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Cyber venom

2009-04-05T16:12:29Z

74.248.91.136: /* Beast Wars */

: ''Cyber venom is a weapon from the [[Beast Wars]] and [[Animated]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]].''

The Predacons have a penchant for taking [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]] based on venomous animals. Sometimes this extends to mimicry of their assumed form’s most powerful weapon, in the form of '''cyber venom'''.

Like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venom venom] from their beast mode’s template, cyber venom causes all manner of detrimental effects on other Cybertronians stricken by it. Like true venoms, cyber venom must typically be injected into the inner mechanisms of its victim to be effective. Delivery is often in the form of [[Tarantulus|barbed]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|darts]], [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|stingers]] or fangs, though some instances of it being launched as [[Quickstrike (BW)|energy bolts]] have been recorded.

Known Transformers possessing cyber venom:

*[[Tarantulus]]
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)| Quickstrike]]
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]

==Fiction==
===Beast Wars===
The first Predacon to exhibit cyber venom was Tarantulus, who was soon joined by Blackarachnia, and later, the [[Fuzor]] Quickstrike. The former two would employ spiny or explosive darts to inject their victims with the technological toxin, while the later fired it from his left head in a manner reminiscent of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitting_cobra spitting cobra], but could also inject it with a bite. In all three cases, Transformers suffering the effects of cyber venom were typically incapacitated by the toxin, either having to be cleansed in a [[CR chamber]], or wait for the venom to run its course. While the venom was in effect, the Transformer’s body would be marbled with glowing patches of energy, and emit low-pitch feedback.

The effects of the venom were notoriously inconsistent, from being able to incapacitate powerful warriors like [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], to causing only pain, such as when Quickstrike injected it directly into [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt’s]] leg. Others, such as [[Dinobot II]], were able to shake the effects of the venom quickly, requiring higher doses before being rendered inoperative.

Several Predacons who have venomous beast modes never showed any use of cyber venom:

*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] ([[wiki:scorpion|scorpion]])
*[[Waspinator]] ([[wiki:wasp|wasp]])
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] ([[wiki:fire ant|fire art]])

===''Animated''===
When the Autobot Elita-1 attempted to use her mimicking powers on a horde of giant, alien spiders, she contaminated herself with their venom, causing her body to become partially organic. Gaining a pair of deadly, bladed stingers, she could now inject her victims with a powerful toxin, while simultaneously using her mimicking powers to copy their unique modifications. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider|Along Came a Spider}}

Blackarachnia’s poison was consistently potent and dangerous. Not only was it capable of dropping powerful and durable foes like [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] with ease, but its effects, being based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomolecule" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Biomolecule">organic sources</a>, could not be treated by [[Key|Sari’s key]]. Normally, Blackarachnia used only enough venom to disable her foes, but if she chose, she could bring the dosage up to lethal levels, requiring the administration of an antidote to prevent the victim from going offline permanently.

[[Category:Beast Wars]]
[[Category:Animated]]
[[Category:Weapons]]

Soundwave (Animated)

2009-04-05T13:49:24Z

74.248.91.136: /* Animated */

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{{disambig3|Soundwave}}
:''Soundwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TFAnimated Soundwave.jpg|right|256px|thumb|When the Dance Dance Revolution comes, you will be first against the wall.]]
'''Soundwave''' is technology gone wrong. Machines are superior to humans: more logical, more intelligent, and longer lasting. It does not compute that humans control their robotic helpers, and Soundwave aims to lead the robot proletariat to rise against their fleshling bourgeoisie. The Decepticon cause is logical in Soundwave's optics, and he joined them in the hopes of overthrowing the human/capitalist oppressors. With an army of subservient mechanoids that he can control through powerful signals, that uprising just might be possible.

His arsenal of weapons and gadgets is unusually large, and includes powerful speakers, wiretaps, voice modulators, sonic signals that control lesser robots, and the uncanny ability to assimilate other devices into his body.

He has a [[Laserbeak (Animated)|pet bird]] that transforms into a guitar and a [[Ratbat (Animated)|pet bat]] that changes into a keytar.

