a miracle.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[Image:Ratchet weirdhead.PNG|thumb|right|150px|Look [[:Image:Weirdstreak.jpg|familiar]]?]]
*When Dirge and Thundercracker take [[Energon cube]]s to the [[space bridge]], Thundercracker is colored with Starscream's colors.
*When Starscream demands to be leader of the Decepticons in order to stop the Earth from falling into the sun, Brawl attacks, but the next scene shows only Swindle, who retreats.
*When Starscream and Shockwave are rescued from prison, a second Megatron appears briefly beside the first.
*Ratchet's head is miscolored in one scene.
*When surrounded by the Autobots and Decepticons, it is Vortex commanding the Combaticons to merge into Bruticus, but you hear Onslaught's voice.

===Continuity errors===
* The Combaticons’ lack of [[energy absorber]]s as shown in "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" is not mentioned and seems to cause no problems for them. (Maybe they installed new ones once on Cybertron.)
* Cybertron appears to be deserted except for Shockwave and a few Sentinel robots.
* Megatron comes up with the idea of reprogramming Bruticus for loyalty in this episode, even though he could've done so in the last episode after Bruticus was defeated by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]].

===Transformers references===
* This is the Protectobots' first appearance in the series... yet there is absolutely no mention of where they came from. While this does put them in the company of most of the rest of the new season-two cast, it's the first time a combiner team wasn't given a special origin episode. Somebody from Hasbro or Takara was obviously impatient [[to sell toys|to sell]] The Protectobot Team toys.
*Shockwave appears completely unaware that Starscream was an exile. Has Megatron never heard of memos?

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

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*This episode marks the second and last appearance of the Sentinel robots.
*This episode marks the last appearance of [[Autobot]] security director [[Red Alert]].
*This is the only G1 episode which ends with Decepticons having an advantage as they manage to save Bruticus from destruction and "recruit" him for their cause.

==External links==
*

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Trans-Europe Express

2008-04-25T01:27:10Z

72.139.47.22: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

{{picsneeded}}
[[Image:TransEuropeExpressTitle.JPG|thumb|300px|Don't leave home without it.]]

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|44|prev=War Dawn|next=Cosmic Rust (episode)}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|47|prev=Aerial Assault|next=Cosmic Rust (episode)}}

'''In a plot to obtain a Cybertronian weather-controlling device, the Decepticons stage a fake race across Europe.'''

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:Trans-Europe Express race begins.JPG|thumb|200px|This has '''got''' to be the widest track ''ever''.]]
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is looking for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]]. After interrogating the sage Abdul Ben Faisal, whom Megatron finds in Istanbul, and kidnapping archeologist Professor Terranova, Megatron finally zeros in on the location in the Galata Valley and has the [[Constructicon (G1)| Constructicons]] digging to retrieve it.

Meanwhile, the [[Europa 2000]] is underway, and among the drivers in the race are the [[Autobots]]: [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Wheeljack (G1)| Wheeljack]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]. They are hoping to win the million dollar grand prize to give to charity. Also in the competition is [[Auggie Cahnay]], America’s top driver, whose car is a custom design from Symultech. The engine is made of a new energy-resistant alloy, and the Autobots have been instructed to keep an eye on Auggie, as his car may be a target for the [[Decepticons]]. This is easier said than done, as Auggie’s personality and driving style are both a bit uncouth, and it’s not long before he’s rubbing everyone the wrong way. At one point, Bumblebee literally has to yank him out of his car to criticize his behavior.

Aware of their proximity to the finish line, Megatron sends the [[Stunticons]] to take out the Autobots and steal Auggie’s car. [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and his group successfully put everyone but Bluestreak, Bumblebee, and Tracks out of commission and make off with the vehicle. While trying to evade the Stunticons, Bluestreak stumbles across Professor Terranova, who snuck away from the Decepticon camp and now explains to him what Megatron is up to. The Pearl of Bahoudin is a powerful jewel that can cause "worldwide disaster". The three remaining Autobots regroup along with Auggie, who insists on going with them to get his car back. They speed through the finish line, winning the race, and keep going to the Decepticon camp.

Tracks, Bumblebee, and Bluestreak locate the Decepticons as Megatron finds the Pearl of Bahoudin. Megatron reveals to the Autobots that the content of the Pearl is, in fact, the power core of a weather satellite from [[Cybertron (G1)|Cybertron]] that crashed on Earth millions of years ago. Unearthed and exposed to the atmosphere in the 14th century, its power caused terrible storms that threatened to destroy the land until a Persian seer encased it in a golden, bejeweled shell. Using the parts from Auggie’s car, Megatron plans to build a device that will utilize the jewel’s power to control the elements and rain destruction down on anyone who stands in his way.

[[Image:BumblebeePearl.JPG|thumb|200px|By the power of Greyskull!]]
The Autobots are attacked, though Bumblebee snatches the Pearl from Megatron. Seeing that they are outnumbered and outgunned, Bumblebee opens the Pearl, releasing its power and causing a massive twister that scatters everyone. The Pearl core itself is sucked up and lost in the storm. Megatron orders a retreat, saying that they can watch from the safety of their home base while the Earth is destroyed from the core’s power. They leave behind [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], who proves to be more than a match for the three smaller Autobots. Auggie jumps in his car and takes off, seemingly to run away, but really to drive his car off a nearby cliff and into Menasor's head, delivering a crippling blow and knocking out the giant. Bumblebee has himself sucked up into the twister so that he can catch up with the Pearl. He finally scores a successful shot and destroys the jewel.

After things calm down, the Autobots conclude that Megaton must have set up the race from the beginning to snag Auggie’s car, meaning that there's no prize money for anyone. Auggie remarks that he should take the gold casing of the jewel as payment for his destroyed car, but instead gives it to the Autobots to sell for charity.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' December 23, 1985

'''Production number:''' 700-59

'''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" valign="top" |
*[[Tracks]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (9)
*[[Bluestreak]] (10)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (11)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (12)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (15)
*[[Sunstreaker]] (16)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (2)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (6)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (18)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (19)
*[[Motormaster]] (20)
*[[Drag Strip]] (21)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (22)
*[[Breakdown]] (23)
*[[Wildrider]] (24)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (26)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*

'''Guests'''
* Turk No.1 (3)
* Turk No.2 (4)
* [[Abdul Ben Faisal]] (5)
* Announcer (7)
* [[Auggie Cahnay]] (13)
* Race official (14)
* [[Professor Terranova]] (17)
* Race commentator (25)

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

|}

==Notable quotes==
''(Megatron and Soundwave smash their way into the sage's home)''<br>
'''Abdul Ben Faisal:''' "So, you've come at last."<br>
'''Megatron:''' "You have five seconds to tell me the location of{{m-}}"<br>
'''Abdul Ben Faisal:''' "The Pearl of Bahoudin? I know."<br>
'''Megatron:''' "If you know so much, then you know it would be unwise to refuse me."<br>
'''Abdul Ben Faisal:''' "You have caused enough damage in Istanbul for one day. The legends say the Pearl is buried in the Galata Valley, near the Alibey River."<br>
'''Megatron:''' "You have been wise to oblige me."<br>
'''Abdul Ben Faisal:''' "Perhaps. But...once you have dug up the Pearl, you may not find it so easy to put back..."

"There's only one charity I care about: ME! I want that million bucks!"
:{{m-}}'''Auggie Cahnay''', born to win

''(Bumblebee yanks Auggie right out of his fancy car and holds him aloft.)''<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "Listen, you! Didn't anybody ever tell you about fair play?"<br>
'''Auggie Cahnay:''' "I'm gonna win that million bucks!"<br>
'''Bluestreak:''' "Keep driving like that, and you won't live long enough to win it. Not that that would be any great tragedy, but some decent people might get hurt!"<br>
''(Bumblebee drops Auggie onto the ground.)''<br>
'''Auggie Cahnay:''' "I got a race to win!"<br>
''(Auggie jumps into his car and drives off.)''<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "What a creep."
:{{m-}}Bumblebee and Bluestreak totally road-rage the asshole Auggie Cahnay.

'''Auggie Cahnay:''' "So help me, if one more of those metal maniacs gets in my way..."<br>
''(Motormaster blocks Auggie's way, and Dead End pulls the human out of his car.)''<br>
'''Auggie Cahnay:''' "That does it, and I'm not takin' it anymore!"<br>
'''Dead End:''' "That's right, 'cause ''we're'' taking your car."<br>
:{{m-}}Auggie Cahnay is car-jacked by Dead End.

==Other notes==
* This episode has the final appearances of Bluestreak, Smokescreen and Sunstreaker with spoken dialogue. From here on, all of their appearances are as silent cameos.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Near the beginning of the episode, when Tracks reacts to Auggie Cahnay's objection, he is coloured vaguely like Menasor.
* As Bumblebee catches up to Wheeljack and the camera angle changes to an overhead shot, the crookedly drawn background of the road continually edges close to Wheeljack, then pulls back as the animation loops, creating the impression that the image is jerking back and forth.
* After running Bumblebee off the Road, Auggie can be seen driving through a pack of cars that has the sheer cliff face on the right side of the screen, despite having just driven on a road that had the cliff edge on the left side. Additionally, Wild Rider is visible in the pack of human-driven cars.
* The reversed cel and background problems continue as Auggie pulls away from the rest of the drivers, but are fixed as Bumblebee and Bluestreak catch up to Auggie.
* The map of Europe is, erm, very inaccurate.
* Reversed cel problems continue during Wheeljack and Motormaster's chase scene. When Wheeljack initially appears on the location, the Black Sea is on the left side of the screen as he drives up the road, but as the chase progresses, the sea is now on the right side of the screen, as if they had turned around during the chase or were driving on the opposite coastline.
* After Drag Strip pushes Auggie's car into Motormaster's trailer, as the trailer door closes, Dragstrip's Decepticon sigil turns into a purple blob.
* When Scavenger picks up the Pearl's energy readings, Megatron's Decepticon sigil is coloured red.
* When Bluestreak picks up Auggie from the side of the road, Professor Terranova is not present inside the Autobot. Yet when the Autobots arrive at the site of the Pearl's excavation, Terranova can be seen exiting Bluestreak along with Auggie.
* As Bluestreak jumps to avoid Breakdown, his chest is almost entirely black. Breakdown's Decepticon sigil is coloured red.
* When Breakdown hits the cliff after missing Bluestreak, despite an explosion being animated, no sound is heard.
* Megatron's mouth doesn't move when Bumblebee grabs the Pearl right out of his hand. Of course, he doesn't try to stop Bumblebee from grabbing the Pearl, either.
* As Megatron and the other Decepticons chase after Bumblebee, Megatron's feet are coloured grey like the front of his legs.
* When Menasor initially combines and faces the Autobots, Prowl's animation model is used for Bluestreak. This continues to occur randomly throughout the battle against Menasor.
* After Menasor smashes the ground to stop Bumblebee from escaping with the Pearl, a large crack forms in the earth, yet it vanishes when Bumblebee reacts to the Pearl rolling away.
* When the Autobots react to Auggie's apparent escape, Bluestreak is animated while Tracks's voice is heard.
* When Auggie jumps from his car, he is not wearing his helmet, but it reappears after Menasor is defeated.

===Continutity errors===
* Auggie Cahnay is reputed to be the best driver in the US, and the implication is he's also one of the best drivers in the race, yet twice in the episode, he is seen having to barge his way through the pack from behind.
* Smokescreen and Tracks are able to recognise the Stunticons instantly for who they are, yet earlier, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker could not tell until Dead End transformed and fired on them.
* Despite Megatron claiming the Pearl of Bahoudin is the core of a Cybertronian weather-controlling machine, the flashback footage during his exposition shows a Decepticon starship similar to his own flagship, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' from [[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]].
* Somehow, Megatron knows much of the human history and legend surrounding the Pearl, yet still needs to speak to Abdul Ben Faisal to know where it is hidden.
* When Bumblebee falls over from Menasor's earthquake-like attack while carrying the Pearl, he can be seen tossing Professor Terranova, who lands ahead of the large crack in the earth. However, Terranova is not seen again for the rest of the episode.
* The tornado that the Pearl and Bumblebee are sucked into is blowing over the Galata Valley while it is active, but when Bumblebee destroys the Pearl, it is suddenly over a huge forest, where he is eventually found in a tree.

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* According to writer [[David Wise]][http://web.archive.org/web/20040806162116/iesb.net/collecting/collecting63004.htm], the title of this episode was directly taken from a [[Wikipedia:Kraftwerk|Kraftwerk]] album of the same name.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:Trans-Europe Express Bumblebee road rage.JPG|thumb|200px|Lesson of the day: [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Never call Bumblebee short.]]]]
* Bumblebee totally loses his cool and assaults Auggie Cahnay when the latter cuts him off during an early part of the race. Road rage!
* Auggie Cahnay's car has automatic transmission, which is unusual in a race car.
* Symultech Industries, the company that custom-built Auggie's car, would later be mentioned in [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]'s ''[[Binaltech]]'' story. According to Dead End's system description, Symultech was responsible for building the body that was originally intended for Sunstreaker, but ended up getting hijacked by the Decepticons to create ''Binaltech'' Dead End.
* Auggie Cahnay is mentioned in the American dub of the ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' episode ''Skid-Z's Choice''. There, he is stated as having been deceased, and [[Skid-Z]] is seemingly possessed by his spirit. Likewise, that episode features a race called the [[Europa 400]], supposedly named after the [[Europa 2000]] from this episode.

===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/trans-europe_express.html Episode dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

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Sentinel Prime (Animated)

2008-04-08T01:56:00Z

72.139.47.22:

{{disambig3|Sentinel Prime}}
:''Sentinel Prime is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sentinel prime.PNG|right|300px|thumb|"Where is the dick that calls himself Sentinel Prime?"<BR>"I am that dick!"]]

'''Sentinel Prime''' is a member of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]. His alt-mode is a snow plow truck.

Sentinel has a history of rivalry with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], who attended the [[Autobot Academy]] with him. In his academy days, he was somewhat of a maverick, leading the more responsible Optimus to refer to him as a "walking malfunction." Of course, he's the one that ended up on the Elite Guard while Optimus was sent off to repair space bridges, of which fact he's all too fond of reminding his former classmate.

All things considered, he's kind of a dick.

==Fiction==
===Animated===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[Townsend Coleman]] (English), [[Peter Reinhardt]] (German)
[[Image:animated_sentinel1.JPG|left|thumb|200px|"You're gonna need tickets to--THE GUN SHOW!"]]
Sentinel Prime took Optimus and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] on a mission looking for an old Decepticon warship, hoping to get all the [[energon]] stored within. However, they ran into a pack of massive arachnids. Sentinel Prime tried to hold them off long enough for Optimus and Elita to escape. When he came across the the ship that Optimus and Elita found, Optimus had to drag him away from the exploding energon, forcing them to leave Elita-1 behind. Optimus Prime's radar couldn't find Elita's energy signature, and he assumed that she was dead. A furious Sentinel blamed Optimus Prime for what happened, even though this whole disaster had been ''his'' idea. Dick. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Years later, he's still a dick. When Optimus Prime rings up the Cybertron Elite Guard to tell them of the Decepticons in pursuit, he sneers that a screw-up like Optimus isn't worth the attention of Ultra Magnus. Piping through a visual of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] from the cargo hold of the ''Ark'' shuts him up quickly enough. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

{{-}}

==Trivia==
*Like another [[Captain America|sentinel of liberty]], Sentinel Prime's signature weapon is a round shield that he wears on his arm and throws around the room like a discus. The shield can also project a protective force field.
*Sentinel Prime's blue coloration and especially pronounced chin really make him look like [[wikipedia: Tick (comics)|The Tick]]. He's even voiced by Townsend Coleman, who provided the voice of the Tick in his 1990s animated series. At the minute, we don't know if the character was designed to look like the Tick and the casting was done based on that, or if the casting of Coleman prompted the Tick-style design, or some other combination of factors, but its pretty evident that the writers are working with it, having him utter silly Tick-esque lines like "Energon-y goodness!"
*This is the first time the name "Sentinel Prime" has been used outside the comics.
*If he doesn't get a toy, there will be much sadness.

==External links==

[[Category: Animated characters]]
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Sentinel Prime (Animated)

2008-04-05T16:32:56Z

72.139.47.22:

{{disambig3|Sentinel Prime}}
:''Sentinel Prime is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sentinel prime.PNG|right|300px|thumb|'''''SPOOOOOOON!!!''''']]

'''Sentinel Prime''' is a member of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]. His alt-mode is a snow plow truck.

Sentinel has a history of rivalry with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], who attended the [[Autobot Academy]] with him. In his academy days, he was somewhat of a maverick, leading the more responsible Optimus to refer to him as a "walking malfunction." Of course, he's the one that ended up on the Elite Guard while Optimus was sent off to repair space bridges, of which fact he's all too fond of reminding his former classmate.

All things considered, he's kind of a dick.

==Fiction==
===Animated===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[Townsend Coleman]] (English), [[Peter Reinhardt]] (German)
[[Image:animated_sentinel1.JPG|left|thumb|200px|"Party at my starship—Bring Your Own Energon!"]]
Sentinel Prime took Optimus and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] on a mission looking for an old Decepticon warship, hoping to get all the [[energon]] stored within. However, they ran into a pack of massive arachnids. Sentinel Prime tried to hold them off long enough for Optimus and Elita to escape. When he came across the the ship that Optimus and Elita found, Optimus had to drag him away from the exploding energon, forcing them to leave Elita-1 behind. Optimus Prime's radar couldn't find Elita's energy signature, and he assumed that she was dead. A furious Sentinel blamed Optimus Prime for what happened, even though this whole disaster had been ''his'' idea. Dick. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Years later, he's still a dick. When Optimus Prime rings up the Cybertron Elite Guard to tell them of the Decepticons in pursuit, he sneers that a screw-up like Optimus isn't worth the attention of Ultra Magnus. Piping through a visual of the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]] from the cargo hold of the ''Ark'' shuts him up quickly enough. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

{{-}}

==Trivia==
*Like another [[Captain America|sentinel of liberty]], Sentinel Prime's signature weapon is a round shield that he wears on his arm and throws around the room like a discus. The shield can also project a protective force field.
*Sentinel Prime's blue coloration and especially pronounced chin really make him look like [[wikipedia: Tick (comics)|The Tick]]. He's even voiced by Townsend Coleman, who provided the voice of the Tick in his 1990s animated series. At the minute, we don't know if the character was designed to look like the Tick and the casting was done based on that, or if the casting of Coleman prompted the Tick-style design, or some other combination of factors, but its pretty evident that the writers are working with it, having him utter silly Tick-esque lines like "Energon-y goodness!"
*This is the first time the name "Sentinel Prime" has been used outside the comics.
*If he doesn't get a toy, there will be much sadness.

==External links==

[[Category: Animated characters]]
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Megatron Rising - Part 1

2008-04-04T03:24:05Z

72.139.47.22: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

{{episodenav|animated|15|season=1|prev=Nature Calls|next=Megatron Rising - Part II}}

[[Image:MegRisingRebuilt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Oh SHIT, what are we gonna do now?!]]

