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City of Steel (episode)

2007-10-13T02:10:50Z

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The Decepticons invade [[New York City]].

==Detailed synopsis==
Over New York City, Laserbeak flies into the Decepticons' underground base. The Constructicons are digging a hole in the ceiling and the Autobots don't have a clue. After hours of digging, the Constructicons manage to sink the Empire State building underground.
The Autobots finally get wind of this and head to the city. Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Bumblebee and Ratchet plan to meet the rest of the Autobots at Central Park. However, Laserbeak spots them and reports back to Megatron. He plans to give the Autobots a surprising welcome.
At Central Park, the Autobots are ambushed by Soundwave and his crew whilst underground the Constructicons inform Megatron that they're underneath Optimus Prime. Megatron orders them to dig while Optimus Prime is fighting Soundwave. Taken by surprise he falls into the Decepticons underground base where Megatron severs his motor relays causing Optimus Prime to go into suspended animation. Megatron the threatens the remaining Autobots that unless they leave he will melt their leader down to scrap. He also shows them his master plan which is to rebuild New York into New Cybertron by bringing the Empire State building back up but now it looks like a Cybertron Fortress.
Forced to leave the city the Autobots are gloomy until Spike comes up with a plan to get into the city undetected.
Meanwhile Megatron gloats over Prime's still body. However Megatron is still worried that Optimus Prime might try something and orders Hook to disassemble him. After Optimus is now a pile of parts Megatron picks up his head and gloats again in which Prime responds that even though he's in pieces he will still fight. Prime then activates his arms and trips up Megatron. Megatron then orders the Constructicons to dispose of Prime's body with exception to the head.

Meanwhile Spike, Bumblebee, Rachet, Hound and Mirage enter the City through the sewers planning on rescuing Prime undetected. The scene the changes to the Constructicons very pleased with themselves to what they did with Prime's body and have special plans with his right arm.

Meanwhile Hound is confused that Prime is now behind them instead of in front. Mirage then spots a giant robot alligator (dubbed the Alligatorcon) and they run from it not wanting to fight for fear of alerting the Decepticons. They trap it in a train and send it and the train packing. When they reach the underground base they find Prime's head and reattach his circuits so he can speak. Prime the activates his legs to come to him and the rest of the Autobots figure out that the Alligatorcon was made up of Prime's parts. After capturing it Ratchet reassembles Prime, minus the right arm. Now that Optimus is safe the Autobots attack. The Decepticons have turned half of New York city into New Cybertron complete with killer taxi's and they're using Prime's arm as a weapon on top of their fortress.
After breaking through their defenses Optimus Prime, Ironhide and Ratchet plan to scale the fortress to reclaim Prime's arm. Bumblebee and Spike plan to distract Megatron and Soundwave to help. Megatron orders an air strike but when that fails the Constructicons become Devastator and he follows Prime's team up the building. Meanwhile Spike and Bumblebee manage to sneak in and annoy Megatron, by calling him Megaklutz, and tricking him into destroying the device that controlled Prime's arm. Outside Devastator captures Prime and knocks Ironhide and Ratchet into the fortress. Wheeljack the comments that the whole thing reminded him of King Kong as he tried to assist with his remote controlled helicopters. Spike then informs Prime that his arm is no longer controlled by Megatron in which Prime uses this opportunity to use against Devastator. After Devastator gets hit Prime falls but is saved by Ironhide and Ratchet and as usual the Decepticons retreat.

Now the city is saved, Prime is back together and Bumblebee got a souvenir (a 'I love NY' bumper sticker) the Autobots roll out and return home.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' ???

'''Written by:''' ???

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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==Notable quotes==

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* When Megatron is looking at Optimus through the monitor he has both arms, the camera faces Megatron and looks back at Optimus who has only one arm.
* The scene freezes for several seconds as the rebuilt Empire State Building is about to be raised above ground, complete with non-moving clouds of dust and smoke.
* The Empire State Building is depicted as ''far'' too small in relation to the Transformers in several scenes.
* At one point Megatron's helmet appears in white rather than grey giving the impression that he is wearing a white wig.
* Prime "activating" his legs consists of somehow making them come magically tumbling through the air to him.
* Why didn't the Constructicons find the Matrix when they took apart Prime?
* Let's not even get into the plausibility of lowering a thousand-foot building into the ground, rebuilding it for beings several times the size of a human, and then rebuilding it ''again'' into its original form.

