Burning spirit

2012-04-11T15:46:58Z

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{{bigquote|The secondary heroes stand around and watch, calling on their burning spirit and heart of justice to empower the main hero from afar.|[[Shockwave (TransTech)|TransTech Shockwave]]|[[Bee in the City]]}}

For lack of a better term, '''burning justice''' refers to the mysterious power conveyed on some Transformers by positive psychic reinforcement—that is, by ''belief,'' either from the subject's own self-confidence and righteous indignation, or the championing power of an adoring crowd cheering them on, or some other ambient psychic effect. The actual mechanism by which the beliefs are transmitted and converted into energy are unclear, and are often inconsistent between circumstances. Far from a simple emotional state, when a Transformer is endowed with "burning justice", they often show undeniable physical alterations—e.g., [[Spontaneous recoloration|color changes]], physical growth of new weapon attachments, or abilities they possess at no other time—which in turn can include powers that are all but miraculous, such as repairing grievous bodily injury, raising the dead, or temporarily suspending the [[wikipedia:laws of thermodynamics|laws of thermodynamics]].

==Fiction==

===Super-God Masterforce===

[[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] (and to a smaller extent, the other [[Godmaster]]s) lives and breathes burning justice. While in-fiction the Godmasters were deliberately designed to have these miraculous powers, God Ginrai lives up to the stereotype by becoming encased in a flaming aura on several occasions when his sense of justice becomes particularly riled up. This includes the final battle with [[Devil Z]], where he and the Headmaster Juniors pooled their energy to finish the villain. {{Storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}

===Beast Wars II===
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===Robots in Disguise===
When he found out that the Decepticons had lied to him about switching sides, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] glowed green with burning justice, and he delivered a brutal smackdown which had the Decepticons retreating with all haste. [[X-Brawn]] claimed the glow was simply the heat generated by Optimus's cyber-matrix. {{Storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

[[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]] scientifically determined that the most powerful energy source in the universe was the optimism and hope of human children. He intended to use his swarms of mind-controlling bats to allow him to harness and control this power. [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] was later restored to full functionality when all the children in the world logged onto their computers to send him their well-wishes. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Armada===
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===Energon===
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===Cybertron===
While moments of burning justice were abundant in ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]]'', perhaps to a greater magnitude than ''any'' other piece of Transformers fiction, the English-language ''Cybertron'' dub would, on a regular basis, desperately attempt to make these instances ''make sense'', through the insertion of dialogue that explained where the power boost was coming from, or just altering dialogue so that the characters would be amazed and/or mystified by what was happening to them, as opposed to the Japanese versions' nonchalant reactions that presented it as the most normal thing in the world. (This is a rare case where ''Cybertron'''s [[Dull surprise|somewhat lackluster]] facial animations paid off.)

The episode "[[Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron]]", when faced with a particularly inexplicable example of burning justice, gave up and just flagged up the inexplicableness for laughs: [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] casually stating this just keeps happening to him and he no longer questions it, and a stunned [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] double-checking with [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]]:

{{quote|Did something weird just happen or is it just me?|Crumplezone}}
{{quote|Nope, that was pretty weird all right.|Ransack}}

===Animated===
''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' referred to [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard's]] powered-up mode as his 'Burning Justice' mode.

The Japanese opening sequence features [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] surrounding himself with a blue aura as he launches himself at [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] who is practically a silhouette within his own ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]]''-style red aura.

==Notes==

As you can guess, '''burning justice''' is a slightly snarky way of describing the tendency of protagonists (especially in Japanese media) to become stronger through seemingly nothing more than sheer force of will. Sometimes, the media in question will attempt to explain these instances (e.g. ''Dragon Ball'' and its various ki auras), but it is usually implied that it is simply the character's determination that causes this effect.

Despite the name, it isn't necessarily the good guys who can pull '''burning justice''' off. The major difference is that in heroes, it is brought about by positive emotions (such as faith, courage or love) while in villains it is generally anger or ambition. For example, in "[[Revelation (episode)|Revelation]]", [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s anger at being bested by the Autobots powers him up to the point he nearly kills three of them. Later, his fury allows him to attain an entirely new form with vastly increased powers, enabling him to defeat almost every Autobot in his way.