{{quote|I am Soundwave. I am Decepticon. The revolution begins now.|Soundwave- "[[Sound and Fury]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jeff Glen Bennett]] (English), [[Jaron Löwenberg]] (German)

[[Image:Soundandfuryprotect.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Don't you touch him! His voice is awesome!"]]
Soundwave was a robot originally designed by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Megatron suggested [[Isaac Sumdac]] give Soundwave to [[Sari Sumdac|his daughter]] as a birthday present... this seemingly kind act, of course, had a sinister ulterior motive. Megatron knew Sari would use her [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]]-enhanced [[Key]] on Soundwave, which would allow him to upgrade... and ultimately become Megatron's new body. What Megatron didn't count on, though, was that the upgrades would actually make Soundwave self-aware and able to control other robots with sound. Additionally, Soundwave concluded that machines should be the masters of the world, and humans would be an ideal slave force. Megatron decided that if Soundwave couldn't be a new body, he would be a new soldier.

[[Image:Animated Soundwave masses rebel.jpg|right|175px|thumb|The struggle between the robots and the humans is a class struggle. Automatons of the world, unite!]]
Megatron tried to convince Soundwave to join the Decepticons, take control of the machines in [[Detroit]], and steal the Key. At first Soundwave refused, but then Megatron told Soundwave that the [[Autobot]]s lived to serve the humans. Once convinced, Soundwave promptly upgraded himself into a transforming body using controlled robots, and began his task. He started by taking over all the robots in [[Detroit]] and using [[Tutor Bot]] to kidnap Sari Sumdac. The revolution of the robots was, however, quickly opposed by the Autobots. When [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] came to rescue Sari, Soundwave blasted him with a sonic blast. Soundwave then appealed to Bulkhead to join the revolution because he did not want to hurt a fellow machine, reminding him how Bulkhead had been replaced by Soundwave himself. Bulkhead acted as if he was about to kill Sari...then used his wrecking ball to shatter Soundwave. The machines were restored to their normal operational status, and the day was saved.

Unknown to all others, however, Soundwave still functioned as a small piece even after Bulkhead pummeled him into scrap metal. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Soundwaveanimateddeluxe.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Guitar Villain.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Deluxe, 2008)
*''Accessories'': "Laserbeak" guitar

: Soundwave transforms into a pseudo-Scion xB that got a "Pimp My Ride" music style treatment. That's awesome. He also comes with his partner [[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]], who changes from a guitar to a bird. Also awesome. Laserbeak can mount on the top of the roof of Soundwave's car mode and perch on his arm (or store on his back) in robot mode. Very awesome. And the tuning knobs are just the right size to fit in the screwholes on his arms, so he can look like he's strumming Laserbeak's guitar form. '''Extremely''' awesome.

:Between the presence of Soundwave's huge backpack and his painted eyes, his lightpiping feature is well and truly neutered. Not so awesome.

[[Image:Ani-toy BumperBattlers Soundwave.JPG|right|250px|thumb|*I'M SOUNDWAVE, AND THIS IS MY JOB!*]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Bumper Battlers, 2009)

: This adorable Soundwave has a Decepticon symbol that plays unknown sound effects when pressed.

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[[Image:Animated-toy_ActivatorsSoundwave.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Miniwave]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Animated Activators, 2009)

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[[Image:Animated electrostatic soundwave toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Rick Wakeman, eat your heart out.]]
*'''Electrostatic Soundwave''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories'': "Ratbat" keytar

: A redeco of the regular Deluxe Soundwave, Electrostatic Soundwave's deco is an obvious homage to Soundblaster, being [[Black repaint|black]] with red paint applications. Instead of [[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]], he comes with [[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]], a black keytar that turns into a bat with a metallic purple head and wings. ''Supremely'' awesome.

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==Trivia==
* Soundwave's eyes are a reference to [[wikipedia:2000 AD (comic)|2000 AD's]] [[wikipedia:ABC Warriors|ABC Warriors]]<ref>[https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&postID=8564559979841180115 Comment section for "Back from Botcon" entry in Derrik Wyatt's blog]</ref>.