===Real-world references===
* [[Devastator]] climbs the Decepticons' "improved" version of the Empire State Building, very similarly to King Kong, as Wheeljack points out.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* The final shot in this episode shows Bumblebee with an "I [heart] NY" bumper sticker.
* This was one of several episodes subjected to the [[MSTF]] treatment at [[BotCon 2000]].

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Scott McNeil

2007-10-13T00:16:34Z

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[[Image:Scott_McNeil_Ohayocon_04.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Scott entertains an audience at Ohayocon 2004, probably with another story about [[Gary Chalk|Gary the big dumb monkey]].]]

'''Scott McNeil''' (September 15, 1962- ) is a Canadian/Australian voice actor. Some of his most notable roles include Piccolo from the original English dub of ''Dragonball Z'', Bonesteel from ''Ninja Turtles: the Next Mutation'', Duo Maxwell from ''Gundam Wing'', Wolverine from ''X-Men Evolution'', Ace the Bat-Hound from ''Krypto the Superdog'', Proto Man and Dr. Wily in ''Mega Man'', and oh so many more. He is an extremely prolific performer, an incredibly popular guest at Transformers and anime conventions, and is probably insane.

Scratch the "probably".

==Voice Roles==
===Beast Wars===
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
*[[Dinobot II]]
*[[Packrat]] (script reading)
*[[Rattrap]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Vice Grip]] (script reading)
*[[Waspinator]]

===Beast Machines===
*Rattrap
*Silverbolt
*Waspinator

===Armada===
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]

===Energon===
*Jetfire
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]]

===Cybertron===
*[[Backstop]]
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]]

''(McNeil didn't continue Jetfire into ''Cybertron''. The producers reportedly wanted Jetfire to have a more 'Australian' voice instead of his usual, hence a new actor. Ironically, Scott McNeil was, in fact, born in Brisbane, Australia! Clearly, he was insufficiently Australian.)''

==Convention Appearances==
* [[BotCon 1998]]
* [[BotCon 1999]]
* [[BotCon 2001]]
* [[OTFCC 2004]]
* [[BotCon 2006]]

==Trivia==
[[Image:ScottMcNeil_Megsy.jpg|right|thumb|Megatron watches in horror as Scott plays with his arms.]]

* For the interview in [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' DVDs, Scott came dressed in a foam [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] costume.

* In the 2003 animated version of ''Ben Hur'', he was the voice of Jesus. When Scott gets arrested, [[Robert Foxworth]] denies him three times.
*His first live action role was as Bonesteel in TMNT: The Next Mutation. Bonesteel was a big game hunter with a screw loose. Not that big of a stretch really.
*Seriously, he's clinically insane.

==External Links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573926/ Scott McNeil at the Internet Movie Database]

[[Category: Convention guests|McNeil, Scott]]
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Scott McNeil

2007-10-13T00:11:46Z

75.197.246.21:

[[Image:Scott_McNeil_Ohayocon_04.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Scott entertains an audience at Ohayocon 2004, probably with another story about [[Gary Chalk|Gary the big dumb monkey]].]]

'''Scott McNeil''' (September 15, 1962- ) is a Canadian/Australian voice actor. Some of his most notable roles include Piccolo from the original English dub of ''Dragonball Z'', Bonesteel from ''Ninja Turtles: the Next Mutation'', Duo Maxwell from ''Gundam Wing'', Wolverine from ''X-Men Evolution'', Ace the Bat-Hound from ''Krypto the Superdog'', Proto Man and Dr. Wily in ''Mega Man', and oh so many more. He is an extremely prolific performer, an incredibly popular guest at Transformers and anime conventions, and is probably insane.

Scratch the "probably".

