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Spotlight: Galvatron

2007-09-06T20:05:07Z

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'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]]<br>
'''Art:''' [[Guido Guidi]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Chris Mowry]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Eric Burns]]<br>
'''Editors:''' [[Dan Taylor]]<br>
'''Covers by:''' Guido Guidi, [[Alex Milne]]

*''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Leadfoot]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Skram]], [[Warpath]], [[Road Rocket]], [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]].

*''Originally published: July, 2007''

==Synopsis==
{{spoiler}}
In the [[Benzuli System]], a group of aliens is monitoring an anomaly that threatens the nearby system. Suddenly, their sensors detect something emerging from the anomaly, despite the fact that nothing can possibly survive in it. The something is Galvatron, who assaults their ship directly; they turn their comet-destroying weapons on him, shutting him down. They drag his body into their ship for study, but he suddenly comes back online and proceeds to slaughter the crew and destroy the ship. Galvatron speaks of being the harbinger of unlife, and doing the bidding of an unnamed dark master. Though Galvatron is his herald for the time being, he is not content to remain so. With his secondary objective - the destruction of the probe ship - complete, Galvatron continues to [[Cybertron]] for his primary objective.

At [[Thunderhead Pass]] on Cybertron, Sideswipe gripes to Leadfoot about how much he hates his posting, and marches off to make a transmission to [[Earth]] to see about getting reassigned. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] answers and tells Sideswipe that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] is currently away on personal business. Sideswipe tells Ratchet to ask Prime if he's considered his relocation. Sideswipe feels that guarding Thunderhead Pass is a dead-end job and he should be on Earth helping to find [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. His transmission is cut short, however, when Hound arrives and demands him to sign off. [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] were listening over Ratchet's shoulder, and tell him that Sideswipe's right: they're not doing anything to find Sunstreaker or [[Hunter O'Nion|Hunter]], and that it may already be too late. They walk away telling Ratchet that they've failed their friends through their inaction.

Back on Cybertron, Hound reprimands Sideswipe for his transmission. He had ordered a total block on all unauthorized outgoing transmissions, and reminds Sideswipe that he's the one in charge. Sideswipe tells him that he's in charge of nothing: while the area might have been important a while ago when Thunderwing was active, with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and his team having packed up and left the area's essentially a dead zone. He tells Hound that he's in the mood to bust heads and can't think of a better place to do it than Earth. Hound gives him a formal warning and assigns him to sentry duty. Sideswipe marches off to do it, but grumbles that he's still going to do everything he can to get reassigned.

Meanwhile, Galvatron reminisces about the past. Before the chaos of Thunderwing and the war, before the factions, Galvatron was a crew member on the first [[Ark]]. Though the citizens were told that it was about exploration and opening trade routes, the truth was that they had discovered a mysterious anomaly: a door to somewhere else, some dark parallel universe, and they were going to examine it. Galvatron had been chosen for the mission due to his willingness to recklessly throw himself in the unknown, but none of the other crew realized just how far he was willing to go...

At Thunderhead Pass, Leadfoot hears a sound, but barely has time to say anything before Galvatron kills him with his bare hands. Sideswipe hears the disturbance and attacks Galvatron, and gets blasted for his troubles. Hound, Skram, Road Rocket, and Warpath also hear the fighting and show up, and Hound orders them to take Galvatron alive for questioning. As they pummel him with weapons fire, Sideswipe recovers, sets his gun to maximum power, and shoots Galvatron in the face, blowing off half of his head. Hound immediately starts yelling at Sideswipe that a corpse can't tell them anything, with Sideswipe naturally defending his actions. Skram interrupts, though, and tells them that Galvatron isn't dead. In response, Galvatron stands up, transforms, and blasts them all... But to incapacitate, not kill. Galvatron consideres it a small rebellion against his master, a reminder that his destiny is his own. He says that the others aboard the Ark are all dead, killed by his hands. The moment they entered the [[Dead Universe]], it claimed them all.

Hound recovers and immediately starts sending out an emergency distress signal. But Skram bursts in with terrible news: Thunderwing is gone! Elsewhere, Galvatron stands beside Thunderwing, and states that his primary objective is achieved.

== Errors ==
* TBD

== Items of Note ==

A Transformer resembling the US comics continuity Thunderwing can be seen on the bridge of the first Ark alongside Galvatron.It is unclear whether this is the same character as the IDW continuity Thunderwing,or just a tip of the hat to the original comics.

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Carnage in C-Minor

2007-08-28T20:16:45Z

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'''[[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation One]] > [[Generation 1 (cartoon)#Season 3|Season 3]]'''

Several Autobots and Decepticons find themselves battling over a planet whose civilization completely revolves around music, and whose inhabitants are capable of using sound as a powerful weapon.

==Detailed synopsis==

[[Image:zeebop.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Don we now our gay apparel...]]

[[Eurhythma]], a planet whose culture is based entirely on music, is threatened by a comet. [[Zebop Skandana]] joins fellow Eurythmans [[Allegra]] and [[Basso Profundo]] to use their combined harmonic weapon to destroy the comet, inadvertently shooting down a number of [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon]]s.

After [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] collapse a bridge on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], Zebop joins a number of other citizens to revive the Autobots. He then leads them to Allegra's retreat, where they find that Galvatron has beaten them there and swayed Allegra to their side. When Soundwave uses Allegra's third of the harmony against them, Zebop counters with his own third, which Soundwave then records and combines with Allegra's, plunging Zebop and the Autobots into a chasm. As the Autobots pull themselves up, Galvatron turns on Allegra, prompting Zebop to run onto the battlefield to save her. While he is successful, he is accidentally crushed by Blaster and Soundwave in the process, but is harmonically revived by a tearful Allegra soon after.

