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The Elite Guard

2008-04-12T19:42:11Z

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{{disambig2|the '''Transformers Animated''' episode|the Autobot military team featured in this episode|Cybertron Elite Guard}}

{{episodenav|animated|17|season=2|prev=Megatron Rising - Part 2|next=Return of the Headmaster}}

[[Image:EliteGuard.JPG|right|300px|thumb|The cool kids always arrive fashionably late.]]
'''The Cybertron Elite Guard arrives on Earth to retrieve the All Spark and relieve Prime and his crew of their post, but they prove less than adept at blending in with the human world.'''

==Summary==
On the extensive highway system of [[Detroit]], the Autobots are aiding in the repair efforts after their titanic battle with the Decepticons. Unfortunately the residents of the city don't seem to ''understand'' that the road system was blown to rubble by the battle, and are upset that the Autobots are holding up traffic. Optimus Prime heads over to address their concerns, and they flee in fear. Bulkhead comments that he liked it better when they were heroes, to which Ratchet retorts that they still are. All of them wonder what the heck has happened that Bumblebee isn't there helping them.

There's no reason for them to be jealous though, as the little yellow bot has been pressed into service as Sari's secretary at [[Sumdac Tower]]. The little girl realizes that there's a lot of pressure in running a business, and feels sorry for her father's having had to deal with this. Porter C. Powell is less patient, and expresses a fairly cold attitude towards her "wasting" company funds on locating the genius who designs all the company's myriad robotic technologies. Sari is unable to address his concerns though, as an unidentified flying object is spotted in Detroit's skies.

Spotting it, the Autobots speed to the scene, only to be met with some justified resentment by Captain Fanzone. However they are allowed to pass once the ship is revealed to be crewed by Autobots. Sentinel Prime steps out of the ship and, once the Autobot crew walk up the gangplank, quarantines the entire area in a forcefield.

Sentinel is assigned to decontaminating the long lost Autobot crew, a task he takes to with relish until he is interrupted by Jazz for overdoing it. Released, the Autobots are informed that the Elite Guard have come to retrieve the AllSpark. Optimus explains that it suffered damage in a battle with the Decepticons, a fact that Sentinel accuses him of lying about.

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Rich Fogel]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Matt Youngberg]], [[Irineo Maramba]], & [[Yutaka Kagawa]]
*'''Original airdate:''' April 12, 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]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (9)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (10)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (11)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (16)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (17)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (18)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Lugnut|Lugnut]] (12)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (13)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (14)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

*[[Sari Sumdac]] (6)
*[[Porter C. Powell]] (7)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (8)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (15)

|}

==Quotes==
'''Optimus''': This is completely unnecessary, Sentinel!<br>
'''Sentinel''': Can't risk an infestation, "old buddy". Take it like a real bot.<br>
''[Jazz shuts down the decontamination system]''<br>
'''Jazz''': Cool it, Sentinel. Whatever went down between you and Optimus, you don't need to hassle his crew.
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Jazz''' are reminded that '''Sentinel Prime''' is a jerk.

"Man, that was some funky blinkin colored light show! What'd you call those things again?"<br>
"Traffic lights?"<br>
"Traffic lights. Solid."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Jazz''' discovers the wonderful world of commuting with the help of '''Bulkhead'''.<br>

'''Bulkhead''': It's no good! They're coming out faster than I can smash 'em!<br>
'''Jazz''': Is it always like this on this crazy planet?<br>
'''Prowl''': Pretty much.<br>
:{{m-}}'''Jazz''' learns that Prime's crew has anything but a quiet life.

"Hey, why is my office locked?"<br>
"Ms. Sumdac, I regret to inform you that your services will no longer be required. The board has unanimously elected me to take over as CEO of [[Sumdac Systems]]."<br>
"You can't do that! This is still my family's company!"<br>
"Is it? I took the liberty of doing some research into your claim. It might interest you to know that there is no will, no birth certificate, no adoption papers, social security number, or any kind of record for a 'Sari Sumdac'."<br>
"Are you saying I can't prove I'm Isaac Sumdac's daughter?"<br>
"I'm saying you can't even prove you exist."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Sari''' and '''Porter C. Powell''' create a drastic change in plot.

==Other notes==
===Continuity errors===
* Errors

===Transformers references===
* Sentinel's past experience with organics is a reference to [[Along Came a Spider|a previous episode]].
* The force-field that Sentinel uses to quarantine the area around the ship is highly reminiscent of the [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] security system in ''[[Beast Wars]]''.
* This episode reveals that both Jazz & Prowl are practitioners of the Cybertronian martial art of [[Metallikato]], originally used by the Generation 1 character [[Bludgeon]].
* Jazz's curiosity and respect for Earth culture is a reference to his [[Jazz (G1)|Generation 1 namesake's]] personality.
* Prowl mentions [[space barnacles]], first seen in "[[Nature Calls]]".

===Real-world references===
* Ultra Magnus' Hammer is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Thor|Thor]]'s hammer [[Wikipedia:Mjolnir|Mjolnir]].