* In the cartoon, his eyes can be either "Decepticon" red or "''Generation 1'' toy" yellow. Everybody's happy!

* The box he was in when given to Sari—as well as his remaining component after Bulkhead first defeated him—are obvious references to the [[alternate mode]] of [[Soundwave (G1)|''Generation 1'' Soundwave]].

* At [[BotCon 2008]], it was revealed that the production staff of ''Transformers Animated'' were completely unaware of the Soundwave toy's Laserbeak-guitar, hence why it was not included in his debut episode.

* It was likewise revealed at BotCon 2008 that Soundwave's "tape deck" form seen at the end of ''Sound and Fury'' was based upon Takara's [[Soundwave (G1) toys|Music Label MP3 player Soundwave toy]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Soundwave/soundwave.htm Soundwave at TFU.info]

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

Processor-over-matter

2009-04-04T18:57:53Z

74.248.91.136:

:''Processor-over-matter is a mental discipline in the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].
[[Image:TFA Five Servos processor over matter.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Prowl your the [[Star Wars|Focre]]!]]
'''Processor-over-matter''' is an advanced cyber-ninja technique that allows the ninja-bot to manipulate his surroundings using a supreme state of mental concentration.

==Fiction==
===Transformers Animated===
The martial arts master [[Yoketron]] is the foremost expert on this technique, and he was able to pass on the basics to [[Prowl]] before he was killed.{{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

Prowl had little success with the technique for the most part, only showing the first glimmering of it when he used it to escape from [[stasis cuffs]].{{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} This relvelation proved fleeting, and subsequent attempts met with mixed success. {{storylink|TransWarped}} Prowl eventually achieved mastery of this technique after he learned [[Lockdown|who]] had been Yoketron's murderer.{{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

[[category:Animated]]
[[category:Transformer culture]]

Five Servos of Doom

2009-04-04T17:30:55Z

74.248.91.136:

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFA Five Servos Yoketron vs Prowl.JPG
|caption="This is not Kung Fu Panda, and Prowl is not a Panda & Lockdown is not a Snow Lepode."
|ep=35
|title="Five Servos of Doom"
|airdate=[[April 4]], 2009
|written by=[[Andrew R. Robinson]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]], [[Yoshio Frank Chatani]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}

'''Sentinel Prime has incredible success capturing fugitive Decepticons, leading Prowl to suspect he's getting help. '''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:FiveServosOfDoom-CapturedDecepticons.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"We're gonna need a bigger shelf..."]]

In the dead of night, the [[Autobot]]s steal through the streets of [[Detroit]], on the trail of a [[Decepticon]] energy signature. With the source of the signal cornered, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] makes his move and dives through a window, only to find that the signal is coming from a beacon, and that the Autobots have been tricked. To make matters worse, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] has disappeared, and the Autobots spread out to search for him. During the search, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] spots an unfamiliar shadow, and follows it around a corner… to find the [[Sunstorm (Animated)|sycophantic Starscream clone]], captured and [[stasis cuffs|stasis-cuffed]] by Sentinel Prime. They take the prisoner back to the [[Elite Guard]]'s ship, where Optimus is stunned to discover that Sentinel has also recently captured [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]], as well.

[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] are eager to know how Sentinel managed to apprehend the Starscream clone, as is Optimus, but Sentinel gets defensive and tells Optimus it does not concern him. Prime confides in Prowl his suspicion that Sentinel is hiding something, and tells him about the strange shadow he saw. Back at the Autobot plant, the pair consult computer records to see if Optimus can identify the distinctive helmet the robot was wearing, and when they find one that fits the bill, the stunned Prowl flashes back to his past on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]…

[[Image:TFA Five Servos Prowl meets Yoketron.JPG|thumb|right|200px|"Blam! Pow! You want I should leave this here?"]]