'''Prime begins to doubt his leadership abilities as the Decepticons mobilize for a big invasion of Earth.'''

==Summary==

[[Image:MegRisingBodyLab.jpg|left|thumb|This is what happens when you don't have proper rust proofing.]]

[[Detroit]] is in the midst of a blizzard, and as Isaac Sumdac starts to repair Megatron's body he comments that they were fortunate to have found it beforehand, while at the same time praising it for being well-constructed enough to withstand 50 years of exposure to the elements. Megatron silently gloats that Cybertronian technology is more powerful than any force on Earth. The bad weather causes a blackout and forces [[Sumdac Tower]] onto its backup generator; when Sumdac decides this will force a delay in the repairs, Megatron alternates between bluster and sweet-talk to try to get his way, but it's no use. Megatron attempts to call Lugnut again for assistance.

Lugnut and Blitzwing have just finished rebuilding themselves (after some squabbling over the last piece) in a distant forest. Starscream mocks them for in-fighting and reminds them that he is their new chosen and sworn sovereign; his two subjects retort that they serve him only under threat, not by choice. At that moment, Megatron successfully contacts Lugnut, whose newly reverential and respectful attitude both pleases and confuses (''but mostly pleases'') Starscream. When Starscream finds out Lugnut "thinks" he's hearing Megatron, the new leader is infuriated, and in his anger almost exposes that fact that it was himself, and not the Autobots, who defeated Megatron in the first place. Megatron orders Lugnut to retrieve the [[Sari Sumdac's key|Key]] and bring it to him; Starscream then notices that, regardless of the source, Lugnut is indeed being contacted by someone. He orders Lugnut and Blitzwing to obey the strange orders for now, while he himself will track the transmissions to their source and see who is trying to undermine his authority.

As the Decepticons move out, the Autobots' HQ computer notices their increased activity. The Autobots are worried about a possible full-scale Decepticon invasion. As if Optimus Prime wasn't stressed enough, Bulkhead and Prowl then take the opportunity to finally tell him bout the continued survival of the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Prime is furious that his orders were disobeyed, but decides that given the circumstances they should try to use all resources available--but insists that he will lead the new mission to contact the Dinobots.

Optimus Prime is especially worried about the Key, both because Sari can't protect it, and because she once again is using it as a toy (this time for model-plane dogfighting). When he orders her to turn it over, Sari angrily reminds him that she was chosen for this role by the [[All Spark (Animated)|AllSpark]] itself. Prime then orders Ratchet to magnetically take the key from her, and, reluctantly, Ratchet obeys. Sari feels heartbroken and betrayed, and flees the base. An upset Bumblebee defends Sari's role as part of the team, to which Optimus responds that since Bumblebee has been such a poor team performer who makes so many mistakes, he isn't a good character witness. Bumblebee retorts that the Autobots' desperate, seemingly hopeless situation means Optimus isn't a good leader--then he leaves in pursuit of Sari. Prime orders Ratchet to take the Key to the [[Ark (Animated)|Autobot spaceship]] beneath Lake Erie, and they all depart.

Sari walks down the street, dejected and pouting about how untrustworthy the Autobots turned out to be. But she's being watched--by Blackarachnia, who abducts the girl and mockingly praises her for seeing the light. Still hoping to cure herself of her techno-organic body, Blackarachnia attempts to bargain with Sari to hand over the key. They exchange "snappy banter" for a while, which leaves Blackarachnia bored. When Sari again mentions how the Autobots no longer trust her, Blackarachnia tells her more about her own sad past and how only the power of the AllSpark can give her back a normal life. Sari seems moved....

En route to the Autobot ship, Ratchet is ambushed by Blitzwing and Lugnut, in a battle about as one-sided as Bambi vs Godzilla. He seems to challenge Blitzwing to a battle to the finish--but the three-faced robot simply freezes Ratchet solid and cracks off his crystallized arm, taking the Key with it.

On Dinobot Island, the Autobots are confronted by the Dinobots who--again--are hostile to trespassers. Prime seemingly worsens the situation, as a stranger with a heavy-handed attitude. When their familiar protector Prowl reveals himself and tries to speak, the Dinobots calm down slightly (though Prime is further frustrated to learn the [[Meltdown (Animated)|extent of his troops' misadventures]] on Dinobot Island). But in the end, the Dinobots refuse to help against the Decepticons, saying they don't want to help any robots--they ''fight'' robots. Optimus points out that the Dinobots are robots themselves.... prompting them to begin fighting each other. When Ratchet calls and informs Prime of the key's theft, the Autobots to return to the mainland. Bulkhead asks what their next course of action is, and Prime admits he doesn't know, thinking that Bumblebee was right about Prime being unfit for command.

[[Image:Megatron rising 1 Starscream freakout.jpg|thumb|150px|Bumblebee violated rule number 37 of the good guy code: never interrupt the villain during the monologue.]]
Starscream traces the source of Lugnut's messages back to Sumdac Tower. Blasting his way in, he is shocked to find Megatron alive--but regains his composure at the sight of his former leader dismantled and helpless. The two have an elaborately deceptive conversation about loyalty: Megatron knows Starscream betrayed him, but Starscream doesn't know he knows and wants to [[Wikipedia:The Incredibles|"monologue"]] a bit before delivering the final blow. Meanwhile, Bumblebee's search for Sari leads him to the tower; when he spots Starscream through the wrecked wall, he squeezes himself into an elevator and prepares for a one-on-one battle (after using the classic "cellphone interference" ploy to avoid talking to Optimus). Right when Starscream is finally about to finish Megatron off, Bumblebee charges in, stingers blasting wildly--striking Starscream at full force and causing no damage at all. Starscream effortlessly thrashes Bumblebee, more angry at having his monologue interrupted than anything else. During this diversion, Megatron activates some of the lab machinery, propelling both Starscream and Bumblebee out of the lab and onto the tower roof.

[[Image:MegRisingHeadKey.jpg|left|thumb|Cyber Key power!]]

Dr. Sumdac rushes in, hearing the disturbance. At first Megatron keeps up his usual act, warning that the Decepticons will be back soon and that he needs his new body immediately. The doctor agrees, trying to repair it as quickly as possible, while Megatron observes the rooftop action on a viewscreen and tries to electrocute Starscream through a spotlight. Lugnut and Blitzwing arrive, praising their leader, and finally it's time for the charade to end. Seeing Megatron, Blitzwing finally understands that Lugnut wasn't crazy. Lugnut forces Sumdac to genuflect to Megatron, who in turn gloats at the sight and how easily he was able to lie to his captor. Blitzwing inserts the Key into Megatron's head; its power is now his to command. Megatron quickly (''and beautifully'') repairs himself, using metal from the lab as patch-up material when necessary; in the process he steals Sumdac away to an as-yet-undisclosed location.

Up on the roof, Starscream is about to finish off Bumblebee, and down on the street the Autobots are just arriving to try to help, but all are reduced to staring in horror and disbelief as Megatron blasts up into the sky, an armored colossus.

{{-}}
==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marsha Griffin]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Ciro Nieli]], & [[Kentaro Mizuno]]
*'''Original airdate:''' March 29, 2008
*'''Animation studio:'''

===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]] (7)
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (10)
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (11)
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (13)
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (14)
* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (15)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (2)
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (4)
* [[Lugnut]] (5)
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (12)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
* [[Isaac Sumdac]] (1)
* [[Sari Sumdac]] (3)

|}

==Quotes==

'''Lugnut''': "And the universe will rejoice! All hail your grand and glorious return!"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Okaaay, what's ''his'' malfunction?"<br>
'''Calm Blitzwing''': "Technical glitch. It happens."<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "A lot, actually! Ahahahaha!"<br>
'''Lugnut''': "It is ''not'' a glitch! It is Megatron, and he commands us to deliver him the key!"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Megatron?! Did you just say Megatron? Did he just say ''MEGATRON''?! ''THERE IS NO MEGATRON!'' MEGATRON IS OFFLINE! TERMINATED! I DID IT MYSEL{{m-}}''saw'' it myself."
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''', you master of deception, you.

"Lugnut! Blitzwing! Do as our mystery caller commands! Track the energy signal and find that key! Meanwhile, I will locate the source of the transmission."<br>
"And locate our grand and glorious leader!"<br>
"Uh, fine, yes, whatever."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Lugnut'''. Screamer's the master of deception, we say!

"The fate of the Earth and Cybertron hang in the balance and all I've got in my command are a bunch of undisciplined, insubordinate MALFUNCTIONS!"
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' has quite the bad temper when he's dissatisfied with his troops. ''[[Megatron (BW)|Yesssss.]]''

"What's your damage, Prime? Sari is a part of this team!"<br>
"Considering your own history of mistakes, you aren't exactly the greatest character witness, Bumblebee."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Optimus Prime''' exchange harsh words. Ouch.

'''Angry Blitzwing''': "The key, Autobot!" <br>
'''Ratchet''': "You'll have to pry it from my cold, offline servo." <br>
''[Blitzwing switches to his calm face, freezes Ratchet, then switches to his crazy face]''<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "Well, it's not exactly offline, but it's certainly cold. Ahahahaha!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Blitzwing''' cheats by stealing the key from '''Ratchet''' instead of fighting for it.

'''Grimlock''': "Cycle and car robots good! Truck robot bad!"<br>
'''Prowl''': "Truck robot good. Our ''friend''."<br>
'''Grimlock''': "Hmmmm...friend?"
:{{m-}}'''Prowl''', the Dinobot whisperer

"Evil forces are about to invade this planet and destroy everything in their path. If we want to survive, we must join forces and fight them together."<br>
"Dinobots not need robots to fight! Dinobots destroy robots!"<br>
"In case you haven't noticed, Dinobots ''are'' robots."
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' gives '''Grimlock''' a dose of reality.

"Look what the capacitor dragged in."<br>
"Megatron?! Alive? And looking...magnificent, as always."<br>
"Starscream. How good it is to be reunited with such a ''devoted'' and ''faithful'' subject in my time of need."<br>
"I would have come sooner, o grand and illustrious leader, but naturally we all assumed you perished at the hands of the Autobot scum. What...great...joy to discover you did not."<br>
"Yes. Delight is written all over your face."
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' exchange warm and heartfelt pleasantries.

"'''YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!'''"
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''' seriously freaks out when Bumblebee shoots him.

'''Lugnut''': "We have come for our glorious leader, Megatron!"<br>
'''Megatron''': "I am here, Lugnut."<br>
'''Lugnut''': "Oh, Master, I am not worthy! I am not worthy{{m-}}...what happened to your body?"<br>
'''Megatron''': "...long story."<br>
'''Calm Blitzwing''': "So, you didn't have voices in your head..."<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "...you had a ''head'' in your head!"
:{{m-}}Typical Decepticon reunion.

"''Decepticons?'' But, you told me you were an Autobot."<br>
"And I hated every moment of that humiliating charade."
:{{m-}}'''Isaac Sumdac''' finally learns the truth, and from '''Megatron''' himself.

{{-}}

==Other notes==
===Continuity errors===
* When Bulkhead brings up the Dinobots, Optimus says that they were destroyed, "weren't they?" However, the last time the Dinobots were mentioned was in "[[Survival of the Fittest]]", when Optimus thought the Dinobots were ''missing,'' and also suspected they were involved in the kidnapping of Sari. He has no known reason to think they were ''destroyed.''

* Despite her initial sarcasm, Sari has apparently forgotten (or is willing to forget) how Blackarachnia's use of the All Spark key nearly killed Sari herself and all organic life for miles around. She also doesn't seem to mind being kidnapped onto a rooftop again. Lesson: Never betray a kid's trust; it makes them act '''really''' stupid.

* Not so much an error as just an oddity: When Starscream stands over a dangling Bumblebee on the Sumdac Tower rooftop, Megatron sends a power surge through a roof fixture and zaps Starscream. When the scene cuts back to the roof a few minutes later, Bumblebee's back on the roof, which he likely managed while Starscream was stunned, and Screamer's confronting him again. However, with no time given for them to talk or react about the transition, the previous roof scene may as well not have happened.

===Animation Errors===
[[Image:Sari's leg.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It's a new fashion trend.]]

* The [[scale|size of Megatron's head]] fluctuates greatly between scenes, often appearing gigantic even compared to large characters.

* When Sari is telling Blackarachnia about the Autobots taking away her key, her right leg is drawn awkwardly... almost as if it's growing out of her skirt. Though this is very likely in order to prevent a [[Teletraan 15|pre-teen panty shot]].

* For a brief moment, right when Ratchet contacts Prime to inform him of his loss of the key, the ol' Bot's arm can be seen with the "missing EMP Generator hole" again, but it quickly disappears, then re-appears when he fights Blitzwing and Lugnut.

* Starscream's Decepticon insignia is occasionally upside-down.

===Transformers references===
* Prime finally refers to [[Dinobot Island]] by that name.

===Real-world references===
* Ratchet's remark to Blitzwing about prying the key from his cold, offline servo is a reference to an NRA slogan.
* The scene of Megatron's head reattaching to his body via a series of small pistons that join and then draw together is similar to the "repair" sequences in 1999's ''The Iron Giant''.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* The Decepticon symbol on Megatron's body that was so clear [[Nature Calls|last episode]] is nowhere to be seen now. Of course, neither is the chestplate it resided on.

* The R/C Plane Sari was flying resembles a MiG-15 Fighter.

* We learn that Prowl and Bulkhead not only didn't tell Prime that the Dinobots were still around, but also didn't tell him that [[Meltdown]] was the one behind Sari's kidnapping in "[[Survival of the Fittest]]". So, when they returned with Sari after the events of that episode, they apparently told him ''none'' of the truth. What ''did'' they tell him?

* This is the first episode in which we see an extended transformation sequence for Starscream.

* When Megatron's energized body sends out cables to its detached hand, in which Prof. Sumdac is sitting, the hand grips around Sumdac, then is yanked under the flooring and over to the body, where it opens back up—with Sumdac no longer within it. (Nothing up Megatron's sleeve!)

* At one point during Starscream's transformation, he strongly resembles the Gerwalk mode of the [http://www.new-un-spacy.com/macrossplus/yf-19.htm YF-19 Alpha One] from the anime ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macross_Plus Macross Plus],'' one of the apparent influences for his alternate mode.

* It appears that Grimlock has gotten over his hatred of [[Car Robots]], but [[Grimlock (G1)|he still hates Optimus Prime]].

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Megatron Rising - Part 1

2008-04-04T03:23:45Z

72.139.47.22: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

{{episodenav|animated|15|season=1|prev=Nature Calls|next=Megatron Rising - Part II}}

[[Image:MegRisingRebuilt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Oh SHIT, what are we gonna do now?!]]

'''Prime begins to doubt his leadership abilities as the Decepticons mobilize for a big invasion of Earth.'''

==Summary==

[[Image:MegRisingBodyLab.jpg|left|thumb|This is what happens when you don't have proper rust proofing.]]

[[Detroit]] is in the midst of a blizzard, and as Isaac Sumdac starts to repair Megatron's body he comments that they were fortunate to have found it beforehand, while at the same time praising it for being well-constructed enough to withstand 50 years of exposure to the elements. Megatron silently gloats that Cybertronian technology is more powerful than any force on Earth. The bad weather causes a blackout and forces [[Sumdac Tower]] onto its backup generator; when Sumdac decides this will force a delay in the repairs, Megatron alternates between bluster and sweet-talk to try to get his way, but it's no use. Megatron attempts to call Lugnut again for assistance.

Lugnut and Blitzwing have just finished rebuilding themselves (after some squabbling over the last piece) in a distant forest. Starscream mocks them for in-fighting and reminds them that he is their new chosen and sworn sovereign; his two subjects retort that they serve him only under threat, not by choice. At that moment, Megatron successfully contacts Lugnut, whose newly reverential and respectful attitude both pleases and confuses (''but mostly pleases'') Starscream. When Starscream finds out Lugnut "thinks" he's hearing Megatron, the new leader is infuriated, and in his anger almost exposes that fact that it was himself, and not the Autobots, who defeated Megatron in the first place. Megatron orders Lugnut to retrieve the [[Sari Sumdac's key|Key]] and bring it to him; Starscream then notices that, regardless of the source, Lugnut is indeed being contacted by someone. He orders Lugnut and Blitzwing to obey the strange orders for now, while he himself will track the transmissions to their source and see who is trying to undermine his authority.

As the Decepticons move out, the Autobots' HQ computer notices their increased activity. The Autobots are worried about a possible full-scale Decepticon invasion. As if Optimus Prime wasn't stressed enough, Bulkhead and Prowl then take the opportunity to finally tell him bout the continued survival of the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Prime is furious that his orders were disobeyed, but decides that given the circumstances they should try to use all resources available--but insists that he will lead the new mission to contact the Dinobots.

Optimus Prime is especially worried about the Key, both because Sari can't protect it, and because she once again is using it as a toy (this time for model-plane dogfighting). When he orders her to turn it over, Sari angrily reminds him that she was chosen for this role by the [[All Spark (Animated)|AllSpark]] itself. Prime then orders Ratchet to magnetically take the key from her, and, reluctantly, Ratchet obeys. Sari feels heartbroken and betrayed, and flees the base. An upset Bumblebee defends Sari's role as part of the team, to which Optimus responds that since Bumblebee has been such a poor team performer who makes so many mistakes, he isn't a good character witness. Bumblebee retorts that the Autobots' desperate, seemingly hopeless situation means Optimus isn't a good leader--then he leaves in pursuit of Sari. Prime orders Ratchet to take the Key to the [[Ark (Animated)|Autobot spaceship]] beneath Lake Erie, and they all depart.

Sari walks down the street, dejected and pouting about how untrustworthy the Autobots turned out to be. But she's being watched--by Blackarachnia, who abducts the girl and mockingly praises her for seeing the light. Still hoping to cure herself of her techno-organic body, Blackarachnia attempts to bargain with Sari to hand over the key. They exchange "snappy banter" for a while, which leaves Blackarachnia bored. When Sari again mentions how the Autobots no longer trust her, Blackarachnia tells her more about her own sad past and how only the power of the AllSpark can give her back a normal life. Sari seems moved....

En route to the Autobot ship, Ratchet is ambushed by Blitzwing and Lugnut, in a battle about as one-sided as Bambi vs Godzilla. He seems to challenge Blitzwing to a battle to the finish--but the three-faced robot simply freezes Ratchet solid and cracks off his crystallized arm, taking the Key with it.

On Dinobot Island, the Autobots are confronted by the Dinobots who--again--are hostile to trespassers. Prime seemingly worsens the situation, as a stranger with a heavy-handed attitude. When their familiar protector Prowl reveals himself and tries to speak, the Dinobots calm down slightly (though Prime is further frustrated to learn the [[Meltdown (Animated)|extent of his troops' misadventures]] on Dinobot Island). But in the end, the Dinobots refuse to help against the Decepticons, saying they don't want to help any robots--they ''fight'' robots. Optimus points out that the Dinobots are robots themselves.... prompting them to begin fighting each other. When Ratchet calls and informs Prime of the key's theft, the Autobots to return to the mainland. Bulkhead asks what their next course of action is, and Prime admits he doesn't know, thinking that Bumblebee was right about Prime being unfit for command.

