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Search (episode)

2011-01-08T22:30:25Z

76.203.48.71: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=10
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=11
|title="Search"
|japanese=魔獣惑星アニマトロス
|romaji=Majū Wakusei Animatros
|translation=Demon Beast Planet Animatros
|image=Cyb ep10 quite a menagerie.jpg
|caption="Then we will create ''alternate'' forms based on the most powerful local creatures!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Kunitoshi Okajima]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[March 19]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[August 20]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots' quest heats up as their civilian friends join the search, and the location of the second Cyber Planet Key is discovered.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb ep10 excavator autobot.jpg|left|thumb|220px|"Damage report?" "Believe me, you don't wanna know."]]

Instead of joining his family in seeing off his brother [[Tim Hansen|Tim]] after his recent visit, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is hanging out with his engineering mentor, [[Mr. Stanton]]. He soon receives a call from the [[Autobot]]s for him to help [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] rescue a civilian Autobot in the form of an excavator who has fallen down a hill. As Coby checks over the excavator's systems, he talks about the ongoing search for the [[Omega Lock]], and the excavator suggests that the civilian Autobots hidden around [[Earth]] join in to speed things up.

On [[Velocitron]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] delivers a report to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] on Earth, but holds back from telling him all the details of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s breach of protocol and the upcoming race for the [[Planet Cup]]. As he reflects on the circumstances, Red Alert spies [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] roughing up [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] in an attempt to get the rough-and-tumble racer to join up with the [[Decepticon]]s. Dirt Boss refuses, wanting to beat [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] alone, but when the planet leader herself appears and tries to help Dirt Boss against the two goons, he takes offense and decides that he will join [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s forces after all.

[[Image:Cyb_ep10_enter_the_dragon.jpg|right|220px|thumb|"I believe you're soon to have... how shall I put it? 'Difficulties' over your own. Yesss."]]

Across the galaxy, on the world known as [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] search for any sign of civilization amongst the wilderness, there to begin the search for the second [[Cyber Planet Key]]. Happening upon a huge temple, the two Decepticons are confronted by the shrine's guardians, [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] and [[Undermine]], and the planet's ruler, [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], who stun Megatron and Starscream with their bestial transformations. Scourge insists that they talk like civilized beings, and Megatron complies, telling him the tale of the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] and the Cyber Planet Keys. Scourge is crafty enough to see through Megatron's claims of nobility and can tell that the Decepticon leader has a bigger plan in mind for the power of the Keys.

[[Image:Cyb ep10 overhaul on jungle planet.jpg|left|220px|thumb|"No, no, ''no!'' It's all wrong! This cannot be Earth!"]]

Back on Earth, word passes quickly amongst the civilian Autobots, until a [[motorcycle refugee|motorcycle]] recognizes the [[Atlantis Pattern]]. As she speeds off to pass on her information, she is spotted by [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] and comes under fire. A pay phone Autobot observes the attack and summons the other Autobots, who arrive to drive off Thundercracker and save the injured motorcycle. She tells the Autobots that she has seen the Atlantis Pattern carved into a rock out in the desert, and they quickly investigate, only to discover that it is another fake. The trip has not been made in vain, however: Included in the inscription are the coordinates of the Jungle Planet!

Denying the kids' requests to travel to the new planet with the Autobots, Optimus Prime appoints Overhaul and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] as the advance team to scout the planet, but as he and Vector Prime open the [[dimension gate]], Thundercracker swoops in for a sudden attack! Only Overhaul passes through the portal before Thundercracker fells Vector Prime, causing the gateway to close, and the Decepticon then blasts Optimus Prime, delivering such a shock to the Autobot leader that he transforms into truck mode and is left wide open for a killing shot. Scattorshot saves the day by grabbing Optimus's disconnected trailer and firing its cannons at Thundercracker, sending him spiraling off through the sky. As the Autobots pull themselves together, it turns out that Vector Prime's systems have been damaged, leaving him unable to open another dimension gate...meaning that Overhaul is stranded on Jungle Planet!