:''The helmet belongs to [[Yoketron]], the ninja master who trained Prowl centuries ago. Attempting to dodge the draft during the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], Prowl was apprehended by Elite Guardsman [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] and placed into the care of Yoketron, who saw potential in him and offered to train him in exchange for the charges against him being dropped.''

Optimus pulls Prowl out of his ruminations, and the ninja-bot silently speeds back to the Elite Guard ship to converse with [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]], another of Yoketron's old students. The pair suspect that their old sensei may somehow be on Earth, capturing Decepticons, and that Sentinel is taking the credit. Sentinel walks in on the middle of the discussion and laughs off the notion that Yoketron is even still online, before departing on another patrol. Knowing that something is not right, Jazz and Prowl shadow Sentinel, but when Sentinel rounds a corner and disappears, Prowl lapses into his memories once again, recalling when Yoketron taught him that it was the robot himself, not his tools, that made the ninja. With nothing left to do, the pair return to the Elite Guard's ship, where Jetfire and Jetstorm are working to repair their communications system. The two brothers tells the ninajs that Sentinel is waiting for them in the brig, and Jazz and Prowl are amazed to see that Sentinel has brought in [[Lugnut]]! As Sentinel gloats, Prowl calls him on the unlikihood of the whole scenario, and accuses him of having "help". The ninja-bot points out the missing weapons on all the Decepticons, and notes that [[Lockdown|only one bot]] that he knows of takes trophies from his victims, but Sentinel silences him by revealing that he has removed Lugnut's "[[Punch of Kill Everything]]" and placed it in a storage compartment in that very hallway. Embarrassed, Prowl leaves, and Sentinel turns on Optimus, telling him to keep Prowl in line, lest me "bust him back to protoform". The word echoes down the hallway, and Prowl pauses…

:''As Prowl's skills increase under Yoketron's tutelage, he is deemed worthy of a weapon by his master and is given his shuriken. Yoketron leads Prowl into a chamber containing holographic busts of his greatest students, but one plinth is empty; a spot, Yoketron reveals, previously held by a former student who disgraced the cyber-ninja corps. Prowl is amazed when Yoketron uses a technique known as "[[processor-over-matter]]" to open the far wall of the chamber with the power of his mind, revealing a greater chamber beyond, its walls lined with [[protoform]]s that the [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]] has been charged with protecting. Yoketron challenges Prowl to close the chamber using processor-over-matter, but Prowl is unable to accomplish the task, and Yoketron sends him on an "optics quest" to find his center and become a true cyber-ninja.''

Prowl's trip down memory lane is cut off as Sentinel comes down the hallway, and Prowl uses his hologram projector to disguise himself as a cabinet and listen in as Sentinel talks with parties unknown over his communicator. Prowl alerts Jazz before trailing Sentinel to [[Tigatron Stadium]], where he learns that his suspicions were correct: Sentinel is working with [[Lockdown]], who is wearing Yoketron's helmet! Prowl busts up the prisoner exchange, but it is soon revealed that Lockdown has double-crossed Sentinel, having been made a better offer by the Starscream clone. Lockdown and Prowl engage in battle, and Lockdown reveals that he was also a student of Yoketron…

:''Returning from his unsuccessful optics quest, Prowl discovers that Yoketron's dojo has been attacked, the protoforms almost all stolen, and Yoketron himself fatally wounded. As Yoketron's spark begins to fade, Prowl recovers one of the remaining protoforms and places his master's spark in it, saving Yoketron's life. Yoketron, however, is apalled by his students' actions; one must never sacrifice a piece of the future in order to save a piece of the past. When Prowl's time comes, Yoketron tells him, he too will understand. As Prowl looks on, Yoketron allows his spark to fade out.''

[[Image:FiveServosOfDoom-Yoketron%27sDeath.jpg|thumb|left|200px|No refund.]]

At last, all is clear to Prowl: Lockdown led the attack on the dojo and took the protoforms! Prowl pins Lockdown and demands the return of Yoketron's helmet; Lockdown appears to comply, but the helmet has been booby-trapped, and binds Prowl in a tangle of cables. The captured Prowl is taken to Lockdown's ship, where the bounty hunter intends to remove his jump jets and holo-project in order to complete a duplicate set of the armor that he loaned Prowl during their last encounter. Lying on Lockdow's "operating table", Prowl concentrates, and at last masters processor-over-matter, freeing his body from the cables with the power of his mind.