[[Image:Megatron rising 1 Starscream freakout.jpg|thumb|150px|Bumblebee violated rule number 37 of the good guy code: never interrupt the villain during the monologue.]]
Starscream traces the source of Lugnut's messages back to Sumdac Tower. Blasting his way in, he is shocked to find Megatron alive--but regains his composure at the sight of his former leader dismantled and helpless. The two have an elaborately deceptive conversation about loyalty: Megatron knows Starscream betrayed him, but Starscream doesn't know he knows and wants to [[Wikipedia:The Incredibles|"monologue"]] a bit before delivering the final blow. Meanwhile, Bumblebee's search for Sari leads him to the tower; when he spots Starscream through the wrecked wall, he squeezes himself into an elevator and prepares for a one-on-one battle (after using the classic "cellphone interference" ploy to avoid talking to Optimus). Right when Starscream is finally about to finish Megatron off, Bumblebee charges in, stingers blasting wildly--striking Starscream at full force and causing no damage at all. Starscream effortlessly thrashes Bumblebee, more angry at having his monologue interrupted than anything else. During this diversion, Megatron activates some of the lab machinery, propelling both Starscream and Bumblebee out of the lab and onto the tower roof.

[[Image:MegRisingHeadKey.jpg|left|thumb|Cyber Key power!]]

Dr. Sumdac rushes in, hearing the disturbance. At first Megatron keeps up his usual act, warning that the Decepticons will be back soon and that he needs his new body immediately. The doctor agrees, trying to repair it as quickly as possible, while Megatron observes the rooftop action on a viewscreen and tries to electrocute Starscream through a spotlight. Lugnut and Blitzwing arrive, praising their leader, and finally it's time for the charade to end. Seeing Megatron, Blitzwing finally understands that Lugnut wasn't crazy. Lugnut forces Sumdac to genuflect to Megatron, who in turn gloats at the sight and how easily he was able to lie to his captor. Blitzwing inserts the Key into Megatron's head; its power is now his to command. Megatron quickly (''and beautifully'') repairs himself, using metal from the lab as patch-up material when necessary; in the process he steals Sumdac away to an as-yet-undisclosed location.

Up on the roof, Starscream is about to finish off Bumblebee, and down on the street the Autobots are just arriving to try to help, but all are reduced to staring in horror and disbelief as Megatron blasts up into the sky, an armored colossus.

{{-}}
==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marsha Griffin]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Ciro Nieli]], & [[Kentaro Mizuno]]
*'''Original airdate:''' March 29, 2008
*'''Animation studio:'''

===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]] (7)
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (10)
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (11)
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (13)
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (14)
* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (15)
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (2)
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (4)
* [[Lugnut]] (5)
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (12)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
* [[Isaac Sumdac]] (1)
* [[Sari Sumdac]] (3)

|}

==Quotes==

'''Lugnut''': "And the universe will rejoice! All hail your grand and glorious return!"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Okaaay, what's ''his'' malfunction?"<br>
'''Calm Blitzwing''': "Technical glitch. It happens."<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "A lot, actually! Ahahahaha!"<br>
'''Lugnut''': "It is ''not'' a glitch! It is Megatron, and he commands us to deliver him the key!"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Megatron?! Did you just say Megatron? Did he just say ''MEGATRON''?! ''THERE IS NO MEGATRON!'' MEGATRON IS OFFLINE! TERMINATED! I DID IT MYSEL{{m-}}''saw'' it myself."
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''', you master of deception, you.

"Lugnut! Blitzwing! Do as our mystery caller commands! Track the energy signal and find that key! Meanwhile, I will locate the source of the transmission."<br>
"And locate our grand and glorious leader!"<br>
"Uh, fine, yes, whatever."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Lugnut'''. Screamer's the master of deception, we say!

"The fate of the Earth and Cybertron hang in the balance and all I've got in my command are a bunch of undisciplined, insubordinate MALFUNCTIONS!"
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' has quite the bad temper when he's dissatisfied with his troops. ''[[Megatron (BW)|Yesssss.]]''

"What's your damage, Prime? Sari is a part of this team!"<br>
"Considering your own history of mistakes, you aren't exactly the greatest character witness, Bumblebee."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Optimus Prime''' exchange harsh words. Ouch.

'''Angry Blitzwing''': "The key, Autobot!" <br>
'''Ratchet''': "You'll have to pry it from my cold, offline servo." <br>
''[Blitzwing switches to his calm face, freezes Ratchet, then switches to his crazy face]''<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "Well, it's not exactly offline, but it's certainly cold. Ahahahaha!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Blitzwing''' cheats by stealing the key from '''Ratchet''' instead of fighting for it.

'''Grimlock''': "Cycle and car robots good! Truck robot bad!"<br>
'''Prowl''': "Truck robot good. Our ''friend''."<br>
'''Grimlock''': "Hmmmm...friend?"
:{{m-}}'''Prowl''', the Dinobot whisperer

"Evil forces are about to invade this planet and destroy everything in their path. If we want to survive, we must join forces and fight them together."<br>
"Dinobots not need robots to fight! Dinobots destroy robots!"<br>
"In case you haven't noticed, Dinobots ''are'' robots."
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' gives '''Grimlock''' a dose of reality.

"Look what the capacitor dragged in."<br>
"Megatron?! Alive? And looking...magnificent, as always."<br>
"Starscream. How good it is to be reunited with such a ''devoted'' and ''faithful'' subject in my time of need."<br>
"I would have come sooner, o grand and illustrious leader, but naturally we all assumed you perished at the hands of the Autobot scum. What...great...joy to discover you did not."<br>
"Yes. Delight is written all over your face."
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' exchange warm and heartfelt pleasantries.

"'''YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!'''"
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''' seriously freaks out when Bumblebee shoots him.

'''Lugnut''': "We have come for our glorious leader, Megatron!"<br>
'''Megatron''': "I am here, Lugnut."<br>
'''Lugnut''': "Oh, Master, I am not worthy! I am not worthy{{m-}}...what happened to your body?"<br>
'''Megatron''': "...long story."<br>
'''Calm Blitzwing''': "So, you didn't have voices in your head..."<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "...you had a ''head'' in your head!"
:{{m-}}Typical Decepticon reunion.

"''Decepticons?'' But, you told me you were an Autobot."<br>
"And I hated every moment of that humiliating charade."
:{{m-}}'''Isaac Sumdac''' finally learns the truth, and from '''Megatron''' himself.

{{-}}

==Other notes==
===Continuity errors===
* When Bulkhead brings up the Dinobots, Optimus says that they were destroyed, "weren't they?" However, the last time the Dinobots were mentioned was in "[[Survival of the Fittest]]", when Optimus thought the Dinobots were ''missing,'' and also suspected they were involved in the kidnapping of Sari. He has no known reason to think they were ''destroyed.''

* Despite her initial sarcasm, Sari has apparently forgotten (or is willing to forget) how Blackarachnia's use of the All Spark key nearly killed Sari herself and all organic life for miles around. She also doesn't seem to mind being kidnapped onto a rooftop again. Lesson: Never betray a kid's trust; it makes them act '''really''' stupid.

* Not so much an error as just an oddity: When Starscream stands over a dangling Bumblebee on the Sumdac Tower rooftop, Megatron sends a power surge through a roof fixture and zaps Starscream. When the scene cuts back to the roof a few minutes later, Bumblebee's back on the roof, which he likely managed while Starscream was stunned, and Screamer's confronting him again. However, with no time given for them to talk or react about the transition, the previous roof scene may as well not have happened.

===Animation Errors===
[[Image:Sari's leg.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It's a new fashion trend.]]

* The [[scale|size of Megatron's head]] fluctuates greatly between scenes, often appearing gigantic even compared to large characters.

* When Sari is telling Blackarachnia about the Autobots taking away her key, her right leg is drawn awkwardly... almost as if it's growing out of her skirt. Though this is very likely in order to prevent a [[Teletraan 15|pre-teen panty shot]].

* For a brief moment, right when Ratchet contacts Prime to inform him of his loss of the key, the ol' Bot's arm can be seen with the "missing EMP Generator hole" again, but it quickly disappears, then re-appears when he fights Blitzwing and Lugnut.

* Starscream's Decepticon insignia is occasionally upside-down.

===Transformers references===
* Prime finally refers to [[Dinobot Island]] by that name.

===Real-world references===
* Ratchet's remark to Blitzwing about prying the key from his cold, offline servo is a reference to an NRA slogan.
* The scene of Megatron's head reattaching to his body via a series of small pistons that join and then draw together is similar to the "repair" sequences in 1999's ''The Iron Giant''.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* The Decepticon symbol on Megatron's body that was so clear [[Nature Calls|last episode]] is nowhere to be seen now. Of course, neither is the chestplate it resided on.

* The R/C Plane Sari was flying resembles a MiG-15 Fighter.

* We learn the Prowl and Bulkhead not only didn't tell Prime that the Dinobots were still around, but also didn't tell him that [[Meltdown]] was the one behind Sari's kidnapping in "[[Survival of the Fittest]]". So, when they returned with Sari after the events of that episode, they apparently told him ''none'' of the truth. What ''did'' they tell him?

* This is the first episode in which we see an extended transformation sequence for Starscream.

* When Megatron's energized body sends out cables to its detached hand, in which Prof. Sumdac is sitting, the hand grips around Sumdac, then is yanked under the flooring and over to the body, where it opens back up—with Sumdac no longer within it. (Nothing up Megatron's sleeve!)

* At one point during Starscream's transformation, he strongly resembles the Gerwalk mode of the [http://www.new-un-spacy.com/macrossplus/yf-19.htm YF-19 Alpha One] from the anime ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macross_Plus Macross Plus],'' one of the apparent influences for his alternate mode.

* It appears that Grimlock has gotten over his hatred of [[Car Robots]], but [[Grimlock (G1)|he still hates Optimus Prime]].

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The Revenge of Bruticus

2008-03-08T20:06:45Z

72.139.47.22: /* Detailed synopsis */

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|47|prev=Starscream's Brigade|next=Masquerade}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|54|prev=Starscream's Brigade|next=War Without End}}

[[Image:Revenge of bruticus 2 threratenShockwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I asked you a question, buddy -- what's the square root of 4,287?]]
'''Even though Starscream and the Combaticons are banished to space, they are still a threat—a threat returning to destroy both the Decepticons and the Autobots...'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "The Attack of Bruticus"
*'''German title:''' "Bruticus Rache" (This Episode was only shown as G2 Version)

==Detailed synopsis==
Stuck in a cosmic "time out" with the [[Combaticon]]s, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] decides to book it, declaring the Combaticons incompetent. Unphased, [[Onslaught]] has developed a plan of revenge; [[Blast Off]] is towing their asteroid to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Combaticons' arrival on Cybertron interrupts a little target practice [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] is holding for the [[Sentinel (G1)|Sentinel drones]]. The Combaticons merge into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], decimate the Sentinels, and launch gun-mode Shockwave into deep space. Onslaught declares that Operation: Revenge has begun.

On [[Earth]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is overseeing the [[Insecticon]] army, as they devour a city one building at a time. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s arrive, but the Insecticons are moving into a nearby neighborhood that is still inhabited. Unwilling to risk civilian casualties, Prime sends in the [[Protectobot]]s to evacuate the civilians.

At the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] is giving [[Spike Witwicky]] a little astronomy lesson about shooting stars, noting that the odds of an ''actual'' star colliding with the Earth are slim...

Meanwhile, out in space, Starscream literally runs into Shockwave. Apparently unaware that Starscream has been exiled, Shockwave enlists his help to rescue Cybertron.

At Shockwave's base, [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] is itching for a fight, Blast Off advises calm, as Onslaught is sure to have a plan. That plan involves the [[space bridge]]. Though it is far ahead of any Decepticon technology Onslaught has previously seen, he manages to rig the space bridge to move Earth into its [[sun]], which will destroy the Decepticons and the Autobots at the same time!

On Earth, the humans have been successfully evacuated from the city, and the Autobots begin blasting the Insecticons to bits. However, Spike and Perceptor arrive, having learned of Earth's altered orbit, and inform Prime of the peril. The Autobots head for the space bridge, and Megatron orders [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] to remove the space bridge's control console and evacuate.

On Cybertron, Starscream and Shockwave use a [[holographic projector]] to make the Combaticons believe that they are under attack. Shockwave discovers Onslaught's space bridge modifications, but Starscream shoots him, then sends Megatron an ultimatum: Surrender leadership of the Decepticons, or everything on Earth, including Megatron and the Decepticons, will fry. However, the Combaticons eventually figure out the ruse, and they imprison Starscream and Shockwave.

[[Image:RevengeOfBruticus_TracksSideswipeProwl.jpg|left|thumb|150px|<strike>Huey, Dewey and Louie</strike> Tracks, Sideswipe and Prowl to the rescue.]]
Megatron sends [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Ramjet]] to locate the [[Insecticon]]s, but they discover that the bug-bots have chewed up the console. The Autobots, who have also tracked down the Decepticons, offered to assist Megatron and the Decepticons. Perceptor repairs the console with parts from Prime and Megatron, and the united teams head to Cybertron.

[[Image:Revege of Bruticus Prime Bruticus.JPG|thumb|150px|The only way to keep that chestplate on.]]
The two teams free Starscream and Shockwave, the former loudly protesting that he was forced to threaten Megatron by the Combaticons, and the latter immediately denouncing the story as lies. Before anyone can do anything else, the Combaticons attack, merging into Bruticus when the fight turns against them. Starscream reveals that Bruticus has one weak point on his body that, if blasted, will shut him down. Prime manages to shoot the weak point, and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] reverses the space bridge, returning Earth to its proper orbit.

Prime and Megatron agree to destroy Bruticus, and Megatron allows the Autobots to leave unharmed. However, the Decepticons have faked Bruticus' destruction, and reprogrammed the real Bruticus to serve Megatron. Megatron pardons Starscream and restores him to the Decepticon ranks.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' ???

'''Written by:'''

===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" |
*

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

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*

'''Guests'''
*

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

|}

==Notable quotes==
"I can't stand it! I can't stand it! This place is a cosmic prison!" <br>
:-- '''Starscream''' on the prison asteroid drifting across space.

"Blast Off, increase speed and prepare for planetary liberation." <br>
:-- '''Onslaught''' informing Blast Off to move their asteroid prison faster towards Cybertron.

"Some refer to us as Combaticons, but..." <br>
"...I am also known as Bruticus." <br>
:-- '''Swindle''' and '''Bruticus''' answering Shockwave's demand that the Combaticons identify themselves.

"Bruticus is outnumbered, but Bruticus will win." <br>
:-- '''Bruticus''' as Decepticon Sentinels surround him.

"Ramjet, if this Autobot quack does anything suspicious, shatter his lenses. From the inside." <br>
:-- '''Megatron''' delivers an indirect warning to Perceptor as the latter takes components from him and Optimus Prime in order to repair the Space Bridge.

"It was the Combaticons. They locked us in here and forced me to threaten you, Megatron!" <br>
"He's lying!" <br>
:-- '''Shockwave''' snitches on '''Starscream'''.

"Not until you relinquish control over the Decepticons." <br>
"Don't be a fool." <br>
"Then let the Earth burn!" <br>
:-- '''Starscream''' trying to blackmail '''Megatron'''.

"They've ganged up on us!" <br>
"Well, let's gang up on them!" <br>
"Combaticons, transform and become Bruticus!" <br>
:-- '''Brawl''', '''Vortex''' and '''Onslaught''' as the Decepticons and Autobots surround them.

"Bruticus hates Cybertron! Bruticus hates you all!"<br>
:-- '''Bruticus''' goes emo on the Autobots and Decepticons that have come to destroy him.

"We were imprisoned on Cybertron for millions of years. And now... I shall have... my REVENGE!" <br>
:-- '''Bruticus''' as he grabs Megatron and attempts to crush him.

"I hope Starscream was telling the truth."<br>
:-- '''Optimus Prime''', hoping for a miracle.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[Image:Ratchet weirdhead.PNG|thumb|right|150px|Look [[:Image:Weirdstreak.jpg|familiar]]?]]
*When Dirge and Thundercracker take [[Energon cube]]s to the [[space bridge]], Thundercracker is colored with Starscream's colors.
*When Starscream demands to be leader of the Decepticons in order to stop the Earth from falling into the sun, Brawl attacks, but the next scene shows only Swindle, who retreats.
*When Starscream and Shockwave are rescued from prison, a second Megatron appears briefly beside the first.
*Ratchet's head is miscolored in one scene.
*When surrounded by the Autobots and Decepticons, it is Vortex commanding the Combaticons to merge into Bruticus, but you hear Onslaught's voice.

===Continuity errors===
* The Combaticons’ lack of [[energy absorber]]s as shown in "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" is not mentioned and seems to cause no problems for them. (Maybe they installed new ones once on Cybertron.)
* Cybertron appears to be deserted except for Shockwave and a few Sentinel robots.
* Megatron comes up with the idea of reprogramming Bruticus for loyalty in this episode, even though he could've done so in the last episode after Bruticus was defeated by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]].

===Transformers references===
* This is the Protectobots' first appearance in the series... yet there is absolutely no mention of where they came from. While this does put them in the company of most of the rest of the new season-two cast, it's the first time a combiner team wasn't given a special origin episode.
*Shockwave appears completely unaware that Starscream was an exile. Has Megatron never heard of memos?

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

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*This episode marks the second and last appearance of the Sentinel robots.
*This episode marks the last appearance of [[Autobot]] security director [[Red Alert]].
*This is the only G1 episode which ends with Decepticons having an advantage as they manage to save Bruticus from destruction and "recruit" him for their cause.

==External links==
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Starscream's Brigade

2008-03-08T20:04:46Z

72.139.47.22:

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{{episodenav|g1|season=2|46|prev=Cosmic Rust (episode)|next=The Revenge of Bruticus}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|53|prev=Auto-Bop|next=The Revenge of Bruticus}}

[[Image:Starscreams_brigade_5_letsgo.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Surely, this will be his moment to shine...or not.]]
'''After his latest attempt to overthrow Megatron's rule of the Decepticons, Starscream is banished from HQ, but this time, he hatches a plan...'''

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:Starscreamsbrigade1.jpg|left|thumb|Buh-bye, Screamer.]]
Decades ago, when life existed only in black and white, humans waged war on one another on the island of Guadalcanal in the south Pacific. Some of their wrecked vehicles remained there as of 1985, where our story begins...

Within Decepticon Headquarters, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] are having a spat. Predictably, it ends with Starscream shooting Megs in the back and proclaiming himself the new leader. Megatron's tougher than that, though, and after waking up a few seconds later, he blasts Starscream and has Laserbeak dump him on Guadalcanal.