==Voice Roles==
===Beast Wars===
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
*[[Dinobot II]]
*[[Packrat]] (script reading)
*[[Rattrap]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Vice Grip]] (script reading)
*[[Waspinator]]

===Beast Machines===
*Rattrap
*Silverbolt
*Waspinator

===Armada===
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]

===Energon===
*Jetfire
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]]

===Cybertron===
*[[Backstop]]
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]]

''(McNeil didn't continue Jetfire into ''Cybertron''. The producers reportedly wanted Jetfire to have a more 'Australian' voice instead of his usual, hence a new actor. Ironically, Scott McNeil was, in fact, born in Brisbane, Australia! Clearly, he was insufficiently Australian.)''

==Convention Appearances==
* [[BotCon 1998]]
* [[BotCon 1999]]
* [[BotCon 2001]]
* [[OTFCC 2004]]
* [[BotCon 2006]]

==Trivia==
[[Image:ScottMcNeil_Megsy.jpg|right|thumb|Megatron watches in horror as Scott plays with his arms.]]

* For the interview in [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' DVDs, Scott came dressed in a foam [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] costume.

* In the 2003 animated version of ''Ben Hur'', he was the voice of Jesus. When Scott gets arrested, [[Robert Foxworth]] denies him three times.
*His first live action role was as Bonesteel in TMNT: The Next Mutation. Bonesteel was a big game hunter with a screw loose. Not that big of a stretch really.
*Seriously, he's clinically insane.

==External Links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573926/ Scott McNeil at the Internet Movie Database]

[[Category: Convention guests|McNeil, Scott]]
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Garry Chalk

2007-10-13T00:01:21Z

75.197.246.21:

[[Image:GaryChalk1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Garry Chalk: Man-at-Arms]]

'''Garry Chalk''' (or '''Gary Chalk''') is a Canadian voice actor and screen actor. In addition to his ''Transformers'' work, Chalk has also played Donkey Kong and King Hippo in ''Captain N: the Game Master'', Guts Man in ''Mega Man'', [[Dum Dum|Dum Dum Dugan]] in ''[[Nicholas|Nick Fury: Agent of Shield]]'' and Lieutenant Stone in ''[[G.I. Joe|G.I. Joe Extreme]]'', among numerous other roles.

He sounds like every awesome grandfather and uncle you ever had. He once secretly video taped Eric Stoltz having sex and as a result was broken in two by a giant fly monster.

===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Megatron (G1)|G1 Megatron]] (recorded message)
*[[Onyx Primal]] (script reading)
*[[Optimus Primal]]
*Protohuman

===''Beast Machines''===
*Optimus Primal
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (hologram)

===''Armada''===
*[[Optimus Prime (UT)|Optimus Prime]]

===''Energon''===
*Optimus Prime

===''Cybertron''===
*Optimus Prime

==Trivia==
* During the audio commentary for [[Beast Wars, Part 2]] on [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 DVD, Garry's cell phone suddenly rings, forcing him to step outside.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149942/ Gary Chalk at the Internet Movie Database]

[[Category:Convention guests|Chalk, Garry]]
[[Category: Mainframe|Chalk, Garry]]
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Ian James Corlett

2007-10-12T23:34:27Z

75.197.246.21:

[[image:IanJamesCorlett1.jpg|thumbnail|right|Kamehameha!]]

'''Ian Corlett''' (sometimes credited as '''Ian James Corlett''') is a Canadian voice actor. He's known for roles such as Coconuts from ''the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog,'' Dr. Wily from Captain N, Megaman from the cartoon of the same name (!), or as the first English voice of Goku in ''Dragonball Z''. He eventually left the [[Ocean Group]] due to pay disputes as well as a preference against the anime dubbing process.