Overhaul is quick to assess his situation: The violent storms of Jungle Planet are blocking his communicator, so he decides to scale a nearby mountain to see if altitude will help. As he trundles along over the rough terrain, he spots Starscream overhead, departing for Earth through a dimension gate...just before an earthquake rips open a crevasse right under Overhaul's feet, leaving him dangling over a river of lava!

And back on Earth, Scattorshot receives a communication from one of the civilian Autobots, a submarine who has discovered the Atlantis Pattern deep below the ocean...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (3)
*Excavator Autobot (4)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (5)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (6)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (9)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (10)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (11)
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (15)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (16)
*[[Vector Prime]] (17)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (21)
*Dump truck Autobot (23)
*[[Signal Lancer]] (24)
*Bus Autobot (25)
*Sports car Autobot (26)
*Taxi Autobot (27)
*Pickup Autobot (28)
*[[Motorcycle refugee]] (29)
*Trash bin Autobot (?!) (30)
*[[Pay phone refugee]] (32)
*[[Six-Speed]] (35)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (36)
*Submarine Autobot (37)
|c2=
*[[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (12)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (13)
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (14)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (18)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (19)
*[[Undermine]] (20)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (22)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (31)
|h3=[[Human]]s
|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (1)
*[[Mr. Stanton]] (2)
*[[Lori]] (33)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (34)

}}

==Quotes==

'''Override:''' "What do you think you're doing?" 
'''Ransack:''' "What does it look like we're doing? Being helpful citizens, of course!" 
'''Crumplezone:''' "He fell down an' he's cryin' like a little bitty girl!"

"We must stop the black hole or we all perish. But ''afterward'', there may be opportunities. Heh heh."
:—'''Megatron'''

"We humans have great features! We're lightweight, don't need oil, ''and'' we can fit in your pocket!"
:—'''Lori'''

"I scared Prime so bad, he done dropped his load!"
:—Oh, '''Thundercracker''', you and your double-entendres!

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

[[Image:Cyb ep10 deleted scene.jpg|right|thumb|220px|"This is ridiculous! We're an exploration ship, not a battlecruiser!"]]

*''Cybertron'' cuts the first twenty or so seconds of the episode, consisting of a short scene (pictured at right) of the rest of the Hansen family at the bus stop, actually seeing off Tim and wondering where Coby is.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Coby wistfully comments that he's not seeing his brother off because he's sure he'll only annoy him. Taken together with a similar scene in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]", where Coby's family didn't congratulate him after winning a race, the suggestion is that Coby does not have the greatest relationship with the rest of his family. ''Cybertron'' elected to omit this aspect of Coby's character; here, Coby is not seeing his brother off because he is getting extra mechanics lesson from Stanton so he can help the Autobots more.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Scourge already knows of the Cyber Planet Key within the temple—by name, no less. ''Cybertron'' makes it a bit more ambiguous, as Scourge merely glances knowingly at the temple statue which is later revealed to contain the Cyber Planet Key.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', the coordinates for the Jungle Planet do not come from the carving; Vector Prime has simply figured them out, making the whole thing with the motorcycle refugee...uh...pretty pointless.
*While the humans do want to go to Jungle Planet in both version of the show, Bud starts in with his request earlier in ''Cybertron'', replacing the dialogue of a short exchange between him and Scattorshot in which he asks the techie Autobot why he hasn't volunteered to go like the others. Scattorshot replies he'll go if ordered, but won't volunteer, since he'd be disappointed if he wasn't picked. His point is then punctuated by Jetfire slumping over in disappointment when he is passed over for the mission (still visible in ''Cybertron'').
*''Cybertron'' notes that the earthquake that threatens Overhaul is the result of Starscream speeding off so fast that he "rips up the geosphere". Erm, right.

===Continuity errors===

*Pretty much every attack name used in this episode is different from every past use of the attack. It's not the last time it'll happen, either. ''Galaxy Force'' remains rock-solidly consistent in this area, of course, but what else would you expect from a shonen anime involving mechas?