Humiliated and infuriated, Starscream stumbles upon the remnants of some old World War II vehicles, which inspire him to create an army of his own. Entering the space bridge by threatening Skywarp, he travels to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and steals the [[personality component]]s of five renegade Decepticons. Installing them into the wrecked vehicles, he transforms them into the [[Combaticon]]s. The quarrelsome warriors threaten to simply beat Starscream to a pulp, until he reveals that their new bodies do not contain energy absorbers, without which they cannot refuel: "No energy, no life." In exchange for the needed equipment, the Combaticons agree to obey Starscream's orders for the moment.

At the unveiling of the [[Optimus Prime Memorial]], Starscream and the Combaticons attack and kidnap [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]. At the [[Decepticon space cruiser|Decepticon base]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] informs Megatron that the Combaticons' personality components are missing. Assuming the [[Autobot]]s are responsible, Megatron launches an attack on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. However, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s demand to turn over Jazz and Cliffjumper causes Megatron to suspect Starscream.

[[Image:Starscreamsbrigade2.jpg|right|thumb|We all lost weight on the Subway diet!]]
Starscream and the Combaticons attack the Decepticons while they're attempting to refuel, allowing Starscream to capture [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] as well, bringing their energy absorber count to four. Megatron, meanwhile, rallies his troops, and moves against Starscream and his army. In the ensuing battle, Megatron's trump card, Devastator, is easily brushed aside when Starscream reveals that the Combaticons can likewise combine into a single titan: [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]! The massive combiner scoops up Megatron in one hand and forces him to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader.

The Autobots use the battle's distraction to rescue Jazz and Cliffjumper; meanwhile, the late-arriving [[Stunticon]]s look over the situation, and decide that Starscream is too likely to continue his rampage. Merging into [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], they defeat the unsuspecting Bruticus with one massive punch.

From the resultant crater, Megatron emerges; grabbing Starscream by the throat, he decrees that he and his army are banished from Earth. The usurpers are hauled away by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and left stranded on a distant asteroid in deep space... from which Starscream swears vengeance.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' ???

'''Written by:''' [[Michael Charles Hill]]

===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" |
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Combaticons]]
:*[[Blast Off]]
:*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
:*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
:*[[Onslaught]]
:*[[Vortex]]
*[[Bruticus]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Stunticons]]
:*[[Breakdown]]
:*[[Drag Strip]]
:*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
:*[[Motormaster]]
:*[[Wildrider]]
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*

'''Guests'''
*[[Marty Mingkler]]

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

|}

==Notable quotes==

"NOBODY TURNS THEIR BACK ON ME!" <br>
:-- '''Starscream''', as Megatron turns his back on him.

"I would like to welcome two members of the Autobot team: Jazz, and Cliffjump." <br>
"Uh, that's Cliffjumper." <br>
:-- '''Marty Mingkler''' and '''Cliffjumper'''.

"I see incompetence breeds even more incompetence. HAHAHAHAHAHA!"<br>
:-- '''Megatron''' to Starscream, after the latter fails in his attempt to destroy the Decepticon leader.

"Now, Megatron: who is the new Decepticon leader?"<br>
"Uhm... you are."<br>
"I can't hear you!"<br>
"You are!"<br>
"I am now the leader of all Decepticons!"<br>
:-- '''Megatron''' in the grip of Bruticus (literally), and '''Starscream'''.

'''Motormaster''': Megatron's in trouble. <br>
'''Dead End''': Who cares. <br>
'''Wildrider''': It looks like Starscream's defeated him. <br>
'''Dead End''': So? <br>
'''Motormaster''': So, you think Starscream's going to stop here?<br>
'''Dead End''': Good point. He never knows when to quit.<br>
'''Motormaster''': Stunticons, unite to form Menasor!<br>
:-- '''Motormaster''', '''Dead End''' and '''Wildrider''', surveying Starscream's victory.

"Bruticus?" <br>
"No Starscream, ''not'' Bruticus. It's Megatron - your leader!" <br>
"Megatron, no, wait, please!" <br>
"This time, it really is 'goodbye', Starscream! Astrotrain, get him and his giant ally off this planet! ...They are banished from Earth... forever!" <br>
"You'll regret that you did not destroy me Megatron! I shall have my revenge!" <br>
:-- '''Starscream''' and '''Megatron''' after the Decepticon leader survives Starscream's latest mutiny.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*At several points in the episode, such as when Starscream approaches the Space Bridge, his eye colour changes from red to blue.
*When Megatron rallies the Decepticons before going after Starscream, Shockwave is seen among the group, even though he had been shown to still be on Cybertron.

===Continuity errors===
* Starscream maintains control of the Combaticons by not installing [[energy absorber]]s into them, thereby preventing them from re-energising. They are however later shown to re-energise anyway when they steal energy from a power plant.

*This episode was aired ''after'' [[Aerial Assault]], which also featured the [[Combaticons]].

===Transformers references===
* Earth builds a [[Optimus Prime Memorial|memorial]] to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] before he's even dead...[[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|Ominous]].

===Real-world references===
*Elements of World War II are shown in the episode with the abandoned military vehicles.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*According to the G1 [[Production Bible]], this episode was titled '''30 Seconds Over Megatron''' before broadcast. [http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage88.html]

==External links==
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Cosmic Rust (episode)

2008-03-08T20:03:34Z

72.139.47.22: /* Detailed synopsis */

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|45|prev=Trans-Europe Express|next=Starscream's Brigade}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|48|prev=Trans-Europe Express|next=The Core}}

[[Image:Rusted_megatron.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Don't ask, dude... Don't ask.]]
'''After finding a new weapon, Megatron becomes infected with a strange disease...one he intends to use against the Autobots.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "Terror of the 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!"<br>
"What trap? This is a prehistoric communication device, you uneducated dolt!"<br>
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''', doing what they do best.

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

"It's some weird kind of heat ray—and it ''works''!"<br>
:—'''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."<br>
:—'''Bumblebee''', dying from Cosmic Rust and apparently wanting to destroy his home planet.

"The Cosmic Rust has infiltrated your logic circuits."<br>
"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===
* References

===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''.

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

==External links==
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Aerial Assault

2008-03-08T20:00:34Z

72.139.47.22:

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|42|prev=The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2|next=War Dawn}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|46|prev=Hoist Goes Hollywood|next=Trans-Europe Express}}

[[Image:Aerial Assault title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|Welcome to [[Carbombya]].]]
'''Slingshot and Skydive go undercover to discover who is responsible for the theft of planes in the Middle East.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "Charge, Aerialbots!"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:Aerialassault.jpg|left|thumb|Hey, look, no arms!]]
In an unnamed Middle Eastern country, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s are searching for clues to a group that is stealing planes. After flying over a bazaar (in which is [[Swindle (G1)|a hauntingly familiar jeep]] being driven by a suspicious man loading equipment), the Aerialbots receive a distress call. Heading into a nearby canyon, they are attacked by the [[Combaticon]]s and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and Slingshot ends up being buried within a cave by [[Blast Off]]. However, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] arrive and drive off the [[Decepticon]]s. After unearthing Slingshot, the [[Autobot]]s return to a nearby air base for repairs. Slingshot is fixed, but his weapons systems have been damaged, and he needs a new console from the [[Ark (G1)|base]]. Skydive gets the idea to let himself serve as bait, which [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], in his infinite wisdom, believes is a good idea, and Slingshot decides to join as well. As night comes, the two Aerialbots are soon stolen by the plane-nappers, but they are disassembled and their radios are disabled.

Transporting their ill-gotten planes in laundry trucks, the plane-nappers manage to get past security, but are followed by a young boy named [[Prince Jumal|Hassan]]. Getting into the truck carrying the Aerialbots' nose cones, he meets up with them and identifies the man heading this operation as [[Ali]]. As it turns out, Ali has deposed Prince Jumal, the young ruler of the country, and has allied with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to create both [[plane drone]]s for conquering the oil fields of the [[Middle East]], and a...[[Giant Purple Griffin]] that will...do...stuff. As the convoy reaches the Palace, the Decepticons begin reassembling the planes, but the Aerialbots cause themselves to short-circuit, leaving their parts free to be reassembled. They manage to get everything except Slingshot's chest plate, but Hassan manages to borrow the front grill assembly from a car that Prince Jumal owned.

[[Image:Aerialassault2.jpg|right|thumb|Onslaught doing some target practice.]]
As the Decepticons prepare to mobilize, Skydive and Slingshot manage to contact the other Aerialbots, who come to help. Meanwhile, Hassan has slipped aboard the...fortress to steal a new weapons console for Slingshot. As the Aerialbots arrive, Blast Off, [[Vortex]], and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] take control of the drone forces. The Aerialbots are able to dispatch the drones and their commanders, so [[Onslaught]] decides to off them himself, only to be stopped by Slingshot. Blast Off orders the Combaticons to [[transformation|transform]] into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Slingshot bravely tries to prevent the merge, as [[Fireflight]]'s absence prevents his own team from merging into [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. Eventually, Bruticus forms after Slingshot is thrown into the head of the now mobile...fortress. Hassan gets a weapon console to Slingshot, frees them, then heads to attack Bruticus. Fireflight finally arrives, and the Aerialbots form Superion and damage the...fortress, causing it to crash into an oil field. Superion separates into his Aerialbot components, causing the diving Bruticus to fall into the oil field. The Aerialbots then set fire to the field, forcing the Decepticons to retreat.

At the palace, the Aerialbots are trying to figure out what to do with Ali and what he did with Prince Jumal, only to discover that Hassan ''is'' Prince Jumal. He explains that Slingshot may keep the new chest plate as a gift, as Jumal's hobby is fixing old junk cars. Slingshot feels honored...until he thinks that Jumal is calling him a piece of junk.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' ???

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

==Notable quotes==

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[Image:Slingshot_undercover.jpg|right|thumb|Hmm let's see... Autobot symbol... nope, nothing suspicious to see here!]]
* When Bruticus punches Skydive, the cel is misdrawn. Now that is one [[Pit|hell]] of a punch if the artist drawing Skydive felt it.
* During the final scene, when Slingshot and Prince Jumal are discussing the Rolls Royce grille Slingshot was using as a chest plate, the grille itself can clearly be seen disappearing and reappearing.
* When Fireflight finally arrives to help the rest of the Aerialbots against Bruticus, he is colored entirely black.

===Continutity errors===
* The Combaticons first appeared in this episode, but their origin is explained in [[Starscream's Brigade]], which premiered well ''after'' this episode aired. Somebody was obviously impatient [[to sell toys]].

===Transformers references===
* The country in which the action takes place is not named, but it could possibly be [[Carbomya]] or a neighbor of it.

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

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:Giantpurplegriffon.jpg|right|thumb|Megatron really should have listened to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s instinctive declaration that it wouldn't work.]]
* The Giant Purple Griffin has become one of the most mocked creations in Transfandom. Obviously.

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

==External links==
*

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The Gambler

2008-03-08T19:54:16Z

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{{episodenav|g1|season=2|31|prev=The Secret of Omega Supreme|next=Kremzeek!}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|36|prev=The Secret of Omega Supreme|next=The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}

[[Image:The Gambler title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|"You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em!"]]
'''On the return journey from Aron's world, the Autobots are captured by a gambling-addicted alien and trading away, leaving Smokescreen and the Autobot bounty hunter Devcon to rescue them.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "Monacus, the Gambling World"

==Detailed synopsis==

{{-}}

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' November 11, 1985

'''Written by:''' [[Michael Charles Hill]]

===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" |
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Devcon]]
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
'''Regulars'''
*
'''Guests'''
*
| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Slizardo]]
|}

==Notable quotes==

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*When Slizardo and Bosch approach Astrotrain, Slizardo's animation cell does not change, resulting in him appearing much smaller than Bosch.
===Continutity errors===
*In terms of airdates, this episode is DEFINITELY played out of order, as we've seen several of the characters that are still trying to escape from Aron's planet in [[Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play]] on Earth prior to this one.

===Transformers references===
*Slizardo would eventually return in the season 3 episode [[Grimlock's New Brain]] alongside the [[Skuxxoid.]]
*Devcon would later be featured in [[Universe]]'s Wreckers' comic.

===Real-world references===

===Miscellaneous trivia===
===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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The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)

2008-03-08T19:53:22Z

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{{episodenav|g1|season=2|30|prev=Quest for Survival|next=The Gambler}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|35|prev=Quest for Survival|next=The Gambler}}

[[Image:Secret of Omega Supreme title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|His real name is Ralph.]]
'''When the Constructicons begin mining on a distant asteroid, Optimus Prime calls on Omega Supreme for assistance, only for a long-standing emnity between Omega and the villains to come to light.'''

==Detailed synopsis==

{{epstub}}

Optimus Prime discovers the Constructicons are excavating an asteroid orbiting Earth and contacts Omega Supreme for help, but Omega confesses a personal vendetta against the Constructicons. They were once his friends when he guarded their creation, the [[Crystal City]], on Cybertron, until they were altered by Megatron's [[Robo-Smasher]] and permanently changed into Decepticons. Omega's own run-in with the Smasher while trying to rescue them seems to have left him scarred and emotionally barren except for his desire for vengeance against his former friends.

Prime cautions Omega only to observe the operation, but once on the asteroid, the vengeful Omega immediately attacks his enemies, wildly smashing open a huge fissure. The entire asteroid breaks in two like an egg, hatching an [[asteroid bird alien|alien creature]] which flies toward Earth. (Although it appears somewhat robotic, [[Teletraan I]] claims that the asteroid was organic in nature, implying that the creature is in fact biological.)

Subsequently learning that the creature is preparing to attack Earth out of hunger, Prime tells Omega that only he can save Earth by luring the monster back to its food supply on the asteroid. After a personal struggle, Omega forgoes his desire for revenge against the Constructicons in order to save the Earth from destruction. In the end, he expresses hope that he might one day regain some of the feelings that he lost during the Constructicons' betrayal.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' 6th November 1985

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

===Featured characters===
[[Omega Supreme (G1)]],
[[Constructicons]],
[[Devastator]]

==Notable quotes==
"Where are you going?" <br>
"To talk to the only other Autobot who can fly into space."<br>
"Omega Supreme! Sounds like a barrel of laughs."
:—'''Powerglide''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"Be ready to depart for the asteroid in one hour—space shuttle mode."
:—'''Megatron''', master of the obvious, to Astrotrain

"That asteroid may be new fuel for Megatron. The Constructicons are mining—"<br>
"Constructicons?! Constructicons: enemies. Enemies die!" <br>
"This is a military mission, not a vendetta, Omega."<br>
"Results: same!"<br>
"I want to know what happened between you and the Constructicons."<br>
"Talk: irrelevant. Answer: private."<br>
"I want to know about it."<br>
"Order: received. Will talk."<br>
:-- '''Optimus Prime''' and '''Omega Supreme'''

"I remember it, the most spectacular city on Cybertron."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' talking about the Crystal City.

"Megatron?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
:—'''Scrapper''', ambushed by the Robo-Smasher.

"Quit squirming! This is for your own good! HAHAHAHHAHAHAH!"
:—'''Devastator''' mocks Omega Supreme with Omega's own words while holding him down for the Robo-Smasher to reprogram him.

"Megatron failed. I lived...but changed. Since then, I feel only hatred for the Constructicons."
:—'''Omega Supreme''' reveals the results of his betrayal to Prime.

"Revenge: soon. Anticipation: high. Vengeance: GOOD!"
:—'''Omega Supreme''' after being ordered to remove the Constructicons from the asteroid in orbit of the planet.

"Well, old friend, that Robo-Smasher certainly gave you a mean streak. Too bad it didn't finish the job!"
:—'''Scrapper''' as the Constructicons meet Omega Supreme for the first time since the betrayal.

"What—eh—if we all just split up?" <br>
"Then he'd hunt us down one at a time." <br>
"Then I say we unite!"
:—'''Hook''', '''Scrapper''' and '''Bonecrusher''' debate how to deal with Omega Supreme.

"You'll get indigestion!"
:—'''Powerglide''', as the monster gnaws on a building.

"Keep San Francisco clean—leave!"
:—'''Tracks''' to the monster.

"Cheap shot, cheap shot!"
:—'''Powerglide''' after being hit by the monster's energy blast.

"Relax, man. Remember, we're all one with the universe."<br>
"We're about to become one with the pavement! Duck!"
:—'''Beachcomber''' and '''Tracks''', as the creature is attacking.

"Megatron! I had a hunch that you'd try something like this." <br>
"Destroy him!" <br>
"I have a better idea—save your own skins!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' as he ambushes '''Megatron's''' base.

"Perhaps someday, you'll learn that there is more to life then revenge."<br>
"Possibility: growing."<br>
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Omega Supreme''' see a little hope for future therapy.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
Near the beginning of the episode, when Hook is talking to Megatron, Sideswipe (an Autobot) is standing to his right.

===Continuity errors===
*"The Secret of Omega Supreme" established an important (and contentious) second origin story for the Constructicons. According to Omega Supreme, millions of years ago, when he was the guardian of Crystal City on Cybertron, he befriended the then-benevolent Constructicons. Megatron subsequently rewrote the Constructicons' brainwaves, turning them into a combining force for evil. This story contradicts Megatron's assertion (in "[[Heavy Metal War]]") that the Constructicons were built "recently" on Earth.

Further complicating the Constructicons' origins is a flashback in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]" in which the Constructicons are shown creating Megatron, which contradicts both previous origin stories.

These different origins for the Constructicons have become notorious as one of the biggest continuity errors in the series.

*Optimus Prime refers to Omega Supreme as the only other Autobot capable of spaceflight, yet in season one, Skyfire/Jetfire made at least one interplanetary flight to Cybertron when it was in Earth's orbit in "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]]".

*According to Omega Supreme, the reprogramming effects of Megatron's Robo-Smasher can never be reversed, but in "[[The Core]]", [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Chip Chase]] were able to sway the Constructicons' to the Autobots' side with [[Dominator Disks]]. This may have been yet another brainwash/override of previous programming rather than a "reversal", as such.

===Real-world references===
* San Francisco

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Misc

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

==External links==

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File:Goldenlagoonstarscreamjump.jpg

2008-03-08T19:49:11Z

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[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] plugs his nose before he takes the plunge, despite not requiring oxygen. Screen capture from Transformers ''Generation 1'' Season 2 episode, [[The Golden Lagoon]].

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

2008-03-08T19:46:42Z

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{{episodenav|g1|season=2|24|prev=Blaster Blues|next=The Golden Lagoon}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|30|prev=Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2|next=The Golden Lagoon}}

[[Image:Decepticon Raider title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|"It's only a model." "Shhh."]]
'''The Transformers go to the sixth century but avoid Camelot, as it is a silly place.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Time Travellers"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:Ramjetinpast.gif|150px|left|thumb|Ramjet was born to joust.]]
The episode starts with Warpath and Hoist battling 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 543 A.D., where they are greeted by Sir Wigend du Blackthorne and his knights, who believe the Transformers are knights of their enemy realm. Nearby, Nimue, princess of that enemy kingdom, is spying their conversation and runs to warn her father, Sir Aetheling the Red, but she bumps into Spike (literally). The Decepticons agree to help Blackthorne's knights win their conflict with Aetheling, but Starscream obviously just wants to rule and have a land of his own. Spike agrees to enter the tournament between the two kingdoms (which has been rigged by the Decepticons, of course), but quickly fails.