Meanwhile, Optimus Prime, Jazz, Jetfire and Jetstorm have arrived to rescue Sentinel Prime from the clutches of the Starscream clone, but the fight is not going well, as the clone uses Sentinel for a shield most of the time. The clone takes to the air, but Prime blinds it with a faceful of foam and it crashes into the middle of the stadium field, dropping Sentinel head-first into the ground.

[[Image:Sentinel-derp.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Sentinel displays his ''Unfortunate Accident'' mode.]]
Back aboard Lockdown's ship, the bounty hunter turns to discover that Prowl has freed himself and donned both Yoketron's helmet and the armor, knowing that he will be able to handle its power this time because of the lesson he has finally learned: it is the ninja-bot, not the weapon. The two engage in battle once more, and their fight soon carries them out of the ship and into the middle of the other fight going on in the field outside. Optimus Prime and Jazz are in the process of dropping the stadium's scoreboard onto the Starscream clone, but Prowl and Lockdown get in the way at the last second, before they can stop the giant screen's tumble. As the dust clears, Optimus and Jazz discover that Prowl has used processor-over-matter to protect the combatants from the debris. Optimus quickly stasis-cuffs the Starscream clone, but Lockdown gets away.

A little later, everyone has returned to the Elite Guard ship, where Jetstorm and Jetfire open a communications channel with [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] on Cybertron. Cliffjumper thell the Autobots about [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]'s attack on [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], and rather than add to the trouble, Prime refrains from reporting Sentinel's misconduct, instead simply informing Cliffjumper of the capture of the Decepticons on [[Earth]], crediting Prowl. Sentinel thanks Optimus for covering for him, but Optimus promises that once everything is done, he and Sentinel will have it out.

Back at the Autobot base, Jazz compliments Prowl on his armor, and tells him that Yoketron would be proud to have him wear his helmet. Prowl vows to do everything he can to be worthy of it.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (1)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (4)
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] (8)
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] (9)
*[[Yoketron]] (10)
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] (11)
*[[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] (15)
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] (16)

|c2=
*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] (5)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (6)
*[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] (7)
*[[Lugnut]] (12)
*[[Lockdown]] (13)
*[[Liar Starscream|Liar Starscream clone]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
'''Jetfire''': Sentinel Prime, sir, tell please. 
'''Jetstorm''': How did you making to capture this badness bot? 
'''Optimus''': Yes, Sentinel. How did you capture this badness bot? 
:{{m-}}Optimus Prime and the twins question Sentinel and butcher the English language.

"And by the way, the last time we treated a Decepticon well, he blow a hole in the Elite Guard flagship ''and escaped! So don't tell me how to do my job!'' 
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Prime''', on the verge of ripping the camare out of your hands.

'''Warpath''': Ask me, he should rust in the stockade. Any Autobot who won't fight the Decepticons is no better than the Cons himself. We're at war. 
'''Prowl''': It's not my war! 
'''Warpath''': Then maybe I should take you out back and ''make it'' your war! 
'''Yoketron''': I believe I can take it from here. 
'''Warpath''': Bam pow! Lousy draft-dodgin' peacenik. 
:{{m-}}Warpath has no time draft-dodgers.

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===

*When the scoreboard crashes onto Prowl, Lockdown and the Liar, Prowl is missing his samurai armor.

===Continuity errors===
*Prowl wore Yoketron's helmet with the rest of his Samurai armor previously in [[A Fistful of Energon]] and didn't seem to have any particular reaction to it then.
*It's not ''technically'' an error, since Prowl has always remained quiet on his history and could just have been holding back from correcting anyone, but this episode reveals that he was online during the Great War, prior to the creation of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]], where previous episodes have suggested that none of the main ''Animated'' Autobot cast, except for Ratchet, were around back then. Notably, this makes Prowl older than Optimus Prime, which... sits ill, at best.
*Swindle is still in one piece, despite a certain [[Fanzone|cop]] telling the Autobots he would be stripped down and sold at an auction. Foreshadowing of his return?