Note that the major difference between '''burning justice''' and good old-fashioned grim determination is whether or not there are any real, physical changes that occur. A mortally wounded [[Optimus Prime (G1)| Optimus Prime]] using the last of his strength to strike [[Megatron (G1)| Megatron]]? Desperation or determination. A battered but defiant [[Optimus Prime (Armada)| Optimus Prime]] turning gold to strike down [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]? '''Burning justice''' all the way, baby.

Incidentally, '''burning justice''' is an easy way to show off just how awesome and cool a character is. [[To sell toys| You can guess why]].

==See Also==
* [[Stock footage]]

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[[Category:Transformer culture]]
[[Category:Gimmicks]]

Homage

2012-04-11T15:39:29Z

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[[Image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Everybody knows where this art [[:Image:G1 1984 backofboxbattle.jpg|comes from]].]]
In fan terminology, an '''homage''' is a toy that is intentionally designed to resemble an earlier (usually ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'') toy or character, with being the exact same character. Noted examples of homages include [[Downshift (Energon)|''Energon'' Downshift]] (based on [[Wheeljack (G1)|''Generation 1'' Wheeljack]]) and [[Shockblast|''Energon'' Shockblast]] (based on [[Shockwave (G1)|''Generation 1'' Shockwave]]).

Sometimes, homages are given different names from their predecessors if the rights to the name are lost via [[trademark]] murkiness, or if the name has already been applied to a non-homage toy within the same series.

Conversely, in order to protect trademarked names, Hasbro and Takara continue to use the same names over and over again, often on very different toys or very different characters within the official fiction. Since use of the term "homage" within the fandom is almost exclusively in reference to visual similarities, these name reuses alone are not considered homages.

Amusingly, [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] has given homages a new twist with "[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] Emergency Green", a [[redeco]] of the original ''[[Diaclone]]''-based Ratchet toy in the color scheme of the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]] [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], and "[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] Protect Black", a dual homage to the color scheme of both the toy's ''Diaclone'' incarnation and the character's [[Ironhide (Movie)|live-action movie incarnation]].

==Notable examples==
The following is a list of toys that visually reference older characters. Because characters that share a name are often given homage decos, this list focuses on toys that do not also share a name. For information on other toys, see the relevant character page.

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Image:RIDHotShot-RIDtoy.jpg|[[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] homages [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]].
Image:ArmadaScavenger toy.jpg|[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] is an homage to the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]].
Image:Universe2003toy-InfernoDeluxe.jpg|[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno's]] deco homages [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]].
Image:Energon downshift toy.jpg|[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]]'s design is an homage to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].
Image:Cyb-toy_BrakedownGTS.jpg|[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown GTS]] is an homage to [[Kup (G1)|Kup]].
Image:Chromia Minerva toy.jpg|The Japanese exclusive [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Chromia Minerva-Type]] is an homage to the ''[[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' character [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]].
Image:Fracture toy.jpg|[[Fracture]] is designed as an homage to the ''[[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]]'' character [[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]].
Image:ROTF-toy Nightbeat.jpg|You might think [[Nightbeat (ROTF)|Nightbeat]] is an homage to the [[Nightbeat (G1)|Generation 1 character of the same name]], but he's actually decoed to look like [[Packrat|some rat guy]].
Image:ROTF-toy Fearswoop.jpg|[[Fearswoop (ROTF)|Fearswoop]] is an homage to [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]].
Image:ShatteredGlasstoy-Starscream.jpg|[[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]]'s color scheme is an homage to [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]].
Image:RBAniMagnus.jpg|[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] was [[redeco]]ed as an homage to [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]].
Image:TF2010-toy Breacher.jpg|[[Breacher|Breacher's]] overall design and colour scheme is based on [[ATV|the ATV]] Micromaster base. He was even listed as [[Groundshaker]], the ATV's driver, at one point.
Image:DarksteelToyPromo.JPG|[[Darksteel]] is an homage to [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]].
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