Ramjet and Rumble then enter the tournament together (Rumble riding Ramjet in vehicle form), but are defeated by Warpath and Sir Aetheling. An enraged Starscream kidnaps Nimue and holds her hostage unless Sir Aetheling agrees to give up his realm. The Autobots give chase but cannot keep up due to lack of energy and collapse out of exhaustion. Starscream then holds Nimue prisoner in Blackthorne's castle, which he has commandeered, and has its residents construct and power a primitive electrical generator to keep him energized. Starscream then sends Rumble to get potassium nitrate (in other word, LOTS of bird crap) to make gunpowder. Spike attempts to save Nimue from Blackthorne's keep, only to find she and Sir Blackthorne are now a happy couple. Feeling rejected, Spike still agrees to help fight the war against the Decepticons. Meanwhile, the Autobots and Sir Aetheling's knights charge towards the castle to battle it out with the Decepticons, but the Autobots can't put up much of a fight due to their dangerously low energy levels.

A wizard named Beorht then appears to aid the Autobots and summons lightning that fills Warpath and Hoist with enough energy to fight. They continue the battle with Starscream and are victorious. Beorht then leads them all back to the cave in which they arrived, only to find it guarded by a [[dragon]]. Starscream refuses to go any closer, but Beorht pulls out a pouch of "dragon's bane", noting that a little bit of it works every time. He throws the concoction at the dragon, and it explodes, frightening away the beast. Spike and the Transformers are now all able to return to the present. When they arrive back in their home era, they are greeted by multiple cannon blasts by Megatron. Starscream tackles his leader in a burst of enthusiasm at being back safely. Megatron, on the other hand, isn't nearly as happy to see Starscream, who has just ruined his shot...

==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!"
:—'''Starscream''' acting true to form

"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 the past, '''Starscream''' looks on the bright side, unaware his math is failing.

"Whatcha waiting for, Red Knight? Don't you wanna rumble with Rumble?"<br>
:—"Sir" '''Rumble''' prepares to joust.

"Starscream, lower the drawbridge! Uh, I got your stupid potassium nitrate!"<br>
:—'''Rumble''', carrying a pot of bird droppings while also covered in same.

"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. And no, you are not a pervert if you watched the episode six times to chronicle this error.

===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 when the remaining Decepticons attempt to flee with Starscream.

*The historical accuracy of some aspects of this episode is somewhat lacking. (No! Really?) Whilst the recipe for gunpowder expressed in this episode is roughly correct, gunpowder would not make its way to medieval Europe for another eight hundred years or so, and then only from the Far East.

*Even making allowances for the story being set in the enlightened and (presumably) advanced kingdom of Camelot, plate armour of the kind worn by the various knights in this episode was not introduced into medieval Europe until around the year 1400—almost a thousand years from the stated date of 543 ''anno domini''. Even so, one should be fair to the writers and cartoonists, given that major motion pictures like ''Excalibur'' also made this sort of error (or used it for dramatic effect because audiences would easily recognise a stereotypical "knight" as opposed to a historically accurate version). Additionally, in one respect, the defect can be excused: Hoist's creation of a suit of armour for Spike with 900 years' worth of technological innovations can be regarded as a pretty smart tactical move.

*Also, everyone seems to be speaking [[wikipedia:Modern English|Modern English]] instead of [[Wikipedia:Old English|Old English]].

===Real-world references===

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:Spike gets kissed.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It's not his best moment, but the really scary thing is that it's not his worst.]]
* The original broadcast version of this episode featured the mis-spelled title, "A Decept'''a'''con Raider..." The error was corrected for the ''[[Generation 2]]'' version of the episode. Likewise, when [[Kid Rhino]] recreated the title cards for their DVD release of the series, it was also amended.
* 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's Bane]], [[Dragon mound]]
{{-}}

==External links==

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Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2

2008-03-08T19:44:35Z

72.139.47.22: /* Synopsis */

{{episodenav|g1|season=2|22|prev=Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1|next=Blaster Blues}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|29|prev=Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1|next=A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

[[Image:Desertion of the Dinobots 2 title shot.JPG|thumb|350px]]
'''With the Dinobots having deserted the dying Autobots, Spike and Carly must find them and save the Autobots.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Shockwave humans.JPG|thumb|left|150px|The sign on my house said "no humans or solicitors"!]]
Arriving through the [[Space Bridge]], [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] and [[Carly]] come under fire from [[Shockwave]], but he only succeeds in disintegrating Carly's car. The two humans manage to take refuge inside a small hole in a computer. Carly attempts to work the machine, but is hit by a surge of electricity and falls into a nearby pit, damaging the computer, but also twisting her ankle in the process. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] contacts Shockwave and orders him to send [[Cybertonium]] before the [[Decepticon]]s die, but Carly's tinkering has left the Space Bridge is non-functional.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Swoop humans.JPG|thumb|150px|Humans collect Transformers. Swoop collects humans.]]
After escaping the computer, Spike and Carly are guided to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s old lab by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]], using [[Teletraan I]]. They meet up with [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], who explains that the Dinobots were captured by the Decepticons and taken to the [[Cybertonium Pit]]. The three are guided by Sparkplug to a [[mass transit system]]. Unfortunately, the tube carrying their car is damaged, and they can no longer communicate with Sparkplug. Deep underground, the three are nearly killed when they activate old defense systems. Swoop saves the day, but his wings are damaged.

Reaching the surface, they find an abandoned city, which has clearly seen better days. Carly discovers a records room, with datatrack which explains the history of the [[Great War|terrible war between the Autobots and Decepticons]]. Swoop says that he never knew the war had gone on for so long, but are soon captured by a [[Sentinel (G1)|Sentinel]].

[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Grimlock kill drones.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Taste like chicken.]]
Taken to the Cybertonium Pit, they discover that Shockwave altered the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s' [[memory circuit]]s, making them think they're loyal to the Decepticons. Carly is able to repair their memory circuits, and the Dinobots thank Carly and Spike for rescuing them (except [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], of course). Now that the Dinobots are themselves, Spike comes up with an escape plan. He and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] start arguing, so the Sentinel decides to remove the humans. When the force field surrounding them comes down, the Dinobots destroy the drones. The Dinobots take the kids to an access tube, and Grimlock carries them up.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Dinobots Cybertonium.JPG|thumb|150px|"Me Grimlock always have room for Jell-o!"]]
Meanwhile, Sparkplug sends a message to Cybertron, saying that he has managed to direct the space bridge to land outside the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]]. Shockwave contacts Megatron, saying that he has sufficient Cybertonium, and the Space Bridge is repaired, but that he has lost control of the destination site. Having overheard this, the Dinobots overwhelm Shockwave, and although Shockwave is able to hit Swoop, the Dinobots and humans manage to escape back to Earth with a shipment of Cybertonium.

At the Autobot base, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] awards Spike and Carly with medals, making them "honorary Autobots". Grimlock decides to follow the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]'s orders, and the Dinobots rejoin the [[Autobot]]s...until Grimlock no longer feels like following Prime's orders.

==Notable Quotes==
"That was my car, not an Autobot. Decepticreep!<br>
"I don't think he cares, Carly." <br>
:—'''Carly''' and '''Spike''' after Shockwave destroys Carly's car

"Don't worry. He won't shoot one of his own troops." <br>
:—'''Spike Witwicky''', having learned nothing of the Decepticons in the past two years

"The more I see of this place, the more I like." <br>
"The more I see, the more tired I get." <br>
:—'''Carly''' as she marvels at Cybertron while '''Spike''' despairs over the huge stairs

'''Spike/Carly:''' "WHOA!" <br>
'''Swoop:''' "Why you make ''that'' noise?" <br>
'''Spike:''' "Because we just left our stomachs back up there. Hoh-oh!" <br>
'''Swoop:''' "Me glad me not have stomach to leave." <br>
:—'''Spike''' and '''Carly''' get a tiny bit of motion sickness sympathy from '''Swoop'''.

"Almost forgot—me Swoop can transform!" <br>
:—In standard Dinobot fashion, '''Swoop''' hits on a solution for getting around with a damaged ''Pterodactyl'' wing.

"Millions of years ago, Cybertron was a planet at peace...until the Decepticons, lusting for power, began a terrible war. Not designed for combat, the Autobots were overwhelmed and subjugated by their evil opponents. While many Autobots fled Cybertron, a few valiant survivors devised new tactics and launched a counter-offensive on their arch-foes. And thus began a terrible series of wars. Many times, both sides have claimed victory, but this has been short-lived, for the Autobots have overthrown Decepticon tyrants, and, likewise, Decepticon treachery has toppled a many a peaceful Autobot ruler. And to this day, the war rages on." <br>
:—'''Computer''' activated and telling the history of the Autobot-Decepticon conflict to Carly, Spike and Swoop.

'''Swoop:''' "Me want to thank Carly for fixing Dinobots." <br>
'''Sludge:''' "Me Sludge thank you, too." <br>
'''Snarl:''' "Me thank you, too." <br>
'''Sludge:''' "Too, too." <br>
:—Dino-kudos to Carly for her repair work on their memory circuits.

'''Grimlock:''' "No! Me hate you!" <br>
'''Spike:''' "Well, I'm not nuts about you, either!" <br>
'''Grimlock:''' "Me not do as you say!" <br>
'''Spike:''' "You lunky bag of bolts, you can't do anything!" <br>
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Spike''' fake a fight within the Cybertonium Pit.

"Intruders!" <br>
:—'''Shockwave''' displays a talent for understatement as he is ambushed by the Dinobots.

==Notes==

===Animation errors===
*References

===Continuity errors===
*At the end of Part 1, Shockwave fires (with two guns!) into the opening Space Bridge elevator door, triggering a huge explosion. At the opening of this episode, however, he's just standing there when the elevator doors open. He fires a ray that vaporizes Carly's car out from under its two human passengers, but doesn't cause any human-eviscerating explosions.

*Incidentally, the ability to vaporize an entire automobile's worth of mass would seem to be a pretty useful power for an evil robot, but it's never seen outside of this episode's opening sequence.

*Spike has got to be some kind of superhuman; he lifts a metal gun that's bigger than he is!

*Sparkplug says he's altered the space bridge destination by tapping into the Decepticons' computers. He never mentions how he managed to build an entire space bridge receiver ring right outside Autobot Headquarters.

===Transformers references===
*The ships used by fleeing Autobots in the datatracks are the [[Vanguard-class Deep Space Interceptor|same type]] as the ''Ark''.
*The episode suggests that the Autobots created the art of transforming, something that the [[Five Faces of Darkness]] also corroborated.
*This was the first episode where a Transformer that isn't a hologram or a clone is shown to be destroyed.

===Real world references===
*References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:DisertionDinobots2 humans medals.JPG|thumb|150px|"My car was disintegrated, my ankle twisted, and all I got was this one medal? That's it, I want a new car. And it better not be one of the Autobots acting like a car."]]

*Carly doesn't appear entirely thrilled with the whole "honorary Autobots" thing. Not surprising, considering everything that happened to her in this episode.

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/desertion_of_the_dinobots_part_2.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 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>

Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2

2008-03-08T19:43:32Z

72.139.47.22: /* Synopsis */

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[[Image:Desertion of the Dinobots 2 title shot.JPG|thumb|350px]]
'''With the Dinobots having deserted the dying Autobots, Spike and Carly must find them and save the Autobots.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Shockwave humans.JPG|thumb|left|150px|The sign on my house said "no humans or solicitors"!]]
Arriving through the [[Space Bridge]], [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] and [[Carly]] come under fire from [[Shockwave]], but he only succeeds in disintegrating Carly's car. The two humans manage to take refuge inside a small hole in a computer. Carly attempts to work the machine, but is hit by a surge of electricity and falls into a nearby pit, damaging the computer, but also twisting her ankle in the process. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] contacts Shockwave and orders him to send [[Cybertonium]] before the [[Decepticon]]s die, but Carly's tinkering has left the Space Bridge is non-functional.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Swoop humans.JPG|thumb|150px|Humans collect Transformers. Swoop collects humans.]]
After escaping the computer, Spike and Carly are guided to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s old lab by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]], using [[Teletraan I]]. They meet up with [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], who explains that the Dinobots were captured by the Decepticons and taken to the [[Cybertonium Pit]]. The three are guided by Sparkplug to a [[mass transit system]]. Unfortunately, the tube carrying their car is damaged, and they can no longer communicate with Sparkplug. Deep underground, the three are nearly killed when they activate old defense systems. Swoop saves the day, but his wings are damaged.

Reaching the surface, they find an abandoned city, which has clearly seen better days. Carly discovers a records room, with datatrack which explains the history of the [[Great War|terrible war between the Autobots and Decepticons]]. Swoop says that he never knew the war had gone on for so long, but are soon captured by a [[Sentinel (G1)|Sentinel]].

[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Grimlock kill drones.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Taste like chicken,]]
Taken to the Cybertonium Pit, they discover that Shockwave altered the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s' [[memory circuit]]s, making them think they're loyal to the Decepticons. Carly is able to repair their memory circuits, and the Dinobots thank Carly and Spike for rescuing them (except [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], of course). Now that the Dinobots are themselves, Spike comes up with an escape plan. He and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] start arguing, so the Sentinel decides to remove the humans. When the force field surrounding them comes down, the Dinobots destroy the drones. The Dinobots take the kids to an access tube, and Grimlock carries them up.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Dinobots Cybertonium.JPG|thumb|150px|"Me Grimlock always have room for Jell-o!"]]
Meanwhile, Sparkplug sends a message to Cybertron, saying that he has managed to direct the space bridge to land outside the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]]. Shockwave contacts Megatron, saying that he has sufficient Cybertonium, and the Space Bridge is repaired, but that he has lost control of the destination site. Having overheard this, the Dinobots overwhelm Shockwave, and although Shockwave is able to hit Swoop, the Dinobots and humans manage to escape back to Earth with a shipment of Cybertonium.

At the Autobot base, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] awards Spike and Carly with medals, making them "honorary Autobots". Grimlock decides to follow the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]'s orders, and the Dinobots rejoin the [[Autobot]]s...until Grimlock no longer feels like following Prime's orders.

==Notable Quotes==
"That was my car, not an Autobot. Decepticreep!<br>
"I don't think he cares, Carly." <br>
:—'''Carly''' and '''Spike''' after Shockwave destroys Carly's car

"Don't worry. He won't shoot one of his own troops." <br>
:—'''Spike Witwicky''', having learned nothing of the Decepticons in the past two years

"The more I see of this place, the more I like." <br>
"The more I see, the more tired I get." <br>
:—'''Carly''' as she marvels at Cybertron while '''Spike''' despairs over the huge stairs

'''Spike/Carly:''' "WHOA!" <br>
'''Swoop:''' "Why you make ''that'' noise?" <br>
'''Spike:''' "Because we just left our stomachs back up there. Hoh-oh!" <br>
'''Swoop:''' "Me glad me not have stomach to leave." <br>
:—'''Spike''' and '''Carly''' get a tiny bit of motion sickness sympathy from '''Swoop'''.

"Almost forgot—me Swoop can transform!" <br>
:—In standard Dinobot fashion, '''Swoop''' hits on a solution for getting around with a damaged ''Pterodactyl'' wing.

"Millions of years ago, Cybertron was a planet at peace...until the Decepticons, lusting for power, began a terrible war. Not designed for combat, the Autobots were overwhelmed and subjugated by their evil opponents. While many Autobots fled Cybertron, a few valiant survivors devised new tactics and launched a counter-offensive on their arch-foes. And thus began a terrible series of wars. Many times, both sides have claimed victory, but this has been short-lived, for the Autobots have overthrown Decepticon tyrants, and, likewise, Decepticon treachery has toppled a many a peaceful Autobot ruler. And to this day, the war rages on." <br>
:—'''Computer''' activated and telling the history of the Autobot-Decepticon conflict to Carly, Spike and Swoop.

'''Swoop:''' "Me want to thank Carly for fixing Dinobots." <br>
'''Sludge:''' "Me Sludge thank you, too." <br>
'''Snarl:''' "Me thank you, too." <br>
'''Sludge:''' "Too, too." <br>
:—Dino-kudos to Carly for her repair work on their memory circuits.

'''Grimlock:''' "No! Me hate you!" <br>
'''Spike:''' "Well, I'm not nuts about you, either!" <br>
'''Grimlock:''' "Me not do as you say!" <br>
'''Spike:''' "You lunky bag of bolts, you can't do anything!" <br>
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Spike''' fake a fight within the Cybertonium Pit.

"Intruders!" <br>
:—'''Shockwave''' displays a talent for understatement as he is ambushed by the Dinobots.

==Notes==

===Animation errors===
*References

===Continuity errors===
*At the end of Part 1, Shockwave fires (with two guns!) into the opening Space Bridge elevator door, triggering a huge explosion. At the opening of this episode, however, he's just standing there when the elevator doors open. He fires a ray that vaporizes Carly's car out from under its two human passengers, but doesn't cause any human-eviscerating explosions.

*Incidentally, the ability to vaporize an entire automobile's worth of mass would seem to be a pretty useful power for an evil robot, but it's never seen outside of this episode's opening sequence.

*Spike has got to be some kind of superhuman; he lifts a metal gun that's bigger than he is!

*Sparkplug says he's altered the space bridge destination by tapping into the Decepticons' computers. He never mentions how he managed to build an entire space bridge receiver ring right outside Autobot Headquarters.

===Transformers references===
*The ships used by fleeing Autobots in the datatracks are the [[Vanguard-class Deep Space Interceptor|same type]] as the ''Ark''.
*The episode suggests that the Autobots created the art of transforming, something that the [[Five Faces of Darkness]] also corroborated.
*This was the first episode where a Transformer that isn't a hologram or a clone is shown to be destroyed.

===Real world references===
*References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:DisertionDinobots2 humans medals.JPG|thumb|150px|"My car was disintegrated, my ankle twisted, and all I got was this one medal? That's it, I want a new car. And it better not be one of the Autobots acting like a car."]]

*Carly doesn't appear entirely thrilled with the whole "honorary Autobots" thing. Not surprising, considering everything that happened to her in this episode.

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/desertion_of_the_dinobots_part_2.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 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>

Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2

2008-03-08T19:41:43Z

72.139.47.22: /* Other Notes */

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[[Image:Megatron's Master Plan 2 title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|Full of cymbal-ism.]]
'''Having had the Autobots exiled from Earth, Megatron reveals the Decepticons' true intentions.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Megatron's Plan to Rule Earth," Part 2

==Detailed synopsis==

The episode recaps with [[Victor Caroli]] going over a recap of the events of [[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|Part 1]]. Onto the start.