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===[[Beast Wars]]===
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]
*[[Maximal]] Computer Voice/[[Sentinel]]

===[[Beast Machines]]===
*Cheetor

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003944/ Ian Corlett at the Internet Movie Database]

*[http://www.ianjamescorlett.com/home.html Ian Corlett's homepage]

[[Category:Convention guests|Corlett, Ian]]
[[Category:Mainframe|Corlett, Ian]]
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Bonecrusher (Movie)

2007-10-12T21:23:35Z

75.197.246.21: /* Robot Heroes */

{{Template:Disambig3|Bonecrusher}}

:''Bonecrusher is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Big_run.jpg|right|thumb|400px|He was a sk8ter boi, she said see ya later boy.]]

'''Bonecrusher''' is a Transformer that can be described with one word: Hate. Bonecrusher hates this wiki. Bonecrusher hates the fact that his toy is so small. Bonecrusher even hates amusingly appropriate Avril Lavigne quotes. Basically Bonecrusher hates everything and everyone, particularly buses, and lives for the day when all of creation is crushed and destroyed beneath his feet. If anyone tries to befriend him (with the possible exception of folks from Force Protection, as noted below), he will have nothing to do with them. His overwhelming anger and hatred extends even to his fellow Decepticons, including [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] himself. Only fear of Megatron keeps him on their side. Plus, he ''really'' hates the [[Autobots]].

He transforms into a Buffalo mine clearing vehicle used by the military. It is made exclusively in South Carolina and the drivers routinely use it to drive to the local Taco Bell/Pizza Hut. He hates drivers, the mine clearing vehicle, the drive-thrus, and South Carolina. He loves tacos, however.

== Fiction ==
===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' novel===
[[Image:Movie_Bonecrusher_busshove_Primeattack1.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Bonecrusher hates being on fire, but normally, he loves to watch things burn.]]

Bonecrusher was aboard the crew of the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'', led by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who were searching for Megatron, who was lost thousands of years ago, along with the [[AllSpark]]. He hated the ''Nemesis'', but would hate trying to walk home more. He also hated the AllSpark, but Megatron wanted it, so he decided not to complain. Finally, he hated Starscream, but all the other Decepticons do as well, making it something he has in common with his fellow Decepticons. He hated that.

He's described as being a terrible shot, but he doesn't really mind, as he much prefers to kill with his bare hands.

===Transformers The Game (console)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Riordan]]

:''('''Note''': Bonecrusher only appears in the Decepticon campaign of the game, and as a non-playable character t'boot.)''

While hiding in a military base, Bonecrusher came under attack by the humans twice, and required assistance from Starscream to escape. He hates needing help from people, especially from people he hates.

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jimmie Wood]] (English)

Bonecrusher was hiding out in the motor pool of a military base when he received a communique from Starscream ordering the Decepticons to to mobilize and converge on the location of the All Spark. He rendezvoused with [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]], and the three Decepticons headed off together to intercept the Autobots and their human allies who had the All Spark in their possession.

Devastator wandered off somewhere, so Bonecrusher and Barricade continued their pursuit on the freeway. Barricade activated his sirens to clear the traffic and allow them more maneuvering room. Unsatisfied with Barricade's less conspicuous method, and since he hated rush-hour traffic, Bonecrusher used his mine-scoop to flip cars out of his way. (He kinda liked that.)

[[Image:Movie_Bonecrusher_carflip.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Well, that's ''another'' thing that he hates.]]

After Barricade pulled over to the side of the road, Bonecrusher transformed while still moving and skated towards the Autobots. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] transformed and slid into position to block his path. Seeing the Autobot he really hated (and that's saying a lot), Bonecrusher smashed through a bus (it irked him), and tackled Optimus Prime, pushing him off an overpass tumbling and falling off the edge, dragging the Autobot leader down with him.

However, Optimus Prime hit Bonecrusher so hard one of the Decepticon's [[optics]] popped free from its socket (he liked that eye... well, no, he didn't, he just hated not having it more), and the two played a little cat-and-mouse along the overpasses. After Prime jumped down to ground level, Bonecrusher swung his tail wildly at the Autobot, all the while screaming incoherently. This gave Optimus the opportunity he needed to get his sword ready... which the Autobot used to sever Bonecrusher's right arm and stab through the Decepticon's neck, decapitating him. Optimus then wrenched the head from it's neck and discarded it on the ground, he hated that too.