===Transformers references===

[[Image:Cyb ep10 bike and bin.jpg|right|220px|thumb|You never had taste, did ya kid?]]

*Tim is returning home after the paying a visit to his family that was noted to be impending in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of "[[Collapse]]". Tim's visit was not mentioned in the ''Cybertron'' version of that episode, though, but it is in this one, even though the actual scene of Tim himself is cut. What've these early ''Cybertron'' episodes got against Tim?
*Vector Prime finds the coordinates for Jungle Planet in an Atlantis Pattern inscription, just as he did the coordinates for Velocitron back in "[[Landmine (episode)|Landmine]]".
*The submarine civilian Autobot previously appeared in "[[Hidden]]".
*The fact that overhaul cant establish contact is like "[[Beast Wars]]"

===Trivia===
*The Autobot who shows the motorcycle refugee a hologram of the Atlantis Pattern appears to have a trash bin for an alternate mode!!
*The "Beast Totem" later revealed to hold Jungle Planet's Cyber Planet Key resembles an organic approximation of Scourge's dragon alt-mode. It's not clear which dragon came first, but seeing as how Scourge transformed the Totem into its true form in [[Primal|a later episode]], it seems that the Totem is based on his beast mode and not the other way around.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 03 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Search (episode)

2011-01-08T22:29:25Z

76.203.48.71: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=10
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=11
|title="Search"
|japanese=魔獣惑星アニマトロス
|romaji=Majū Wakusei Animatros
|translation=Demon Beast Planet Animatros
|image=Cyb ep10 quite a menagerie.jpg
|caption="Then we will create ''alternate'' forms based on the most powerful local creatures!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Kunitoshi Okajima]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[March 19]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[August 20]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots' quest heats up as their civilian friends join the search, and the location of the second Cyber Planet Key is discovered.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb ep10 excavator autobot.jpg|left|thumb|220px|"Damage report?" "Believe me, you don't wanna know."]]

Instead of joining his family in seeing off his brother [[Tim Hansen|Tim]] after his recent visit, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is hanging out with his engineering mentor, [[Mr. Stanton]]. He soon receives a call from the [[Autobot]]s for him to help [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] rescue a civilian Autobot in the form of an excavator who has fallen down a hill. As Coby checks over the excavator's systems, he talks about the ongoing search for the [[Omega Lock]], and the excavator suggests that the civilian Autobots hidden around [[Earth]] join in to speed things up.

On [[Velocitron]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] delivers a report to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] on Earth, but holds back from telling him all the details of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s breach of protocol and the upcoming race for the [[Planet Cup]]. As he reflects on the circumstances, Red Alert spies [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] roughing up [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] in an attempt to get the rough-and-tumble racer to join up with the [[Decepticon]]s. Dirt Boss refuses, wanting to beat [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] alone, but when the planet leader herself appears and tries to help Dirt Boss against the two goons, he takes offense and decides that he will join [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s forces after all.

[[Image:Cyb_ep10_enter_the_dragon.jpg|right|220px|thumb|"I believe you're soon to have... how shall I put it? 'Difficulties' over your own. Yesss."]]

Across the galaxy, on the world known as [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] search for any sign of civilization amongst the wilderness, there to begin the search for the second [[Cyber Planet Key]]. Happening upon a huge temple, the two Decepticons are confronted by the shrine's guardians, [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] and [[Undermine]], and the planet's ruler, [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], who stun Megatron and Starscream with their bestial transformations. Scourge insists that they talk like civilized beings, and Megatron complies, telling him the tale of the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] and the Cyber Planet Keys. Scourge is crafty enough to see through Megatron's claims of nobility and can tell that the Decepticon leader has a bigger plan in mind for the power of the Keys.

[[Image:Cyb ep10 overhaul on jungle planet.jpg|left|220px|thumb|"No, no, ''no!'' It's all wrong! This cannot be Earth!"]]

