Miracle (episode)

2012-03-20T18:14:04Z

82.32.53.30: Corrected a spelling error.

{{episode|
|series=Armada
|ep=42
|prev=Depart
|next=Puppet
|title="Miracle"
|furigana=ふっかつ
|japanese=奇跡
|romaji=Fukkatsu
|translation=Miracle: Revival
|image=miracle.jpg
|caption=
|production code=TF: A-42
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Shōji Tonoike]]
|director=[[Shin'ichirō Aoki]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.]]
|airdate=[[October 17|17 October]] [[2003]] (Japanese) [[October 31]], [[2003]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons... IN SPAAAAAACE!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Sshot-arm-42-1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|So first [[:Image:Sshot-arm-39-3.jpg|this]] happens, and then nine months later, a Prime pops out like this.]]

Aboard the [[Autobot]] spaceship ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] and her friends look back on Earth as they head towards [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] eats some chocolate and [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] cries that he forgot his video camera. On the bridge, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and the [[Autobot]]s salute Earth and the memory of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]].

On the [[Hydra Cannon|Decepticons' ship]], [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] orders the ship to be turned around so the Autobots can be destroyed.

[[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], still holding Optimus Prime's [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], meets with several [[Mini-Con]]s. Moments later, hundreds of glowing lights swarm around the Autobot ship. [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]—in [[English]]—introduces the lights as Mini-Con friends. After the swarm of Mini-Cons are introduced, the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]] trigger a flashback in the humans to [[Chase (episode)|that time]] they saw a big evil in [[Cyberspace]]. High Wire names the evil [[Unicron]].

[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] tries to pilot the ''Axalon'' through an asteroid field. In the thick of the space debris, the [[Decepticon]]s start their attack. Alexis notices the Mini-Cons also running to help the Autobots in the battle. [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] fights against [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] fights against Blurr, and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and Hot Shot continue their long-standing grudge. [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] erratically battles against [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. Megatron easily overpowers [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]].

When Megatron aims the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] at the ''Axalon'', Hot Shot stands in his way. Meanwhile, on the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hull, [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] and Sparkplug present the Matrix to the swarm of their gathered friends. Several Mini-Cons plunge into the Matrix, where something begins to take shape.

Megatron degrades Hot Shot, but a large sphere of green light swoops around and knocks Megatron aside. To everybody's astonishment, Optimus Prime stands alive. With a Max Flare, Optimus ruins the Decepticon's attack. Megatron is glad that Optimus is back.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Side Swipe (Armada)|Sideswipe]] (9)
*[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] (10)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (11)
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]] (12)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (13)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (14)
*[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] (15)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (28)

|c2=
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (16)
*[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (17)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (18)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (19)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (22)
*[[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] (23)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (24)

|c3=
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (1)
*[[Rad White|Rad]] (2)
*[[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] (3)
*[[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (4)
*[[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (5)

|h4=[[Mini-Con]]s|c4=
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (6)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (7)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (8)
*[[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] (20)
*[[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] (25)
*[[Iceberg]] (26)
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (27)

|c5=
*[[Unicron]] (21, flashback)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Carlos:''' "Hey dude, what's he saying?" 
'''Rad:''' "Haven't got a clue? What's wrong?" 
'''High Wire:''' "Enemy."

"Unicron..."
:—'''High Wire'''

"That's it! I'll give you to the count of three to get offa me!" 
"Like you can count."
:—'''Demolishor''' and '''Scavenger'''

"I'd never thought I'd say this, but it's good to have you back, Prime."
:—'''Megatron''', pleased that his old foe is alive

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Legend''===

===Animation and technical errors===
* Alexis sees [[Iceberg]] in the hallway and calls him by his Japanese name, Junk. You should be used to this kind of thing by now.
* Optimus is missing the jaw on his Autobot logo in the last shot.

===Continuity errors===
*Billy mentions that he forgot his video camera. Where's [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]]?
*[[Depart|Last episode]], Thrust said that it was only a matter of time before the Autobots would pass the Decepticons and beat them to Cybertron. This episode, he reassures Megatron that the Autobots will never catch up to them.
*As the "fireflies" arrive, Red Alert addresses Hoist as "Smokescreen" in spite of the fact that Hot Shot has earlier asked Hoist how he likes his new name.

===Real-world references===
* Megatron says that it's "time to sink a battleship," possibly referencing the [[wikipedia: Battleship (game)|popular kids game.]]
*Lightsaber sounds and R2D2 beeps are heard when Optimus Prime is being reborn

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ein Wunder'''" ("A Miracle")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 12|12 December]] [[2003]]

===Trivia===
[[Image:Flashbox.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Don't shoot! I don't know anything about Anonymous!"]]
*The Prime-Transforms sequence airs at the start of the episode, rather than after the first scene.
*Smokescreen finally has his name changed to Hoist.
*The arrival of the Mini-Cons is explained in the [[Linkage (comic)|Linkage]] series of comics that came with each Japanese Micron Legend DVD release.
*Megatron's happiness over Prime's return matches his disappointment that Prime died in "[[Crisis]]".
*This episode debuts several non-toy Mini-Cons with unique designs, who would later get bios from the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], such as [[Flashbox]].
*Note how Megatron felt incomplete ever since Prime was killed in "[[Crisis]]". [[Afterdeath!|Sounds]] [[Gone but Not Forgotten!|familiar.]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Micron Legend'' — Volume 11 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part Two ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — The Collector's Edition ([[Universal]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume Two ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio.

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