Bonecrusher hates his movie role.

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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Bonecrusher''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MD-09'''

[[Image:moviebonecrushertoy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The name's doomed to be nothing but bulldozers or [[Bonecrusher (BW)|buffaloes]]. And he hates that.]]

: Bonecrusher transforms into a [[wikipedia:Buffalo_%28mine_protected_vehicle%29|Buffalo mine-protected vehicle]], with an articulated "mine-fork" for removing mines or cars or robots or unsuspecting buildings from his path. He has six rolling wheels in this mode, and two sculpted, non-functional spare wheels.

: In robot mode he has elements resembling both his 2005 design and the final design used in the movie, though a major deviation to both designs is that the entire front shell halves of the vehicle mode are mounted upon his arms. His arms have limited articulation due to this [[kibble]], but can extend out into '''really''' long arms. His legs fare better, with ball jointed hips, swivel knees and ankles, but his hips can often detach from the codpiece holding them together. The mine-fork splits to form a grabber-claw, which can snap onto victims with a geared slider [[Automorph]] mechanism.

: He is surprisingly okay with these little tools of death.

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: He is named "Bonescrusher" on the Canadian [[cross-sell]]. Guess how Bonecrusher feels about ''that'' little mispelling.

*'''Autobot Jazz Vs Bonecrusher''' (Legends multi-pack, 2007)

[[Image:Movie_Legends_Bonecrusher_toy.jpg|thumb|right|Sure Bonecrusher is smaller, but his hate remains the same size.]]

: As part of the ''AllSpark Battles'' refresh of the Movie toyline, a Legends-class [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] with altered [[paint application]]s is repacked in a Versus two-pack with an all-new Legends class figure of Bonecrusher.

: It is currently unknown if this set is mass-retail or an [[exclusive]] of some sort.
{{comingsoontoy}}

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===Attacktix===
*'''Bonecrusher''' (2007)

==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
*'''Ironhide vs Bonecrusher''' (2007)

[[Image:Rhboneiron.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bonecrusher is actually pretty glad that he doesn't come with sword-wielding ''RH'' Prime.]]

:Bonecrusher comes packaged with the impressively-armed [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. He is depicted lunging forward on his roller-skate feet, presumably to deliver an extremely enthusiastic hug of hate.

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==Trivia==
[[image:PhotoshopedBuffalo.PNG|250px|thumb|*''Giant fork and Decepticon insignia not included with the real Buffalo.'' Bonecrusher hates that.]]

* The real Buffalo mine-sweeping vehicle hasn't in fact, such a huge fork. It is only 14 inches (35 cm) wide. The image that inspired Bonecrusher's design was actually a Photoshopped image put on the official Force Protection company's site to make it look more impressive[http://www.forceprotection.net/models/buffalo/]. A 10-foot-wide (3 m) appliance had to be fixed on Bonecrusher's arm for the movie. He hated that.[http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=11213]

* Force Protection really, really loves Bonecrusher and that he has picked their Buffalo as its alt mode. They are actually quite proud of it.[http://www.forceprotection.net/news/transformers.html] Bonecrusher is not sure what to think about that.

* Bonecrusher's toy was used as a prop for a CNN Headline News report demonstrating the real Buffalo vehicle's mine-sweeping arm.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maAWP2uVd7M] He hates the Lincoln Memorial.

* It's a matter of debate whether or not Bonecrusher actually said anything intelligible in English during his brief appearance in the finished film, or whether he is talking in [[Cybertronian languages|Cybertronian]]. At various points in his fight with Optimus Prime, he does emit some garbled roars that ''might'' be English. However, there is little agreement among viewers as to whether he said anything at all, much less ''what'' he supposedly said. Or it could just be that he hates speaking coherently.

*Aside from Scorponok, Bonecrusher is the only Transformer that appeared in the movie to not have any of his toy molds re-used for recent or future toys. Bonecrusher undoubtably hates that, too, especially since he hasn't gotten any [[Constructicon | slavish redecos]] unlike [[Starscream (Movie) | others]].
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