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Megatron is evidently fully repaired now, while his subordinates are having trouble with their arms falling off. Guy's got priorities, certainly.
* We don't know what's happened to Starscream's body (alive or dead). Presumably he's either crawled off somewhere or been retrieved by Megatron, since it doesn't seem to have occurred to Optimus to use him as evidence of Decepticon activity.
* Speaking of evidence, how about all that recorded footage of the 'Cons that Megatron was paging through?
* So, what ''is'' the deal with Sari, anyway?
* bumblebee mentions sentinel not remembering him and bulkhead
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Detroit

2008-03-08T20:37:39Z

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[[Image:Lake_Erie.png|right|thumb|250px|"Tonight's skies are fairly cloudy, with a 50% chance of falling spacecraft..."]]

'''Detroit''', [[Michigan]] is a city in the [[United States of America]]. It is located near Lake Erie,known
for human villans

==Transformers Animated==
Detroit was once the "Motor City": the automobile manufacturing capital of the world. By the 22nd Century, Detroit had once again become a leading manufacturing hub -- for robots. As for what happened to the city between those two periods, well, [[wikipedia:Urban decay|who knows]]?

The city's robotics industry was led by (and may have consisted solely of) the [[Sumdac Systems]] corporation. Most of [[Prometheus Black|the competition]] proved less than inspiring. This reliance on a single, monolithic industry is [[wikipedia:Economy of metropolitan Detroit|certain to provide economic stability for all time]].

The city had a newly unveiled mass transit system, sponsored by Sumdac Systems, the Fast Automated Rapid Transit System, or FARTS. Real mature Isaac, real mature.

The city then became home to a team of five robotic superheroes, the [[Autobot]]s. Having crashed aboard their ship some fifty years earlier in Lake Erie, they awoke and appointed themselves guardians and defenders of the city's humanity. When one of their [[Starscream (Animated)|old foes]] showed up in town, they ended up trashing a fair bit of the city. Not to be deterred, they worked hard to help rebuild it; this involved [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|hitting things with an ax]], naturally. The Autobots made their home in an abandoned early 20th Century factory. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

Poor Detroit continued to suffer a great deal of robot-inflicted calamities after that. Among their troubles were robots flinging flaming fuel tanks into the air {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}, robots smashing an entire parking lot full of cars {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}, robots getting thrown through the roof of the local sports arena {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}, robots inducing rolling electrical blackouts across the city {{storylink|Thrill of the Hunt}}, robots disguised as rocket-powered cars crashing into things {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}, robots sucking the life force from the city's population {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}, robots sparking a massive automaton rebellion {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}, and robots obliterating construction sites while flat-out trying to kill one another {{storylink|Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found}}.

If the [[Decepticon]] army proper should arrive, then [[Well of All Sparks|Heaven]] have mercy on Detroit, because the 'Cons sure as [[Pit|Hell]] won't. However, the arrival of [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut]] was not as disastrous as it could have been. After all, they only attacked a construction site. {{storylink|Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found}}

===Notable Locations===
Actual Detroit landmarks featured in ''Transformers Animated'' include:

* [[wikipedia:Grand Circus Park (Detroit)|Grand Circus Park]], featuring the statue of Governor [[wikipedia:Hazen S. Pingree|Hazen S. Pingree]] (where [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] gets birdpooped on) {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

* [[wikipedia:Michigan Central Station|Michigan Central Station]] (where [[Isaac Sumdac]] reveals his new train) {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

* Though the details don't match any exact building, the abandoned factory used by the Autobots resembles such early automobile manufacturing plants as the [[wikipedia:Highland Park Ford Plant|Highland Park Ford Plant]] (where the assembly line was first implemented) and the abandoned Packard Plant. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

* [[wikipedia:Interstate 94|Interstate 94]] -- the main US Interstate highway westbound from Detroit to [[Chicago]]. One of its marker signs adorns the interior of the Autobots' headquarters. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

* [[wikipedia:Lake Erie|Lake Erie]] -- one of the Great Lakes; its northwest shore lies just south of the city.

Fictional Detroit landmarks featured in ''Transformers Animated'' include:

* [[Burger Bot]], home of the Big Bot Burger {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

* [[Sumdac Systems]] robot manufacturing plant, located in the real-life southern suburb of [[wikipedia:Monroe, Michigan|Monroe]]. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}} {{storylink|Nanosec}}

* [[Sumdac Tower]], a skyscraper somewhere in the central city. {{storylink|Nanosec}}

* The [[Dino Drive]] theme park {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

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==Trivia==
* Part of the final battle in the live-action ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' film, set in the fictional location of [[Mission City]], was filmed in the real-life Detroit: the empty building that Sam runs into with the [[All Spark]] is actually Detroit's long-abandoned [[wikipedia:Michigan Central Station|Michigan Central Station]].