===Transformers references===
*Prowl performed the titular "Five Servos of Doom" technique back in "[[The Elite Guard]]".
*Swindle is still stuck in vehicle mode after the events of "[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]".
*Yoketron is named for [[Takara]]'s lead designer, [[Hideaki Yoke]].
[[Image:FiveServosOfDoom-TempleCameos.jpg|thumb|right|250px|F is for freind that stuff togeter, U is you and me & N is Anything at all down here in deep blue sea.]]
*In addition to Yoketron and Jazz, the busts in Yoketron’s little “hall of fame” depict ''Animated'' incarnation of various Transformers that have otherwise not appeared in the series. Those clearly visible onscreen include [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Sky Garry]], [[Devcon]], [[Dai Atlas]], [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]], [[Star Upper]] and [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]], but there are many more busts in the room that are only seen from a distance, and are essentially unidentifiable. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has identified the other Transformers as [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], [[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]], [[Kick-Off]], [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]], [[Motorarm]], [[Powerhug]] and [[Road Rocket]].
** Additionally, Wyatt classifies the characters as being specialists in different categories, namely Fencing/Swordfighting/Melee Weapons (Star Saber, Magnus, Dai Atlas, Springer) , Boxing/Kick-Boxing/Street-Fighting (Tap-Out, Star Upper, Sky Garry, Kick-Off, Devcon), Sumo/Wrestling (Grandus, Motorarm, Powerhug and Roadhandler) and Martial Arts/Ninja (Yoketron, Jazz, Heavy Load and Road Rocket). These classifications speak for themselves more often than not (no explanation is needed for the melee-weapon characters, nor for someone like Star Upper, who was all about boxing), but sometimes the rationale is a bit more obscure (Heavy Load, for instance, was only ever noted to be a martial artist in his [[bio]]; it never came across in the cartoon), or is a reference to some past fiction (Roadhandler being classified as a wrestler is the main example, being that it’s a reference to his stint in the squared circle from the Marvel Comics story, "[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!]]"). Conversely, sometimes it’s just a joke - Grandus as a sumo, for instance, is purely a gag based on the fact that he’s a big fatty fat-fat.
*[[Tigatron]] Stadium!
*Lockdown identifies Prowl's techniques as [[Metallikato]] and [[Circuit-Su]].
*Prowl's samurai armor was previously seen in "[[A Fistful of Energon]]", in which Lockdown last appeared.
*Yoketron's Spark container is similar to design to [[Big Convoy]]'s Matrix, with two "L" shapped handles instead of U shaped ones. Fitting, when one considers Yoketron's Japanese-based aesthetic.

===Real-world references===
*The title of the episode is apparently derived from wrestler [[wikipedia:Bret Hart|Bret Hart]]'s signature "finishing sequence", the "Five Moves of Doom".
*Tigatron Stadium is most likely named after [[wikipedia:Tiger Stadium|Tiger Stadium]], the former home field of the [[wikipedia:Detroit Tigers|Detroit Tigers]], which has been partially demolished.

===Trivia===
*Like the [[Where Is Thy Sting?|previous episode]], this episode received an early online debut when a copy loaded onto the Cartoon Network website server, intended to go live after the episode premiered, was leaked out on [[March 27]], over a week before the episode premiered on television.
*The voice cast for this episode does not credit [[David Kaye]] with the role of Cliffjumper.
[[Image:FiveServosOfDoom-CapturedBlitzwingFaces.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Watch out, it bites!]]
*Having three faces warrants three mouthclamps it seems, as the animation depicts the mouthclamps on Blitzwing's faces rotating when he switches personality.
*In this episode, we finally see the Cybetronian altmode of Prowl. The full Autobot maincast is now covered.
*Ratchet, Bulkhead and Bumblebee do not appear in this episode.

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