Back on Earth, word passes quickly amongst the civilian Autobots, until a [[motorcycle refugee|motorcycle]] recognizes the [[Atlantis Pattern]]. As she speeds off to pass on her information, she is spotted by [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] and comes under fire. A pay phone Autobot observes the attack and summons the other Autobots, who arrive to drive off Thundercracker and save the injured motorcycle. She tells the Autobots that she has seen the Atlantis Pattern carved into a rock out in the desert, and they quickly investigate, only to discover that it is another fake. The trip has not been made in vain, however: Included in the inscription are the coordinates of the Jungle Planet!

Denying the kids' requests to travel to the new planet with the Autobots, Optimus Prime appoints Overhaul and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] as the advance team to scout the planet, but as he and Vector Prime open the [[dimension gate]], Thundercracker swoops in for a sudden attack! Only Overhaul passes through the portal before Thundercracker fells Vector Prime, causing the gateway to close, and the Decepticon then blasts Optimus Prime, delivering such a shock to the Autobot leader that he transforms into truck mode and is left wide open for a killing shot. Scattorshot saves the day by grabbing Optimus's disconnected trailer and firing its cannons at Thundercracker, sending him spiraling off through the sky. As the Autobots pull themselves together, it turns out that Vector Prime's systems have been damaged, leaving him unable to open another dimension gate...meaning that Overhaul is stranded on Jungle Planet!

Overhaul is quick to assess his situation: The violent storms of Jungle Planet are blocking his communicator, so he decides to scale a nearby mountain to see if altitude will help. As he trundles along over the rough terrain, he spots Starscream overhead, departing for Earth through a dimension gate...just before an earthquake rips open a crevasse right under Overhaul's feet, leaving him dangling over a river of lava!

And back on Earth, Scattorshot receives a communication from one of the civilian Autobots, a submarine who has discovered the Atlantis Pattern deep below the ocean...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (3)
*Excavator Autobot (4)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (5)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (6)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (9)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (10)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (11)
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (15)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (16)
*[[Vector Prime]] (17)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (21)
*Dump truck Autobot (23)
*[[Signal Lancer]] (24)
*Bus Autobot (25)
*Sports car Autobot (26)
*Taxi Autobot (27)
*Pickup Autobot (28)
*[[Motorcycle refugee]] (29)
*Trash bin Autobot (?!) (30)
*[[Pay phone refugee]] (32)
*[[Six-Speed]] (35)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (36)
*Submarine Autobot (37)
|c2=
*[[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (12)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (13)
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (14)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (18)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (19)
*[[Undermine]] (20)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (22)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (31)
|h3=[[Human]]s
|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (1)
*[[Mr. Stanton]] (2)
*[[Lori]] (33)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (34)

}}

==Quotes==

'''Override:''' "What do you think you're doing?" 
'''Ransack:''' "What does it look like we're doing? Being helpful citizens, of course!" 
'''Crumplezone:''' "He fell down an' he's cryin' like a little bitty girl!"

"We must stop the black hole or we all perish. But ''afterward'', there may be opportunities. Heh heh."
:—'''Megatron'''

"We humans have great features! We're lightweight, don't need oil, ''and'' we can fit in your pocket!"
:—'''Lori'''

"I scared Prime so bad, he done dropped his load!"
:—Oh, '''Thundercracker''', you and your double-entendres!

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

[[Image:Cyb ep10 deleted scene.jpg|right|thumb|220px|"This is ridiculous! We're an exploration ship, not a battlecruiser!"]]