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AllSpark (Animated)

2008-03-02T16:49:32Z

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{{disambig3|Allspark}}
:''The All Spark is an artifact in the [[Transformers Animated]] continuity''
[[Image:AllsparkTFANI.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Before time began there was…the ''irregular decahedron''.]]
A device of unknown origin and unimaginable power, the '''All Spark''' can create life itself and was the source of the [[Transformer]] race. For millions of years, [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s waged the [[Great War]] over controlling it, with the Autobots only managing to defeat the Decepticons after they sent the All Spark through a [[space bridge]] portal, keeping it safely out of evil hands and effectively removing the wild card from remaining battles. If wielded by Decepticons, it would be a weapon of destruction like no other. In other words, same thing as the movie.

It seems to have a will of its own, seeking out qualified bearers and uniting even [[Sari Sumdac|unlikely allies]] into a team.

It can also unfold ''really'' purdy.

==Fiction==

===Animated cartoon===
[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and his crew from the [[Ark (Animated)|''Ark'']] were repairing a space bridge when it activated on them. Once Prime shut down the bridge, they stumbled across the All Spark, hidden away inside a rock, having apparently emerged while the bridge was active. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] told them of its history and significance in the Great War, believe it the All Spark had now found them, rather than the other way around. Almost immediately, the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and his crew showed up in their warship, the [[Nemesis (Animated)|''Nemesis'']], tracking the All Spark's energy readings. Megatron vowed to take the All Spark himself, but was sabotaged with a bomb by his lieutenant, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]. The explosion sent the ''Ark'' careening almost totally out of control until the All Spark activated a nearby space bridge, which itself exploded after the ''Ark'' went through.

The ship emerged from warp in low orbit over Earth and soon crash-landed in Lake Erie, not far from Detroit. Fifty years later, the Autobots came out of emergency stasis and ventured into the city to save people from a rampaging monster. [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] quickly befriended a young girl named [[Sari Sumdac]], who convinced him to take her aboard the ''Ark'' when his teammate [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] was badly injured. While aboard, Sari came in contact with the All Spark, which decided for some reason to open up to her—in more ways than one. It reconfigured her [[Sari Sumdac's key|security keycard]] into a powerful tool. With this new key, Sari could revive Autobots, activate machinery, screw up robots, and much more.

For a time, the Autobots were celebrated as Detroit's newest superheroes without having to exert themselves much, but then Starscream tracked them down. He took hostages and demanded the All Spark in exchange for their return. With Sari's help, the hostages were freed, but Starscream still managed to get hold of the All Spark, and he quickly started obliterating sections of Detroit with it. Prime attempted to wrestle the All Spark away from him, but again it opened, this time unleashing a powerful surge of energy that blasted away Starscream to parts unknown. Prime was left dangling from a tremendous height and quickly fell. He did not survive the impact, but in desperation, Sari used her reconfigured key on him. The All Spark intervened directly this time, and Prime's [[spark]] was restored online. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

{{spoiler|Lost and Found}}
Ever since Starscream's attack on Detroit, the All Spark has remained on board the ''Ark'' at the bottom of Lake Erie not very smart realy. {{storylink|Lost and Found (Animated episode)|Lost and Found}}

==Notes==
The All Spark's powers, enigmatic origin, and storyline role are very similar to the [[All Spark|synonymous device]] from the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]]. Its look, however, is more of an homage to the [[Matrix of Leadership]] (i.e. an orange-ish container with bracketed handles and a window in front that opens outward to reveal a glowing, blue, spherical crystal suffused with blue energy). However, the All Spark here is angular and cubic rather than curved and spheroid like the Matrix, basically hybridizing the looks of the movie and G1 devices. Wonder what happens if you put it in your chest?

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Professor Princess

2008-03-02T16:23:22Z

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:''Professor Princess is a [[human]] <s>protector of innocents</s> supervillain from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Professor princess.jpg|thumb|250px|I'll get those Powerpuff Girls!]]

'''Professor Princess''' is a little girl out to rid the world of violent boys' [[toy]]s...by violently destroying them and any who stand in her way. Also, she hates rock music. (No accounting for taste...) Her arsenal includes razor-edged flowers, exploding kitten dolls, and her toy flying unicorn, '''Powdered Sugar''', which has some sort of beam weapon in its horn.

Go ahead and laugh, but she was more successful than [[Angry Archer]]. (much more)

{{quote|This girl needs to cut down on sweets.|[[Sari Sumdac]] on Professor Princess|"[[Sound and Fury]]"}}

==Fiction==
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kath Soucie]] (English)
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{{spoiler|Sound and Fury}}

Professor Princess attacked a toy store where [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Sari Sumdac]] were shopping as part of her crusade to destroy "awful, violent toys" (''oh, the irony...''). In her opening attack, she succeeded in incapacitating Bulkhead. However, Sari weakened her with a concentrated attack of very loud music from a [[Sari Sumdac's Key|key-enchanced]] stereo, and Bulkhead pinched Powdered Sugar's laser horn as it was about to fire, causing it to explode. The wannabe supervillainess was left bawling in the middle of the street, her unicorn's decapitated head on her lap. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

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==Trivia==
* Her "Powdered Sugar" flying unicorn doll somewhat resembles another [[Hasbro]] brand, ''My Little Pony''. Way to advertise, Hasbro.

* Her theme music is similar to that of the main character from ''[[wikipedia:Sailor Moon|Sailor Moon]]''.

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