[[Image:Berger DecepticonDay.jpg|thumb|left|Unfortunately, "The Berger King" musical flopped on opening night.]]

The episode begins with a marching band parading through the streets of [[Central City]]. Berger announces that today is [[Decepticon Day]]. Sparkplug and Chip immensely dislike the event. Chip says that it's too late now for Spike to be searching for evidence to prove the Autobots are innocent.

Back in a tape room, Spike finishes watching another tape showing the Decepticons as the real culprits. He's about to leave when he meets Ravage. During a brief fight, in which Ravage slams into a TV screen, gets fried, smacked with an office chair, and then finally gets buried under a shelf of video tapes (poor kitty), Spike makes his escape.

At a nearby high school disco, Soundwave and his cassettes make an appearance. We see Rumble dancing as well, as Ravage gets petted by some school girls, and Laserbeak giving a real evil glare to a kid who's offering him a cracker (probably wants to eat the kid).

In deep space, Cosmos is leading the rocket ship through space. Inside, Ironhide and Cliffjumper persuade Prime to turn round and head back to Earth. After the ship doesn't respond to Cliffjumper's computing, Hound uses his shoulder scanner to pinpoint their destination...The [[Sun|SUN]]!. Cosmos is unable to link up with Teletraan I as the rocket starts to overheat...along with the Autobots inside. Cosmos comes aboard and starts working at the computer, but to no avail.

[[Image:BergerInc SpaceshipLabel.jpg|thumb|right|Building brand identity, one dead Autobot at a time.]]

Inside the [[Decepticon space cruiser|Decepticon base]], Megatron looks with glee as he watches the Autobots and their ship collide with the sun and explode. They then leave for a press conference.

Spike is with the mayor in his office and he shows the Mayor the tapes he's found. The Mayor can't bring back the Autobots, but now armed with the right evidence, he and Spike start a campaign to clear the Autobots' names.

At the press conference, Megatron reveals that he plans to conquer the planet and suck it dry of energy. He is now the marshal of Central City, newly christened as Megatronia 1, and everyone will be made slaves to obtain energy for the Decepticons. On a nearby screen, we see the [[Conehead]]s running amok through Central City. Spike learns of the Autobots' destruction and escapes, but the tape of evidence is destroyed. Berger saves Spike from getting killed by Laserbeak, but their escape is short lived as they're all captured by Megatron.

Back in space, the Autobots have been saved by Trailbreaker's [[force field]]. They're attached to Cosmos, who is still heading towards the sun, since his actions are controlled by Teletraan I.

[[Image:Berger Sad Enslaved.jpg|thumb|left|It's hard being an opportunistic jerk!]]

Back on earth, things are grim. All the humans have been enslaved by the Decepticons and they're being forced to mine energy from every available source. Berger got his reward...he too is cuffed and made to work in a power plant. One night, Chip breaks out of the power plant and sneaks onboard a nearby truck. He heads for the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]] and works at Teletraan I. He finds out that the Autobot rocket was destroyed. He's about to find out more when Thrust breaks into the base. Thrust destroys Teletraan I and takes Chip back to the plant.

Cosmos then realises he's got control back and turns around. Back on Earth, an Air Force rescue attempt is easily thwarted by the [[Seeker]]s and Blitzwing. Megatron has the humans cornered when the Autobots arrive. Optimus Prime assembles the entire '84 and '85 line to combat the Decepticons and they win, heavily damaging many, including the Insecticons and Constructicons. The Decepticons retreat because they've lost the advantage

[[Image:MegsMasterPlan Autobots roll out.JPG|thumb|150px|right]]
The Mayor pardons the Autobots, while Berger is taken by the authorities to face justice. With the Decepticons defeated, the Autobots transform and roll for home.

==Stats==

'''Original airdate:''' October 15, 1985

'''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]] (22)
* [[Cosmos]] (23)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (24)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (25)
* [[Huffer]] (26)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (27)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (28)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (29)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (30)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (31)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (32)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (33)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (35)
* [[Sunstreaker]] (36)
* [[Windcharger]] (37)
* [[Trailbreaker]] (38)
* [[Teletraan I]] (55)
* [[Gears]] (56)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (57)
* [[Brawn]] (58)
* [[Bluestreak]] (59)
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (61)
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (62)
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (63)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (64)
* [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (65)
* [[Powerglide]] (66)
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (67)
* [[Seaspray]] (68)
* [[Tracks]] (69)
* [[Warpath]] (70)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (3)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (4)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (5)
* [[Shrapnel]] (6)
* [[Bombshell]] (7)
* [[Scrapper]] (8)
* [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (9)
* [[Hook]] (10)
* [[Mixmaster]] (11)
* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (12)
* [[Ravage]] (18)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (19)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (20)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (34)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (39)
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (40)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (41)
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]](42)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (43)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (53)
* [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (71)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
* [[Spike Witwicky]] (15)
* [[Chip Chase]] (16)
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (17)

'''Guests'''
* Berger's army (1)
* [[Shawn Berger]] (2)
* Kid (in Megatron costume) (13)
* Teenager at Decepticon-hosted discotheque (21)
* [[Central City#Mayor|Mayor of Central City]] (44)
* Justin (45)
* Justin's mother (46)
* Justin's father (47)
* Reporter (48)
* Angry audience member No. 1 (49)
* Angry audience member No. 2 (50)
* Private guard No. 3 (51)
* Private guard No. 4 (52)
* Truck driver (54)
* Jet fighter pilots (60)

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

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Hey, get down with it, Soundwave."
:—'''Rumble''' apparently likes dancing with human girls.

"Uh, Laserbeak wanna cracker?"<br>
:—'''Male human teen''' who suspects Laserbeak wants to eat him.

'''Ironhide''': "Are we going anywhere, Cosmos, or is this a tour of the stars?"<br>
'''Hound''': "Layoff him, Ironhide. He didn't cause our problems."<br>
'''Ironhide''': "You're right! Maybe we outta take it out on the one who got us into this mess!"<br>
'''Optimus Prime''': "I did what was neccesary."<br>
:—'''Ironhide''', '''Hound''', and '''Optimus Prime'''. Only Ironhide could get away with taking a shot at Prime that.

"This evidence is conclusive, Spike. How could we be so stupid?"
:—'''The Mayor''' stating what every fan was thinking

"Berger, you filthy swine!"
:—'''Human Reporter''' after learning that Shawn Berger betrayed Humanity to the Decepticons.

"This city is under martial law...and ''I'' am the marshall!"<br>
:—'''Megatron''' spells doom for the people of Central City...and makes a funny.

"It is over. I saw the Autobot ship, like a silver bullet, streaking toward the Sun, and it collided—collided with destiny! I saw the end. They died in a cosmic funeral pyre!"<br>
:—'''Shawn Berger''', destroying all hope.

"Let us teach them a lesson in ''sorrow''!"
:—'''Dirge''' as he and the Coneheads terrorize Central City during the Decepticon-imposed martial law.

"Megatron! Immobilized human escapes!"
:—'''Soundwave''' as '''Chip Chase''' flees the Decepticon slave labor camp.

"You...pile of reject parts, I'll— " <br>
"Reject parts? BWAHAHAHAHHAHA!"
:—'''Chip Chase''' as '''Thrust''' destroys Teletraan I and, perhaps, mocks the handicapped.

"Starscream, go and—"<br>
"I anticipated your order, Megatron."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''', getting along...for once.

"You are going to face justice, and may it be kinder to you than it was to us."<br>
:—'''Optimus Prime''', deciding not to have Berger taken on a collision course with the sun.

==Other Notes==
[[Image:MegsMasterPlan2_ShinyThundercracker.jpg|thumb|right|150px|"Quoth the raven, what a shine!"]]
* When the Decepticon jets fly off to face the human resistance fighter, as Thundercracker passes the camera, his silver coloured parts have an almost heroic, shiny gleam to them, which is unusual given he is a villian in this story.

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

* At the end of the episode, we see two Ironhides. (One is actually Ratchet miscoloured as Ironhide. You can tell this because of the lights on his roof.)
* The panning shots of the various Autobots firing on the Decepticons is repeated several times.

===Transformer references===
* First onscreen appearances of Cosmos and Astrotrain.

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* Though he single-handedly saves the Autobots on his own initiative, Trailbreaker gets no lines in the episode, and barely even appears except as a Jesus-like silhouette at the center of his force field.
* Starscream fires the [[null-ray]] from his finger.
* As is made evident by the shooting script for this episode, a large portion of this episode was actually added in at a later stage to bring the episode up to the required length - namely, Cosmos's inability to alter his flight path, Chip's escape and Thrust's blasting of Teletraan I.
* When released as a video in the UK, both episodes were compiled as a 45-minute "movie" instead being treated as a two-part episode.

===Keywords===

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/megatron's_master_plan_part_2.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 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>

Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2

2008-03-08T19:40:23Z

72.139.47.22:

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{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|27|prev=Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|next=Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

[[Image:Megatron's Master Plan 2 title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|Full of cymbal-ism.]]
'''Having had the Autobots exiled from Earth, Megatron reveals the Decepticons' true intentions.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Megatron's Plan to Rule Earth," Part 2

==Detailed synopsis==

The episode recaps with [[Victor Caroli]] going over a recap of the events of [[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|Part 1]]. Onto the start.

[[Image:Berger DecepticonDay.jpg|thumb|left|Unfortunately, "The Berger King" musical flopped on opening night.]]

The episode begins with a marching band parading through the streets of [[Central City]]. Berger announces that today is [[Decepticon Day]]. Sparkplug and Chip immensely dislike the event. Chip says that it's too late now for Spike to be searching for evidence to prove the Autobots are innocent.

Back in a tape room, Spike finishes watching another tape showing the Decepticons as the real culprits. He's about to leave when he meets Ravage. During a brief fight, in which Ravage slams into a TV screen, gets fried, smacked with an office chair, and then finally gets buried under a shelf of video tapes (poor kitty), Spike makes his escape.

At a nearby high school disco, Soundwave and his cassettes make an appearance. We see Rumble dancing as well, as Ravage gets petted by some school girls, and Laserbeak giving a real evil glare to a kid who's offering him a cracker (probably wants to eat the kid).

In deep space, Cosmos is leading the rocket ship through space. Inside, Ironhide and Cliffjumper persuade Prime to turn round and head back to Earth. After the ship doesn't respond to Cliffjumper's computing, Hound uses his shoulder scanner to pinpoint their destination...The [[Sun|SUN]]!. Cosmos is unable to link up with Teletraan I as the rocket starts to overheat...along with the Autobots inside. Cosmos comes aboard and starts working at the computer, but to no avail.

[[Image:BergerInc SpaceshipLabel.jpg|thumb|right|Building brand identity, one dead Autobot at a time.]]

Inside the [[Decepticon space cruiser|Decepticon base]], Megatron looks with glee as he watches the Autobots and their ship collide with the sun and explode. They then leave for a press conference.

Spike is with the mayor in his office and he shows the Mayor the tapes he's found. The Mayor can't bring back the Autobots, but now armed with the right evidence, he and Spike start a campaign to clear the Autobots' names.

At the press conference, Megatron reveals that he plans to conquer the planet and suck it dry of energy. He is now the marshal of Central City, newly christened as Megatronia 1, and everyone will be made slaves to obtain energy for the Decepticons. On a nearby screen, we see the [[Conehead]]s running amok through Central City. Spike learns of the Autobots' destruction and escapes, but the tape of evidence is destroyed. Berger saves Spike from getting killed by Laserbeak, but their escape is short lived as they're all captured by Megatron.

Back in space, the Autobots have been saved by Trailbreaker's [[force field]]. They're attached to Cosmos, who is still heading towards the sun, since his actions are controlled by Teletraan I.

[[Image:Berger Sad Enslaved.jpg|thumb|left|It's hard being an opportunistic jerk!]]

Back on earth, things are grim. All the humans have been enslaved by the Decepticons and they're being forced to mine energy from every available source. Berger got his reward...he too is cuffed and made to work in a power plant. One night, Chip breaks out of the power plant and sneaks onboard a nearby truck. He heads for the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]] and works at Teletraan I. He finds out that the Autobot rocket was destroyed. He's about to find out more when Thrust breaks into the base. Thrust destroys Teletraan I and takes Chip back to the plant.

Cosmos then realises he's got control back and turns around. Back on Earth, an Air Force rescue attempt is easily thwarted by the [[Seeker]]s and Blitzwing. Megatron has the humans cornered when the Autobots arrive. Optimus Prime assembles the entire '84 and '85 line to combat the Decepticons and they win, heavily damaging many, including the Insecticons and Constructicons. The Decepticons retreat because they've lost the advantage

[[Image:MegsMasterPlan Autobots roll out.JPG|thumb|150px|right]]
The Mayor pardons the Autobots, while Berger is taken by the authorities to face justice. With the Decepticons defeated, the Autobots transform and roll for home.

==Stats==

'''Original airdate:''' October 15, 1985

'''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]] (22)
* [[Cosmos]] (23)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (24)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (25)
* [[Huffer]] (26)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (27)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (28)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (29)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (30)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (31)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (32)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (33)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (35)
* [[Sunstreaker]] (36)
* [[Windcharger]] (37)
* [[Trailbreaker]] (38)
* [[Teletraan I]] (55)
* [[Gears]] (56)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (57)
* [[Brawn]] (58)
* [[Bluestreak]] (59)
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (61)
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (62)
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (63)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (64)
* [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (65)
* [[Powerglide]] (66)
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (67)
* [[Seaspray]] (68)
* [[Tracks]] (69)
* [[Warpath]] (70)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (3)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (4)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (5)
* [[Shrapnel]] (6)
* [[Bombshell]] (7)
* [[Scrapper]] (8)
* [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (9)
* [[Hook]] (10)
* [[Mixmaster]] (11)
* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (12)
* [[Ravage]] (18)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (19)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (20)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (34)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (39)
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (40)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (41)
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]](42)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (43)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (53)
* [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (71)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
* [[Spike Witwicky]] (15)
* [[Chip Chase]] (16)
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (17)

'''Guests'''
* Berger's army (1)
* [[Shawn Berger]] (2)
* Kid (in Megatron costume) (13)
* Teenager at Decepticon-hosted discotheque (21)
* [[Central City#Mayor|Mayor of Central City]] (44)
* Justin (45)
* Justin's mother (46)
* Justin's father (47)
* Reporter (48)
* Angry audience member No. 1 (49)
* Angry audience member No. 2 (50)
* Private guard No. 3 (51)
* Private guard No. 4 (52)
* Truck driver (54)
* Jet fighter pilots (60)

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

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Hey, get down with it, Soundwave."
:—'''Rumble''' apparently likes dancing with human girls.

"Uh, Laserbeak wanna cracker?"<br>
:—'''Male human teen''' who suspects Laserbeak wants to eat him.

'''Ironhide''': "Are we going anywhere, Cosmos, or is this a tour of the stars?"<br>
'''Hound''': "Layoff him, Ironhide. He didn't cause our problems."<br>
'''Ironhide''': "You're right! Maybe we outta take it out on the one who got us into this mess!"<br>
'''Optimus Prime''': "I did what was neccesary."<br>
:—'''Ironhide''', '''Hound''', and '''Optimus Prime'''. Only Ironhide could get away with taking a shot at Prime that.

"This evidence is conclusive, Spike. How could we be so stupid?"
:—'''The Mayor''' stating what every fan was thinking

"Berger, you filthy swine!"
:—'''Human Reporter''' after learning that Shawn Berger betrayed Humanity to the Decepticons.

"This city is under martial law...and ''I'' am the marshall!"<br>
:—'''Megatron''' spells doom for the people of Central City...and makes a funny.

"It is over. I saw the Autobot ship, like a silver bullet, streaking toward the Sun, and it collided—collided with destiny! I saw the end. They died in a cosmic funeral pyre!"<br>
:—'''Shawn Berger''', destroying all hope.

"Let us teach them a lesson in ''sorrow''!"
:—'''Dirge''' as he and the Coneheads terrorize Central City during the Decepticon-imposed martial law.

"Megatron! Immobilized human escapes!"
:—'''Soundwave''' as '''Chip Chase''' flees the Decepticon slave labor camp.

"You...pile of reject parts, I'll— " <br>
"Reject parts? BWAHAHAHAHHAHA!"
:—'''Chip Chase''' as '''Thrust''' destroys Teletraan I and, perhaps, mocks the handicapped.

"Starscream, go and—"<br>
"I anticipated your order, Megatron."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''', getting along...for once.

"You are going to face justice, and may it be kinder to you than it was to us."<br>
:—'''Optimus Prime''', deciding not to have Berger taken on a collision course with the sun.

==Other Notes==
[[Image:MegsMasterPlan2_ShinyThundercracker.jpg|thumb|right|150px|]]
* When the Decepticon jets fly off to face the human resistance fighter, as Thundercracker passes the camera, his silver coloured parts have an almost heroic, shiny gleam to them, which is unusual given he is a villian in this story.

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

* At the end of the episode, we see two Ironhides. (One is actually Ratchet miscoloured as Ironhide. You can tell this because of the lights on his roof.)
* The panning shots of the various Autobots firing on the Decepticons is repeated several times.

===Transformer references===
* First onscreen appearances of Cosmos and Astrotrain.

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* Though he single-handedly saves the Autobots on his own initiative, Trailbreaker gets no lines in the episode, and barely even appears except as a Jesus-like silhouette at the center of his force field.
* Starscream fires the [[null-ray]] from his finger.
* As is made evident by the shooting script for this episode, a large portion of this episode was actually added in at a later stage to bring the episode up to the required length - namely, Cosmos's inability to alter his flight path, Chip's escape and Thrust's blasting of Teletraan I.
* When released as a video in the UK, both episodes were compiled as a 45-minute "movie" instead being treated as a two-part episode.

===Keywords===

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/megatron's_master_plan_part_2.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

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Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1

2008-03-08T19:39:35Z

72.139.47.22:

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[[Image:Megatron's Master Plan 1 title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|I bet this one won't be a failure.]]
'''In the war with the Autobots, the Decepticons change tactics, turning the humans against the Autobots.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Megatron's Plan to Rule Earth," Part 1

==Detailed synopsis==

The mayor of [[Central City]] is officially opening a new Solar Tower when his speech is interrupted by Starscream, Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet. After the Decepticons realize there is no energy in the tower yet, guards come out with tanks and attempt to shoo them away. The tanks are destroyed and the guards escape with their lives, while the mayor calls for the Autobots.

An Autobot attack force, consisting of Prime, Ironhide, Smokescreen, Tracks, Warpath and Bumblebee, arrives at the scene. Everyone transforms to robot mode except Tracks, who transforms to his flight mode and takes off after the coneheads, who are making a quick exit. Tracks uses a radiator-mounted black beam gun to blind Dirge. Ramjet seeks revenge for this and knocks Tracks clean out the air. On the ground, Starscream is being hammered by laser blasts from Ironhide, Smokescreen, Prime and Warpath. Thrust saves him with a missile barrage. Smokescreen retaliates and fires his shoulder-mounted lasers, which damage Thrust's guidance systems. Beaten and battered, the Decepticons retreat.