*''Cybertron'' cuts the first twenty or so seconds of the episode, consisting of a short scene (pictured at right) of the rest of the Hansen family at the bus stop, actually seeing off Tim and wondering where Coby is.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Coby wistfully comments that he's not seeing his brother off because he's sure he'll only annoy him. Taken together with a similar scene in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]", where Coby's family didn't congratulate him after winning a race, the suggestion is that Coby does not have the greatest relationship with the rest of his family. ''Cybertron'' elected to omit this aspect of Coby's character; here, Coby is not seeing his brother off because he is getting extra mechanics lesson from Stanton so he can help the Autobots more.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Scourge already knows of the Cyber Planet Key within the temple—by name, no less. ''Cybertron'' makes it a bit more ambiguous, as Scourge merely glances knowingly at the temple statue which is later revealed to contain the Cyber Planet Key.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', the coordinates for the Jungle Planet do not come from the carving; Vector Prime has simply figured them out, making the whole thing with the motorcycle refugee...uh...pretty pointless.
*While the humans do want to go to Jungle Planet in both version of the show, Bud starts in with his request earlier in ''Cybertron'', replacing the dialogue of a short exchange between him and Scattorshot in which he asks the techie Autobot why he hasn't volunteered to go like the others. Scattorshot replies he'll go if ordered, but won't volunteer, since he'd be disappointed if he wasn't picked. His point is then punctuated by Jetfire slumping over in disappointment when he is passed over for the mission (still visible in ''Cybertron'').
*''Cybertron'' notes that the earthquake that threatens Overhaul is the result of Starscream speeding off so fast that he "rips up the geosphere". Erm, right.

===Continuity errors===

*Pretty much every attack name used in this episode is different from every past use of the attack. It's not the last time it'll happen, either. ''Galaxy Force'' remains rock-solidly consistent in this area, of course, but what else would you expect from a shonen anime involving mechas?

===Transformers references===

[[Image:Cyb ep10 bike and bin.jpg|right|220px|thumb|You never had taste, did ya kid?]]

*Tim is returning home after the paying a visit to his family that was noted to be impending in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of "[[Collapse]]". Tim's visit was not mentioned in the ''Cybertron'' version of that episode, though, but it is in this one, even though the actual scene of Tim himself is cut. What've these early ''Cybertron'' episodes got against Tim?
*Vector Prime finds the coordinates for Jungle Planet in an Atlantis Pattern inscription, just as he did the coordinates for Velocitron back in "[[Landmine (episode)|Landmine]]".
*The submarine civilian Autobot previously appeared in "[[Hidden]]".
*The fact that overhaul cant establish contact is like "[[beast wars]]"

===Trivia===
*The Autobot who shows the motorcycle refugee a hologram of the Atlantis Pattern appears to have a trash bin for an alternate mode!!
*The "Beast Totem" later revealed to hold Jungle Planet's Cyber Planet Key resembles an organic approximation of Scourge's dragon alt-mode. It's not clear which dragon came first, but seeing as how Scourge transformed the Totem into its true form in [[Primal|a later episode]], it seems that the Totem is based on his beast mode and not the other way around.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 03 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Search (episode)

2011-01-08T22:28:39Z

76.203.48.71: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=10
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=11
|title="Search"
|japanese=魔獣惑星アニマトロス
|romaji=Majū Wakusei Animatros
|translation=Demon Beast Planet Animatros
|image=Cyb ep10 quite a menagerie.jpg
|caption="Then we will create ''alternate'' forms based on the most powerful local creatures!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Kunitoshi Okajima]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[March 19]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[August 20]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots' quest heats up as their civilian friends join the search, and the location of the second Cyber Planet Key is discovered.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb ep10 excavator autobot.jpg|left|thumb|220px|"Damage report?" "Believe me, you don't wanna know."]]

Instead of joining his family in seeing off his brother [[Tim Hansen|Tim]] after his recent visit, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is hanging out with his engineering mentor, [[Mr. Stanton]]. He soon receives a call from the [[Autobot]]s for him to help [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] rescue a civilian Autobot in the form of an excavator who has fallen down a hill. As Coby checks over the excavator's systems, he talks about the ongoing search for the [[Omega Lock]], and the excavator suggests that the civilian Autobots hidden around [[Earth]] join in to speed things up.

