Microbots

2008-03-25T00:27:48Z

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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==
[[Image:NemesisMicrobots1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|]]
While digging for Mayan artifacts in South America, a group of archaeologists stumble upon an ancient spacecraft. As news of the discovery is broadcast on the news, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] recognize it as the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']], the Decepticon ship they traveled to Earth in four million years ago. Megatron states that there is something on that ship which he wants, and sets out to get it.

Meanwhile, at the [[Autobot]]s' [[Ark (G1)|HQ]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] is 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]] walks in and tries to make him stop, when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] orders Brawn and Bumblebee to follow him to South America along with [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], to stop Megatron from obtaining what he wants.

[[Image:Microbots Megatron energy blasts.JPG|thumb|150px|Now you will experience the full power of the dark side.]]
As Megatron's troops blast their way through a rainforest in order to avoid satellite detection, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] manages to miss a tree and gets attacked by a giant snake, to the amusement of [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s. Meanwhile, [[Ravage]] has met his match in the form of a real Jaguar. The Autobots arrive and decide not to burn the forest down, because Optimus says "that's not our style."

Megatron gets through the forest first, and reaches the ship. Blasting it open, he retrieves the ship's energy core, the [[Heart of Cybertron]]. [[Hook]] implants it into Megatron's torso, vastly increasing his power level. Optimus Prime then arrives and orders the Autobots to attack, but they are all defeated by Megatron's new ability to continuously fire energy from his fingertips. The Autobots only manage to escape by destroying a hill, burying the Decepticons under rubble.

[[Image:Microbots shrink.JPG|thumb|left|150px]]
While Optimus Prime creates a force-field to keep Megatron at bay, Perceptor hatches 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 sit around and get <s>plastered</s> overcharged on [[energon]]. After Megatron rambles on about the "good ol' days" and passes out, [[Powerglide]] delivers the tiny Autobots into his body. This causes him to wake up and go to destroy the Autobots himself, as the rest of his forces can't stay on their feet.

[[Image:Microbots Heart throw.JPG|thumb|150px]]
Perceptor, Brawn and Bumblebee make their way through Megatron's body, avoiding his [[electro-sanitizer]]s and riding his [[evil brain impulse]]s. They eventually reach the Heart of Cybertron, disconnect it, and get out of Megatron just as the shrink-ray was wearing off. Brawn throws the Heart 2000 miles into the sky, at which point Perceptor blasts it. After this, Brawn shows 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." 
"Yeah, now let's waste it! I hate nice things." 
:-- '''Rumble''' and '''Bonecrusher''', the latter sounding [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|very familiar]].

'''Brawn''': "Are you ''defective?'' ''How''<nowiki>'</nowiki>re we gonna do ''that?!'' 
'''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!" 
'''Optimus''': "What do you think of his intelligence now, Brawn?" 
'''Brawn''': "Ahhh, I reserve judgment."
:-- '''Brawn''', '''Perceptor''', and '''Optimus Prime'''

'''Megatron''': "Decepticons: a toast. To the imminent destruction of the acursed Autobots!" 
''[The Decepticons begin drinking Energon]'' 
'''Starscream''': "Energy! We won't need to conserve after tomorrow. We can bleed this planet dry!" 
'''Rumble''': ''[hiccups]'' "Boy, these are good. ''[hiccups]'' I needed to refuel. Energy!" 
'''Megatron''': "Energy! Energy!" 
'''Thundercracker''': "Hey! This stuff's the greatest!" ''[passes out]'' 
'''Megatron''': "Ah, those were the good ol' days, back on Cybertron...Didn' half to...sneak around in these...ugly Earth disguises." 
''[Powerglide arrives]'' '''Powerglide''': "Time to cut the jets and glide!...What in the world?" 
'''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. No wonder Brawn doesn't trust him.
* 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?

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