The Mayor thanks the Autobots and decides to honor them at City Hall. Spike comments that it's about time the Autobots got some recognition for their actions.

In his office, Shawn Berger watches the events and is infuriated, since he wants to be mayor so badly. He sends his guards out, claiming he needs to think. He picks up an odd-looking cassette on his desk, which transforms into Laserbeak. The Decepticon grabs Shawn and flies out of the office and then out of the city, towards a mountain ridge.

[[Image:MMP_part_1_Megatron.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Ehhh-vry thing you know is wrong...]]

There, Megatron, Soundwave and Dirge await Shawn's arrival. Megatron tells Shawn that he can help get the power that he so desperately desires, even two cities if he wants. In return, Shawn must use his wealth, power and influence to help the Decepticons. Megatron tells Berger that, like many others, he's been blinded by Autobot propaganda. He persuades Berger into thinking the Decepticons are good and the Autobots are evil and that all he needs is evidence. Berger agrees to help, and Dirge takes him back to his office. After Berger's departure, Megatron tells Soundwave that Berger "thinks he will be king, but he will be nothing more than a pawn!"

At a deserted oil field, Optimus Prime shows up with a group of Autobots: Wheeljack, Sunstreaker and Ironhide. Berger flies in a news helicopter overhead and records the Autobots stealing energy. Ironhide notices the helicopter and warns Prime, who begins to fire on it. Megatron, Starscream, Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet save Berger and drive off the Autobots. Wheeljack fires as he escapes and knocks off the camera beneath the copter. Dirge finds it and gives it to Megatron, who must return it to Berger, since it "contains valuable evidence."

At Central City's City Hall, the public is gathered and cheering the Autobots, who are rolling parade-style through town. The Autobots all transform and head towards the Hall. Inside, Optimus Prime is joined by Hound, Ironhide, Cliffjumper and Bumblebee. After a brief moment of reading out the wrong speech, the Mayor finally gets it right and proceeds to request the airing of a video of the work the Autobots did at the Solar Plant yesterday. However, Berger has had the tapes switched, and the audience sees the tape the Decepticons made. It shows additional scenes of Prime and Wheeljack turning the coneheads evil with a ray gun and Prime claiming that the Autobots will claim the Earth for their own once fully trusted.

Now hated by the public, the Autobots return to [[Ark (G1)|base]]. After a brief rest period, they end up being arrested by the mayor and Berger's private army. They and the Decepticons are taken to court. During the trial, Spike escapes and sets out to clear the Autobots' names, but Soundwave launches Ravage to slow Spike down. After slamming Ravage in a revolving door, Spike escapes. He later finds the tape room and watches one of the tapes...which reveals that the Autobots at the oil field were Decepticons in disguise. He starts to head back to the trial with the tape, only to find his path blocked by Ravage.

Back at the trial, without evidence, the Autobots are found guilty and are banished from Earth forever. Later that night, the Autobots are taken to a shuttle and forced to board by Megatron. They blast off, heading towards [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

Inside the Autobot base, Megatron and Shawn Berger are at [[Teletraan I]]. They reprogram the rocket's guidance systems for a one-way trip into the sun.

[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2|To be continued...]]

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' October 14, 1985

'''Production number:''' 700-34

'''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]] (8)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (9)
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (10)
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Tracks]] (14)
* [[Sunstreaker]] (20)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (21)
* [[Grapple]] (22)
* [[Brawn]] (23)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (24)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (25)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (26)
* [[Huffer]] (27)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (28)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (29)
* [[Bluestreak]] (33)
* [[Teletraan I]] (35)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (40)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (41)
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (42)
* [[Blaster]] (43)
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (44)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (3)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (4)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (5)
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (6)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (15)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (16)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (17)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (36)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (37)
* [[Ravage]] (39)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
* [[Spike Witwicky]] (12
* [[Chip Chase]] (17)
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (18)

'''Guests'''
* [[Central City#Mayor|Mayor of Central City]] (1)
* [[Shawn Berger]] (2)
* Tank driver (7)
* Helicopter pilot (18)
* Video room engineer (30)
* [[Central City#Produce thrower|Angry spectator #1, aka the Produce thrower]] (31)
* Angry spectator #2 (32)
* Roving reporter (33)
* Industrial worker (34)
* Trail judge (36)

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

|}

==Notable quotes==

"SAVE THE HUMANS!"
:—'''Megatron'''. No, this isn't miscited.

"Ah, the power of public relations."
:—'''Megatron'''

"Hold the last order, Prime...I wanna throw some...''dark'' on the subject."
:—'''Tracks'''

"Another raid to blame on the Decepticons...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
:—'''Starscream''' as '''Optimus Prime''' with the creepiest laugh ever...(an early Nemesis Prime?)

"Hey, guys, Berger dropped one of his video cameras. Let's make some home movies!"
:—'''Dirge'''

"Decepticons, retreat!"<br>
:—'''Starscream'''. No, this hasn't been miscited either.

"I knew the humans would turn on us one day. They're such undependable creatures. Inferior lifeforms."<br>
"I'm not so sure, Sunstreaker. Some of my best friends are humans."<br>
:—'''Sunstreaker''' and '''Bumblebee''' discuss the worthiness of humans while Spike, Sparkplug, and Chip are right there.

==Other Notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* While flying Berger to Megatron, Laserbeak makes the TIE fighter engine noise from [[Star Wars]]. What's more interesting is that [[Darth Vader]]'s breathing is heard as well.

* If Starscream was wearing the Optimus Prime costume during the oilfield stunt, how was he able to be there in person, fighting the "Autobots"?

* Someone at Toei forgot to animate the Decepticons as they force the Autobots to go into the rocket.

*Megatron didn't even bother to ask Prime for the Matrix before the Autobots left Earth.

===Transformer references===
*Oh, it turns out the Decepticons don't need Soundwave to make [[energon cube]]s. The [[Seeker]]s can do it themselves.

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* When released on video in the UK, both parts of this story were edited together as a 45-minute "movie" instead of a two-part episode.

* This is the first time in the series Smokescreen has ever used his shoulder-mounted lasers to fight instead of his exhaust fumes and laser rifle.

* The seeker jets in this episode prefer to use missiles and rockets to fight the Autobots and terrorize the humans with rather than the traditional lasers. They do however use the lasers in robot mode

* In the oil field fight, Starscream is able to use his [[null-ray]]s from his nose in jet mode, the first time he ever does this. (Of course, the fight was faked, so these null-rays presumably were as well.)

* Why are the public so quickly swayed by three scenes on a tape after the amount of times the Autobots have saved them in the past year or so?

===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/megatron's_master_plan_part_1.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category: Generation 1 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>

Microbots

2008-03-08T19:38:42Z

72.139.47.22:

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[[Image:Microbots title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|If there's any [[Powerlinx|Powerlinxing]] we quit.]]
'''Perceptor, Brawn, and Bumblebee must shrink themselves to go inside Megatron and retrieve an artifact, the Heart of Cybertron, that is giving him enormous power.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "The Micro Suicide Squad"

==Detailed synopsis==
While digging for Mayan artifacts in South America, a group of archeologists stumbled upon an ancient spacecraft. As news of the discovery was broadcast on the news, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] recognized it as the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']], the Decepticon ship they had travelled to Earth in four million years ago. Megatron stated that there was something on that ship which he wanted, and set out to get it.

Meanwhile, at the [[Autobot]]s' [[Ark (G1)|HQ]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] was using a shrinking-enlarging device to repair one of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide's]] memory chips while being insulted by [[Brawn]] for not being a soldier. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] walked in and tried to make him stop, when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered Brawn and Bumblebee to follow him to South America along with [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], to stop Megatron from obtaining what he wanted.

As Megatron's troops blasted their way through a rainforest in order to avoid satellite detection, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] managed to miss a tree and was attacked by a giant snake, to the amusement of Rumble. Meanwhile, Ravage met his match in the form of a real Jaguar. The Autobots arrived and decided not to burn the forest down, because Optimus says "that's not our style".

Megatron got through the forest first, and reached the ship. Blasting it open, he retrieved the ship's energy core, the [[Heart of Cybertron]]. [[Hook]] implanted it into Megatron's torso, vastly increasing his power level. Optimus Prime then arrived and ordered the Autobots to attack, but they were all defeated by Megatron's new ability to continously fire energy from his fingertips. The Autobots only managed to escape by destroying a hill, burying the Decepticons under rubble.

While Optimus Primce created a force-field to keep Megatron at bay, Perceptor created a plan to shrink himself, Brawn and Bumblebee to microscopic sizes in order to infiltrate Megatron's body and disconnect the Heart of Cybertron.

Meanwhile, the Decepticons sat around and got <s>intoxicated</s> overchaged on [[energon]]. After Megatron rambled on about the "good ol' days" and passed out, [[Powerglide]] delivered the tiny Autobots into his body. This caused him to wake up and go to destroy the Autobots himself, as the rest of his forces couldn't stay on their feet.

Perceptor, Brawn and Bumblebee made their way through Megatron's body, avoiding his [[electro-sanitizer]]s and riding his [[evil brain impulse]]s. They eventually reached the Heart of Cybertron, disconnected it, and got out of Megatron just as the shrink-ray was wearing off. Brawn threw the Heart 2000 miles into the sky, at which point Perceptor blasted it. After this, Brawn showed much more respect for Perceptor.

==Stats==

* Stats

===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" |
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (3)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (4)
*[[Brawn]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (8)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (16)
*[[Bluestreak]] (17)
*[[Huffer]] (18)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (19)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (20)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (21)
*[[Grapple]] (22)
*[[Gears]] (24)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (25)
*[[Powerglide]] (26)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (27)
*[[Warpath]] (28)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (1)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (11)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (12)
*[[Ravage]] (13)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (14)
*[[Hook]] (15)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (27)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (23)

'''Guests'''
*Jose (South American archeologist helper boy)
*Archeologist man
*Joan (blue-haired archeologist woman)

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

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Nice scenery."<br>"Yeah, now lets waste it! I hate nice things."<br>
:-- '''Rumble''' and '''Bonecrusher''', the latter sounding [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|very familiar]].

'''Brawn''': "Are you ''defective?'' ''How''<nowiki>'</nowiki>re we gonna do ''that?!''<br>
'''Perceptor''': "Simple! We use my trans-mat reduction beam to shrink down to microscopic size. Then, we crawl into Megatron, and rip the blasted heart out!"<br>
'''Optimus''': "What do you think of his intelligence now, Brawn?"<br>
'''Brawn''': "Ahhh, I reserve judgement."
:-- '''Brawn''', '''Perceptor''', and '''Optimus Prime'''

'''Megatron''': "Decepticons: a toast. To the imminent destruction of the acursed Autobots!"<br>
''[The Decepticons begin drinking Energon]''<br>
'''Starscream''': "Energy! We won't need to conserve after tomorrow. We can bleed this planet dry!"<br>
'''Rumble''': ''[hiccups]'' "Boy, these are good. ''[hiccups]'' I needed to refuel. Energy!"<br>
'''Megatron''': "Energy! Energy!"<br>
'''Thundercracker''': "Hey! This stuff's the greatest!" ''[passes out]''<br>
'''Megatron''': "Ah, those were the good ol' days, back on Cybertron...Didn' half to...sneak around in these...ugly Earth disguises."<br>
''[Powerglide arrives]''<br>'''Powerglide''': "Time to cut the jets and glide!...What in the world?"<br>
'''Megatron''': "Good ol' Cybertron! Land...of the metal moon!"
:-- '''The Decepticons''' and '''Powerglide''' in what is possibly the funniest scene of the original cartoon.

"Let's bash brain!"
:-- '''Brawn'''.

==Other Notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===

* When Optimus is telling the Autobots to leave the base, Perceptor has a red Decepticon symbol.
* When the Constructicons laugh at Starscream, they use Rumble's laughter while Rumble is talking. This laughter is reused a second later by Rumble himself when he is done talking.
*Most of the Autobots do not follow Optimus to South America, but appear anyway halfway through the battle with Megatron.
*Ratchet says "do" twice in a row when talking to Bumblebee at the end.
* When the Decepticons get drunk, Soundwave is seen drinking amongst the crowd, despite having a faceplate.

===Continuity errors===
* Errors

===Transformers references===
* The Decepticon ship in this episode was later dubbed the ''Nemesis'' by the [[Nemesis Part 1|episode of the same name]] in [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'']]. The ship itself is not named in "Microbots".

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

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:Microbots Decepticons drunk.JPG|thumb|200px|Soundwave superior. Lightweights inferior.]]
* This episode is perhaps the only one to show drunken Decepticons. Which is a real bummer, because they make funny, happy drunks.
* The pulsating sound heard when Perceptor and company approach the Heart of Cybertron within Megatron is the same one used aboard the Dalek spaceships on all episodes of Doctor Who since 1964.
*Megatron apparently has a wristwatch on his left wrist, which he looks at while flying around (causing concern for the Autobots within his shoulder joints).
* At one point, Brawn proposes killing Megatron from the inside. Perceptor stops him, saying that if he fell while flying, the impact could detonate the Heart of Cybertron. Once Megatron's landed, this wouldn't seem to be a concern anymore, but the Autobots still choose to remove the Heart of Cybertron rather than bashing brains. Perhaps even a short fall would have been enough?

===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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Dinobot Island, Part 2

2008-03-08T19:36:03Z

72.139.47.22:

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[[Image:Dinobot Island 2 title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|Phew! Light a match next time!]]
'''The Decepticons' plundering of Dinobot Island's resources cause instabilities in the timestream.

'''Japanese title:''' "Dinobot Showdown!" Part 2

==Synopsis==
Having sunken the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s into a pool of tar, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] orders the [[Decepticon]]s to resume the collection of [[Energon]]. However, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] fears that Megatron's plundering may have disastrous consequences for the island... and the Decepticons.

Meanwhile, the [[Autobot]]s finish repairing the control room. However, [[Teletraan I]] alerts them to a temporal anomaly in the city, near the library, where [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] are. Going to investigate, the Autobots find barbarians making a mess of things. [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] locates Spike and Bumblebee under the rubble of the library, where [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] drills them out. Bumblebee is able to cover Spike and prevent any harm, while the Autobots round up the time lost travelers. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] orders the Autobots not to use leathal force, as they are living creatures here by accident. [[Sunstreaker]], [[Huffer]], and Sideswipe manage to round up the mammoths. Optimus knows just where to put them, and the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] has them store the mammoths in his trailer (poor [[Roller]]), while [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] immobilizes the barbarians. However, the portal is closing fast. The Autobots send the barbarians and mammoths back through the anomaly, which closes just in time.

Returning to the [[Ark (G1)|base]], [[Chip Chase]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] begin research into what is causing all this. Before they do, however, two more anomalies are discovered: one at sea, one out in the country. [[Seaspray]], [[Tracks]], and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] go intercept the sea-based anomaly, which is a pirate ship attacking a yatch. The Autobots free the yatch and drive it back through the anomaly.

In the country side, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] find that a group of old west outlaws have encountered a biker gang. After a brief rustle between the two gangs, the Autobots force the outlaws back through the wormhole. After resuming their analysis, Chip learns that the disturbances can be traced to Dinobot Island. The Autobots fly out by using [[jet pack]]s.

Meanwhile, the Dinobots have managed to free themselves from the tar pit, thanks to [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] setting it on fire, only to see that Dinobot Island is in danger. Concluding that the Decepticons have done "bad stuff" to the Island, the Dinobots decide it's time to do "more badder stuff" to the Decepticons. The Autobots arrive, and attack the Decepticons, but are quickly overwhelmed. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] inspires the island's [[dinosaur]] population to attack the Decepticons, forcing them to retreat.

With the Decepticons gone, the Autobots destroy the [[Energon cube]]s, causing the energy inside to return to the places it was taken from, stabilizing Dinobot Island. Optimus declares that the Dinobots have proven that they can control their powers, and the Autobots and Dinobots return home.

==Quotes==
"But draining those energies might upset the chronological balance of this island! It already drifts precariously in the sea of time."<br>"Scientific gobbledegook, Starscream! Do as I say."<br>
:-- '''Starscream''' and '''Megatron'''

"These are flesh and blood creatures, not unfeeling machines like the Decepticons."
:-- '''Optimus Prime''' placing a higher value on wooly mammoths than Decepticons.

"Don't fight me, shaggy! I'm not the biggest Autobot but I'm one of the strongest!"<br>
:-- '''Huffer''' fighting a wooly mammoth

"Attack from the sky!"<br>
:-- '''Starscream''' ordering the [[Seeker]]s to [[bring the rain]] on the Autobots.

"Hey, Blitzwing! Tank you!"<br>
:-- '''[[Warpath]]''' attacking Blitzwing in a tank-versus-tank duel

"Me Grimlock smart. Inspire dumb Dinosaurs fight too."<br>
:-- '''Grimlock''', a master strategist but a bad orator

"You wrong. And you ugly, too." <br>
:-- '''Grimlock''' telling Megatron after the Decepticon leader believed the Dinobots to have been destroyed in the tar pit.

==Notes==

===Animation errors/glitches===
*Megatron looks human-sized, or even smaller, compared to those dinos surrounding him.

===Continuity errors===
*References

===Transformer references===
* This episode featured the first appearances of the Autobots [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]], and the Decepticon [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]].

===Real world trivia===
*References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*References

==External links==
*Link

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Dinobot Island, Part 1

2008-03-08T19:34:43Z

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

[[Image:Dinobot Island 1 title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|"Candyapple Island? What do that have there?" "Dinobots. But they're not so big."]]
'''The Dinobots are sent to a mysterious, prehistoric island for training. But the Decepticons intend to plunder its energy resources.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Dinobot Showdown!" 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==
"What that is, Sludge?"<br>
"Uh, Sludge not know. Maybe it time to do our thing?"<br>
:-- '''Slag''' and '''Sludge'''.

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

"Slag, Sludge, go away! Me Grimlock demonstrating finess. Whatever that mean."
:-- '''Grimlock'''.

"Goodbye, Dinobots. I'd write, but you can't read."<br>
:-- '''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===
*References

===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 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.

==External links==
*Link

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The Core

2008-03-08T19:32:45Z

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{{episodenav|g1|season=2|12|prev=A Prime Problem|next=The Insecticon Syndrome}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|49|prev=Cosmic Rust (episode)|next=Blaster Blues}}

[[Image:The Core title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|Starring Aaron Eckhart]]
'''Megatron tries to drill his way to the center to the Earth, while the Autobots harass Devastator with mind-controlling Dominator Discs.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "Defeat Devastator!"