On [[Velocitron]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] delivers a report to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] on Earth, but holds back from telling him all the details of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s breach of protocol and the upcoming race for the [[Planet Cup]]. As he reflects on the circumstances, Red Alert spies [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] roughing up [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] in an attempt to get the rough-and-tumble racer to join up with the [[Decepticon]]s. Dirt Boss refuses, wanting to beat [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] alone, but when the planet leader herself appears and tries to help Dirt Boss against the two goons, he takes offense and decides that he will join [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s forces after all.

[[Image:Cyb_ep10_enter_the_dragon.jpg|right|220px|thumb|"I believe you're soon to have... how shall I put it? 'Difficulties' over your own. Yesss."]]

Across the galaxy, on the world known as [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] search for any sign of civilization amongst the wilderness, there to begin the search for the second [[Cyber Planet Key]]. Happening upon a huge temple, the two Decepticons are confronted by the shrine's guardians, [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] and [[Undermine]], and the planet's ruler, [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], who stun Megatron and Starscream with their bestial transformations. Scourge insists that they talk like civilized beings, and Megatron complies, telling him the tale of the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] and the Cyber Planet Keys. Scourge is crafty enough to see through Megatron's claims of nobility and can tell that the Decepticon leader has a bigger plan in mind for the power of the Keys.

[[Image:Cyb ep10 overhaul on jungle planet.jpg|left|220px|thumb|"No, no, ''no!'' It's all wrong! This cannot be Earth!"]]

Back on Earth, word passes quickly amongst the civilian Autobots, until a [[motorcycle refugee|motorcycle]] recognizes the [[Atlantis Pattern]]. As she speeds off to pass on her information, she is spotted by [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] and comes under fire. A pay phone Autobot observes the attack and summons the other Autobots, who arrive to drive off Thundercracker and save the injured motorcycle. She tells the Autobots that she has seen the Atlantis Pattern carved into a rock out in the desert, and they quickly investigate, only to discover that it is another fake. The trip has not been made in vain, however: Included in the inscription are the coordinates of the Jungle Planet!

Denying the kids' requests to travel to the new planet with the Autobots, Optimus Prime appoints Overhaul and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] as the advance team to scout the planet, but as he and Vector Prime open the [[dimension gate]], Thundercracker swoops in for a sudden attack! Only Overhaul passes through the portal before Thundercracker fells Vector Prime, causing the gateway to close, and the Decepticon then blasts Optimus Prime, delivering such a shock to the Autobot leader that he transforms into truck mode and is left wide open for a killing shot. Scattorshot saves the day by grabbing Optimus's disconnected trailer and firing its cannons at Thundercracker, sending him spiraling off through the sky. As the Autobots pull themselves together, it turns out that Vector Prime's systems have been damaged, leaving him unable to open another dimension gate...meaning that Overhaul is stranded on Jungle Planet!

Overhaul is quick to assess his situation: The violent storms of Jungle Planet are blocking his communicator, so he decides to scale a nearby mountain to see if altitude will help. As he trundles along over the rough terrain, he spots Starscream overhead, departing for Earth through a dimension gate...just before an earthquake rips open a crevasse right under Overhaul's feet, leaving him dangling over a river of lava!

And back on Earth, Scattorshot receives a communication from one of the civilian Autobots, a submarine who has discovered the Atlantis Pattern deep below the ocean...
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (3)
*Excavator Autobot (4)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (5)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (6)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (9)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (10)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (11)
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (15)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (16)
*[[Vector Prime]] (17)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (21)
*Dump truck Autobot (23)
*[[Signal Lancer]] (24)
*Bus Autobot (25)
*Sports car Autobot (26)
*Taxi Autobot (27)
*Pickup Autobot (28)
*[[Motorcycle refugee]] (29)
*Trash bin Autobot (?!) (30)
*[[Pay phone refugee]] (32)
*[[Six-Speed]] (35)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (36)
*Submarine Autobot (37)
|c2=
*[[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (12)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (13)
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (14)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (18)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (19)
*[[Undermine]] (20)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (22)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (31)
|h3=[[Human]]s
|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (1)
*[[Mr. Stanton]] (2)
*[[Lori]] (33)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (34)

}}

==Quotes==

'''Override:''' "What do you think you're doing?" 
'''Ransack:''' "What does it look like we're doing? Being helpful citizens, of course!" 
'''Crumplezone:''' "He fell down an' he's cryin' like a little bitty girl!"