Returning to the capital city, the Autobots discover the fallen forms of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], who Zebop, Allegra, and Basso heal. The three returned to [[Earth]] with the Autobots, where Galvatron and Soundwave were overwhelming [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] with the stolen harmony. The trio of aliens countered it with [[anti-sound]], giving Blaster enough time to erase the harmony from Soundwave's tapes. With the battle concluded, Zebop returns to his world with the others, vowing to live in harmony.

==Stats==

'''Written by:''' [[Buzz Dixon]]
[[Image:Buzz.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Buzz gets very angry if you dont like his writing.]]

==Notable quotes==
'''Soundwave''': My tapes! You've erased my tapes!

==Other Notes==
* Notes

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

* This is what you get when you combine all bloopers into 1 episode.

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:DeceptiBrawn1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I owed the Decepticons a solid after they raised me from the dead."]]
* In one infamous scene, [[Brawn]] shows up not only alive and well, but fighting for the Decepticons. In the same shot, a bizarre fusion of [[Gears]] and [[Huffer]] has also switched sides!

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* The Eurhythman characters' names are all music-related puns.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* "Carnage in C-Minor" is widely regarded by fans as the worst episode of the Generation 1 cartoon (and one of the worst episodes of any TF series to date), but this is seemingly due to the sheer volume of animation errors, and the glaringly obvious nature of many of the individual errors. However, the actual ''plot'' is certainly not the weakest to grace the cartoon series, and its "continuity errors" have little to nothing to do with the script itself... certainly not to the level of, say, "[[B.O.T.]]".

* This was one of several episodes subjected to the [[MSTF]] treatment at [[BotCon 1999]].

* Some fans refer to this episode as the "Gay episode" Due to the feminine attitude of both Soundwave and Blaster when they hear the harmony, A scene where it appears Galvatron and Soundwave are holding hands while flying and the look on Galvatron's face through the entire episode.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

[[Music]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808817/ IMDb's page for this episode]

{{stub}}

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category: MSTF]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Carnage in C-Minor

2007-08-28T20:15:54Z

81.155.198.201: /* Notable quotes */

'''[[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation One]] > [[Generation 1 (cartoon)#Season 3|Season 3]]'''

Several Autobots and Decepticons find themselves battling over a planet whose civilization completely revolves around music, and whose inhabitants are capable of using sound as a powerful weapon.

==Detailed synopsis==

[[Image:zeebop.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Don we now our gay apparel...]]

[[Eurhythma]], a planet whose culture is based entirely on music, is threatened by a comet. [[Zebop Skandana]] joins fellow Eurythmans [[Allegra]] and [[Basso Profundo]] to use their combined harmonic weapon to destroy the comet, inadvertently shooting down a number of [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon]]s.

After [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] collapse a bridge on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], Zebop joins a number of other citizens to revive the Autobots. He then leads them to Allegra's retreat, where they find that Galvatron has beaten them there and swayed Allegra to their side. When Soundwave uses Allegra's third of the harmony against them, Zebop counters with his own third, which Soundwave then records and combines with Allegra's, plunging Zebop and the Autobots into a chasm. As the Autobots pull themselves up, Galvatron turns on Allegra, prompting Zebop to run onto the battlefield to save her. While he is successful, he is accidentally crushed by Blaster and Soundwave in the process, but is harmonically revived by a tearful Allegra soon after.

Returning to the capital city, the Autobots discover the fallen forms of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], who Zebop, Allegra, and Basso heal. The three returned to [[Earth]] with the Autobots, where Galvatron and Soundwave were overwhelming [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] with the stolen harmony. The trio of aliens countered it with [[anti-sound]], giving Blaster enough time to erase the harmony from Soundwave's tapes. With the battle concluded, Zebop returns to his world with the others, vowing to live in harmony.

==Stats==

'''Written by:''' [[Buzz Dixon]]
[[Image:Buzz.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Buzz gets very angry if you dont like his writing.]]

==Notable quotes==
''Soundwave'' My tapes! You've erased my tapes!

==Other Notes==
* Notes

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

* This is what you get when you combine all bloopers into 1 episode.

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:DeceptiBrawn1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I owed the Decepticons a solid after they raised me from the dead."]]
* In one infamous scene, [[Brawn]] shows up not only alive and well, but fighting for the Decepticons. In the same shot, a bizarre fusion of [[Gears]] and [[Huffer]] has also switched sides!

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* The Eurhythman characters' names are all music-related puns.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* "Carnage in C-Minor" is widely regarded by fans as the worst episode of the Generation 1 cartoon (and one of the worst episodes of any TF series to date), but this is seemingly due to the sheer volume of animation errors, and the glaringly obvious nature of many of the individual errors. However, the actual ''plot'' is certainly not the weakest to grace the cartoon series, and its "continuity errors" have little to nothing to do with the script itself... certainly not to the level of, say, "[[B.O.T.]]".

* This was one of several episodes subjected to the [[MSTF]] treatment at [[BotCon 1999]].

* Some fans refer to this episode as the "Gay episode" Due to the feminine attitude of both Soundwave and Blaster when they hear the harmony, A scene where it appears Galvatron and Soundwave are holding hands while flying and the look on Galvatron's face through the entire episode.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

[[Music]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808817/ IMDb's page for this episode]

{{stub}}

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category: MSTF]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>