==Detailed synopsis==
At an underground cavern near a waterfall, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s are digging with a massive drill. However, the rock they're drilling through breaks, and only some quick work on [[Mixmaster]]'s part plugs it up. Megatron orders Mixmaster to look over [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]'s sensory equipment, while [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] does his daily whine-about-Megatron's-nefarious-plan bit. Megatron counters that if they manage to tap into the Earth's motlen core, it will give the [[Decepticon]]s geothermal energy, a limitless power source. Starscream counters that if they breach the core, the Earth runs the risk of exploding. However, Megatron doesn't care: he's placed a [[space bridge]] near the drilling site, which will take the Decepticons to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] if the Earth's stability should be threatened.

Meanwhile, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Gears]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and [[Sunstreaker]] are driving around in that general area, when Sunstreaker realizes that there should be a river where they're driving through. The Autobots head to investigate, and see Mixmaster and Scavenger. The Autobots [[transformation|transform]] to attack, only to see that the Constructicons have disappeared, and to fail to notice [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] above them. Informing [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], Megatron orders the Constructicons to destroy the Autobots and form Devastator. The Decepticon [[combiner]] knocks the Autobots off the cliff, but Mirage goes invisible on them. He remains undetected as Devastator attacks the others, and finds the drill. As Mirage rejoins the group, Jazz does a [[sound and light show]] which distracts Devastator, allowing Mirage Sunstreaker to lasso his legs with a rope, allowing the Autobots to escape.

At the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], the Autobots use [[Teletraan I]] to calculate what will happen if the drill hits the Earth's core. The result will be total annihilation, but the Autobots have little hope of defeating the Decepticons with Devastator. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Chip Chase]] present [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] with their new [[dominator disk]]s, which will be placed on the individual Constructicons and take control of them when they form Devastator. Convinced, Optimus Prime orders a commando team to plant the disks on . Heading for the drilling site, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] freezes the falls, causing the drill to heat up. [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] orders the Constructicons to the surface, during which the Autobots plant each Constructicon with a disk. As the commandoes are pulled out, Starscream has them dead to rights, but Megatron orders him to let them pass, saying that he knows of their plan to control Devastator. As Megatron positions the Decepticons, he orders the Decepticons to attack. The Decepticons fire on the still moving Autobots, who break formation, as the [[Seeker]]s transform to [[bring the rain]] on the Autobots. Megatron orders the Constructicons form Devastator, who grabs Prime. Wheeljack activates the disks, and Optimus orders Devastator to release him. Devastator follows the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]'s orders, and attack the Decepticons. Megatron orders the Decepticons to retreat to the cave, and Devastator seals them in. Optimus orders the Autobots to break off, as they can finish the Decepticons at their leisure.

Within the caverns, Starscream whines about being trapped, not having enough water to keep drilling, and so on. However, Megatron reveals that this was all part of his plan: he has a device that will override the dominator disks and stored enough water to continue drilling for some time. He just didn't tell Starscream because he's a terrible actor. At the Autobot base, the Constructicons are helping with repairs, when an earthquake hits. Realizing that the Decepticons are still drilling, the Autobots head to put them out of commission. However, Megatron is aware of their coming, watching them through the Constructicons eyes. The Autobots and Devastator head for the cave, and Devastator is set to destroy it, at which point Megatron uses his control switch to deactivate the disks. Devastator begins attacking the Autobots, so Wheeljack tries to boost power to the disks. Unfortunately, this fries Devastator's [[Circuits#Logic circuits|logic circuits]] and sends into a killing frenzy, attacking both Autobot and Decepticon alike.

Finally, the drill hits the core, and the cave—and the earth itself—begin to come apart. Unfortunately, Devastator's rampage has damaged the drill's controls. Megatron orders the Decepticons to the space bridge, but Devastator damages it. Optimus convinces Megatron to give his control switch to Wheeljack, who uses it to deactivate the disks and bring Devastator back to normal. Devastator then heads to destroy the drill, while the Decepticons flee for their [[spark|live]]s. Devastator succeeds, but is suprised by Megatron's absence. Chip tells Devastator that he ran, while Devastator believes that "Noble Megatron" merely left to plan their next attack and leaves (he really is as dumb as a post). Chip is somewhat saddened, as he was hoping that Devastator would join the Autobots. Optimus tells him not to let go of his dreams.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' October 29, 1985

'''Written by:''' Dennis Marks

===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" |
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Gears]]
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
*[[Sunstreaker]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
*[[Hook]]
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
*[[Long Haul]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Chip Chase]]

'''Guests'''
*

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

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Autobots, move out!"<br>
:-- '''Sunstreaker''', thinking he outranks Jazz and Prowl.

"Traitor!"<br>
:-- '''Starscream''' to Megatron. No, you read that right.

"I do this only for the benefit of my Decepticons. It grieves me that you may also profit."<br>
:-- '''Megatron''', agreeing to ally with the Autobots and lying through his teeth (he's doing it to save his own chassis).

"What's the matter, Chip?"<br>"I guess I thought that Devastator would join the Autobots for good, but that's just a dumb old dream."<br>"Hang on your dreams, Chip. The future is built on dreams. Hang on."
:-- '''Optimus Prime''' gives '''Chip Chase''' valuable words to live by.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* At the scene where Mirage investigates the cave with the drill, three of the constructicons can be seen there, while at the same time Devastator is outside fighting the rest of the Autobots.

===Continuity errors===
* Many of the characters seem to act OUT of character in this episode. Megatron's never seemed like the caring kind before when it comes to his Decepticons, Scavenger acts true to his tech spec, and Optimus Prime seems to be going against his "Freedom is the Right of All Sentient Beings" schtick with the enslavement of Devastator.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Miscellaneous trivia===

===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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Enter the Nightbird

2008-03-08T19:31:02Z

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{{episodenav|g1|season=2|10|prev=Day of the Machines|next=A Prime Problem}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|17|prev=Atlantis, Arise!|next=Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

[[Image:Enter the Nightbird title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|Sleep with one eye open...]]
'''The Decepticons get a hold of the [[Nightbird]], a deadly ninja-bot.'''

'''Japanese title:''' "Shadow of the Nightbird"

==Detailed synopsis==

The [[Autobots]] attend the unveiling of [[Nightbird]], a human-built “female ninja robot,” by invitation from the robot’s creator, Dr. [[Fujiyama]]. Predictably, the [[Decepticons]] attack and immediately have the upper hand because the Autobots won’t fight in a hall crowded with humans. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and the other [[Seeker]]s steal the robot, and the other Decepticons take off.

Apologetic for their abject failure to protect the robot, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] promises to return it back to Dr. Fujiyama quickly and unharmed.

Meanwhile, inside his [[Giant Decepticon Symbol|masterfully disguised fortress]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] has [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] reprogram Nightbird and triple her power. When activated, she immediately smacks Starscream. She might be quiet, but she’s perceptive. Megatron, joyous at the result of Bombshell’s tinkering, sends Nightbird on a mission to infiltrate Autobot headquarters and steal the [[World Energy Chip]] from [[Teletraan 1]].

Using her ninja skills, Nightbird accomplishes the mission, but she is detected by the Autobots. She bashes [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and manages to escape the base. The Autobots pursue to capture Nightbird, but are hampered by the promise they made not to damage her. Because, you know, it’s not gentlemanly to hit a girl. Prime tries to reason with her, but she drops him like a bad habit and keeps avoiding capture.

Megatron watches all of this remotely and says he’s considering her as Starscream’s replacement. Starscream doesn’t find it funny and attacks Megatron, but he is quickly caged. Megatron turns back to his spying and sees that Nightbird has finally been caught by the Autobots in an energy web.

Megatron orders everyone on a mission to rescue her and the World Energy Chip. They arrive and battle. Meanwhile, Starscream escapes his cage, arrives on the scene and uses his [[null-ray]] to put Nightbird out of commission. His hatred for traitors outweighing his common sense, Megatron orders the Decepticons after Starscream and leaves the ninja robot and the chip in Prime’s hands.

The Autobots make good on their promise by returning Nightbird unharmed to Fujiyama, who decides to put her storage. Despite being neutralized, Nightbird casts a final, angered glare out at the cold, cold, world.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' ???

'''Written by:''' Sylvia Wilson and Richard Milton

===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]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Bombshell]]

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*

'''Guests'''
*[[Fujiyama|Dr. Fujiyama]]

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Nightbird]]
|}

==Notable quotes==
"We're here to protect it, not make jokes at its expense."<br>
:—'''Optimus Prime''' telling Wheeljack and Ratchet to shut up

"She's not so hot!"<br>
"She's hot enough to replace you whenever I choose!"<br>
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron''' utter the words that launch a thousand fanfics.

"Yes, you're definitely on my replacement list, Starscream... Hahaha, she's everything I've always wanted!"<br>
:—'''Megatron'''

"I bring you greetings, Optimus Prime... Lethal greetings!"<br>
:—'''Megatron'''

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* When Nightbird's lightsaber is shot and deactivated, you can still hear the sound effects for about 2 more seconds before they stop.

===Continuity errors===
* At the end of Act Two, Nightbird gets the drop on Prime and raises her sword as if to slice him in half. At the opening of Act Three, however, she's just standing there in front of him, idly spinning the sword around.

===Transformers references===
* In [[3H]]'s [[Universe (comic)|Universe comics]], Nightbird returned as a savage horde, which forced [[Daniel Witwicky]] to kill himself and [[Wheelie]] to destroy them...which goes to show that they ''are'' good for something.

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

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* When the Autobots are chasing Nightbird up a cliff, Cliffjumper can't jump the cliff. He might need a new name.

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

==External links==
*

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Day of the Machines

2008-03-08T19:30:05Z

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{{episodenav|g1|season=2|09|prev=Atlantis, Arise!|next=Enter the Nightbird}}

[[Image:Day of the Machines title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|Neither an Ed Wood movie or a LucasArts game.]]
'''Megatron's latest scheme involves using the most powerful computer on Earth to control machinery remotely.'''

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (the former disguised in a guitar case!) not-so-silently infiltrate [[Quantum Laboratories]], a top-secret facility where the world’s most powerful computer, [[TORQ III]], is housed. Megatron reprograms the computer with his own personality and gives it the power to control remotely dangerous machines of all types through the use of "[[Remote Control Circuit Linker]] cards."

At the same time, scientist Dr. [[Paul Gates]] of Quantum Labs muses with a colleague about the dangers of machine sentience and that, in the wrong hands, TORQ III might be too powerful. Since Fate is both cruel and timely, the very scenario they were discussing comes true when TORQ III locks them in their office and announces that he’s taking over.

Megatron is using TORQ and the circuit linker cards to remotely control fleets of oil tankers. This alerts [[Teletraan 1]], who notifies [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Prime then receives Dr. Gates’ distress signal; Gates fills him in on TORQ III’s rebellion and asks to be rescued.

[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Skyfire (G1)|Skyfire]] are assigned to investigate the tankers, and [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] tags along. Prime leads a group to Quantum Labs, where they immediately come under attack by machines controlled by TORQ. Overwhelmed, Prime orders in the [[Dinobots (G1)|Dinobots]] (minus [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]) to come help, and they smash, chomp and melt down all of the machines. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] makes his usual pompous comment about having to save Prime’s bacon when things get rough. Afterward, Prime rescues Dr. Gates and they advance toward the buildings, meeting lots of resistance from TORQ’s machines.

Meanwhile, Hound, Spike and Skyfire sneak aboard an oil tanker and infiltrate the [[Decepticon]]s' oil platform. Their attack falls short when Spike is captured and they are forced to surrender.

After smashing more remote-controlled machines at Quantum, Prime decides to explore inside TORQ’s maze-like complex alone. As Optimus moves in closer, one of the machines places a circuit linker card on him, making him Torq’s slave, and he is brought into the computer’s domain. But{{m-}}surprise, surprise{{m-}} Prime rips the card off his body, saying it was a dud he placed in the robot’s claw, and he disables TORQ with a well-placed punch to the control panel.

Back at the oil platform, Spike has hatched an idea to use an electromagnet (which happened to be in their cell) to immobilize [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Skyfire easily smashes through the cell door and Hound disables the force dome that was protecting the platform. The rest of the Autobots arrive and a battle ensues. Prime faces down Megatron and manages to wrest a remote control device from his hands, then tosses it back to him. Megatron lands on it, crushing it, and comes back up spitting mad. He retaliates by activating the self-destruct mechanism on the platform.

The [[Autobots]] escape, but Prime stays behind to find Hound, Skyfire and Spike. He rips apart the platform deck, revealing the missing team members, and Skyfire flies them out of danger.

Finally, Prime says goodbye to Dr. Gates, who makes a parting comment about machines being unreliable, and then quickly retracts the statement when he realizes his gaff. The Autobots laugh at the ungrateful human's hubris.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' October 10th, 1985

'''Production number:''' 700-24

'''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" valign="top" |
* [[Teletraan I]] (7)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (9)
* [[Skyfire (G1)|Skyfire]] (10)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (12)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (13)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (14)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (15)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (16)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (17)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (18)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (19)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (1)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (2)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (3)
* [[TORQ III]] (4)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (5)
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (6)
* [[Ravage]] (21)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
* [[Spike Witwicky]] (11)
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (20)

'''Guests'''
* Dr. [[Paul Gates]]

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

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Illegal access! Illegal access!"<br>
"It certainly is."<br>
:—'''TORQ III''' is reprogrammed by '''Megatron'''

"Good grief. More bad news. This isn’t one of our shining days."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"Dinobots always getting Autobots out of messes they get into."
:—'''Grimlock''' laments at yet another Autobot bungle he is called upon to resolve. Forcefully.

"Fortunately, I have a delicate lock-picking technique."
:—'''Optimus Prime''', right before he "delicately" blasts his way into TORQ's building.

"Come and get me you metal-headed dumb-dumb."<br>
"There goes one stupid Decepticon."
:—'''Skyfire''' and '''Hound''' accurately assess Frenzy's level of intelligence.

"You took the word right out of my mouth. It was in there with my foot."
:—'''Dr. Paul Gates'''

==Other Notes==
* Notes

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

* Glitches

===Continuity errors===

* Errors

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* Paul Gates, the scientist of Quantum Labs, is likely a nod to the co-founders of Microsoft, Paul Allen and Bill Gates.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Ironhide destroys one of TORQ's machines by walking right through the blast it's emitting and sticking his finger in its hose. He is old because he is hard!

===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/day_of_the_machines.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

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The Autobot Run

2008-03-08T19:28:05Z

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'''When the Autobots perform a race for charity, the Decepticons take the opportunity to trap them in their vehicle modes.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "Stop the Transform!"

==Detailed synopsis==
While watching a car race, [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] and [[Chip Chase|Chip]] comment on how cool it would be to see the Autobots perform in a race as well.

[[Image:Transfixatron.jpg|left|thumb|200px|A collection of [[character model]]s gathers around the Decepticons' new weapon.]]
Meanwhile, in an old west ghost town, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s have completed the [[Transfixatron]], a new device that will lock a [[Transformer]] in the mode they currently occupy (usually vehicle mode). [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] arrives, informing the Decepticons about the Autobot race. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] complains that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is wasting time with the device instead of leading an attack. In response, Megatron tests the device on his whiny subordinate, and it's a success. Starscream is stuck in jet mode and begs to be released, saying he'll do whatever Megatron wants and he's too valuable to the Decepticon cause. Megatron gets bored of Starscream's pleas and frees him. Satisfied with the test, Megatron orders the Constructicons to start working on a second device whose purpose will be revealed later.

Chip and Spike suggest their race idea to the Autobots, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] agrees, as long as it's for charity. [[Huffer]] complains that it's a waste of time and a bad idea (as usual), but the Autobots decide to do it. Huffer, [[Brawn]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] remain to guard the [[Ark (G1)|base]].

The Autobots arrive at the track and wait at the starting line in robot mode before they compete "in the greatest automobile race in history." Some numbskull in the audience wonders aloud where their cars are. The Autobots transform, and the race is on with a whole lot of trash talk. [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], Sunstreaker and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] rush ahead of the slower vehicles like Trailbreaker and Ironhide.

During the race, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] teleports to a position over the track and uses the Transfixatron on the Autobots, who don't notice. The Autobots near the finish line, but they're kicking up so much dust its impossible to tell who won. "The real winners are us, folks!" says the announcer.

Next up, the Autobots line up to do some stunts and make "Evel Knievel look like a kiddie car driver," according to Spike. But Sunstreaker's attempt to jump the other Autobots falls short and he has to be saved by [[Windcharger]]'s magnetic powers.

Before they can do anything else, the Decepticons arrive. The Autobots attempt to [[Transformation|transform]], only to find that they are all stuck in vehicle mode. Optimus orders the Autobots to ram the Decepticons, but they simply shoot out the Autobots' tires, fire rays to make their engines overheat and disable their radios. Helpless, the Autobots are herded away by the 'Cons.

[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] takes Spike and Chip back to the base, hoping Ratchet and Wheeljack can figure a fix for the Transfixatron ray. As usual, Huffer complains, but a massive bearhug from Brawn gets him to shut up, while Ratchet and Wheeljack get to work.

At the ghost town, Megatron forces Optimus Prime to watch his soldiers die one by one in the Constructicons' second device, a horrific crushing machine, starting with [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. The [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] dispatches [[Roller]] to distract Megatron, allowing Prime to ram the crusher, which frees Ironhide. [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] manages to send a signal to [[Teletraan I]], just as Ratchet and Wheeljack finish working on a device which will allow the Autobots to transform...a grenade. (Real good thinking there, guys.)

Spike and the other Autobots arrive to save their comrades, but [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] dispatches [[Ravage]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] to deal with them. After a game of keep-away with the grenade, Chip manages to get it close enough to release its energy, allowing the Autobots to transform to robot mode. The Constructicons form [[Devastator]], but [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and Wheeljack fire the Transfixatron at giant Decepticon, causing the [[Combiner]] to separate. The Decepticons retreat, and the Autobots destroy the Transfixatron.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' October 31, 1985

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

==Notable quotes==
"Well, guys, what's next? I'm for anything except demolition derbyin'."
:—'''Jazz'''

"I can't change back to my normal, handsome self!"
:—Modest and humble '''Sunstreaker'''

"Later guys. It's been really great knowin' ya."
:—Headed for the crushing device, '''Ironhide''' accepts his fate.

"What is that?"<br>
"I call it a TARGET!"
:—'''Thundercracker''' and '''Starscream''' spotting Roller

"I'm transforming! I see my true beauty emerging!"
:—'''Sunstreaker'''

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] appears twice in this episode: first when Megatron is gloating about the Transfixatron, then when the Decepticons arrive at the race. Of course, it was never actually stated that Shockwave was on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] during this episode, so it's entirely possible that he was on [[Earth]]...but probably not.

===Continuity errors===
* References

===Transformers references===
* This is Roller's third and final appearance.
* The [[Transfixatron]]'s effects are similar to such [[Beast Era|Beast era]] inventions as [[Tarantulas]]'s [[transformation lock lens]] {{storylink|The Probe}} and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s [[transformation lock virus]].

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

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Megatron can shoot laser beams from his eyes, especially when he wants to scare away earth germs.

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

==External links==
*

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