"We must stop the black hole or we all perish. But ''afterward'', there may be opportunities. Heh heh."
:—'''Megatron'''

"We humans have great features! We're lightweight, don't need oil, ''and'' we can fit in your pocket!"
:—'''Lori'''

"I scared Prime so bad, he done dropped his load!"
:—Oh, '''Thundercracker''', you and your double-entendres!

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

[[Image:Cyb ep10 deleted scene.jpg|right|thumb|220px|"This is ridiculous! We're an exploration ship, not a battlecruiser!"]]

*''Cybertron'' cuts the first twenty or so seconds of the episode, consisting of a short scene (pictured at right) of the rest of the Hansen family at the bus stop, actually seeing off Tim and wondering where Coby is.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Coby wistfully comments that he's not seeing his brother off because he's sure he'll only annoy him. Taken together with a similar scene in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]", where Coby's family didn't congratulate him after winning a race, the suggestion is that Coby does not have the greatest relationship with the rest of his family. ''Cybertron'' elected to omit this aspect of Coby's character; here, Coby is not seeing his brother off because he is getting extra mechanics lesson from Stanton so he can help the Autobots more.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Scourge already knows of the Cyber Planet Key within the temple—by name, no less. ''Cybertron'' makes it a bit more ambiguous, as Scourge merely glances knowingly at the temple statue which is later revealed to contain the Cyber Planet Key.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', the coordinates for the Jungle Planet do not come from the carving; Vector Prime has simply figured them out, making the whole thing with the motorcycle refugee...uh...pretty pointless.
*While the humans do want to go to Jungle Planet in both version of the show, Bud starts in with his request earlier in ''Cybertron'', replacing the dialogue of a short exchange between him and Scattorshot in which he asks the techie Autobot why he hasn't volunteered to go like the others. Scattorshot replies he'll go if ordered, but won't volunteer, since he'd be disappointed if he wasn't picked. His point is then punctuated by Jetfire slumping over in disappointment when he is passed over for the mission (still visible in ''Cybertron'').
*''Cybertron'' notes that the earthquake that threatens Overhaul is the result of Starscream speeding off so fast that he "rips up the geosphere". Erm, right.

===Continuity errors===

*Pretty much every attack name used in this episode is different from every past use of the attack. It's not the last time it'll happen, either. ''Galaxy Force'' remains rock-solidly consistent in this area, of course, but what else would you expect from a shonen anime involving mechas?

===Transformers references===

[[Image:Cyb ep10 bike and bin.jpg|right|220px|thumb|You never had taste, did ya kid?]]

*Tim is returning home after the paying a visit to his family that was noted to be impending in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of "[[Collapse]]". Tim's visit was not mentioned in the ''Cybertron'' version of that episode, though, but it is in this one, even though the actual scene of Tim himself is cut. What've these early ''Cybertron'' episodes got against Tim?
*Vector Prime finds the coordinates for Jungle Planet in an Atlantis Pattern inscription, just as he did the coordinates for Velocitron back in "[[Landmine (episode)|Landmine]]".
*The submarine civilian Autobot previously appeared in "[[Hidden]]".
*The fact that overhaul cant establish contact is like beast wars

===Trivia===
*The Autobot who shows the motorcycle refugee a hologram of the Atlantis Pattern appears to have a trash bin for an alternate mode!!
*The "Beast Totem" later revealed to hold Jungle Planet's Cyber Planet Key resembles an organic approximation of Scourge's dragon alt-mode. It's not clear which dragon came first, but seeing as how Scourge transformed the Totem into its true form in [[Primal|a later episode]], it seems that the Totem is based on his beast mode and not the other way around.

==Home video releases==
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;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 03 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]